The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-02
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nation as teachers or members q
Local Boards Of Trustees desire.
Dissensions often arise in schools,
aud it is his duty or desire, at least,
to bring about harmony
He is also an untiring worker in
the Teachers Association, in fact
the leading man in it, This takes a
part Of his time.
lie must also make his annual re-
port to the State Superintendent Of
Education. This requires more time
than people who know nothing shout
it may suppose. 1t is ignorance to
think the Commissioners duty is to
visit the schools Of the county.
Does the lawyer charge his
client only for the few hours
that he is in the court room before
iury9 No, he must have pay for
the time that is spent in working up
the case.
The commissioner must have his
pav for the time spent in devising
WAYS for improving the schools of
his county. Visiting the schools
does not measure his usefulness.
AS to the expense account, does he
swindle the county there? The
Press and Banner wants to know
whether he makes an itemized state.
ment or not. don't know, and don't
care, but believing in his honesty,
and that Of the other members OF the
Board of Examiners, l would suppose
that he does. Let US suppose. not
having his statement before us, that
in visiting the schools he must hire
horse and buggy, the cost of which is
s. day. If he should be on tue
road eighty-6ve days. the length Of
the school term, his expenses for con-
vevance alone would be $3.50. If he
travels thirty-fve days, and surely he
cannot visit all the schools in less
time than this. his expenses would
be Sl05 dollars, or more than the
law allows him.
SO far as his showing the itemized
statement is concerned, that is none
of our business, unless we think that
be is swindling the county, then we
could demand a statement.
In examining the report of the
State Superintendent of Education,
we find that Barnwell County's ave.
rage term during the session 1856
81 was only ffty-six days. The
Commissioner, however, received his
$500 plus 500. We do not object
to this, for if he did his duty he was
worth every cent of it.
BY the way, Abbeville Countys
average term during the year 1885,
'S7, was only one hundred and ten
days, yet the Commissioner received
5000 salary and 500 for travelling
expenses. We don't complain about
it. He was worth it.
Charity begins at home. If the
Press and Banner wants to 10 q favor
for somebody or for a community Of
people, in Abbeville County is a
good place to begin. After things
have been righted there, the school
commissioners office having been ex-
amined, then let the good work 60
on embracing in its onward march,
Edgefeld and Newberry, Lexington
and Aiken and extending even to
old Barnweli.
eve are never too old to learn is
true, it is also true that we ought to
learn some things before we get old.
We ought to now that there are other
things that q school commissioner
must do besides visiting schools.
All that the people of Newberry
ask is to be let alone. They are
satisfied with their Commissioner
and the pay he gets, and certainly
no one else should be uneasy.
I do not question the sincerity of
the Press and Banner in asking for
information, but do think that the
attack was unjust. l hope that a
satisfactory answer has been given,
and that the matter will rest where it
is. ARTHUR k1BLEE.