Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-29


on the credit system. OF course you pay from
10 to 20 per cent more than you would TO get
the same things and services for cash. During
the last year 80 low was your credit that pri-
vate individuale had tc nut their hands into
Their pockets and furnish money for brooms and
buckets for the school houses and, had not
Msssrs Hills and Wa.hburn been public spirit
ed enough to make repairs upon credit, and
taI Warner L. Clark to furnish coal some
Of the schools would have been stopped. Now
yonr school tar is very email tax When
you pay it once for the year you do not have
to pay it again. II you will have it in the
treasury BY the lst OF September instead Of the
lst Of April, it will save your employees from
to 2o rer cent As We know you dislike to
pay usury. and some Of you may plead it on
good occas on. We suggest that you vote and
collect the schoo tax by the lst OF September.
Every dollar for repairs. contingencies and at
least five raonths' teachers salaries should be
i IN the Tressurer's box when the scholastic year
begins. During the Dast year. many OF the
tnAchsrs and N t'rs have had hard work To
sell their warrants at di.xraceful shave, ard
yet the former have been giving the beat
years of their life to educating your children.
It is our duty to pay for all these expenses,
good prices. and promptly. Some cheap things
people who arc embarrassed. can endure but
cheap teachers and ro1r education cannot be
endured by any community who value educa
ton and intelligence
You viii be called upon by due public no.
tice on the first Monday in March 10 elect
PRECEDENT Vice President, Secretary and Treas
urer, and two Directors one to supplv the
place of John n. Frizzell, whose term will ex
pire, sni James Grant. who was appointed in
place of Robert Means, resigned. On tue Sec
ond Monday in March you viii be called upon
IN genera! school meeting to vote the necessary
taxes for repairs and contingencies and for de.
ticiencies in teachers fund to supply the want
Of sufficient State revenue.
We beg you to scru,iLize our accounts and
estimates, TO visit the public schools aud salts
fy selves OF the proprieiy of the measures
which we propose You should bear in mind
that the promotion Of education is one OF your
highest public duties, and that you have no,
discharged what you owe as citizens, until you
have provided meane Of education r every
child in your district JAMES GRANT,
PIX,
A S. maxwell,
FINANCE Contmittse.
The Secretary wss then directed to give FIVE
days notice by posting, according to law OF
meeting OF the lectors to be held on Monday.
March 5tb, at the Court House, at 10 o'clock
A. n 10 slec. officers for the District for the
ensuing year also. to give ten days notice, ia
the same manner, OF meeting At the same
place and hour, on Monday, the 18th day OF
March, to take into consideration and act upon
the ievying of taxes for school purposes, and
such other matters as may be necessary to be
acte upon.
MEssRs. EplToKs-As many OF the
Young Settlers OF Scott county are in doub, as
to the management made thi. year for the
annual Festival. deem it due them to give
some explanation on the subject
The Festival will be held Tuesday evening
March 9th. Members Of the Young Settlers
Society and ali Old Settlers are entitled to ad
mittancs. and each m ember the Young Set
tiers Society has the privilege of inviting
three persons, gentleman and two ladies to
attend
8Those who are entitled to membership in The
Young Settlers Association, and have not yet
signed the Constitution can become members
by calling on G. Cotes, corner Of Harrison
slIctle, OF ID W tihtR, NO >, iItl
street between Main and Brady. The price
of tickets is IS cents for gentleman anl lady,
or so cents single ticket they can be pro-
cured of the above mentioned persons also Of
4. c. billion No. 10, Le Claire Row, or at the
Gaze.!ee Office.
The dues necessary to be paid to enti,le
members to admits an cs TO the Festival, are %
cents for each menber, yearly dues, ard %
cents for each new mem Der signing the Cons,i-
tuition. as initiation fee
loUNG SETrLER
rE- Our Davenport frien Is rather beat US
in the extent of their doings on the 2od-
Their military display comprised five compa-
nies-the City Artillery, Sarsfeld Guards,
Davenport Guards. Davenport Rifles. and