The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-15
MANY HATTIESBURG
Citizens were PRESENT
Several Ballots Were Taken by the
Trustees in an Effort to Determine
Location, But Nothing Definite Was
Accomplished.

The board of trustees of the State
Normal College were in session Fri
day afternoon at the Great Southern
Hotel in Meridian, from 2 o'clock in
the afternoon until six, trying to de-
eide on the site for the College which
will be located in this city.
There were four sites offered by
the city-the Hardy Street property
Of Mr.. H. A. Camp, A. A. Montague
and DR.. 7. E. Ross; the South Missis-
sippi College property of Mr.. w. F. S.
Tatum; the other site about one-half
mile from the College and also owned
by Mr.. Tatum; and the Bon Homie
property of Mr.. W. S. F. Tatum, about
two miles from the city. The board at
the beginning passed resolutions elimi-
mating the second site and the South
Mississippi College site, leaving only
two to be considered, the Hardy Street
and Bon Homie property.
Governor E. F. Noel, State Superin-
tendent ]. n. Powers, T. P. Scott of
Meridian; Joe Cook of Columbus; j.
E. Brown of Blue Mountain: w. H.
McClesky of Hazlehurst: w. H. Smith
of Durant; and DIR. P. H. Sanders of
Laurel, were the trustees present, but
the governor was called away to Jack
son before the voting began. DR.. T.
NJ. Lowry, of Clinton, and j. T. Thorn
as, of Grenada, were not present; Mr.
Thomas. in fact, on account of bust
ness affairs, sent in his resignation
as a member of the board of trustees
His place will have to be filled by ap
pointment by the governor.
AS there are ten members of the
board, including the governor, it re
quires six votes to determine a site
and, neither of the places proposed
receiving the required number o
votes, the location is still undecided
There were eight ballots; one stand
, ing for the Hardy Street site, and :
/ for the Bon Homie site. Another bal
! lot reversed the order of things, BoI
: Homie getting votes, and Hard!
| Street 2. The other six ballots cas-
| were to 3 in favor of Hardy Street
| Messrs. Sanders, Powers and Smitl
1 voting for Bon Homie, and Messrs
i Cook, Brown, McClesky and Scott fo
t the Hardy Street location. Afte
l eight unsuccessful ballots, an adjourn
ment was taken until an indefinit
e time, within sixty dals.
A number of gentlemen went fror
here to Meridian Thursday evenin
> to be present at the meeting of tn
board. They were the mayor, DR..
i, D. Donald, Hon. Stokes Robinson, v
S, F. and West Tatum, Dr. T. E. Ros
A. A. Montague, H. A. Camp, c. 7
Stevens, ]. ]. Ferguson and D. E. Sull
O van.
9 Messrs. Montague, Donald, Tatul
and Camp staid for the whole meeting
returning home this morning, but tt
's other gentlemen came home last nigh
e leaving just about the time the votir
began.
:, Trustees Joe Cook of Columbus,
N. Powers of Jackson, T. P. Scott
=" Meridian, ]. e. Brown of Blue Mou
tain and F. G. Churchill of New G
leans, the architect, left this morniI
=, for tour of inspection in order to I
miliarize themselves with Norm
School requirements.
They will visit Birmingham, Ather
Us Ca, Rock Hill, S. c., Greensboro,
n c., Richmond, Va, Washington, Chic
" go, Normal, H., Cedar Falls, 10,
us and st. Louis.
ny Mr.. Tatunrs statement.