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schools where one was sufficient" and he ulsr
makes the further error of intmattng thai
+ "onc school WAS sufficient"
; The misrepresentation from beginning II
end, is one of our chief causes OF complaint
The School Commissioner S1Gtru ;t Due
: West That the distance from the New Srioo
WINS not more than 4 mile, or Il mile and n
half. or twomilcS at furtics. from White Hall
Is this in Keeping with The act OF tho School
f Trustees who miEsiat"d all tn" distances
The school houses are Two milrS apart
For proof Of this see affidavit OF james
\. Bgby--!nc school house is about mid
way between the dwellings OF u. ii. How
ara and James A. Bisby. The applicants nl;
lcsc that it is not so much distance us natural
obstacles that makes the new school house
necessary.
The Trustees know that very large por
ton of The children who 90 to the school
on the Fast side OF I!a:d lahGr %!,,f, hnyf i';S
school. Tho Trustees and the School Com
missioner know that The average attcndnnrG
of children ut White Hall has been about ilf
, teen IF we are not mistak en-. the average q [.
tcn,iaucci Is not less since the New School
was established. Mr.. hodges admitted at
/ Due West that there were thirty or ihlriy-iivc
scholars ut White Hall and l:ard Labor. lie
| knows, that the Attendance ut the New
/ school i, about. twenty. and ut White Hall
/ fifteen. Now, If the average attrltlancn
Of children Is increased from fifteen to
thirty or :hirtv-hvr children. any diS!ntrI-
cSlrd reader. ike the dl$inl+rCstcd Trtt"c.
Will Src Ila! there Is 4 necessity for the Hard
Labor School
| A GROSS MISREPRESENTATION or FACTS.
| III reply 10 the statement that the Hard La
bor School would "neccssitate the shortening
| OF the school term" we would say that we do
not believe there Is n man IN Abbcrillc c0un
| ty who will admit the the correctness OF this
! statement and we are more than surprised
that Mr.. Hodges should make any such state
mcnt The very ScctiCn which gives him le-
gal authority to take tie public money TO de-
! fray the expenses OF tie teachers institute
also says:
/ n" ithc School Commissioner shall ahhialiy, Or
the rs day Of February. practicable tcere.
after di,p0rtion The incoMe Of The Counfy iScE0o'
Districts Of his County IN proportion 10 the Grcr-
age number of,pnpis attending ptc free schools
| IN each DiS'rict.'
The reader will readily see .has any asscr-
! ton, thai the enrolment Of the children OF
| Hard Labor would reduce The school term Is
| absolutely md positively ut variance Win
The facts us they exist. If the school fund
| is divided between the School Districts
according to the number OF children in at
tendance upon the schools. how is ii pnSSi-
bic for the Hard Labor children to reduce the
tcrm of the schools? The Trustees would
additional fund to which the Increased NUM-
Der of pupils entitled them. BY no pOsSibl-
! ity could the Hard Labor children take one
! cent from the White Hall school Even
though ;lIc aprortionmCrl he made upon the
Iati"nt!lEcr Of last year, and even though
| the white renters should remove from the
! township, their share Of the appOrtiOnmcnt
would br left HAT year for the benefit Of the
landowners children. BY 40 twisting or
! turning OF the matter, can the assertion be
,lii' , 'i ~, - 1I wv, -,
i li'ia pis.' i ~ ~ liz u"rd r"r
SIn 'i,iiir,,;' ~ '''' " '''' -'0'
'''
TIE FALSE ALARM AS TO TITLE
-, A..
me FGil1oa trustees say III Spc'h''e vi '''e
!
w are 'hioihl a"' hci''r th"t ""u Tl"''a" III
thr u'rS WIS III lnc event I" i,S h!ah""i"'chI i"r
ihe lH'"sS l'r "nca II WAS o''' 'ne losses''o" te-
vertrd I" the seller
As snoboly wanted to break up the White
! Hall school, we do not See the relevancy Of
| this statement, even If II were true. We are
| informed by one Of the Trustees who bought
! the land, tiiuf Inc knew nothing of any such
! rrnviSo in the title. aud we challenged these
trustees ScN'ri;l WerN' ny" 10 orihs me PROOF
Oh tiieir asS;'I on Miici ii'lS hoI pcch lu'-
rlshra up III Ii'S "Fi''hs'
EVERY CHARGE ANSWERED AND FULLY NET.
which has been made against the poor white
children OF Hard Labor, except the charge
versions who rent land" Except, We believe.
| three. all The rest are the children OF PERSONS
who rent land. II Is 5heir misfortune TO DC
rnor, and !; il also their misfortune TO live III
hiic liiall t"w IiSnip' WIerc unie i,csto ,LnU %
| ,I,r vhiir rrnIrrs
~
TIE SCHOOL. COMMISSIONER EXCEEDS Ills
Authority,
| The School Commissioner has read Mt differ
en-, tllIicS, uIi w "a ,.!, a. rt.ui 'I,
n'lieNc ":'N Miitltr ~ ;.lHt ,uici .
coward, 10 VIC eLieyt !lltt tnc ;>cn''ri Ioul-
missioner hau no rISilI 10 TX lne rny ol tc'icA-
+!S. his Is W!E't Atr' iioaSes si'u III the pc-
ginning oi III" year.