The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1921-04-27
ASSURANCES OF
CONFIDENCE IN
MEMBERS BOARD
RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED
Action of Board in Appointing
Finance Committee Meets
Wishes of People as Express
ed at Session of Chamber of
Commerce. Every One Will
Work for Passage of Bonds
RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED

Il >1YI.l <asY
Assurances of confidence, express
sions of appreciation to the board
for having met the wishes of the
people as suggested by the Merch-
ants Association for a finance COM
mittee to look after the erection of
the buildings contemplated under
the pending bond Issue, and guar
antees that the accounts are and
would be properly audited were the
outstanding features of the Cham
Der of Commerce meeting last night.
After the reading of the letter
addressed by the Merchants Asso-
citation to the schcol board of the
Wilson district by Mr.. George Hack
ney chairman of the Board, and the
reply of the board by Mr.. r. P. Wat
son another member of the board,
Mr.. Louis Tomafnson President of
the Chamber of Commerce express
ed his confidence in the Board and
called attention to the efforts Of
superintendent Coon ITO give the
the best of service, he was follow
ed by Mr.. Coon who stated that the
law required that no check should
be paid unless it was signed by Mr..
Hackney chairman of the board
and that the state board required a
statement of the moneys spent and
that Mr. w. E. Warren who is
treasurer of the fund is also requir-
Hackney followed Mr.. Coon and
stated that not a single cent of the
school money is expended without
his signature for buildings or any,
paid by the bank. Mr.. Hackney
further stated that the accounts of
the board were audited year before
last but as far as he knew were not
audited last year. Mr. Coon how
ever stated that the law required
an audit every year and that this is
done.
Mr.. E. J. Barnes followed Mr..
Coon and paid high aribute to Mr..
Coon's efforts to educate the chill
dren of the county. Regarding the
reports that the teachers have not
been paid and bills are overdue, he
explained that this trouble is due to
the fact that the revaluation act last
year disturbed the machinery for
making assessments and collecting
the taxes, and that while the mon
ney is due the school board that it
was impossible for the sheriff to
collect it and therefore the school
boards in the town and county could
not pay. The hard times had also
affected matters. A like condition
prevailed elsewhere. Mr.. Barnes said.
and this was attested by Mr.. George
Hackney that Mr.. Coon had refused
to have his salary raised when the
board desired to increase it, be-
cause Mr.. Coon contended that the
teachers. of the county were under
paid and that as long as they are
underpaid that he did not think his
salary should be increased.
Resolutions were presented by Mr..
w. A. Lucas and passed with only
one dissenting vote and this vote was
cast by Mr.. Elmer Oettinger in order
to explain his position and bring to
the surface the objections by the
people for the support of the pending
bond issue.
1t was then that a running hre OF
questions were entered into by Mr..
Jonas Oettinger and Mr.. Elmer Oct
finger who stated there was no re-
Election intended against the school
board, but that the people felt that
the expenditure of the peoples money
required an annual audit and public
alton. That this was merely matter
of business and that sher of these
or the Merchants Associa-
ton lacked confidence in the board
but that the expenditure of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars Of the
school fund for building and other
~,