The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-04


desired little female school. This little
school wished to receive the benefit of
the Free School Fund, but could not do
so while the other was running, with any
plausible show of justice. To effect their
purpose in opening this little school as a
Public School, the District Trustees
inform the principal of the regular school
that his Public Term must close, since
he received tuition fees from patrons.
Backed by the community at large, the
principal appealed to the County Board
of Examiners, and vas unanimously sus.
tanned by said Board. Nevertheless,
"Young Trustee" says that the County
Board did not act according to Law when
it s'sat down SO emphatical'y" on his
Board, and that it gave as its reason for
its decision that teachers should receive
tuition fees from patrons during the
Public Term, by sayingthat S'tbey altdo
it that way
Defeated in their little game to close
the school atzPendleton, .''Young Trus-
tee" and his colleagues, in order to wreak
their spite, if we mistake not their ana.
mas, haYe fallen upon plan,. whereby
they hope to be able to close the white
Public Schools and to continue the col
ored ones in their District.
Now, presuming that "Young Trustee"
has been actuated by pure motives in
what he has said and done, ne ask in all
earnestness, Can real, live teacher who
has any pride in his profession, afford to
teach for the. meagre salary offered by
the District Trustees, unless said salary
IL supplemented from some other source
or sources? And we're these salaries
increased sufficiently to pay teachers
handsomely as long as the Free School
Funds should last, would the Public
Term continue long enough to- accom-.
plish any good worth mentioning7
We suppose the number of children of
school age in Anderson County is not far
from 5000, and the Free School Fund,
We suppose, does not exceed $4,000.
Suppose every dollar Of this to be applied
to the payment of teachers salaries,
(which is not the CASEY and $500 were
thus expended daily, We see that it
would just take ten weeks to exhaust the
entire fund. We do not believe the
trainers of the School Law ever contem-
plated any such weakly schools as these
funds alone and unsupplemented would
afford. Besides, the School Law explic.
lily says that the. "District Trustees
shall take care that the Public Schools
are conducted according to law, and with
the utmost efficiency"
That they should be conducted with
efficiency at all, according to "Yoang
Trustees" plan, ne confess that we are
utterly unable to see.
"Young Trustee charges, not directly,
it is true, but rather insinuatiDgly, that
the District Trustees all over the County, 4
in violation oftheir oath to have the
Public Schools conducted according to
law: ara in collusion, and that they are
aided and ,abetted BY the County Board
Of Examiners, all for the purpose of pre-
venting the negro from getting his just
share of the Public School Fund. This
is, indeed, severe reflection, not only
on our worthy School Commissioner and
the;seyerals District Boards of Trustees, ]
but on she.entire white population of the
County as well; since we thought when
We elected him ne were putting one of
our best and truest men into office, and
we supposed that he would in every
School District appoint the best men he
could find as School Trustees. Since
iitream cannot rise higher than its source,
we must conclude, if We admit what
'sYoung Trustee says as true, chat the
ethics of our County are sadly at dis
eeunt. Just think of it: The men whose
duty It IS ts look after the Educational
interests of othe County, disregarding
their oath of office Little boys so coarse
and rude that fond, doting mothers can.
mot afford to let their dear, pure, unso.
phisticated little girls attend school with
them, lest they become contaminated !
Unscrupulous white teachers, exacting
tuition that does not rightfully belong to
them An inferior race without sense of
honor, "not caring snap for dues and
accounts" to be educated and made
worse, according to "Youug Trustees
line of argumentl O, my native County,
hast thou come to thiBl
A TEACHER,
Who does mol liue in District No. 2.
II. W. Lowry, Of Sumter County,