The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-14
with the manner in which the

with the manner in which the
funds gre ni$appIici md mlsaDproDri
atc2. Ill sca.cely any, III fnct in not
one Of the several counties are the schuais
kept open for more than a third and
and in some not more than fourth of
the year, and. even in these teachers arc
compelled to accept certificates of in
debtcdness for their services, which after
holding for variously indefinite periods,
they are finally compelled TO dispose O!
to county treasurers at a reduced per cen
tage upon thcir face values. This cxpc
rience is not different where the largest
amplest tax has been levied, and the
people naturally enough are tired of
continuing the experiment any longer
whilst the law is so defective and inoper
ative in bcStowing the benefits of the
fund, if any, where there is neithcrrcspon-
sibility or judiciousncss exhibited il.
disbursing it, for the specific purposes
for which it Is intended. We do not
refer particularly to our county where we
believe that some Of the objections
named as existing in others with which
VIC are acquainted are obivatcd by having
a school commissioner who is not only
an educated and competent man, but one
who is zealously and faithfully seeking
to eradicate the abuses to which the
notably defective system of free irstruc.
ton is liable. At present the most cry
ing cause of complaint in our county is
the utter. iacompcntcncy of the teachers
employed and the conspicuous self suffic-
ency of the Ignorant colorsd pedagogucs
who arc possessed of second and even
first class teachers certificates issued by
equally indiscriminating examiners.
whose measure Of fitness is calculated by
the dusky political complexion that the
applicant can bctray and not to the
amount Of instruction he may Inc capable
of impar!ing, It even this fGrcical
squandering Of :hc school salaries upon
unworthy recipients docs not become
revolu tionizcd VIC need scarcely congrat-
ulate ourselve IS upon having a graduate
Of Harvard occupying the responsible +,
and delicate duties of Public School
Commissioner, and that Office with the
other machinery that is part Of the dis
reputable and unpopular imposition that
Is producinyso much dissatisfa ction even
among the colnrcd voters. The atmos.
phcrc is teeming with wholesome desire
icf rcfnrmatory measures and n spirit Of
tolerance for the correction of abuses is
r.tc Iii amo every department of our
State Administration. We should cheer
fully witnesS ana approve OF q liberal
tax being levied in our county for Educa-
tionai pupcses, bit we insist upon fair
and Intelligent |, ardlirg Of tie furls
withcuc fear or favor. IF t,cro has
heretofore been TO responsibility, and
! designing ana foolish men have swaycd
tic voters who may constitute majority
20 place LGracn upon picpcr;y which
is GriCvous be borne, because the
tax payers see it all go into the ppckcls of
Them who have the Landing of it we
would remind them that the admininis-
| tration of Gov. Chamberlain will hold all
such to strict accountability. We arc
therefore most quaIlhcdly in favor of
liberal allowance for school purposes as
we now have greater confidence than We
have had that the fund will be
properly eyDcn1ed or thosa who bovo
any com ccsion with its d:sre sation
must ''stand from under" w