The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-07-12
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE
COUNTY FOR PAST TWELVE
MONTHS REVIEWED.
s3q,O59.75 EXPENDED IN YEAR

There Were Enrolled Lii White
and 2,74O Negro Pupils in Nine
teen White and Thirty-One Negro
Schools, Which Operated Eight and
Five Months. Recommendations.
The annual report of County School
Commissioner Lowrey to the grand
iury contained interesting informa-
ton concerning the educational af-
fairs of the county, and is publish
ed in full below by order of the
Board of Education:
To the Honorable Foreman and
Members of the Grand Jury: In ODE
dience to the law so provided and in
order that our people may be made
thoroughly acquainted with the edu-
cational status of our county 1 have
the pleasure Of handing to you copy
of the acts and doings of your Board
of Education and of your County
School Commissioner from the time
of his induction into office on August
u, 1910, to the present date.
We have conducted 10 schools for
the whites and 81 for the negroes.
In our white schools we have enroll
ed LII pupils, and in our negro
schools 2,740 pupils. The average
attendance Of our white schools was
S17, and of the negro schools ,499
We have employed for our white
schools 81 teachers, and for our ne
gro schools 81 teachers.
We have built three additional
rooms to houses already erected, and
have done other necessary repairs.
We have furnished comfortable seats
where needed and other conveniences
as required. Our white schools were
operated eight months, and our ne
gro schools five months.
To do this we have received the
following amounts from the sources
Indicated:
From the former Commits
SlOner ........... 1895
From Mrs. ]. P. Hanna,
borrowed money. 49,. 100000
From s. D. Bowman, bor-
rowed money ..... 100000
From Dawson NATL Bank,
borrowed money -. 100000
From the County, S. D.
Bowman, tax collector 7,608.23
From the state ...... 14,593.91
Total Recommendations
Disbursements.
Paid Teachers ....... $2O,843.87
Paid for transportation 961.0O
Paid for building and re-
pairs ........ 1,147.95
Paid for furniture, stoves,
etc. ............ 143.68
Paid for insurance. ..... 1922
Paid Commissioner, one
quarters salary 800. $4,000
Paid Board for services. 1860
Paid stationery, express,
freight and drayage. e. 1000
Paid for examination held
III l9lO ........,... 400
Paid for books ........ 14.6S
T id L. G. Pinkston for
preparing tax digest E. 5O.49
Paid Mrs. ]. P. Hanna, int.
on note extended ... 10000
Paid Dawson Natl Bank,
note made in May, 1910, 12,61O.01
Paid S. d. Bowman for
borrowed money .... 2,5670O
PAID Dawson News, print
ing, etc, ............ 1885
Total paid out ...... 500, 059.75
This leaves us overdrawn at the
bank $1,000.
mus, you see, that while we have
PAID our teachers in full and have
PAID all the expenses incident to the
conduct of our schools, except per-
maps about $500, we have done this
Il WIN a fearful loss in the way of in
ereSt. We have been compelled tC
borrow large sums of money at a
Algn rate of interest, which has
greatly crippled our finances. Really
Cne amount thus paid equals the sal
aries paid two of our best teachers
ms condition ought not to exist. The
STATE should make some arrangement
Wy which she can pay her prorata
VI Ine public money when due. This
would materially lessen our burden
ana enable us to make prompt pay
mehts Then the county tax collect.
VI should be required to settle once