The Jackson herald., 1910-11-24

of the district at any annual meeting.
Crhis question has never been voted
on I'm this district.") have before
me the Laws Missouri" 1909. on
page S26. Section |. Line - ct seq.
which reads the opposite to that. II
states: Nothing in this section
shall he 80 construed as TO prevent
the use of any school house and school
premises for religious. literary or
other public purposes, for the meet
ing of any farmer organization, y etc.
| made the assertion publicly that
owing to the technicaity of the
election" and majority" was pre-
vented. Either this was true or the
conscientious upho'ders of the school
laws in Dogwood are the most promi-
ncnt in fulfilling their duties and the
rest of school directors In many parts
of the state. who do not stand on this
technecality with me and many other
clergymen when they give us the use
of buildings without going through
that formality, are not. 1t is a re-
markaEle thing that they ignored
trespass upon the school premises of
five young men apparently very much
under the influence of liquor that day.
Were they invited there u make
rough house" as has happened In
that vicinity on occasiOnsY II so,
do the directors know who invited
themy Where did they get the liquory
Were inquiries made by those jealous
uphOlderS of the law? Have they
tried to vindicate such trcspass or
wisely ignored it? If so. why so pune
tillious in technical execution Of the
laws in other Instances? Were the in
tcntions of those young men hostile.
despite their friendly invitations to
drink Or were they hostile and
frustrated 10y the fifty persons. at
least, not seven only as can be easily
proven, who were of dccenter type
than some present? 'Tis passing
strange some things: but not Who'll
Is So.
II depends upon whose OK Is gored.
SECOND NO.
disproved this from their our cvi.
dcnce offered in their first No. >.
SECOND no. 3
| replied to this and believe rciut-
ed II in LIST No. ,. They were evi-
IDENTIFY in need of names that they had
TO come to Jackson and elsewhe for
them. do not know, personally,
anyone outside of my own 'congrega
tiOn in that locality as am here only
l. months: but do know, and were
II not for my suspicion of the motives,
persons and objects behind this "tlim
fam attack. would make affidavit
that had many invitations whether
from many persons or not, am un-
able to say. for the reason stated, that
| do not know them. 1t is matter
Of public knowledge that am invited
elsewhere and have several invitations
10 speak in school houses in this
The sun do move" even In
he Dogwood District and an invita-
ion of that kind Is an ordinary mat
.er: 50 much 20 that the questioning
# il does not do credit to the persons
ioubting il in that locality.
SECOND NO. /.
As To the use of the school house
here. am forced 10 accept the
of inhabitants OF good !
here and those statements !
ire not in accordance with No. 1.
However, am able TO produce evil |
lcncc of personal knowledge and the |
tatemcnts of dozens, at least. besides
q ports in the local papers here OF diff !
erent clergymcn Of Jackson and !
'thcr towns adjacent using the school
often in the locality of
)ogwood and elsewhere and some of |
hose very signerS were among the
audience, II is SO public a matter II
5 waste of time to refer to 1t. The
chool directors do not stop at even
undertaking, it is evident. Above
heir own signatures they state "Of
he seven taxpayers the other large
number suppose do not count with
hese mind readersl who honored him
With their presence, two adhere to
he faith he has the honor TO repre-
'ent; two, we presume came from
to see what kind of an ami
nal was going to perform that after
loon." Mind reading Of a certain or
Ter, presumption .of: speaking for
others, willing or not, is not an un-
known thing in that locality by GER
-ain element. As toI.its having been
an "animal performance, there is no
iisputing tastes nor do all men think
alike. The professional men of Jack