Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-04-21
"swEET SUMNER" REVIEWED.

a rocky road and looks through his IA
theirs spectaeles and sees everything
just as his dad did way back in the
forties, reminds me of story read OF
a presidential chin y since be has had
a lot to say about the candidates and /
bonding the county.
Some Of Aba Lincolns intimate /
friends once called his attention TO a
certain member of his cabinet who was
quietly working TO secure nomination
for the presidency although be- knew
that Mr. Lincoln was TO be csnd date
for recollection. His friends Insisted
that the cabinet officer ought to be
made give up his presidential aspira-
tions or be removed from Office. MY
brother and /" said Mr. Lincoln, "were
blowing corn, driving the horse and
be holding the pillow. The horso was
lazy but on one occasion be rushed "a
cross the field so fast that my long legs
could scarcely keep pace with him. On
reaching the end of the furrow | found
an enormous chin fly fastened upon
him and knocked it off, My brother
asked me what did that for told
him / did not want the old horse bitten
| in that way. Why, said my brother
that's all that makes him 60 Now if
MIR. -- has a presidential chin fly
biting him, am not going to knock it
off, il it will only make his department
60" Judging from Sweet Summers cor
respondence there is some kind OF cam
paign chin fly troubling hin. 1t seems
to have bitten him SO much that he has
almost lost sight of development, pro-
gress and reason but | will anoint his
blind eyes with eye salve that be may
see. After | shall have done this he
can sing the old familiar song, Il once
was lost but now am found; was blind
but now see," Sweet summer surely
does know that the candidates are free
American citizens and they have as
much right to their views on bonding
the county as he has and that they had
nothing at all to do with it, IL is the
height of folly and shows the lack Of
good breeding to assail the candidates
for something they had nothing to do.
We are sure thinking people will not
find, fault with them if they had or have
much to say in favor or against the
measure. Is or was it not their free
privilege and right OF choice?
Who would deny them this2
Sweet Summer says he lives two miles
from the pike. We note from one OF
his former articles that be said be lived
one mile from the pike. So all can see
that be has moved one mile further to
get away from the pike. Before we get
through with him we will bring him
back to the pike and have him riding
an automobile or band wagon. We
note that he is private citizen and We
don't suppose he ever travelled over d
pike road and don't know the value OIL
good roads TO the public, We once
thought with Sweet Summer, but hu
tie thinking caused us TO improve oul
thoughts. and caused us TO pull for am
be in favor of progress.
We don't live on the future pike eitn
er and we pull over rough roads an'
have one mile of road to keep in repai
to get to part of our land. We also worI
the public road five days IN the yea
and pay taxes, and care not Tor an eXtr,
levy to pay the bonds Tor We wsl+EnoN
that the bond law will never lnjure tn,
people of this county, Out VIII muc
benefit them by giving them good road
to travel. We will say aud WISH it t
= be understood by all that The less rra
/ estate any one has the less ne will b
. tax ed to pay the bonds, and the perso
paying small tax will hav" AS good
road as the man who pays tax ON thou'
o ands of dollars worth of property.
The man who has tue baggage Is III
one who pays the charges. Sweet SUI
mer talks about taxing the people .;
. ing piece of road every year and
very amusing, and takes the cake. W
d wonder it he has ever conceived the far
= that the levy to pay the bonds will nC
; exceed Acc ON the 800 worth of properl
l. at present rate Of valuation, and u
" taxpayers have nearly been doing thi
u We need good roads and the bond la
a is just the thing to give us ready none
g to build good roads, and we badly nee
e them. Future generations will rise 1
> and see the wisdom of the county eou
Il and will call it blessed. We have tra'
Is eled over many miles of rough road al
a. many miles of good pike through cou
- ties, and l never have seen that Il
people were even damaged by buildiI
ia pixies, but could see where they wei
Is and would be benefited by having goo
=, roads to travel. The farmer could ma
a ket the products of his farm with ca
e. and return with his team and wagon u
Is injured. The poor beast made Il
ID rouud trip with his burden made Zig
I'd on account OF good roads. There we
e no sore shoulders. no broken limbs,
n spavins, knots, nor wind gals. All th
made me say with Solomon, "A right
C. Gus man reRardeth the life of
n, | beast" The man In the wagon b