Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-12-19

! know there are many intelligent peo-
pie there.
1--WE accept the lesson in grammar
regarding he word best being used in
the superlative degree hut the word
best cannot be applied TO you The
word best cannot be applied to me be-
cause ! have not yet reached sinless
perfection.
I'VE have had no person as a student
who was under the influence of essence
of hell" in our school that had to be
guarded away. There was a person
from your county came on our grounds
one day intoxicated and we removed
him" Whether or not the person who
came on your grounds was student at
the time Of his being drunk ! can't say
! but ! do know that he was at least two
days before and was informed by stu
| dents OF your school that he was at the
! time OF his intoxication. The whole
| thing happened without the knowledge
of the teacher or any of the pupils.
would have you understand that
| am not disciple of strong drink and
am opposed to its sale as strongly as
! you and If had the power you claim TO
! have | would stop it." No one ever
| said that you were diciple Of strong
! drink unless IL was you yourself. You
! have kicked before you were spurred
have power to stop the unlawful sale
of ardent spirits in my vicinity by re-
! porting it, should it occur again, to tue
authorities. The boy who waded the
creek was certainly from my county,
but If that bee bait" up there had not
been out he would not have waded the
creek and used so many vile oaths.
That other person would not have been
on your school grounds in state OF in
toXication had it not been for the Sc
quachee county bee bait" neither
would that young man of your vicinity
have tried to take the top OF DR.. Jane
ways buggy down.
"As you want to know why l do not
write against this hell-born topic.
am now writing against it and you had
better be writing for the npbuilding OF
your country instead of condemning
the writings of another When you
made mention of those two boys from
this county thatgO drunk up there you
said you we're writing against the hell
born topic, but | suppose you thought
it heaven-born to say nothing OF those
other characters that did not get drunk
too. Did not we say that we were more
than anxious to stop that liquor selling
in your county because some OF the boys
of this county went up there and go
on bend" Get the mote out of you
own eye. | was writing for the inter
est of my own county when ! opposed
drunkenness and exposed the source
whence it came My county is fairl!
we'll built up and is as good county a
any in the State, and so is the northern
part of your county, but the southern
part sometimes gets little out of or
der, mean the tOughs, not the goot
people.
The great trouble with you seems t.
be You don't like it because ! don't be
lieve every word you say. | shall no
become offended if you do not belieV
anything say. Say what you pleas
and call us what you please, we hav
too much manhood about us to let on
feelings get aroused. If we were t
rule over your county you would have
good governor, one that would rul
some of the whiskey out of it. w
told you we had volley of grape she
for you, but we don't want you to thin
this is a single grape shot After th
editor examined my volley OF ninetee
pages he decided it was too heavy fc
your nerves and not good for your min
and so thought would just take m
pop gun and few dogwood berries
and shoot at you.
We cherish no ill-feeling, but simpl
make some corrections. OWL
Both sides now having had their sa
the argumen is closed. Ed.