Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-02-13
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

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We are on boom. The legislature
did it by giving us a half interest in
the courts of Grundy county. We nat
urally--feel our Importance but while
this is so we are not cymlin- headed
enough to crow and glOat over the
inability of the good people of Alta
mont and the north end of the coun-
ty to defeat us before the Legislature
We repudiate what we saw in Mrs.
Grundy and the Mountain Herald,
beaded "In MemOrium. Several OF
us admire the efforts of the people to
keep the court at Altamont, and 1t
shows their fidelity and integrity to
their town and community. Sucn peo-
pie merit eulogies and compliments
in place of slurs and insinuations
Sensible, intelligent people never
throw off on earnest effort and gen
orally tue ones who do such things
don't amount to great deal in the
heat of battle. l know enough about
the movement to know the real power
and influence with the legislature has
mt hard thing to say against their
opponents Mighty clever people live
But the trouble was they we're not
strong enough. Well, we thank the
legislature and hope we'll not spoil
our victory by casting slurs and in,
sinuations at the Altamont people and
their friends. Such conduct is not
manly but very cowardly, and the
papers that printed such stuff ought
to apologize to all of their patrons
generally. a., :,
has bees shelved l would like for some
one tosSssll me how was it they didn't
want him to enforce the law aud pat
ted Hooper on the back for not doing
it.
Work is generally good here. Your
uncle Toms sonin-law, jeff Coursey,
to all appearances has a splendid coal
Some of our Tracy City kids are
headed for the penitentiary. | also
learn there are some bootleggers in and
around Tracy City.
Now, a fellow never knows unless
be tries to find out what is five
course dinner, and how it is served,
and how long does fellow have to
wait between the courses or drinks. l
notice in newspapers lots of society do
ings. don't know anything about a
musical tea What is it pleaser
Bro. T. B. Lankford says be be-
lieves that bringing the court to Ira,
cy City will do more to morallze and
civilize Tracy City than all the
preachers in it are doing. Well, l
hone so for tell you the preachers
have mighty little influence oven the
masses here Yet they cost the peo-
ple neat sum each year to Keep
them. A preacher these Gays hasn I
influence enough to bring over thirty
or forty people to church regularly.
The old folks have about quit going to
church and the kids have got posses
sion and run things to suit themselves,
The little things are 30 noisy Defore
and after service that a fellow who
wants to respect the house OF God had
as leave be at home as to De annoyed
by them. A man that won protecl
his congregation and keep order lsn
fit to preach or hold any kind OF lellg'
ious service. I'm like Bro. Landlord,
I boue the court will be the means OF
keeping the kids from being NUS
ance at church. think IA few nnes
will help the parents to control tneir
kids Tue parents are TO piame;
Well, we haye lot of girls that neec
parental control as "eil as boys
Some of them are worse than the sew
en- year itch We have whole LOT
of nice, intelligent young lauies anc
a lot VINO think they are the ''lts OF
the town. My my Their tongues
are like bell clappers on a tidgety COW,
and some of them wear such shor'
dresses that their modesty no more re-
sembles the modesty of the girls OF
few years ago than a possom resem'
bles a coon They have to sit kinder
sideways to keep their so-called dies
ses down to their knees | wonder
how it is their mothers have retrograd
| ed and allow their daughters to wear
such uncivilized clothes Girls used
to be so nice and genteel that they
didn't want fellow to see thelr
legs. 1t is different now. Why, they
no more care for exposing themselves
clear above the knees than an animal
does. Fashion has wiped out modesty
among a whole lot of girls, ana Cht
cigarette actually has destroyed gooo
manners among a whole lot of boys un
til tbey know no more about chivairy
than a hog does about side pocke,
and in the place of our educational
facilities working Improvement, we've
lost sight of what it takes to constltutt
lady or gentleman. ~ venture
to say that woman or giri wearing
hobble skirts of the harem order, can
tell you what it takes to constitute,
lady any more than n cigarette smoker
can tell what it takes to constitute
gentleman. o,n rou