The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-02-20
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fort is located in consists of two white
trustees and one negro; Charles E.
Danner (white), chairman; c. K.
Bachelor (wnite), native State Ver-
mont; Jackie White (negro).
Each of the seven white lady
teachers in Beaufort graded school
has to receive their salary with a
check or voucher signed bya negro.
"Cnas. E. Danner is trustee Of
Mathers School that you spoke Of in
message No. % Also the county
board consists of Superintendent Of
Education B. H. Boyd, Hardeeville, S.
c.; Col. ". ]. Thomas, Beaufort, S. c.;
Prof. ]. NJ. Moore, Beaufort, S. c.
These are the people that have elect
ed this board and reelected again
this combination board of township
school trustees with their pet negro
trustee. This is the school board that
also elected Miss Rosa B. Coolie
township school trustee of st. Helena's
township This Miss Coolie recon-
mended to the other two members Of
the board of township trustees that
owing to the small number of white
children in that township, that they
send them all to her school, Penn
School, which is a negro school.
(What else will happen in the dear
old Palmetto State?)
Call of these facts are as an open
book here. l do not know Wnat power
is vested in your Office relative to
county school boards. But if it is in
your power to remove from office this
entire school board you certainly will
make hit with the masses. Some
of these men are my friends, or one
of them is, but 1 have told him that
ne should be removed from Office"
Beaufort, S. c., Feb. 18th, 1914
after closing my letter there are
some little things that I have over
looked.
81 am in error about Chas. E. Dan
ner being trustee of Matners School,
but he does handle their funds. This
man Bachelor has two daughters
that are teachers in this township
one in Beaufort Graded school and
one at Seabrook. The law says that
a school trustee cannot elect one of
their family to a teachers place, so
they must nave been elected by Chas.
E. Danner and the negro Jackie
Wright or J. C. Wright. Each and
every white lady teacher or male
teacher teaching in this township has
to be approved by this negro before
they can get the place to start with.
'This man, Prof. J. NJ Moore, is, on
the county school board, and ne is
also superintendent of Beaufort Grad
ed School at handsome salary He
elects the township school trustees.
I do not accuse him of being crooked,
but it is not reasonable to suppose
that he will help elect men that would
put him out of his place. And as a
matter of fact he reelected the board
with the negro on it that automat-
ically reelected him."
Message No. 80.
Gentlemen of the Senate:
might have expected it, knowing
conditions in Beaufort as I do, but,
honestly, 1 never thought it had al
ready happened.
Listen.
Beaufort, S. c., Feb. 14th, 1914.
'.His Excellency, Cole. L. Blease, Gov
ernor, Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir: 1 omitted telling you
that Beaufort Graded School child
ren were not permitted to celebrate
General Robert E. Lees birthday.
'EI know there was great deal of
discussion and a newspaper article
over it last year.
But the Yankee from Vermont and
the negro makes a majority of school
trustees.
"Chas E. Danner has no children;
C. K. Bachelor has no small child
rem Vermont and the negro ]. c.
Wright has his daughter teaching in
the colored school
SO you can readily see that the
memory of our great chieftain is
matter of no concern to them
What do you, as senators, think of
Robert E. Lee? What do you, as sena-
tors, think Of the Confederate soldiers