The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-28


lschool has blackboard space. a globe.
a library. and some pictures, making
In all an unpretentious but neat lit
Tie schooi. AS to the law requiring
TWO toilets Mr.. S. w. Rameld, one Of
the trustees, had DR.. Rankin, the
county physician, to write to the State
Board of Health. and the eNeply was
that in the case of a small school that
one toilet would suffice. mvse,f
think that every school should have
two sanitary toilets, but in this case
the trustees carried out the instruc
tions of the State Board of Health
This district has a levy now and will
add to it this summer. In regard to
1.-The Ctateburg No, 6 school. This is
a comparatively new building. built
on state plans, doubtless needs repair
but was built in the woods, and the
grounds have never yet been fully
cleared. Is there any better water
than good spring? A drinking foun-
tain would be more convenient. but
not moro. sanitary. This district has
la five mill levy.
There are two Bennhaley or Turk
schools. Only recently was a meeting
Of all the patrons Of these schools held
TO consider consolidation, and q new
building. If the patrons are willing
to consolidate, and Subscribe to the
new buildings the trustees will supply
the teaching force, and will doubtless
help in other ways. A committee was
! selected to name the site, and raise
funds.
The New Hope School is in Rafting
1 Greek district as is Rembert and Ha-
good. The schools of this district do
need repair, but recently six mill
levy was voted, in addition to two
mills already on for school purposes
and one mill for bonds. The trustees
have needed funds, but will be better
able to do more for the schools now.
The Manchester school is in a dis
trict where there are just a very few
children. For number of years an
community to consolidate with the
| Wedgef1cld community in school mat
ters. A part was willing, and did send
10 Wedgefield, and a part not willing.
Some years the matter was held up
just because Of one family. 1t looked
really foolish to try to have a school
in Manchester under these condi-
tions. SO The trustees held off, hoping
/ 10 consolidate The attorney general
now rules, that with SO little obiec-
tion. the consolidation can be made,
and with the Compulsory Attendance
Law in force, the children compelled
to attend at the consolidated school,
If transportation is given them This
is the school the committee Of the
| Grand J--nry reports as being hello
| in an attic.
! There is much ABOUT the General
| Sumter of which we are proud. Some
years ago this school district did not
own building or a foot of ground,
and was seventeen hundred dollars in
debt Now the district has o building
according, 10 state plans paid for, and
five acres of land. which makes one Of
the prettiest sites in the county. The
debt has been paid and there is in tho
county treasury nearly thousand dol
lars to the credit of the district. Isn't
this an Improvement?
In the matter of the Lee school,
practically the same can be said OF
| this as the Green Swamp school as
they are both in the same district, and
have ohcut the same number of chill
drew The same answer for the one
toilet.
The B"unson, Wilder, Lemira, Winn,
Wells and Jordan schools are in Dis
trict No. l., which touches Sumter on
all sidcG. Mr. t. f.. Miller. chair
man OIL the trustees has already re-
Piled to the report, and showed that
the ropcrt was not free of error. Re-
cent visits to several of these schools
by Mr. Miller and Mr.. Willie Shaw
gives reinsurance of error i'm the re-
port of the committee. Mr.. A NJ. An
drews reports lack of funds as the
cause OF conditions in the Salem
school. Says That the report Of not
having toilets is wrong, they have
these. four mill levy has recently
been voted. / shall not carry this re-
ply much further but will not the
public be gratified to know that Trih-
ity has voted bonds for a new build
ing, added to her present lavy, and
purchased four acres Of land for new
site? The bonds were voted several
years ago. and had it not been tor
the request of the government that
building be postponed till after the
war there would have been at Trinity
new building. and the Grand Jury
not able to make such q report as to
the present school house Pleasant
Grove is awake to Improvements, and
| recently voted four more mills, max
ing eight I'm all
An effort has ben made at several
different times to consolidate Norwood,
Lone Oak and Woods Mill. Oswego has
Just adde to her already large levy
Tor school purposes. The Bethel
| nchool grounds, the church, and the
, parsonage grounds are all in one. Al
the parsonage, only a short way, there
| is splendid we'll where the pupils
get water From the report it might
appear That the children suffered for
! lack OF water. Mr. J. NJ. Kolb reports
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