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REPORT ON SCHOOLS
IN WILLIAMSBURG
MR. D. L. LEWIS RECOMMENDS
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS
IN OUR SYSTEM.
Following is the report made to
State Superintendent of Education by
State Inspector of schools, D. L. Lewis,
on Williamsburg county schools, and
is worthy of careful perusal by every
citizen interested in the education of
our children:
December 19, 1921.
Hon. J. E. Swearingen,
Dear Sir:
f * You will find below summary of
school conditions in Williamsburg
county, as seen by me during week
ended December 17:
, On December 13, in company with
the County Superintendent I visited
Carlisle, a two-teacher school; Cades,
a three-teacher school; Rough Branch,
with two teachers; Singletary, with
one teacher; and Indiantown, a school
of four teachers.
We found very good work in the
one and two-teacher schools?as good
as can be expected in schools of
these types.
Unfortunately, some of the two
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VCttUi^r suiwia cue uiiuv*vmmmq ww
many grades. A two-teacher school
should undertake only eight grades.
The attempt to teach more grades
leads to neglect of some grade or
grades, usually the lower. The only
remedies for this situation are, consolidation
of schools so as to form
schools of three, better four, or more,
teachers, in which schools the upper
grades can be well taught, and no
grades neglected; or, the sending of
i ; all upper grade pupils to a high
k school, provided a high school can be
| reached. Where one and two-teacher
I schools are within reach of Kingstree,
Hemingway, Greeiyplle, or any other
y 'high school, the sending of all high
school pupils to these high schools
would be the proper thing to do.
They would get better training in
these high schools, and the seven
grades that remain in the local schools
would get much better training as
ra result of the removal of the high
school grades.
But many of the schools in Wil
liamsburg are not witnin reacn 01
any high school. In this case, consolidation,
as suggested above should
be made. Wherever conditions are
favorable, centralized high schools
should be established. Three or more
country school districts agree to maintain
a joint high school, to which all
the high school pupils of these districts
are to go. The first seven
grades remain in the school# just as
, at present. The Central district, in
which the Centralized high school is
to be located, builds the schoolhouse,
or supplies the house if it already
has a good building. The Central
district should be willing to do this,
on account of its advantage as to
location of high school. "ftie cooperating
districts agree to send all
their high school pupils to the Cen
tral high school. In this way, no
school is done away with, the first
seven grades get more attention, and
the high school grades get the advantage
of a two-teacher high schooL
This is not a cconsoHdation of districts;
each district maintains its in-ytegrity.
It is an affiliation, for the
purpose of securing the- advantages
of a high school for country boys
and girls.
It is the finest plan that has ever
been developed for the adequate high
school training of all the country
boys and girls. The Legislature, realizing
this, has agreed to give to such
a Centralized high school State aid
equal to twice the amount received
by a town or city high school of the
same type, in order to encourage the
establishment, by country school districts,
of such high schools.
Such country high schools receive
not less than $1600 State high school
aid each year. The co-operating districts
are entitled to State aid just
as they already are?term extension,
rural graded, and equalizing aid.
The ideal system of couusry scaoois
would have ia each county such centralized
high schools evsry tea miles
apart. This^would give to every ambitious
country boy and girl the opportunity
to attend a high school.
These centralized high schools should
have a nucleus of 200 or 250 children
Hf in the first sevefc grades of the cooperating
schools, to feed the cenn
tral high high schools.. The high
^V"^|chools would rmVi at least eight
months, and the Jb-epir nltfe scHools
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NEW STOCK LAW EFFECTIVE.
i Ne More Free Grass for Grazing
After Saturday.
Only two more days remain until
South Carolina will be a full-fledged
stock law state with not an inch of
"free grass territory remaining. The
general stock law passed by the legislature
at the last session after numerous
bitter fights takes effect December
31, 1921, the last day of the
year, and as 1922 peeps over the horizon
"free grassers" will be outlawed.
The free grass question has caused
j as many fights in the legislature pos\
sibly as any other one thing, and
' while to all intents the fighting was
I over with the last session, there is al!
ready some talk of a renewal at the
approaching session of the general
assembly.
Under the terms of the act of 1921,
"on and after December 31, 1921, it
shall be unlawful for the owner or
manager of any mule, horse, ass, jennet,
swine, sheep, goat or meat cattle
of any description, to wilfully or negligently
permit the said animal or
any of them, or any other domestic
animal, to run at large beyond the
limits of his own land, or the lands
leased, occupied or controlled by him."
For violating the terms of the law,
a person is subject to a fine of not
more than $25 or 25 days for each
offense.
would have to run as long as the
high schools.
Do our country children deserve
such a system of schools? Should
they receive as good education as
do the children in Kingstree, Hemingway,
or Greelyville? If not, why
not? Those country boys and girls
are the hope of the country. In the
country they receive the training
that makes for all that is best in
developing real manhood and womanhood.
They are trained to work, to
know hardship, to carry responsibility.
They take religion seriously,
they early join the church, and take
a leading part in Sunday school and
church work. 90% of our preachers
come from the country churches. If
we educate these country boys and
girls, they make our best citizens.
Are we giving them at present the
education they deserve? We are not
We must give them better school opportunities.
We must consolidate
our small schools, establish wherever
practicable centralized high schools,
must have longer scnooi terms, Detter
teachers and more regular attendance.
Times are very hard now,
and we cannot do much in carrying
out this program. But we can be
thinking and planning, and when
times become better, we should do
for our country children what we have
neglected to do?give them the educational
facilities they deserve. Such
a system of country schools will cost
more, but not so much as the cost of
allowing our country children to grow
up in ignorance.
A centralized high school should be
established at Cades. There should
be one at Lanes, and one at Trio.
The people of Williamsburg should
not be satisfied until there is a high
school within reach of every boy and
girl in the county.
At Indiantown we found a fourteacher
school. In this school, fine
work is being done, and the upper
grades can receive full attention with
oat neglect of the lower grades.
On December 14, Trio, two-teacher
school; Aimwell, with two teachers;
Oak Ridge, with two teachers; Earles,
a three-teacher school; and Spring
Golly, with one teacher, were visited.
At Trio we saw some of the best
teaching of EngKsh grammar that we
have observed in any school. At Oak
Ridge, the teachers are laboring under
the handicap of having to teach in
two separate rooms. It is hoped that
the patrons can get their new school
building by next session.
On December 15, we were able to
visit only one school, Gamble, on
account of our having to attend the
meeting of the County Sunday School
Association. Ori
Friday, December 116, we vis
ited Salters, a three-teacner scnooi;
Lanes, with three teachers; Mulberry,
with two teachers; Retreat, with two
teachers; and Mt. Vernon, a one-teacher
school.
At Salters we found some splendid j
work being done in the upper grades!
in algebra. At Lanes we saw some
excellent .teaching of English grammar
by the principal. The discipline,
was all that could be asked for. The
lack of study and preparation on the!
part of the larger pupils that was J
beer-red last spring has been re- j
plaoed by good preparation and good |
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LAND REVALUATION
TO COME NET YEAR
FOUR YEAR PERIOD OF REAL
ESTATE RETURNS DUE
EARLY IN 1922.
One of the big tasks to be begun
early next year will be the revaluation
of land throughout the state by
the various boards of assessors under
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tne direction ana supervision 01 me
South Carolina tax commission.
Under the law real estate of all
kinds must be returned between January
1 February 20 every four
years, beginning: with 1898 and with
the coming of 1922 all lands are to
be revalued in every county, township
and district.
The tax commission has already had
its field agents checking up land returns
and the commission itself will
tackle the revaluation problem early
next year. A good deal of data has
already been gathered.
S. B. W. Courtney Dead.
Mr. S. B. W. Courtney, a well known
and vererable citiien of this county
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. J. Epps, at Leo Tuesday of
last week after a long period of ill
health. He was eighty-two years of
age at the time of his death and is
survived by his wife and the following
children: P. S. Courtney, Union; S.
L. Courtney, York; White Courtney,
Indiantown; Hampton Courtney and
Dr. S. B. W. Courtney of Florence
county, Mrs. J. L. Thomas of Cades,
and Mrs. J. J. Epps of Leo. Interment
was made at Elam church in
Florence county, funeral services being
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Truluck
and Rev. Jno. W. Davis.
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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback,
negro governor of Louisiana
from December 6, 1872, to January
18, 1873, died in Washington Thursday
-:-Vi "">? 0/4 rraara rtlrl nnH had
lligllb. lie rr u W-I Jvoiu v>?T ?
lived in Washington for the past thirty
years.
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recitations. The principal deserves
congratulation for straightening out
a difficult situation. Lanes, as suggested
above, should establish a centralized
high school. At Retreat we
found that the teachers had dismissed
at 1:30, so we missed seeing their
work. Country schools, on account of
short yearly sessions, small number
of teachers to the school, and other
drawbacks, should run #rom nine to
3:30 or 4.
In some of the schools, weak teaching
was observed, due to lack of
preparation on the part of the teachers.
Teachers should prepare beforehand
all the lessons they are to teach,
nrosont them in the best
way to the pupils. Teachers should
not have to keep their noses stuck in
the text-books all the time they are
hearing a lecitation. They cannot
ask questions that bring out all the
facts, they cannot correlate their
questions, they cannot bring in illustrative
facts that increase interest,
they cannot clinch the teachings,
unless they thoroughly prepare beforehand.
This was observed particularly
at one school in a geography
lesson. At another school, the pupils
were made to write synopses of certain
historical events, with the use
of the book. These synopses should
be written from memory. All written
work from the fourth grade on,
except mathematics, should be done
? ? ? a,?
wit ft pen ana mit. wunwy umuicn
get hardly any pratice in penmanship.
Reading in some of the schools was
poorly taught, so that the pupils were
not getting the thought. In some of
he schools there was too much disorder
for good work.
Taken as a whole, however, the
work in the country schools Is above
the average. The teachers are conscientious
and are working hard.
The many good schoolhouses in
Williamsburg county, built according
to approved plaas, show fine educational
leadership in the past.
These leaders are to be congratulated
on what thoy have accomplished.
Under the present County Superintendent,
I predict a cantinuance of
this effective leadership, which will
mean much to the country childran
of Williamsburg county. The country
schools need supervision. When
times become better, I feel sure that
the country people will respond to his
leadership, as they have responded
in the past, and that Williamsburg
will educate her children.
D. L. Lewis.
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ALLENDALE MAN
SHOT BY COUSIN
FRAMPTON'S WOUND MAY .
PROVE FATAly?DAVIS
TAKES POISON. ,
Allendale, Dec. 27.?Earl Frampton, (
a prominent farmer nncl ak popular 3
young man of this section, was shat j
and probably fatally wounded about ,
two miles from here th:s afternoon
by his cousin, Lewis Davis. Davis
immediately after the shooting took ,
about 15 grains of poison and lies in
a despirate condition at a hotel here
tonight with a doctor in attendance, i
There is a possibility of his recovery, ,
doctors said tonight, as t ie period of .
greatest danger has passed. His recovery
is considered remarkable as .
the dose taken was unusually large. ,
Frampton, the wounded man, was
taken to a sanitarium in Charleston (
this afternoon. The general opinion
was that the wound w ould prove fatal, ,
he being shot through the abdomen,
the ball entering near the left side
in the rear of the body and coming
out in the front on the right side.
The weapon used was a 38 automatic.
The details of the motive of the ,
crime are v??ry scant It appears that
Frampton, who is a first cousin of
Davis, lived in the home of Davis together
with his father and two sisters.
Davis' only statement after the
shooting was that it was due to family
troubles. Members of the family
of the wounded man were so excited ,
that no coherent statement could be 1
gained at the home where the shoot- .
ing occurred. It was some time after (
the shooting before the news reached (
Allendale, although the place where it
occurred is only two miles from here. ,
A resident of Allendale happened to
pass the home after the shooting oc- J
curred and coming on into Allendale
reported the news to Sheriff Bennett, i
who immediately went to the scene ^
of the crime together with several ,
ilf?nuties and a doctor.
Immediate attention was giyen to ^
Fiampton and he was 'taken to j
Charleston by Allendale physicians
this, afternoon on the Charleston & .
Western Carolina train..
Eavis, who did the shooting, was j
found upstairs in his home with an
empty bottle that contained poison ^
by his side. He stated that he had
taken the entire bottle and requested (
to be allowed to stay in the room a ^
few minutes as he believed he would 1
be dead at the end of that time. He j
was taken in charge by Sheriff Ben- ,
nett, however, and brought to Allen- ]
dale. He was having convulsions
when he reached here but after atten- ;
ifcion by a physician he appeared to .
have slightly "i-ecovered and is rest- .
ing fairly well tonight. (
At the request of physicians he is (
being allowed to remain here tonight
instead of being removed to the Bamwell
jail where the Allendale county
prisoners are being kept. He will be
removed there early tomorrow if his
condition warrants the removal. ,
No news from Frampton has been
heard since his removal to Charleston
this afternoon. The father of (
Frampton made a statement after the
shooting that Davis had made odd !
threats and appeared in others ways ,
to be mentally unbal meed during the
past six months, but that he knew of ,
ne direct motive for the alleged crime. J
Both of the parties in the difficulty ,
are prominent in this section and
Davis is re;?orted to be very wealthy,
having just completed a large and ex- (
pensive home.
Mrs. A damn Commits Suicide. '
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Mrs. Florence Adams, aged twentyfive
years and married, committeed
suicide last week at her home between
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UI&I1QI ?11111 XjS&C ujr oawvuig
herself through the heait. Mag-is- *
trate Truluck conducted an investigation
into the case and reported that
there was no doubt about the fact '
that Mrs. Adams had taken her own life.
Np cause for the deed has been *
given.
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The Christmas spirit found expression
this year in an unprecedented demand
by families in comfortable cir!
cum stances for babies for adoption, c
according to advices from Chicago, c
whe re ten babies a day is the average
maintained during the Christmas season,
according to the records of the
adoption court. Despite hard times, r
the increase in adoption this year during
Christmas tide is 40 per cent
greater there than that of any previoi
s year. s
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Send your Job Printing to ns a
DR. BELL REVEALS STORY. J
[nventor Points to Romance Related
About the Telephone.
Despite the fact that he is the inventor
of the telephone, Dr. Alex- ^
ander Graham Bell made the unusual
admission that his hearers probably
knew more than he about its
development to its present high perfection,
when he recently addressed ^
the Telephone Society in the audi- ^
torium of the Masonic Temple in s<
Washington. Dr. Bell spoke in a aj
reminiscent vein, and injected numer- a
ous bits of humor into his address.
"It is a curious fact that any lan- a
guage can be used on the telephone," a'
he said. His remark was greeted d
with laughter, and the aged inventor w
followed the trend of thought of his
audience and told them of the necessi- J
ty in the early days of the telephone a
to pass regulations prohibiting any- "
thing but mild language on the part
of the operators, who then were men. v
"Young men do not have the pa- n
tience of young women, and frequently
the wires were kept red hot," said *
Dr. Bell. "V/e introduce young c
women as operators," he said, "and "
now can rejoic% tliat the telephone c
has furnished a new occupation to ?
thousands of them." d
Dr. Bell then explained that his f'<
first remark referred to foreign lan- t]
guages. He told his hearers that the
first foreign language spoken over
the telephone was Japanese. This h
occurred in 1876 when a Japanese, tl
a student in Dr. Bell's class at Boston
University, conversed in his na- a
tive language through the new instru- F
ment with two Japanese friends, stu- P
dents of Harvard University, who lat- C
er held high offices in Japan. f
The first medical conference on the b
telephone, Dr. Bell said, was held g
here in Washington, when, late one f
night, he called a physician concerning
a suspected attack of croup of ri
his little daughter. The physician t]
told Dr. Bell to bring the child to the I
telephone and have her cough. After p
doing this, the physician set the h
parent's fears at ease and told them ?
he would be around in the morning.
"There has been a great deal of v
true romance related about the tele- c<
phone," said Dr. Bell, as he told of h
its introduction into Europe by the al
King of Spain to talk to his then tl
fiancee.
Dr. Bell reminisced regarding some tl
Df his first exhibitions of his inven- tl
tion, and commented on several of nr
the unforeseen developments of the h
first instruments. The briginal mouth- Sj
piece, he said, is now used as a trans- tl
' tl
natter.
Dr. Bell also told of an experiment
in London when a dozen persons,
among them Gladstone, took part in
an experiment proving that a current
carrying a message would pass sue- y
eussfully through the human body. s<
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Union High School Notes. S(
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Rome, Dec. 24.?The first term of
work over, all examinations finished, h,
rhe following is the Honor Roll for a
third month. n
First Grade?Bethel DuRant, John cj
Cribb, Maggie Thomas, Virginia t
Rhem, Jeanette Fenters, Harriet Way, tl
Mary Baxley, Johnnie Johr.son, James p
White. 5j
Second Grade?Annie Mae Wall, s<
Sally Avant, J. P. Baxley, Grace n
31yde, Dudley Cook, Verneze Cribb,
Willie Powell, Jamie Munnerlyn, Ted- y
lie Williams, David Sanders. ' ]c
Third Grade?John L. Altman,
jrace Munnerlyn, Oliver Wilder. s<
Faorth Grade?John W. DuRant, k
Floyd Rouse, Linnie Sports, Minnie a)
Bryan. f.
Fifth Grade?Annie Baxley, Ethel ^
Tanner, Kate Williams. tl
Sixth Grade?Margie Altman, \
Gdaphel Richardson, Ruth Cribb, Tom c]
Jlyde, Pat Baxley. ]e
Seventh Grade?Virginia Munner- ^
yn, Capers Williams, Manning Thorn- ^
is, Josie Carraway, Mildred Cribb, gj
Haria Holiday, Clyde Tart, Ellebe
3axley. t,,
Eight Gsade?SacPe Johnson, Min- ^
lie Johnson, Mary Louise Munnerlyn. i
William Avant, Jettie Wilder, Davis
TTH?
wimams. 1
Ninth Grade?Fulton Strong, Franks
Snow.*, Rena Wilson, Guss Had- g.
lock, Omy Wilder.
Tentfi Grade?Louise Carraway, gj
>11 Williams, Nelle Wilsoa, Louise ^
>ibb, Annie Carraway, Ifaade Alt- pi
r.an, Jessie Thomas. g(
Eleventh Grade?Roea Rodge*.
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Ex-President Wilson celebrated his cc
ixty-fiflfc birthday yesterday. He st
ras the recipient of many telegrams
md congratulatory messages.
:0L WATTERSON
DIES IN FLORIDA
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AMOUS AMERICAN JOURNALIST
GONE TO "THAT BEAUTIFUL
SHORE"?ETERNITY. \ *
Colonel Henry Watterson, known
> the American people as one of the
ist surviving members of the old
:hool of journalism and to his friends
s "Marse Henry," died Thursday at
hotel in Jacksonville, Fla.
Death came peacefully, the venerble
editor retaining consciousness *
Imost to the end and conversing
uring his last half hour with his
ife, son and daughter.
Colonel Wattcrson had gone to
acksonville in accordance with his
nnual custom of spending the winter
1 Florida, usually at Fort Myers.
He contracted a slight cold and
-hile seated in a chair Wednesday
lorning soon after breakfast he suf- ' ,
2 red an acute bronchial attack and
as ordered to his bed by his physiian.
His condition grew worse durig
the day and night and the end
ame at 6:16 o'clock Thursday morn- |
og. The immediate cause of his
eath, his physician said, was heart <
ailure superinduced by congestion of
lie bronchial tubes.
Thus "Marse Henry" passed to
that beautiful shore," where he
ist October wrote his comrades of
be Confederate Army he was sure
the Bonnie Blue flair will be flvinr
t the fore and the bands will be
laying 'Dixie' on parade and the
retty girls will be disturbing The
Jhattanooga Rebel' (the newspaper
mblished by him during the War
etween the States) to groups of raged,
red-nosed angels who have not
orgotten the rebel yell."
The body of Col Watterson will
emain in Florida until sometime in
lie spring, when it will be taken to
.ouisville for burial in (he family
lot in Cave Hill cemetery, where
Is father and mother rest, his am,
lenry Watterson, Jr., announced.
Mr. Watterson said his mother was * '*>1
ery frail and that because of her A
andition as a result of the death of
er husband, he deemed it inarfviable
for her to leave Florida during
ie winter.
Col. nrtd Mrs. Watterson rplphratpd
leir 50th wedding anniversary in
aeir apartment Tuesday with only
lembers of the family present and
is son said he was m unusually high
pirits, recalling many incidents of
leir wedding life and laughing at
lose having a humorous touch.
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On Tobacco Marketing.
Fifty thousand tobacco growers of
ie burley co-operative marketing asiciation
of Kentucky will market this
ear's crop of tobacco, and will have
>ld 10,000,000 of the 175,000,000
ounds before January 1, 1922.
All commercial barks of Louisville 1
avc agreed to lend the full legal
mount of their capital. totaline a
u'llion and half dollars, to the assoiation
to help finance the farmers,
he association has the backing of
le War Finance Co-operation, The
'ederal Reserve System, the local
anks, and can obtain from these
)urces fifty percent of the current
tarket value of its tobacco.
The National City Bank of New
ork is trying to make permanent
ians to the association on the security
' warehouse receipts issued by the ae>ciation.
98 percent of the banks of
entucky outside of Louisville have
?reed to back the movement to the
ill extent of all available fnnda.
11 of the warehouses except four in
le states of Kentucky, Indiana, West
irginia and Ohio have agreed to
ose their floors for the sale of bury
tobacco until the association tells
iem to- open, or until tkfe association
ikes them over by lease er by pnrlase.
The four big manufacturers ei teicco
as ascertained by representavee
of the hurley growers aeeeciaon
indicate that they will deal with
le association readily on the basis
> insure a fair profit bo the grower.
The success of tobacco iaeaeers cr
anizing in Virginia anrt tne uaro135
now seems assured. With VTrnia
signing 75 peraent. N\>rth #arola
50 percent and South CaroHna
isiiag her full qaota. Gat ? The
an Wafcon.
Just think 100,000 tobaece growers
tve signed and are signing tobacco
ntracts in a singie year in seven
ates.
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