Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-03-26
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

| notice we have some three or four
additional correspondents in our house
hold, and from the way their letters
read. believe they are pretty good
people, and have not butted in to get
up a racket or to abuse somebody, so
l move that we make them a cordial
and hearty welcome to all our joys
aud as few of our sorrows as possible.
| Now, dear folks, I trust peace and
harmony will prevail and that our
editor will protect you from the slurs
and insinuations of those who have no
love for the News or any of its CORES
pondents. I have been a scribbler for
the News columns long time and I
have noticed some things that probab-
ly You have not noticed, and that is
the butt-in gang never send the
News anything at all in the way of
news, but will write infamous articles
against somebody whose little fingers
are worth twice a. much as their
whole body is, They raise a racket
and when they get theil feathers
trimmed they depart and are heard of
no more until they have chance to
vent their spleen ans lie ON someone
else. aIp in favor of Hooper mis-
ance law cutting out all such rene
gades and frauds. Now, Mr.. Editor,
/ have notion of playing hockey for
while and letting "Red Bird.
Friendly Boy and "Church Mem
ber" make a weekly report to our
news columns.
Our sick are ALL improving, except
John A Goforths two little girls.
Tom Meeks and Ben Thorneberry are
on the convalescent list. AS to myself,
it looks-like / can't get we'll.
Oliver Kilgore is not improving.
The Red Men march to the M. E.
Church. South, tonight, March 90, TO
hear sermon from Rev. Keathley.
here is but little news afioat up here.
Mrs. Grundy and the Mountain Her
aid didn't publish anything regarding
our court, and failed to get any re-
port expecting report to come out in
them, don't know what scared them
off, but mistrust it was the lawless
element, yet l don't know. Mrs.
Grundy did publish vitiiolic article
against the court that was not of much
credit to her.
1t appears the socialists of Marion
county are very much alive. Mr..
Station will fail in getting Bill White
to discuss socialism with him. Bill
amt up and then he knows the best
brains. both in church and state. are
studying this social question in all of
its phases and it's al evolution and a
that is wonderful all over
the world. No, Mr.. Station. White
won't meet you and he can't afford
to throw slurs and insinuations at the
question, when the greatest men on
earth are waking up and studying the
problem as no other problem WAS ever
studied. No man can prove the re-
publican and democlatic parties have
DooD buCC6SS u dUOIlbu pOF6Tby duu
They are failures and there
is no use of ,,saying poverty and mis-
cry has been decreased, for it is not
The democratic party after one year
has not bettered the conditions of the
poor one penny. The cost of of living
is high and there is no hope Of condi-
tions being better under the Wilson
policy. If there is we would hail it
with delight. White won't meet you
nor any one else. AS to the progress
sives they are after better things than
what the republicans and the old
moss covered democrats have to offer.
guess had better quit lest an appli-
cation of the nuisance law be put in
force against me. Say, Ben Hooper
has got more moral courage than any
governor we ever had. don't know
about his physical courage, but his
moral courage is beyond what l
thought it was. If we have to have
republican or democrat, let it be
Hooper by all means.
Judge Neil has the courage and grit