Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-10-25
VNE ZOAR SCHOOL AGAIN.

,le of Z5ar and Mr.. kephart, III when
the will of the people was disregarded,"
&c. why does he not state the truth
and saw 'because Mr.. X. did not take
me to his bosom aud embrace me and
advocate my claim TO teach the school
at Zoar Che admits being an applicant),
l will wage a war upon him and the APP
pointee of the Board of Education with
out regard to truth or consequences, as
! have no character to lose" he would
state the question in few words.
If this plumed knight OF Zoar, L. F.
Curric, alias THE voice of the people
of Zoar," in his first article had publish
cd it over his own signature, L venture
the assertion there would have been no
reply to il, from Zoar district or else
whore. as no man who has character
10 sustain would care 10 have newSpa-
per controversy with this nondescfipl'
Bu, he assumed to represent three,
fourth. of the people OF Zoar, which l
ao,iv DENY. From the known charac-
tnr Of the people Of Zoar, for intelli-
s,ence and uprightness, if there really
was any difficulty in the school, which
I am assured there is not, except in the
added braiu of Lind +. Currle, they
would employ other means to remedy 1t
than employ this man, who is held IN
the utmost contempt by all, TO write
slanderoas articles for your paper. lie
represents TO one out Lind +. Currie,
and the whole thing is simply ''sour
grapes" with him.
lie says 'upon tho character of the
oresent teacher of Ioar | never pro
nounced an opinion. Where is that
anonymous letter! lie StudiousIy avoids
saying anything in regardt o IL 1t beng
a thorn in his side that he would rather
not say anything about, as 1t is one OF
the lowest productions that could eme-
nate from malignant and callous soul,
which only shows what low and con-
temptible means this dOiard will resort
to that his ends may be accomplished.
This letter of itself should forever damn
ats author in the eyes of the public. The
writer of this, with others, compared 1t
with other writing of l.. +. Currle, and
he is Enthusiastically the author OF il.
This wanton and cOwardiy assault upon
the character of detcnseless woman Is
only equal To the low venom and resorts
of its author, and that he has been ser
reptiliously circulating untounded aud
false reports about he can be fully cor
robOrated by score Of responsible per
sons. OF course | expect him to give a
general denial as being untrue. Truth
is amalter he is not conversant with.
AS to the objection to the teacher that
she could not command Il full attend
ance' is all UoSh. The school under
her instruction is larger than it ever
was. "All the larger boys refusing 10
attend her instructions. The larger
boys, no doubt, would prefer him as
they then could practice their vices with
impunity as they formerly Gid under
his instructions Here let me ask why
all the patrons OF the Zoar school On
GLIDING Geo. K. Curlie) four years ago
pcti,ioned, the then truStee, tor the ap-
pointmcnt of this lady as their teacher,
If she was so very Objectionable as Lind
+. Currie would lead the public to be-
lieve. The whole trouble is this mans
vanity and egotiSm is seriously let
down. VITO claims to have birth-right
10 teach this school Notwithstanding
none Of the patrons would petition IN
his favor, but on the contrary say they
would prefer to see the school closed.
He says in reference TO the immoral
conduct of lG boys tie can understand.
Is it not singular, us the teacher OF the
school, these practices could continue
until al the female children we're with
drawn from the school without his OBJ
servation, and then his attention was
drawn to the matter by a patron, who
he claims was "a person of extreme ig-
norauce, prejudice aud credulity.' The
person he refers TO is a man of average
intelligence, of sound judgment, aud
whose opinions, upon all ordinary top
ics, would he taken before this shining
light OF Zoar. The one is practical
and the other a superficial thcorist,
whose only wisdom is obtained from
books, with no subsoil as base. He
further says ne Twas Joined by The trus
tee in the examination and that it was
almost entirely untrue" The trustee
informs me that the facts as stated by
observer are literally true. Where
does the lie come in? Let Liud +. Cur
Tie father it. He says mo pure minded
person would refer To this. | ask par
don of YOUR readers il the refined feel
ings of Lind +. Cuwie have been touch
ed, but think anything that would abash
him would drive muIe from his oats.
lie says my statement OF the pupilage
mt Zoar (4jl is unfounded in fact, and
that the enumeration shows 50. | sup
pose he has reference to his enumera-
ton when he was fraudulently getting
the people of that district to sigu pa
per that he afterwards converted into 4
petition to the Board of Education for
his appointment as teacher. | admit,
however, for his sake. that his enumera-
ton is correct and that there are so
children in sub district IS who are old
enough to 90 to school are all OF this
number bound TO 90 to the Zoar school!
Is he aware that by law (see section s,
school law children can be transferred,
as a matter OF convenience, from one
district to another! When he would
have persons to inter that all these chill
.dren attend at Zoar he knews it to be
groundIess aud entirely untrue, and no
person knows better than he that all
the children in the southern aud south-
eastern portion Of the district go to