The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-06-21

ton, was turned down.
Several days ago il was stated i'm
The News that citizens of this par
ticular school district. which is in
the lower section of Dunklin Town
ship, were considerably wrought-up
because of the efforts OF the Laurens
county Superintendent of Education
and the trustees of Sullivan school
district to induce he Greenviile coun-
ty Board of Education TO annex three
and one-eighth square miles of terri
tory in Columbia district to the form
er district. At that time it was
thought that the matter under discus
sion was of inerest to only those res
idents of Dunklin Township affected
as well as those in Sullivan school lis
trict in Laurens county. 1t has since
come to light, however that even resi-
dents of the city were interested in
this matter. On the morning of the
publication of the news story about
the school districts matter resident
of the city who owns considerable
property in Dunklm township read
the story in The News and at once
hied himself to the Office of the Coun-
ty superintendent of Education, where
!he entered the most strenuous objec-
tion to the Columbia school district
being altered. The public i'm general
has manifested much interest in the
situation, and will read with interest
the outcome of the affair.
The three members of the County
Board of Education, Messrs. III. b.
DOminick of Fountain Inn. l.. E. Chill
ders of Mauldin and superintendent of
Education James b. Davis of Green
willie, did not take long to decide the
question of allowing the Laurens
county school district to appropriate
portion of the Dunklm Township
school district. After short discus
sion of the matter the board voted
to decline the petition, and Superin-
tendent of Education Davisvis immed-
lately wrote to the Superintendent of
Education of Laurens county. Mr..
George l.. Pitts. and notified him of
the action taken by the Greenville
Board.
Columbia school district. in Dunk
lin Township, measures IL is miles
in area. The law requires school
district to measure at least square
miles in area. Tie Board of Trus-
tees of Sullivan school district, just
across the county line. wished TO es-
tabliSh n high school at Princeton.
and not having sufficient area in that
particular district TO warrant the es-
tabishment of a high school. con-
ceived the idea OF petitioning the
Greenville county Board of Education
to annex 3 is square miles OF Colum- |
bia school district 20 the LaurenS dis |
trict, this leaving tie required 9 miles
in the Dunklin Township residents of
Columbia district joinec III the peti-
ton.
The petition was turned down yes
terday by the County Board of Edu-
cation for several reasons, one of the
most plausible being as was stated by
a member OF tie board the simple
reason that Greenville county could
not afford to sacriiirc her own sshoo
interests in that section of the county
to the upbuilding OF school in Lau- |
rens county"
This statemeut wl be better un-
derstood when il is known that of the
two schools in Columbia school dis
trict-thc Columbia school house and
Flat Rock school house Columbia
school would sit within - wards of the
sullivan school district We're The sec
tion of Columbia school district an
ncNed since Fla; Rock school is i'm
the upper portion OF iho district. this
would uaccsS.ta;e the .aIin" down of
Columbia sChuot md he purchusing of
a noW lot on wljcL totrCct the SchOu
at some point moro central 90 the re-
formed district This would put the
school patrons o.. Cuuupia G.suic, to
considerable expense. phI ail for the
good of the p-ouoSed Princeton G.aul
rens county high school which could
not he patronilod 10y a. ut The resi-
dents of Columbia a@nrc-