Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-01
Third District.


Christmas has come and gone and a
many home is left sad, with front
doors draped in mourning. TO show
that the dear husband and father has
passed TO the sweet beyond and left
house full of little children and bro
ken-hearted wife to mourn his loss.
Let him be great or. small he passed
yer the river Just the same. His abb
sence from the family circle leaves
vacant seat, which the poor little
fatherless children and the grief
stricken mother will never this side Of
the grave forget, all caused by the
little brown jug called booze tonic. Ii
we could view the future as we can
the past, perhaps thousands of our
race would lead entirely q new life,
and majority Of us would make life
worth living.
will speak a good word for 7 it
we'll this Christmas. 1t was the quiet
est, the coolest, less drunkenness and
less crime committed than ever before
in this town for the past five years.
Just a few men discovered on the
streets in a drunken condition. Our
townspeople are to be highly congrat-
ulated and credited with honor for the
good behavior during the holidays.
Only few arrests were made here
this Xmas and the newspapers OF Ten
nessee seem to record lower rate OF
deaths and crimes this Christmas than
on previous holidays recorded in years
gone by. OF course, we all agree less
whiskey in any community will al
WAYS reduce crime and increase chris
tianity and morality, education and
temperance. Whiskey used to excess
will finally wreck the home, ethel IN
one way or another. 1t will eau tine
little ones to have to wear scanty APP
parel. and causes them and the moth
or to go to bed hungry night after
night, aud causes the little ones 20
cry themselves to sleep for want or
the necessities of life which cannot Do
proyided on account Of the money
scent for booze. What sad task Tor
n broken hearted mother to put to
sleep a number of hungry children
without any supper. Is it not seri-
ous thought to think over that ! coulu
point out in my own town people VINO
are guilty of this gross negligence l
believe that liquor causes trouble IN
some peoples homes from the time 1t
enters until the last drop Is guzzled
down their threats. don't nave reI-
erence to man that has self controi
and has the respect of his family and
the public. | must cite an incldenT
that bappened to me when ! ran away
from home while mere YOUTH oniy
16 wears Of age. I learned o lesson
from lady of good parentage "hoso
husband had wrecked their homo py
strong drink. !, as l said before, ran
away from my parents, crossed tne
mountain and landed at Rossville,
Ga. where I worked six weeks anu
rot a little stake and landed in Cnat-
tanooga one dark, gloomy Christmas
Eve. and struck up with gang OF
drnnlsen toughs. One of them hired
me at 81. % per day and my board ne
said he was running boarding house
six miles from town on the mountain
side. | with proud heart at my
lob, lit out with that drunken reno"
over fences, bitches and up the Steep
mountain side, and finally reached his
home at II o'clock at night l viewed
tho situation over and over that night.
The only bed l had was little square
of board on the floor in one corner OF
the shack. likel to have frozen 10
death that night. When l woke next
morning and caught that drunken TO-
per out, said to the good lady,
'sYour husband got me to follow MIN
M here and said he was running
boarding house. l see be misrepre-
aented, the affair aud plainly see you
are in no shape to keep anybody. one
was a refined lady who had evidently
bsen raised we'll. She looked stlaignt
at me with tears in her eyes, ana salu'
oYouug boy, / have just been study
inc over YOUR case. l know If you
were at home today with your parents
YOU would have good home anu q
good bed to sleep in. Let me give you
a little piece of advice. When ana
NV husband we're married. l had a lit-
tie and 40 did he, and he got to drlnk-
hO n
ing and be has killed two men ano mas
been tried for his life twice, and 70
save his neck from the gallows MS NJ