The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-10
Annual Report of County Su- perinttndeRt | N. McAdOry
 Has Been Completed
WHITE TEACHERS PAID
 AN AVERAGE OF S426O
The Schools Will Be Run for Longer Terms This Year Than Ever Before-Many Other
 Facts.

County Superintendent I. W. McAdory ing the condition of the Jefferson county schools It will be submitted to the state superintendent, l. w. Hill, in the next day or two. The report is replete with in- 'teresting figures relative to the schools of the county and shows that within the past year the attendance and enrolment of the schools have made gratifying gains.
 From the present appropriations which county the probabilities are that num- Der of them will run during the entire session of nine months. Many other schools which have not been able here tofore to run more than five months a year, on account of lack of funds. will, in all probability be open this year for a term of seven months.
 For several weeks past Superintendent McAdory and Chief Clerk R. G. Hewitt have been working on the report. gather ing facts and statistics about the schools of the county
 Schools Included.
 This report includes every school in the county with the exception of those in Birmingham. Bessemer, Pratt City, Avon dale and East Lake. According to special acts of the legislature separate school dis tricts were created in each of these cities. They elect their own superintendents and do not report to the state department of education through the county super intendent's office
 Professor McAdory's report shows that there are in this county, with the ex- ception of those in the above named cities, PIT public schools. Of this number 15s are white schools and 59 are negro schools.
 The total number of pupils enrolled Of this number 13924 were in the white schools and 4752 in the negro schools.
 The report also shows that in the entire county there are 94,O77 school children in- cluding those in city schools Of this num- Der 22,364 attend the white schools and i 16,713 attend the negro schools.
 The report shows that there are 33S teachers in the county public schools 266 being white teachers and 72 negro teachers.
 Grades of Teachers.
 The white teachers are graded as fol- lows First grade, 96 second grade. 70; and third grade. 100. The average monthly salary of the white teachers is $42. 50 and the average monthly salary of the negro teachers is BPS. .O2.
 The average daily attendance of the white schools for the term was 1902, and the average daily attendance of the negro schools was 2892.
 The report shows that there are 177 school buildings in the county. The esti- mated valuation of the school buildings is $1250O0.
 The state appropriated $50,4 .55 last year to the maintenance of the schools. The poll tax receipts divided among the schools amounted to s3521 .45. The mill tax in the county which goes to the public schools, amounted to S49,065.24. The special tax, levied by vote of this county for the public schools. is not n- cluded in this report. This sum is dis tributed by the county board of educa- tion.
 In giving the valuations of the property of colleges in Jefferson county, the fol- lowing institutions are given: Howard college, property valued at $154, 900; Owen ton college, property valued at $l2,0O0; Pollock Stephens institute. property val ued at $45,000