Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-07
|JORDAN DECLARES
 | TEACHERS WILL BE ! 5 GIVEN AN INCREASE
SNaise of From Ten to 5 Per
 Cent, Says Superin- ;. tendent 54

K Teachers in the Pine Bluff public eSschools next session will be paid 1( Eysto 25 per cent more than they arc kreceiving this year, but if increased S<S5 per cent or more, it will be nee Gessary for the people of Pine Bluff to pay into the. fund for local school { purposes something like $5o,00o ol more annually.
 This was intimated by pr. Jordan superintendent of public instruction in Pine Bluff, in brief address al the meeting of the Rotary club yes. terday, at the Hotel Pines. The school board will meet April 15 te elect teachers for the next term. and it is probable the directors will de. eide at that time the increase to be offered instructors next year, Dr Jordan said. &
 The school superintendent ad- dress followed on the Rotary clut program for the day the adoption by the club of resolution of the club directorate to the effect that il wuuld be unwise fir the club to take action in connection with the in- crease of pay of the teachers before invitation for such aid by the school board or indication of that body $ inability to handle the problem.
 Dr. Jordan said the districts fi- iianiial situation enables it to meet needs until June, but that if salar- ies are increased more revenue for next year vii lbe required. He point ed out that 12 mills is insufficient to meet the school requirements of community like Pine Bluff, and said the taxpayers should have the legislature permit levy of 15 to 20 mills for school purposes. Re calling that salaries of teachers here have been increased voluntarily by the board, Dr. Jordan mentioned that pay of teachers in other communi- gties of the state have been increased from 20 to 25 per cent over schedules existing four and five years ago. Whether the increase to be granted hy the board on April 15 is 10 per cent or more, to 35 per cent, is to be determined by the directors, Dr. Jor- dan said.
 Go to Atlantic City.
 Seventv-three members of the club and several guests were present at H tHo HloctIIAB, dl WHiCu q. AaHf '. sFraney acted as chairman in the ab- sssence of Chas. w. Holmes, president, swho is in Detroit, Mich. Standing votes of thanks were extended tc Mrs. H. K. Toney and the ladies Of her committee fortheir services in extending hospitality to the visitors Tt the recent Rotary conference; tc pr. J. l. Norris, chairman of the en. tertainment committee,and to E. B Bloom, Frank Franey, T. J Collier and Leo M. Andrews, club electors at the conference, for their services, H. Kemp Toney, district governor-eiect, voiced his appreciation of the honor bestowed upon him, thanked the sclub for his nomination, and declar Ted he would endeavor to make next year one of the best for Rotary in .sssthe district.
 A short talk by R. L. Mitchell on &G The Benefits of Rotary appoint SSaent of Kemp Toncy, W. H. Adams SaMd Garland Brewster as the "On tc $Atlantic City committee, and vocal Sand instrumental music were other sfeatures of the session.
 ! Guests at the meeting were F. q EEProutt, Memphis: w.. H. Johnson, yPinc Bluff; c. M. Laws. Atlanta, Ga.; sC. s. Lynch. Pine Bluff,and M. McGehee.