The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25
THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
Some Interesting Facts in Relation to
the Schools of NeWberry From
Report of Supt. Wheeler.


Superintedent of Education j. S.
Wheeler has completed his statistical
and financial report of the condition
of the public schools of NeWberry
county and has forwarded it to the
State superintendent Of education.
Some interesting figures may be OBJ
tained from this report. The condi-
ton of the public schools in NeWberry
county has been very much improved
in the last few years and the schools
have been so conducted that it has
been possible to increase in many
cases the salary Of the teachers and
run the schools for longer terms and
also to pay cash each month and
carry a balance. This report covers
the scholastic year from July l, 1903,
to June 80, 1910.
There are a number Of special
school districts in Newberry county
which levy supplementary tax for the
maintenance of the schools. The fol-
lowing are the districts that levy an
extra tax, giving the number of mills
and the amount the levy raises:
NeWberry, No. l, mills. .$S,795.95
Utopia, No. 10, 2 mills. >. :. 141.5
Johnstone, No. -, mills. =. 4S4.10
Prosperity, No. IA, mills. 666.12
Big Creek, No. 20, 2 mills. 1924
Pomaria, No. ~, IL MILL. $3.50
Little Mountain, No 80, 8 mills 1861
Excelsior, No. IS, 2 mills. 2O0.61
Chappells, No. 80, 2 mills. 415.23
Whitmire, No. 81, mills. -. 966.17
Zion, No. Sc, mills. 49,. 67.09
The twelve districts raised total
Of s12,073.98, in addition to the regu-
lar 3 mills constitutional tax.
The total amount paid for teachers
and all other expenditures in
the county is s41,43S.59, and the
county carries a balance of S10,071.57.
Of this amount the white schools re-
ceived a total of S33,81605; negro
S7,62859. The average annual salary
paid to the men teachers, white, is
s4S3.32; negro, $126,59. The average
salary paid women teachers was
s3O087, and s1O4.S7, negro. The white
teachers in the county received a total
of s30,234.80 as against S7,316.25 to
the negro teachers.
In addition to the amount paid for
teachers, there was several thousand
dollars expenditure for repairs to
school buildings and for incidentals
and fuel.
The proportion of women to men
teachers among the whites is much
larger than of women to men among
the negroes. For instance, the total
salary paid to men teachers amounts
to s6,766.46, and to the women $685.
46S.34 for the whites, and s2,911.50
for the men and S4,40475 for the
women for the negroes,
For furniture and apparatus for the
schools, there was a total expenditure
Of s7,627.5O. The average number ot
weeks for the town schools for the
whites was 80 and for the country "a.
The average for the county % weeks.
The total value Of school houses and
grounds is put down at s52,479.99 for
the whites and s6,93134 for the neg
roes. The average number of weeks for
the negro schools in the town is put
down at 19 and in the country, 10.
The total attendance upon the white
schools is put down at 2,72S, and the
toeal attendance upon the negro
schools is 5,329.
During the year ending June 30,
1910, Johnstone academy, No. - voted
off the special tax Of three mills, and
Trinity, No. 45, voted On tax of two
mills.
The schools in this county are in
much better condition than they have
been in some years and more interest
is being taken in the cause of educa-
fion