The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1906-09-15
A Letter That Expisfss Itself.
Bay ST. Louis, Miss, Sept. tS. 1906.
To the Public School Trustees of Han
cock County:

To the Public School ESrusteeS OF HAN
cock County:
At the recent meeting OF the Board of
Supervisors the following order was
| passed:
"Comes on for hearing the proposition
of the county superintendent of educa-
ton to set aside $500 of the balance
| likely to be in the treasury at the end Of
the scholastic term for the building, re-
pairing of, and furnishing with school
, furniture or apparatus, the school houses
Of the county, and for said superinten-
dent to give public notice Of the inten-
ton of said proposition, and the inten-
ton OF the board to make said appropri-
alton at the next meeting OF this
Board - and the matter having been
gone fully into and considered by the
Board, it is ordered that said PROPOSE
ton be accepted and said superintend-
ent give notice accordingly; S. G. Whit
field, J. L. Stockstill and T. J. Macarthur
voting aye, L. S. Bourgeois voting naye,
and the president thereupon entered his
veto therein upon said proposition"
l have been advised by two lawyers
that the president has no right whatever
to veto an order OF the Board, and his
attempt to do so amounts to naught.
This order does not so state, but it was
the desire and intention of the three
members voting for same that the-county
superintendent be directed to give notice
that an amount not to exceed $500 Of
the balance likely to be in the school
i +l.O oh. n-Ei
will be appropriated at the next meeting
of the Board, as the law directs, to the
purposes mentioned in the order, and
distributed among the various schools
of the county in proportion to what the
patrons Of each will contribute and pay
in; and that the patrons of each school
desiring to share in the distribu ton of
this fund be requested to send a repre-
sentative to the next meeting Of the
Board, with the contribution from the
patrons, cash in hand, and statement
showing what the school needs, with an
estimate of the cost thereof. Hence,
urge the patrons Of each school in the
county needing furniture, fixtures or re
pairs to take the matter up at once and
comply with the request.
Now is the time for the patrons to
show their appreciation OF the public
schools. All the objections raised to
making an appropriation OF this kind
were to the effect that the people do not
appreciate what is already being done
for them, and that the schools are too
poorly attended to justify an appropria-
ton of this kind. I suggest that
patrons meeting be held at each school
house and one or more parties appointed
to appear before the Board. Every
patron should be urged to attend and
contribute literally. If your school
needs furniture (patent desk), measure
your school house and eOuns sre chill
dren from to 7 years old, from 10 3,
and so on up, in order ehst tee proper
sizes may be ordered. expect to have
prices, and perhaps representatives from
all the principal school supply houses
in the country present. Make a COM
plete inventory of everything needed,
and if material and labor are needed,
find out what same will cost at the very
lowest figures.
Please see that the extra copies Of this
reach your fellow trustees, and remem-
Der the date-the first Monday in Octo
Der. l sincerely hope that the people
will respond, and that this will mark the
beginning of great Improvements in our
public schools.
Respectfully,
W. W. STOCKSTILL,
County Superintendent Education.