West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-09-25

The Board OF Educatlon Of Pleasant
District Gives Their Side OF
the Controversy.


in his letter of September nth, we beg
leave to correct ais statements. This Is by
no means the FIRST kicking he has done.
lie kicked when the Center, CNo. ISL and
Union Grove mo. 81 were built. When
the Vale School House (No. IS) was built
he fought II TO the last. and when he found
II would be built, he took the contract and
had the work done so poorly that the house
had to be repaired In less than a year. In
fact, he Is chronic kicker. lie has bull,
quite number Of the houses in Pleasan,
district. They are the poorest houses 10
the district. We call attention TO the Gale
mo. ~. II is really not fit to hold school
in. lie says the Boyer house will compare
favorably with the other houses of Pleasant
district. If he had said, alt will compare
built" he would have been about right.
Time has shown him to be wrong in nearly
all of his kicking. Now Locust Grove on
the east OF the Vale School has an enumera.
ton of 40. and Union Grove on the west
has ~. The. Vale has zo. The average
enumeration in Pleasant district Is 60. All
the members of the Board and Mr.. Groves
whom is now serving in the place Of ]. j.
Martin, spent two entire days looking over
the Boyer aud Lindale sub-districts, measur
ing roads and consulting. We unanimously
agreed that the best thing to. do would be
to build two houses, one at Cross roads
and one at Rodeheaver's. Docs Il look rea.
sonablc that we would decide to lax our
selves TO build two houses If we thought
they were not needed
Don't Mt. Jenkins know that we were
acting under our official oaths7 Han't we
n chance TO form an opinion after spending
two days Does he not know that he built
the Boyer house and used chestnut fence
rails and poles for studding and did very
poor job in general Does he not know
that Elisha Hartman lives very close, The
says I26 rods) and is the only man who
sends to this school from the northern side
Then he says in his Injunction that the
house is substantially built and properly
located. Swears TO il. Then he goes on
in his injunction and says that the house
could no doubt be bought back for a very
small sum and then says in his letter that 1t
Is worth 5000.
We had our Secretary TO ask the County
Superintendent for his opinion and he re-
piled by letter that the Boyer house was not
fit for school purposes and advised its con-
demnation and the erection of one or two
new houses and said he would leave the
number and location to our judgment.
Then Mr.. jenkins says we sold the house
worth $500 for Sac dollars. Why didn', he
bid on il . lie was there and could have
done so. That was the proper time to get
an injunction. He says we rented il the
same day. This is false. The house was
sold OF the 18th day of August and was
rented the 10Th OF September. Our princi
pal reason for renting was that we thought
We could save more than the rent by giving
the contractors all this time to do the work.
We admit that the Boyer house did not
| merit new roof but MIR. Jenkins had
stopped the building of new house and
wha, else could we do 2 Mr.. Jenkins must
remember that we had the children of
Locust Grove, Boyer and Lndale emu
mera'ed the 2Sth and 2o,h of May One
of the new houses will have 80 pupils and
the other IS.
We don't like to find fault with the doinps
of an old man, but what is the use to NEEDLE
with the work of the Overseer of the Poor,
l Cnnntv cn,,,,;se;on-~ - pl e -
ton, aud be all the time swearing about
their actions. When we say swearing, we
mean jus, what we say. Why did he fail
to measure from Arley Gutherie's to the
old Boyer house, and from the new house at
Rodeheaver's TO Thurman Teet's and
Richard Lewis, and from Arthur Savage's
to old foundation at Swindale.
| The secret of all this is, he wanted TO be
elected County Commissioner and John
Deal and great many more didn't elect
him and he swore they should never have q
school. Therefore he says in his letter,
swell, John w. Deahl must have a school
house" He says, 'Such fnanciering will
soon bankrupt Pleasant district" Let us
see what the financial condition of Pleasant
is and the levics since July list. 1899:
For year commencing July list, 1899.
Teachers fund 90 cents.
Building [" az
1900 teachers fund so cents.
Building " IS
1901 teachers -" IS
Building 4" IS
1909 teachers 4" IS
Building +" As
Balance due district July 8, 1901
Teachers fund s3I6 4S
Building SIC 6S
Amount due district from repositories,
SIzI.oo.
Amount due district for transfers, sra 90.
Total due district in building fund,
sLoSo.sS.
Citizens Of Pleasant, won't you help him
curse our County Commissioner for doing
his duty, assist him in looking after
the poor and help him pay the cost Of
his injunction and carry il to Supreme
Court II is easy to make assertions and
get injunciions, but it is not so easy 10
sustain them. II we only had the power to
sec ourselves as others see us, what a lot Of
mean things would be left undone
BIZ or EDUCATION or PLEASANT Dfs'r.
g. w. BfsHoPF. Secretary.
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Receiver Appointed
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