The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1907-04-11
Hermanville, April ?. 1907,

OF tniS diStrict guaranteed 10 the
school board that they would join
hands with them in an appeal to
the board Of supervisors, teachers.
patrons and pupils of the public
schools and to all public spirited
citizens of Claiborne county, and
that they would guarantee the funds
to build a pavilion on the plans and
amount of ground selected by the
school board, leaving everything in
the hands of the school board. We
did this on the assurance of many
of our friends that they would help
us. We have a cash subscription
from Hermanville of Five Hundred
Dollars. The board of supervisors
agreed to give Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars more provided One
Thousand Dollars was raised. Hon.
Jno. McC. Martin and ]. M. Tay-
lor subscribed SIS each. Outside
of the $500 from the county and
citizens of Hermanville and District
q so far raised, there will be need
ed 81 500 more if the 6 acres of land
are to be bought and the dressing
rooms and all necessary things pro-
vided.
Some say that as an investment
it will not pay. III answer would
call attention to the fact that on
account of the insecurity to both
life and property we of the south
pay from 8 to 10 per cent interest
OH the enormous amount of money
we borrow, while the north pays
not more than half that amount.
How is life and property to be
made safer? It can be done only
through education We must go
forward with our public schools,
and we can not do so without a
place to hold the annual commence
ment. Should we fail to provide
good accommodation for all who
will come, they can not come.
Now take into consideration the
fact that here many of our boys
and girls will come into contact
with the leading educators of our
state, and some of them may be in
spired to aim at greater things,
who otherwise would hardly have
an opportunity at the age at which
the proper preparation could be
made for their hopes to be realized.
There are many such boys and girls
in Claiborne county. In view of
these conditions the money value
ceases to weigh. I have in mind
man who entered Mississippi Col
llege about the time 1 left it, with
less than Fifty Dollars. with no one
to depend on, who had been inspired
| by the words of an educator in
North Louisiana. He worked his
way through the college where he
stood at the head of his class, then
taught two years and took course
lin Johns Hopkins University and
/ for ten years he has held chair in
LELAND Stanford University of Cal
lifornia, one of the richest Univer-
| sites in America. AS a rule the
men who succeed best are those
who have had a rugged path to
climb in youth. In view of these
facts let us bring the youth of Clai-
borne county into contact not only
with the leading educators of Mis-
sissippi but of these United States,
and in future years we will all be not
only matererialIy rewarded many
times over. but we will have re-
fected upon US the honor shed
OH Claiborne county by her public
school system. SO let all public
spirited citizens of Claiborne coun-
ty contribute to her boys and girls.
The school board meets next Sat
= urday to complete arrangements for
the erection of the pavilion. Sc
what you will do. do at once. Send
all contributions to one of the bank:
Of the county, subject to the order
e Of the school board by next Satur-
: day morning. The teachers have
been asked to solicit subscription:
in their neighborhood. Let us not
: deloy this matter, but build at once
all necessary accommodations fol
all who come. and it will be ueces
e sary for the school board to know
next Saturday morning what they
can count on. Should we be S4ot
or $500 short, the citizens of thi'
district expect to provide same and