Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-27

New litigation was Desul 'ooo1
in the controversy over employment
of a principal and opening OF the
Dabncy high school, as the citizens
group there answered statement by
the County Board of Education, and
denied any of their party mad at
tempted to keep NJ H. Randolph,
principal chosen by the county school
board, from entering the school on
Tuesday morning at the hour set by
the school board for starting of the
fall term, nearly two weeks after
other schools of the county had be-
gun their session.
No effort was made today to open
the school, although Superintendent
f. NJ Rollins had said Tuesday that
that would be done.
Counsel for protesting Dabney cit
liens obtained an order frc..l Judge
c. f. Thompson in Warren Superior
Court today for the Vance County
Board of Education, Superintendent
f. NJ Rollins and Dabney Principal
Randolph to appear before him in /
Vance Superior Court here on Mon
day. October 9, to show cause why
they should not be enjoined from
"installing any person as principal
of the schools in the Dabney school
district who has not been elected as
such principaP' by the local Dabney
district committee The citation also
orders the school authorities to show
cause why "the said NJ H. Randolph
should not be enjoined and restrained
from entering upon the school
grounds and the school buildings" at
Dabney, and Gin any wise intermed-
ding or interfering with the opera
ton and conduct of said schools by
the teachers appointed and elected
to operate" the schools.
School Authorities Move.
The injunction sought by the
school authorities asked that F. H.
Hicks, w. c. Breedlove, C. B. Shot
we'll, and Lucius Barker, defendants
in their complaint, filed today in the
office of the clerk of Vance Superior
Court land all other persons who
come on said grounds to interfere
with the opening or operation of the
school cease interfering with the
opening or operation of the public
school in the Dabney district
The complaint also asked that "the
sheriff of Vance county be directed
to summons q sufficient number of
deputies to carry out this order TO
preserve peace"
Claim Randolph Approved.
The complaint contained a lengthy
review of the controversy to the
present time, contended that the con-
sent order agreed to last week els a
1,0fifioof fiO1,O Of fI0
Randolph as principal, and "that
these defendants are now estopped
from asserting any right to elect a
teacherprincipal" for the school this
year, and that Randolph is and I
should be declared by the court to
be the teacher-principal of said
school," and that the school board
lis entitled to injunctive power of
this court to protect him in the per- !
Torrance Of his duties"
1t was also alleged that on Tues
day approached an employe of the
board of education who repairs and
maintains the buildings and who was
there for the purpose of unlocking
the same, in a most positive manner
told the said J. l.. Claiborne that he /
must not open the building, and that |
he meant what he said.''
Agitation Alleged.
The complaint alleged that "the
defendants and various other per-
sons in Dabney township are con-
tinuously agitating the people a.
gainst' Randolph. 1t was set forth,
further, that the defendants and
Lucius Barker had deprived the
school board "Of their right under
the law to have the school open and
in operation" for the some 400 school |
children in the district
Citizens Quote Randolph.
L. A. Wells and others of the group
Of Dabney citizens said today that
Randolph had stated that no one had
tried to keep him from going into
the school building Tuesday morn
ing and that no one had objected to
him going in, and that he said he was
a victim of circumstances. They also
said that of the less than 100 chill
dren on hand for the opening not |
more than Is were willing to go to
school to Randolph. The others, thew
come to see who would open the
school. They also said some $50
adults had gathered at the school to-
day to see what would happen, and
that not more than ten school chill
dren were in the group.
No Buses Wednesday.
No effort was made today to
open the school. Mr.. Wells said
all the school buses, five in num-
Der, serving the Dabney school, ran