The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-07-24


available at the time to take his
place.
Item 4th, relative to raising sal
aries. The schools Of the county
open on the first Monday il Octos
Der. fifteen days before treasurer s
reports are received for the scholas-
tic year, showing what balances. it'll
any. are available for the coming
session.
AIT this time the poll tax has
not been collected and the amount
can not be safely estimated. This ii
true in part with reference to the
county school levy. The amount to
be received from the State IS never
known until late ii the season when
the legislature is to make the appro-
priation for the current session. This
amount is not known until about
March. The only course open to
the county superintendent is to con-
tract for what he knows he can pay
and when the funds are received. !.
to advance salaries. OF course such
conditions would not prevail in
the black belt where heavy balances
are CARRIED and the treasures al-
ways loaded with money.
Because Of these difficulties
some of our best county superins
tendents do not contract with their
teachers at all in the way prescribs
ed.
Mr.. Moore claims that the list of
teachers was never filed with The
chancery clerk. He is mistakeh;
the list was filed. But whether tt.
was or not, does not matter. SO far
as any good could come Of it. This
list is never used by any body and
there is no penalty for failing to-
file it.
/ am charged with very large
amount for pay certificates issued
on teachers reports not signed hy
the trustees. The teachers are.
paid at the close Of the scholastic
month as the law directs, at which
time only a few over hundred
reports are received. So the law
provides. To examine monthly
reports Of teachers when in his
judgment necessary" Sec. 1875.
Further, If the trustees, without
good cause, refuse to sign the res.
port the teacher may appeal to the
county superintendent, who shall.
issue the pay certificate, without
the approval Of the trustees, in case
he decides in favor Of the teacher 4
Sec. 4O89. I am charged with.
$12, 900 Paid on reports signed.
by some other party other than
trustees Al trustee has the priv
elege of designating some one else
to attach his name to report IL he
so desires. $725. 90 Paid on re-.
port signed by one trustee See
section quoted above. The county
superintendent has disrretioh iifI
this case
Now as to the charge of mis-
placed reports. etc. The monthly
report, Immediately after being is
sued upon were recorded. Then
the reports for each race and for
each month were carefully cased in
alphabetical order. the cases mark
ed SO as to show the race. the
month, the term and the year and
then carefully filed. think very
few, if any of them, were lost or
misplaced until the special got
hold Of them. These reports were
about four thousand in number,
were filed in the order in which
they accrued and constituted the
principal source Of information
upon which said special based
his insidious charges against me
and my successor in Office After
these papers had been in the hands
of Mr.. Moore for some time, the
writer, accompanied By Snpt,
Bennett and Sheriff Greer, found
hundreds of these reports scattered
about over the floor of the grand
jury room. uncased. disarranged,
exposed. The door was open, the
report cases were on the floor in a
confused heap in one corner. the
reports were being walked on by
the casual passer-by, the special
having been absent for several
days From this exposed condition.
the sheriff was finally forced to!
rescue these papers and store them
ia dry goods boxes for safekeeping.
lam creditably informed that the
same careless exposure Of more
valuable documents prevailed up
stairs in the court room. To the
citizens Of the county who have
right to know and at the request Of
loyal friends. state the above
plain facts. There are others.
EDGAR GREEN,
Ex-Supt. Of Education.
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