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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
Literary Society.

This popular society had an interest
ing meeting Friday evening. The de-
bate was listened to with appreciation
and the speakers were frequently ap-
plaudsd. ChAs. Curtis showed special
research In the matter and handled the
subject vigorously. The question was
decided in favor of the affirmative, the
judges being DIR. Schultz, Mrs. Bennett
and Miss Parker. The paper was good,
being a forecast of the future of the
town, and the music Was excellent.
Next Friday night there will be a mock
trial which, no doubt, will develop
some amusing situations.
The program committee prepared a
very elaborate program for Washing
tons Birthday, which we will publish
next week.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

A constant reader of the News
writing OH other matters, very per-
tinentIy adds the following in regard
to the low price of wages in our
town: "The prices paid for labor will
not induce many outsiders to locate
with you, but suppose that so long
as men can be obtained to work for
low wages, low wages will be paid" "
This Is sterling horse sense.
"Needs must be when the devil
drives" is an old adage of our fathers
who appreciated the evils resulting
from low wages. The low wages
paid miners in Hooking Valley WAS a
great factor in defeating James &.
Blaine for the Presidency in 1884.
We complained of "Cleveland
patches" and paid l5c a gallon for
coal oil. The same old patches still
exist and coal oil is bringing 22c and
24c a gallon. When the genuine ar
ticle of prosperity reaches us and all
can find work at good wagrs then
we can rejoice. But not until we
are satisfied that people are really
earning living wages aud that labor
is recognized as capital and getting
its proper consideration, shall we
feel that we are really prospecting.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
GroundhoR nAH.

The grounding made his traditional
observation upon the weather Friday
and, seeing his shadow, returned to bis
hole. Tue grounding is due 10 awake
from his winter slumbers 1t noon OF
Feb. 9, and Friday at that hour the sun
was shining brightly. Tne inference
to be drawn is that there will be six
weeks more OF winter.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
ScHLEY.WHEELER-LEE

Combine these names together. Use
q letter in any one word formed only as
often as it occurs in these names. To
the one who makes the best list will be
given $50 90 cash; for the next best list
a S45. 90 sewing machine; for the next
best list a $500 gold watch; for the
next best list a $500 fine mans saddle;
for the next best list $40. 90 good corn
shelter. Then 1855 cash have been set
aside TO provide valuable Book Prizes
for all who fail to secure either OF the
above Prizes, but who make as many as
only three words from the names. Say
which book prize you want at the time
you send in your list. Cannot got 1t
later.) Almost any ono can make three
simple words and claim a valuable book
prize. No blanks! Prize for every con-
testant Contest closes March 81, 1900.
All prizes sent out at this time.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
He Tried Then All.

J. T. Habermel, Bradford, Indiana,
says: / nave used almost every class of
Pills known to nee, but never found any
relief for habitual constipation and
liver trouble. | bought four boxes of
Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets
OF an agent Of the Brown Mfg Co., at
Greeneville, Tenn. used two boxes Of
OF the Pink Pills and followed with tho
Pellets every night for thirty days, and
today | am as healthy as l was twenty
years ago. | will recommend Ramon's
Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets to all who
suffer with such complaints, The Pills
and Pellets are a sure cure; they make
one feel like a new person. l would
not be without the Pills in my family.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
CANNED Goods.

Boston baked beans, ready for use,
per can, l0c.
Peas, per can l5e.
Tomatoes, per can loo.
Corn, per can DC; 5 cans for 25c.
Table peaches, per can 20c.
Pie peaches, per can l5c.
Salmon, per can, he; 2 cans for 25c,
Oysters, per can lOc.'
Canned beef, l5c,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
ITEMS Shoes

Best Stock and Lowest Prices from
$3.50, 1.60, 165 to $l85-Best
Stock.
Mems brogan shoes, 1925, 1. 35,
1.50 to 1855.
Boys hrogaR shoes, solid leather
$1.25.
Boys "Gilt Edge" shoes, $40.
Childrens' shoes, all kinds from 8
! to 12.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

CHATTANOOGA, Feb. Q
(SpecIaD-G. w. Nixon, lessee of
the conyicts at Inman mines, from
which point the prisoners employed
under contract with the State author
tiles were forcibly taken on Thurs
day, states tonight that the prison
commission IS in contempt of the
court, an injunction having been is
sued from the Chancery Court pro-
hibiting them from interfering with
the convicts at Inman until the mat
ter was decided by the court at Feb
uary term. Since the injunction was
granted DE. IL, Mr. Nixon would
owe the State about $4,000 for the
rse of these convicts, and this amount
he now refuses to pay, and he says
he will contest the matter in the
courts. MIR. Nixon, the contractor is
brother Of the President of the
State Prison Board, Hon w. ii. Nix
on, the latter it is SAID, has been NOV
ed to act in the matter because he
does not think itpropsr for his broth
or to have a contract with the board
while he, w. NJ. Nixon is President
The matter will come hebore Chan
cellor Mcconnell at Jasper next
week.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

Will the author of ain His Foot
steps" demand the formula of each
patent preparation submitted to him
for advertisement while he runs the
Topeka Daily Capital? If so what a
snarl he will get himself into.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
Fine Stock
Ladies' Shoes

Ladies' Shoes worth $3.50 we
sell for only Sll5
Ladies Shoes worth $500 we
sell for only 1.50
Ladies' Shoes worth S1.95 we
sell for only $1.4S
Ladies Sl.oes worth $3.50 we
sell for only S1.9O
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

The city of Nashville is to get the
gun, which, on the gunboat Nash
vile, is said to have fired the first
shot of the HiSpano- American War.
The donation, however, was not
made until Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois,
was satisfied the cannon was worn
out and useless. This was very
thoughtful of Mr.. Cannon, and no
doubt the people of Nashville will
rest easier knowing that he believes
it will not ego off" We now apply
for the gun which fires the last shot
on either side in the PHILIPPINES, and
we would like to get it right away,
the condition of the gun being Of
no consequence.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
Tenneasee Inventors.

Tennessee inventors for last week
we're:
w. =. Anderson, Jasper. combined
Ash box and dust pan.
]. j. Faulkner, Memphis, Roller
baling press.
J. w. Heaton, Chattanooga, retrigera-
tor.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

Why not establish the Office of
public proof reader for Tennessee in
addition to that of public printer,
who evidently cannot read.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
JUST FOR AMUSEMENT.
Stole 1t From Heaven.

Stole 1t From Heaven.
Blue jay mighty proud,
Heigho, nah h honsy,
He steal his coas
From behind 4 cloud,
UeighO, NAH honey.
And he flies away,
Heigho, nah honey,
Winkin4 his oye
As il be would say
Heigho, nah honey.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
Forest Fires At Night.

In line of battle like 3 regiment,
Forest fires slowly up the mountain
vent.
They climbed each beetling crag and
rampant bold,
And back the enemy in panic rolled.
From burning logs, constant can
nonade
Upon the flying enemy is played,
And cracking twigs muskOtry main
tain
Like conflict dire upon a starnsr plain.
Slowly tho rear battalions struggling
on
Pursue the path the forward hosts
have gone,
Aud in the rear the blackened trees
proclaim
The devastation OF the passing fame.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
PROGRAM

Minister'S Association, WhItwell,
Monday, Feb. 10, at 8 q. m.
1-DeVotionAl Service.
2-Sunday Schools, as a source Of moral
education, Rev. J. U. Davis.
3-The necessity and methods Of pastor
al work. Rev. T. w. Walker.
4--The old people of the church; how to
use them, Rev. J. w. Robertson.
5-Bibls study; its Importance and
methods. Rev. B J. Pirtle.
44 Z A. HUTsELI.
B. J. PIRTLE, Committes
w. C. WHEELER
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

WANTED-SEvERAL PERSONS for
district Office Managers in this state to
represent me in their own and sur
rounding counties. Willing to pay
yearly 5000, payable weekly. Desirable
employment with unusual opportuni-
ties References exchanged. Enclose
self-addrsssed stamped envelope, S. A.
Park, Caxton Building, Chicago.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
Republican Mass Meeting.

A Republican Mass Meeting is here
by called to meet in Jasper on Satur-
day, Feb. 10, 1900, at 10 a. ~, for the
purpose of electing a Chairman, and to
transact any other business that may
come before it.
D. V. DAME,
Chairman Ex. Com,
Jasper, Tenn, Jan. ls.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
First District.
Special to the News.

Special to the News.
Mr., Etltor: / will try to givO you
some information as regards the old
Hickenbottham road leading from Jas
per TO Tracy City. This road was first
called the Turtle Trail after an Indian
chief. After that Eliokenbotham got a
charter and made tarnpiko cross the
mountain Tho toll gats WAS whore
Tracy City now is. After that ESQ.
David Rankin got the road in hand and
the toll gate was moved two miles this
side to Osborn ThOmpSon's. 1t WAS
then stage route from Nashville to
Spring Place, Ga. After the Nashville,
Chattanooga q St. Z. r. r. was built
the stage stopped, the road fell into the
hands of public. Ws cannot give the
dates OF changes Of the road. But
think it is in a worse fx than whom 1t
Was an Indian trail. We would like to
see a good road built out OF it. We
have seen the stage loaded down with
soldiers from the Mexican War.
Mrs. Sally LeVan from Tracy City is
visiting her son and old nsighbors this
week.
Mr.. HarVe Carnes and wife were visit
ing mountain folks this week.
Thomas Burroughs and his father and
sister were in Jasper on business Mon
day.
Mrs. BlanSet, widow of w, 8. BlanSOt.
10 recovering from . cancer.
Mrs. Curtis is not we'll.
The sick at Mrs. Valleys are getting
bctter.
+. NJ. Mccullough made a business
trip to Jasper Monday.
Well, as | am sick and wishing to see
the beaHtilul flowers all over the noun
tain and the woods perfumed with then
will stop my pen and start my tongue
as you know it is always so still. Geor
gia Welch says for me to stop. al
ways mind the babies and they minC
me. COLD WAVE.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
WANTED.

Reliable man for Manager Of
Branch Office | wish to open in this
vicinity. Good opening for an ener-
getic, sober man. Kindly mention
this paper when writing.
A. I. MORRIS,
Cincinatti, o.
Illustrated catalogue 4 cts. postage.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
THB WEEKLY TIMES
CHATTANOOGA, TENN,
OFFERS
$500 IN CASH
And Valuable Gifts,
To Subscribers.

The prizes are to be given for making
the largest number OF different correct
English words out of the letters which
form the names OF
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

Tourists are giving Kentucky a
wide berth at this time.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
LOWEST PRICES ON RECORD
new YORK BARGAIN STORE,
GEO. JOSEPH, Proprietor,
SE0J JAGEIEE, TE4TN-
BIG STOCK! CUT PRICES! NICE GOODSi
Notions, Etc.

Notions, Etc.
Tablets, &c.
Chlldren's states, large sizo, DC.
Pencils, all prices.
Letter paper, envelopes.
Buttons, 3 doz for &c.
Mems neckties, 20c.
Clothing brush, 25e.
Hair brush, 25c.
Pins, per paper, lc.
Hair pins. all variety.
Safety pins per doz, 5c.
Mems collar buttons, l0c.
Mems collar buttons, bone, per doZ,
Sc.
Coarse'cOmbs, fine combs, thimbles
Pearl buttons, per doz, DC and &c.
Fine perfumery with box aud look
ing-glasS, 25c.
Face powder, loo.
Pocket books, DC.
Pen points, 6 for sc.
Sleeve holders, per pair, DC.
Shoe strings, lamp wicks and shoe
backing.
Oil cloth, fancy per yard zoe.
Fine lamps, 25c to 85c.
Fine shoe brush, l5c.
Half bushel basket, Sc.
Machine oil, SC.
Castor oil and turpentlne, 5 and 10c.
Brooms, wash boards-low prices.
Axle grease, per box, 4c.
| Epson salts, per package Sc.
Quinine, per bottle l0c.
Cough syrup, 25c.
Sulphur, per package &c.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

New city officials took charge
ct Clarksvills.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08

THE PRIZES ron ONLY THREE WoRps.
H II Vol. Practical Poultry Keeper.
II l6 Vol. Horse and Cattle Doctor.
II IS Vol. Home Business Education
II Q Vol. Family Doctor Book.
II so Vol. Art Of Latter Writing.
II 45 Vol. Everybody's Law Book.
ii 5 l Vol. American Cook Book.
II SO Vol. Etiquette OF Courtship.
II 81 Vol. How Women May Earn
money.
II 81 Vol. Cart Load of Fun. (Hum.
orous
II Vol Mrs. Partington's Grab
Bag. (Humorous.)
II % 1 Vol.-Widder Doodl0's Love AZ
fair (HumorOus.)
A years subscription to The Weekly
Times (Only 50 csnts) must be sent with
each list Of words.
The Weekly Times wants an active
agent or club raiser at every postofiice.
Write TOR particulars.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
Negro Cabalistics.

Negro CabalisticS.
De bran new moon she say
She hol' water,
e. de horns am level,
Wy she ortor.
Ortor-r-rl
Wen de ole brack witch comes
Daoun de stespls
An pokes all 'raoun' de taouu,
Tremble, people,
Trem mblS-s-e!
Ell de horseshos in de hSl'
Pints towards you
Dat yo'll soon be lucky.
Es mighty true.
True -e-ei
When de broom stick slips an
Tumbles daoun,
Sinners, don't fergit yo' prayers.
Debbil round.
'Raound-d-dl
GUILLAUME.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-02-08
The Champion Liar.

eyes" said the man with the green
spectSclss to tho group congregated at
the village store, you fellows have
jsst bosn saying how cold it is, &c, al
low me to tell you some thing about
how hot it was last summer. Why, up
at our house, ono of the coolest places
in town, the potatoes had to get out OF
their jackets to keep cool, and If you
wanted fried chicken all you had to do
was to catch one, kill it, dress 1t, and
there you had delicious delicacy,
and the onions shed tears it was so hot,
and"
You'll shed tears If you don't stop
that foolishness," remarked she man
with the 16 to hat docisively.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-23
In Moman's Realm

IT ISN'T nice to "twit" people about
i their appearance, but really without
exaggeration 1t would be interesting
TO know where, how and why the
strakcsch Opera company selected itself.
There Is lao excuse nowadays for q wo-
man to be plain. She need not be tear
Ing beauty. 1t isn't necessary that she
drive all the other women to drink be-
cause of envy of her. 1t isn't required
that she devote all her time and attcn-
ton to her personal appearance, but
surely she needn't go round looking as
II all the rest of the world had been
smitten with blindness before she ar
rived. There are so many ways by which
a woman of positive plalnness can be toll
erably pretty that there Is no excuse for
her II she doesn't grasp her opportuni-
ties, and It does seem that on the stage
with all the means at command any
performer could manage to do herself
and the company credit. A man can pre-
sent a reasonably fair appearance by the
aid Of darkened eyelashes and a red sash,
but a woman needs to take a little more
trouble but the end justifes the means
Why a row Of ten or twelve chorus
girls" should be permitted to appear
with such faces and costumes as those
In the opera company which visited the
city this week passes ccnpr ehension.
THE CAKE WALK on Saturday night
at the Bicycle club will contain more
pretty girls, and more unique cos
tunes than are seen In two-thirds OF the
best stage performances. The trainer Is
q professional and the results of his work
with the performers who will give the
entertainment will be pleasing to all who
can crowd into the big hall.
At THE opera yesterday afternoon and
"A evening the only man In the orches-
ira who did not disappear beneath
the stage between the acts is a member
Of the common council. The temperance
societies have taken note of the fact and
have hopes Of the ultimate regeneration
Of this town.
VOUNG MEN Of the city are disposed
j to register a protest against the GUS
tom fast growing In popularity
among the young women of having ar
ternoon card parties from which neces-
sarily the masculine representatives OF
society are excluded as Scranton men
haven't time for protracted attendance
upon afternoon functions. Just what the
objectors will do about It is hazardous
to predict.
<<I DON'T HAVE a good time at all
any more" complained a small
maiden OF six yesterday. Ever
since mother is so afraid of burglars she
hides her jeweiry in my dolly's cradle
and everywhere else 'mong my things n
then tells me mustn't play with 'em to-
day. N don't want my things burgled.
either Just cause she has rings and n
lace thing In en-"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-23
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

Whales are never found in the gulf
stream.
A good railway engine will travel about
1000 900 miles before 1t wears out.
The Georgia legislature has passed a
bill providing for county police protec-
tion in all counties of the state having
q population of more than 5000.
Timber lands in the Northwest. have
doubled and trebled in price the last
season, and are still advancing, wi, |
sales amounting to rhillions Of dollars
monthly.
A Paris journal says that Americans
buy $7,oo0.00O worth of millinery of them
annually, England following with $1,000, =
900. while Germany Is satisfied with $780,
900 worth.
When the Beers form a firing line no.
body Is left to look after the horses,
which are trained to remain where they
are. as soon as they feel the reins
dropped over the recks
A street car barn, 600 feet long and
206 feet wide. is being built in Buffalo of
discarded street car rails, it being i'm
possible to obtain steel within the time
required. 1t will have a fiat roof.
A shipment of sewing machines, valued
at $1O3,750. was recently sent by an
American firm to China. The Chinese
women have recently awakened to the
fact that the sewing machine is a neces-
sary household implement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-23

Wv TE FULLY agree with n
~ contemporary which says
y the people of Lackawan-
ma should see to it that
the four members Of the legislature
from this county shall be "men whose
devotion to good government and de-
cent party management is above sus-
picion." 1t is very true that 1.-The rank
and file believe in the purity of the
ballot box. in government by the ma
jority. in the ascendency of decency
and in the administration of the public
business for the benefit of the public,
rather than for that of few indi-
viduals:" and it is possible that "the
state house at Harrisburg will be the
scene, next winter, of one of the fierc-
est battles which have ever been waged
between the forces of decent politics
and good government on the one hand.
and the minions Of corruption. fraud
and indecency on the other"
These truths constitute ample rea-
sons why the aid of Lackawanna
should not be given to the disappOint-
ed, envious and insincere men who are
bent upon the destruction of the exist
ing Republican organization, not with
any idea of introducing improvements
in party methods-that expectation,
from men of the Martin -Flinn-Van
Valkenburg type, is ludicrous-but
with the purpose of building up a po-
litical autocracy headed by Mr.. Wana-
maker, who is willing apparently to go
to almost any lengths to secure the
coveted but impossible senatorship.
These men. by boiling their party cau-
Gus and going into combinations with
the Democrats, have shown how little
regard they have for government by
the majority" Their objective point II
government by John Wanamaker, aid
ed i'm the distribution of the spoils by
Martin, Finn and the smaller insurg-
ent bosses scattered throughout the
state.
Men should be sent to the next legs.
lature who are Independent enough to
be manly, clean enough to be trusted
and fair enough to stand steadfastly
by the party eecting them. They
should not be sent to Harrisburg as
mere pawns in battle for factional
control.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-23

denounced as a renegade to the Monroe
doctr1ne. But In the short space of two
years the political horizon Of the Amert-
can people. had undergone an immense
expansion; the astonished nations have
seen us become an Asiatic power. Amer
lean diplomacy triumphed In China be-
cause the American 1ag waved in the
Philippines. That commercial expansion
which the marvellous growth Of your
capital and industries had rendered In
dispensable to the continued vitality Of
the nation was heralded by the roar Of
Deweys guns, asserted by the brilliant
feats OF your armies under Otis, Mac
~ established and secured by an inter.
national agreement which will render
this administration illustrious In all the
annals OF American diplomacy. Into our
reluctant lap the hand Of destiny dropped
tho Philippines. We have accepted them
and with the aid Of Providence we pro-
pose to discharge our responsibilities to
them thorgh territorial expansion was
never dreamed Of when the war began.
and we did not desire II when the war
closed"
He pointed out that the republic had
not dwelt contentedly within its ancient
limits. and said, Territorial expansion
has been the law of Its life. No Aneri-
can who has stopped at Honolulu In
crossing the Pacific win regret the an.
nexation of that unique oceanic empor-
ium. Thanks to steam and electricity,
which abolish distance, the modern state
admits of unbounded territorial organiza-
tion without loss Of supreme control at
the centre or of local self-government in
any Of the members. The equipoise be-
tween central sovereignty and local In
dependence Is the balance wheel of the
American system This Is our contribu-
ton to the politics Of the world. And
this Is the surest guaranty of the per-
manence of our republic"