The daily times., 1921-04-08

TO him about it and said the matter
way esettled.
Peacock woman then secured
an attorney in the person of Mr..
Fred Swindell who stated today dur
ing the trial that on Monday morning
after he (Mr. Coon) alleged that ne
told the woman that she must
straighten up the matter with Fitz
on Saturday that if she could go to
Fitz and straighten up the matter
with him that it would be all right.
The woman went over to Lucama on
Monday morning and taking two
male friends one of them a Baptist
preacher told Fitz that she had come
to apologize, and that if she had said
anything wrong that she was sorry
TO rit. FTitz replied that the matter
had been settled, and refused to dis
cuss the matter further.
Ali the members of the school
board were present. Mr.. E. j. Barnes
Chairman of the Board acted as
prosecuting attorney, and Mr.. Coon
Of witnesses on both sides told the
woman teacher that she must have
told lie, since there must have
been something in what Fitz and the
witnesses for the prosecution had
said.
In answer to the plea of the de-
fendant formal charges signed by
Mr.. Coon were presented to the
Wilson, N. C.
November 10, 1921.
To Whom it May Concern:
The reasons for my suspension of
Hannah Lee Peacock from her duties
as teacher in the Lucama Colored
School are the following:
1. Peacock had a difficulty with
Bum child and suspended the Bum
child from school without the knowl
edge of the principal. When the boys
mother came to school to talk the
matter over with the principal, Pea
cock broke into the conversation be-
tween the principal and Bum, using
harsh, unbecoming and insulting
language to Bum. Peacock even re-
fused to heed the admonition of the
principal to moderate her language
and leave the matter to him for settle
ment.
2. The principal asked Peacock to
go to Mrs. Bum to see whether she
and Bum could not come to an un-
derstanding. This Peacock refused to
do and again used harsh language
to the principal.
3. The principal asked Peacock to
promote certain children in her room
which she refused to do, saying she
would not do this until she got ready
4. She went into the principals
room at the noon hour, and before
the other teacher and number of
children, made unbecoming comment
on the Bum matter and the prin-
cipal's part in the same. The princi-
pal asked her to desist but she con-
tinued and finally went away, re-
marking to the other teacher:
Didn't 1 put it on him?"
For the above reasons, 1 suspended
| this teacher and l shall ask the coun-
ty board to sustain my action and
also to suspend her permanently
from work in Wilson county.
Charles l.. Coon,
Supt. Schools.
The Peacock woman went on the
| stand and explained that she did not
consider that she had any trouble
with the principal of the school. She
explained that one day when Fitz and
the other teachers were away, that
she sent home from the school a
| boy that had been cursing and using
| bad language, that she was not able
| to whip him, and that she called the
! attention of Fitz to the bog and that
| Fitz had whipped him for bad con-
| duct
That she did not intend to send
the boy away permanently, and sent
for Mr.. Leonard the county welfare
| man in order to get the boy back in
school, and Mr.. Leonard stated that
he went over and found out there
was no trouble and told the child to
go back. The child went back.
The teacher explained that she
went to Fitz and discussed the mat
| ter about the boy, and did not as
he allege use harsh or Incorporate
languages by introducing another
woman teacher to prove this state
ment who taught in an adjoining
room.
| Levi Peacock father of the woman
made a statement to the board and
said that he and his family had al