The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-12-27
STATE 80 HOULs.
/ GRATIFYING INCREASE In
AVERAGE ATTENDING S.
a Good ehoWipg for Past Year Aade
by state Superintendent
of Education.

ACGOEQlnR W E0L AOSO4OOj ppS
schools Of South Carolina made de.
cided progress during the scholastic
year which ended June 30, 1906. The
most striking advance as I!see it, ia
the average attendance which in
creased 1s, ,427 above that Of the year
ending june, 1905. The fetal aver.
age attendance in 1905 was 2oo,4
The total for tnis year wss 21S s62.
OF the total average attendance for
this year, 104. .2Ts we're white and
ia 400 were negroes. OF the increase
11.7s7 we're white aud $500 were ne.
gro. Ths total enrolment allowed IN
increase Of 15,412. II ia worthy OF
note that the average attendance In
creased more than the enrolment.
Money is spportioned on enrolment.
30 there is o motive to encourage the
people to make a lsTee enrolment
even if the children do lot attend
regularly at school. It Shows real
progress, therefore, when tine average
ATTENDANCE increase In enrolment.
OF the increase l., enrolment E 662
we're white and 9,750 were negro.
The total enrolment for 1905 waa
302, 663; for 1905. 3lS,075. Or this
total, l47,O53 were white and III ,022
were negro. The average annual sal.
ary Of white teachers increased from
s2ss in 1905, a253 in 1906, making q
average gain of s17 TO each teacher.
The average annual salary Of negro
teaehers increased from sSS2S In
1905, to s95 in 1905. making an aver.
age gain OF a6.72. The totsl revenue
! of the schools increased 95S S90 0S,
but the expenditures also increased,
and the balances on hand at the close
OF the scholastic year ending June 80,
1905, showed q decrease OF $40. e54 Al.
The books at that Time Of the year
show pretty full balances, but this
money is necessary to run the SCHOOLS
until taxes come in du-ing tho fol.
lowing Dscembar. The total revenue
for 1905 was 81, ,6S1. 500. 81; for 1905,
81, 7A0, ,4s9 a.; for 1905, 81, 404. 473.9S.
Total expenditures indics5e the
amount OF the annual Echool fund
rather than total receipts, b>cauEe to
tai receipts show q balance OF more
than 100000, which is carried for.
ward on the 30th Of June, in time to
run the SCHOOLS until taI paying tsre.
This does not indicate that the
schools have any surplus money, be-
cause If there wsTs to be exact bal.
ances on the 30th of June, the schools
wuuld hsve ahgela ats:5 no money for
the fall session.
OF the total receipts, the three mill
az furnished in 1906, 1858 273 Il an
increase of S33, 400 81. the special
tai leyies furnishes $3.50 161 81, an
increase OF so3,052 % Toe d1span-
say fund furnished 8139 2l3 "a
which was q decrease Of s71 757 6S
The poll tax furnishes about 5000, ,00C
and the dog tax about $4,000. The
prospect tcen, with q decreased dis.
pensary fund, and with only slight
increase Of expenditures, Is that oul
school fund will soon get In q precs.
rious condition unless the Legislature
comes to the relief.
There iS exactly 200 new school
buildings erected during the past
scholastic year. Many Of these are
elegant buildings. A great number
CT them were erected under the en-
couragement Of the echool building
law enacted by the legislaturG, and
were built according to plans furnish
cd from this ofdces. AL such buildings
are carefully inspected by county
boards before cid is given to them.
We now have $40 rural school libra
rias, ia of which ware established
during 1906. One hundred and sixty
one OF these Libraries have baen in
creased since they were established
Seventy.Hve distric.s havo voted spe'
cial ta1es during last year. This
makes 464 districts in the State
which have taken this Important step.
Many other items Of progress are
shown in this report In the special
chapter on statics.
o. B. MARTIN,
State Supt. Of Education
Reports own Death,
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