The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-12-23

PAANA40SOb VI Guo oCuOUl budll DS u0'
barred, and no one shall pay addi.
tlonal compensation who does not
do it willingly. Does Gen. Smiths
letter prohibit this? Does the law
prohibit it? The law DOES recog-
nize free schools with additional
compensation. Read the quota
tioM from the law which | made in
my first article: "The regulations
prescribed in the foregoing sections
shall not prohibit cities or towns,
districts or private parties from
giving teachers of free schools ad-
ditional compensation" Here are
'.free schools" with additional com.
pensation;' not as a gift, as Prof. 2.
would have 1t! Compelisat OH is
not gift. 10 publish that we will
"make no other charge" then 60
round to collect additional compen-
sation, is a thing to be done BY
these who AveiOOse views of NOR.
ality. Prot. Prewitt says: "lf the
Board OF Supervisors gives teach,
or the right to charge extra it GER
tainIy implies the right to collect"
Bat we have not asked the Board
10 give US the right. The LAW
gives us the right, and we only ask
the privilege Of exercising 1T. But
he tries to show that children have
been driven away from our school
by this additional compensation" :"
In tine he Is mistaken. Three men
who live not far from the cole ge
sent TO Macedonia schoo last sum,
mer, in our vacation, bat not on
account of our additional compen-
sation." All Of these men have
been on the Board Trustees of our
public hool, have signed oar re-
ports and heartily approved our
plan. His statement does not do
justice to our citizens. The "addi
tional compensation" to children
in the primary classes is 40 cents
per month. Is it just TO the citi.
gems of Blue Mountain to say that
to save 40 cents per month they
will require their little daughters
to "walk n pile through the mud
and cold of winter to small conn'
try school with poor accommoda
items" | protest against such
charge Of inhumanity and penuri
ousness against my neighbors. All
his honeying of the Board of Super
visors will have no weight will
sensible men, such as they are
Tue information have on the sub
iect came from one of their number
and from as good friends as the
Board have. | have As much conf
dence. IN the Board and as mucE
respect for them as Prof. Prewit
has, but | don't propose to DISCUS
4 them by honey-tongued ilatt4ry
Prot. Prewitt is an expert in ridi
cule. He knows that
"Ridicule will oft prevail,
When all the powers Of reason fail.
But | believe it was Daniel Web
ster who said: 'Ridicule is not oft
Ell attest of truth" lie is welcome
to the crowd he can carry by ridi-
cule. prefer the appreciation o
those who are influenced by reason
In nay first article | presented REA'
SONS why our patrons were willing
4 TO give US additional compenSa-
ton" In conversation with me
he acknowledged them to be goo.
reasons; before the public, he ridl
cules them. In an article that fill
ed nearly three columns OF the Ad
vertlser ! omitted one letter, by al
accident which could be easily ex
planned, ifit were worth an expla
naticn. He shows his largeness q
by referring to it three times
| Then he makes a false statemen
about the valuation of our proper
ty, and ridicules that. Here is his
false statement: u find from the
tax.b book that this big school house
aud his private dwelling thrown ii
are only valued at 1000 dollars, and
all exempt from taxation" But
the 'big school house" is not taxa
Bile property, and is not on the tax
book. Our boarding house, when
it was much inferior to what it il
now, was put on the tax book Al
1 2O0O dollars. But, Hon. q. ]
Frederick observing It, kindl,
showed the Board Of Supervisors
that IS it was a part Of the property
Of d chartered institution Of learn
ing, used solely for the boarding 0
students and for the music depart
ment Of the college, il was exemp
from taxation. The Board coneed