The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-09-05
Union school Precinct.
HUDSON CREEK. August ;

, Editor Collar Chronicle:
In answer to Sap Head l will state
that Union precinct has never been
changed. The location of the school
house was changed upon petition of
three. fourths of the patrons of the
school, said petition representing about
forty (nearly four -fifths) of the schOl-
ars entitled to the benefit of the funds
for this precinct. We asked this school
upon the ground that the old school
house was not of sufficient size to CON-
fortably accommodate the number of
pupils which usually attended the
school; that the change of location
did not materially affect any of the
patrons, it being not more than four OF
five hundred yards from the old, to the
new school house.
Will Sap Head tell me the incOnsis-
tency of having school taught at a
Baptist church If this is inconsistent
with or detrimental to the public school
interests it is high time the school d.
rectOrs were made aware of the fact.
Nearly all the schools in our parish are
taught in houses either built for or
used as churches. Sap Head says this
church or school house is 1T one end
of the neighborhood. If lie is correct
then the patrons of Union precinct are
not capable of watching their own in
terests and need to advise with him on
the subject. He says he signed Pc
tltion for a public school to be Taught
at the Union precinct, which petition
was ignored by the school directors.
He is the only one who owns to any
such petition. If there was one it was
never presented to the board of di-
rectOrs. If he has reference to the Pc
tition which was presented to the board
at its meeting in July he must recollect,
that the term of school at Union pre-
cinct was then more than half expired
and could not be referred back to the
people. He says great injustice was
done the patrons of Union precinct by
not referring the petition upon which
the school was granted back to the
patrons. Now / would like to know
what right the school board had to
refer this matter back to the patrons,
when there was only one petition pre-
scented to them at their meeting in
April. In that petition was set forth
fair, honorable, aud just reasons why
the change of houses should he made.
The school board had no grounds to
disregard the petition and granted the
school. The patrons of Union precinct
have no grievances to set FORTH"
Since we have been SO kind and
obliging to Sap Head in answering
questions, we would like him to be
equally obliging and answer few.
Have you ever pationized o school at
Union precinctf Do you not live in
the Olive Branch precinct? Did You
hear Of the great injustice that had
been committed from representative
portion of the patrons of Union pre-
cinct Did you not know when you
signed the petition sou mention that
L. H. Hadnot, j. p. Hadnot, Mrs.
James and Dan White all lived in the
Olive Branch district; that it was not
regular proceeding, and none OF them
had the right to ask distribution of
the Union precinct school fund 7
Sap Head has gone grievously wrong
i'm this whole business, and has done
the only injustice, but if he did not
know any thing of this affair we will
throw over his misdeeds the mantle of
charity, and advise him in the future
when he takes up the difficulties Of
other people to remember there are
always two sides to question.
Respectfully, ID. p. MORRIS.