The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-07-27
County School Notes.
By supt. G. G. Fitss.

riot as published by your school
clerk in this weeks paper.
We hope our boy farmer friends
noticed the writeup in the county
papers last week concerning the
Boys State Fair Camp that is to
be held at the State Fair Grounds
in September. Supt. Guhin is Of
fering some very good prizes to
farmer boys for exhibits in corn.
There we're % applicants writ
ing at the teachers examination
last week. Two applicants asked
that returns be made to other
counties. If the remainder prove
successful, this will relieve our
shortage of teachers in this county
to q considerable extent.
Last week we we're able to re-
port ten districts which had filed
correct annual reports for the
year. Since then, we have re-
ceived nineteen more, as follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
81 54-56-60 67-s3-and 81. This
leaves forty nine districts yet to
hear from.
Sc often do we find our teachers
and pupils at variance over the
manner of presidential elections
and electors, that we feel it worth
while to give a few facts which
should prove interesting and help
full to our readers. Article Two
of our U. S. Constitution attempt
ed to prescribe the manner of e.
lection, but this rule proved a
stumbling block in the third presi-
Dental election, so that in 1904,
the twelfth amendment to our con
stitution was added. In Novem-
Der, every fourth year, the voters
meet in their respective voting
precincts and choose presidential
ell ectors-a number of electors g |
quail to the representation of their
state in the two houses of con-
gress. In South Dakota there
will be five electors, and the total
number of such electors in the
United States this year is 531. |
These electors constitutes what is
known as an. Electoral College.
These electors, chosen in Novem-
Der will meet at the state capitals
Of the various states and vote by
ballot for president and vice-pre-
'ident. Should both these candi-
iates be from one state, electors
II that state would have no vote
n the Electoral College. Each e.
ector may vote for whom he
chooses, but custom holds that he
hould vote for the person who re-
eived the majority of votes cast
n the November election. The e.
ectors make three certified copies
# the result of their vote. One
opy is carried to Washington and
elivered in person to the Presi-
emit of the Senate; one copy is
emit by mail, while the third COPY
J fileh with the District Judge of
be United States. Thus it an I
ears that the official election of
,e President not occur until Jan. {
airy 8, 1917. Should the candi- +
ate chosen by the the people die ]
etween November and January 81
ie members of the Electoral COL
&c would be free to choose anvil
litable person. On February a.
70 President of the Senate, in the T
resence of the U. S. Senators ,,
III open the certificates of cleo D
IN sent to him from the various y
,tes and count the votes. If no Il
rson receives a majority of all Is r.
3 votes, then the House of Re-
esentatiyes must at once select %
from among the three Al
ididates who received the high A,
number of votes. 1t is inter-
ing to note that that Electoral All
Ilege in 1912, gave Woodrow
lson 435 xotrs, that being the