Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-08-07
wEAKLEY COUNTY.

@' WEAKLEY COUNTY.
Scholastic population. 9,545
Enrollment,............ ................... S,205
Institutes held. Observation-Disclosures.
No. teachers attending. 35
No. days in continuance ............... 10
School money received from all Ha
sources. ,665 SO
Salaries paid eachers,................ 1916 II
Total amount expended for schools 1898 II
Average number days taught dur
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
County school tax....................... 10
Teachers employed ................. go. 105
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
Scholastic population ............... 10,20O
Enrolment. ............................. 5,204
institutes held. r........................ s
No. teachers attending. ......,,.... SO
No. of days in continuance .......... IA
School money received from all
sources ....... .............. .......S2O, 1872 6S
Salaries paid teachers. ,557 80
Total amt expended for schools .Sl6. 34S 80
Average number days taught dur
ing year,. ..,......................... 1O4
School tax. 80. 49,. :. minimum. 20
Teachers employed ................... 90
In the above statement in respect
to Weakly county in the item "school
money received" you will see that |
make this amount S16,665.69 instead
Of $40, 361.76, for by taking from $685.
6l.76, as given in Capt. Paine's re-
port, the amount on hand July 1st,
1884, we get the true amount collected
for school purposes for the year 1SS4-5.
Thus it will be seen what was actu-
ally collected in Weakley county for
lSS4-5, $16,665.69.
In Williamson county for same
year $50, 3S2.63. Which one of these
counties, then, collected the greatest
amount for school purposes? Then
we will examine and see which one
expended the most money for school
purposes for the same year. Weak
ley only expended $13,394.l7, Will
hanson $l6,348.35. Which shows
the greatest interest and progress
Then Williamson had 80 schools to
run each for 1O4 days, Weakley los
schools to run for only "A days. Why
not have used the $12,968.59, which
was on hand June 80, 1885, and have
run the schools for at least 100 days
If the money is not going to be used
for the use of the children it had bet
ter remain with the tax payers.
Then, again, Weakley county, with
113 licensed teachers, only held one
institute, and that attended by only
50 teachers, whereas, Williamson
with only SO teachers, held s insti
tutes with an attendance of So teach
ers. Which of these counties, then
from this statement, shows the great
est interest in the work.
"a Democrat" seems to think thu
prosperity of the schools is shown b.
what he called school fund, whereas
the interest in public schools and tn,
efficiency of them is shown by wha
is spent on them and not what is KEEP
on hand and stored away. The pub
lie school money is. collected to b.
used on the children of the land ant
not to be stored away to belooked at
Either use it, or don't collect it unit
it is needed. Ask Capt. Paine hi
opinion on the subject of these grea
balances on hand at the end of tn
school year and what it means.
i want it distinctly understood tina
I am not writing in the spirit of crit
cism of the Weakley county publ
school system, neither am | attempt
ing to give the people there advise a
to how their money and school
should be managed; but l want t
show some of the over-zcal0us advo