The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-17
lid OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
ocala. Fla. Tuesday, october 4.

Aue OOdTu Oh puDatc 4uStruCtlOu IN
and for Marion county met In regu-
lar session with w. u. earn, chair
man. and B. r. Bitch present. j. S.
Grantham came in before noon.
Mr.. w, M. Shockiey, one of the
trustees OF the Reddick. district. CALI
ed and made request .f5F an increase
of $40 per month on the salary of
the Lowell teacher for the reason
that she was teaching some tenth
grade subjects. Action was deferred
but was afterwards considered and
request refused.
C. ]. Smith, colored, called and
made statement about we'll drilling.
He proposed to take the county work
of well drilling for the schools at the
rate of zoe per foot for two and
three-inch wells and ACC. per foot
for a Inch wells. Action upon the
proposition was deferred but later 1t
was agreed to propose to him that
the county would give acc, soc. and
Coo. respectively, for Il, : and j.
inch wells, the material TO be fur
nished by the county in each in
stance.
Messrs. II. w. Nettles, James
Mathews, of the Oak Hill and Flem-
ington communities, called and re-
ported that they had failed to hold
the election as advertised which pro-
posed to change the boundaries of
the Oak Hill district They requested
that a petition be prepared for cir
culation calling for an election TO
change the boundaries to the follow
ing: Beginning at the Sc cor of 16-
1920, running thence north one
half mile, thence east one-half mile,
thence north on half section line TO
the south boundary of the Arredon-
da Grant, thence west along the
grant line to the range line dividing
ranges 10 and 20. thence south tic
the southwest corner of 1S-l3-eO,
thence east to point of beginning.
Mrs. ]. r. Moorhesd, county agent
for the girls canning clubs, called
and reported that there had been
such little interest manifested by
the teachers and so little competi-
tion among the schools, that she
would not ask the county board TO
pay the prizes that had been offered
in the spring for those teachers
making the best showing in the can
ming work. She requested that the
board allow the amount appropriate
ed to apply on individual prizes, the
winners to be selected by a compe-
tent committee of judges. This was
agreed to and Mrs. Moorhead dis
cussed quite fully with the board
the results of the club work in the,
county.
Mr.. j. A. Hicks. supervisor of the I,
Key Pond school, called and report
ed that the fiue of the school house,
had fallen down and requested that
he be authorized to have another
built so as to secure the house
against the possibility of fire. TheI
request was granted.
Messrs. ]. l.. B. Hudgens and ~
L. Beck, trustees of the Fellowship
school, called and requested heaters
and blackboard for their school. 1t;
was agreed to have the boards re-
paired and te furnish one heater and
twelve joints of pipe. 1t was also,
agreed to have the Aue repaired So
as to render il more safe.
Mr.. f. S. Tyner. supervisor OF the
Paisley school, called and reported
that their school was very small but
they wished to operate it and he re-
quested that they be allowed to con-
tinue although the average should
possibly go slightly below the coun-
ty requirement. He was instructed
to continue the school.
The board at this time adjourned
to 1880 p. m.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
Mr.. NJ. l.. Payne called. represent
ing Mrs. VI. C. Green in the matter
of a loan to the board of some mon
ey. After discussing the particulars
Mr.. ]. S. Grantham offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted. and so ordered: Re-
solved that loan of $4,000 be con-
cuded with Mrs. NJ. C. Green to run
until January /. 1916, for the sum
uf $4,000 with interest payable
quarterly at the rate of seven per
cent per annum and warrant No.
1878 be issued for the said amount
at the said rate ami terms in favor
OF Mrs. NJ. c. Green due and paya-
BILE Jan. l, 1915. With interest as