The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-12-22

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follment in the public schools
counties for the scholastic year
!, 1897, to July /, 1893, IS as fol-
bws:
4 By counties: Abbeville has 4, 335
whites and 1876 colored; Aiken, 3,047
whites and 4, Ola colored; Anderson,
7,17S whites and 4, ,66G colored; Bam-
berg, 1925 whites and 2,640 colored;
Barnwell, ., 300 white and 3, 545 colored;
Beaufort, 449 white and 5,446 colored;
Berkeley, 1864 white and 3, 945 colored;
Charleston, 4,525 white and 7,6i2 col
ored; Cherokee, 1888 white and 1,434
colored; Chester, 1911 white and 4, 49S
colored; Chesterfield, 2,720 white and
1924 colored; Clarendon, 1854 white
and 3, O51 colored; Colleton, ,3S5 white
and 2, 3sS colored; Darlington, 2,92S
white and 1895 colored; Dorchester,
1907 white and 1880 colored; Edge
field, zoos white and 4.321 colored;
Fairfield, 1871 white and 4, 951 colored;
Florence, 2,9S2 white and 3, 44S colored;
Georgetown, 1,0S5 white and 2, 7S1 col
ored; Greenville, s, 100 white and 4, 020
colored; Greenwood, 1856 white and
4,479 colored; Hampton, 2,201 white
and 2, GIG colored; Horny, 1874 white
and /, 479 colored; KershGw, 2, 77G white
and !, S71 coored; Laurens, 3, 563 white
and 4, G99 col ored Lexington, 3, 730 white
and /, 95S colored; Marion, 3,97S white
and 4, 167 colored; Marlboro, ,. COZ white
and 2, $50 colored ;Newberry, 4, 242 white
and 4, 700 coored; Oconee, ), 10 white
and /, 1919 colored; Orangeburg, 4,715
white and 8, ,3l9 colored; Pickens, 1856
white and l, 1877 colored; Richland, 2, 1S1
white and 1874 colored; Saluda, 2,1SS
white and ISL colored; Spartanburg,
1855 white and 5,172 colored; Sumter,
2,S20 white and 7,730 colored; Union,
9, ,209 white and 2, 3SS colored; Williams
burg, 2, 724 white and 1916 colored;
York, 3, 907 white and 5. G1,3 colored.
Following is the total enrolment in
public schools for the scholastic year,
July /, 1897, to July l, 1858:
Total white males, IS, 7l6; total white
females, 81, 1856; total whites, 125, l02.
Total colored males, Il, $50; total col
ored females, 70, 22S; total colored, $780,
7S7.
Total males, 135, 215; total females,
140, GA; grand total, 2i5, $50.
The average attendance of the public
schools during the scholastic year was
as follows.
Total white males. 45,477; total
white females, 45, 779; total whites,
81, 256.
Total colored males. SO, 141; total
colored females, GI,0O4; total average
color d attendance, ia, 151.
Total males, 9S, 624; total females,
106, 1873; grand total, 20j, 407.
AS will readily be seen there was q
marked difference between the enroll
ment and the actual attendance. An.
other fact which will deserve notice is
that 25, 900 more colored children than
white were enrolled, although the aver
age attendance was only $4,000 more.
This is due, probably, to the fact that
negro children in the rural districts
are compelled to leave the school to
pick cotton in the fall. However, there
is no Disgusting the fact that the negro
as race is, if anything, taking better
advantages of his oppor tunities than
the white men, all things being con-
sidered. On the other hand, as shown
by the following figures, the white
teachers received over three times az
much money, and there were 900 more
white teac sIs tn "a tolored.
The total anl5fint expended for the
employment of colored teachers was
Sl79, $50. 66; for building school houses,
So, 426. IA. The tQts amount expended