Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-02-03
FREE HILL.

Nearly all our school houses are
fairly seated, heated, lighted and ven.
tilated, for which patrons and pupils
should feel thankful. Now when the
disorderly and vicious element in so.
ciety smashes in a window, knocks
down stove pipe or robs, or breaks a
patent desk, soils its vanished surface
and spits AMBER on the benches, walls
and floors, as they have 80 often done,
it is downright injury and insult to
every lover of learning, and especially
teachers. If night were the only, or
even the best, time for literary exer.
cises these observations would be out
OF order. But daytime is for light, law
and learning, and night for the la wless
and weary, more truly the evil seek
darkness for their mischevious conduct.
This all people seem to know and many
see no way to get rid of such annoy-
ances and injury so easy as to allow no
such tempting opportunity to be offered.
1t takes time, labor and money to re.
store all such damages, and patrons
and students are the losers. Allow a
magic lantern show, such as lately
passed through this section, to use our
school houses at night, and next morn
ing will convince all concerned that
the damage exceeds the good derived.
Slight of hand tricksters should not be
allowed under any circumstances.
Photographic catch penny curiosities
can be better exhibited to young or old
in daylight. Observation and expert
ence all bear testimony to these facts.
Ii these questions have been discussed
and decided in favor of night exercises,
such decision has failed to reach your
correspondent. Your humble servant
and the good people elsewhere have no
apology to offer for opposition to such
night doings. Let us have good schools,
competent directors to control them
and good and law abiding patrons to
encourage them, and we'll balanced
and competent teachers will apply for
our schools. 1t is sorry day in any
district when its best qualified citizens
refuse to serve or can't be elected
school directors. The office Is very
important. Well, Mr.. Editor "C''
comes at US again red hot, as if he
thought we were In gang (of Free
Hillites) like those who shot through
the windows and robbed Columbia In.
stitute of public and private property.
1t might be that c., in his funny way,
OF course, thinks that hollow tree,
where MettetP., Hamilton and Maupin
found Columbia's stolen goods, was
near Free Hill. No doubt he supposes
some of us set fire to Hodges new
school house about year ago, and af-
a a rd a mol in, ha
Valley View and took the curtains of
Marvin Chapel to make dressing for
tramp prostitutes. Yes, and we think
the Eleventh District have had where
of to complain Of disorderly persons.
Would even c., apologize for such even
if they should appear timid? Mr.. Edi-
tor, you said that disturbers should
have notice from Judge Campbell,
and many think you were right. We
criticise no conduct of the good people
assembled at Columbia, but the disor.
derly. G just admits all we said, viz:
jam, disorder and injury to school
desks. If the good people were offended
at my report, why is Prof. Mettetal 80
popular with themp He speaks con-
demningly of disturbers there or any
where with no such blarny as G. used
Mettetal and Esq. B. call certain char
acters and conduct by the right names
and they are favorites at Columbia)
while &c" who is a popular favor
seeker, doubtless blandishes over such
by the apologetical nice, timid gen.
tleman, unintentional and didn't aim
to do'' etc. We saw the fellow that
broke the desk, one foot in the window
and the other on desk; when invited
down he dropped his whole weight and
the desk gave way with crash; yet
he was such nice, modest, high toned
gentleman, according to "C's" judg-
ment that he didn't mean to do it,"
Deliver us from such mice modesty."
l would call 1t by another name. If
&c" means to say and says true that
| am unwelcome as visitor at Colum-
bia because of my criticism on the dis
order there, they are not the people
thought they were. am persuaded
to believe they condem disorderly
characters as much as good people
about Free Hill, nor will they say all
the disturbing comes from Free Hill.
They love the truth too well to say it.
If "C's" rule-speak well of all or not
at all-and give no offense means that
wrong doers should not be denounced,
we pity Moody and Sam Jones the
evangelists, for missing the mark 80
awfully. They say we should admire
the good and condemn the evil. This
is all / shall say in the dispute with