The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-01
FIVE NEW LOCATIONS FOR
 HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCED
Superintendent Wngham Explains Method Used By State Commission in Deciding On Locations for
 the Institutions.

or cash for the erection of buildings. the selection is made final and the school established
 "The contest between Oneonta and Cleveland in Blount county was about as close as contest could be. Oneonta offered S10O00 cash and five acres of land, she commission accepting Oneonta with the understanding that the land be increased to six acres. The bid of fered by Cleveland was equally as good, but a majority of the commission de- cided that all things considered the high school ought to be at Oneonta. Tn Calhoun county the contest between Oxford and Piedmont was spirited and every inch of the ground contested. Ox- ford winning with an offer of the old Oxford college building in beautiful grove on d five-acre lot. with sS00O cash added for improvements. The of fer at Piedmont was a beautiful plat of ground containing nearly ten acres on which is situated a handsome build ing erected as hotel, furnishing in addition $2000 for repairs and further improvements.
 "ln Talladega county the contest was between the town of Lincoln with an offer of $7000 in cash and five acres of land, and the town of Talladega with an offer of S10,000 in cash for buildings and 5000 for equipment of the building, to be l located on a beautiful site of nearly six acres inside the corporate limits of the city.
 'rhe commission by majority vote decided in favor of Lincoln with the un- derstanding that the acreage be increased to six acres and that brick building be erected consisting of four class rooms of standard size on the first floor with an auditorium and two additional small rooms above
 Satisfactory sewage arrangements also are to be provided. The plan of the puiiuihg IS to be under the direction of an architect. who is to see to it that these. conditions are complied with. Suh- stantially the same kind of building is to provided by the citizens of Rockford except that instead of brick the buildine Q may be constructed of stone.
 In Coosa county the contest was among tl'e towns of Rockford. Goodwater. Equality and Weogufka. narrowing down t'" majority vote between Rocxford ., T Goodwater. Two places in Elmore co,,n' ty sought the location of the high school Eclectic and Deatsyille
 The offer of neatsvile was ten acres of land containing most desirable sita Tor the school, and guarantee bv tbe tit1zens of s6e0O In cash for the erection of puiidlnss, and for the placing of euuip ment. Besides the guarantee of seooo |, cash, 1t was reported that additional s,hl scriptions would probably be available later. Eclectic offered the same ano,nt Of land, ten acres, together with a s50oo l'''ilding and s2500 cash to be used in re i. pairing adapting and equipping the build ing which vii be used as the county High school. esr W
 Had there been united effort on the part of all the citizens of Deatsville some months ago Instead of lending some of their support Wo Eclectic at that ti,a tiey might have been able to raise s,,e' ilcient money to overcome the natural ad- vantage in location possessed by Eclec tic.' ~ 'ite@ 'ts1 .f sS. -7a'~a