The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-08
VICT0RS ANNOUNCED
CONTESTS DECIDED BY HfcH
 SCHOOL COMMISSION.
HIGH
Winners in Eleven Counties Nsmes Yesterday, Making Total ef Nine teen--Twenty-sfx slfes Te
 Be Selected.

The victors in eleven of the county high school contests were yesterday announced by the High School Con- mission. being among those who were heard Wednesday and Thursday. These were the counties of Barbour, CovinG- ton, Lamar. Fayette. Lawrence. Lowndes, Madison. winston, Houston Clifton and Crenshaw.
 The winners of the high school fo- cations are the following in the eoun- ties named:
 Andaiusia, covineton county. build ing to cost not less than s25 900.
 Clayton, Barbour county building to cost not less than s1o.o00.
 Vernon, Lamar county, building to cost not less than $10.000.
 Fayette. Fayette county, building to cost not less than sl2,5oo.
 Mouiton. Lawrence county. building to cost not less than sf0.0oo.
 Fort Deposit. Lowndes county, butld- ing to cost not less than Sf2.e0o.
 Double Springs. winston county. building to cost not less than s10,0o0.
 Gurley Madison county, building to cost not less than. siS.o0o.
 Columbia. Houston county, building to cost not less than s2B,0oo.
 Clanten, Chiffon county, building to cost not less than s1o.oo0.
 Luverene, crenshaw county, build ing to cost not less than s12,soo.
 The citizens behind the proposition won victory for AndaIusia promise that they will construct . new building to cost not less than the amount named. and that the structure will be thor oughly equipped in every way. The building is to have electric lights, water works and sanitary sewerage system.
 Andalusia also agrees to supplement the State fund with a sufficient amount to maintain the school.
 In addition to the cost of the other buildings referred to each place gives at least i've acres of land and gives for maintenance of the institutions amounts varying from $1.0o0 to $2,100 for q stated term of years to the ans nuai appropriation of the State.
 In the successful towns it is also agreed that water and electric lights shall be furnished free for stated terms.
 The High School conmission busted itself yesterday with giying audiences to various delegations from rigaf points in the counties of Madison. Ma Fengo. Monroe, MOrgan. Russeii. Tal- lapoosa. Washington, choctaw. Will cox and Winston.
 Sites Yet aa Be Located.
 With the decisions of the commits sion yesterday. there is a total now of nineteen counties in which the high school sites have been selected. This leaves twenty-six counties in which sites are yet to be located.
 The dates for hearing these remain ing counties have not been set but . program in a few days is expected 10 be announced for such hearings.
 The twenty-six counties yet to be decided upon are figured by subtract ing the total counties already disposed of from those which in the beginning were entitled to high schools under the terms of the enactment of Che last Legislature providing for the estab- lishment of the institutions.
 Those counties which are not entitled to the high schools are those h which are located either of the nine District Agricultural Schools, either of the nor mal schools of the State. the University of Alabama, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute or the Industrial School at Montevallo, or those in which there are