Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-06-19
HICKS CHAPEL.
Special to the News.

wanting to go to school | got on my.
bicycle and rode up to New Hope to
view the situation and while / was up
there wrote letter for the Old Relia-
BILE giving the news Of Hicks Chapel
and it came to pass when it appeared in
in print that certain well-informed
person, residing in the fertile plains of
New Hope, saw fit to assail my letter
by saying it was not from New Hope
but from the northern end of Marion
county We wish to inform that won
derful writer that it certainly was from
New Hope for wrote it there and put
it in the Office at that place so it was
certainly from New Hone said
it was from New Hope when you said it
was from the northern end of the coun-
ty as you called it, for the nothern end
belongs to New Hope school. Deny
that If you dare, | have been a resi-
dent of Marion county several years and
l must confess ! never before, in all of
my life heard of the northern end Of
Old Marion, AS the darl1ies say "You
learned me somfn' dat is glad to know
about my good county" You say my
letter was from the northern end of
Marion county. My article showed
that fact and yet you charge me with
falsehood for saying what you say.
You-remind me OF one-eyed herring
in basin Of water, If it was not for
the school fund your school up there
would be as empty as ast years birds
nest. We are not wanting to wound
your feelings but to remind you of this
county Of a few things. The law OF
journalism allows any one a reply. 1t
is the school fund of this county which
+ as built up your school. You have
nothing to boast of but much to be
proud of and praise Marion County for.
Why don't you give honor to whom
honor is due? This county is the life
of your school. She is the one that
| furnishes you the sugar. You people
| have a good school, this we will not de-
ny, and you should be proud of it, but
don't forget who wintered you. We are
| glad to see the couse of education adj
vancing. Civilization always follows
education. We wish to say to all stu
dents the place to go to school is in
your book and get your lesson. There
is where Andrew johnson went and he
reached the Presidency, but we would
not advise any one to wait till late in
life to get an education. The old say
ing is Get up early and catch the
worm" Don't get discouraged because
you cannot solve a hard problem at
once, but rSmember that no one can see
into everything at once. The way to
get an education is to get it. Don't de-
pend on a teacher giving you an educa-
ton. If you do you will get left. He
can only assist you in getting an educa-
tion. You must think for yourself II
you people at New Hope could only in
duce that gang of gorillas that threw
stones at Ike Hooser when he was in
your county hunting pearls to come tC
school, 1t might get them to think Of
something nobler. There are also a
few moonshiners and Klu-Klux uI
there that ought to be in school OIL
somewhere else. don't say that there
are characters in your vicinity but il
your county. If they were down here
the people of this county would rou
them with the low.
Old Owl is mighty bad disfgured bu
is still in the ring.
Mrs. Bob Mcintyre, of Browns Cha
pei died Wednesday of last week ant
. her remains were brought here to th,
league cemetery for burial Thursday
Rev. A. W. White of Whitwell. officia
3 ting.
Sherd and Jim Harris, of Sulpbu
= Spring put three barrels of molasses o.
+ the WhitweH market last Thursday.
/. DIR. Burnett, of Hickory Grove, wen
!, to South Pittsburg Saturday to see on
of his patients
r Mrs. James Holloway Is very sick a
. this writing.
Rev. B. F. Shirley and wife of Re
Hill, we're visiting relatives at DR.
Y Valley sunday
# Dave Hicks was visiting at Hug
u Smiths Sunday.