The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-07-10


Last year the colored people of
the county gave in property to the
amount of 1860, 18l, This year
their returns are S101 500, an in.
crease of S13,627.
The increase in white polls Is II,
colored 81.
What Some friends Of Education Want
Mr.. Editor
The fancy seems to have fasten-
ed upon some of the editors and
writers for the Georgia press that
somebody wants the legislature to
give away the money ef the State
to certain favored institutions end
enterprises located, or to be located,
in few lucky places within her
borders, solely that it may be squan-
dered ON few bad town boys.
Naturally enough this irritating
fancy has got in its perfect work,
and is bringing forth, in due season,
fruit an hundred fold, of feveled
editorials and super-heated articles
in the weekly press, all over the
State, violently opposing such
"wanton waste and utter indiffer-
encetothe peoples interest, coupled
with appeals more or less vehement
and urgent for protection against
all such monstrosities in legislative
action.
"Wbere there is lots of smoke
some fire must be-" Now where is
this spark that kindleth so great a
fire?' The friends of popular ed
ucation, believing the time is ripe
for the State to assume all the bur-
den of educating her sons and
daughters, have bestirre1 them
selves and now propose going before
the legislature to secure the enact
ment of a law that will assuredly
accomplish the following ends:
First, land at all times foremost
in this scheme common schools at
least niue months in the year. with
frst>class teachers employed.
Second, adequate support for the
Neurological school, now success
fully under way.
Third, full support for the Ex.
perimental Station at Griffin, with
adequate means for adding sub,sta-
tiOns.
Fourth, the Inauguration of a
Girls Industrial and Literary
Institute" combined, to be perma>
nently and adequately supported.
Filth, the establishment of adj
ditional Branch Colleges as feeders
to the University, and IN territory
not already occupied, with ample
means to make each success in
carrying cut the scheme of thu es-
adjustment.
Sixth, now tn at everybody else
is fully provided for, to give TO the
University at Athens all the help
needed to bring it up 10 the high
standard Georgia's grand old Uni
versity should occupy, and BETTING
the Alumni Mater OF many of our
greatest and best men.
l think the spark under the vol,
ume of smoke, a misappreheGsion
of which has set so many tongues
wildly wagging in furious, increas-
ing denunciation, and inspired 80
many pens to fierce onslaught
the press, has been fully
and freely uncovered in the fore>
going statement, Its scope fully
grasped and fairly understood, it
seems to me, will inevitably lead to
the question-what find We here to
much less to decry as de-
ceitful, dangerous and fraught with
evil and only evil to our State?
1t is too late in this era of advanc-
ed thought and cons ecrated effort
In mans behalf to blatautly contend
that education by the state ia n
failure, in any respect. 1t has
proven always, and only, a blessing.
Upheld and nurtured by the inf.
mite wisdom and undying love of
God for his children, always and
everywhere it has uniformly lifted
the people above ignorance and
superstition, and proven a reliable
bulwark against oppression of the
weak and feeble by the strong, as
well as degradation and ruin of the
very poor at the bands OF the might
ly and very rich. II common schools
supported by the State are good,
and furnish a ready key to the so>
luton of many state and society
problems, why, then, is not higher
education by the State a desirable
thing? Why is it that ga little
learning is a dangerous thing" only
to the rich man'e child, and is quite
a good thing to have about--indeed
almost " a slice of bliss" for the son
or daughter Of zone OF the peoples'
No one granting the necessity, OF
advisability of common school ed.
ucation by the State, can be found
standing on any platform denying
the utility OF higher education
such a platform would be too mar
row and restricted for the 4;rs,