The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-20


Saturday in The month. Major J. +.
j. Caldwell has kindly consented to
make a talk to the teachers, taking
as his subject some prominent citizen
of the pas. who made history for this
state. | hope that every teacher IN
the county will make an effort 20 De
present, and that all trustees vii!
come also. And in fact any citizen
will be welcome to the meeting. We
want during this school year 10 make
these meetings once month worth
while meetings, rot only to teachers
but 20 trustees and citizens general
lv. We can % this only by taking
an interest in them ourselves. l
promise you they shall not last long.
| attended the meeting OF superln-
tendents in Columbia called by Mr..
Swcsringen for Thursday, October
12. There were quite q number OF
the county superintendent present.
Mr.. Swea..ngen went over the varl-
ous school laws and the appropr!a-
tions by the legislature and explain
ed their various provisions, and also
distributed a pamphlet which his de-
partment has had printed giving the
total appropriations for the various
stale aided Schools and the amount
that was short, that is the deficiency.
The legislature failed to make sutfl-
cient appropriation to meet the re-
ouirements under four acts of the
legislature itself providing state aid,
and f coudse there is obliged to be
"a deficit in all districts depending up
on aid from this source. In the tul-
ton money for high school provided
under act of the legislature the de-
fc;ency was s15,193.o0; the building
fund showed deficit of s21 ,054.OO;
the act providing for overcrowding
in lower grades of high schools shows
a deficit of S55,401.00 which IS
around fifty per cent Of the amount
necessary; the act providing for the
guarantees of a seven months term
shows a dericit Of S105,962.OO, which
is about one fourth of the amount
needed. This money will have to be
made good some way. or some one
who is entitled to be paid will have
to 90 unpaid. I feel that the state
of South Carolina is under solemn
obligation to provide this money ana
to make the deficiency good. Other
wise i. Will not be keeping the faltn
with those who a training the chill
dren. or with the children themselvse.
Surely when the matter is fully un-
derstood by our representatives they
will make good the promise. l am
asking the state superintendent tc
send me several hundred copies of
this pamphlet, and l will be glad to
hand them to any one who IS inter
ested. and ] am going to mail cne TO
each trustee and | nope he will study
| It carefully so that he may see for
himself just how the situation is when
It comes to finances for the running
of his school and the other schools
Of the state. So far as Nev'berry Is
concerned we could ia ke care Of our
own with about the same tax that It
takes for US to pay our part OF the
appropriation, cut It would not be
rirht for the rich counties to be an
willing to help the children Of the
ooorer ores. that is poorer in taxable
propcrty, and YET even Newberry gets
hac,. q little more than we pay. But
!! il we would levy the same tax or Just
l;t.le more than il costs Us to pay
our part of the STATE aid for the
schools we could run all Of them for
/ not less than seven m2a,aS' ana WITH
lust little additional tax we could
run all Of them eigh: months. II We
would make tae county the un;5 we
could run all Of them eight months
with z less amount Of tax than we are
now paying. But the point just now
S 70 get the money 20 make up the
deficits and 20 run the coming year,
and we must get the facts before the
legislature in such shape that there
can te no misapprehension or mis-
underS .anding. The superintendent
have been called to meet il Colum-
b.a .he Erst Tuesday in December to