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The County Court House wa* crowded Wednesdsy morning when the Board of Supervisors met to consider the proposed budget. On the motion of Henry Wood, seconded by Herbert Foster, the tentstive budget wss adopted, putting to rest, at least temporarily, thd heated debate on cutting the Welfare Dept, budget or eliminating the H. D. dubs.
E» M. Jones, of Washington, asked that the board put the 10c, levy back into the school building fund next year. (It was borrow- * ed” this year to put into the general fund due to equalization, expenditures, etc.) John R. Frizzell, Jr. seconded Mr. Jones’ suggestion The Chairman of the board, W. C. Campbell, said it bad been die intention of the board to put this levy back into the school construction fund next! year. ,
Alfred M. Hickman, stating he - was speaking for a vast3 number of people in the county, believed it , would be a great error for the county to put off acting on the,, school situation, until the segre-' gation issue be solved. Regardless, \gf must have better schools, he continued. The county, he stated, has been losing population for thfe last 75 to 100 years, while other parts of the country has been progressing. The primary assets of the county is the education of the children, the native intelligence,the real resource. Recognizing that some want no change in the county, he argued that better schools would lead to more people coming in, to more businesses, and would be an advantage to all, even the farmers, who’ see “the immediate tax before their noses”. To some citizens who coud afford.to send their children to schools elsewhere, this raises no problem. However, “no investment pays off as well as the education of all the children*” He urged the board not to put off getting new and better schools. (
Supervisor Henry Wood said this was “all very nice but where would, we get the money for better schools ?” Supervisor A. H. Buckner agreed with Mr. Wood. The • farmers could stand no more taxes. Mr. Campbell said that 90% of the taxes come from the farmers. Mr. Hickman suggested the Battle Fund, floating a bond issue, saying “it will have to be met sooner or later, will we have, more . money in ten years, than we do now?’' Eventually( Mr. Hickman continued “the apples may rot on the trees, as the farmers will not have enough help, for there will not be enough opportunities locally to draw workers into the county”. Mr. Foster suggested that the sales tax may help the school situation soon. . . i '
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