The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 12, 1904, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., FEBRUARY 12, 1004.
THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF EDUCATION.
Mr. W. H. Jones, County Superintendent
of Barnwell county, prepared
and published a pnper in which ho
sets out in detail the duties and responsibilities
of the county superin
tendents. He begins by saying thai
"the salary is inadequate and is incommensurate
wit h the dignity anc
respectability of the position." H<
says that the duties of the superin
tendent are manifold and require hi:
constant attention. The duties onu
merated by him are as follows: tin
appointing and commissioning trus
tees in each district, tiie sending ru
by mail these commissions after en
tering them in his journal and uis
trict book, mail or express to tli
clerk of each board tt check book aiv
a sufficient number of registers f?>
the schools under his ju.isdiction
He has to apportion tha school fund
among the districts according to th
enrollment of the different school?
This fund consists of poll tax, con
stitulonal 3 mill tax, dispensary fund
l?pA special levy, each requires u dis
statementr snowing- tne?npporilot
ment has to be sent to the clerk <
each district. A separate aecour
must be kept with eueh district, ever
claim issued by the trustees to be e:
amined, sealed, approved and enterc
in two books, copy and enter th
monthly report of each^eacher whic
accompanies teacher's claim for an
ary. Keeps an account with th
county, in which is kept every cei:
of expenditure for any and all pui
poses and his report to the presidin
Judge, the annual report to the Stat
superintendent, this requires a mont
to prepare. The attending of exami
nations of applicants for teacher'
certificates, summer schools, exami
nation of contestants for free scholar
ships in the various State instil n
tlons, laying ofT new school districts
location and building of new schno
houses, daily correspondence, visit
ing once n year every school in ses
sion in the district. The perform
ance of all these duties and man;
others for which he receives the sun
of five hundred dollars. That if i
superintendent discharges the wholi
duty as it should he, he has little
time to devote to any other.
REPORT OF JOINT
COMMITTEES
We are indebted to Hon. A. C
Lyles for a printed pamphlet copy o
the report of Joint Committees ap
pointed under concurrent resolutior
to consider the several reports of th<
commission on the completion of th(
State House and facts relating thereto.
This is a most exhaustive report,
containing reports of former commissions,
the work done on the building
and its completion according to the
plons and specifications, showing the
thorough investigation of the present
commission of which Hon. liobfc. Aldrich
is chairman. The report shows
and exposes the various failures and
swindles on the part of the architect
and contractors. That the contractors
had not only failed to perform
the work as required under the contract,
but had actually caused great
damago to the inner portion of the
building by failing to protect it from
the rain while the roof was removed,
by placing tarpaulin or cwivass covering;
this not being done the galleries
and many of the rooms were
flooded, thereby causing permanent
damage antf ruin to paintings and
frescoed walls of the two chambers.
The committee recommends that suit
? be brought to recover if possible.
That the discharging of the bond by
former Governor McSweeney there
was swindling and unlimited graft.
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FEDERAL At! 7 OK
i'L JiLir SCHOOLS. |
I? i * with feelings of the moat pro-t
found regret and apprehension that I
we rend of an t tTort on the part of
the national educational association,
i through some of its henchmen, to
revive the Blair educational bill. We
very will remember the gallant fight
to defeat the measure made by Hon. |
M. C. Butler, then our senior Senator.
The satne reason for the South'*
not accepting federal aid for her
schools, urged and ably argued by
Senator Butler, are now being used
in opposition to the scheme. We dosire
to add our feeblo protest, and
emphatic threshold veto of public
opirdon through the press, hoping
through this means to discourage the
so-called philanthropic promoters of
the scheme and their political1 auxiliaries
iyi their organized efforts to
bring about the subsidizing of public
schools in the States by Congress.
We are indebted to the Manufacture's
Record for the information that
not long since two Southern educators,
while in New York, talked up
the idea of inducing the federal government
to bestow a portion of its
great wealth upon the public school?
! of the Southern States. We very
1 mu h deplore such expressions com
ir>g from a Southern educator, cspo
daily a president of a Georgia University.
That we are likely to hear
of more discussion on this subject of
1 subventions to the public school sys?
terns of the States, there can be no
- doubt. Once get the ball of discuss
sion in motion throughout the conn
- iry, ar.u u will culminate into action
? u petition, a mcmoralizing of Con
gross by societies of various ant
t doubtful philantropliy. Tiio reiie
- by itself, says the Record, might b<
- welcome enough, but it behooves tin
e States very carefully to count tin
1 cost of it. At, present the State
r maintain and control their schools
i. Once let Congress begin to pay lh
8 bills, and it will not bo long befor
o the State will find Congress in con
'. tr.?l, laying down rules and suggest
i- ions. When that time com^aJJi
s decision as to what text boo/""^01
?- bo used (in the history cj' ,l
any oT.e'iaitfgpha fiffesycoiii
be kept out of the decision of sue
matters? We are more than sorry t
y say that already there are being use
c" in our schools histories that teac
(1 our children falsehoods and desigt
e ing perversions of facts, and such
" condition would bo fur worse if th
States were at the mercy of Congre*
e to dictate and control tiie tost book
'* and school systems. We are glad t
r- see some of the intelligent newspt
o psrs beginning to awake to the dai
p ger. The Richmond, Va., New
'? Leader remarks : "The government'
largess'would be a tremendous powo
s in tlie hands of the administratio
i* and self-seeking politicians in th
'* States."
It is absurd to suppose that th
? national government would pay ou
1 millions of dollars and not exercis
- any supervision over it. We can eon
- ceive of no greater calamity tha
- could befall the South than to be
V come dependent on the national gov
1 ernment for the means of educatinj
* our children. The burdens irnposet
, and sacrifices inade by the people o
the South to establish and rnnintaii
their public schools is one of th<
brightest pages in her history, bu
how long would this spirit of sel
helpfulness survive the annual appro
f priations by the federal govcrnmen'
- for the support of the public schools
> We cannot here undertake to enu
) mernte the many evils that wouh
i flow from such a state of affairs?w(
of the South would soon bo the vie
, tims of unjust discrimination in th(
expenditure of this fund, although if
; will be argued that the States will
have the control of 1 ho disbursements
of this fund, a mere nominrd powor
to disburse, for in point of fact would
be dictated and controlled by the
government, thus tho States would
control in theory only, never in nwn
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tice, and it would not be long before
the school children who are beneficiaries
would virtually kg thinking
one way, would be rooted and grounded
in the doctrine of paternalism.
All educational lines would lead from
Washington, and a precedent established
for various other subsidies
conducive to centralization.
This scheme is simply the reincar-!
nation of the old Blair bill, as we
said at the outset. Honor, indepefid-:
ence and self-rospect are of far more
value than to be sold for public!
money. The project, should die in
its infancy, as should all other efforts
to interfero with the exclusive, inher-1
ent and private affairs of a State. \
The South should never lose that
\
spirit that has proved her regeneration
since the Civil war, in nil directions,
socialistic, educational, political
and economic, the spirit of self-I
reliance.
The press of the entire South should
take up the cudgel und wage a fierce
aid (tlective warfare against this
| measure, each newspaper add as it
wore its little grain of sand to build
an impregnable bulwark against this
unconsciousable scheme.
FREE PUBLIC
SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
The bill introduced by Mr. Aull
provides for tho establishment of a
free library for the public schools
upon tho following terms and conditions:
That whenever tho friends
and patrons of a free public school
shall havo raised by private subscrip.
tion the sum of ten dollars and ten.
dered this amount to the count-;
superintendent, of education, the
county board of education shall ap
propriate the sum of ten dollars fron:
tho money belonging to that &chooi
district, the State board of educatior
shall then add ten dollars to th<
fund. The local board of trustees h
to purchase the books. Purchasei
are to be made from the list udoptet
by tho Stute board of education
which shall make tho roles for tin
government of the libraries. Th<
trustees of every library are to carr;
out the rules. Not more ihnn twelv
schools in any county shall be entitle^
> to the benefit of this act. No schoc
district to receive any benefits unles
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v/j)cicuvvi uliucl tuo in
i school law.
This bill passed the house aftc
I much discussion and considerabl
f opposition. This bill will fill a Ion
felt want among our rural school!
;> and should be taken advantage of b
b theso schools. To rend is to becotr
3 educated. Reading is the key thi
. unlocks tho door to knowledge.
IV,1 R1 WAR! WA
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The first guns^lireiJ- JIZ
gijjiji'Tl' *^aptn'H torpedo
^wo of Rufcia's largest war ? m g
cruiser. A ionic in gunners fmffl ^
<!' Stianrnavy^sffS g eTi g toStt I w 1 V
h numtiers. They have blh%?
Japan for some time past in a <pii?\ Wt.
In this way the Jap a loss navy has s
cured the finest gunners in the world.
a Uncle Sam is already preparing
e move to preserve Manchuria to Chin
BALTIMORE FIRE.
:s
? The most destructive fire in the his'o
i* of ihis city. The actual loss untold s:i
i- to he three hundred million; great sti
s feiiug. The peculiar ties which bii
s the South and the city of Baltimo
r makes her people grieva for the peop
n of this metropolis, and weep for tl
< destruction and distress. Tins self i
I li oil ?inr1 ivili.!/vt!? * -
...... pnvuuuu JJ 'ijpie U-?C11!10 Oil
c. side pecuniary aid. She, like tin Pho
t nix, will rise from her ash-?3 more bei<
. tiful than ever.
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A GREAT CONVENTION.
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Thinking Men will Assemble 1
Spartanburg, S. C., for a Three
Days' Conference.
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1! The City of Spartanburg, S. C., wl
f entertain the first Inter-State Convei
i (ion of the Young Men's Christian A
3 scciations of North Carolim
t The meeting will tlrse place Fehruai
f 20-23.
Heretofore each State met in separat
t convenion, tint the recent federation (
: all the Associations in the Carolinas wi?
i one Executive Committee makes it po?
. sihle to meet in joint convention.
I "Service" is the central theme of thi
? 1
i signiilcant. gathering of young men. Th
convention is to be materially strength
: ened by the presence of some promineu
' American workers from other section
' of the country. Arrong those who hav
already consented to b-* present is Mr
('has. It. Towson, of Philadelphia. Mr
Towson is Secretaryof the Pennsylvanii
Railroad Department Young Men'i
Christian Association which is by thi
way, the largest association of its kin(
in the world. C. C. Michener, of Nev
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i oi k, is another prominent speaker,
Mr. Mich'ener is ono of the international
secretaries and is giving practically all oi
his time to Association woik in great
industrial plants. Prior to the convention,
Mr. Michener and Secretary Knebel
will visit some of the large cotton
mills and confer with the presidents and
superintendents with leference to the
feasibility of erecting special buildings
wilii all the modern equipments for the
male operatives.
W. D. Weatherford, of Nashville,
who is the International Committee's
Special Student Secretary for the South,
will also be a prominent figure in the
convention.
II. O. Williams, one of the International
Railroad Secretaries is another
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prominant speaker. Mr. Williams an
Mr. Michener will be the special speal
to era on Monday night of the conventioi
ia this entire evening will be devoted to
discussion of "Work Among Industrh
Classes."
Rev. J. A. B. Scherer, Ph. I> , presi
. j dent elect of Newberry College, will dt
^ liver four addresses on "Fundamentals.
^ Dr. Scherer is today the leading man i
his denomination, a broad scholar and
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. most attractive speaker.
* Rev. M. 1). Hardin, pastor of th
^ Second Presbyterian church, Charlotte
i win uenver the Convention Sermon.
There will be a number of bueines
' and professional men who will fill place
1 on the piogram. Altogether it is goinj
to be a most significant gathering?sorr.i
of the choicest men in the Carolinas wil
thus lie brought together in a three day'i
in conference; ihey are coming from villiges,
from cities, from railroad shops,
from colleges and universities, to plan
jjl together how t'ey may individually bt
;1_ of greater service to their fellows.
This paper is authorized to extend a
general invitation to any of its readers
* who may be interested to attend this
y convention. There will lie reduced
railroad rates, but all who contemplate
attending must first communicate with
(> the State Committee's office and be sup>
plied with the proper credentials. For
h further information address State Secretary,
Young Men's Christian Association,
Charlotte, N. C.
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e Free Seed.
t Washington, D. C,
' Dear Sir:
e I am sending you a number of
packnges of garden seed, which I
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wuuiu uo gina to have you distribute
a as equally as you can among the
3 people of your community who will
s most appreciate them.
1 Having only a limited number of
j packages, nod it being impossible
to send to everyone in the State, I
I havo thought best to adopt this
method, in the hope that the seed
will reach the largest number of people,
and do the most good.
If anyone who has not received
seed will write me, I will try to supply
them.
I will esteem it a courtesy if you
will publish this letter in your regular
issue. With best wishes,
Yours very truly,
A. 0. Lattimer.
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