Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-04-28
PRYOR COVE.
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Well, Mr.. Watchman, you did not
come out and head your piece like a
gentleman. You stayed 10 the shrub
berry, still stand my ground. II am
for thing / stand that way. do not
turn back on IT,. NOu could not say any
thing until after the primary election,
and guess you wont say anything after
August, / dnt say anything about
those who were not in tavor Of it, Those
candidates who are not in favor OF It
never said anything about them. Vol,
guess you are one ot'them that get
some Of that SIS, 600 lgue>s you will
get child part Of it, Anyway guess
have as good plugs as you have.
don't guess you have any from your talk
in the paper.
You write about that putting more
money in the county. 1t will for a
while then where win II go? It will go
into some big mans pocket, it will not
go into the poor mans pocket.
What did you say when we started to
put you in Office. You said you would
fight it, and now you are for 1t, that
you may run again, but you are liable
not to stop soon. The candidates have
as much right as | have, and l didn't
say they didn't have any right. | said
the people In this place would not vote
for the man who is In favor of it and If
they do as they say they will not
They generally stand to their word,
they don't 60 hack on it and boiler ~"
They stick TO it. That is what ! call
friends Mr.. Waterman.
! don't call those who walk arOEnd up
and down the road with their hands in
their pockets friends. l call them ho-
boes. am friend to tue poor people.
l think you are the one who have the
fly on you as you have kicked plum
out Of the harness. Just come around
about August and let me knock
it of for you. am a very good hand to
mind flies of of PICK people.
We work our roads Ave days in the
year and pay our tax, too, and don't &c
to the county for help or ask it to put a
wooden bridge across the cree much less
an iron bridge. II 1t gets to rough we
stay at home. We don't have to travel
out every day. Mr.. Watchnan, we are
just like you when tits wet, We stay
at home to get the flies off.
live mile and half or two miles
some Of them say it is two miles and
some say it is a mile. | never measur
ed it, and don't know just how far it is
but when meet you down there to ge
in the band wagon ] will have it meas
ured.
MIR. Watchman, when you get out oil
Office you can sing the old song "WheT
get out of office will run again, If
am not careful I'll not get it,"
4tn in favor of good roads but max,
, them like we do up here. Don't d.
something you can never see paid OF
or the young generation can't SEQ paid
a and think you must be one of thos
' old fogy, short.sighted, cheap John jus
o tees Of the peace.
= AS you can't get any one to knock tn
fly off come and / will knock it off TO
you. Then you wont get out of tn
harness so bad. 1t wont be hard to ge
off after August, 1904. came out an,
let you know where Hot Summer is.
Q don't live back in the bushes so no on
q can see me- Come out and let US SO
n which side of the band wagon you ar
" riding on, and we will see your plug
; you are driving, and did not say the
8 were not free privileged American Cit
zens. l said that we would not vote 70
the man who was for 1t and we vii
n stand to it and If you run again we vii
s not vote for you, as you have been
o candidate ever since you came to Ter
. nessee.
4 may be mistaken in the man but If
i am beg to be excused until he head
his piece like the rest of the correspor
dents of the paper. have travelled
few miles too but | found good road
and some mud holes in them just lik
there will be in this one when it is fiji
ished up and in two years ther
will be several of them This is nj
saying the contractors will not do th eli
duty, for guess they will Ny friend
are many aud travel the road a hea
and one of them lives right on the sid
of pike road, and he says the road OF
of here is as good as it. 1t has broke
in and has several mud holes in it,
am not all of the ones againstit. Thel
are two to one, and in August you wi
think there are three to one, and as
paying tax have paid them for man
a thing did not get any benefit from
did not say anything about that pal
tax to help build those bridges, an
never said word about it. new
kick at such rs that. AS to calling a
tention to the people travelling th
road never said any thing about tt
people travelling over the road. l ira
ell the road just about as much as an
one in this county.