The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-01-16

| am sorry TO sec from the card OF
Mr.. &. +. Boyd that he will not be II
candidate for reelection us county
treasurer. lie has been an efficient,
faithful and accommodating county Of
fetal. There is no better man i'm Now
berry county than G. +. Boyd, and if
he had stood for reelection no one
would have opposed him, ! am sure.
hope he may have many years Of hap
mcnt from politics.
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Representative Blcasc has intro.
duccd Il resolution to turn the profits
arising from the Dispcnsary into the
general fund, which will require an
| amendment to the constitution. I'm
conversation with Mr.. I}lcasc this
| morning about this matter and some
others Of Il local and general nature he
said:
"Thc object Of this amendment is to
| let the people Of South Carolina say
| where tho Dispcnsary profit shall go.
| say let 1T go into the general fund Of
| the State, then the general assembly
can pass an act appropriating the
| money to the free schools OF each and
every county to be divided among the
| schools for white children according 20
| the number Of scholars in attendance
thus each will receive its pro rata share
| and the white children will receive the
benefit.
"Wc have the three mill tax, which
| they tell us we arc compelled to have,
| and that the money SO collected must
| 90 to the white and c0lOrcd schools,
and VIC all know that the white people
| pay the grltCr part Of that tax, and
| many white men and women arc paying
| taxes in this way to educate colorrd
| children who are not able to educate
| their own children, but on the contrary
arc forced to keep their children ut
| home to help work ON the farm, in fac
| tories and ut ether places while the
colorcu chllulrn are going to school
| receiving the benefit Of that tax paid
| by white people. l'y this amendment,
| while VIC will still have. and nc forced
| to pay the } mill tax, yet the colorcd
people who drink liquor will be paying
back, in part, the money received by
them for schools under the 3 mill tax,
and this is the only way to get the col
| orcd people to pay their part Of the
money used to educate colOrcd chill
drcn, and the profit that is received
from the liquor the colorcl people buy
willgoto educate their children through
the } mill tax and the white people will
receive moro money for their schools
than they now receive and the colorcd
people will receive lHt little less, If
amy, therefore it is not unjust to the
negro and is more just and fair to the
white people than the present law. We
often hear 1T said that white people arc
tired OF paying taxes to educate nc
grors, and | believe that this amend
mcnt offers II fair and equal solution G.
that complaint, and favor it also b,
cause | am one Of those who do not
believe that it is right to tax Il people
who pays tho larger part Of the taxes
to educate the other class. Let white
peoples money 30 to white schools and
negroes money go to negro schools.
1--WE have constitutional provision
that only certain people can vote. 1t is
openly said that it was passed to dis
franchise the negro and tc help the
white people, and yet that same con-
stitution makes white people pay taxes
TO cducatc the negro so that he can
overcome that isfranchiscmcnt and
become Il voter, thereby the constitution
says IN effect TO the negro, you cannot
vote, (nnd gives its rcusOns), but don't
he dishcartcncd for we will make the
white people pay Il 3 tnill tax and also
divide the Disprnsary profit with YOU
SO that you can learn to read and write
and overcome the disfranchiscmcnt
and become voter, and at the Same
time many Of tho white children arc
placed where they cannot get the ad-
vantage OF an education. am i'm favor
of giving the colorcd children their
part, but let's make the colorcd pcoplc
pay as much Of it as we can and pivc
the white people more, and certainly
no ono should complain if all of the
white peoples tax goes to white schools
ana the negroes to negro schools, let
each have and get his own, this is fair
and right. In case this profit after it
goes into the general fund, is not
wanted for educational purposes then
1t is there and can be used TO reduce
taXcs-to work the public highways
to pay officers salary to pay the inter
est on the State debt,-to pay tho nee.
essary appropriations--to finish the
State House Or for any other purpose
that tho general assembly NAV sec fit
10 use 1t, even to pay Investigating
| committees or to buy pure water.