100 Years Ago Today:. Jan 31, 1905
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by Brandon WoolumHuntington News Network Writer
Huntington (HNN) — The board of education of Union township, over in Lawrence County, Ohio, will be called upon in a few days to settle the question of what is the proper use of the school houses under their jurisdiction.
This point of law is raised by the fact that in several localities the people have petitioned the board to grant them the favor of using the school houses for Sunday school and other religious purposes. There are many arguments offered both for and against the proposition, and it may require the wisdom of Solomon to solve the problem.
The favoring the plan of using the school houses for religious purposes advance the argument that the taxpayers of the district own the property, and as they have been compelled to erect school houses for the education of their children, it is unjust to be compelled to also have to erect houses of worship in order to religiously educate the youngsters of the community.
They further assert that the said school houses were built for educational purposes and claim that a Sunday school is an educational institution.
Inasmuch as the Sunday schools would be held at a time when the buildings would not be otherwise occupied, they are of the opinion that no harm would be done and that great good might be accomplished.
On the other hand, those who oppose the plan say that, if the board permits the people of one community to use the school building for religious purposes, it will have a tendency to open up every school house in the district. This, they say, may result in possible damage to the buildings and furniture and for the sake of preserving school property they think it best to allow the school houses opened for nothing but the district schools.
The recent legislature enacted a new school law, but it is claimed that the clause of the old law was not repealed which granted the use of school houses for such purposes, and therefore it is argued that the use of the same would be regular and legal.
Those not in favor of the proposition say that while the old law was not repealed, yet the new law gives the board of education the right of decision in all cases pertaining to their respective districts.
An adjourned meeting of the board will be held next Saturday morning, at which time the case will be given consideration.
The affair promises to be rather spicy and will no doubt attract a large crowd to the meeting, as it is almost the sole topic of conversation in that neighborhood.
— W.S. Bevins, who was formerly in business at Williamson and who is well known here will leave in a few days for the City of Mexico where he will go into the slot machines business.
For over a year Mr. Bevins has been working on his plan to get an exclusive right to run the machines in the city of Mexico, and he has up to this time spent considerable money in the venture in which he seems now to have succeeded.
It seems from Mr. Bevins arrangements that the government of Mexico regulates the chance games and if any are allowed to run places a license tax on them or charges in a lump sum for a certain length of time.
Bevins has the exclusive right to run slot machines in the city of Mexico for the period of ten years, for which right pays the government the sum of $6,000 annually and certain percent of all collected by the machines to the city government.
It is said that gambling in this form has never been introduced to the Mexicans, except on a small scale and it looks reasonable that Bevins has something as valuable as a gold mine.
Investigate before investing. We have as good goods as anyone and as cheap as they can be bought. Mennen's Talcum powder 20 cents. Flake White 2 ounces for 5 cents. Bay Rum, four ounces for 15 cents. Colgate's shaving soap 5 cents. Rochelle salts two ounces for 5 cents. Sweet spirits niter 5 cents per ounce. Spirits of camphor 5 cents. Carbolic acid 5 cents an ounce. The Williams & Miller, pharmacy.