The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-13

with the trustees unwilling to
again exceed what they conceive to
be the exact letter of their authority
in the matter of anticipating revenue.
an acute stage in the Paducah schnn,
predicament has been reached. The
bank authorities understand the stem
ciled words when funds are availa-
able" stamped on the script issued
for salaries, to mean express prohibi-
ton to create an overdraft, and after
the balance on hand was exhausted
the bank refused to honor the script
until funds were available.
The teachers naturally are dissatis-
fed. Many of them actually want tie
money for necessarles, ana there is,
perhaps. not one who is not seriously
inconvenienced.
Some of them presented the script
in payment for city taxes yesterday,
but the same fatal words that stopped
payment at bank. prevented the city
fiscal officers from accepting the
script.
Over the failure OF a majority of
the teachers to have their checks fon
last months teaching honored, disap-
pointment has risen, and last night
two teachers handed In their resigra-
tons to Superintendent ]. A. Carna-
gey. After consideration the teach
ers consented to hold up the resigna-
tons for a few days, hoping in the
meanwhile that the financial diff
Guilty may be settled. One teacher
has written to her home for money,
and It is understood that she viii re-
sign. other teachers have arranged
to start a private school should the
money not be forthcoming in a few
days.
Many of the teachers have been to
summer school, and they are not
financially able to go without the
money. Many have board bills due.
depending for pay on the checks that
were given out this month. The
teachers that called at the bank early
yesterday had their checks cashed.
but as soon as the school boards
funds, amounting to about 81 200.
were exhausted payment was stopped.
Several merchants cashed a few of
the checks, bnt the majority of the
teachers have only the paper marked
payable when funds are available"
Most of the teachers are in a guam
dairy. IL is true they have the
script" but unless II is acceptable in
payment of bills il is worthless to
them. A
Agencies. however, are at work to-
day that will in all probability pro-
vide the funds to take up the script
that has been issued and pay all
claims until the first Of the year,
when the revenues from the city will
come in, as we'll as from the state.
Some Misunderstanding.
Some odd demonstrations OF civil
government and fact and law have
arisen throughout this controversy.
A local paper published that the
mayor was going to advance the
money personally to pay the checks
and this report was spread about the
schools yesterday. Then a trustee
was quoted as saying the "eity re-
fused to lend the schools the money"
as II the city could lend money. or
this particular city has any money to
lend
Another story is that a merchant
told a school employ that the schools
ought to close. and then Mayor
Smith would appoint school board
pledged to reduce the salary of every
teacher. Plans were on foot for an
Indignation meeting against the
mayor before It dawned upon them
how sridicuious the story was.
There never has been any confer
encs between school trustees and
city officials since the election. and
the city could not appropriate any
money TO the schools out Of this
years revenue. because there will be
some overdrafts as II is. and the city
has a floating debt. inherited from
past administrations, TO meet.
! II is probable. however. that ar
rangements win be made out of the
lapportionment TO make sewer con-
INJECTIONS for the schools, although Il
will cut deep into the financial plans
Mayor Smith has contemplated for
the city.