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THE TENNESSEE TIMES
CROSSVILLE CHRONICLE
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VOL. XXXV
CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE, WEDNESDAY, July 6, 1921.
No. 27.
UROSSVILLE
THOUGHTS Ofl THE
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Trustee T. F. Brown Discusses
Some Phases of the New
School Law.
At the July term of the County
court there is to be elected a county
board of education of seven members
to replace the present High School
board and County Board of Educa
tion. The men chosen to fill these po
sitions should be selected to represent
all section and interests of the county,
Theyt should be selected of the best
men we have, and of those that are
not so wrapped in their private affairs
.that they cannot devote the time nec
cessary to the "educational affairs of
the county.
Superintendent's Salary.
This court also has the fixing of the
salary of the County Superintendent
in accordance with a recent amenda
tory act of the Legislature increasing
the maximum of the state supplement
from three hundred fifty dollars to one
thousand dollars. Our county now
gives the maximum $350 in order to
receive a like amount from rire state.
Its policy in this matter has been to
take all that is coming to it. Of course
this policy, should be continued under
the new law.
, Responsible Position.
The Superintendency is by far the!
most responsible educational position
in the county and ought to command
a salary commensurate with the digni-
and responsibility of the position.
City and high school superintendents
have but one or two school units un
der their charge, while the county su
perintendent has all the school units
of the county under his immediate
charge, besides the other manifold du
ties that devolve upon him. Our neigh
boring counties of White, Putnam,
Fentress, Morgan, Roane and Rhea
pay their county superintendents $1000
$1200 and $1800 on the part of the conn
ty, in addition to the state supplement,
Cumberland county alone being neg
ligent in this matter.
State Has Acted.
The state, realizing the responsibil
ity of the position and the inadequate
pay, has set aside from the General
sition. If for any reason they refuse
to take it, it goes back to the general
fund and is redistributed as above,
and the $1,000 fund, or $500 as may be,
that was taxed from the people of the
county does not inure to them, that is
they do not derive any benefit from it
whatever, but by the inexorable logic
of the case, it goes to benefit all the
rest of the state but our own county,
a county taxing itself for the benefit
of others and not for itself,
simply because they refuse to do what
the state primarily is asknig them to
do; that is, pay their superintendent
at least $1000 on the part of the county
in order that he may live and devote
his entire time to the work of the
schools and the general business or m,
office. The county must pay this
$1,000 tax in any event, whether they
enjoy it themselves in the increased
efficiency of their educational system,
or make a voluntary contribution of
it to the other counties that do not
ask it and for whom we afe notexpect
ed to provide. The legislature has fix
ed it in the law so as to compel the
county to pay the $1,000 if it gets what
is coming to it and punishes it for not
doing so by giving to the other coun-
Education Fund $95ooo. or $1,000 to
each county, there being 95 counties in
the state, and asks and expects each
county to pay its Superintendent a
like amount in consideration of receiv
ing a duplicate of the amount from the
state. It is their's to take and apply
on the superintendent's salary and
give him an amount that will enable
him to live and devote his entire time
to the work. But if they refuse to
take it and so apply it, under section 3
it goes back into the General Educa
tion Fund and is distributed to the 9b
couties of the 'state, givin
ties what would otherwise come to
them.
If you give your superintendent only
$500, then you get in return only $500
of the $1,000 of your money that you
raised from the county by taxing your
people, and give ninety-four ninety
fifths of the other $500 of your money
to the other counties and keep only
live dollars and twenty-seven cents
for yourselves. If you give one thou
sand, then you keep it all at home and
enjoy its benefits, as the state wants
you to do, in the betterment of the
schools for your children, a more com
petent and heartier supervision, and a
more thorough and wiser administra
tion of school affairs. This is the log
ic of the situation. Either you give
all of it to yourselves, or part or all of
it to others. .The state is inexorable
in the matter and is compelling you
to pay your Superintendent $1,000 01
give it or most of it to the other coun
ties. The Wise Course.
It would seem, therefore, the part ot
wisdom for the county to make use of
every agency that will increase the ef
ficiency of its school system, and since
the state has made this law, compell
ing the counties to contribute this
fund for the use intended, who is there
that would refuse to obey its mandate
and not use the county's own money
for its own purposes?
T. F. Brown.
ANOTHER STILL RAIDED
This Time Our Officers Get One
Fentress County But
Make No Arrests.
In
Sunday Deputy United States Mai
shal Dock Scott and W. H. Penington,
assited by several Fentress county
citizens raided a large wildcat still
eight miles north-east of Jamestown,
in Fentress county and secured a com
plete outfit of the best quality and de
stroyed 500 gallons of beer, ,
It had been suspected by Fentress
county citizens for several months
that a still was opeating on a large
scale in that section of their county
and after much careful investigation
they located it. They came to Cross
ville and enlisted the services of Dep
uty Dock Scott and with him he took
the manager of the Gainsboro Tele
phone Company located here. They
in conjunction with several Fentress
county citizens swoopedvdown on the
outfit Sunday and captured one of the
largest and best stills that has been
destroyed in this section. It was of
very heavy copper and by some is re
garded as having been .a government
till. If their surmise be true the next
question would naturally be, how did
it get into private hands? :
The still beer they destroyed was
stored in a large tank and every con
dition went to show that the still had
been in operation for many months.
The still was estimated to hold sixty
gallons. Besides the tank and still
that they destroyed they also destroy
ed several empty barrels and kegs.
The still th,ey cut to pieces and left
near where it was found. .
There was a plain path lading from
the still to the home of a Mr. Potter,
who lives about one-fourth of a mile
from the still location. No arrests
were made, but the home of Potter
was searched but insufficient evidence
was secured to justify his arrest.
SHOULD HONOR OUR BOYS
Many German Trophies to Come to
This State; Our County Should
Get Its Part.
Since Cumberland county bears the
distinction of being one of the three
counties that filled its first quota of
men for the World War without the
draft, our county should, likewise,
take steps to honor the boys who
brought that distinction to the county.
There is a way that can be done that
will be a living monument, to not only
the 27 Cumberland County boys
who made the supreme sacrifice, but
to those who returned to us and are
NATIONAL
BIRTHDAY
BRINGS BIG CROWD
Good Time Had With Plenty of
Cold Drinks and a Ball
Game in Afternoon.
Crossville passed a lively and pleas
ant Fourth and all who attended seem
ed to enjoy the day as much as was
possible considering the heat. There
was an abundance of soft drinks, ice
cream to drive out the heat. Many
contented themselves with resting- in
looked upon with pride for the val-!tr!e shade of the high school grounds
AUTO LAWS VIOLATED
Numerous Persons Are Liable
Fine, And Peace Officers
Should Arrest Violators.
For
DEMPSEY WHIPS CARPENTIER
In the Dempsey-Carpentier boxing
bout held at Jersey City, New Jersey,
July 2, Dempsey knocked the French
man out in the fourth round.
The gross receipts exceeded a mil
lion and a half and Tex Rickard, who
staged the' fight, will clean up over
to our) half a million in profit. The govern-
county only ten dollars and fifty-three ment will get a slice in the neighbor-
cents instead of the $1,000 tnat the
state wants them to have for their
children in the greater efficiency of
the superintendent and his work.
Must Pay Not Less Than $500.
The law says the county must pay
its superintendent at least $500 to get
anything from the state and upjfi.ooo,
but it expects the county to pay the
latter sum and take all that is coming
to it, else why do they make the
$9S,ooo appropriation, which is pro
viding $1,000 for each county. For the
county to refuse it is to make a pres
ent of all but ten dollars and fifty
three cents to the other 94 counties of
the state.
Whence comes this money? large
ly from the county. To accept the
state's maximum proposition the coun
ty must collect $2,000 in school taxes,
turn $1,000 over to the state, and pay
the other $1,000 to their superintend
ent. Then the state gives bacK to tne
county the $1,000 providing they apply
it to the superintendent's salary, to
give him a wage which they consider
consistent with the duties of his po-
hood of $300,000.
A FEW PENNIES.
Six cent street car fare went into ef
feet in Knoxville Sunday. That odd
penny naturally would cause consider
able extra trouble in making change
and at the same time would demand
extra pennies over the five-cent fare
To be ready to meet the emergency,
the street car company saved up sev
en eallons of pennies sb.ooo to be
used by the conductors when the new
fare went into efect. In spite of that
big preparation, the car company ask
ed the public to be ready with that ex
tra penny as far as possible so as to
avoid delays.
Some people are born failures, some
meet with misfortune, and some nurse
a perennial desire to get something
for nothing. Tacoma Ledger.
The frantic effort of coal barons to
prevent the publication of profit stat
istics indicates that they are still mak
ing expenses. Providence Journal.
The greatest disregard for many
features of the law relative to operat
ing automobiles is becoming very com
xnon in this section. Numerous com
plaints have come to the officers of
Crossville and over the countyand
unless more regard is had for the law
some persons are sure to have a fine
and costs to pay at no distant date.
Under the law an automobile or mo
torcycle can be operated with demon
strators' numbers only while the man
ufacturer, dealer or agent is actually
demonstating a car to a purchaser or
prospective customer, and they are
not permitted to lend their numbers
to anyone else.
License tags of the size authorized
by the state highway department must
be displayed on both front and rear
of the automobile. A person is not
permitted to operate a car with only
one number plate or pasteboard or
counterfeit tags.
An automobile cannot be operated
in this state even though it is legally
registered in another state for a peri
od longer than thirty days without
having it registered here.
The grand jury is given inquisitorial
powers in such cases and it is the du
ty of all peace officers of the state toi
arrest and prosecute the offenders.
Whenever one or both of the num
ber plates have been lost duplicates
can be obtained at a very small cost
from the state highway department
through the county court clerk.
The violation of any of these laws is
considered a misdemeanor and the of
fender is fined from $5 to $50 in ad
dition to having to pay the costs. j
iant service they rendered.
The majority of the ninety-five coun
ties in Tennennessee will be given a
German field piece and other artillery
equipment captured by the American
soldiers in France, under a bill which
has just been reporter to the house
committee on military affairs. These
captured war trophies are to be distri
buted in each state in proportion to
the total troops furnished during the
world war from April 7, 191?, to Nov.
II, 1918, including the regular' anny,
national army, national guard, navy,
marine corps, coast guard and United
States guard. Tennessee furnished
91,386 troops, or one and ninety-two
hundredths of the total of 4, 746,071
troops engaged in the world war.
Under the apportionment in the bill,
Tennessee will receive eight 75-milli
meter guns and howitzers, nine 105
miilimeter, with various trench mor
tars, making a total of 42 guns and
trench mortars and 76 vehicles to be
given the stat. Tennesse will also
so be given 1,343 rifles, 192 machine
guns, 940 bayonets and scabbards, 42
army insignia, 201 wound badges, 96
large feed bags, 50 bits, 55 machine
gun belts and 193 cases of cavalry
equipment. The- state will also be
sent 229 helmets, 28 grenade throw
ers, 130 fur-covered knapsacks, 1,843
sabers, 4,795 helmet ornaments, aside.
from various and sundry articles tak
en from German soldiers. The bill
provides that this property will be as
signed to the senators and house mem
bers of congress for distribution, and
in case they do not want to handle it,
will be turned over to the governor
for equitable distribution among the
counties ofthe state. It is intended
by this bill to effect this distribution
rather than pass numerous bills pend
ing authorizing the secretary of war
to give counties and cities field pieces
and artillery captured in the war.
We feel sure that .Congressamn W.
F. Clouse, of this district, may be re
lied upon to lend his best efforts to
ward securing befitting trophies that
can be erected on the public square in
Crossville in honor of the more than
300 men furnished by this county.
The county court should take action
looking to securing these trophies and
for the erection of a suitable tablet
in connection therewith. We feel con
fident that every member of the coun
ty court will gladly vote for any reas
onable outlay for fittingly honoring
our boys in the manner here indicated
The matter should be brought before
the quarterly term of court when it
convenes Monday.
EAST TENN. NORMAL NOTES
Mr. Harvey has not yet informed
Belgium that we fed her in order to
get rid of a surplus and save the skin
of the American farmer. -Baltimore
Sun.
At the regular superintendents' con
ference held at the East Tennessee
State Normal School, Johnson City,
June 24 and 25, nearly all superinten
dents were present and a very inter
esting meeting was held.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: A. B. Peters,
President, Morgan county; J. A. Ak-
ard, Vice President, Sullivan county;
Miss Ruth W. Odell, Secretary, Cocke
county.
Each superintendent was entertain
ed by his" county club. The Cumber
land county club entertained with a
dinner and theater party in honor of
Prof. J. S. Cline. XX.
while indulging in cold cream and
freezing soft drinks.
Little interest ws taken in the con
tests and in a few cases there wa,s no
effort made to secure the Cash prizes,
offered. The absence of flags and bun
ting that should have been on sale
'prevented numerous persons troui
decortaing as they would have de
sired. Mrs. S. C. Cline secured the first
prize for the best decorated car. Wm.
Daves was present with a very
unusual decoration for a car. He had
his car decorated with green corn and
vegetable growth from the field and
garden. No other person attempted to "
follow his example, which rendered
his car conspicuous for its unique or
namentation, i
Double' Header Baj) Game.
At 2:30 in the afternoon the double
header ball game was called. A large
crowd was in attendance and the game
was enjoyed to the limit while the
best of goodnature prevailed while the
hard-fought contest was going on be
tween the Crossville and Allcrood
teams.
A prize of ten dollars was offered to
the team that made the largest num
ber of runs in the two games. The
(trossville team won by a total of two
scores for the two games. The total
score stood. Crossville 12, Algoodio.
In the first gam the Crossville boy.
had scored five runs to none for Al-
good up t0 the seventh inning when
the Crossville infield went to pieces
and Algood scored five runs. After
that Crossville scored only two more
runs while Algood scored five more, )
making the first game stand 10 to 7
in favor of Algood.
The second game belonged to Cross
ville from the start. Algood got no
scores in the second game while our
boys succeeded in gathering a total of
five. Kenneth Dunbar put one clear
in the woods for four bases, bringing
Sisler Dorton in from third. Fay
Jackson sent one flying to the edge of
the timber and the Algood man muffed
it, which let Jackson reach the plate
hard on the heels of another man.
The conduct of the Algod team was
admirable throughout both games and -showed
them to b eclean and gentle
manly sportmen. The splendid man- .
ner in which they maintained their
morale througout the second game in
spite of the fact that they were mak
ing no runs and it was evident that
they had lost the game, was much to
their credit.
The gate receipts were divided 60
40 between the two team.
All in all it was the best game that
has been played on this diamond in a
long time and through it all the best of
feeling was maintained. Our boys
pronounced the Algood team fine fel-
Jlows and clean sportmen.
DEBS WILL STAY IN THE PEN.
The rumor was recently, again set
loose that Eugene Debs, sociaffst, who
was convicted of interfering with the
selective draft and sentenced to twen
ty years in the penitentiary at Atlan
ta, was to be released. Attorney-Gen
eral Daugherty soon put a quietus on
the rumor by denying it flatly.
The Irish are an English-piquing
people. Washington Post. .