Smyrna times., 1897-06-30
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
THE 1NTRoDUcr1oN OF poL1r1os.

Ihh INTRODUCTION OF POLITICS.
The annual school election was held
on Saturday afternoon. Usually there
is small number in attendance, but
little more than enough to hold an cleo
ton properly, of persons interested.
but on reaching the school house
shortly after the time, the number was
found swelled considerable beyond the
usual size. An organization was af-
fected by making J. w. Dennev chair
man and Il. II. Beck, secretary: After
auditing the accounts and voting tbe
usual sum of $4,000 to be raised in taxes
they proceeded to the election Of two
commissioners to take the places of
John II. HOffecker and Geo. NJ. Stew
enson, whose terms had expired. w.
II. Baggs nominated the two retiring
men to be continued. A. II. Smith
nominated w. f. Hall and II. p
Grieves, and H. p. HAZEL nominated
John G. StOckly and H. G. Budd.
The ticket with the names of Hall and
and Grieves came there printed. The
total vote at the end of an hour was
VIM. +. Hall, 43; H. b. Grieves. 81:
John II. HOffecker, 30; Geo. NJ. Stew
enson, %; John c. Stockley, 6; H. G.
Budd, and B. A. HAZEL, 1. Like the
the Town election, it was not known
IN the morning that there would be
partlzan contest, and like it, the sue
cessful candidates had tickets printed
away from home.
Collector Wright was present to re-
ceive the taxes of voters, and seeing
they were casting their ballots
without tending to this little
matter, he called the attention of
the chairman to it, but he declined to
make a ruling, and so the votes of
number who never attend school cleo
tion were cast in defiance of the law in
relation to school elections, which reads
as follows, Chapter 42, page 321.
Every person residing within the
district and having right to vote for
representatives in the General Assem-
bly,, (and having paid his school tax for
the preceding year. shall be school
voter of said district, And if any per-
son not being so qualified shall vote at
any meeting of school voters therein.
he shall be deemed guilty of a misde- !
meanor, and shall be fined $1,000
There were about a dozen of votes |
thus cast, and would change the re-
suit, and protest was presented to the |
Board when it met Monday aft ,rnoon
to this effect, but they said it was
something they had nothing to do
with, qualified Messrs. Hall and
Grieves and organized as follows:
President, n. F. Wilds; vice Presi-
dent, w. E. Hall; Secretary, +. NJ.
Fowler. The other members of the
Board are b. V. Weldon and VIM. A.
FAIRIES and H. B. Grieves. These cleo
ted John G. StOckly. the seventh
member. John H. Hoffecker had been |
a member of the school Board since
several years before the Districts were
consolidated, and was chairman of the
building committee of the present
building, which was erected in 1893.
AS man of burdens, the must change
be a relief. Geo. NJ. Stevenson had
been a member for eight years and
shirked no duty imposed on him.
The Board met again yesterday af-
ternOOn and reelected Principal c. H.
LeFevre and all of his assistants and
appointed the following Committees:
School Property-W. E. Hall, H. B.
Grieves B. V. Weldon; Supplies, w.
E. Hall and E. NJ. Fowler; Visiting
SchoOls-JOhn c. Stockly, N. F.
Wilds and w. A. FAIRIES.