The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-24
School Savings Banks.
To the Teachers of Clarendon
County.

OOoA2VS
Already some of the public
schools are ordering their School
Savings Bank literature and sup
plies for the coming year. Trust
ing that many new localities will
take up this most excellent and
practical branch Of our great
Temperance work. I mention
again the advisa bility Of present
ing the subject at all Teachers
Institutes, educational and phil
anthropic meetings.
It is a lack Of full understand
ing of the simplicity Of penny
saving and thrift teaching that
delays the use of the School Say
ings Bank system in any school.
That it is in many Of our public
schools with marked good effect
most Of our W. c. T. U. women
know. What we ask of them is
that they spread the good i'd.
ings, pass the word along to ev-
cry school teacher and patron.
Tell them that some countries
and states are passing laws to
encourage the full establishment
Of the system. In Canada the
Fielding law enacted last winter
gave fresh impetus to the work
in Toronto, and on March 30th
a bill introduced by Senator
keenan, was adopted by the New
York legislature and signed by
Governor Odell. I copy here
with Senator Keenan's bill:
"It shall be lawful for the
principal or superintendent of
any public school or schools in
the State of New York or for any
person designated for that pur-
pose by the Board of Education
or other school authority in
which such school shall be stu
ated to collect once a week or
from timeto time small amounts
of savings from the pupils of
said school, the same to be de-
posted by said principal or su.
perintendent on the day of
collection in some Savings
Bank II the State to the credit
of the respective pupils from
whom the money shall be collect
ed, or if the amount collected at
any one time shall be deemed in
sufficient for the opening of in
dividaal accounts, in the names
of said principal or superintend-
ent, in trust, and to be by him
eventually transferred to the
credit of the respective pupils to
whom the same belongs. In the
meantime, said principal or su-
perintendent shall furnish to the
Bank a list giving the names, sig
natures, addresses, ages places
of birth, parents names and such
other data concerning the respec-
tive pupils as the Bank may re-
quire, and it shall be lawful to
use the words system of School
Savings Banks or School Say
ings Banks in circulars, reports
and other printed or written mat
ter used in connection with the
purposes Of this law. Any Bank,
Banking Association, individual
banker, firm, association. cor
poration, person Or persons VIC
Iating this provision shall forfeit
to the people of the State for ev-
cry cffense the sum of one hun
dred dollarsfor every day such
offense shall be continued.
"Section 2. This act shall take
effect Immediately"
The system has been used most
successfully in some New York
schools for several years.
Figures, facts, price lists, sam,
pies of literature and supplies
will be gladly furnished by your
superintendent, who has also
recitations, stores and a song,
THE School Savings Banks
Rally" for sale; good equipment
for institute and W. G. T. U.
work. Don't forget to enclose
stamps in proportion to your
needs. Uncle Sam and the prin.
tiers always charge though we
give service free.