The Monroe journal., 1922-12-12
SHERIFF GRIFFITH HAS
A COUPLE OF PETITIONS
Asks Mr.. FundeFburk to Take or
Some Work and Mr.. McRae to
Abolish Himself Outright
ONE OFFICIAL AGREES
THE OTHER OBJECTS
Would Make Office Of County Super
intendent School Book Depository
and Turn Over Work of Road Com
mission to County Commissioners
in Hope to Save Expense

hAs sAoPS w cav A<ApChse
Ex-sheriff Griffith, chairman of the
board of County Commissioners. start
ed out bright and early in the cold
yesterday morning with two nicely
drawn petitions. One relates to the
handling of school books and one re-
lates to road work. In brief. one pro-
poses to make the office of county
superintendent of schools the official
school book depository. The other pro-
poses to abolish the road commission
and turn its work over to the county
commissioners.
Sheriff Griffith is very frank and
outspoken in his ideas on the subject.
He thinks the school book change
would make some saving for the peo-
pie who buy books, and he thinks
that the road business could be ad-
ministered some cheaper by the COM
missioners. He wants to same money
if possible.
And there is another thing very in
teresting about the Sheriff's proce-
dure. After he had his petitions
drawn up nicely with long blank
sheets attached for signatures, he
walked into the offices of the officials
most concerned and asked them to
head the lists. He said he did not pro-
pose to be taking any roundance on
them, but wished them to know ex-
actly what he was doing. Mr.. Fun
derburk, county superintendent of
schools. said he didn't object. Mr.
McRae, chairman of the road board.
said he did not agree so the sheriff
will have to get some one else to
head that petition. The newspaper
man who was present remarked that
these two gentlemen were somewhat
upon a different footing. The book
bill only proposed to add some work
to Mr.. Funderburk's office, whereas
the other petition proposed to wipe
Mr.. McRae's offic out of existence.
The sheriff said, well. he just want
ed to give them both chance to
sign first.
Book Petition
ITO the Honorables Major w. c..
Heath, Senator, and J. +. Millikin,
Representative for Union county:
"Whereas the salary and the office
force of the Supt. of Public Instruc-
tion of Union County has been large
ly increased, and the said Supt. is
familiar with all the books required
to be used in the public schools of
Union County, and whereas it ap-
pears that the people of said county
may be saved a considerable sum by
the Supt. keeping full supply of
such books as are needed for dis'ri-
button to the patrons of the public
schools. e
''Now, therefore, the undersigned,
your petitioners, respectfully request
that you introduce and pass bill
in the next General Assembly of
North Carolina, requiring the County
to furnish the funds with which to
purchase books necessary to be used
in the public schools of said county,
and that the Supt. of Public Instruc-
tion for sa iSdvotfxe arsp shaC
tion for SAID County be required to
distribute them at actual cost, and
the funds received for same to be
daily turned over to the County
Treasurer"
Mr.. Funderburk stated to the re-
porter afterwards that he had no OBJ
lection trying the matter if the Of
ficials wished him to. He thought that
il would be necessary to have an ad-
6itional room to store the books aud
he thought that he could probably
make more prompt delivery. As 20
saving, the local dealers are allowed
only ten per cent commission fpr
handling the books, and if he could
handle them for nothing that much
could be saved, but no more.
The Road Commission Petition
ITO the Honorables Major W. C.
Heath, Senator and J. F. NJ llikin,
Representative, for Union County:
"Whereas the County of Union has
issued road bonds to the amount of
$l,000,0O0 and this sum has been ex-
pended on the roads of Union County,
and it appears that this is suffi-
cient bonded indebtedness for the
county at present and until the peo-
pie of this county can get their bear
ings as to future road work, and
whereas at the same time it is alb
solutely necessary for the public
roads of Union County to be main
tanned in a reasonable manner and
at a minimum expense, and to this
end it is deemed expedient to change
the road law of this County by trans
fering the duties of the Road Com
missioners to the Board Of County
Commissioners. The Board oof Coun-
ty Commissioners is the guardian of
the expenditures of the County and
there is often a conflict between the
Road Commission and the County
Commissioners with the respect to
creating obligations for road purpos-
es and It is therefore advisable, in
as much as there can be no further
road construction at present, to
transfer the road maintenance work |
to the Board of County Commission
ers.
Therefore. the undersigned petit
TONERS respectfully request you to in
troduce and see to the passage Of a |
bill in the next General Assembly |
which will transfer the duties now
performed by the Road Commission
TO the Board of County Commission
ers of said county"
Mr. Me- did not agree with the |