Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-10-12

objections to mine coming to light. II
is quite evident to me from our own
statements that when you get ready to
haul me into the courts (which l have
no objections to and won't by any
means try to evade) that both you
and will use Miss Mary Willie as O
witness. In my case it will be under
her own personal signature (this pre-
pares you to get it in the same man
ner, If you choose. J.
Now, in regard to your one, two,
three, four, five and six do you
Knows" l reply as follows: 1st. I do
not know that you and the other men,
bers of the Board are so energetically
engaged, while / am sleeping, to en-
deavor serve your people so well, and
would ask how do you know what
hours am asleep and what hours | am
awake. Again | venture the assertion
l burn as much or more midnight oil
than you, and do it in the interest of
the people / represent 2nd. do not
know that you are and will provide
the best public school ever taught in
Sequatchie Valley, and | will wait to
be informed by others of them, than
the clerk of the Whitwell School
Board.
3rd. I do not know that you win
do what you believe to be right for
those for whom you are acting regard
less of what organization / belong to
or may not belong to, neither do I
know that my affiliations or non-affi-
liations with any association has any
thing to do with you doing what you
believe to be right. am, however,
perfectly willing to wait and see.
4th. | do not know that either,
when I lived at Whitwell or when l
come to Whitwell, that | have said or
done anything that has caused strife,
contention, confusion and turmoil in
your public school, or that | do the
Whitwell people great wrong re-
gardless of labor affiliations. | do
know however, that as q result of your
hiring Miss Mary Willie Caryon, to
teach school and then abruptly turning
her home, that the above has resulted
No, friend Raulston, you can't dump
your doings on me.
5th. do not know that / have ever
at any time mot even on the memora-
BILE 25th of September, 1905) attacked
the Whitwell School Board. / attacked
| (under what consider reliable inform
ation) j. T. Raulston, (who happens to
be Clerk of Whitwell School Board)
for an injustice done a refined and re-
spectacle young lady from one of the
best homes of Whitwell
9th. do not know that you will
take more concern about the welfare
of the children whom the law has made
you guardians of, than of any contro-
versy between union and non-union la
Dor. only know you ought to, and
ought to do it without any reference
whatever either to unionism or non
unionism. However, like Section 3, l
am quite willing to wait and see
Your six "Do You Knows, howev-
er, remind me of an old adage learned
i while school boy, viz; "Self praise
is no recommendation" This ap-
plies to you, because under your state
ment you say your colleagues are not
parties to your letter With reference
to your political belief, your position is
entirely correct The same ought to
be carried further, and say that neith-
er political, church, benevolent, Sc
cret, or labor union belief, should in
any way interfere in these matters.
Friend Raulston, let me say in con-
clusion that as you make reference to
narrowmindedness let me suggest
that we both go to some reliable
, phrenologist and have our heads read,
, get delineation of same, and ask
him for his written opinion of each
! respective case on narrowness Then
let us change papers. Now, proceed as
, you deem best. purpose being in
: Whitwell before the expiration of the
} present month, should you, however,
need me for the courts prior to my vol
untary coming there, let'me know by
phone, wire or letter and / will try tc
} cancel any engagements / may have t.
accommodate you.
Yours very truly,
JOE VASEY.
7 p. S. This controversy is over q
/ principle and not an individual, viz
e The principle of the right of any teach
t er TO hold any individualsviews on am
: public question, provided that teacher
does not intrude his or her views OF
r the public. Miss Mary w. CarlyoI
ceases to be party to the controversy
: since she has been restored TO her posi-
: tion, for which l am truly glad. ant
because her restoration proves that sh'
would not violate this principle, mucl
D assthe evidence given to me at Whit
I ] well clearly indicated that she was be
4 ing punished. for her supposed labOl
4 affiliatioa, and which fully explains m,
a action in the public meeting. VASEY
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