The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-02-09
MASS MEETING Is Hf.ID AND
CITizENS REGISTER A
VIGOROUS PROTEST.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
CursIcmning board Fer action and
Calling Upon II fer Reeinsi-
ing Order Before II Il
Too Late.

Ira SlNG1ss3A 0l tle ase@ s1sS51 cNns@a
Ihailaing on any other site than the
present seflool campus. Promptly
iak 1t45 oelock. the hour named for
| opening the meeting. f.. 5. creak
iearna forward and called the house
/ To order He asked Judge E. T.
whipple TO state the purpose of the
meeting.
| Judge whipple did not minee
words In stating the purpose that
Iuf registering vigorous protest
laaainst the action u the school
| board Id selecting q new site for the
school building. He said in sub
istane.
1 When the question OF q new char
4 far came up number Of rs con
eipaaa To swallow car differences and
syote for same for sake OF the public
aei1aol interests The charter ad-
United BIZ the Issuance OF school
bonds In the sum OF sa0.aot ard the
people marched up aud voted FOR
I'D nae, bat il doing 50 don't believe
fthase is q man present Who dreamed
Tor suspected that any Of this money
would be used for the purchase Of
Is site. but the next thing the people
heard was the announcement that
he board contemplated the purchase
Iof q tract of SIX acres off-~AIarFin
i 3-eers sSlssasVa
This caused di.sensioa and sew
erai of us went to the board aud ar
gued with them. 1t was agreed that
d meeting be held when the people |
could enter protest. but time vas not
given Ia which TO inform the people /
and there were only q few present |
and those who did go could not get
| the board TO change their views. On I
that occasion asked the hoard u
subnait the matter to the people and |
Ioffered to stand responsible Tor the |
total expenses Of such an election
lC. w. Gibson made such amotion |
| but could not get saeoad.
Last Saturday night few Of Us
met and discussed the situation |
with the result we put out petitions.
IThese petitions were pnt out Monday |
afternoon and / am informed that
i458 signers were procured. Today |
We put out circulars announcing the
mass meeting aad what happened? |
Although the bonds haze not yet been
delivered and the board has not re-
lceiYea Q dollar on them. a deed was
filed at 1t:25 O'Clock this morning
showing $4,000 had been paid for
| the new site. a deal is not COM
pieted until delivery is made and the
board could net have had $2.oeo in
money from the bonds to pay fer the
property, then ask Why the hurry
los filing this deed? It was an q
fort to prevent interference BY the
people vino have met here tonight.
W. r. Hancock followed IN a short
talk In which he declared that III
looked very much like twisting
around the fence" Ia an effort 10 aid
real estate ln that end OF town re
declared It was cold blooded prop
joaition and the real estate men ara
not to be blamed. hui he blamed the
board Of trustees-that the people
ave now speaking to them in an ef-
| fort to get justice He declared the
board waa elected by the people aaa
shonld act for the people. Ho es
| pressed tse belief that 81 PER cent
LOT the people favor the present cam
pus, and that they would not stand
lfoi thls rough shod work.
Speaking again Judge Whlpple de-
elared that IL the building Was leff
on the present campus IT would not
ldlgtafb real estate values. re said
there ~ere a total of l4o interurban
lanc stfeet ears THAT paesed fhe pres
lent school aite every twenty four
hours and that a change III the site
wonld prove a grcat Inconvenience
} 10 transportation Tie declared the
; prpogs Of putting tba decd on rec
) ord @ae To- throw cold water an the
, meeting Of the citizens He further
, declared that there IS bat one WaY 70
enforce government by The people
aHd tos the people and that Is thru
, tire recall. which he declared eaght
} To be adopted. lie declared that the
charter Ought 20 Dc amended 80 chat
} whcn an official refuses - act for
) the people he may b. kiebed out.
TIE otiler side.
judge 9. G. Groce was called aad
responded after some uf8iag lie
declared That ahat he had to say
, would probably not be III aeeafd with
, 1910 spirit q ihe meeting. but slEeg
being urged he was ready 10 give