The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-23

will get the bull-headed fellows into
IL the ourts can possibly reach
them. Remember,
1. If you vote for the tax o place
it upon your township for three years.
and it is not impossible that 1t may
for ten or thirty-three-who
2. Remember that IL you vote for it
in some townships you do it under the
possibility of soone Of later having
mixed schools, in which both races
shall attend with equal privileges.
Are you ready for a mixing Of the
in the public schools? Do you wish to
send your daughter, 10 II of Is, to a
school Of thai kind. You may have
to do it IL the radicals have 1t their
way. They are appointing In several
school townships a negro on the man
aging board with two white men. II
it is well and proper to have this"a
sure entering wedge-why Is it not
proper to have children Of both races
in the same schools? II a worthy.
reputable negro man is a desirable
for committeeman for white
schools, why are not his children prop
er scholars for the schools under his
SUPERVISION? The Messenger will new
err agree to this.
BILE falsehood. It reads "For Schools"
and Against Schools" That is a lie
out and out. A decent man of either
race can surely be favorable to schools
many reasons, some of which we have
before given and are giving today. That
form Of ballot is misleading and insult
ing. A scheme originating in such
palpable fraud is at once brought I'M
der Serious suspicion.
Then a question arises, where is the
money to come from? A debt or expen-
diture of $4,000 is perhaps created at
the start in order to hold the election.
Then the $50, 900 additional to be paid
to the townships if they shall vote a
similar sum are at sea thus far tossing
in a rudderless boat The funds can
not be taken from the general fund as
hat is forbidden by the constitution
in section Z
Mr.. E. w. Waddill, Of Raleigh,
writes to the Fayetteville Observer, in
which he takes a view we do not re-
member to have seen presented. He
writes:
eff this election is held in every
township in the state and carried for
the special tax, it will raise a sum ap-
proximating $500, 900, and according to
the bill, the state must pay a like
amount; now how in the name Of COM
mon sense can North Carolina pay an
obligation of $780, 900 with only $50, 900
and that money not available, for the
bill expressly says, it is not to be paid
out of my funds in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, when it is we'll
known that no such full exists. We
call upOn some member of the Teach
ers' Assembly to solve this question to
the satisfaction of the tax payers, and
to the enlightenment Of the school
schildren of the state"
We would not interfere with the
prosperity and happiness of any "col
ored man and brother" We would
rather help him. We would have him
and all his race wiser, nobler, better,
happier every way. But we must guard
we'll the bulwarks. We must all see
to it that no detriment befalls North
Carolina. We must calmly, resolute-
ly, unitedly resolve-all men of the
.-inglO-SaxOn, Or rather Of the Aryan
race, that the supremacy Of the whites
shall not be menaced, hat under no
plea or lung exercise or attempted
usurpation of power shall the NUM-
ments of freedom and the civilization
Of the white race be in the least
abridged or endangered. Whenever the
white race is SO treated as to control
in every township or any township
then and there let the white a. pay
ers vote for the special tax Of $500 upon
themselves, if they think it wise and
prudent and bearable-if it will not
Cypress them unduly. Some sacrifices
of course are always making and will
have to be made by thousands Of al
ready heavily taxed whites, but if all
is fair and right and we'll and safe, let
them shoulder manfully fresh burdens
and personal sacrifices and help to roll
on the a Of free popular education.
Every citizen Of every race and party
should perform willingly his duty
here.
The election will occur on the 10th
of August. Examine the election law,
study it, see how it Is enforced, scru-
tinize the school committees, and their
work thus far, and remember who you
are, your race, your duty as an elector
and a freeman and as a patriot as we'll
as a tax payer and then vote as you
think best and wisest. If you can af-
ford after proper information to vote
for the additional tai do so. But if you
fear results, do not like the injustice