Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-04
THE "sAOREDo SCHOOL FUND.
The Cry is still 1t Goes!
Another $i,600 GObbled Up. and
$1,000 More on the Way.
How the Claiborne County Sn.
perlntendent Clashes His
Drafts.
sour Admirable System" Fur.
ther Illustrated.

| Hardly has the uncomfortable AM
mysterious school money startled US il
one quarter before it breaks out in an,
other. 1t is perfectly unmanageable, ant
will keep travelling. 1t seems likely t
torment and embarrass every honest mar
that touches it. 1t has no respect fol
age or condition. 1t spares no one with
whom it comes in contact. But it has
one redeeming quality It somehow OF
other seems to take special pains not "a
come in contact with the teachers and
children of the State. 1t kindly with
holds its pestiferous presence from them
notwithstanding their anxious entreaties
to be exposed to its corrnpting influences.
In this it shows its solicitude for the mo-
raj reform of the rising generation.
Under our admirable system" as
Eaton & Co.. are in the habit of styling
their carpet bag scheme of plumber, the
County Superintendent of Claiborne
county is Isom L. Meyers. The teach-
ers who have been employed 10 that ca
pacity, as in other counties, have for a
long while been unable to get their pay,
and have borne with the delay so long
that they have become clamorous on the
subject. To all their demands for the
small sums due them for their services,
the long-continued and oft-repeated an
swer has been "There is no money in
the Treasury" or "The fands have not
come to hand" or words to that effect.
Recent developments, as we learn
them from Claiborne county, and as fur.
Their explained by business transactions
in Knoxville, will probably explain to
the school teachers of that county why
they have been so often disappointed in
their expectations Of pay.
In the latter part of March last, Mr..
Edward Stern, a merchant of Tazewell,
well known in Knoxville, presented to
Messrs Cowan, McCIung & Co., with
whom he had extensive dealings, draft
of the State Treasurer, payable to l. L.
Meyers, or order, at the First National
Bank of Knoxville, for 81 ,638 IL, which
he offered in part payment of a bill of
goods rendered. Mr.. Stern, in explana-
ton of his possession Of the draft, stated
that he had made advances of money for
school purposes to Meyers, and the draft
had been made to him in part cOnsidera>
ton of these advances. He stated, also.
that he held drafts to about the amount
Of $4,000, which he held for collateral
security for other similar accommoda-
tons he had extended 10 Meyers, who
desired to use the money for the pay
ment OF the teachers of his county. The
draft being properly Endorsed by Meyers,
upon Storms Endorsement Of it, it was
accepted by Messrs. Cowan, McClung &
Co., and he was credited with the
amount. On the second day of April,
the draft was paid by the First National
Bank of Knoxville, and the following is
copy of it, as it appears among the
vouchers of the Bank:
No. 81. State Treasurer's Office,
Nashville, Tennessee, January q, 1869.
Pay to l. L. Mey ers, or order, sixteen
hundred and thirtysoight and Is 100ths
dollars. $l63S,13. J.E. Rust,
Treasurer State of Tennessee.
The following are the Endorsements:
G. W. Blackburn, Comptroller; Isom L.
Meyers, Co. Supt. Pub. Inst. C. Co.; Ed,
wards Stern; Cowan, McClung & Co.
Now, if the reports and complaints we
have heard from Claiborne county, be
correct; if the teachers have been unable
to procure their pay, this brief sketch of
a business transaction may help them
to understand the true situation of affairs.
Ii drafts to the amount OF $500 and
upward have been forwarded to their
county, the teachers can probably tell
how much of it has reached their hands.
We understand the security they now
have, in lieu Of the drafts, is a note that
has somehow or other been fixed up in
their stead. We give them the benefit
of Mr.. Stems statements, and they can
make what they can Of them.
Whether Mr.. Stern, or Meyers is the
unfortunate man, or whether our infor-
nation is correct, that the teachers have
been unable to get their money, remains
10 be seen.-KnOruiHe Press and
Herald, May J..