St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-13

Ladies and Gentlemen:
say that this ward should have
special school tax and will endeav-
or to prove, in subordinate details,
this resolution in the affirmative.
When the school term is limited
to seven months it is very short, and
as we are aware does not afford pro-
motion at the termination, and there
by some children have lost their OPP
portunity, of which they so often
dreamed. And knowing that they
will have to resume the same studies
the next tern they soon become dis
couraged and do not care.
"Idleness breeds mischief" is an
I old proverb, and has been acknowl-
edged truthful and sincere, even so
in this case. 1t child is kept busy
nine months in the year he has very
little time to get in trouble and be-
sides getting in rouble he soon for
gets what he has learned in the sew
en- months of school.
My opponent may say that some
people are too poor to pay special
school tax. Is there a man in Madi-
sonyille who would not sacrifice a
few Injuries for the benefit of his
children? Is there a man in THU
town. l. repeat, who is not able to
~ tho future c;tizaps of Madison-
vile
who have not had snfFic;ent adnca-
tion to 900 that without & Il. 10 al
moet imnnss;hle for ono to make q
now n this world WIZ denr;va
cb;ldran ~ an aducat;on for tho sake
Of few s.gronches?s, INV def1ni-
tion If . ..e-onch,, l. q rrnnt gone
to seed !
whv sbould Madisonvil1a la ho-
hind ier sister words IN tho science
of adncatinn9 Ia II hecsnse orr
town ~ sn,t the raennrcaa9 M W.
can boast of four shinvards four
sawmills. and # r. IN the center Of
the nine district and has the Tche-
fnncta river: "a finat lops - tho 90 w.
mills The river "a used 40 nav;oa.
tion nv many hnats that NV hetwear
New Orleans and MANY other norts
And Hfadiannv;lIa w;+s al har 70.
source. hoe nn,v savon montba schoo,
each yesr, 0the- wards witch hava
not half the resources that Madison
vile has NOR neither half tho nnnnla-
tinn have nine months If school
Whv haven't we : snecial school
tan? Does anv one object tn having
Il. IF they do. Hnnorahla Judges I
would like NV opponent to state hi.
reasons why there Is an nhiee.;on r.
a snec;al school tar
Has = tar in this ward ever haan
tried !? No. Then whv shonld we
object to having Il esneciallv in th;s
ward? In nlainer words. Wv should
we trv to down the education nf our
children. denriye them of q business
mans, LIVELIHOOD whose kav.word 10
education? And let them grow m
as common laborers to live in irndg-
ery all their lives for the sake If the
exnenditure of few dollars
Life is hut one large checke--
hoard. The man with an educataJ
brain is the nlaver and the chockers
are the unaducated men. who have
to submit to the educated man
reBeat it. sir. which do we want in
this town? Is il the cneckors mr.
the PLAYERS?
Education il the makinp.of a man
and IN the most RISING citios ~ MOI,
ern times We find tho smartast mon
The man with the edncation ia q nan
who has the ahilitv ia invent tn
control. to snnervise and to managn
great things He is the man who
can acquire a good 1ivlihood and no
always has a chance for nromotion
While the nnedncated man follows
the same footsteps every dav. and
like A horse he dies in the harness
of Ignorance in his did apo Tho Cd.
ucated men of TODAY are the making
of a nation. state. 4 town and most
of all. the educated man who has tha
knowledge Of sending his chi,dren r.
school. in him is the making Of a
home BY supporting his family IN
comfort and rearing his children in
the same path to success that he haf
taken. But the uneducated man his
family has to followin his footstens