The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-07-20
OUR OBLIGATION DEMANDS AN INVESTMENT
FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.

FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
On the 18th of August those register
ed In large part of Dare County will to the polls and
decide momentous question On the face of it, it very
simple Shall shall not consent to tax of 20
today tomorrow have high school facilities that
pare with those provided for children other communities
But further analysis of the situation reveals
thing far DEEPER important for consideration is
not mere dollars and cents the citizens will for the
age hoeowner will not pay than SIS to eight dollars
1flng 40 to 20 cents month The proposal
better schools vigorous challenge of honor
of justice of pride in home county of duty and
responsibility and our love for children community
and ourselves.
Can it be said that not willing to pay even a
dollar month that children may have better ad
vantages that children will look back upon with pride
instead of disgust?
Can be said that we who in the past wears of pauper
hood in county which officials leaned
strongthat who have long received from outside
state funds mostly three to four dollars
for every contributed through county taxes to sup
port schoos;-can it be said that will
ing to nearer toward doing share for own?
we agree that there are some people who may be op
posed providing this for the children of the
greater part of our population but of these objections
grow out of misinformaton. We who like to anayze all
these public questions don't always conclude hastily what
shall do but first do much sousearchng We endeavor
to there is sound argument to justify any oppos
ton to proposition so important as this
We agree that those who have taken the lead in this
school movement had zeal than forethough for the
election has been called top of grave dealt
voters by the County Board of Commissioners this
healthy atmosphere and that which has arisen from other
school fights is not suitable time call election
should any commitment be made toward spending any
ed by the General Assembly this month shall be
way Such proposed election may take place in September
ANY arguments against better school facilities Roa
noke Island arising out of the preceding enumerated
should have no bearing this school project to be voted
They the to be solved Wrongs that have
been done and gone be sound
1y1ng our children something them and should
It is argued that the Board of Education made mis-
take in not including all of Mays Head township in the dis
rict We grant that reasonable but no reason for
to still deny children their due because someone did
wrong by mistake or otherwise
There people who say that we ought not to
have this better school plant Roanoke Island because the
people of the Kitty Hawk don't and are not
school Now is sound argument or commonsense to per-
sst in denying children their DUE just because some
members refused support their church there are
many people in most churches who pay little nothing we
would have mighty sorry churches.
We going to get far in lfe we stop to count
every penny pay and begrudge paying because some
should be last complain about how much we The
actual fact have paid little through years. Nearly
all the cost of running schools has been sent down
from Raleigh. Our own share indeed contributed
largely by nonresident taxpayers who share direct bene
fits from our schools.
imposing fair tax on all taxpayers, large small,
though they nonresident There taxpayer the
area VINO Will not enhancement of his holdings
son OF school improvements in the county which
property county with poor schools schools will
er have property that will sell for much will prop
erty ever offer opportunity for growth and profit
The wonderful growth that has come to Dare County
have sometimes been discouraged by wasfu practices in
the administration of public money This growth however
would not have been possible except for the stimulating
atmosphere IN which constant improvement in many fields
the order of the day improvements have been
waterwors streets public roads, bridges all paid by
tax money Had not tax been provided these
things we would have dull, dismal and Improbable
county in which to live.
We will have to get school improvements through
taxes And once having made this possible there cha
enge for us to the job through Merely providing the
money isn't all ought to do We should be constantly
the alert to demand its wise and prudent investment
should demand honest in office to administer it and
require them to get dollars worth for each dollar spent
We sum all the arguments opposing the proposed
school improvements and must admit that of them
are very good ones We the first to condemn wrongs
done the public believe in and punishment
those who commit them Yet to be honest and fair self
respecting we must contend that nothing that has been
done by others gives any right to shirk duty
children of them give any right evade re-
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