The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-11-03


Dow being circulated over the 5eAts
by Senator 6immoos, makes this
lueIerous statement. .4fusioo ruie
checked educational psoxr1sn~" Ard
further STATES, that the aFu1outsts.
by their ia~. under which negro
commiiteemen conld coufsu1 white
schools. they ~6ecsaany checked
educational prszxre-s and iesened
educational ifter-' I'm acc00nt of
this Law, aud ,h. grneni lack OF
confidence i'm the administsHsion
and Of respect for il, there was nat
uraliy decided decrease in the en-
rolImeIaf and attendance Of the
white Schools"
Our snswer 10 the above state
ment l. that IL II not true. and IL
any candidate now On the Demo
cratic ticket should be elected TO IN
Office by virtue Of that statemert.
he would be guilty Of obtaining
goods under false pretense.
THk SCHOOL Law OF 1881 KxpoRsKD
BY THE PRESS AND EVERY
PROMINENT EDUCATOR N
SoRTB cARoLIsA.
The school law Of 1897 was en-
dorsed by every prominent educa-
tor in North CaroliLa, add the
Teachers Assembly Of 1897 gave
the law their hearty approval, and
IL was faVorably commented upon
by the Press Association Of the
State, which met at Morefead
City that summer. That law gave
North Carolina the greatest educa-
tional impetus 1t had had since the
Civil War. The Legislature Of 1899
did not dare repeal that law, hut
tried to do 80, and were prevented
by the leading educators in the State.
They did amend the law and there
by weakened its effectiveness.
Chairman Simmons says in his
Hand Book and circulars, as quoted
above, that THAT law caused de-
cided decrease in the enrolment and
attendance Of the white schools. F"
Let US see what Supt. Joyner's Re-
port, on page 338, shows: The en-
rollment in the white schools in
1898 were 261.223 children; in 1899
it wa only 26O.2l7, or a falling of
of 1905 white children. Taking
all the schools there was q falling
off in the enrolment in 1899 Of
$3.50 children in the public Schools.
FALLING OFF OF ATTENDANCE UNDER
DEMOCRATIC SCHOOL Law
The average attendance was even
worse. There we're 144.346 white
children in 1898 and only 14O 1862
white children in 1899, making q
difference of 4, "a. and in 1900 there
were 1922 fewer children in aver
age attendance than in 1898. The
Democrs tic school law, prior to 1897,
had in Office 1920 negro school com
mitteemen, who hal the dispensing
of nearly one-half Of all the school
fund Of the State. The school law
of 1897 removed from Office over
1000 of these negro committeeman,
leaving the others for the purpose
only Of taking the census Of the
negro children and placed the entire
control of both the white and col
ored schools in the hands of cOmpe-
tent white men,and by adopting the
township, graded system, gave
North Carolina two and cne-third
weeks longer school term without
extra cost and saved the tax payers
of the State more than one half mil
lion dollars.
TAXATION FOR SCHOOLS INCREASED
so PER CENT. WITHOUT IN
CREAsING SCHOOL TERN
From 1885 to 1897 the school
term in the State did not increase
one day under Democratic admins
trations but the rate of taxation for
public schools did increase so per
cent.
The efforts of the Democratic
party to lengthen the public school
term in North Carolina is common
dable, provided they do not bank
rupt the State in doing so, but when
they attempt, for partisan purposes,
to falsify the reports of their own
State Superintendent, and thereby
prejudice the public against the
pioneers in this great educational
impetus in North Carolina, such
methods should be condemned and
exposed.
Don't try to falsify the records,
Brother Democrat; you had better
lose the State than public confidence
and your own self respect. The
records speak the truth. Read the
records and you can verify all
have said.
GEO. E. BUTLER.