The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-07-29
THE AGRICULTURAL
HIGH SCHOOL.
II Is LOCATED ON a SECTION OF THE
MENELAS PLANTATION.
The County Board Decides NiseIy---The
Location an Ideal One.

The Leader had barely time,
when its forms closed for last Sat-
urday's issue, to announce that
the County Board Of Education,
which was in session last Friday,
had decided to accept one of the
sites for the proposed County
Agricultural High School offered
by Brookhaven, viva portion of
The widely known Menelas Plan
tation. The site selected embraces
go acres Of land which is bounded
On the south by the west fork Of
Bogue Chittu river, on the west
BIZ the Lower Brookhaven and
Meadgille road, and on the east
and north by other parts of the
Menelas plantation. It lies just
across the road from the old John
N. May home, and it is purposed
TO erect the buildings on the eIe-
yation just opposite the May home,
fronting the public road, exactly
three miles from BrookhaVen.
The west prong of Bogue Chitto
river, will furnish a never failing
supply of running water for all
needed purposes, stock, bathing,
fishing. irrigation, or what not.
The location affords all the ad-
yantages of the country. and yet
is near enough to Brookhaven to
be easily accessible. We are told.
it is really within one and one-half
miles Of the actual geographical
centre Of the county.
The bid which was accepted by
the County Board Of Education in
preference to all others was this
tract of so acres of land donated
by Messrs. Menelas and Mikas,
coupled with cash bonus of 81, !
|000 by them and their neighbors,
sd ,6A2 "a additional IL cash
guaranteed by citizens of Brook
haven, if this offer we're accepted
making the total of the bid so
acres of land and $2,642.50 in
cash, which was assured in the
form of certified checks. The
Leader was in error Saturday in
saying the total cash contribution
WAS So, 100.
When, as pointed out in last
Wednesdays Leader, the mem
bers of the Board and the patront
of The high schools at Heuck' I
Retreat, Auburn and Grange
Hall, saw and realized that tht
acceptance of the bids of eithel
lone of these places meant th,
abolition of their present higl
EschooI and one less high sohoo
for the county, they looked will
livery much less favor on such !
lproposition, and the claims o
these localities we're not presse,
with the same zeal as before.
i Ii The Leaders opinion no
only did the members Of th
4 Board do the best thing for th,
people Of the whole county By Sc
lecting one of the sites offered b
Brookhaven, but We commend
their Judgment in selecting th
lvery best of the various site
Brookhagen offered for thei
loption. In fact, The decision 9
] the Board, SO far as We can learn
gives general satisfaction.
The next step will be the selet
tion Of a good, capable board 9
trustees two to be elected BY th
Board Of Education and tw
lby The Board Of Supervisors
] the County Superintendent
being named BY the law
the fifth member. As the boar
OF trustees, when selected and o.
ganized, will want to proceed wit
care and deiiberation and bull
i with . view to permanency, th
. school can hardly be opened b
fore this fall year.
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