Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-10-24
Third District.
.Cbsfiol 10 The NezOS

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Special 10 The NezOs.
Some three or four heavy blasts in
the direction of Whitwell startled our
people here Sunday and made the
windows rattle. Immediately the ques-
ton was raised by what right n COM
pany had to work a gang of men on
Sunday, drilling and blasting rock, or
even performing any manual labor. 1t
is distinctly forbidden by the Code of
Tennessee under a minimum fine of 50,
more to be assessed according to the
discretion of the court, and said fine is
against each and every individual
But just here comes the point. A pow
erful corporation escapes the workings
of the law TO which an individual
would be subject. No Indictment is
ever made against corporation for
working men on Sunday, which, in
its own eyes is more important than
the Creator, who said: Remember the
Sabbath day TO keep it holy" Aside
from being in direct opposition to di-
vine mandates, it is hardly fair to the
common run of humanity, who ought
to be allowed to make money seven
days in the week just as well as the
big corporations.
If were to go ont and take my gun
and bag few quail and squirrels or
work on the pike roads a few Sundays
or haul corn and hay for my neighbors
so as to get q few dollars to help feed
my family, | would be indicted before
the grand jury for Sabbath breaking
and it would cost me at least $50 or
$40 to get out, just because | had VIC
lated the laws of my country, which
are plainly laid down in our criminal
code, and yet in the same town | can
work for company on Sunday and yet
you can't go before the same grand lu-
ry and get a true bill against me for
working on the Sabbath day, just be-
cause they are doing business for the
dollar and will pay. Don't bother
us, they say, "We have got permit
from the Tennessee legislature to work
on Sunday and do as we please and no
one will dare to interfere or hinder.
And the law cries out aloud to me
and says, "Stop or we will handle
your poor, poverty stricken carcass
without gloves - And yet how strange
indeed, we find plainly laid down in
our code that all corporations doing
business of any kind in this state must
bow their heads and be submissive to
the law Of our country, and must be-
come as a private individual. The law
ought to be no respecter of persons
and to the eyes Of the criminal law of
Tennessee all ought to look alike. If I
am wrong, please write and straighten
me out and I will thank you for so do
ing. The Scripture says that six days
thou shalt labor and on the 18th day
rest from your labor, and if you have
loafed six days and not worked you
have broken the command. You are
not tired and have nothing to rest
from. Hence loafers are not included
in this commandment. which is to
those who do manual labor six days in
the week If anyone can l want them
to cite a passage of Scripture that au-
thorizes the firing of blasts on Sunday.
If you can do so, then we will go to
work on the Sabbath day. Then we
will nullify the Sabbath day and let it
be a thing of the past. If you show
sufficient proof to back up the argu
ment and clearly sustain Sabbath
breaking to be no violation either of
the criminal law or Of the moral laws,
am ready to go to work on Sunday.
We have member of the church,
don't know about his being christian,
that sold ten head of hogs to party
in WhitweIl last Sunday. l don't be.
lieve that such christian as that
keeps many Of the commandments.
Another christian sold his shot gun tc
a hand and paid him for cutting corr
on Sunday. Another was on the ridge
buying cross tie timber on Sunday anC
another party was shopping and ex
changing horses on Sunday. Still an
other party was buying some land OF
Sunday and Others went to the Chatta
nooga market on Sunday with cattle
and others went with load of farm
produce. BY this you can get a view
of what is going on up in this part o
the moral vineyard, if you should cal
. it moral.
r. F. and G.. W. White have gon,
to Sequachee Cove on deer and bea'
hunt, and to get few squirrels anC
stub their toes against few bunche
of ginseng. They will be gone fOu
days. We have put on the big pot ant
the pan and are anxious for their re
turn. Oh, what happy thought an,
what a happy meeting this will b
when We writer gets fair sweep a
that bear and deer and squirrel mea
when properly cooked and placed o.
the table.
A certain party said certain part
wouldn't steal but Just the same
certain party caught a certain part
right square in a certain party's Cor
field, shocking and Smelling the corr
This il no Gag or 1Oke,