Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-01-22
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

Harmony What is it, A surrend-
er of my principles to you, or yours to
mer Can't do it, folks, I'll stick to
mine which is this. the mafntainance
and enforcement of the prohi bition
laws to the letter. So there is no
chance to harmonize with me. l am
glad crime and misdemeanors are
growing less and our jails and work
houses are being emptied as never be-
fore The liquor organs are very ST.
lent on that line but like to parade
the great quantity of liquor shipped in
| from other states Does prohibition
prohibit' Why, yes,it certainly does.
for here in Tracy City drunkenness
has been absolutely wiped out and
our old red-eyed topers are about as
decent as anybody. believe some
of our county officers are doing more
drinking than is going to be good for
their health if they are not careful.
One man full of cheap rot gut pulling
another don't quite suit our folks as a
whole I hear what people say about
the like of that. A drunken officer OF
one so full of rot gut you can smell
him across the street is no good.
A couple of prisoners got away from
the White Eagle hotel kept by one An
derson last night This occurred on
the night of the 10th inst. The other
| two boarders refused to go.
Well, correspondents, we are all get
ting along fine in reporting the news,
but I think we dodge and twist just a
little on some things.
Last night, the nth inst number
of young people gathered at the home
of Mr. jeff Coursey and had very
nice time. After playing until eleven
O'Clock. Mrs. Coursey invited them
into the dining room where lunch was
served to about 40 of them.
Well, "Miss Charlotte don't
think can accept your kind invita-
tion to that play you referred to. l
am not stuck on plays any more. The
| young folks came to my home and
sought to interest me but somehow
| they didn't interest me very much. l
did not enjoy their plays like l used
to. tiled to interest them so they
might have a good time, which hope
they did. Mr.. Byron Mitchell and my
son came up from Warren county, aud
were present at the social. Miss Mol
lie Mccullough and Miss Edith Pom
der, two young school ma ans, were
present and did their best part toward
| the evenings amusement. In fact
they were the life of the occasion.
Our young people are cramped for
room as few homes now have sufficient
room for an entertainment 1t people
would use little common sense and
a wagon load of self respect they could
have more social recreations, and en-
| ioy them much better. People ought
not to go where they are not invited.
Nearly everybody knows how many
they can accommodate handsomely,
and it is an imposition to go where no
invitation has been extended. Think
enough of yourself, boys, not to i'm
pose your presence on any one.
Nearly every week new candidates
come out seeking the suffrage OF the
dear people. How sweet the people
are every two and four years. Mr..
Wilson, our dear and honored plesl-
dent, has job before him, and that
is this, to do as much for the worthless
as he has done for the bankers. Can't
YOU, Nh. President, do as much for
the laboring man, as you've done for
the bankers The jobless gang has
increased to about three millions and
they are out of the necessities of life.
This is more serious proposition than
the currency question. If the govern
ment can and does help the bankers,
why can't it help the men who pro-
duce all wealth, is what l would like
| to know
Well, Mr.. Liquorite, amt you sorry
you have lost out on your liquor argu-
ments, Don't you feel like you had
been sent for and couldn't gor Pro-
hibition and the enforcement of the
| law has been so beneficial. l haven't
seen drunken man in ever SO long.
The Davis cure is so sure l doubt
whether our next grand jury will get
| a single liquor case since Xmas Isn't
that a wonderful Improvement
think so. Prohibition has prohibited
drunkenness and haven't heard of u
single drunk since Xmas and all |
heard of then we're only three, and
| two Of them we're at Xmas tree. SO
it is reducing misdemeanors beyond
doubt. Well, mighty little profanity
is on tap here in Tracy City. What
little there is seems to come from the
official gang. They've no more right
to use profane language than Hny one
else, and they had better quit, and
quit this way of saying G. d. it. or
G. d. s. of b.. They are awful
ugly expressions and need to be rebuk-
ed.
UNCLE TOM.
Tracy City, Tenn.