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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
Enjoyable Supper.

The box supper given at the Old
Hall, Whitwell Saturday night was a
grand success, socially but a partial
failure financially A small crowd
was present considering the number
who usually attend such entertain
ments.
Some pusillanimous fellow, either an
enemy of the writer, or of the church
in general, circulated false reports in
regard to the object and management
of the entertainment which kept the
bows away. Whoever this fellow, or
fellows, was, he was shrewd enough to
wait until it was too late to make a
correction. The substance of the false
report was this: The object of this
gathering is to get all the boys pres
emit who will possibly go and have Off
GERS present to search them for pistols
and arrest all who are found armed.
I desire to inform the originator of
this report that he is either a liar or
is so ignorant that he cannot read an
advertisement intelligently.
After the entertainment passed off so
quietly and pleasantly we have had
numerous requests to have another
such supper which we may do in the
near future.
The proceeds of the entertainment,
after deduction of expenses for adver-
Using were 5000. This amount will
be used as was advertised.
Miss Camie Ross received the most
votes as the prettiest and most popu-
lar girl present, consequently receiv'
ed the cake.
We thank our friends very much fol
their interest and assistance in this en-
tertainment. JN0. M. GERREN.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
afhitwell department.
GEO. w. LEWIS Agent
.eTknow not aOhatfh truth may be,
IfeHit as fsOas t0id 10 me.

Ed McCrary moved to Searles, Ala. ;
last Saturday.
Saturday was rushing day with
our merchants.
rev Joe Vasey, of Knoxville, was
IN the city the first of the week
Rev. M. A. Hunt filed his regular
appointment Sunday at the c. P.
Church.
Pat Cary went to Tracy City last
week on business connected with the
miners union.
j. II. Harris, manager of the COOP
eratlve store, reports business of the
hveliest kind with him.
Work on Dykes & Northcut's stable
Is progressing rapidly and it win be
the finest stable in the valley.
N. B, Moore is having a kitchen ad-
dition made to his residence on Main
street, S. NJ. Hudson doing the work.
Walker Bros. have erected a large
addition to their mill. This firm is
one Of Whitwells best managed indus
tries
Hon. Jno. T. Raulston went to Com
fort last week, being called there on
account Of the death of one Of his sis
ters,,
The lower part of Main st. has beer
graded, the work being done by J. M.
Dykes and at his expense. 1t improves
things wonderfully.
Rev. J. A Greening, former pastel
Of the M. E. Church, south, was in the
city last Thursday finishing his bust
ness before leaving for his new worl
at Dickersonville, Va.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
Strong for Union.

L.
Editor News: have been at Whit
well for Is years and I will say before
these non-union men came here we
had as quiet little town as there is in
the country, and now it is shooting
day and night. hope some sweet day
they will be working with union men
so we can enjoy ourselves once more.
| hear my cousin is coming here to do
non-union work, and, Oh how hate to
see him come to that Before these
nonunion men came here we could go
to Sunday school and church and now
we are afraid to start. We are getting
plenty to eat and everything we want,
and the union miners are enjoying
themselves splendidly. Some people
will say that this is not a woman s
business but think it is, but we are
in hopes of better times. l don't know
what has become of Morning Glory. /
sgAss the frost got him.
Nlwould like to hear from Aunt
LettiS again, as we enjoy reading her
letters. I will close with best wishes
to thssNews and its readers.
MARTHA LAYNE.
Whitwell, Tenn, Oct. %, 1905.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
Died for the Union.
Editor News
Union Miner

Editor News, 4
I will say am a little girl 10 years
old. l was born in this valley and was
principally raised at Whitwell Be
fore this lockout came here we all
lived happy. There were six of us
children, five sisters and one brother,
pa and ma made eight in all. When
these non-union men came here my on
ly brother left us to seek honest labor.
Unfortunately he went to the Virgin
la mines in Alabama and was in that
terrible mine explosion and lost his
life. Well, as we had to give up our
only dear brother.I hope when he was
intombed under that mountain and
gasping for breath that Jesus was with
him and took him home to heaven.
Sad and lonely the home has been since
we laid him to rest. If the company
had given us settlement here brother
would be with us yet.
like to read the News. | can t
hardly wait until Friday comes to get
the paper, I like to read the many
different letters that it contains. I
have sister in Herrin, ILL.,, who reads
the News and one in East Tennessee.
With my very best wishes to the
News and its readers, close.
s sse PERLIA .SMEDLEY.
Whitwell, Tenn, Oct. "a, 1906.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
RED HILL.

Specialize tie Nez0s.
Gathering corn is the order of the
day. fidg ia
What has become of Nip 81 Tuck2
Would like to hear from him again
and find out how the scabs are getting
along now while they are just working
two or three days week. AS Aunt
Lettie said, old Pete is after them. l
will be glad when old Pete gets them
all scared up in their business and
runs them all off for what are leaving
are going to stay away and none are
coming in to take their places. Whit
well used to be a quiet little town,
but now it is more like den of lions
and the side of the mountain looks like
a convict camp, which is the next
thing to it. ru
Nip e. Tuck's name sure suits him
for he was nipping at everything he
sees and tucking his head where no.
body can see him. 1
Well, School Boy, you had better
put fence around your turnip patch
and maybe the cows will stay out.
am having hard time getting wood
l have to go about half mile with my
truck wagon to get it. went to get
load yesterday and my wheels would
mt stay on and came home and put
them in barrel of water to soak and
strange to say went this morning tc
get them and dog-gone if they hadn't
swelled and bursted.
hope Jim Ellrod's ear is well by
this time.
Some of the boys of this place aided
the Sunnyside boys Saturday in a
game of ball against Jasper as they
were not able to attack them by them
selves. The game was won by Jasper
26 to TO-
Charlie Childers don't live where he
did but lives where he has moved.
R. B. Dykes has returned from
Roope where he has been working.
Win Thomas went to Jasper Monday
Ye writer went chestnut huntine
Sunday.
Alonzo Ashburn, who lived about ;
mile..from the Stair Gap Point, diet
Friday night and was buried her,
Sunday.
Success to the News and its unior
| readers, Uncle Crusoe.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26

There was a killing frost sunday
morning.
R. ]. White, Of Tatesville' was ~
the city Monday.
Rev. M. A. Hunt, of Jasper was IN
the city Monday.
Mrs. s. G. Walker is vlsitlne al
Smithville, Tenn.
A small child of ]. R. Pickett is re-
ported seriously ill by DR.. J. L. shir-
ley.
The Whitwen Bank reports business
good. Cashier Morgan is the rlgnI
man in the right place.
Walter Jones left Saturday evening
on the Cannon Ball for Searles, Ala
Alonzo Ashburn died at his home on
the mountain last Saturday morning
and was buried Sunday at Red kill
cemetery.
Harris g Fugate will erect a build
ing 2Ox5O for the accommodation OF
their fancy grocery and meat business
It will be near S. l.. Pryor STORE
Thos. L. Harris, who has been SICK
for more than a year, returned to the
city Saturday much improved and is
now in fair way to recover his
health.
Havron Bros are building fine
store building facing Main street near
the site of their former store. The
work is being done by Ike Martin with
w. G. Moore as assistant.
D. T. Layne & Co. have their store
now ready for moving into, and expect
to make the change this week. The
building is being treated to coat OF
paint, and will be known hereafter as
the "Red Front store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
Times Advance.

Stern, yet dear and friendly, is the
fall of Time, the comrade who never
forsakes us. Why do we faunt def
ance at him, challenge his advances,
and cheat ourselves into the belief that
we can outwit himH From the pussy
willow to the icicle, from spring to
frosty winter, softly stepping, noise
less and invincible, Time keeps pace
with us. He smiled over every one of
our cradles. He does not halt until we
reach the Inn of journeys End.
Meanwhile he gives us many a joy,
many a bright morning and roseate
cleaning and starry night. And Time
is punctuated for us by beautiful an
niversaries. Margaret E. Sangster in
Woman's Home Companion for Novem-
Der.
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HERRlN, ILL.
.Sbeealto tie, MezDJ. l|Iif Eftf
The health of the people here is reas-

.SbeeSalko The. NezUJ. fIt iEftt
The health of the people here is reas-
onably good. uCf hh W
Work is very good.
H. g. Erwin has another union coal
digger at his house. H. g. says that
he doesn't order any other kind as he
is a good union man.
lam union man and can't be any
thing else for ] have to work by day
work for my living and by helping to
hold the union together l get better
pay for my work and better conditions
to work under hope that we will
gain the fight at Whitwell and I be-
lieve that we will. OF course such fell
lows as Nip & Tuck and Morning Clio
ry will try to claim that everything is
going on splendidly at Whitwell.
guess that they get smile once in a
while from the superintendent or boss
Inotice that there are letters from
Whitwell in almost every weeks issue
of the News. Union men complain
about the shooting, fighting, card play
ing and law breaking of every kind
and they say that the officers dom t
stop it. Why don't the citizens go be-
fore Justice of the Peace and get out
warrants for these -breakers2 Or
they could go before the grand-jury
and indict the guilty parties.
Nip & Tuck said that he had some
uncles and cousins that would not
speak to him. I will say that l have
got one big uncle and some three OF
four little shallow minded cousins that
are black-legging at Whitwell. Some
of these cousins have belonged to the
union and have taken the obligation
to be firm to their order and brothers
and have gone back ON it, What about
such man as that2 l am very sure
that don't want them to speak to me
at all would like to see some of the
old Whitwell boys and shake their paws
as think that there are some good
men there.
would like to hear from Bro. Gabe,
Of Mt. Olive, Ill. and also from Aunt
Lettie every week.
We have very nice little place tC
live in here. There is little village
of Whitwell folks here and we all en-
joy ourselves together and feel like
brothers, treat one another as brothers,
and all have good time and are MOI
bothered with the black-legs. We are
always glad to get to the office on Sat
urday evenings as we get the News ev
cry Saturday.
I will close by wishing the News an(
its readers success and hope to see more
good letters from all the correspond
ents. Union Man.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
How's This?

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We, the undersigned, have known f.
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by their firm.
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
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Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Two Pictures.

Editor News;
Allow me to congratulate you for the
bold stand you have taken for the U,
M. w. of A., and let me further state
that as am union man in the very
strictest sense Of the word, | will do
all can to build up your paper l
will send you list Of subscribers right
away to take the place of our erring
brethren.
Our little town of Coalmont that is
nestled down among the hills Of the
Cumberland mountain, is union
camp where quietness and satisfaction
reigns. Now we will change the pic
ture. Come with me to Tracy City
and what do we see there2 Is it peace
and quietness and prosperityf No in
deed. it is not While we see several
hundred blue union miners stand
ing for their God-given rights and for
God and home and native land, on the
other side we see the soldiers camp
and instead of hearing the school bells
calling the children to their studies we
hear the believing of the cannon, the
crack of the Craig-Jorgenson, and the
snort of the bugle and morning and
evening we have seen a little squad of
company servants being marched to
and from Reed Hill mines by the sold
iers. Does this look like prosperity
Does it look like building up our
honest No, not by any means, but it
is an index finger pointing to the in
famous contract system that we wiped
out several years ago when practical
miners worked for So cts and $1.00 per
day, and I want to say right here that
the man. or set of men, that will de-
sert the union, which stands for the
rights of all mankind and fall in line
with lot of simlin-headed money
mongers, that man must be. weak in
the upper story, or else he has an aw-
full scab on his back. Now, in con-
clusion let me say to the union min
ers in the language of the poet Fear
not, be strong live for the right, Lift
up your dropping head, for the union
will flourish and bless the world when
all the scabs are dead. =
Union Miner.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
THE JUSTICE MEN SHOULD
HAVE.

The single individual who owns or
controls thousands of acres OF coal
lands, who is not molested in any way
or interfered with when he sells the
wealth of those lands, and yet throws
800 men out of work, solely because he
does not want to make trade with
them as body instead of individually
for the mining of that product, is
queer genius. His ethics would be:
"If you will not give up your organi-
cation because say so, you can starve
to death for all | care General
Sherman said, "War is hell. This is
worse than hell, for in the battles
front the soldiers life may mercifully
be ended by one bullet, but according
to this mans mandate, the union min
err would be condemned to death by
slow starvation unless the very organ
ization his charitable employer would
root out, did not supply him food.
This thing of turning out lot of
honest, faithful Woodworking men,
(of course there are few malcontents
among them, what organization has
not?) to worse fate than the most in
human wretch would be arrested for
according to a dumb animal, cannot be
the species of civilization which the
Deity looks upon with favor. A little
more feeling for fellow men and lit
tie less for the money god would solve
in many cases the labor troubles which
are so prevalent, and we suspect, too,
that pride has great deal to do with
much of the trouble. II am the big
T. sayeth the mine owner 80, these
are MY mines, and this is MY coal
and this is MY money, and have I not
a right to do as I please with them?'
Very true, according to the legal
rights before men you have these
rights, but before the tribunal of God
where the legality of many things is
outweighed by the good a different
action and equally as just would have
done, you have not the right to act
thus crabbedly.
This man, no doubt, would be pleas
ed to meet the men whom he is starv-
ing in the Sunday school, and speak to
them of love and charity, but you
can't make men love you and refuse
their stomachs food The idea is
incompatible in itself. Every rational
creature is anxious to be an angel
some day, but they are unwilling to
be ticketed to the place where the le-
gions assemble on the order of mine
owner, who would rather see them
starve than keep true to their oath.
Peculiar christianity, isn't it,
Somewheres we have heard that next
to the first and greatest commandment,
"Thou shalt love thy God with thy
whole heart, and thy whole mind and
thy whole soul, there is another land
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self. I"
The mine owner who neglects the
second of these, cannot by similar
reasoning claim that he fulfls the form
er.
Let us have little more feeling in
our dealings with our fellow-men than
the viper in the grass
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
WHIT WELL.

Special 10 Tie Mus.
Visiting is the order Of the day.
Ash Raulins and family are visiting
Brice Raulins on the mountain.
Mrs John Girdley is visiting Mrs.
Cary today. l
Mrs. Sallie Chadwick is visiting Mrs
Mary Ross on the mountain today
Leo Cary is visiting Buck Raulins
today.
John McHone gave the young peo-
pie a dance Friday night. Come
again, John.
l hear the wedding bells ringing.
Listen for them.
Foster Layne said that Rosa was
sure pretty girl
Ye writer took in the dance Friday
night.
James Ellrod will leave Monday
morning for Coalmont. Success to
him.
hope that the Whitwell boys will
stand firm to the end. Boys, I do moi
think it will be long until we can al
join hand in hand once more and be
united and let our churches be pros
porous again as they used to be and live
in peace. What glorious time that
will be. God pity the non union man
who can't see his condition. May the
good Lord show him that the rich mar
is not his friend. Evening Star.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
Mt. 0LIvE, Ill.

Special 10 The Macs.
Well, it is with great pleasure that /
can sit down and read the good Old
Reliable Sequachee News for it does
me good to read such letters as Bro
Joe Hackworth and N. B. Moore can
write for they know what they are
talking about and also from many 9TH
ers. Come again with other good let
tiers.
Well, we have had three light frosts
up here and it has not been much
cold. We have had strong winds how
ever.
We had big speaking here the 18th.
There were four speakers but a. M.
Simons, of Chicago, beat all that
ever heard in my life. He spoke 80
minutes. In the parade were five To-
Gals, which were more miners that /
ever saw in one bunch They were
four deep and the procession was over
a mile long There were over 1000
miners in the parade
This is lonesome place up here.
That is all that anyone can have gainst
it If Copperas Brooches was up here
I could enjoy myself fine, but he thinks
it is too cold up here, but it isn't
They have had more cold weather down
there than we have had up here, but
don't forget about the wind, it nearly
lifts man off the ground. went to
town the other day and the wind was
against my back and would outrun a
horse. i had to go sideways to keep
from flying. There was wind right
the other night. Twelve miles from
here it struck little town and blew
off several houses and killed several
people,
l think from what the brothers write
from Whitwell it is in bad shape. It
needs me to preach the scabs sermon.
| will take my text in the 23rd Psalm,
''For slaves of capitalism. A COM
pany is their shepherd. They shall
not want for shearing. They maketh
them to knuckle down in their green
pastures; they leadeth them by the
nose beside the still waters Of their
political mud puddle They exploiteth
their souls; tn y viii lead them in old
paths of capitalism for their gain sake
though they will walk through theval-
| ley of starvation and death. They will
fear no less evil for thou art with them
TO shear them. Thy rod and thy staff,
they come fast upon them. Thou pre-
parest table for them and banquet
them in the midst of their enemies.
Thou anointeth their heads with toll;
their cup of sorrow runneth over
Surely curses and poverty shall follow
them all the days of their lives and
they shall dwell in the rented houses
of a company forever" We will
have company lead in prayer:
"Our father, who art in Washington,
plutocracy beethey name, thy kingdom
is come, thy will is done in America
as it is in Europe, especially in Russia.
Give us this day our daily plumber.
Forgive us our tricks as we forgive
those who have trcked us and lead us
not into cooperation but deliver Us
from the union for thine is the domain
and the machinery and the capital for
ever. Amen If any one confess and
turn from their evil ways let me
know and win send certain person
to baptize him. He baptized them in
to it and guess he can baptize them
out of it.
will cali off for thi $ time with best
regards to. the Old Reliable and its
readers. Brother Gabe
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
LittletOn Prophesies.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Oct 90
Jesse NJ. Littleton, late Republican
candidate for Governor, who is in the
city, expressed the opinion to-day in
spite of the hard fight which Gen. Pat
terson is making for the Gubernator-
ial nomination. Gov. Cox will be re-
nominated. Owing TO what he con-
sidered Democratic divisions, he sees
great hope of Republican success in
the next campaign. rH
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26

The steadfast union spirit in the ma
jority Of the miners in this section is
due to practical experience in digging
coal, and the conditions governing
same. 1t might, perhaps, be we'll said
that the spirit of aggression manifest
ed by the non-union miners, is the re-
suit of ignorance Of those conditions
and that he is blinded by the sight of
few dollars placed before his sight.
Poor fellow, he is TO be pitied rather
than condemned.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
An Awful Cough Cured.

1.-TWO years ago our little girl had
a touch Of pneumonia, which left her
with an awful cough. She had spells
of coughing, Just like one with the
whooping-cough and some thought she
would not get well at all We got a
bottle of Chamberlain Cough RENE
dy, which acted like a charm. She
stopped coughing and got stout and
fat, writes Mrs. Ora Bussard. Bru-
baker. Ill This remedy is for sale by
Jno. W. Simpson, Jasper II enn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
Sick Headache Cured.

Sick headache is caused by derange-
ment of the stomach and by indiges-
tion. Chamberlain Stomach and Liv-
er Tablets correct these disorders ana
effect a cure. By taking these tablets
AS soon as the first indications of the
disease appears, the attack may be
warded off. For sale by Jno. W. Simp-
son. Jasper, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26
TOrments Of letter and Eczema AIIayed,

The intense itching characteristic
of eczema, letter and like skin. diseases
is instantly allayed by applying Cham
berlain's Salve and many severe cases
have been permanently cured by its
use For sale by Jno. W. Simpson, Jas
per, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26

The President and Jack Frost seem to
have travelled to New Orleans togeth-
er, and. no doubt, the yellow fever
germ is completely annihilated. Per-
haps the next best move the President
could make would be a crusade against
the anti-union microbe that infests the
minds of many of the coal operators
of Alabama and Tennessee.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26

The Memphis Chattanooga extension
of the Southern Railway, and the lock
and dam project just started building
ought 10 mean one million more dol
lars in taxable value added to this
county, practically quartering the ex-
ira tax for road bonds
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-26

The Cincinnati Post is waging a
strong fight against the corrupt
gang rule Of its city. The Post
never minces matters and hits straight
out from the shoulder. always