Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-06-18
DON'T WASTE school MONEY

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caption, and / heartily accord with
the gentleman in that suggestion, and
l guess every other thinking iudivid-
ual in the county viii say "Amen' to
the proposition but his excerpt that
follows is without foundation and the
trend of bis article is absolutely false
from start to finish. He accuses the
county school board of being gang of
thieves aud robbers. OF course he
don't say so in plain words, but study
the iist of his article aud you can cas-
ly see its full import. He starts out
| and says. "What is our school board
doing with the peoples money, and is
it doing its duty as school board ?
| Why do they not build and be done
with it, Why fool along and squand-
er the money when it is scarce any
way. Then he asserts, sit looks
like graft robbery to me, any way
you fix it. I" Poor fellow, 1 am very
sorry, indeed, that he is SO ignorant OF
the duties of the school board of the
state. They are all under the same
law, and their duties are plainly writ
en- on the statutes of the state, and
would advise the gentleman to procure
copy of the school law and take it to
somebody who is capable of reading
and expounding the true meaning and
purposes aud intents of our honorable
representatives who have fixed and
placed the law there to govern all
school matters of the state, and |
think he would sec things in differ
emit light. OF course, | am not GER
tain who tue gentleman is who wlote
that notable article, but think /
know. and am sure he is not imbued
with the intelligence that | always
took him to have, still he may be as
badly fooled in me and my qualifica-
tions to fill the positions that | now
bold as was in him as MAJ of leas-
enable aud sound judgement
He says further on down, II think
it is time there was halt called in
the county funds or let the people
know how it is used. .
If the gentleman will go to the re-
cords he can find just to cent how
much money there is at the disposal
of the county board and also find just
where every dollar has been spent.
The gentleman doesn' seem to know
that the county board does not handle
one dollar of the school money. There
is not a dollar goes out of the
treasury except on properly certified
warrants issued by the county superin-
tendent and signed by the chairman
of the county board Of education. He
will find that plainly written on the
statutes aud the county superintendent
is under $500 bond and the chairman
as well as his associate members are
under solemn oath to discharge the
duties of the office, which means to
carry out the WORK that the law pres
scribes to the best of our skill and alb
ility.
Now, 1Mr. Guess Why" do you
honestly believe that there is a man
on that school board that would forfeit
their oath, or in plain terms, would !
swear a lie for few dollars in mon ;
ey. You seem to think that we are
calling and having meetings just to |
get money to defraud the schools out
Of their money. When you get your
copy of the school law and will read /
Section 10, subsection /, in :
The acts of 1907, you will find that it ,
shall be the duty of the county board {
IF education to hold regular meet :
ing on the first Saturday in July. {
October, January and April Of each |
year, and transact public school bus |
ness, and it is provided the chairman t
may call special meeting whenever, &
IL his Judgement, the interest of the ]
public school requires it. i
He says, 'sNow, there have been c
rom three to eight meetings of the c
BOARD which are to be paid for" The
chairman has right to call 95 meetings I
f be thinks that it is necessary to do I
10 for the betterment of the schools. {
10 know that everytime there has been t
/ called meeting there were matters Of g
much Importance to attend to. hope f
The gentleman will get copy of the &
chool law and study it or have it read i
md expounded SO he may not be so '
BADLY wound up in that little ball of y
ignorance.
believe, Mr.. Editor. that this is j
III | want to say about ''Guess Why i
It this time. | want to rise after r
while to personal privilege thru your q
if you will permit it. He t
las thrown personal epithets at me v
md l am. going to demand the proof a
little later on. He has accused me of t
rying to ''rob'' the poor child rem out b
f their funds. which have been donat- f
d by the state and county to try to b
ear them upon higher planes. | want 8
o say right here that know what I
m doing and in the place of graft
n.y." I am trying to avoid others that ]
want to or possibly would if they had