The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-04-06


turns.
we congratulate the people of
the Chesapeake and Piankitank
districts upon their good fortune
IN receiving an addition to their
school levy and congratulate too.
their representatives n. h e
Board of Supervisors upon their
wise action. Without casting
any additional burden upon their
people these two gentlemen took
from the county levy in which
there has been a surplus for many
years. the sum of five cents on
e C h hundred dollars, which
when added to the school levy
raises it in their districts 10 fifty
cents on each hundred dollars
or TO the maximum allowed by
law. No wonder that with their
affairs in the hands Of such men
the cause of education. is making
great strides in Observation-Disclosures.
Westville District is less for
tunate in educational matters.
In the beginning we might say
that we realize that it is often
difficult for one VINO believes in
some great cause and earnestly
desires Its promotion. to render
justice TO some person who OPP
poses it. in according to such a
person credit for being conscien-
tlous in his opinion. This credit
we have always given our rep
'resentative on the Board Of Sup
ervisors in speaking and writing
and shall continue to d o so.
While we do this we regard his posi-
tion as unfortunate and disastrous to
the best interests OF :his district.
Westville District never needed larrer
funds for schoO! purposes more badly
than it needs them new and needed
them last year. 1t seems TO us that
thu Is fact is patent to all who under
stand the school situation. Certainly
the failure to secure them is retarding
the progress Of Education and if some
time is not done will bring even worse
results in the next two or three wears.
Before the meetin of the Board on
last Friday SuPt. r. =. Per-iinu,
wrote a detailed account of what was
needed for schools for the coming year.
THIS account vas su bstantiated be-
fore the Board by the clerk Of the
County s. ). Board and the clerk of
the Westville District Board. The
fact that a neE building is urgently
needed hexANhd that unles it was had
the Stats IIgh School Appropriation
he Withdrawn; that other build
ings needed paint and repairs; that
the citizens on North and East. Rivers
want and need a new building and
OF lew bearing as token of their
good f Vtb the names of seventy-three
of the best citizens of that section who
had contributed to the new building;
that Westvile is laggi ing sadly behind
all other districts in the county; all
these and Nher facts counted as a
mere bag atelle when confronted by
the convincing argument that the
Westville s. 5. had been extrayagant
and could not be encouraged in such
course. Extravagant forsOoth, because
they sold for S525 a building that
wound in all proba nifty have rotted
down before any more could have been
gotten for it, In other words, the child
rem are to be denied educational adj,
vantages because the Boar" Of Trust
ees has made a mistake.
Feeling that our Supervisors action
was public calamity the clerk of
WeStville Board. addressed him let
ter on Saturday, asking if petition
were presented to him, bearing the
signatures Of majority Of the tax-pay
ers in his district would he not recon-
slider his action and raise the lew.
In his reply he states that as she citi~I
zens knew what Gay the levy WAS 20
Re iaid and AS no petition was placed
hetore him and Jew citizens appeared,
ne ala she levy according 20 nis own
l"fgemett aoo aiA not aars to recon
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