Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-03-08
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the logs they have ON the yard in two
or three more days. Then the mill
will stop until they get in more logs.
r. Foster, Mrs. Foster and six of
their smallest children were visiting at
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Almany S Sunday.
Also Mrs. Mary Jane Coldwell and
Ethel Davis. Bert, Laurence and Or
brey Coldwell took dinner with them
also
Jessie Harris and John Shrum have
moved from the Gregg place. John to
his old home near Foster and Harris
in the house with his father in law,
Mr.. Almany. Jessie is putting up a
new house on a piece of land he bought
from Robert Foster ON the creek below
the saw mill He will have nice
place when he gets it fixed up,
Ye writer made a trip to the quiet
little town of Jasper Thursday and re-
turned Friday. Jasper is a hustling
little place. | saw several Of my old
friends, among whom was little jim
mic Price our hustling county court
clerk. Jimmie said he would be out
on the mountain hunting votes. Don't
think he will have to hunt much for
there are several Price men out here.
If all of Bob Fosters, Geo. Davis,
Will Prices and we writer boys could
vote we would give Jimmie big lift.
Foster has eight, Price three, Davis
three and one grandson, and We writer
has three. Foster and Davis say they
are bound to run this the first district,
democratic if no bad luck happens and
their boys all live.
Mr.. Editor, did not think would
say any more on the labor subject but
will have to ask for space in your val
liable sheet for a few lines in answer
to Union Woman. wish to say to
her that when | was young man l
did solicit correspondence with nice
young ladies and did slip the feather
over two of their eyes and got them to
wife, and they were as nice and as
intelligent ladies any man ever had
and they both had sense enough to at
tend to their own business and not
NEEDLE with mems business, | think
, if the good old union woman of Tracy
, had been attending to her own business
, she would not have written as she did
! in last weeks News Right at the be-
! ginning of her letter she accused me
falsely, saying that said was I'M
ion man. did not say l was union
man. | said l favored the principles
of the union, but did not favor the
way it had been conducted and still
say so. Again she seems to insinuate
that my boys had taken another man
: job | deny that charge for there had
' not been anyone that had had that
: job permanently until my boys took it.
Now, my good old soul, am truly
sorry that you got offended at what
; said concerning this matter. I haven
g said anything against the union o.
any of its best men. do not blame
them for sticking to their organiza
ton. If I had joined the union
would be just like them, but there il
class of men that get into such organ
= izations, and even the churches, tina
. always do more harm that good, anC
. you, Mrs. Union Woman" know i
. to be fact. I never have condemn
:; ed the order nor the best class of mel
= that belong to it but do condemn tn
low class that don't regard the laws o
God nor man, and will not work on
third of their time when they hat
work, and all they cared for was lit
tie something to eat and good clothe
and a few dollars to buy whiske
= with. We have that kind of men in al
, classes of labor. hardly understan,
/ the lady. She says we stand as homes
| men. Why, my good woman, you sure
| ly have changed your garment l
! may be that you are wolf in sheep
/ clothing and we are commanded to be
| ware of SUCH She did not answer m
| question as a lady or gentleman shoul,
| have done but SAID it took Just sucl
| men as myself andboys to make scab
| She is like two ladies I know. Some
| time ago stopped at a place and tn
| subject was raised about the blackleg
| and the scabs. They did all the talk
| ing for a while as all men know tina
1 a man has slim chance to say any
l thing where there are two or three oil
women. They were abusing the scab
and blacklegs at high rate, wishing
/ them dead and everything else. Their
| was nothing too mean for them. Fin
ally | said, Hold on, you both know
that have two sons digging coal a
L Orme and know they are just as goo
as any man that belongs to the union.
| "Oh, says they, THAT is not scab
bling" "Well," l said what is scab
| bing2" and they said they did no
know. SO that is the way with a grea
many men and women-they talk an
make more fuss about something the
know nothing about than any one.
think union women had better lear
what scab is before they accuse good
honest people of being something tina
they are not, and people who live i
j glass houses should not throw stones.
You said that when Gabriel blew hi
trumpet the scabs would cry on
"What shall we do to be savedp' Tha
may be the case with some of them an
q l tell you my good sister, that whe
J that great and last day shall CON
there will be many crying for the rocl
and the mountains to fall on them an
hide them from the face Of the LORD
so it behOoves us all to be ready fC
that day to come.
You accuse me of saying that m
boys had cut props and saw logs a
a their lives | did not say any sue
thing l said they worked in timber
J such as saw milling, log and tie Gu
ting. 1t seems that some of the unio
now understand me. l don't say a
for think there is but one side to thi
subject and as long as a man sees an
D. believes as they do he is all right, bJ
lust as soon as he does differently /
p is scab and a black leg. You can a
call me and my boys scabs or any thin
. you please as long as you do it in TT,