Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-22
Third District.

our crops, but II has refreshed every
thing wonderfully. We feel that we
are greatly benefited and have been
blessed. Thauk the Lord
Rev. q. w. White and A. d. Thorn
as are holding registration in the Third
District and report a perfect picnic, as
some days they don't register more
than three or four. All of you boys at
different places, / want you to come
and register and try to be qualified vo
tiers, for your uncle Representative"
wants TO use you in the next cam
paign. We must roll wheel or bust
a tire. Now, take warning. Be We
ready. If you can't do otherwise be
like bad dollar, always on hand when
the roll is called.
We tender our sympathy to the good
people of Sequachee. Sorry indeed, to
note that you are forced to go to Jasper
to register You know every bitter
has its sweet and every dog has his
day, and the next day will be ours. |
hope that at the next election we can
ratify and correct a few mistakes that
have been made Intentionally. Lay
with them, boys, we are with you,
even unto the end, and when the roll
is called and the votes are counted
next August election. if living, let's
all be there. Skin those wire workers
and boss fiints and take their scalps
Oh, glory hallelujah Oh, how happy
then we will be! Voters, why can't
you seer Oh, glory hallelujah. Boys,
ism t this good doctrine3 1t does my
soul good from bottom to top, and from
top to toe. Boys, keep in mind what
have said. Goodbye until the next
August election. Then we can say,
amen.
We read with great pleasure the let
ter of correspondent, "Miss L.. and
it was of interest to the reading public.
Come again, miss L. your advice
was well received and highly appreci-
ated by all who take the News up here
in the Third. Anything that is of in
terest and of importance to the reading
public we like to read, but those trash
y gags and jokes, which have tend
ency to slur or throw off on somebody,
we don't admire and would kindly ask
correspondents in courtesy and respect
and with high regards to the editor,
to cut out such before sending it in.
And when you have done this you
have sustained respect for yourself,
the editor and the reading public and
your uncle, Representative. As
far as l am concerned l can stand
most any old thing, but have some
| friends that are readers of the News,
that get somewhat disguised and lit
| tie bit wearied hunting for something
| interesting in the news of their town
or neighborhood and absolutely fails to
find anything of interest.
| have Just received the details of a
| shooting scrape between j. w. West
and Dub Young ON the train near Vic
toria West and Young got into an ar
gument on the union question and the
| truth of it is West got mad and had it
to make Young shut his mouth and let
him have his way, and because Young
argued his side of the question, he
said, Hush, or l will arrest you. !"
And Young said that he lived in a
country where free speech was obtain
ned. Then is when West assaulted
Young by taking hold of him and
trying to arrest him without just cause
| and without out color of authority,
and then he pulled his pistol aud took
aim at Young, but almost missed
him, only making a slight flesh wound
on Young's hand. Then Young fired
in self-defence and so far the public
feeling and sentiment in this case il
with young Ye writer has gathered
the above statement from Leonard
Vahoosiier, subject to be corrected.
VIM. Ross was out to see ye writer
today to have same statement made in
| the News last week corrected. He sale
that he was wronged to a certain ex
tent by the publication of his anC
brother, Georges racket, and asked
to have We writer to correct it, anC
here it is in a nutshell He said h,
went to Kentucky to get his brother
George to sign deed to his brother
Sam Ross, for 100-acre tract Of lane
and didn't go to buy for himself an(
that he did't walk back through thu
mountains as was reported, but came
in on the train to Tracy and walked
from there to WhitweIl, and he stated
that he did cut his brother George
three or four times, but did it in self
defence by kicking his brother S knife
out of his hand and that he and hi
brother were both under the infuenc,
of drink After hearing Mr.. Ross
statement, if true, then he would b.
justified in his action They have go
these matters settled between the tw
brothers l am always ready to correc
any and all statements made by me
incorrect. We never knew the tru
facts in this case until Mr.. Ross cam
today in perfect good humor and ask
ed We writer to correct the matter
All we had gathered was from the gen
eral public and report True happen
ings and true facts are what we wan
to give to the reading public. It
hard, indeed, for person sometimes
unless they witness an occurrence,
give true report Where there is
great number of witnesses to scrap i
public place, it is hard indeed to pu
them all on the witness stand and &c
them to tell the same story. Hardl
two out of ten will tell the same tale
so we have to be very careful abou
getting reports. We give it as we hay
heard it told to us, and if any pal
of the statements made should be III
true, please do like Mr.. Ross, ca
and confess and give the true facts q
it occurred / don't wish to wrong an
man, if / know myself. Ross said lie
our caused all the trouble. / agrt
{ with you that liqour is a mighty ba
thing.
was glad to read Joe Hackworth
letter in the News from Texas, one {
our old neighbors and schoolmate
= We want to hear often from you, JOE
through the News.
Was glad to hear from brother, ''Gt