McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-07-28


then be in the hands of the
Trustee, after paying off all Of
these warrants a balance of sew
erel thousand dollars.
1t must be remembered when
| came in we started the schools
to running five months when
they had peen running only four
months. And they have been
running five months every year
since with an increase in salary.
1t cost about $4,000 to run the
SC hools a month. If we had run
the schools four months in each
of the first two years then
we could have saved $4,000 The
salaries of teachers wereincreas-
ed for the last two years so that
it has cost about $4,000 a month
to run the schools. A term of
four months instead of five for
the last two years would have
saved $4,000, or a saving in the
four years of $4,000. 1t must
be remembered we kept up our
building program. We might
have saved the $4,000 or more
on buildings, but they were need
ed. We might have let th e
buildings go down, but we
thought it economy to repair the
buildings. The children are en-
titled to the comforts of warm
buildings. So we spent S4, 600
repairing the old buildings, and
spent over $4,000 for stoves, and
other school furnishings. And
during it all we spent hundreds of
dollars for wood to keep these
children warm.
If the County Board of Educa-
ton had been bent on piling up a
big surplus and in making a big
show for advertising purposes, it
could have been done by reduc-
ing the school term. decreasingN
teachers salaries, declining to
build new houses and letting the
old ones decay and fall down.
To their credit, be it said they
chose the opposite course. The
children have had a five months
term for four years, taught by
efficient teac hers and in school
houses that are comfortable and
many of them attractive.
want to say here that every
warrant that has been issued by
myself or any other County Su-
perintendent before me since the
County Board law went into eff
feet was issued upon the order of
the County Board of Education,
andthe County Superintendent
is not a member of the Board and
has no vote in the Board.
This circular also says that mo
attempt is made to show the con-
dition of the High School fund,
which is fast becoming a con-
siderable item." If he had cared
to do so, he could have found
that high schools were operated
last year at Adamsville, Bethel
Springs, Finger. Ramer. Selmer
and Stantonville, and that after
paying all of the expenses, the
Trustee had in his hands for the
high school fund on July l. 1922,
the sum of STAT.
Why not come clean and not
try to pull the wool over the
peoples eyes?
He publishes in this circular
letter one of my quarterly re.
ports, which he says are very
meager and sk:,leton-like." They
are made just like the law says
they shall be made, and just like
the reports made by my prede-
cessor. Mr.. Grantham. He COM
plains that no vouchers are SUBJ
mitted with the reports. When
a warrant is issued, it is given to
the person to whom issued, and
would like to be informed, how
and in what manner could give
the warrant to the person and at
the same time keep it and show
it to the County Court. My au-
thority to issue the warrant is
given by the County Board. and
everyone / have issued is record
ed in a well-bound book, showing
the date, the number, to whom
issued, and for what purpose is
sued and the amount.
He complains further in regard
to this quarterly report which he