Barnesville Bond Vote Urged for Gordon Institute Expansion
The Gordon Institute trustees urge Barnesville voters to approve an $8000 bond issue for school improvements. They argue new space is needed for a growing faculty and student body, including an extra teacher, drill hall, and expanded chemistry facilities, with interest at 6 percent. The measure, to be decided on the upcoming election, is framed as essential for town progress and the broader community.
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Barnesville
Gordon Institute
Gazette and Home Journal
B. M. Turner
Georgia
B. M. ‘Turner
J. W. Starford
Sec., & Treas
E. T. Pomp
Pp. F. MattHews
J. W. Hicurower
Edward Elder
KE. J. Murphey
J. J. Rogers
W. B. Smith
Board
Trustees
Gordon. Institute
Reasons for bond issue to enlarge Gordon Institute
A Barnsville letter dated July 7 1896 argues for issuing bonds to enlarge Gordon Institute. The author urges expanded facilities to avoid stagnation, notes current building limits a school of nearly 500 students with 30 percent boarders, and proposes moving the primary department to free ground floor space for the academic division. He calls for a new laboratory and drill space for army officers, predicting strong town impact if approved.
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Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Institute
Executor's Sale of Pike County Lands in Barnesville
Court order from Pike County Ordinary directs sale of forty acres in Barnesville between Brown Avenue and Mill Street on the first Tuesday in August 1896. Property fronts Brown Avenue from J C Adams to Oaks Lot, runs to Mill Street beyond the colored school, with bounds including Thurman Weldon and others. Sold as estate of C W Brown deceased to pay debts. terms cash.
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Pike County
Barnesville
Brown Avenue
Mill Street
J. C. Adam
J. P. Thurman
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