Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-07-08
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ages 10 school. The law, / am saJls-
fed. would prove to be a good one,
that is. if we also had a law to force
teachers TO be energetic and give val
ne received in instruction for the cash
thew draw from the public school
fund and then both laws be enforced
TO the letter; but with the compulsory
attendance law, and no law to compel
careless and idle teachers to do their
duty. it may not prove TO be a very
wholesome law, and, in fact, 1t might
prove TO be a law that we would ike
awfully well to get rid OF. suppose
that our school commissioners should
assign, not purposely but by mistake
in judgement, a mollycOddle, or one of
these light headed dude or dudine
spurts as teacher for one of our
schools. would it be fair, right or just
TO force parents to send their children
to such teacher or teachers. NO, l
think not. But give us teachers that
are energetic and capable; teachers
who know how to explain, analyze
and instruct az well as draw their pay,
then enforce the compulsory school law
and things will hum III old Marion in
an educational way, like an old-time
bumblebee thresher, and it will not
take four or five school years of four
or five months each to advance an a,
b. c. student to where they will bo
able to spell bat, work few problems
in primary arithmetic, read fairly
well in a third reader, and know that
coon is a noun and run" verb,
etc.
Some are already finding buga bOos
in the law and, of course, are kicking.
They argue that the law was passed by
the united influence of the drone and
dude class of teachers whom the people
would not patrOnize, and for the sole
purpose of forcing the people to pat
rOnize them, and in that way enable
them to hold onto a soft job with
good salary for the whole school term
no matter what kind of service they
render Well, hardly think a bust
ness scheme like that would pan
out. " | imagine there would be
small rebellion with the patrons should
the powers that be try to enforce the
law in such case Let's have the law
enforced and also seq that the teach
ers do their duty or get down and out.
We are not one of those who believe
| that the majority of our teachers are
more interested in the bigness of their
salaries and the length of the school
term than they are in the welfare of
| their students
Miss Frances Gains, who has been
visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. S. Kelly, of this city, and
other friends at Jasper, Ebenezer,
Whitwell and Richard City, for the
past two months, will leave Wednes-
day for her home at Corona, Ala. She
will not arrive at home, howeve be-
fore the first of next week, as she
| will stop off en- route at Gurley and
Birmingham, Ala, for short visit to
relatives and friends at those places.
Miss Gaines has lovable disposition,
kind and courteous to all, and she,
therefore, has made many friends
during her stay in our city.
Mrs. Tabitha Cox, widow of G. W.
Cox, took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
D. T. Thach Sunday Mrs. Cox is
over eighty years old, and has lived in
this county nearly all her life, and in
this immediate neighborhood for thir-
ty-six years. She is still active, goes
where she pleases on foot hoes in the
garden and does other light work.
Here is hoping that our old and es-
teemed neighbOr may continue to
have good health and live to be a cen
tenarian.
Elder Charles Holder, of the Chris
tian Church, came up from our wes-
tern suburb, So. Pittsburg, Sunday
morning and preached for us. From
reports he preached an excellent SER
mon, and is an able and eloquent
preacher of the gospel of Christ.
The dry weather of the past week
has enabled our farmers to do lots OF
blowing and hoeing, and their corn
crops are now fairly clean and looking
reasonably we'll j. g. Walkers corn
crop is clean and most of it looks fine.
Uncle John" will make corn to sell
if the season continues good.
We hear by grapevine telephone
that Miss Bertha Stewart, of Jasper,
will teach our school this year. We
are not personally acquainted with Mis-,
Stewart, but we know her and hel
people by reputation. They are the
old common sense stock and hustle
and if the report is true that she is t.
teach our school, we would not BIZ
afraid to wager ten cents against
ginger cake that we have goo;
school this year, that is, if our PEG
pie will give her the proper support
without that no teacher, no matte
how energetic and capable, can max
a very great success teaching. Th
parents, in many cases, are as much o
more to blame as the teachers whel
the children fail to advance as the,
should in their studies. All teacher
surely are not simply for revenue on
ly.
NJ. F. Thach returned home Monda
from the Erlanger Hospital, Chatta
nooga, Tenn, where he has been sine
Monday of last week, having his dislC
Gated shoulder treated and set in place
, His doctor, H. Berlin, thinks that hi
; shoulder will soon be almost as stron
as ever.
, Elder Sam Potter preached for u
, Kimball folks Sunday afternoon
t From reports we are not able to sa
' that Sam is great preacher. but h
I seems to be sincere and he does fairl
| we'll for young theOlogian.
, Misses Gladys and Grace Kelly an
Miss Frances Gaines, will retur
home this, Tuesday morning frol
Whitwell, where they have been on
visit 10 Miss Cleo Chastain.
Many of our people went to Sout
= Pitt'hurg Saturday to the Red Men
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