The age-herald., 1899-07-07

lvitations. am not aware of any custom by which the presidents of the schools are required to pay for them.
 St,tomsnt Is Incorrect
 Tine charge that l collected from the pupils during the session of 1S9s-ls99 for lolrd, laundry, hack fare and tke use of text books $95l.5O more than I paid out on this account is incorrect Where the pupil remained the entire session and paid the whole amount of theacharge. there was q snail surplus of about two dollars, which went to offset losses incurred by reason of the failure of other pupils paying their dles There seems to be desire on the part of the board or the committee to re- oeive the benefit of this surplus and to have me sustain the losses. At the or eaniZation of the school and the selection of myself as president, l made arrange ments with the boarding house keepers by which l became responsible for the board of the pupils. 1 fixed the amount of fees to be paid by the pupils. l had of these fees in the Commercial bank of Selma to the credit of the Girls Indus- trial school the sum of s1,014 when that bank failed. This loss l made good from my own means to keep the school run ming. At a subsequent meeting of the board a motion was made to reimburse me this money. This motion was voted down on the stated grounds that this school had nothing to do with this ar engagement between patrons of the presi- dent, and that he alone was responsible for the loss. At later and smaller meet ing of the board a motion to transfer to me SS92 which had collected on incidentas and other fees for the school to partially reimburse me for said loss was made and adopted. Governor Johnston and others strongly opposed the motion on the same grounds, and on its adoption the governor caused protest against it to be spread on the minutes. Afterwards in a settle ment with the school on account of the contention and this protest, l gave back the money to the school From the time or this transaction, yielding to this conten- ton that such transactions were between me as an individual and the patrons of the school l considered and treated the same as such, and did the board as Is wit messed by the fact that in all my various settlements l was never called upon for any accounting of these transactions. Recognizing my responsibility in the prem- ises, 1 have paid the board of every pupil promptly in all cases, both to the board ing houses and the dormitory department Of the school, whether 1 had their funds Tn my hands or not frequently carrying from two to four thousand dollars short age on this account, some of which was total loss. ! have always been willing eiS SSHooI SHOuiQ assume the reSpOn- sibility of these transactions, receiving the profits and sustaining the losses thereof
 The Millinery Department
 In reply to the statement that "he Q ran the millinery department on his own account paying all the expenses and talk Ing all the profits, yet we find that the trustees paid the salary of Miss Tall and Miss Hood" The millinery was bought ana paid for by myself, and I took the chance of being reimbursed by the sales Of the goods after they were made up by the pupils in this department. The sales or these goods have never amounted to their cost and carrying. At the close of the session of '97-'9S did think that when the goods that remained on hand were sold there would probably be a small profit, and l made a statement on the subject to the board, in which l used this language: There is still stock of goods on hand which will in all probability pay a profit when wound up. This profit I will embrace Tn my next report to the schools credit In the face of this statement the finance committee make the above charge. The intimation that the salary of the teacher In the millinery department was not a proper charge against the school is ridic- ulous and absurd
 The committee states that I had in my possession some of the personal property 2 e1 the school. Of this the committee was informed by my attorney, with an explana- ton that the cabinet, file and typewriter We're moved to my residence for use dur ing the summer and that several iron bed steads were moved down from the dormi tory during the smallpox excitement. and notified the committee that I would. as soon as l could attend to the matter. get thls property up and deliver it to the school.