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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01

grandfather Smith was a wizard
and practiced the black art. what
ever that was. He said just be-
fore he died that he didn't have
any son or daughter he could
teach, they were all too high
tempered and too easily offended
MY father himself said Grand.
daddy could do strange things.
''''s 2 'i'''' HTS UNCLE TOM.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01
Stockholders Meeting.

A meeting will be held at JAS
per Friday afternoon for the pur-
pose Of organizing the new COM
mercial bank. Mr.. A. r. Pryor,
or who was here Friday. assures
US that no trouble is being ex-
perienced in raising the SIS. 900
capital stock asked for. and a
large number of the leading busi-
ness men of this section are in
terested therein. The organic
alton will be made in the Office Of
A. r. Pryor. Inc.
Support your home paper.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01

UNCLE TOMS LETTER

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My grandfather Smith was
called a witch doctor. and he did
claim that distinction and worked
against the witches. My grand
mother said granddaddy could DO
things no one else could do. and
told me that granddaddy was go
ing off one morning and he called
her and Aunt Johanna and the
negro women. some three or four,
and told them there would likely
come an old woman to see them.
and for them to be sure and not
give her q thing. = '''''
Sure enough late i'm the after.
moon they saw an old woman
coming UP the road with a bud
|get on her arm. She came to
the gate. hung her budget up
and walked up to the door,. No
one invitedher in. Grandmother
said the negroes eyes looked like
a full moon on a clear night they
were so scared, and sowas grand
mother and johanna. Directly
she asked for a drink Of water.
No one spoke or offered her
| a drink of water. Pretty soon
ste got up and went into one
Iof the negro cabins and ask
ed her Tor a pipe Of tobacco.
She never let on like she heard
her. but jumped into bed and
covered up head and ears. -'''f
She went back to the big house
and took her seat. Supper
came on, and no one invited her
to eat, bedtime came and she
went and got her budget. opened
| it and spread down some old rags
and laid down. lii a little while
granddaddy came home, but new,
er paid any attention to her. not
even speaking. Went to bed and
Ilay watching the old woman.
L -.
Away in the night she took a fit
and the froth just rolled out Of
her mouth. tirandaddy jumped
out of bed and called to my
grandmother to bake a thin hoe
cake of bread as quick as she
could. Grandfather took It and
/ split it open and wiped the froth
from the old lady's lips and ask
ed her which was the rneanest
dog on the place. She designat'
ed one Of Uncle Toms hounds.
He called the dog and gave him
the bread and the dog and old la
dy left that night, and neither
wasever heard Of again. Uncle
Tom was the inaddest man yor
ever saw about his dog.
/ believe my grandmother told
the truth. believe there were
witches and that my great.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01
Paris, Texas
Special 10 The NtaOsy \

CPfGtuL 10 Mc fFeS0yX 5.5.t
All eastern Texas and Okla
homa was visited by heavy rain
and electrical storms last night.
Have not heard of any damage
to amount to anything. We
we're beginning to need rain to
soften the hard crust that was
forming on the ground Every
thing looks nice and green today.
Gardens look nice. All that is
up in my garden looks well. Ev-
en- the young weeds that are just
now beginning to come up. look
like they were going to do well,
but will show them a little lat
er that weeds are out of place in
this garden. Potatoes are COM
ing up. Mustard and lettuce
will soon do to start eating on
Beans are sprouting and are very
near up. Onions are up. Rad
ishes look nice. but ] do not like
that thrifty look Of the weeds.
For a fact everything has a very
fiattering look for good crops in
Texas Peaches are nearly safe
now, but the hail storms ruin
more fruit than by freeze
or frost. When they are half
grown a hail storm comes and
everyone that is hit by a hail
stone is ruined and will not be a
good. developed peach Will
have a green Of hard side on it,
and we have a lot of hail in the
spring season.
was glad to see Jasper had
decided to build their cotton gin.
i .
1t will employ several hands and
when a place gets started getting
different industries, others will
come, but it will not do to plant
a cotton crop expecting to gel
the high prices that have beer
- a =
paid for cotton and cotton labor
ers the last two years. If cottor
brings 2Oc next fall. it viii not
pay to hold it for more. ! have
seen cotton sell for less than d
one time. That was in 1894.
have seen it sell for less than 1O'
several times, and just a few
times over 15c. Cotton-growinf
is a good safe business, but no
get rich quick game by any
means. but it is a crop that vii
always bring the cash. Th'
=
amount of profit there will de-
pend on the cost of getting YOU
land prepared and keeping it SO
| am Of the opinion it is too cole
there to risk giving up the corn
wheat and oats and other crops
until tits tried out. 1t takes
| lot of hot sunshine to make cot
ton and the seasons there are tot
short for cotton. + don't giv'
this as expert advice or as an ex
perienced cotton raiser. / neveI
raised a stalk Of cotton in m.
life, but + have been associated
with cotton growers Z for nearl!
thirty years. WhatI know ab0u
raising cotton is by observation
bearing farmers talk who d,
sEnowrs But l hope it will prove
ss.s s,.s. s.-s = iss4-., ~ f-.s-4,s
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01
James Hulett McChee.

James Hewlett McGhee, aged
43 years, died early Saturday
lmorning at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Eliza McGhee. in
this city, after an Illness of about
a week with pneumonia, and was
buried Monday afternoon in the
city cemetery, the Rev. Noel H !.
cardwelb pastor of the M. E.
Church here. officiating. Funer-
al services were in the home, and
were attended by large number
of friends ofthe bereaved family!
Surviving him besides his
mother, arethree brothers, Char
les. Joe and John, all of whom
reached South Pittsburg in time
to attend the funeral. /
Hewlett McGhee was an upright
industrious citizen Of South
Pittsburg for over thirty years.
and leaves a wide circle of friends
to mourn his loss and respect his
memory. so. Pittsburg Hustler.
se-es.s4 sa- q ..l-.. ~.fsfs sf-e s.s.tst,si,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01

M sAEEa
Armenian os Rescued Relief
three pretty taking -jOy ride
yn having another generally associated
rescued from the harem OF Turk after four
being taken Of tho Near
smiling for the first time
captivity Relief caring for thousands Of these
il is working 250000
orphans from starvation this winter That w
making nation It's noble work
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01

Physical courage can be bought
cheap. but moral courageis unpur-
',hssable at any price, 'is.a /
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-04-01

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The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Taking 1t Out on Washington.

Washington the pro6teer-rdden country
the made in Cappe of
Kansas introducing resolution
in the price of bread here
1t would indeed be of
ing conceived within Capital and
that original price gougers still confined
here The task OF the Department of Justice would be smphed
and of this limited might produce
practical results for the reduce the of living.
Washington high prices, but
less the daily length and breadth the land
conditions, they bit and perhaps bad
conditions other cities The evil national but because
of cstimable members OF Congress feel pinch
hed profits they
that the District pioneer leader OF the
Whatever personal relief
constructive remedy for the national economic
The made exhaustive investigation OF prices
the District but revealed that the profits exacted by
dealers here larger than those obtained other cities
lines OF business such evidence included report
Furthermore the Department Justice officials conducting the
living opportunity
conditions close and from
evident that Washington ranks much higher
OF cities which might be by
Investigations
The perspective regarding aiment local The
the trouble lies and than
into conditions here will be needed
expect hear periodic
Washington. They
able profit add the
If there be investigation OF profteering Washington
The Herald hopes will be thorough.
be spirit OF taking Washington political
thunder back home.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12

No protest is being made by the
cattlemen to the ruling of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank to raise the dis
count rates to banks after such
banks have reached a certain limit
in making loans. but the cattle rails
ers want loans to nonessentials cur
tailed and this money diverted to
the business of producing meats.
They charge that the loan limit at
reasonable rates has been reached
by many. financial institutions
through financing wildcat oil and
development enterprises" and that
by previous arrange
ments with banks, are enabled to
finance building at such high costs
as to be ruinous.
Never before in my thirty >sars'
experience as cattle raiser have I
known it to be so hard to nego-
tiate loan of any consequence" :"
]. H. Mercer, secretary of the Kan
sas Livestock Association, and live
stock sanitary commissioner of
Kansas. The livestock industry is
the only industry that has not Jared
well since the armistice was signed.
Since that time livestock produc-
tion has decreased 40 per cent. The
losses in the industry in 1919. and
up to the present date, have wiped
out all profits made In the years Of
1917 and 1915"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Cattle Raisers Seek Liberal Loans
At Reasonable Rates ofInterest;
Meat Production Decrease Marked

Kansas City, May 11.-cattle rails
ers in the Missouri Valley, through
the Kansas, Live Stock associations
and the Greater Kansas City, Wichi-
ia, Kans., and st. Joseph. Mo- live
stock exchanges, are making a drive
on the Federal Reserve Board for
the district to obtain a feasible plan
for financing the live stock industry
at reasonable rates. The cattle rails
ers have become alarmed at the rap
idly increasing rediscount rates Of
the Federal Reserve Bank. which.
they say, has placed them in the po-
sition of being Unable to borrow
money. except upon rates varying
from to IL per cent interest.
The cattle feeders say that unless
better credit Is advanced at reason
able rates of interest that the pres
ent alarming decrease in, the pro-
duction of cattle will continue, and
may result in a meat shortage. In
the past the cattle business has been
one Of the Missouri Valleys stable
securities. The borrowers have
readily obtained loans without pre-
vious arrangements with their
bankers. Now, however, the cattle
men are finding that their banks are
loaned up to the limit, unless the
money 10 so imperatively needed
that the loan will stand a or 10
per cent rediscount at the Federal
Reserve Bank.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Men and Business
By RICHARD SPILLANE.

A trust company reports that
5.321 persons subscribed at that in
stitution to the fourth Liberty loan.
about two-thirds Of them on the
weekly installment plan. or these
456 failed to complete their pay
ments and 2O7 made only one pay
ment in order TO secure the button,
to enable them TO say that they did
their duty in subscribing to the
loan. The trust company gave FIVE
months grace to subscribers . total
of seventeen months to fulhu their
obligations. but their patriotism
stopped at 81. OF course. the bank
subscribed and paid for the bonds
par value and the loss caused by
depreciation falls on it. One Of the
officers OF the bank suggests that II
the different Liberty loan commit
tees would call for reports lRCm
banks and trust companies all ar
the country IL would make ino
esting reading.
1t would. y
There were hundreds Of thousands
OF subscribers who made a lot OF
talk Of their patriotism, but IL was
only a veneer patriotism. One OF
the great railroads found this out.
Its employees subscribed, but they
paid the installments with reluc-
tance and had all sorts Of reasons
for appealing to the company to
take the bonds of their hands and
return to them what they had paid.
These same patriotic dodgers have
been among the recent strikers and
have had much to say about what
they did toward the winning Of the
war
There always are people Of this
sort. There were lots of them in
the Liberty loan instance. but when
you consider that there were nearly
2o;ooO,O0O subscribers TO the loans.
what does 100000 or 800. 600 amount
to? Not much. Only or per
cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Where the President Is Wrong.

much permanent damage will they
do?
How far will they interfere with
the free functioning of the league
in all of its efforts to preserve the
peace of the world?
Has the President given to this
question the consideration that it
merits?
The longer the United States re-
mains out of the league the less
chance the league has Of fully es-
tablishing itself. Even a limited
adherence on the part of this coun-
try which put the power and re-
sources of the United States back
of the league would be infinitely
better than no adherence at all.
The World is confident that the
great majority of the American peo-
pie still believe in the league OF
nations. They want the United
States to participate in the league
But they do not and cannot compre-
hend all the complicated issues in
volved in the reservations. They
are accustomed to a government of
compromises when such differences
appear. Confused by the controver-
sy. they are unable to understand
why the President and the Senate
majority cannot come to an agree
ment about these reservations. Least
'of all do they understand why the
President. instead of trying to find q
tenable middle ground. Should in
sist on an unconditional surrender
Of the Senate majority in a matter
where the question OF right and
wrong cannot be unmistakably de-
fined.
The treaty of Versailles ought to
have been ratified. as the President
says. 1t ought to have been rati-
fed as it was framed. But 1t has
not been ratified. After nine months
of wrangling the Senate is dead
locked, and the peace of the world
Is disintegrating because the United
States has shirked its responsible
ties. The President, to use the lam
guage of Mr.. Cleveland, is confront
ed by a condition. not a theory. and
it is his solemn duty. to deal with it
as condition, not as q theory. He
cannot afford to close every door
to compromise or to place himself in
position where he can accept NO
compromise whatever. and that is
what he is in danger of doing by
such messages as that sent to the
Oregon Democrats.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Events Of Today

Professor James r. Hartnett. lee
ture. Knights Of Columbus evening
school. Sales Letters"
Meeting. Connecticut Avenue Citi-
zens Association. All Souls Parish
Hall. S:15 D. m.
Moonlight hike and -weenie-
roast. Red Triangle Outing Club.
Chain Bridge. 8 D. m.
District ABranch Association for
Advancement OF Coiored People,
meeting. Twelfth Street Y. n C. A,
p. m
william Clark Taylor. deputy reg
istrar OF Wills. talk. Women's City
Club. Your WIN and How 20 Mako
Professor Frank o'Hsrs. Of Cath
olic University, lecture. The DIE
tribution OF wealth." knights OF
columbus evening school, 1875 ver-
mont avenue northwest 7:3o D. m.
Cottage Bible Institute. exposition
OF Sunday school lesson by Rev.
Hugh 7. Stevenson, Y. w. C A.
1888 y street. 4:45 D. m.
Kslorama citizens Associates.
g .. m.
1880.
Naval Affairs. Secretary Daniels
hearing. 10 a m.
Commerce. hearing, 1890.
Foreign Relations, Mexico, 1880.
At the Thesters
Garrick-Garrick Players in Peg o.
My Heart"
Poli's-'Monte Cristo. Jr."
National-"Just Suppose
Belasco-''The Bird Of Paradise-
Cosmos-VaLdeville and nlms.
B. F. Keith's-vaudeville.
Gayety-'The Social Maids.-
Folly-'The Aviator Girls"
Loews Palsce-wallace Reid IN
The Dancin' Fool"
Moore's Rialto - Mildred Harris
Chaplin in The Inferior Ser
Crandalrs Metropolitan-Alice Lake
In Shore Acres"
hoore's strand-'The Servant in the
House"
Moore's Garden-John Barrymore in
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE"
LOew's Columbia-Bryantw washburn
in Mrs. Temples Telegram"
Crandslrs-Mollie King in Women
Aen Forget
Cran5alls Knickerbocker - Alice
Brady in Sinners"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
(From the New York Worldly

(From the New York Worldly
1t is undoubtedly true, as Presi-
dent Wilson says in his message
to the Oregon Democrats. that the
league or nations is the hope or
the world"
1t is undoubtedly true that the
true Americanism, the only true
Americanism, is that which puts
America at the front Of the free
nations and redeems the great
promises which we made the world
when We entered the war;
1t is undoubtedly true that "the
chief motives which led US to enter
the war will be defeated unless that
covenant is ratified and acted upon
with vigor."
1t is undoubtedly true that the
Democratic party should at once
proclaim itself the uncompromising
champion OF the nations honor and
the advocate of everything that the
United States can do in the service
of humanity"
1t is undoubtedly true that in re-
spect to the covenant of the league
of nations the Lodge reservations
"whittle 1t down" and weaken it,"
All this may be admitted without
making the Presidents wholly un-
compromising attitude any the bet
ter or wiser. There are practical
questions of sound craftsmanship
which cannot safely be disregarded.
1t is always an inspiring thing
to find a great leader who is willing
to go down to defeat for a vital
principle and who is willing to take
his party to defeat, If need be, for
that principle, but 1t is well to make
sure in advance of the integrity of
the principle. Needless sacrifices
can never be justified.
The Lodge reservations were con-
Iceived in partisan and personal
malice. They were devised to re-
strict the participation Of the
United States in the league of ma
tions. They were intended as a re-
buke to the President and to the
European governments that had fol-
lowed the President. They are OBJ
scure in their phraseology and dubi-
Gus as to their meaning, and they
betray on their face a cowardice in
the face of moral obligations which
is wholly discreditable to the United
States. But at their worst, how
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Notes BY a Washington Observer
a Letter to Wilson-An Unkind Article-An
other Official Quits Needs a
High Desk.

The Presidents tenacious advocacy
Of his kind OF a peace treaty is main
tanned to a large extent. It Is under
stood. by ENCOURAGEMENT he gets
from correspondents. The writer ha 5
had access to a typical specimen
from the White House mailbag. Its
worthy of reproduction. II for no
other reason than its Lincoinesque
English:
May Q, 1920: Dear Mr.. Pres
ident-You are impregnable in your
hold upon the truth that America
beltEgs to the world All the cur
rents of feeling and thought viii
soon turn back to you. You will
let me say that /, for one. am deep
fy moved by your compcsure and
perfect valiarce through this long
season of stress and pain.
The tide will turn before this
year is out. The United States
will make the peace of Europe.
And IL will never be forgotten that
you breasted the oak and iron of
old habit and broke tho gate to the
new age. With great respect.
Yours faithfully,
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
The Plea of the Salvationists.

The Salvation Army OF the social
ing passion OF William Catherine
History registers equal humanitarian strategy
carried through by single family
Judged solely administrative mechanism quite apart
the Army the admiration
ganzers OF the first grade Regously
formal and rational ideals and methods
During the Great War" its way deep OF
humanity by undiscrmnatng soldiers
asking other question than, May l uccor?'
have demobzcd their forces the front taking
They of recon-
stru and expansion press for solution
Wahington residents should this drive"
they have others, with cash possible and with proofs
OF goodwill
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Army Orders

Recent army Orde5 Include the following:
MAI. Daniel n. Gienty. ouartermasteF
Corps, will proceed from Camp Meirs to
Boston, Mass, to relieve Lieut.. Col. Henry
B. Barry.
Capt. Daniel A. Rum. ou.r.rn,.,.r
Corps. will proceed from Camp MeIrs 20
Langley Field. Va, for duty as supply Of
cspts. Hairy b. ven..i snd Bruce A.
Aeekison, Lieut.. August X. Hoch and Sec
Corps. will report TO the Director Of Pur-
chase and Storage at washingtou.
Lieut.. Col. James A. COrcoran. Motor
Transport Corps. IL bonorHbly discharged.
Capt Robert Z. Kennedy. infantry. 10
hOnorab'y DISCHARGED
Capt. Reuben n. rerlsy. Coast Artillery
Corps. will proceed from Boston. Mass, -
Washington for temporary duty.
Cant. James c. Ruddeu Coast ARTILLERY
Corps, will report to the Adjutant General
Capt. sidney N. HOyt. oulrterm.ster
Corps. will proceed from Washington to
Charleston. W. Va. for temporary duty.
Second Lieut.. Edwin r. Ramsey, Coast
Artillery Corps, will proceed from wBltsr
Reed Hospital to Fort Monroe. Va. for
Capt. Robert C. Moss, infantry. will pro-
ceed from Camp Meade 20 washinEton for
temporary duty.
Capt. Charles II. LArrabee. Quarterms,-
ter Corps, viii proceed from Philsdelpbis to
washington for conference. thence TO Lang
ley Field. Va. for temporary duty.
MAJ. Raymond Sheldon. General STAT,
will proceed TO Charleston, q. c., and re-
port TO the commanding general OF the
Southeastern Department
MAI. Earl J. AtkinsOn- Engineer will
make not TO exceed eight niGhtE' visit to
Washington for conference with the chief
Of the Chemical Warfare Service, betwees
Nay i and 81.
Capt. william r. Bettisou, Coast Artil-
lery Corps, will prpceed from Walter Red
Hospital to Fort DUPONT. Del
Capt Benjamin. Q. Lockwood. 3r.. infaB-
try. will proceed to washinrton upon the
expiration Of his present leave Of absence.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Do More Work in 8 Hours
Than in 10, Survey Shows

More and better work is accom-
plished in an eight-hour day than
in a ten-hour day. according to a
survey made by, the United States
Public Health Service.
Detailed study of conditions and
productions in STANDARD factories
using, both work periods demonstrat-
ed the superiority of the shorter
shift in maintenance of output. less
Industrial accidents and less lost
time. In the last hours of the ten
or twelve-hour day, production
drops. but in spite of the let-down
there is a decided increase in the
number of accidents. II for any
reason production is "speeded up"
at this time. the accident percent
age Immediately scars at an alarm
ing rate.
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
Demands Cash Bonus
And War Profit Tax

Declaring. that the -four fold
plan" bill for soldier legislation,
now before the Ways and Means
Committee of the House, is no just
settlement of the soldiers rights.
Marvin Gates Sperry, national
president of the Private Soldiers
and Sailors Legion. in a letter to
each member of Congress, demanded
the payment of a cash bonus Of
$500 to each soldier.
PAY the cash bonus now by tax
ing the surplus war profits" Sperry
said. after criticising the plan to
make the payments "a year or so
hence"
The Washington herald., 1920-05-12
MRS. PAUL NEW HEAD
: OF TEACHERS UNION

Mrs. L. c. Paul. of Central High
School. was elected president of the
High School Teachers Union. to
succeed Miss Alice Deal. at a meet
ing in Central High School yester-
day. Miss Deal reEigned a month
ago. She is principal of the Junior
High School.
Other officers elected were /. w.
Strdwbridge, vice president; Miss E.
/. Catch, secretary: Mrs. F. Rogers.
treasurer: Miss Margaret B. Mer-
rill. chairman Of the press commit
tee: delegates to the Central Labor
Union, Miss Mary Brown, chairman: /:
Miss Susan Wilrich. Miss Roberta
wallace and Miss Ella Monk.