Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
HICKORY GROVE.
Special to the News.


mule Tuesday OF last week, and while
at Mr. leagues Henry Grayson caught
sight Of him and sold him his dog for
81. The dog is the one that clucks so
much, The inhabitants of Curtisyille
will be surprised at the clucking of that
dog some Of these nights il Mr.. c does
MT use plenty Of axle grease to prevent
it.
Mark Young and Henry Grayson left
for their future home at Brookside,
Alabama, Wednesday morning OF
last week. From what | could hear
from the boys it is land of delight,
one that flows with milk and honey.
Prof. W. Il. McCrary spent Wednes-
day night at w. ii. Whites.
W. II. White gave the boys musical
Wednesday night of last week.
The "Owl" of Hicks Chapel and
Granny Bearwick took in the entertain
ment. From what can learn of it the
singing was about like this:
oOO GhdI bldAh OOmlhB alouhN WV
curve, it runs so fast it strains every
nerve. tChorus,) Get on board, little
children, get on board, there is room for
many more,
white folks go to college and the
negro to the field, white folks learn to
read and write and the negro learns to
steal"
James Hudson has bought the Thorn
as Graham farm.
Rev. j. l.. White of Tatesville, stop
ped at DR.. Burnett's Thursday night of
last week while en- route home from
Chattanooga.
Misses Bette Pryor, May and Lula
Grant visited Prof. McCrary's school
Thursday.
A certain man passed through here
one day last week and called at house
where he had formerly lived. lie took
off the hinges from one of the doors,
claiming that they belonged TO him and
would have removed the loft and haul
ed it off in his wagon had not the wo'
men dehed him with broom sticks and
thus prevented him taking out the loft
James Bailey and family spent Sun
day with the formers brother, John
Bailey, of Sunnyside.
James Williams has the largest turn
Ups in this vicinity. Some of then
weigh 81 lbs.
James Williams is building some
chimneys for Rile Henson of near Dun
lap.
Misses Florence and Ada Barber ant
Florence Hudson and Mr.. j. d. Ridg,
took dinner at Wash Pickett's Sunday.
Lige Condra, of Shirleyton, called Oh
j, Ii, Barker Sunday evening
Henry Picket is sick with Pneumonia
Callie Griffith is convalescent.
Mrs. Dr. Burnett is no better.
j. p. Holloway and sons shredde
corn the first of the week
Good corn growers estimate Was
Pickett's corn crop at IS bushels to th
acre. Considerable number of hi
pumpkins pulled themselves and role
into Big Sequachee.
James Vandergrltf Informs us that hi
son, George did not sell his shoes Ior
fiddle as stated by Owl OF Hicks Chape
but that Henry Vandergriff and Leal
der Smith did, 50 tnat they could hav
an instrument for that entertainment.
Very early Monday morning r. ]
LasaCer and drove over to Big Sequ
chez River for load of pumpkin
When we reached the place where tt
pumpkins were | told Mr.. L. to gath
a load and would go over into an a
joining field and see Wash Pickett al
get one of his mammoth pumpkins f.
went and found Mr.. p, and he gave n
ono that was about Is inches in diam
ter, and | returned to where | left NJ
but behold to my surprise he had 10
all hope of me coming back and hi
left for home, leaving the fence dov
and me in the rear. put up the fen
and pursued him with that dig pun
= kin on my back thinking | would
sure to overtake the impatient frien
but did not get even glimpse of hi
9 till / reached home and found him u
loading in front of the gate. CARR
. that pumpkin two miles, but Lasat
said as passed through the gate tn
il was we'll worth SOC. Had it be
! Christmas time | would not ha
" thought anything strange, but that "
q one time got left in November
v Jim Bearwiuk