Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-01
voting for this proposd bond issue,
which is necessary for the pro-
gress and welfare of our commun-
ity,"
I
w. l.. Long.

w. l.. Long.
Il cannot see how the people OF
this community can fail to vote
for this bond issue, if they wish
to educate their children.
'ltseem to me that every parent
and every good citizen of the
community, whether he be
parent or not. should be willing
and anxious to vote for these
bonds.
AS Governor Craig said in his
speech: ''The corporations OF
the community will have to pay
IS percent Of the increased taxes
necessitated by the bond issue
and the people of the town will
only have to pay Is percent.
81 certainly do not see how any
person who believes in education
at all, should want to vote against
a proposition like that. y
T. W. Mullen.
Believing in progressiveness
and that every child should be
given the best opportunity posi-
BILE to equip it for the best citizen
ship, makes me favor the bond
issue. 1t is not so much that we
may or may not want enlarged
school buildings;the fact is simply
that we have got to have them.
"A few years ago we had pass
ed through the Legislature an act
forbidding the employment of
children under twelve years of
age. This was done for the bene-
fit of the education of the chill
dren Having tried it and meet
ing with the greatest success, later
the Legislature passed a law for
bidding the employment of chill
dren under fourteen years of age.
That act met with the same sue
cess as the first. We still were not
satisfied and seeing that some of
the children were not taking ad-
vantage of their opportunities, a
law was passed making it com
pulsory that the parents should
send their children to school.
THE sum total which this goes
to show is simply that our laws
require the children to go to
school, and if they go, with the
present capacity of our school
buildings, they cannot receive
the fullest benefit from their
opportunity, and none of us can
afford to lose time"
w. F. Horner.
my first and most specific
reason for wishing the proposed
bond issue for the Graded
Schools carried, is because the
bond issue means better schools
and better schools mean better
citizens.
1t gives the town more pres
tige in the financial world. 1t
gives every child an opportunity
to get an education. We need
the additional room for educa-
tional purposes, we need room
for entertainments, we need an
auditorium.
IF we failed to carry this
bond issue it would give TIE
community a black eye for years;
it would be a thing which we
could probably never live down.
Il know hundreds of reasons
why the bond issue should be
passed but as yet | have heard
not one adequate reason for its
being defeated. Of course the
bond issue will be carried.
J. W. House.
Il would prove recreant tC
my convictions should | hold my
peace when there is so much dis.
cussion pro and con-" in refer,
ence to the election to determine
whether or not bonds shall be is.
sued whereby our present schoo
building may be made commen
surate to the rapid growth of oul
towns, so that every child who
knocks for admission may be
properly and comfortably seated
1T has been my lot to heal
men talk about this election who
have no education; some are IA
theirs with children now going tC
school. Fathers that have beer
deprived of this are unfortunate