West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-27
KINGWOOD DISTRICT.

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KINGWOOD DISTRICT.
EDITOR AUGUSTINE have boon silent
for sometime from tho honorable position
Of newspaper correspondent owing 10 the
fact hat within the last few months we
have been changing 70 diGeront parts of
the county. But at last We baye got our
selves permanently settled for the winter
in thi, the Snider settlement, the most
pleasant GU b~dis.rict in which 10 teach
school IN tho county, and 0 heartily
congratulate ourselves 10y being favord
with this pleasant community, tho Sec
ond time, as their teacher and we do
most cordially invite full corporation of
Jto patrons I'm making this school tho
most pleasant and the most beneficial one
to all interested eyer taught at tho Snider
school house.
We desire to submit the following as q
matttrsof news. it is tho location and
grade of certificate OF tho teachers OF
Kingwood districts: Kingwood. four
teachers. Principal, Prot. ]. G.. Lazzell.
grado l. First assistant, Frank Trotter,
grade !. Second assistant, Miss Mile
Clark, grade /. Third assistant (colorcd
SCHOOL,, Miss Minnie Jordan, grade g..
Pleasant Dale, John Strahin, grado ]. Al
brights Mill, Miss Lou Graham, grade 3.
Morris's, Heb H%arshbarger, grade B..
Snider's, w. u. Shalfer, grade l.. Sava-
ge's, Duncan McRa, grade 2. Catholic
Church, I. II. Matungly, grade 2. loves
vile. Joseph Wesling, grade 2. Bona>
field, Doctor Felix Elliott, grade 3.
Eighty Cut. Albert Fortney, grade 2.
Tunnelton, G. Lawton, grade 2. Pell's.
w. Erwin, grade /. Evorts, ID. Carroll,
grade /, Irish Ridge, ---.
Now, we find so far seYen teachers
holding nrst-class certif Gates, six nuns
Der 2's aud two number SIS.
Kingwood district has as lair a corps of
teachers as any district i'm the county.
And let the teachers OF Kingwoou district
hearken % the suggestion of County SUI
perintendont Squires in regard to attend
Ing the district Institutes. l. ct us he on
hand at tho time suggested. Lots have
grand shaking up of tho dry bones the
coming winter in Institute work.
] notice that MIR. o'Shanter, of HowIs-
vile, in last weeks ARGus calls alton
..oiI - r., Article w.lt.Gn ~ the Journal
last spring by the one Dora May. He
says, eve 60 not pretend To- say tina Mr..
Potter is guilty Of tho charges preferred
ror the reason hat we don't know" Then
again he says, "many o. US think tho
school affairs OF Khgwood district have
been lady managed. Has Mr.. Potter
anything to say2" Now, we do not wish
Il controversy with either Of the above
correspondents mentioned but il does
seen. To MS that such renlrks as the
above arc all uncallad>for through the
press. I am sure that the Old Board did
everything for the boat interest of tho
district that laid i'm their power to do.
Mr.. O'Shan;er seems to think that there
should DO an investigation made. /
think that nothing would suit DR.. Potter
and the Old Board better thai an inyes,
LEGATION. Now, Dora May is a school
teacher and | tbinH that O'Shanter is q
politician and know OF no parties moro
suitable for committo than Dora May
and O'Shanter. 1 presume, sir, that you
gun la,rn .f..ol.5 a., tI,a I..ts- 90 49,. ..-.-
at the sccrotary's Office and If you should
find Doctor Potter or any other member
OF the Board guilty OF high crimes and
misdemoanors it is then time to publish
him in a newspaper, but when a writer
don't know as no says he don't we think
it not right to cast reflections upon any
one.
There is n thing that ! do know and
that Is that Or. Potter has done as much
for the teacher as gny other one nan in
the district. lie has labored to secure
the best wages for tho teachers i'm the
county and generally the Board Of King
wood district has payed tie bcst wages
aud secured Inc best teachers. "SchOol
aIairs managed badly" why2 How
could this be2 Don't any one know that
thu Board don't handle a cent of tho
school funds2 1t is all in tho hands of
the sheriff and If they should lay a levy
larger thar the necessary expenses Of
tho district requires, H. remains i'm the
hands Of Treasurer till the end Of tho
year whom 1t goes into the general fund
i'm proportion To- tho enumeration Of each
district. Why, the Board Of Education
o1lJ gets to handle six dollars each. That
a,mighty sum IS for their services and
they have 20 have au order signed by
thrco men just as Dora May does TO got
his money for tea ichipg. elias Doctor
Potter anything TO ssy?' We answer no.
What has a person TO say when he has
dono bis duty Does he want to answer
Tom Dick and Harry when at the same
time they don, know what They mo
talk ing aLOut2 Let M bnar mo mora