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’ Carnegie LibraryDecatui will be Benflciary at the • Hands of Andrew Carnegie 1j About a year ago there was a move'ment ou foot to have, if possible, a ; j Carnegie library establi bed in Decatur. Owing to some misuoderstand-iug between the gentlctnm who had | the matter in charge, it was allowed to fall through for the time being and ] nothing more was heard of it. During j I the past two months several of our [ more public-minded citizens have taken the matter up again with the re-suit that Mr. Carnegie has made Decatur a most liberal proposition. lie has ! offered to donate $15,000. provided the citj will dooate the land on which to j build and will agree to give a stated ! sum annually for its maintainanee.•- iThe committee that now has the mat- ■ ter in charge have alieady railed « n amount sufficient to purchase the site j and hope to be able to raisj the remainder in a short time. 1At present we are requested not to * give the nano s of the gentlemen who j t are at the head of the movement. They j ]novo w?nrL' intr niuot lu (ap n fV»\v i
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Decatur Weekly News
Decatur, Alabama, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1903
Page 4
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Stephanie C.
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