West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-09-11
TO THE VOTERS
And Taxpayers Of Pleasant District,
Preston County.


Ant district In reference TO the actions
OF The Boacd OF Education Of sald dis
trict sometime In the year 1900.
Said board undertook To Increase
tue number Of sub school district. In
the district OF Pleasant. by taking
from No. 10 and No. ie sub-distrlctr.
pupils TO form said sub-tistrict, and
proceed 10 sell the contract for build
inG new school house In said dis
trlct within one and thrce-fourth
miles OF school house No. 10 (Looust
drove,) and within lees than one aud
one-hsif miles OF the school house No.
is (Boysr.) Myself aud other citir-
en4 81 said district. believing the no
ton OF the board uuwise and detrl-
m ntal to the best interests OF the
schools and taxi payers OF said dis.
trir', petitioned the Supt. of Free
Sc ioois. asking that the action Of the
board la increasing said sub dlstric:s
aud building additional school ouse
be annuled. Anu after liking a day
Tor /" hes ing of the appeal aud the
evidence for aud against the matter
IN controversy, reversed the action
OF the school board on the grounds.
that IL would reduoe the euumern.
ton la No. 10 below what II should
be to about 10 pupils. aud the build
lug OF the new school house and ore
atinS an additional sub district wa.
stopped.
IL seemed for time that the Board
Of Education was at their wits end.
but nftcr taking counsel, proceeded
To scli the school house No. 10 (Boycr,
on tho grounds that IL war unsafe
aud Improperly lorricd. Gu the nth
day Of Aug, 1901. sold to Elisha
Hartman Tor tie sum of geo 90 and IN
less than three minu' ga after n was
Knocked down Ia Mr.. Hartman the
board asked TO rent said house to
hold school la The following winter.
MIR. Hartman told tho writer that
the board paid him g.. 90 FOR the rent
OF SAID house TO hold school In. What
ncxtf
Well. John II DIehl must have
school house, for he said school
houses were cheaper than doctor
bills aud would keep at It nm he got
house. Now the Board OF Ednca.
ton wes without a house IN No. ie
with ma enumeration OF 10 puplls.
Md now tho Board OF Education
proceeds, TO du 10y indifectloD, what
they Jailed to accomplish IN n legal
way, aud sells the contract for build
ing TWO houses instead OF one. Ope
at the SAM place they were Legally
stopped from building with the same
conditions prevailing. without any
Increase In the enumeration. One
house II to be built within ten rods
or less OF sub district No. 10, aud
within nifty -hvo rods OF WIN. Casteel,
Who Is on the extreme north wcsi
corner OF No. l2 aid also south west
cor"or Of No, II
fhe pupils living near This lite are
as follows: VIM. Csstecl So rod. Q
pnriir, Allen Sirnw.cr 1874 rods.
pupil. IT, Cas'eel II miles. epupii,,
D. =. Feather 2i0 rods to new house.
2io to old honse, 1 pupil, Ezrn Tur
ney ITO rods to old house. 270 to new
house. 2pupis.
Tie other house 10 10 be built on
The north west corner OF John Rode
henyef's farm about ESQ rods In n
southern direction Mt the extreme
Sou'h edge Of the population In
No. 10.
Believing HAT the action Of the
Board OF Education IN Yelling the
OLD house and tho building OF the
two new houfes a shameful waste ~
the peoples money aud fragrant
abuse OF tho discretionary power OF
the Board ~ Education. ! applied
10 his Honor John Homer Holt for
an injunction restraining said Board
OF Education from building said
/ ouses aud 1t was granted. On July
1902 on motion OF the Board Of Edu.
cation, said injunction was dissolved
on the ground that the court did not
have jurisdiction To restrain the
Board Of Education from building ne
many houses as they IN their judg
ment thought proper 10 build, and
that the Board OF Education IA a cor.
porhts body with unlimited 30 yer so
far as determined the number OF
school houses in the sub district. and
location OF same and are therefore
n'Deuable only to tho voters who
elected them. IL such Is the law we
are surely In helpless condition.
The serynnt Rreoter than his lord,
the school board greater than the
people.
Now there isR contest ne TO what
the servHut can do. The rule says,
convenient sub-dittricts assigning
TO oacb where practical BILE not teas
than forty pupils between the ages OF
s'x aud 81 years, aud canse 10 be
taught sufficient number OF schools
for the instruction Of the pupils,
former bohfd pursued snid course aud
rs fbfy thought sufficient md In ac-
corsiance with the power granted.
But Uew board com"s IN power aud
they Say everything former boards
done VS. wrong, aud proceed accord.
ing 10 their no'ion to arrange mat
tors jet right Now f-w facts IN
regard 10 he answer OF the plaintiffs
Till. says wbiIe it may be- irne that
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