The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-10-30

copy of which | have. He figures the
per capita expenditures for Marion
county to be something over Sc for
the year 1916. have my annual re-
port for that year before me and this
is the only source of information that
the state office has and | find that fo,
that year we expended for operating
expenses of the white schools $751;
995.48, for the colored schools $16,-
226.17; total of $74,221.65. | do not
now know what the population IF
Marion county was in the year 1916
and no one else does as there was no
census taken in that year but / should
think that 10000 would be fair esti.
mate in round numbers and you will
see by this that the expenses for
operating per capita would be $2.47.
However, there is an additional ex-
pense for administration of $7808.44,
making a grand total of $82,029.03,
which using 10000 as a basis of pop
ulation will make per capita expen-
diture for all school purposes in Mar
ion county in the year 1916 of $2.73.
If you are looking for statistics
have enough of them to run you
| crazy.
| was aware that Mr.. Burke was
opposed to the amendment. He starts
off as if he were one authority verify
| ing another authority when he says
; that "Mr. Light is quite correct" He
enters into a maze of figures very
much la Light and the grand finale
| OF it is that "the tax commission is
going to insist that the 1919 assess
ment be made at full cash value, as
the law requires, Bless you,
have they not been insisting and in
sisting ever since they have been in
existence and have the assessors not
been persisting and persisting just as
regularly in refusing to do it?
You surely make an illuminating
remark when you boldly assert that
all the money appropriated for the
university ond college for women will
have to be refunded upon the ground
that they are public schools. Do you
really believe that the university, col
lege for women, college for negroes
institute for deaf and blind and any
other institutions for the state that
may be created by statute are part OF
the public school system in the con.
temptation of the constitution
! No, l do not believe the people oi
Ocala, Dunnellon and Citra and g
number of other places that already
have good school buildings are going
to act the part of ''the dog in the
manger." | believe the great majority
of them are going to vote for the
amendment.
The expenses mentioned above Gov
cred everything for teachers salaries
school lots, new buildings, repairs
: furniture, apparatus, insurance, JAM
tor, fuel, free books, transportation
, incidentals, under the head of operat
ing expenses, and under the head O
administration are salary of superin
tendent, travelling expenses of super
intendent, per diem and mileage o
, school board, treasurer's commission
cfice help and Office supplies and in
/ cidentals, printing, expense of exami
: ns tions, tuition for county line pupils
dormitory and a few other scatterins
. items
: Those who have followed our min
5 utes know that the budget appropria
: ticns for all recent years up to tn
pI esent from county funds has heel
t s. so per month per average pupil il
5 fl, ing the amount to be paid from
{ county funds for teachers salaries. Il
$ the case of the very small schools o
: course it would have to be larger a