The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-06
COUNTY TRUSTEES NoT IN
FAVOR SERVICE DONE BY
MISS GAN INGToN 4
ADDRESS BY PROF.
E. MARION RUCKER
County Trustees Association EIeld
Quarterly Meeting Monday.
Interesting Session.


by 3ote of % to 12, small per-
centage OF the membership OF the AM
derson County School Trnsteea AS
sociaticn, in regular quarterly session
yesterday IN the county court house.
went on record as being Dpposed tp
the CONTINUANCE after the present fis
cal year of tile, Office of the County
Supervisor ofsnral Schools, a splen-
lid work which, has been carried on
most acceptably by Miss Maggie NJ.
Darlington to the great good OF the
schools OF the county.
ThiB action was taken by the trus.
tees at the close &c the meeting, the
matter being brought before the ses.
sion by Prof Z. c. McCants. superin
tendent Of city schools, who, as
member of the county board of edu.
catiGn. asked that the trustees give
aome expression to their wishes on
this matter. The subject OF finances
was gone into and County Superin-
tendent of Education j., b. FELTON, stat
ed that the money for the employment
of the supervisor had been derived
from two sources. the sum OF $3.50
coming from the Peabody fund ana
the county board paying her $76 per
i'Ohth G4PChaGSf G<l1kCAr IHtn lb-
cal year, lie stated, II would be Inn
possible to get any more money from
the Peabody fund. " the county board
Were forced to come forward with.
this addition amount, how much
would 1t cost each school in tile conn
~ on the average the superintendent
was asked by trustee. The eupef.
intendent replied that The, supervisor
cost the county board about $500
year, and that IL the board. had 10 pay
the entire cost OF the supervisor,
which Is about $3.50, Il woald cost
each school OF the county nn average
OF something ovor So. Several trua.
tees remarked that they would not bc
in favor of taking that much OF tho
appropriation for their respective
schools for the employment OF q aup-
erytsor. This brought the matter to
q general discussion and finally TO \
,7te. Though several OF the trustees
spoke In opposition TO the diBcon-
tinuance of the work, 90 members
went on record as opposing the COM
tinuance OF the Office while II voted
for It to be continued.
An Unp1pnlar AGfes
Persons who are conversns,s s. " lth
the value of the work OF the super
visor and who know how the patrons
of the country schools feel about II
believe that were the question put to-
a vote OF majority ee the trustees
they would go Cn record as favoring
the continuance OF the office. It was
also suggested that 1t Is not from
larger PEI eentage of the membership
OF the trustees association before they
vote TO abolish The ON % os the sup
eryisor.
Trustees In Session.
The trustees met In quarterly fcs-
sion atp noon and ware addressed b.
Prof e. Marion R,icke.. fcrfner An
dersonian, who Is now an instructor
In the law school OF the University OF
South Carolina Prof Rueker made
the trustees a splendid taik, LAYING
stress on the great need and the value
of higher education for the young
men and women of the land. He en-
phasised the Importance Of .he trus
tees getting good teachers for taa.s
schools and keeping them. Ffequent
changes in teachers, he stated. Is both
bad for the schools and for the pupils
attending the schools.
County superintendent OF Ednca-
tion FELTON, gave next ai account Of
the State Teachers association meet
Ing in Florence recently and made q
plea for full terms for the schools.
Re read and explained to the trustees
the recently enacted compulsory
school attendancc iaw. and asked
them to gi7e the matter their seriour
consideration. y
County Supervisor OF Ftaral SCHOOL,
Miss Maggie NJ. darlington appeared
before the trustees and rave an Ax. Z