The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-23
REPORT SHOWS SCHOOLS
In HEALTHY CONDITION
COUNTY SUPT. AULL FILES AN
NUAL REPORT.
Good Balance Carried Forward-En
r0lment and Other Matters of
Interest

year ending June 80, which has been
filed with the State superintendent of
education, shows the schools of New
berry county to be in healthy condi-
ton, financially and otherwise.
There is a balance carried forward
of the various districts of $6,450.4O,
which has been apportioned to the
districts. The report of the county
treasurer shows a balance on hand
from constitutional three-mill. tax of
s9,SO7.55, the difference between this
amount and the amount of S6, 45O.4O,
or $3,S57.15, remaining yet to be ap-
portioned to the several districts. In
addition to this, there is a board fund
of s3,39S.15, including the dispensary
money apportionment to this county,
which gives a credit to the schools of
over $4,000.
That the enrolment of negro chill,
dren in the schools of Newberry coun-
ty during the past scholastic year was
nearly double that of the whites, is
shown by the report. The total enrol
ment of negro children was 5,1S4, and
the total enrolment of white children
was 1854.
An analysis. of the figure will show
that there is a considerably larger en-
ro1ment of white children than of
negro children in the town schools,
making the percentage of negro en-
rolment in the country schools great
deal larger, as compared with the en-
rolment of whites, than the figures
for the entire county would indicate.
The total enrolment of negroes in
the country schools was 4,272, of which
number 2,O19 were boys and 1884 girls.
The total enrolment of negroes in the
town schools was only S61, OF which
number ss5 were boys and 466 girls.
The total enrolment of whites in the
country schools was 1,5S5-S5e boys
and 729 girls. In the town SCHOOLS
the total enrolment of whites was l.
26s-60s boys and $50 girls. The aver
age attendance of the negroes was
considerably below the average OF
average attendance of the whites, as
compared with total enrolment, though
the average attendance of negroes was
also actually considerably greater. The
total average attendance for negroes
was 2,9S5-2,500 for the country
schools and 4S5 for the town schools.
The total average attendance of whites
was only 1,s23-9e7 for The country
schools and 956 for the town schools.
In the town schools are included New
berry, Prosperity, Pomaria, Helena
Little Mountain, Chappells, Whitmire,
Silverstreet.
The county shows up we'll on the av-
erage length of session. The average
length for white town schools was
thirty-three weeks, and for country
schools twenty-seven weeks, making
the average for the county thlrty
weeks. The average length for color
ed. town schools was nineteen weeks
and for colored country schools four
teen weeks, making the average Tor
the county sixteen weeks. The aver
age expenditure per pupil according -
enrolment was $3.50 for whites and
81 80 for colored. The average salary
Maid teachers was s523.6S for white
men: s352.S3 for white women; slls.o9
for negro men, and s10S.17 for negro
women.
There are ffty-nine school districts
in the county. The whites have sixty
one school buildings, the total value
of which, with grounds, is placed at
s1oe,s2O. Of this amount, the value OF
the three buildings in the Newberry
district is placed at $4,000. The ne
groes have SO school buildings,
the value of which, with grounds, is
placed at $14,O09.5O. Of this amount
Newberry district is given credit for
$4,000. The value of school equip
ment is placed at: Whites, S15,525.4l;
colored, s2,O3O.7O. There were thlr-
teen white men teachers and seventy
six white women teachr::s; nineteen
negro men teachers and forty five ne
gro women teachers.
The total revenue was s51,726.97;
expenditures, s45,270.57; leaving bal