The Forrest City times., 1893-04-21
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.


 settled intelli gently. The time has ar rived when further postponement k impossible. The welfare of the chil dren of the community depends upon it. and 1t is the duty of the voters and taxpayers to protect the interests oi the rising generation. and they cal best conserve these interests by a prompt and final settlement of this school question in a manner that vii insure common school education L" every pupil in the district The frsl step in this direction would be the erection of d school building that wonid meet the requirements of the case. Such building-one which would not have to be replaced in few years will cost S10,000 or Sl2000 Part of this fund will be available when the tax collector pays over the school none! to the county treasurer. More would be added by private subscriptions, ano credit could be obtained for the bal ance. We are assured the house cal be built under this arrangement. l absolutely necessary to abandon th schools to secure this end. they should be abandoned. \ start must unavoid ably be made some time, and the sooner the better. There are objrc tiona to this plan. of course. but Vt have he .rd no plan suggested which would present fewer objections. It will probabiy-na., assuredly-beal heavily upon some members of tn community who are not able to send their children to foreign schools. but the inconvenience would only be tenn porary. In the end they would bp gathers, and all should be willing t. make some sacrifices in order that good may result,
 The school election will occur nexj month. and the voters of this schooi district sheuld see to it that none but progressive men find d place upon the board. Everything depends upon this Sufficient discretion is allowed tn board by law to handle the matter. Men should be selected who will use thls power intelligently, without fear of the growls of the disgruntled. w. have snch men in the district, and we believe they could be prevailed upor to serve on the board. though their private business would suffer somr- what m order to accomplish the ends In view. We believe these men would make some personal sacrifices for the general good, and it is time somebod, was taking the matter in hand A We suggested last week, there are in- dividuals in the community who mak t It business to criticise in the mosl mercIless manner the actions of the board. and this is done, too, with no conception of the portent of those ac tions. Such people must be born, with, of course, although they are pub lie enemies in the dradiest sense oi the word. because the law does not permit sensible people to chuck then into the nearest pond and thus rid the community. Let Us exemplify: A few years ago the graVest charges of dis honesty were brought against certai, members of the board: it was asserte. tsiat they used the school money il their rrivate business, winch could not have been conducted without these funds. When the truth came out, thest veiy men had been paying 100 cents on the dollar for school warrants and hold in2 them over, sometimes year, unti the money was in the treasury to redeem. the warrants. These gentlemen did not complain particularly at the crim ina injustice done them by these con Scienceless scandalmongers. but kept right along doirg good work for ttu schools of the district. These remarks are simply to show what q man must contend with while serving on the For. rest City school board. It is only a sample of what our average intramu- TAI tdttier can do iu his mission to in- jare the community when the spirit ot innate deylitry moves him and he pIckles down to business in dead carr est.
 ne heard one prominent citizen assert last week ihai uuless rn in piovement s.As u..ie in the sctools o. iiis town h., rfslld ts1e hts fam ID t3 Mem; l!ls C, trs.ur II. urd~r IA