Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-03-12
Movement for Establishment
at South PittSburg
CONSIDERABLE
DISCUSSION
South Pittsburg Ready to Do
nate Site and Building.

Inero lb BrehC UIS oACiLomOhb A.
this county over the proposed division
of the High School funds, so as to es-
tablish another high school in Marion
County with location at South Pitts
burg.
As partial result of the discussion,
it seems that an injunction has been
applied for before Chancellor McCon-
nell in Chattanooga, to prevent q GER
tain J. R. Houts from serving on the
High School Board. who was elected
to serve from the Guild section of the
county, but who shortly after his cleo
tion, moved to South Pittsburg, and
bought property there, which placed
him On theSouth Pittsburg side of any
question, giving them the majority on
questions before the board. Whether
the ones applying for this injunction
thought of this or not, is not made
clear, but at any rate, they applied
for injunction to restrain Mr.. Houts
from serving, alleging he was not
resident of the district for which he
was elected to serve. As matter OF
fact, Mr.. Houts has moved from the
state ami is now resident of States
Vile, N. C., where he is reported to
claim be will probably permanently
reside
The hearing in chambers in Chatta-
nooga was to be held Friday, but no
decision has yet been learned here.
The Injunction was asked for by j. @.
Kelly, F. A. Kelly and others, of JAS
per
The controversy over the high school
matter is an interesting one. The
South Pittsburg people put mp strong
fight in the beginning of the agitation
for establishment of a high school in
this county They have never felt sat
isfisd over the establishment of one
high school in the county, and feel
that now it is big enough for two.
The report current that they wish to
divide the funds they deny. The idea
they promulgate is that the increased
taxation of the county will be suffi-
cient to have another high school in
the county. At present 30 or 40 stud
ems are attending the high school
from South Pttsburg, and next year
ID is claimed this number will be in
creased 80 more. This would give 100
students for first year in high school
at South Pittsburg, or about the same
az the first attendance at the High
School in Jasper. There will be an
increase in taxes from the Hale's Bar
plant next year, involving very large
sum. which will make larger amount
available for school purposes. The
South Pittsburg people propose to
furnish site and building for their
high school at their own expense, ac-
cording to same proposition offered the
county when the high school at Jasper |
was established.
There is said to be a project on foot
to build dormitory on the High |
School campus at Jasper, and to do so
il would be necessary to use some four
or ave thousand dollars of high school
fund, which is now available. The
idea Is to ask high school students to
board adjacent to the school instead of
returning to their homes Charge is
made that this would be made COM
nulsory feature of attendance. This
project is one that the South Pittsburg
people resist bitterly, and claim that
they prefer theil children to remain at
south Pittsburg rather than be forced
to board away from home, and to that
end they ask that this amount be used
to assist them in establishing high
school in their city, and that they
have their share Of the taxes for high
school purposes, also their share OF
any state money coming in. The Jas
per people resist this idea, claiming
that 1t would divide the money, and
make both schools failures. At pre-
sent the Marion County High School
at Jasper, is perhaps the best high
school in the state. 1t is located in
a spIendid building. and the courses
of study are conducted by an excel
lent corps of arnest-working teachers.
Jasner people are determined to resist
anv move which will injure the
school. as they feel that it is prefera-
ble rather to have one good high
ll i, tba countv than two CoOr