The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-28
Mr.. Oaks Presents A Few Facts
Ed. v1Drrrr:

1 VIII muster my reserves ana hre
another shot in the camps of the
enemy. AS | have not written in
some time on acc cunt of sickness,
| will notice some of the criticisms
offered by the gentleman in his
first article.
He claimed that I said much of
the teaching force of the county
is not worth the salary they are
getting. | never said much"
The question of quantity was new
er raised. l said there were teach
ers in the county who were get
ting more than they were worth
and to this the gentleman assent
ed. Now don't think anyone
else has any right to call this
statement in question, as we had
both been teachers in the public
schools of the county and could
speak from experience. But also
said we had teachers who were
not receiving what their services
demanded. The gentleman did
not give me credit for this last
statement. Like many other wit
nesses on the stand he failed to
tell the whole truth and this in
the courts of our country would
have been considered peril
He also claimed that said we
had better teachers Is years ago
than we have now. l don't know
that | said better But if | did
not say it then, l will say it now
and in support of this proposition
will submit the following facts:
Fifteen years ago we had as
teachers of the public schools
snch men as w NJ Hundley, E D
Glenn, S Lasley Rodgers, w w
Shook, R L Shook, J E Brown,
w F Lambert, Chas Flynt, T J
Webb, J R Davis, D A Neal, J E
Timbes, Chas FURRY and others
that could be mentioned. Now
we ask the gentleman to name as
many teachers who have entered
the field since that time who can
fill the places vacated BY. the above
named gentlemen. If he cannot
do so. it would seem that my po-
sition is we'll taken. We will also
introduce the county superintend-
ent as witness who said just af-
fer the spring examinations the
result was perfectly Notifying to
him.
AS the present superintendent
was in office Is years ago it would
seem the teachers of that De Rod
had a better showing than the
teachers of the present.
The gentleman also claimed
that DR. Carmack said the Board
agreed to make the levy without
an election. Now when | read
that statement | just whistled and
thought Of my old friend Boyd
Russell, for the whole Board joins
me in saying that it is not true.
The Paragraph also said, in its
issue of Sept 80, that another
point in the law is that if the peo-
pie want a certain tax levied -
to provide for the Agricultu-
raj High School they must petit
ton the Board of Supervisors etc.
Now my reader will observe that
he was quoting from the Code of |
1916, and the act authorizing the |
establishment of an Agricultural |
High School was not passed by |
the Legislature till the spring of /
1908. So we see the gentleman
came in 2 years of telling the
truth which may be considered
close in Virginia.
The gentleman, being resi-
dent of the separate school district
of Iuka, would not have had the
pleasure of paying this tax had it
been lavied and could not have
derived any benefit therefrom,
therefore | cannot see why he
raised this calamity howl. Like
the man that thought the gift of
God could be purchased with mon