Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1908-08-04
County Board of Education.

0ENTIsEMEN-l nave TcH tue sitS-
ter published in THE ScoUT. by
Messrs. A. Rice, w. ]. Martin and
{. B. Hill, County Commissioners,
and circulated by them through the
mail all over the county. 1t is very
unfortunate that's a controversy should
arise or difference exist between two
branches of the county government,
and but for the fact that the letter
above referred TO contains erroneous
statements which are calculated to
mislead the public and place the
Comfy Board of Education in a
false light, | would not pay any at
tention TO the same. But as the
County Board of Education has done
nothing wrong or that it is ashamed
of, and in order that the public may
be properly informed, l deem it my
duty to make a statement, and as tar
aS can correct the errors, and hope
that in doing so l will keep myself
free from any unkind expressions.
Under the law of North Carolina
the Coun'y Commissioners have
charge of certain affairs relative to
The governing OF the county, and the
County Board of Education have
charge of the public schools of the
county. The duties of the two
branches Of governmenE are separate
and distinct-neither can encroacl
upon or abridge the province of tn,
other.
/ have been a member of the Coun
ty Board of Education most of The
iiras.fer pass aweatE aaea A
all times | have had associated Will
me honest, honorable and capable
gentlemen, who have at alI times en-
deasored to do the best they knew
tor the advancement of education IL
'ur county. We may not have dom
the best at all times, for we are no
linfallible. No one but those wh'
have devoted their time and atten
tiOn to the educational interests o
Cherokee county can fully appreciate
the situation. No one bat the boar'
of education can know the great ant
many demands that are made by tn
people from every section of th
scounty. II has ever been a source O
qualification to note that great ma
jority of the people are deeply inter
ested in having the youth of tn
> county well educated. We hav
5 realized the fact that North Care
lima has for great many years bee
far down in the column of educa
tional advancement. This has a
ways been cause of much sorro,
and regret to our people, who hav
as much native ability and persona
= pride as any people on the earth.
e From 1901, aud ever since, a gres
! advancement has been made in Mort
: Carolina in the cause of education
e The people from one part of th
: state to the other seemed TO becom
. aroused to the necessity of bette
r and higher education, and nowhsl
: more so than in Cherokee count,
3 With two railroads running into OF
8 county, which give our people eas
r access to the outer world and dali
throws them in contact with peop
from every section of the COUNT
who are working in every calling
lite, our people saw the necessity
.s having the youth of their count
IS prepared, IN order that they mig
= meet any condition that might co
ID front them, and to this end it is a
solutely necessary that our. your
men and young women receive
adequate education. Five years a
= large majority of the school hous
= in Cherokee county were unworti
" the name of q school house. T
patrons of the different districts
the county clamored for better, me
comfortable and modern schc
houses, and within the last FIVE Yes
there have been erected in Cherok
county in the country school d
tricts more than fifteen new sch'
houses. None of these houses I
less than 24xs6 feet. They are "
built and as comfortable as any hor
in the county. The County Boa
of Education sought first to give /
Children a good, comfortable hol
in which to attend school, aud nj
TO give them good teachers. Th,
= houses have been built BY the