The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21

/ convict camps at Babc0ck, In Miller
county. This is the camp to which
| he was previously carried and where
ne stayed for several weeks. Jesse
was sent to Macon and Milton to
Fargo. The boys 10 not Like to be
+ separated, and their mother was
greatly disappointed when /. was
learned that they would be sent to
different camps
Commissioner Merritt Pleased.
Hon W B. Merritt state school
commissioner of Georgia, spent day
in Athens the past week on business
connected with his Office. He was
present at the meeting of the trustees
of the agricultural high school for the
eighth district. as a. spectator. and
in that connection told a. newspaper
representative how much the people
OF the state are interested in this
movement. He says that all ever the
state those who heretofore have. never
manifested an interest In educational
activities, have come out boldly and
aggressiyely for these schools and
are putting up their money, their time,
their influence and their. energies. In
his experience as a teacher and state
official he has never seen SO, much
enthusiasm in an educational move
ment
When in Richmond some days since
on business connected with the odu-
catfonal movements in the south, he
had a talk with United States Com
missioner of Education Brown in
which the latter said that the most
notable movement in the southern
educational Geld field todf.s INFO this move
ment for agricultural education in this
state.
Ten Agricultural Schools Located.
With the settlement OF the location
of the new agricultural school in the
sixth congressional district, after a
warm contest in the meeting of the
trustees held at Griffin, ten of the
eleven district schools have been To-
Gated, and there has been secured for
the state property valued at between
$4,000 and $S003000.
It remains only to locate the agri-
cultural school in the ninth district
to complete this part Of the work.
There were four counties which
wanted the school in the sixth dis
trict, and these male offers as fol
lows:
Bib county, $4,000 cash and 500
acres Of land; Pike county, $1,000
cash and 300 acres Of land Butts
county, $4,000 and 300 acres, and
Spalding county, $4,000 and 300 acres
of land. All of the offers included
water supply, electric lights, sewer
are and grading. Pike was the win
ner, with GAINESVILLE the location.
AS this completes the location of
ten OF the district agricultural schools,
and the eleventh will not be located
until February, a reorganization Ok the
work done will be interesting at This
time.
The schools have been located as
follows, with the amount OF suDscrip-
tons given in each case
First DisrrioJ-Bulloch, 100000 cash
and 300 acres Of land
second-Tift, S60,Uoo cash and 300
acres.
800 acres
Fourth-carron $4,000 cash and
$50 acres.
acres.
sixth-Plke, $4,000 cash and 500
acres.
seventh-cobb, Cestimatedl, $685.
900 cash and 240 acres.
Eighth--Morgan, $4,000 cash and
800 acres.
Nlnth-To he located in February
Embellishments, $4,000 cash and
$50 acres.
Eleventh-Coree, $55,OG0 cash and
500 acres.
In all but two Of the foregoing
cases. those of Cobb and Hancock,
free lights, water, sewerage and
grading have been given, an tom
which in itself during period of ten
years, will amount to considerably
more than 100000.