Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-12-29
Third District.


We have had the quietest Christmas
up here in the upper end of Marion
County since almost the civil war
There has been the least whiskey
bought and sold and drank ever
knew. We had the least disturbance
ever known and the least crime com
mitted since the history of our boyhood
days. l find the less whiskey comes
into your community, the less crime
there is committed. The wipe out of
whiskey, | see plainly, is a sure
crime reducer beyond question of
doubt. Whitwell has had a few drunk
en- rackets, but just as soon as the par
takers staggered out on the streets of
the town Constable q. N. Vanhooser
landed him before Esq. Harris and c.
II. Holloway's Justice of the Peace
Court, and gave him a fine of from
S.. 90 to 81. so for public drunkenness.
1t seemed to put a quietus on them
and - or Is cases like that just about
cut out all public drunkenness in the
town of Whitwell, and left her on
equal footing with other clean towns.
We hear the good moral citizens on all
sides cheering Vanhooser, the town
officer, for his good official work. Van
hooser is contemplating running for
sheriff of Marion County less than two
years hence, and if be conducts him
self in the future as in the past he will
be hard to defeat. He is fast coming
to the front. Our settlement is in the
best shape it has been in for number
OF years, no rocking, no quarrels, no
fighting, no tale-bearing, everything
going on perfectly smooth in business
like way. l want to pass compli-
ment on the entire community.
Whitwell is noted for her improve
ments along this line but she has had
a few sensational law suits for various
grades of crimes, such as felonious as
saults and batteries, larceny, public
drunkenness, profane and obscene Ian
guage. There are several cases pend
ing the Justice of the Peace Court to-
morrow, charged with public drunk
enness. All the defendants regretted
it very much when sobered up. Some
few got bound over to court by giving
too much head to the court while in
session.
There is out strong petition to the
county court at its January term, to
build an iron bridge in the Bird Dis
trict at the company mill. 1t is sign
ed by over 300 citizens in which the
citizens propose to grade the road on
each bank leading to Wbitwell and to
East pike.
Everybody and the cook are fixing to
go to Jasper Monday to attend county
court.
The farmers are now blowing their
land for the next years crops.
julius Pickett went to Jasper today
on official business.
W. A. Cantrell, Sheriff, was here to
day, looking after the interest of the
state and county and the proceedings
Of the last grand jury.
Trustee Kirkpatrick was here, also,
mixing and mingling with friends.
County election is now in the fu-
ture, and every candidate and their
friends are moving forward. OF course
some of them will get beat and only
one will he elected to each office in the
county. The upper end of Marion
County only asks fair deal and to be
in part of the pie and pud-
ding
Ye writer stayed over night with j.
W. Morrison last night. We talked
and talked about things in this county
and how they ought to be conducted.
hope the good editor is in a per-
fectly good humor this week, and that
may land my piece in due time for
publication, although I am behind.
So for fear get landed in the waste
basket | will close at this juncture, to
come again. Representative.