Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-04-02
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UNCLE TOMS LETTER

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5r.. Kuigatly, very estimablo la
q "a Use Easlrr r0aa. is lot ozpectei
% iive. ,Ia T6oD sou, az Nashville,
heT lis Is tsrs att 1iing Der bed
side Zoe Rev s. II Keathley, der
pastor hasa't much. hope q Sister
Knightpg recovery.
About IS Red Men were at church
the nigat Of the 22dd.
Mrs. Table Hall. of Flat Branch,
is on the sick list
Your "Uncle Tom took dinner
with John A. Hall aud wife last
Lords day. Uncle Dallas .Hargiss
ana wife were at the table also We
had fiaa dinner ana plenty Of it
Mrs. Hall says she wishes her Battls
Creea folks would write to her dlugh-
ter in Chattanooga. She likes the
News very maca ami has always a
g0o5 word for IT.
Pacu' rave 90 get tho Ola Reliablo
ug acre 10 dnd out what is going ou
here at home
These Shows tdat coue hsg5 and ruo
prize wheels 2or gsiu-shoull b. lel3
NJ ana treated like our home shows
are treated. They aro not allowed to
offer prizes aud it looks like these
travelling graballs should be arrested
and bound over to court. Our sheriff
aud county court clerk should get busy
when the next one comes along au
pull tbem / dom think Wa ought to
complaiD OF hard times wien we are
Gbie to have money to spend for shows
anu such like, even though there is no
meat on tie table once Gay. Well
they do say meat isn't healthy, but I
rather think Us old ja5es, who were
raised on hog and bolnipy enjoyed
health and strength from our youth up
and never wanted for meat.
| am going to insist on all of our
regular bola fda correspondents send
ing in all the news, both good and
bad. Let MS have it, ana those who
want to but in for ROW shoud be
kicked out, When get abba ] am 60
ing TO drum up large subscription list
for the News. The News circulation
is continually increasing up here
You socialists, one and all ought to
take the News, as [ believe it has
treated you all fair anu will continue
to do TO. We know it is not an enemy
to the good of any party, so we can
afford to ratronize it, believe.
Well, this mail order business is a
big thing up here. Some folks have
stuck up notices in their homes. please
don't show your order book l tell
you when slick tongue girl gets hold
of you to take an order she is hard to
turn down. If could get them to
take the interest in getting up sub
scriptions for the News they do in the
Sears & Roebuck House orders, they
would soon have plenty of money.
Some Of you timber tongued girls try
it just for few days.
Well, John Holland, a boy z years
old, has got job at one dollar
month to keep the geese off DR.. Hem
bree's meadow.
The following peculiar criticism of
our court appeared in Mrs. Grun1y
recently:
Circuit Court adjourned here yester-
day after full weeks session. Both
the criminal and civil dockets were
cleared The criminal docket was
vely voluminous, but many of the in
dictments were trivial and not sustain
ed by the trial jury. Harsh rulings
and excessive penalties in some instan-
ces aroused much Indignation among
our citizens and popular demonstra-
tion of disapproval with the courts
proceedings was at one time narrowly
averted Anarchy follows in the
wake of oppression, and of all institu
tions the courts of our land should be
the last to arouse this most dangerous
sentiment to popular government.
The people of Grundy County are as
law abiding as any people and have
always maintained an inherent respect
for the courts, but when the courts be-
come despotic and prosecution is
changed to persecution, without mer
cy and without regard to the rights of
the people under the law, the people
will rebel and not without just
cause"
UNCLE TOM,
Tracy City, Tenn.