The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-06-14

| MIR. Rpiroa& We told you pa 'ottt last
cof1nttfHlchtfsh Fhat We wotAa .dfose eo,n-
| oernihg Rhe &is sieesh E1fie sdhoob bdt NJ
! 'LiberH'' l,as fnfru1foed s6me Fhings tifat
| are new, md Illus brought Tifeh zip ia Sadh
| a way 10 rs 70 make a wrong Impression
upon The minds of the Fuople, III 3us-
tioe to ourselves atfa for %ife s6ee Of truth.
we submit the following
We will ndtsoe only 80 'tnuch Of "Liber-
ty's' communication ss we think deserves
notice. "Bf6erty" fsib TO give you the
average ;aft8adHnce OF the subscription
schootHao: which no ppeaks-taught near
Eighteen Mile last year, aud as he has in.
troddcsd IL as an argument, we take II for
granted that he will take il as conclusive
evidence il We will give him it's average
attendance, rosetAer with the Eighteen
Mile for the same moith last yt6f, begin
ming 9th February. Average Attendance of
subsoraptfon Fohoo l4}, rdbffe school, 2T3.
both sdhfoo1s making AAs. The average AT
tendance of Eighteen Mile school for the
same month this year, beginning 18th of
February, Bat making differe qce of ~ in
his favor. ls that "over hsrf' tMat is kept
awey by Tire a'a30n Of the Trustees. Tho
teacher Of the subscription school told us he
had not the least iden that all of his scholars
w'uld have gone to the free school had he
| not besh Fexchshs. We see from "Liberty's"
calculation that he had large number OF
children counted. Did he go about the c..
| III hon L., -
that the patrons pGtitioned his Honor the
School Commissioner to give them relief,
but not however until they had asked the
Trustees To grant the relief pct,ioned for
That is false. We knew nothing Of that
petition, or that any one Of the patrons dc,
sired what that petition asked his iioHor TO
do until it was being circulated. That pe
titiOn only asked the Commissioner in sub
stance, to withhold the public funds be-
longing to Eighteen Mile school and assist
them ia building n schooi house Mt said
place. That petitfon proves too much fo,
'Aiberty." II VIC had honorcd him with
the school Mt that place there would have
been no petition! Is il not remarkably
strnnge that tho patrons did not know there
were two schools needed in this section
until after they had pctioned his Honor tc
build n school house at Eighteen Mile
when If we grant the petition now before
us-referred to by "Liberty">it will ne,
ccssitate a change A-on, said place. Who
'Jnmps' more than 'Libcrly." We cues.
by his dumping" he hopes to light OF
something TINT will give him schoul Mt C,
awhile. 1t is nll stuff TO sny that the Com
missioner has no jurisdiction IN this matter
when over halt the children are kept nwa,
from school by the action of the Trustees
We know the Honorable Commissioner, ant
know him TO be wiAc awake 60 his duty
AMI if you will report the matter to hin
with rrorf 60 convict, VIC are sure he will
call @s to aocount for our misdoings. But
the "a Ntor Of locating amt bnihliag school
houses, TINT helonSs TO the Trustees. "i,fb.
erty" is quite youn;, to he 40 rcar sight cd
that he cant sec anything in print II,
needs glass to look through. We recon
mend The "Biblc looking glass" lie says
1--WE hnvc failed to see the proof which Full
! "'""'i T""stncs producci, to prove hi. as,