The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-05-18

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To the Editor of The True Demo
crat, and the Good Citizens of
the Parish:
Hearing so many false statements
circulated about Mr.. Hendon's and
my difficulty, Iwish to give you the
facts concerning it:
Mr.. Hendon has been so persist
emit in making himself disagreeable
to my children whenever he has Wis
tied the Wakefield school and wish
ing to avoid any further disagreea-
bleness, | told my children to re.
quest their teacher to let them come
home the days he was there. They
did so, and she gave them permits
sion to come. While they were put
ting their books in their bags, she
Miss Whittaker) told Mr.. Hendon
of this request, and he very rough
ly told her to tell them to go home,
stay there and never come back
again.
Why l made this request was
that on one occasion, when Mr.. Hen
don burned the grass on the school
grounds, he did not take the precau-
ton to make the boys put their
horses in place of safety before
he set it afire. The animals We're
hitched around the fence, and the
fire burned one hitched to the low
er side of the fence right badly.
The fire spread under the fence in
to the Stirling field. 1t was also
burning toward the upper side Of the
school yard and menacing my boys
horse. When Mr.. Hendon ordered
the boys to put the fire out in the
Stirling field my boy told him, "As
soon as I move my horse Mr..
HendOn told him to do as he told
him to do. My son answered again,
CAS- soon as | move my horse" Mr..
Hendon ordered him back to fight
the fire on the old field. The boy
said. "You are foolish. ! am going
to move my horse" Before he could
get to the horse she broke loose
Mr. Hendon left there that evening
saying he was going to expel him,
After Walton had apologized to him
twice for the rudeness given under
excitement, but by persuasion OF
Miss Whitaker, Mr.. Hend0n decided
to drop it.
On another occasion he came out
to the school and berated "a big
cowardly bullying boy who had
knocked down a little girl with
i lump of coal, and had pushed a lit
! tie boy under the heels of horse
and said any amount Of ugly and dis
agreeable things about this boy with
out calling any name. After he had
left Miss Whitaker told Walton hi
was the boy Mr.. Hendon was talk
ing about. The lump Of coal refer
red to was a lump of coke lying or
the walk around the station, abou
the size of O. marble, which Walton
shot up in the roof of the station
which fell among the little girls
awaiting the train. The little DO!
was swinging on the shafts of the
buggy, when Walton grabbed hin
saying, 81 am going to shove you I'm
der that horse"
There were other disagreeables a
times that l will not tax your time
or space with.
My motive in having the children
make this request was not to be dis
agreeable or to treat Mr.. Hendol
with any disrespect, but to avoi'
repeated little disagreeables. Had
intended it, as it was taken by them
it would have come direct from me
not through my children.
When the children came home tina
evening and told me what had har
pened, I went to the school hous
to see him. He came down near tn
gate, putting all the blame on Mis-
Whitaker, then went back in tn
school house and left me standing Q
the side of the road. He would NJ