Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-03-10
UNCLE JOE'S
LETTER.
Written for the News.


gle instance where public prayer is
taught. There is no teaching in
the new testament as the manner
or place OF prayer except the teach
ing of Christ to his disciples Now
| don't want the public TO under
stand that | believe prayer can
not be prayed IN public. 1t can be
and be of good effect but it must
be sincere desire of the heart or
mind, for, as l understand. when
heart is mentioned in the Scripture
it is the mind of man which is
meant Bot ST. John struck the
right key when he said prayer
must be from the heart. There is
where the rub comes, there is too
much formality and not enough
reality.
Now everybody has had their
say on the county bonds | would
like to say few words The first
question is who pays the bonds or
notes of. Now if Marion County
gives her note for s150,0OO to be
paid by installments with four per
cent. interest it is clear TO any sane
man that the tax payers of
said county are the ones who are
bound by this promissarv note, so
We must reason next as to how the
taxes are paid to see just who the
burden OF debt hurts worst.
You can see at once that every
one IN Marion county who has land
to rent can make the one who rents
it pay his part of this debt. The
railroad company by raising the
freight Just little can make the
shipper pay his part and the ship
per will make the consumer pay
his part so you SEE that labor fOOts
the whole bill. OF a certainty this
is SO, but will some one tell me OF q
debt which was paid in some other
way than by labor, / say labor has
paid every debt that was ever made
as pertaining to the business of this
world, and my opinion is that
Marion County has enthralled her.
self so that our great-grandchlldren
will be taxed to pay this debt and
will have a lot of mudholes for
roads as we have today. "Oh," one
says, "our land will be worth more
and that will repay us, Now this
is foolishness. l would like to
know how your land can raise in
value without raising your taxes
and at the same time 80 per cent,
OF the farm land In Marion County
is growing poorer every year. Now
| fail to see why 1t will be to your
interestto raise the value simply to
get to pay more taxes and at the
same time make less on your farm
| am in favor Of good roads but ]
am not in favor Of the bonds to gel
them. well" some one says
"how do you expect to get them|
My plan would be to work The
county prisoners and the short
termed state prisoners on the roads
like Hamilton county has done
tell you the commissioners viii
) think these old red hills are full 0
, gold when they want to leave wher,
the roads now lie, and the rock
will be half silver which they ge
get to gravel with. But" on
says, "when will We have an,
roads?" My answer is, when vii
, we have any with the bonds
$4,000 will not make ten miles O
first class roads.
st John, the Evangelist,
And a writer of note.
a Was carried over water,
(We suppose in bOat.)
And left on an island,
!, And there all alone
He saw in a vision
The King on his throne.
s While there in this vision
He saw many things
Both riding on horses
And flying with wings.
., An angel came to him
Il And told him to write
}. What he heard with his ears
a And ssw with his sight.
= He saw the great river,
(The river Of life,)