Mountain advocate., 1913-06-13
CHAT OVERHEARD
AT LOCAL STORE
Two Men Discuss tho Present
SchooIbOOk Law.
BOTH AGREE IT IS UNJUST.

To Have the County Authorities Select
the chiIdren's sehoolboon often
Means . Hardship For the Parents
and . Loss Of Valuable Time TO the
Pupil.
Say, Bill, somebody told me the
county IL to select the children's school
books for next year"
"Yep that's what the fellers round
the court house say. Its new law
again.
mo: | reckon they've gone back TO
the one we had good while ago.
Well all can say Is I'm mighty sorry
WHY Don't you think our folks can
select good schoolbooksT"
= COURSE they can, but that amt the
point I'm drivin' at Look here, you're
leasin' farm same ms | am, Amt
your
yep"
"Well, suppose you buy your hoy an
girl set of books for school next fan,
an then bout the christmas holidays
you go over into the Rig Bull skin
neighborlood Just across the county
line"
ny George, hadn't thought about
that side OF the question:
Course YOU didn't. cause your kids
are lust little fcllers. an they aint
been to school long Rut you walt I'M
Ill yom have n whole raft of 'cm, Ike
I've got. an then you'll understand
what big thing It can he. | remcm-
her mighty well one time when ]
moved from one county into another.
The move wasn't more than five miles
either. an the new books ! had TO buy
for my four children cost me 80"
That's mighty tough, an | don't
wonder you're kk'kin' about H."
III the cost of the hooks was all Of
It # wouldn't be 10 bad. I've got n
heap bigger Kick comm than just the
cost Of the hooks!'
What Is IT."
what hurts me Is TINT sometimes n
chlldIl 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 VI
high school work II he hadn't lost time
changin' from one school to another"
The man was silent for n moment
before he continued sadly: "Thc boys
big for his age, an now he's goin' 10
work because he feels he * too big
an old Ia GO through high school The
changlu' round mems that my boy
won't take high school education like
he planned To. Just the other day ]
saw In n paper where the average pay
for the man who had only gone through
! the eight grades was almost 500 less
/ than that " the Teller who had had
+ high school course. II that's so my
7 boy'll stand to lose almost 5000 in
hard money in the next twenty years
II his life. He'll lose enough through
+ the changes In his school to buy him
first class farm
The men were silent again for few
moments At length one spoke up
! kinder strange how an If us fcllcrs
talk an plan how things ought to be
run at Washington" he said. we
talk Of who should he president an all
+ that. An we won't take the trouble to
I try to straighten out u Schoolbook law
in Kentucky that mean, money ont Of
our pockets every time we move an
money ont of our chidrcn's packets for
the, rest OF their natural lives
Say, lets all agree to watch the
/ schools Just little BIT. an let's get
/ busy with our next legislature an see
/ II us fellers that stand between the
! plOw handles an feed folks can't have
things fixed Ia suit our pocketbOoks
an 10 make II better for our children"