The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-26
CARD FROM MR.. A. 7. MOFFETT
REGARDING SCHOOL QUESTION

To the Voters of the Common School
District of Bourbon County:
/ have been so misrepresented in
the article printed in The Bourbon
News of Friday, October 22nd, and
signed by Ashby Leer and Others,
that deem it but fair and Just to
myself to answer that article.
1t is true that I was one Of those
who did what we could to retain Mil
lersburg Institute as military train
| ing school. That school, as everyone
knows, had been conducted in a
highly successful manner by Col.
Best for years, and attracted the at
tention of parents with boys to edu-
cate not only throughout the State of
Kentucky, but in many other States.
Those of US who made the fight for
the school felt that it was not only an
asset and credit to our little town;
but credit and honor to Bourbon
County as well.
that Col. Best had any intention of
disposing of his property and discon-
tinuing his school, tax was voted
by the Millersburg District for the
purpose of establishing a High School
in Millersburg, and / was one of
those who agreed and obligated
themselves to subscribe, for the pur-
pose of building that school, an
amount equal to the amount raised
by taxation for that purpose.
This arrangement was made with
Mr.. j. B. Caywood, who at that time
was County Superintendent of
Schools for Bourbon County, and
who represented to us that this fund,
the amount raised by taxation and
the amount to be subscribed, togeth-
er with what the County had agreed
to put up, towit: SIS, 100000, making
a total of 100000, would be suf-
ficient to build and equip a High
School in Millersburg suitable and
adequate for all children of school
age in that district, and any other
children from adjoining districts who
had the right to attend the school.
The gentlemen with whom I was as
ISOLATED at the time, and who agreed,
along with myself, to subscribed to
this fund, agreed with the Superin-
tendent to help vote the tax suggest
ed by him, and the tax was voted by
a vote that was practically unani-
nous, only two in the district having
voted against the proposition.
With this explanation, it seems to
me that there can be no question
about my position with reference to
High School in Millersburg. I have
always been friend to the proposed
High School, and am vet. and after
! M. NJ. /. was acquired by the County
Board of Education, I was one of
those who agreed to subscribe a sum
sufficient, when added to the amount
raised by taxes in the district, to
equal $22, 100000, for the purpose of
building a High School in Millers-
burg, provided the County Board of
Education would put up an addition
al S32,000.00. This would have given
Millersburg two splendid schools
both of which were needed. The new
school in this way would have cost
more than M. M. l., but that schools
reputation had been established, and
for that reason, the citizens of Mil.
! lersburg were anxious to retain il
and to have someone conduct a mill.
tary school there such as had been
! conducted so successfully by Col
Best.
I am candidate for membership
on the County Board of Education
but before l consented to make the
race, l was solicited by number OF
citizens in my own precinct and by
many men from other sections of the
! county; and it is untrue, and I deny
that the ticket composed of Clarence
! Kenney, Samuel Weathers, BENJAMIN
Z Sparks, W. E. Cooke and myself, is q
; ticket of my selection, and as a mat
ter of fact, do not know how any OF
: these gentlemen feel about the school,
situation in Millersburg, or how they
I would vote upon the proposition tc
. buy M. M. l., should such a PROPOSE
ton be made, excepting Mr.. W. E
Cooke, who was a member of the
3 Board !. at the time the controversy
arose between the citizens of Millers
burg and the Board of Education
! Mr.. Cooke is still member of thai
+ Board.
If l am elected a member of thu
Board of Education, and a PROPOSE
ton should be made that Board t.
buy NJ. M. l., certainly would mo-
favor such proposition, unless proper
: and adequate provision was made fol
a High School in Millersburg. hav,
never understood yet why the Coun
ty Board of Education thought i
: necessary to kill one good school il
order to have another, or why tw,
good schools would not be better tina,
one good school, for certainly Mil
lersburg would have had as good :
: High School, had our proposition
{ been accepted. as she can hope t,
have at M. M. I.
ri How can Mr.. Leer and others sub
scribe their names to the article O.
{ the 22nd as it appeared in The News
s and accuse me of selecting the ticket
: when near the close of their articl
( they use this language:
+ eve are glad to state that we ar
3 Informed that at least two of tn
s proposed ticket have stated they ar
T unacquainted with the condition
: named herein, and are not in sym
: pathy with the motives Indicate
Z above?"
T Can anyone believe, after readin
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