The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-21
MILL L SCHOOL,
CONDITIONS
State Supervisor sheaIy Sub
mits Annual Report

work among mill SCHOOLS OF SOuLT
Carolina has been encouraging and
considerable progress has been
made. according to the report OF
". A. Shealy. state supervisor OF
fli1l schools. made today to state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton SwearingeD. Ee recommend
ed however that ten school be
abandoned and declared that the
Idea of supporting separate
school for mill children was wrong
in principle as we'll IS practice
and that it Gotten results in a poor
school"
Declaring that the contention
that nail, children viii not attend
the regular district. school is 81
founded. the supervisor said tiaa
eight mills in 4 Anderson: FIVE in
Charleston: seven in Gaffney. Che
in Bracksburg. one in Chester. two
al Hartsviile;; two at Green:.lie:
one at Simpsonville; one at Greer,
one in Lexington. Batcsburg, Ma
ron. McColl and Westminster. two
in Orangeburg: three in Liberty;
three in Columbia; fiye1in Spartan
burg; three IN York and one each
in Rock Hill, Landrum, Inlll.n,
Wexford. Eowpens, Glover and
Fort Mill do not have mill schools,
He recommended abandonment
of the following schools. the chit
dren to attend central schools:
.Honea Path. Williamson. Darling
ton. Edgefefd, Greer. Ninety-Sis,
Walhalla. Jonesyille. chesnee and
Woodruff.
Thirty other mill schools operate
schools at the mill which are a part
of and under supervision of the
town schools. he said.
High school buildings are being
constructed in Abbeyilfe, Anderson
Beiton, Bamberg. Charleston. Gaff-
ney, Great Falls, Winnsboro, Green
vile, Greer, Camden. Kershaw,
Lancaster, Nalhalla, orangeburg
Easley, Columbia. Spartanburg
Landrun. Inman, Cowpens, Union,
Glover. Rock Hill and York he
said, while modern buildings are
badly needed at vaueluse. Warren
vile. Autun, Ware Shoals, Seneca
.cateechee. Fingerville, Tucapau
E s,eaking of the Charleston
schools the supervisor said:
-Four years ago there were four
teachers with less than 2ge chill
dren in school in the North Char
lesion section. To-day there are
over 6eo enrolled under fifteen
teachers. occupying two splendid,
new modern brick buildings which
cost $4,000 each. Seven acres OF
beautiful grounds are owned by
each school. These two schools
are the Chicora and North Charles
ton and serve the following com
1nunities: Navy. Yard North Char
lesion. General Asbestos and Rub
Der Company, Port Terminal and
the rural section beyond. I do not
know Of any section that has de-
yei0ped so rapidly and the school
development has kept pace under
the wise leadership Of county SUI
perintendent: II. II. McCarley. He
ie now planning to establish 4
nigh school to care for the chill
dreh from these schools"
At Winnsboro the school board
has appropriated $4,000 for a
school and the mill company has
contributed $4,000 and four acres
of land.
Under the heading 3'Greenville
situation" he says:
Remarkable progress has been
made to clear up the congestion
around the city of Greenyiiie since
my last report Three brick build
ings have been completed, each
containing six standard classroonls
and an auditorium: viz: City View,
Park Place and Sans Souci. CITY
View and Park Place schools We're
organized during the year and
sans Souci. will open in September,
While all three buildings are toe
small, these schools will ansWsf &
very pressing need, and will great
~ relieve the .overcroWding in the
following schools: Woodside, Mon
Afghan, Poe, Samson and Bleach
:
cry.
.'The Brandon building is toe
small and out Of date. Woodside
needs four more rooms. Tie over
crewding at Mills Duncan is acute
The .;ee CT the hailding should be
doubled. Conditions at Judson are
ideal. Monaghan is perhaps COM
ing nearer to meeting the needs
OF her pupils than any school in
the state.
Instruction is given in all these
schools through the seventh grade.
Such large numbers from these
communities entered the Greenvilie
high school. under the state law
that the city board has decided that
the burden is too great, that So a
nonth per pupil paid by the state
is not ample; so Greenviile Will
charge all outside pupils tuition
the ensuing year.
This action has caused move
ment to establish a high school in
the. center of the area affected.
The plan is to consolidate districts
SA. SR. sc. SD and SE into one dis
trict: to levy 4 special tax or IL
or Is mills and bonds sufficient to
provide buildings to meet the peeds