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ii iiujixi i'-.-rjn 'i i?r?tt-i?tyao ^-irriC^^rrmi'trm?r-?no* * "? !!< miMimi I w?wn l lllll<>llj?,<jwi??ainiili?pb?agawewct?w? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 7.||| ? I IIII '!!? I ll ll II Hill , ? '? THE WHITE HALL SCHOOLS OFFICIAL PAPERS. THE REASONS V/HY THE WHITE RENTERS ARE DENIED SCHOOL PRIVILEGES ? Fads ami Inridi'nts ('?:iacp<wi Willi She Warfare Wlii?*li i* Ucin^ Cwr riod on Against Tlic.so leiforlitnati People. Owing to the fact Unit the School Conunis sioaer litis seen lit to mnkcstuU-meutsnt va rious times of the eiivuni.staiu'o.s conncctcil with his refusal to grant ai school to the chit dren of persons who rent land i:> White Hall, we have concluded to publish herewith t!i< oilicial papers in conmdion Willi tbcaflair. We hope they may correct any misappivhen.sinu on tin; part of the public. A great \vrong, in our opinion, was done by bis n;fusal to enroll the names of these children, su that they might receive their .share of the public school fund. It will be noticed that while he lvfnsid even the rudiments of an English education t?i poor children in White Hall, he paid money for eight months to the Abbeville lltgh behool, to which poor children were admitted for only a fractional part of the time. ?- ? ??? ??* * rtATTAr-T A\T TT * Ti T> 1J?I lil-b AlATXJbA ur a ounuuii uit an.j\?j LABOH. Aj?i?oaI of Ciii/.fr.s i'l'siyin^ to 5k' Allowed to Ilavc a l*nl>It?* Sciioo! on l*>c I'ast Side of !(:::*<! l:i!ior Crcch. Sto tin; ConH.'/ Hoard of Kxuminurs for Al-bcvillc County : ( KNT LKM KN? Wo tllO Undersigned patrons o( a school ill the Mil township respectfully appeal an<l herein pioeiit sonic of the causcs ?>i which we complain. We had petitioned I ho Hoard of Trustees of the Mlt township lo^rant u* a school on the 1-J.isi side of Haul Labor creclt: lJecauso we ha I lid? rc'|tiis:i?? number of chililveil of the lawful age?luo.M of the:n ;;i rls; that the eros?.inu.sof the said ereolt were iiadiy kept, ami for m<?stof tin-winter and Kj*rtnu months iii);>ruciieahic for small children ; that iijiO'Hl house conveniently located, and without cost to the township, has been procured; ?:iil thiil tho services ul' a ! ii'-lier thai we tli enieil w.iulii suit us hail Ik-cii engaged. Now that tliis petition has not been of any nvail, ami tliiii the majority of the Trustees have refused toslvin and forward the report ol' our tcaeher for the month of February, and tiave declined to roeo_'n!/.o that we have any right to any share in the school mud, wo leave to call your attention t-j some ol the fuels as they appear to and ali'ect us: 1st. Th.it the cast side of llard Labor t.'ieek lias no rcprcsmtatioii on tho lloiU'd of Trustees f>r the st h town: hip. Jnd. '1 hat about tvvti-thinis r?f the Sth township is situated on the east si?! of s.*M erevic. ."rd. Th.it the Truste-s for the Mh townvliip res ill" (wiliiiii a mile ami a half of each di her on one and the same ro.id. lib. That two of the Trustees are patrons of the school to which lltcy propose to eoinjiel us to send. ;?th. That it is not our purpose to antapo nizc any school, out to as* mr mat which wo ! *oi 11 ours liy riuhl. under the law as c.\jdaiMod i>y you in your circular of sti^iesUous to Trustees. lit 'i. Tlial a school loeatcd as we have nsk?-d would lie nearer ilie center of l!ie township, uii't accessible to a number of chiidien who are ut pre>cnt without representation, and will nut Iso provided tor in tile next annual app liniment of tho school fund. Till. Thai ir, is not of tin; uisbuice, hut the natural obstacles that intervene between us sind tiie school on the west side of Hard Labor (.'reek that wo complain : some of us have for years endeavored todoiivc benefit from s lid*school, hut iiavo found theoUbrt attciidc I with many disadvantages, and tin- result very unsatisfactory. >th. Thai when we (lis! j?vsontod our petition to the Trustees we wore encouraged lo ' sroahe.'id,*' as two of tliem at that time saw no good reason why they could not comply, villi our rt"iuest?one of ihu i!oai\l still sustains our action. titii. Th;Jt we aro willing, from our private resources to supplement any aid I ha', wo receive from the school fund lo the extent of our ability. pith. That we have an abiding failli in your disposition to increase the rJlicicney of schools, a tul to promote alike I ho interests of all in properly rearing and educating our children, and in making, during the short pcrlod Miry may bo under our control, as jn?i. live developments for their good as our ?-ireuinstanceseati admit. lltb. That thisappc.il has not been prompted by acrimonious or party fee-lug. il l-. .1. i , l>. II. lillH'A nn, SakaiI A. V\'ui:niiN<;r<)N, JniiN II. T"i.:i;:i!r, T. T. ?1.1:, 1 K.MI KI, l: VtVilt. JoUN 11. WlLiU.V. 'CUE CHAIRMAN OBJECTS. Ele AhKltiittts to Ri'iiy tiu* S<!?ooJ for (lie Keason (3iat ft M'oiilc! In> C'oiuthe "{'hil:trfii of Parents who Kent IJkadi.i.v, s. ('., FVbrunr.v 2<, | Vr. (!c<i. ('. i/(!'/'/? .*, .Srhvol Liut:mx*i'>n<.i\ .-l. C: Sik?Y?>i:r 1'uvoi of the -"'Ut has i.eeii j-t ? !vvil and outwits liot'-il i:? regard to ?Imlocation of a school ou tli?> farm of .Mr. Wil$t.in,nml 1 ?1?siiv to submit most res|>i.vt fully ? plain itiiil. 1 IliiiiU, :iti impartial .-taiemeii! j ?tf ttie facts and sui'ioiitu'iiii's in t:ie en > . >u| the llrsl place the While Mail i-eliiwl liou.vj and tliu land upon whit it it is iocate>!, is and j has been public property for ten or t'.ve'\V!i rears and our action 1 >i niainiainii:;; s.ti i ^ciks)! whs It as;<i upon Section 1"U ot the Scli.iol Law, which you veil know, ami it is therefore usei?s< to repeat it to you. The new school asked lor i> not more than one ami a hair miles from W hile Jlall ami the msIioIsusof which it would he oonsiituted, would j in a great measuivi>o transient, from the I'.ie! that thru arc children of DtircuCs who rrnt i in<l noil of cwtrsc U ibtc' tit move, (tinI uv /uti'i! I.'tiiwjht it unii'inc to c<t>il'tish kcIiijoL\ trilh III' attavlhij Tali i iu these points into consideration, we have in<* it t<? establish their school, notj however with 'lie intention of dcharrim: any child tVoii) at I end im: school, i'm)' we claim not J to have (lone no. t?tit 0:1 the o'li. r hand :??erl that the While Hull s'-hool is as available lo tlios<- who are dhs.itlstied, as to many i.-i' those children now attcndiii-s from other directions and believe it'any unprejudiced perj?vi? will examine the matter. ihey wi.l tin.I this statement correct. II is true that tlar.l l,:'.t)or creek intervenes. Iti.i also true that Jleaver I>am ami Morrow* Munch is between Mime of ttie attend Hits of the While i : 1 school and their homes and -aid streams are as Ineligible as to i-ro-i- iiiu in h.id we-.i her, :is 1 lie oilier.stream, winch has a bridge over it. ]t is true also that .Mr. Seymour taught the "White Ilall School for several years ami cam<: troin tlii-side where the objcciii::* parties live aad lnouzht his children with him, Miine of whom were of the minimum aw and children from that, side, liolh sin.ul and Inrue, jjirls and b >y.s all *nd< d. and no Mich in -tie Ilavo over i>i u forward lioI':we. Tlio :u;!ii?n of tin- palroii.s ???' the pro|??><-l scli'>->l lias boon ?l?-?>jdy I ojmvI I by a iti.ijorily <>i'tlii* I in;'id stud ( sal-i.v say lliat ?>ur ui'tinii \vm< l:ik''ii tiflor due o?mslil'Tatiuii ami hi :i I iii" t?l" tviial wo l.i Move l<# be a < dischar^-- of our duty. Very truly vours, i. i:. r.\ I:\VII.K. IVm Ji. T. W. 11. T. THE BOAUD MAKES A FUEfiIE2 OBJECTION. ''Following? in Hie Foolsfvgts oS" 'S'licir 1?rt-?lI'fosstti's" (lh? I*a?ii<*a2s) th<> 'J'rdsiccs isji it Schifdl oil Hani l.abur fur Xcf;t'<? 2I?*i?<<*rs imi Fiittl .Many to Jii!?>:ai:i Thciii in t(?':i,f iliis :t Nciiool to While liriilvrN ? Tliry litsinualt* lii.it tin- ji'srocsct White i!;>21 iiriIti'ttor iltixMiii than the ^Vliitc Itenters of Kai-il Lat>or. I'o the Hoard of Km miners of Abbtt'illc Count//: We, the uuUcralgacU, Trustees of public ? I : for No. St!i Township, Abbeville eonnI l.v, have boell llotilied Of all" ;i|i|i";il from Dill' division ill regard Id tlu; location of :i certain j scho<'i (i!) the kdsi, M;ii* <if llard l?t bor creek ami li.ivf! been inrni.-'i' il with .? copy of mid I appeal. In reply, wn heir to osi!! your all en! t'on to one .stut<-iin iii of I lie appellants in tin* I preliminary claim of their appca's, which we I (le.sire to correct. Viz: tli:?! tile undersigned I have declined to recognize the rights of the 5 appi'liaiits to any of t he school fumi. This we deny, us wo desire here to put oil record, our avowal of tin- rishl of any aud all citizens to (their full share of the school fund; but simj ply differ as to ilie manner of rccciving aid i from sai-l fund, I As to articles otic, two and three: wc were "j not aware, nor as we as yet, that t ho School ?' !?iw reijuired 1 lie School District?; to be sub| divided nr.d t)io trustccs to heappointed, Willi Ian eye to I oval rcpuseiitation, however wo do . not propo-v to canvass the great mistake o} our aiM'Oiiittivt.t, but. will have to saddle this fit!> i /i.i.v on our wort liy School l| As t<> artiflt* lour, we positively deny that our In-iiitf i?:itruns of the White Hall school , inihicnccd either of us in our action; hut > ciaim lhat said actio!! was based on what wo believed our conscientious duty towards evj cry person in said towhshlp. We propose to ' pass over article live, as it is only a statement ' of motives. ! As to article six. which slates that a school ,1 looalcd where the appellants desire it, would ; he more cm! rally located ami easier of access 1 to a number of children, v;ho otherwise will | not l-e provided in the nc.vt annual apportionineiit of the school fund, we have this lo .'av. Mn.it <>/ tin- r.'. iot the. finrtuxcl >'< / o"l, or at | last't ifo'iii uli.tibrr of t/icut, arc t hi!<h }; of j,-tijiv/i/* trim art trtitit'ciif rrxitiriit* of that mitjhj borhtiOil, which wax our vf (he jm.v. ?.? that j r;.ii:i fuc<l our action, for lllij school it' cs lablislicd, might have lasteil only one I year and th'.n have become a dead letter, from I removals, ?Ve. As to Its being more central, wc will Mate that the Whius Hall school was located by the whites about fifteen year.; a-.-.o. and so wen assureci were me men iru>ur? m its bcinjf tlin proper location for a while school, then :i)ui for years to conic, t!wl i'lvy purchased the laiul when: i!:e school n??w exists and bulit a house, all of which was lor with public Hinds, and the titles voM-'d in the public, ami we aro informed and Ivlicve that one proviso in the titles was,in thceveiil of i!sab.?!Ul niiioal for the? purpose lor which J lit was huili, the J. V5 '".'tl fCVC t- .1 !; lilVi seller. We claim fui Mier thai the White ilall | j school is of easy access to many of the appel-1 [hint- atul more ca.-y ol? ac.-c-> to thos" ino>: | uisad v.inlaueonsly s-i! m:?t 1 on the Kast side i | of Iiaid Labor, than nearly half of the pr?s-j jent scholars attendant upon the While Jla'l J school, all of which will appear upon investigation by an ill:interested or unprejudiced person, and therefore if t!-c children of the | appellant are debarred from attendin;; school j | or a proper representation, so as to get all the ] j benei't accruing to Ihe proporiiantiicitl of I In-! | sehool fund, from the increase of numbers, il , iwi!l result from the action of their parents, i and not from any action of the signers of i ids i paper. We claim therefore that we haveonI' ly foSlowed in llie foolsiepo of our predecessors ; ami have continued a school in easy reach oil tho upp.'Hants, yea. much easier than very , probably half the children of Abbeville coun-' ty. We will Mate* further as jjermain to this ar-! I ticlc, that on the same pounds as the ejipel-! | lants bas'd t heir application, a colored school { ] w.is applied lur iiiid lor uie same reason* u was d-dined Id b : c-dal'iisho:!, from the fad j of their heiug in reach of other schools. iMid \v? vviil here state incidenIly that tlu-ir 1 c.itiun was much move reasonable, from the! lact thai the colored children had to cross the J saiao creek and besides walk t>vo and a half or throe miles, and at this wi itinii children of tin* colored race are walking from the crossroad* at. W"li11? Midi to a school at Itradley, and these children arc of those parents who ajipii' d to us for a new colored school, ami j when refused, accepted ti>o situation philosophh*sdly atul went oa in tiioewn u-norof their way wiihoiit a murmur. We claim to iiiive acted In accord with what we conceived I to he our duly, and riuht here most positiv< ly J stale Ii'.at no personalities was even dreamed j or thought of ia oar lino of action, hut oai.v a sincereiti-sii'e to perform our whole duty without tear or favor. All of which i.s respectfully submilt.-1. j NO. u. C.\I:\VJ:.K, A. -\h N i :il.l., .Members Uoard. : March 12, IS.*: . ANOTHER CHARGE AGADTST THE CHIL- ! 1 DREN OF JrEESCNS WHO RENT LAND. ! Tl?p Tr;t*Uvs Difhor Show thvir Ijr-1 lioram-c of ?! ? J,svtv itliici: Ihf.v j art' J;? op DSsb Ilu'.v !!<) si V.iiJitl U't'iMiK to t!?w ('!iii<!k'Pii oi'; tiicir 3'uor l'iio!2('ii("i)^ rii'isliiiors.! Wo further present as :i rensnn of our refits-1 ill lo Kraut liH' folniol applied lor, is. tli:?t I!?? | ^raiuili^ of Hie* school would noecssit:ile the | shorteuin;; of our school term oiso month. I i thereby preventimt the attendance of over l!iI've hundred scholars in the public school for the space of a month. V.'ti sti'iiiiU thai no oik? is debarred from atteudim.' school l>y our j ;ii'!ioii, iiU'l Mia! ii would have been unjust (o delmr throe hundred pu{ IN from otic* month's ; :ii'. !!(/.iticv. to U'vomitlodiiU) Hie s:;p>?tied in1- i t-i-M-it.v for tin- school applied for, when r? ::!I>* no such neet s.-iily exists iit Ihc opinion of the uiuioisi-.n- (I. All of which is resncel fully tubrniKed. * .1. ("A !i\V 11,Bt I .\. .MrNKl1.1., il-anUers of iJoard. I Syst ti < E rrur.t. Accoimuiayimr those papers we find :i iiis?| * j which from mechanical dlliicullies, we arej 11::;11?lo to print. \\ e however copy the table j j of distances us fui nisiiiu Ihei'euii. Like iieitr-j j ly everything eNe tin- Trustees Imvu Kit id j I list thu lenders, all H;e estimates are wroirj. set- llisjby's allkiavit: TKCSXKh'.S KJ-TIMATK DISTANCES FRuM I Will IK UAM. Tolbcvi's J iniJfs. iSitn^h'r: I'^luiiis. * "i*? 1' i miles. i W'uril.inut'iii's I1" I'lli' j Wi:i;i: *ey.uours'... T, :is:!?. -. [ ; ! 1 tw:siilY. 1! l'.ivuv '.J .. 1;? llli!'-.:. AFFIDAVIT OF A WHITE RENTE}'. Some I'nrls Wlileli Will <"?ppo<*J al ! Least Soinv of ihe Statements ol'j Ilic M'liilt! Hall Trustees Who <Civ?j Acm'o ISrutvrs si (iouil ScJkk.I. K.hJ j S?eisy any WeJiwoI at all ?.; {hoi Wliitt l!<'ii(<1!'* in the Kiiiiii' M.'i'vh-' l>orSi?>:ui?AS'id:xv i! <Sia? i?ioK?.itos?l I i'lK'iiiispm lire I tia'.!eif'inte. Statu <>: ' sorrn T.T V ("uI'M . iif A i ! VI 1.1 1 J'? rsonnliy apjH-aivil .i.ia.es A. SStjrn.v, who i !>e!!i< ?l'iiy wui i!. >:iy<: 'i ii.it in- is iYlie | I'lvas iif tlit- white ! M'liuiji. 11'i ilnr P ast siil -i.i Kuril La'm:* e!"e?;!?, 1 i'l .-;elniol i'Uliiel s, in huiil n.iiaty, aim | was ii.a of tile |iarl!i* who :i|>|>Si?<l jur th 1 i j?eiiiii!j ii!" .-.lie sehiKil. anil is tami!i:;r with 1 tti<* ein:t:i;i?;aiici..s under which U:e hchoul j I I'ii.! i t:: it | I it-Mil s fur : .ilcj Srln in! ivcro i"! t j !iy :i majority i>i Uii: ini.-Uv* In no 11111 i-;i t wis li tin- x'liixil ; I m'ii ut >:ii.l inisJii-s; ! Siiyin j I!;< .% saw n<> oiijvctlull ti> tlie cMal>K*ii- j ; n! Mtiti v_-iiui.il; i Thai afiitii; h i iin- oiiKoura'ii'iiii'iit vi ;i 1 ** i tin: Iw<? Iri'sii-i-s tin- ?i; ; {i?: :11~ prm-mi-il :i 'M-lm-l Illill-I', lift j> il'i || 11: i m;]iih>I Iui'I MII'.'i; 1 ii in I pi)! I in- M-liimi I i'ii! iii iii'.liiit.->> im- t In] sflmul l.i-iniv ii'iin.iui: i.'u- liiiii il.-fiiiii".i to nji'ii ti.i M'ii-nii: Tnal l.i. i.j?nn ! -aiil s^lino!, r.ml J III tin' <11(1 ol 1 III* yrliuu! 1:11il:I ll 11.i? U'llSili'S rcl'll -1 d !>i |i;iy 1 in- liar In l" viilJiIoYi-ii; : 'J'lijil 11?? csiiiua'ol (Is.slum iI'mm J lie \V !iili; jliiiil Kulionl li> lin- iinim > ill' I \vImm.-, I ii.rims ii |i'n iir i:i i :.I- laliK- uf il. iiinivs ja.jsi.-iiUM liy >ai?i ;r(i-ti-<.'S u it Si liuir i'-|*l.v '..Mile IJiji'iii; I;i!;'ii !iit:n lln-ir rriit-al lo i-*-tati!i>li jsi'i l jin* Iin*i>rn t.-l, ami tin; ilisimu-i-s ; : !n.:n si* ill Wlii!.. i!:.!! -1.1 l.i ll.,- li.iiin < i.f, I I'ill I'lMiS oi l ll ' M'lliMli oil till! i ll.si ul'j j Hard ]<:ilx>r iti'i'I; iiio inu'-li s; ivater than as! lyiveii in said laidu < !'distaim';-; Tlial I !i? ili- :t!;? ? 11 <-':i \* l!i M: II m-Iioo! to .1. it. '" >!lii-it"s In ;ihi,i:t ' > tiiii-'S. itisiv.e! ol" - Ml lies, a- sin t id t.y said 11 ii.miv %; '1 :::ii tin- i!i !:? Willie i i:i!l lini.i to . I'.i!l?'il.< !S l mill' Slliti l.'l'.K yard-', i l>:>! -.'ad id' 1j2 in!!i h. :ts >!:?!? ?! liy : !,> I ne.U-es ; That !!:i- ili.hit iVoin itiie 21 < i 1 -ei.o'l !o ] t"r<>iin r's is i iniand l,'ii'!i yard -, and i; only i1 j iniii".. n> i'i vi i i.i >mi<i I:i i|* oi it: Wiiimvs: I'i'oIii Whin; 11 ril M'iiO.i. ! i \\ ii.'l iliii. ion'.- is 1 mill'ami l.'.K yi.rds, and not only 1 . miles, , as stated in M.iil ! .till-; j From Willie Ha I m:!ioii! to Wilson's; (at S*-' i mom's) is l liiiii* and .s!l .varus, ami nut J , J miles, as stall d in said table; From White Hal! school to Ifnward's is 1 j mill! and I,V>! yards, and not 1\'. miles, as Hiatal in said table of distances; From White Hall school to Uigby's (thij do i pencilI) Ismiles an * !71 yards, and net 01 ! 1 .1 miies, us stated in said table of distanCi I That deponent iias measured tin* distill I from tin1 homo of each of the parties nam ! herein, except .1. K. Tolhcrt's, to the in I stone and I lie fork of road on tiio I-'ast side ; llf.rd I .a hor creek, and from the milo sin | i>ii the We-t side 1.1' liard Lahor creek hef< i reach in u White Hail school house, to s; !s '!ioi)| house, and from the mile stone, on i i Ks'st side of creek to Use fork of road ; | That Mie bottoms on each side of said ere 1 at t !n> bridcc are very wide and muddy, a j in ihe winter season the ercok is often out , its hanlt.s on both sides of t lie bridge; I That the road from iiard Labor ereek I White Hall school houso is very had. a p turn thereof being n deep cut, ami no si paths, r.ml is very muddy during lite wini season; I That the nvora-rc attendance at the scli< ion Kast sideot liard Labor crock ni> to t j present time lias been ahout If, and the < . roilment i!"l scholars ; ) Tint a good school house has boon procur ft of rent: I Thai while it is tnm that a eon?idernl I number of the children who at tend the sein jo:t the Kast side of the creek arc ehildr I of persons who rent laud, it is also trm-tli j Ilu-y arc ahout as permane ntly .situated a> lis j)0.-.dl?!e for persons rc-niins laud to I ; A Mil it is als-> t rue Ihiii si large number of t 'children who attend tin' While Hall sola I arc children of parents who n nt land; t That Iho.-e patrons* of the school oil the ! *: ; sidy of the creek wJio rout land live in go j set' lenient':; i That a large number of (lie ciilldreu who i i tend tlse school on the Mast side of tliec.ivi j are small, and could not attend the school Whit.- Hall: j Tliri iheschool fa? iiUies for.ivliilc childr , 1 >i School l'iMn.-i No. s arc entirely Intul i ijp.al--. .IAS. A. IsHilSY, i Sworn to before m-1 this j.'>ih dav of Aj?r , 1 M. 1'. lJKliia'HJ., T. J. A. C :THE DISSENTING TRUSTEE FA VOLS SCHOOL FOR WHITE RENTERS. r?lr. 15. W. Jny. I'm Only IHsisiierest* Trustee of <I:e Tciv nshijt, C'n tifi j to -J;c Jiislic? ox' 'i'licir (Iniiit?S! Thinks <!ie tVo|>oso<J ftt-lioul Bo for ?lio Kiliicnlionni latcroKtsi < (l)(> 't'ownslljj>. Sr.vri: of Srtrru Cauomna, Ar.isKvn.ui Cotxrv. I'etsonr.lly appeared 1). W.Jay, who bi.-ii duly sworn, say*: Tii.it he Is one of Hie School Trustees of tl Wiiito II.ill school liisirict in said county; That after hearing lhe application of tl patrons of llu-school on the Kasl siitcof I In Lss'ior creek in said district,aiul the f:-.c|s a: circumstancesconncetcil therewitii, lie was w?i?.I k!?lut;il <111(1 |.S? _<T in favor of doing ; Tilsit l?c considered Hard Labor cieek si eo tolerable bsirrier I<> tim children residing < Die Hint side ??f ssiidcrccit in alUuding tl W hit J lull school; That si Isirsji- numberof small children i side on I lie I-"si-1 side of said creek ; That. si school iiouso was furnished wit ho expense (.) tin*county, a:ui deponent beliov il would be best for the ediicsi'iomil Interes of Kiiid r-.'ij??<)1 District I' establish liiescbn on the Ksisl side of Hard Labor ere -U ; That In* is not. si jis.iron of cither the prop< oil fcch-Jol or the Vt bite ii:i!i school. i>. W*. JAY, Sworn to before me this ">lh day of Apr Iv-ij. J. J. .Mosiii.KY, T. J. A. C. EEitfARKS OF THE PRISS AND BANNE Tito Vtliiilv Ali'xir itcrimvcii, nii-il tl SCi'siswiis fur 3!ukiiis' Cliu Preni'i I'lihlicntion, 11 will be rcmeiiilicrcd i>ysit least a port!< of our residcrs tiisit remarks have been insii in the J'rrxa unil liaiincr sis to the tivaimc which "the children of persons who re: Isusd" have received in While Hall townsh at the hands of the school authoritiesof ti township, ihu county and the State. A wo: or two by way of expl.mation. and in defeiie of the white renters of White llsill is otferi io the public before whom the School Col mis.-ioiicr has often drained them. The senilis to us to be no Just reason for the oft-i pcateil accusations and insinuations sixain these poor wiiite renters* They committed i gresi'.er oll'ence than thai which i.s conlaini in si respectful petition I'ora school. The re;i er may judge the extent of the otlenilii when it is remembered that they begged to I allowed selioul privileges which should on e:|ual the school facilities which the trii lees were furnishing to tl:u negroes in ll same neiclihorliotid. Was there anything this to warrant, tin! School Commissioner make attacks on them and their fricnili Various in-inisalions liave been inside,sis the desire of these poor children to lessen tl school term of the town. hip. For this rensi we have concluded to repeat some tacts whi? were previously published, and to add oth t.scts, which shall at iea.'t in si measure dele! I!ics.: luolfending c!iildre:i Iniin Insiiuiatioi smd aeuUna!ions which have been made : various places oJ public speaking in Abb vilie county. In our own behalf, we would say that 11 publicity which lias l-ecu given lo this insitti is not of our own seekiinc. Alter the Count School Trustees and the School Commission had finally coueludcii to disallow these pot white children any heiielit of the putd >ciioo! fund, we .accepted the siiusit'oii uiul tirolcsl but made i:o nublieatioli of the ma tcrilt tbilt lliSli!. TllC* S.'llOOl t'olJl!lliSMO|l< however. i>i I!whilom, clioso to make i-.-Jii?-nl of IliiJ In our lie:zither m! tors, whhjh was |nihiisiti'il. AII ?' ho <!; I thi (li" J'rvxs <tinl Hihuici' liKf.li :i jiiiolic.v. ion ti. .tvuiin.; in iluVu'.l :Jir.sc children, w hilo gi iirjf sucJi" fuels :is wt-iv lit our command. 'i lliis !<:il'iScatlon ho replied, ami a lift' wlillt'tin* matter was dismissed, ami wc i>r suiiflf would not have In-on referred tommi lii t:s?*so columns Itu: for tli-- fact thid I! School Coinini-^ioiK r tmv?> liie copy of il of tl'.l' St.'lie lio,I I'll Of K\.llll!ll' rs I I :;? l/'wcvv/' for lion. This otvaMo: i'il 11 Ji:ji!y jrom ii--. |!t;:'i:.u the 'aiiiii.tKii l! Si !i'"'il < oiniiii xioni'T Ins ' Tsistriiily <lr:i| :r"il these "children of while persons who rei land" I.'foi v li. public in a maatii-r whie wc think wa.- ii?.: only uncalled for, In entirely w!iitem? Jn-'ti'*? : lion. i Hie of ihc friends of 11:- -? vjhlMvon of ;io >'?l.s W ::o ri'til isiltii," in White 11 ail, l'etv| \*i .i tier Iroai the State SajK-i inl'Snli'ii! >1 10 in reicivnco ( > 1 Ij?* n.;:l!i'r, thi'cll*'' of which was :n ii.ih:--!' him |o I, ;\<> jut part a lepil form of nppeii' from the .isni-iii' nt < tin* School Conii.u-Moiier who lias ol' lit talked so <>f tlio necessity of ed rating poor hoys, \v!ii 1 referring to his: ow lowund respect t<>r iSiciii?(in otlicrlo -aliHe -a.-s ticiiii; soureal as almost to induce him I rai.-ehis hat. lotlu-m, and t -j salute them . ".dr. I'resident." A few Carts which we shall pro'-ont. wi prove !io\v lie iv::avd.s ht? eliihlreii of whi ponior.s v.i:o i'i lit iaii'l" in While !Ia!l lowt ship. V/Iiii! have tlies" poor while ctli5! !r??n don that the I-"iriif"I ami < !'X|iiciit. S'choel Con mh\-io! e: should ::d:i:nie them oa any sittiti in .\l-hoville county Why iloes lie, witiioi provoratIon. continually harp on the nil lortiim s ot the whitcchildreii of White II. il wiiiji-itiuleavorinu to lr.alce it iippcar 1 h: thov imi 11 "I a wronji?nei hups a ilisrtpi taiile lie!-in i:i:ti;iin' no ht:ml>io prayer i liiin to t.;ivi-them as inn-'li of Ids olle-ial I; vors as lie was ai. that moment. ^ninMng i the iifirroreiiteis wa an ailjoininv l:trm. 'I'I tchoul i*In>i 11i< i; of Alihex'ili.; county ha\ never ot'jeeieil, so tar :is we have heard, I tivinvr (lie negroes a school o:i the Iv.sl side t iiaid i.sdinr. Tin n, l.ind reader, did ti v. hitv renter?: of tin- same locality commit a o.'ti ia-i ii: ii.-'ili:1; ibr sehoo!? If they di not, tlieii where i. t he .ins! ice ?:l'lhe Seiioi I'niiiiii!' .-doner's course, either in <l< nyin.-; tl; sc.iDDi ui lli ii'iu i.:;; .ii in n? .... It A MJ-.riin:\ur.s a.vu ii>.;uc.-: >; isstati I si 1.1i?-ir tSiinl mi l lust. ai:ifMn5-'l o)>j<rtin i?i t rtt* si'iiii'il oil I lit? Kti*l."'Ulc ol ll-ii'd i.:;!n> I ii=-1 i n -.1. >:iy : "Wf I'll: I!f I' ;>IVS> t'l :i> H |v::*nt| nf our ri-fn- ;* M l!U'r.T, I;.. ll. it tin* iirnJ'li:.i; Tin* tvmiM . i-s.r.Huli'. tlu tliufli'Ii.li^ ?il i?i m hud ti-i i.i mu- moiilS:."* Mr. IIutiles al jitii' Wo.-t, lust Siiliirda, sni'.i: Tlif Triii-Uvs "f Wliilo Hull <!H lint tvuiil t>? ih::1 ji fiinily m'!i<i?I : ! Ii'-y <l.*l hot u'aiit? ? ttt?li~-li ^nuli w.'.i mi', miM it ? ''? unfair t"liii-r i-'iiiiirrii in ll lilt? I'lWU liijr t.1 ?lu llii/.f UtioliltT Mll.-.l, It w: lr? vr^.tlli/.u li\? rcii-iuo wLllv i llo \V..a fi rit-iii." This v.'ii- m.-iilt: ill l'M'ly to !Ii<* jirayi-r i .l.iii.i'< A. liisi)}', 1?. il. 11?> v.- s? : ? I. Jsinili . \V*?.riai:i ^:?-ii. ?I. II. Tollnrl, T. ( r?Mf {. -lintel liatiuh, an.I .!. 11. v, lls-iii, all < \v!j (.'\c-j)i. t\vi', :u"o i>i-r.->oii.j who lei Tii:: sni'.or. a" it.nkanck i< inc!.i:a?''.ii i t?:i: hakii i.a::oi: scihkh.?i;rr tijk ciui-mtkx ai::; ukmuh mlint. Tim Trustees make two misstatements i jhe above <it.iyU.-U paragraph, ami M il.v j I lodges repeats them In n liferent, words, L-s; | when lie says it wns "unfit I r ('? I he i ice jollier children * * to organize two i iO(l' schools where one was MtHielent." ami he also i!e | makes Hie furl Isor error of in ti mat In? that 1 of! "one school was suH'e.ient." mo 'J'lie misrepn sentatinns, from beginning to >re end, is one of our chief causes of complaint, lid TI ic School Coiuinlsstoner Mated at ]>no|< lie j West that the distance from the Xew Scliool I | wrts not mora than a mile, or a mile and n | ek j half, or two miles at furthest from White Mall, i nd ! Is this in keeping with the act of tho School i of i Trustees who misstated all the distances? 1 I The school houses are two miles apart, i to For proof of this see affidavit of Juntos i or- A. llljjby?tiie school house is ahout mid- ( tie I way between the dwellings of I). II. How- i Lcr j aru anil James A. 15ighy. 'J in-applicants nl- < I lege that it is not ro much distance as natural f iol obstacles that makes the now school house 1 he! necessary. I n-1 The Trusters know that a very large por lion of the children who go to the school J ,..1 I ...? I.'.wt um.i / .!' IF..vil I mIw\v hnt'i) ! t | not gone and cannot go to the Whites Hall >le j school. Tho Trustees anil tljo School i.'omiol | mi-slonor know Unit the average attendance en | of children at White Hall has been about tlfiitt; teen. If wo are not mistaken, the average at; It j tendance is not less since tho New School >c. was established. Mr. ISodcus ailml'ted at lie i I sue West that there wore thirty or thirty-live iol Scholars at White Hail and hard hnlior. Ho j knows, that the attendance at the New >s|.t School is ilium!, twenty, and at White Hall od lilt eon. Xow, if the average attendance | of children is increased from fifteen to si-j thirty or :hirt.v-livo children, any dlsinter: );!esltd reader, iikc ttie disinterested Trustee, at1 will see sha! there ss a necessity for tho Hard Latxjr School. ,.!) A (JKOSS MfSltKI'RKSJiKTATION OK FACTA t In reply |o the statement that the Hard La- j "> hor School would "necessitate the shortening of tho school term" wo would say that we do ^ not believe there Is a man in Abbeville coins c ly who will admit Use the correctness or this t I^ statement and we tiro more than surprised . that Mr. Hodges slsoulo. make any such statesisont. The very Section which gives Isiin le- . icat aiitliorlty to tuke tt e public nsonev to do- s I fray the expanses oft.se teach'jis' institute " also says: H C-fc j ' !! ftiio ?ch'ol ConstsslsHfOnci] .-tmil nhiiliaily, or. ! It' I tin- Ili'M iby <i! Keliniary, cir mioii .-if practicable tfcprr- 0 . j.ifiir. apportion the incom e of tho County fjckvol C ' [ Jiiitrietx of his County in proportion to the fiver- s at oi/c iiviiibir of pupils aUeiuti'it/ the free schouU <\ I in each District" e The reader will readily see that any nsser- I , lion, tiial the enrollment of Use cisildren of J1 I Hard Labor would reduce I lie school term is ' *?I absolutely mid positively at variance with 11 the facts as tliey exist. If tho school fund 1 ,u is divided hot ween tho School Districts according to the number of children in at- 1 l!(' tendanc.c upon tho schools, how is it possiJ hie for the Hard Labor children to reduce the lerm of the schools? The Trusicss would If) I I'l'/im rlsn l-.iihli/* fnrwl *?t' Ihn (vinnli' thf? I | additional ftiinl to which (he increased num- i (ber <>f pupil# entitled them. By no po.-slbil-i I ily could I he Hard Labor children tako one ,|1 ieent IVoiti Ihe White Hall school. Even j 10 IIioiil.Ii the apportionment ho made upon the attendance of last year, anil even though "t> the while renters should remove from the township, llielr share of (lie apportionment i would he lelt that, year for the benefit of the l',s| land-owners' children. By no twisting or 1 turning of the matter, can the assertion be maintained that three hundred pupils would lntvu been denied a month's attendance at ,s" school by the enrollment of the Hard Labor children. il. Tin: 1' A T,SI" A I,A KM \S TO TITI.IS. The School Trustees say In speaking of the White Hall school house: r>_ "Wo rsru infoiincil,aixl liulii-vc thnt onn proviso in the titles was in tiic event of its ii!ian<tonniviit for l' tlie jiiirposM-s i*< r which it was built, the poesi-ssiou ro- ' verted to the seller."1 tc As nobody wanted to break up the While i 4 , Hall school, we do not, see the relevancy of thi* statement, even if it were true. We are ? informed by one of the Trustees who bought 7! >n tlie laud, that he U'.iew notiti11 ^ of any such .. le J proviso in the title, ami we challenged these nt j Tru-.tces several weeks ii?;o to briiiu tin; proof ill of their assertion, which has not been fur- " ip nislieii up td this writing. lie ' td EVERY CItAliUli ANSWKUKJ) AXT? FUI?I<Y MET. fj' We believe we have answered every charge d which has bee.n made against the poor wiiitc t children of Hani Labor, except the charge that a majority of them are "the children of s ,lf" persons who rent land." Kxcept, we believe, a j three, all tlie rest arc the children of persons I , I who rent land. It is their misfortune lo be s , j poor, and it is also llieir misfortune to live in ? I White llall township, where Hie negro rent- s i* ers have inure menus aim more scnuois uiun i l"; the white renters. r i" tub seuoor. commissioxkr exckkus iiuj ^ ?? Al-'TIIOltrTV. ' 111 7 to Tin1 School Commissioner hns rend nt dHler- (j * ' out times, an extract from n letter, which, we r to ln liove was written by state suprrJntemlvhf e ('ownrd, to Use elliict that the School Coin- v "> j inissioncr had no rijdit to tlx tiie payof leach Iil^-v. This is what Mr. Hodges said at the be- j, er giuidiij; of the year. |, . "Office of Sciiow. Cmniissroxnii y A iii.i:vii.i.IC (jii'MY, Attisr.\ m.i.k, S. .fun. 14, tsSO. I u" "Ttio Tonntv Boanl i>f lisiimtiiiTs linvf iiirivnl that c the nionllr'i/ i>'ii/ of Irac'icrx shall be awaiting t? c grade nf n-ri.illinuc.nr Will) of wlimil, as follows: 1 "Kiist llrnili', T?vutj'-i'ivi" Dulhri. v ' Srivinl <?r:nlt?. liitflilivli Doltniv, fi "TLiiil (ij'::ili', T. ii Dollars. * * -lusiicctfuiiy, OKU. c. minor.?, ,c "r!c!:o(il CouimfrMom-r A. C." iT l- It remains for the i?arents of the children ,,, whose school term was shortened this year. ;l I Hiy whether (lie School rotiimlsdoiier exneodli. I I'd" his autiKirity, or whether stale JS?i>erhi- X > I tciident Coward uv.s Mistaken. ] MO-VKY .\l'l'l<ori<IATKI> KOli UltKKK", LATIN O j ' AM) I'ltKX'.'II. s j The School Commissioner under same date, a I* |.laiiunry 11, i.SS'.S, says: ie j "Wo t?vi jitiMii' fioe M-iinols for the Kline ra.'P niifdit ' >i; i to l.o wi.hin lo* lititii /h'r ini/cx "/ cach thcr." School houses inti-d he ;:l li?i!Z di -tnnees In thecountry, whiie they are cIo-m together In lov.'n. 'J'l r* ehlidi'cn iif ]ii*2v<ins who rent land I?" initio c->an! ry lire ilenii d all l?*ne;irs of the ' I juiljlicschoi.'|i?, while thi- |'HMic inoni-y may h. it..diverted fr-in its ;ir"|.".r chtiiimjl [ > ?ive l! ! the town hov an education in '.Jivclf.or I.atin, I I i.. i > TiiU nt! i' In. ii I'.i:- -I'lil ixiiii.ii I i'il I :ni!>i:iii !rut i<i < !* ti.u sclivol lunil, bill wo *.! .> '' I | no! i I ; 11 i li:tt way. tl- In thetvwii <>f Alj: evil!.- lin n; arc or wore I "t- several schools fureither race within tliocwr- a! '''.! fonitf lliiii'<. TheoiiieiM report of ilu-Sehool ti of { iiiniifsiosior showed that it- money is p l?'< nonappropriated unlawfully, as we think, for j Ilu: hi-iH-iit of tlit; liUli School at Abbeville. (> " Section lttOl of the mjIiOuI hiw says: n "I*. !? tlit* ilnty i'f th- County li<i:ii-"l ?f Fxnin- v ''! iii.'i S. ai:.l ill' the llt':ni!s ol Tlll.-b'c# lieri ilmftiT pro- |( vldo'i for l? s>? tlint in < wry school uinlrr their rare si | | ti.i'i'f shall lie' l.uulit, ns i:<r us practicable, urllto- \i ,| ur!.|ii:y. ivmilri'.', wilting. :ii-ith ?i?-tli-.irt??irtrm|?liy. Km;- ft | ii.-li i:T::iaill:ir, history ii llli' I I'itri) M ite* :U!'I "if this ! jii '* r-!:;> . tin' i?rii:?*i|'s?--H i.f tl.t- C.ii;slUn;ioii ami laws of w . | the l'nlb-1 Si-i'-n and < ! this .^titc, uiorulx, ami il ;? \f. i'! u!! : i:i:i;xt'k or .st'i itcii in cut'ntkv and v ll] TOWN". l,| TI:r School i'ommlssioni r a? Litto West last !l i! ; Sal unlay saiil: 'J II * | '1 xvlil nut say iIi t I :im In fivorof iiiakin:.'thi' pay ^ " Icachvls $l."?.iHla iii.-nl!i. 1 sun ixil willing iii |I||1 j| '* | a teacher nil;; IlVi I with a I'u.lbiack, a ditcher, or a ,, " , sliui-lnal.i i'." | '.'Jj A: AK-wlniAs Mill lu'SP.iil: T ;<> [ '-I iii-vr meet ii bare!"- I boy that I imt feel Slke1 11 if | raisiui? inv !:a!, iiinl raj iil'i.oti.1 niuinii:^ Mr. I'rcsi- I . If j ('.rill. 1 ft i ! ill t!li- pr-seliCe of MK'il ii li >y that he i'* II ' may \ et ruailiiBiiil t!i Mtelition of listeijin;: -i n :tes : I that I luay t:r in the preset who wmiM j >! nl ' rise t" a p'isitioll nf linlmr t" lile-s ua\l.;i;.|. ) 'ivsi-1 I if j ili'lit (iiirit?-M was iiiici i iii'ili.' r.l i.i! :i canal boat. . il ii<'jt** '1 holiiN' ii wasoiiir* a'mill " If not out of |-.!a-v, may we tiol nsk t !> ?!,7, ""; rentier's a it'ill ion ti i li?- <11 ii?'?- in the *tyi" jj if' llu'St'iiiKjl Coiiin issioiii-r's speech ? \\liy i, i slioul'l In? nl A lew i ne's Mill, in ihi: i'ountry | niiioii;: Hie pi oplr, I.IlKi* lilting his hat ;. > I t.f i tin* poor liov, whili ho in tnr :>iof ihe (| j iiioM rllllUH'il anil I'l'lini'l townspeople in I ill'I V( - , >muii" m? mh'itiiibi.v una ci)!i!i liililtn?lis: |v dI' llio lioul- "liotitlilin.'Si?"' T ii r I i in tkaiui:u ami yt i tnw:.' tka'.mi ;:ii. Tin* Kirlio >1 C'ulii ul<sloiicr limiilfists sticli U* iiMxi''t}' a ?<>!! I I In: i ay < ! (. m li.'is ?11:? t !iu will1 . n ; slmrii'ii I In* M'lunl Iitiii t ? :n"."!iiii|ili-!i lli.il.l j \\V 'iiivt* no ?!<il|l;i liial Mr. llo*!!;i:i is in.n<M | is :>? !iv? >? in !t 1^ aii.\i'"iv I'.i. l:;.; welfare ni'.-i ;i- | Ills I ll?"ll<"lS. 1*111 ill? II WS III 111".. II. Will-It- c\. . |'! : |.i is-i'> :tp" lillli'h ni11 r i li.-|]i li) flat collitl.iy. [ ? . li i:il?i"s;i!ii>n! ;!.i'iin" -"^ini:i yoiir In |?:i.\* linu.v"! ' It-Ill ill loVVIi. I isrll i!ir <>X|ii>l|Si> n|" WUlni, ill.il ' v, i lull llviii'.t i?? t?? t?.-!ii-> no? in |,ij fx- it " , j ii< <11)ri! iiii|?iv|i iil iuiM lit'i^iitn-rliiiiNis can i ', ! inn micii :i ln"n:i<i Si iii iIii'i*. In Unity ol' ! < . n . ii miniimi! I-I !t- iv a.e Un.-:.|. il voting hull; s j j will! nil'n( 1ioii:o u |i| who arc fjiatl to fi-l. I|;i-1 Y ii|ii orlmil y lornrn a little* moiii y, ,ic> m l miuii iaun'1 u'c?iii?i in* [41 Icacli for j If 11n; piiU'tiiiil, iiiniiionsi'iisr Hliz.-n will ' li.nl; i;L iltf iii ill.cr forii niuuii-nl 1st; will so<; , Unit ?v?jii jl.">.(? i Is nu ini :m pay. Tl;o teacher J wurUs iilioul six hcur.shUnv for livmlays in ? t!iu wwk. Then' ?rw many educuiod young -i i'. i ludies who would not refuse seven ty-Uve ccuuj * i mrsix nourso. iiciu won; mine snnoe. mere lire many such ladies who would be glad of such employment at 315u month. [)LD 80I.DIKIIS?AVIT/L OUH YOl'XO MEN* POINT THE KINO Kit OF SCOHN AT Til KM ? The School Commissioner is, wo believe the mly candidate for Heetlon to any olllco, who lias had an unkind word to say of any competitor In this campaign. Ho had something losayat Alewine's Mill of Mr. Cowan's adnlntstration of the schools, ami at luie West lie said "we don't want old,soldiers in office? io matter how valient they may have been n war?If they have failed at everything Ise." The natural inference Is, that he neant a s'.ur at his competitor, who is not an irator, but who on entering the otiice of iehool Commissioner, ordered the schools to )c run about twice as long as his predecessor ' ;optthem open. On t be other hand, t lie people will not forget . hat Mr. Hodges greatly reduced tho length of he school term. Wo predict the people will sec that this ' >ld bat tie-scarred veteran?Capt. Cowan, of ' vhom Mr. Hodges speaks so disparagingly? .vill, If elected, give them more educational ( tdvantases than they have ever had. Tins old , lohller has wounds which he received in j i.ittle while Mr. I lodges was yet a lad. Will :oung men, who have grown up since the var, point the linger of scorn at old soldiers , vho daily stiller from their wounds? Is that j ho reward to which their valor entitles . i...io > I.'vpii iii!. v?nl:r.iw lifivi> novnr f,.llr>h . i) awftrd to I lie Confederate soldier full crodit 1 or his valor. <<) GOOU TEACHER .SIlOEI.n I5KCOME SCHOOL COM MISS I ON EH. There Is no blotting out the fact that Cap- ' :il 11 Cowan >ravc lis longer schools than Mr. lodges save us this year. There is nodenyingnnother fact: ourcandl[atcs for the Legislature have promised very reduetion in their power. It is certain hat Mr. Hodges said he would not reduce the lay of teachers to ?13. Under the present management the pay of eiiclicrs is increased, and the term of service s re<Jue?d. Mr. Hodges thinks a suceosslul teacher houlfl beat the head of the schools. We beieve wc can name two good reasons, either ir.o r.f whirl) should prevent any good tcnchi from holding the ollico of School Com mi sloner, namely: 1. Xo good teacher should iult his profession to accept temporarily an lective oillce. 'J. As a rule, teachers when in iowor are too apt lo think of the teacher iiore than the children. The people should iiive a innn in the oillce who Is interested norn in the children than in raising the eacher's salary. EACH KU'S INSTITUTES MAY EE TTSEKUL OE THEY MAY NOT. Teacher's Institutes, theoretically and praeIcally, may be of great publicgood if the bus- 1 iiess of teaching should occupy (heir time t lid attention. I'.ut If It Is to be a sort of rade's union to devise ways and means by , rhich the leathers may secure the public , iioncy for the least work, then we think the t eachers institute an actual and positive in- ( ary to the children, to say nothing of the | irinciple of taking their money for t lie I list I- , ute it>clI. If our rentiers have read the ac- f ountsof Iheir proceedings they know that . he matter of salary lias not been entirely , verlookeil. There seems to be a sympathy | ictweeii teachers that does not exist else- < rliere, and the hond is between them and not j etwee ii the teacher and the children. Their , limucial in"crests are diametrically opposed o each other. ( nr. 1W>> ??? ? -- ^ Mr. Hodges gfivi- some reasons for I ho short- < ning of tlio school Utiii, but it really scorns i i lis that ho entirely overlooked the actual, < uul ami only reason for shortening the school inn, namely: the increased pay of toucher*. 1 I' wi' are not mistaken the standard of schol- 1 rship required of public school teachers was i really reduced at the recent annual exaini- i i.ition. The questions wore easily answered, I ,!id, under tin-operations of this plan, a large icr cent, of thoso leachers who held .second i radoecri i tientes were advanced to first gratl", ? nd in like niatiner nearly every third grade cacher was advanced to second or lirst made. Villi the grade of toucher advanced,and with ' lie pay largely advanced, is there any won- < cr that the schools were oloicd much eitriler < han formerly? Let us see how the plan of lowering: the 1 tandard of education required of tiio teacher, nd the raising of his pay, ell'ects the schools, 'nder Captain Cowan the pay was ?10,S1> and JO. Under Mr. llodges it is !?10, JIS and Cow, if a third grade teacher is raised to a , ceond grade, the pay Is nearly doubled?say ' coin 61(1 toils. It a second crude teacher Is aised to tlrst grade the pay is Instead of \ 1">, as formerly. Willi the third grade ad- ' an red to second grade, and with the second rade advanced to Urst grade, it will be readi- f y understood how the school term was rc- ' luced to about one-half of what it was under 1 'apt. Cowan's administration. i Willi ('apt. t'owan restored to ollice, and < tilli the pay of teachers reduced to flu, $12 I nd $! "), the term of every school will be \ cngthi'iied. while someof them will no doubt e kept open during the whole scholastic 1 P.'llV Where is thosen.se of dividing out the ptibIc money, except on thorough business priniplrs7 i>o wo nil not know that msmy tenchis iiiivu worked at red\ieed pay al'ler Iliopubic? lund ii;:^ been exhausted? It they will I'orli fur individuals for less, why not tvork i>v the governmental the same reduced rate? * TO SAVE LABOR. 'arajvrapJis From Our I'lrst Vnblicn- j tso;j nre Hero IteproifuetKl. 1 In order to save labor wc herewith attaeh | onie parrnniphs from a former article, with ( few interlineations: UK I.iMi'TKD St'lIOOl. ACCOMMODATIONS FOU f WHITE CHII.IUIKX ACCOUNTED FOK ON* t THE UltOl'NI) THAT TIIE TKL'STEES AJtE FOLLOWING IX THE FOOT- I sricfrf or their fkedeces- t WJU8 OF FIFTEEN 1 YKAKS AGO, , The School Trustees also say: 11 ' 'i'Lc AVLite i'nil fvli""l \v;ts lucalcil \<y the whites ! J l)(?ut t'lUvii years * * * We claim,therefore,', ril wo iiuvii only followed in the footsteps of our , ivdoci'Sdors.' t Fifteen years n;ro wo presume the Trustees * I' Hint low iislnp Were under ltsulieal appoint- i sent. If the necessity of a white school at a t'hite Hall thou existed, \vc presume a major- <1 y of Hii' hoys ami sirls who wont to that c hooi at lliat time are now crown men ancl't 'omen. Certain it i.s, UiuMhei-eare now very 11 !W children of the school a^c, within easy | ecess to it. I>oes the ^renter school I'aciiilirs j, *Sti<*!i have hern ? rant (it to (he colored chil-j | ren in White liali township, conn-from the j ie) liiat. Ihe Trnstois are "'followirtr in iheij h>!stops of their predecessors'' of lit'teen J v ciiis a'jo ! 'J'ho Trustees of White 1 fall township with 1 j 10 a'.d of tin' school Commissioner, have',, ce:i a We to open but two schools for the white j Iiiidren in all tiiat township ? their own ( liool heiiiji Kept open lor tivo mouths while c ie o! her school was kepi open for only lhro?'l south*. < irdiuarily, the School < Vunmission-' j. r mi^iil lie ex peeled to v.e how it is that the | rasters are ahlo to keep tluir own sehor.i j ? [" n lousier than other schools. "A sincere p. csire to perform their whole duty without!'] ar hi' favor" would seem to indicate thatjj it'll si'liool 01 ill I 'I he kept open for exact ly I he ). iuse Icmsili of time. "A sincere desire to v L'ltorm tiu'ir whole duly witlioiit fear or fa- v or' would seem to indicate that, the white 'j, i-i nier.s" on the Ka*l side of Hard Labor .. 'onid have reason So expect school facilities ,u:tl to those which have heeti furnished to ^ ii-ciiSored "ieiiiers" iii the same nolglitior- : J, >>od. lioi'S not tie- lefusai to iriaiit. the white -, it liters" as mucii ;-ehonl privileges as aiv ac- j ;v irdeil lo tiie neyioes, look like "lollowlny in ie ti.ifisteps of tiieir prcdceo*?ui?'' of liliccu j cars auo? j j, HE WAV Til K Sl'IIOOl, ITS!) is IlISI'OSMIl j I. MoDATIoNS roll nil-: WIIITKS. | II will l>i- observed that the Hoard of Triw- j v< say lliiit I!' The Cl'-iltl'fi- of list* Scli'Hil wnilM lli'iN'Mluti" ll?* ml train:; el' iir H'liii ?iio n.unlli. iln-ivt-v ,, vt-itl'iis; tlu' ntti'inlaiKV i-f t.v<r Dm i-huriiii't ) n Iiul.a> in the l-itliiic*>cli'M>Ifor llio^Kuvuf it ini.lilii." . f| Not Im in.: ahlf In ti:i.lcr>laiiil how nuo litlle. > I;,,,,I could .so materially all'rel ii whole) j I >\, lisllip, Wr I'.lUi'il oil Seltool t'ollltllhsaiilel' V !o<lui > to win st>?*0111!uny wo arc indebted ior j IC iollowillg liU'th: T v. nrn: sruooi.s in township. Time. Ai;if>n:it. k'liito Hall, V. Crilltn, teacher 5 mios. SluO.tH) lak Urovc, .Miss lid tie .M. lloss, teacher 5 mos. WW*) ,'otal for wliitc schools lu towuslilp fJUO.OU t ? FOlt WHITE CHIJJ>ltEX TAUGHT BY TEACH. KIlS OUTMIDlf OK THE TOWNSHIP. Bradley school, T. J. ttrilliii, teacher 5 mos. S 11.00 Mt. Moriali, Miss Morrow-, teacher 3 mos. 30.90 Miss Nannie E. Kcllar, on O. \V. Johnson's ii]ace 3 mos. C0.00 Total 51o9.'ltt r.vin Fon school houses. For white children $ 10.00 For colored children 85.0!) S Co.OO RKCAI'ITDLATtOX. For teaching white children 5*10.00 For teaching colored children 240.00?S-wO.OO For school lioiisei 80.00 Total payments ?fl.">1.00 Total payments fur white schools $129,110 lolal payments lor colored schools In Ills speceh at Alewine's Mill, the School Commissioner suit! that the white people rejeived about two-thirds of the public school ritnd. Wo presume this remark did not apply to the locality in which the children of white persons who rent land are denied a <ehool. The above ollicial statements show that the negroes in White Hall are betler provided with schools than the children of white persons who rent land. DIE WHITE HALL SCHOOL GBtS' A LION'S SHAKE. The reports of the teacher of the Trustee's School at White Hall show that the monthly ittendance was but a fraction over fifteen scholars, and ttic pay certificates show that lusa llttcen scholars received S100, out of the 5319, proving that these fifteen scholars at While Hall received about one-tliird of the olal public fund for white children in that lownship. We are speaking of facts?not "inluenees." We have shown that the Trustees' own school, and the school which is taught by Mr. T. J. Gil HI 11, at Bradley, which is in Iniian Hill Townslii-p, are paid Ave months, inil that none oi the other white children revived more tluin three niorths benefit of the school fund. These statements are otlicial unl a? furnished lis by the records on file iu lie School Commissioner's ofiice. Docs the 'act that they recognize, establish, or continue wicc as many colored schools come from that illier fact "they have only followed in the "notsteps of their predecessors of fifteen years I go?" [ IIE UTTER UNSELFISHNESS OF THE TRUSTEES. The Trustees say: "We positively deny that onr being patrons of the IVhiie Mull School iiiiluunccd cither of us in our uc,ion."' The Trustees are honorable men, and we do ii.tt CIV (I,Oil* M-i.l-.l Tint VL-llV i.i-il,-.. I 111* lisclaimer? \Ve were influenced to our ai,ion for the reason that the white "renters" >n the Esust side of Hard Labor sought school aellitie*, and they wanted the Trustees to divide the public fund from which they had breu >o long so liberally helping themselves. (Wo ire speaking of facts without the slightest eferciiee to the "inlluences" that may have nought about the action of tho Trustees. 1'ho fact being that tiielr own school was <ept. open-five months, while other white .-hlhlrcu received but three month's tuition.) The refusal of the Trustees to pay t he tcach;r of the New School, and tiielr unsclfflsliness n tiie matter, may be better understood ivhen it is stated that they continued a coior. d school f<)r negro 18renters'' In the same iclghborhood, in wiiicii tiie petitioners de.sir d to estaliiisli a school for white "renters.'' If the Trustees would explain how they can teep their own school open for five months ivhiic they cut the other white children oil' ivith three months, it would no doubt prove nterestlug reading to those who get so little jeneflt of the public money. if the Trustees would explain why It is that j norc schools are not open for the white cliillren in that township, it would also prove to je interesting rending. If they would explain why they can open 'our schools for the negroes while they grant inly two to the white children, further inter;st would be added to their ollicial career. I'llE WAY Mil. SEYMOUR AND IIIS CHILDItEN WENT TO WHITE HALL. Cnpt. Carwilc says: "It is true also that Mr. Seymnitr taught tlx? White Hall schuol fur several years, ami eame frwin the side > vlierc tiie objecting nuriles live, anil brought his cliii-! Iron with him, some of whom were of the iniuituum ig?\" It is true tliat Mr. Seymour taught that school for a year. Jt. Is also true that no man >11 the East side of Hard Labor lives nearer to White Hall than did Mr. Seymour, and it is ilso true that Mr. Seymour came to the school [ )i> horseback, or in his buggy, and it is also ;rue that the younger of his children rode A'ith him. [ UK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLORED "RENTERS" AND WHITE "RENTERS"?THE FORMER GET A SCHOOL?THE ' LATTER DO NOT. The riddle embraced in the following long sentence is so confusing that we really do not imlersland the negro situation at White Hall, lor are wo exactly certain what Is meant by eeitlng the fact that the negroes uumurmurnjjly submitted to tlieir ruling, at a tlmei ,vl:en we were appealing from their action gainst ns. If they wished to explain to the joinmissioner what mighty men tlicy were n their own locality, it would seem to us to ican inopportune time to boast of their pow;r. If they meant to create the impression ,hnt the negroes of White Hall were better ilizens than the white renters" on the EaM ;ide of Hard Labor creek, the ollicial lmputa,ion against neighbors who are in every respect as good as the Trustees, will be better understood than explained. Especially is j his true when It is remembered that they ,vcro not seeking from the Trustees eertiti-1 ales of character, but wore merely asking for I hat official aid in the education of their ciiil- j Iron, to which thev thought they were justly ; mi titled, however much they may have been ills taken. The Trustees say: ' We will state further as goruialn to this articlo that li the smiie grounds as (lie appellants based their ap- j ilication, u colored school wns applied for and for the j mill.' reasons it was declined to he established, from | he fact of their b?-iiiif in reach of other school.*, and t ve will here statu imdilciitly that their application i vas rinieli more reasonable, from the liict that the col- i1 iied children had to cross the same creek and besides i talk two and a half miles,ami at this writin^chihlien i if the colored race are walking from the cross roadsi' t White.Hall to a school at Bradley, and tliesu cllil- ' Iron are of those parents who Applied to us for a new i1 oloreil sciiijol, and when refused, accepted the situa- ! ion philosophically and went un in the even tenor of j ! heir way.*' Willi permission, wo would state that the j i olored "renters"<>:i tin* Kast sldeof Hard [.it-! ior creek, have enjoyed Hie. henelit of a pith- . ic school t'.ir years,ami t his colored school , iouse l*?-iiij? not distant from the very si>ot on | vliieli tin* white "renters'' ptr.y for a school. Another matter: If Hie Trustees did risrht . | n ie!r.siii;r a school ill Wiilt<* Hull for colored liildren, why did tin y granta school at tlio i j 'line place for their own children? Could | hey not walk to IS rod ley as well as ilit; negro j iiililreti i, Another matter: The constitution of the j date of South Carolina provides Hint the 'ritrhl of the people * * * to petition tin;; ( government, or any depnrltiient thereof, \ f siiall never he abridged.*' Then whv do the j < 'rusiees assume sueli lolly airs and presume j | o oiler the gratuitous insuit contained in Hie , ist lines of the above tjuuted sentence ? It!j ra-i iiad enotiirh for th.*m t<* refuse lo the i I'hite "renters ' the same benefits that I hey j j nd been for years eiHiferriiis upon the color-j | d "reiiP-rs." but the white "renters" arc! mnzed thai educated geiilletiten siiould oiler i j lie!' nn ii!>nli to every friend ol the proposed j c!|O.I| lor >\ I 11 I t'll l(T~ 1 'I I IIV Sa!lll.' I.'CII I I- j > v.'he;<*< ii'i**! 'Yt ulevs" list vo pit ten 111 ell'| year :u(er \e.ar \v 11 siou I <plestioii. | The l.oard ni 'l'i u-ti'i-> iiiuv i< - >t assund Unit in- patrmis "l the >! \v School arc in oarni si i iln-ir desire tor :i .school, Mo attempt on heir pari at wit al our expense in I'ic sttreincst. isiDini lit of ir.tlicti >1 wrong will drive fiinii cur ]>n nor will any mi worthy lo hrini; its into od:ouscoiiipari.son with in- nesioe.s al White Hall prevent lis tVoin tiiit'4 our school, or at liii.it from learning lie tvason why wc cannot m t it. We intend I l?e lieanl. We do not intend to Ix; "laUiilii| niii ot uairl.'' iinr do wo intend tosubmit 11iiiin in in in:-1.v lo what we cohcci ve lo be n ] in.-t urievous wrong?even I lion-ill it comes h i! a lioaril of School Trustees who may as- > nine ilieialoi'ial powers and who nriy nave ' la- I'li'.l.irseliM'iil of a School Commissioner I >'.ili autocratic proclivities. Hi: WttlTIi "lillNTKItS" ON THE K.AST SUM: J of n aut> i.Aito;; ijkt "i.ocai. i:i:ri;ESMNTATiMS" v..11-:?;; c'lit'T i.n in:: I'Lin.ic SCHOOLS. The School Trustees eoine to the rcseuc of he .School Commissioner, and defend him lor ..;^W -irX Diving uppomreu an inc Trustees irom mo same locality, and say: "Wo were not aware, nor are wo as yet, that the " -'J School Law required the School District* to be subdivided and the trustee- to be appointed with on eye >'5 to local representation." Tills whole Government Is constituted oA the principle of "local representation;" It id >2 the very foundation principle of all Kepubli- yS can Governments. Politically, tUo conn try Id divided into States, the States lntO Counties;*- /is and when wo come to schools, eveu the coun- 75 ties are subdivided into townships?tillscouu- 3a ty having sixteen?each entitled to representation, but It seems Unit the towniihtp reprcscntation shall be confined to the narrower; limit possible In White Hall township. Ifthese trusteos wore not Immediately Interested In the White Hall school Is It ntit.llkeljr'' Wi they would become convinced that diner lOv -<#| calities within the township needed a school f -V* Does not this very crowding of trustees to-' . gether account for the extreme sparseness 6\ ^*3 sehool accommodations for white children in '. . fffis that township? We think so, * '-'"Sgg \? e vi-uiure io suggest inut, mere are very . -,- jJ few person* In Alibevllle County, outage tlio i.v: trustees of the While Hull i-chool, who aKi'J ~ i^gg I ignorant of tlio great Importance of "lofcal ' JI representation." The friends of the New School are sure or "local representation" s::4 wlien the taxes are collected to support tho ".'."A public schools. . When the public toads are to be worked the white "renters'' of East side of Hard Labor .. 2 have nover, so far as we are informed, beeit ^ denied "local representation." We arte real? lyof the opinion that the white "renters" of- <j. the East side of Hard Labor bave "local re- :M presentation" in everything except ihe.ben- 3 ettts of the public schools. They seem to . ?& have been engineered out only in this rc- " rN spect. THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATDSl! V* NUMBER. The Trustees, In their flnal and Idst shot at y us, say: "TVe submit that no one 1b debarred from attending ^5*9 school l?y onr action." ' f . Wo have no doubt of the slncerety of these /^ji words, and we disclaim any Intention of cast- >.> & ing any imputation whalever upon thesa ? gentlemen. They are good men. liuthumad << nature Is frail and sometimes bllnded.by pei* V|aj sonal Inlerest. . The ofliclal reports show that the averagei J >?3 attendance at that school last year, Including all the children that may have crossed Hard r:'*4d Labor, was not over sixteen In any month. The attendance at our school last montli was -.<a3 twenty. If the crossing of Hard Labor Is sach an easy matter, and if the distance Is so sbort, *>3 why not let the lew children at White Hail ? cross roads come to the school on our side of x:,'M tho creek, where a much greater number of children reside. Without "local representa- : tion" on our school Boards of Trustees, even ;<?H the best of us are too apt to believe that wo n'jJJ are acting for the greatest good to the ureal- ^-38 est number, and are also loo apt to fall into the error of thinking that the greatest nom- 7$ ber is No, 1. As an oir-sct to the misleading argument or ; S tho two iuteiested members of the School- "535 Trustees, we have the straightforward and- ^ fair-spoken affidavit of Mr. D. W. Jay, the 011- :Tji ly disinterested Trustee, who suys tho Hard Labor school was best lor the educational in' >35 teresls of the township. _ .^8j THE TRUSTEES* SCHOOL AGAINST THE NEW .55 SCHOOL. Tiio people of the East Side of Hard Labdr 1?| Creek think they need a school. A school i^S was established to supply the demand. It * ? was established where it would be most conveuleut to the children. About twehty CbU^ dron are now and have beeii daily In attert- ^ douce since It was opened. They deem the '?3 distance and bad road a bar to their attendance at White Hall, and hence a school for VgS their accommodation is kept open at private ^ expcnce. It is unnecessary to say that there Is feeling ;jj| in reference to this matter. It is also unnet* essary to say that it Is deemed a hardship trt be compelled to pay Irom private funds, tho teacher of these poor children, when a neigli- ? boring teacher, with a much smaller number of richer children is in the pay of tho govern- , * ?f| mcnt. They feel aggrieved that it should have been urged against them as a reason for ; refusing their school, that they are "renteni." 7'-$i8 and wo presume in the history of publla , .,v* schools that this is the first time that any Trustee has ever been bold enough to place ( such reason in writing. It is true that many ' ' % of the childreu are not rich, but they think it a poor reason to urge against their education. ^ They appealed to the School Commissioner, -7-'? beciiuse they thought he was the proper per- ?8 son to hear their complaint, nnd to rectify % their Wiong. These poor people are not fatnl* v, liar with the forms of law, and they are en*- " tiroly dependent upon the officer of tho Govopiimnnt whr,?i> rtntA* It Is to hear their com- vii plaint and to settle among them all matter:) '-M pertaining to the education of their children. . ,'JS They fully realize that they are uoor. They -23 need not be told of it. They also fully realizd another fact, that the .School Commissioner v remaiucd in his otlice during all the weeks of this contention, uul that hedid not go to tho neighborhood that he mi,;ht be fully Inform- fSa ed as to the Justice of their petition. They a]1 ;. so fei-1 that because of their lack of familiarity with such matters that they were not ablo to present their case in writing as fully and as clearly as they could liavo done If tho School Commissioner had given them that personal attention which they think the law would warrant hini in giving. The law snyBt if "lie shall acquuint himself as far as pnictl* cable, with the character of each school," and ' 'j yet without going among the people., and \ acquainting himself witli the facts and tho ':x. merits of their case, he orders their school to '.'<3 bo discontinued. LOWNDESVILLE LOCALS. Whnt "Mnwkeye'' lias Seen In thd ; Xch City. * Low.vnRsvn.LE, S. C., August-9, 18S6. $ Col. O. T. Calhoun, in company with his wife visited our town some days since. Jir. Waddcll lias been here electioneering. The Doctor made many new friends among our people. .Mrs. \V. It. White, with her two charming and accomplished daughters Misses Hrucio 13 and Lulie, have returned to Ciivenville, afl*r .' a very pleasant visit to fileuds and relatives fit lliis !ihice. ;?r?l Prof. *1.1!. Franks resumed bis school duties this morning .Mr. S. C. Turner of the Arm of Speed & Tur- 3 ner, U'Jt JjOWiidtrOviHc the 20th ult. for lleuncttsviile.S. C? where he will engago In tho dry goods business. Mr. Turner is a young ; man Of line business tact and energy, and wo feci assured that he will mnkc his mark. Ho lias only been in lK>\vndsvllle about tw<? months and lias made many friends by his high moral character, kind heart and genial ilis|H>sition. We wish liitn the greatest possible success in liis new homo. ])r. A. J. Speer lias purcluiscd Mr. Turner's interest In tlia ilruv store, and hereafter tlic styie of the rtrui ivill t>e Speed ?S; Speer. '- " si There was a moctintr of the farmers at this place IlinSlst ult. They formed a permanent >ignhi/.ation anil elected tlie followins; oflloirr*: President, Mr. I. II. MeCaila; 1st Vice Pivsidcut, Mr. 15. 1.. Moorhead; 2nd VictePresident, .Mr. I-J. \V. Harper; Secretary and 1'ieasurer, Mr. II. T. Hucknbee. Tluue was a ; largo delegation sent to Abbeville the 2nd CM. l<> IIICCl lllc CI II H ill l IIIU UIIU JIUU1 ,HI< I'lllman speak. Front what we can leam '.-3 mine of our fanners liked his speech, others lid not?the majority choosing the latter. In our humble opinion it Is Betting about ime that some of the "honors" ana ottlce* should be given to this section of our county. ^Vo would suggest the nam? of our townsman [>r. A. J. speer. who Is an upright, honorable cntieman, thoroughly capable and compc,cnt lo represent us in the lower House. Mr. 1\ I.. Ilarues lias recently purchased a 1n<' horse and buujry. He now has tine of tho je>t livery stables in the up country. Mr. \V. ir. Johnson lias received the permalent appointment as depot agent at this place. La>t Wi'dnesday morning there was quite a M'owd of our people at the depot to witness mr lirst regular passenger train come In. A'e now have two trains a day, tho up train Kissing here at 11 A. ,M? the down twin at .15 I*. M. It was the happiest looking crowd I ever saw, and after the train passed rou eouhi sec us enjoying ourselves 1 ifee Iho .ricked Chicago drummer?1"we kicked our? if I ves ami laugliKil." One of our best young men wont to An<ler <in one day last week, and purchased a tlno -~N mggy?which to mo looks "Under curious." I'rohnbly it will not be necessary for him to i hi I in tie his "professional visits'' much longThere has been n prot rioted meeting going tii in tin- AIcliiodist church sit this placesineo i?st Weil in si lay evening, a great deal of inenst lii in^ manifested by the members of he church and the young people of the eomiiuuity. There has becu several additions to lie church. ^ un Tui Mlay monilng Mie27ili ult., >rr. ('. 1?. " ^ IVulkiiis iii< il at his residence in this plsicentei only a few weeks sickness. Wo extend u? - ' ^""1 .li, bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy. J J1 AWJvKYK. Mu. and Mas. (iKOittiE K. Heard. and Muster tieorge K. Heard,.lr., of Athens, fieor- ' ''""/a la, and Mr. H. If. Hoard, of Elbert, ure at -ifl Mrs. S. 31. Calhoun's, " - '-3