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Be it enactvd by the General Assembly' (f the State of South Carolina: That -.(ry par:tn:, guardian or other .-n Imin chal'e (f any chit 1l} twv:n eight :Indl fourteen year- of'a e inch'isiv" , mu- t et:l -utch child to a pnie, pci vate or mra ochbil tchul o. to a comn peten1t tutor, ubfleet to the approval of the C'ounty }a her. c)Ide1ln t of Education, 'or i lr ."oa eutive month-, or eif.hty conweteutiv.e school days, durintg the schuistie year that the :chool attemiled is in session: Provided, that in case the term of any school is less than four months, or eight.y school days, attendance for the full term of such school shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of this Act, except as hereinafter provided. Sec. ,. Upon the written petition of a majority of the qualified elec tors residing in any school district requesting the attendance of pupils on school throughout the full term, the County Board of Education shall order. such attendance hereunder. This Act shall not shorten the period of school attendance in any district where a longer school term than four months is now maintained and at tendance is required under the local option law. See. 3. That any child whose physical, mental or moral condition unfits it for attendance at. school is exempt from the requirements of section 1; that such child must be designated as unfit by a person com petent to judge and appointed to do so by the County Board of Ednea tion. Sec. 4. That any child living more than two and one-half miles from any public, private or parochial school, and any child under twelve years of age living more than two miles from such a school, may claim exemption from the requirements of Section 1: Provided, That any pupil living within one mile of any regular route of a school wagon may not claim exemption. .Sec..5. That any private or paro chial school attended by any child between eight and fourteen years of age shall be first approved by the State Board of Education. Such school must give its instruction in the English language, and it must teach such subjects as are required in a similar public school in South Caro lina and be supervised by the County Superintendent of Education or Su pervisor of Public Schools. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees of each school district to determine at what time the period of compulsory attendance shall start in their respective dis tricts, and to post due notice thereof in at least three public places or by publishing In a newspaper circulating in their said district at least thirty days before the time so fixed for the period of compulsory attendance to begin. Every parent or guardian having charge of a child or children between the years of seven and four teen years, Inclusive, unless an At tendance Officer is maintained in their district, shall make a report to the chairman of the Board of Trus tees bf his or her district on the last Friday in July of each year, showing the names of all such children in their charge, the age, sex and race, and name andl local address of the parent or guardian of eh such eh:Ild and any parent or guardian havi:m charge of such child or chil dren who shall fail to make tuch re port at. the time aforesaid, or shall w:Ilfully make an incorrect report, ;hall be subject to such fine or im ,ri-onment as is hereinafter impos ed for non-attendance. It shall be th' duty of the chairman of the Board of Trustees of each school dis trict to make a report of such chil driien and to send a copy of the said report to the County Superintendent of Education of their respective mu 'Iti(' not ier than the 15th day 1f A st~t of }ach year, and also to -uppiy a 1lst of th2 names of such chiir :n to the respective teachers of the schools which the said chil dren should attend: Provided, That the Board of Trustees or School Commissioners of any school district or group of distric '- may nominate to the County Boart of Education or, in case of a special independent school district, as in the larger towns and cities, to the Superintendent or Supervisor of Public Schools for such district, an Attendance Officer for the district or districts, whose duty it shall be to take a census during the months of July and August of each year of all children in his or her district affected by this Act and mak3 such reports as is hereinabove required to be made by trustees in districts where no such Attendance Officer is maintained and such other duties as are hereinfter imposed. Any child ineligiblo to attend the public schools shall be reported by the Attendance Officer or Board of Trustees, as the case may be, to the County Superintendent of Education, who shall transmit such report to the executive head of the proper State school for such special child: Provid ed, That the County Board of Edu cation of any county, with the writ ten approval of the County Superin tendent of Education and of a ma jority of the County Legislative Dele gation, mai employ for such period as they deem necessary, a County Attendance Officer to perform the services herin developed upon the district Attendance Officers, for all the districts of the county ; and the expenses of such Attendance Officer shall be prorated among the districts I of the county in proportion to the funds available for the support of the respective school districts. Sec. 7. The various County Super intendents of Education shall, at the time of making their regular annual report to the State Sup rintendent of Education, make a report of the number of children in their respect ive counties within the ages pre scribed by this statute, the average attendance of such children, the to tal number of absences during the period of compulsory attendance showing number excused and the number of convictions under this statute and amount of revenue de rived from penalties under this Istatute. It shall be the (duty of each teacher to make a monthly report of all ab sences, together wvith the excuses for such absences, if any excuse be gir en, showing which have been pre viously reported according to provis ions hereinafter miade in this statute, and which have been excused by the teacher andl no teacher's pay wvarrant shall be approved by the trustees un less such report is attached. The trustees shall then considler the ab sences excusedl by the teacher, and if, in their opinion, the excuse is not: suffcient shall so report to the Super intendent of Ed ucation, who shall proceed as in cases of unexcused ab sences. No County Superintenden )f Education shall approve any teacher's pay warrant unless such re port is attached, and in case of vio ation of this provision the County; Superintendent of Education shall become liable on his official bond for the amount of any teacher's pay war rant or warrants approved by him receiving the said report. Sec. 8. That it shall be the fur ther duty of each Att 'ndance Oflicer to receive from the Sulperintendent Dr Principal of any school within the listriet or territor: the name of L Very child ltw(e:i ciht and four een years of age 'sent from school, ad to asc rtaii from the parent or Luardian (!' such child the reason for :uch ab.-ence. If such absence is clue to any other than providential cause or causes or to such cause or :auses as would seriously endanger the health of the child, such parent or guardian must be notified to ap pear before the nearest Magistrate at a special time to show why he or she should not lie punished for his or her neglect: Provided, That the Attendance Officer may, in his or her discretion, excuse any absence. A full record of such excused absences, ;together with the reason thereof, shall be filed monthly with the Coun ty Superintendent of Education. Sec. 9. That all Attendance Offic ers shall have the right to require a birth certificate or an affidavit as to the, age of any child in his or her district or territory. They shall have the further right to visit any place of employment to ascertain if any child between eight and four teen years of age is employed. These oflicers shall keep a record of all no tices served and cases prosecuted, and shall make a full report of them once a month to the County Board of Education. Sec. 10. That any parent, guard ian or other person having charge of any child subject to the provisions of .this Act who wilfully neglects or re fuses to comply with these provis ions, or any person, firm or corpora tion wvho shall induce such child to violate same shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic tion thereof before any Magistrate, be fined not less than five nor more than ten dollars, or be imprisoned not less than five nor more than ten days. All fines collected under this Act ar'e to be paid into the school fund for such district in which said offense was committed. Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of each teacher, principal or superin-' tendent of any school to notify at once the Attendance Officer, or the County Superintendent of Education, in case there be no Attendance Of ficer in the said district, of the ab sence, unless within a week of such I absence, written excuse is made which is, in the opinion of the teach er sufficient, during the period of compulsory attendance, of any. child between eight and fourteen years of age from school, and the teacher, principal or superintendent wilfully neglecting or refusing to report any absence to the Attendance Officer or the Superintoncdent of Education in case no attendance officer is employ edl, shall have deducted from his or her salary for the cur'rent month five ($5.00) (dollars for each offense, the1 siame to be dedluctedl by the Super mntendent: ProvidedI, That when any child within the ages specified in this Section shall have completed four months, or eighty school clays, of consecutive attendlance, it shall lie .e'ven a cer'tific'ate by the te:'.hef' showing such fact, and no furthier absences shall he ireportccd against the said child, regardln- of "'ote the periodof attendance commenced at the time prescribed by the Trus tees or prior thereto. Sec. 12. in the case of a widowed mother or of a crippled father, any child above twelve years of age whose labor may be necessary for the support in whole or in part of any per'sonmay' be excusedI. The yehildren of parents unable to pur chase the necessary books for attend nee upon a public school shall, upon ne or I r of the ('uny har-d of te~at:u1, be furnished thest book. if :rh !)tbo'ic ftund. 't' their dis The ('ounty lBoard of Edu .: -hall be the e~pl 'tent judge . It shall be the duty of the ilt e mk.tCfldl': of Education. upon Ie. veIug reports of unexcusd ab-: Spns. to turn the said report over f to the rural police force in the dis trict. in which the absence occurred,' or in case no rural police is maintain- i ed, to the nearest constable, whose a duty it shall be to immediately ap prehend the parent or guardian of the absent child before the nearest Magistrate and prefer charges against said person in accordance with this Act, and to summon' such persons as are necessary to prove said charge. It shall be the duty of the Magistrate hearing any case under this Act to make a report to theSuperintendent of Education, showing the result of the trial, and any Magistrate failing to make such report, Or any constable or rural p0 lice, to whom such report of unex cused absence is turned over, as hereinbefore provided for, who shall fail to apprehend th 2 responsible parties or to report t othe Superin- ] tendent of Education why such par lies cannifot be apprehended, wvithin thirty lays, shall be guilty of a breath of their official duty and on proof thereof be subject to removal from oflice. Sec. 14. No child under fourteen i years of age shall be employed in any i actory, work shop or mercantile es ablishnent, or in any place or man rn', during the usual school hours in aid district, utiless the person em iloying such child shall first procure certificate from the superintendent )r teacher of the school said child I ast attended, stating that the child ( ittended school for such current year I 'or the period required by law, or t ms been excused from attendance as r )rovide(l by the third Section hereof, t nld it shall be the duty of said super- ( ntendent or teacher to furnish such s ertificate on application of the par- v mt, guardian or other person having a ontrol of such child entitled to n ame. Sec. 15. All Acts or parts of Acts nconsistent with this Act are here- f y repealed. s Approved the 12th day of April, c k. D. 1921. p sl ADULT SCHOOLS. Adult schools for this summer willr >egin on July 25th. Trustees wish ng to secure one of these schools or their district should see the Supt. if education at once. The schools hat are all ready planned for the bove mentioned~ dlate are as follows: Kwelve Mile, Mile Creek, Pleasant Iill, Ambler, Flat Rock, Rocky Bot omn and Antioch. ADULT SCHOOL MEETING. There wvill lbe a meeting Saturday nornhing, .July 23, at the court house all teachers' interested in adlult hool -work. T'he purpose of this 'etimg is to complete the orgimiza- b n of night schools. OPY OF ORIGINAL SKETCH OF OLD FORT PRINCE GEORGE. (Written by Capt. R. E. Steele, Sept. 28, 1914) Away back in Colonial days Fort r was built by British soldiers kabout thirteen or fourteen years irvious to Am rica's struggle for det~pe ndence ). . ,1 257,0:r. from the east om I hndi a river (which is +<y: ena l Neoweet river ), takinu: its ,,Xm1e from h Indian village, Keo Ve. On the \et bank of river, leis han hal' a mil from the fort. Fort (eorge is situated in the ex r Mme nurthwetern portion of Pick 'ns county, S. C., about 300 miles rom Charleston, S. C., and was one >f a chain of frontier forts. As to onstruction, it was built of huge rees or logs upright in the ground some 25 feet above the ground, cov !red with some kind of roofing ship ped from England. The fort occu pied about one-fourth acre of zround. with magazine built of stones I of various sizes. Only one entrance, ai door 5x4 feet out of rough hewed pine boards two inches thick put to ether with spikes and wrought iron, nails. I myself had the pleasure of eeing this shutter in a partial state >f preservation some forty-five years igo. In the beginning of 1759 South carolina was on the eve of an Indian .var. It appears that a number of vhites had been massacred in a fury >f the savages. A treaty was effect d by Gov. Littleton and he had in his custody twenty-two Indian chiefs is hostages. These captives Gov. Littleton placed at Fort Prince .eorge for safe keeping. This post vas defended by cannon (I think wo small pieces) and maintained by small force, Cotymore being coto-1 tel. In defiance of this force and n this neighborhood the war was be run. Fourteen whites were massa red within a mile of this station. ['his was followed by a stratagem by vhich Acconostata, one of the prin- I ipal warriors, aimed to obtain pos ession of the fort. Pretending to ave something to communicate to 30l. Cotymore, Lieutenants Bell and ,] Poster, he lured them to the banks of j he river where he had prepared an I mbush. From the opposite side of' he river the Indian addressed the I ol. and while they spoke he was een to wave a bridle above his head which was a sign to the warriors in mbush. They fired, killing Coty- i 1oro and wounding the lieutenants. d tut failed to take the fort. Fearing the hostages within the l' ort would co-operate with the as- ( ailing foe without, the captain in E ommand gave orders for them to be , ut in irons. The Indians resisted, tabbing three of the soldiers but 'erc overpowvered and butchered to man. This event united tbe Che- ( >kees in war as the murdered hos Igesi were among their chief men. ( hey fell without distinction upon en, women and children. About this time (1760) William ull, a native Carolinian, came Into ( wer. He sent Col. Montgomery ith a large force, surrounding the iwn of Keowee by 'night. Not a il arrior of the Cherokees escaped. p Is success was not quite as com- L (etc at Eastatoc, but he burned J heegam Town and other settlements 1' lared. the same fate. After cap- v iring the town of Etchoee, sixty d dIes northwest of Fort George, ho e )turnled to the relief of this fort, - ringing his wounded with him. It is believed that Franci Main (as a lieutenant) served with this British general. From Fort George the Indian girl Catecthee or Isaqueena, made her start for that, famous rid? to Ninety Six. Nothing authentic, tradition has it, that a battle was fought on cap Hill, two miles southwest of Fort George sometime during the Cherokee struggle. There is nothing now left to mark the historic site of Fort Prince George save a large English mul berry tree which stands as a tacit remin1er (amo:m other events) of the lutchCry of twenty-two Indian :'hiefs. FIGURES FOR FARMS OF PICK ENS COUNTY. Value of Farms and Buildnigs In creased 109.2 Per Cent During Last Ten Years. The value of land and buildings in Pickens county increased 109.2 per nt from April 15, 1910, to Jan. 1, 1920, according to census figures made public recently. The number of farms decreased 3.8 per cent. The number of white farmers decreased 1.7 per cent. Ne gro farmers decreased 12.5.per cent.. Other details follow: The director of the census an rnounc 2s, subject to correction, the following preliminary figures from the census of agriculture for Pick ens county, South Carolina. Farms and Farm Acreage. Jan. 1 April 15 Increase 1920 1910 or de crease P. C. 'arms - - . 3,452 3,588 3.8 )p?rated 'by White farm ers- - - 2,848 2,898 1.7 ?1. farm ers_ _ _ 604 690 12.5 )perated by )wners and managers 1,606 1,387 15.8 enants - 1,846 2,201 16.1 .and in farms ['otal acres 219,165 250,143 12.4 mlprovtd, acres - . 98,837 106,271 7.0 Farm Values. lalue of land buildings: anuary 1, 1920 - - - .$17,698,060 pril 15, 1910 --- --8---8,461,768 ncrease, 1910-20. Lmount -- -- -- - - 9,236,292 'er cent-_--.-- _ _-__ -109.2 Domestic Animals. Jan.1 April15 1920 1910 'arms reporting omestic animals. [orses.. . - -- - - 1,357 1,390 Pules . - - - -- -. 4,153 3,081 attle- -- -- - -- ---- 9,365 8,624 heep - -- - ----1-32 670 wine- - - - - - - - 8,187 5,072 Principal Crops. Acres Quantity Harvested Harvested orn.. ..919 32,430 532,600 bu. " 1909 32,937 387,031 bu. ats.. .1919 2,616 a0,085 bu. " 1909 3,670 49,284 bu. [ay--.-.1919 1,787 1,447 tons " 1909 985 1,447 tons otton 1919 37,045 22,572 bales "1909 34,221 14,860 bales The figures for domestic animals i 1910 are not very closely corn arable with those for 1920, since he present census was taken in anuary, before the breeding season adl begun, while the 1910 census ras taken in April, or about tho mid Ie of tho- breeding season, and in luded many spring calves, colts, etc. FOR SALE-At this off'ice, Tres-4 ass Notices, printed on clth.