The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-01-25

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to Mt Zion school, and appropri-
ate their pro rata of public funds
to Mt Zion school. This your
honorable body refused to do, think
ing, l suppose, it would be better
to cram about 100 children in a
school house 1Sx20 feet, get teach
er to teach for $25 or $50 a month.
| admit the school would continue
for longer term than if the dis
trict was divided, but will the
children be benefited? Yes, won
derfully! Since the Mt Zion school
has been established children have
attended the school from Hargis
district, Montgomery district and
Dunn district, all in ward Z, Grant
parish, but according to your reso-
luton no children from these dis
tricts can draw their pro rata of
public funds except those from
Hargis district. Other parishes paw
the tuition of children attending
public schools in any part of the
ward. Unfortunately for us, especi-
ally when public schools are locat-
ed, our school is near the line of
VIM and Grant parishes. Whom
we ask Winn to arrange SO that our
public term of school will be salts
factory, VIM says she cannot un-
less Grant will do SO and SO. Grant
cannot according to the law, or will
not though contrariness, don't know
which, accede to Winn's PROPOSE
ton. Hence we are like unto the
man who died and went to hell and |
was refused admmission, but given |
a coal of fire and told to go build |
him little hell of his own.
Respectfully, s. G. CURRY.
Editor Co,f.z Chronicle:
/ see by the issue of the CHRosI-
Gle of Jan. 18th, that the Grant
parish school board has entered in
to a new programme in the way of
redistricting the parish, for what
purpose is unknown to me, except
it Is for the purpose of creating
more confusion to the parents of
The school children, in order that
when they ask for school to be
granted, if they should fail to CON-
ply strictly to the new rules or
IDEAS of the school board, their pc
itlon will be laid on the table. II
iefy any member of the board to
axe the enumerated districts and
ocate or designate where they are |
ituated except District No. l, and
UGH others whose names are nota-
lie places.
'On motion it was ordered that G
he inetes and bounds of districts l
. published in the CHRONICLE I
vice within the next thirty days, 7
nd that the voters in each district !.
old an election on the first Satur- Il
ay in March 1890, and elect three Ii
,hool directors" g
Now / ask who made those metes p
nd bounds? Did the school board. y y
It's boss, or were they made "
7 the patrons of each district, t.
ter due notice given to all, 10 b
eet at certain designated place? Il
i'd the school board intend that Is
9groes should say who the direc- - -
RS of Rock Hill district should n
J? They certainly said SO when 4
ey passed that resolution author b.
ing the voters to elect the direc- SO
rs. | think it should have been
It to the majority of the patrons
each district, because if a man TO
es not patronize school nor en-
We any children to send to it, he ~
es not have any interest in it,
d be should not have any voice an
selecting the directors of it tic
lother weak feature about it is it WI
es not say where in the districts or,
elections are to be held, wheth- n.
at the office of w. L. Richard
/ or at the school house of each uu
trict- Who are to hold these In
ctions? l suppose the parish see
perintendent or his appointees, rer
he seems to represent wards l, tha
5, 6 and z. Another Daisy '1,'
olution is that on intemperance. wn
~ did not the author of it, have the
roviso In it that except he should any
intoxicated on whiskey some Ho
else ''set up" ! say the ex- pa,
ming committee cannot lawfully 'l
hhold certificate from any one the
, presents himself or herself for
and proves qualified.
he first place the Legislature r
not defined drunkenness, and Isru
school board is not tribunal Few.
Legislative body. In nv opinion Chill