Educational survey of Brooks County, Georgia

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BY M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent
No. 15

UNDER DIRECTION OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

M. L. BRITTAIN STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
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GEORGIA.
NOTE: An experience with county-wide local school tax is the most effective argument for it. Counties adjacent to local tax counties, seeing its benefits, most readily vote for it. See map.
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COUNTY-WIDE LOCAL TAX.

Bacon, Ben Tlill, Bibb, Bryan, Burke, Butts, Camden, Chatham, Coffee, Columbia, Crisp, DeKalb, Echols, Emaiiuel, Pulton, Glynn, Hancock, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Jones, Lee, Mcintosh, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muscogee, Newton, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Screven, Spalding, Tift, Terrell, Walton, Wayne 41.

ORGANIZATION OF THE BROOKS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
County Superintendent of Schools, Hon. John P. JMcCall, Quitman, Ga.
County Farm Demonstration Agent, Mr. Scott Pcddriek, Quitman, Ga.
County Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Cobhic Pcddriek, Quitman, Ga.
County Board of Education,
lion. J. G. Stanley, Chairman. ................... .Quitrnan, Ga. Hon. M. K. Hope. ............................... .Barwick, Ga. Hon. A. Morrisoii................................. Quitman, Ga. Hon. W. TT. Patrick. ............................. .Quitman, Ga. Hon. R. G. Bamscy................................ Pidcock, Ga.
A COMPARISON.
The town of Quitman, county seat of Brooks county, levies four mills against the town property for the education of their children. This, added to the amount received from the State, makes $21.00 per child, per >car, if they live in town, lint the white children living in the country districts, while receiving as much per capita from the State fund as the town children, add nothing to the State fund, (excepting in a few local tax districts), and hence have only $4.20 per child per year expended upon their education.

"BETTER SCHOOLS FOR BROOKS COUNTY."

Brooks county is rich in natural resources which are being de-

veloped in a most intelligent and business-like way. Sea Island

cotton and hogs are the staple products; and the recent large crop

of this cotton was sold around fifty cents a pound, while "Brooks

County Bacon" is a daily attraction on menus of the best hotels.

The county receives from the State an average of about twenty-

eight, convicts for road working, the estimated value of about $8,-

000.00. To make this State aid effective in making good roads the

county levies locally an ad valorem tax of forty cents, $31,064.53,

and an additional per capita road tax amounting to $6,800.00, mak-

ing available for good roads in the county $37,864.53 in addition

to the aid received from the State.

And for the sake of good roads the property of the county can

well afford to stand this taxation, for good roads make property

valuable while making life richer in every way.

Good rural schools also contribute towards a richer life and more

valuable property.

Brooks county receives from the State for schools, $22,026.25,

to which the county adds nothing, except as hereinafter stated.

Quitman, the county seat, gets her pro rata part of the above

amount, which is about $4,000 00. This is not sufficient to satisfy

the educational demands of the children who live in Quitman. Quit-

man believes that public schools are as important as public roads and

acts upon that, conviction. So forty cents per hundred, the same

rate that the county levies for good roads, is levied a gainst'Quitman

property to help educate Quitman children. This yields some $11,-

872.00 annually to supplement the amount received from the State,

and the children who live at the county seat have the best of educa-

tional opportunities.

There are also a few school districts in the county where "peo-

ple are more important than property," and these also supplement

the inadequate State school fund through "district taxation."

These are as follows:

Barwiek

5 mills............... ................ . $ 677.81

Branham

2 mills................................. 104.54

Dixie

5 mills................................. 1,120.94

Evergreen

3 mills. ................................ 341.00

Empress

5 mills................................. 558.82

Hickory Head 5 mills.. ............................... 471.55

Morven

5 mills. ................................ 1.295.04

Midway

4 mills................................. 266.34

Ozell

5 mills................................. 304.45

Pavo

5 mills................................. 864.99

Total...........................................$6,005.48

The balance of the county lias been satisfied with the meager educational opportunities for their children that their pro rata part of the State school fund could provides. (See reports oil in-
dividual schools in this bulletin.) With the administration of these "local tax districts" schools
left mainly to local interests or indifference the several supplemental amounts raised does not and can not yield best results. It is contrary to approved business experiences and principles.
If the county would manifest the same interest and apply the same business principles to the public schools as to the public roads the schools of the county would show immediate and immense im-
provement. A county-wide school tax levy of same rate as is now levied for
roads or as Quitman now levies for schools would be forty cents per hundred, or four mills. Four mills school levy would yield annually. .......... .$31,064.53 Add the annual amount received from the State. ........ 22,026.25
And Brooks county would have a public school fund of $53,090.78, and every school in the county could, within a reasonable time, be made as good as the Quitman school now is. Then the system would be as popular in the county as the Quitman system now is at the county seat. And Brooks county would then have a State-wide reputation for her rural public schools as well as for her hogs and Sea Island cotton.
The children of the country districts deserve better schools. The people of Brooks county are able to provide better schools. A county-wide "local school tax" of less than is now paid for public roads will be sufficient.
This survey of the public schools is submitted to the citizens of the county for the purpose of helping them to realize how little they are doing for the education of their children. When this is once realized it is confidently believed that the entire county will follow the example of their county seat and provide
"BETTER SCHOOLS FOR BROOKS COUNTY."

QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL. (A Fully Accredited School.)

Faculty: Superintendent, Prof. H. I). Knowles.

Four teachers in High School;

Five teachers in Grammar School;

Six teachers in Primary School;

Two teachers in special departments.

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All teachers are Normal trained.

Grounds: Two and one-half acre lot, well situated; ample playgrounds, but without equipment; play supervised regularly; sanitary toilets in building.

Building: Brick building; value $40,000.00; nineteen class rooms; adequate axiditorium; domestic science kitchens; laboratories; offices; cloak rooms, etc. An adequate building, meeting all the
requirements of progressive school architecture.

Equipment: Adjustable single desks; slate blackboard; sufficient quantity of good maps; charts; globes; reference dictionaries; pictures; laboratories; domestic science equipments; pianos; locker; shower baths, etc. A well equipped library room is being supplied with books.

Maintenance: About $18,000.00 annual maintenance funds derived from State .funds and municipal local tax. The per capita maintenance fund is about $30.00 per white child, which includes books furnished.

Canning Club Organized: Misses Alma Green, Susie Haynes, Edna Sweat, Fraiikie Turner, Alma Watson, Mamie Woodard.

ADLAI SCHOOL.
J. A. WEST, Teacher.
One acre lot, doubtful titles; unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
One-room building; no cloak rooms; ceiled, but unpaiiited; insufficiently lighted.
Double home-made desks; poor blackboards; no maps, charts, library, dictionary, or other equipment.
One teacher; six months school year; enrollment 50; average 30. No club work.
BAENEY SCHOOL.
J. C. LINNEY, Teacher.
MISS MATTIE INGRAM, Assistant.
MRS. J. C. LINNEY, Assistant.
One aero lot; unimproved; separate toilets in fair condition. Three class rooms; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only; improperly and insufficiently lighted. Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps or charts; a reference dictionary and a few reference books; framed pictures; covered water-coolers. Two teachers; six months school year; eight grades; enrollment 82; average 68. Three corn club members. Three pig club members. Canning club members: Misses Tennis Ingram, Nina Ingrain, Edna liendrix, Deborah Joyce, Kathleen Blease.

BAEWICK SCHOOL.
J. J. SIZEMORE, Principal.
R. E. DORROUGH. MISS VIOLA McLEMORE.
MISS MAY WOOTEN. MISS MARY GRAY, Music.
Large lot, well fenced, ample playgrounds, well kept; separate toilets in fair condition.
Brick building; four class rooms; wide halls; cloak rooms; office; auditorium; music rooms.
Double and single patent desks and teachers' desks; poor blackboards; reference dictionary; two globes; maps; framed pictures; library 300 volumes.
Four teachers; nine months school year; ten grades; literary societies; enrollment 77 ; average 63.
Two corn club members. Seventeen pig club members. Poultry club: Misses Claude Askew, liomeiio Cone, Bama Cornell, Alice Mae Presley, Berniee Jones, Bama Tliornhill, Alice Mae Griffin, Kathryn Saucheny, Leila Mae Massey, Nellie Roy Jones.
CATES SCHOOL.
MISS MARY CHRISTIAN, Teacher.
Small grounds; unimproved; one toilet. One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only; insufficiently lighted. Double patent desks and teachers' desk; good blackboards; one IT. S. History map; small globe; reference dictionary; no framed pictures; open bucket, common dippers. One teacher; four months school year; eight grades; enrollment 25 ; average 16. No clubs.

CHEROKEE SCHOOL,
MISS HANNAH RAMSEY, Teacher.
School grounds unimproved; one toilet. One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled, but uupainted; improperly lighted. Double patent desks; poor blackboards; 110 maps; one small globe; no charts; 110 dictionary; no framed pictures; no library. A covered water cooler. One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 35; average 23. Miss Effie Morrison, member canning club.
CONCORD SCHOOL.
MISS HANNAH RAMSEY, Teacher.
Small grounds; two toilets in fair condition. One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled, but unpainted; fairly well lighted. Double patent desks and teacher's desk; poor blackboards; no maps, dictionary, or other equipment: covered water cooler and individual cups. A school pig. One teacher; five months school year; seven grades; cooking, sewing, and fancy work occasionally; enrollment 16; average 14. Misses Hilda Garrett and Elizabeth Garret, members canning club.
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DIXIE SCHOOL.
E. J. HINESLEY, Principal.
MRS. E. J. HINESLEY, Assistant.
Four acres in lot; well fenced, and partly improved; ample playgrounds; two toilets in fair condition.
Well planned two-story building; two class rooms and auditorium; good cloak rooms; painted; well lighted.
Double patent desks; good blackboards; globes; maps; reference dictionary, etc.
Two teachers; nine months school year; iiine grades; enrollment 49; average 32.
No clubs.
DREW SCHOOL,
MISS EMILINE CLEVELAND, Teacher.
One acre lot; unimproved; oak grove; two toilets in fair condition.
One class room; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; ceiled; painted outside only.
Double patent desks; poor blackboards; small globe; two maps; 110 charts; no library; large II. S. flag.
One teacher; five months school year; seven grades; enrollment 58; average 37.
Two corn club members. Four pig club members. Canning club: Misses Grace Williams, Alice Mae Crosby, Nora Arnold, Euby Webb, Katie Mutt, Jewell Williams.
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ELIM SCHOOL.
MISS JANIE HARROLL, Teacher.
Small lot; unimproved; one toilet in fair condition. One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only; improperly lighted; windows well screened. Double home-made desks; poor blackboards; no maps; no globes; no dictionary; no library, or other equipment. Covered water coolers, individual cups. One teacher; five months school year; six grades; enrollment 27; average 24. Canning club: Hisses Willie Mae Phillips, Eula Ives, Louise Moore.
EMPRESS SCHOOL. (A Standard School.)
MISS CLARA WILLIAMS, Principal.
MISS NINA THURSTON, Assistant.
MISS LILLIE MAY WILLIAMS, Assistant.
Two acre lot; well fenced and partly improved; well kept school gardens; two sanitary toilets.
Three class rooms; cloak rooms; painted; fairly well lighted. Double patent desks and teachers' desks; good blackboards; several maps; flags; framed pictures; dictionary; organ; library, etc. Covered water coolers and individual cups. Three teachers; eight months school year; nine grades; enrollment 78; average 55. Four members pig club.
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EXCELSIOR SCHOOL.
MISS MARY E. JOHNSON, Teacher.
Small school lot, titles in an individual; improved; two toilets in fair condition; school garden.
Oncvclass room; no cloak rooms; partly ceiled; painted outside only; fairly well lighted.
Double homc-mnde desks; poor blackboards; no maps; no charts; no library; a reference dictionary.
One teacher; six mouths school year; eight grades; enrollment 39 ; average 22.
No clubs.
GROOVERSVILLE SCHOOL.
MRS. RAMSET, Teacher.
Small school lot, adjacent church lot; unimproved; two toilets in fair condition.
Building in bad repair; one class room; ceiled; unpaiiited; improperly lighted; small rooms curtained off for library and domestic science.
Double patent desks and teacher's desk; good blackboards; no maps or globes; a reference dictionary; thermometer; skeleton; domestic science equipment; library 80 volumes; framed pictures; covered water cooler, individual cups in cabinet.
One teacher; six months school year; nine grades; enrollment 20; average 19.
Canning club: Misses Plia Hiscock, Lanra Maxwell, Joan Hiscock, Gladys Wade, Nellie ilae Holly, Grace Hiscock.

HICKORY HEAD SCHOOL.

MISS RENA UNDERWOOD, Principal.

MISS

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Assistant.

Situated opposite a church in a magnificent grove of old live oaks hanging low with Spanish moss; large magnolias, etc.; ample play grounds; little improved; two toilets in lair condition.
Two separate one-room buildings; no cloak rooms; painted;, fairly well lighted.
Double patent desks and teachers' desks; poor blackboards; good set maps mounted in case; globe; no reference dictionary; framed pictures; small library.
Two teachers; eight months school year ; eight grades; enrollment 42; average 32.
Two members pig club. Canning club: Miss Florrie Burke.

IONE SCHOOL.
MISS MAMIE KNIGHT, Teacher.
MISS BERTA HALL, Assistant.
Small school lot; doubtful titles; good play grounds; two toilets in fair condition.
Building in bad repair; two large class rooms; no cloak rooms; ceiled; uiipainted; insufficiently lighted.
Rough home-made desks; poor blackboards; one chart; one map; no library.
Two teachers; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 69; average 58.
Three members pig club. Five members corn club. Miss Lucy Terry, canning club member.
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MIDWAY SCHOOL.
MISS CORA LEE SHELLEY, Teacher.

Well selected grounds; well kept; titles doubtful; ample playgrounds; yards fenced; two toilets in good condition.
One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only;
well lighted. Double patent desks; poor blackboards; small globe; maps;
library 50 volumes; no reference dictionary. One teacher; seven months school year; eight grades; enroll-
ment 50; average 30. No clubs.

MORVEN SCHOOL.
SANKBY BOOTH, Principal.
MRS. SANKEY BOOTH, M. S. HALE,
MRS. ROY PHILLIPS.

Grounds bare and unimproved; ample playgrounds; two toilets

in fair condition.

Building clelapidated; four class rooms; no cloak rooms; in-

sufficiently lighted; entirely inadequate to demands of the school.

Double patent desks; poor blackboards; good set maps mounted

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in case; two globes; reference dictionary; library 50 volumes; covered coolers, individual drinking cups.

Four teachers; nine months school year; ten grades; enroll-

ment 182; average 135. Three members pig club. Canning club:

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Misses Mary Glower, Anne Holland, Mildred Jardon, Gladys Jor-

dan, May Edmoridson, Leona Parrish, Nellie Pond, Mary Edmond-

son, Florine Scruggs, Mary Hall, Kathleen Ousley, Nona Ousley,

Brooks Phillips.

NANKIN SCHOOL.
MISS ROSEBUD LEWIS, Teacher.
Well located grounds; fenced; cleaned; otherwise unimproved; two toilets in fair condition.
Two class rooms; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only; well lighted.
Double patent desks; fair blackboards; two maps; chart; globe; no dictionary; -no library.
One teacher; five months school year; seven grades; enrollment 31; average 22.
One member corn club. One member pig club. Note: In one room is a private high school with eleven pupils under Miss Emily Nash.
NORTH UNION . SCHOOL.
MISS IRENE REDDICK, Teacher.
Located in a beautiful pine grove; yards well cleaned up; ample playgrounds; two toilets in sanitary condition.
One large class room; cloak rooms; well lighted; painted. Double patent desks; cloth blackboards; framed pictures; maps; globe; library 100 volumes; no reference dictionary; covered water cooler; individual drinking cups. One teacher; seven months school year; eight grades; enrollment 46; average 36. Canning club: Misses Blanche DeVane and Effie HiSmith.
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NEW EVERGREEN SCHOOL.
MISS AGNES OWENS, Teacher.
One acre lot; well fenced and otherwise improved; well kept school garden ; two sanitary toilets.
One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only; well kept; sufficiently, but improperly lighted.
Double patent desks and teacher's desk; poor blackboards; maps; globe; chart; reference dictionary; library 56 volumes; illustrative materials, flowers, etc.
One teacher; six mouths school year; seven grades; enrollment 31; average 26.
A well organized community school improvement club. One member corn club. One member pig club.
OLD EVERGREEN SCHOOL.
(A Standard School.)
MISS CLEO RAINWATER, Teacher.
One acre lot; well fenced and otherwise improved; well kept school gardens; two sanitary toilets.
Two class rooms; cloak rooms; painted inside and outside; well and properly lighted; well kept.
Double patent desks and teacher's desk; good blackboards; three maps; small globe; library 75 volumes, in good case; window flowers, etc. A school pig.
One teacher; seven months school year; eight grades; enrollment 30; average 24.
One member pig club. One member corn club. Canning club member: Miss Eva Kheus.
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OAK HILL SCHOOL.
MISS ROSA HOLLOWAY, Teacher.
Located in a beautiful pine grove; good play grounds; otherwise unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
Two class rooms (one used for domestic science) : no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted on outside only; fairly wcel lighted.
Double patent desks and teacher's desk; poor blackboards; several maps; no charts or globe; no reference dictionary; framed pictures; library 75 volumes, in a good ease: illustrative materials; a domestic science equipment.
One teacher; eight months school year; eight grades; enrollment 42; average 26.
An Audubon Club. Three' members pig club. Canning club: Misses Lilian Williams, Ada Williams, Luvania Folsoine.
PALMETTO SCHOOL.
MISS LEONA HARDEE, Teacher.
One acre lot; small yard cleaned; one toilet in fair condition. One class room; 110 cloak rooms; ceiled; unpainted; fairly lighted; well kept. Rough, home-made desks; poor blackboards; no maps; no -charts ; 110 dictionary; no library; no pictures. One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 40; average 33. Canning club member: Miss Julia Johnson.
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PATRICK SCHOOL.
MRS. W. E. GARRETT, Teacher.
Grounds unimproved private property; one toilet in fair condition.
One very small class room; no cloak rooms; unpainted. Double patent desk and teacher's desk; no maps; no dictionary, or other equipment. Open bucket, common dippers. One teacher; six months school year; six grades; enrollment 21; average 12. No clubs.
PAULINE SCHOOL.
MISS ELLIE MAE GROOVER, Teacher.
One acre lot; yards well cleaned up; otherwise unimproved; two toilets in good condition.
One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; painted outside only; improperly jighted.
Double patent desks and teacher's desk; poor blackboards; three maps; 110 reference dictionary; no library, or other equipment, and individual drinking cups and open buckets.
One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 18; average 15.
A sewing club. Canning club: Miss Nina Smith. Poultry club: Miss Virginia Patterson.
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PIDCOCK SCHOOL.
MISS LOUISE PAYNE, Teacher.
Half acre lot; unimproved; small playgrounds; no school gardens; two toilets in fair condition.
One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; mipainted; improperly lighted.
Single patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps; no charts; 110 globe; 110 library; a small dictionary. Open buckets, common dippers.
One teacher; nine months school year (individual tuition) ; seven grades; enrollment 33; average 27.
A sewing club. Canning club member: Miss Juaiiita Lane.
PINE GROVE SCHOOL. (South)
MISS EUNICE PATTERSON, Teacher.
Well situated among large live oaks; lot unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
One class room; no cloak rooms; painted; insufficiently lighted. Home-made double desks; poor blackboards; 110 maps; no charts: no globe; no reference dictionary; library 100 volumes. Two members pig club. One member corn club. Canning club: Miss Maggie Richardson.
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PINE GKOVE SCHOOL. (North)
MISS JULIA STEPHENS, Teacher.
One acre lot; unimproved; small play grounds; one toilet in fair condition; school garden.
One small class room; 110 cloak rooms; unceiled; impaiiited; well lighted; well kept.
Double home-made desks; poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, library, dictionary, or other equipment. Covered, coolers and individual cups.
One "teacher; six months school year; eight grades; enrollment 38; average 30.
Five members pig club. Three corn club. Canning club members: Misses Alice Crosby, Nora Crosby, Cassie Crosby, Carrie Crosby, Mamie Green.
BED OAK SCHOOL.
MISS LILA MAE HUTCHINSON, Teacher.
Small school grounds; entirely unimproved; no toilets. Building in very bad repair; one small class room; 110 cloak rooms; unceiled; unpainted; uncomfortable; poorly lighted. Rough home-made desks; very poor blackboards; 110 maps, charts, dictionary, library, or other equipment. One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 18; average 12. Three members pig club.
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RIVER BEND SCHOOL.
MISS CLYDE FERRELL, Teacher.
Located in pine grove; unimproved; two toilets in fair condition. One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled- unpainted; fairly well lighted. Double patent desks and teacher's desk; poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, dictionary, or other equipment, except a small library. One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; enrollment 22 ; average 21. No clubs.
RIVER HILL SCHOOL.
MISS ESTELLE CARTER, Teacher.
Located in fine pii^e grove; unimproved; ample playgrounds; one toilet in fair condition.
One room; log building; no cloak rooms; uncoiled ; well lighted; well kept.
Double home-made desks; poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, dictionary, library, or other equipment. Open buckets, common dippers.
One teacher; six months school year; five grades; enrollment 20j average 17.
No clubs.
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ROCK HILL SCHOOL.
MISS ELLA ODUM, Teacher.
MISS CORA FOLSOM, Assistant.
School grounds entirely unimproved; one toilet in fair condition. Two class rooms; no cloak rooms; uncoiled; unpaiiited; insufficiently lighted. Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, dictionary, library, or other equipment. One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; enrollment 86; average 65. One corn club member. Two pig club members. Canning club: Miss Delia Spires.
SAND HILL SCHOOL.
MISS ALICE WILLIAMS, Teacher.
School lot one acre; woods; unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
Delapidated building; one class room; no cloak rooms; uncoiled; ,unpaintcd; uncomfortable; insufficiently lighted.
Rough home made desks; very poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, dictionary, library, pictures, or other equipment.
Open buckets, common dippers. One-teacher; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 44; average 27. No clubs.

SPRING HILL SCHOOL.
MISS AURELIA BASS, Principal.
MISS JANIE BASS, Assistant.
Titles to school lot in private individual; grounds unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
One large class room divided by a. curtain; no cloak rooms; ceiled; uiipaiiited; improperly lighted.
Double patent desks; teachers' desks; poor blackboards; several maps; reference dictionaries; waste baskets; framed pictures; no library.
Two teachers; eight months school year; eight grades; enrol! meiit f>7; average 29.
No clubs.
TYSON SCHOOL.
MISS SALLIE HIRES, Teacher.
One acre school lot; grounds unimproved; one toilet in medium condition.
One class room; no cloak rooms; ceiled; uiipaiiitcd; insufficiently lighted.
Single patent desks; very poor blackboards; no maps, charts, globe, library, dictionary, pictures, or other school equipment.
One teacher; six months school year; eight grades; enrollment 65; average 38.
No elubg.

UNITY SCHOOL.
MRS. W. T. HARDEE, Teacher.
Located in a fine grove of live oaks; grounds entirely unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
Building in bad repair; one class room; 110 cloak rooms; ceiled; unpaiiited; insufficiently lighted.
Double patent desks; poor blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globe; a small library; a reference dictionary; covered water cooler, and undividual cups.
One teacher; nine mouths school year (maintained by individual tuition) ; ten grades; enrollment 30; average 24-.
No clubs.
WILMOT SCHOOL.
MISS DEAN ROUNDTREE, Teacher.
Small school lot; well cleaned up; unimproved; one toilet in fair condition.
One class room; 110 cloak rooms; uiieeilcd; unpaiiited; insufficiently lighted.
Double patent desks; very poor blackboards; one small globe; two maps; 110 charts; two dictionaries; no library, or other equipment. Covered cooler and individual drinking cups.
One teacher; six months school year; seven grades; enrollment 30; average 24.
One member pig club. Canning club: Misses Clyde and Alma "Williams.
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