Durham daily recorder., 1886-05-07


few words IN reply TO ths All bred
and unjust atteck made uponsus by
n. ID your issaa of April 29th- wa
dar, a ta have opinions which the Svs
preme Court Of North Carolina has
asserted wers correct, and ior this
We and other cltizens Of Durham are
vilifisd in the public prints. The
Illegal and discriminating graded
school bill which was thrust upon the
tar paysrsof Durham, must be ac-
Iknowledged BY its warmest advocates,
mot to have benefited the really
needy and poor children over whose
/ sweat Y, sheds his crocodile tears,
1 but the advantage has been resped
BY the well-to do. Many such have
focked to Durham causing house
rents and living nee sseties to adj
vance forcing the poor outside ofthe
corporate limits to obtain cheaper
rentshese poor are deprived q
ssy nr;yi ges Of the school Bat
e,roal, !. Tx in the factories for
Their daily brsl
a resident Of j. III e L, -, !
i sssss ssaoasn.'! oa $1,000 wort pay some tu,
ition. Z III pays onI. z 4 fs gra Ted tax
! 11 l - - more children
at the school, such tax iS,2ot ffty per
cent Of the cost to the town Of school
| ing these children Isit right thar
we should pay the balance while he
has done actually nothing for the
public at large, but like a vampire'
is sucking the life blood blood Of the
tax papers who have built up Dur,
ham?
If some Of our noble law-makers
pass a constitutional and indiscrimi-
mating graded school bill, allowing
all that are unable to pay go free,
and compelling others TO help theme
selves in some degree you will secure
means enough in not only to give free
tuition 70 the poor children OF the
town, but support them as well while
attending school. Make it 40 cents
and the "Dakes" will not kick, tut
pay it like men, feeling that then
! they have d1ne something for the
poor and deserving.
The big hearted Y. aimits that
the poor can only earn th,ir bread
by the sweat ef their brow. il this II
50, low can they go to sch and also
earn their bread, th y can't do #, but
4 : VI
must work AMI let those in bt'er
circumstances 60 to school and con-
sumo the tax levied in the name OF
the POOR. Just here Se weuld ask
Y. what he has ever done FIR the
poor laborlng people We understaIld
he il an aspirant for the legislature
and proposes making the canvass be.
cause he is the ason of his father"
and giving the laboring people SYM
pathy in exchange for anticipated
votes, while the Dures, whom he
would decry, are< giving employment
at good wages al The yea, to about
one thousand working people,
and last yesr paid in wages ,oyer
one hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars and % the farmers Of surround
ing country over one hunlred and
City thousand more Gall Of which bene-
fitted our entile town and this money
comes from all over the world in
stead Of being wrung from the poor
as Y. would falsely inyinuate. Had
Y. taken hold Of the smutty end OF
the stick, like the Dukes have always
done, instead of posing US critic, he
might now be able to contribute some.
thing more useful to the poor than
sympathy. We heard it rumored
that Y actuslly would not represent
q poor farmer before a Magistrates
Court unless said farmer first gave
him mortgage to secure bis fee, a
man Of this kind should not harpupon
the mortgage question as he does.
We hold no mortgage against. the
poor, but have no doubt but what
Y would be pleased to write them
all day for So 90 each and then re-
Yrasa,,4 lba sa0nr mon onI tr,, A.