The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-05-23

high which have mentioned be adopted will give
county the state all the money that really needs its
schools and will accumulation of surplus
county will send the white children the longer
and paid
the bulk the money whtes
Of the constitutions will give better pay the
country schools in the count of the them upon
equality with the teachers every aess
to the negro schools required yet will give
to them ali that the federal constitution and the readmson acts de-
mands at our hands.
Answers His Critics.
But the distinguished gentlemen aspiring
FOR the office OF who, without proposing
content themselves with trying pick flaws the efforts Of Others
that ought anything regard BECAUSE
they say have guilty political heresy opposing upon
past occasion the doctrines upon question Of
how the of the state should expended And indictment
which they against grows grand jury
Pike county, where in endeavoing put end the oaed
wtecap troubles, that sections certain language
from which they They ought people
which to the troubles nGhat criminal efforts
of some delta planters away my
labor from the fields upon which crops already pitched
to be left unculvated and brought upon farmers of that
section This they do mention language which they arragn
m follows
The ignorant and vicious many This is
sadly true but only education Christian education industrial ed
dcaton elevate his condition Will him gnor
and then take away from him the only method by which
don be improved his awessness decreased his diminished
his usefulness increased Condemn his ignorance
he shall ignorance? urged money
dustay educate the negro SAY you money
for you the taxpayers large dividends crimes
shorter term of court better citizenship
of country should peoped by citizenship
is better to make of the than blind tiger better
shoemaker than shooter better brick than pstototer
This is what said then This what stand for leave
to you that better far that nasmuch the law
training shall be all the citizens both
less both candidate and demagoge will deny that the law does
require that better that the money expended devoted
the udmentay Christian industrial training rather than have
pended in other which, while uniting the negro for the position
they are destined to fill never equip them for higher station
Industrial Training.
This thing Years ago company
College, the literary
branches of that college stricken and industrial
stalled instead The board then required every negro
that institution should labor calling farming
shoemaking bksmihng, carpentry gardening aundyng
other useful which might enable them for themselves
honest livelihood And today Mississippi regard
eadng the pathway marked by the board trustees of that ns
tuition. And repeat you, it vagant
should enforced kept your Streets
that the who destined dwell midst
equipped that they may make themselves
dusiou citizens equppng them rather for the workshop the farm
than to leave them idle vagrancy drifting Overlooking peni
tertiary And this what the next governor of the state Of Msss
p will attempt to do with the asstance the and the legislature
Tax Equalization.
In the second place. desire call attention the fact
only do the hill counties Of the less money
entitled
but matter fact they contribute proportion to the
value their property than does that section which is favored the
distribution of the school fund.- the intent constitution with
reference taxation every dollar Of property, situated
whether private corporate should contribute equal and just
portion the burden government This being true
of lands private individuals ought to be adjusted either board
OF equaizers other constitutional method lands
section would proportion any section
This not true at the present time While the lands
counties theNstate assessed approximately their full value
lands in other sections fertile assessed very small
proportion The
ments shall be equazed by the board supervisors
ties like Bolivar and Sunower they equad but assessed
at flat and uniform rate without their location relative
value So in Bolivar the present the open
sessed uniform valuation Of ten dollars the
two dollars landsly outside the levy fifty
fifty TO hundred dollars and the wood land from twenty
thirty dollars an
inequalities Shown.
TO true, recent appraisement made BY the