Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-31
COL, OLDHAM answers
A SCHOOL QUESTION

OF NlOHQdy, MAY JOLI, lIIdL SOiIlC
voter asked question relative to
the proposed new school to b
built in Richmond.
This shows a good spirit and
by voters interested in the cause
of education and having at heart
the best interests of the commun-
ity, asking and answering each
others questions, feel that we
can finally determine the best
thing to do as to getting new
school.
The question asked was ''What
will be done with the Caldwell
High School property" The
person asking the question seem
ed to feel that the City School
Board would lose that lot on Sec
ond street. and the Salvage from
the old school building. That i
not true.
Assuming that the decision Is
made to build one fine central
school pant up OH the Madison
Female Institute grounds, the
Board will simply file suit in
equity Ga case that is not decided
by jury but simply submitted
to the Judge as a matter of law
for his decisionD, asking that they
be permitted by proper order Of
the court to sell the Caldwell high
school property and reinvest the
funds in the new school building.
The odd thing about such a suit
filed here is that we already have
a pretty good indication as to
what the Judge will decide. Here
is why say this.
In 1904, Mrs. Sallie A. Miller
brought suit in the Madison cir
cult court asking the cancellation
OF a note which she had given to
Central University and alleged
that she had given the money for
a specific purpose and that it was
to be used in Richmond, Ky. She
alleged that now that the College
had moved to Danville, KY, and
that she was entitled to have thu
note cancelled. In that case the
Court of Appeals OF Kentucky in
an opinion written by Chief Jus
tice Carroll on the 9th day OF
October, 1908, decided that the
was given for educational
and that the very pur-
pose for which this money was
given was being carried out BIZ
the same school at Danville and
that the note could not be can
celled for that reason. Hon. w.
r. Shackelford, now our circuit
Judge, was the attorney repre-
5entin9 Mrs. Miller at that time.
If the Court Of Appeals has de-
cided that more than one hundred.
thousand dollars given by Madi-
son county people for educational
in this city and county
can be moved to Danville, [ feel
sure that the court would prompt
Iy decide that a small cinder lot
with the salvage upon it can be
sold and moved to the other side
Of the city. There is no danger
IF the City Board of Education
osing the Caldwell lot.
[ am glad that the people are
now showing such fine interest in
he proposition OF building a new
school. I hope we might continue
to ask questions of each other
md that they might be proper
questions asked for the purposeI
IF seeking the facts in order that
he community might intelligent
y decide the matter.
It is much to be hoped that.
his people, always for all time a!
cultured people and a progressive
people, will not give petty OF
and selfish reasons forI
either voting for or against the
oond issue. | even heard that
me party was against a certain
ocation Ct don't say which one)
md that that party said that his
II her Ct don't say which it was)
was thatNit was undesira-
BE to have the school close to the