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DR. JOYNER CALLS Orr SCHOOL BOARD TO PROVIDE BETTER f SALARIES FOR TEACHERS. Raleigh; April 201918. -To County and City Boards of Edu cation and Superintendents: " Par Sirs: T Deg to call your attention again to the, urgent necessity of increasing the school funds in order to provide a reasonable increase in the salaries o f teachers and to meet the necessary increase in the operating expenses of schools, on account of the increase in living expenses and in all other expenses incident to war conditions. Nearly every; day the papers contain notices of the resignation of superin tendents, principals, and teachers to accept other positions at increased compensation most of these in, oth er lines of work. Unless .your .boards act promptly in availing themselves of the means provided by law tor in creasing the school funds 'so as to be able to give the teachers on or before the close, of this school year, some as surance that their compensation can be increased next year at least suf ficiently to meet their living expenses, and somewhat in proportion to the increased cotripensation that is being offered them in so many other lines of work, we will lose many more of our best superintendents, principals and teachers, and there is great dan ger that 'we "will be unable to supply teachers ofany sort for many of our schools. You will agree with me, I know, that an incompetent teacher is worse than no teacher, and that it is the worst sort of extravagence to ex pend public funds in the employment of incompetent teachers. We are, therefore, facing a grave danger of having our school work disorganized and greatly, decreased in efficiency at a time when there was never such great necessity for carrying it on in full and even in greater efficiency. The whole country is confronted by similar conditions produced by the same cause, and similar campaigns for " increased school funds for in creased salaries of teachers and oth er expenses for schools, are being carried on in all parts of the country. According to : my information, Great Britain and France, that' have aiready suffered infinitely more than the Unite'ii States, and more, I pray, than the United States will ever be railed uron to suffer irom tms war, and are consequently far less able than the United States to do it, have o-rtlv - increased their educational appropriations, practically doubling tice of such election is required, the them In this crisis we cannot af-' election will have to be ordered by ford to let our schools suffer and our the commissioners upon the petition children starve . intellectually and spiritually for lack of proper educa tion by a disorganization and a de crease in the efficiency of our. schools and teachers. You as Boards of Ed ucation, school trustees and superin tendents, hold in trust the interest of the schools of the children, and the primary responsibility is upon you to avail yourselves at once of all legal means to protect these. . Four means are provided by law for increasing the school funds to meet this emergency in education in North Carolina. 1. By voting a county-wide tax for schools not to exceed 30 cents on the $100 worth of property, and 90 cents on the poll, under chapter 71 of the public laws of 1911. This is, per haps, the best, most permanent, and in many ways the most equitable plan. Elections under this l&w to make the tax available for the next of the county board of education at least thirty days before the first Mon day in June. Read this law and take steps "to have the election ordered at once, if you decided upon this plan as the best for your county, and if you think there is a reasonable prob ability of carrying the election. Two counties, Wilson and Beaufort, have already voted such a tax, and elec tions are now pending in Lenoir, Wake, Franklin, Johnston, Warren, Carteret and probably other counties that have not yet been reported to my office... 2. By . increasing the budget for salaries and other expenses for a four imonths school term and demanding the levying of a sufficient county wide tax to provide for these ex penses under section 3, article IX, of the Constitution of North Carolina, and chapter 33 of the public laws of 1913, as amended by chapter 236 Teleph i one Company Plans To Improve Service Our request of the North Carolina State Corporation Com mission for authority to enforce the clause in our subscribers' contract for service which provides that we shall furnish service "for the use of (the) subscriber, subscriber's agents and represen tatives only," is in the interest of improved service, conservation of facilities and the elimination of &n unnecessary burden now borne by the company and certain of its subscribers. For many years we have permitted our operators to furnish our subscribers an information service, such as giving the time of the day and answering other inquiries not in any way connected with the furnishing of telephone service. . We have also indulged the practice of many subscribers to business service in allowing the general public free and unre stricted use of telephone stations in the subscriber's place of business, with the result that this practice has deyeloped into an abuse. ''-'' This free use of service by the general public prevails, exten sively in our larger cities and is noticeable in public and semi public places in many of which a telephone station is provided for thfe free use of the public for advertising purposes. Tele phone stations of this class are used beyond all reasonable limits for frivolous and unnecessary purposes and prove a burden upon the service by requiring operators and facilities which are ur gently needed for necessary abd serious uses. It is such stations as these that will be effected by the en forcement of the contract. The plan, as -applied elsewhere, ' has met with public approval and does riot restrict the service of the individual subscriber. The demands upon the operators arid facilities of the com pany by reason of the innumerable requests for the time of day and other information and the extensive and unauthorized use of the service in public and semi-public places, have grown to such proportions as to seriously handicap us in our efforts to render efficient service to our subscribers who are paying for the service. a Coupled with this there is such an unprecedented demand for telephone service and facilities, both for business and social purposes that we felt it our duty to petition the State Railroad Commission for authority to enforce our subscribers' contract, so that facilities now used for" frivolous and unnecessary purposes might be released for a more serious and legitimate use. ASHE VILLE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY as i . , . L.u j iho nnhlic laws of 1915. and , school year must De neia u - - - v- v. fif Mondav in 1917. teaa careiuiiy uu OU gf ucivic mv " " - - June, the time fixed for the levying of county taxes. As thirty days no- found on pages 95-100; or the public; school law' pamphlet. If an Section for a county-wide tax should not be called, I urge that you avail yourself of this means of providing by a man datory county-wide tax, for sufficient increase in the salaries and other ex penses for at least a four months term. County Boards of Education are urged to prepare carefully at once their budget for necessary ex penses to include in the budgets a sufficient number of teachers for all the schools and minimum salary for competent first grade teachers of not less, than $60.00 per month. It is the duty of every County Board of Education to have this law enforced. If the board deems it necessary, it should arrange and secure the co operation of the city Boards of Edu cation and the school committeemen of the county in securing from the county commissioners the tax levy asked for meeting these reasonable increases in salaries of teachers and in other necessary expenses 'for. a4 four months school term. ' 3. By establishing special tax dis tricts and voting a special school tax therein under section 4115 of the public school law. Elections under this must also be ordered and carried on or before the first Monday in June in order , to be levied for the next school year. Read this section of the law. 4. By increasing 'the special school tax in existing special tax school dis tricts, urban and rural, to a maxi mum not to exceed $1.00 on the $i00 'worth of property in urban districts, and 50 cents on the $100 worth 'of property in rural districts, under chapter 102 of the public school law of 1917. Read this law. In the name of the children of North Carolina, the guardians of whose educational interests you are, I appeal to you to avail yourselves at once of tHe means above enumer ated for supplying additional funds needed to supply the teachers and equipment for carrying on the edu cation of our children and keeping the "home fires burning" in our school houses for their little brothers and sisters until our boys come marching home. Very truly yours, J. Y. JOYNER, State Superintendent Public Instruction. FROM WALTER ORR iN NAVY AT NORFOLK Va Editor Hustler: 1 VA- -1 thought I would write lines to tell you how ASHE VILLE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR TRAINING OF TEACHERS. After twenty-five years of great usefulness in training girls of its sec tion, the Normal and Collegiate In stitute atAsheville, will conduct a summer session beginning June 11, 1918, and continuing six weeks, end ing July 24. This announcement is the culmination of efforts extending over several years by school officials of Asheville and vicinity to improve ind extend the opportunities for further training of teachers in ser 4ce. The co-operation of the Nor mal and Collegiate Institute has been secured through, the new president, lohn E. Calfee, who has recently :ome from Berea College in Ken tucky with high ideals of service, 39th for himself and for his institu ;ion. The opening of the summer session has been liberally supported jy the city of Asheville and the county of Buncombe, by the Board of Trade and the Asheville Rotary 2lub. It is planned to make it a per manent institution. Although the original purpose was to benefit teachers of this locality, the promoters of the enterprise are anxious that teachers in other sec tions make use cf it in so far as the accommodation will permit. They will be composed of members of the Normal and Collegiate faculty, heads of departments of recognized schools and colleges and city and county school officials. The North Carolina StaTe Normal College at Greensboro will lend the services of Dr. John A. Lesh, the head of the department of education, and Miss lone Dunn, the head of the primary department of the training school. ADDRESS IS "AMERICAN E. F." Washington,. Mail, addressed to members of the American expedition ary force in France should have the word "American" written or spelled in full, so that in the address the designation will read "American E. F.," according to a request made to day by the postoffice authorities. The new order is deemed necessary in or der to distinguish American mail from that addressed to the expeditionai forces of other countries. m England "His Majesty the King" and the humblest subject have duplicate ration cards. ! : you a few "Hustler" is appreciated here There are seven boys here fr Hendersonville in the armed Ku! and the training station. I received the paper today and think all the boys have had a l0ok it and they surely devour evprv &t of it. y0rd I think all of the boys like naval life fine and more so for thev aro a J aL" do ing their bit. All of them have subscribed to tli third Liberty Loan. e I will give you the names boys that are now here: Wilson Merrill, armed guard. Emory Justice, training station. Plato Byers, training station. Fred Coston. training station Jim Dermid, training station. Bryan Brookshire, training station. So you see we have quite a reunion most every night. Best wishes to The Hustler and force. WALTER ORR. Crew 108, Armed Guard, Naval Station, Norfolk, Va. f the SUFFRAGISTS HEARD GOOD ADDRESS LAST SATURDAY. The suffragists and many others interested in the important question of equal suffrage heard with interest Mrs. Charles Malcom Piatt, of Ashe ville, in an interesting address at the city hall last Sunday. Do you have a Liberty Bond? ' EAST BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday school each Sunday at 9 :45 Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m B. Y. P. U. at 8 p. m. each Thurs day. Prayer meeting 8:00 p. m. Wednes- M i M .M This dainty model can best be de scribed as a dressy poke, is a combi nation of cnampagne colored crepe with fancy tuscan braid and is the first of this new series. You will agree that it is a winner. Those of our customers who prefer the dress hat to the tailored one be delighted with this model. Al though the tendency this spring d hat, son beeen toward the tailore of our customers have their preference for the dress Lliss H. E. Woodal! expres hat. 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