Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-03-05
Third District
.SeSk;aib the Nezoy.

The tick law in Marion county has
reduced the price in milk cows mp here
one-fourth and the price of calves and
yearlings one half, TO compare prices
with last year. There are but few
white people going TO keep cattle up
here this year and no negroes at all.
This tick law is deadener to the poor
class of people in Marion county, and
don forget to put that in your pipe
and smoke il, for at least one third of
the population up here hasn't any
place prepared to confine their cattle
during the tick season. Consequently
the result will be the poor unfortunates
will have TO dispose of all the milk
cows they have and deprive their
children of milk and butter that they
could have otherwise. But the land
owners will drink the cream and the
poor, unprotected white folks and the
darkeys will have to go without, It's
like little song | used to sing when |
was a boy-"The white folks go to
college, the poor negro slaves go to the
field the land owners and white folks
learn to read and the poor negroes and
white slaves learn to steal Now,
readers of the News | have lived in
Marion county AZ years and there were
ticks here years ago, and there will be
ticks when | am dead and gone. The
only destruction to the tick family is
to set the woods afre in the midst of
summer when the young ticks hatch
out, and that would, you see, destroy
thousands Of dollars worth Of valuable
timber worth more than all the cattle
on Walden's ridge and Cumberland
mountain. | am some tick inspector
myself and have got common horse
and cattle sense, and this internal tick
law and darn dog law and registration
law is jonah, and the representa-
tives that enacted such laws, direct or
indirect, are nothing short of jonahs
to the general mass of people, and
strike the poor man as hard as stroke
of paralysis. No tick law or any dog
law representative ever will get the
endorsement of the sensible poor white
or black vote of Marion county to ever
represent the good, honest people of
this county in the state legislature
next term We have, without doubt,
decided to vote for no candidate who
refuses to denounce such laws, while a
candidate before the people before the
polls open, let him be republican or
democrat, union non-union, prohibit
ZIONIST, or Peoples party. Let all as
pirants to such an Office put this in
| their pipe and smoke it. We are tired
of being trampled ON and mOnkeyed
with by such representatives that
have appeared before the house of rep
resentatives in our interest and behalf
They all have proved to be jonahs,
such as dog and tick representatives.
They have given us the hogs eye and
passed us by.
Joe Real has increased the Republi-
can party two more numbers this
week. He has twin boys at his house.
John Grayson from near Bessemer,
Ala, passed through here this week
Willie White, son of w. II. White,
is now in Russell, Ark, He went out
west with Mr.. Hatfield His trans
portation was paid by young Miss Hat
field. We suppose young men are scarce
out there by this action on the part of
this young lady.
There was singing and an organ
playing party at w. H. Whites Fri
day night II. F. Rogers and sons
were the leaders i'll the singing.
Joe GraysOp and wife are very badly
dissatisfied over the division of the
land divide between his wife and Jas.
Hattield's wi5s, sisters, daughters Of
Rhoda Hill.
Bud Vanhooser and family visited
the Ridge Saturday night at Joe Pick
ett's
A sage field accidentally caught afire
on the ridge Sunday, but 10 serious
! damage was done 10 nanyone-
Ben Rogers is Hiding an automobile
through the Ridge very swiftly these
muddy days.
We were very sorry to hear through
the Tateville correspondent that j. r.
Ayles, of that place, had fallen out of
his barn and stTlck an iron pitch fork
shrough his thigh. Mr.. Lyles stayed
over night with We writer just few
nights before the accident happened
Hope he will soon recover.
Elijah Grayson and r. Griffith We're
cut coon hunting last night and caught
o very severe cold. Report bad luck
DR.. P G. Grayson called on w. H.
White today and got lanl deed re-
paired.
John W. French mYsteriously disap-
2eared from. this locality three weeks
| ago and hasn' ii been seen since.
| r. F. Rogers is getting his farm ne
paired in good shape. Frank is good
aeighbor and, has, a NICE good and
agreeable family.
! Everybodyup here, in the 3rd is get
ting behind with their farming bust
ne
cold weather.
\ | will close by saying if any cOrres-
Bpondent has any dog or tick candidate
down about Seqnachee or Jasper,
please hand his name in to the editor
of the News, so, L can get his name, fof
think my friends up here in'spite OF
my protest., are going to run me ON the
peoples platform and tell you right
here, enc and adj, if they do nominate
me as their representative candidate,
you dog and 5ek candidates will un.
derstand that, there is man in the
| field that knows how TO run. | Will