The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-18
SCHOOL MONEY IS
WELL DIVIDED UP
Charge of NegIecting Negroes
Has No Basis In Georgia
NEGRO SCHOOLS ARE GOOD
Atlanta Will Have Big Horse Show
This Week and Plans Are Being
Laid to Have Big Spring
Music Festival.

| Atlanta, October 17.-(Special.) Estate
! School Commissioner Jere NJ. Pound hal
seen fit to make reply to certain preju
diced northern publications which have
| been making the absurd charge that
| Georgia and other southern states have
been taking money paid into the state
! treasury by negroes and using it fol-
the education of white children, while
the education of the blacks is left to
the funds received from northern philan-
thropists.
Professor Pound hits this statement g
hard knock, SO far as Georgia Is con-
cerned, and, no doubt, similar conditions
apply in the other southern states.
AS a matter of fact, the actual figures
show that Georgia is spending nearly two
and half times the total amount paid
into the state treasury by the negroes
upon negro education alone, and more
than four times as much as the negroes
pay for educational purposes.
The value of all the property in the
state owned by negroes and returned for
taxation In 1908 was $27 ,o42,672, which at
5 mills brings the state s135,213.S for
all state purposes-education and every
thing else. But only $4S,676 of this prop
erly belongs to the educational fund, the
balance going to other purposes, the gem
eral expenses of the state. The same
year the negroes paid approximately $751;
600 in poll taxes, which goes to education,
making a total of $1S3,676 for that pur-
pose. or of s21o,213 for all purposes.
AS against this the state pays to coll
ored school teachers in the common
schools of the state total of s497, 269 80
annually, in addition to which it pays
$4,000 to the negro Industrial school at
Savannah, 1926 5 to the colored depart
ment of the school for the deaf and
$1,000 to the colored department of the
academy for the blind, making total of
s51s, 1854
1t will be apparent, therefore, that
such charges as are being passed around
by the prejudiced northern organs are
preposterous.
Commissioner Pound prepared letter
on this subject setting forth the actual
facts and figures, and has mailed It to
several of the chief offenders.
The Big Horse Show.
With the horse show, circus and a
wild west show. Atlanta is to have al
most as lively week this week as will
come later, in November. when the au-
tomobile occupies the center of the stage.
While the usual interest," centers in the
horse show, beginning Tuesday, October
10. It cannot be questioned that it has
suffered somewhat as the result of the
greater attractions in automobile show
and automobile races scheduled for next
month.
And yet the directors OF the horse show
are confidently promising the best that
has ever been given in this line, in
which their prediction appears to be
borne out by the appearance ON the list
of exhibitors of some of the most prom
inent horse owners In the country. Among
these are Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who will
be here and personally drive his IA
nous four-in-hand team and will exhibit
also eleven others Of the pick of his
Oakland farm at Newport.
Mrs. Richard Tasker Lowndes OF Dam
vile. KY, the Irvington farm of Pitts
burg, Powhattan farms OF Pewee VAL
ley, KY, Great Elk farm of Carbon Hill.
Ala, and the Lauren farm of Gallatin,
Tenn, will be among the other promi-
nent exhibitors of highbred stock or
course there will be numerous local ex-
hibitors, and Atlantans who are owners
of fine stock have succeeded in past
shows in carrying OFF some Of the best
prizes.
An advantage which the horse show
possesses this year is that it will be
held in the auditorium-armory, practical
ly in the heart of the city. instead of at
the Piedmont Park coliseum. some ten
miles distant.
There are already 300 entries in this
years horse show, more than twice the
number last year, which was regarded
as a banner year. There has been of
fered total of $4,000 in cash and plate
prizes of which $4,000 was subscribed by
the Atlanta merchants with no expecta-
ton of its direct return.
The local exhibitors are expressing the
fear that Vanderbilt will carry off the
bulk of the prizes in the classes in which
he will enter exhibits, since he undoubt-
eddy has the stock with which to do 1t.
Famous Singers Coming.
With authority to guarantee that their
| receipts for five performances to be given
in Atlanta In the spring will not be less
than $4,000, Victor L. Smith of this city
is preparing to go to New York to sign
contract with Herr Andreas Dippel
for the appearance here of the Metro
politan Grand Opera troupe, including
some of the most famous singers of the
| world.
| Subscriptions to the guarantee fund in
fact exceeded that amount, approxmating
! $4,000, but this simply means that tho
| company will be guaranteed what 1t asked
that its receipts for the five perform
ances shall not be less than $4,000. If 1t
| is any less the guarantors will have to
make good the difference, but of this
| there is considered little danger, when 1t
: is recalled that last May the music fes-
+ tival here which gave only concerts, took
in nearly that sum, making $4,000 above
expenses, which was devoted to the fund
to install an immense organ in the new
auditorium armory building.
With an equal number of performances
of grand opera by famous organiza-
| ton, 1t is safe to assume that the guar
antors will not have to go down into
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