Franklin D. Sergent who is 13 years old and in the fifth grade does his homework; Scope and content: Franklin D. Sergent who is 13 years old and in the fifth grade does his homework. Mr. Sergent is particularly anxious that his children get an education - at least finish grade school - and he wants them to go to high school. Franklin, however, wants to go to work in the mines as soon as he can. He practices loading coal whenever the opportunity offers; he has run off and gone into the mines; on Saturdays he will load spilled coal along the tracks into empty cars, loading as many as seven smal
Franklin D. Sergent who is 13 years old and in the fifth grade does his homework; Scope and content: Franklin D. Sergent who is 13 years old and in the fifth grade does his homework. Mr. Sergent is particularly anxious that his children get an education - at least finish grade school - and he wants them to go to high school. Franklin, however, wants to go to work in the mines as soon as he can. He practices loading coal whenever the opportunity offers; he has run off and gone into the mines; on Saturdays he will load spilled coal along the tracks into empty cars, loading as many as seven small cars some days. P V & K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky.
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