Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-01-14
BILL DOOLEY'S LETTER.


We have just finished reading
Uncle Joe's Letter and would say
it comes nearer expressing my sen
timents I'm regard to. the way things
are carried on in our own cOmmu-
nifty. Uncle Joe hit the nail on
the head when he said charity be-
gan at home There would be
more charity in looking among our
neighbors and seeing if there are
any objects of charity in our own
midst that needs our first consider
alton Not that l am opposed to
helping any and all who need our
help and sympathy as far as our
means will allow. Then we would
feel the answer OF a cheerful cons
science.
| am persuaded that some peO'
pie have no conscience. If they
have they have some way of keep
ing it concealed SO that the public
can't see it.
l have always felt delicacy in
saying anything about matters
that some would say was none of
my business, but | never did see
gun but what think of shooting
it, aud since Uncle Joe has started
the ball to rolling will try to help
him along with the subject by tell
ing the News readers what | think
about the % caliber aristOcracy
that represent themselves as being
friends to suffering humanity. To
all such people that can't find any
place to distribute their gifts with
out sending them several hundred
mi es, if they presented their wash
erwomtn that have done the washs
ing and ironing every week in the
year for the small sum of fifty cents
to keep her children from want, it
would have been better. II there
is any such persons in our COM
munity We don't know it. How
ever some people want to have
their names used in the Scent So
ciety circles, and such things as
the donating the canned goods to
the Orphans home in Nashville
will do to talk about for the next
year A gentleman who lives in
Whitwell who is truthful tells us
that a few days ago before Christ
mas two children were pick
ing up coal along the railroad track
and some of the by etanderS began
to talk to them. One man asked
them what they were doing and
on beng told that they were get
ting some coal to light fire in the
CRATE, asked them If Santa would
nc bring them some coal. They
told him that their father was dead
and their mother said Santa would
not come to their house any more.
Now il those children had been the
children oil some preacher that uev.
er did day s work in his life and
their mother had never washed q
garment the family had worn their
wants would have been known and
their needs supplied at once
/ am not opposed to preachers
ha 5ing reasonable compensation
for what he does but / am in favor
of them being more conservative
in their demands on the people,
Since all families have to be fed
and schooIed it would look more
, like business for all to fare alike
Some preachers will tell you that
their salary wont keep their family
up, and when you come to learn
what their salary is it is twice as
much as you can make.
Now we come to business, "Got
any children, Mr.. Preacher
Yes" Where are they?" Send
off to a high school Something
that few men are able to do-send
their children off to a high school
Never have been TO high schOo
/ in our life, but we must pay tC
school some one else's children,
) Well Uncle Joe | see you were
pleased with the treatment you re-
ceived the night you spent with
us. You must call around agair
and we will have pork cooked will
one of Cold Waves big lurnips
Last week we mad something t,
say about Uncle Joe Templetor
leaving the republican party. w
we're sorry then that he had qui
but now are better satisfied as j
has turned out as / expected, 70
when he put in iis Application 70
membership they told him he wa
not the kind Of stuff the democrat
ic party was made oi.
/ will continue TO writ