The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-02
NEWBERRY. S. G,
THURSDAY, FEB. ,, 1888.
THE PRESS AND BANNER AND
THE SCHOOL CONNfSSEONEE.

The Press und Banner is very
much exercised over the Teachers
Department in the HERALD AND
News. This paper in recent date
sent up question to the Teachers
Association and asked that it be an
swerea through the Teachers Depart
inent. The question and the answer
bv the editor Of the Teachers De-
partment are published in this issue.
The question is very pertinent one,
possibly, but we think the proper
place for this inquirer to have pro-
pounded his question would have
been in the management Of affairs in
his own county. This is of course
no answer to the inquiry, and as 1t
was not propounded to us, we will not
undertake an answer, but we desire to
insist more strongly on the inquiry
Of the editor Of the Teachers De-
Dartment, to the editor of the Press
and Banner, namely, how did the
School Commissioner Of Aobeville
County receive $500 when the school
term in said county was only one
hundred and ten days. What be-
came Of Othello's occupation after
the schools closed in Abbeville? How
was it that ninety days were paid for
after the schools closed. Since our
contemporary loves to ask questions
we hope we will net be considered
out of order in asking it these SIM
ple questions and we hope to receive
it's answer.
We desire here to quote the ques-
ton Of the LAaderSou Journal to the
Press and Banner suggested by this
very School Commissioner business.
Since it seems to be the order Of
Press Gnd Banner to be more inter-
ested in other counties than its own
we await its reply.
The Anderson Journal says: In
this connection it would probably be
we'll, at least not out of place, to make
an inquiry concerning a practice
that obtains in Abbeville County.
The Act Of the General Assembly
approved Dec. "a, 1886. provided
That 80 much of section s IF the Act
of the General Assembly approved
9th February, 1882, as requires the
annual reports of County Commis-
sioners and Of County School Com
missioners to be published in news
paper be, and is: hereby, repealed"
But, nevertheless, we notice that the
annual reports of the County Cor.
missioners and Of the County School
Commissioner of Abbeville County
are still published each year in t1.
Abbeville papers. Now, we would
respectfully ask if the County Com
missioners allow pay out of the pub
lie funds for these long and eSpen-
sive advertisements, and, if so, by
what authority? We naturally sup.
pose the newspapers are not doing
the work for nothing or as matter
of news, and we presume 1t hardly
probable that the officers in question
would pay for the advertisements out
of their own private pockets"
Before disnissing this question
and in justice to our School Commits
sioner and Board of Examiners, we
desire to say that we have no doubt
that the School Commissioner made
out his itemized statement showing
two hundred days work. Whether
the occupation ought to be gone
when the schools close or not is an
other question.
An effort was made in the last
Legislature to reduce the pay of the
School Commissioner Of this county
and one or two others, to $500 and
$50 for travelling expenses, but it
failed to pass, so it would seem that
our Legislature was in favor Of pay
inc the School Commissioner 5000