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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-16
NEWS OF THE STATE.

Circuit court Is in session at
Benton.
Nashville will have a new Gas
company.
Houses OF Dyersburg will be
numbered.
Police headquarters in Mem
phis will be moved.
H. A. McQuade is the new fire
chief at Chattanooga.
The Dayton Enterprise de-
mands that loafers be taxed.
Jake Renegar lost a 81, 1000
house by FIRE at Tullahoma.
Seviervi!le will ask the legisla-
ture for the privilege of incorpOr-
ating.
The negro public school build
ing at Brownsville burned,
loss 81, 300.
Rev, j. s. Gilmore, a negro
at Columbia, has joined the dem
ocratic party.
Indications point to develop,
ment of the marble industry il
East Tennessee.
The East Tennessee Tele'
phone company has reached
White Pine.
Union City people were badly
frightened by meteor passing
over that place.
A. D. Clark of Litchfeld, III.
claims to have been robbed nea
Humboldt of So, $50.
Ed Xix had valuable BARI
and contents destroyed by light
ming near Brownsville.
An attempt will be made II
rescue the steamer .ButtOrft re
Gently sunk at Clarksville.
The high water at Loudon ha
prevented the Postal Telegraph
company from crossing the riv
er.
A range belonging to Arthu
Kleeman demolished part of hi
house at Clarksville by explod
ing.
The city hospital at Memphi
has been closed on account of a
increased number of small-po
cases.
Shaderick Harness, age
eight-eight, and his wife, age
eighty-t two, joined the M.
Church South ut Granville.
Henry Coffee, hero OF SAINT
ago, whose home is at Morri
town, has received position &
clerk in Washington.
An effort will be made to hay
the outgoing city council ele
policemen at Clarksville insteG
of the incoming officials.
Hawkins and Sullivan count
people have taken favorable a
ton in reference to the constru
ton of the Bristol and KnO,
vile railroad.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-16

Dogs at Newport are required
to b. muzzled.
An Odd Fellows lodge will
be organized at Maryville.
The countycourts ofTennessee
contain over 5000 members.
The chance of an apple crop
this year in Blount county is
small.
There is delay in the expan-
sion of the Memphis water works
system.
VIM. Allen was seriously
crushed by log at East Fork,
Sewer. county.
The ews.Democrat will soon
be moved from Sparta to Cross
Vile.
A 15-year old daughter of NC
Ferrin Drake was drowned at
Snake Creek.
The Bristol Paving company
will lay 1900 feet of sidewalk for
johnson City.
One hundred new watts will be
added to the Unaka Tannery
plant at Newport.
The Masonic hall at MaryvilIe,
erected half a century ago, has
been condemned.
The Southern road is laying
heavy steel rails between Knox
Vile and MorristOwn.
Increased interest in the poul'
try business is being taken il
Claiborne county.
Editor James K. Wood, of tn,
Hopkinsville, (Ky,) New Era
died at Nashville.
Green Dryden, negro youth
accidently killed a white boy
near Pennington
Work was stopped by the New
Market Enc company on &C
count of flooded mines.
Charles Rosker, a Nashville
timer, fell from the Hoffman
memorial hall at Sewanee auc
was killed.
A new Methodist church
South, will be dedicated a
Judges Chapel, Hawkins coul
ty, April 9th.
An agent of the Dayton (OhiC
! Scale company was arrested fu
selling without license in BraC
ley county.
G. II. Stump. of SeviervilI,
will build a new furniture sho
to take the place of the one r,
Gently b own down.
The remains Of Colonel Smit
of the First Tennessee regimen
will soon reach Nashville trol
Manila for burial.
During the recent storm
MadisOnville a fence rail W,
blown endways through a tire
30 inches in diameter.
Doyle, Griffith & Co.,
Knoxville, have the contract
to open tunnel near Rockwoo
! for the Tennessee Central road
\ Mrs. Nancy Birdett, almost
centenarian, died in Sewer cour
+. ty. She had a member of II
2 Baptist church tor sixty years.
John Freeman vs. w. A. GUN
is suit in the Polk count
court involving sixty cents. III
costs already amount to near
! 500.
Much OF the important bus
ness on the circuit court dock,
at Benton had to be postpone
on account Of bad roads proven
j ing lawyers aud lihgants ge
p ting there.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-16

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ne NIcheIleu motel ana post
90 "'' "'o' "e'0 Jul '''U
AN ellort Is being made to secure
"oo'OOO COTTON mill a. IuIIaho'
"'
Sunbright end Deer Lodge will
be connected by phone in a few
DAYS
John Stone was badly injured
by a premature blast near James
town.
Needed postal Improvements
will be made at Union City after
'oIy /
The old market house site has
been selected for the custom house
at brlS'oI'
! GAINESVILLE citizens gave the pub
lie library there mary old and val
oao'e DOCKS
Bedford county has organized an
historical society with h. Sharpe
"S president
A. j. Arts is the new command"
er OF A, {. BairC post, IA, q. A. Il.
az Ne"como'
The Standard Handle company
OF Knoxville will start branch
pant al sparta
The Epworth league is organic
ing Sunday school in the jails Of
M'uo . lehheSSee'
People at Martin are ordering
their telephones out, having failed
to get reduced rates
7. D. Garvin has reached 'Clarks'
vile from Manila to take charge o
the Christian church.
A two year old child Of DR.
James Robinson was burned II
death at Murtreesboro.
Sewer county school director
will discuss the book question a
Sevierville on March 20.
The Maryville baseball team will
open the season March IS with tn
Harrison Seminary club.
t The Burra, Bmra and Lendor
, conner mines at Ducktown NAV h
r combined and started again
Sam Turner. a Lake count
youth waskIlIed bv the accidents
;. iiscbarpe of q can while buntine
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10" mo" o' Alo'' D!cAe'Sol . 'e'
4 ny e'SOoI8 W 'iio'0 ~ S0'e'"i 1851
e Many thousands OF dollars wi
= be spent TINS year In the deve
opment oil the timber resources
t Unicol county
r Lloyd Bolts, of Union Cit.
i writes home from Dawson Cit
Al,rL, thoftba ,,yiDtar thara ,,,,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-03-16

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets CANDY Cathartic Zoe or Esc
II Z. Z. Z. fal % cure, druggists refund money
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
A Singular Coincidence.

One day lately a party of women were
being shown about various buildings OF
the University Of Chicago. The prin-
cipal parsonage in the party was an
American woman who lives in Berlin.
Germany. She had been visiting friends
in Chicago for week, and ever since
her arrival she had been trying to re-
member the name Of a Chicago woman
whom she had met in Berlin. She was
anxious to see this woman, but her
name and address had totally escaped
her memory. AS the party entered Cobb
hall something stirred the right chord
and she came to a full stop in the door
way, saying: There! That name has
come to me. It's Mrs. . Scarcely
had she said the words when the door
of one Of the Offices opened and the
woman in question walked into the hall.
way, not ten feet from the visitor from
Berlin. The party marveled much over
the coincidence. The general opinion
was that the presence Of the woman il
the building made itself known in some
mysterious way to the visitors subject
i've mind. But no one attempted to ex.
plain it, Chicago Inter Ocean.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
WIDE TIRES BEST.
They. Possess Many Advantages
Which Should Make Their In
PRODUCTION Popular.

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A few years ago number of peo-
pie in this district, says Canadian
writer in the Advocate, got their old
narrow-tired wagons cut down and
three-inch, tires put on, making very
nice farm wagon, but now there is get
ting to be lot Of 2h-inch tires, and
these make track that the three-inch
tire just wedges into and in the spring
and fall when the roads are freezing
and thawing it makes the three-inch
wagons go very badly. wish you
would point out the selfishness of get
ting the 2hs-inch tires. believe it is
to great extent nothing but selfish
ness and blind Indifference and in some
cases mulish ignorance. I have proven
by my own experience, conclusively to
my own satisfaction, that three-inch
tire runs easier than two-inch on our
roads most of the time and very much
better on the farm. We drew some
stone to town last summer in June.
My man who did the teaming was in
favor of the narrow two-inch tire
wagon, but we used the three-inch for
a week, and then he took load on the
two-inch wagon. We loaded about
1000 to 5000 pounds, and he said he
could draw 5000 pounds on the three
inch tires as easily as 1000 pounds on
the two-inch tire. am in favor of
four-inch tires on our gravel roads, and
if we cannot get the wide tires any
other way, we will have to try to edu-
cate the people to them.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
SOME ROAD FIGURES
Complled by John n. stahl. EditoT
and secretary Of the Farm-
ers, Nati0nalConRress.

5 John NJ. Stahl, editor of the Farmers.
Call and secretary of the Farmers Ma.
toni congress, has investigated the cost
of wagon transportation in the United
States, and the savings that would be
effected by good roads. His investiga-
tons were made in the fall Of Il SCI, and
were probably the first inquiries into
the subject ever conducted on a large
scale. AS to the results of these inquir-
les Mr.. StahI writes:
II could find no previous effort that
gave me any real aid; there were guess
es in abundance, but only guesses. The
reports of the interstate commerce com
mission and of the department. Of ag-
riculture furnished basis from which
i could work, as well as. the bulletins
then being issued by the census office,
covering the railroad, lake and river
transportation of the United States,
and giving, in detail, the amount Of
freight Of each class. From the various
statistics contained in these reports,
and estimates based thereon, l was
forced to the conclusion that the annual
cost of wagon transportation of the
country was 5000, 100000, and that if
all the road improvements were made
that could be made probably, the an
nual saving in wagon transportation
would be $5OO,00o,CoO. These figures
were solarge, so astounding, in fact,
that held them for some months, veri-
flying them as best | could before
made them public. Convinced that they
were, substantially correct, used them
in an address at the meeting that or
ganized the Illinois Highway Improve
ment association, March 30, 1892. That
address was published and widely cir
Eculated by the League of American
Wheelmen. l used these figures in an
article in Current Topics for March,
1892, entitled, How to Save Five Hun
dred Millions Year The figures were
at once stoutly disputed, but they have
never been successfully assailed. They
have often been quoted in good roads
meetings and publications, and have
been frequently verified, notably by the
United States Office of road inquiry. l
made the same statements before the
Farmers National congress in the fall
of 1892, at Lincoln, Nebraska. At that
meeting the good roads resolution in
troduced by me was debated more than
all other resolutions put together, but
was finally adopted by good majority.
This was the first time such resolutions
were adopted by such representative
agricultural body. The congress has
given it's hearty support to the good
roads movement ever since, and is ia
vorably disposed to state aid-the only
way in which good roads can be equita-
bly, paid for"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
PE0HIb
,hSlp d
THE ROAD MOVEMENT.
There Are Several Agencies AT Work
which May MIKE It = Great
Political Issue.

Readers who see mentions Of the
good roads movement" do not realize,
that in this there may be one Of the
great national issues of our politics at
some time in the future, possibly with
in comparatively short time. This
movement was started by the wheel
men through their national organiza-
ton. the League of American Wheel
men, and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars have been spent by it in the agita-
ton.
The principle of the movement, as
advocated by the wheelmen, is that the
common roads of the country are as i'm
portant as the railway systems, the
statement being made by them, and be-
ing easily understood, that there is not
an ounce of any commodity hauled over
the railroads that is not first transport
ed by wagons over country roads or
city streets. It does not matter if the
commodity is manufactured articles
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
handy FARM GATE.

horizontal crosspieces of the gate are
made ma Of any wire which u pay be at
hand. Two wooden stays, b, are
placed five feet from each end OF the
gate. The8method Of hanging the gate
is shown in the sketch, the particular
feature being the weight, e. This must
be just heavy enough to almost, but not
quite. balance. The post at the rear
must be Of wood with an iron pin at the
top for supporting the gate, or can be
of iron: The gate hangs from the top
pole, d, on which rests the weight and
from the lower corner, g. The forward
end of the hanger or pole IS attached to
the gate by means OF strong wire. {,
which extends from the lower cross
piece up through the gate. The latch IL
at {. Grange Judd Farmer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22

my doing 50. I am going to cnalyse
what wine remains in the bottle and
learn the kind of poison used. =
am incapable of performing such
an analysis and shall be glad to have
you dc, it,. Butt cannot comprehend
why anyone should desire Col. Barnes
DEATH
Z Eve will investigate that later on, il
my opinion proves to have been corr
rect 4
The fourth evening afterward DR..
Woodson was seated in his Office con-
versing with middle-aged man. when
a fne-looking and neatly-aftired man
put in an appearance, saying: aSs
Il came here as soon as possible after
receiving your note requesting me to do
SO, Frank = smilingly adding: Please
excuse me for thus Familiarity address
ing you, but it is more natural to do so
than to address you as doctor"
That is all right, William, )" was the
response. ''Have seat
The newcomer, William Smith, ex-
changed a "Good evening" with the
other man, and then sat down.
During Col. Barnes recent illness
you assisted considerably in caring FOR
him, did you not ?" the doctor presently
inquired, addressing Mr.. Smith.
II did," was the reply; and the speak
er's face slightly crimsoned, probably
because he was the colonel's prospective
son-in-law.
"You know the extremely critical
condition in which he was when L was
summoned to attend him?"
II do" was the tremulous response.
"A qualitative analysis of the wine
revealed an alkaloid in it known as
brucine. This poisonous substance fig
ures so slightly in materia medica that
it is procurable at scarcely any drug
store save a wholesale concern, and I
wondered where and by whom it could
have been obtained.
SAT length the doctor continued, .it
flashed into my mind that you, whose
vocation is that of head clerk in drug
store, would know where to obtain it.,
and could easily place it in the wine
without being suspected, though could
conceive no motive that would induce
you to do such thing.
"The next day after completing my
analysis, I casually learned that you
had been engaged in disastrous specula-
tons, and it at once suggested itself to
me that the brucine might, in some
way, be connected Herewith; indeed
that .,.
The doctor hesitated, and Smith said:
"That I administered the poison to
Col. Barnes" -.r
Hadn't I reason for so thinking?"
"And you invited me here that Mr..
Fox might arrest me?"
1T grieved me to pursue such a
course against an old friend, but I
wished to make no publicity of the af-
fair if you could explain away the cir
cumstantial evidence of your guilt
I'm order topay my margins, I, famil-
lar with Col. Barnes chirography, by
means of a check to which I had affixed
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

He They say, dear, that people who
live together get to look alike" She
oFhen you must consider my refusal az
final y" London Tit-Bits.
+ Loafer's II think that's the purtyest
pictur' I ever see. Ave yer got any
baccy about yer % Artist - Eyes,
thanks-p plenty Ally sloper.
Times Change. -'sY on used to
praise my cooking when we were first
married" Husband es, but I had a
stronger imagination then than 1 have
now. IN. Y. Journal.
Mary, Johnny tells me that when he
went into the dining last night he
saw Mr.. Biff with his arms round your
waist" what story, mamma! Why,
the gas was out. IN. o. Times-D Demo-
crat.
A Family Affair Teach How is
it that you are late this morning?''
Johnny lease, MN, a burglars
been caught in the east end, and moth
er sent me round to the police station
to see if it was father" Stray Stories.
Uncle Rich--.'It seems mighty. hard
when a man has accumulated a com
petence to have to die and leave it all.''
Ben Poore (his nephew -"Oh, don't
know. Don't you think it depends a
good deal upon the point of view?''
Boston Transcript.
He stared at her with bullying eyes.
She had a boxing-glove on her left
hand and a hammer in her right. en-
my dear" he stammered, "wh-wh4t are
you going to do?" idiot" she
snapped, I'm going to drive tauks."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Forgotten.-Now was Henri come
back from the wars only to find Be
atrice married to another. $50, after
all your vows, you forgot mel" he ex.
claimed, with much bitterness. The
girl hung her head guiltily. EYES," she
faltered, and then she added, with great
vehemence: "That's what I get fol
trusting to my memory! should have
made a memorandum. Mon Dieu!'
All, but it was too late to think of that
now!-Detroit Journal.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22

that are loaded on cars at the factory;
the raw material has first to be hauled
to the factory. But the greatest haul
ing is done in the farming districts and
there it is that good highways are most
needed.
The subject has not been given the
attention and support it deserves. as
yet, for the simple reason that private
capital cannot become interested in the
building of common roads since there
would be no income from the invest
ment such as there is in railways.
Municipal, county, state and the ma
tional government have not had the is
sue brought directly before them in its
full significance because it is necessary
to first educate the people to the neces-
sites of the movement. This is what is
being done by the wheelmen at the
present time, and it must be said to
their credit that they have enlisted the
sympathy and support of all the prom
inent farmers organizations in the
movement. With the two classes work
ing together it is only question of
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political issue and then will come the
desired improvements.
The argument offered in favor of the
improved roads is, that they lessen the
cost of repairs, make it possible to haul
the largest amount of goods with the
smallest animal power, save time and
increase property valuations. No rail
road company would expect to do BUSH
ness if it's. tracks and roadbeds were in
such condition as to make it either i'm
possible to use the tracks at long sea-
sons of the year, or in using them have
to lose a great deal of time and have i'm
mense repairs to make; and yet that is
what the farmers and others using the
common roads are doing in compare
tive way every day in the year.
They make the most impracticable
attempts at road building and repair
ing, and then wonder why there is no
profit in their products, which have
been hauled over bad roads at the great
est expense. It has been estimate that
in the states where the stone roads have
been built the cost of Transports
ton has been decreased to 20 per cent.
of the former figures, and that the
roads pay for themselves within few
years. 1t has been further shown that
the amount lost in the different ways
mentioned will more than pay for the
building and repairs of these roads on
the annual assessments made for them,
or that it costs no more each year to
have good roads than it does to have
bad ones.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-22
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