The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-05-15

In private note just received from
Mr.. r. I. Elrod, one of the Trustees of
Brushy Creek Township, he informs US
that petitions are circulating asking the
Trustees 10 call a meeting to consider
the propriety of levying the additional
two mill school lax provided for by the
recent AcG of the Legislature. This ia a
move, we think, in the right direction, as
we consider this Act the best aud most
practical we have had on school matters
for years. 1t gives the people of each
Township the right to levy the lax upon
themselves by majority vote, after a
petition has been presented to the Trus.
tees, signed by majority of the resident
landowners. This tax is to be voted
upon at public meeting of the tax
payers of the Township who pay tax
upon one hundred dollars worth Of prop.
erty, and this meeting is TO be held in q
central locality after two weeks notice.
Furthermore, each taxpayer has the
right to designate to the County Treas
urer at achich school house bis money is to
be used, aud no part of this money can
go outside of the Township. 1t is all for
the use and beueGt of the Township that
levies the tax. Now, this all plain and
practical, aud puts it within the reach Of
any community to have longer terms and
better schools Everywhere re have
heard it said that the school terms are
too short. and they are, and here is the
solution of the problem. 1t just takes
more money to have longer schools, and
here is the simplest way to get it. 1t
equalizes the burden, and makes every
man pay in proportion to his property.
In the case Of Brushy Greek it would add
about between seven and eight hundred
dollars to the school fund. 1t would
place the Trustees in position to nego-
tiste for the best teaching talent, because
they could offer constant employment at
remunerative prices. And the lack
of this is the reason why so many
of our best teachers have left the
profession for something that prom
ised better. They could not afford
to undertake employment for only
four or five months in the year, aud then
be turned loose in the spring too late to
prepare crop, aud with no certain en-
ployment ahead of them But q Town.
ship that can offer employment for eight
or nine months of the year at good
prices will be crowded with applications
from the best teachers in the land, and they
can take their pick and choice. Here is
the opportunity to use your oavn none ey to
educate your oacn children, and we are
proud to know that Brushy Greek is about
to take the initiative in the matter. No
body doubts the wisdom of some sort of
school system. 1t is one of the questions
that has passed beyond the domain of
debate, and has been settled by the
results of human experience, and the
further fact being true that about nine
tenths of the boys and girls in our dis
trict schools will never receive any other
education than what they receive there,
we ought to do all we can TO foster and
encourage and build up our district
schools. They are our peoples col.
leges," and from them are to come,
largely, the future leaders Of thought and
action. The world is demanding more
aud more educated men and women, and
more aud more the uneducated man or
woman is sinking below par. The world
has positions of honor, profit and trust
for the former, for the latter it las moth
ing but to be "hewers of wood and draw.
ers of water" We are not living in a
dead past crowded with bitter memories,
but in live, bustling, busy present, big
with the hopes ola future. the irmanent
of whose SHY ~ill be studded with
opportunities. Then we must educate.
We bid our Brushy Greek friends a hearty
God sped in :heir efforts.
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