The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-10-26

TheIeader having charged that $il'-
600 of lie Kinds County School iuna
,ros so1andered before the Radicals come
in power, and having called the Kinds
County Gazeitss attention 70 IT, the
Gazette. makes Tho following polnteu
reply: prerr sega
wc sav. then. that " the school fnnos ~
Hi,,d. county a.. "Tobbed' Of the ftlluo''
I. M ,or,. tht. war, " las u!fcH'lg 49, - -,
s,t,nTs attention az cur hands, ana VT hv'
,,..'.,..s,rv n.s.s. tor as 10 ~ digging hatA
~ IN - ~ wears Tor "A &iO,OOO lors, A" ben
~. Lnye such etapendous irauds now G"hk
IN before our eyes. II, however the -.
GAO was Iort during the VAR We ~ ~ - ~
fhis 10 cav, that the school iumi, hnI het'ss
rho scho. / children. were foDbsd ~ Aht
n,en v.ho Wers sent here by thc noilheiu
Radicals To rob, plurdcr anu destroy 'hN
southern country -prominent among hnh
was the writer OF the above artlc!e, ~,
All 900 was doubtless lost between l1pl ~"
fS;5 when every thing else ia the country
u,as lost. even down 10 breast pins iluHri-
rings -poon-, knives and FORK, anu Gnu
drsni- clothing. aud al Host through the
nvarice and dishonesty 81 that PAT ictlal
vino ~ the Federal army 90 which TIE
',,5,cr ~ the al,ovgm most certainly belonged
-to-wit. the plumber Wing. lhai MhtH
,pd INV the sfi.OuO was no doubt "-quanu-
cred = aud who u 80 Nirtuous as To SUPPOSE
fhat stl 600 IN school funds, loaned out 10
perhaps from ~ 10 100 persons '"ulu ~
lihlv be saved when the sword ann the
tnrch In the hands of 100000 ininrlaled
Yankees ruled supreme in this county Tor
months and left us a. "a people lh "''''
Poverty? e,
spatk of the loss OF the Sll 900, that would
~, I,n reason why we should omit a. speak
az the frauds i'm the school bu-ines. thht hi y
now being Perpctratcd, because ne -'H""i
funds were squaudercd years ago. y no ita
Son why they should be- squandered now
The people We're in better circuin,l anctr
before the war than now, aud could thcli
hotter afford 10 be robbed than now; and
besides, the "$fi 200 squandercd was a gut
from the federal gpvernment-co-tihs
NisSissippf nothing-whcrcas the money
now squandercd and pocketed 10y the school
ring comes directly rom the pockets OF the
people OF Kinds county by grinding and
! a most Xcessivc taNation-a taxation upon
degree of universal poverty never hcl"le
presented by civilized people.
But. the writer IN the Leader says;
sWhy does the Gazette I'LL it, columns
every week " ith personal denunciation ANA
calumniation of our school officers Tor phf-
chasing some $1,000 worth of walnut iurnl-
ture, which il placed la both white and
black schools alikeF
We have commented on the purchase, 10y
| the school ring, 81 $4,000 worth 81 elegant
school furnituae, when, rs We have hren M
formed. the price. paid We're Just double
what was paid for the same incidental iur-
niture bought by the Peabody school az
crystal Springs. Why should the school
fund be called on to pay double pftcc tor
school furniturey and then, where was the
necessity. or the propri''iy, of purchasing
elegant school furniture, when Tie poverty
Of our people u notorious, and when our
children at home and AT school, Gas in the
ease of their fathers ana mothers before
| them. are accustomed 90 the high bottom
| ed chair. auu the homemade writing desk
| We denouncc the whole furniture proceed
| ing again n an infamous transaction. add
| on.y intended 10 swamp our people 10 tax
| "A ion, and pour money INTO the pockets Of
| carpet bag thieves and robbers. And then.
| that .'the walnut furniture las been placed
| in both white and black schools alike" j.
| simply lie. The black school la Raymond
| has the elegant foreign made walnut furni-
ture. while the white schools have pine
| homemade furniture. white school
some five miles west of the town also hn.
! homemade furniture. How the other
schools at the county are furnished, We do
not know, ~ those mentioned are All that
we have bad q personal opportunity e. IN
| Sppct. Why, the teachers desks alone. iitt'-
| ni-hcd Ia the black school Ia Raymond. no
| doubt cost more than all the furniture iu
| the four white schools of the place would
| sell for to-day " put mp 40 public auctlonl
We have 40 .'inSult- or calumnie-" Tor
L
| We have certain duties, however. Ia per-
| form, and the people ct Kinds county de
| mand that we shall perform them. One of
them j., Ia prevent, u We can. the stealing
of the whole county by the carpcf-huggcr-
whether they be "schoOl officers or only
spectators ia school books, school turni-
turc or other tricks. GOV, Alcoru D. prctty
good authority, and lac some time since pro-
noanced the "leading school officer Ia the
state, a plumber man. Morris, Attorney
General, and Lynch, Secretary Of State, are
! also pretty good authority, aud they have
pronounced another "school officer" guilty
OF malfeasance. extortion and corruption in
office. We make no charges not sustained
10y the three Republican State officials
named. We do not suppose that the school
officers" can be- harmed 10y any thing wc
may say. They are now sunk Ia such au
abyss la the esteem of the people 0f the
county, in view Of the Statements and dcc-
laratIOns of Gov. AlcoTn. Gen. Morris and
Secretary Lynch, men of their own party,
that nothing that we can say can possibly
harm them, do them any further DANA 90.
let We stall not cease 90 keep the public
itllly advised ~ 10 their movements. the
wishes at the third editor OF the Leader 90