Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-11-10
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For promptness the News has no
equal and those two girls are all
smiles because the News will be con-
slant visitor for whole year. saw
Miss Myrtle this morning and she is
awful proud of the News. Miss Maud
has gone to Hartford, Arkansas, but j
hope the News will follow her to her
Arkansas home. Now, let me see.
said there were 81 prizes offered to the
Oak Grove Sunday school, and not
patron gave single prize. Now,
amt l glad we have so many big
hearted people in a small town like
Tracy City. l certainly am, but don t
understand me to say all the patrons
are little and narrow, for they are not.
We have as big hearted fathers and
mothers as ever lived on earth.
want to compliment our young
ladies for the nice and splendid boxes
of grub they furnished on Saturday
night, the 5th inst, at our box sup
per. The young men must have
thought our girls the best of cooks, as
several of the boxes brought over two
dollars and some over three dollars.
Let me compliment our liberal, gener-
Gus, noble-hearted young men for rem
dering such financial aid as they did.
The weather was very unfavorable and
not great many were out, but the
neat sum of $23 90 was taken in and
everybody went home in splendid
humor. Oh, we had just lots of fun
and a social good time. Old man Tom
Crisp sold the boxes, and tell you he
is good salesman. You people who
think old dried stringy pumpkin is go
ing to satisfy young folks are mistak-
en-. 1t is bred and born in too many
of them in this day to go ahead, and
that is exactly what their Uncle Tom
is urging them to do. A dead Sunday
school is caused by a dead superintend-
ent and a lot of dead teachers. Some
folks were dead hundred years before
| they were born and all of their de-
scendants will be as lifeless as they
are unless we can bride and influence
them to get move on themselves.
Say Mr. News Man, l liked that
short, plain specific editorial about
those two young ladies, and also the
liberal and generous offer you made
other Sunday Schools. Well, if it
takes premiums and prizes to stir up
the farmers and cause them to get a
move on themselves, don't it stand to
reason and little wee bit of common
sense, it will stir up the childrenS Get
rid of all your dead and dried out
Sunday School leaders, and throw
away all the old, stale and dried out
stuff of the ages past, and institute
live wires if you want to electrify
young folks and get them to see q
beauty in holy, social, christian life
Well, the Pryor Ridge boys are all
wool and yard wide. Our next en-
tertainment will be at the Colyar
school house. We aim to give grand
entertainment for old and young, and
we want everybody and the cook, but
no cats and dogs, please, to come. Re-
member on Saturday, the 10th of Nov
ember is the time. Uncle Tom Crisp
has been chosen to sell the boxes and
brio brac for the occasion. Just a
word to the ladies': Be sure to use all
your art in fixing your boxes Decor
ate them nicely and they will certain
ly bring handsome price. Young
men and old ones, too, love beauty,
and as told you girls heretofore how
to catch Teller, l hope you have not
forgotten it, through his stomach. l
never saw a finer set of boxes and as
nice and delicious grub as was in them
on the night of the 5th. Why, | could
n t tell for my life what girl did the
best. I sampled nearly every box and
would have sampled all, but l was like
the little boy, who was rolling and
crying after he had eaten quite a lot
of honey. His ma said, 'Why, John
ME, what are you crying forr'
"Why, ma, l want more room so l
can eat more honey" The fact is,
folks, I ate until had no more room.
and then began to chide the girls for
being deceitful OF course had to do
something for had no more storage
room l even accused them of flirting
with the boys. Of coulse, no girl is
guilty of flirting with the boys Boys
may be guilty of flirting, but never a
girl.
Times are lot better up here and
our young men are not bankrupts yet,
if you please.
UNCLE TOM.
Tracy City, Tenn,