The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-07-15
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
The County Board Of Education Now
Examining Proposed Sites.

met at the Court House Monday,
pursuant to adjournment, with all
members present. The Board of
1SuperVlsors having passed an or
der last week signifying their in
ttention to levy d tax of three
Quarters Of mill to equip and
maintain county agricultural
thigh school, the Board of Educa-
ltion proceeded Monday with its
program to receive bids for the
location of this school.
Bids were received from Au-
burn, Bogue Chitto, B BrookhaVeB,
| Grange Hall and Henck's Re-
treat, Offering sites, and the re-
lqnired amount Of land, with other
Inducements added. After reepiv-
| ing the bids, the Board decided to
visit in person and inspect the
various sites offered and to allow
lall bids to be supplemented UP to
- O'Clock tomorrow, July 10Th,
| If desired.
In pursuance of this decision,
| the Board on yesterday visited
Heuck's Retreat and Grange Hall
| to examine the land offered today
the members will visit Bogue
Chitto and Auburn, and tomorrow
forenoon they will visit and in
speGt the three several sites near
Brookhaven on which an option
has been offered. Then at 2 p,
IN. the Board will re-conVene at
the court house, canvass all the
bids carefully and render their
decision.
It is learned by The Leader that
one of the three sites rendered
near Brookhaven is situated on
the Caseyville road adjoining the
Mississippi Central Railroad, Just
west of town and contains so
acres. Another site of 30 acres
is offered of parts of the Hodg
man and HaIbert places southwest
Of town and west Of the Halbert
Branch; the third site offered is
[60 acres on the large Menelas
tract, and may be located by the.
Board any where between the.
BrookhaYen and Meadville road
and the line of the ]. G. Railroad.
Each of the two latter offers car
Iries With it cash bonus OF $500
by the owners in addition to the
land.
The Leader is an earnest adv0-
Icate of such school as this; and
Iit will have our hearty co.opera
ltiOn and support, regardless Of
where the County Board may de-
eide to locate it. The youth of
the county needs such a school,
and it doesn't take any prophet to
see that such an institution will
be of incalculable value to the
present and future generations Of
farmer boys in an agricultural
community such as this. And
having said this much, we feel
justified in adding, that if the bid
offered by the people of Brook
haven and vicinity is anywhere
near equal to that offered By other
sections Of the county, the Board
/ of Education would best serve the
Interests of the people of the
whole county by locating the
school near this city. We say
this because Of its central location
| and its railroad advantages, north,
south, east and west, as we'll as
the many dirt roads ceDtering
here. Another even more i'm
portant consideration is, that
| this being the county site, nearly
leVery farmer Of the county visits
Brookhaven once year or often
Ter to attend court, pay taxes or
transact other business at the
county site, and on such trips,
eould easily visit the school and
witness its o p craft o h !;
| If SO disposed. a decided.
majority Of the people Of the
county do their trading here. As
third important consideration is
THAT many parents who wish to
Iedueate their children could buy
farms near the agricultural high
Esch0Ol, send their boys TO that and
At the same time have The adVan-