Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-10-29

Dear Editor
Will you kindley use the remainder OF
my subscription in the retun OF ny
three last pieces and oblige Whln IL
get so an editor looses out | think ne
bad better sell out or give out ana
close or get out so pleas return me ny
thre last pieces and / will do as i see
all old subscibs and correspondence
are doing J r Hackworth
Joe - Tolbrt Tex
X .
We always like to give honor TO
whom honor is due, and hence we
print the above short letter just exact
ly as 'she was wrote, - so as to dis
play thoroughly its intrinsic beauties
1t shows remarkably we'll the difticult-
les with which we have had to con-
tend with in the preparation OF the
manuscript Of this voluminous writer
IA second William Shakespeare, except
broke loose in a biblical form, for
many years passed. As long as the
matter was varied we faithfully tried
to decipher the wierd writing and pc
culiar photography, but when it re-
solved itself into a discussion which
kept revolving like the sails of wind
mill, we baked. We tried to keep up
with the pace, granting columns upon
columns of space to religious discus
sion that was skipped by about every
reader we asked about it, and con-
demned by about an. equal number.
This Texas cyclone is cheerfully ac-
corded the privilege he requests. Few
things in life give us better pleasure
than to wrap up his multitudinous di-
atribes, and ship them to place in
Texas which we presume to be Tolbert,
but which he writes "Tolbrt. This,
however, may be Volapuk, the new
language, in which, however, we are
not versed AS far as moving out,
busting or blowing up is concerned.
divers individuals and companies have
tried that ever since the first issue of
the News saw light, and if Mr.. Hack
worth thinks because he stops writing
to or reading the News that it will
surely perish, he is mistaken in sur
perlative degree. The News today has
as many friends as it ever had, and is
enjoying patronage i'll the same degree.
AS the years roll by, people, even our
enemies, recognize our stand in things
is just, and that we do not go off half
cooked, as Mr.. Hackworth evidently
has done. We propose to stay here
just as long as we want to. We won
be driven or coerced in any way.
As for correspondents, we have as
fine a set of correspondents now as can
be found on any paper. 1t is true
some have dropped out, but we like
for that kind to drop out which make
us trouble by sending us slanderous
communications and signing other par
ties names to the same. We positive
ly cannot return to him, however, his
last three communications to the
News, as we published his last, omit
ting portion, between the lines o.
which we detected an attack on &
worthy young man, who is making the
race for representative. We did no
care to be made a catspaw to do devil
ment to candidate we esteem. Thi
attack was evidently instigated by 1
disappointed candidate at this end
who was afraid to come out in the op
en-, but it was headed off.
To Mr. Hackworth we recommend
that he takes thorough course il
spelling, punctuation and penmanshil
before writing for the press any more
In so doing he will save editors gener
ally hours of anguish trying to deciph
or his hieroglyphic installations. Per
haps it might give some of them
chance to get into that paradise presid
ed over by st. Peter, which the,
wouldn't get into, if it was up to then
to struggle with J. Hackworth'
thoughts, penmanship and orthograph,
for a lifetime.
Vale imperial potentate of the DIES
TIMES of the News from the rabbi
fields of far away Texas. We celebrat
thy quittance with paean Of thanks
giving, and turn with pleasure t,
read letters from correspondents of tn
News who spell better, write bette
hands, and who give us credit of hav
ing sense enough to run our own bust
ness.