The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-09
qkeG1stelI1aenter:
HARRISON COUNTY.
SUPERINTENDENT Smith and the Clnrks-
burg Graded Sch0ol.sAnOIher Let
ter from Gen. NOTihcotl. :

In your paper OF this date dnda brlei
card from q. w, Smith, Jr, Id which
there Is a despicable assault'upon me, 70
which intend making no reply, Out ~
order that the character u the saiu
smith for truth and yeracity my be
,hown TO the public in It's true Light, l VIII
Imply refer 10 few facts connected with
this controversy. -
In the first place Smith e as vain as q
i.ckdaw, and cheap melhod ,ot killing
him would be TO aftlxA p1cOcks tail TO
him, and he would Strut himself TO death.
lie desired 70 -efnbody something In his
rrport that would cause the public 10 be-
rome cognIz ant Of tho fact that one Cru
prr W. Smith, Jr., lived and was County
Superintendent Of Free Schools for the
good county Of Harrison. In order TO do
Ibis, he must censuro somebody. He
found no particular irregulAfity charge
able to the ClarkshuTg Graded School ,
and consequently he says there has been
much complaint about 1t. He thought
this was4 safe operation, as somebody Is
very apt to grumhle and complain about
the management OF every school. When
the unfairness Of this method OF censure
was pointed out 10 him, he said The CEN
sure was designed for Two gentlemen
whose connection with the school had
ceased, but ltill did not have the msnli-
ness TO correct his report as suggested.
10 the next place l will proceed to-
show why he rcsorted 10 the heavy
denunciatiOns published In his card
ui to-day. In r. my card OF the
9slh ult., plainly and unequiVocally
convicted him before this community Of
direct, ,riEul, malicious and Inmitigdted
EllScho0d Smith seeing that he was COM
pletely driven 10 the wall, attempts to
rNlriCate himself by adding anotherbatch
10 the already lengthy and black cata=
loguC Of untruths which he had previously
uttered In relation TO the subject under
discipline. In order to show that / am
correct, will call attention to bis re-
port TO the State Superintendent, in which
be plainly Censurcs in a general way, the
entire management Of the ClarkSburg
graded school from It's first organization
to the time that his report was written.
In his card in your paper over the nom dc
plume Of "Philom, jr.," he alludes TO the
Superintendent, Commissioners and
teachers, as a set OF charlatans. showed
in my card of the 2Sth ult, that he had
said more than once, thatit was designed
lOr two gentlemen whose connection with
the school had ceased. He said tn one
gentleman In thu place that the censure
contained in hisrepOrt was designated for
DR.. Meigs, tho Superintendent Of the
ClarksbuTg Graded School. In letter ad.
dressed u this identicical man, DR..
Meigs, written on the lst inst, he says:
No part Of my,report is concerning the
schools Of thisyear" In all Smith'spro-
ceCdings in this matter, the public can
palnly see there is aboptun equal inter-
iningllng Of the fool witliihe knaVe. His
mendac0us spirit has prompted him
to utter and publish la!sehoOds in \
relation to this matter, butts he
does not possess sufficient ingenuity TO
enable him to cover his tracks, but stands
sell convicted OF Galsehood, and that Of
the mcanest, lowest, vilest character.
wish the public to understand that it
dn not design 10 defend myself against
the personal attacks OF Smith. The little
flee dog that barks at my heels cannot
hurt me. 1t was only IN deIcnce OF our
CIarksburg school that began the con-
lrovrrsy. This school has been OF ines
Unable value 10 our city. II has been
productive Of almost unlimited good to
lne growth Of our town, and l did not
want to see 1t injured by this upStart
official whom felt conscious had engaged
in dirty work at the bidding OF his mas.
lers Of the Camden ring. Think have
successfully defended our school. Smiths
personal attacks on me- are not as annoying
10 me as the blue "boitle fly" was TO
my Uncle Toby" and now say 10 him
Ia the language Of my Uncle Toby"
go poor devil"
But Smith has two allies which have
appeared at the front in this matter; the
editor OF the Clarksburg Sun, and "Citi-
zen" who appears IN your paper today.
The editor Of the Sun endorses Smith
cditorially, and published his assaults on
me without publishing my cards in rela-
ton to him making an Gr pdrte case oil Il
50 far as his readers are concerned.
SMITHS cards arc Tor elecuoneering dOcu
menls to be used at the August election.
"Cilizen" Is well known here, for 1t
matters not what name he may append TO
his communication, ais style or rather
his want of style, leads TO his detection.
Ills communication has strong smell
81 Weathersfeld onions. lie is the
uuiuiesence Of all meanness. He Is now
trying 10 bolster up Smith, when he is
really one Of the men whom Smith CEN
sures in his report. He was an officer Of
this school two years ago, and urged the
Commissioners that they should ourtail
he pay Of lady teacher for few days
spent in performing the last sad Offices to
dying mother, while the other teachers
Ui the school were generously supplying
her place by turns Smith, the editor oil the
Sun and "CitiZen" area well matched trio.
Citizen was kicked ont OF his position In
the School Board for uncalled for off,
CIousness.
ask pardon Of you aud your readers
Inr having inflicted this correspondence
upon you. Nothing but my soliCitude Tor
the success OF our school would have
caused me to commence the controversy.
saw that the Superintendent report
was designed to stab our free schools gen.
orally. II not his design per 70, 1t was
the prime object OF those whose bidding
he was doing.
take this opportunity oil thanking you
Tor tho courtesy Of which I have been the
recipient ut your hands. and again ask
pardon Of you and your readers for having
bored you with this personal contest
Respectfully, r. s. NoRTHcoTT,
P.S. Smith says he Is done; II so, this
card will probably close the controversy.
am satisfied with 1t, but am prepared
10 fight It out on this line II It takes all
summer. N.
Judge Hammers Court.
CLARKsDURa, WRIST Va, May 3,