The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-07-26
AYCoCK's FALSE THEORY ABOUT
IrCATI0S.

FALSE THEORY ABOUT |
EDUCATION. |
Mr.. Aycock Ia devoting over half
Of the speeches he Ii making each
day to declaring that If he Is elected
Governor he will devote his whole
four years to educating the poor
ilnterate white boys Of the State,
90 hey will not be disffanchised In
1908 by his DISTINGUISHING scheme.
Mr.. Aycock Is reported to have
pledged to the people that he would
work to increase the public school
fund to try to give the people Of the
State six months public schools
Mr.. Aycock, however, fails tol
tell the people that his party In the
last legislature tried tc rob the pub
lie school fund Of several hundred
thousand dollars. but the non-parti-
san Supreme Court declared their
law taking fines and penalties from
the public schools unconstitutional.
He also fails to tell his audiences
that he and his party have been say
ing for twenty-five years that they
would increase the public schools to
four months as the Constitution re-
auired were it not for the constitu-
tional tax Limitations Of 663 cents on
, the hundred dollars worth of prop
, erty. He fails to tell them that the
, present Democratic legislature when
submitting this Acknowledgement
amendment failed to include In it
s provision to increase this tax lim1,
S to the Constitution. 1t is clear that
Mr.. Aycock is either very ignorant
or else he is not acting honest will
his audiences. It cannot be that h
is this ignorant. Therefore MI
Aycock must know that even /
the public school fund OF tn
State could be dou oled, or even !
10 avery country neighborhood in ~
20 State could have as good grauo
n school as the towns and cities have
9. still there would be thousands .
II honest, bright, industrious and pa
s. ,riotic boys who would not be abb
In to get an education.
n Let US 10, k, for example, at NJ
ID Aycock's own town OF Goldsbor'
There is 10 that town as fine a sy
et EN- of graded schools as there Is
q the S ate. There are six hundre
NJ md s+venty-,wo white boys b
he tween the ages OF six and TIVE mt
IS ne In Goldsboro who can and Dug
EN- 10 attend the public graded schoe
e. How many Of them attended la
IF year? The report of Superinse
m dent Foust of the GoldsborO Grad
le School shows that only four hu
it, bred and .wenty-three white DO
of that number ever entered t
nty doors of thu public scho j, or h
xis their names enrolled for q sins
mt day. That leaves one hundred a
ON forty-nine Of those white boys
IRA tween The ages of six and TWEEN
ON one who, for one Cause or anotf
ha, were not able to attend the m
ing nificsnt I, go graded school IN Col
r. boro for a single day. II this
net true in the city Of Goldsboro,
4 be must be worse In other towns .
vic, cities, where the educational fac
nit tie 8 are not so good. And it Is
ON times worse, and always will
1t OF many times worse, In every coun
I'M neil borhood In the State. Yet
But Aycock has the hardihood to
red that the proposed Amendment =
I'M not disfranchise q single viii te 4
is Of in the State, and the recklessnee
d be swear to 1t; and he further s
that If any one is disfranchise
ma will be his own fault.
have --
orooIA SWEET PAIR OF .HEAVE!