Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18

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state ssperintenden, whitnela thu.
Discusses the proru<ra constitutional
smsndm~n. 90 make the poll tai
sSAo-ol fand TO h~ retained Ia the euaa.
ti<. wher= collected. instead of being.
as nov. . State school fund. 10 be dis
tfieated pro- rata 10 the nnmeer Of
esse.bie children IN each:
Usi- 70 en~ - the NEST inyortsus proy-s-
sisions. Ia my osanioa. that have t>~n sub
ruis,et 20 the p>syis sisr- n. ne- con.ti-
tzfioa ~.s created uas;sr the present
meis of ai-triba,ioa the l.nxth - tho
srAcol ,~rm In the sslniy s~ttlea -hits
css-sis- 70 mech is-- than In tk. dsn.>ly
s~sti~i t>ita ->rsis, -s-re the u-xro prya-
lssioa - far sxc~~i- the wAits. The lsnxth
u the -rAooi term in nsay q the whlts
eoansi~s u the state i.th- miainarn period
ef foar mouths. sna IN. ..l.ri-- or. n-r---
sar1ly cut u nsintsia the -rhe-si. Tor this
r>rsasi Il .A1=< .-rs.sss -h-r- the a-xr.
largely pr~fominsr~- IN the vopsiis ton th.
srhools rus sin snd som~tim-. 10 . mani
aam u seven m0uths fron the stats dis
trtbation alone Tn. r~&.ons for thi. are
first. the ~rhoois can. o. Q rule - msin-
tsin~f cheaper ~her- the population is
a~nss and every se.rhsr ha. hi. full
capacity % vors .>-rond. negro tsscher-
usasily hold io~sr grade Of license and
cos-~susntiy r-r-iv. lee. p.y. third. th.
dassr,bation h has~si on the actual namb~r
Of ~tscshas chiidr-n. -hils the co-i of the
srsool b des.rmin-i by the numt~r attend
lag. ssi the stisndsacs of the nsgro-- b.
usually far b.iow 10. average % the
whii~- II 10 fs~t that the great mas. of
s.xro~~ % the state are rer~ivinx ct least
- per cent. more school days thsn u.
~Aits ehildr-a Tue contemplated change
10 the constitution viii 20 some sH,sn;
remedy this. although in . stat. iise our.
~h-r- pupalstion b. ~ dixtribat~i no plan
~ili ever b. found for distributing tb.
-ehooi fund ths, will completely remove
all esass for criticism The fact ths, ua-
der the present system tn. poll tar funds
ar. retained in the counties where collected
Leads msny people 10 believe that the poll
tan money ts already . sp~cisi county
school fund This. however. Is not the
case. Tn. poll ta1 collected from each
county is deiuct~i from tb. ssount dis
tribat~i 10 ths, county. II the eonstitn-
ton should be amendei - proposed the
poll tar viii be. in feet. . county fund. and
that appropriated from the state treasury
Gill b> distributed To the different counties
on basis Of III. number OF ciocstis chill
dren In each. A u 10 nov, the poll tar
collected in the white coantie. 10 virtssiiy
Distributed to all the countic. OF the State.
the black counties reeeiving more from this
source than they psy in. Under the pro-
posed amendment each white county would
get the benefit Of all of its poll tax fund
This will lie much to the advantage OF tn.
white s~,rtion. as IL !. . wellknown fact
that very few Of the negroes pay their poll
taxe~
think the amendment is in danger Of
being defeated under the ruling Of the su-
preme court, declaring that tho amend
ment must receive . majority Of the votes
cast st the election instead OF . mere ma
jority Of the votes cast ON that particular
proposition. IL u, therefore. necessary
that every man in favor Of the amendment
who votes for any Of the congressional
candidates should vote for the amendment.
for . failure TO do ~ Is . vote sgainst H.