Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-03-06
HICKS CHAPEL.
Special 70 the News.

Special TO the NeWs.
Miss Mollie and Beulah Ridge SER
visiting at DIR. Janeway's Sunday.
Jim Hicks passed here Sunday en-
route to Dunlap.
Willie Hicks was visiting Robert Van
dergriff Sunday
Tom Ridge, that hustling farmer cali
ed in the help Of the boys Saturday and
put up a fine corn crib wall. We think
be must be expecting good crop as be
built it nearly IS feet high.
Bill McNabb and son, Tom, visited
Tom Ridge Sunday.
g. w. Vandergriif went hunting Sat
urday and came back in mud up to his
knees but with four mallards on his
back. His new gun is the rosin.
Willie Hicks says be believes in a
free ballot and fair count Let every
body go to the polls and support Laur-
euce Layne for circuit, court clerk on
the 18th Of March.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Vandergrif visit
ed at DR.. Janeway's Sunday.
Misses Alice and Ada Hicks spent a
day last week with Esther Vandagritf
civilian Ridge and family visited
Mrs. Linda Ridge Sunday,
Graves Janeway visited Henry Van
dergriff Friday.
Miss Josie Janeway visited Mrs A. b.
Holland Friday.
heard OF was played on man by the
name of Dofetchit He has the biggest
feet east of Cumberland Mountain and
when he gets pair of shoes it is an
event that has its effect on the leather
market Last winter he advertised for
sealed proposals to erect pair of shoes
for him and when the bids were opened
it was found that local architect in
leather had secured the contracts, and
| after mOrtgaging his house to tannery
and borrowing some money OH the dia-
monds of his uncle he began to break
ground for his shoes. Owing to the
snow blockades and the trouble to get
! hands who would work on the dome
| there were several delays and Mr.. Do
| fetchit was at one time inclined to can
| cell the contract, and put some strings
| in box cars and wear them in place OF
| shoes, but sympathy for the contractor
who had his little all invested in the
material and labor induced him to put
up with the delay. On Saturday the
shoes were completed all except laying
the floor and putting on bay Windows
for corns and Conservatives for bunions
and Dofetchit decided to wear them on
Sunday, but he got the right one on the
| left foot and vice versa. As he walked
down town the right foot was continual
| ly getting on the left side, and he STUN
bled over himself and felt pains in his
feet. lie got alarmed, and as the boys
know he is afraid of paralysis, when he
he told q wicked fellow named JohT
Smith how he felt bad, that degraded
man told him it was one of the sures
symptoms Of paralysis in the world anC
advised him to get a doctor, and Do
fetchit pranced OF interfering at every
step, skinning his ShinS and found {
doctor, who is also a practical Joker
and when he saw how his shoes werC
put on he told Dofetchit that his cast
was hopeless unless something was dom
imme diately, and Dofetchit turned palt
and the sweat poured off of him, AM
taking out his purse he gave the docte
S. and asked what he should do. TIT
doctor felt his pulse and looked at hi
tongue! shook his head and told Do
fetchit that he would be dead man il
less than sixty years if be didn't chang
his shoes, and Dofetchit looked dow
at the vast expanse of leather and wilt
ed, He changed cars at the junction
and got them on the right feet and hir
ed a raftsman to tie them up for him
and said he would get even with tn
doctor even if he had TO give him som
of the famous love powders.
Redheffer.