The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-04
The News and Herald and the. Schools


the lst instant, says:
at.is with heartfelt pleasure that "
notice the generalintercst that is bcin
'devoIoped on the educational question
The press throughout the whole Stat,
with:a single exception, is raising !,
.voiceM'i behalf Of a bcttor svstea, q
free education. 1t is indeed eratjt'vin
TO notice the active interest tint
being manifested by paper Of s
much influence and ability as tn
Wmnsboro News AND HERALD. w
doH our chapeau and tender our kind
est regards and sincere respects.
And the Abbcvillc Press and Ba,,
mer, of previous date, says:
Our neishbor tho Winnsboro NEW
NND HERALD unconsciously, we know
misintcrprcted our opposition to a,
aodltiohai school tax, and then put!
np,a lot of pegs, which were supposed
10 be put up by us, when he proceed,
very ekillfnlly TO knock them down
"lthout ever giving our article tho
least consideration, or reproducing OF
showing In any way our meaning. ex.
cept that we were opposed to addi.
tional taxation. Ordinarily each man
Ia entitled to fair showing. The
editor OF the Winnsboro News AND
HERALD, as we understand it, IS prin-
c]pnl of the high school at Winnsboro.
which is supported by the taxes levied
on the property Of the town. As n
matter of course, if we are correct in
our belief as to the facts, it is to be cx
pectcd that The News AND HERALD
would support and uphold tho law.
a teacher, of course, is very PROPERLY
an enthusiast Oh the subject Of cducu
tlon, and to this we do not at all OBJ
Jcct:. We think it commendablc, but
we believe the opponents Of the contis-
cation ofthc property OF our people
Tor the purpose Of educating OTHER
peoples children and dclnoralizinp
their parents, are entitled to at least a
hearing. We will repeat one or two
assertions which TuE News AND IIER-
Alp entirely overlooked. In Abbc-
Vile county we have spent more than
n hundred thousand dollars to educute
little negroes. If it has made one ne
gro more Virtuons or moro honest. or
IN any way better prepared him for
the duties of life:it Is not auscenti},le
Of proof. we think it will not be
denied that since the State has under
taken to relieve parents Of the respon-
slbllity and duty Of educating their
own children, that they now manifest
less anxiety in this matter than ever
before. A. We repeat that
1t. is communism, which approaches
confiscation, to attempt to tax this |
state to educate every child in it-as |
well tax Us to give every family a
., -" ...
The advocates Of popular education
seem to have run mad OH this ques-
non, apd In aeason and out Of season |
they thrust this matter before rs.
Aven at the State Press Association
Wh1ie being entertained by the hospit-
able people of Beaufort, and when
around the convivial board, at a timo
when al differences Of opinion. should
nave been forgotten for the moment,
and where pleasure and innocent mcl>
""f should have ruled the hour,
Winns6off53 brought o!!l rl up, and aikKlsJ ,the5
another puper which had taken q p,
tion on the different level were hi
complimented for the part they
taken IN this matter, as against otl
who had differed from them.
The above quoted extracts will.
trust, DO an excuse for what we
about'to say.
The present editor Of TIE N
AND HERALD assumed charge on
9th Of April, 1873, and the second
third issue of thctpapcr thereafter
tanned nj editorial OH public sch,
During all the days of Reconstruc
1t upheld tho system as admirable
theory and worthless in practice, {
because all its provisions were sha
1essly violated; and it predicted
public schools would yet become
saving institution Of the State.
this time 1t was possibly the only
vocatc of the system among the s.
press. All this Mt time when
editor had no pecuniary interest
schools whatever. He hopes that
will be- jnstiicd IN saying that the
that Fairfield in 1876 had only tn
eand dollars worth Of school del
while other counties had twenty
thirty thousand, and that this thouss
was incurred unavoidably, was
some extent due to the efforts Of 7
NEwsAND HERALD in calling the
tention Of the people to the merits
the systein,. and hrging the best n
Of tho county to act rs trustees.
1t is true, as the Press and Ban
says, that the editor of THE News ,
HERALD is now principal Of a sch
supported by public taxes. But it
also true that the change from a ,
school to tho public system was wal
~ advocated by THE News AND II
AID, on"the ground that the Ia.
would give instruction to twice
three times rs many children for
same amount Of money. 1t is q &c
syetcm for the people, but, as has b,
shown in communications to this
= per, 1t is hard on the. teachers. II
general complaint on the part of tea
ers.thht; they Cannot make as', mdcl,
they formerly did {; since Increased
Tendance docs not give, incrcaiss
profits. :. ""%4 -,