Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-02-25
Caroline Chapel.

ia not again defeated as happfned last
year, we are going to have a new
school house, which is and has been
badly needed for several years We
are always proud to see oil hear of any
enterprise tbat may lead to or result
in the uplift or betterment of condi-
tions in our country, and especially
of our immediate settlement. There is
no place or settlement in Marion cOun
ty that needs school building worse
than we do in this settlement, and we
do hope that this undertaking will re-
suI in the accomplishment of the pur-
roses under consideration We do not
admire the location; neither do we
approve of the size that has been plan
ned, but possibly it may be for the
better Our former board member
worked almost incessently tue two
years that he served for the right and
privilege of erecting a commodious
school building. and owing to his per-
sistent efforts and earnest pleadings,
be at last got his associate members to
agree for us to have new building
So by stipulated resolution offered
by the said board member, and second
ed and passed on unanimously by the
entire board, it was ordered that the
said board member of this the and
school district, locate site, purchase
and build such house as he deemed
adequate for the accommodations of
our school district, So having vested
in him the authority and also all the
responsibilities, he at once put on his
thinking cap" and viewed the situa-
tion from every standpoint. He look
ed at the position and conditions of
the present site, and every circum-
stance surrounding the same, and de-
cided to move the location to a more
convenient and commodious place, if
such could be found.
The place where the school build.
ing now stands is on doubtful grounds,
as it stands on ground that is decided
to the school commissioners, to be u.s.
ed only for school purposes, and when
it ceases to be used for school purpos-
es,, then it reverts back to the origin
al owners This was objection No. l.
Objection No. 2 was it stands at con-
siderable distance from any public
highway, and contains only one acre
of land, aud that acre is surrounded
by two land owners who have per-
of the said acle, except sufficient
passway to and from. which would
not give our good girls and mlschiev-
GUS boys room to have any separate
games of amusement. 1t is also locat-
ed on top of very high hill, and II
said owners of the surrounding tracts
of land adjacent to the acre school
tract, should fence their land, il
would force the people to have to
climb very steep hill to approach
the school grounds. Objection No. {
Is on account of water, one of the
greatest elements of our living There
| Is we'll in the yard, but the water
never was fit to use, and we don't be-
lieve it will ever be good, Am con-
| fident if the water was properly an
alyzed by the health board they would
condemn the use of it Objection No
4 is: If after spending $500 or $500
on building on the lot as is specif1ec
in the deed, and If there was in The
course of very few years to come
about consolidation of schools, ther
the county would lose all that amount
of money, and have nothing III return
So with these as main and leading
objections, he went to looking arount
| TO find a safe and sure location, which
he 80 found, and also found that the
location could be procured on very
reasonable terms. Said location wa
bounded on one side by the public
road. aud could not be hemmed in by
any "designers" also in nice view
from several points in the surround
in country, so travellers through the
settlement could see and admire oul
magnificent little one-roomed schoo
building.
Having the authority vested in hin
as above stated, he located this bean
tiful, CONSPICUOUS site, purchased ant
paid 5000 for IL acres of land, go
warrantee deed, and everything
ready for building, but alas! Their,
came along one of those little "wiR
cling" things that "crawleth" arount
under the grass, and caused quite
CONSERVATION among the patrons ant
citizens of the settlement, and wen
to fighting the authorized move will
all their energies, without any knowl
edge of the said board member as u
any serious objections to the proposed
location and construction of the mucl
needed building. Some very much In
terested person or persons, went u
Jasper and by the assistance and co
operatiop of our then county superin
tendent and secretary Of the count.
educational board, got up petition
10 defer the erection OF our schoo
building until later on; also had on
Superintendent to call an extra ses
sion Of the school board to meet thu
next Friday. So when Chairman
Hudson called the meeting to orde
and the minutes of the previous meet
ing we're read. it seems that Their
were spread on the records, for wha
cause could not be explained, a reso
luton that repealed" the resolution
above referred to, authorizing .ou
said boara member to build the house
or in other words. to defer the build
ing until later on. By a minundei
standing, or misrepresentation OF GU
Hon. Chairman, the minutes were de
clared adopted as read, so that debar
red him of all authority to build. 9th
erwise the house would have .beel
built and used last fall. AS to the pc
tition, it had nothing to do with de
ferriug the building of the house, o
the location on which 1t would hay
! been built, but this unauthorized,
resolution standing adopted on the re
cords, put "quietus" to the con
stl uction for the time being, am
would stand quiet until that resolu
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