The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-02-21
From the School Trustees of GarvIn

Mr.. EDITOR For the benefit Of those
who are interested in the managem ent of
the public schools in Garvin Township,
las there seems to be on the part of some
perfect ignorance, to say the least of it,)
we will make the following as a statement
of the rules by which we run the schools,
and will say at the outset that if any of
our patrons have better plan we would
be glad that they would suggest it
First, we have but about nine hundred
dollars to draw on second, we try to To-
cate the schools as nearly as possible 80
as all may attend. Our territory covers
an area of about 120 square miles: We
lave now seven schools for white children
and three for the negroes. Now, you can
see at glance that somebody has to be at
disadvantage as to distances the children
have TO walk. as there are about twenty
square miles to the school. Nearly all of
our sch ools have two teachers, and of ne
cessity have to be paid. Hence you see
tha the small amount that we have has to
be divided between twelve teachers, which
will be but $500 on three months wages.
We run all of the schools the same time,
both white and colored. Some cannot see
why we give one school more money than
the others. We answer, that we think
that rs to 100 children at one school ought
to have more money than 25 to 30 should.
We always give, when we are asked, an
assistant, when the school makes an aver
age of fifty, which you will find by con-
sultipg the reports of the schools. Now,
we believe that we have the schools dis
tributed over our Township as nearly equal
as circumstances will permit. We mean
by circumstances the creeks and habits of
the people. Now, we would like to have
school at every body's door if it was e1.
pedient, but with the meagre amount of
money it is simply impossible. We would
ssy that we also do and have always have
transferred our children to other town
ships where it Is so that they cannot 60 to
our own schools, but will not do it where
it is mere preference, from the simple fact
that it does not cost cent fer them 10 go
to our schools than if they staid at home,
as we pay by the school and not by the
sch olars. Hence you see 1t is just that
much given to satisfy somebody's whim.
Neither do we locate schools just to satisfy
somebody because they have fallen out
with their neighborhood and want school
of their own to satisfy their disgruntled
ambition. We do not believe that there is
a child In our Township that is three miles
from one of our schools but what can get to
another in other towns|ips-if 80, we
WOulQ llh6 W huOW WIZ IuCy olos We
know that our method may be bettered II
the people will give US more money.
Some of the members Of our board have
| been serving for ten or eleven years, and
have done the best We could without re-.
muneration, save the few ugly words that
| have been said about US, which We are
able to bear, if the parties who address
them can afford to spend that much on 80
Improbable servants as we are. We do not
claim to be gods, but we do claim to be or.
dinarily honest and fair, "Close Observer"
to the contrary Notwithstanding, (she is
not citizen of our Township,) and all we
ask is a moderate portion of God.like
peoples charity.
Very respectfully,
TRUSTEES GARyIN TOWNSHIP.