The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-06
st. Paurs School Oncc Moro.

We beg II little more space in your
paper in reply to an article from Mr.
l.. |. Epting. If we were not accused
of speaking falsely in our article Of
March BIRD we would drop the school
matter for the present at least, but US
we are placed in Il false light in several
places by Mr.. Epting we will cndeavor
! TO set ourselves right in the eyes Of
those interested.
We stated that our school had only
run four months. OF course we know
that the scholastic year begins uly Ist,
| and we know that we had two months
summer school, taught by H. ID. Sease
and he was paid money that would
have been used to pay the public term
OF 1896 had not our school been
closed on account of measles the last
of January or first of February. Mr..
r. II. Wclch being our teacher ut that
time, therefore we still claim that our
school was in session only four months
of the last public term, beginning the
latter part Of October and ending the
9th Of March.
AS Mr.. Epting has made so many
assertions and explanations we think
he should have told why he ordered our
| school closed last of January when there
was $I5 school funds on hand? and our
| tcnchor did close the school and went
home, and this was the beginning of
| S,.,, al, -,
closing the school at that time of year,
and went to Superintendent OF Educa-
tion to have our school continued,
which ho did, ordering Mr.. Epting to
open til" school again, which he did
for II month. Finding at the expiration
OF the month that VIC still had sur
| plus enough to run the school while
longer called meeting Of the patrons
(scnt for Epting, writton invitation)
wrote our proceedings and wishes,
| placed them in tho hands of our level
headed Chairman of Board of Trustees,
j. w. Wicker, and we don't think he
| was drunk, rs he says that he offered
| TO show them to one Of the trustees,
but he refused to see them, and that
may be why Mr.. Epting didn't see
| them. We will state that the Supcrin-
| tcndcnt Of Education advised Mr..
Epting to run the school until funds
| were out.
We know as we'll as Mr.. Epting that
$l626 will not run two schools for two
months, but we would rather our school
would have gone on longer than have
paid out $l3.75 to have backs put in
chimncys, panes put in window sash,
etc, after winter was over and school
was out, and if the negroes were salts
fled why not run our school longer for
the sake Of illitoratc land rentors'
children. We will say here that Mr..
Epting rents land himself, but that has
nothing to do with the school subject.
We don't think he meant that land
renting was any disgrace, but that
those who rent land should havo no
volcc in school matters only when it
comes to the election of school trus.
| tees.
Now, Mr.. Editor, we thank you for
space given us, and wish we could have
filled it with more pleasant things, but
we know that VIC have been honest in
all we have said or done &C rcernine
our school, and close by sayiL,, that il
two men can open or close n school
turn teacher off whenever tho,
please, ignore the wishes of all tho pa
irons, then We say our school law is Il
perfect farce.
Patrons of st. Paul's School.