The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-05

group South Carolina telones) 26 %;
Of the south central States 2S. "a; Of the
north central States A; of the west.
ern States 1101.
AMOUNT PAID PER CAPITA.
According to the United States com
missioner of education's report, South
| Carolina pays only 70 cents per annur
per capita Of population, the smallest
amount paid by any State cr Territory
in tie Union; the SIX highest bslug
Massachusetts,. $3 81; North Dakola,
81 %; South Dakota, $4.2l; Colorado,
s. 49; Nevada, s. 70; California, 81 80
The same report also shows that South
Caro!ina spends the least average
amount per pupil OF anysState or Ter
ritory in the Union. Her average ex-
renditure per pupil was IS 90. The av.
ersee expenditures Of the States and
Territories per pupil were as follows
South Carolina, s. 29;North Carolins,
So 40; Alabama, IS IS; Tennessee. q
IS; Mississippi. S. %; Georgia, IS 42;
Asksrsas, S73S; Texas, $S79; Virgin
Is, sS.92. Oklahoma, 50 Il; Louisians,
IS. 80; Florida, $40; Colorado, $40 SO;
West Virginia. S11 81; Kentucky, S12.-
IS; Missouri. sl3 SO; Delaware, s13 SO;
Maine, $lS IS; Washington, SIS SO;
Maryland, sl9.04; Michigan, SIG 80;
Kansas, sl9 46; Indiapa, so IL; Ore,
enn. $50 SO; Osio, s21 06; W;@cotsin,
%c1.2); Idaho. $2l.o2; U'@h, 22.56; Yer
mont. $22.S2; Iows ,S22. 90; Pennsylva
s24 81; Illinois, S25 40; New jersey,
s26 As, Wyoming, s26 S0;Connecticut.
s26.S7; New York $27 IS; District OF
Columbis, s2S %; ;Arizona, S29 7l;Min
nssots, S29 81; South DakoIS, s3i CS;
Rhode Island, $500; North Dakota,
s33 4S; Massachusests, S33 9S; Callfor-
mis- $34 80; Montana. $50 80; Colora'
do, So. 70; Nevada, $40 25,
LOCAL TAX.
The general law under which a
special tax may be levied needs to be
amended. One meeting of the citz=ns
and one vote on the que=tiou is
enough. The county audit.r delivers
his tax publicstes to The county treas
urer during the month OF July of each
year. A special tax must be voted be-
fore June 80, to be put on the tax du-
pl!cate Usually arrangements are
made during the summer for schools
for tie following year. TIE law should
PEI nit tax voted during the summer
to DE placed on special duplicate and
the t&1 to Re collected in the fall OF
that year, or it should permit such tax
to 90 on the tax duplicate for the ns x
yesr and the tax to be collected, along
with The regular county and State
taxes. By making the changes here
mentioned you'd be, most likely, s
great Increase in the number of school
districts levying special ta1. Toere
are nowSs districts leving aspecial
tex.
STATE AID.
The State aid to the SCHOOLS must be
derived from the income from the dis
pansary or from q State tax levied for
school purpoaed. The State aid is in
tended uy the constitution to be so dis.
iributcd as to eqlalNs all of the coun.
| les. NJ act attempting to cover al
OF the details of such distribution
could be safely passed a plain simple
act directing the distribution to be
made by the State board of education
so as to eoualize the counties would
secure tue end desired with the grest-
est facility snd the leaet friction.
DIsPENsARY FUND.
an informed by the St:te board OF
control that they have paid into the
State treasury the sum of $4,000 for
school purposes sud expect to pay, dur
ing January next, an additions j sun
OF $4,000. The S:ate board Of edoca.
ton will meet during the first week in
Jarusry, and take some sc!ion in refer.
ence to this money. Isuppose it will
be distributed among tie counties IN
sccofdance with the calculatlons OF ex
Con, ptrolier General James Norton as
to the IS per capita deficiency, his es
timate being that the income from the
oispensary this year would yield asum
sufficient to raise, on proper distribu
tioo, each county to the S. per capita
requirement, which rendered the levy
ing of an extra tax by him unnecessa'
~.
There should be some legislation
en- pcwipg the State board Of education
to distribute among the counties any
future ircoue from the dispensary fol-
school purpose.
NoRMAL TRAINING.
The Winthrop Normal and Ir6us
trial college has sll the students it Can
we'll accomodste; the normal classes
are full, and each year this institution,
it is expected, will continue to prepare
and send forth many young women
specially trained for teaching.
The law has provided for normal
course in South Carolina college, and
:wo scholarships from each county
have been created, open only to young
men The only value attached to these
Scholarships IS s non exsction Of tut
| lion and annual fees from the holders.
The normal department of this college
is yell organized and doing splendid
work. Since it is possible to induce
others to take the Norman course by II
creasing the Dumber OF scholarships,
aud since tbe college Is nov open tc
both men and women, it would be sd
Vlsable to inc, ease the number Of nor
nal scholarships in this institution
and to open them to both men and
Won en-
There are number OF high grade
| private colleges In this State, each ot
which has its friends, admirers sno
supporters, and many young men and
women are being annually well IL
structed ct these sIitutions, some q
whom teach in our public schools TIE
law now requires full college diploms
before q certificate to teacp can be is
sued on diploma. It would be vel
to recognize the diplomas Of such q
these colleges IS may provide nor
nsl course and confer the degree .
.icsnti&te of Instruction. b so doing
sn iuoucenent will be of=;ed to thos<
colleges to provide normal courses foI
hose of th. II pupils who d-sire tc
ho ~,