Schools of Shelby County
Hendricks Twp
The Shelbyville Democrat
Shelbyville, Ind., Friday, February 14, 1913.
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ATTEND LEGISLATURE.
The pupils of the schools of Hendricks township enjoyed a vacation today, and the teachers visited the Indiana general assembly to observe the making of laws by the state legislators. The teachers who spnt the day in Indianapolis and the schools at which they teach are as follows: Mrs. Jennie F. Cherry, Toner's Chapel; Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. McClain, Smithland; Jacob Conway and Mrs. Edna Scott, Marietta; Miss Lois Milleson, Cooper; Claude C. Cherry, White; Thomas H. Moore, Bengal; Omer V. Day, Cutsinger; Claude Mohr, Atwood; and Miss Merl Ropp, Shaw.
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The Volunteer.
Shelbyville, Ind.
February 5, 1863
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INCENDIARYISM. --- We learn that one of the School Houses in Hendricks Township, in the section known as the Parker neighborhood, was burned down on Saturday night week. That it was the work of incendiaryism is evident, and the particulars are about this, as near as we can learn: On the night in question there was a meeting of the Democrats of the neighborhood in the School House, and while the meeting was in progress four or five abolitionists came in, giving as an excuse for their intrusion, that they thought there was a singing school there that night. The Democrats finished their business and left, leaving the abolitionists in possession of the building, which was soon after discovered in flames. This fact, together with the assertion of a leading abolitionists, dubbed Esquire, made some time last fall to the effect, that, if a certain teacher, a Democrat, was employed he would burn the School House, makes out a pretty strong case, especially as the objectionable teacher was employed and had just completed his Winter Term, but as the affair will be brou't before a judicial tribunal we refrain from further comments for the present.
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