The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-01-22

it may COncerh:-
received q few days since a
communication containing some
resolutions OF instructions pass
ed at the last meeting Of the
County Alliance on several
matters that will come NJ for
action before this session Of the
General Assembly. Among
other things the resolutions in
structed your Senator and Re-
preventative to vote against
establishing Il training school
jor girls. / aln firm believer
in the right Of the people tot
instruct and do the duty OF a
representative to obey such in
stnlctions o" to resign. Under
said right the people Of North
Carolina, through this servant
on last Monday instructed Sena-
Tor Vance to SUPP Ort financial
reform, and in conformity to
said ddty le agreed 20 obey said
instructions since they contain
ed nothing that lie could not
cheerfully comply with.
There are probably several
reasons why tie resolutions by
the Sampson County Alliance
were pressed, but | am sure that
the one idea with the majority
of those who voted for these
resolution was to prevent adj
ditiOnal appropriations from
the treasurery which might call
for inCrt ased taxation. TO be
sure OF this ! called upon Mr..
W. +. Stevens who is now III
Raleigh and who was in the
meeting OF the County Alliance
when the resolutions were
passed. He says that such was
the case. That no one in the
meeting or in the county so fa1
as he knew, opposed the train
ing school for girls itself, but
were opposed TO licensing fur
Their taxes. He said that he him
self was in favor of the trairine
school but voted against it two
years ago on that ground. The
bill two years ago called fol
al appropriation. The present
bill does not. Under the present
Eill we can establish training
school for the girls Of our State
without appropriatirg IL singl
cent Of your taxes paid into the
State Treasury. But you ash
how can this be done. In this
way. That great philanthrOpes
George Peabody, lett d larg,
amount of money, known as tn
Peabody fund" to be used flo
educational purposes A part O
accrued interest on that fund
now being divided among tn
states to aid in establishin
training or industrial school
for girls. but on condition tina
each state before receiving an
part Of the money shall itse
do something toward establish
ing such school. Nearly ever
other State in the union hf
taken such action and gotten
part Of this Peabody fund. A
cording to the provisions of IL
will of George Peabody, tt
principal IS we'll as the intere
of this fund, which is consider
BILE, is to be devided in the We;
1900, among the States to tt
various popular educational i
situations which may have be,
established in the several Stat
Now shall North Carolina s
still and let her sister Stat
get what should be her share
this educational fund? But Y,
ask, how can we do even til
something toward esta blishi
such school without mere;
ing the burden of taxation.
this way, We have q small e(
cational fund in this State "a
ing from the interest on I
sale Of public lands etc. T.
money has formerly been
vided equally between
white and colored public scho
of the State. This amount is
small that when divided out
scarcely am cunts to two cent
piece to the child, not enor
to make scarcely a single pub
school i'll the State a day long
Now by turning this SIN
amount, (which does not rea
belong to the public sch
found) to the establishment {
training school for girls, we
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