The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, September 07, 1910, Image 2
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EDUCA TIONAL PROGRESS
IS SHOWING IN COLLETON
W. K. Tate Reviews Report of County
Superinlemlent of Education- New
Schools are Being Erected
The
The State. ; t
r>ur readers:
i> takerr from architecture, ani. in
eomtv.tu. auditorium,
will serve as a srenerai
i< "f interest to
has
a
The a ■ i i; iul H iMit
sups'iint.; ent »>• education.
county The
H.
’•Yhich
riieetinjr o‘ace of the coTnnn^utv
/.
• 1 th. of which
nded on
1,810 on
last year w
S2f»,h2tVt c:^.'
white sc!."o'i' uni
Colored s< f:o iv.
The total "A ui’.i
.‘1.356 and 'i-.e total colored enroll
ment was Ut. Of the
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The fifth visit was made to;
“the Bureau of Printing and 1
Engraving” where our r green|
bacKs” aie made. Our bill® look;
clean and crisp to come from
such a jhthy place. The men
are as dirty as engineers, with
the grease and machinery, the (
ladies little letter. Four bijls I
are/made together or in one
sneeU one side stamped at a
tunq* T).e plate i< cleaned for
/each bid. A man cleans the
■ mate^nd turns a crank, a lady
feeds and removes the bids.
They work like lighting hre.'
Seven hundred Were on that;
if ►or making four l»ills at a tinn*
n-; r!y as fast as you could co mf.
Fi.eiigh of .money eh .’ l.oeks
like a cheap thing to see so.niuth
f^jf it.
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Sixth visit was to Smithsomnn.
Insvituie where birds, files, ani
mals, fishes. sjvinges. eggs itc
are mouated as in life. .Many
hires as ciiaruc:ei isiic. • to tl'eii
resijf'.ti\e n,» v» s. Ath-vliiish,
slyipod sonutl.ijg like a star. ,
t >ok a-ronit) abo*ui 1$ feet syuare
i lo hold it. i* was suspended.
Kach ray was a scaley or homey
facilities, new brickisnake looking thing. A massive!
buildings an going up on several cuttle fish atlracled me. it was/
e»fW»lhnent was.; streets, and new fan ilie.' are washedup on shores of Cali for ni/.
;oa
a si>ecial
a so rece
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vote
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mtiy it i led
for the >yp-
Tr/Ay.'-i!; vive
g<^Mi oiemeiitary
system. Tn«
oigy afer stren-
tiu/ i>art of ihe
mmunit\ iuter
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cationaf
sr^i> The
li’ the •Hint
its nr.’!'-*,.<ment in
'nrou-1 i
whitc^ityge
iiw^iiig to to lake ad\iin-|lti§ about thirty feet long, sjrort 1
oi its schools. The ptogres-
shell bixiy about as large as three
enrollment c’.ildren were sive step which the town has Inien together. Its tennacles
in the country schools and oTf)/taken will lx* followed by tliejgive it its length. The^ resem-1
in the town schools. The aver- ! country communities in Colleton. | ble a craw fish but is about 20
. age number of weeks taught in and we may confidently’ exjxK’t feet long. I’m going too much |
the town sch Mils was 37, and in' that the report of the county su- into detail. But jet me tell you)
the country scl.otds 20. Of the jierintenderu of five years hence of the largest ungent of gold 1
teachers employed in the white 1 will tell a very ditTerent story, over found. It is there and
schools, 40 were men and'88 wo-1 The citizens of Walterboro not from Ausuana. It weighs" 150
men. Of these teachers. 35 had | only realize that a good school is . lbs, worth over ,$35,000. It is
first grade certificates and t>3 sec- gixxl investment for the tow:, exactly as found, pure and rougl.
ond and third grade certificates.
Three new school houses were
built in the county last year.
but they are aware that the con
tinuous development of the coun
ty seat will depend on the sur-
Seven school districts voted a rounding country, and are. one
and all, interested in the improv-,
ing of the schools of the country
di>’ficts. >. . /
The second element of enrour-
agen ent is found in the tendency
to vi.u special taxes in/order to
take ad\ an:age of tliedLlarris act
to increase the h/.gth of the
sclv**' ton:
ini* i dent <
that .i »em: I
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sjiecial lax during the y ear, .and
li^districks altogether in Colleton
county now vote a special tax.
At first glance these facts may
not afTordespecial encouragement
to the educational enthusiast; the
tenn. in the country schools is
very short, too largeJa proportion
of thb'Teachers hold low grade
\eertideates, and there are’entire-
iXtoo many white children who
thnsighoii": ti.i \tar do not dark
en thK(l*»*'*r ot tire school house.
A closer^ rutmv of the situation,
however, t\ y/a s hoj>eful' signs.
The fir^l (\*h< <e is found in
the new ;4m^*>t in education otbCer to spend some time ijd,he j 1 ©ks new
which ha> I/-* i. (\lubivd m the ^ ral comm .r.ities, helping the ; without',
town of Wapei borOk tlte county/trustees and patrons in the prep-
seat of Colleton courHy. It has aration ox the necessary i>etitions.
been my observation \hat (he Frequently a rural community,
county scat sets the. example unaccustomed lo legal forms and
which is followed by the l^ral processes, is very slow to take
steps which are necessary to
Seventh//visit was to New’
National Museum. Things of
interest to me were the Chine:e
yjods, beautiful paintings, miner
als. but especially the Indian,
Philipinos, .laps, Africans, etc.
in forms true to life in shape,
color and expression and each at
some w ork | eculiar to his race,
i They have homes, scenery, dogs,
iclothes, trinkets, dress, pottery
a id eatables, and they are m
, Ihy county super- ^r.vat cases' peparalc.'and are’
f emication r< ports as at home. So we visit 1
•*jy ci uistricts are nations and continents a short !
consideringj local tax. Many while.
districts ,v(<»iti<i l-mg agf» havej The«fghtvisitwastotheCap-
voied tigs lAiif the county su- j NtaJc'of which you know more
pervisyon l.s-i been adequateiagnut. Her itl,000,000 dress im-{
eiiovgrh to a.low a supervisirtg j Dr«»ves her appearar.ee. She i
id clean witiun ttnd
>mg,
The!
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school districts of fhe coun
During the last year, the towno
Walterboro has voted $20,000 in
bonds, and has built one of the
best school houses in the State.
This building einliodies the l>est
and latest ideas in class room
The ninth visit was to Mt,
Ye .’non a point of int.*rest to all
to risU. None ever regret the
trip there. 1 have already told
you of that place. That w as my
third visit there, but I enjoyed
almost as much as I did the first.
Don’t think we are alone. Hun
dreds of tourists are here—cars.
WASHINGTON LETTER
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^Washington, 1,). C., August20.
Editor 1'iess and Standard:
Ixd me knock for admittance
again. It is a shot t time since my
last, but I’ve had a visit from
one of the home girls Miss
Bertha (l*diey of Island ton. She
has been in Charleston for the
last ten years, but Old Cross'
Swamp church claims her still.
Tis not that I aiii altogether
lonely or blue since she left, me
but I feel that 1 want to speak
to some of the many children I’ve
se
cure the petition and<to vote the
Under the leadership of an
etttvient supervisor this could
easilXbe dope. Inertia, rather | boats, buildings, etc. are all
than opposition, is the root of,; crowded. It w’as our good luck
much rural school inefficiency. to fall in with a Texas party and
a North Carolina party, with
x . . , which we staved; much to our
Ihe third \\>;it was to thej en j, >vnu . nl *
\\hiteHo i-e. j mu imagine only | i), m * t think that Miss Bertha
tne beauty ot t .e iH>rne our niissed the Congressional Library
president. The grounds, dowers. t} >t; fmest buildings in the
and granaeur impresses you. world, covered with .gold. \\’e
Ihe nioSi-trising thing I sa"'jtK»k that in Friday night, and
was the piano ot pure gold cost- whut South Carolina was
The
• - | , . i saw w hat South Carolina
mg-—•**'. L has httie orna- doing in “The State^’and'
Its sides are decor
m* ntatiun.
ated' with many state seals.
Some would not think such pret
ty but with w bite walls - yellow
hard wpod floor and>all> the oth
er furniture in that r*x>m of gold.
It is a sight! The chairs etc feet
oing in
New’s, aiul Courier.
My letter is getting too Tong,
but will hobbother you w ith an
other soorf, so rtear with me
through Pne Sunday’s experience.
Bertha was “set on” going to
Quaker church. I was “set on”
.aught in ( olleton and tell themj Fourth visit took us to the
c ani1 . 1 Treasury. Ke aatchM wonun
ast. atuid.i> and Sunday, while counting bales of “green backs”
she has-gone on to visit friends (fts y ou would leaves of trees
in Huntington, 1 a. If I were y et jf they make a single
are of gold or brass, upholstered ^ing to Mt. Vernon to my Sun-
with gold cloth, t an t you pict- ^ -
ure it?
mis
take they have it to make good.
Their eyes are not only trained
day School, so there we went
first. Then by a Hebrew church
and stopped to listen to their
singing, and on to the Quaker
church. A friend of mine had
explained, but Bertha had failed^
to comprehend exactly, and after
the first five minutes she wanted
to know where the pulpit was.
competent or the editor liberal
enough to give me space I assure
mstrTlh-o^n ^‘^"shajr'ire W* their ftngir tips next shl> wal , u . d to
cralizo and kiv*' just one or W'« to! wh , en , '*' ouW tom ’
rr,n, 8 in each place vi»ite.h A |liakB .hT exkrk \Ve ^
;". efv u'm u 1 ‘ he Sll 'f a " J K " I 'T vaulU; Ihdinfht emilt
i(hi> jou to.jhat contain the specie f*»r ev-|
cover m»*re ground you might
word t*> any tourist
happen‘to see this
you
half we
saw-
say we never saw
much and have a general id* a?
what have you?
Firsl to Washington’s Monu
ment. we went, and up the ele
vator to the top. how many feet
high children? As you ascend
you may reau the gifts of the
many States carved in the stone
wall, all lighted by electricity.
Men. horses, autos etc in the
grotuid look like dolls toddling,
.when viewed from the top.
Our second, visit took us to the
War. State, and Navy Depart-
ery bill in our money. The sil
ver vault is only entered as a
new Treasurer is elected. That
hapi*ened this ye ar. This money
then has titj.be counted. It took
3t> exjierts ♦’► months to count its
millions. They counted it as our
merchants count peas or corn by T , u , end of it \ vas sho
the weigh, ot the sack. 1 hese ; f, urst i n} ir point, as well
sac^s ot silver coins weigh t»0 Uft rn., c ,Urit u.
igh
lbs. each.. Only three men
know the combinations and all
three have t<>. be present when
it is opened each knows only the
combination belonging t** him.
The great mill where the old
mer^L Buns, swords, all kinds of, green backs are ground into a
weapons w ith the many, many i pulp is also of interest, chemicals
kinds of uniforms on forms as'fob them ofi ail coloring. The
natural as the living man in all' pulp is sold at $40.UP per ton to a
positions true to life and military factory in Philadelphia for mak-
orders. In the library is kept 1 i.ng car wheels etc. The marble
relics of wars of the great lead- i room is made of marble from
ers, the declaration of Inde
pendence, gifts etc, a history in
itself.
Italy principally. In that room
daily millions of dollars are paid
out.
at her
that' no line of
1 come to me for
meditations. There she «at, all
expectancy ; audience :ts still as
death not a muscle moved, even,
an eye all looked as though
e.*ch had lost his best friend.
Positively it seemed as though a
stroke with a sledge hammer
would scarcely have moved them.
got to the
il as I, and
we left. The spirit had as yet
failed to move them. The fact is
they are without a preacher at
present, but go there and sit the
time out in meditation. The
sacredness apjieurt d to me much.
We were not sacriligeous. but
just happened to see the funny
side. Truly could we stand such
a test? Then we made for Presi
dent Taft’s church.* Its comn*e-
gation has taken pattern after
the president and has vacated
for the summer. A sermon
Bertha was to hear.
The next move was to a grand
old Lutheran church nearly cov-
232 and 234 King Street and 203 M'letinjj Street, Charleston, S. C.
Mid-Summer C learance
Charleston’s Great Department’
The Largest Wholesa.’ - arJ Retail MajlyDiif^r f -
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At Wholesale or r ? it
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MATTINGS UPHOLSTERY GOODS
FLOOR COVERINGS OT ALL KINDS.
All Goods Reduced. From > a Half to a Quarter
SPECIAL!
Balance of Our Ladies’
Spring Tailor-made /
Worsted- Suits Are Now
On Sale at - - - -
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Ladies’ and Children’s Ready-to-Wear Garments a Specialty
“Satisfaction or Your Money .Back* 7
Builders' Material
X
Wanted the public to know ‘ that we havn a most
complete line of all kinds of builders’ material, such as
DOORS,
SASH,
/7
C BLINDS,
SHINGLES,
MOULDING,
BRICK,
LUMBER, ETC.
At prices to suit. Let us know your wuints.
C. A. SAVAGE.
Mannfactnrer of Rough and Dressed Lombelr.
ered with ivy with its stained
window s nearly concealed. We
heard a fine sermon. Then home
to dinner, and off again with a
party to the old soldier’s home
with our kodaks and cameras.
The home was magnificent—
everything that heart could wish.
They have 500 acres of land
all beautifully kept in parks,
and cultivated. They have
plenty of money-have only the
finest things. Uunde Sa* has
nothing to do with them at all.
Nine hundred are there.* but \n
all that luxury I did not see a
happy face. Why? I can not
answer. They must long for a
fireside of their own. with un
Annie or a Susan to take care of
them in their old age.
Rock Creek cemetery is near
by. It was our pleasure to visit
there and see St. Gordon’s mas
terpiece of art-his statue to
Grief. At his death he- had
thirty years of work on hand.
This one piece w’ould make him
a great artist.
Since I have started I could
write on ami on. but the editor
has long since pronounced me a
trespasser. Work gets better.
Some disappointments am in
evidence for us at times. Good
luck to all and three cheers to
victors.
E. J.
CARD FROM MR. BRELAND.
To the voters of tolleton Coun-
me to express to you my
ty
Allow’ me to exr
heartfelt thanks for the vote you
gave me in the recent election,
while I was not elected I am
deeply grateful for the vote giv
en me.
C; J. Breland.
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