The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-02-17
BOARD OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.


court house at OcaIa on Tuesday
| present and acting. as follows Isaac
Stevens, chairman: Z. r. Bitch and
j s Grantham. members: and J II
| Brinson. secretary.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved
| Messrs. r. Mills and Lee Armstrong
| patrons Of the Pleasant Hill school
called to protest against the granting g
Of a petition that had been filed in
| the office asking that the teacher for
| last year be appointed for the coming g
| year. Action on both the petition and
protest laid over until such time as
the board shall take up the matter Of
! appointment of teachers.
Mr.. J. O. Howard. teacher of the
| Pats Island school. called and re-
! ported that on account Of sickness in
the community it had become neces-
| sary TO suspend school for one week.
Mr.. Williams. representing the
Caxton Supply Co, OF Chicago. called
to present the merits of their atlas.
His proposition was discussed by the
board and it was decided not to pur-
chase any supplies at this time
Messrs. J. A Reynolds. supervisor,
Fort. patrons, called to request that
the Lake Bryant school. which had
been suspended by the resignation of
the teacher be taught in summer.
The matter was discussed and it was
decided that the school could not run
longer than the Goth of June on the
appropriation for the current year
and the matter was referred to the
community to decide upon what ar
rangement could be made for the
school to be taught before the eXpi-
ration of the present year and to re-
port 10 the board.
Mr. \. w. Fort. one of the trustees
of the Moss Bluff district. called to
request that the unexpired part of the
term left over from last year be APP
piled upon this school term to ex-
tend the same. The matter was dis
Cussrd and it was decided that board
would not carry over any unfinished
part OF Il term to the following year
and that each school must complete
its school term under the law by thc
close of the school year which is on
June 30th of each year.
Mr. NJ. NJ. Proctor called to ask
that the board issue duplicate of
warrant no. 6972 in favor of Miss
Blanche Proctor, which had been
lost in the mail 1t was ordered that
this be done and also a duplicate for
warrant no 1928 in favor of Fanny
A. Beatty. which had also been lost
in the mail
The board adjourned for the day
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1910
The board met with all present and
acting.
Teachers reports Were examined
and accounts ordered paid amounting
to s1,113.
The following accounts We're order
ed paid by warrant on county funds:
F. :. Timer. for stove. piping. and fix
ing it up for Paisley school, $40. T
+, Pasteur. for treasurer's commits
sion. s2323: Commercial Bank. for
interest $l2.45: +. f. Converse for ,
tables for Ocala school, SO: Charles
cleveland. for office help. 5000: ]
II Crimson. for postage and express.
$3.50: Wiliston Hardware CO.. for /
GouId's force pump for the Ehenezer
school. 81; Marion Hardware CO. for
material for fixing doors at OcaIa
school. 60 cents; Ocala star for
printing minutes Of board, s.
printing Arbor Day programs $50.
envelopes 45 cents. total. s4.45.
The following warrants We're order
ed drawn on district funds: r. f.
YonGe Il Son on Ocala for plumbing.
$4.25: Fl. +. Masters Co on Cirintr
Farm for crayons. S1.20: Mrs w. w.
Reed on Weirsdale for transporting
South Lake Weir pupils, s12: J. c.
Virgins for fencing the Buck Pond
school grounds on Buck Pond. $50: :.
NJ. Niblack on DunnellOn for wood.
81; Boswell Bros. on DunnellOn for
fixing gate To school fence 81: G. G.
Leitner on DunnelIon for expense of
| six trips to Ocala in 1908 and 1909.
$50: j. l.. Smith on MarteI for WIN
dow glass. S5c.. putting in lights, 75c..
I-erasers. SOC, total, s2.1o: G =. Scott
on Ocala for interest on warrants to
Mrs. Cardy $50: Dunnellon Pharmacy
| on Dunnellon for sundry incidentals.
$1.05: Anti Monopoly Drugstore on
! Fort King for books. $3.50: F. p.
| GadsOn on Fellowship for crayons.
$50: r. +. Yonge & Son on Ocala for
| plumbing, $1.25: Jasper Young on F't
King for cleaning cistorn, s.: F. H
| Ellis on Dunnell0n for janitar :
| wages. $3.50: J. D. McDuffy on Ocala
| for wood for primary building, s166:
j. d. McDuffy on Ocala for wood for
| high school building, s5.42; ]. L.
| Huffman on Griner Farm for wood
$2.25: A. NJ. LanSford on Ocala for
| repairing organs at school, So; A. J
stephens on Sparr for curtains. axe
| handle and sprinkIins pot. $3.50
The board then as a body visited
) Fess"nden Academy and industrial
school "n an official inspection and
! found the institution in a tiourishine
, condition. ably and discreetly manag-
| I'd and accomplishing a splended
work in the way of schooling and
! training nearly three hundred coloreC
pupils IN various industrial lines The
board heartily commend the work OF
! the principal. J. l.. Wiley. for the ex-
! cellent results obtained by his thir-
teen years Of successful mana cement
Thursday, February 10
! The board met with all members
/ present and acting
/ The treaSurtr's report WAS checked
up and compared with the vouchers
returned and found correct. II show
ed county receipts for the preceding
month Of Sl664.l3 and disbursement
Of l66l.9o. leaving a balance of s2.23
/ II showed district receipts Of S2919 3
and disbursements of S4>9.46 leaving
4 balance OF s24Sa9o
! II was greed thar the board at I'll.
, regular meeting in May would takt
up the matter Of adopting q series -
text books 20 be used in the county
for the next ensuing five years ac.
. cording to the law provided in Sucl
cases at which time all parties inter.