Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-12-26
The Public School SYSTEM. County
Board OF Examiners...Diyiding the
County into Districts.

MEssRs. EDIToRs: In your paper
Of the 28th Of November was an
article under the head of the "Pub-
lie School Question:" emanating from
Lhe County Board of Examiners and
criticism. II the article al
luded to the Board suggests and de-
sires to have the public schools sus-
pended for one year and part of
the funds expended for the purpose
of dividing the county into small
districts, so that there should be one
white and one colorcd school in each
district. They think the suggestion
a good one and intend, 80 far as they
are able, to carry it into effect. 1t
deserves to be mentioned at the out
set, however, that the oldest mem
Der of the Board or Examiners and
the only one residing in the country,
the one who has had more expert
cncc with schools in the country and
:: vs. given satisfaction, did not
Nv 'o'i''' does he desire the pub
HIS ''ie'hner Oh lied for a year.
even consulted, nor was, was NOT
published by the Board of Ex,n,o
ncrs ever submitted to him for an
proval or disapproval. There ar,
several reasons, for the better
winch the Board thinks the division
OF the county into such districts vii
accomplish. But they have as vet
shown no reason therefor. The
really good reason for rcdistrictinp
however, the one that, in part at
least, will overcome all serious OBJ
Jcctlons to the public school system,
VIZ: the insutficiency of funds to run
the schools, is to be shown in a fu-
ture article. The Board of Exami-
ners say that our County Board, to
save trouble, it is supposed, adopted
the townships as districts and from
this Incidence has sprung the whole
troublc-this Incidence of the for
mer Courty Board.
REASONS FOR MAKING THE suGGEs-
TlONS.
lot IN .'-:..o q" t.,., Sou,,
and its adoption by the people is de-
sired.
I'd. Agitation of the school sys-
tenn and its administration, an cs-
cape valve to bring to the surface
things frothy and useless, where
they can be seen and separated from
the good and useful. Some things
frothy and useless have been brought
TO the surface; they have been seen
and an effort will be made to scpa-
rate them.
PLEA OF +. c. IL.
f.. G. H., who was among the first
TO give vent to some of the pentup
fumes of discomfort, through the
Boards cscapc-valve, is temporarily
absent from the county, but the
whole plea of E. G. II. for the poor
teachers, the Board says, may be
cifcctually answered in one sentence,
by saying that the school law was
moi enacted, nor is it administered
Tor the benefit of the teacher. but
the children of the county; hence
no room for any sympathy, go
This is all very plain, something
that every school boy knows. But
when the teacher has done his work,
when he has faithfully discharged
his duty to the children, when they
have obtained value received, then
the money is no longer the chill
drcn's, but the teachers, and T.. G..
IL. did not ask for personal sympa-
thy, but only the general sympathy
due the teacher for labor performed.
THE THRUST AT TIE GRAND JURY.
AS to the surcrcilious fling made
Mt the grand jury, the chosen citi-
Icns of our county, as good as the
best and guardians of the peoples
rights, such an august a,0 tcuy1M
'ody is amply able to take care of
itself. But has it come to this, that
the direct representatives of the peo-
pie must have the irouicM epithets,
r|g"st 0'M .fco13", hurled in their
|Accs, when, in the discharge of
their sworn duty, and that, too, for
no other reason than that they lis
tened to the complaint of the pco-
pie and dared to do their duty F?
Alas. our country; such a thrust, is,
to say the least, disrcspcctful, dis
courteous and uncalled for.
SOME OF TIE POINTS ANSWERED..
Is the thing good in itself? No,
it is neither good in itself nor good
Tor Oconcc county. Rcdistricting,
TO say nothing OF the expense of it,
will rrnlrr II oheolntnl ;,n,n,,;lI,