The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-05-16
AMONG THE SCHOOLS
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A PERSONAL STATEMENT

fact the puollc mas noLnlhS W uo WIN
it. But my opinion as editor of The
Herald and News and as county sup
erintendent of education is a matter
with which the public has concern, or
has a right to have. l have about
reached the stage in life that l don't
care very much what the public
thinks or says about me so long as l
can have the approval of my con-
science that l have done the right as
7 have been given the power to see
the right.
The statement which l now have IN
mind is in rafernec to matter when
has Just enough of the semblance OF
truth around it to make it easy for
anv one who so desires to have
wrong impression appear. as the truth,
1t has been reported and talked:
and is now being talked, that as ed
itor and as superintendent of educa-
ton am opposed to the home demon
stration work and to the community
market. neither of which is true. II
fused to pay it. AS to the commun-
itv market it is all right with me. II
they desire to have a home demon
;tration agent that is all right with
me. But l did not think the salary
If the agent should be paid from the
school fund, and I said so, and re-
fused to pay it as it was not pat IN
The supply bill. AS to the commun-
ty market / expect to buy as much
Of what I eat from the farmers OF
he county as any one in the town
according to purchasing power.
The supply bill for last year di'
eected me to pay the salary of the
,gent from the unappropriated school,
:und. l advised the legislative dele,
.ation that I did not knox of anyrsuch
sund, and 1 declined to pay the mon
" because l had no such fund. The
only fund that the county board has
as school fund is the three mills tax
and what little marriage licenses ane
.ame warden money there is, and the
aw SAYS that the three mills tax
must be apportioned in July of eacf
year, or as soon thereafter as posi-
lie, among the school districts ac'
,ording to enrolment, except that {.
1er cent must be set aside for build
ng, mad all of that does not leave
enough to pay the part the law says
he county must pay for buildings ir
| order to get state aid for buildings.
The last legislature authorized ant
directed that the amount of S150t
( IS part of the salary of the 1home
demonstration agent to be paid from
he school fund and authorized the
| county board to borrow the money
% pay it for this fiscal year, and tt
oay it out of the school fund to bC
collected next year. The school yea
ends June so and the fiscal year De
,ember 81. The county bothr ha'
borrowed the money and pledged thu
:chool fund for next year to pay the
lote, and that means that when The
,pportionment comes to be made IL
fully that it will have to be reduced
bout 25 cents per capita, and in.
stead of apportioning 1926 We will
| De aole to apportion only abou
$500. Ny position is, and has been
f the people want the home demon
| ;tration agent the salary should b.
| provided from some other source ant
not taken from the school fund, be
.ause the children are now underfec
md undernourished and the schoo
.und is too small. The legislature
ays do it this way, and that is the
aw making power, and l bow to the
!ecree though it does not change my
! opinion that it is wrong and really
n conflict with the plain provision OF
he constitution. If this be opposi'
ion to the home demonstration ag
ant, then so be it.
I have not expressed any opinion
lbout the home demonstration agent
| at all, except to say that l thought
The Newberry agent one of the best
and brightest in the state, and intel
| igent and industrious. When she
irst came 1 offered to take her out
and show her the roads and introduce
Ter and be of any assistance that
could, and she did go with me to
number of schools.
AS to the market, I have never op-
posed it, but suggested plan, ana
made the suggestion years ago, and
repeated not so long ago, bv which
all the farmers and producers might
be aided in disposing Of what they
/ uro,,, ror +bo Gosh that 1uOOl6 he