The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-12-20

| quote from a letter which he
recently wrote to our State Su-
perlntenGent of Public Instruc-
zion, the Hon. ]. y. Eggleston.
Jr. This Is his exact language:
In my possession rs a postal
from the CLERK Of ms Ue5.rilye
Sc60ot Board of Mathews county.
The postal Is dated October 10th
and informs me that the Trea-
Surer has not the money in hand
and therefore cannot have war
rants drawn upon him for Ser
tember settlement" Further,
Mr.. Weston says regarding his
October report: l saw DIR. Lane
on Nov. yah and he then informed
NE that two or three days BE-
fore he had mailed TO the Clerk
Iof the Board list upon which
was written the amounts due the
teachers" MIR. Weston then
adds that he attsrward saw the
envelope IN which the list re-
terrcd 20 was mailed, and it was
posttnarked Nov. 9th" In this
|connecti@n l wish to affirm that
the said October report was re-
Iceived by me on Friday morning.
Nov, z. That from the afternoon
OF the day previous and until the
morning Of Monday following
(Eovember sth) ! was CLOSELY
confined from acute bodily i'll
ness, both 70 my room and my.
bed That on Monday, the 9Th,
L duly made up the List" in
question. stamped and addressed
1t under seal 70 the clerk OF the
Westville School Board and dis
missed the matter further from
my mind. It. therefore, it now
develops that ii did not reach the
Post Office until the following
morning and my conversation
with MIR. Weston took place on
the afternoon Of the 9TH, I fail
utterly TO see any grievious dis
crepancy In the matter Of time.
Why then this iabored. vain at
tempt TO make a mountain of a
mile hill" Concerning this same
October warrant. and in reply to
letter from Mr.. Weston, the
Hon. J. .. Eggleston, r.. wrote
HIM under date OF Nov. IA: LAS
| understand your letter. YOU re-
ceived your warrant for your
October salary on November =.
| do not see any unreas onabIe
delay IN the case and do not sup
pose you are in serious earnest
IN desiring this Office to 90 to the
expense OF investigating SO small
a 0a0tfeF rs the apparent discrep-
sncy Of one or ilcO dayS Of time
in maihRg a letter"
naturally repel with righteous
the upkind and crEel
lntimStion that I would inten
tionally have made a misleading
statement to Mr.. Weston or any
other msn. and surely such pu-
TIle QuIPpling over a few hours
time but verifics the truthfulness
OF ut least one assertion made by
my young critic, namely - that
some people act very small.
Again. in his letter published in
the Journal. OF December 9th
(now remember December 6th)
Mir. Western says mo warrant
have | presented to him (the
County Treasurer) this year. the
trouble was ! c0D}G not Ges II soGr-
rant to present. And yer, in his
letter OF Nov. 18th. NOV remesl-
Der Nov ,I3) to state Supetendant
Egglestcn he asser' s: For month
ending September goth Twas paid
the latter part of October. and
turther under date of November
3oth, over his own signature. in
making mp his November report
he atflrms TO me. HAVE RE-
CElVED PAY FOaLAsT MONTH, &. T.
for OctOber) but. though far more
than thespaceof two ortnree DAYS
is thus on the surface, involved. I
would heap Goals of f,e on his
head and c5arita bly, attribute his
unfortunate contradiction TO an
error ot3he head aud not.of the
heart. Ny unbridled critic wouid
deny my right to attend the con-
which metin the county,
of the Protestant Episcopal
clinrch OF which / am an umble
although he hitnseitad-
aits that the "lisf'. of The amount
due the teachers was mailed on.
the morning of Nov. 6 and the
said convocation did not assemble
antil the oitsrno0R of that day.
and continued only for the two
succeeding days.
] also, exceedingly regret tha,
he. whose high missions it is to
instruct the boys and z rls in this