Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-09-25
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

On Saturday. Sept. 10, Kirby Smith
Camp, No. 8S4, Tracy City, held one
among it's best sessions in long time.
Our comrade, j. G. Wall, Sr.. didn't
show up. I am thinking be is getting
too full of business and letting his
Confederate enthusiasm die. That
won't do, Major. We had fourteen
ladies in the hall, and elected Mrs.
Bessie Cheek, chief matron of the
camp, and Miss Ettie Stepp. the beau
tiful and accomplished daughter of
Jas. Stepp. as sponsor, and she has
chosen as her maids Of honor as beau
tiful girls as there are on earth. Not
only are they beautiful, but they are
real ladies, warm hearted and genial.
You know they always ask "Uncle
Tom what they must do. l told
them to dress nice, look just as pretty
as possible to and then not be afraid
to speak to people, most especially,
the old veterans. These, girls who
can't see fellow are not to my lik-
ing. like girls who can entertaip
and know how to entertain. Our
daughters will entertain us Oct. II,
Major Wall, and you had better BE
on hand. Excuses are not going to
count. and You must rally the other
boys, and tell them we are alive and
kicking. Our boys are steering their
boats towards the camp. The Daugh-
ters want them to join in and help
boom up a good, mice jolly time here
at Tracy City about Oct. 90. Don't
forget Oct. 11th and 23rd. | am sure,
Major, we can have as good social
reunion as we could wish for. We
have the talent in our sons and daugh-
ters. The fact is, this mountain can
not be beat. We have the best of in
tellect at Sewsnee, Monteagle and
Tracy City and I know they are wilt
ing. l am going ahead and push mat
ters all / can. Bro. DuBose and Bis
hop Gailor are our boys and we will
use them and others. The Daughters
are planning, ! learn, to give us a
grand time. The public wants it. but
just what it will be can't say. 1t
may be picnic, but I would rather
not advocate picnic, as I think the
D. y. G. V. will manage that part
much better and more satisfact orily
than we veterans can.
General picnics are not popular any
more here at Tracy City on account of
the enormous number of spongers. Our
ladies say they don't intend to slave
and cook and prepare for good time
and then not get mouthfui of what
they cooked. Well, we can't blame
them, SO that attitude sets aside free
dinner. Spongers will not be in it any
more If understand the matter, so we
will have a reunion and good time
and something to eat besides. Well
60 on the Shelbyville plan. / was
talking to a gentleman about a picnic.
He said if we had one not to make the
dinner free. for, said he, you know the
can't feed the crowd, and he
was right, they can't. and I don't
want them to try. Just prepare din
ner for the veterans and themselves is
ny idea. So should we go ahead and
rave a reunion entertainment there
will be no free dinner but everybody
dinner must bring it or buy
t for our noble, generous shear ted wo-'
nen have been imposed on no little by
gluttons until they are
ired. Sponges and gluttons have de-
troyed free picnics up here so IL this
lass of characters ever expect another
icnic they will have TO prepare it
if what some Of our ladies
ay is so. Even our Sunday schools
re imposed on by these gormands who
make themselves welcome at anybOdy's
pread. Men who will thus impose
n a lot of children are not honest,
nd ought to be sat down on good
nd hard.
UNCLE TOM.
'rscy City, Tenn.
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