Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-12-01
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: UNCLE TOMS LETTER.

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Dear people, there is no need of an!
church or Sunday School being in ar
rears to their preacher or short OF
their Xmas trees, etc.
Now listen, you old fossilized stick
in-the-muds that have been dead fol
ages past, who have got so dead to so
clal enJoyments and recreations thai
your life is misery to you. It would
be blessing to the church and Sun
day schools if you were all buried anG
out of the way. Some of you have got
SO much better than Christ was that
He is back number.
Now I've been very active in get
ting up social entertainments and box
suppers to get money for the children
to have an Xmas Tree, aided by every
hustling go ahead young lady and gen
tleman in the community.
If was a young man l don't think
I'd care to tie myself to any girl toe
trifing to fix box to sell to aid her
church or Sunday school. Oh, 1 would
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Well, one old lady of the better than
thou kind asked me how l would like
to meet Jesus at a box supper.
Fine" said I, "for he while belle
attended great feasts and aided them
to have good time" All am doing
is trying to help some hustling young
ladies and gentlemen get enough mon
ey for the children to have good x
mas. True, amt turned any water
into wine. guess if was to do that
and could l would be asgrand scoun-
drel as the hypocrits and Pharasees
said Jesus was Jesus was not good
enough for them in his day and the
hustling Christian is a bad fellow in
this our day. But one thing is GER
tain, they don't go back on a poor old
Teller about preachers board BILL as
some have done in Tracy City. This
is fact and is about on par with the
gang that can't see anything good in
box suppers and social recreations. I
guess I'll have to get up box supper
and a shindig to pay a preacher s
board bill before long. Oh, these bad
boys and girls will help "Uncle
Tom. have no faith in any man
religion that won't keep faith with his
brother. They can skin "Uncle
Tom, but "Uncle Tom gets the
crowd and then he gets the money. I
have to resort to such things to make
my promise hold. I value my word
little more than the ones who have
played Indifferent about the board
bill. Oh, I'm going to tell on them
and talk about them all want to.
Box supper christians are worth a ten
acre field of the goody good ones.
Now, girls and boys, let's launch out
and get the money for our pastors.
Say, we can have bushels of fun in do
ing it and just laugh and take in the
dollars and nickles and at the same
time. Try to help somebody and
you'll feel good over it. One of our
most intelligent ladies was at our last
box supper and she said, "Uncle Tom,
I never saw finer boxes and nicer girls
In my life. - And I agreed with her.
I've got the young people studying
hard on their recitations and dialogues
not to use Xmas, as some may sup
pose. but afterwards. W. A. Kilgore,
4 splendid young man, and Miss Alice
Harris, young lady of fine attain
nents, as we'll az Miss Crabtree and
Miss Ruth Shelters, who stood at the
lead of the list in the ring contest,
md other girls, are busters also, so
We don't lack for material with
which to entertain people. Our boys
ire coming to the front and it won't
70 long until we can amuse and en-
ertain easily. am trying to have
hem select the finest and best recita-
ions and dialogues in order that they
nay learn to master elocution and die
ion. My idea is to put life and soul
nto everything they do.
Now, in conclusion, let me say, go
head, push ahead and try to help
our church, your Sunday school and
else, for the uplifting Of
our community and let these old dead
ossilized things alone, Have enter
ailments and box suppers when you
7ant to, and be sure to act nice and
enteel and pay your preacher and bis
GARD bill also whenever he sc ives you.
UNCLE TOM. |