The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-19
A BEAUMONT BUDGET.
DISCUSSION OF WAYS AND MEANS
TO GET A school.
plum OF Entering the Corporate Lin
its Found IL Few Adyo"ates-A
Committee Appointed.

Beaumont Texas, July 1S--Pursuant to
a call issued by County Judge I'D T.. Gray
! Il number Of representative citizens of
| school district No. met In the assembly
han of The Noches Institute last night TO
devise ways and means for ;.rovlding chill
dren of the district with schools for the
term OF lS279S.
County Judge Gray called tho meeting 10
order and IN announcing The object eX-
plai that the city school board had
announced the determination TO refuse to
admit to the city schools pupils living
beyond the corporate limits, and residents
of district were therefore confronted
with necessity of either sending their
children 10 II district school, such rs is
conducted in the rural districts OF the
county. or raise fund w!th which 20
make ia. school more cthcleiit The Judge
further explained that there we're IA
white children within the scholastic age
in the district; that thc present district
sChoo !lOusc would not accommodate hdli
the numLrr ana was 80 located AS to be
Involvement TO thrcc-iourihs OF them.
and as the law prohibited the building
OF school houses wilh the school lunt II
womb be necessary TO secure unolhcf
building. lie also stated ;hat h. had been
informed that tho Neches Institute build :
ing could be- secured at u rois1nabIr feHtai
Johnston, the proprietor could h. obtained
a. teacher at a price that would give tho
district SIX months school term.
AS expliinci tn Saturday mornings Post
the majorty of the white poop" OF scl6o
district live within "A half mile OF the
North End school building but they nay"
Professionally refused 10 become a iiaft "'
tnr e1rporaiion When Judge Gray OK
ulaincd the school situation last night a
number of those present suggested that
the quickest and most SATISFACTORY S9in-
ton would be to come into the city bnt
there we're many who vigorously opposed
4 w.,rm and rather extended discussion
ensuod which was calmcd by Judge fray
.xnrcssIn, the opinion that under IA"
missed hy the last legislature tho city
school board will be compelicd TO acc"nt
children from district .. provided ihelr
narents uaid the school tax. In other
words. the law made IT. possible for school
district 4 10 become part OF Beanmout
FOR school purposes only, without the cor
sent of Beaumont, 49,, :, ,,,
a law existed tho school question could he
easily solved lie vas in FAVOR OF conil.g
into the city for all purposes, hut ms NM
,neued To he objectionable 10 majority
he moved that The chair appoint com
,,,tttcs of three, with the chairman added.
70 confer with the city school board WIN
reference TO admitting school hlSiflct
into the city for school PURPOSES
.~rbis same committee" added Mr..
Ward "should be authorized TO canvass
tho district or such part as is Desired,
,yith the Wow Of going into the city ns
par, Of the municlpaii'y ard at , the same ,S
,cf.rorce 10 levvinR a 25-cent tax for a
d strict school in The event we arc barred
on, of The city schools
Mr. Wards motion was mlon,en an
Judge GRAY named w. a. Ward. ~ Y
WcDonough ana T. j. Russell as the com
The meeting then adjourned and WIZ
moe, again next Saturday night TO near
The committees report