The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-03

Mn. EoSIoR;Hl saw in your issue of 18Th
ult., that '.Trnstcc" WAS out once more
with his side Of The controversy: this time
he has increased his dimensions 10 the
Full Board Trustees" We acknowle,lve
him rs the Full Board,n but in lefsrrinh to
him we will, to save space, use the term
under which he FIRST introduced himself:
hat of "Trustee'" lie says We come with
''vengeHnce,' the only Vengeance we use is
ruth. lie declares bcf>re he hns proved
nything. that q more fnlse communication
was never written; aud without endcayors
ing to produce his evidence that our stntc-
men'S are false, he appeals 10 the Editor %
susin'" his declaration. BY rnnsocting
their business secretly, the Trustees ma.
turalIy excited The curiosity Of the people
TO know the why's and whcrefores of their
acu"nsl so the majorily and even some of
Tie minority expressed themselves. "Truo-
tee himself Informed the writer that he
expected mn attack through TITS SENTINEL,
and II so attacked he would defend the nc.
tion.. of the Trustees. That The pcoplc
might see aud know upon whit grounds he
would endcnvor to justify their proceedings
and that "Trnstcc', might not he disap-
pointed in his expectations, we have been
lead to this controversy. If the Trustees
have done right they certainly should not
object to their actions being known; on the
other hand if they have acted crroncously.
II is nothing but fair that the people be in .
formed of the facts. We will now notice
the facts in The order in which they occur
rcd, not rs they arc stated in .'TruStccs'
communication. lie says why they ordered
the election was because The writer inform
cd them that he would receive ut least, two
thirds Of the votes: us will be shown, he is
mistaken in this assertion. The writer did
not ask the Trustees for any particular
| school, he only requested them TO give him
II school, if they c"ull not End better teach
crs for all the schools in the Township than
they knew him 10 be. All things being
! equal, however. lie preferred one that he
would not have TO board from home lie
informed the Trustees that the educational
interest OF the vicinity demanded II change
of teachers ut Eighteen Mile, from the tact
that that school required n higher grade
teacher than one with second grade ccr-
lIhcale, bun not to put him there unless it
was the best chance to give him school, rs
he preferred teaching any other school in
the Township To that one. No one in the
ncighborhoOd knew there would bo an
election until the Trustees met for the
purpose Of "rgnniTinsi they ihcn decided to
have nm election at Eighteen Mile, and
rubhShcd the same. On his wny home
after posting the notice, "Tr,rsice" sent the
writer word that hi4 best, and almost only
chance for Il school would be to run for the
onc nt Eighteen Mile 'rrustcc" also made
faithful promises to him that if he received
the ma lority Of votes he should have The
rchool by all means AS the majority had
given him the school twice before bv p.ti.
tion and the preceding board did not give
HIM :hc school, he WAS aS matter of
course very particular To understand, that
If elected he should have the school. In
stead Of telling "Truicc" tnat the writer
would gel such II portion OF the votes, he
stated TO HIM ns wns also stated TO Others
tnnt the race would he close indeed. The
election came oft onth Results ~ given by
"TruStcc III II former communication, boIh
"""d'l"r"s r"""ivin" III" v"i"s of widow