The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-07
THE WHITE HALL SCHOOLS.
A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE.
The Trustees Make Answer, and Cor.
rect some Official Statements which
the School Commissioner made to
the 'sPress and Banner''...Not Re.
ing Responsible for the Commits
sioner's Figures, 1t is Matter
About Which the s'Prcss and Ban
ner'' Has Little Concern. ~
BRADLEY, s. c., April 5, 1886.

BRADLEY, s. c., April B, 1886.
Editor Press and Hammer: ~
Your very elaborate article In the issue of
the Press and Banner of March eth, In regard
to the White Hall School difficulty has beet
read by the undersigned and in justice to our
statements contained therein:
ward the allegation that we used offensive
for the New School, in speaking OF them ss
"White Renters" After carefully reading the
article emanating from US, we fail to find any
appears in the letter OF the Chairman to Mr..
Hodges. which reads as follows, viz: children
OF parents who rent land" and In the answer
to the appea! from our decision appears the
who are transient residents" We leave to
discerning public whether our language ad-
mits of snch construction, and will dismiss
this point, with saying that no dsrespect Of
however humble in life they may be. -
Another allegation contained in your arti-
clc is that we continued school for the ne-z
New School. We will simply say that there
was not another school for negroes within
two and three;fomrths of nile & or perhaps
was in reach of all of the proposed school.
The next aud most particular point that We
call attention to Is in regard to the number OF
white schools and appropriation to each. We
give below what we believe a true statement
concerning the white schools viz: Mr.. Vim
cent Griffin taught school entirely compos-
cd of White Hall pupils for five months and
received one hun ndred dollars. Mr. T. J. Grff
fin fin taught school composed Of pupils from
White Hall, Cedar Spring, and Indian Hill,
and was paid our pro rata for five months,
amounting to fOrty-one dollars. Miss Mamie
j.. kellar taught a school composed OF White
Hall pupils and pupils from Edget1eld county,
and received our our Pre- re- ,Gta f. E;r i've e. months
with a card from Mr.. Moseley which carries
Its own explanation. Miss Bette NJ. Ross
taught school composed wholly Of White
| Hall scholars, for three months and ceased
teaching, for causes Of her own, she receiving
full pay for the time taught. Miss Cora Nor
row tau91lta school composed OF pupils from
White Hall, Smithville and Nincty.Six, we
paid our pro rutu for four months and part OF
the fifth month. Ieaving,a small balance due
! making any definite arrangements with the
Trustees in regard to her school and we wee
informed OF her teaching, subsequent to our,
meeting at the beginning Of the year, at
was made; but In justice to the citizens OF
that locality, we appropriated all the femain.-
Ing funds on hand to her school and propose,
| If circumstances allow, to pay her balanceand
put her on q basis with the Others.
| It will be seen by this explanation that the
schools are much nearer on q par than your
statement would indicate, and we will say
further that the number Of checks a tencher
receives is not always an indication of the
length Of the school term. a ,'.Er
| If time allowed, we would notice In detail
more Of what we consider your unjust accus',-
tiOnS hut as we do not desire to trcspaSs on
The patience Of the public, with these ex-
plantations, we leave the matter with your
readers, feeling tina, time and reflection will
vndicatc the wisdom and sincerity of our ac-
O J.R. CARwILE,
A. MCNEIL.