The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-05-07
A Card.
STAUNToN, VA, May 4, 1855.


No. Editor For some weeks there has
been quite an exciting contest through
your columns between the people OF Mt.
Sidney, as represented by Sam l NJ. Woods
and Conservative, and the Electoral
Board of School Commissioners of Augusta
county, as substituted by i. F. Richard
and Enquirer
Being no longer either Il trustee or citi-
zen of NJ River District, | perused the
different articles as a mere reader OF your
paper without thought of being a party to
this war of words in either spirit or ac-
tion. And, Mr.. Editor, such neutral char
acter I should have maintained had not a
gratuitious insult in the form OF a base md
co,cardly fdlSehOod over the nom de plume
of Enquirer in the last issue of your
paper called forth this response.
Were your paper MI. Editor, confined to
the limits of M. River District, l should
not worry your readers with this vindica
ton for Enquirer" and all his molly cretO
of base defdnlers and ISLANDERS could not
palm off such falsehoods and covert insin-
nations upon the people of my former
home and neighborhood they are there
known and marked for their midnight
rro,cl5nqs. darL; i,aiquities and insidious at
lacks but for the many of your readers
who know not Enquirer and his follow
ings. / will now answer SO much of his
communication as refers to me individ
ually
His first attack is, that the Board Of
School Commissioner" at every meeting
was s'dlmost Overwhelmed" with complaints
against nv official conduct. This IS false
At but two meetings OF said board were
complaints made, and these by the patrons
of the same school in both cases.
Said patrons belonged to Limestone
school, and were not only my politacdl but
many of them my personal frlends-ln
| fact, the teacher of said school, against
whom NJ r. Board ruled, and thus created
a factious spirit upon the part OF the
patrons. was my personal friend. How
ever. honestly considered him in error
and frankly told him so. He appealed to
| a full Board. as was his right, and lost his
| case, There was still a. further adJudlca-
tion of the matter by IL board OF referees
called bv the Superintendent at the IN
stance of the parties concerned. and this
| board decided in the favor OF M. X. Board
AS this case was just previous to the fall
| election of 1884, and all the parties OPP
posing my action were OF my political
! faith, was urged 10y the most influential
i men of my party TO yield for political. II
| for no other reasons. My reply WAS, that
/ L
! in the administration of the duties of my
office, knew neither Democrat nor Read
iuster-that | should do what | believed o
he right, regardless OF the political bear
ing Of my official acts.
Again, Enquirer says, that the peo-
pie of M. II. District with almost one
voice cried for relief. and quotes. as Il sub
sanitation of this base and sweeping lie,
Mi. Sidney. Limestone. Viewers Cave,
Flint Hill. Burktown, Fort Defiance and
New Hope
Out of the entire Number quoted. he
told the truth in but itvo instances. Upon
one | have already written at some length
it now remains for me 10 deal briefly with
FLINT Hill, : the either
! The young lady sent as q teacher to
ssFlilt Hill had taught there the year
pr vlous. and had given almost entire sat
isfaction-but two persons obiecting one
of these never to my knowledge coiced his
objection, or uttered a word to destroy the
harmony OF the school-the other tried to