The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-26
STATE EDUCATORS
END MEETING.
Fight Made on the Common School
Appropriation.

Commercial Appeal The convention
of county superintendents of education
closed it's two days session this after
noon after adopting without change the
recommendations of the committee ap-
pointed for that purpose. These rec
concentrations conform closely to the
suggestions made by State Superinten-
dent Powers in his message submitted
on the opening day, and were adopted
one by one. There was little difference
of opinion except in the minor details,
and in these the committees was in
variably sustained.
The principal fight of the final session
was made on that clause of the MEM
orial proposing an increase of the COM
mon school appropriation from $780,
900 per annum to 81 100000 per annum.
The opponents of the proposed in
crease were the superintendents of the
counties that are paying more into the
State treasury each year than they re-
ceive in the common school fund prop
osition. The fight was led by Superin-
tendent Curry, of Forrest county, who
contended that, instead of asking the
legislature for an increase of the ap-
preparation, a reduction ought to be
asked, and thus require the counties to
support their schools by local taxation:
Supt. Curry described conditions in
his own county, where a flour mill levy
| :e, 10, 1ol, cohs,r1
purposes. The school term in Forrest
county, he said, is eight months, and no
teachers are paid less than $40 per
month, while some teachers in rural
schools receive from $50 to S75 per
month.
Supt. Curry's suggestions met with
considerable approval, but the clause
asking the Legislature to increase the
annual allowance to one and one-half
million dollars was adopted.
There were a few protests against
that clause of the memorial expressing
| the opinion of the body that no sug-
gestions should be made to the fegisla-
| ture relative to the salaries of county
superintendents Of education, but it
| was ziso as,cptaa-
The committee on recommendations
also submitted the following partial Or
supplemental report, which wa
| adopted:
ave recommend the adoption of the
proposed bill providing for state nor
NAL college, as prepared by the state
superintendent of education, n
amended as indicated.
! 1--WE further recommend that this
body memorabilia the legislature to pass
the agricultural high school bill in a
form to meet Constitutional require.
msnts, and to carry with it the appro
priation and other recommendations Of
the state superintendent of education
in his message to this body.
"We further recommend that this
body memorialize the legislature tt
pass bill empowering boards of su
pervisors of the counties tc issue bonds
or levy taxes for the purpose of erect
ing, repairing and furnishing rura
school buildings; providing wheneve
twenty per cent. of the qualified elect
ors of the county petition the board tt
do SO, they shall issue the bonds OF
levy the tax as required by said pc
tition; provided further, that within
twenty days after the order of the issue
of said bonds or the levy of said tax
twenty per cent. of the qualified voters
should petition against said order, th
board shall submit the proposition t.
the qualified electors of the county
provided further, that the expenditure
of said bonds or levy shall be in tn
hands of the school board of tn
county"