Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-01-19
CLIFTY, TENN.
How the Enterprising Citizens Of
That Place Do Things.
Cordial Invitation to Editor to
Come and Observe

| CLIFTY, Tenn, Jan 10 tSpecla
to the News) The citizens of Clifty
Tenn, answering a cali made by th
Mayor and Alderman and the Cliff
High School, held large mass meet
ing, the schoolho use being filed wit
men, Saturday night, Jan. IA, for tn
purpose of considering ways and mean
for improving the streets and side
walks, but more especially for the bet
terment of the school, which is al
ready one of the best conducted, ant
second largest Public School in tn
mountain districts. We have for sew
eral years maintained a nine month
school and we now have one of the bes
faculties in the state.
At this meeting it was shown tina
the school was in debt, and after full
and free discussion of the situation, al
most without a dissenting voice, tn
citizens by rising vote, volunteered
to raise their school assessment, col
lected by the Coal Company, to thirty
five cents, it heretofore being twenty
five cents per month to each man, ant
in addition to this generosity at sug
custom made by Prof. J. E. Brandon
Principal of the Clifty School, sub
scription of nearly forty dollars was
raised with which to buy books fol
the SCI ool library. This with thu
amount they will get from the State
will enable the school to increase the
number of volumes now in the library
to between three and four hund red.
By voting to give to the school fund
one hundred dollars, and after making
other disbursements of the money be.
longing to the town, the treasury OF
the City Fathers was found to be emp
ty and the question then arose, what
will become of our sidewalks, which
are SO much in need of repairY After
a little further discussion in regard to
the matter (for the meeting turned out
to be regular love feast) some one
proposed that the citizens turn in mass
some day and build sidewalks all over
town. Within few minutes seventy
seven able bodied men volunteered to
give full days work.
The Mayor, Mr.. G. W. O'Neal, will
arrange for the necessary tools and
management of the ten wagons and
teams that have been offered for SER
vice, and the first day the mines are
idle we fully believe there will be
ike one hundred men faith
fully at work upon Clifty's side walks.
Now Mr.. Editor, we give you the
above information thinking that it
might be of interest to some one, and
we hereby extend to you most cord
ial invitation to visit on the day this
work is to be done, our little Noun
tain City, nesting on the banks of the
Caney Fork River, the crystal waters
of which would quench the burning
thirst of even his Satanic Majesty, at
least, SO says Opie Reed
We wish to have you be an eye-wit-
ness to what can be done in one day
by progressive and public spirited citi-
zens. By this act the men of Clifty
will show how deep in their hearts
they regard the welfare and education
Of their children, and will set an ex-
ample that, we think, many of the
small towns would do we'll to emulate.
Why, even the good women of Clifty
are envious because some duty has not
,een assigned to them in connection
With this good work.
Come, Mr.. Editor, and be assured
hat you will meet with a warm well
'ome and invited to a good dinner,
md after spending the dNy (of which
We will notify you) we feel sure that
'ou will say, 81 am glad to have been
here"
Yours sincerely,
G.. W. ONEAL, Mayor,
JNO. ROGERS,
D. F. TURNER,
ALF PARKER,
J. F. ROCKLEY,
r. Fl, MOORE.