The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-24

tions and to give information he
wished to have somo other gentle
man appointed chairman. Ono or
two nominations woro made and de-
clincd when Mr.. Is. Means Davis was
requested to preside and explain the
object of the meeting. Mr.. Davis in
taking tho chair, remarked that this
was an Informal meeting preparatory
to q general convention, and that no
| regula. business could be transact cd
lie called the attention Of the convcn.
ton TO the pay certificate grievance,
giving as q cause for it that trustc cs
have heretofore employed teachers
blindly without having any idea of
what money would be cue !hc town.
ship. For the benefit Of the trustcco
table was prepared Of the amounts
probably to be realized next year
from State apportionment and local
tax.
Tho amount Of outa!anding ccrtiE-
Gates Of this year was then taken up
and twas fourd that balances were
due FROM every township except No. 4.
Mr.. Crawford explained that &230O
of this years tax had been devoted by
order Of Cardozo, to last year's ccrti-
ficatcs. Had this not been tho case
no certificates, of this year would re-
main unpaid. a talk then onsucd
as to tho number of sui.ools that
could be maintained in each township.
1t was agreed that from two to four
would be proper number until the
funds Increase.
Tho proprioty of having pay
schools in tho first part of the year
was also agreed upon.
Mr.. b. II. Robertson in series of
remarks, spoke Of the difficulty ofhav-
ing certificates paid, and moved that
committee be appointed to memo
r'al!zc the Legislature to permit the
School fund, both State and local, to
remain in the county and DC dcposi-
ted III the bank, when collected.
Mr.. Robertson disclaimcd any intcn-
tention Of rejecting upon tho charac-
ter of the Treasurer, and said that
he was perfectly satisfied with the
management of the money by Mr..
Smith. But as the mopcy vas sub.
joct to the order of the trus-
tees, The Treasurer would be
relieved of much annoyance by
tho change. Trustees Henry ia.
cobs and Joseph Thompson op-
posed the motion, on tic ground that
the Treasurer was paid to do the work,
aud that tho treasury was tho proper
place for public moneys. The
motion however prevailed.
q discussion then cnsucd upon tho
time Of opening schools, whether in
October or January. Arguments
were offered on either side. 1t was
finally agreed that the matter should
be regulated by the trustees Of the
different townships to :uit them
solves.
The question Of toachcrs' salaries
was discussed, and it seemed to be
the opinion of the meeting that few
good teachers should be cmploycd
and wrn oil.
ltappeared from the rera>I Of thc
trustees that local tax had been rs.
sesscd in almost every township,
showing that tho school system was
gaining favor among the people.
Col. B. j.. F!kin, by request, dc.
livcred u few pertinent remarks which
were we'll received.
1t was resolved that when the
convention adjourn il stand adiou-ne Il
to meet ct eleven o'clock on the FIRST
Saturday in November in the public
school Louse in Winnsboro. The
conventicn then adjourned.
We believe that tho convention
was q success; and trust that there
will be full attendance at the next
meeting.
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