The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-18
Review OF Administration, The Key Note 81
Which Has Been Constructive
Craftsmanship.
.FOUR YEARS FULL OF PROGRESS
AND WONDERFUL DEVELOPER E1SIT
THE LAWS HAVE BEEN ENFORCED, BENEFICIAL LEGlS-
sIATIQN ENACTED AND THE BURDENS OF TAXA
TION EQUALIZEI).


cshool districts which have levied 10
cal taxes and today eight-ninths. or
one thousand. SIX hundred and fifty
nine school districts nave voted Local
taxes for school purposes. Night
schools Were il,auguratcd in 1876. The
ACT OF the general assembly providing
so!. longer terms required q term CT
seven months, where the local levy
was as much . eight mills and tw"n-
ty-fve pupils attended a school. This
was marked progress. Notw :thstand-
labor. e.e~cl'rnen ard average at
tendance h2-.e been maintained. There
| has been aa ::2c2'e;ise of about twen-
y percent IN :l!e salaries Of teachers.
especia!!s t.le women teachers, aud
the state appropriation Tor education
/ during 1913 IS more than double the
appropriation for 1911
| Eighty-Gve per cent. of the l)opu-
/ Iation OF South Carolina Is engaged III
agriculture The necessity for greet
| er skill and science in this important
! industry has been felt. and il IS z
!matter OF qualification to me that So
s'icultural training in the schools has
/ been Instituted Later I shall submit
20 You q recommendation or vocation
~ training; - agriculture industry and
nome economies.
The creation of the board Of concili-
alton was another, wise step which, the
| legislature took to settle the disputes
oetween employer and employa. n
4 +y,ic
| function. and has brought about a
/ fpeaceable settlement Of disputes which
/ promised 20 be serious.
The Highway. Commission was Gro
! ;.tcd in 49,. with the idea Of giving
:; TO The State 4 comprehensive and
scientific system ot roads. The
commission has no5 been a:oie 10 ac-
! coupIish wiaat was desired. because O.
! the inadeGCacieS Of the laH. undc!
! which it operates, but Il vai.& Die start
has been a.:;s3e wii:ch prctn:sl.s ty,-!3
Scr the fo:u-c
IN 1915 The age limit for ci3i;d Ia
Dor ii s;ougi. Carolina Has rsisee; e
fourteen years: aad again ir 1916 the
leer:slatu very wisely raised The inn
il 10 sixteen years. This is o. the
greatest Importance, since it affect" the
; whoiA fabric OF cur soc:a, and eco
tnomic lif4
The Torryiss sysecta Of land regis
t.2.ion vas enacted in:o lax By the
I legislature during nly first a~:In?in.s-
t.at;on, bu: IN :l2y Judgment q pre;e-
qu;si.e to ti,e practical application Of
;ais Iaw would be q Complete survey
Il 1876 sl3- de,5t o. TIE STATE was
ftacpnlie.! at ;ae rate OF tcur per cent.
instead OF four and one-half per
cont. as N the corme: ISSUE. The
sowing II interest resulting: from the
reduction IN tie rate. and retiring a
! part OF the principal OF INC State debt,
i viii DC s3G.54.-6 annually. The re-
funded bonds have not tie tax de-
tduction feature as did the old Brown
bonds. and this has added to the
| taxable property OF the state q mil
lion and half dollars which before
escaped taxation. and which Will in
crease the revenue of the state about
thirty thousand dollars annually,
] making q total saving each year OF
ovec SOS. 600 co
Tic credit o! t,se State stands l.::::::l.
as IS as1estot; by t:le fac. Chat money
ior the current cXpeasa Of the STATE
government has been borrowed at q
! lower ra:e OF interest than other
States have obtained. In one year
money for this purpose was borrowed
at two per cent.
Hospital ro,. the Insane.