Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-04

TeIused ccrtltlcate authorizing him to teach,
and receive his pro rata of the school fundY
If so, wo would like very much to know his
name.
No sir, the simple, unsophisticatcd fact, iu
regard to the colored people not having
schools, was this: no one felt disposed to
teach school depending upon 'thc free or
common school fund" for his pay, after hay.
ing ascertained the fact that there was only
S2,248, with which to pay the tuition of
5000 children Neither would any one have
been willing to have engaged in colored
school, had the sum been 5000, (the sum
necessary to pay the tuition of all the children
in the county for one year,) for the men who
teach school are generally, as class, as poor
as ia church mouse" and therefore cannot pos
possibly work trust instead of pay, especially
during this reign Of rhilanthropists (?) when
no one will trust them. No sir; teachers
must be paid as they go-this is the great
lever; remove this and they cannot possibly
60. Aud the public schools were opened
twelve months ago, wanting ten days, and
closed four months ago, and yet the teachers
have not been paid one cent!
These, Mr.. Editor, are the reasons aud the
only reasons why the colorcd people of the
county have not had schools, and not as has
BEEN alleged, because the commissioner would
not or did not locate them. First, the school
fund belonging to the county would not have
paid but about one-fiftcenth part OF the tuition
of their children; and, secondly, if there hud
been enough money to have paid the remain
ing fourteen fifteenth parts, no one would
have, nor could have taught them, unless he
could have received his pay monthly, or quar-
tcry, at the farthest. And right here, while
upon this subject, we wish to call the attcn-
tlOn of lilo n,cnnIclo uhu will compose our
next Legislature to this matter; for this sys-
tenn of common schools cannot possibly ever
work efficiently, unless teachers be paid quar-.
terly, aud the law which makes teachers ac
counts payable only in Columbia, enacted by
the last Legislature, should be repealed at
once. We would here very respectfully sug.
gest that the next Legislature enact law,
making tcachers' accounts payable quarterly,
authorizing the school commissioners to draw
the money from either the State or county
treasurer, making it his duty, after he shall
have drawn the money, to set apart day,
notifying teachers. that on that day their nc
counts will be paid. W. H.
Townville, S. Q.
THE NATIONAL TAXEs-The following
statement of the provisions of the law of July
ii, in regard to sources Of revenue, is com.
piled from official sources:
Special taxes, inouding those on baukers,
will cease May /, 1871, excepting those cou.
nected with fermented liquors, spirits and
tobacco. t..u
Taxes on gross receipts will cease Oct. l.,
1870. ''n
Taxes on sales will cease Oct. ], 1870, ex.
cept those on sales Of tobacco, spiritls, wines,
aud those paid by stamps.
Taxes on income, including salaries will
be two and haW per cent. on incomes over
$4,000, instead of five per cent. on income es
over 81 900. 'I0i o'h
Taxes on legacics will cease October /,
1870
Taxes on passports will cease October /,
1870
The use Of stamps will cease Octobcr |,
1870, for promissery notes for less than 500,
for receipts, and for canned aud preserved
fish.
The receipts from these sources in The fiscal
year 1870, we're estimated at $82O16, ,0OO.-
The reductions have been officially estimated
ct s55,O00,0O0.- Noo.an. =
AHuNDnED) YEARS AGO. The papers
of Richmond are recalling reminiscenceso Of the
great "May Fresh"o of ITO, in connection
with the food of last Fridnyr-ju, t hupdred
years between them. The river rose then
suddenly to the level Of the site of 'Shoekoe
warehouse, carrying, off many hogsheadsof to.
bacco. All Of the valley Of Shoekoe was un.
der water from the. foot of Manson's Hill,
(the present site Of the Ballard House) to the
foot Of Richmond Hill ,,n ;sotm N aD
There IS monument at Turkey Island,
said tto be one oftho Oldest ID virgianYia{whioh
records the devastations of theflood ii Tut.
key 'Islnnd Is now part Of the main land.
but bafofe Tk70lit Esb an islabdl. Rhe Hver,
in It's, rage, lifted beyond it's bed, and plss.
teredit on,the iadjacent shore. In the. Lir.
giaia, GaztNe ot that date thereis an thtorest.
ing account from the pen tof a witness who