Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-11-07
SEND THOSE CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL.

SEND THOSE CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL
The report of School Commissioners
Harris in last week issue of the News
was not satisfactory regarding attend
ance. TOO many scholars were absent,
thus disturbing school routine
At present this country is suffering
under two illusions in regard to schools
opening One crowd insists that the
schools open in August as then the
farm work is about laid by" for the
year, but we note that they hardly
ever let their children attend more
than month before they have them
out of school again, working at divers
obs from picking peas to making sor-
ghum
Another crowd positively insists that
they cannot send their children to
school in the winter time. 1t is too far
to the school, it is too cold, it is too
rainy, it is too expensive to keep them
in warm clothing and good shoes, etc,
and so the public school, instead of
being a public benefit is public nuis-
anee, and a public bone of contention,
with less than half of the children in
district attending regularly.
The way to solve this is for the pa
rents to be little more self-sacritic-
ing, or if they will not assist in that
way law to enforce attendance
should be made. No school can be run
at the exact time to suit all the schol-
ars and parents in its district, and the
only way out of the difficulty, is to
make the children attend, regardless of
the parents. Scott county, this state,
has such law, making it penalty of
from $40 to $50 to fail to send to school
a child between s and 16 years of age,
and Marion should get in line also.
The education Of a child is of so
much greater Importance in this grow
ing age of the world than it was few
years back, that to neglect its educa-
tion is criminal. Hence parents should
not be criminals against their own
children by failing to send them to
school, No sacrifice along this line is
too great.
Nashville and Chattanooga saloons
are reported so chuck full of money
that some manufacturers are going to
them to get checks cashed to get funds
to pay off their employees. This is an
other proof of the large sums paid out
for drink. In fact, the saloons seem
to have what the banks haven't got
money, and we are of the opinion that
the best part of that money will be
back in the saloons in time for the
next pay day Eliminate the saloon
and what a vast sum of money would
MT fall into the hands of the judges,
lawyers, sheriffs, police, jailers and
hangmen, who have to be employed to
keep down the confusion the saloon
dissiminates. We will wager more
than half of these fine clothed individ-
uals would have to go to work raising
corn and hogs and wouldn't that be
awful compared with losing the gilded
saloon, with It's pictures and allure
ments. But all the same it's hell for
those who drink, if they realized it.,
and hell for those who have to put up
with the gyrations of the guzzlers.
1t is remarkable what a number Of
former citizens of Sequachee have built
houses at their new locations, This
shows the spirit of the people who
have left here, and likewise shows
what Sequachee has lost. These same
people preferred this place as location,
and would have built houses here il
the business of the place had warrant
ed it, But there was the rub. The
town had no business and wages
were so low that it was out of the
question to build here, hence another
place hourished to Sequachee's loss,
both in citizens and money.
1t will take a little more free sill.
YER talk to restore confidence, " OF
in other words, prosperity, in this
country, which seems to be badly shak,
en- up as a result of adverse legislation
against the railroads and financial pan
les due to high finance or wateret
stock Free silver talk is supposed tC
have defeated Bryan, restored "confd
ence, ana brought prosperity, and a.
prosperity seems to be wavering it i,
new in order to revive the subject, ant
have a little more prosperity.
The Knoxville Independent carrie,
at its masthead the motto: "Equa
rights to all; special privileges t,
none We will get that when tn,
millennium dawnS At present tn,
motto is Special privileges to some
and equal rights to none Of the rest. D.
But then this as queer old worl,
anyway and one never lives in it Ion,
enough to know the whereforeness q
the why Of things.
Be careful about your spending. fo
it may be hard for the poor to COM
ont until the rich men are relieve,
from their financial embarrassment &C
caSioned by the panic in Wall Street
Ii always hits the poor man or tn