The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-22
. AvcOrn COunty Mals
U;scusscs the Question.
,xnFAVORS THE LAW.
while the Black Counties Do
VIZ" Not Pay as Much Peli-Tax
Thcv paw More Prop
city Tax.

ton to the Corlnth her"i.' ~ 49,
P. Reynolds. well known
nissi.sippian and MEMBER of the
late constitutional convention from
,lsorn county. While he shows
.h., ten black counties pay more
w. than ten white counties on ac-
count Of greater wealth, he does
=, touch on the real question, e.
who,her the white man shall be
taxed to educate the negro? which
Is being largely discussed.
uTbc article headed Poll Tax,
= vour last issue, i, calculated not
~ nniv to deceive and mislead those
,n+ 'nost.d, but the facts stated
W." wore intended to prejudice the
,rbite counties against the present
SCHOOL system Of t! state by crea-
,;nr 4 false impression that the
white counties are taxed to edu-
cote the negro in the black coun-
,ips Other partial statements ana
e,ntrasts emanating from the same
source have been sent out with the
same intent. They ought to have
hren exposed all the time, for they
deceived and prejudiccd numbers
+ honest and well-meaning men.
The system is not perfect, but it is
founded on the principles of true
democratic government, equal
burdens and equal benefit Ev-
sr1 man is assessed with the same
noli. and the per cent. on his prop
rrtv is the same. All pay alike
into common fund, and each ed
ucable child in the state receives
the same amount. The common
school system is state institution
The STATE selects the teachers, pre-
scribes the time the schools are to
be taught, the text books to be u.s.
ed and all this for her own bene'
II and the state should foot the
nm. | have no respect for dem
ocracv that advocates equal pur.
dens and benefits in the national
government and opposes 1t IN
State government. White counties
ma black counties cut no figure II
this question. 1t is the rich an(
the poor localities whose Interests
clash. Some black and some Whit
counties are comparatively rlch
and some of both are poor. IN
nchnr localities don't want to b
burdened with the education 0
the poorer ones. This is the NIL
il the cocoanut The black coun
ties as a whole, contribute a sma-
amount towards the education
the white counties, as whole, oV
this is not because they are black
but because they have the MOS
wealth. A number Of white couI
ties help to educate their whit
nelghbors. not because the
are white, but because they hay
more Of this worlds goods tina
their less fortunate brother. ~
erybody knew there would be
greater loss of polls in the blaC
than in the white counties. Th
10000 negroes should pay the
poll-tax is more than was eXpec
ed and they deserve our CONNIE
dalton and applause. 1t speaI
well for the head of the race. Tn
10000 negroes should not p'
shows that the tail is still larg
than the head of the race. Th
only $1,000 white polls are pa
is below all expectations, and IN
$1,000 white men should dellb'
ately' disiranchise themselve
the pleasure OF riding in the sal
boat with the tail end of the neg
race shows they are unfit recep
cles of political power. and IL
we have acted wisely in provldl
the machinery by which they G
let themselves down to their POI
zeal level. But these are questic
which | do not intend to dlscu
| want to show misleading and
reliable partial statements OF /
are, and their utter wortAlessn
IN the investigation of truth. II
teen white counties named
$4,000 in polls, which is m 2,
than one-third of the sSl ,oOo u
use m common schools. Ten bl
counties pay $4,000 in pc