Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-05-08
CHARLES v. DERR
ELECTED
School Directors meet Tuesday to Choose a
County Superintendent.

oltlnbdCh WIN Has ll'ii lI' UNIV A'i
fifteen years. Unlike the conventions
for many years past, which We're
harmonious to degree, the meeting
Tuesday was quite contentious III its
nature and abounded in surprises.
The convention was called to order
at , p. m. by County superintendent
Steinbach. John Roberts of Mahoning
township was elected president; John
FouSt and Elmer Slider were chosen
secretaries.
The roll was called, ffty-fve direct
oTs responding.
The names Of " d. Steinbach,
Greene Miles Robbins, Charles W.
Derr and Miss Mary Love Were placed
in nomination for the office of County
superintendent.
Before voting $. w Herr of Valley
township, passed a paper to the chair,
which proved to be an affidavit setting
forth in effect that he had been offered
SO by j. H. Shultz to give Mr.. Stein
bach his vote for County Superintcn-
dent and also that he was given to un-
dcrstand hy MI Shultz that so had
been put up for Valley township.
The sensation produced by this afti-
davit can easily be imagined. Mr..
Steinbach being granted the floor stat
ed that he had never authorized any
one to offer a bribe. He had heard of
Mr. Herr'S charge, hc said, and had
sought an interview with him, when
he learned that the director had been
approached by j. II. ShultZ in his
(thc superintendent interest. Ac-
companied by Mr.. Herr, he said, he
had next sought Mr. ShultZ, who ac-
knowlcdged that he had offered Mr..
Herr $40 to vote for Mr.. StcinbaCh
but stated that hc had done so wholly
on his own account. This Mr.. Stein
bach thought should eXonerate him.
At this juncturc j. H. Shultz was
noticed in the audience and at the re-
quest of the chair he came forward
and made a statement. He acknOwl-
edged that he had asked Mr.. Herr to
vote for Mr. Stcinbach, hut stated that
the latter had nothing to do with it
that he had intended to pay the money
out of his own pocket He denied,
however that he said there was $50
put up for Valley township.
Mr. Herr thea took the floor max
ing some additional accusations and
disputing several of the points advanc-
ed hy Mr.. Stcinbach and Mr.. Shultz.
When tho os-"i toInont Gubeidad ON
motion the affidavit was laid upon the
table and the convention proceeded to
the election Of a County Superintend-
cnt.
Three votes were taken. The first
gave Stcinbach, % Derr, II; Robbins,
-, and Miss Love, 3.
On the second vote Miss Love was
dropped The vote then stood: Stein
bach. %: Derr, %, and Robbins, :.
On the third vote Derr received %
votes, which was just bare majority
of all the members present and con
sequently sufficient to elect him. He
was therefore declared elected as
County Superintendent of Montour
for the next three years. On the third
vote Steinhach received 26 votes and
Robbins l.
Mr.. Derr, the superintendent elect
is young man of splendid attainments
and high social standing. He is son
of Thomas Derr of White Hall. He
is graduate of the State Normal
School of Bloomsbury. Last year he
held the principalship of the Schools
at Orangeville and did very acceptable
work. At present he is one of the
teachers employed i'll the high school
at Bloomsbury.
Before proceeding to election Bor-
ough Superintendent u. l.. Gordy on
behalf of the Danville School Board
addressed the convention on the sub
iect of the State Directors Associa-
tion, asking that they become MEM
bers of that body. He explained that
the School board Of this city desires
to join, but that it cannot do so as
long as the directors of the county,
who hold the county institute, are not
members. The mere act of joining
would cost the county nothing and 1t
would be an act of courtesy most high
" appreciated by the borough school
board William p. Robinson of Wash
ingtonyille made short address dwell
ing upon the advantages to be derived
from a membership i'll the Directors
Association and he moved that the
directors as a body become members
of the State association.
DIR. |. G.. Barber and County Super
intcndent Steinbach also spoke III fav-
or of the Directors Association, after
which the matter was voted upon.
The motion carried, with only II few
dissenting votes,
The following directors We're present
at the convention:
Anthony township-Jacob Kreamer,
William Krum, j. +. Caldwell, p. f.
Bremen, Allen Watson and Bryan
Denucn
Cooper township-Nathan Krum,
Barton Foust, James Lee, Charles Fry,
Charles Wertman and Melvin Shultz.
Derry township-Isaac Moser and
George Wolf.
Independent District-Dallas Cot
ncr, John Hoffman, Wallace Dean,
Jacob Keiffcr, Elias Anspach and f..
| c. Taylor.
Liberty towuship-Daniel Lazarus
Edward Moore. Noah Stump, Daniel
Shade, William c. Robinson and Jesse
Bogcrt.
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