The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-24
FURTHER IN REPLY.

Arguments, Statements, and What
Not, to Prove that the Prayer of
the Petitioners Should be Disal-
IOWed-.-Tafy for the School Conn
missioner, and French for n Con-
stituency Some of whom Cannot
Read Enslish-..The Terribly Dam.
aging Effect of one Little School
on the Educational Interests of the
Township-.-OficiaI Contumely for
Humble SuppIiants.
To the Board of Examiners Of A00eui''e c0u"-
We, the undersigned, Trustees of public
schools for No. Sth Township, Abbeville coun-
ty, have been notified of an appeal from our
decision in regard TO the location of a certain
school on the east side of Hard Labor Creek
and have been furnished with q copy OF said
appeal. In reply, we beg to call your attem. en-
tion to one statement of the appellants In the
preliminary claim OF their appeals, which we
desire to correct, viz: that The undersigned
have declined 10 recognize the rights OF the
appellants to any of the school fund: Ihls we
deny, as we desire here to put ON record, our
arowal Of the right of any and all citizens TO
their lull share OF the school fund; but sim.
ply dtler as to the manner OF receiving aid
from said fund.
AS to articles one, two and three: we were
not aware, nor are we as Yet, that the School
Law required the School Districts to be sub
divided and the trustees to be appointed,
with an eye to local representation. however
we do not propose TO canvass the great ms
take of our appointment, but will have to sad
die this JdMr pas on our worthy School Com
missioner.
| AS to article four, we positively deny that
our being patrons of the White Hall School
influenced either of us In our action; Dut
claim that said action was based on what we
believed our conscientious duty towards ef-
cry person in said township. We propose to
pass over article five, as it is only statement
| OF motives.
AS to article six, which states that school
! located where the appellants desire II, would
be more centrally located and easier OF access
10 number of children, who otherwise Will
not be provided in the next annual apportlon-
ment of the school fund, we have this to say.
Most of the children of the proposed school,
or ut least good number of them, are chill
dren OF parents who are transient residents OF
that neighborhood, which was one or the rea-
sons that governed our action. for the school
| If established, might have lasted only one
| year and then have become dead letter. II ON
removals, &c. AS to it's being more central, we
will state that the White Hall School was To-
Gated by the whites about fifteen years ago
and so well assured were the then Trustees OF
its being the proper location for a whlte school,
then and for years to come, tfat they Pur-
chased the land where the school now EXISTS
and built house, all of which was paid for
with public funds, and the titles vested III the
public, and we are Informed ana oelleVe that
one proviso in the titles was, IN the event OF
it's abandonment for the purpose for which IT
Was built, the possession reverted to the seller:
We claim further that the White Hall school
is OF easy access to many of the appellants
vantageously situated on the east side of Hard
Labor, than nearly half Of the present schol:
ars attendant upon the White Hall School, all
of which will appear upon investigation by
an unintereSted or unprejudiced person. ana
therefore If the children Of the appellants are
! dcbaTred from attending school or proper