The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-20
ROBBED THE CHILDREN.

ROBBED THE CHILDREN.
In 1S6S'69 when the Republicans were
in power they stole the permanent school
fund of the State and did not erect sin
gle school house in North Carolina.
In 1S95-'9S when the Black and Tan
party controlled the destiny of the State
they would have again squandered the
small permanent fund if it had been in
their power. AS they We're not permitted
to do this, Estate Superintendent OF
Schools Mebane has stood always for the
schools and against all partisan schemes
for set ceteras," as possible, taking the
money from the little children and pay
ing it to politicians who were called
supervisors committeeman &c.
The Anglo Saxon has shown how in
Richmond county they padded the roll
of children of school age with names of
BORN in order to rob the White children
and give the negroes more than their
share of the fund. In one township alone,
where there are 205 white men and 1oS
negro men, the negro children of school
age were put down as twice as many as
the white children.
That is the way they did in Eastern
North Carolina.
Now let lis see how they managed in
the Western part of the State. There
they could not pad the school census with
negro children-the fraud would have
been too transparent, and so they tried
another method. They took the money
that belonged to the children ard spent il
ON set ceteras." A correspondent of the
Asheville Citizen shows that while the
FusioniSts were in power in Bmcombe
county the average length of school term
was 3.S4 months, or less than the four
months required by law The Fusiomsts
had $50, 5S6.24 to spend. OF that sum,
they spent $1S, 107.91 for schools and
SO, 100.99 for "other purposes" that is
it cost the people twelve thousand dol
lars to get eighteen thousand dollars to
the school children. The figures for the
second year show the same proportion
of expense and let ceteras." Under the
Black and Tan partys management in
Bmcombe county, coz per cent of the
school money handled by the Black and
Tan school officers went for schools and
3915 per cent for "other purposes"
Now what is the record of the Demo
cratic management of the schools of Bun
connie for the past year. For all school
purposes, they have handled $50 ,9S7 .04.
or about two thousand dollars more than
the Black and Tan officers handled. OF
that sum, $50, 951.59 was spent for schools
and $2,O29.43 for all expenses in man.
| agement. supervision, &c. 1t cost the
tax payers $6.15 out of every hundred
| dollars under Democratic rule to get the
money to the schools while under the
BLACK and Tans it cost $3.50 for every
| hundred dollars.
What does this saving by the Demo-
Gratis mean to the children? Instead of
| gone directly to the children and with
| only So 900 more money THE LENGTH
| OF TERMS of the public schools in
Runcombe have been NEARLY DOU-
BLEED WITHOUT REDUCING THE
| SALARIES OF TEACHERS. The
| Citizen correspondent thus sums up the
difference:
Republican Democratic.
| Average total eX
penditures -. $50, 5S6.24 32,987.O4
| Spent for schools. 601apct. 93S5pct.
| Spent for other
purposes .... 3915pct. 6.15pct
| Average length OF
term. = ....... 3.S4mos. & ;imoS
The apportionment recent mace for
the school year 1900.1901 affords promise
that Prof. Eenable's second year viii be
fruitful of even better results t'.1n his
first.
THE explanation of this wonderful inn
provement is not far to seek. The cou"ty
superintendent Is the soul OF the pubIlC
school system and the remarl;a5le record
of Prof. $. +. Nenable's administration
| is above everything else due To Ms own
| pre-eminent fitness for this most difficult
and responsible place and to his unSwerv-
| ing fidelity to the trust reDose i'll him.
| An educator of ability and exp 2"ience. he
| brings to his work Il zeal whicl bears
no relation whatever to the compensation
| incident thereto. He has larger ideas
! than per diem
These are two illustrations of local
management of public schools in repre-
sentative counties in Eastern and in
! Western North Carolina. We DO not
speak of the even worse evil that 9re-
| vailed i'm most counties in Eastarl North
| Carolina where negroes were appointed
to positions that gave them a voice in
| the control of schools for the white chill
| dren of the State. That was an indig-
nifty worse than padding the school cen
| sus or spending money for "et cetcras