The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-06-26

upon. ana IL Will Oc lOT you u
saw what we shall do as a board
We have no power to lax you un
less you consent TO il, because th'
Legislature has wisely said tina
the school board may not exceed
the limit of taxation, which il
seven mills in a village like Lo-
gan, without The consent of the
voters. Ii takes that whole seven
mills 10 run the schools Of oul
town, pay our teachers. for oul
coal, our janitor and our inciden
ia: expenses. We have not a
dollar left al the end Of the year
to paw on bonds, or 10 pay on
new building; and the only way
that we cal raise The money Ia
build a new building that will
accommodate these youth is 10
Issue bonds by your consent.
Therefore, the faithful few who
are here tonight will please be
messengers 10 carry the news TO
their neishbors that The school
board is going TO submit two
propositions 10 the people 10
BULL commodious acconmoda-
tlons for the youth of this town.
We will do it or have no schools.
The basement is not fit for our
babies and the fourth story is not
fit for teachers or for our young
ladies and gentlemen. If a fire
should originate IN that third sto
ry Of that building. they would
be cut off except by that one mar
row stairway and the result
would be horrible. There is but
one narrow stair way as matter
Of egress from the fourth story
where We have four schools,
about $50 scholars and four teach
ers, and if a fire should originate
there, there would be nothing
bu. the hand of God alone 10
save the $50 from death or from
being crippled from going down
that narrow stairway. That is
too high up 10 have a school; the |
basement is not fit for it. The
proposition is that we shall aban
don the basement and fourth sto
~ and in lieu thereof, we shall
build at the same place a build
ng, either frame or brick, either
n modern style or a temporary
that shall accommodate
light 10 ten rooms, in order that
We shall have temporary relief.
70 do that we must bond this
own from eight 10 ten or Twelve
housand dollars. We can sell 4
hose bonds above Par and they
1ill run from two TO twenty {
ears as the people will see fl:
he taxation will he a little more I
ut I believe the people of this {
own would regard the life and 6
afety OF one scholar. so far as
loney is concerned, superior 10 I
venty thousand dollars of bond U
Indebtedness. We must do that t
nd we are in earnest about 1t, S
nd if you do not permit us to do :
lis, if anv accident results, you . .
} citizens of this town are re. Il
,onslble. We must bond this s.
wn to take care of our babies. n
will not send my boy 10 this y
asement and / have heard 1901 :,
" the same thing. We can't f;
nd our Young ladies 10 the "
urth floor any longer. You S!
low why. We can't send our u
lildren where they are destroy l. !.
g their health and taking their n
lanses of losing their lives IN d
Sc OF fire. Everybody says the n
hool- house won't burn down. =
b, no. Some school houses 4
'ver burn down. but if it ever
es burn down you will curse l
g school board that it was not u
ed long ago. We ask you to II
lp US now. 1t is not necessary u
r me to eXhort any further but "
ere must be something done.
shall be done. | want TO say u
re, this, as a lawyer. We have 81
truant officer that under the III
atutes Of Ohio was Empowered
arrest parents who do not send VI
cir children 10 school and those ~
10 refuse TO attend school. but III
len you have school house y
at is not a fit place to send III
em, you can't enforce the tru. p'
law OF Ohio. For instance. W
Oliver Wright or Mr.. Swenke, p'
Lewis Green. or Prof. McCray a. ~,
S a boy lncorrigible, and will o,
| 60 to school. and we send our ~,
ant officer after him 10 arrest n
n, it is good defence TO say n
ou have no place to put that a.
y" That is about all that In
We to say. l am very sorry to- IN
ut that this court house is moi IF
erfowiDg. We have sent oui l.,
or seven hundred circulars ~.
have placed them in The DO ~,
n of every family in this town. -,