Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-10-09
BETTER ROAD WORKING.


THE fall rains have set in and the
good work on the public roads will bt
largely discounted and rendered of lit
tie further service to the public unless
some means can be devised by which
the bitches can be kent open and the
water turned ont. When the leaves
begin to fall, the bitches soon get fill
ed up aud turn the water into the
middle of the road, where it usually
runs all winter, washing out more
than was put in when the road was
worked, and by this means our roads
get gradually worse instead of better,
We must devise scheme by which
some labor can be kept on the roads
during the winter months to at least
keep tue bitches open, or else we have
learned nothing by the experiences of
a lifetime in Matchmaking Mrs
Grundy, Tracy City, Tenn.
Probably there is no place on earth
where good work is wasted as along
our public roads bitches are dug out
year after year where common sense
sNo1'a dictate the raising of the road
uo4 o4OI ro.k and gravel, and let the
ditch alone Moreover, the dirt from
a ditch if placed in the middle of the
road Is worthless for road bed. IL
road oyav>eers would select the worse
portion of their extent Of road and
make it the bsst they have with rock
and gravel, maoadamizs it, in a few
years all roads would be- good and
overseers would be able to improve the
entire length of road under their
charge. Make substantial what is
done. should be the slogan, and cut
out this cleaning out the-ditch- into
the middle-of the-road sort of working.
What il done let it be thoroughly sub
stantial, and credit to the overseer.
Mrs Grumpy is right in her argu-
ment, however, as far as it goes, but
the work should be made of more
permanent character than it has been
for the last 80 years.
TIE Kanawha Citizen has employed
at its own expense, attorneys to trace
the titles of the owners Of the houses
in the red light district occupied by
the names of the lessees
and the habitues of these esta blish
ments, as well as of the owners and
occupants of the various properties oc
cupied as gambling establishments
which are known by public repute to
exist in the city This research will
include not only the owners who may
L. ,e ut hn inv zoe
ton is made, but will include all
transf RS made within recent dates,
and the names of the owners of the
properties as well as the names OF
those who now occupy tbcm or have
occupied them will be published as
rapidly as they can be furnished by
our investigators. -Kanawha, w. Va,
Citizen.
That's the way to do Show up
vice and crime in its nastiness. Tell
who are behind it. Pint the full force
of the linn light upon it Don't hide
it, for it to spread contagion. The
Citizen is to be commended on this
move 1t will raise lots of rows, but
it will do lots of good. The dav when
q EO-Cdlleu CuuTCu ulculbol van O"b
a lot of rum shops, baudy houses and
dens, and occupy the front
pew at church is over with. The pas
tor salary may POSSIBLY b. l,s', but
decency Viii b. improved.
Gov. B. W. HoOrer ha- called an
other extra ssssiou of the legislator
to meet at the Capitol OFT. ,3. at 9 I
o'clock D m The subjects to be leg
isiated u,on are the force bills,
the bill cone erning the funding of the
state debt and an appropriation to nay
The expenses of the legislative body
It will cost the taxpayers of Tennessee !
a goodly sum to keep the legislature
In session but that doesn't seem to
count in the political game that is
being played by few designing poll
ticians in Tennessee. -Tullahoma,
Tenn Guardian.
Tue Guardian is very correct in the
political game. It is
, game. with morality at stake. 1t
will cost a big sum, bat who cares
about the cost when such high prin.
.iple is at stake. The saloon men do
,ot seem to care about.cost Of anything
;hev go after, and the anti saloon peo-
lie Certainly should not as long as
ha. i tln iNsus. Dollars are nothing
lgaiu iuorals.