Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-06-19
CHAT OVERHEARD
AT LOCAL STORE
Two Men Discuss tho Present
SChoo|book Law.
BOTH AGREE IT is UNJUST.

To Have the County Authorities Select
the Chilolren's Schooibooks often
Means Hardship For the Parents
and Loss of Valuable Time to the
Pupil.
Say, Bill, somebody told me the
county is to select the children's school
books for next year."
yep, that's what the fellers round
the courthouse say. It's a new law
again"
NO; | recAn they've gone back to
the one we lad good while ago
Well, all cansay is I'm mighty sorry"
why? Don't you think our folks can
select good schoolbooks"
Course they can, but that amt the
point Pm drivln' at. Look here you're
leasin' farm same as l am, amt
your
yep"
"Well, suppose you'buy your boy an
girl a set Of books for school next fall,
an then bout the Christmas holidays
you go over into the Big Bull Skin
neighborhood js.t across the county
line"
by George, IIhadn't thought about
that side of theA llestlon!'
| Course you Hint, cause your kids
are just little oilers, an they amt
been to school yng. But you wait I'M
til you have n .Whole raft Of 'em, like
I've got, an 5en you'll understand
what big thing 1t can he. remcm-
Der mighty we'll one time when
moved from one county into another.
The move wasn'&more than five miles
either, an the men books had to buy
for my four children cost me So"
That's mighty tough, an don't
wonder you're kickin' about it."
III the cost Of the books was all Of
1t It wouldn't be so had. I've got n
heap bigger kick comm than just the
cost of the books"
what Is it:'
"What hurts me is that sometimes n
child'll lose lot of valuable time.
There's my oldest boy. He's goin' on
sixteen, an' he's through the eighth
grade an ready for the high school.
He'd been through almost two years Of
high school work II he hadn't lost time
changin from one school to another"
The man was silent for moment
before he continued sadly: "The boys
big for his age, an now. he's goln to
work because he feels he is too big
an old to go through high school, The
changin' round means that my boy
wontsake high school education like
he Anlhe1 TO- Just the other day l
saw in a paper where the average pay
for the iaan who had only gone through
the eight grades was almost $500 less
than that Of the Teller who had had a
, high school course. If that's so my
b0y'll stand to lose almost $4,000 In
hard money In the next twenty years
of his life. He'll lose enough through
the changes in his school to buy him a
, first class farm"
The men were silent again for a few
moments. At length one spoke up.
"Kinder strange how all Of us fellers
talk an plan how things ought to be
run at Washington" he said. I'VE
} talk of who should be president an all
tSsahat. An we won't take the trouble ia
'y to stralghten out schoolbook law
n Kentucky that means money out OF
our pockets every time we move an
money out of our children's pockets fol
!, the rest OF their natural lives"
"Say, let's all agree to watch The
D schools Just little bit, an let's ge
Y busy with our next legislature an SCI
II us fcllers that stand between th,
plow handles an feed folks can't hav,
=, things fixed to suit our pocketbook'
S an TO make 1t better for our children.