Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-05


of us personally and could have seen
us and known the facts by taking a
three minutes walk. That is not all.
Richard Rigby, union miner as Mr..
Massey is, an Englishman as Mr..
Vasey is, was present at the meeting
where these false charges were made.
Mr.. Rigby has been very fast friend
of Vasey's and Vasey knows, as | know
that Richard Rigby is pure gold and
Mr. Vasey knows, as know, that
those who know Richard take his word
with the same degree of confidence as
they would his own statement, and
now as to why Mr.. Vasey did not seek
to know the truth from Richard before
he made these accusations, am willing
for the world to judge, and why he did
not withdraw the same after Richard
interfered you can guess.
About the time these false term
them false because | am amply able to
establish the falseness of the charges
that were made) Mr.. Grayson and an
other member of the Whitwell School
Board were out endeavoring to arrange
for house for Miss Carlyon to teach
in she, having been employed prior to
that time. am informed that it was
said that we requested Miss Carlyon
to renounce union sentiments in order
to get the school, and now and here
denounce this as well as what you re-
port in your paper as being said by Mr..
Vasey as being absolutely and unqual-
ifiedly false and my position in
this connection can be easily es-
tablished by Miss Carlyon herself, and
her father is a union man as Massey is
and is English as Massey is. Go to her
and learn of this slanderous assault
made on the Whitwell School Board.
This is all self-evidently false for
the young lady is teaching and have
never heard of her, either denouncing
union or non-union sentiments.
Mr.. Vasey, do you know:
LIST. That those same school officers
who you are reported to have condem-
ned in unmeasured terms, have, when
you were asleep, been busy endeavor-
ing to secure good teachers and other
wise to provide for the welfare of the
school children in Whitwell coming
from both union and non union houses
2nd. Do you know that these same
men have, during the Spring and will
during the Fall, provide for the school
children of Whitwell one of the best
public schools ever taught in Sequa
chez ValleyH
3rd. Do you know that we will dc
what we believe to be right and what
we think to be best for those for whom
we are acting, independent of you, in
dependent of any organization to which
you belong, or Independent of any or
ganization to which you do not belong
4th. Do you know that when yor
come to Whitwell and do andsay things
that will cause strife, contention, con
fusion and turmoil in our public
school, you do our people grea
wrong without regard to their labol
affiliationsH
9Th When you attack the Whitwel
School Board do you know that you
are assaulting set of men who will
defend the rights of their 700 or NOR
little wards whether they come from
union or non-union honest
9th. Do you know that we will TAX
more concern about the welfare o
these children who the law has mad
us the guardians of than we will abou
the result of the controversy ON be
tween union and non-union laborl
AS to what was said to Miss Carlyon
| said that, so far as l was concerned
would not tolerate the dragging of thi
labor strife and contention into tn
school. That no teacher could advo
cate the cause of either and teach for u
and now repeat the same and mean t
stand by it.
The writer, politically is a republi
can. What would you think if wa
to require all applicants for schoo
before obtaining my support, to re
nounce democracy You would con
slider such an outrage, still there woul
be more reason in my so doing tina
there would be in my requiring teach
ers TO take sides in the labor fights.
l have regarded Mr. Vasey as high
minded man, a man in whom many goo
people have confidence, so on this &C
count and ON account of the interest
the public has relative to the questio
concerning which he is reputed TO hav
spoken, | think il proper for me I
outline my views as have above.
If this article is offensive to any on
no responsibility for the same must b
fixed ON any one for the same, exceI
the undersigned. as the other member
of the board have not been consulte
in its preparation.
am exceedingly sorry for anyon
who is so narrow-minded as TO endeay
or to bring his business troubles int
| he oc.sal au1 crhool afFafre