The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-12
ON STRENUOUS TOUR
HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OUT ON HARD sCHUDULE.
Counties Wfu Be Visited h vsricus Sections oG ArnbamR---The T0ur s,Wfu Last for Three
 Weeks.

Beginning this afternoon at S:SV o'clock the State High School commis- sion started on the most strenuous tour of inspection that it has undertaken since the Board was created, as with the exception of two Sundays the mem bers will be busy for three weeks look ing over the proposed sites for high school buildings and making speecheas
 It has been customary for the Com mission to take spin around q circuit of the State on a schedule prepared In advance and then return to Montgom- cry for rest Now these officers have decided to concentrate their efforts more than ever and have arranged for a consecutive Itinerary running through the coming three weeks.
 All members of the Commission be- gan their journey yesterday afternoon, including Governor Conner. State Su- perinteEdent of Education Harry c. Gunnels and Auditor w. W. Brandon.
 During this week the party will visit points in the counties of Covington, Crenshaw and Geneva. From these Southeast Alabama counties the Com mission next week shifts further north, and beginning Monday. February IT, the following places will be visited in the order named: Prattville. Pittsview. Scale. Verbena. Jemison and Clanton.
 Beginning with the week of Febru- ary 24, the party will visit the follow ing points: Berry. Oakman. Jasper, Carbon HiI. sulIigent, Vernon, Kenne- dy. Millport. Fayette.
 The Secretary Of the Commission has announced that attractive propositions have been received from the various towns and cities in the territory de- scribed and that the spirit of rivalry in the counties will result in good se- lection of sites for locating the high schools which are provided for in the act of the last Legislature.
 The exact itineraries for the two weeks beginning February IT. is as
 Leave Montgomery Monday after noon. February IT, spending the night at Prattvilie. returning to Montgomery Tuesday morning. Leave Montgomery Wednesday morning, February 19, at 7:20, arriving at Pittsview at 10:0e O. m, drive from Pittsview to Scale in the afternoon, spending the night at Scale, returning to Montgomery at 11:l0 Thursday morning. Leave Mont gomery Friday, February 21, at S:30 D. m.; arrive Verbena 4:39 ?. m.; spend the night at Verbena. Leave Verbena Saturday. February 22, at S:1S q. m., and arrive Jemison at $50 D. m.: drive through the country from Jenison to Clanton in time to have meeting at Clanton Saturday afternoon, February 22.>~ Leave Montgomery Monday night, February 24, and spend the night in Birmingham. Leave Birmingham e:S3 a. m., February 2s. Tuesday and ar- rive Berry 9:60 a, m. Leave Berry 5 D. in. Tuesday. February 25, and arrive Oakman 5;9S ?. m.s spend the night at Oakman. Leave Oakman at TAT a. m. Wednesday, February 26, and arrive Birmingham at 1:I5 a. m. Leave Bir- mingham 12:20 D. m. Wednesday. Feb ruary 2es and arrive at Jasper at 1:S6 p. m. Leave Jasper 6:55 p. m. Wednes- day. February 26. and arrive at Carbon Hill $40 p. m.: spending the night at Carbon HiIl. Leave Carbon Hill 10:25 a. m. Thursday, February 27, and sr- rive Sulligent 11:65 Q. m. Leave SuI- ligent about D. m. Thursday, Febru- ary 27, and drive to Vernon. spending the night there. Leave Vernon after dinner Friday, February 2s, and drive to Kennedy, having the meeting at Kennedy Saturday from a. m. to 10:30 a. m. Leave Kennedy at 10:59 a. m. Saturday and arrive Afillport at lI:iO. Leave Miliport at 3:43 p. m. Saturday, February 2s. and arrive Fayette ll!2l D. m.; have meeting at Fayette Satur- day night. Leave Fayette 1:40 a. m. Sunday and arrive at Birmingham at 5:25 a. m., March 1.