Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-05-14
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

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enjoyed my reunion trip splendid
and that is what | went for. l met
my old friend and comrade, John
Minter, at the reunion, and saw peo-
pie whom hadn't seen in fifty years.
l went to have a good time and GER
tainly had it. Our camp conducted
themselves nicely. l met Mrs. jim
Howland and her splendid family.
They are doing we'll, holding positions
of trust and getting good wages. They
said to tell you all "howdy." They
love Tennessee. The Jacksonville IsyI- IpsI
pie are nice, clever people, but oh,
the sand No wonder her troops were
called ''sand tappers''. 1t was lit
tie warm after the rain Friday. SO
warm that Troop A and Co. B did
not march, but fell out and went to
dinner. The Nashville Banner of the
9th had our sponsors picture, but it
was not good picture. That girl is
worth her weight in gold twenty times
over. Troop A. selected the best girl
| ever met as its sponsor, Miss Martha
Handley, relation to the Shocks and
Henly's of the mountain. She treated
us to one box of oranges, 90 lbs. of
coffee, so lbs. of sugar, one box of
crackers, milk. 90 loaves of bread and
one cake of cheese and somewhere in
80 tickets. Oh, love her and all the
rest Of the troup do. She came out
with nicely decorated automobile,
but when she found we were going to
take it afoot she took lot of the old
boys and put them in her auto, and
then asked to march afoot with us,
which caused her to be saluted and
complimented by two of our old field
officers. We raised nearly one hund-
red dollars to make her a present, and
when the boys get ready to band over
the present to our sponsor / want to
be present and take part in the exer-
cises. She says she will go to Rich
mond with us and means to do all she
can for the boys who are not financial
ly able to go, / wish all our daught-
ers would emulate her aud send every
single soldier that will go.
Yes, fitted with the ladies of
Jacksonville and kissed the Florida
sponsor and her maids of honor. In
fact, they looked so sweet just could
mt help it, Youth and beauty were
out in force from everywhere. i cap
tured sweet little Massachusetts girl
and almost converted her into a rebel.
l like these reunions. 1t makes me
love people better after visit. They
give me higher conception of life, its
duties and obligations and takes away
this exclusiveness that sometimes gets
hold of me. 1t was good for me to go
to Jacksonville. There l saw nearly
all nationalities and none are so bad as
they might be. Some Greeks told me
they would fight Mexico il they got
chance. The people deplored the Col
orado trouble. Oh, what shame and
a disgrace that we will allow thugs
and cutthroats to be employed to shoot
who created every dollar
of wealth there is. We old veterans
didn't propose to help that bloody
Rockefeller, to crush out
the life of women and children. |
Workingmen, stand for your rights.
The world owes you a debt of graft
tude it never can pay. We want to
get possession Of this government so
you can and will be protected from
the avaricious and greedy.
l liked the two editorials concerning |
the Colorado trouble in the News.
We had singing going to the reunion
and coming back by lot of Columbia !
people and they know how to sing
believe Bro. Minter preached out in
he camp Some thought / was
because / gave lecture on
socialism, taking the Lords prayer as
4 foundation. They wanted to know
what church Il belonged to. told
hem the Methodist.
If people who profess religion would
practice what they preach at the bal
ot box, conditions would be better.