The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-13
NEW NEGRO SCHOOL
PROSPECT OF ONE sTIRs SELMA
 CITIZENS.
Volunteer Fire Department VIII Hold ConventlOn In Order to Keep Intact she Organisation In
 Case If Need.
Advertiser Bureau.
 Selma ApriI i,

| Advertiser Bureau. Selma, April F. Comment Is being caused in Selma | by rumor that the City School Board will soon establish another public
 school for the benefit of the negro chl- dren of the city.
 The fact that the rumor has not yet been denied by any of the men who compose the City School Board causes | it to have semblance of truth Many | think that the white children have not yet adeauate facilities for their educa . tion Both of the public schools of l the city for white children are taxed | to their capacity and in a year or two children will not have room enough to accommodate them.
 The facilities for the education of ne gro children in the city are believed by some to be better than those offered the children of the citizens who pay the taxes.
 The rumor is to the effect that the City School Board is trying to acquire a site for a negro school house in the northern part of the city. as the Clarke school will not accommodate all of those who apply for admission to that institution.
 In dealing with this question, The Selma Journal. the afternoon paper of the city, expresses itself as opposed to tne TunlOTe0 inteHtioHS ot tit iopi Board. and this afternoon in its issue 1 1t published the following strong edi- torial upon the subject
 'The Journal had hoped that the rumor that was sfioat few days since as to the City School Board proposing | to erect another negro school house, was only a rumor, nothing more. The | failure of the School Board to deny | the report and further information Ir ha conclusion that the Board purposes at an early date to erect such a building. This paper does not believe the Board will be acting according to the wishes of even small minority of | those who pay the taxes of the city of | Selma, and part of whose money will | be taken for the purpose of purchas- | ing a lot and erecting thereon school house sufficient to accommodate the stripping the whites in their eagerness | for learning. At the outset, let 1t be understood | that far be it for The Journal to lift | its finger to hinder an inferior race | from bettering itself. It does object. and object strenuously, for the better ment to be made at the expense of the | children of those who pay the bulk of the taxes.
 "The Journal Is firm of the opinion | that If the revenues derived from the | two-mill taxes, contingent fees, tui- ton and other sources Is creating a surplus sufficient to build school house | for the accommodation of those to whose education constant golden stream is pouring into this section from | Northern philanthropists, then some of | the expenses to which patrons are put ought to be curtailed.
 This paper has upheld and supported | the City School Board In its maintain | ence of the contingent fee because it | was the belief that such a fee was nec- essary for the continuation of the schools upon the high plane that has | always been the c-se in Selma, and | has gained for this city an admirable reputation for the excellence of its
 school. If the time has come when | that fee is unnecessary. then 1t should | be abolished.
 The Journal appeals to the City School Board not to proceed further
 with this project. The city of Selma Is
 already doing its full part toward the education of those who pay so little of
 the money
 Don't do it, gentlemen"