Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-21

they know are openly against these
bonds. The voters of the district are
being enthusiastically urged to come
to the election on this date and give
to this issue their warm support for
the betterment of the district.
Already several speeches have been
delivered at two public gatherings in
the district, and on August 8, State
Superintendent NJ. L. Britain and
others will address the voters at a
barbecue that will call the people of
the district together.
Trustees Certain of Result.
The trustees are so sure of carry
ing this election for bonds that they
are now getting their plans ready,
and will purchase the lumber and the
material for the building within the
next few days, if they do not. let it
out by contract. 1t has been suggest
ed that in view Of the unsettled con-
ditions of labor that it would be much
better to erect the building them
selves by employing a competent man
to make the purchases and employ
the workmen and superintend it him
self.
The school interest in Sumter
county is now alert as never before
in all its history, it is taking rapid
strides for the consolidation of the
district and for local taxation for the
support of the schools. A few days
ago j. E. D. Ship, Vne of the county
trustees of public schools, remarked
in one of his speeches that he had
pledged himself never to cease the
agitation of this question until the
twenty-eight white schools Of Sumter
county were consolidated into five or
six schools and were supported by To-
cal taxation and the children that liv-
ed over three miles from the school
house were hauled in a truck to
school every morning. In this way
we'll graded schools could be sustain
ed and Sumter county instead of be-
ing great laggard that she has been
on the question of rural education,
he said, would soou be the banner
county of the state.
At Messy Dell school district there
is said to be growing inclination to
unite with the Plains district and to
abolish the little school at that place,
giving the patrons of this district the
benefits of the well graded school at
Plains.
Others Talk of Union.
A number of patron in Shiloh
and Concord and Friendship school
districts who are anxious to see these
districts consolidated into one large
district, and five-teacAer school with
ten grades formed.
The idea is to maintain at all of
these consolidated schools a school
to run not less than nine months in
the year, and perhaps ten months.
The Pennington school district has
not as yet coalesced with the An
Jacksonville district, but as all of the
county trustees have expressed them
selves in favor of abolishing the one
teacher school, it is thought that the
Pennington district will soon be add
ed to either the Unreasonable dis
trict, or the district Immediately
south of it.
In the 28th distract it is thought
that there will be some active work
by a few interested persons in pro-
noting a consolidation which will
give them large school building
The unusual example that Leslie
has given to this section in providing
for $4,000 high school has been a
tremendous inspiration to all the
other districts of the county to pro-
mote a judicious consolidation and a
liberal tax to maintain schools that
will be pride not only to the INN ed
late communities, but to Sumter
county.