Roxbury. Va . Jan. 6-The pretty young lady teacher of White House schools has blistered her hands cutting wood to keep her pupils warm. She showed the blisters which were as large as English walnuts, to this scribe. This is all true. as will be vouched for by the young lady herself. She was deeply affected as she told of the suffer of her pupils.
This is a shame and disgrace to our county. Where is the man who the county taxpayers are paying ten dollars a year to furnish wood, good dry wood, cut and ready for user? Not green poles and they not cut? What are the county officials doing? I have written to trustees of the conditions and got no relief, not even hot air We hate to say this, for every member of board is a most perfect gentleman and personal friends of the writer, but duty demands this. He that knoweth his duty and doeth it not will be beaten with many stripes.
Mr. Henry Post, the popular clerk for Mr. C. D. Binns at this place, after spending several days with his parents at Porto Bello, has returned to his duties again. He brought with him a ten pound fruit cake, lot of chochow(sic), pies, four baked rabbits, one turkey, two large fowls, all prepared by his fond mother and enjoyed by his many young friends who hope him a happy new year.
-Virginia Gazette, 7 January 1909
The teacher, the "pretty young lady" referred to, would have to be Miss Mary Bailey whose hiring at the White House school was mentioned in a November 1908 article by "Truthful Jeems."
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