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-. Lli i-W M " "mmmmTm0mmmlmmmm'lmmmmmm'llmmmml'mm'''l MBJI BB M I I . I'1 . F. M. LINDSAY; CONTRACTOR IFOll ;As cheap as ,they are i sold any where. Plumbing, Steam, Gag, Hot Air, Ht Water Heating and Tia Rooofl&f Iron Work of all kinds. Jobbing promptly attended to! J. Q. Lindsay will attendto tin work Ernest Israel, foreman of Plumbing Department. . Work guaranteed to give satisfaction Wolf Blda. Asheville, H.C. ;WECAN-v - ' I -" ' T- " ' ' ' 1 The Largest Circulation of Any Paper in the Ninth Congressional District. VOL. 6. ASHEVIIiLE, K O, MARCH 3, 1899. NO. 9 WW . Illi Willi 111. V f I I 1 J 11 1 - - JK that we selll . i i IH A I (1 L . M) . , , Jl 1 DRUGS I F 1 VM RLm 4 m :(&ftt(fiZWitMIF. " t ' wj v iii hi in - mi in in in in in in hi in in nil in ih hi hi in ii m nr 11 ; COK VICE You of this if you : will let us. We want to know vou . ; . . Come in and see ug. Paragon Pharmacy Co., Opp. Post Office, B. 8. Davis, Mgr. j - H ' Night Clerk up Stairs. 1 What Shall The Harvest Be ? Thai depeuils 6a several things, one ' . 'of vhielv is good seeds. Kentucky Grass Seeds. ' The heat is uoue too good." ' RecleaiTd clover, free from "Plantin" " i Timothy orchard and Blue Grass. Do you want a -Good Garden ? y A large stock of Pack- e Seeds at whole sale, of retail. Nortliern seed Potatoes A D. GOOPER, l! 32 S. Main St. 30 S. (JlaiR t. GOODNILWS! We "want every mm, woman and child to know our way of 'doing busi ness, and it is plain and simple, buy for cash, sell for cash, buy low, sell low,! buy cheap and sell a-hea'p, keep the little nickle on ay double quick jump all the time. ' We employ no book keepers, have noearthly use for one. This alone saYts our-customer about $600. We lure no trifling dudee."-All work ami loye lo show our customers all the courtesies- they can enjoy. Come to.the Racket Store and feel perfectly at home, and if you don't want to buy, you Can do us a great favor by exsmiuiugour way of do ing busiuees. Now this Is our way. Do you like it? If you -do, wr are yours truly. We are adding many new; goods almost daily. The next is a big line of Hill & Greens Sample Shoes for children, 25c up to 1.75. For the same good9 no one can sell for less money. We have just put in 7,200 yards cf S?A Island Sheeting and the same Foxhall A. A. A. Sheeting. These are the best grads made of their kind, both at 44 bis. by the bolt, Sets to .cut. Any one can do this for you if they will. 700 pairs Sample Pants. We will . j - . ' try to suit you. Yours, - " m. STONE R JOHN THE V? .Dixie- Restanrant -AKD- CONFECTIONERY. ' Meals at all hours. Private Dining Parlors. Large or small parties served on short notice. OYSTERS AND GAME A V SPECIALTY. 36 South Main St. i 1 SUPERVISOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. Showing the Condition of the .Public Schools ; in Buncombe County. A YEAR OF PROGRESS. GENERAL REVIEW OF OCR HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. The Report Shows Greater Popular Inter est in the Public Schools than Ever Be- f fore All Other Educational Institutions Are Prosperous. . THE SUPERVISOR 'o'p . PUBLIC SCHOOLS ! FOR BUNCOMBE COUNTY MAKES HIS ANNUAL ' REPORT FOR THE PRESENT SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899: The Honorable Board of Education of Buncoitibe County. Gentlemen: I have pleasure in sub mitting to you my 'Annual Report of the conduct of the, free public schools of the County, for the school year, 1S98-99, including as a matter of posT Bible interest to your honorable Board and the general public, some statistical and other matter about the- city schools of Asheville, the private and high schools of the County, the denom inational colleges; and the technical schools located in our school teriitnrv A summary of the teachers' reports from 'various '.townships follows, with such comment and explanation as my jinspection of the schools will justify: NO. I: AVERY'S CREEK. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. ; Census, 1S9S ...... ....... ..270 Apportionment, 1893 ... .......$437.49 Number of schools 4 Number of teachers, first grade. . . . 1. .2 Numtter of teachers, secoifd 5rade...2 Total , .... .j.. 4 Total enrollment .7 ............ .Jl63 Total attendance . .i ... ."'.,86 Average monthly salary of teach- I ers.. . .. .. ; ; Total cost of schools.......... Length of term . ........... post per capita of census .... Cost per capita of enrollment Cost per capita of attendance ,...$28.75 ...$310,00 .62 days ....$1.14 .....$1.S4 .,...$3.60 . SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. This township is fortunate in that it has '.no negro population, and hence ha schools fotth is race. '. ly( :.. ! NOTES. The schools of the " town ship have been in successful operation during the past year. Despite thj very active interest taken by "the school committee, there has been some fric tion amongthe schools, owing to" the fact that some errors crept into the ad ministration of the committee's plans for the schools. These, joined with certain misunderstandings that arose in certain communities, led to more or Jess controversy, resulting in loss to the schools in interest and attendance. Happily all these discontents are now settled, and the future is bright for good schools the coming year, j- There are three public -school houses In the township, all in good repair. No effort has yet been made to put new knd improved furniture into the houses though this is the greatest need at the present time.' High school work has been done in connection with the pub lie school at Lower Avery's Creek school, for several years past, and about one tenth of the public school teachers in the service of the whole County this year,' are from this town shit). . . NO. II. LOWER HOMINY SCHOOL 1 FOR WHITE RACE. Census, JK98 ..J..... ..... 451 Apportionment .$703 52 Number of schools ...... ..' 5 Number of teachers, first grade..,.,. ..3 Number of teachers, second grade.. '..3 Total ........... ........... .....6 Total enrollment 306 Total attendance ...... 148 Average monthly salary of teach- ers .... .....$27.08 Total cost of schools .......... .1 ..$50.00 Length of term ...... 80 days Cost per capita,of census ..$1.44 Cost per capita of enrilment ..;.$2.l2 Cost per capita of attendance $4.32 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. Census 1898 ..' 52 Number of schools ..r. il Number of teachers, first grade.. ..1 Total enrollment 1 Total attendance ........ .......... ...24 Average monthly salary of teach- er..... I,.... '.$25.00 Total cost of schools :.$100 Length of term ..........80 days Cost per capita of census . $1.92 Cost per capita of enrollment $1.92 Cost per capita of attendance ... .$4.16 NOTE. The work " done in the schools of this township was quite sat isfactory, notwithstanding the fact that one balf of the white teachers were young and inexperienced instruc tors. Two of the schools seem' to de serve more than a passing notice. It has been the policy of the township to establish a "Central High School," at -Sand Hill, near the center of the school territory, to which any advanced stu dent trom other schools could come for higher instruction. The principal of this school is a noted educator, who has 'given his splendid equipment to this work, as a sort of recreation; ana his enthusiasm has been most conta gious 'among the large- number of young men and women who have come to him for instruction. The cause of public education in the county is great ly Indebted to this distinguished vet eran' teacher. The second notable school iiv me township is located near Inanda (Stradley" School). This , school I is taught by the most energetic and re sourceful young woman, from one of the Western States. She is, by train ing and instinct, a teacher- of great power, and has drawn together, under very serious disadvantages, over a hundred of the children, grown boys and girls, from two townships, and is doing a and work both in the school and in social circles, among them. Such teachers as these will awake an interest in the "deadest." most fossil ized region, on the subject of educa tion. May they, and. all like them, live long and prosper! The school houses of the township are in good condition, but are lacking in suitable equipment as to desks, and charts, etc. Public sentiment is easily favorable to the schools, and no one entertains the old idea of short school terms and cheap teachers. r ' , NO. III. UPPER HOMINY SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, l898 973 Apportionment ; ,$1,563.52 Number of schools ..9 Nnmber of teachers, first erade, .4 Number of teachers, second grade... 6 Total 10 Total enrollment ....766 Total attendance ....387 Av. mo. isalary of teachers $28.56 Total cost of schools $1,203.49 Length of term ;86 days Cost perjcaplta of census '. $1.23 Cost per j capita of enrollment .....$1.57 Cost per capita of attendance ....$3.39 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. Census,. js98 .. ; ..'...24 Apportionment .. ., ...$50f00 Number bf school 1 Number (of teachers,, first grade. ... ..0 Number of teachers, second grade Total ...,".... .... ... .1 . 1 .......20 ........9 ...$20.00 ...$50.00 55 days ....$2.08 . .$2.50 . .. .$5.55 Total enrollment , Total attendance Average monthly salary ....... Total cost of school Length of term Cost per Cost per Cost per capita of censusi ... capita of enrollment capita of attendance NOTES An "inspection of the schools showed them all to be in good working order. Nearly all the teachers have had considerable experience in their work, and the majority are natives of the township in which they are work ing. Th4 committee have been active in fostering the schools, looking sharp ly after the houses, protecting the teachers jfrom unjust criticisms and vi cious intermeddling of discontented patrons f the schools. The Hominy Valley Institute has taken on new life, and now has the largest enrollment in its history. As a Central High School it is doing a fine work for the township. Nw, improved patent desks have been recently put into all the class rooms of the Institute, much to the delight of students and teachers. An educational revival is going on in the township, and few of the converts are likely to back-slide. NO. IV. LEICESTER. SCHOOLS FOR WHITE RACE. Census, 1898 . 1,396 Apportionment ,. .. .$2,250.20 Number of schools : Number of teachers, first gradi. second grade Total .. ..... ......... Enrollment ............ ; Attendance ...14 ...10 ....5 ...15 .1,011 ..496 Average salary of teachers .......$26.83 Total cost of schools $2,172.30 Length of term ...107 days Cost per capita of census $1.55 Cost per capita of enrollment ..$2.14 Cost per capita of attendance .....$4.38 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. census, 1898 ; 113 Apportionment ,'. ..$196.00 Number of schools .2 Number of teachers, first grade 1 Number of teachers, second grade. ...1 Total .....2 Enrollment ; 103 Attendance ...47 Average month salary ...$27.50 Total cost of schools .$196.00 Length of term 73 days Cost per capita of census $1.72 Cost per capita of enrollment .....$1.90 Cost per capita of attendance .....$4.17 NOTES The schools of Leicester township have been well officered both in point of . committee and teachers. The average length of term has been greater than that for any other town ship in the County, and the corps of teachers has been unexcelled. The Central School at Leicester has been most successful, maintaining a large enrollment and full attendance of pupils in all grades, greatly to the sat isfaction of all oatrons. The school houses have been care fully repaired, and made as comfort able for the pupils as possible. All the school buildings, however, are greatly in heed of desks, there not be ing one house properly .equipped in this respect. No school disturbances of conse quence have marred the progress of the work during the present session, and the teachers, committees, and pat tw congratulated on the success of the schools for the year. NO. V. SANDY MUSH. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, 1898 Apportionment I Number of schools Number of teachers, first grade ....659 .$902.08 6 ......3 Mnmhor nt touchers, second grade ....3 Total 6 Enrollment ? 430 Attendance 196 monthly salary $24.91 Total cost of schools i.... $663.35 Length of term 888 days rv.ct rr raoita' of census VV0W f Cost ter capita of enrollment..... $1-54 Cost per capita of attendance Vi.as SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. No school was taught for the negroes this year owing to the committee's in ability to secure a teacher. NOTES. The Supervisor was unable to visit these schools before they I closed, and hence has1 no t personal knowledge of thair condition: for th present year; but from those persona best Informed -about tti 'wfcrk f the schools, he learns thai a most satisfac tory session has been taught at all the schools, and more interest iiaa been shown by the patrons than ever before known In the township.' - A better class of . teachers was se cured this year, and the service has given general satisfaction A new, school house has been erected near the "brick church," costing about $500.00. All the school buildings are poorly seated, and are without charts' or maps. None of the schools have had any contentions tending to disturb the harmony of their sessions. NO. VI. LIMESTONE. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, 1S98 ..j .37$ Apportionment $665.60 Number of schools, not taught ......3 Number of schools, taught Toal ... Number of teachers, first grade .. Number of teachers second grade Total ......j..... ........... Enrollment 143 Attendance ....... .....C7 Average monthly salary ........ $25.00 Total cost of schools .$343.65 Length of term 97ft days Cost per capita of census ..$0.65 Cost per capita of enrollment .....$1.67 Cost per capita of attendance. ...$3.73 SCHOOLS FOrl THE NEGRO RACE. Census, 1898 ......104 Apportionment .' .$112.00 Number of schools 1 Number of teachers, second-grade Enrollment Attendance T.. Monthly salary ......... ..... . Total cost of school Length of term , Cost per capita of census .... Cost per capita of enrollment Cost per capita of attendance .......67 ...... 30 ...$25.00 ..$112.00 90 days ....$1.07 .'...$1.67 ..,.$3.73 NOTES The committe are noW com pleting three new houses for the town ship, at a total cost of about $500, which will give a public school house for each school In the township. The two schools that have been in session for the white race, have done excellent work. The sentiment In the township is largely in favor, of public schools, and It is hoped that the next year will see a good school In operation at every point In the township where there is a school house. NO. VII. FAIR VIEW. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, 1898 ...537 Apportionment $900.96 Number of schools .......6 Number of teachers, first grade ...... i Number of teachers, second grade ...1 Total - .. :g Enrollment 4J1 Attendance ... .".....242 Average monthly salary .....$26.25 Total cost of schools.. $840.00 Length of term ...'.80 days Cost per capita of census $1.56 Cost per capita of enrollment ...... $2.04 Cost per capita of attendance .....$3.47 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. Census, 1898 ...81 Apportionment $200.00 Number of schools ... . . . . .2 Number of teachers, first grade 0 Number of teachers, second grade . ..2 Total .". 2 Enrollment ...63 Attendance 20 Average monthly salary $25.00 Total cost of schools $162.60 Length of term ...65 days Cost per capita of census .$2.06 Cost per capita of enrolment .$2.58 Cost per clapita of attendance $8.12 NOTES. An inspection of these schools, though made during the "busy season" with the patrons, showed an unusual interest In the patronage, a fair average attendance being kept up in nearly all the districts. The corps of teachers was the best, perhaps, ever employed in the township and thorough satisfaction has resulted from their la bors. The Central School at Fair View maintains its high Standard of scholar ly attainments in its corps of teachers; and by consolidation, the school will have a session of ten months this year. the last six of which will be open to the pupils of the entire township. Only one of the six schools is equip ped with suitable desks and other nec essary appliances; though with one exception, the other houses are all in good repair and fairly supplied with the home-made desks. The colored schools have been poorly attended, and the ratio of the cost per capita of attendance is out of all rea son. Such weak schools ought not to be continued another year. VIII. SWANNANOA. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. 1 NO. Census. 1898 .J. -. SkAftF A(t Apportionment Number of schools taught Number of schools not taught 1 .5 .4 .0 .4 Total Number of teachers, first grade Number of teachers, second grade Total 239 . ...126 ..$31.25 ..$532.60 83 days ..,.$0.96 ....$2.27 ....$4.22 Enrollment Attendance Average monthly salary . . . ... Total cost of schools Length of term Cost per capita of census .... Cost per capita of enrollment Cost per capita of attendance SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE r-ftnnu. 1898 w a innnrtlnnment .JSU.W ivjyv. TJnmher of schools taxght Number of schools not taught ...... ..a Total ... Number of teachers, first graae Enrollment "... Attendance .20 Average monthly salary u.w Total cost of schools 90-M Length of term 60 days Cost per capita of census $112 Cost per capita of enrollment.. .. ..$2 20 rnnitA of attendance $-20 v w " r NOTES. The committee and people claim that the schools have had better teachers the past year than ever be fore, and my inspection verifies this Statement. Generkl satisfaction pre vails in the township as regards the public schools. The committee has had ne new house built, and repairs made On others at a cost of $500.00, and be good business sense to purchase the sides this have had the udgment and most comfortable patent desks now on the market for allj its schools. This ia" the only township committee that had the courage to do this for their schools; and they deserve great credit for bray ing possible public criticism In provid ing a very necessary part of every school equipment. The school houses are in very good i-epair, and with the new desks Just rut in, Swannanoa township will head the list in comfort able equipment for hf-r schools. NO. IX. ASHEVILLE. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, 1898 ,. 1,422 Apportionment .. $2,680.06 Number of schools , 15 T..vKa. a . n t X! i ' .umuci kjl ieav;uera, in si graue. .io Second grade , 1 Total .......16 Enrollment ...S06 Average dail attendance 460 Average monthly salary pO.OO Total cost of schoals $L7il.00 Length of term 80 days Cost per capita ol census $1.22 Cost per capita of enrollment $2.03 Cost per capita of attendance ,.$3.7S SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE! Census, 1898..., Apportionment ...541 $500.00 .......5 Number of schools Number of teache rs, first grade.. .3 .2 .5 50 Second grade Total ........ . Enrollment ... Average dally attendance 189 Average monthly salary $21.00 Total cost of schools $300.f0 Length ot term ..j. 0 days Cost per capita of census ...J9.92 Cost. per capita of enrollment '..$1.43 Cost per capita of attendance..'.'. ..$2.64 NOTES. The schools in this town, ship show a distirjet advance over the session of 1897, in every respect. The old established teachers didv better work, and the recruits generally, were college bred women, several from pro fessional schools, whose record wn.a very satisfactory. I The committee has kept up its re cord for buisness-i ike disposition of its affairs so well carried out last year. No houses have teen built, so far, by ,the committee, though several are con templated for next year. Owing to the proximity of the schools of Asheville no effort has beeri made to establish a central high school in the township. NO. X. REEM'S CREEK. -SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE Census, 1898 Apportionment ...1.754 $1,300.S6 Number of schools 7 wumoer 01 teacners, first grade..!. ..7 T 1 . . --. Second' grade 0 ....7 ... ;.S85 tendance , J20 salary of teach- $37.J6 schools 11.029.00 Total Enrollment ., Daily average a Average monthly .ears Total cost of 'the Length of the? term 52 days Cost per capita 4t census $1.36 Cost per capita of enrollment ..$2.67 Cost per capita df attendance $3.21 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. The committee had no school for the negroes this year. NOTES. The schools of Reem's Creek excel all others of the County in average attendance, having won the for this condition at present school term. The teaching force has been most sat-' Isfactorv. Nearlv all the teachers are professionally trained and skillful in their work. The; two schools, one at Weaverville and one at Hemphill, are most remarkable in that both had a very large enrollment, and very high average attendance of pupils. The- committee built two school houses during the year, one at Beech for the white race, and one at Weaver ville for .the colored race, at an aver age cost of $600.00. (Approximate esti mate.) NO. 1 XI. FLAT FOR THE CREEK. SCHOOLS WHITE RACE. , Census, 1898 Apportionment . .1.640 $1,020.12 ..G Number of schools Number of teachers, first grade. ...5 Second grade Total ........ Enrollment ... ...1 6 424 Average dally attendance .....203 Average salary oif teachers $28.39 Total cost of schools........ $650.00 Length of term Cost per capita .84 days pf census...". ...te.$1.0l Cost per capita of enrollment.. .v.$l.53 ...$3 23 Cost per capita of attendance. SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. Census, 1898 .. Apportionment 1 42 .$75.00 , 1 Number of schools Number of teachers, first grade 0 Second grade Total Enrollment .. .1 ........1 .......31 15 ,.$1S.75 Average dally Attendance . . Average salary of teachers Total cost of school ....$75.00 .80 days $1.78 .....$2.42 $5.00 Length of term Cost per capita of census . . . -i Cost per capita pf enrollment rnt mer oanlta. of attendance NOTES. Flat Creek scnoois n e kn.o mnct ntrwaiherouB vear. .cxceiiem teachers , have -, inspired, confidence in the schools,- and the little friction that .vamxtspWeii thfc nrevious year, in cer- .iu.. t---. ---- r - ,r,v, tain quarters, has passea away. c ih.o Iias flone fine service In VViaiiMvvv ' 1 - , . . - M It. ' aa.l rtAl a A their management 01 me ; himwu.. new school house -nas oeen duui ii ,a wnitp. race, i worth about $500, and the- colored school moved to a- larger and better building, on irom me -tlo a comfortable building is to be erected for the I whites at Meadow, at an early date. The school at Brittain s n ho a. continuous session i. i months, free to all the children in reach of It; and tne wnoie leiueiucm io. ot hA nnp onnortunlty thus af forded them of educating their children free of cost. NO. XIL IVT.4-SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census. 1898 948 Annortlonment $1,764.62 Number or scnoois rdusni Number of schools, not taught Total f Tjmhr of teachers, first grade .3 .10 ..4 Number of teachers, second grade .3 Total Enrollment Averager dally attendance , Average salary of teachers 507 ..205 41 J. $28.75 fVital ontt rf schools ...... . $940.75 Tnrth ct term 81 days Cost per capita of census ""d x - n n Cost per capiti of enrollment . Cost per capita, of attendance ..$1.65 ..$4.58 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. I HenRiiB. 1898 .....67 $100.00 Apportionment! ........ .......! Number of schools .......... .1 .1 Number of teachers, second grade,. iiinroiiment .. Attendance Average monthly salary Total cost of schools ....... J. Length of term i. Cost per capita of census . 4. Cost per capita of enrollment Cost per capita of attendance ...j.,.39 ......29 ...$25.00 :.$100.00 80 days ....$1.50 ....$2.56 $3.45 NOTES The schools of Bis: Ivv set out, Julyl, 1897, to lead the County in the race for educational progress; and in some respects they have largely ex celled. Through the enterprise of the school committee, about $4,000.00 worth of school building has been done. . The very largest and best equipped public school, house in the County has just been completed at Morgan Hill, at a ox zuiiy. z,&uu.uo. This house is a monument to the en. terprise, untiring labor, and indomita. ble enterprise of the chairman of the Ivy township committee, who has for nearly two years lead the people of Morgan Hill in their effort to build a house for the education of their chil dren. 1 Standing on an eminence, it is the crowning glory of the people of Ivy towship, a credit to the County, and an horior to the State. 1 Ivy township has three schools in which high; school departments are taught; and all the other, public schools have excellent teachers, sof that all classes of students are provided for in a most satisfactory manner,1 NO. XIII. BLACK MOUNTAIN. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, 1898 . ......... ... Apportionment Number of schools ....331 $719.28 .3 Y..'.m 90 Number of teachers, first grade.. Enrollment .....'... ........ ..... Average dally attendance Average monthly salary of teach ers ........ .......$35.28 Total cost of .schools ......$340.07 Length of term . 83 days Cost per capita 'of census.. ..$1.02 Cost per capita of enrollment.... ..$1. CI Cost per capita of attendant e.... ..$J."7 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. The necessity for erecting a suitable house for the negroes prevented' the committee . from having any school taught for the negro race this year. NOTES. A sparcely settled town ship like Black Mountain is always at a disadvantage. The schools must al ways be few and far apart, causing many children to have little or no op portunity of going to school. These things considered, the schools of the township have done well indeed. We have here almost a typical Scotch-Irish race, simple, honest, rug- ed in character as the eternal hills about them, but gentle and open minded to a delightful, -degree: .and their children are like them, easily led and ready to receive into bright minds and pure hearts the instruction fur nished by teachers. ' ; The school, committee has spent about $500.00 in school building and im provements for the welfare of both races, almost the only progress made in this, respect in the township during the last ten years. . ' 1 i- NO. XIV. FRENCH BROAD. SCHOOLS FOR THE WHITE RACE. Census, 1898 .......f. 588 Apportionment ...... ..$s5S.56 Number of teachers, first grade.. .. .. .5 Second grade..... .1 Total ........ ..i.. 6 Enrollment .... it 351 Average daily attendance...... 157 Average' salary of teachers.. ; ... ..$27.50 Total cost of schools i.. $805.00 Length of term .. ..97 days Cost per capita of census ,.....$1.35 Cost per capita of enrollment.. .. ..$2.23 Cost per capita jof attendance $.12 SCHOOLS FOR THE NEGRO RACE. Census, 1898 ..... 70 Apportionment .......... $175.00 Number of schools.;. : 21 Number-of teachers, first grade 2 Second grade j 0 Total ., 2 Enrollment ....40 AverAee dailv attendance 2i Average salary of teachers........ $25.00 Total cost of schools ....$175.00 Length of term 70 day3 Cost per capita of census..... $2.50 Cost per capita of enrollment.. .. ..$4.37 Cost per capita of attendance.. ....$8.75 NOTES. The committee has Deen fortunate in securing only the best teachers. The result has been very gratifying to all patrons of the schools. The Secretary of the committee has been unusually active in looking after the interests of the scnoois, visiting and encouraging the teachers in every way possible. The public school senti ment' is growing rapidly In this town ship, and a steady increase of attend ance' of pupils may confidently be looked for in the years to come. SUMMARY OF TOWNSHIP STATIS TICS. SCHOOLS FOR THE wtiiin race. .. . , ; Census, 1898 .......uu Enrollment ....... ... ' 61-2 Average attendance 3208 Average school term so l-a uays Number of schools taught ...........94 Number of teachers 99 Average salary per month :$28.92 Cost of schools...., $12,025.73 Cost percapita of census .., Cost per capita of enrollment .....$1.96 Cost per capita of attendance SUMMARY OF NEGKO huhuuus. Census, 1898' .woi Enrollment r v Average attendance ". .-403 Average school term v . . a a-xv uay vr.irviKr- nf schools taught .......... .17 Number of teachers emplbyed Average salary per-month .18 ,...$24.22 .$1,560.50 ....$1.14 ,....$1.82 Cost of schools ..J. Cost Der capita of census Cost per capita of enrollment . fnt.t enntta. or attenaance ..$3.87 The summary maicaies a kiowius in terest in the public schools of the coun- ty but how n nerent 11 wuum been could we have kept an average equal to that of the Dest inaiviuua.i schools in the county! Instead of 4000 children attending ; : there should be double that number. But we are mak ing progress and the next decade will, let us hope, see vd per cem. ui children enrolled and' attending tne schools of Buncombe county. STATE SUPLEMENT FOR PRIVATE SUBSCRIPTION f UK inr, ENT YEAR. - ; " The total amount raised by private subscription for State aupMcauon the County this year, was f.'"- which, being doubled by the State, gave $3,380.00 additional puonu bhwi money. By this means the average school term In the County was length ened about 20 days, iiut ior tne uum tainty by which private subscriptions iiniioatPd. the county could .iKXjr """---y ft ft A ftAft - easilv nave raiseu. a.vw.ww, more than sufficient to have maintained her schools two months longer than the average term of 85 days. THE TEACHERS OF -THE COUNTY. 7 I cannot close my repori whuwul paying a Just tribute to the teachers employed, during the past year, in the public schools. 1 .7 It i not saying too mu, x when It is asserted mat in no county of the state can De rouuu roll- oaaiinned a body OT puDiic ouuwi teachers as those now in the service in Buncombe county. . a larere number of them have had special professional training, and all have shown a zeai mosi coumie"uie in trying to fit themselves ror tnis very lmnortant work. To them, one and all. t nw anv - success that may have come to my feeble efforts to duiio up the cause of popular education. Their responsiveness, their loyalty, their confidence in their leader, an pan. spired to- enthuse me. and to iad me. to put forth every effort to take them 10 me summit or the Ideal system that naa ouijt ror them. My only regret in this connection, is that I could not,' in the nature of things, succeed in rais ing the teachers' salary to that point which it ought to reach. The pay of July iirsi graae teacher, of successful experience, ought not to be less than $50.00. per month. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEEMEN OF THE COUNTY. 1 During the past year the work of the township committeemen has been very much more effective than before. -I Few complaints have arisen among .ne scnoois tnat the committeemen aave not been able promptly to satis fy; and could the present township system .have continued for another two years, splendid results could have been brought about by the systematic work of well informed, . public spirited township school committees. SCHOOL HOUSES AND FURNISH INGS. By the close of my official term, July 1, 1899, it would have been possible, I Deneve, to induce every town ship committee to buy, on three years' time, sufficient patent desks to seat every public school -house in the Coun. ty. By this arrangement the schools would have had a four months' term without closing a single year and still have secured "comfortable seats for the schools. Unless some sort of arrange ment like this is made, the schools will never be seated. A very commendable zeal has char acterized committees in several town ships on the subject of building school houses; and quite a number, of well designed buildings have been erected during the year. . TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR OUR TEACHERS. One of, the wisest policies of the Boardof Education was that of provide Ing a system of Training Schools for white and negro teachers, last year. The five schools, located at as many points in the County, were officered by six of the most skillful and experienced instructors that the State could fur nish. The five schools enrolled about 9d per cent, of the teachers employed this year The session continued one school month", and during that time the tfest methods- of . teaching the rudi nbents of every subject taught in pur county schools were illustrated. These schools cost, Including the! special lec tures, and examination of teachers, only $355.00. Heretofore, for years past; it has been the custom to hold a lec ture, institute for one week at some time in the summer, at one place, usually in Asheville, at a post of $100.00, to ; which abou twenty-five teachers cante part of the time, to listen and go away arid forget what had been presented. At the training schools, last summer, the-teachers did the work themselves, under the direction of the instructors in charge. The result of the work of these training schools Is easily seen in the improvement of teaching processes and school room management of the teachers, Who attended the schools last July. j The teachers themselves said, in un animous resolutions, that; they derived great benefits from, the training schools, and asked that they might be continued nxt year. THE LIBRARY MOVEMENT. As I see it, the most Important work ever undertaken in connection with the public schools of the County, was begun this year, when, in response to my sug gestion and plans, the leading teachers and schools began to raise money to establish libraries. While many failed to carry out the plan, owing to the vi cious public sentiment in some school districts, still about fifty of the schools succeeded in raising from $2.00 to $100. 00 .each, with which nearly 1,000 vol umes of good literature have been bought and put into the hands of the children. The work thus begun, will, under wise direction, grow till every school in the County will have a consid erable collection of suitable books be longing to its library. V THE CITY SCHOOLS OF ASHE VILLE. These schools, under. the admirable superintendency of Mr. J. D. Eggles ton, Jr., while not under the Immediate management of the Board of Educa tion for Buncombe county, - still the system should have, its proper place In this report. It was my privilege, and great pleasure, recently, to make an pany with the Superintendent, and I pany with the superintendent, .and I append some, statistical matter, fol lowed by cursory notes: CITY SCHOOLS OF ASHEVILLE FOR WHITE AND NEGRO RACES. . Session of 1898-'99. School census, 1898.. .y.3,700 Total enrollment .....2,100 Total daily average attendance.. ..1.5S3 Per cent, of attendance for negro ILC ' Pet- cent, 'of attendance for negro race .; ............88 Total-number of teachers em ployed.. 31 Total value of school property. ..$70,000 Total cost of the schools ....$15,000 NOTES. An inspection of the city schools shows a most satisfactory sys tem of grading, the work covering ten or.Yrkr.i vcarn. four of " which are devoted to work in the, central high school, now enrolling about 250 stu dents. Provision is made In every grade for promotion, so that no bright pupil need be kept waiting for a slow grade before he may go higher in his grade. The teachers are: well prepared tor their; several grades, and the principals are thorough going educators, up-to-date in the business of supervising their respctive schools. ''"' One of the most Important parts of the work in every grade is a well adapted system of supplementary read ing, germane as far as possible, to the course of study. A taste for good liter, ature Is formed in the first six years, which leads the student of the high school to read voluminously and appre ciatively the books in the High School Library, now numbering about 1,500 volumes ofthe choicest classical and current literature, when he comes to this department of the schools. 1 "NEEDS OF THE CITY SCHOOLS. The friends and they now number nearly every intelligent; man and wom an in Asheville of the schools see the imperative need of a more iioeroi om.inmfnt for the schools. More room ig demanJed by the growing population and special departments ought to be established, either at each of the four 8chooia 01 at one special school In . which should be taugnt various irmS j of han4icraft and domestic science thus training the boys in the use of tools, and tne gins in me cuuuuvi the home. At leasi v ir tcuw i.. boys and gwis now in me icnouu i make U living m some mw 01 me in- dustrial departments of life, and it seems a miserable shame that they must be turned out from the schools to practice a craft of which they know nnt -pvptl' the rudiments. Let me urge the' people of Asheville to stand bv their schools as the chief elorv of their beautiful city: and When the anneal is made, as it soon must be. for larger appropriations, let it be met by a unanimous, a patriotic public sen- timent In favor of gjvlng additional power and usefulness to a system of public schools that .now ranks among the best in the State, if not in the SUUIU, .. THE PRIVATE, DENOMINATIONAL ; AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. j , ' . It has been my pleasure .to gather, ior publication with my Annual Report some general information about the leading schools and colleges located in the county. i- I wish here to express "tny thanks to the officials! of these institutions for numerous professional and personal courtesies extended' me irt this connec. uvu. . w J - xiiU PRESBYTERIAN HOME MIS- ' . SION WORK. ' In point of investment, the schools founded by the "Woman's Board tof Home Missions of the United States," is of the first rank. The Society has established the following "colleges and schools: i The Normal and Collegiate Institute. Asheville, N. C. , f ! The Home Industrial School, Ashe ville, N. C. ! The Farm. School for Boys, Swanna noa, N. C. . Mission School, Ricevllle, N. c Mission School, Jupiter, N. C Mission School. Brittain Covev N. C. The aggregate1 money value of this great educational investment is not far short of a quarter of a million dollars, and its social and moral and religious value is beyond calculation. I Suffice it to say that this noble benefaction, giv in wholesome tuition to more than 700 pupils annually, drawn from the homes of the lower classes of our citizenship, i is doing a work that the public school has never done, and never will be able to do. The wofk of all these schools is laid out upon the grand and eternal principles of God-given nhilanthronv and their enlightening influences have penetrated the deepest coves and gilded the highest peaks of thei wnat i places of. our population and shed abroad the true light of the Gospel of Peace and taught the divine lesison of our Love. , METHODIST COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. The AshevHle College for Women, re cently placed under new management. is one of the most progressive and up- 10-aate scnoois in tne south. Every Instructor is a specialist in his depart ment, secured for his acknowledged power to teach the special line of sub jects entrusted to him. The college Is now being patronized by people from distant States, in addition to the large attendance furnished by the city of Asheville and the State at large; The college property is valued at $75,000, and is one of the very best equipped Institutions in the country. WEAVERVILLE COLLEGE is one of the oldest Institutions In the county. In its quiet, unob strusive progress it has done a fine Work for nearly thirty years. sending out year-by year- scores of young men and women, whose lives have added dignity and wealth to the society of the country. The college property is a mosti valuable piece of , reality, and almost every year it re ceives improvements. The' total en rollment this year will reach 200 stu dents. Six instructors are employed in the several departments. CAMP ACADEMY, located on the famous Methodist . camp meeting grounds, is a vigorous and growing High School, founded In 1895. The val ue of the property "isaout $6,000., The enrollment for the present year will reach 100 students. Instructed by three teachers. PRIVATE ACADEMIES. The most famous boys' school In the South is Bingham's, founded 107 years : ago, by the grandfather or tne present superintendent of the school. Several years ago, at the urgent re- j quest of the citizens of Asheville, the i Bingham School wasn moved from - Its ancient seat to the suburbs of Ashe ville, and known far and ' near as ; "Bingham Heights." The school prop- ; erty is valued at. $60,000, and always bears a premium. The school capacity i.s 120 students, and the limit is reached - long before the school year- opens. Bingham School has always, been fa mous for its system and! its thorough instruction. The equipment is perfect, and experts say that in point Of sani tation, the school is without a rival in the world. I - SKYLAND INSTITUTE, located in the citv of Asheville, Is an admirably conducted school tS high-grade. .The enrollment for the present year ia about 1VU Siuqenis, laugni uy uiree teachers. The library has over 500 vol umes of the best classical and general authorship, which are used as a part of. the course of instruction.' Many. students, wishing to do advanced work attend this school ecause of the special. opportunities afforded for such studies. The founder and principal or tne scnooi is one of the leading school men of the State, and is uilding up a school of great value and importance to the city. THE FREE KINDERGARTEN ASSO- This noble organization, like most other strictly benevolent, and gratui tous enterprises, is the result jof the concerted action of the gentle sympa thy and tender love of a band of con secrated women for the children f the street. ' Charitably disposed people . very cheerfully give of their means to maln taitv th ncnnola: but few know or care about this great .and important worjt being done here by this Association. Three schools, employing six teach ers, are sustained; at an annual cast of Oast, year) $1,350. and nearly, 00 children are given free tuition. The association represents about $a.-1 000 worth of real estate, and the city ought to provide by taxation a fund of $2,000 a year to extend this work to aj dozen localities In the corporate limits of Asheville. Every penny spent in educating the neglectedchlldren of to day will bring a thousand per; cent, in return to'the community, when, as law abiding, self-sustaining men and wom en, these waifs of the street take their places In he ranks as builders of homes in Asheville. . i '' - FINALLY. In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to express to you my grateful appre ciation of your generous and sympa thetic support, and interest manifested ini the discharge ot my official auuea. Through your wise counsel and more . mature deliberations, I have oeen auie to avoid many errors in carrying out i your policy and my own. The result dt my labors are written pou yf . ; ... i - .-mill: onnrove schools, icpur uugiueut whatever of good has been done, your kindness will excuse the errors made In ke-t effort to place our. county IX IK UUIiDv - ----- , SV schools at the bead of theMist li point of progressive education. I . beg to remain,, gentlemen. Very truly yours,, j . D. Ia ELLI Supervisor of County Schsj.ls if ;:1 I ' r
The Asheville Register (Asheville, N.C.)
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