The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-08-13

have tie schocl.
Did IL ever occur to you, gentle
reader, that local taxation for
country schools is not really tax,
but a most profitable investment?
See if the people of Marietta are
tired of their school and their
school tax. Nay verify. Men
who have much taxable property
there and no children endorse IT.
Why? 1t greatly enhances the
value of their property. Is that
plain? Did you know that one
fourth of one per cent, local tax
keeps up this city school system?
The McMichael bill provides
that the maximum limit shall not
exceed one-haIf Of one per cent.
Fulton county is now running her
schools successfully with one-half
this amount. Think of that, and
yet this will add nearly fifteen
thousand dollars to the school
fund of Cobb county. No need to
move to town where they furnish
you good schools and the privi-
lege of paying local tax. Let's
bring the local tax and the good
schools to the country, then you
will be in the best place on earth
to train your boys aid girls. Show
me school that is doing anything
today and will show you the
same school and at the same time
one that is being backed by To-
cal school tax of some kind-even
| if it be in the form of local sub
scription. Local taxation under
the McMichael bill means a nine
months free school to every boy
and girl in Cobb county, and may
God speed the day when the citi-
zens of Cobb county may see it's
advantages. Every manufactur-
iEg establishment, every railroad,
electric line, telephone line, tele-
graph line, and other such prop
erty will be taxed equally with
yours. What is most interesting
to you is the fact that these pub
lie service companies are more
willing to it than you are. They
want better trained men and wo-
men to manage their business.
Let me beg you remember that if
you don't get busy and vote a. To-
cal school tax in old Cobb as a
county, the districts traversed by
railroads, ETC., will have local
school tax in their section, draw
their one-half of one per cent on
all taxable property in their dis
trlct, build good school houses
and flourish while you'll be left
out in the cold. If local taxation
comes in Cobb county by districts
these favored districts will have
the advantage of and it will re-
quire a special act by the Georgia
Legislature to make them give
you al equal showing. Did you
know that Acworth, Austell, Ros-
we'll, Smyrna ard other favorably
located districts are threatening
every day to vote local tax by
districts and it is only through
their own goodness of heart that
they are waiting to give you
chance? lam no prophet, but let
me say that if you don't get busy
mighty quick you will find when
it's too late that you have missed
a mighty good chance to do some
thing for your community and
and your children.
But you are afraid that the ne.
gro will receive a whole lot Of your
tax. Suppose he does, do you
think you can raise your boys and
girls in one of these one-horse
spelling shops" just to spite the
negro. You try it few years and
you may not know where Tony hid
the wedge, but you will know who
shot Cock Robin all right, all
right Besides it has been said by
those In authority that the negro
will not receive any more than his
own tax ard that it will be used
in industrial training as it oil
should be.
Petitions are now in the hands
of every live teacher i'll Cobb
county asking for your opinion on
this question. If you believe it
will be worth while see your
teacher and sign his petition. If
he has none write postal card to
the county school commissioner
and get one. Circulate this petit
ton yourself and mail it to the
county school commissioner
When one-fourth of the voters
sign it the ordinary must call an
election within sixty days. Then
vote for IL 1t requires two-thirds
of all the votes to carry the cleo
ton. If you mean business get
busy. Yours for service,
JOHN FRANCE,