The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-04-05

box car letter communication or the
supporters OF Messrs Coleman, Ken
ner, Mcintosh and Pierce for trus-
tees, demanding that the citizens
candidates take The people into their
confidence and tell the people what
lthey intend to do II elected. We
reply that ii strikes us that the
lschool board should have used this
same space and type just before the
school bond election last fall that
the school board intended to use
portion of this money TO purchase
new site for the high school and i'm
TENDED to put the new building
thereon Such an article from men
who thoroughly approve these acts
ief concealment and suppression on
part of said board comes with bad
grace. Our candidates believe the
people should rule and will act ac-
Icordingly, II elected We do not
believe the present school board are
the only men in our city capable of
filling the positions of school trus-
tees; If they are and should die. we
would all surely be in an awfully
bad fix as to our schools. One Of
the board has served continuously
for over 30 years, one for over 10,
! and one, who is running for re-elec-
ton, 6 years and it seems from their
action on said petitions they have
about concluded they have fee SIM
pie title to these positions as trus-
tees and that they do not recognize
the voters as their masters, that the
THE power is in the people and sub
init that Messrs Harrison. Smith,
Fudge and Cornwell will make
splendid trustees, and it is fine
time to make a change.
8 We deny the statement made
in said committees report on reso-
buttons at said meeting held Tues
| day night to the effect that the city
council ordered the election for the
| bond issue to raise money for the
sserection of Il free school building
and the purchase of a site therefor.
! The order that was passed By the
city council was personally present.
! ed by the president of the school
board and was prepared by him and
presented to the city council and
read: ITO raise funds for the cree
ton and equipment of school build
ings and for the purchase of sites
therefor" the words buildings and
sites both being in the plural, and
not in the singular. and we are adj
yised that when something was SAID
about the language of the order men
| tioning the purchase OF sites, 1t was
stated that the school board might
wish to purchase sites FOR ward
! schools and ii was not stated that
ia new site was to be purchased fof
the new high school building, as we
are reliably informed
All previous notice of bond issues
had been published in our city pa
pers for four weeks prior TO cleo
ton, stating the purpose FOR
/ which the money was to be used, but
this bond issue notice was not pub
lished in our city papers. but notice
lstuek up at each voting place in the
city. The members of the school
board admit this, and some OF them
admit that they agreed to say
nothing about purchasing new
site for the high school before the
election as this would in all proba-
billty defeat it.
Messrs. Harrison, Fudge,
Smith and Cornwell, the citizens
candidates. If elected, will obey the
/ wishes of majority of the people
land be governed thereby, and the
Iueople need not fear that any action
ithey may take. will result in the
loss OF any of the school money
realized from the sale of the school
bonds
why should this committee ask
what these candidates propose to
do with the peoples money, when
Ithey refused to tell what they I'M
tended to do with this bond money
land confessedly suppressed their in
tan,ion Ia blv a lot The majority
lof this school board not only acted
with unnecessary haste in letting
Ithis contract. and have pushed the
contractor in his work . get as
In,ueh money spent as possible in
Ie1der that they might say il Will be
tnn cnsflv To change tho building 70