Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-27

sch0OlS about two months and thus
borrowing aud paying Interest avoided.
ProEting by the experience OF pre-
ceediug years, In June, 1898, the Board
believing 1t to be more business like
to levy u tax sufficient to pay all indebt-
edness as made, rather than afterwards
to increase the levy TO pay up deficits
and TO pay interest on money which it
became necessary to borrow in conse-
qucnce OF these deficits, again made a
levy OF l3 mills. which on the tax valu-
alton OF SiS3,59 for that year would
produce $6276 81 to which was added
the amount receise ed from Common
School lund etc. After the full levy
for 1898 had been collected and ~
| ing all money duo from otI eoeiV'
and naying all claims ~ o''oeo'
oo,na wv Jtember 1, 1899, at the
mt OF the schools there
rem"' ed in our treasury in Tuition
! End S14249S with Contingent fund
oyerdrawn to amount OF S9l. Is, leaving
an actual balance in treasury Of Sl333.S3
with which 10 start the Schools and
which was sufficient to carry on the
Schools for two months, purchase coal
etc. When the funds being again ex-
hausted we were obliged to borrow
money to pay teachers for month OF
November and pay Way Scholarship
fund 800 after which we were so fortu-
nate as to be able to obtain an advance
from the collection on our levy of 1899,
thus showing conclusively that IN. L.
HIS" statement that we have paid
interest on money borrowed everyday
since September |, is not true.
We desire to call the attention OF tax
payers particularly to some OF the
statements in the article OF IN. L. H."I
referred to, to counteract the proba-
bility of their being otherwise misled
| by them. IN. L. H." says "oBly six
months ago (last AuGust) the Auditors
books show s3iG0.S2 cash turned over
with which to start the schools Sep
tembcr J." The books OF the Board
also show the same fact that this
amount is the last half OF the taxes
collected from levy OF 1898, when there
was an actual deficit OF S20l 81 on Sept.
| /, 1895. We as taxpayers, and having
''some knowledge of school methods"
believe with IN. l.. H. that there
should b, money on hand TO start the
schools at the beginning OF the school
year, but we are not yet prepared to
believe that the proper way to accom-
| plish this is To repudiate our honest
obligations, or TO reduce our leyies
below what Is required to raise
IA sufficient amount 10 at least meet
these obligations. Again IN. L. H."
s1ys only n month ago the same books
snow S525S. O3 levied and received by
the Board for the last half OF the cur
reut year etc. N. L. Fl. may possibly
on ref Lection concede that this amount
was received from the first half of the
taxes levied and collected for 1899.
Again, as IN. l.. Hn has from the
beginning to the end OF his article,
apparently endeavored to leaye the
impression that there has been some
crookedness on the part of one or more
or all the members OF the Board, in
connection with the disbursement of
the funds coming into their hands,
we as members OF the Board and as
taxpayers OF the School District. be-
lieve it 10 be the duty we owe the citl-
| NJ tlNn nilf ri ut larn.A In pnalya
known any act on the part of the men,
bers of the Board, which in the opinion
OF any reasonable man, with IL knowl-
edge OF the facts would be considered
subject to criticism. we call upon him
to make his charges direct, definite
and explicit. that we may brand them
as false and so prove them to be. We
more particularly desire this in view
OF the communication which he says
he received from the State Commits
sionrr OF Schools. Our Board has
never received hint OF anything OF
the kind from the commissioner TO the
effect that our school finances are in
very bad condition, etc. Yet we. one
and all, assert without any lear oil It's
being proved to the contrary in the
community where we are all alike
known, that va nre in every respect
the peers OF IN. l.. a." so far as pos
sessed in common of all those qualities
which make good citizenship, honesty,
fair dealing, a proper regard Tor the
| rio hts Of Onr fellow cjtiZans and attain
tion to oflicia! duties, and Il proper ac-
counting for the same, without hope or
expectation OF any personal profit or
benefit to accrue therefrom. Again as
to the charge mad. by IN. L. H." that
in april 1898, Mr.. Frank Thompson
yehemently declared there were no
deficits" without being more ex-
pllcit, the truth compells us to say that
mn sunh 1an In ra ION una auar ,,,ada lNu