The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-02-22
Tho Schools Again.

The Columbia Record, Is for the public
schools straight out, and goes In. tooth and
toe-pails, for high salaries for teachers
Among other things, that paper said last
week:
uIt ia innossible. in the present state Of the
law. To discriminate between rich ana poor
com,munities The children OF all cltlzens
alike are entitled to attend the common
schools, free OF charge for tuition
Not ut all. friend Record The discrlmlna-
tians have been made against the poor. we
think, II necessary, We can show where tne
Door have been barred out OF the scnooi
houses, even though they lived near tue
schools.
Again, the Record says:
1--WE trust our contemporary is mistaken IN
charging discrimination IN iaVof q o. .remate reI
sections" II any such trouble eXlsls, ~
seems to us that the people OF the rein0te
sections are IN great measure responsiole'
No mistake about the Determinations Tor
fayored schools or communities, as against
Others which may lack rich, and inhuentiai
patrons.
II people in remote sections are TO blame,
they are TO blame for their poverty ana De-
cause they lack influence. 1t Is not usual 10
publicly blame the weak for their lack OF
mower. The Record speaks OF theories. we
speak OF facts.
Wrong again. The Record says:
"rhe reduction of the teachers pay, as de-
riydd from the public fund, necessarily 70
duees his income. It 10 very rarely, II eve.,
The eas thst the pvsss oq tSe
Sicassd." sas
II 500 Is appropriated for school, Will the
.Pseord please tell us how the giving OF Slo q
month from that fund reduces his Income
He can get the 500. No more The only
question 10, shall he work for 1t, longer or
shorter time. II he is paid $50 month he
exhausts the fund and stops the school In
half the time that he would, II he received
SIS. Only this and nothing more.
Still oontendlng for high salaries, the Re
cordsays:
1.-THE true way Is TO establish GOOD ,ula stanaaras
we'll ss 70 the length OF the school term, an1
then work up TO these standards. This VIII
take more money, but 1t will be money well
and wisely expended"
Poor folk win have poor ways, and poor
teachers arc better than none tall.
When the editor OF this newspaper was
boy he had only the despised poor teacher 70
teach him, and he IL not disposed to 90 back
ON that teachers worth as an educator A
plain teacher with limited education may
have pupils who will be as successful IN life
as the specialized teacher OF Greek and Latin
We would be glad II our friend could be In
dueed 70 our way OF thinking. We have NO
more doubt OF his sincerity than we have Of
his error. We once held the same views
which he now advocates 50 strenuously. Bu'
experience and observation have taught US g
lesson-and we have been converted TO bet
ter way Of thinking.
We know tho reduction in salaries in Able
Vile county has been for the public gooo
We can prove 1t, and have proven 1t thous
and times. We have, with few excep'
tiona, the same teachers we had when we paid
so month, and stopped the schools IN few
weeks. When we can get them for $40, where
is the practical use OF paying $40 a month
Is It just to the children Will faithful
pubIic ofiioer assume to cut down tho school
term merely TO oblige tile teacher7