, 1904-03-23
Holly Beach School Board Meets
and Organizes.

pdSSCu Out VI cAlSleut6a at eight O'CLOCK
on Monday night and was succeeded
by the board as elected on the 18th inst.
There were present of the old board
Messrs. l.. q. Johnson, Robert Bright
II r.. w. Forcum. The outgoing
members were Theodore p. Mexican,
Samuel Roberts and Gus Anderson:
these gentlemen were not present.
President johnson called the old
board to order and District Clerk Rob-
ert Bright read the minutes of the two
former meetings, which were approved
as read. There being no other business
the old board adjourned sine die.
A short intermission was decided
upon and the new members retired
en- masse TO the Office of Justice of the
Peace Charles Bridges to be sworn in.
On their return the new board was
called to order by President Johnson,
all members being present as follows:
Lorenzo G. Johnson, holdover for one
year; e. w. Forcum, holdover for one
year; Robert Bright, holdover for two
years; O. b. Smith, VIM. A. Shaw,
Cecil Ober, Eben Yenney, VIM. H.
Stein and l.. @. g. Clark being the six
newly elected members.
Nominations for president was in or
der and resulted in the nomination of
l.. g. Johnson by Mr.. Forcum, and
Cecil E. ODER by Mr.. Stein. Mr.. Ober
declined the honor and left the field to
Mr.. Johnson. 1t was then moved and
seconded that the nominations for pres
ident be closed, which was carried.
For district clerk Robert Bright was
nominated by Mr.. Stein and Eben
Yenney by MI. Forcum. Mr.. Bright
declined and the nominations for clerk
were closed by motion of Shaw and
Stein. The first vote was by acclama-
ton, Clerk Bright putting the motion
on the election of Lorenzo G.. johnson
as president. Motion lost.
At this point Mr.. Forcum challenged
the right of Mr.. Stein to serve on the
board, claiming that he had not resided
here full three years as provided by
law. Mr.. Stein in his own behalf sta
ted that he had made inquiries before
he had consented to allow his name to
be used as a candidate and had been
Informed on good authority that owing
to the fact that he had rented his store
on the fifth day of March, 1901, had
been sufficient declaration of citizenship
in the district to justify him in believ-
ing that he was a citizen from that date.
Mr.. Forcum in reply, denied any feel
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the law read three years, and az Mr.
Stein had not moved his furniture here
until June his legal residence common
ced on the latter date. President John
son read the school law and decided in
favor of the objector. In depriving Mr..
Stein to his right to a seat Oh the board
the president advised him to refer the
matter to the county superintendent.
The second vote for president showed a
deadlock, the vote being as follows
when the clerk put the question for the
election of Mr.. Johnson:
Yeas-Forcum, Shaw, Bright, John
son.
Nays-Smith, Yenney, Clark, Ober.
After some discussion a motion by
Mr.. Yenney to reconsider the nomina-
tons prevailed and the former nomina-
tons were ordered erased from the min
utes. Nominations were made again
as follows: For president, Lorenzo G.
johnson and Oscar B. Smith. For
district clerk, Eben Yenney. The
board then went into the election for
president with Messrs. Forcum and
Shaw as t%ellers, re-electing MI. john
son president by the following vote:
For Johnson-Forcum, Shaw, Bright,
johnson, Ober.
For Smith-Smith, Yenney, Clark.
Mr.. Johnson receiving the majority
of votes the clerk declared him elected
for the ensuing year.. Mr.. Yenney was
then elected clerk by a unanimous vote.
1t was decided to change the meetings
from the fourth Friday to the fourth
Tuesday evening of each month. This
will facilitate the payment OF teachers
salaries, which fall due Friday at the
close of each month and will enable
the orders to be drawn by the clerk and
approved by the board at its meetings
on Tuesday evenings. The subject OF
teachers for the ensuing year was laid
owe until a regular meeting. The pres
ident appointed the following standing
committees:
Building and Repairs-Smith, For
cum, Bright, Ober, Shaw.
Supplies-Bright, Clark, Forcum.
Flnance-Smith, Bright, Ober.
Mr.. Bright then read for the benefit
of the board the report covering the
work of the board up to March l, 1904.
This was the report asked for at the
school election of March 18th. 1t was
ordered received and filed and pub
lished in the JOURNAL. A motion to
spread report on minutes was lost. A
motion that the clerk compare report
with books was carried.
In the formal discussion of additional
school room President johnson offered
two suggestions: First-To turf the
school house around, entrance to face
post office and build wings to the ends.
Second-To raise building and add n
story more to it. MIR. Ober outlined a
proposition as follows: To build to the
front and remodel the building on lines
following the general appearance OF
many school buildings in the state.
The building committee was instructed
to prepare plans and make suggestions
to submit to board at its next meeting.
Adjournment.
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