St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1916-04-15
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the lack OF interest snoWn BY those
VINO should nave done otherwise.
Many days l had TO leave here n slA
in the morning win tour or I'VE men
in my car ana take them 10 tAe ail-
sheek or Central schools TO 40 work
that should have been done by peupie
living in that ward. however, aii 4:
over and l am sure That III genera
the schools and the new department.
wall win friends Tor themselves. ~
the Central and AUDUBON. schools
the not-beos and cold-trames nave
proven a. success, by ouerlns 10 tAe
farmers ana CLUB members cary
plants for their vegetable aud tomato
plots. However, We have done ou1
part, and the school board mas lone
taeirs. While am censorlng the
lack OF interest by the patrons al
this school / must express my slroae
appreciatlon Ior the way the large
boys and girls are dong all they
can to make q good showing. Lac
boys nave aug ana burned out 0OL'
ems OF stumps, while the girls are
fast developing into mOdei house
keepers.
Your building committee appoint
ed to have in charge all OF the DUST
meas connected with the erection Of
the new jacksonville school nave
sold the District No. bonds to the
Covingtou Bank Il Trust Co., for par
less Z per cent for attorneys Zee ano
the expense OF getting up the Oonos
Mr.. Ches. jenkins has been selected
To prepare plans and specifications
These nave been accepted and We are
now advertising tor bids. A most
beautiful site for the house mas been
secured from Mr.. Chas. Bradley. and
We feel sure that at the opening OF
the next school term we will have In
the town Of jacksonville school
second to none in the parish. Win
the exception OF the two nigh schools.
Our parish has been selected IOr
the next session of the Florida Par
ishes Summer ScnOol. IT will open
: in CovingtOn high school ON June
18th and close July I'D. Through
the kindnessof DR.. w. Il. Dodson,
Director OF the experiment station T.
the State University. We Will na'e
n short course tor farmers to De nei4
July 9Th and 7th. In order that tAt
coming session OF the summer Noi
NAL may be the most successful one
ne have ever mad l am going TO As"
you to give it your support IN every
way. Such a scaoOl as this, aud sacL
short course as this, cannot heip
being Of great value to the parish
teachers, farmers and children.
The High School Inspector, Prot
C.. A. Ives, visited the Covington high
school ON January 28th and reported
that he found things satisfactory 81
1ar q the teaching went but very
unsatisfactory in SO far as the equip
meut and grounds went. He was
much displeased with the old ditch
running through the edge OF the
grounds and also with the fact that
It was going to grow worse with
each succeeding high-water. be-
lieve that 1t 10 evident to any pracss-
cal man that unless this ditch re-
ceiyes attention in the near future It
viii destroy the play grounds ana
make It dangerous for the scnoo'
children.
Financial Conditions.
while / know that you realize the
exact condition Of the general fluid
nnauces. and understand why ana
how the shortage In that fund came
about, still for fear that some n the
parrish do not. am going to discuss
for come length the facts as they are.
Four years ago We carried some
thing like $500 over through the
summer. At that time the pay roll
Tor white teachers was $1SOO less
each month than now. This increase
has been gradual. and brought about
largely from an increase OF teach
era, and partly because everything
has gone up, including the price OF
board, and the salary Of teachers Is
Included.
Besides this, most of our teachers
hold Arst or second grade certificates
whom they used to have second ana
third grade. We have now sixteen
more teachers than we had tour
year, axo. viz: Central /. Ramsay
:. Covinkton 3, Galloway l. Sl'aell 4,
Pilxrim Rest /, Maud /, Todd I.
union Grove l, Talihseek 2. To II.
luetrate the effect of this increase OF
teaohers have but to give Talisheek
a an example. Four years ago We
0R0 ONO I88CQ01 Su0A0 WAV SSSS'~~
Z salary Of $45 4 month. while now
~ have three teachers who receive
. Joint salary Of $3.50 q month.
In 1911-12 We paid $21.OOO Tor
white teachers salaries for months
while in 19l5-16 it will cost us
339.S06 for the same length OF zine.
In addition to the salary, we must
consider the extra cost OF paying
teachers for three days Of sick leave.
Il they have doctors certificate Tin
lsl4-15 1t was $13S.SS), AMI driv-
Ing school transfers, which will be
1l0O5 this year for six months.
This year We have been to the ex-
pouso Of $412.75 for purchase OF
school transfers. This does not con-
sider the salary for colored teachers
which will be about $1,000, insur-
ance. disinfectant, floor oil. repairs
In wards where there is no special
taxes, and the cost of the superin-
tendent's ONCE.
TO come down to the fine point.
am compelled to say that l cannot
80 any way that you will be justified
in running over four months next
year from the general fund. OF
course the building Of houses taken
Detom the special taxes will soon be
eompleted and we will then be able
TO use the income from these taxes
largely for supplementing the gen.
eral fund term.