Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-06-04
Makes Reply TO g. W. White
and "Watchman."

Gospel. tackled Joe Hackworth until
he dropped off the subject after his re-.
ply, which gave entire satisfaction 10
all on the subject he outlined. and lust
because l endorsed his reply. Won
jumped ON me. never was beaten
but once, and wasn't there that time.
Waterman" tried TO criticize two
Of my articles prior 10 the last issue. ON
the tick and quarantine law, and then
on the exemption law, and he never
touched side nor bottom of the issue
and, readers. did he ever prove one
solitary word to be untruey never
replied because what little he said on
the exemption law wasn't worth not
ing. The best he said was that the
exemption law was a bad law, and
ought to be left to vote of the peo-
pie, which sustained my argument to a
st"
Now, you two brothers have double
teamed and both of you are trying to
ride Representative" this week, and
I think one man on one horse is
enough at one time, and | will see if
| can't tighten the burden Just lit
tie by taking one of you off the horse,
or both. have known each of you all
of your lives We were born door
neighbors to each other, were raised
up together, went to the same school
together, worked in adjoining fields.
When we both got to be 10 years old
you went to preaching and was based
and put on cash salary as pastor to a
few Baptist churches, and enjoyed
what money they paid you l was
elected to a county Office in the gift of
the people, and | enjoyed what money
they paid Inc. have held office for %
years in Marion country, and have
been true to my calling and am yet in
Office and have never yet failed to car
ny my people at the ballot box, both
saint and sinner, and there is where |
have been these years, working for
the public.
"Watchman" charges me with lay.
ing around in idleness, but he isn't
under any obligations to pay me any.
thing. haven't asked him for any.
thing. except SOC to help buy Mr.,
Saynes a cork leg He seems to iumy
on me personally and point back to my
past life. | will acknowledge | don,
belong to his church, nor to any othel
church just now, but do possess JUS
about as many christian qualification
as either of you do, and | will abide BY
a partition dividing the people of tn,
community in which we both reside
, never have failed yet, and hav,
never had to sign brothers name t,
a letter to the county superintendent
: and ask that | be appointed school di
rector. In other words, sign Repre-
sentative's'' name to letter. Thu
, you knew you didn't stand as higl
with the county superintendent a
Representative" did or you woul,
not have done that on my honor an
credit. Then you know when ra
for that little Office never lost vote
and not a vote was cast against me
3 while you never held any Office of hon
4 or by vote of the people, and yo
know you have tried two years in sue
cession to get the taxes up here to co
' lect and failed. Your uncle, "Repre
sentative" has been tax collector IL
g here four terms, and has always show
P ed up clean record
Bro. Whites article is headed g.
Reply to Joe Hackworth's Article i
4 the News. Notice the bottom para
r graph, readers, and read for your
; selves. He replies to Mr.. HackwOrt
. and then turns right around and list
: the word I'VE" all the way through
and says, 1we don't care to furthe
discuss this subject only with liceI
sed and ordained preacher. Pray tie
Inc why did he chain Mr. Hackwort
and myself if ne didn't care to reply
I, us because we neither were license
# ministers? care nothing about h
Q credentials. He tackles me and a
y tempts to snow up to the reading puI
} lie that am not in good standing
q the community in which | reside b
i -ause l don't belong to the churcl
h The church he belongs to has pass'
:. out of existance ~ years ago, viz, Il
= Baptist church at Burnett's scho
n house, and there isn't any chur'
IT there now. My wife belonged to
3 and now, brother, if you and my wi
3 haven't attached yourselves to SOL
other church of the same faith and c
der in all these many years it looks
me that you are in as bad shape
you say l am. You don't belong
any church until you reorganize. I.
ID Methodist church, l guess, will ST
70 my wife and later on, as there ISL
any other church here to join exec
o. that, and have a great many frien
+. belonging to that body so we won't
IA left by ourselves.
II DEDD ECENT ATTNE