The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-01-25
A Communication.

communication.
We publish the following commu.
nication vcrLalim, al liter atm, al
punct"atsm.
January 10th, 1871.
70 the Editor Of the Union
Wanted to no if it is expected that
School Commissioner with County
embracing over IS Seventy five Schools
and over l2 Twelve hundred Children
going to School and with about Six
Hundred Dollars Worth of Books
shall he keep the Books at his home,
with his family whether he had room
for thom or not--and the School Com
missioner whose duty it is to furnish
Books and Receive Reports Of the
Teachers shal be compeld to Close
his Office and follow some other Call
ling to the damage Of Schools of this
County
This Would seam to be the teach.
ing of the Daily Union-now VIC Say
let the School Commission be Well
paid for his Services and let tho Toun
Make him discharge his Duties we'll,
or discharge him from oilice-and let
the pay be in accordance with the
dutics.--if one Commissioner has
sevcnty-fvc Schools aud another has
twenty five, pay them in proportion
to their schools, and let each County
stands on its own merits if Rctrcnch-
mcnt and Reform is the Order Of the
day let it commence at Head quarters
and come down to all so that all may
share lin the General Benefit of Cur
falling.
If one County has seventy schools
and another has twenty five thare cir
tiuly aught to be Some distinction in
Retrance to Sutch Cases.
We say let all Receive pay in pro-
portion to what they do.
JUSTICE.
RErLY.-Our correspondent asks us
two questions, and as he evidently ex-
poets reply, We give it, to the best
of our ability.
In the FIRST place, we cannot under.
stand what business School Commits
sioner has with six hundred dollars
worth of books on hand, or even ten
NoltdiS Wollh. W iIdC mas TIC 10 40
with school books any way7 Such
things are usually kept by merchants,
or stores engaged in that kind Of trade
but we cannot conceive what a School
Commissioner has to do with them, as
an officer, IF he keeps them as Il
aourcc of profit, then we submit that
1T it his own personal matter, and
something with which the State has
nothing to do at all. He might as
we'll ask the State to furnish him with
stable to keep his horse in Gf he
has onc), for the reason that he has to
use him to visit some of the schools
under his control. Let those who
want books 60 to the proper places
for them, and let the School Commits
sioncr attend to his Legitimate du-
tics, if there arc any. Keeping
school books is certainly not one Of
them.
"Shall he close office and follow
some other calling to the damage Of
the schools of his county 2" To this
we answer, that in about thrcc-fourths
of tho counties in tho tate--judging
from the communications which reaoh
us from officers of this kind-we are
decidedly of the opinion, that they
had bottor close their Offices and 20 to
plowing, or chopping wood, or some
other oongcnial employment, for We
oandidly believe the schools in such
countios could not possibly suffer any
damage by such transfer.
How in the name of reason q school
commissioner can be kept busy with
scventy-five schools, with less than
twenty children to each school, beats
our comprehension, and why he should
be provided by the State with an offico
whore he could "receive reports from
teachers," also passes our understand
ing.
We are glad to bo able to agreo
with our correspondent upon one point
and that is, that "Commissoners
should be paid in proportion to what
they do.'- Columbia Union.
.e-
Mark Twain writes the following
answer to q correspondent: Young
Authorizes, Agassiz does recon-
mend authors to eat fish, because the
phosphorus in it makes brains. SO
far you arc correct. But cannot
help you to decision about tho
amount you need to eat--at least, not
with certainty. If the specimen COM
position you send is about your fair
usual average. / should judge that
perhaps couple of whalos would be
all you would want for the present.
Not tho largest kind, but simply good
middling sized whales"
"Ma," said an Intelligent, thought
full boy Of nine, "I don't think Solo
mon was 80 rich as they say he was"
"Why, my dear what could have put
that into your head :" asked tho as
tonished mother the BIZ