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MR. KEY REPLIES
10 "YEGES"
Dear “Yeggs:”
You wrote as if you are sin
cere in your conclusion which
inevitably you reached by very
narrow and selfish premises.
We should feel some obliga
tion to our fellowmen, to our
community, and to our county.
We should strive to be more
philanthropic — strive with
manly power against selfish
phantasies— that our talents
may be more useful to others
and thus to ourselves.
You say, “I paid state tax for
the education of my children
and I think other people should
do the same.” Most assuredly,
they are doing so.
No one would deny your
statement that you paid a state
tax for the education of your
children, but I will deny your
doing it by yourself. If your
children have gone to school in
Jasper county they have been
attending at the expense of
others as well as yourself.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15, 1912,
Prof. W. H. Key,
Jackson, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Your inquiry of 13th, inst,
received. The records for 1911
the latest completed Ireports
show following facts:
The total amount of taxes
paid into the state treasury
from Jasper county was $15,-
315.33 net. This total is made
up as follows:
On property .... ...$11,025.33
et o 25.560
B ek 15.00
Professional tax ... 2.40
$15,315.33
The total school fund paid to
Jasper county for 1911 was,
$15,030.86. The total pension
paid same amounted to $22.-
620.86; or $7,305.53 more than
aggregate net payment.
The state tax levy of 5 mills
was not subdivided but the pro
portion for school purpose was
214 mills. Jasper county vaid
of this levy $5,069.18. The levy
for pension part of appropria
tion was practically 114 mills.
Jasper county paid on this ac
count about $2,963.87 for 1911.
These figures show that while
Jasper county receives for
school purposes $15,030.86, it
provided only about $9.119.18,
including poll tax and dog tax
paid for that year.
Jasper county drew of pen
sion F\fnd $7,690.00. The 114
levy on property would realize
only $2,963.89.
Thefigures are practically the
exact date for which you wrote.
Respectfully,
W. A. Wright,
Compt. Gen'l.
What is the truth then, Mr.
“Yeggs?' Some one has and
is paying for the education of
your children and that some
one is out of the county. Now,
as some one out of the county
has aided you and your children,
don’t you feel that it would be
fair for you to refund this tax
which will be your privilege in
local taxation?
You are right when you say
that the children and parents
do not appreciate the present
schools. That is one of the
strongest arguments for local
taxation, as I have said before.
Can we reasonably expect a
complete enrollment and regu
lar attendance in a school where
an average of about 15 minutes
can be allotted to a recitation?
That is about the average time
in the rural schools of Jasper
for a recitation.
It is folly to expect successful
instruction and for you to ex
pect the children and parents
to appreciate the present school.
For there's not anything to ap
preciate in them.
The child is not going to
school unless he sees something
there for him unless he is com
pelled to go. Once let him see
that he 1s receiving betterment
and you will find both child and
parents will appreciate school
—at least that has been my ex
perience.
Now, “Yeggs,” that is the
wisdom I see in levying a tax
for good school, and most assur
edly good schools are urgently
needed. The returns of good
schools are manifold.
If you are conservative, as
you state, blow to ‘splatter
atoms” the vaults of ignorance
with your vote for local taxa
tion, that the schools, the hope
of the county, may be brought
into their own.
Yours for better schools,
W. H. Key.
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LET US HAVE YOUR OR
DER FOR INGREDIENTS
FOR FRUIT CAKE.
W. E. BALLARD.
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GOOD LAND FOR SALE
4715 acres of good farm land
for sale in Thompson and Bar
nes district, adjoining lands of
Mr. Will Burney, Mr. Weaver
and Mr. Wm. Campbell. Half
mile from Prospect school.
Apply to F. W. Dorsey,
Mansfield, Ga., R. F. D. No. 4.
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KNAPP AGRIGULTL
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DAY NOV. 2/TH
The 148,000 teachers and the
7,000,000 pupils of the South
are being urged by their educa
tional and agricultural leaders
to assemble 3,000,000 farmers,
their families and friends, in
the 89,000 school houses on
November 27th for an hour, in
order to survey and review
their agricultural resources and
achievements, and to express
their appreciation of the ser
vices of one of their great bene
factors., Agriculture is worthy
of this consideration, for the
farmers of the nation have this
year produced ten billion dol
lars worth of crops to feed and
clothe nearly 100,000,000 peo
ple here, with a surplus for
other nations. :
Knapp Agriculturai Day is
the official designation. The
South wishes to honor the mem
ory of Dr. S. A. Knapp as the
founder of the Demonstration
Work and the Boys' and Girls’
Clubs. This is fitting, because
100,000 demonstrators are
making larger crops on their
farms and Corn Club boys are
attracting world-wide attention
by growing more than 225
bushels on one acre of corn in
bushels on one acre at low cost.
The indications are that several
of the 75,000 boys will this
year break all records. It is
fitting, because 25,000 girls, in
the harvest season, are filling
pantries with wholesome food
and selling the surplus. It is a
duty, because Dr. Knapp taught
a new metnod in agriculture and
the lessons must be more widely
impressed and unfailingly
transmitted. Representatives
of England, Russia, Brazil,
South Africa, Siam and Argen
tina have come to learn them.
It is high time for American
schools to take the lead in these
ideas.
There is to be a Knapp school
and a Knapp farm near Nash
ville and in connection with
Peabedy College. When $150,-
000 is collected for the farm and
school building, $250,000 will
be added for endowment of the
School of Country Life by the
General Education Board. No
other such institution exists.
It will start out with the pur
pose of reaching and helping ev
ery school and farm in the
South. This institution will be
a laboratory, a clearing house,
and an assembling place for ag
ricultural and educational work
ers. Eventually it will have de
nomination schools in each
State and countv teaching its
lessons. It will be a working,
living memorial, but in a con
|spicuous place will also appear
a life-sized statue of Dr. Knapp.
What vast possibilities loom
up, if the people of the whole
South will annually econtem
plate agricultural matters for
one hour! The State and coun
ty superintendents of educa-
Ition are taking the lead in this
movement. It will be a worthy
tribute to a worthy man. The
name of each contributor will
be kept as a grateful record.
SUGGESTED PROGRAM
1. State Song, or America,
by school.
, 2. How the Bible teaches
{agriculture, by an invited min
lister.
I 3. What great poets have
isung about the farm, selections
|by class of pupils.
| 4. How Dr. Knapp prepared
himself for great service, by a
{ boy. ‘ |
( 5. What Dr. Knapp taught,
| quotations by class of pupils.
{ 6. How the Demonstration
'Work was organized and con
\ducted, by a leading citizen.
| 7. How Dr. Knapp’s work
|helped this community, this
!State and the South, by three
| boys. )
8. How I grew my crop, by!
a Corn Club Boy. |
9. What I did with my
vegetables and fruits, by three
girls. ‘
10. The best farm crops for|
this community and why, by
;seveml punils. How can thesei
fecrop products be displayed to-|
day, school exhibit. ;‘
| 11. What can we do to ex-|
press our appreciation of Dr.|
' Knapp’s great work? Collect
ing contributions, pledges. l
| 12. Song: Bringing in the
| Sheaves, by all. [
A Night of Terror
Few nights are more terrible
than that of a mother looking
on her child choking and gasp
ing for breath during an attack
of croup, and nothing in the
house to relieve it., Many
mothers have passed nights of
terror in this situation. A little
forethought will enable you to
avoid all this. Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy is a certain cure
for croup and has never been
known to fail. Keep it at hand.
For sale by Furse Drug Co.—
(Adv.)
i bl Moot
WANTED—To buy a good
milch cow.
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DENTIST
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