- JACKSON COUNTY
: SENTINEL
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VOU 24. No. 40
$1.59 A TEA!
GAINESBORO. TENN.. THURSDAY. OCT., 5, 1922
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AN-APPEAL FOR BETT
E5 TRAINED TEACHERS
GSzens Most Demand Better
Eqniped Teachers.
The Rotary Club of Nashville
has rendered a splendid service
through its "Keep in School"
program recently inaugurated.
We should be pleased to have
this program carried a step futh
er. The state is greatly in need
of a large number of weil ed
ucated and better trained teach
ers. These teachers must come
; from among the graduates of
our high schools. We suggest
that the civic organizations co-
: operate in a movement to put
' high school graduates into the
Normals and colleges with a
' view to training for the profess
ion of teaching. The brightest
. and best young men and women
' are needed No vocation offers
4 better opportunity for intelletual
growth, for social standing and
'for service to the state than
does this proffession.
While the pay of teachers has
! not been and is not now in keep
ing,, with the importance
of the service rendered, there is
f i marked tendency in the right
direction. Teachers possessing
, special fitness, education and
training, are in demand and the
public is showing an ever in-
creasing willingness to give them
t more adequate financial recog
nition for their services.
The turnover each year in the
teaching profession is alarming.
A study of the records however'
will reveal that this turnover is
due chiefly to those' who have
made no preparation for the
duties of the school room and
who for most part are teaching
merely until they can secure
profitable employment in some
other vocation Further, the
turnover is due to the snort
school term which has prevailed
in the smali counties and the un
favorable working and living
conditions in commnities. But
the rural school term is being
. lengthened, thus giving continu
ous employment at an increased
nnual income.
The state is maintaining and
operating five normal schools
(four for the white and one for
colored) whose sole business it
is tq train teachers for the pub
lic schools of Tennessee. 'These
institutions have rendered an in
valuable service to the cause of
. public education. That they
have not trained a larger num
ber of teachers is due, in a large
measure, to the fact that the
public has not assumed its part
of the responsibility in fostering
the idea of special training as a
-' prerequisite jto successful teach
ing. So long as the public is
contented to accept teachers
Mrith little education and no
training our schools will con
tinue to be presided over by
teachers of limited equipmeut.
In addition to these five nor
mal schools there are a score of
private and church ajded colleges
,in Tennessee maintaining teach
er training departments. These
institutions are cooperating is an
gffortto supplement the work
of the normal schools in furnish
ing the state with on adequate
v supply of teachers. To meet the
utter needs for teachers of
more education and special pre
paration, tocher training class
es were organized last year in
forty of the small counties of
th state. To these classes only
junior and senior high schools
puJ?r
to teach were addmitted. Fifty
counties will operate teacher
training departments in their
high schools this school year.
The result should be that in a
few brief years the minimum
i qualification of ail new teachers
will be high school graduates
with ,, professional training.
From among the normal, our
college, graduates, or graduates
of the county high school teacher
training classes, county board of
eoucauon snouia oe aoie to sup
ply all their schools with teach
ers.
The appeal is made to all good
citizens interested in the promo
tion of education in the future
growth and development of the
state, to encourage capable
young men and women toy enter
training for the teaching pro
fession so that an adequate sup
ply of teachers may be had for
all of our schools
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Dr. (T C. Fowler and Mr.
Long, of Hendersonville, were
guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. L
Baugh, Friday.
Mrs. G. W. Gwin was a pleas
ant visitor at the Sentinel office
Monday.
Mrs Will McCawley and little
son, of Haydenburg, R-l, were
guests of relatives in Gaines
boro. Monday.
Mrs. J. L McCarver of Dycus,
spent Monday in Gainesboro.
Miss Lill.'e Brown Gist is in
the Woman's Hospital, Nashville,
where she is being treated for a
nervous break down. She was
accompained to the hospital by
her father, T. L. Gist, who re
turned Sunday. He reports his
daughter getting along nicely.
Her many friends will be glad
to know that she is improving
from her bad state of health,
which has been causing her
much suffering of late.
Mrs. Eva Shelly and daugh
ter, after an extended visit with
her brother. Chas ' Brown, and
family, have returned to their
home in Nashville.
H. P. Price, better known as
Uncle Harrison", of R-2, was
in town Monday. Mr. Price has
recently returned from Illinois,
where he spent the the summer
with his brothers, John, of
Mulkeytown; Green, of Christop
her, and A. P. of Herse. He re
ports an enjoyable visit, and
that all were well and getting
along nicely when he left.
BILL SAM'S DICTIONARY
By J. L MARTIN
I bbt noticed that the old family
physician, after rolling hli own pllla
and mixing bis owa medicine for bla
patlrnta for forty year, now has a
private .fT.f over hit drujf atore, and
Is writing preacr'ii'iloM at ao nrucb
per.
MEDICINE: A doctor-! advice writ
ten on a !lp of paper and trans
lated by a pharmacist. Rill Sam'a
rHtinr.T, pare 008.
THE, GREAT-VALUE OF
WINTER COVER CROPS
Commissioner Peck Urges
Farmers To Plant These
Crops Now.
Now is the time for seeding
winter cover crops clover, vetch,
etc, and I hope the farmers of
m .
lennessee are realizing the im
porance and value of the winter
cover crop. It will prevent land
from washing if seeded in time
to get well established before
cold weather. It will furnish
winter pasture when the soil is
dry enough to pay for cost' of
seed and preparation of the
seed bed.
If stock is removed before the
spring growth starts it will
materially increase the humds in
the soil, if turned under,
and, if crimson clover
isseedeJ, add from sixty to
seventy-five pounds of nitrogen
to the acre. Land should not be
left bare during the winter, and
there is no excuse for doing so
when so much can be done to
increase its productivity, and
that will be profitable.
The winter cover crop is not
an experiment. Its value has
repeatedly been demonstrated,
so that farmers in every commu
nity should know. If we neg
lect to do these things, the re
sponsibility is on our own sh' ul
ders. Now is also the best time of
the year for subsoiling, to get
the best results I have hereto
fore discussed the value and im
portance of subsoiling, when and
how it should be done, but it is
a subject of great importance,
and will bear repetition. Many
are now subsoiling who did not
practice it a few years ago.
Still there are thousands who
are trying to make ' a living by
scratching a few inches of the
surface soil, with a hard pan
just beneath that is impervious
to water and which roots ' of
plants cannot penetrate, and the
plant food in it is dormant.
Shallow preparation of land
. a a
causes it to wash easily and
give up its scant supply of
humus more readidly. I have
bought what was called worn
out farms and in two. years had
them producing good crops.
They hrd been broken shallow
and the surplus water, which
the soil could not absorb,
carried away the vegetable
matter, leaving the surface soil
hard to pulverize and easy to
bake. When I got hold of such
a place at this season of the
year I would hitch one
team to the turning plow so
it would run as deep as the
ground had been broKen. With
another team to a subsoiling
plow I would follow in the
furrows of the turning plow,
having the subsoil plow set deep
enough to get under the hard
crust and break it up. This is
better than to set the subsoil-
iing plo .v too deep. ' I try to
have a green crop to turn under.
This puts the vegetable matter
in the broken up subsoil, the
winter rains and frost reach it
and disintegrate it and release
the dormant plant food.
in tne spring 1 want to mix
and pulverize the soil as deep as
subsoiled. I increase the vege
table matter by growing a win-
ter cover crop or rye, vetcn or
clover in combination; the
!egume stores nitrogen in" the
soil. When possible I applied
two tons of ground limestone
I per acre
i The important feature I want
to emphasizj is that now, while
the subsoil is not wet is the best
time to do subsoiling. The sub
soil should have the rains and
frost of winter to disintegrate
it Subsoil should never be
thrown to the surface when sub
soiling. Land that is subsoiled
at the right time and in the
right way will double the yield
of crop; if rightly cultivated it
will not wash. It will retain
more moisture and stand drouths
where land not subsoiled would
fire.
Subsoiling can be done by
small farmers as well as oy the
man who farms on a larger
scale. No expensive equipment
is necessary. Some farmers say
thev cannot subsoil their whole
farm; that they are not able to
do it It is true he cannot do it
all in one season, but any far
mer can subsoil a few acres
each vear, and in that way the
whole farm can be subsoiled.
and will be rendered more pro
ductive and more easily culti
vated.
It is not lack of knowlege of
how to do things that is the
trouble with many farmers, but
the trouble is to get them to do
what we know should be done
and can do. We climb a ladder
only a rung at a time. We
should do our best and if we do
that we will find that we are on
the road to success and p, os
perity. LOCAL NEWS.
Mrs. Noah Hawkins ..left Fri
day of last week for Akron. 0.,
where she will join her husband,
who has employment there.
Mathew D. Anderson, of
Shake Rag, was a visitor at the
Sentinel office last Friday.
Mrs. F. F. Robinson, of Carth
age, was the dinner guest of her
sister. Mrs. Lizzie Hampton, last
Friday.
j. T. and S. B. Anderson,
of Cookeville,- was the guests
of relatives in Gainesboro, last
week.
Mary and James Barbour and
James Lynn, of Flynn's Lick,
were guests of Mary Furgerson
Caines Saturday night and Sun
day. Miss Dorris Johnson has re
turned from arv extended visit
in Gallatin. -
Mrs. J. T. Draper and dau li
ter, Annette, Mrs H. R. Haile,
Miss Willard Johnson spent the
week-end with . relatives . in
Sumner County.
Ruth Francis, 6 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Gist is on the sick list
Ruby Bailey, little daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Bailey is
recovering from an illness of
two weeks.
Misses Meriam and Tom Quar
lea, after spending the summer
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. L. Quarles, have, returned
toPeabody College. Nashville,
where they will continue their
courses of study.
Mr. and Mrs Ed L Young
and children, of Butler's Land
ing, were in town Friday morn
ing, en route home from Cooke
ville, where they had been the
guests of Mrs. Young's parents,
Mr. hnd Mrs. J. W. Morgan,
several days. Mrs. Morgan ac
compained them home.
FIELD DAY PROGRAM, NOV
EMBER 3 AND 4.
Program f jt school meet to be
held at Gainesboro on Fridav
and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4 1922.
LITERARY
A Reading for each grade
up to the eighth. 2 points
A Reading for High School
girls 2 points.
A Declamation for high school
boys, 2 points
Writing for each grade, I to
8th. 2 points
Spelling on book (contest for'
each of 3rd. 4th and 5th grades.
4 contestants for each grade)
2 points
Written spelling for 8th anp
High school grades, 4 contest
ants from each school, 2 points.
. Latin test covering first 50
pages of First Year Latin, con
jugation not included, 2 points
Arithmetic (Common Fract
ions) for those below 9th grade,
2 points
Arithmetic, (Decimal frac
tions)' for High school pupils,
4 contestants from each school
for each arithmetic' contest,
2 points
MUbIC
Piano solo, grades 1 to 4,
2 points
Piano solo, above 4th grade,
2 points
Vocal Duet, 10 to 14 years. 2
points
Song for little tots, 4 contest
ants from each school, 2 points
Pianp Duet for any grade, 2
points
Vocal Quartette, 2 points.
ATHLETICS .
Basket Ball Game, boys, 4
points
Basket Ball Game, for girls. 4
points
Potato Race, 9 to 12 years, 2
points
Fifty yards dash for boys un
der 15 years, 2 points
100 yards dash for boys over
15 years. 2 points
Sack Race, for boys under 15
years, 2 points
High Jump, for boys any age,
2 points
Broad Jump, for boys any age.
2 points
All schools are urged to have
a contestant in some contest
All 'contestants nust have
been a regular pupil of the
school from which he entefs at
least six weeks.
Later we will arrange this
program so that you may know
what time each contest comes
off.
Very respectfully,
HJ Cox
R P Pharris
J F Beck
AT Jackson
Estelle Gailbreath.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chaffin,
of Clenny, were the recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs R. N.
Davidson, Wellington Avenue.
Nashville. They also spent ttwo
days with Dudley Brown and
family. ,
Mr. and Mrs- Buck Billingsley,
!of the 12th district also visited
the Davidson home at the same
time. Mr. Billingsley is a sister
of Mr. Davidson. They return
ed homo last Thursday, accom
pained by the Davidson family.
They motored thru in their cars,
and had a most enjoyable visit
Mr. Davidson and family return
ed to Nashville, Sunday.
RED CROSS DOING BIG
WORK IN TENNESSEE
Annual Red Cross Roll Call
November 11-30, 1922.
Atlanta. Gav
Sept. 29. 1922.
Dear Editor;
The American Red Cross
again extends its thanKs for the
manner in which you opened the
(olums of your newspaper to it
during the emergency. You and
other members of the'- press
made possible the speeey elimi
nation of a crisis.
Armistice Day this year will
mark the fourth anniversity of
the cessation of hostilities on the
Western - Front. The inflated
war fighting forces have been
decimated. The huge munition
industries have passed on.
Peaceful persuits have been
resumed.
But the team "normacy" can
not apply for years to come.
We are challenged bv a recon
struction problem of vasrpro
portiona. Thousands of ex-serv
ice men and their families are
facing grave situation for .which
the war is responsible. Nor are
the questions of peace less
emergent than those of war.
Suffering and social handicaps
are tle portion of a large part of
our population.
Following are some 'of the
statistics taken from the records
of the 10J chapters in Tennessee
for the past seven months.
9,024 ex-service men or, their
families have received Red.Grosa
service during the first r seven
months of this year. v '
1,241 civilian families have
been served.
4,287 patients have been cared
for by the Red Cross. Public
Health Nurses.
11,450 visits have been made.
bv Red Cross Public Health
Nursi's.
7.363 school children have, had
examination for physical defects.
399 persons have received .Cer
tificates in home Hygiene and
care of the sick.
165 persons have received Life-
Saving Certificates. ' -
18.487 school children are' en
rolled in world-wide service to
the Junior Red Cross.
11,568 garments for use in
home and foreign lands have
beeri made by the womtri of
Tennessee. .
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