Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-03-26
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s.: IroOI HOLIDAYS.

issue that MIR. Joynes has given up
his contention, that County Superin-
tendants can make legal holidays ad
libitum. But such back down! 1t
was the most bungling, ungraceful,
prevaricating and unmanly surren-
der I have ever witnessed. On the
9Th Of March. he published his famous
platform of seven articles. Article
Sd reads as follows: GA day or a
week or two weeks declared of by
the County Superintendent, is to all
teachers legal holiday ~ These are
his own words. I will not misquote
him although he shamelessly mis-
quotes me. But he was not satisfied
with laying down the principle, that
County superintendent could make
legal holidays, he goes to the Teach
ers Association and asks the Super
intendents this question. Is Fri
| day, 10Th, a legal holiday rs to those
| teachers who were in attendance at
the Association?n both said it was. !"
Mr.. Joynes then exclaimed, Now
+; I've got o pointer for Mr.. Parsons"
These words were spoken at the As
ISOLATION. Both of the County Sup
erintendents had confirmed his posi-
tion, that the ~erintendent could
make legal holidays and he was as
proud as little boy with red cap,
and he exclaimed in his letter, $50
you see the absolute fallacy Of MIR.
Parsons position on the superin-
tendent question. "Again, in his let
ter of February 9th. he says, "but
when the County Superintendent
orders us not to teach for a week, the
pay for that week belongs to us be-
cause, by virtue of his office, that
week is to us a legal holiday" He
could not have claimed in stronger
language the righto Superintendent
to make legal holidays ad infnitum
and in the face of all this, he has the
hardihood. the cheek, to say in his
last letter 1.-TWO County Superintend-
ents declared Friday 10th, legal
holiday for all teachers present at the
Association. did not say they had
the le..al right to do SO because l
have always claimed that right be-
longs to the District Boards. 20 con-
sistency what jewel thou art
How can man eat his own words
in this manner? Ne must be as
fond of eating them as he
is of the pay he has never earned.
But he says, his advocacy Of the Su-
perintendent's right to make legal
holidays was trap and I walked into
it. Such statement. in the fac" Of
the facts and his own writings on this
subject. is simply contemplate. He
certainly caught the two superin-
tendents in his trap. Wasn't that
magnanimous and generous treat
ment to visiting guestsf But if :
had told the real truth, he We
have said, Mr.. Goodwin Holidays
Joynes fell into his own trap head fore
most and left his leos and coat-tails
sticking out-a subject of pity, con-
tempt and ridicule. He is trapper
catches his own friends and guests
in the presence of q refined Oman
cock audience, (who according to
him. hiss at every improperly. Why
didn't they hiss him when he was
trapping the superintendent? THAT
was the unkindest cut of ALL" 20
the pity OF it'll" If he had been in
genuous. frank and manly, he would
have acknowledged he was wrong as
to the Superintendent right to
make legal holidays and all would
have given him credit for frankness.
"Wise men change their minds; fools
never do.n Rut so great was his self
conceit he would not acknowledge
his error when all the readers of the
ENTERPRISE saw it so plainly. Self
snfliciency is not a crime, but it is a
blemish. "He argues and argues.
and still the wonder grows, how one
little head contains oil he knows"
But his memory is wretched. He
says the teachers last year were all
suspended 'at the end of the third
week in the third MONTH" He don't
even remember what occurred one
week before Xmas. The teachers
were all paid for three months Gin
Guiding Xmas day. before the recess.
In those three months they were
given two MISUNDERSTANDING
and Xmas day. But that did not
satisfy Mr.. Holidays" Joynes-he
wants another week of holidays-the
whole Xmas recess! This shows that
all he wants is pay. He don't seem
to care whether he earns it or
not, just SO he gets his
fist full of school money.
For session 1S0O-91, he wants two
weeks. How greedy he is. But why
don't he bring his case before The
court? Because he dares not. He
knows he has no just claim. "Usur-
patton of the County School Board'
fiddle sticks and tomfooleryf What
did the County School Board do7
They simply agreed that certain days
should be declared legal holidays by
the several District Boards SO that
we could have uniformity of holidays
throughout the county. All of us
agreed that the several District Boards
should confirm the resolution passed
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