Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-01-25
Tracy City.

SbeefaI 10 tie NszOS.
Between 70 and 80 persons were at
the Socialist meeting Saturday night.
Much interest is being manifested in
the movement Whether they win
anything this year or not will cut no
figure with socialists. as they are out
on an educational tour and desire to
let the people know exactly what they
stand for. and the practicability of the
same The way for the democrats and
republicans to fight winning fight
against Socialism is to offer better
things for the general uplift of the
masses Abuse amounts to nothing.
What will the old parties declare for
is a question they had better consider.
There is no doubt social democracy
will be very aggressive in Grundy
County this year.
Little Cleo Gofolth, my granddaugh-
ter, is very sick with pneumonia.
Uncle Tip Nunley is growing feebler
all the time.
Uncle VIM. Hatfield is not doing
much good. He is i'll with bowel
! trouble.
| Aunt Bette Sitz is very low and not
expected to live.
| A. t. Founders gave a lecture on
the night of the 21st inst. to very
/ fair audience. Subject: The Universal
Sin Of the World, He left on the az
inst, with over fifty head of cattle for
Wbitwell,
Rev.. Wm Martin has accented the
Church. Bro. Martin is a splendid
preacher. and we hope he will accom-
plishr mucbs good.
7 x,n,11d s,.0oaot thof our yo otors +aor
up their old worn out sermons and re-
write them along the lines of Comrade
Brannan's article on the Abundant
Life - I've neard more eulogies and
compliments passed on that article
than all the sermons that have been
preached in Tracy City for years. It
is plain, simple ard sensible, ana
worthy of consideration.
The order on Hobbs Hill before
and after Bro. Founder lecture was
not in keeping with nice, genteel peo-
Pile. 1t was simply disgusting, and l
DON see how the leaders of the church
can put up with such conduct. The
unruly element was composed of boys
and girls from the ages IF t2 to 10
years. tell you, Mr., Editor, If they
belonged to me, would whip the
shirts off of them. would teach them
how to behave and not be a nuisance.
A gentleman told me this morning be
just would not go to such place to
worship, and suspect the kids have
about drove the middle aged people
from the church house Well. Judge
Davis ought to give these little sweet
sixteens an interview, and charge them
about $40 for it, and force them to pay
it on the rock pile.
My compliments to our Gassaway
young lady for her first effort in news
paper reporting Keep coming, Ethel.
Get an armful of subscriptions. Your
community is we'll to do, the soil fer
tile, and you can get our nice newspa-
per into almost every home.
Oak Grove Church house is painted
at last. Needs new stove badly for
the benefit of funeral services, if moth
ing else. I think it the duty the liv-
ing owe themselves and the dead to
keep up the building and provide for
the comfort of the people on funeral
occasions.
am not going to write much on So
cial democracy for while, but will
say If either the democratic or repub-
lican parties have something better
than Socialism to uplift the masses.
it's time they were letting the people
know what IL is, But, pshaw Why
call on them for help when so far as
humanity is concerned nothing is
done, Well, the socialists are live
wires and meet the first and third Sat
urday nights in each month.
Uncle Tom.