The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-02-13
ORR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


We have watched the progress Of ou
public schools with great deal Of inter
est, especially as they ar about all there
is to induce men to settle in our midst.
Oar schools are n credit to our town and
have given US good name abroad, Ii
is true that thsy have cost Us good deal,
but there is nothing good in this world
that does not cost money. 1t is possible
that our schools can be made rs efficient
as they now are with less czpcuse. If
they can We should be glad to see it done,
but above all give US the go2d schools.
In few weeks we shall be called upon
to elect new school Board, and it seems
to be duty to bring to mind some things
in reference to our schools that may have
been forgotten. Last year, a part of our
present school Board were lcctcd, as we
might say, on false pretenscs. They
claimed to be free school men, when in
fact the real object of two or three Of
them was to kill off the school! 1t is
well known that the Bo;:rds for two or
three years past have levied taxes stuff
clent to support the schools 1t is also
we'll known that certain men in our mids,
determined, if possible, to break down
and stop the schools 49, that they resisted
the collection Of the tax and carried It
up to the supreme court, where it was
decided Agal st them. Do these men de-
serve the support or confidence Of FREE
school men? l,is weW KNOWN that No>srs
Ford aud Elliott are old directors, aud
that they have spent good deal of time
ru~"'uar"s, Jul scnuvt WHAT II is; 1t Is az
so known that the President Of the
Board can call special meetings of the
Board, but we presume it is not general.
Iy known that when he calls such special
meetings, good care is taken that Mcssrs.
Elliott and Ford are not notified. When
q meeting was called to Gil two vacancies
in the Board, they were not notified and
the vacancies were filled by men whom
the President no toubt regarded as hay
ing kindred aiiaitics with himself. One
of the appointees is Il. I. Paving, a
man who is douJyM on more questions
than one, and is an avowed enemy Of our
free school system, and was one of the
principal men who fought agains; the
collection of the school tax. Thi, man
Is now seeking to prejudice thv people
against the members Of former BJar.'.
and he may not be the only one wLo is
doing the like lie nor pays lis school
tax to prevent his property from being
sold, and goes abou. town vauntin. hiu.-
self, saying, See how our school Board
Is paying off the Indebtedness of TIE dis
trlct, when it is well known that hu,
for himself and others Ike him, thcrl
would have becn no ind,btrluess. IIat
he and others paid their taxes wAcu due
oar teachers would have ben pai,
promptly, and their services could hav
been had at a reduced rate fer they wouI
not have been compelled to hawk thei
orders through the streets at a discount
We are Informed that this sch3ol ma
IS III favor OF ii.continu;ng the Infar
Department Of our school and thus thro
some seventy of or children out Of schoo
We are informed that Mr.. Milhous
the other appointec, docs take some in
terest IN the school, spending more tin
than any one, if not more time than I
the members elected last year.
President ria,t's Board meets at |,
cali. What they do we can only lad.
from what is made manifest by notice
They first gave the Treasurer notice u,
to take school orders 70: taxes Mex
they ordered him to take nothing b.
specie, apparently intending to make II
tax as odious and burdcnsoma as possibl
1t is also said BY the dist Treas. that tn,
have forbid his accepting orders unle
he has the money to redeem them, a
though this Board contracted with II