Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-24
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

to let the readers know how we are
! getting along
Morgan johnson and Beul8h CarriCk
were married this morning. Both are
kids and maybe have sense enough to
know marriage is for life
T. F. Wesver's youngest daughter
and boy by the name of Schilts,
were married this morning.
A protracted meeting is going on at
Myers Hill and I've been attending
one at the Southern Methodist church
in Tracy City. The chief attraction
in town of night is the choir com
posed mostly of pretty girls. who are
doing some fine singing. Rev Morgan
from Winchester, is doing the preach
ing in town and Rev Summers at
developing but not as much as we
could hope for.
The picture show has opened up
| again and its votaries are visiting it.
A pool room is in full blast, also. so
it seems the god MammOn is getting
in his work and the people are will
lug to contribute to him to the neglect
of the church. am not surprised at
the way things are going when know
how the young and rising generation
are trained and being trained. Ny
two young friends, Brown and Par
sons are samples of where boys will
go when they are not provided for in
their own homes Both of them are
sons of Methodist preachers, and l
arr sorry they, like many other boys,
lie. cned to go the gaits quite young.
Evidently our young people intend to
have their fun and social recreations,
and they are forced to get it from
places too vile for a lady to visit
Some men who are preachers of the
Gospel will stand before a large con
gregation and say they went all the
gaits Is it an honor to go all the
gaitsr l say no, and the man in the
pulpit Boosting he went all the gaits
is not my kind of preacher and l
doubt his veracity, and why, because
believe if he had been trained right
when child he never would have de-
parted from it. Train the child in
the way be should 60 and when he is
old he will not depart from it," Lots
of men are running over the country
pretending to teach the people the way
of life. They never had any training
themselves. event all the gaits,''
pulpit lie, if You please. Children
tiained right and provided for, even
to their company and social amuse
ments, never go all the gaits. A re-
formed libertine and drunkard can say
more bard things about social recrea-
tions than any fellow you ever met
and the reason of it is he never knew
anything about the richest, sweetest
and best side of the social life. He
actually don't know there is better
side. He thinks and believes, like
my two young friends, that all is vile
and corrupt, and consequently hes
never stops to see whether there is
anything of social nature for the
young people. Why, la me! There
is sunshiny social life for every
boy and girl, that is pure and clean
as can be, and it is the duty of parents
to provide for their children to enjoy
this kind of life. That is what l am
arguing and conte nding for. There
are pure, clean recreations where the
virgins can rejoice in the dance. both
young men and old together. II it was
not so the prophet eiemiah would not
have referred to it. l am confident
men are adding to and taking from
the Scripture as their notions and
whims may dictate. Man is puzzle.
Does he thinke he can change human
nature so that it won't desire or want
anything of social natureT 1t looks
very much like some think they can,
and yet these same men and women
will go and spend their money for toys
and playthings to please and amuse
the baby. How free they ale with
the money for the little pet, but in
little while.the boy or girl is neglected
and that, too, at time when he or she |
most desires to be amused and enter
tanned, and the majority of fathers
and mothers are too stiugy to kill the
kid and prepare the music as hundreds
of boys and girls know, SO they are
left to hunt up something and when |
they find it it is not fit for decent peo-
Pile to indulge in, according to the |
statement of the young men in their
reply to me. All, boys, l can excuse |
you, for you never knew anything |
about the better, and you thought all |
was bad and never dreamed that there |
was an opposite, and that the opposite
was good. | want the best of every
thing. and the purest and cleanest, and
to have it, young folks, you must be
clean yourself. The crowd you run
with must be clean. Avoid foul
mouthed people, whether male or fe
male. Follow no unclean example,
free yourselves from all unclean haD-
it's, filthy habits, nasty habits of all
kinds. TAKE care of your person for
is next to Goodness and l
hardly think tobacco chewing wom-
~ is very much in love with clean
habits. Do YOU Now am done.
UNCLE TOM,
Tracy City, Tenn, July 81, 1913