The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-10

taciiities for higher education; and
that, tieiCfofe, the public expenditures,
|f,es'Ue'fed and abused by the people,
became an impeditnent rather than All
Rld anu 9 Dlcsslng TO the cause Of pop
aiar cdu1atlon. Tho Board then
tnought, What tlmo has only dccpened
tho conviction OF, that If it. could,
Wlthout tran$cending Its authority and
acting TO the detriment ofother schools,
this attempted movement
ana secure the contemplated 0dran-
tages most dcvoutlysto be hoped for TO
its people, 1t would not only confer a
benefit upon tho entire township, both
white and colorcd, whose far reaching
influences eternity alono could fully
reveal, but that It's neglect to act would
bc wiltnl violation of oldS7e dutu
that should subject tho Board to the
Of both the appointing
power and that Of their fellow -citizeus.
But a great obstacle to the devclop-
meent Of this enterprise was the want
OF a school building of any kind. A
small house on Mr. d. p. Crosby's
premises had once been used as such;
put III addition to its being needed by
his tenants, it was totally unadapted
to tho purposes intended. In this great
emergency. Mr.. D.. +. Crosby, whom
without his knowledge we officially
take the privilege OF publicly c0m-
mendihg for his unparalleled libcrality,
without any other suggestion than that
OF nobler power within him, came
lorWard TO the rescue with an offer to
erect oil suitable buildings and furnish
thom at ar expense to himself OF notll-
ing less than $4,000. Financially do
pressed rs tho people were, this was
really more than tho state could nave
eHpcctcd from Whoio township,
inucn leaS rom single 1ndlV,oual.
AS it happened, owing to the Heavy
cducatlonal TAX pald by that section,
70 inc non-usihg ior some years OF IT'S
JuS PrGpoH1on OF the scnool iuna,
ai1 10 mo non-openinS OF INC scnools
aI Gool Draiich ana FeaS'crVliic, there
hau accuii'ulatco, ana was III INC treas
ury 10 lhe crcdlt or TINS township, the
sum o, p3oo, wNlcn conlu DC used
Mllnout decreasing inc sa!ary OF any
tctclicr. m ~ portioh OF 'ilis' altGt
l'til nVcstigatioh rs TO ITS lcsaity,
aiter uuc rehcctloh on the "lSoom ahd
noVa,tnges OF that course, the board
occloeo 10 appropriate TO the purchase
ol sultaolc furniture 1or that school.
ana IN dolns TINS, so 1nr from tran
scchdihg our authority IN the premises,
we claln mat we simply ulu our
6ounden duty, without any dctrimcnt
to other schools, either white or col
orcd, officially recognized the act of a
citizen, whose name deserves enrol
mcnt rs that of public bcnciactor
amongst tho educational archives OF
the State, and ut the same time did
some mcagrc Justice to section long
neglected cducationally. "If tho Board
has done evil, bear witness to that
evil; but if well, why slandercst thou
ltr
llaVinS now skctchcd the history
we beg to submit to the dispassionntc
attention and undistorted judgmcn
of all our fcllow-citizcns the following
citations OF the Boards authority fol
that act:
Section Is OF the "SchoOl Law O
the State of South Carolina" approved
March 22hd, 1878, the 0n'y Information
ever furnished for the guidance Of III,
Board, says: "Thc Trustees are here
by invested with tho care and custod,
Of all school property within the limit
Oh thcir jurisdiction, with .fnH powc
to control the same in such manner n
!hcy may th!n& will best subscrvc th
interest OF the free public schools mn.
i1n,,mn,, ahn ,""'''1'Hi! :! 10 snow th'
imv""ioy, vm",y to"ti, 'rae.lnltciy defined
son,n ut" ,; =" .nu noaru' put Mt The
'"tJ :" ~ a'',o . ~ ui'"Pprorfla'ad balance:
:ss,hnol ',."Sury ,' Sa'' DC construed as
couro" SvTUo' p.opcrti thch TINS clause
ouost;o, '''o authority now called III
I"Ss.,on. IS oo
u;ee;onn.,s ~ J,,t, ue".'Gs lH: inc scho0l com
h,s,.H""i thn ni'n,n ""t:' "hi3h Is: "Io note
houso" 10. o,"''ic.cr ;na nnu condition OF school
tIea' ~ 49, tiic suihclency ana insutlicicncy
~, o,,o. .nu :l"I"m"Ie' ana To make such
;iGeslio': 10 INC dlstrict boards rs,
tho ~ "r9 ro', wi;,.os', S''"ii seem conducive to
nI nnI oT,"J11t "''o progress OF the scye-
'"i ~ 'wnoo,S' ,'.I,,
hat ,S Mo"iu oc Pfcpostcrous to suppose
Hn"s H", ',,o ".;,, '.'W commanded such su@gcs-
;tU"S ~, ', i'..ou' GonlerrlnS some author
=? tnonipJ;,,. "i,JJ;, .i,o Doara 70 act upon them.
-Accorolngiy we find that authority
reads as follows. @I,oo;'ios U.'V", ,,, 1,: M':c.'
and noworc ,,r,so,.;i'o'i s,"os ,' aiic uu''es
tims or lie ~ ~ 'oott iH oe',er p"r'
tees shall hoyn ' oM',nnu;, 'io n""iu oi rus
be fLc;. Mut,, "".,', ~ ma' un" IL Wot|
school housos say, J ~ piovnne Snl1aolc
com fn,t0nje n,o,.i, "i'' ~ "eohe ING same
othcr ;"' t;rcr,n's nsi"S r"! ,'S uuc icsaru 10 all
sidrrcd On ne hnst 10 p,0iei ~ y" COLI
cationn, ;utnrcsts nC % ,'; p,",'':c ''; the vo"-
Thcsn ;nsIruot;oua ',o'' ; u;S.ilc,.
o.,,I::t i io"" az C'iuclltlH 100