The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-18
REPORT OF COUNTY SUPER
INTENDENT.
Interesting Facts About School
Districts.

The Board of Education met in Hal
flax Oct. 3, with Mr.. w. E. Spruill in
the chair. The following report of the
Superintendent was received and ap-
proved, and it was ordered that all the
recommendations contained therein
should be carried into effect:
"In compliance with orders from
this Honorable Board, the undersigned
visited No. 7. district for the purpose
of ascertaining the advisability of cut
ting off part of this District and form
ing new one He found that ma
jority of the persons who would ord-
narily send their children to the school
now taught by Miss Dickens, we're in
favor Of a new District with the W. &
w. Railroad for the Eastern boundary
The Southern line to start at a point on
this road So far South as by running
west 1t would embrace all the patrons
OF the one white and the one colOred
school near Mr.. Bradley's. But the
patrons of the joint school in the up
per corner of said district, are opposed
to being cut off from No. 7 district, un-
less new district can be formed for
them, by taking a part Of No. Z, and
parts OF Nos. II (Mr. Stainback's) and
Is (Mr. Hux's). And such being the
case, he would recommend that district
No. remain as it is, until such time
as the Board may think proper to make
new district of the section that pat
ronizes the joint school. After this
shall have been done he would recon-
mend that the two schools in the vicin-
lty of Mr.. Bradley's be formed into a
new district with boundary as above
described.
"He then visited Mr.. Ed Carter's
district, No. 2, and attended full meet
ing of the parents and guardians of the
white children of the district, and after
full discussion of the subject in dis
pute he came to the conclusion, that if
line were run, beginning near the
northeast corner Gust east OF Mr..
Glasgow's) and running south through
the district, whereby Mess. Keeter,
Smith, Spence, A. 7. and r. A. Dick
ems could be taken from district NO. 2,
and assigned to No. Is, and if in addi
ton to this, the Board would order
the committeeman of district No. 2 to
open their schools about the middle OF
July instead of later, the trouble would
be in great measure satisfactorily ad
justed.
He then visited No. l, Mr.. Tay!or's
district to see about site for colored
school house, and found that very ell
igible situation could be bought for
$25. This seemed high price for an
acre of land but when he found that
no one else was disposed to sell land
for this purpose at any price, and that
the location offered had upon it fine
spring which was more valuable than
we'll that would cost more than $1,000
in that section, he thinks it would be
advisable to give the price demanded.
"While in district No. l, he endeav-
ored to find out the causes for the
small attendance at Miss Weller's
school. The chief reason, he thinks is
the fact, that all the patrons Of the
school being raisers of tobacco, the
time selected for teaching was not the
most convenient. He also visited No.
l3, (Mr. Hardy's), to see about moving
a school house to a more central loca-
ton, and came to conclusion that it
had better remain where it is. The
slight advantage to be gained by the
removal would not justify the expense"
The Board ordered that IN cutting off
part of district No. 2, that the line
be ginning near the northeast corner
shall end at the Ebenezer road and
that in the section assigned to district
No Is, only the whites shall be atfec-
ted, the coIored in said section to re-
main in district No. 2. Mr. Spruill is
ordered to arrange with Mr.. Neville
about the survey of the Lewis land.
The charges preferred against w. E.
Ivey, cmmitteeman of district No. Is,
,,oro WI bHrown
Allen Ivey, committeeman of same
district, was removed and John B.
Thompson was appointed in his place.
1t was also ordered that Mr.. Ed Car
ter of district No. shall have cer-
tain school house for colored school
in his district ceiled.
The secretary Of Board reported that
certain rents collected by Mr.. s. NJ.
Gary had been turned over to the
treasurer.
Three petitions signed by many resi-
dents of district No. Z, praying that
their district be not divided, were laid
before the Board.