Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-22
BOND issue FOR SCHOOL
indications Are Citizens of .Y0rkVIlle
District viii Vote $l25,0O0.
IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE PRESENTED

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Figures Show Yorkvi!Ie School FaeiIi-
ties Not Equal to Sail and Poor
house-New High School Building,
Negro School Building and Other I'm
provements Now Certainty
Favorable Sentiment Practically Un-
animous.
Yorkville School District No. II, will
issue school district bonds in the sum
of s125.00O for the purpose Of provid-
ing for the district educational facili-
ties which it is now without. Tenta-
tive plans call for the erection Of a
new high school building Of fourteen
rooms with an auditorium, the re-
,moGeling of the present school build
ing, now adequate for perhaps ITS
school children; but into which more
than 500 are crowded; the purchase of
the j. c.. Parrot residence adjoining
the present school ground and for i'm
proving the facilities at the colored
school.
The new school building will be
located on the grounds on which the
present building is located. Three
group meetings Of citizens Of the town
and patrons Of the school held during
the past several days indicate that the
majority sentiment Of the voters of the
district overwhelmingly favors the pro-
posed bond issue. Petitions which
have been circulated among voters and
free holders asking for an election on
tthe question, lack only q few sigma
lures Of the required number. These
will be secured within a short time
and an election ordered.
Startling Facts Presented.
The last of three meetings Of. citi-
zens on the question Of whether or not
the present is the proper time to bring
the bond issue before citizens was held
Friday evening in the Masonic Hall,
Yorkville, with about seventy-ive citi-
zens present, among them a number of
ladies. A number Of short talks from
.cttizcps were heard and the startling
declaration was made by one Of the
speakers Of the evening that from
standpoint of sanitation, health and fire
hazard the, present school building
ranked far helow'' the York-couaty.
chaingang, the county home or the,
county jail. A letter was also read
from the inspector of state high
schools to the effect that unless rene,
dial steps were taken at once to i'm
prove conditions, state aid would be
withdrawn from the Yorkville high
school, sum amounting to $1,000 a
year.
Thos. F. McDow, Esa., chairman of
the board Of trustees of Yorkville
Graded school district presided, and
stated that the conference had been
called with the citizens Of the town for
! the purpose of putting school condi-
tions sQuarely up to them. Superin-
tcndent E. a. Montgomery addressed
the audience and graphically described
conditions under which teachers and
pupils Of the school labored. He point
cd out that it was impossible for
either teachers or pupils to give theft
best when working under existing con-
ditlons.
10 1-2 Mill Levy Necessary.
George w. Williams, secretary and
treasurer Of the board Of trustees. gave
facts and figures relating to the pro-
posed bond issue of s125,OOo. The
valuation of the taxable school district
property, he said, was approximately
s922, 200. The interest on bonds in the
sum of s125,OOO at G per cent. per
annum would be $500. To meet this
interest would require a levy Of 1-2
mills. In addition the creation Of a
sinking fund of mills for the retire
ment of bonds would be necessary,
A rough estimate, he said, indicated
| that the proposed high school building
would cost now, since prices of mate
rials have been reduced, approximately
$4,000. Increased facilities for the ne
gro school would cost $4,000. The bal
ance of the money, according to tenta-
tive plans, would be used In renodeling
the present building and purchasing
and rernodeling the J. C. Parrott resi-
dcncc adjoining the school grounds.
which residence would be used by the
school superintendent.
Not as Good as Stable Quarters.
Picturing conditions in the present
school building under which pupils and
teachers labored. Rev. f. E. Gillespie,
D. D., said he felt like remaining silent
because he could not do justice to the
subject. He declared that he was. now
ashamed for Il visitor coming to town
to walk through the school building.
He cited figures to show that the stand
ard of the school building from the
standpoint Of health, sanitation and
convenience was below that Of the
county Jail, cllaingang and county
home and was far below that of the
latest stable built in Yorkville. He
read Il letter from the state high school
| inspector in which it was stated that
o,I 1,,orl5 no dis