Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-04-24
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

had my confidence shaken very
much in the officials of the Sewanee
Coal & Fuel Company, of Coalmont,
when | heard that they had allowed
Chas. Anderson to be discharged be.
cause of his Fl 1elity and Integrity to
his oath and obligation as grand jury
man at the recent term of court at
Tracy City Rumor has it that John
Sweeton, contractor was indicted
for public drunkenness and indecent
exposure of person, and be. Sweeton,
blames Mr.. Anderson for bis indict
ment and hence Anderson's 8 discharge.
My notion and belief is that Sweeton
ould have been indicted if Mr.. An
derson had not been a juryman at all.
There we're twelve other men who
were as anxious to ferret out crime as
Mr. Anderson was and l don't be-
lieve John Sweeton has done himself
any good don't believe john Pat
ton and Mr.. Alden the high officials of
said company, would allow Mr. Sweet
on to discharge man for doing his
sworn duty in court of justice. Both
/ have always considered nice, genteel
men and am really sorry to even think
tAey would indorse John Sweeton in
the matter at all.
John Flanagan got full of booze and
raised rough house in his end Of
town on the 18th.
Harris Woodlee had $i7. 90 stolen
from him while he was unconscious.
Some say be was full of booze.
A rough house was raised at dance
at John Hargs' Saturday night, Too
much booze
Herbert Brown got too much of the
stuff that makes folks act silly and
had to help the state and county
few dollars.
I believe these drunks are too cheap
and ought to be raised about ten dol
lars. If they are not worth ten or fif-
teen dollars l would quit.
May is near at hand and that is the
time when we have our protracted
meeting, but am not posted and cant
give any information.
Our recent election in our new dis
trict was illegal and will have to be
held over. so the ones elected are not
lawfully elected.
Camp Ss4, U C. ", had its regular
meeting Saturday and elected officers,
the same ones being reelected except
the adjutant who put in nomination
W. B. Pattie and bad him elected. !
The boys took advantage of the Adju-
tant and promoted him to the secreta-
ryship Of the camp Everybody is fix
ing to go to the reunion at Ctattanoo-
ga. Our next meeting will be tt sec
ond Saturday in May. and we want to
know how many vets want free let
ters TO reunion committee. Troop A
is making big preparations for the
reunion at Gettysburg, Penn. This
is Blue and Gray reunion and we
are going. How about you and Aus
tin Coppingcr. Mr.. Editor1 Can you
meet US on that famous battlefield
Every Yankee l met from north of the
Ohio insists on us going I'd rather
take that trip than the Chattanooga
trip. Say, if you'll get you nice
suit of blue, I'll manage to capture
you and take you along by way of ex-
change. Well have our own train and
bur own commissary and quartermas-
Ter with u.s. We are one hundred and
'orty strong, nicely uniformed in the
Did fasbi ioned Confederate Gray. We
want odr boys to be uniformed. Any
me wanting to join our company can
10 30. Make all your applications to
|. r. Sadler, captain of Troop A.,
Nashville, who will take pleasure in
you the application card
Remember the Gettysburg reunion
,omes OFF July "a, the day Pickett
made his celebrated charge.
Let us correspondents keep our
riends posted about what is going on
n our diggins, and if people don't
want us TO expose their conduct let
hem behave.
UNCLE TOM,
Tracy City, Tenn {
Don't borrow the News. Act fair. SOC.