The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 07, 1916, Page SIX, Image 6
?UL
SWEARINGEN WANTS
STATE SCHOOL TAX
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Interesting Figures Compiled
in Office of State Superintendent
of Education
%
CHARLESTON SPENDS
$27.16 PER PUPIL
Per Capita Expense Varies
From $48.59 in Sumter to
$7.65 in Horry.
Columbia.?The annual report of
the 44 county superintendents 01
education for the scholastic year
1915-10 have been carefully cheeked)1
in the office of the State superin-{1
tendent. One of the most interest-11
ing tables compiled for the informa- J tion
of the Legislature shows the j 1
per capita expenditure par pupil on 1
the basis of enrollment in the 44 <
counties.
"A careful study of the figures,''
Superintendent Swearingen said yesterday,
"reveals one of the pressing *
public school needs of the State. 1
namely, a State school tax to guar- 1
antec minimum school facilities Ir. '
every district. The constitution ol
1895 makes the county the unit of
school taxation. The State depart
mcnt of education has insistently
urged tlie necessity of 1 , sing tlu 1
public school system on State sun
port rather than on county support
A white pupil in Horry is allowed
$7.65 a year, while the same child ii
Sumter is allowed $48.59. Of course,
these extremes vary from year U |
year. But in Horry the white popu-1.
lation is large and the wealth small .
whereas to Sumter the white population
is small and the wealth considerable.
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"The three-mill constitutional tax (
is collected on every dollar of prop
ertv in the State. This makes peo
pie believe that the three-mill tax i: L
a State tax is only a county tax ,
since every tax. In fact, the . .millo
constituitonal cent collected in the ,
county is retained and expended in |
tiie same county.
"The figures for the year show ;
that in Sumter and Richland the per
capita out.li y was more than $40 pc j
child. The result is largely duo to
extensive building improvements
during the year. In Jasper and
Darlington the per capita expendi i
4 - 1 ? " "
uu e v. as Dccvecn $3U and $40, large t
ly due to the same cause. In Dar-!
tingtPfh however, consolidation, traiv|
vULDr, a r^vvoii niA"V's' term, and |
a teaching of agriculture must he
cou"t?d in t' i-. C'?si. The per capita
cf $81,fin in till, county is largely
supplied by tlv * rong school spirit
impelling the people of every district
to vote in adequate local tax. Darlington
is a rich, prosperous and
homogenous county; but those fig
uros show that its public s. I >ols are
costing between $4 and $5 a month I
for every enrolled child. Under such
conditions the taxpayers have a
light to demand efficient schools.
"In ten counties, Beaufort, Calhoun,
Charleston, Leo, Barnwell.
Florence. Fairfiled Dillon, Orange
burg, ai d Bamberg, the cost per pupil
was between $20 and $20.
"It is interesting l() note that the
leading cotton county of Marlboro
stands lath, with an expenditure ofi
$19.78 pre white pi pil. In the group I
expending between $10 and $20
stand 27 counties, Lancaster ranking j
41st with an outlay of $10.25 pe n
white child.
"Three counties, Colleton, Oconee
p and Horry, spend less than $10 a I
child. Students of educational eon- j
ditions in the State can not fail toj
observe the low expenditure in conn-1
ties with a majority white population
in contrast with the high expenditure
in counties with a majority
negro population.
Average Higher.
"The average for the Slate was
$17.02 against $16.22 a year ago.
The counties of the State are divided
into two equal groups with respect
to this State average?22 counties
stand above and 22 below this me-j
dian line. The first group begin?
with Sumter and ends with Berkeley.
The second group begins with Edge-<
field and ends with Horry. But in
the second group 60 per cent of the
white pupils are enrolled.
"These disparities have been reduced
in a measure by State appro
priations for the public schools. The
term extension fund, the rural grad-i
ed school fund, the high school fund,
the building fund and the equalizing
or needy fund are all contriouting U
the establishment of a minimum
basis of public school opportunity
for every child. These appropriations
go to the districts and the county
having a large white enrollment.
They have been especially helpful v.
improving school facilities in weak
schools, and most especially in rural
schools. They ought to be continued
and largely increased until a State
school tax can be substituted.
"Advocates of the repeal of the
three-mill constitutoinal tax do not
state what they would give in lieu of
claim that the three-mill constitution
al tax raises too much money for
schools, they fail to recognize the
fact that this tax now raises less
than 23 per cent of the annual public
income. In any adequate system of
school finances, there ought to be a
State tax, a county tax and a district
tax. The friends of public education
have never been able to secure a permanent
State school tax in South
Carolina, and it would be dangerous
for them to consent to surrender
their county tax, with all its defects,
until they can learn what is to take
its place. To maintain the white
schools of the State adequately, a
per capita of at least $2f> per child
i?>
-> llCt'tlt'U.
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TRESPASS NOTICE.
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All persons are hereby forbidden
o enter or trespass upon our lands
11 Simpson Creek twonship, known
is the Round Swamp lands, under
jenalty of the law.
N. E. HARP WICK E. i
H. H. WOODWARD.
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OF VILLA FORGE
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Queretaro, Mex., Dec. 2.? Gen 1
Krancisco Murguia reported to Gen. j
" irranza today that he had routed a
xir.d of #Villa followers, numbering'
.500 men, and had pursued them
About 12 miles towai 1 Chihuahua
City. The general reported that he |
was continuing his advance towards
Chihuahua City today.
The engagement with the bandits
Gen. Murguia reported, lasted six
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iiuuia aim iuuk piUCO SOUIH Ol L Til
huahua City. Three machine gun."
were captured from the bandits and
many prisoners were taken. Gen
Murguia stated that the prisoners
had been executed.
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LONG WILL BEGIN j
COTTON PEST WAR
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Plans Weevil Campaign In
Border Counties?Desscribes
Ravages.
A statewide campaign against the
boll weevil will be inaugurated within
the next ten days by W. W. Long,
director of the farm demonstration
forces and in charge of the Clemsou
college extension work. He will act
as the field agent for the Clemson
college boll weevil commission.
The campaign will be educational
in nature and an effoi't will be made
to impress upon the farmers of the
State the necessity for preparing for
the coming of the cotton pest. The
agents will direct especial attention
to the border counties. Township
campaigns will be carried on in.
every county bordering on the State
of Georgia, including ttpaufort, Jasper,
Hampton, llarpwell and Edgefield,
it is particularly certain that
the weevil will arrive in these counties
early next year. At the most
the farmers in the counties can
not hope to make more than one
more good cotton crop.
J. A. Evans, assistant in charge ot i
1 hf> fji I'm ilonmncf vtif inn I.. I
v..v^ ?%?. ill MX IIIV/II^VI lillXM! n VI l\ III tll'v- j
South will join tlic campaign parties i
for several weeks in December. .Mr. I!
Evans was the State demonstration
agent in Louisiana during tlie first i,
few years of weevil infestion. Me
has given valuable aid to the farm- '1
ers of Georgia. Mr. Evans will do- 1
vote much time to the situation in i
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