The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-06
Free Schools and Pay Schools.

Harollna Is undergoing q change. In.
stead Of tho ga private institutions
vhero each 'pap;iil paid Ills own tut
ton, the state, now regarding The
l ohildfon in her tordero 40 her off.
spring. has by, tho passage of. tho
school law, engaged to educate them
at hor, own e&pons'. Education ID 1t
[prosent in transition state. The
old system has Been badly shattered
by the financial .disastesa that have
bSfallcn US and the new system has
not begun to run along!smoothly. and
while we are undergoing this change
thousands of ohildron aye rapidly
growing up in. Ignorance. Som s,bius
must be done to bridge. the gulf, and
to ma ko tho transltion easy and
gradual. This can be accom- Il pl'ished
BY combining the Two sys.ema. lot
oaoh child bo required to pay a Ger.
tain rate Of tuition for the flrst
month or two that the school is open.
ed. There arc very few Iparout, who
cannot pay dollar OF two for this
purpose. ,Thon, after this time has
! Jelapsed let tho school bo maintained
from ,tho Fund provided by th. State.
In this way schools can be kept open
fora a considerable length Of time every
year, and Some gopd may BE- aCSsom.
plifhed, wbdroas ths p;rese"ht fashion
of keeping thein open Yoor only thr!oo
or four months is waste of money
ss tho long vacations, like Pharaoh.
]leah Hine, devoar all that has been
acquired.
The public ssohoolie, too, have
very si}mplo. T., oarrioulum, intended
only to impart a practical education.
Now some few parents there ore still
who desire thorough education for
their children in studios not taught
in free SCHOOLS. Those pattohixe
some pay institution, and the oou.
seduenoe is that We find two bohools
existing in a placo barely able to
support ono. This is tho tase in
Winnsboro. Last year, wo had for
tho whites free school, Fenals
Seminary and Mt. Zion School. Here
wna too great q. division of labor.
There thould not, be- more than two
schools III town, or, If oo::etduGCation Of
tho se1os wore INTRODUCED; ono might
be sufiioisht. This OWL has a simple
remady:: Lot. MT: Zion have a
high 0ohool and a primary depart.
mont. In tho latter, let only the
studieS prescribed by law be taught,
and lot this b., :, Il .in;aiuod by the
school fdad: d'us higEc;r depart
mont in which classics and the
aoienoes are introduced, can be sup
ported as at present by tuition fees.
In this way we would have flourish
ing academy. A female seminary
might be Established on the same
basic. Tits blan ha;, been adobted
with suooess in other states and there
is no reason Why it should not
succeed horo. We oOHi mend it to
tho Mt: zionsooiety for consideration.
Tho following extract from m the
Now York Herald is appended; as
bearing upon an interesting point of
law, whethor an injunc ction issued by
tho court must BE- oboyod even if
improperly. issued. Ibis question
was raised in tle bauk case and de-.
oided in tho affirm tive, wo bccliisvas.
by Judge Carpenter, and reafirmed
by tho Supreme Court. Judge
Mackoy mAihtained tho opposite Of
this, and is supported BY the ruling of
the Now York judge in til case re.
ported below.
hovkI. CASE AGAINST TRINA DC VA.
In Superior Court, Chambers, be.
tore Judge Setgwick, yesterday. n
lady olad in black rose at connsols,
table and addressed tho Court. The
lawyers ttared and tie orier m whispor.
ed something about the new oonsti.
tutional amendments allowing ladies
to practice. !.
"Woll, madam, what can wo do for
you I" said Judge sedgwiok with
that sweet urbanity which always
oharaoterizes him. whether, Bistriot
Attorney, Commissioner in Bankrupt-
oy, or ex. Judge addresses him.
"Sir, l have a contempt" sho bo.
gan, slightly coughing. The LAWYERS
stared still more at her, which She at
once softoned by adding, "order
against mo in an Injunction"
"Haye you no counsel 7" interro.
gated the Judge.
81 am too poor to employ law.