The Taney County republican., 1903-08-20
FORSYTH is After That School.

held arrived In town "Wednesday 81
last wock Ia talk to our people afnu,
tina, school ui which w. have been
talking for some time. uud - meeting
was hurrcJly called for The church IN
the evening. 4 large audience was
present, considering the ,hor,ucs- ~
the notice given, a1Oriinr strong cy!.
dcnrc oi our desire Tor the school.
The visiting gentlemen laid before
the people the contemplated aim and
,copc Of the proposed school, which l.
Ia be- located somewhere In Southwest
Missouri, making it plain that !, j. 10
be- u complete secondary school, iI,ing
the gap between the public -chuol- aud
the freshman ycaro ~ the colleges, and
an industrial department to enable any
ouc whO desire. tu tax" the course
whether h. has any money or not. The
school will bee conducted under the M.
spice of the Presbyterian church, and
III" Bible will be- treated A. q text book,
bat the .chool wil no, be- ,rrtaran.
The visiting gentlemen were followed
by remarks from citizens including H..
{. Ford, G. u. Sharp and othcr-, -ci.
ting forth our appreciation ui the up-
purtuuity offered to IT, aud outlining
some of the claim, of Forsyth ~ the
logical location for the school, iucIu.
ding the fact that the town il IN The
center u u circle described hy i'ty.
mile radius, without q school 81 such
grade.
y motion wa carried lo meet ~ the
court house uu Monday evening 10 take
action looking toward securing the
school for Forsyth
The court house meeting wa w,iI at
tended. Hon IT, G. Ford wa made
chairman and ". II. Price, secretary.
Spccchr, were prdr by Mcssrs. Ford,
Sharp, Aubrey, Mcknight Bennett,
Forsyth, MIR. Tolrrron, aud Others, all
The speakers being enthusiastic for the
school.
On motion the chair appointed the
following committees:
To make map showing tributary ter.
tory and prepare statistics. Aubrey,
sharp Groom. Mrs. WcathcrmHu, Mr,.
j. H. Parrish.
On finance Boswell Price, Mr.,
Toicrton, Mr. B. u. Price Bcupo,t
On location: Wcn,hrrmnn, Tolcrton,
Fnrrar.
On correspondence; Hughes, Moore,
Price.
The meeting adjourned To meet IN
the court room tomorrow, Friday,
evening, Ia hear reports on progress
and transact such other business n
may seem desirable,
Following il what some Of our repre-.
sentative citizen. think about the
school:
u. +. McC0nkcy, attorncy-Thcy have
my consent Ia build schools all over tn,
hill. No injunction proceedings will l.,
started ngains, them by me. The school
would certainly be u good thing.
c. u. Sharp aud y. +. Farrur, a,tor.
ncys-Wc are heartily in favor Of the
school, aud are willing to do anything
in our power 10 secure 1t: and II cstab
lshcd here ii will be but the realization
Of the need and desires Of our people,
4. j. Vanzand,, barber and proprlcto,
of Cottage hotcl-A properly conducted
school, such a- Is proposed, would do III,
town more good than II railroad.
Newt Iiowlcs hlacksmiih-The schuu
proposed, II run on n proper basis, wou,
he Il great thing for Forsyth and Tancy
county. To my mind one Of the bcs
things planned is the use of the Bible n
regular text book.
DR.. W, 5. Coates, dcntis.-Thc schoo
is one OF the best promoters OF busincs
that n town can have.
Mrs. w. s. Coates, millIner--Thcr,
can be only one question rs 10 the dcsir
ability Of the school. ltwould give GU
children ull the advantages of u ,choo
town and Of II higher education, aud II
the same time give them all the privi
legos Of home life
{. ii. Groom at,orncy-Thc schoo
would he great help TO the town AN,
surrounding country, and the town I'm,
surrounding country would he grca
help to the school.
("'o be continued in our ncvL'J
za-
Soticc to the Public.