Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-18
Eastland.
.SteeiaLM kAe Me70s

SDeCidi 10 me IFS1OS.
As I didn't see anything from this
place last week I win try to give few
dots from this part Of the camp.
John Girdley and family arrived
here Friday.
There have been many of our old
Whitweil friends here in the last
month
We hear some of the women say it is
all they can do at times to keep their
men from packing up and leaving, but
You know there isn't any place on
earth that would hold some people.
Again | saw in the News, of some of
our old friends from other places TAX
ing a view from some of the high
peaks Of the mountain and wanting to
20 back to Whitwell. | carr say one
thing, / have no desire whatever to
see that place again. Whitwell is no
paradise to me.
We are getting along very we'll here
and think | will just stay as long as
| am able to work, or until say or do
something that the company doesn t
like. Then | ana ready to try some
other place. We have very quiet and
peaceable little town. We have a Sun
ton here. We are short of church de-
nominations, but that is no bad fail
ing ! think the shortage of Christians
is the worst failing Ye writer was
walking out Sunday morning and saw
a man who claimed he was an Adven
tist. He was working away chopping
wood on the street between the new
houses. How can a man be an Adven-
tist and not deny Christ, for as you
know they are trying to live under the
law2 Well, | guess they are like a
great many other denominations, they
can't discern between the old and new
dispensation. | hear people say Sab
bath school or Sabbath day. ANY Bible
student ought to know that Saturday
is or was under the old law, the Sab,
bath day.
hear a great many writing their
theory, but am too poor writer tC
do much writing on this subject, so q
few words to Clumsy Bob, by his
request. Dear sir and old Whitwell
friend, we are both about the same
kind of union men as far as crankinesS
is concerned. | am glad you said what
YOU did about me cheering up. Would
say am not the least bit out of heart.
looked on the dark side of our ques
tion for over two years You said that
| answered you before that was tired
of furnishing myself for someone else.
[ think | used about such language
and l meant just what | said. Hor
said was looking on the dark side OF
the question. think not, for as tolt
you above | looked on the dark side ov
er two years, and you advised me tt
cheer up and said that there is not
much gained that is worth anything
without suffering. | agree with you
my brother, but i suffered the loss o
all and gained nothing but great dis
appointment. | am true blue uniol
man when it comes to unionism, bu
such union as the union officials ar
holding up in the Nineteenth district
| don't hold with. | believe we Ough
to get this country organized but Meth
er | nor any other man, can do any
thing of that kind by ourselves, ant
our officers telling us to work at non
union places, and that it is all right
| know we are instructed i'll HOly..Wri
to forsake all and follow Jesus. | hav
forsaken all but I'll not follow sue
leaders as the 10Th district has an
longer, for | am union to the bone
Let me tell, you good union men
who read the News, Il know we hav
got plenty of them, myself and "Clum
sy Bob, and "Old Blue" are not tn
only union men there are) what sol
of locals the 10Th has got. A man stay
ed at my house and told me this him
self, many of the Whitwell and Sold
men know him we'll He said he woul
go to some places for work and the hos
would want to pat him on to work an
ask him if he had worked at certai
non-union places. If he had he woul
tell him he would have to see the con
mittee and they would tell him h
couldn't work there That is forcin
men to Just scab on. Such work 4
that will never organize our country
What is still worse, he told me of tn
union officials taking the charter ava
from them for transacting such bus
ness They tried to excuse them selvt
to him. Let's act union and be uniol
Let the 10Th district organize, be III
ion and allow none but scabs to wOr
at non-union places. Hope everybod
will understand my position.
UNION MAN.