The Penn's Grove record., 1913-11-28
Elections Do Not Change Facts

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To pay the bonds which will have to
be issued also the interest will require
higher taxes. Voting down the Sack
site as well as the bond issue causes no
remorse because it puts off paying
higher taxes TO a later date. But it
will have to be done.
If a new school house he completed
by next September LIST, there Will he
enough TO occupy six rooms. When we
say that it will take a $50, 200 school
house built on modern plans 10 supply
the needs of Penns Grove in the next
ten years it will jar the minds Of many
who have given little thought as to
how rapidly Penns Grove is growing
and how the system of education is
advancing. We may be considered
extravagant aud dangerous, but time
will prove whether HE statement is
true.
While being deeply amazed at the
cost of Il new school house, all good
citizens will feel a moral and civic duty
resting upon them to provide for the
educational and physical welfare of
the children as we'll as the uplift in
ethic and culture which a better ell
vironment gives. The state law is
made by those with experience as rules
for action in that direction by citizens
with little knowledge OF experience.
While the psychological change irritates
the pocket nerve the benefits derived in
a higher civilization will be appreciated
in future years.
One hundred and fifty four majority
against the Sack site does not d~isprove
the TACT that it is better suited for a
school house than ally other place in
Penns Grove, 1t is nearest the center
Of the Borough. 1t is the largest,
highest. driest and the only place
where the sewage can be disposed of
to the best advantage and least ex-
pense.
The issue as to whether Penns
Grove shall erect a new school house
to provide for school children in COM
pllauce with the law, which are rules
for the guidande Of citizens as to theif
civic duty still remains a live issue.
Some claim that the people should
have more say i'll school affairs. There
are so many irreyelant, PERSONAL and
pref udiced reasons which enters into
such a contest between persons who
have given little thought OF study to
to the matter that it IS a question
whether there is not TOO much demo-
racy. 1t is a question whether others
who know the conditions and have
given much study and consideration
are not better qualified to decide some
matters.
Every cause has the personal fnan-
cial problem and personal ~prejudices
and motives not seen against those who
champion a cause Tor public enterprise,
to comply with the statute laws which
all good ci liens are presumed to take
as their rules of conduct in public af-
fairs, even tho it cost more money to
do it when it is for the public good,
and when those circumstance, have
been brought by the citizens them
selves.
IL was an ssue in the last general
election to give less power to The State
Board of Education and more to the
people. The school proposition in
PennS Grove is i'll such a state that
some believe the State Board of Euu-
cation better have more authority and
the people less, because of The Jug
glery being made against The present
laws of The Sta e. The personal
nnimosities aroused and strained bust
ness relations Oh il matter of public
obedience to law are 10 be regretted,
altho The stopping of advertising and
taking printing ell ewhese does not
change the opinion nor dampen the
ardor OF the editor Of the RECORD for
a Il thought right. 1t did not i'll
the Presidential campaign Of 1896,
at the loss of hundreds of dollars Of
patronage, nor ON the question of the
ace track issue in 1893, when hundreds
of dollars OF state publishing ceased.
Time has shown in both cases we were
right then.
1t would be better for the State
Board of Education to step in, select a
site and erect a building, because the
question can be juggIed with for a
long time. A maj )rity of the Board
of Education favor building on the
Cunningham lot, when they have 10
build, and stand on record as opposed
to giving high school education to
children i'll Penns Grove.
Let us presume the Board again
submits a proposition to the people to
bond the Borough for a building OH
the Cunningham lot. Against it can
be counted a hundred votes favorable
the Sack site; votes favorable TO
other sites, those opposed to y new
building, to high school education, to
and to higher taxes. This
would include a large number of those
who voted last Monday night against
the Sack site. A proposition to raise
money for any other site is likely to
have the united opposition of those who
other sites and those with other
motives.