Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-04-28
LET US SEE.

Last week the Staff contained the fol
lowing:
THE people of johnson City are all
poor, and they know it. They also
know that much of the vaun ted wealth
of Jonesboro has been created by liti.
cation and other business originating
in johnson City, and by an unjust sys,
tenn of taxation which levies a tribute
OF ~ 90 on every tax payer in Johnson
City where it levies only s. cents on
the tax payers of Jonesboro. These
are facts, and the people living outside
of Jonesboro would do we'll to ponder
them in order that they may see which
of these towns has more than borne it's
just share of taxation and which one
has grown rich at the expense of the
balance Of the county"
Now will the Staff please point out
how, why and wherein the litigation
originating in johnson City has added
so much to the wealth of Jonesboro?
Also, why the tax payers of Johnson
City pay such a heavy tax compared
with Jonesboro's rateY Just for in.
formation, you know.
IF our contemporary does not know
how much johnson City contributes to
and receives from the school fund they
have an easy way of finding out. The
fact of the matter is, they don't want
to know, as the publication Of these
statistics for the Ninth and Fifteenth
Districts would make such an odious
comparison that the people outside of
these two districts would open their
eyes in as~tonishment."
We did not say we did not know how
much johnson City contributes to the
school fund; and to set the minds Of
those who wish to know we give u few
figures on the subject. Take the year
of 1895, for instance, and we find that
the assessment for school purposes
in the Ninth Civil District was 1881
~; and that district received from the
school fund "a, 1874 10; thus showing
that the district received 1918 So more
than they were assessed. But this is
not all. 1t is a we'll known fact that
the Ninth District was delinquent in
about 81, 900 for the year, on her assess
ment for school purposet.
, in the Fifteenth District We find the
assessment for schools is $1,215 81, and
she received from the school fund 81,
: IA 81, or $71 O6 less than she paid.
l For monumental brass, commend III
to the Jonesboro magistrates. Theil
proposition to build two county roads
' one from Fall Branch to Jonesboro anC
the other from Boone's Creek to Jones
: boro, is a sublime spectacle of unmiti
8 gated gall"
The Magistrates of Jonesboro are no
alone in the desire to have good road
in the county; and any school boy will
tell the Staff that they alone can no
build roads to or from any points il
the county. The duty of the magis
trates,of the county is to provide goo
= roads for all the people, and commo
= sense will dictate that the proper thin
is to, first, build them to the count,
seat, FOR to that point all the peopl
=. travel.
OF course it would not be a 'sublim
spectacle of unmitlgated gall" for tn
magistrates of johnson City to propos
to build a road from johnson City t
Fail Branch or Boon's Creek. Oh nc
That would be all right and proper
-. and would be full of wisdom and jul
tice to the people of the county.
The intimation that Jonesboro
jealous of johnson City is all rot, an
without foundation. The people c
Jonesboro would rejoice to see Johnso
City prosper, and have done and ar
yet doing all they can for her pro
- perity, but they do not propose tina
~ the county shall build up the town 6
the expense of the remainder Of tt
county.