The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1922-11-09
BELIEVES PROPOSITION
.%- UNFAIR

Editor Bienvillc Democrat:
Dear Sir-If YOU will allow me space
in your paper, | wish to reply to an
article that appeared in your last
weeks issue relative to the S65,OOO.OO
bond issue that is to be voted on
November 18th in Ward 5. III
The petition that was. submitted to
the school board called for an cleo
ton in Ward 5. What authority had
the board to alter this petition i'll a
way to leave New. Ramah district out
of the election? s...s.4 I. $780,.
The people OF New Ramah district
! did not ask to be left out OF the cleo
ton, but they did, practically all OF
them, sign petition to the board
asking that there be no election. If
the board has the right, arbitrarily,
| to alter a petition from the people
| then a petition is worthless and the
authority did he do this? The people
their school affairs. .a.,
heard Mr.. T. H. say in a school
meeting at New Ramah, Il took New
Ramah out OF the election" By what
authority did he do this; The people
OF New Ramah did not ask him to
represent them in this matter at all
, and everyone Of them that | have
heard express themselves believe that
he did it mot in the interest of New
Ramah, but to favor Castor.
! Eliminating the opposition OF the
I New Ramah district gives Castor
better chance to carry the election
for the. bond Issue. sgs.s s<,tra
j / am very mucllti1i favor of goo(
! schools but am decidedly opposed
to any mfairness in putting tax OF
the people. .... .s .
| The writer OF the aforesaid article
states that the reference in the peti
ton to selling school buildings, mean
only the Castor buildings, but the
wording OF the petition does not re
strict the sale of school buildings tt
! Castor at ALL
As to the statement that teachers vii
, not be removed from rural schools ex
, cept by majority vote of the patrons
| have only this to say: The schoo
, board did remove Our teacher and ou
. school from Alberta in district 9 no
only without the consent OF a ma
jority of the patrons, but. in spite o
the almost unanimous protest OF tn
{ patrons embodied in a petition to tn
: board. #.awtt1'& w..
The writer asks, why should tn
people defeat the tax now and hav
it voted on them next year?
If the s mill tax proposition is sub
] mitted to the people i'll fair cleo
ton and voted for by a majority. 0
II the voters Twill be the last person t
r register a kick, but | am frank, t
0 say that | hope the $65,O0OOO bon
: issue will be voted down on accoun
!. Of some OF the shady method
S used to force it on the people.
Our champion Of the bond issu
!. says, "A brick building would great
II enhance the value Of Our real estate
e Whose real estate? Chiefly II
If Pardee Company's. How many poop
n in Ward 5 would be benefited by
IF increase in value OF real estate
l. Castor?
T. As to the crowded condition
H. Castor school, we all know that
> the rural schools had ben left to tai
.. care Of the primary grades such CO..
y ditions would not exist.
l. 1t is much safer and more conve
~ lent to have small children taken ca
III of in schools near home than to ha
ID them transferred over bad roads in
- kinds of weather to distant Scho
d." A brick building is not absolute
n necessary to good school and as t
e. people are already taxed to the lin