Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-03-04
Third District.
peeiai 10 tie Mea0s.

uInnS vi JIG Oiu NolldUie, out nave
mt failed to read the contents of the
News just the same every week.
Since the beginning Of my vacation
/ have noted many business changes
throughout the entire country, some
for the better and some for the worse.
and the good and the bad sentiments
of the people as a whole have been
given in the News, but the editors
opinion and views on public measures
have always been mine. We are per
fectly willing for him to lead the dele
CATION Of News correspondents on al
most any public measure that comes in
contact with the general mass of peo-
pie that has been up before the people
and the state Legislature. | hope and
trust that good will result to the peo-
pie and that there will be many great
ly benefited, and that the rising gener-
alton may be improved by the enact
ion of good laws. Better laws mean |
good state government and good citi-
zenship. What is good for my neigh
Dor will be good for me, so lust let her
slide, but don't forget to watch as well |
as pray and don't fail to keep one eve
open while you sleep at night. If you |
will keep this practice up there will |
be no Jonah capture you while asleep.
The legislature has about done up |
the county commission business of reg |
istration, and put the appointing pow
er back in the hands and under the in
risdiction of the county court, and has
also passed the bill to redistrict the
county of old Marion. If this bill is
not vetoed by Patterson it will bring
back the old sixteen districts in this
county and do away with this regis
tration law in nearly every district in
the county that has burdened the peo-
pie so long. hope we can vote lust
as intelligently without the registra-
tion as we could with it, as we did
years ago, and to know that we can
vote without possessing educational
qualifications before we can exercise
our elective franchise and exercise and
/ perform the duties of our forefathers
We need just as good men in the
county court as guardians of the peo-
pie as we do in the state legislature,
because they act on the peoples rights
and handle the taxpayers money, and
if they act wisely in voting their ap-
preparations all will be we'll. If not,
then they are party to helping rob
the tax payers and county treasury.
We have had passed some measures
and appropriations by our county court
that have promised to be bad meas
ures, and detrimental to the interests
of the tax payers of the county so peo-
pie say and they are now the judges
of the past records of the county rep
resentatives., The cause thereof is un-
known to us, whether by corruption
in the county court or from other caus-
es. we are unable to explain.
We have had three Justices resigna-
tions rendered to the county court from
the upper end of the county, to wit;
Dan Pitman, S. L. Havron and j. H.
Barker All have thrown up the sponge
and stepped down and out, so we are
left unofficially represented by any jus
tce to issue legal process of the law
from below Victoria at Esquire Mer
rift up to the Sequachee County line,
a distance of nine or ten miles, 50 |
have now stepped in the rirg as can
didate to fill the vacancy of somebody,
God only knows who, but it's puzzle
just now to get the required informa-
tion as to how this special election
will be called Will it be by the coun-
ty commissioners of registration or by
the county court? Why has the delay
been so long2 If understand the law
il the election was called by the COM
missioner before the action of the leg
islature it would be constitutional but
if called by them after the action of
the legislature and the law was APP
proved, then it would be illegal and
unconstitutional and would all have
to be done over again. Let that be as
it may / am in the ring for Justice of
; the Peace, believing at the same time
that there may be better men in the
field than /, but none any more compe-
tent and fitted for the place than my
= self and none that are in the field Can
do as much for the people in
the upper end of Marion County
than | can do, and what ever prom.
: Use to do for my PEOPLE / will be found
at the bar of justice, battling for what
l think is to the interest of our people
| and in the bounds and territory il
which l will endeavor to represent
J There has been quite lot of sick
ness up here for the last fifteen day.
and Drs. Janaway and Shirley have
S been very busy attending to them, but
n from all reports the patients are ou
4 of danger. No rows. no fights and nj
marriages to renort this week. Plent.
of rain, an abundance of water ant
T mud, bad roads, and but little worl
@ going on. Everybody is getting shor
+ of provisions, have about consumed al
, they put up and now corn is scarce
and has reached 90c per bushel ant
some are out now and the neighbor
haven't got it to let them have, AM
the crop to make and pillow yet.
am at loss to figure out just hoy
they will get through and make thei
crop and keep out of debt. They vii
have to work hard-work like Roose
welt said to darkey who walked int
his Office one day and made this re
mark: "Mr President, why do 20
get such big salary as you do for OF
ly sitting in this office and don't q
hard manual labor3'' ''Well,
said to the darkey, ''they pay me fC
head work and that's what | am d.
ing now" The Old darkey salt
Pretty good, sab. The Presidel
said to the darkey, II will give you
dollar TO kill small beef for me t,
day" IAN right, boss, said ii
darkey, 80 he went away at once al
killed the beef and pretty soon be r
ported to the president, "All RICH
boss, Use sure killed him" "Nel
have You got him dIessedP' 'No, bos
| had no contract to dress it, only