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

I tees would not let thcir actions he known.
unless some means were used TO make the
! case d"nhly strong for them to fulfill their
: promise AT this moment the "Rcsoiution. +"
which "TrusIcc' thinks juStificS all Ihrir
/ proceedings wns passcd--how any man can
! take the view Of II he does we are NJ 4 loss
! to undcn stand. The intent and only mean
! ing OF the Resolution was for nll to he sa.
, llahed tor the "TruSIrcS' to take the whole
| matter, their promise, the result of the
! election and the requirements Of the school
! INTO Their consideration and ito what men.
who held their promises sacred, would
! have, which was TO say TO the people, we
| asked you to come oul here for the purpose
OF choosing teacher, promising to livc
you the person Of your CHOICE you have
shown us your choice, you can now 60 to
your homes amt the person elected is yOur
lenchcr, and to Mr. King You can make the
arrangements with the other teacher won
wish to make. This is whnt the pconlc
desired and expected rs soon as he rlrciion
was over. We will now pass over a con.
siderable amount of whispering, and what
we in our "bnil pen days" termed Juggling,
winch was not TO let any one know who
hcld the "ball' Uhc school, until we come
to the time when, and 'TruStcr" would
nave ny believe the only time, that they
MS teachers. ~ ihiS period one of the
Trustees said. II nm moi satisfied wi,h ,yb,t
we have done, the person who was foirlv
eleHtAd /" tins school we hnuycn't oivcn
amy school al all, il We do not rccnnsiLcr
anu give hlm the Flat Rock school | sh,u
coh' ch" Tor MN ln have the Eighteen N,lr
Sch"ol' ocSldcs II We give him The school nj
! Flat Rock, it will have n tendency ia olor
| the dissatisfaction in this ncighborhuoL :
| One OF the remaining two, came over IN
TINS view OF The subject, but the other was
! as lwmoNahlc III his position ny the Rock of
n'oFai'"r' lhla IS our proof Tor the nSSer.
t"n that they assigned the elected 10 the
! Fiat Rock school as n show of Justice IA.
2 ward hi'n, or as c(uuk for their prriudicc
! II also shows how strong were the fears or
the Trustees that the gentleman from An
dcrson would enter into II contract with one
| II the teachers which they were so anxious
TO prevent. We will now leave il for our
readers, win these facts before them to
say who have Sinned and whom they have
smncd ngaimst in this matter
! We Will notice rs much of "Trusicc's
! last communication ~ we deem worthy Of
! notice. We win first look mt what ho Inns
! 20 say about th" Fiat Rock school. When
! informed b. "IrusiuG" that he had been
| gwen that school, The writer, who knew
h"'nlhg "I INC pclliloh lhnt was presented
TO The trustees from that ucighborhood
| asked him il lie thought the people of that
community would be pleased with him as
'c"choar, be replied that the leading gen
! ucmen in that community said that he
| would as soon have one tcnchcr Us another;
! trOm this We were lead o think the Grlnpne
! ment wHs satisfactory cue for all. ana M
| mas been mentioned above We preferred any
other school to the one at Eighteen MiIs
consequently we were highly pleased by
'ne "SS'gnmonA aud so expressed oursclr to
all. Bat the writer's being satisfied does
not have anything 10 do with the instness
of the actions Of the Trustees in regard
eitherlo the school at Eighteen Milo or
Flat Rock. We stated 10 "Trssee" that
we considered they did not give The people
OF Eighteen Mile justice, and by rererence
10 the communication Of Teacher" tho
reader viii find this expression, "whiIe
| they (tbo Trustees) may have erred in one
ease, wllcre they lcft the choice of ieachep