The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-17

4 ken county. During the past year
Gran;teville completed two hun
d:cd thousand dollar modern school
building, and Bath occupied a fifty
thousand dollar building.
WaTrenville and Faucluse send ali
pupils above the seventh grade to the
Graniteville high school.
Langley is centralized high
school, and cares for all nigh school
pupils from Bath, Gloverville and Ca
pers.
Clearwater high school pupils
should be transported to Langley or
North Augusta.
Additional tax levies have been
made in Graniteville and Langley
districts.
These schools have not attained
perfection. but they are making re-
markacle progress. The children OF
the valley are receiving coed instruc-
ton. and the taxpayers are getting
lust return for their money.
Charleston
-Four wears ago there were four
teachers with less than 200 children
in school in the North Charleston sec
tin. Today there are over 600 en-
rolled under fifteen teachers, occupy
ing TWO splendid, new, modern brick
buildings. which cost $75,0Go.0o
each. Seven acres of beautiful!
grounds is owned by each school.
These two schools are Chicora and
North Charleston, and serve the fo.l
lowing communities: Navy Yard,
North Charleston, General Asbestos
and Rubber company, Port terminal,
and the rural section beyond. do not
know of any. section that has devel-
oped so rapidly. and the school devel-
opment has easily kept pace under
the wise leadership of County Super
;ntendent of Education H. H. McCar-
ley. He is now planning to establish
a high school to care for the children
from both of these schools.
W;nnsboro
The Winnsboro school board apprc-
pr;ated S25.0OO.oO for school buils'-
ing at the mill. The mill author s
supplemented this by contribut, g
$4,000. 90 more. In addition the u II
made fee simple title to the distrl :
Of four acres of valuable land at
beautiful location. The mill will con-
tinue to make liberal appropriations.
The Winnsboro board established
record by building this school a year
before the new building was erected
in town.
The Greenvilie Situation
Remarkable progress has been
made to clear up the congestion
around the city of Grcenville since
my last report. Three brick buildings
have been completed, each contain
ing six standard classrooms and an
auditorium; viz: City View, Park
Place, and Sans Souci. City View
and Park Place schools were organlz-
ed during the year, and Sans Souci
will open in September. While ali
three buildings are too small, these
schools will answer very pressing
need, and will greatly relieve the
overcrowd;ng in following schools:
Wocdside, Monaghan, Poe, Samson,
and Bleachery.
The Brandon building is too small
and cut of date. Woods!de needs
four more rooms. The overcrowd;ng
at Mills Duncan is acute. The size
of the building should be doubled.
Conditions at Judson are ideal. Mon
Afghan is perhaps coming nearer meet
ing 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 COM
munities entered the Greenville high
school under the state law that the
city board has decided that the bur-
den is too great; SO Greenville will
charge all outside high school pupils
tuition the coming year.
This action has caused movement
to establish high school in the CEN
ter Of the area affected. The plan IS
to consolidate districts SA. SB, sc.
SD, and Sc into one district; to levy
a special tax of II or IS mills and
bonds sufficient TO provide buildings
to meet the needs Of the 5000 chill
dren now in these schools; to estab-
lish central high school to be Or
ga.ized along modern lines.