The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-18
NASHVILLE VOTES
HIGH SCHOOL BONDS
BY GOOD MAJORITY
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES.
WILL PUT UP NEW BUILDING
of Entire twenty-five Wards Only
Six Voted "No"-one OF These
Were in "Varmint Town"-lnterur-
ban Franchise Ratified.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June las
result of the election held in Nash
vile Thursday the voters of the city
showed their appreciation of the plan
to issue $500, 600 in bonds for the pur-
pose of erecting a high school by the
devisive and convincing figure of SOS
majority. The interurban issue was
approved also by popular vote, the
majority in this issue being 1886. In
the race for magistrate to succeed the
late Squire Arts Brown in the
First district, ]. L. Weakley ran
ahead of the ticket with 602 votes to
his credit, outstripping his nearest
opponent, NJ. NJ. Gee, by ninety-seven
plurality.
Never in the history of Nashville
has an election involving such vital
issues passed off more quietly. 1t is
true that the vote polled was light, |
but it reached above $4,000, which |
figure was far and away beyond that
which had been expected in quarters
where the results of elections are |
forecasted with any degree of accu-
racy. There was nothing to mar the |
day or the outcome of the election |
and the voters of Nashville are to be |
upon their stand in re-
gard to the matter of the high school
bond issue.
There were, in all, 1,547 votes cast
N the city in favor of the bond issue
and only 949 against it. When one
reflects that ON two previous occa-
;ions, one as late as year ago, the
bond issue for a high school in the
lily was defeated though by small
realization of the progress
n public spirit and progressiveness
lmong the people of Nashville Is ap-
parent from glance at the figures.
Never has there been an issue that
vas more vital to the interest OF |
Nashville citizens, her property ow-
lers, her taxpayers and her children
han that which hinged upon the bond
ssue for the erection of high school
o replace the old, worn-out, over
rowded, unsanitary, firetrap that is
ding duty as high school now, and
he voters showed that they realized
be truth of this. At every polling
lace there was a little knot of work
RS for this cause-teachers, students 7
nd their friends-and that they left +
o stone unturned is more than evil r
ent. 8
OF the entire twenty-five wards in ii
he city only six voted against the e
ond issue OF these, four were 10 n
ated in North Nashville, these being N
lie First, Second, Third and Eighth. |,
he other two were the Fourteenth a
ard, known as "varmint Town." and o
lie Nineteenth ward, in Northeast +,
The largest vote was
olled in the Tenth ward, and in this m
ard the bond issue carried by the VI
rgest proportionate majority, 1872 to h,
. The vote in the Twenty-second ot
ard stood 20 to 10 and in the Eigh- Ii
enth ward 11S to 40. The smallest m
tie was polled in the Fourth ward, Ct
here only 81 ballots were cast. in
The outcome of the election ratify- 4,
g the interurban franchise in the in
ty was foregone conclusion, and tr
rs really unnecessary, as the whole
after was settled by the general as nc
mbly at its recent session. How of
er, the street railway company de- tn
led that they wanted to put the he
after to popular vote.
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