Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
TUESDAY, MAY 1e, 1908.
YoRKvlLLE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Senator Brice Explains Unfortunate
Error and Makes Plea For United

Error and Makes Plea For United
Support.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer.
| On Saturday last, Mr.. John F.. Car
roll, one Of the trustees Of the York.
Vile Graded school, called my atten-
ton to the fact that under the amend
ment of said school law recently en-
acted changing the time of the annual
meeting from June to April, provision
was made for levying only two mills
for the support and maintenance or
the YOrkvile Graded schools, whereas
three mills had been levied heretofore
] l at once declared that the bill had
been sent to me and / had turned II
over to the solicitor to incorporate same
| in proper legal form, and, l myself had
| not touched it and did not see how L
could be held responsible for this er-
ror. But, after carefully looking into
all the facts l will assume responsible
ity for the error.
The proposed bill sent me by Mr..
McCaw, chairman Of the board, was as
follows:
"A Bill-To amend an Act, entitled
An Act to amend an Act, entitled an
Act to create the School District OF
Yorkville in York county and enable
| 1t to organize a system Of free schools
and to levy a tax in support or the
same and to purchase and hold prop
erty.'" approved December 23d, A. D.,
1889. Goth statutes, p. SOD.
Section /: Be 1t enacted by the gen.
eral assembly Of the state Of South Car
olina and by the authority Of the same,
| that the section numbered or SAID
Amendatory Act, approved December
23d. 1889. (20th statutes, page GOD, be
| and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the word June, the last
word but one on line OF said section
numbered of said Amendatory ACT,
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
April
Section 2: That this Act shall take
effect Immediately upon its approval.
| and all acts and parts OF acts neon
sistent with this act, be, and the same
are hereby repealed"
| In both branches of the general as
sembly all bills are prepared under
the supervision Of the solicitors OF the
state on certain prescribed paper, and'
handed this bill to one OF the solicit
ors and assuming that 1t was In proper
shape rushed 1t through the senate.
The solicitor, instead of changing the
few words proposed by the chairman
of the board, deemed it proper and
necessary to incorporate the whole
section of the old act in the bill.
This section had been amended In
1904, and this 1904 amendment was
overlooked both by the solicitor and
by myself, and, as / myself had onerea
the amendment Of 1904, will assume
responsibility for this unintentional
error of 1908.
| But. as a citizen who has always
taken an active interest in educational
matters and would willingly and cheer-
fully aid in building up the Yorkville
Graded school instead Of pulling 1t
down, as a citizen who considers the
Yorkville Graded school public ne
cessity, as a citizen who wants to see
this school become the pride OF the
town, as a citizen who now and has al
ways supported this school and who
wishes to see 1t become more and more
efficient year byiyear, that our sons
may be as plants grown up In their
youth, that our daughters may be as
corner stones, polished after the simili-
tude of a palace" 1t becomes me and
all other citizens Of Yorkville to look
on anything that would impair the ef-
fciency of the Yorkville Graded school
as public calamity and 1t becomes us
all to adopt such measures under the
circumstances as are imperatively nee
essary for the success of the Graded
school during the ensuing year.
| Therefore / propose to the people or
Yorkville, that we at once vote two
mills for a high school and secure
some twelve hundred dollars from the
state and make the Yorkville Graded
school next year a great success-the
pride and joy Of every father and
mother In Yorkville. We have been
voting three extra mills heretofore,
and, in reality we will only be voting
one extra mill and we will get from
the state more money than this extra
mill will raise. It will be narrow
minded, short-sighted and suicidal pol
| icy for any one to attempt to take ad-
vantage of this unintentional change
from three mills to two mills, and In
any way to attempt to weaken and i'm
pair our splendid system Of Graded
schools.
When the Spartans captured and
burnt the city Of Athens, and the
Athenians fed to the sea in boats,
grand old Themistocles said to them,
mot yonder blazing buildings. but, you,
you are Athens, so I appeal to the peo-
| pie of Yorkville and say to them you
| are Yorkville. Your town Is what you
make It, your Graded school Is what
you make 1t, and good school Is the
very best investment this town can
make.
Let every citizen Of the town vote
and advocate this extra tax Of two
mills for the high school and we Will
say with the Latin poet when we see
the success Of our school 1T Is pleas
| ant to remember these Qegislatiye)
things
Respectfully
]. s. Brice.
Yorkyille, s. c., May 18, 1908.