The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 6, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 53.
LINDEN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MARCH 6. 1928.
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NO. 10.
thfc evolution Of a school
* J. B. keClung in Farm & Ranch.
One of the oldefib common
School districts iu Cass county,
Texas, is Huffines No. 19. Three
generations of pupils have at-
tended schtiol there. More than
hfty years ago the early settlers
built a log schoolhouse and es-
tablished a school. The house
Was some 20 feet wide and 25 feet
long. The crdt&fc between the
logs were daubed with clay. A
big stick and dirt chimney was
at one end, a small window on
the other end, and a door on one
side and two ttthei* small windows
on the other side, while the
benches werd Wade by splitting
pine logs. Holes were bored into
the round side of the logs and
A New House Was Built.
The old log house sdFved its
purpose and a "box" bouse was
built. The new house was the
talk of the neighborhood for
many taonths, as it was one of
the most pretentious school-
houses in the country.
Literally for years, this build-
ing served as schoolhouse for the
childfttt of the district. It was
badly crowded and only one
teacher was used, but it was so
much better than the one used
before it that the people were
satisfied. Under the crowded
conditions not much real work
was done. Several years ago,
tne old box house was torn down
m
wooden pegs served for leers
Most of the large splinters were
cutoff by the broad axe. The
children squirming on the hard
backless benches were supposed
to wear off the smaller splinters
and put the finishing polish to
the top of Hie benches.
Of course there were no black
boards. At that tidid they were
bnheard of. Webster's blue back
Speller, McGilffcy's reader, and
Navies' arithmetic were t he books
Used. The teacher was "moh
arch of all he surveyed." and he
generally surveyed much. All
the writing was done on a "desk"
fnade of a split log 'drtteneif to
the wall at a convenient height
Under the windows. Fortunate
indeed was the child who had a
steel pen frith which to write
Goose quills were common. All
the children of one family lined
the same books. Friday after
fioons every one said speeches.
The terms were short, as at that
time the State did not make but
a few dollars per capita appro
priation. and there wud no local
tax. The salary received by the
teafcher was meager indeed. The
curriculum was mostly spelling
and spanking.
and a modern building was erect-
ed. Two teachers were employed
and better school work resulted.
No boud was voted to build with
and jut*t as the last payment was
made the building was burned,
wilb no insurance. The district
was poor in resources, hut they
had seen what a good school
meant to thechildren.
They came together, studied
the situation; and decided to
build a real school. An adjoin
ing district was consolidated
with the home district. A four-
room house was built, a bus was
bought to transport those from
the other district. Four teach
ers were employed. Last year
they decided that they needed to
put >n vocational work and a
fifth teacher was employed. To
raise funds for this, the commu-
nity planted a cotton patch, the
proceeds from which were used to
partly pay for this industrial
room. Vocational equipment
for boys' and gftls' classes was
bought under thV* provision of
the .State aid law which offers
any school eligible for State aid
the privilege of having sttfch
equipment at the expense of the
State, up to the limit of $ 150 for
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boys and id the same limit for
the girls' class, or $300 for both
classes. They will paint the vo-
cational rooms as soon as they
are finished.
The principal, Mabern Hum-
phrey, his wife, Mrs, Annie Hutri-
phrey, with Mrs. Allie Ma^ Ddd-
ley ahd Misses Annie Lou Shines
and Jehia Viard, are doiug a
great work with the pupils of
the community. There is not a
dissatisfied patron in the district
that was consolidated. The
school bus is driven by the prin-
cipal who lives in the district far-
therest from the schoolhouse.
The bus has not been late ouce
duriag the two years that it has
been in operation, nor has there
been the least Occident, though
there are more than forty chil-
dren transported.
Vocational Classes Begun.
The vocational classes have
just beguu to work this year.
They have an enthusiastic teach-
er aud have mapped out an ex-
cellent program. Another uni-
que feature of this community is
(hat tfeb'y have night schools
where the farmers meet under the
direction of G. D. Holland, voca-
tional teacher in the Atlanta
high school. It is not uncom-
mon for as many as forty of the
grown men of the district to at-
tend these night meetings where
such questions as fertilizers, cull
ing flocks of chickens, better sires
for dairy herds, balanced rations
for hogs, dhd best breedd of all
farm animals suitable for the dis-
trict, pruning, terracing, and, in
fact any farm problem, are dis-
cussed.
Hufffnes during past years had
only rs good a school us her
neighboring districts had, but
nt/tf dhe has one of the best in
the county. Not only this, but
the better school has Sdded pep
to the patrons. Freshl.v-painted
houses, terraced farms, better
stock and chickens, flower yards,
better living conditions and bet-
ter bank accounts, have followed
in the wake of a fetter school.
At. a rtceat meeting they orga-
nized a Four Square club. They
said it was just what, they needed
to complete the community and
help it to better things.
KNOW TEXAS
Texas produces commercial
well waters to the value of from
$1^,000,000 tu $20,000,OOOf a
year.
Tekas has a priceless wat^r
supply fi'i her underground wa
ters, and the development of
these is said to be the outstand-
ing fact in the stated develop-
ment in the last 35 years.
There are abo'u' 850,000' acres
under irrigation in Texas.
One of the uoteworthy spring
water areas of the United States
lies in Southwest Texas
Cities and towns which bnve
electric light and power service
from transmission lines or l>>cal
plants in Texts now number
about 975
Swans D >wu Cake Flour and
everything to go in h fruit cuke
ut TayTtor Grocery Co.
J. D. teoon For
County Judge.
In announcing my candidacy
for the office of Coduty Judge of
Casd Cddnty, i do ad realising the
responsibility of the position. I
hardly think it necessary to at-
tempt to introduce myself to the
people of this county as they
have heretofore honored me with
office. My public record is an
open book and I refer to my offi-
cial record with piOme degree of
pride and satisfaction to myself
at least as I have always done
my bsst to show no partiality
atid have always striven to treat
all people right, both in private
and public life.
The County Judge has many
duties to perform, among which
1 might mention the following:
The County Judge presides over
the Commissioners Court.
This court has charge of the
various funds of the couuty, such
as road and bridge funds, gener-
al funds, jury funds aud all other
funds belonging to the county.
It Has the duties and responsibil-
ities of paying out the moneys of
these various funds: it fixes the
tax rate; approves the tax roll
and equalizes the taxes; it has
the appointment of the road
overseers and general upkeep of
roetds and bridges; it buys the
supplies for the uufortuuates at
the County Farm aud the gener-
al ubkeep of the County Farir?; it
determines who are paupers and
what money is received for the
support of these paupers. This
is the court that determines the
business of the entire couuty.
The Couuty .ludgo :s the gener-
a! supervisor of the issuance of
bonds of common school dis-
tricts. He frSs the duty and re-
- ...*ibi!rty of the appointment
of guardians' of the person and
t.scate of minors; of the probo-
tion of wills; appointment of ad-
ministrators of estates; approval
of bonds of guardians and ad-
ministrators; approval of annu-
al accouuts of minors' property
and, when necessary, the parti-
tion of estate, lie presides in
lunacy cases, seeing to the ap
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poiritment of guardians, if nec-
essary, and that the ldnatics es-
tate, if any, is administered as
provided bylaw. Heatiendstd
the procuring of pensions for
Confederate soldiers.
Thus, it will be seen that the
duties of the office are such that
the incumbetit should remain on
the job every working day dur-
ing his term of office, giving his
entire time to the serwice of the
people and the duties of the office
and should never use it as a side
line.
There is an old axiom which
says, "No man shouid have too
many irons in the fire at the
same time.",
I feel that I am perfectly com-
petent to fill this position and,
if you see Ut to elect me. I will re-
main faithfully at my post of
ddty and will endeavor to give
the best service of my life. All
sections of thecounty, where pub-
lic service and public money is
biiing spent, shall receive equal
treatment at my hands. My
motto has always been and will
ever be: "Equal rights to all and
special privilege to none."
I desire to thank you cordially
for past favors extenddd to me
and only hope that 1 have served
you in such a manner as to fur-
ther warrant your confidence
and support.
Respectfully,
J. D. Boon.
Notice to Colored Teachers.
A County I'arent-Teaebers As-
sociasion will be organized at
the County meet of the Interscbo-
lastic League, which will bo held
at the Spring Hill School, seven
miles west of Douglas^ v'lle Fri
day, March .' i.hers
Clubs and ili oti'j«r adult school
clubs will be eligible to become
members. All Teachers are urg-
to have their school clubs repre-
sented.
All teachers in thecounty are
urged to be present at the con-
test. Remember the program
will begin at 10 A. M
W. S. Mitchell, Direct. Gen.
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Banger, J. E. A. & Erwin, W. L. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 10, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 6, 1928, newspaper, March 6, 1928; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth341579/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.