The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-25
Letter From Mr.. Rackett

! Mr Editor:
! In reply to Dr. Hubbard | will
! say that DR.. Hubbard reminds ME of
| the fellow that is walking around
with d chip on bis shoulder, ready
! to hit the first fellow that ventures
| to knock it off In previous letters
/ he has challenged the School Board,
the School Building Committee, and
now the County Commissioners, but
no particular individual, so no one
has answered his letters, perhaps to
! his disappointment
! DR.. Hubbard has taken another
course, that of assailing me, person
! ally, as d member of the Board of
| County Commissioners, and while 1
| have no desire to enter the field of
| public discussion, through the col
| umns of the newspapers of our coun-
i ty, with my friend, DR.. Hubbard, 1
! find that l am compelled. in self de-
| fense, to reply to his letter, in order
! that l may put myself in the right
! light and proper attitude in the sight
/ of my many friends in the Neck dis
| trict.
1t appears to me that DR.. Hub
! bard would have the people believe
ment to the roads and schools in the
| Neck district, but this is not true,
which can, l think, be verefed by
the other Commissioners of the
| Board.
! The people OF the Neck district
| and of the public in general, are
| aware of the fact that while DR.. Hub
bard may have been born and reared
| in Dorchester county, he has not been
| in this county very many years of
late, and, judging from his letters, l
must conclude that he is not very
J well informed as to the management
| and conduct of affairs in Dorchester
! county.
In the first place, the County Com
| missioners have no control over the
| schools, how they shall be run, what
| teachers shall be employed, nor
what salary shall be paid.
In the second place, we do levy
| money for public education in Dor
chester county, and pay it over to
| the School Commissioners, therefore
fail to understand why DR.. Hub
| bard attacks me in regard to the
| schools If the schools in the Neck
| district are not as perfect as in 9TH
er districts. l believe it his duty, in
i behalf of his community, to take the
| matter up with the School Board,
rather than assall me in public
i print l will say that in reference to
the Fork district obtaining one-half
| of the money. (outside of Cam
| bridgeD for new schools, out of the
| bond issue of $4,000, was an act
which did not meet my approval,
neither do l believe it right, even
with the central school in the Fork
| district, that our little children
| should be compelled to plunge thru
! slush, mud, and across fields, three
or four miles, to this school l did
| say to the committee of ladies that
came to the Board of County Com
missioners, and solicited our sigma
| lures to the petition to our represen-
tatives. for the bond issue, how 1 felt
| about the matter, and told them that
| l would sign their petition if they
would have inserted in the bill
| clause by which each district in the
county should receive therefrom it's
! aslasas 4 pcrts nate wit he taxes.
paid by each district, for I believed
thereby each district would obtain
sufficient money to repair all of the
school buildings and put them in
fair condition. l still believe that is
what should have been done.
l, with my associates, have endea
vored to explain to DR.. Hubbard how
matters pertaining to the County
Commissioners are conducted, but
do not believe he yet understands it.
DR.. Hubbard says that Mr.. Skin
ner has done all that he can do for
the Neck district, which is proper
tribute to the Commissioner that has
had full control of that district for
the past six years, and as this is true,
so is it true that we are powerless to
do more until after the next levy
shall have been made, May l, 1918,
without depriving some other dis
trict of the improvement provided
for in the levy of 1917, which injus-
tice, am sure, Dr.. Hubbard, a min
lister of the gospel of our Lord and
Master, would not have perpetrated
by the Board Of County Commits
/ sioners, even were it possible, to the
! detriment of some other district of
| the county.
l made an effort to be courteously
| polite to you, DR.. Hubbard, when
| you came into the office for informa-
tion and endeavored to give you all
! that l possessed, and l do think your
attack, in such manner, upon me,
personally, unfair and unjust, as L
| am not the Commissioner in control
of the county affairs of your district.
If you think the Fork district has
| superior advantages, better roads,
and educational conditions, l must
! consider this a compliment to me,
and gladly will l welcome you to the
Fork district, that you may enjoy
all the privileges and advantages
| that you think we possess over the
| Neck district.
In conclusion, permit me to refer
you, Dr.. Hubbard, to the law under
which the County Commissioners op-
crate, which law was enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, in
1916, and which will give you
clearer understanding of the whole
| matter.
L. X. HACKETT,
County Commissioner.