The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
Atlanta ConStitution.)


lie, for they shall not be- >lisarpoint,
ed" 1t seems impossihl" 10 elect a
Legislature that will relieve the pco,
pie from the overburden OF taxation,
and hence it is good philosophy for
us to be retoncllcd to what We can.
moi help. We old men are back
numbers and must acQulesce n the
modern methods and let the process
sion proceed. But | shall die in the
faith that it is wrong in principlA for
us to pay for the education OF chill
dren whose parents are better of
than We are or to pay pension money
t. those who could hny rs ont at a
sheriif's sale. You sec, my hrc,h
ron, wasn't raised that way, and
am too old now to be raised over
again. My private opinion is that
some of these gentlemen who speak
so gushingly about these poor, dear
are plraing and begging for an cdu-
cation, arc talking for buncomb and
want to be reelected or else they
haven't got any property to hc taxed
and don't care darn what becomes
of the rest of us. My tax now is
more than one tcnth Of my total in
come and | consider myself an in.
jurod person, for don't see how !
can pay il; and some Of my ncighbor,
are in the same fix. have educated
our ten children and paid for it aud
got no help and now if the now priu-
c;plo is ri ght | want the state to re-
fuld. If my part OF tn" tax went to
@ lncatc poor whit" children only |
would say amcu and amen, but when
see it going TO c'!ucnt" ri,'h mems
children and to rdurutr ne. rnra for
tho chaingang, am ris ;,.s,rd he,
yond measure.
1t fatigues my Indignation to read
tho gush Of thos" orators who profess
to bo the guardian angels of the chill.
dren Of tho State. can form Il
homo syndicato Ugh, now in this
town who will agree to give cpm.
mon school education to every child |
in Cartersviile whose parents are IN
able to pay the ordinary tuition.
The Constitution is right in calling
for constitutional convention TO re-
consider the qualification Of voters
and it should roorganizc tho school
system and require all who are able,
both white and black, 10 pay for tho
education Of their children. If the
pensions are put upon the indigcnt
basis, why not put the schooling? |
tell you, my brethren this taxation
business has got to stop. Those who
arc able to stand it cannot realize
what a burden it is to those who ave
not. 1t is the straw that breaks the
camers back. Captain Neal said
this morning that he had paid h 8
city taxes but could SEQ no pr spr. T.
of paying for the State and county;
and hear many others talking the
same way. There will be more lovirs
by the sheriff this year than were
ever known before, and many Of rs
will be in the fix Of my old friend !
Fort, who said he tried and tried to
sell his house and lot to somebody so
as to pay his debts, but no couldn't
find buyer, but ono day tho sheriff
came along and sold it just as easy.
A great deal of this stuff about ed.
ucation and the dear children plead.
ing for it is sentimontalism. They
are not pleading for it around hero,
but had rather dodge it and stay at
home, or hunt pcrsimmons and wal
nuts or rabbits and black hawks or
shoot sparrows and squirrels. Iftho
parents arc any account and lovo
their children they will help to odu.
cate them at home. I can say with
truth that | got moro and a better
education from my father and mother
than | ever did at school, for about
all the teacher did was to hoar mo
recte.
l reckon these sentiments will
shock these paternalists who are SO
crazy about the public schools and
will be especially horrible to the
army of school teachers, for they aro