The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-06-25


State, in which there is not uniformly a
hourishing school Mt the Court House
Our District, l am sorry to say, furnishes
the only exception 10 This general rule.
!, is true, VIC have an academy in our vii
lagc,, which is occasionally, rs ut present,
under the care Of an excellent teacher, but
how wofally is every thing neglected, which
tends TO its usefulness and prosperity.
The large sums of money VIC have spent
for educational purposes in the adjoining
District Of Fairfield, if it had been spent ut
home, would, of itself, be sufficient to give
Us an institution that would well compare
with any of Il sim,,ar class in the State. At
present, we have from our village, not less
than foor or five young men, ut school in
Winnsboro, at Il cost o their parents, of at
least from $ 200, to $500 each, making. in
the aggregate, sum Of ten or fifteen
hundred dollars. Duty, Therefore, rs well
us motives of interest and sound policy, re-
qrirc that each District in the State, should
cndcavor TO conduct NJ least the prcparato-
ry education "f her youth. Flonislng
SCHOOLS Of this class, in the several dis.
uicts throughout the State, gccaily curlail
the Incidental expenses, ana do much to.
wards reducing the cast ofcducat.on. They
also place the means Of wn education in the
reach OF many who otherwise would never
he t0nght, even 10 read ani write Feeling
deeply the necessity of general intelligence
among the masses, our state. in her isduin,
has nobly cNtcudcd her aid in the work of
educating the people. Much j. due by the
people of the District, 10 our WORTHY repre-.
sentative. DE-. Cau;h,n, who. ,Iur.nc his
membership III the House, lrnt himself with
Becoming zeal 10 the subject of rducati, n
by urging an increase ol the Free School
fuEd. We owe much too. on the same nr
oouat To his colleagues, the late I hos. ".
!Iucy and the late Ihos. K. Currton. We
have just said that The state has wisely un-
dcrtakcn to aid her people iG;hc great wurk
of cl@cation. Let u ROW notice, for II
moment, That she has done.
The several means, then. which our STATE
has c'Hr"yod for this purpose, are briefly
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