Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-09-22

tx va! u'rectIy or indirectly, upon III
r Board of Supervisors; and why the,
t. should conceive themselves a~.ssile,
we are at loss to know, unless they ar,
Inc victims of an old school bow luck
and which, by the way, we have occo
/. SONY seen practiccd in the politics OF
y tue present day. Every man, NJ. Ed.
nor has been a boy and every man
= Knows, therefore, that there are two
classes of bad boys. One is n Gins.
'""t VIII suggest mischief, plan It's OK.
. ccutIon, and reap all The fruits, iftborc
"re any and manage to throw the
"noic Dianc on some body else; while
'hcy come out the envy of moral m.
rents, or else, if accidentally discover.
co. they are Prosecuted Saints ana
OF course hayc the sympatly Of tLo
puOIIc' We do not mean 10 say that
TINS IS the case in this instance. wo
"rc ohlY giving u school boys rcmlini,.
?cnce' Why should the Board be in.
vowed IN this matter; " District twop
certainly said nothing against them
IN iact' the only allusion that VIC hovc
seen to the Board at all. has been in
'l'osc communications in which the an.
'hor5 constitute themselves the Board,. ,
defenders and seemed keen and in,o- I
''cht ior %rohcontrc with some one ON Il
ochaIi OF their ladyloyc. We now c
'eaVc the present Board and their San. f
c'o ianzas, how eve many there be-, a
~ ma an adversary, and turn orr at. a
'c"l'oh TO The recent communication Ii
Vi l"p'' Il. a. Pace, County Superin. T
lchdent Of Education. The Cont,;r II
states that the amount of s@urn,us IL
'chool money is about 81, 900, and tbot al
| accumulated during the prc.cnt nj
cno'aStlc year. Now our Information br
) very different from this. W. b,vo hc
ood authority for stating that fine in
school money is nearer six m,
nan I'VE thousand dollars, and ,bot /, 10,
III not. as the Capt. says, accumulate of
the present scholastic YEAR, 20
Ut was accumulated at the time n, hi.
The three mills tax levy" in thIs un
winch was two or three wears er
%; and our information turthor ;s In,
'' inc surplus fund has been drawn thi
10 Keep up the public scools cvcr thi
ice the deduction OF the school fax eve
Tie Board OF Supervisors. We Ger
70 nave good authority for STATING fol
1t the County Auditor urged thc lea,
ara OF Supervisors a wear boforo s
reduction of this tax, TO make ,bo Ind
on the grounds that there the
then n large surplus of school spir
hcy on hand, which, with ono or nan
mills tax, would be sufficient que
Keep up the public schools four or win
months in the year, for severn, was
rs 10 come, and his argument was and
The people had n right TO be 70. dav.
cd of this burden OF taxation when W
g wa' money sufficient ON hand IN Alal
ply with the law. This effort on the ,
OF The Auditor must have been of tn
&c TWO years ago last August, and
surplus or a surplus was then on
'uii'c'en'ly large to justify a ma.
reduction in taxation. The Can. No
also stated that the amount Of ever
OF money received annually from I" "
'a'c differs so materially, That i, palac
'possiblc to fix the number of nestle
d months until the whole omou,, cy he
'cch received from the state. We e!sllc
examined the annual amount re-. almo,
Il by the county from the state bow a
&c past few years, and the differ. old co
's no as much as three per cent. ors i.
c school fund of the county, and wan wonI,
OF course, could not materially dcsira
The school term. But, Nj. Edi. sacred
the people are anxious TO 90, waste,
this surplus in some other wav a.,r.
y applying it to the schools. then Won,
ps Inc suggestion made by Can't High
ast winter as a proper means of u Will
ltion. to.wit ,ha, ,Lo.' toll fra
y en-. p"! VI Inc ing wi
80 NJ 'c"st Sl,VW per All disagree
their expenses, would servo give We
.rposc, or, at least, we guarantee trimmc
would be no surplus arising from ohc'
nc dlslrlbulivc fund. Let us foult,cs
nc calculation. There are "a lifetime
es in the state and "A Supcr,'s. crownil
'ould be $4,000. and n lon, .s.. home.
l the expenses, If they arc to be-
the state, would not 10 less Les
'oo. This wosld make $4,000. p. "
us TO the $4,000 and you have Jen. Co
'rmous sum of Sill 900, over y say Il
RI OF tho whole amount appro. " "soI I' !
by the state to the common no On;u
W. presume TINS salary and .ltepa
IS would come ont of ,ho s,o,. who.esa
1t would be by legislative O. oo'o
ut. The Captain further suy.
'at the Superintendent salary
depend ou the action oftbc Your
# Supervisors. sleep: nj
Mr.. Editor, the truth of thc ALLY ALLY on
latter is simply this: the SIR. ents. Cro
created by indiscreet taxa. Taylor's
csuIt of carelessncss, or Der. Gnm an
rgating to others those duties caI,p pr,
'ould have been performed BY NV
selected for that purpose. We -
,lievc there was nuv ;n,on,;., The old
or Cypress the people, but malar;, y, !,
ink that when it was discoy. will conu
this surplus had been crca. swcats al
. the duty of the thrn ,,n.,a disordcre,
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