The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-30
school Aid FUND No, suftIclent.


graded school aid appropriated by the
legisiature. The item in the appropri.
alton bill carried $4,000 for consoli.
dated and graded schools in country
ulstrlcts. Schools with an enrolment
or 50 pupils, an average attendance
oi oV, term of six months, two teach
ers' 1our mill tax, a two room build
ing and the minimum equipment pre-.
scribed by the state board Of educa-
ton, received 5000; schools with an
enrolment Of rs pupils, all average Of
attendance Of 40, term of seven
months. three teachers, four mill
tax, term OF seven months, three
tax three-room building and the min
'imum equipment prescribed by the
state board OF education received $500.
The standard prescribed in the law
requires one teacher for each 25 chill
dren. This Is exceedingly low, but it
was adopted in 1912 in the hope that
a larger number Of the country dis
tricts might be induced to improve
conditions. This hope of the law
makers has been fully realized. The
appropriation has steadily risen year
by year from $4,000 to $12O,Q00. The
number Of state aided schools has in
creased from 58 to $50.
For the scholastic year 1914-15 the
rural graded schools numbered 400;
for the scholastic year 1856 they
show net increase of 159. This un-
precedented growth Of nearly 40 per
cent Is an index to the rural school
development of the state. Supt ]. e.
.Swearingen, In commenting on the
figures said that he confidently expect
ed eight or ten belated applications
which have been reported, but have
not yet been fled
"To meet the excessive demands, the
state superintendent was compelled to
use $4,000 from the contingent fund.-"
Mr.. Swearingen said This course
was followed because districts voting
a four mill tax and trying to run six
or seven months ought not to be de-
prived Of state aid after trustees have
made their. contracts on this basis.
/ hope that the time may soon come
when the patrons of every school will
vote local tax for their district and
run term of not less than seven
months.
eff this deficiency had not been
made up out OF the contingent fund 53
schools would have been compelled to
close prematurely. The legislature
must either increase the appropriation
or raise the requirements for state
aid. Practically one-third Of the
rI, Il II n.
ceived improved facilities through the
law.
''This gratifying growth ought not
to be checked. An intelligent rural
population can not be trained In
schools running less than seven
months. At least 500 districts are
preparing to qualify for rural graded
school aid during 1867. To meet
the demand. an appropriation Of not
less than $175,000 will be necessary"
The figures by counties follow, the
number Of schools affected being given
and the total amount allowed the
county:
Abbeville, 2 schools. $500; Aiken G,
$1,600; Anderson 33. $4,000; Bamberg
4. $500; Barnwell 8, $1,000; Berkeley
6, $1,000; Calhoun 4. $1,000; Cherokee
9. $2,1O0; Chester 8. $1,000; Chester.
field Ia, $4,000; Clarendon II, $4,000;
Colleton 49, $3.100; Darlington 10,
$4,000; Dillon II, $4,000; Dorchester
Z, $1,000; Edgefield 8. $1,000; Fair.
field 1, 5000; Florence %, $4,000;
Georgetown 3, $500; Greenville SO,
$12,600; Greenwood 7, $15O0; Hamp.
ton 8, $1,000; Horny %. $500; Jasper
2. $500; Kershaw ii, $4,000; Lancaster
"a, $5,4OO; Laurens 26. $1,000; Lee 8,
$4,000; Lexington 8. $1,000; Marion,
10. $4,000; Marlboro IT, $17OO; New
berry 8. $1,000; Oconee 81. $500;
Orangeburg 81, $500; Pickens 18,
$4,000; Richland 8, $2,3O0 Saluda 18,
$4,000; Spartanburg "a. $1,000; Sum-
ter z, $1,700; Union 6, $1,000; VIII
liamsburg 16, $3,7O0; York 1S, $4,000.
Governor Manning Names Delegates.
Gov. Manning has appointed the
following delegates to attend the fifth
session Of the Southern Sociological
congress, New Orleans, April 1916:
D. E. Camak, Spartanburg; r. u.
King, Charleston: Paul II. Mcmillan,
Charleston; M. l.. Carlisle. Greenville;
George B. Cromer. Newberry; Mrs.
Rufus FAINT. Anderson; X. r. Finlay,
Columbia; J. H. Harms. Newberry;
A. II. Jamison. Greenwood; ]. A. Nc.
Cullough, Greenville; Josiah Mosre.
Columbia; George w. Quick. Green
Vile; Gustaf Sylvan, Columbia; D. II.
Douglas. Clinton; r.. M. Poteat, Green.
Vile; John T.. White. Anderson; VIII.
liam Keyserling. st. Helena Island:
Miss f.. T.. McClintock, Columbia; II.
N. Snyder, Spartanburg; Mrs. John