Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-05
Third District.

| Ties, WITH TWO up TO uaIe Gedcners III
charge, the Hon Dan Layne and a
Miss Beasley. While there was ask
ed as a special request to write up Il
short sketch and history of the life
and character of the teacher at that
! place, Dan Layne He was boln and
raised in Sequatchie county, spent
the greater part of his boyhood and
school days principally at New Hope
Academy, and was always a bright
and intelligent lad His parents, of
course, weren't Jay Goulds, and Dan
principally worked his own way thru
and at the age of tS years he attained
free school education, and he at once
applied himself to the education and
instruction of his neighbours boys and
girls, right around the province of his
own home, like unto Abraham Lincoln.
The following is a true sketch and his
tory of his past record, which we are
proud of indeed for Sequachee Valley
to be honored with such a noble char
acter as herewith present to the
reading public, born and raised up
among us, who has given the best part
part of his life to the education of our
sons and daughters. He has tramped
over these old hill tops and mountains
from top to bottom, and below is to be
seen by the reader all the places and
points at which he has taught, and
where he attained his diplomas and
certificates of qualification. First
From the superintendent of Sequat-
chic county, Mrs. W. X. Thaxton, B.
F. Jones, Isaac Xix, R. A. Steward,
J. A. Austin, W. V. Frieley. end
From jeff Fults, county superintend-
ent of Grundy county and holds some
five or six certificates from the county
superintendent. D. A. Tate and A.
s. Kelly, of Marion. He holds two
diplomas from the Correspondence Nor
NAL Of Danville, New York, one dip
Iona from Columbia College, Wash
ington, D. c., and has taught the fol-
lowing schools: One at Oak Grove,
three tel ms; at Hicks Chapel in Ma
rion County twelve terms: at New
Life terms; at Laynesville 3 terms,
all in his home county Of Sequatchie
3 terms at Tatesville in Grundy coun-
ty. Total, 90, and is now engaged in
the 23rd school at New Life with to-
tai of 80 children enrolled, right where
he was born and raised Isn't this
wonderful record at homeof poor boy
who commands the respect of every
good citizen of Marion, Grundy and
Sequatchie counties. 1t is said that
Dan Layne is the best primary teacher
who ever taught school in these three
counties. l think such record and
such boy as Mr.. Layne is fairly en-
tiled to have praise in our county pa
per, the Sequacbee News. While the,
subject of this sketch is a Sequatchian
by birth, and the name of our county
paper is the Sequachee News, this
short history of our noted Sequatchian
should go down in the Sequachee News
and want place in nomination before
the reading public for the next repre-
sentative of Sequatchie County, Dan
Layne, whom will safely vouch for
his honesty and integrity. 1t will be a
great honor conferred on him, and you
as has been bestowed on you and your
sons and daughters of Sequatchie
county by him in days gone by, Give
praise and honor to whom praise and
honor are due, and when you have
conferred this honor to Mr. Layne and
nominated him as your next represen-
tative, Marion's and Grundy's sons
and daughters will bow their heads in
honor to you. Dan Layne is rela-
tive of the Hon. D. T. Layne, state
senator of Marion, and is compare
lively young man yet. only about 80
years old and is in the prime Of life
and weighs about 200 pounds and a
picture of Pres. Taft, and portly
type and specimen of Sequatchie
county, and shows to be of good pa
rentsge. Now, all ask of you stud
ents of Dan Layne from the % public
schools he has taught, with honor to
himself and you is to clip this sketch
and history ont of the News and file it
away in remembrance of him in your
childhood and school days gone by, and
all charge you girls and boys and
parents is to subscribe for the Sequat
chic News as per agreement. SO will
look for your names to appear in the
News, and / will further ask your
teachers to solicit and take subscrip-
'tions and names and send them in at
once for they all want the News, and
when / see your names enrolled ! have
got something very juicy to write up
for New Hope and surrounding coun-
try. / will ask the editor to send Mrs
A. B. Smith of r. F. d. No. 1, Whit
well, Tenn, . copy of the News and l
think the editor will not. regret send
ing it, forI think Mrs. Smith and her
husband and father and number of
friends will all subscribe and become
permanent readers of the News here
after, and will vouch for the editor
publishing your articles and giving
your community space and place for
recognition, and l would be glad to
see new correspondent appear next