The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-10-28
Brief Summary Of School improvements sfon
1907 to 1914.

Brief Summary Of School improvements ssou
1907 to 1914.
| The various forms Of school
Improvement being continuous
by nature, and frequently the
efforts of one year being merged
Into the operations Of another
year, 1t becomes a difficult mat
ter to single out and show spe.
cihcally what has been accom-
| plished in any one year, 1 have
therefore prepared g brief ex-
hibit covering the past six years,
which will give some idea OF the
growth and development OF
school affairs 10 this county.
At the close OF The fiscal year
June 3Cth, 1909, the sum total of
the school revenue for this coun.
ty was s38, 96l.33, which includ-
ed a balance of S66, le. 02lbrought
over from June Both, 1907, leav-
lug the net amount OF resources
of s32;342.31. This amount in
cluded S4833. .26 recel 7ed from
the dispensary school fund, and
$500 from state high school
fund, leaving the net amount re-
ceived from the usual sources of
lS26,909.O5.
The. total revenue from all
sources for the fiscal year end
ing June Both, 1914, was S65, 1872
|76. This amount includes items
from the following sources; Bal
ance June 30th, 1913, SIP, 1851.
From the State for various pur-
poses, such as High school aid,
Term extension, Rural graded
schools, Buildings, Libraries,
5, 264.79. Beng a total of
|S17, ,70l.50. Deducting this from
the grand total: leaves the net
resources SAT, 1912 Comparing
the net resources six years ago
with the net sesources for the
year just closed. we find a gain
of $40. 552.21.
Contracted by sources from
which these various amounts are
received, we find the amounts as
follows:
For 1907.O8. 1914.
Poll tax .S4643. 80. -. .S5494.07
Three mill tax Il, 1923 80 80. 12,694.17
Dog tax. 49,. 1902. .S3. ...... 1916
Special. ....... 500 95. 80. 16119.48
The three mill tax for 1907.0
showed thas there was some
thing like a property valuation
for the county of S3741130:
while for the year 1854, the
valuation was about S4231390,
being gain in the taxable value
of 81, 902.6O. This accounts for
the normal increase in the gain
in the three mills tax. The most
extraordinary gain is to be seen
in the amounts raised by special
taxes.
Six years ago there were in
the county % school districts,
only 20 of which were then levy
ing special tax for school pur-
poses. During the past six
years there were organized and
created five new school districts,
and two joint districts with 9th
er counties. Consultations and
transfers have been effected in
two instances, leaving at the
present time 80 districts, of
which, all, except five are now
levying a special tax for the sup.
port of their schools. Many of
the districts have increased their
levies from time to time, some
now going the limit of eight
mills straight school tax. This
does not include any bond tax.
During the past six years
there have been conducted
twenty one elections for special
levies for the support of the
schools, and five elections for
bond issues for new school build
ings, making total of twenty
six elections held towards the
improvement of our schools.
Thus we see that the people
have rallied to the support of
their schools in a very commend
able manner, and have more
than doubled the amount of
special taxes during the past six
years.
When the dispensary was vot-
ed ont, many thought our school
would be crippled very severely,
but the way in which the people
have responded to their needs
cannot be more strikingly shown
than by this comparison of the
amounts raised by special taxes
during the period herein men
toned.
In the way Of better buildings,
our people are also responding
in a very encouraging manner.
During this period. there have
been erected in Clarendon coun-
ty for the white schools
alone 19 new~b u i d n 6 S