The Brookhaven leader., 1890-08-07
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD.
The Number of schools Reduced and I'm
portnnt Changes Made In the Bound
aries of some of the Public
SchpoI districts

Education met at the Court House in
Brookhaven Aug. the 4th, 1890. All the
members were present to-wit: From Beat
|, A J. Martin; Beat 2, A. w. Smith;
Beat 8, A. NJ. Summers; Beut 4, Il. w.
Chisholm; Beat 5. d. Il. Magee.
The board, after examining the school
law, and alter obtaining legal advice as
to the meaning of the law, decided that
il had more schools established than the
county was legally entitled to; therefore
the following
CHANGES WERE MADE
in the county:
| In beat l, Oak Ridge white school was
discontinued, aud sections 16, II and Is
! in L 5, X 8, were added to the Moaks
Creek school, and sections z, and 9 in
L 5, Il 8, we're added to the Pine Grove
| School. Petersburg colored school in beat
was discontinued. Clear Branch in
beat | moved TO section -, L &, Il 8, in
beat two. Saint Johns cOlOrcd and Lit
tie Rock colored were consolidated and
school house located in section IL, T :, II
| 3, in beat two; school to he named Little
Rock, containing the following territory:
Sections 3, a, 5, 6, z, SO, 10 and II in
| township Z, X 3, and all territory belong
ing to Little Rock in this county before
it was moved. Rocky Point, colored, in
beat one was discontinued.
Tabernacle, colored, in beat 2 was dis
continued, and the north half of L Z, X
9, added to the Hopewell, colored, school.
The Pine Ridge and the Oak Grove school
were consolidated and located In sec. 10,
tt, K g. at Oak Grove church.
The II all school in beat was moved to
sec. 8, I 6, R9, containing the following
| ant A ~
in L 6, X Q. A new white school estab-
lished in beat to be called Boone's Creek
School, territory as follows: Sections l, 2,
3, 10, IL, IL. h. ID, II, and Is in + 6, II 4;
school house to be located in section 10, L
6. X 3. A new colorcd school was estab-
lished in beat 3 to be called Huey, con-
tanning all of rs, r g; schoolhouse to be
located in sec "a, T 5, RS.
Mulberry Grove, white, in beat was
discontinued and its territory given to
Newefs Shed, white. Beaver Greek white
school is discontinued and sections Il
10 L 7, X 7, and sec % tt, Il 6, given to
Friendship school. Sections 90 90, 30 in
TT, K 6, are given to Edwards. Sec
tions and 2 in 7 6, K 6, are given to
Byrd's school. Rose Hill in beat ), NOV
ed to sec 4, T 6, r 6, in beat a.
The Buie colored school in beat was
discontinued and sections 5, 6, Z, 3. T s,
II 6, given to Mount Carmel, colored,
school; Sections II, Is, 10, 30, %, and 80,
T8, 6, given to Zion Chapel. The
Mount Zion, colored, school, in beat >,
was discontinued and sections II. II, 1G,
81 90 and 90 in T g, re, are given to Eb-
enezer colored school; Sections 20, II, 30,
80, "a, 35, rs, Il 6, given to Ebernezer
also. Scotland white school was discOn-
tinued and sections ,, 4 and in I 8, r g.
go to Grange Hall, and sections l, 2, g.
Z, IL and -, + &, r 6, are given to Gil
christ.
The following schools were set for the
WINTER TERM OF l690-'9l,
to begin on the first Monday in Novcm-
Der, 1890, to-wit:
FOR BEAT |.
WHITE-Bogue Chtto, Chamberlain,
Confederate Grove, Gill, Mt. Moriah, Pine
Grove, Union Hall, Saron.
CoLoRED-Della Green, Gartmau, Pill
grim's Rest, Bogue Chtto, New Hope.
FOR BEAT2.
WHITE-Little Bahala, Clear Branch,
Heuck's Retreat, Fair River and Whites.
CoLORED-Little Rock and lIopewell.
FOR BEAT 3.
WHITE-Brister, Bailey Branch, Col
Inns, Felder's, Laccyvillc, Pleasant Hill,
Sweet Water, Topisaw.
COLORED-TOpisaw and Huey.
FOR BEAT 4.
WHITE-Adams' Camp Ground, Hy
mans.
CoLoRED-McNulty.
FOR BEAT 5.
WnITE-Gilchrst, Grange Hall, Lick
Creek, Edwards.
COLORED-None provided.
The following schools were set for the
SUMMER TERM OF 1891,
to begin the first Monday of June, 1891,
tO-wit:
FOR BEAT l.
WHITE-Moak's Creek, Tutson.
COLORED-Noue provided.
FOR BEAT2.
WHITE-Centreville Good Water, Oak
Grove.
CoLoRED-None provided.
FOR BEAT 3.
WHITE-Boone's Creek and Hall.
COLoRED-NOne provided.
FOR BEAT4.
WHITE-Johnston, Dukes r. E. Lee,
Oliver. Montgomery and Kings.
CoLORED-ROse Hill.
FOX BEAT d.
WHITE-Byrd's, Friendship, Durr, Mac
edonia, Newel's Shed.
COLORED-Ebenezer, Gooden, Mt. Car
MEL Mt. Pisgah, Midway, Mt. Olive;
Zion Chapel.
The following named persons were APP
pointed by the County School Board and
superintendent of Education to adopt
uniform series of text books for Lincoln
county, to-wit:
Beat 1-R. ii. Young.
Beat 2-John NJ. Girault.
Beat 3-B. Il. Hickey.
Beat 4-Maxey Smith.
Beat Edgar Green.
From County at-Large-P. b. Mullin,
L. Il. Lloyd.
There being no other business to come
before the Board it adjourned.
EDWARD SMITH.
Supt. of Education of Lincoln County,
Miss.
Would Not Take $4,000 and Without
"Hed-ake."
The Rev. John T. McByrde, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Marshall,
Texas, writes:
Gentlemen: / have relieved several of
my acquaintance at Dallas, Sherman and
Marshall of severe headaches and with
out u single failure to do so inside OF