The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-09-30

HOW AN OLD FOOL Wraps MS CROW ID
The Editor of the Economist. pub
lished at Elizabeth City, writes .
lengthy editorial on southern School
Books"
he seems to be hydrophObic on &C
count of the books now used in the
public schools; but it is not the books
that troubles his purblind, contracted,
spiteful soul, SO much As the demo-
goguery that is swelling within and
must be let loose at some one, even il .
gentleman and man of character must
be the recipient Of his spleen.
We regret indeed TO find q man, who
writes for the instruction Of the pub
lie and essays to mould public opinion
is so utterly ignorant on the subject
of text books. He dOee not know what
takes place in his own county under
his nose. Listen to what he says
"NOw what is the remedy for all this2
Mr.. Chas. II. Mebane, of Catawba
county, is the Superintendent of Edu-
cation of North Carolina, and we sup
pose he suggest or selects the school
books to be used in the schools. We
have no acquaintance with Mr.. Meb-
ane, but he is q Republican office
holder selected by negroes, scalawags,
carpetbaggers and low whites Of North
Carolina, and the presumption natur.
ally arises that he is not suited to the
Office by character or qualification and
that he is purehasable at q lower CT
higher price,"
This poor dwelling, spiteful, ignor-
ant old man does not know that the
school books now in use were adopted
by the Democratic County Commission
ers in every county in North Carolina,
on the first Monday in June, 1896, for
three successive years, and if the Su-
perintendent of Public Education Is
responsible for such books as were
adopted, the man would have been ex-
superintendent John c. Scarborough
(Dem.) and not Superintendent Meb-
ane. This old dotard does not know
that 50 per cent or even more of the
text books now in use were adopted by
the Democratic State Board of Edu-
cation and were endorsed by the late
Maj. 8. M. Finger and ex Superintend-
ent Scarborough; and according to this
old FOOLS own reasoning as to why we
have the present books, that somebody
has been bought, then the Democratic
State Board of Education was bought.
The late s. NJ. Finger and John G. Scar
borough were bought, and the Demo-
cratic Commissioners all over North
Carolina were bought.
Old man, you had better know what
you are doing before you use your logic
so profusely next time. You have prov
ed BY your own reasoning that your
crowd was bought and not Superin-
tendent MebanR.
Just such policy and rot IS this is
what has killed the Democratic party
in North Caroline and it will remain
so as long as the leaders Of it continue
this course.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ticn has nothing to do with adoption
OF books under the present law, and
this Editor who makes such q scandal.
Gus attack on the present Superintend-
emit of Public instruction had better
take lesson in the current affairs of
his own county and State before he
fires off bis gun and proves that his
own crowd was bought. He Is called
the nestor Of Democratic journalism
sometimes, however, and he is a.
about as we'll qualified to represent
the respectability of bis crowd % any
one else. His only competitor is the
profane old fellow who gets up The
Wilmington "Mess"