The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-08

Craving your Indulgence, now pro-
duce the testimony promised in my last
communication:
State Of West gIrgtHia, IS.
County Of Ohio.
Personally appeared before me, John
W. Schultz. a Justice of the township
of Richie, in Ohio county, Mrs. Georges
sworn according to law, doth depose
and say, that on a bitter cold day last
winter, during January or February
my little daughter Emma, aged be-
tween and 8 years, was sent Rome
from the Sixth Ward Public School be-
cause the word necessary was omitted
in written excuse given her by her
father. GEoRGEANNA FLOOD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this LIST day OF July, 1868.
JOHN w. SCHULTZ,
Justice Richie Township.
STATE Of West PfEgfnfG, S.
Personally appeared before me, John
W. Schultz, Justice OF the township
of Richie, in Ohio county, Abner Char
mock, who first being duly sworn ac-
that previous TO the time stated in Mrs.
Georgeanna Floods affidavit, | went
to Mr.. Williams to have Mr.. Floods
children (there being more than one at
the time) reinstated in the public
school, they being kept from or out OF
school because the WORD necessary ulu
not occur In the excuse, Mr.. Williams
gave me a note to Mrs. Georgeanna
Flood, to give to the teacher, re-admtt-
ting said children. Mr.. Williams de-
cIared TO me that trouble should not
occur again on account of the particular
word necessary, as applied in excuses.
ABNER CHARNoCR.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this frat day of July, 1868.
JOHN w. SCHULTZ.
i :ylESEice Richie 1otDHship.
Personally appeared before me, John
W. Schultz, Justice of the Township
of Richie, in said county, George w.
Blakemore, who being first duly sworn
by me according to law. doth depose,
and says thatsometimedu during January
or February, 1865, an excuse was sent
by me to Mr.. Galloway, of which the
following Is true copy, viz: Please eX-
cuse "Maggie" for being absent for
good cause. Signed George W. Blake
more. The child was sent home at
noon, and Mr.GallowRy told her that
she must produce an excuse with the
word necessary in it.
G. w. BLAKEMoRE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
in my Township, this 4th day of July,
1865.
JOHN W. SCHULTZ, Justice.
Were it not asking too much room
in your valuable paper, L could pro-
duce ten times the evidence in support
of my statement, and will If required,
give more proof. The evidence of the
same case as the one referred to by Mr..
Charnock, as his evidence goes "a
month farther back or earlier.
Perhaps some of your readers will
remember Tuesday, January %, 1865.
When l say it was a stormy, snowy,
frosty day of the worst kind, 1 give II
a better character than it deserves. 1t
was too cold for me to go TO Wheeling.
About IL A. NJ. Mrs. F. came TO my house
and made her simple statement that her
children had gone to school that day,
and the youngest child on entering the
school gave up the excuse. The poor
child was thrust out into the cold with
out regard to the danger on such day,
and the mother said the child was be-
numbed before it reached home;
and all this because the word
Unnecessary" was not in the excuse.
Cold rs it then was the mother set out
for the school, distance of nearly
half a mile, through fields and over an
ice bound run, and because she had the
daring hardihoOd to complain, her older
child was seut home from another
room for the same cause. Then the
mother came TO your correspondent
and stated her case. / have given the
simple narrative of the case as stated
to me at the time. 1 trust when Rev.
Mr.. McMechen reads this and the lady's
testimony, he will say only did my
duty in what have done, and that for
himself he will in future "paddle his
own canoe" and never mind other
peoples business. His Reverence sets
out with much reluctance and says:
Nothing but an imperlous sense OF
duty could impel me to do so. especial
ly at the present time, when feel that
my exhausted energies require repose
in order TO their recuperation."
Burns says:
"Ee'n ministers, the haze been kend,
In holy rapture,
A rou6ing whid, at times, to vend,
And nail it home VII Scripture"
I trust such an application ss Burns
conveys will never apply to the Rev.
gentleman; but the language he has
used conveys the idea that he was eX-
hausted with teaching, whilst the gen
tlemRn was only exhausted travelling,
and il he need rest he could
take it. But suppose such is his love
his long journey to the East,
he seized his pen to slay all who should
dare TO state the truth In opposition to
his pet scheme. L defy him or any
other to show that there is any COM
bination in existence against the pub
lie schools: and 1t Is worse than idle to
charge those who oppose the office of
superintendent and his pet word "ne-
cessary" as opposing the schools. Mr..
James NJ. Galloway's card is like milk
when well dosed from the pump-a
wishY-washY affalr-and= the only
wonder is that parents were kept from
laying hands on him even by the Com
missioners, by whose advice only he
was saved. No teacher in the city
hooked on to the Superintendant's
and you know 1t; SO that for your own
| welfare, for the peace and prosperity of
the schools, the children and the par
ents, try to teach with less severity.
Show yourself the scholar by practising
more education and less learning.
Never again let child be sent home
from your school unWarmed because
the excuse is not in exact form.
Let this controversy end where, when
and how 1t will, your over exactness
has helped 1t on and pushed it forward.
In conclusion L am opposed to the
schoolmaster having possession of the
child's time from 8 to II years of age.
the parent has right to some say in
the matter.
| If 1t is the parents pleasure to give
his child days picnic, or ten days,
all the teacher ought to know is that
1t was with the parents consent. Sup
pose child should be tardy through
| its own neglect, can any parent honestly
give that child an excuse, saying the
| tardiuess was necessary. Some of the
parents before they would be put to SC
much trouble have sent their children
to private schools. You thus make