The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-03-11
SUPER|NTENDENTS
WILL STUDY THE
NEW SCHOOL LAW
BROOKS CALLS MEETING
of County Superintend-
ents Expires July L. Salary
Schedule for Teachers for
1921 Continue. Larger Pro-
. visions for Summer Schools.
. Watts May be Named.
BROOKS CALLS MEETING
BY Max Abernethy)

Raleigh, March 11.-State Super
intendent E. C. Brooks has written
a letter calling the city and county
superintendents to be held in Green's
boro on March % for the purpose of
studying the new school law enacted
at the late session of the General
Assembly.
The meeting is called to study the
law and become acquainted with it's
provisions in order that the May
budget may be properly prepared, he
writes his superintendent. Among
other things the legislature did the
following relating to the Estates
schools:
l. The new board of education
shall organize in April instead of
July as heretofore.
2. Election of a county superin-
tendent may be done at any time be-
tween April and July but the term
of office will expire as of July The
State superintendent urges the board
to make the election as ''soon as poss-
jble.''
3. The salary schedule adopted for
1920-21 for all teachers principals,
supervisors and superintendent will
be continued in force for 1922.
4. Larger provisions have been
made for county summer schools. At
least one half the cost of the county
summer school will be paid by the
State but in those counties drawing
from the equalizing fund as much
as three-fourths of the cost may be
paid by the State.
The State superintendent urges
that each superintendent prepare at
once for a county summer school as
a means of improving the standing
of the teachers, raise the value of
their certificates and obtain for them
an increase in salary.
Dame Rumor places in nomination
at the capital the name of Col. AL
ston D. Watts, of Iredell county, as
candidate for the newly created posi-
tion to be known as commissioner of
taxation.
The colonel spent the closing week
of the legislative session in Raleigh
and watched the Neal senatorial re-
apportionment bill pass through the
legislative hopper and incidentally
heard his name used somewhat care
lessly in connection with this bill and
the lamented censorship of moving
r int r
ed that Colonel Watts would be
nominated for commissioner of
taxation, however, until the 1921
session has adjourned sine die.
Now the word is being circulated
that the colonel was here largely for
the purpose of seeing that the bill
providing for the taxation position
was successfully engineered to it's
destination. Colonel Watts did not
Indicate his mission at the capital
and is not quoted as saying that he
is a candidate or that he would not
accept the place.
disappointment will be made by
Gov 4or Morrison. Whether he in
tends to name Colonel Watts does
not appear at this time It was gen
orally believed that Allen Maxwell
OF the State Corporation Commiss-
ion. whose work on taxation hereto
fore has been highly commended by
the governor, would be selected for
the new position until rumor sent IN
the Watts nominal IN. The tax com
missioner will be appointed at an
early date and will begin work May
1, 1921.
May Be Woman Candidate
Another interesting story that is in
circulation today is that should Com
missioner Maxwell be elevated to the
commissioner position Miss Elsie
Riddick, for many years file clerk in
+be corporation commission will be
candidate for the Maxwell Acancy.
Confirmation Of the storyts not