Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-07-26
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Citizen Submits Facts and Figures and Is
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EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER AS no
one has answered "Citizen's" commu-
nication, he still invites discussion and
answer as to the issuing of $4,000
worth of gold bonds.
If any private individual who pays
taxes on $500 worth of real or person
al property desires to know who l am,
he can get the information by calling on
the editors of THE ENQUIRER. He
can then avoid.the folly of resorting to
ridicule or personal attacks on private
character. 1 desire to say that I have
always been in favor of the graded
school, and that I most cheerfully pay
the tax necessary for its maintenance,
though have no direct interest in the
matter whatever.
l am in favor of the constitutional
two mill tax for school purposes, and I
think it just and right that this tax
should be divided between the races.
Further than this, I am in favor of
a considerable increase of this tax, if
the additional funds raised will be
expended for the benefit of the COM
mon schools rather than in the interest
higher education.
According to figures recently used
by Hon. w. J. Montgomery, of Marion
county-and I have never seen these
figures disputed-in the year 1898 the
State expended at the rate of $3.50 per
head on the students of South Carroll
ma college. On the common school
pupils of the State, the average ex-
penditure was $3.50 per head. On all
the State institutions of higher educa-
ton, the average expenditure was
S206 per head and on all the common
school pupils in the State the average
expenditure was s2.OS per head. Mr..
Montgomery goes on to say that dur
ing the past five years, the State has
spent 81 100000 for higher education,
while an incomparably less proportion
ate sum has been spent on the common
schools. If this is true, and have no
reason to believe to the contrary, 1
beg to say that I think the whole thing
unjust, and that the common schools
are entitled to a much larger proper
tion of the public funds expended in
behalf of education.
But back to the subject. I am still
opposed to the idea of asking the town
of Yorkville to buy wreck of an old
building, even at the reduced price of
1000, in order to get three rooms
20x20 in size. I think more desir-
able school building can be procured
at much less price.
Before concluding, let me say that
since the question of personalities has
been raised, I desire to make this
proposition. So soon as each and
every individual who desires to do so
has had his say in this matter, let us
all publish our names in order that
the public may judge as to who and
what we are.
Iwould also like you to publish the
following correspondence which ex-
plains itself.
YoRKvILLE, July q, 1895.
Mr.. J. F. WALLACE, Manager for the
Owners Of the Yorkville Graded school
building: AS one of the owners of the
property, have the right to know what
negotiations, if any, are pending for the
sale of the property and what price has
been agreed upon by a majority of the
owners:
YoRKvILLE, S. c., July %.
Mr.. - = have no knowledge or in
formation whatever of any negotiations,
pending or otherwise, for the sale of the
graded school building for $500 or any
other price. j. F. WALLACE.
With the above observations and
facts, I am willing to rest my case, at
least for the present. CITIZEN.