The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-28
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS.
The Way in Which They are Sometimes
Selected.

NtwS nnn tOnl1cr makes the startling ul>'
closure which follows in regard to the ne
rotiations of Il South Carolina official
with several New York publishers:
NEW YORK, October Ii.
have come into the possession OF Ger
tain facts. relative to the recent adoption
of books for the public schools of South
Carolina, which will, / am sure, interest
YOUR readers. The commission appoint
ed to make the adoption WAS composed
of Gov. Chamberlain, H. l.. Shrewsbury
colored. ]. Douglas Robertson, W. bev-
crlv Nash. colorrd. and II. J. Maxwell,
colorcd Gov Chamberlain is supposed
to have had only Il nominal connection
with the thing, he being absent at the
North at the time the commission met.
You will recall the action of the com
mission in recommending complete
change of the books now used in the pub
lie schools of the State, and you probably
have wondered what the object was in
making this wholesale displacement, eS-
rcciallv as the books adopted by the
State board in 1870, and which are now
very generally in use, are old standard
series of national reputc think | can
throw some light on the subject. The
uholo r.i,o% @ tb;n,r i q ;ob and the Boss" of
y ~; :. tha+ ~ ~hChr;.t;sn statcsmau" and
.:s,.r';oro tho Hon 7 Douglas Robert
SON ,' nf Br,utnrt chairman of the com
m;ttcc ON cducation of your House of
Ranroscnt,tiycs
IIr Robertson last spring came North
- ...,r;l..o thc nuhlishcrs. the common
-,r., ~ of a]I th,. Garnet bag "cducators" in
ihc South He visited the houses that
,nbl;sh school books and diligently and
oarncsrlv presented hi, plans for securing
1hcir co-orcration in his scheme. He
nronosrd in behalf Of the State to make
y cnntract with such houses as would Join
him. bv which the State would be bound
fnr tcn wear. to the adoption of such of
,hcir hook, as the commission should
Select The consideration for this was
that these houses should appoint his
hrotbcr.in-law a. the sole distributing
accent for their publications, and that a
central dcpot should be established, say
.t Columbia in charge of this brothcr-in-
low whore thc hooks should be sent on
commission and that the brothcr-in-law
.bnmId oot - nnrcrntage on all the books
I1;str;h,'tod % from, th;s Depository Robert
"' lnn b;usoif iir J said hc should be elected
Stn,c -3 snner;ntcndcnt Of education at the
,ovt o,ect;on and that he would then use
,ho % ;nannnce , of of h;s office 10 hrcc the
bnoLs into the schools. In this vcrv
Lo1J ord ;mnudont scheme he did not
.rnnooJ D I os wcll as he cxpcctcd. He
fnnrd tbot thc large houses. whom he
t1,1asod rUum" ol, wo,,ld hc caorr TO iumn at his
iiuHP0,eu ,"",1 wv" lin aEd hi. nrnno,ition
pEu,' >Hu',.ou .,,-ad ..',i hnmo Wv, ,rrcb J;,rom,
anu 80 ne ie'u''''o N''''@ ''''o'' ' >
hlTu' l,.a,a, ,or,ro q,
II Mas nH; ~, oa.I I;ch wv w. av;inntlv tooI
loea Slruch l!.',I ..ht "a.lt ~. anJ In hn yr'te a
20 oe Il hapPs 1lIus' ,'. ''' tbo ~ mnI M Lnown
'c',G! ~ =" 'lle'''', g I,.;nn rlal..n,on
Lup,'shillg no'>e oi =, ~ ''I',' ", .hnmoJ w.,
Ia!ylor " w. ~ "'''1T ri,; c., ava nf
name ui'lils'ah"ptS' 'iiI W.
inc largest e''uc"'ioi''1 u 'uo..''.s s,'aJa :,
IN the country, anu n'D',I'o'' i'i"" :. :.
bold dash tor thclr salc. leFc i Mii"'
ne says IN MS ic'tcr, "h'cn was "l"':''
Just oclore 'ne '''cc''"s VI '''> ''''''
SION:
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must pc dceHeo '"""''"'1u' :.is.e :ca' \
may wrl'e ifee'v 10 !V"' ~ '"ioi.'
me, ana tncn can zen you "na' r@r, 20
are taken III .ne oo"1i l, y; ,"na", ,' rf rnnr
rom llinU 70 'l"'s' ~ nv '',': ~: .. wv
house VIII not >"''cf III LII, .'",',' ;I.
y
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Wh"h' II M"S '.'','ics,I; I a,,nr. and
I'll receiving soe'' Io',''';' :, ',, ,.hatnvnr Imt
;" ne n'''ie cn u" .Ia;I la';;I :, hot"r" vo,r ,nr.
most % .';'u, '"'I; ,i,n,,I '",' =, INV ,h,, ON
Ic>l'a'l.'n'' Va. Jnr,. a,r..,J; r"frrrcJ
ms III !. ,.,,i, .,roa, ,ic.s;nns of'
,.I%; - ..13,i H, fr ,"' ,L ,,o7,. If Iy;,nn & Co.,
.n,'i, ~ 49,, ,i'., hn,h Nr Ivi.,n and
~, 7';ir ','I 49," ','J,,n,.n .,," int Mr. Iy,ou
'1!.'i..,i ",I -, .no,l;no what
49, .'''',(' ~ ,..:.., ill.,,
'' :. 49, ~ ~ ,,,;. ,,..,sinu ,,,, thar ne
,n,ol - thc ,n,noror Of thc Introductory
''''. w. ~, -. ',,,'. 81 tLr school book
L.n,s.s he was visiting that i, would be
,,.,.a..,r,. f,r linn +, have five hun,r,,
err = Thousand dollars to bribc hi> colorcd
colleague, OF, the commission, and when
ii was suggested to MN 'l''' lI>'l',1E " w.
H. T. Elliott the ,r'ah1r "' t '',T ~. 'i"" h"nL
r,.,r,..c,,rd bv thi, manager. &C., ont Of
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