The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-07
SCHOOL BOARD.
ENJO|NED FROM.
BUYING A BLOCK.
E. w. Peterson, II. O.
Arson and Max J. Kahn
Bring the Suit.
OBJECT TO LOCATION
OF NEW BUILDING
One Member of Board Had
Not Been Served With
the Writ Late.

An Injunction, temporary at pres
ent, has been taken out against the
Board of Public Instruction, the Max
ent Land Company, and William
Fisher, as president of that company,
Judge Kirke Monroe, in the court of
record Thursday night making an
order directed to members Of the
county school board, named in the
proceedings, to show cause why the
said injunction preventing the pur-
chase of block in Maxent park shall
not be made permanent. For the en-
forcement of the order, and for the
purpose of making it perfect, the
orators" who are named below, have
made bond in the sum of $1,000 as di-
rected by the court, and members of
the school board and all others inter
ested were yesterday served with sub
poenas in the action.
Those who sued out the injunction
are H. Q. Arson, E. w. Peterson and
Max. ]. Kahn. They are represented
by Judge John C. Avery, who fled
the bill in the court of record late
Thursday afternoon. In it are enum-
Grated the various reasons why the
board should be permanently enjoined
from acquiring the block of land for
which they were about to close, one
paragraph asserting that, taking
present realty values in the city, the
block is worth not more than $500,
when as matter of fact the school
board was preparing to close for the
site, for the sum of $1,000.
Subpoenas were issued at once for
the various members of the school
board, who are ]. H. Sheriff., C. j.
Levey and L. s. Gilmore. The owner
of the block, and he as president of
the Maexnt Land Company, were also
served with subpoenas. Up to 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon, however,
Mr.. Sheriff. had not been so served,
and deputy was looking for that
well-known member of the board dur
ing the afternoon.
OBJECT TO LOCATION.
Some of the reasons put forth why
the injunction should issue, and which
were contained in the bill as filed in
the court of record, follow the line of
arguments which some of those who
were not in favor of the site on oc-
casions of the meetings recently held
had put forth. It was related that il
''has at all times recognized the pro-
priety and reasonable necessity of es.
tablishing and conducting schools fol
the children of school age of the white
and colored races so that they should
be provided with separate schools, SC
located at points in the said county
as to avoid and prevent any contact
between or mixing of the children Of
the two races, in strict recognition Of
the wide policy which characterize
the statutes, customs and adjudica.
ton of the people, legislatures anc
judiciary of the state of Florida, il
the schools, or in going to or coming
from them.
/ Lately the said board" the bill
particularizes, 'has decided to estab
lish in the city of Pensacola for tn
white children of the school age al
additional school for the more CONVEX
lent and efficient education of sucl
children, and to that end decided Il
buy a school site in the city of Pen
sacoIa and to erect thereon a cost,
building, and are about to buy from
the Maxent Land Company block Is
which is sparsely settled, and largel
by negroes, and have accepted a bi
Of ST., SAT, and unless prevented, wi
buy said block Is and erect thereon
building for the use of school chi
dren, including those Of your ora
tors.
'only two blocks away is schoC
for colored children and so used b
them exclusively, and very near is
colored church-so situated that tn
means of access are such as to be in
!. possible to avoid commingling, or {
least to be thrown together, and il
vite disagreements, friction, objel
! tionable comfort and conflict, whic
! viii not be prejudicial to the harmon
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