The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-11-05
is MIR. wIsNER FRIEND or FREI
sCHOOIss

is MIR. wIsNER A FRIEND or FREE
sCHOOLss
Northumberland pupils OF the Mar
tinsburg High School, We desire to re-
ply briefly to the scurrilous attack on
Prof. Cox's financial report for Column
bus Day, by Mr.. j. Nelson Wisner.
The table, bodied candidate wishes
to know who gave Prof. Cox the .an-
tliority to assess his pupils, we reply,
How can an entertainment, which the
Independent itself pronounced the finest
Eof the kind ever seen in Martinsburg,
be successfully carried out unless pa
irons and people assist with their con-
4 tributionsl Prof Cox, moreover,
simply told his pupils how much each
would have to give in order to defray
the expenses; he did not even try to
compel them to give; on the contrary,
he told the collectors not to insist upon,
but simply inrite the pupils to con-
tribute.
/ As to his statement in the paper, as
pupils, we must say that it was true.
Does Mr.. Wisner object to the truth
We hare yet to hear The first pupil raise
an objection 10 Prof. cor's financial state
ment. Why does Mr.. Wisner, who Is
not patron Of the school, raise his
Iobjections4 Why did not the Herald
and Statesman Issue their protest. We
reply, that the Herald and Statesman
4 have each always proved true to our
Public Schools, regardless 81 what
may have been their personal objec-
tions to any Of the teachers or school
officers. II
il What has been Mr.. Wisner's atti-
tude toward the present Superintend-
emit Of Schools Has he not taken
especial delight to abuse him time and
again despite his almost unparalleled
success Did he not a few months
ago ask the Board Of Education to 70
duce the Superintendent. salary from
$1,000 to 5000 per annumf Free
School lovers Of Berkeley county, how
do you like the above Z
/ In his plaintiye appeal to the voters
Of Berkeley county, in card form
dated Nov. 2, Mr.. Wisner soys, Il
have always endeavored to promote
| the best interests of the town and
county, your home and mine.n
Il No town in the State Of West Va,
with population greater, as great,
or even 0ne-haD as great as that Of
Martinsburg, pays her Superintendent
Of Schools q salary smaller than from
1880 to $500 per annum, which,
i with the salary paid to the assistant
principal, for the Superintendent
LAP have assistant principals except
Prof. Cox, would make between
1000 and 81, 900 per annum.
Mr.. Wisner is able to patronize the
| private schools; there isnothing wrong
| in. his doing 50 but when he asks that
the poor mans child shall have in
! Martinsbnrg a 5000 superintendent,
while mere villages IN West Va, pay
double that amount, he strikes q blow
at our City Free Schools.
i Mr.. Wisner in his card says, I Ny
might has been added to every i'm
proyement. 7 Is their not typograph-
ical error in this I Judging from the
above, the reading should have been
II my mite.n Ta-what school did Mr..
| Wisner's !" might TT go; for all the
principals asked for contributions 7
il AS to the deficit in the High School,
the pupils in the school will no doubt
attend to that without Mr.. Wisner's
assistance, or that Of any other enemy
of the Superintendent. Mr.. Wisner,
when the High School pupils need your
advice they will ask for it until your
advice il. sought, win you kindly in the,
future, hold your peace i
i w. L. STEPHENS.
J. WIN. SMALL.
Note En1 Waller and Har-