The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Eleventh District.

The explanatory card that appeared in
the Journal of the 18th inst, from the
Eleventh District, does not explain
things just as they were. IT'S true the
Commissioners did employ Jerry viii
liams ms principal of said school. And
why did they do this Simply because
they found him worthy and well qualified
to take charge Of same. He held II
iirs..cass certificate from the County
Superintendent and good rccommen-
dation fron Prof TerrIll and, there
being no other applicant for the silua-
tion, they employed him.
that 1t was necessary to first consult l..
5. Matthews before they acted, Us he
was no Commissioner. They were
then, and are now, Of the opinion that
they had right to employ any one they
saw fit, if worthy and qualified.
From the reading Of the explanatory
card, any one would think, who did not
know things to the contrary, that al
most every one in the district was OPP
posed to Jerry, when the facts are that
IA out OF 40 voters were opposed to
him. The law says that the people
have voice in all meetings pertaining
to schools l.. :. NJ. seems to think
that no one has right to voice except
those who have children large enough
10 send to school. /, for one, have no
children large enough to attend school,
yet ! have been paying taxes for ii
years to educate otherpeople's children ;
therefore the law says haze as much
right to voice in school matters rs the
person who has dozen children to
send. 1t is not right to have taxation
without representation. However, We
had it once in Tennessee, when Brown.
low VAS Governor.
y Well, the meeting Of the people, or
at least II Of them, which l.. ). claims
was majority: This meeting was not
called by the Commissioners, nor was il
called by the people. 1t was called by
l.. 5. Matthews, ard the call was re.
sponded to by few at least he had Il
list with the names Of II attached
Now, We vote, at our full strength in
the Eleventh, 100 votes. If II is Il
majority of 800, then l.. S. is right
otherwise he is wrong. In the first
place, he had no right to call said meet
ing. The Chair decided that the meet
ing was Illegal. And as to that motion
he claims the Chair would not let CON,
before the house it was debated it,
tie, and then j. &. Williams produced +;
paper signed by 81 voters stating thai
they were in favor of Jerry teaching
and j. G. W. proposed that if Mat
thews voted the names on his list, hi
would vote his. Matthews had II
Williams 81. Right there and theI
Matthews withdrew his motion, and thi
is why it did not come before the house
Deal fairly. "Give unto Caesar til,
things which are Caesars"
! he Commissioners were sworn To d,
their duty to the best Of their ability
When they employed the teacher the.
did not know, nor do they know yet
that large majority was against him
If IA is a majority Of 100, l. S. is right
AS to the cut and dried part-'yo
!, 90 for my son, and will 90 for you
brother"-thesc views are too narro'
for liberal-mnded men, The idea {
holding man responsible for the acts {
8 his brother is ridiculous.
BE it said to the chagrin of Jerry
3 opponent, that he and Miss Cowan Al
e teaching a most excellent school, all {
which can be verified by parties wi
, have visited the school.
X. b. WILLIAMS, Writer.
JAS. T. sKIDMoRE,
w. NJ. CowAN,
w. }. BLEDsoE,