The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-17

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froLi IN the morning until 4 O'Clock
/ i'm tif afternoon. but no Indictment
/ having been written, and having no
/ other business before them. They asked
Tor their dismissal. You win see from
/ statement made by commemorative
/ Attorney that this failure on his part
4 was due only to want Of time See
/ exhibit i cone of the incidental papers
! filed with the charges).
/ "A couple of weeks after court adj
I Jour ed the commemorative Attorney
I wrote out warrant and sent it to a
magistrate with the request for me, to
sign, which L promptly did. The Com
monwealth's Attorney knew that a
/ health officer would be present to de-
/ tend the health regulation, yet when
/ the warrant was read in court we
round only a charge of violation Of a
SchC ii law, where there was no pen
o!C$' ana on reference made to the
/ violation of health regulation. which
does carry a penalty. You will see
tnat the health regulation is Identical
WIN the SchoOl law and was passed
TWO years later than the school law.
on VIII see from statements made
TO ne in letter from the magistrates
who tried the case that the trustees
We're guilty, but we could place no
| me; also that he made a special re-
quest to the CommOnwealth's Attorney
/ 10 be present at the trial and that he
! refused and did not appear.
| bSiOre the June term or court I
/ again appealed to the Common
wealth. Attorney to set on foot an in
vesuSation of the School Board of
/ Tru tees for wilful neglect of official
duties. This he again declined.
Through courtesy of the court I got a
! hea- nS before the grand Jury and
! pres MED the same charges and spe-
! clncation which L send you.
| VIII state that after 1 left the
/ grand jury room the county superin-
tencent Of schools was sent in. bv
whom l do not know, and you win
see from written statements of the
foreman of the grand jury (see Ex-
hlDlt @ that the tenor of the evidence
of the superintendent was to defend
the trustees in regard to the charges
which 1 brought.
Desired IL Settled at Home.
! TOOK the above mode of procedure
| as l desired the investigation to be
mace in our home court. where all
schoOl patrons who were interested
could hear the charges and the de-
Tense; also that all could take part if
! they so desired.
! This great negligence of the princi-
pie or the one-rOOm school which en-
urely concerns the farmer and his
Ichlluren, involves a deep shame on
us ana an immense disadvantage TO
the state. for the farmer is certainly
one or the fundamental partners of
every government
IN the words of Governor Woodrow
! wilson. 1t is a significant thing that
Ihe petition give us this day our
ually bread comes first among the ne
| utons of the Lords Prayer. All spir.
ltual request come after it. We can
not conceive our best interest or fol-
! low our best instincts until We are fed
and 1t would be natural to suppose
that IN every well-ordered govern
meht the farmer would at least have
equal consideration with everybody
else IN the public schools and political
poncy 1t should always be in our
minds that the government is not nut
mere to be run by parties; it is put
mere TO serve mankind. We should
not forget the traditions OF the re-
public and our government should
near only the mandate of the peoplen
Importance of Hygiene.
me practical thinking men of the
present i day base their hopes OF sani-
, masses as the real groundwork of ma
Hohal health and prosperity Public
ny Slene, which is required to be taught
III oEr pubIlc schools, may be defined
as Inat branch OF sanitary science
Whleh concerns the physical condition
OF communities. 1t embraces a con-
sideration Of the various Influences
/ operating upon society, whether for its
m ti6 5000 or its actual deteriora-
ZION, with the view OF extending the
former and preventing or amelioratinr
as lar as possible, the effects Of the lat
II involves the enactment of laws by
WHlch the SAFETY of the whole NAV be
projected against the errors of a part
ana aim at the prevention OF disease
Dy the removal OF avoidable causes
Inc people must be taught that good
conduct, personal cleanliness and the
avoidance OF all excuses are the prfnci-
pies OF health preservation. We must
ne interested Systematically in the
general results of sanitary progress
ana become more ultimately acquainted
with the social and material causes by
which 1t is impeded. Unless a knowi-
Suge OF the fundamental principles OF
hygiene be widely disseminated among
10 succeed in raising the standard of
pubic health to any considerable ex-
tent Public health is one OF Vfr-
gina greatest resources and we sure
~ cannot afford to daily with it.
gentlemen, with fifty-hve public
SCHOOLS in the county of Lunenburg
ana hygiene taught in each one, I find
that only thirteen out OF the whole
NUMBER have proper sanitation. 1t is
a case OF do as tell you, not as do"
In conclusion will state that have
no axe to grind. I wish no office my
SER ana have no friend to recommend
Tor JOB. l receive no compensation
lot my time, work or expense in this
matter, and I give 1t cheerfully in the
interest of our public school system
and the children of our poor, one-horse
farmers.
I enclose a written statement OF
charges. etc. Thanking you for your
kind attention.
Very respectfully.
EDWIN NJ. MANN