The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-21
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER d, 1901.
NEa.a lpu.AlloN m HOLLOWAY.

we published yesterday a letter from
the Rev C. &. Kuyk, OF Nottoway conn-
". in which he expressed the opinion
that it was unfair for the money Wiiich
white men pay into the treasury to lie
used in educating the children of the
h,ac,, man. only small fraction O:
The school, taxes is paid by the negroes,
said Ny Kuk. land, therefore, the bl'lk
OF the tax is paid by the whites The
whole tax is then applied to the expenses
of our free school system, and the whites
and negroes fare alike, with the result
that the school term in the country IS
barely five months. In short, our white
children are deprived of sufficient oppof-
tunity for education in order that 1t may
be giver, to the negro, The white people
are paying taxes sufficient to school thelT
children but the children are deprived of
that for which their parents pay. in order
that negro children may have an equal
share with them
lf Mr.. Kuyk had informed himself as
to the exact facts and figures III this
case he would never had made such a
complaint IN public print Under our
system the money collected from the sew
cral counties and cities of the State for
school purposes is 1aid into the general
fund and then apportioned to the coun-
ties and cities according to the school
population.
Now, the number of white children Of
school age in the county of Nottoway IS
1855, and the number OF colored children
3477. making a total of 5,3l2 The total
amount of school money apporuoned TO
Nottoway from the State school fund was
s7,74a1i, or about s1-5o per capita 1t was,
in fact, little less than this, but Tor
CONVENIENCE we will take the round num-
hers. Now if there were no colored chill
dren in Nottoway county and only i,SS'
white children. that county would have
received only s.. 1880. But on account of
the large negro population Nottoway re-
co.yeG ont of the general fund, as las
been already stated. S1.740.11.
But in addition to this the people of
Nottoway raised by local taxation the
sum of s4,759.S9. making a total of S12,-
1880 for school purposes Now let us
see how this money was expended in Not
toway Bear in mind there are in the
county .SS5 white children of school age.
and s,477 negro children. nearly two ne
groes fo, ono white child. but there ale
in the coua:N. according TO the report CT
the county superintendent 81 white
schools. costing S613.5o. and % colorci
schools, costing 1885,
1t is seen from this that while there
are nearly twice as many negro children
as white children in Nottoway, and while
the county gets on account of the negro
children nearly three times as much
for school purposes as it would otherwise
get, the white schools receive nearly
twice as much money as the co1ored
schools receive.
Let us take another view. We have NJ
ready said that il there were no negro
children in Nottoway county that county
would receive from the general school
fund only s., 1880. Granting that the ne
groes pay 81 900 of the amount raised by
local taxation for school purposes if there
were no negroes in Nottoway county tie
total amount Of money for white schools
would be on this bass-S6,5l1.S9; Whereas
with the negroes there the white schools
get ss.slS.5o.
1t appears therefore that in Nottoway
county at least the white children are
not being deprived, as Mr.. kuyk puts It,
of what their parents pay, in order that
negro children may have an equal share
with them.