Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-04-23
Third District


writer has asked the head fugOeman of
this tick business for a corral for the
convenience of the people as we have
the number required 10y the law to en-
title us to the lot, but Just what the
authorities will do we don't know
The tick doctor said to Mr.. Rogers
he couldn't take his cattle ont of pas
ture to water without permit from
DIR. Moves. If that be so Mr.. Rogers
and a number of others will have TO
take their teams and haul water to said
stock. Is this not pretty tough ON the
poor man that owns the cattle, the
land, the water, and yet he is told that
he cannot cross the branch TO water his
cattleg
Now, l want to say right here that
am not fighting DR.. Noyes, John Pres
nell or Francis Mccullough, or any
other official of tick or quarantine law,
but respect them in the highest degree
but the tick and quarantine laws of
Marion county are what fight. Meth
er am fighting the commissioner of
the registration law. but the law it.
self / say it is unconstitutional and
ought to be repealed at the hands of
the people. The same as to the game
and dog laws. We don't need them in
our business. ! am for the aboye nam
ed laws being referred to the ballot box
and let the people exercise their elect
i've franchise and not steal away the
rights that ought to be left and delega-
ted to the good honest tax payers of
the county to say what shall be and
what shall not be- | say the time has
now come to show down, people if
you ever expect to accomplish any
thing pertaining to your future welfare
and that Of wife and little, half-fed,
half-clothed children. Now is the time
for your little ball of rags to step to
the front and take a seat by your UNI
Gle Representative, and let us wind
up this Internal class legislation for a
few Office holders to enrich themselves
and families and impoverish the poor
and deprive them of their elective
franchise and all rights and privileges
that ought to belong to the people, but,
thank the Lord, voters, you can con
troll your birth right if you will only
exercise common hOrse-sense and look
before you you leap, and be sure that
you have conferred ON the right man,
and man you know has labored and
knows just what the poor laboring
class of people of the county want and
just what kind of laws it takes to be
enacted to apply to the whole people
alike, and not class legislation enacted
to only apply to few to better their
own condition and that of their fami-
lies, and leave your wife and little
starved, ragged children out in this
cold, lonesome word to suffer without
being represented or protected
Now, whiting Bill' and Hard
scrabble, if you are for Representa-
tive to become candidate for repre-
sentative, and if you think | am built
of the right kind of material and am
all together for the poor class of people
of my country just step forward and
shake hands with real, true friend to
you, one and all. Beware of false
prophets. They will come and put up
many fowery tales, and yet the first
chance they get at you they will try to
have the $50 exemption law repealed
on poor wage-earners, and not allow
him anything ON each month wages
but what must be subject to seizure,
levy or attachment. And yet the same
law allows the farmer with his little
country home $1,000 of real estate and
about $500 worth of personal property,
yet this same party can go to town
where his brother laborer works and
make all the debts he wishes and yet
you can't touch his property. The law
says that is exempt to him, and to his
brother working in the mines at Whit
well the representatives tried to make
the law speak out and say-"You darn
ed laboring class of men, you are not
worthy of any of the exemption laws
of Tennessee and you'are nothing more
than a darkey was during slave times
respectfully ask the legislature of Ten
nessee to repeal this $50 per month ex-
emption law off the wage Garner and
please not allow him anything, for af-
ter he voted for me | got to studying
about what few merchants asked me
to do while at the bar of justice and
promised them as sure as gun is
made of iron that would get that law
repealed so they could collect a bal.
ance due them when a poor minel
had happened to many misfortunes
and perhaps couldn't feed himself and
wife and children, yet they asked a
the hand of the legislature, by anC
through her representative to be SURE
and wipe them out and not allow then
anything. No! not one dollar. Yea
so we can garnishee them to death
and let brother Bill over in the coun
try keep his 81, 500, but don't bottle
him. Shoe fly But you must no
forget when you get down to Nashville
when the legislature meets. You
know what you promised us. We don
want Bills brother, who is miner
to have darned dollar exempted OF
any months wages, but just let he
fly"
Now, readers, one and all, if 20,
I wish to protect yourself and family
now is the time to do so. Head off tn
men that have Just such laws enacte
and the law will soon repeal itself. /
you want man like your uncle "ReT
resentative, to represent you, and on
, that God in heaven knows is for you
don't be mealy-mouthed about it. Jus
come right out and say so. Then wi
n know whereof | speak, and will b
your candidate, and not nay own, bu
whatever is your choice and the wi
of the people will be mine but what
ever choice and selection you make, II
J. member | will be with you even unit
l. the end.
d / guess this will land in the good &c
q itor's waste basket but / will no.
pass ON TO another subject anyway.
}. We read d. T. Thach's letter in tn
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