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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
brother and sisters,

brother and sisters
Albert Woodlee, of near Ben Lomond
took dinner with |. j. Lister Tuesday.
Claud Pearsall has secured work at
Falls City at $s. 80 per day. They will
commence work as soon as the weather
gets little warmer. They are going
to do big business up there anu it
will give great many men work and
a good price for their work.
Mrs. Joe Dickson called on Mrs. l.
j. Lister Thursday evening She said
they are talking of moving to the hills
in Cannon county in the near future.
G. G. Dickson and little son, Albert,
came to l. j. Listers a while Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Gardner visited Mrs johnson
one day last week
Since commencing my items I learn
ed that Mrs Nora Farless was mt the
hospital in Texas. The doctors told
her she had consumption, and if she
bad any parents she bad better go to
them, so she came to her mother and
is in very feeble health.
Misses May and Myrtle Grimes spent
Sunday and Sunday night with Miss
Matte Dickson. Snowdrop.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

Nor are conditions in most of the
Northern States much better.
With system like this it is only
natural that the rich should become
richer and the poor poorer.
Free competition imposes no re-
straint upon the powerful. They are
at liberty to exploit the poor working
man to their hearts content.
And another thing: The stl ength on
the capitalist side is 80 great, and the
capacity for resistance on the side of
the workmen is so insignificant, that
there is actually no freedom of con-
tract The monopoly of the tools has
made the employers class of auto
Gratis and the laborers a class of de-
pendents of hirelings The laborer is
simply a hired appendage to the ma
chine.
The machine has come to be the
main thing, the costly thing. The
living appendage, the laborer, can be
gotten without much trouble or cost.
Nowadays if an owner of tools does
not want to let workingman work,
the latter has no means of Subsistence
unless he finds some other lord of
production" who will permit him to
produce something.
And so this system now creates the
dependence of the thousands upon the
few.
1t is paltry evasion of our capital
lists to say that the workers are free to
accept or to refuse the terms of their
employers The laborers have to con-
sent. If they refuse the terms, there
are plenty of others, hungry, starved
and desperate, ready to take their plac
es. But suppose it were possible that
the employer could not get other men
to take the places of those who re-
fused the terms offered-and, pray, do
not for a moment think that this could
actually be the case-the employer
could stand it; he would merely stop
business for the time being. And do
not imagine for one instant that he
would suffer privation by SO doing.
His home would be just as radiant
with Injuries as ever, and he would
probably try to endure life by trip
to some foreign country.
ITO be continued.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
Memphis Fife and Drum Corps.

MACON, Ga, March 11.-(SpeciaD
"A letter has been received at Reun-
ion Headquarters from the Junior Con-
federate Memorial Drum and Fife
Corps of Memphis Tennessee, express
ing the wish of that organization to
attend the Reunion in body. This
musical body is part of the Junior
Confederate Memorial established by
Mrs. Virginia Frazier Boyle about two
years ago, and it is customary for it to
lend the Tennessee division. The corps
consists of thirty-tive members, and
would be great addition to the musi-
cal organizations attending the Reun-
ion. The wish of this drum corps to
attend is but specimen of the many
musical organizations which have ex-
pressed their desire to be present in
Macon May SO. From this it will be
seen that the Magnetic Center" will
be abundantly supplied with music of
every nature.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
SPEECH OF
HON. VICTOR [. BERGER
TIE SOCIALIST
CCoutiwlrd from last ooeek.)

As a matter of fact, under the pres
ent system it is usually the worst en-
ployer who sets the pace, The employ
er who can fleece and skin his work
ingmen best is best equipped for the
fight in the open market. He can pro-
duce his goods the cheapest.
Thus competition has come to have
fearful meaning to the working
class.
On one hand, it compels the work
ingmen to compete with one another
for jobs.
Competition among the workers has
become, therefore, a cutthroat compe-
tition. 1t is question as to who is
to live AID who is to starve. 1t is Of
ten a question as to whether a man is
to stay with his family or become a
tramp.
And the tariff has nothing to do with
that question, either.
There is always free trade in labor.
In many cases now the laborer is
compelled to disrupt his family and
send his wife and children to the shop
or factory.
For this is the greatest curse of ma
chinery-or, rather, the individual
monopoly of machinery-that capital
can be coined out of women and even
out of infancy. Thus. not alone are
men turned into wales, governed by
demand and supply, but they are also
made to scramble for precarious liv-
ing with their wives, sisters, and
children.
In the cotton factories of the South,
from where my Democratic free trade
friends come, the women and children
compose two. thirds of the working
force. Very similar are the conditions
in our large cigar and tobacco factor
les and in the workshops of many 9th
er industries,
Laws against this sort Of thing are
almost useless as long as the present
economic system prevails.
For while it is notorious that the
wages thus earned by whole family
do not on an average exceed those of
the head of the family in occupations
where it has not become habitual to
employ women and children, the abuse
is still daily gaining ground.
And the reason is very simple.
Women and children do not go into
the factory for the fun of it; they are
brought there by dire necessity, by
competition. And it is competition,
too that compels the little children of
the southern poor white people to go
to the cotton factory and offer their
young lives to be turned into dollars.
Here are the figures of children from
10 to Is years of age, inclusive, en-
ployed in 1900 in II Southern States,
with the percentage of the total num-
Der of children of that age period:
CHILD LABOR IN THE SOUTH.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
NEEDED REFORMS IN
SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY

We need more proficient teachers and
better school equipage in this county.
The sanitary conditions are not good
as should be, and the moral training
is too often neglected We need more
truth and less fiction; more principle
and less sentiment; more system and
less complexity; more profound pur-
pose and less place and politics If
we can get these much needed 1e-
forms, and eliminate machine party
politics, we can say we are progress
i've. Such vital matters of local in
terest are not born of politics, and
should not be contaminated with par
ty prejudices "Self preservation is
the first law of nature, therefore let
us try to eliminate politics from our
schools, and harmoniZe the factional
differences that exist, and inaugerate
a system of procedure that will not
only be just and harmonious to all
concerned, but will be encouraging,
elevating and progressive as we'll. If
we allow greed, graft or selfish inter
est to creep IL or dominate our actions
and deliberations concerning the
schools Of our county, we will soon
wake up to the fact that ''In the
midst of council there is salty, and
that harmony is the chief requisite to
success. So, now, l am signaling a
warning to all persons who may be
in every community who are so un-
reasonable as to always want their
own ideas incorporated, regardless of
the interest of others. Let us work
for harmony and pull together for the
upbuilding of our schools in every
community.
There are many ways by which our
schools can be greatly improved, and
whereby a general moral tone of up
lift will result. provided the work is
carried on judiciously and harmonious
ly. The ultimate good that will come
from this line of procedure depends
very largely upon the management of
those in charge of the work. We pre-
fer not to 60 further into the details
of the plan for such work in this arti
Gle, for this is only the opening up of
the question on general principles and
conditions, for those who are to dis
cuss these matters.
There are many phases to the ques-
tion, and it might be we'll to offer a
few texts for written articles on this
line of thought "The Qualification
of Teachers" 'Adaptibility to
Teach, Government, 'Sociabili
ty," "Organization and Progress,
etc When these subjects have been
exhausted we can furnish others just
as interesting If the teachers of the
county, or others who are interested,
will write short articles on these and
kin ]rea 4ub bjects, / am inclined to be-
lieve the editor would just as soon
print them as if they were social let
tiers on the order of the day. or the
courtships we so often read about from
the rural districts. Most editors like
variety, and a change now and then
would most likely get his approval!
If this escapes the yawning waste
basket we may write again.
W. l.. BARBER,
Whitwell, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

Give years ago two doctors told me
I had only two years to live." This
startling statement was made by Still
man Green, Malachite, Col. They
told me I would die with consump-
tiou. 1t was up to me then to try the
best lung medicine and | began to use
DIR, Kings New Discovery. 1t was
we'll l did, for today | am working
and believe l owe my life to this great
throat and lung cure that has cheated
the grave of another victim. - It's
folly to suffer with coughs, colds or
other throat and lung troubles now.
Take the cure that's safest. Price 80
cents and 81 90. Trial bottle free at
Whitwell Drug Co, of Whitwell.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
New Decatur, Ala.

SbeciaI 10 the Ne70s
am writing this from New Deca-
tur, Ala. corner of 10Th aAenue, No.
507. From what / can set and know
of this town, there is nothing very
good about it for wageworker except
the L. q N. car shops, This is boom
town, and there is always something
good Just ahead They propose to
build an electric car line ont to Aus
tinville, and bridge for wagons over
the river, and then an electric Car
line up to Huntsville, but it is all on
paper yet. A big saw mill plant is
also on tap. Low wages and long
hours are the chief things here True,
there are several industries and plenty
of idle men and boys standing around
waiting for the next opening. House
rents are high, ranging from one dol
lar ner room and up to $3. 90 per
month. Bacon, the best, sells at 1213c
per pound; meal 95c per bushel. The
living is not altogether as high as at
Tracy City. Coal sells at from S. 80
to S. 90 per ton. A one horse load of
wood costs $1.25; two horse load,
$2. 50. A Decatur man talks Decatur
and boosts Decatur, and runs down
Huntsville. Neither to my notion, is
up to Tracy City in wages and hours
of labor heard gentleman charge
the Huntsville employers with paying
pauper wages, and if what be said
was so, those factory people ought to
be run out of the state. There are a
great man Socialists at Huntsville and
also here at Decatur. No man can tell
how the election is going. There is
change going on. The Methodists are
losing caste in these diggins. They
call them the slave holding church.
Well, of course the Southern Meth
odists are guilty beyond cavil or dis
pute.
haven't seen the News since | left
home, and feel like am lost with
out it. Decatur is spread over more
territory than any town | know and
reminds me of Tracy City, if Tracy
had no bills.
1t has been raining here so much
that l can't stir around. I've tried to
fish between shines. Plenty of fish
here of all kinds. My respects TO all
inquiring friends. Keep up the bat
tie, A. J. Plenty of Socialists down
here, and red hot ones. Nobody fights
Soc ialism down here. They've got
more sense. Uncle Tom.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
Brown Leghorn Settings.

Brown Leghorn Settings, $1.OO per
setting of 15; choice Rochester, N. Y,
stock, registered; best layers; take all
premiums. Call on or telepbone me.
MRS. F. NJ MCCULLOUGH,
Route 1, Jasper, Tenn.
Telephone No. 3. M14tf
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
TO THE REPU UBLICAN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

You are hereby called to meet in
Jasper, on Saturday, March IS, 1912,
at / o clock, p. M, for the following
purpose:
To lay plans for, and to appoint Of
ficers to hold Republican Primary to
be held Thursday, April 4, 1912.
All candidates are earnestly request
ed to be present, as business that con-
Germs them will come up.
F. NJ. MCCULLOUGH,
Chairman Elk. Com.
S S. TATE,
Secretary.
Jasper, Tenn, March 8, 1919.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

Do you know that of all the minor
ailments colds are by far the most dan
gerous' 1t IS not the cold itself that
you need to fear, but the serious dis
eases that it often leads to. Most of
these are known as germ diseases.
Pneumonia and consumption are
among them Why not take Chamberl
lains' Cough Remedy and cure your
cold while you cam For sale by al
dealers
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

John W. Sickelsmith, Greensboro,
Pa, has three children, and like most
children they frequently take cold.
eve have tried several kinds of cough
medicine" he says, bat have never
found any yet that did them as much
good as Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy.' For sale by all dealers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

The most common cause of insomnia
is disorders of the stomach. Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
correct these disorders and enable you
to sleep. For sale by all dealers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

If you have trouble in getting rid Of
your cold you may know that you are
not treating it properly. There is no
reason why a cold should hang on for
weeks and it will not if you take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For
sale by all dealers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
NO. "a
Did You Ever Pay a Bill Twice?

The who has not had than bill the second
time the exception and not the rule Few people when paying bill
ask for recent and they do they fail keep Did
have dispute payment Unpleasant Do
wish the circumstances agan There way
cape Pay bills with checks If
your idle money would only show good good wisdom
have bank Transact business business and
bills by checks check when
dipuabe receipt bank makes
couages part of income. Many be-
rich became interested watching his bank balance
thus led find oincease Start bank
and will help you make it larger. Why begin today?
MARION COUNTY TRUST & BANKING CO.,
per cent Interest on Time Deposits Jasper, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14

The News-only soc year.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-03-14
Reppls Attack of Death.

Jasper, Tenn, March 8, 1919.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
LADY AUDLEYS SECRET
SUCCESS AT EUREKA.

The home talent of Denver were
out in great form last Monday night.
The Caldwells Dramatic company is
due great deal Of credit as they
undertook to put on play that was
more than notion for amateurs. But
nevertheless they produced drama
in three acts that was very clever.
The characters in the company well
remembered their lines but used very
little expression. l believe Mr.. Clar-
ence Wilson has the making of good
show man, if he would take up the
profession, as he used better express
sion than did all the rest of the COM
pany. And the dancing King Rastus
was also a hit, including the Black
and Tan Comedy Four. And on a
whole the entertainment for the even
ing was very pleasing for those in at
tendance.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
JACK BLACKBURN, THE BOXER

In reply to the letter | received
fews ago concerning the where
abouts of one Jack Blackburn, the
Negro boxer. I am not in a position
to say, but some time last summer
was informed that he had been freed
from prison and was somewhere in
Australia with his manager, who in
tends to bring before the public once
more the clever boy Jack. whom, be-
fore he went to prison. was consid-
cred one of the fastest lightweights
in the ring, and 1t would only have
been a matter of time before he would
have been the crown wearer of the
lightweight championship Kingdom.
And it is hoped that some day in the
near future we will be surprised with
one more Jack Blackburn.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
REPELs ATTACK OF DEATH.

Five years ago two doctors told
me | had only two years to live" This
startling statement was made by Still
man Green, Malachite, Col. "They
told me | would die with consump-
ton. 1t was up to me then to try
the best lung medicine and | began
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery. 1t
was well l did, for today | am work
ing and believe l owe my life to this
great throat and lung cure that has
cheated the grace of another victim" F"
It's folly to suffer with coughs, colds
or other throat and lung troubles
now. Take the cure that's safest.
Price so cents and $1.00. Trial bot
tie free at all druggists.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16

Just one block up, At e2e 1eth
strest, 10 the new homs Of The States
man. Same phone, same street.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
OMAHA THEATERs DRAW Nc
LINES.

1t seems of late that the colored
man is given a better run for his
money everywhere in the country,
much more so than right here in Den,
yer The theaters, cafes, saloons, no
tells, drug stores, and many other
places hang out their signs against
the Negro. More now than ever be-
fore in the history of Denver And
why? The Negro seems unable to
answer Omaha, Neb., used to be the
same as Denver, but after the Ne
groes got up in arms so strong against
such treatment from the white man
that he had to comply with their
wishes, there is no more color lines
drawn in that city and the Negro can
go almost any place he wishes to,
especially the theaters. He has the
pleasure of sitting any place in the
house, top or bottom.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16

Nothing too good for you. See the
pictures at the Lorraine and you see
the best; 725 26th avenue.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
SPORTS AND
THE STAGE
BY Leon Pryor
BY Leon Pryor
DENVER PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE

Pee-pule of this city. what are you
going to do for this summer? Are
we going to have more pleasure this
summer than we had last summer? ?
If not, this is going to be one more
dead city. OF course we will have
some pleasure, but not as we should
have. 1t is rumored that Mr.. Dan
Hodges, the dancing school man, is
going to turn his academy into a sum-
mer palm garden, with all kinds of
electrical effects, and plenty of fans,
and everything to make life worth
living in the hot, broiling. summer
time. Help. Help. Help. Help.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
JOHN LARkiNS AND JENNIE
PEARL.

Owing to the cancellation of this
years booking with their company OF
forty first-class performers, jolly
John Larkins and Jennie Pearl have
been forced to enter vaudeville. The
first of last fall the company started
out in good spirits, but after the 8.
II. Dudley & Co. started out, 1t was
a wise act when the management OF
the I.arkins company Cancelled this
years engagements, as they were
playing close dates to Dudley and
they couldn't stand the gaff.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
HARRY CROSS & CO.

A big Southern vaudeville act, COM
posed of seven all-star actors, headed
by Harry Cross, left the states last
week for Europe, where they have
an engagement of one year solid. The
act is said to be a scream from start
to finish, everything fast, witty and
clever. The company consists Of
three girls and four boys and they are
all out for big success.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
THE LINCOLN THEATER, NEW
YORK.

The management of the big Negro
theater of New York City, the Lin
coin, will install big stock company
in the near future. 1t will be the in
tention of the management to try out
all kinds of plays with large amount
of dramas and comedies. They will
also have first-class producer who
is capable of playing and teaching
anything from Uncle Toms Cabin to
the very highest Shakespearian roles,
and it is to be hoped that the man.
agement is making successful ven
ture.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
JACK JOHNSON CLEANS UP ST.
LOUIS.

Jack Johnson is fast proving him
self to be a master of all arts. One
night last week in ST. Louis, after he
had gotten through playing, he had d
banquet for some of his sporting
friends, something like 100 boneless
fowls and plenty of drinks. But be-
fore the table was spread Jack ups
and proposes small dice game, and
at the closing of the little game Jack
came out just $500 winner, and his
friend, the Negro gambling king of
st. Louis, Mr.. Ollie Jackson, got away
with the small amount of $500, and
Jack has come to the conclusion that
the sports of ST. Louis don't know
how to gamble.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
BLACK AND TAN COMEDY PAIF
EN- ROUTE.

The quartette of Denver boys who
closed a very successful week at the
Crystal theater last night, will leave
on the Pantages circuit today for St.
Joe and then they are booked to play
all of the Pacific coast houses and
they are wished much success by all
friends in and out of the profession.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
BASEBALL NOTES OF THE r. M
A. CLUB.

On the 23rd of this month, al the
Rocky Mountain Athletic Club, the
board of directors will hold a meeting
pertaining to baseball exclusively
and all of the young men who are de-
sirous of making the team VIII be on
hand at $50 p. M, Friday evening.
March 90.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
coLoRED THEATER
TRALlA.

A word comes from for-off Aus
tralia that Negro formerly of this
country and a resident of Detroit,
Mich, has opened up first-class pic
ture show in Sidney, and is doing a
successful business. His name is
Carl Smith.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
GEORGIA CAMPERS in CHICAGO

The ten Georgia campers who play.
ed in this city a few weeks ago are
now in Chicago, where they are clos.
ing a long engagement off the Pan.
tages circuit. Manager Bonesy II ne.
gotiating for booking abroad.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
JESSIE sHIPP, THE PLAYWRIGHT

1t is rumored that Mr.. Jessie Shipp.
the great Negro playwright of much
fame, will in the near future write
his one best and last play, and then
retire from the business Mr.. Shipp
has written most all of the plays that
have made Negro actors famous.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-03-16
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
No. 1856.

NO. ll6oO.
In the matter of the estate OF
George N. Alexander, deceased, no.
tice Is hereby given that on Monday,
April 18th, 1912, being one OF the reg
ular days of the March term OF the
county court of the City and County
of Denver in the State of Colorado,
/, Lavinia Knight, Administrative OF
said estate, will appear before the
judge of said court. present my final
settlement as sucf, Administrative,
pray the approval OF the same, and
will then apply to be discharged as
such administrators. at which time
and place any person in interest may
appear and present objections to the
same, If any there be.
Dated March 14th, 1912.
LAVINIA KNIGHT,
Administrative OF the Estate OF
George N. Alexander. Deceased.
To The Statesman: