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X •o Is What Counts When Placing • • / / // This is what we have. Therefore, if you wish to reach the people of Colleton County / r *• ' / and all the people - advertise in The Press / ■ ;/ ;• . - and Standard. / This paper is read by 13,500 persons every v 7 — week, many of them reading no other paper. It covers Colleton County “As the gentle / ' ' } y L '‘ ~r dew of Heaven. ,, J i/ Rates reasonable and furnished on applica- & , ' tion. The,, only newspaper in Colleton County. i :i Job epa en We now have the most complete Job De- « « partment that has ever been established in Colleton County. New type and machinery. Work guaranteed as to quality, workmanship and material. t J ✓ , i Let Us Quote You Prices and - —= WAlTERBORO, S.C. THE PAPER WITH THE CIRCULATION - 1 RUKAl SCHOOL PROfiRFSS ,600, the < ? f , the ^ ount y of his tim « th « *draiRi*tr»tiv« JtlHIVL nWUflLJO supenritent Thts is has than -2' duties of his office, such m the L — l>er cent, of the county school ex- [ roting of special taxes, lk« con- GREAtCST NEED RUR4L SCHOOLS .IN !>enditunes. The payment of 1 solidation of schools, and 4 SOL'TM CAROLINA AS SEEN BY STATE SUPERVISOR, W. K. TATE. this meagre cornpensation as- ( sumes that the <»unty sut>erin- tcndent is e.\|)ecte<l to devote on ly a part of his time to the duties tion of proper school buildingp. The numerous requests which have come from the county su perintendents for the services of of his office, and that he i* going tan experimental supervisor to be to make a living in some -other placed in one county of the State occupationT This salary is about the average in South Carolina;-!cation that such help as any one can ascertain by ex for the coming year, is an indi- wbuld be ' j I have been very much grati- ijfied by the interest in the rural I 'seliools which is being exhibited as any one can ascertain by ex- appreciated >> liie candidates lor office m amination of the code. aixThe county, board of edu- ^ »uth ( aiuiina. hvery candi-j Moreover, the teaching force cation should In? empowered to I, date for governor has expressed j n Columbia is concentrated in a levy a special tax. not to exceed himsdl in np uncertain terms as small area, and the physical ef-11 mill, to l>e devoted to the su- [ an advocate of the upbuilding of fort involved in the suivervision I pervision of the rural sehools. the common schotds, and es- is reduced to a minimum, while ' Under the constitution the sala- pe( lally tbose of the rural uis- county superintendent of ries of county school officers tiK t.-. As tne reports ot the I>»xirrgton must travel over an ‘ not be paid from the 8-mill count\ campaigns apjtear in the entire county. The snpr'rmtend- and they are in consequence dai.y papers^hose. too. are ent of - schools of Columbia is pendent on legislative h ied with the expressions of in- ejected for a Turin of vyars by a terest bn the- part of the candid stable board of trustees. The dates in the welfare of the rural county superintendent of I/*xing- scnools. I lieheve that this in-1 t on () tfer hinWelf liefore the terest i* genuine. There has| i> emo eratic primary and, at eon- been exhibited, however, a gjderable expanse to himself, greater tendency to geneia’ize ma ke the race for the office, and on the subject than to propose throughout his term of otlice. remedies for Conditions that must continually trim his sails io would be improved.- With a {the changing winds of jxtpular view of directing this popular 0 ption. Which often prevents the interest into detinite channels of adoption of a consistent educa- discussion. I wish, from time to tional policy. This county is | time, to present to the press of typical ot the entire State, the State a f*w elements ot the i i s j t any WO nder, then, that 1 situation to which, in my opm- the rural schools are backward? ion, v e might all profitably turn lour attention. As I havq previously stated, my own conclusions are tentative and subject to revision. In or der that my work may have the I benefit of the best thought of the State on the subjects of dis cussion, I should like t> receive copies of papers containing ed itorial expressions and the views I t-of candidates for office, and should lie pleased to hear from the educators and other citizens ' of the State who will be sor kind as to give me the benefit of their | opinions. can tax, (ic on legislative caprice. The county board should be in a IKisition to control the fuada for/ supervision. As I stated above* 1 sheild be pleased to. have this scheme of supervision made the Imais of general discussion by those iater- ested in education'./ VV. K. Tate, State Supervisor Elementary Schools. Columbia, S. C. DOTS FROM RUFFIN. Ruffin, August 25.—Special: A With all our interest and our pro- 1 very heavy rain fell in this sec- fested declarations that the tion several days ago, but we are country aad fh* cvyutry sch»*ol having it rather dry now. BETTER SUPERVISION NEEDED I am fully convinced that the! | first requisite to substantial im provement in the rural schools of South Carolina is better, supervi- are the bulwarks of democracy,! ]dnj, Charlie Crosby, who has we have not given them a chance, been sick for some time is im- Allow me to suggest forgener- proving, a! discussion a scheme of county j J. W. Preacher and son, Hiram supervision. * j and J. J. Jones and son, Maddie. First—Let the people elect a were among those who attended county board of education com- the campaign meeting Tuesday, posed of three members. At the | George Donald of Charleston first election let one man lie spent some time with his sister, elected for two years, another Mrs. A. W. Hudson, for lour years ami the other for! Mrs. Stella Rentz and little son, six years, and thereafter let one Harry, are spending some time be elected every two years. This with her aunt, Mrs. J. .I. Jones, will insure a stable board. If it Mesdames P. K. Crosby and is desired the board may be made John Smoak exppet to visit their to consist .of five men rather than sister. Mrs. Wiley Roberts of three, but elected in a similar Hillisonvillg. the latter part of si<>n. The greatest between the city sc country school in this State in the better supervision of former.' Let u« contrast the city of Columbia and her next door neighbor^ the county of ! Lexington> In th«‘ city of Co? lumbia, according fo the last re port issued by the superintend ent. there are 75 teachers and pupils. In the county of Lexington there are 152 teachers ; and 8.521 pupils. With the ex ception of two or three small towns, all of these are in coun try schools. The teachers of; Columbia are most of them col- \ lege graduates, and have had years of exjierieiice in a well or- Igfenized system where the .work (•f each is definitely arranged aad limited in extent. In the rural schools of Lexington cotin- Ity there is. according to the j county superintendent of educa tion, not a single college gradu ate. The teachers have obtain ed their preparation in the com mon schools and high sehools of tk« e<>unty-and Slate, and then- sole professional training has been given in the short term summer schools. More than half of them .change schools! every year. Recent statistics, in fact. Show that in the whole State 52 per cent, of the‘rural teachers teach one year in a place. These teachers must! teach all grades of w-ork, and with the m< st rre.iger material •quipment. The task of the rural teacher is infinitely more difficult than that of the grade teacher in the city, school. manner. Second Let this county^oard r , r , of Wucation select the count\ m .ii, t iciue SU | H , r j n t en( l en t of schools, iust X'l. 8 ? 1 >' «. tlx- city school I,oar,I solocls a l f s r city Superintendent. They should ., u ; bo allowed to select the bestmun for the work to bo dope, regard-! less of where he is to Ik* found, i Third This election sho.uld be (or a term of four years. Fourth - The county superin tendent should lx* paid a salary which is sufficient to enable- him to devote his entire time arid at tention to the supervision of the schools. No county in South Carolina can afford to pay a coun ty superintendent of education less than $1,500 per year. Fifth - The county board of : education should also be author ized to employ a county super visor of instruction, whose duty it shall be to visit the country schools and to show the inex- I^rienced teachers how to teach and orvani/.e their schools. This official should work under the direction of the county board and the.coiinty superintendent, who would l>e left free todevotemore this week. * Belle. I HAVE SOLE AGENCY FOR THE 1910 Model BRUSH AUTOMOBILE FOR COLLETON COUNTY • It climbed Hike’s Leak hours, every inch of the under its own power. • I’rice delivered in 8 way $525.00 -■ V in any part of the county.’ •. Will take pleasure in giving instructions to all purchasers at any time. S W. A. DURANT Cottageville, S. C. CITY \ S. (’< >CNTT iSb^EKjV ISION. jWU there/ In the city of Co is a superint(U»dl%\ who reccive^ft- per year, principal wild ■ time to suj)ervjsi(xi. •upervivifig prWipal especial attention.O the teaehin Of the tir*t three grades. The ret i* a supervisor'of manual train ing, a supervisor of music, and a supervisor of sewing. In eom- ■•n with other city schools of j th« Uni tad States. Columbia per-* haps spends 8 to 10 per cent, ofj its total sch'H/l expenditures for •uparviaion. In any manufacturing or other I baainess enterprise, it is a well •atablished principle that the less the ikill and experience of the •mploye the more supervision is • aecesaary. In accordance with I thia principle, we should ext*ebt i to And the schools of Lexington County spending at least 15 per [cent, for supervision. On the contrary, the total amount ex pended for supervision in Lex ington ounty, exclusive of the two or three town schools, is LUMBE R, ROUGH AND DRESSED Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboarding, Sheeting, Mouldings, Casings,* Etc. We give you good grades and our' ARE REASONABLE. vet our prices v before placiuj next order. your ■' • Iercaniile S Meg. Co RITTER, S. C. M. 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