The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-11-07
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

Rockville has a better school this
year than they have had in number
of years. They are spending some
money to make it better, however,
and this is one of the sure ways.
They are just installing new heat.
ing plant and already have ventilat.
ing system. They have done much
to make the work better and the
teachers are going to give value re-
ceived. Mr.. c. M. Leedy has charge
of the high school. Miss Leona
Stephens has seventh and eighth
grades, Miss Lou Adams has fifth and
sixth grades again, Miss Opal Adams
has third and fourth and Miss Chloe
Millikan first and second. The pri-
mary room is far in advance of for
mer years as far as good work is
concerned.
Pleasant Valley has an enrolment
of q and % were present. They
have nice building and the pupils
are taking good interest. Mr.. c. W.
Ray is teacher. Mr.. Ray is one of
our most enthusiastic workers. He
receives salary of $47 per month.
Brackney was visited again and
were taking examination. They are
doing good work and were not hav-
ing to change any questions except
in seventh year reading where mis-
take was made and the second quar-
ter questions were sent to the print
er instead of first quarter. Miss Nam
ME Blair is teacher and finds but lit
tie trouble in following the course of
study.
Miller was visited a second time
and they too were taking examina-
ton. They had found some trouble
with eighth year arithmetic and some
of the spelling. They were not 60
ing to give up by any means but are
going to work all the harder Miss
May Timmons is teacher.
Not many schools were visited this
week as we had intended to hold the
association but thought best not to on
account of smallpox in different parts
of the county. Butler has a few
cases but not as many as in some
other localities. think that it will
not be safe to try holding the meet
ing for some time, if we do at all.
The weather will soon be too uncer-
tain to ask teachers to come twenty
or twenty-five miles.
All teachers is the county who
wish to 60 to Springfield can do so
now and count the time the same as
the county association. | hope to see
a large attendance from Bates coun-
ty. The association proper does not
begin until November 18th, yet one
of the best sessions of the associa-
ton will be held the evening of the
18th known as the Educational Coun-
Gil.
The ninth amendment will likely
be defeated on account of people not
understanding what it is and what it
will do. Some say it will increase
the taxes ten cents on the one hum
dred dollars and that is true but let
us think who pays the taxes in the
state first and what part we would
get. In the funds we received from
the state this year about $4,000 of
the $16,614 was from the one third of
the general revenue which would be
$4,000 or thereabout for Bates coun-
ty making about two dollars in re-
turn for each dollar paid in. This of
course seems unreasonable at first
thought but when we consider that
the large cities pay five Fights of the
taxes it is not unreasonable.
Then again it need not increase the
taxes at all for all local taxes are vot-
ed and they can make the levy ten
cents less if they do not need this.
We have hundreds of districts in the
state and some in Bates county that
need this.
My attention has been called to an
article in the Bates County Record in
which he states that told him that l
had called off the association on ac-
count of smallpox in the country and
not in Butler and that there is only
one case in the country that is quar-
antined. Now those who heard the |
conversation say that l did not say
that, but that is not the question at |
issue. l believe the Record should
have told us which case is quaran-
tined that we MIGHT avoid them het.