The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24

vooated the sol,ool system las. year,
8This8syesr, however, Gardoso has
sent UP only yStwo,thirds Of tho quota
for this county, and most Of thut'is
involved'ia the eight thousand which
ist to uadergo judicial investigation.
fhe teaohers arc needing money
badly, some of .tle,s: Seiug iu want OF
the necessaries Of lif&". For this roa>
son, we have seviifaf times in our
columns rvq aested Iaesasurer Uardozo
TO remit ttio t!iira.' which is still duo,
IN, order thai it'may bs paid out pro
rata.
Some persons lal.or undor the i'm.
pres' ion 'tbnt becn'ase one.third Of the
county tnxes wcroi stolen, the schools
nil! !! i! iIaoso one third of. their quota.
ThiS'!is ERRONEOUS. J. The law raijiug
! YAK fer ,soEaol't pSsposSs provides
that thrce hundred Thousand dollars
itw" mills on The dol'afD shall be col.
lected, a"d sent TO ,he State Treos-
uref. The State Superintendent Of
Education Is requited TO apportion
this fund according to tho numbsr of
children between certain ages stteud. =.
ing school in ewh oounsy. 1t h,aeters
not whatthht cOautY pays. fairfield,
for ins,uhc6, has tower scholars in
proportion to its wealth than the
average. s. that although it pa, 8
| about eiKA. +housaesl foe rohools, it is
entitled to ouly S6,G5l, that being
tho 'qnota l'osod ou the number of
! children attending schools, If'gair.
field only raised two thossard dollars
of tho THREE hunslred thousand it
| wosld Ntaq9 ttc eu,f'tcd 70 its qaota Of
$G,6al.
Since, therefore, the ano,ant- Of
school tax paid BY county does not
affect the sum "appor,i"ncd to it, the
aefaso'tioa Of tho County Ttea,urer
is no excaIe for vle State Trcasurer's
"cgleotins to sead up that 81, 22s still
due. -. ". =. r.. 80
Tkc only excuse at an tenabls
would be that by various dcfnlcations
in the State, the totnl school fa,.d did
not roach $500 o0o. We wild examine
into tlris. Tk, tosa1 asscssmeex of
property, In :s'e State in 1872 was
SLOT, 200 ,ood; tho ps cs> a,eut Of 1879
was much greatei, but we will admit
that 1t was the same. 4 lax of two
mills on this nmount would be 1884,.
o"o." Wcmight. dpdues ton por' ce.t. cit
foErwhs bonq taxes md defa lcations
.{ot'whipb 'ratd' would be a, ,le6oit of
$500. 600 in. tho whole State and
county taxcs9 mud still leave tho
amount eipfrorriated Tor. tehools-
Ss0o,oeo. fuiracld should there.
fore, have her entire third,
But, admitting tAat the deficit is
more than the tea per cent it onsnot
possibly roach oue.third Of ehe whole
tax levy, so ,hAt money should now
be iu Columbia suhjoot to tho draft of
tic County Treasurer
Now, why does net Cardoso pay
over the amoun. to which wo asc Just.
ly entitled' J.ot him either pay it
or:g give his reason for u doing 80.
.Scltool Commissioner Crawford Gays
that he has been advised that he has
no sny in The .n.atter. If, then, it de.
wolves Mpoh the County Treasurer, let
him present tho warrant to Treasurer
i, Cardoxo. ','..'
Wo have shown that S2,243, or a
greater portion thereof, is now due
tho county, and yet all tho schools
have stopped, '', 80
This, matter will tell ngoiust the
party .lh the olootion. Whites and
colored have paid their taxes prompt.
ly, and now they domaud that they
be paid their dues. Va propose put.
ting questions about this s2,243 until
we receive some satisfactory arswer
concerning it.
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| Radical Reform.