Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-02-21
The Reason We Only Get
-Four Months Public
school i'm our County.

Il
school i'm our County
! As the people over the coun
ty are continually interrogatin.
me To know why it Is We onl,
get four months public schOo
il the county when our take
are as high as they ever wer
and the poll tax has been raise'
TO two dollars.
nyOG VIII bear with me for
short time. | will show yol
clearly why it IS. l think
but simple justice to the peopl'
to know where their taxes 20.
Our new constitution made
uniform levy of ) mills on al
property in the State. and GU
last legislature raised this lev,
to 6 mills for the support of on.
common schools.
Now this tax Is collected By
the sheriffs of each county. ans
paid over to the State treasu
rer: and there it is pro rated t.
each county according to the
number of edueabIe children.
Now the number of edueabl,
children in the State. as enume
rated by the assessors. in the
year. 1894, was increased 81
much that the amount per edu
cable child was reduced from
slS0 to Sizes, every edacabIG
child in the State receiving this
amount. Lafayette county ha:
1861 edacable children ,out-sid,
of the seperate school district a
Oxford. which amounts to sI3.
5Si,ie. this Is all We receiv,
from the State to maintain gu
schools for the constitutions
period of four months.
The real assessment of on
county Is sI.4i6, 1863. the persona
S635.iI6. total s3O9I.Ss5, at
mill levy, the sheriff collect
<l3,43I-3l. The number of as
sessed polls in the county i
SIG, at - each, amounts &
50. 80. So sIa.431-3I plu
$3.50 equals slS,sII3I, this
the amount of tax we pay amt
ally into the State treasury an
get back from the State onl
s13,5s1.i33, thereby losing -
la9.s9, or IN ether words this j
the amount in hard cash tha
goes out ct this county ever
year. Where does il 90 Tax
Washington county. il has lbs
white edueable children an
. 1850 negro children, it receive
ltfrom the State annually sd
SI9.65 Take a few other eoul
ties.
Hind-white 1889; eolOre
/ 1882 ss9.960S5.
Boliyar-white. e5e: eosore,
Ilaj6; ss0,s3I46
) Soxubee-white I490 colo
ed l0,l47; se0-353-S-
Yazoo-white, 3.5s9 eolore.
II.1si; s2Sl96.9I.
Holmes-white, .Sg3: eoIore,
1855: s3l.67325.
Isaguena-white. $50: colo
ed 4I44; s73S243
Adams-white. ISSS colOreI
SsJ6 sIS28s7.
And so on through a large Il
of counties. These are hgur,
and facts that are undeniabl
Vow you can see clearly xhsl
your s5,l39S9 20.
You can see also the great di
advantages under which | Ia,
been laboring sine ave bee
aC0unty Superintendent Civ
Z me the s5Is9Se. which we d,
ANNUALLY TO other counties |
educate negroes, and l can hal
SIX months public school ever
year.
n So in conclusion I say Is
right. Is il Just, 10 axe from Ii
slpoekets Of the Ax-payers Of on
eounty, xhe<re homeless viii
.Iout food thOut clothes viii
Stout sh<< TO send their dear m
Title dldren to school. xi,hoU
ol%k-our starving people.
repeat, is it right or lust To IA
US %, l2s-ss annually to edr
cate the negroes in othe
eountlesi Forbearanee Ia
ceased to be a virtue and in
tiee has lost its meaning. / sar
here and now to the candidate
for the Legislature and senats
that | will not vote for Their
unless they pledge themselve,
to the voters of the county /,
give their hand, heart and yot,
to amend the constitution ;,
each county can retain its owr
school fnnd.
Respt.
A. NO.