The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-27

eheory, u sum OF m0pey,ls set apart
yearly for, the tuition Of this child to
be paid out whenever claimed by
him. but undeS the present law,
money is appropriated ouly for those
children who arc attending school,
already, while no provision is made
for the poor little outpasts that are
growing up in ignorsnce. Suppose
ono of them applios for admittance'
to sclo |. lie may be told that
thcre is no provision made for him,
that 80 much per head has been
oppropria; cd for th"so childrep that
have always been in t,ndance, and
that his adn'ia"io" will deprive them
of their rights. lie has TO, claim
whatever to the advantages Of An
education. Hs must wait qptil ali
appropriation be made for those
children not tn oHenaane, upon any
| school.
Whenever there lis ,ran Increased
attendance thoro viii bs an increase
in teacher 8, ,salariea nnd CORES.
poudiug diminution Of tho duration Of
the school term. o., ..-
ThiA appointment works injustice.
Let Us assume that two ttwnsi IFS have
each 500 children within the school
agc, qnd arc each entitled to $500.
The, trustees of tho irst district be-.
lng careful in tho discharge Of their
dutios, organize four schools with
rs pupils each, and run them five
months, keeping their expenditures
within their receipts. Tho trustees
of the secvnd di.triot, on the other
hand, are careless md extravagan,,
aud organize ten schools Of 80 pu.
pills each, which they run for five
m3bths at cost Of $l,5Oo. While
No. pays up all debt, NJ. 2 sad
dies 1000 Of pay certificates on
the county. Aud 'yyt because sho
had three times .Arnnyr pupil, in
attendance as, ber sister district,
she will, the rocond Scar,. receive
$3.50, to $3.50 for the other. The
next year, No. must .cur,ail her
school Attendance by .one. halt, or
also run iuto debt enormously to ro-
gain an equality in the third appor.
tioument. This is putting premi
um upon that very cxravagauce in
contracting sch4ol debt, which is low
the. bAno of The ay>tem.
Again,.a serious disadvantage in
the system is that tho scloo! year
begins in October and tho school
fund is not upportioned until March,
by which time the distriots have
already run into debt. Now when the
school fund remains the same from.
year to year, and tho, to.tal
population varies but little, it i.
comparatively easy for !. trustees to
make an estimate Of what will be-
due them. But when tue upportiop-
ment is baped.. upon tie school ut.
tendance throughout the state, the
auatq for each county necessarily
auctuates greatly from year to year,
and no approximate estimate of it
can bo,. formed, Tru,tees arc en-"
tirely 4t sea ap@ are lipblo either to
close tho schools too soon, or 20 run
larg ely into dobt.
Last year, tho quota for. Fairfield
was about $5, 500, ,when thero vas tuo
largo ep attendance for tho money
due. This year tho trustees are re-.
drcing the,prmbor of a+hoolsh 90 as
to avoid any deficiency. Now if
other >oonqtiee arc pursuing the same
cxtravagant course. as beforehand
arc running largely into debit their
proportionate school attcpdance will
be larger than that Of fairfield, :, and
they will receive the liYn's Sbsrq Of
the fund, or couaty being rewarded
for hcr economy by receiving only
two or three thousand dollars, inst cad
Of five or six thousand us heretofore.
We trust that this .ampudment
will DO abolished, and that the schnoI
fund will be appropriated according
to the scholastic population in each
ounty. -. , =
Another Disturbance in Edgefeld.
kilograms state that another dis.
banoe occurred in Elyefield
County on Tuesday last. 1t will DO
romc:nbered that last week tho reei.