The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-26
STATES SCHOOLS.
a GRATIFYING INCREASE in
AVERAGE ATTENDANTS
a Good ahowing for Past Year Made
by State Superintendent
Of Educstion.

AccOro1ng 20 our lecoloB, tue
schools Of South Carolina made de
cided progress during the scholastic
year which ended June 80, 1906. The
most striking advance as I sea 1t, is
the average attendance which in
creased 18. .427 above that OF the year
ending June, 1905. The total &ver-
sse attendance In 1905 was 200, 435.
The total for this year vas 2l8 862.
OF the total average attendance fcr
shis year, 1o4,372 were white and
ia, 400 were negroes. OF the increase
l1.737 were white and $500 were ne.
gro. The svtal enrolment showed ar
incree:e Of is, 5,412. I. Is worthy o.
note that the average attendance IN
creased more than the enrolment.
Money is appoft1oned on. enrolment.
50 ths1e is motive 10 encourage the
psople 20 make a large enrolment
sven II the children do oot attend
regularly At school. It shoHs real
progress, therefore, when the average
astenoance increase In enrolment.
OF the Increase in enrolment 5 662
we're white and $3.50 Wese negro.
The total enrolment for 1905 was
302. .663; Tor 1908. 31S,075. Or shts
total, 147.053 we're white and III ,G22
vera negro. The average annual sal
sry of whita teachers increased from
s236 in 1905, s253 in 1906, making
average gain Of 917 70 each teacher.
The average annual salary OF negro
seacheYs increased from Ss8 % IN
1905, 10 S95 In 1905: making an aver.
age gain OF s6.92. The total revanua
Of the sehools increased s58 $50 08
out the expenditures also increased,
and the balances on hand at the Gloss
OF the scholastic year ending June 80,
1906, showed q decfeass G., $40 954 Al.
The beoks ed that time Of the year
show pretty full balances, but this
money Ia necessary TO run the schools
until taxes come in during the fol.
loving Decambar. The total revenue
for 1905 was 81. $751; 5ss.54; 70, 1906
81. 74o. 4a9 A.; for 1905, 81. 4C4 473.s3.
Total expenditures Indicate the
amouns Of aho annual school fund
rather chan fetal receipts, because to |
tai receipts show Q balance Of more
than $500, 900, which Is carried for
ward on ahe so5h Of juno, In time to
run the soho Is until tax paying tine.
This does not indicate that the
seheols. have any surplus money, be
cause II there were TO be exact bal
snces on shs 30sh Of June, the schools
would have absolutely no money for
the fall session.
OF the total receipts, the th!ee mill
tax furnished in 1906, 1858 273 II az
increase OF ss3 400 81. The special |
tax levies fu,niebes $3.50 l61 "a, az
increase OF so3. .0522s Toe dlsran-
sary fund furnished s1ss 2IS Il,
which was decrease OF s7l, 757 SO
The poll tax furnishes aoous 5000, ,0e0
and the dog tax about s45, 900. The |
then, with decreased dis.
pensary fund, and with only slight |
increase Of expenditures, Is thas oul
school fund will soon get In a precs-
rious condition unless the legislatur |
comes to the relief.
There is exactly 200 new school
buildings e1eosed during the past
scholastic year. Msay Of these are
elegant buildings. A great number |
CT them ware erected unde: the en-. |
couragemens Of the echool building |
law enacted by the legislature, and
were built according to plans furnish.
ed from this oeace. All such buildings |
are carefully inspected By county
boards before cid is given to them.
We now have so rural school libra
ries, ia CT Rhich wsre established
during 1906. One hundred and sixty.
one Of these Libraries have been in
creased since they were established.
Seventy.Hve 6istIic.s have voted 5pe-
cial ts1es during last year. This
makes 464 districts in the State
which have taken this important sep.
Many other items Of progress are
shown in this report In the special
chapter on sta:ics,
O. B. MARTN,
State Supt. OF Education.