Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-04-13
Third District.
Ss,e1ak 10 The Nfsys.


shooting that occurred at Whitwell OF
the night that Judge McReynolds anC
Attorney general Matt Whitaker stay,
ed over night at the Price Hotel, Ev.
cry town of the principal places of the
; State has a mode of salutation of its
own. Chattanooga and Nashville are
up to date. They use cannons TO sal
ute the aristocracy, while little
town like Whitwell is destitute of
such big guns as cannons, and have
only about a .3S calibre. The boys
said they used a few hog rifles and a
few .3S's in the way of a salute of
honor to the Judge and Attorney gem
eral, and did not have any wrong in
tentions, and this is the custom and
mode the people of this town have of
celebrating marriage by shooting
their small fire arms as a salute to the
bride and groom, and there wasn't
any use for Judge McReynolds and
1 Attorney general Whitaker to become
alarmed at the extraordinary saluta-
tion of honor. Wouldn't it be funny
if some of these parties were to hap
pen to get salute of honor by the
grand jury. What kind of plea could
they file in their defense'
Well, l can't get my mind off that
court house moving business on the
part of those South Pittsburg leaders
twenty minutes at time, so | am
spell bound to say few words more or
| will die. We have few mad per-
sons up here and they are human be-
ings too, who while at Jasper on the
night of so much abundance of rain,
were forced to remain over night at
Jasper, both men, women and child
rem, and the town was crowded to its
utmost capacity from all parts of the
county and from adjoining counties
1t was utterly impossible to accommo
date all the people that were assemb
led at court and at the school, and
some few say the people of Jasper
showed them no courtesy, or even at
tempted to accommodate them in any
way. and they were made miserable
and treated very indignant by the
Jasperites, and came very near hav-
ing to lie out and suffer, and for that
conduct on the part of Jasper they
now were going to vote with the
So. Pittsburg gang to move the court I
house to So. Pittsburg. If the Jasper
people did happen to mistreat you a
little, gentlemen, on that occasion,
what would you gain by voting to |
move your own courthouse to the low
er part of the county While you are
now mad at a few individuals at JAS
per you are not capable of compre-
bending what is really to your own
interest, and to the future generations.
just now you would vote for the court
house to be moved to Scottsboro, Ala.
Please come around and have pleas
ant conversation with me and let me
knock the blues off of you by telling
few war tales, boys, and how the sold
ers had to lie out during the civil
war, and the war went on just the
same, and You didn't have to lie out
while at Jasper. This court house
war will still go on, and after you
have voted her to South Pittsburg you
will regret it. There may be a few
people as you say destitute of princi-
pie at Jasper. Let. them be destitute
Of principle, that's no justification for
you to do an injustice to the people as
a whole and cut figure and a dash
which after it is over you will be sor-
~ as long as you live. We under
stand that the principle part of the
zeal estate in South Pittsburg is owned
and controlled by syndicates and cor
and they are the ones sup
pose, that propose to back up this
,ourt house movement. This is where
The most of the $40, 600 appropriation
will come from. OF course we see at
! glance that it increases the valua
ion of all the syndicates and corpora
ion 8 property, and brings about a
decrease in the valuation of all real
state at Jasper, Sequachee, Victoria
md Whitwell, and even to the upper
md of Marion County. l imagine [
IAN see the leaders of those syndicates
md corporations riding in the band ;
wagon, pulled by $50, 600 horse pow
r engine, with the No. 4 white ele-
'hants in front, loaded with business
nen. Such great leaders and men
hat it takes to constitute and run the
fairs and be the guardians of our
ounty. The driver is clean gentle 1
nan with silver mounted whip with [
$40, 600 cracker on the end. I see
he sign on each side of the band wag-
n as she passes through the streets, [
"A new $40, 900 court house and Jail :
ust completed at South Pittsburg
Without any compensation on the part
f the tax payers. Free gift. Ready
ow to start music. Song, selected for
he occasion, eve Will Know Each
and Her Leaders In the
Promised Land. All over Good
light.
Bro. Darr, editor of the Statesman
at Jasper, was here Friday