The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-22
VOLUME XXXVI---NO. 9.
The Educational Feature of the Dispen.
Sary.

ISSUE now oe1ore the people, | beg
space to submit for the consideration
OF the voters Of Anderson tCounty. the
Educational feature Of the dispcnsary.
From the Comptroller Generals re-
port for the fiscal year ending Dcccm-
Der 81, 1900. the 3 mill constitutional
tax and poll tax for educational pur-
poses aggregated $11+,2l6.2O. This
much was expended on what is known
as the common schools. What else did
we do III this direction. From the
state we got from the special State
dispensary school fund $3.50, ,O00.O1.
Inc enrolment of pupils for the scllol-
ast'c year ls?1-9S was 275,1S9 pupils.
Anderson County furnished 1854 pu-
pills i'll that enrolment, which leaves
ior the rest OF the State 2G3,0i5 pupils.
For Anderson County's pupils the
treasurer received 81 .sG6.:s; in Dcccm-
Der, 1899. Upon the basis Of our enroll
ment that was IL fraction over - cents
per pupil Fifteen cents for IL whole
year. II we apportion the remaining
S12S, l3a.6S among the other 2G3,9i5 pu-
plls Ill the State, each would have re-
ceivcd fraction Ovcr..4s cents towards
his education, which ut ten cents per
day would give him fourtlnys III school.
In Anderson it is expected that we will
be able to improve OH this since 3d.
SOTO up to May, 1000, has already been
paid into the treasury, and il the re-
ceipts for tho remainder of the year is
i'll the same ratio, VIC will nave about
$l0,523.3S to help on the cause of cdu-
cation. If, therefore, the enrolment
in 1900 does not exceed what it was in
the scholastic year 1S07-99, 1874, the
school children will get about SO cents
per pupil towards his education in
1900. Wonderful How do we manage
To do so much towards cducationp
Answer: We spent for liquor to be sold
through the dispcnsary $l,503,2lO.
Democrats OF South Carolina, will you
spend 81 ,503,240 for liquor that yc may
boast that ye are educnting the poor
children out of the profits Mt the rate
OF 4o cents per pupil per annum? Who
has got that 81 ,503, $40 spent for liquor?
You bought the liquor, but what has it
added to your wealthy The people Of
| ~Ah0NAoOA OONhCy COACAAUutCu 1lOul
100000 to $05,O0O per annum to keep
the institution :. going. What did you
get in returnp Answer: @1,868.33. Why
will ye spend your money for that
which is neither bread nor wealthy If
You desire to see the poor children Of
the County educated, then why don't
you take the g$80,O0O you spend for
l II(rnr opn.,a1lxy o1, -
Let us illustrate: Jones has two or
three. perhaps dozen children. Says
he: "My children need education.
must and will educate them" An
iden strikes him. He puts on his hat
and rushes2 down the street to Smith,
who has great stock Of liquor. Says
Jones: "Smith, have decided to edu-
cate my children. ! need your help. {.
Now l makeSyou this proposition: If
you will give q certain amount Of pro :
fits towards the education of my chill
dren, will purchase and drink 500, 1000
worth Of your liquor" The bargain is
closed. Jones gets his liquor, Smith
gets the money, and by and by he sends
his check to Jones amounting to e8
cents apiece for each of his children
towards their education. You say:
''Jones is fool. What, drink 100000
worth Of liquor that hisKchildren may
get SO cents year towards their educa
ton! Of course he is IL fool"
Well, what Jones did the people o f
i, South Carolina did in 1890 on larger
scale, are doing in 1900, and what they
are asked to continue doing-to-wit
spend $685. $40 for liquor that the dis
pensary may take ouHof the profits 48
{ cents per annum per child towards
educating 275,0O0 or 100000 children
, and yet they hurrah for the dispensary.
. The Ephesians could howl in old
, Paul's ears "great is Diana of the
Ephesians" for the gain Demetrious
got out Of it, but the politicians of
South CarOlina can go them one better:
, to the political power and emoluments
: they get out Of the dispensary-it helps
, educate the poor mans children.
That the people may study the qucs-
, tion from n dispassionate standpoint
let them take the figures. In his an
, nual report forl.1s09 the Comptroller
| General puts down the receipts from
. the dispensary at $1,503,24O. In the
, disbursements he puts down $13O,00O
as distributed in the 40 counties from
the dispcnsary special school fund /.
, Upon the school enrolment Of 2-5, 1S9
pupils in the State, that would be less
thai: 4S oonts per pupil per annum.
, Supnose we make it 48 cents and allow
4S cents to pay the tuition Of one pupil
for One-half month. Then if you could
raise it to o6 cents to give him Who'll Q
month, it would be necessary to double
the consumption of liquor; that is to
say, if it takes the sale of 81, 1,503, ,240
worth Of liquor to get profit of $780,
600 for the special school fund, or 48
cents per pupil for half a month, then
, at the same ratio. to raise to 06 cents