The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-09-09
SCHOOL BOARD MILLING.

sept. D.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
A petition was presented to the
board signed by one fourth of the
qualified electors who pay taxes in the
Cottage Hill neighborhood asking
that an election be called to create
a special tax school district The
petition having been published for
four consecutive weeks, the board
called an election to be held on Sat
urday, Oct. 1st, at the Cottage Hill
school house for the purpose of Great
ing school district and to elect three
trustees and to fix therate of millage
The following persons were appoint
ed inspectors of election; L. d.
Beck, L. D. Stafford and c. D. P.
Haycraft.
Mr.. E. Cordury having resigned as
supervisor of the Lake Bryant school,
Mr.. Joe Standard was appointed to
fill the unexpired term.
W. T. Henderson having resigned
the apprenticeship at Key Pond, J.
B. Griggs was appointed to fill the
the unexpired term.
Jamer Howell was appointed super
visor of the Anthony school to fill the
unexpired term of Geo. Stewart, re-
signed.
w. E. McGahagin resigned as super
visor at Weir Park and Robert Mar
shall was appointed to fill the place.
H. T. Hall resigned as supervisor
of the Irvine school and Josiah Seek
niger as a trustee of the Martel dis
trict and patrons are asked to fill the
vacancies.
Permit granted to Sol Smith to
send his children to Sumter county.
Permit was granted to Mr.. Har-
rison, of the Fantville district, to send
his childred to Bitchton.
Permit granted to J. l. Whiting
ton, of Shiloh, to send his son to Me-
Intosh, provided the trustees at Nc
Intosh approve same.
Several patrons of the Fairfield
school appeared and protested against
the teacher appointed by the board.
Mr.. w. A. Young one of the trustees
appeared in behalf of the teacher.
Both sides claiming to have majority
of the patrons in their favor. A re-
port of meeting of the patrons was
before the board which showed 10
votes in favor of teacher and 9
against. After considering the mat
ter from all the information the board
could obtain, the superintendent was
instructed to see if another teacher
holding not less than high second
grade certificate could be secured for
the place, but if such a teacher can
not be secured to contract with Miss
Tongue to teach the school.
Parties from Silver Spring appeared
before the board and asked that some
provision be made for schooling about
y children at the Springs. The su-
perintendent was instructed to go to
the Springs and make such arrange
ments as he finds most suitable to
the conditions.
The superintendent was instructed
to renew and adjust the insurance for
the Reddick and Lowell schools, as
the old houses have been abandoned
and a union school house built. Also
to insure the new Fl. King shcool
house.
Pats Island school was discontin-
ued as there are only five pupils to
attend it and some of them are ask
ing for an advanced teacher.
Cotton Plant school was granted
S24.5 so for sinking a well.
On the request of the colored pa
irons and trustees of DunneIlon
school and citizens of Dunnellon, the
colored school is discontinued for
rhree years and the funds necessary
to maintain same for the said period
of time is to be applied in building a
white school house at Dunnellon and
the school house now used for white
children shall thereafter be used ex-