The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-06-02
J. F. RICE vs., SAM JONES'.
A Member of the Anderson Bar Grill
clses the Evangelist.
atlanta Constitution.
To the thoughtful, liberal and fair;

atlanta Constitution.
To the thoughtful, liberal and fair
minded people of South Carolina and
the South:
1. I am seldom stirred as I vas on
reading an article in the ANDERSON
INTELLIGENcER of the 18th inst, cop
led from the Atlanta journal, headed,
mi. Jones Favors the Rod in
Schools"
In this article Mr.. Jones upholds
corporeal punishment as a last resort
in training the young at horne and in
school. He says: "A boy has only
four things that you can appeal to as
a last resort: First, his sense Of hon
or; second, his pride; third, his con
science, and fourth, his hide" He
says, "That he is everlastingly in ia
vor Of licking the boys when they need
it,"
So far as the first half Of his arti-
Gle is concerned I have no criticism to
offer, for it is generally conceded
that corporal punishment should
be resorted to as a last resort in
training children at home and in the
school,.
But it is the second half of his arti-
Gle that is the "most unkindest cut of
all" 1t is his thrust at the hard
worked, the poorly-paid and the much
abused class of people whom we COM
monty call teachers. The writer him
self taught school for afew years, and
although he has given up teaching
and has no desire or intention to re-
turn to the profession, yet / feel that
[ would be untrue to my convictions,
to the teachers and to the public were
I to withhold my pen. Mr.. Jones, in
the beginning of his article, says,
"That he is unalterably opposed to
such public schools as We have
meaning, as [ take it, the public
schools Of the South as we'll as the
public schools of Georgia.
He seems to be for some reason,
dissatisfied with the public school
system, without stating his reasons,
and then proceeds to take his spite
out on the teachers, and as one would
infer from his article, especially on
the public school teachers.
8. As a rule, I will make this state
ment: That teachers get less credit
and less pay in proportion to their
ability to the work and the good they
do than any other class of people.
And I am satisfied that the observing
and thinking public will agree with
me. DR.. John Hall, D. D., of New
York City, receives $40, 900 a year for
his services as pastor and clergyman
of one of the Fifth Avenue churches.
Henry Ward Beecher received his
500, 900 a year, DR.. Talmage receives
his thousands.
There are physicians in New York
City and other large cities whose az
erage yearly practice brings them in
$50, 600. And there are others whose
average practice amounts to $25, 900,
$50, 900 and so on down.
The lord chief justice of England,
before he was elevated TO his present
honored position, received $125, 900 a
year from his legal practice. Roscoe
Conkling, of New York, and Walcott,
of Denver, before he was elevated to
the United States Senate, made their
$780, 900 a year. And Choate $780,
900 for his services in the income tax
case.
Chauncy Depew receives $50, 900 a
year for his services as president of
the New York Central railroad. There
are men who receive $50, 900 and some
500, 900 a year for their services as
presidents of insurance societies, to
say nothing Of the bank presidents
and many others in tho business
world.
4. Now let US see what the highest
priced teachers are paid for their SER
vices. Ex-President Harrison re-
ceives $4,000 a year for giving lee
lures in the Leland Stanford Univcr-
sity. The president of the Chicago
University receives only $500 a year.
Professor Gildersleeve, of the Johns
Hopkins University receives only
$4,000 a year. The president of the
Vanderbilt University $1,000 a year,
and the late John Randolph Tucker Of
the Washington and Lee university.
only 4 1000 a year.
And yet Mr.. Jones in his article
speaks of the "greed Of public school
teachers whose salaries are much
smaller. And says she believes that
the most gigantic trust Or eombina-
ton that will ever be formed in this
world will be the public school teach
ers in the next few years." AS
teachers have been very deserving,
non-exacting and non-exhorbitant
public servants since the time of So
crates, Plato and Aristotle, I don't
think the public need be alarmed at
Mr.. Jones prophesied public teachers
trust.
5. Again, I will make this state
ment: That it is generally admitted
that the States north of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers have been more pro-
gressive and enterprisiug than the
States in the South, and one reason
for this seems to be because they have
been and are still appropriating more