Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-04-18
Third District.

AT Dunlap shoots off a pop shot at
tempting to direct his small piece of
field artillery at me concerning what |
said about him getting fired out OF the
WhItwell mines for advocating too
mucn OF his socialist doctrine. 1t is
reported that he kept up a general dis
cussion from morning until night and
never ceased and they got tired of his
doctrine and reported him to the sup
erintendent that he had become a nui-
sance to the miners. and upon this the
Superintendent fred him. The charge
was preferred against Mccormack by
his brother miners and not by me to
the superintendent, and he acted on
their report, and Mr.. Mccormack ad-
mitted himself in his last weeks arti-
Gle to the News that he did get fired
over advocating socialism and corrob-
crates exactly what | said as being the
truth, and he is the sole author of the
truth of the statement himself given
out to me, and if here should have
been any misrepresentation about the
discharge of that socialist advocate,
Tom Mccormack, he Is the author of
the statement, and if he attempts to
deny 1T it stands rel his own sigma
ture. Now, concerning that report
gone forth concerning the socialist lit
erature having what is understood to
be a free love clause in it, l give you
my authority as to where this state
ment came f1om and l hope this will
fully satisfy all. / am not connected
in anyway with Sthe socialist party,
and | represent a different political
party and the one | carry the banner
for just now has won the victory and
mill nT1nnAnTs ~ Abn AhnV,ann11 aud
with all due respect to Tom McCor-
mack and his infant party, | have no
legal objection to his preaching and
delivering all the socialist literature
he desires in my part of the country.
/ am too nice a man to fall out with
him or get the least offended at any
thing you say SO long as you confine
yourself to the truth aud facts as they
appear in my articles. l give the
facts as they have been given to me,
and anything that appears over my
signature that is untrue | will gladly
correct the Misrepresentation. Here
is Mr.. McCormack's own confession.
He says, II was discharged at Whit
we'll for advocating socialism, and
nothing else. / have another job now
and I want the man who reported me
to the superintendent to know | am
still a socialist" Now, the above
paragraph is from his W hand.
don't know who reported him but Mr..
Mccormack should get a statement
from the superintendent as to who re-
ported to him concerning what you
were really advocating in the mines,
and have the matter investigated con-
corning what you were really advoca-
ting, and perhaps it might be found
that you were wrongly discharged,
I am not the proper person to charge.
/ am fully innocent of any wrong
done you or any laboring man for the
r. G. I. Co.
@. Fl. Holloway is a candidate on
the democratic ticket for tax assessor
for Marion county, subject to the act
jon of his party in primary or conven-
ton. Mr.. Holloway is at present the
only Justice of the Peace in the upper
end of the county, and there has been
a great legal question sprung up
among the legal talent about the legal
ity of the esquire's election and his
Office expiring on the first of August.
Some claim that he was elected TO fill
the vacancy made by the resignation
of Havron and Barker. l hold that
when the county commissioners of
election absolutely failed to call a
a special election under the law when
they were asked to do so for that pur-
pose, and let the matter go over until
the general August election, when a
general call was made by the commits
sioners under the constitution regulat-
ing elections, to fill vacancies, and
ESQ. Holloway was elected under the
general August election and sworn in
on the first Monday in September fol
lowing, he surely was elected under
the law the same as the County regis
ter or clerk, or any other county Off
GER, and my opinion is his time as
Justice of the Peace don't expire then
and be don't have to run for that Office
until his term does expire. Some of
you are better posted on the law gov
erning this point at issue, and | will
thank you for a correct opinion of
the law on this particular question.
DR.. Shirley and Dl. N. B. Moore
and q number of others were up at the
mill pond Saturday on a fishing trip,
aud landed several nice ones and re-
turned from the brook at a late hour.
DIR. White and wife and Charlie
White and wife and father, r, J.
" hite, and the son and daughter of
thu Rev. j. L. White, all from Tates-
vile, were here visiting their Mrs.
White.
Ye writer has been very sick this 8
week, and not able to attend to any ,
business. He was at court Saturday !
Bnd helped the court clear the docket -,
was not very heavy during the
past week, ending the case of damage I
suit of..Robt. Hooper VS.. N. & G. r. !
r. Co., and Walker Bros. VS.. Mrs, +
Creek, unlawful detainer suit; G. G. j
and state VS.. Walter Colston, s
to animals and malicious mis- :
Ibief. All passed over by consent of
until April II.
We learned yesterday Mat Grit
fith, of Whitwell. had announced q
.s candidate for sheriff, subject to the :
lction of the democratic party. Two :
democrats in the same town are most I
likely to stir up a lot of confusion in
hat party. You democrats will have q
0 manage that part of the political a
terformance. | have just completed o
ny task in my own ranks and haven't :
ully recovered yet. :,
Some good collector in the poll tax
.usiness of Whitwell ON the day of the v
rimary issued some % or 30 tax re-
eipts and voted the men on the same n
nd not a nickle was yer collected or ]
urned to the county treasury and the