Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-12-15
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1t is not any easy job to write an ar
ticle on any subject, and especially is
so where one tries to write a series OF
letters that will interest the many read
ers Of a popular newspaper like the Sc
quachee News. You can see from the
envelope that have shifted my quar-
ters, which is one reason why l have
delayed to continue the subject An
other and better reason is my thinking
apparatus failed to act as would have
it.
noticed the other day in Knox
willie paper that there is surplus in
the Tennessee treasury, and sugges-
tion to have the surplus applied TO tue
school fund. | agree with the editor
that it would be the best application OF
it of any other as it could be put.
There are a few conditions that would
suggest be applied before it is used to
educate the illiterate of the state, and
that is every minor of school age should
be eombel2ed to attend school as long as
the fund lasts. No excuse except tue
lli,iess of tie scholar should be taken for
his non attendance Where parents
and guardians are unable to furnish the
necessary books and clothing the state
and county or both should levy subj
cient tax to pay for the same. 1t is in
the country remote from city or towns
where the greatest amount of tlliteracy
exists 1t is the farmers children that
fail to receive the benefit of the school
fund that is levied and paid by the
farmer who raises the grub, and who
pays not only his own children's tuition
but also the tuition, board and clothing,
books and all other expenses OF every
living being. | want the gTa6 ra'Ser to
thoroughly get it into his noddle that
be is the Ottly One that pays all tax. and
all other expenses of every character.
If our law makers will study the situa-
tion, and give the children of the grub
tion OF practical nature it will not be
many generations before the one who
pays the tax will devise a plan which
will enable him to reap great
er share of his earnings than he now
gets. My object in writing is to edif-
cate the grub raiser. am in a position
where l am literally supported off of
his sweat without having to toll or spin.
am in my 18th year of my age, and
have had little experience as to the
hardships of the farmer spent good
many years between the handles of a
plow and at the end of hoe. l know
from experience that after hard days
work | did not feel like reading paper
or book. The first thing after supper
was the bed, and sleep. At four or five
o'clock in the morning l was up, made
a fire and fed the teams, cut wood for
dinner, breakfast and to work, day in
and day out till Sunday morning. Sun
, day was day OF visiting, to church or
to some neighbors, where we discussed
crops, weather, stock, etc, etc. II we
took some religious paper and tried tC
read it on Sunday, we soon went tC
sleep in our chair, or got up to walk of
the drowsy spell. When got crippled
so l could not work, l began to read and
study why is it that laboring men get
SO little of what they create, think
have found out the why and with the
, permission of the News, will try tC
tell labor how to remedy their condi
tion so they can get all of what the.
+ make instead of very small part of 1t
: MORE ANON.