The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-21
Building at Smithville VIII Cost
$4,000 and the Building Here
to Cost s65, OOO---W Work to Begin
as soon as Bonds Are Sold.

as soon as Bonds Are Sold.
The County Board of Education
met in Leesburg last Friday and
completed the plans for erecting the
two new school buildings which viii
cost $4,000 for the I.eeaboig build
ing and 100000 for the Smithville
building.
The handsome new structure for
this city will be located ON the
square where the old Galloway hotel
and SaIter buildings now stand.
work will begin at once tearing
down these old landmarks of our
town. It is with feeling Of great
pride that we will watch the COM
plet;on of the building which shall
take their place. We are proud to
be one of people who show IN
such marked degree that they
are progressive, ever striving for
the best interest of the people as
whole. For years Leesburgs school
system has been houses in two very
poor buildings lone the old Corrt
house of ether days is now our high
school and domestic science Quar-
tiers. These are soon TO go with the
passing show"
Leesburg is planning to build
wisely and we'll in the matter Of her
new high school us the plans will
show. Here is a very inadequate
description as we seeit: A stwo-story
structure built cf brick and lime
stone trimmings. Twelve class
rooms-six on the first floor and
six above, an auditorium with Il
seating capacity Of $50 and a bal
cony with seating capacity of. $50
making total accommodation OF
| 500. Besides the twelve class rooms
mentioned each with it's separate
cloak room, there are to be two
other rooms buitunder the Audi
forum to be used as class rooms
| for domestic science and manual
training, There are other rooms
one of which is to be used as q
| library and one each for the super
| intendent and one for a reception
room for visiting nlothers and lady
1 teachers. In this modern building
are to be all the apartments nee
essary to be had in a building of
this kind. We can safely say that
the building will be as nearly fire
proof as possible under the plans
adopted and the architect has assur-
ed the trustees and officials that an
eye to beauty and to safety are to
/ go hand in hand with every other
requirement for a safe and sane
school building.
! The site for this magnificent school
building is a city square affording
room for the school building not
only but VIII also permit of a spa
Icious foot ball field and several
courts for bas ket ball, volley ball,
and tennis-the committee on civic
development will see that the
grounds are properly laid out ny
an experienced landscape gardener
after a thorough study Of the
grounds and buildings Shrubs,
flowers, vine-clad pergodas will
adorn the front and sides Of the
building much to the delight Of
lovers or art and nature.
The financial side Of this propo-
sition has made an earlier start Of
this much needed work impractical,
but now that material is so much
reduced in price and easy to get
and the added fact that labor is
plentiful and also easily gotten we
i have placed the bonds voted some
!, time ago upon the market that the
!, twork may be begun and rushed to
an early completion. When thia
| structure &c finished ua gbal1 bova