The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-09-23
THE MCCORMICK SCHOOL.
The Pay of Teachers and Other
Things.


In Mccormick Times, of 9Th Inst. Prof.
Slaughter endeavors 10 reply 10 my article
dissecting the report OF Trustees j. +. Roo,n'
son and T. J. Price That gave the true I'm
port Of that report is but confirmed oy MIR.
Slaughter's reply in which he acknowledges
every charge brought against him, such as
disregarding the public nterest and school
| facilities to properly accommodate the
patrons, leaving with Trustees 10 either oust
Miss Maynard or to have her teach as assist.
ant for less than one.haif the monthly salary
paid him, although She taught more pupils
than he did. Also the charge that the TIus.
tees paid the school fund TO Z. ii. Mccormick
to the amount of $3.50. which needed eX.
piauaIion.
He thus intends to impress US with the
idea that everything done bV himself ana
Trustees was proper, and legal. especially as
he says did not question the honesty OF the
report. He would parry the charges by such
indictments a, these against me; l ala no1
sign my name, wrote 10 Press and Banner In
stead OF the home paper. that am not a
friend TO the school, &c. The TACT Is, being a
friend to Mccormick school anu all schoo
interests, and against Individual squandering
OF public school funds, the courage Of my
con viciions is shown IN my effort through the
Press and Banner 10 call public attention 10
the real merits OF tnat report, and my In
dividual dissent to the praise therein, as mis-
leading, &C., without permitting my name
injected into the issue. CONVINCED that Trus-
tee j. Z. Robinson Is a controlling factor In
the Mccormick Times, as well rs among the
Trustees, could not hope to obtain space for
an icle critlcising his report, his teacher,
his pay ymeut of school funds to his father as
agent Tor e. II. Mccormick. That particular
Times containing report OF Trustees failed TO
reach me as usual, and saw he report in the
Press and Banner one month after puollca-
ton, hence in writing about the ~ cents per
capita repeated the method used by Trus-
tees in ascerlaining that low price, not as a
discovery Of mine, but to show the aosurdity
of the claim. Yet Mr.. Slaughter wabbles on to
this as reply.
his salary for the whole niue months say
ing he was employed for whole time while
his assistant was not. l saw this In tenor OF
report and charged that he disfegarded the
best interest of the public in trying TO save
the public funds for himself Hear him In
reply: The Principal was under an agree
menL TO run nine months school, When
public funds were exhausted he was TO pay
| liu self with what tuition he could get from
pupils at agreed upon rates. proposed TO
Miss Maynard TO continue to share the public
funds with her until they were exhausted II
she would consent TO take chances with me
for the rest of the term at the ratio OF our
salaries. She refused TO do this" See here
proof of what charged that not the public
| Interest by way OF school accommodations,
but Mr.. SlaughterS interest, was what the
Trustees allowed.
Was this league authority or Mr.. Slaughter s
method 10 say TO the assistant l Will con.
tinue 10 share the public funds II you will
agree to teach the remainder OF the nine
months according to my terms? She bad The
right TO share the public funds. as long as
! there was any, without such agreement. He
says rightly that the trustees had the hnlhor'
Ii!y TO suspend assistant, and did 1t because
funds were running low. lie does say also
that measles caused II small attendance and
that he could not do justice to so many classes
the week Miss. Maynard was suspended. He
| tried another at onc-hnlf price OF the former
and that this action OF his caused dissatisfnc-
tion, &c. The fact is, all this was done 10
| coerce Miss Maynard To teach at humiliAting
| heller reputation