The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-28
Poor Attendance-Eve2 with !
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Poor attendance-EveD with N
sufficient funds, poor school houses !
short school terms, and incompetent
teachers. the people may still show
cop,mendabie educatiinal purpose
hv sending every child TO scnoot
every day the schools are in session.
Niue. good may he got out or a very
;n4A~;o- scncoI, il the children at
TEND it regularly and with the puf-
nose os getting the most possible oft
il it. How are the white chi.orsN
OF South Carolina attending lne
Schoolso in 1907, the white enroll
vent in the public schools OF the
Stare was 744,66S, while the average
attendance was only 1o3,5o@. me
faaeraI census taken seven years pc
fore 1900, gives South CarohnS
n7-q,2 white children between the
ages Of ard 2o years, Wh.ie GU.
,eral scaoo, aga is between ala
y wears. It is safe 10 assert tn"'
barely sixty per cent OF the "Al."
cn;;Grer OF the State are enrolled i.
anv Kind Of school, and not Owe
-o,+v oer cent are IN average atie"-
dance. In 1900, thirty-siS per cent
of the white children between the
.aas os 10 and Il years were not
anrol;ed il any school, pubic or
,~ivate. In the sane year MassacAG-
setts had only SIX per cent OF hef
white chsl5ren OF tee correspondents
agas ont Of school, Connecticut mac
seven per ce2S. and Michigan s1sh;
per cent. -
TIT native white illlterates over ~
wears of age, only 7s2 fewer Wnlte
i,)i+erates than the State had III
1870. thirty years previous. AT tne
same date Connecticut. with nearl!
twice the white population OF South
Carolina, had but 1858 white Hil',
crates over 10 years OF age. Again
south Carolina had 1888 native
white i,literares OF the voting age;
Rhode Island, with four-ffths the
population Of South Carolina, nae
;,st $50, We had 1888 native
white illiterates between the ages
of 10 and ls years; Michigan, with
twice our population, had LIS
Connecticut had 14o, and RHODE
Island 100, IS it reasonable to nope
for the South Carolina of tomorrow
with her load Of helpless iliiterates.
to cope successfully with those States
and sections which have freed them
selves from the bondage OF lsno
rance? The day is forever gone IRON
Sopth Carolina when a few hlgniS
trained men of leisure could o1rec'
and control the destinies Of the peo-
n1e. This responsibility has been
shifted to the shoulders of the mass
es and now we are forced to con
slider the training Of the masses
Only Yesterday Hon. 0. 3. Maruf
eave ont this: Several ecnca'
rional leaders in New England frank
IL told US that they are spending
their money and building UP theil
schools in order to retain and man
tain their industrial supremacy
They realized that we have aovan
tages and great resources IN tas
Sol tn, but they propose to keep tn;
lead, if possible, through the po"e,
OF trained brains and trained hancs
Intelligence and skill will WIN every
time in every race. What IS Sout'
Carolina doing to meet this ope!
challenge from New England?
Who are these South Caroliof
white children not in school, an
why are they not in school? SomE
are the sons and daughters Of parent
themselves ignorant and unable t
aoDreciate or to understand VIVA
education means to their childrei
an5 to the State; some are children
OF fathers and mothers, greedy an
selfish, who are more than Wiling
20 make wage-earners and bread
winners out of their young untaush
offspring; a few are the children @
parents opposed to education, be
cause they have known some eou
Gated scoun6rels: very few arr
the children Of parents who actuall!
need the labor OF their children u
eke out living, and many are tht
children Of fathers engrossed IN ma
ter;al affairs and mothers recrean
to duty. Many Of these children ar
ct work on the farm, in stores ant
shops at a few cents day, and II
the cotton mills making good wage:
for children, while hundreds Of 9th
ers are roaming the streets and coun
trv lanes-the training grouns fo1
i6lers, vagranJs. and enemies to law
order. and 6ecency.