The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-28
Letters to The Editor
For Capable syper,nte.ssasss;. s ;,

Livingston, A A, June 2s, 1907.
 Surely those who are opposing the bill for supervision of rural schools do not understand the situation.
 There Is no age limitation for the know of one instance where a girl of l5 took charge of school of eighty pupils, and that in mining district where the children were Of varied na, tionaiities and languages. and should have had the wisest and most experi-
 Are the people of Alabama willing way? But the waste of money Is the least important considerations; the in jury to their children is the point the county superintendent Is as busy as the teachers during their whole school term. He has to earn support for his family In the time which he can spare from his regular work. he keeps the accounts and records of the educational department of the county government. He has no time to do ents have not the ability to do more
 But those who oppose this measure say that the district trustees are the Is this really a fact? Are the district trustees the guides, philosophers and friends" of the young teachers? To- day l had before me class of young mer holidays in study, and l asked how many of them had received any guidance from their district trustees; did not know whether the interest they had shown in her school could really be called "supervision."
 The teachers of Alabama should con- stitute a vast and well-organized army, fighting together against the two great foes of civilization. ignorance and should form regiment with their superintendent in command. At the head of the army should stand the State Superintendent. Think of an what is right in his own eyes,
 Julia s. Tutwiler. Duty of the State Towards Its Militia. Editor The Advertiser:
 In completing arrangements toward the annual encampment of the State guard, the item of sufficient funds ne- cesSary to provide for the different Branches while in camp, again presents itself for serious consideration and es- pecially does the fact apply to the cay airy branch of the State guard. To maintain a competent cavalry there must needs be provision made for the proper mounting of the troops, not on ly does this apply to the period while in camp. but likewise the individual troop drills so necessary as a school ing for the efficiency of the respective commands comprising that branch of the State guard. The proficiency of the militia of this State is seriously hampeFed by a lack of necessary funds required for the maintenance of the different branches and the necessity Gas is now the easel, of appealing to the people by 6 personal petition from the officers of the respective commands for financial aid to cover the actual ex- penses necessary to keep the State guard intact is, to say the least, em- barrassing and should not be necessary, as it does seem that the State should make ample provision for sufficient funds to mainta its militia. If the mili- tia is not of sufficient value to justify a sufficient appropriation from the State, it should be disbanded entirely, for the time is not far distant when the in evitable will be presented either there must be a sufficient appropriation by the State for It's militia, or the organi- zation will become disbanded in them seINes by a lack of sufficient enlist ment interest
 Trooper.