St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-04-19

cases, than heretofore. Salaries of
the teachers are regulated by sched-
ule adopted by your predecessors and
In no case have salaries been paid
higher than those authorized by that
list.
Should you desire to make any
changes In the salaries you should do
it today so that will know what to
do in the matter of engaging teachers
for another year. Because Of this /
have not made any selections for an
other year until get your approval
Of such step. It is for you to de-
eide whether q longer term with a
properly equipped teacher Is prefer
red to shorter term and better
educated teacher. If 1t is to be good
teachers we must have more money
because We cannot get the best teach
era unless we pay as much as they
can get in other parishes.
You will have to regulate our ex-
apnses for the year to come. strictly
according to budget, and then after
the budget is made out, do not spend
some OF the money for some other
reason, il 1t has been pledged for any
specific purpose. am sure that you
will find that as you 60 deeper into
the matter of our finances that we
do not have enough money In the
General Fund to rum our schools for
seven months each year, provided we
make any considerable Investment In
new equipment. You know that
during this present year and after
the teachers were engaged, new
school house was bTilt at Lacombe
and considerable amount spent In
the way of equipment for various
schools While nothing was bought
that was not needed, still the idea
of not planning for II is before the
teachers were secured was not good
business and Is sure to create an I'M
enviable reputation # the practice
should be continued by this board.
To my mind there is but one solu-
ton to the matter of money and that
Il what all Of the wards will surely
come to In the end / speak Of more
special taxes for our schools. We
must have more money or less schools
II We wish to reach the standard we
have been striving toward-that Of
the best.
When we stop to think that YOU
have been in office hardly four
you have succeeded in having . spec
The entire School District No. 8, and
this week special tax of two and
one-ha1f mills was voted in District
No. 3 for the purpose of building q
high school, to say nothing Of this
mill and One-haf that was voted for
maintaining this school. feel that
your interest in special taxes is
abundantly evidenced by the results.
The people OF this parish are more
In earnest in the desire for good
schools than they have ever been be-
Tore and will support you in all good
andeavors for their betterment.
The Line Graded School that has
taken so much space in my written
reports to the. board, will close OF
Friday. April Is. 1913, after having
IN eight months term. Six of these
Il. onths were paid for out Of the gen
:ial fund and one from the Fifth
Anrd special tax, while the eighth
ncnh Is paid for by the patrons Of
me schoo.. At the end Of this term
W will hay s!i'.s us from Washington
parish to i.&y for their haie OF the +
expenses for the first six months, the
sam Of three hundred and twenty
I$32O) dollars
I v:sh 20 go. on recon- as mr.. he
nS satisfied with the :ne,hosl 1t n
,asciEs this school do not L.:'v.eI
rat il e .,:st for this board 10 II. 81
.e..ted Il have to borrow money Il
'un this school for any certain NUM-
,er of months and then at the end
il the year trust that you will be
lille to get the Washington parish
:alf Of the expenses, because we are
ZACH year surely ont, at the best, the
interest on this borrowed money
I realize that the patrons of this
ch0Ol are among the most enthu-
iastic school people We have In this
art Of the state. but feel that there
hould be some way Of putting the
lnancial standing of this school on
nore stable basis.
/ am In receipt OF the following
etter that explains itself:
Poplarville, Miss, Jan. 20, 1913.
Of Education.
Dear Sir:| have been requested
o write you with reference to paying
rom school funds, for some children
ttending school in this country and
tate, Pearl River Co.. Miss. State
'hink there are three or four. per-
APPS five, who are shut on from
chool advantages In your parish. 50
hat they have been attending school
cross the river In this Co.
Will you pay for them and how
,uch per child
Yours very truly.
C.. e. BASS.
Co. Supt. Ed Pearl River Co.
In answer to this letter sent the
allowing:
upt. C. E Bass. Poplarville. Miss
Dear sir:-In answer to your in :
uiry Of the 10th instant regarding =
aging for the Attendance Of certain !
upils from this parish whom You re-
ort attend school IN Pearl River I
ounty, I beg to report that am not :
uthorixed to state what the board Z
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