Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-03
Hemingway Explains
100000 Appropriation
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date from the, people to make the
proper appropriation to carry OUT
their will as expressed at the polls.
For 1918-19 the approprlaslon loI
common schools was $4,238,2lO. pelng
$3.50 for each educable child. ms
amendment to the constitution re-
auired $1.50 additional, SO thaI We
appropriated Sd per child. And there
were 10000 more children than LOT
the previous year. ,ccr,o
The total for 192O-21 is $6,766,blz,
an increase of $2,528,00O Tor the ."o
wears, $1,264,151 per anum. ~.
The tax levy necessary to ralse TIE
money for this would be approximate
" five mills additional to the aeilcl.
mentioned, would make the tax ievy
for these two purposes alone equal ~
the total tax levy OF l9l9. one mn
will raise 100000. All OF this money
is taken from the state treasury, SEM
back to the county, being reaiiy ~
cal expenditure. and goes into every
home in Mississippi: by this lncreas-
ed appropriation we will pay the
teachers an average salary OF 500 per
month and have an average scnooi
term of five and one-half months. AS
to what the teachers will do with TINS
accumulation of unspent wealth, they
might inquire of negro laboref, VINO
draws 5000 per month, or perhaps the
man who offered to work around my
house for $3.50 per day could tel
them how to invest it. And as Tor
the child, we can exclaim, Still inc
wonder grew, how one small heao
could carry all he knew
Before this appropriation we were
the forty-eighth state in per capita
expenditure for schools. Now we are
forty-seventh. AT this rate, IN "a
wears we will be challenging the lead
ers, if. they do not increase their APP
preparation in the meantime. Sefi-
ousiy. we have made a marked adj
vance, and, considering our per capita
wealth, are doing well.
To the appropriations for common
schools must be added that for vo-
cational education, 1913, 726.O3; Chick
asaw school funds, 1924 ,276.90; agrl-
cultural high schools. $3.50. 900; Juve-
nile reformatory, $288,153, which
gives us a total of $7,S22,66S.0l, OF
$3,911,33 per anum, necessltatlng
tax levy of 5.58 mills, which is more
for this item than for all other pur-
poses in 1919, that being IL mills.
A. & M. Gets $4,000.
The colleges, including the Blind
and Deaf and Dumb institutions, as
the constitution requires, make an ad-
dition of $1,000, 005.36, bringing the
grand total for schools and colleges
to S9,726,647.37, more than one-halt
of the total appropriations, amount
ing to $4,S63, 323.68 per annum, requir-
ing a tax of sos mills. So that,
schools and colleges alone necessitate
an increase of las mills.
The appropriation for the training
school comprises over 100000 for
new buildings, which will not be spent
unless the money is secured by the
bond issue, that being condition to
the appropriation.
For the University of Mississippi,
the appropriation is $307,681.9S for
the two years.
For the Mississippi State College
for Women it is S265, 363.68.
We appropriated exactly what their
salary list calls for, were unable to
make any provision for a single adj
dition to the faculty. and if they add
and instructor. they must pay HIM or
her from the matriculation fees of the
students.
The appropriation for the A. and nj.
College was $4,000 per anum Their
pay roll is 100000 per anum. The
difference is made UP by federal aid.
Total appropriation for the A. and
M. was $542,06474.
The appropriation for the Normal
College was $185,093.32.
Several of these institutions are
helped by land grants, of which the
state pays the interest, so part OF our
appropriation is simply a debt due.
In addition to the salary lists OF
these institutions, there were various
appropriations for the different de-
partments, such as chemistry, phar-
macy, entomology, domestic science,
etc, which requires the purchase OF
materials, and for them small sums
were appropriated. The appropria-
ton for the State Normal College
was reduced $500 per anum. This
forces them to give up their physical
instructor, as we gave them only what
their salary list now calls for. They
also have some additional approprla-
tions for sidewalks and departments.
The Blind Institution calls for STA
500 for two years. and allows an in
crease of $3.50 for salaries of II
teachers and IL employees; and the
support fund is just sufficient to COW
er the amount Of the expenditure for
last year. They can now pay their
teachers from $65 to 500 per month.
The principal of the school gets S125.
But the lowest paid teachers who live
in the institution get board and lodg-
ing in addition to their salaries.
The Deaf and Dumb Institution is
in about the same condition, but hav-
ing more pupils, they get an approp-
ration of $4,000.
Then, for the Smith-Lever fund,
there is an appropriation of $15O,2o4,-
81. The government gives us about
$4,000. This goes to the corn clubs,
poultry, pig and beef clubs for boys
and girls and for marketing farm
products, and every cent of this is for
the benefit of farmers.
Pensions and Soldiers Home.
The pensions will take 81 100000,
an increase of 100000 for the two
wears. This allows totally disabled
Copfadaratoc 5000 ner anUm S16.66 q