The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-06
WANT MORE LIGHT.
l. the six Aonth.' ssAcol nlii o
SQUARE D~Al--Nh~x~ q. the Extra
Mono. .o Gosn~ Prom

Mono. :o Cosne From
We are Informed that the slI
months school bill has the saaorpe-
ment OF the Teachers Assembly. the
Farmers Union. And 80 on.
Ne pay State takes for State par-
poseS. and we respectfully submit
that no State purpose Is OF more i'm
portanee than the public schools.
This new ak months school bill oniy
Increases the Appropriation from the
State Treasury 30 the schools OF all
the people 10 the extent OF the little
sum OF twenty-five thousand dollars
and the rest Of the money for the air
months school. II we have them. will
have 10 be raised by the people them
selves. In other words. this sir
months school bill tha; has such
high endorsement gives the people
OF North Carolina the glorious priv
ilege of taxing themselves for a siI
months school.
Our people ought TO have four
hundred thousand dollars 10 como
direct TO them from the treasury out
OF the State taxes they now pay and
would have IL the public money OF
North Carolina was spent as IL should
be and the children OF this State Civ
en- a square deal.
| The new bill appropriates $780, 900
TO be apportioned TO all the counties
! on a per capita basis OF school popu-
| lation. We now have S225. .00-ons
| hundred thousand OF which has been
used 10 bring up to four months tho
schools in the smaller counties. so
the real help we are to receive direct
from the State Treasury will be less
than II now is. as all the counties
will share per capita in the $3.50. .00o.
Then We are TO have n uniform
! levy Of Ave cents on all property in
the State to bring the schools on to-
wards the six months, but bear in
mind. before Catawba County and
more than half OF the counties In the
| State that have received aid to ruE a
| four months school, can share In ghe
! Ave cents tax. they will have to Taiae
money enough at home for the four
months school.
Under this new bill more than half
OF the counties will be In a worse
condition than they now are, IL ~e
| are rightly informed. IL we are not
we want light on the subject We
| have stood for a six months school,
but under this bill the children OF
this States greatest interest are not
! OF
Catawba County News.
Mr.. NcRae, OF Harnett, Gives Up
His whiskers.
'Mh. Philip McRae, who lives near
| Broadway In Harnett County, and
who made a VOW when William Jen-
nings Bryan was a candidate for the
Presidency in 1895. that he would
not cut his hair or shave again until
Democrat was elected President,
has kept that VOW. He went TO n
barber shop ct Ellington last week
and had the hak and whiskers OF
nearly seventeen years growth re-
moved"
1.-THE above item has been going
the rounds OF the press for the past
week or more. II the writer has been
correctly informed. Mr.. NcRae visit
ed the barber Just little too soon.
The writer has been informed on
several different occasions. by efti-
rens OF Harnett County. that Mr.. Me-
Rae was to stay away from the bar
Der shop until Bryan was elected
President. OF course. 1t may be that
Mr.. heRae has decided that Mr.. Bry-
an viii really run the wihson ad-
ministratisn. and on the strength OF
that. thought he could afford to have
his hair cut-l