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I I Constant Coughing Constant coughing in not only very I an;)G} ins* i>ut 'i'0 continuous hacking and irritation will soon attack and in- j jure the delicate lining of the thnoufc ami air passages. A simple cough is bad enough; but a chronie cough is ; really dangerous. Take advice and j use the celebrated Dr. Bull's Cough Pwnn at once and bo cured. IteBmll's ISJtir.- - M V vUlaiXWriiCI wr Cough Syrup Cures a Cough or Cold at once. D(w - nn sin ill anil pleasant to take. Doctors recommend it. t'lico ?J its. At all 'IriiRtjist*. f.ANTASTEP. FNTEBV'lSlSFj . Published Every Wednesday and Saturday! .?v rr,e. Katerprise - I'ublif.bip?, - Comoav-y i A. J. CLARK M'litnr. One Year, $1.00 Si* Months 50 cts Three Months 25 cts In Advance, Saturday, .laimarv 7, Qi> n( \t :* %/f SnIH'c Ilnnnr t k#Npi| ii?? j iviu o r% v \j\j* i. Klsowhere in tins issue will 1 i foil IKi I lie I'll 11 text (it i In* iliirtii in I educatiniml report <i? the Stale Su pcrinlondeut "i K'lucal in.!. I Tlli- report should he 1111; * l'? -11 _ !< .?!I. \\ c call .(11 *111 inn t in. one fact?that there are near! thirty thousand timrc colored than white children in t he .?cho.i'< ot the Stale. There is a cn;.e lor I his and i lie < ium- > > net |. r to seek. It i< a tact true thotmll sad. that thousands ot tin- while children ot -<dinn| aire are -nendiliii their d iv- in the I iclurie ..II.. .. I. . I.. .1. t he -;1111 ;-u" an- ire! a-t ri<?n-: pursuing t!?< path- of in-kairt ion Others of t!I. form"! :ii'" k | home lor tiivia! r. .-!-? !;- >>r :<?i mo reasons at all. \\ hile tii?* lain i with fiiL't llicss take advantage ol the opportunities offered tin-in. The most prominent iic^ro h a ! ers amoin; t hem. Hooker I \\ aingtou. are uriring t ite nouroe-in avail t hem<e!ves of every po--i < avonnc to know '? !_'e. Ti?m* are doing so in the State i- shown hy the ligiuv> already cite.l. i i.5 a sad commentary on the int?-i 1 igenco ol' Sout h <'aro!ina that ji r (?)' i J.(1 m i::! ' # !*:!t!rou ;;; nut <>f tho srhonN. \\ < are It111 v porsinled that there i< only *?n? v remedy to 1 lii-. :t:> 1 tli.it ieouipulsory < 1111 .->11 111 Wln-ii parents haven't 11? m.t r? -1 m their children ;it hear' 'i<.11_ri t > plaoe t liein mi | he school w honestly I'-li- ve thit tin- >!a< <!l<?lll<l foIVO I If III t'l Ml.'! ' children. 1 t.< Sw 1 -;s ha> . system?*?111 r count rie- ha\ all ! .1 11 <11:11 !' < f lie S| att lie i iiioll !iav?- 11. ! ale at I.; 1. 111 *_r wonderlul r- i!t . We m<;-t A do iinet llillj; t'l 1) i il'i re nee between ti r' nd a:., "oi w lules iitel black . I lie !>: < should speon <it|l >11 1 w it It no uneei t.oii sound. in ! I neate the penj>le up ' o < {. >. 1.f where they will have ?<> hij njtyrucial i <n ol t lie < U . : t ion o| I lie ;na<ses that, they .vill dotnan ! oi the Legislature* vvs that will not only make an lentary eilueation po<-ild<- to '..lid hll' a laek ot Sliel, Mil ih'e to M1 v child enjoying a^ able portion ot health STATE'S PUBLIC SCHOOL SERVICE NEARLY THIRTY T1IOUSANI MORE BLACKS THAN WHITES. LARGEST ENROLLMENT ON RECORD Over Teachers Employe! in the l*i:hlie Sellouts-.More Male Teachers. The f<?llovvin?; introductory por Hon of the annual report of tin Srnte superintendent ??f edueatint will l?e read with interest: I n tin* (ienernl Assembly : This is my eiulith report. !t h also the thirtieth annual re por' of the department of public in struct inn. An earnest effort has he?i made to present for your in for mation full statistics covering tin public schools, (graded schools academies, high schools and col leges i)| tlie State. Blanks wort sent to all of these schools. A largo number responded prompt Iv and furnished full reports others made only partial report: ami some failed to report. The tabular statements preset! ted herein contain tin* details h\ counties and the totals for tin State. 1'nr \ "in- eon vcui I Ii'-11 I i* * -?* i?I -ome ?! liii totals : !vi r??11 men? in tin* : 11 > I: < schools Mi:.-. \\ ;n. i . .?,n> ; .r. ii r.v:.- i.m.; i:i\s iii. in.,.; t.-1:1 -j:>.i.-: The enrolment i- an itirre:t--? of 1 7.T???? over that for the yoai .ireeedinu and i- the lartte.t m tin In -tor\ ?>t the schools. It is sa't in -:iv that there ;tr-? in tiie Statt JIHMHMI white and .,I.'?OjM)t) colorei] idiildren within the school aire I'ni- e-t unite allows lor a reason i! !- inerea-e over the nnmhei _ . -a .11 the I vim IniJed State, tt as. I >11ri11e in) adnunistra! V. !1 jeh v.-r- the I I -t el e|)l tlie ,Ml t id men t has Ml area -ed I r<.iii "JO'5,1 1') to i t ital inereis#* of T-.TIh, an a Vet" '. e ;1 , \ I 1II II II I ,.-1 el I'.i.ir I I I- pr- I?;i I)' : that t lie r;* t nl i uc- : ' r tin* i?:?-1 * i trlit \ r<.*i!l n<>t ami it. there ' . !i>!; i'.V- a< a ma11it <-1 r.? '.- IV till! ml'l it !? :?:? 1 1|"I1S('S will ! a \ t > In* ; ! < >\ I i<- I a II.1 limn ten-hem * 111 f?1??y. ?1 year al'tcl .r I > :r:i.tin- 1 :-t eijjht yean v." ill'.'.. 1111 i 11 1.1 I" -cllOl)' holISC : tMia1 c<i-t of > j:: 1.7 1:: :.S am! v a.-li \cir I !i<* t ru t a i? I !'? . ; '.. ij- ' in . n v i ill ri??i* private < i! tip* houses owned hy 'iii> '-' tli* :n inv arc a <lls?rrae? to tic i . ?c a:c! hut i? v\ a i < wlmils utliciciit ami proporls ci'ui: I!? " < ; ami |?r??{?**r I \ i ' 1111 -; i i a - - - ' o u I 1 -!! -;. 1 a. i t lie m <: pu >!ami pn v a t? !! ! ' - 11t" ' - \ t: r ?> ! j'. i in It 11 -' i : - >i . . i!. i . ti|M t li< \ .'i! ! i r t, t in. i. ,(., v i! : In 11 i::i net ; i i ! t; . M t !'K' r.--t it j 1111 I!?? J i -11 , ! i -. '! i i 111\ i -Mi Alr.t tlii-\ h.t v. lull" W11 tti-f. v <r Ihw i ; < , ;, i,.'. .i j| III'! ' {I r11 V' ' I I ' I : ! I I W t' I i J?I' 111 . 'i'>iiti wn.tw Men tn iIr?u' Wr ' Vn'ti . ' r.-'.i "In :.il l.i.:--.: ill.-..I |n?j.i U r j t ArMli. iii"i>' lirmi > ' Mix , Wi. : ?. : ? - i n ,.>t i ,.i ii i.: . ?nt? 'I'nt.i! i m,.vii i?i.;.i,:ti : > i . i S I'hvs. 111 *.' i.? i i1; -: 11 v ' I triii.. White.... I . ' Hi ii fill .IT. IT HT> IT.' ' i). . 11 .:. - n.i>i jority?A lpli;il<?*f, ? ilort'tl 7. ' > r?24 ; read ?? t__ ' ing, colored, 8,524; reading. eo'jored, 13,485; writing, white, 1, I 113; mental arithmetic. colored, I 0,S.M ; written arithmetic, while. 12,331); geography. white, 10.P51 ; grammar, white. 12.841; South (Carolina History, white, 5,271; i Tinted States history, white, 3,7i-I; physiology and hygiene. , white, 2.852; higher branches, 1 . white, <,SS;>. While there were more pupilin geography. grammar, South Carolina history, I'nited States history, physiology and hygiene, and the higher branches than ever before, yet it will be < bserved that the percentage was | smaller in each study in the order ' l named. The insullicieney of the schools i chielly responsible for I this stale of things, and they cannot be made better without more i money. >1 \ I N lKNAM'K. The following totals will be ' I convenient for those interested in the cost of the schools for the j yea r: ^ I >-.?'.?ri' ? It.'lit VV'iil. Mfil-M'.IS ' C..!.ir. .1 IT * ;t' ?" ; I 'S.M'I Total m I'opair-. I'urnltun Willi.' :>>l :ll 4 M ?*i i! 11 :: ;>< >?< T?>t ;ii :t?t r. i r :i:t I'ik'I aii.l Maps, I Holies Ilii'i.l.'iitiils .mil v. i :t. 28. .w. :t; , . I i oi 1.'. >*. s,tr.<4 Tola; ;,:ll'.< .Vl '.M.tVV.t '. ! I.tlu'.irv Silos ll'iiMui,* , wii.i.' r: i.MM i 88 a: : '"*> . ...I oil ."i p. >--ii > i ry, 11 Total 8.88* '.'I ;i?.!Us?M O'l,. r l'tiri?oos i ir.in.l Total Will to II .YM.KVM1I , . oil I ' ll .. .,',t.:ts: : ' i i. .."..'till ::t|.811.V' Tne expenditures lor tin* whites oxeeed those Tor the blanks as lol low-: Salaries .s-jTo. 1'_>v. 17 : r-nt " ; repairs $.*?.; fur' niture .* l.i>s7..'o5; fuel ami in1 i-i'leiila's * 1.1 :i ."?..*?> : maps, globes anil i-haris s 1 1. 17<: library, I .{iii'Jo.S.'i; sites ,ts?;7 :;i ; building . ^M,0fM5.:js; other poll rposes i* I 7 III :ii!l?li'L'itl I in' :? total <if ' vl'J'J. ! 7 ?. It Will l?c seen by making tin- proper division that there was a 1111It* more than two and ?ri.li:t 1S ti111* s as tnu?*!i -pent on tin white than on the Id a k , schools. i To tin* ?7.'} I11 ..*>0 must bead. de 1 >-otiie sjo.ooii tor the salaileof county superintendents and expenses ot county boards ol cd iientinn, paid from the ordinary county funds, and also .">oo for I this department, paid from the Stale treasury, the whole aggre gut iii:* -"sTe 1.7 11 .*?<?. which i* the total cost lot the pupllc schools ? for t lie year. ! All e.Xumili itloi! of the tale. will show that h lorepiii,.1 - amount was spent in running tieI schools for whites an average ot J.vmonths and the sellouts lor black- an aveiage ot t.g'O month-. s? if "i. n mi, Several counties have att itnen a e i s h lii-!-. and the pol ie V he I ii g ptifulfil hv othor- with i view of r*' t hi::.. .1 . '; i. n: i.'. <! 1 ; y <hi r :i |r > 1 i 1 o t... r.i t o tho ' (lie ,|w .1 <*o IJ 11 v > ,I| :i cm I; t r i l i e-: o\tiv. wnrl; :? th<- county : '?!!i. TV. I; p '. ! ofl.-.-t Oil ti t ! i ( < > 1 - and i iti 111 j i?t i im to tin' 1 to o hol'v. ,\li tho ootihtlos ?||Oi||() h.> i >n ? Si h:s?-iv. | i,t? -? !?? ol t Too I. ttioii-li ! II o l.v it. o\cess of v. lit' if v. Iv . i.jlit y? am apn -till too small to provi'lo prop.-r - diools and cottIivino them a sitf i liojoht 1 11'j111 of . I ho (I. co ol t!Io pooplo i- tof hot tor schools and loiioot term-, and 11 i - cm I i not ho -oeuro.l t o i h. in v. ith.oit i nioro rnoio?y. (Vrlaiu it i-ti.it tliorc vlion!il ho I.o !"iri latioii which would docroas-. tho .irnoui.t , of tho fund. Kio people want hot tor vchotds. It i- tho complain! every who re, u 1111 -onto o\oopt ions, that tho schooi* am not >11Hi< i< 111. . W'liilo thoro hux hoc11 a -toady improvement, ami thin will con I Catarrh 1 il 3 Lf O i-1 s \ Forcr:: nnor of the Most Fatal Disease. TiiMH-rli !- oiV<'iisiv?' fi'iiiui'is ti>- - iji?i t i111 > almost it:11mvir:iI?I? . ' ' v, ji> 11?1 < aP- of 1 !h> <l;i!i'4<T :;.? !( Catarrh i.~ tlx* fop-rimj liiv:: ::iMy load- to I ' 'oii-ui:11:' io * ;o? v or>c ami i >\oi>o < a<,: -i ii> .\ tlio?i who ivIy upon t V ~I t *<-:i t tin'tit of ! .-pray-, v.: -11 - ami iulialitio mix i ii i - i; M ; i ; i;: ; ; - I :u j > . 11 I t < j k tip- J:-";: ith til.- 1. .-al | :ij j !? :? 1 i<?:is \\ 1.s< *. .?;i!y ri-:i"!i lie*;t*t. I h sit <!i- 11rgo :11 r? iisi's a I! i . . *.! . can-ine :i ) i? I i n?f < it" | ?> r-?>11:i! <I ti I >I i I?t. and | ?_r i? mih! ?i?*? j?? f i:111 i! it is <:ilv -i i(i;? ? ti?i:i !' n shori t i it i**. until tlx luntjs ar? -ate ?*! -?I. The imj><?ri:moo >?t' t li?* |>r??j? -r j j 11 < .i t DK'iit ? :?!? t!n i"? ir? ! r.-aililv ! a j j ?: ? ? i;t; |. I'.mI 11<? umihI what V' i*a:. I i :n loeal | | a|?|>li<'at inns, as stteli t reat men! j iu v> r .lid cure Catarrh, ami never will. tinue. it is folly to imagine that satisfactory schools can ho provided without more money. All : that could he done with the money available has been done. I KM IIKItS KM I'l.oV Kl>. Mikl'h f.-Mii!.- r..t:?l , Wliie . . . I I' I l.'.il.'i M.u.-rt r? .t . . 1.121 I."I. 2 It't ' Total .vntu It )s a noticeahle fact that there has heen a largo increase in the numher of male teachers in thoj i iast few years, and especially is! this true as to the white males. I he teachers are devoted to their work, and, as a body, will compare favorably with the teachers of anv southern State. Thev tie- | : ?rv.? sympathy arid encourage-j ment in a <ulM a lit la! way rather than advertise criticism. Their' continued devotion to teaching under existing conditions is remarkable. ! I n: m in:its i ss'i'i 11 tks. Teachers institutes for the hen1 1 elit and improvement of the teachers were held during thej summer in all the counties except t wo. I ca I! your at tent ion to thej schedules of in-?itu? * - ami in-! struetor ;, wiii'es ami niaeks, and to the report- of the instructors, I and the comments made l?v the ' press illirtllK t lie summer, the institutes were well received and the work done w as of the most satisfaetorv kind, , ' I I-: \ l:om II Mi, I >r. .1. I.. M. I'urry. gener.il age t. a lid t hI u l ..1 tin t --es of the I'? a hod v i Incafsonui fund continue t > Iiiiitiil. a a deep ;n' >*-! : n tile eau-e ol edto it ion i : it this State. I I ul < a n 11 li lie t o < a low (lie State I - tn lur-liip- in tin1 Nashville I'ealm lv Normal j '.Ji'L'i'. i .till uoilii > 11 li I .iint 11 <t \ ciiI li 1! ? X |>11? . IH-I t' .III.I hark p.-r annum. I hf-f scholarships I open to hotli llioll Hlld Women tmi ;tr?* jl'n? 1 t .r ! .vn vein- ;ir>?] i iiM? a'A Diiitxj mi collpet111 vc exaiiiiiia! i<m I'Hr tin* li r -1 ? - i i I ;i - j lie yi'iir tiny allow Wintlimpj Normal and Industrial college > J.! m a i, < lallin u?i i \ t-: >.it\ iltd $1for institutes. For the present < i?" year I li.ivc received and piid over to W intlirofi * I . _'<?!i and to the hoard of school commie-loners of the citv of ('iiarlest' n $s.'>0 for the colored schools of that city. While ? V Leads Q umption. # I had swell ii severe case of Catarrh * that I lost my hearing ijt one ear, and part of the hone in my nose sloughed olT. I was constantly treated with spray-; and washes, hut eneli winter tie- disease se< med to luive a firmer hold <>w me I had finally been tieelaretl itiewrahle when 1 decided to try >. S It seemed to got right at the seal ?>f the disease, and cured me permanently, for I have had no touch of Catarrh for seven years. "Mas .Ioski'iiini: I'ox.iin.i., "I>uo West, S. C." Thorn* who have had the first touch of Cntarrh * T will savootulless ^ ^8 sulVering l>y takgLr iiio tho right out set. Others 7^1081^ Xjlpig. who have for V yenr-sought fell!' and found only disnppointuient iti local treatment will find it wise to waste no further time on sprays, washes, inhaling mixcm < te.. which are only tempo-4 ^ rnry ami can n??t. save tln-m from ('-i:isinn|?iinn. Catarrh is a deep 11111< >? 1 dis?-aso. S. S. S. is t) only i mi'tly which can reach tic very bottom of the disease and cure it permanently. I looks sent free by the Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga. 1 am not ollicially informed, I have good reason to belieyo that k 1 the usual amount for the year will be allowed NYinthrop. 'I he people, and especially the youth, of the State are deeply indebted to this hoard for its gonositv in helping the State provide competent and well equipped teachers for her schools, aud to Dr. Curry of his manifest zeal and ureat interest in everything which tends to promote the cause of education in the State. COI.f.KGKS. The report of the colleges can mm in- niitui- up mini nearer uie rlo-i> of the fiscal year. They will, however. Ik* ti 1 ! *?! in time to be incorporated 111 the hotly report. Keferi nee to the report will liave to In* made for special information concerning these institution-:. 0kak \m? hi.1m) p The institution for the education of the deaf and blind is in f?ood condition and continues to deserve your fostering care and liberal support. Your attention is especially railed to tin? report of the sHpei i ritendent contained ni iiie li'idy <d t i i i ^ report. IT A OKI. i here wa- an unfortunate dist ii r ha nee in the Smith Carolina V Military academy in April last which resulted in the dismissal ,-^-1 of ht cadet--. A full statement in reference to tlii- matter will he found in tie liodv oi the report of tin- board 1.1 visitors -iibmitie! hereu ith. iiml to th;?t report you art* r- icrred for full information coin niim tliat institution. KIM I CI \ 111 \ i IN I'l KMC SrllOOI.S. It wniiM l?i* well if file law roi; III I I :i potion of t lie Kil.!i> to b>> read daily, without note or c foment, 111 the public schools of ti e State, No pupil whose parents <>r guardians object slum id be ri )Hired to take part in the exercises. I OXI'I l SIO.X. In surrendering the oflico of . ?; State Kiipenntendeiit of educa- ? tioii, after an unprecedented . term, I may venture to congratulate the g -neral assembly and the people of the State on the progress which has been made, in all that concerns the public education, during tins period of eight years.