Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-08-10
Ear tho Advertiser.

Not being fable to find any books or
records Kept by the School Commissioner
andsth {; Examining Board (if any such
arekept5 and being unable to get any
reply from thesscbool Commissioner or
the County Treasurer, is, as 1 have said
before; the cause of my craving further
space in your columns.
Under the amended Act of the Legis-
|daSfufeas' s SS71 u, to establish and maintain
system of Free Schools for this State, it
is provided that there shall be in each
County & Board of Examiners, which
shall be composed of the School Com
missioner and two o5ttlfief b :" members, who
shall be appointed by the, School Conn
missioner, who shall holdtheir 9fico for
two years. The duties of said Board are
Observation-Disclosures profess
sion sS Of Of teachera apd TO giYel each person,
teqfn found aualiisa IL certi6 6eate. Said Board
shall meet twice a year, and and shall .ap-
;phintfer each School District three School
Trustees who. shall hold oll4di M their office for
two years, . II, there6is. an, Examining 1l
Board in this County, tits !ee nswst tome
# one exists, where apd when w}hhee3 have their
meetings been held, and nd where Yflef Are are the
proceedings of this Board to be be feppnd2, ep 1.,
Why were the School Trustees not az
pointed sooner? It will be renlem-
bered they were not anPoiilnrttee|d P5oiilnrtte| until the
order was published closing our public i
schools until the 1st November. 4a,l,.,
rs I am informed there are 2 larr nj mum m
Der Of drafts, drawn daW1 on tie Treasurer by
the School Com1Glssioner, unpaid. Why.
is this? The amount nc INT Of the drafts IS less
thar the appropriation es,this County,
not including the Capitatioh' TaY.?h Is
this owing toMr.i woolly's good nature?
If so, the same reasoning %oald explain
why the Countyindebtednessi paid,
and why County scrip is dull in the mar
sket ut so centsinithe dollal.ifsdsnsh
The School commissioner is,reeuired''
to visit each school three timessa year TO-
|,acquaint himself with the character and
condition of such school, and, to- aid the
teachers to, improve themselves, in their
prpfession:, He shall also deliver a pub
,lic lecture in each of the several Districts
of the County each year, for the. purpose
Of elevating, the standard of educcationI
and increasing the interest of the people
in Public Schools" Iwould ask the citi
zens of this County if these duties have
been performed by our County School
commissionerP Have they had the
Benefit of his advice and .experience'ini
their schoolsp Has tho interest among
thepeople in behalf of the Public Schools
been Increased during she present yearP
i The hard earned money 'wrung from
the. Taxpayers to. support the schools,
should certainly be properly expended,
and in the manner it was intended to1be,
applied. And some. one is s:'certainly to
blame. The County Treasurer is infault
in not collecting the Taxes, andif collect
ed, in not cashing the drafts for the'pay
Of the, Teachers. rAndrthe School Com
missioner too has certainly fallen fan
short Of the duties dflnti of his Office, and has
stretched his auth horitN in asspmingto
act for the; Board of Examiners. Men
who hqys SUCH thirst f0r f0r office, and :wghso
pIePyerItail to draw their pay, shoul1d1, ll11,s give
their offices their undivided attention, = II
they. fail to render the services required
BY law, they should resignn, or, be dis
placed. Il, y ,II3 HOWARD. Y ri