The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-09-12
[Fon TIE onAScEnuno NEws.1
Reply TO "FrauduIcnts s school
C1ains.,,
TO Me Editor Of 0ranyelury News .

we 90 NOT rclcr 10 the fraudulent claims
for the repayment Of the vouchers of n for
mcr Treasurer, but those to which reference
was had, i'll your last issue, by Temperance
| anu School COmmissio ncr MCKinlay, ns
having been paid to or presented in bclal f
OF the teachers at the Chhin University
The article Of Mr.. Mcliinlny has some
items qui,e new to us, as we did not know
until we read it: that the teachers of this
University were paid by q Philanthropic
Socie y OF New England, any more than of
Souih Carolina or Texas Nor did we
know that NJ. Mchinlny had been
solici ed. OF had reused 10 indorse any
CLAIMS presented to hin by L. a. Webos cr
or myself, rs we have prcsc cd none to him
1T IS true however, that n small amount !.
previously to Mr.. McKin'avs admin;s.ra
tio', had been paid on school claims of
tcachc employed here. but on'y for
'cac ing the SCHOLARS belonging in this
'thool d;s,fic.. When the University was
opened for scholars there WAS un Co- unatclv
no provisions made for the schooling OF the
colorcd chi'drcn in his d:si '.ci They
came to us and we did not fee, that W @
could turn away those who were anxious to
learn. Bu; to accommodate them we were
Obliged to employ more teachers than other
wise would have been required Since
then we have accommodated Il large number
mere from seventy five TO II hundred who
properly belonged 10 the Stitc scho OILS Of
this dis iCt. TO meet The dc,nanl we hov,
m n c. r.. ,..r.:
Liabilities lave been incurred TO the amount
CT some $500 per year. AS we were doing
so much for the ,i;, rict here. it was SUI
gc'tcd by the Trustees and approved : the
sac Supe n,cndcnt Of Education iu,t
we have some of our teachers here .iniar
| ploycd here with the approval OF me
| Il >r!cs Trustees. Th $ has been done and
| some of our studcnts have aided us in
'eAch'ng. aud ,husly secu"cl M cans o aid
! the IL in get ne their own education; some
| ct heir claims however a:c 5, |, unpaid.
DR.. o 'cros, Judge Andrews and othe.
'ns'cos OF the Gts.ric:, have approved Of
" - T., two teachers here, not both fl ST
class. This limited amount, woul not be
one forth of the amount paid the entire
board of teachers, which won't leavc au
ample margin to pay wi.h other funds, for
| icacA'"s n! who might be here not properly
| belonging in this school d.s.:ict. No one
1t seems cycr qucs. ;oacl tlc rrop.iety OF
| thus aiding the scholars OF th;s sco,l dis
| 'r"t. until the prcscut Commis .ioncr in.
forms the public tiat by bis le;al ac,inen
on reading and constituting the law, he
found out the fraudulent ma: urc of maa;nr
payment TO said teachers; but it would be
fsr.naate for The intcyes;s of e;luca,ionin
tie' County, ii no w0. Sc u Sc " rs m i,lc Of
'hc school fuads.
Mr. Mckir'ay says tha. our being
eechcrcd' on! of our sc.,cm, r,r p,yn:nt
t. teachers here tlroueh instructions from
Lin, has brought upo Inn oar o7posit Oh
TO his reelection. but lie has not given all
the fac,' u 'his cnchcring opc ..rl,ioa
Under his administration with the approval
of lad &c Andrews OF the boarl Of Trus.ccs.
Miss Mary Eowman md J.. y. Webster who
wee teaching with us la Tire required
l'co"sc. Ee;urns were duly made by them
.
second class teacher. These cams were
crirr, I'd to judge Andrews and were b.;
him presented 10 the Board We lc:.,nel
by report, that me Board approved OF Mss
Bow.r...'s c'nm. AS we had pail her
t"r" dollars per month W h ilc G:,. ict
urdcc,anf ug that we werc 70 hOll the
claims if approved until chat amount was
paid us, we expected he ccr, 'ica:es g be
re,nrnci 10 us. but her bro. her be- ag one
Of The Trustees, took said claims and we
have not seen Them since, nor has the
money we advanced been returned We
we've told that T.. A. Webstcr's claim was
not approved, but on making an effort to
get them back the dup,ica cs were found in
Mr.. McK;nlays ofrco but the or, nails
| were missing, and no one is able 10 give us
| any account Of hem. We do not say that
| these o"@;na's were paIi, for we do Ot
| know what became of them, hut rs Mr.
| MrN MAY says, we, at least, are
euchercd." But our gccat objection to
the reelection of Mr.. McKinlay does not
arise from any thing detailed by hin as the
cause. We want n man for HAT Office who
WI do bis du,y iathfu'ly and imrariialy,
and set an csamplc before teachers and
| p, pills that will be safe for them TO follow.
a. WEBSTER.
O-angehurg. s. c.,
Sept. 9th. 1874.