The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-05-27
AMONG THE SCHOOLS.
st. Lnke> Fails By One Vote to E>tab.
IinSh Rural Graded School
Should Not he Discouraged.

cation, +. H. Aull, makes the follow
ing statement in regard to school
matters:
"The election in the Mccullough
school district on the question of vot-
ing two mill tax resulted 19 in favor
of the tax and 1 against.
I'm the ST. Lukes school district,
the election was held on Saturday on
the question of voting four mill tax
so as to establish rural graded
school, and l am Informed that the
tax was lost by one vote, there bsing
10 votes in favor of the tax and 20
against Two voters who would have
voted for the tax found when they got
to the polls that they did not have
itheir registration certificates. 1 had
hoped very much that the people Of
the St. Luke1 district had seen the
light and would vote the four mill
tax, and l rgret very much their
failure to do so, especially on account
of the great number of bright little
girls and boys in the district who need
better school facilities. l do not be-
lieve there is a district in South Car
olina that has bette opportunity for
building up a rural graded school and
very soon country high school than
St. Lukes has. The past year the en-
rollment was a little over a hundred
and the public fund IS not sufficient to
run the school five months with only
two teachers. By voting the four mill
tax, receiving $500 aid from the State,
the district could have had at least
seven months with three teachers. The
total tax to each tayHayer would have
been very little comparatively This
is one of the first districts that | Wis
tied more than year ago with the
view of endeavoring 70 induce the peo-
pie to levy a tax so as to establish
a rural. graded school because the ma
terial is there and the opportunity
of building up model rural graded
school and soon a first class country
high school. This is the second e}ec-
ton that has been held during the
present school year, and am gratified
to see that the sentiment is growing
in favor of improving school facilities.
81 hope that the effort which has
been put forth to induce the people
to do something will be continued and
that another election will be held
very soon, and I am satisfied that the
result will be favorable.
"There is now only one other cleo
ton t6 be held during this school
year in the Pomaria school district,
where it is proposed to vote a four
mill tax and establish a rural graded
school. This election will be held on
Friday of this week, and I am salts
fed will result favorably.
"The districts that have voted four
mill tax during this school year are:
Jolly Street, Trinity, Zion, Jalapa, and
Silverstreet. Ali of these will be en-
titled to 5000 for maintenance from
the State provided they erect suitable
buildings and proper equipment which
will comply with the requirements of
the State law.
The county board at its meeting
held last week passed a resolution
expressing the policy of the board to
be to erect buildings in these districts
in the order named and to pay for
same out of the proceeds of the one
half mill tax. Of course, this tax will
not be available until it is collected
during the next fiscal year, but ar
rangements may be made to put tue
buildings up and pay for them when
the taxes are collected. This will have
to be done in order that the schools
may get this State aid. The idea OF
the board in adopting this policy is to
encourage the establishment in rural
districts of rural graded schools. The
appropriation is made on two condi-
tions; one, that the trustees will sub
nit plans and specifications to the
board to be approved by the board be-
for any money is expended, and Sec
ond, thai the people of the community
will cid in every way within their
power in the construction of the build
ing.
"a. two mill tax was also voted in
St. Pauls district and l secured $lOO
c. ~. c+o+o ,p6or tho form nYtpn-