The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-07
Board Mayor and Aldermen.

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The board met last Tuesday nigh
with the absence of Alderman Davis
Quite a number of small matters
Of street work were disposed of.
A vote was taken on the purchase
Of the Hassler lot. belonging to Hen
ry Hassler and adjoining the new
school building on the east, facing
Morgan street. The price is $1,000
and the deal was ratified and ordered
to be closed. This is a good trade
The city should by all means OWL
the ground for the school.
The question of laying in the win
ter's supply of coal was presented, as
requested from Mr.. John T. Walker
the county fuel administrator. Peo-
pie are warned that If this matter
is neglected it will be very hard to
get coal in the fall. In the first
place large part of the coal supply
will be taken for transport to Eu-
rope, and in addition to that condi-
ton the transportation of troops and
supplies for the army will tax the
railroads to the extent that they will
not be able to freight the usual
amount of coal for home consump-
ton, probably none at all for weeks
at a time. This should stir all
families using coal to get in their
winters supply at once.
Upon the request of Mr.. Claude
Allen, the board ordered the pur-
chase of scales for use at the water
and light plant, so much needed to
weigh the coal used and the cinders,
and thus to test the coal supply and
to conserve it's use at the plant.
]. M. Brice, president of the Board
of Education, was present and re-
ported that as a member of his
board, he had, at meeting of the
County High School Board, agreed to
recommend the acceptance of the
offer made by the County High
School Board, that the city of I'm
ion City have one of the county high
schools in connection with the city
high school, for which the Union
City pro rata of the county high
school fund will be $500, to be
supplemented by pro rata of the
Federal fund for agriculture and do
nestle science. The latter, however,
is available only under certain con-
ditions, and the first of these is that
the teacher of agriculture must re-
ceive salary of $1,000 year with
the addition of some equipment. The
high school here has departments OF
agriculture and domestic science
and Mr.. Brice assured the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen that the county
high school branches could be taught
for some years at least without any
| additional cost to the city schools
It was assumed that our teachers
already provided for could take care
of the addition of thirty or forty
pupils from the county, If necessary
Supt. C. L. Rulings was present to
explain the State and Federal school
laws and what is necessary to secure
Federal aid.
The Board of Mayor and Alder
men agreed to take the matter vi
for consideration and report at an.
otner meeting, with all the facts and
bearings in the case for use in ar.
irving at an intelligent decision.
The practice of going into the
school buildings at night for i'm
moral purposes and by vandals in
the daytime was discussed. Mr.
Brice was requested, on the part OF
the Board of Education, to take some
action in the matter to be presented
to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
The aforesaid practice is said to be
getting notorious and some steps
must be taken at once to stop it. The
law must be invoked, and in case of
infancy the Juvenile court must be
appealed to. If this practice is con-
tinued some of the young boys OF
the city may have to face the alter
native of going to the State Indus
trial School. The city is going to
stop all this pervcrsion If it takes
forcible measures to do so.