The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-05-21
GRADED SCHOOL BOARD.
Annual Meeting Monday for the Pur-
pose of Electing Teachers, Filling
Vacancies in the Board and the


The Board of Trustees OF the Hen
| derson Graded Schools met in regu-
lar annual session Monday for the
purpose of eiecting teachers for the
ensuing year, filing vacancies on the
Board and the transaction of such
| other business as should come up for
consideration. After paying the SUI
perintendent, teachers and others it
was found that there was money
enough left to pay off the debt on
the school building, 81 ,S3S,72. This
was ordered done, the money was
paid over Tuesday and the school is
free from debt.
After receiving the superintendent
report the terms of c. A. Lewis, J. L..
Currin and G. A. Rose expiring by
limitation (they having been elected
members Of the Board for two years.
the old Board adjourned. AS then
constituted by the other six men,
bers the Board met again and re-
elected c. A. Lewis and J. L. Currin
and elected j. D. Cooper to succeed
G. A. Rose, each for a term of six
years. The newly elected members
were notified and accepted. An Or
ganization was then effected by the
election of D. Y. Cooper. president,
CDR. Hufham being away A. G. FOL
licoffer, vice-president; J. L. Currin,
secretary.
The Board asked the County Com
missioners to make a levy of Is
cents on the one hundred dollars val
uation of property 1t is now 16H,
and this produced enough to run the
school and pay off the debt on the
building. 1t is believed therefore
that Is cents will be sufficient to run
the school well, and it is not the pur-
pose of the Board to make the tax
any higher than is necessary.
The election of superintendent
and teachers was then gone into and
practically the same persons as the
school corps was constituted last
session were reelected, as follows:
Superintendent-P j. T. Alder
man.
First Grade-Miss Maud Jones.
Second Grade-Miss Birdie Watson.
Third Grade-Miss Leona Currin.
Fourth Grade-Miss Jessie Page.
Fifth Grade-Miss Amy Butler.
Sixth Grade-Not filed.
Seventh Grade-Miss Nettie FL
more
Eighth Grade-Not filled.
Business Course-Prof. W. R. Mills.
Mrs. Garden, teacher of the Sixth
Grade being sick she did not file an
application and the place was left
open for the present.
Miss Lila Tucker formerly taught
the Eighth Grade but gave up the
work on account of her health. After
resting awhile she has been teaching
part of the time the balance of the
time being filled out between Mr.. r.
H. Hood and Prof. Mills.
Mrs. W. D. Horner was reelected
teacher of the South Henderson
school and Misses Lucy Davis and
Mary Bell Gary North Henderson.
All the colored teachers were re-
elected to their several respective po-
sitions.
The law requires that every teach
er in a public school shall attend
some summer school. To that end
the Board will allow $500 to each
white teacher and $1,000 to each
colored teacher who wishes to avail
himself or herself of this, said sum to
be added to their first months sal
airy.
The finance committee was in
structed to get up a report to be
made to the County Board OF Edu-
cation, said report to be also pub
lished in some newspaper
The Superintendent was instructed
to prepare a report on the condition
of the schools and the work done the
past year and publish same.