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The Washington times., 1902-04-21

Largest stock in the city of latest
importations in China and Japan
Mattings.
Fancy Mating .12lac
Heavy China Matting.
Extra quality. fancy Mating. Csc
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
Education That Knows, Sees and Does.

There is every needful reason to JUS
tify such an adjustment of our school
system that every child may begin with
the alphabet of his primer to learn
some of the easy and productive uses
for which the Creator gave him his
eyes and ears, hands and feet. By in
structing him in the use of these natur-
al implements of production upon the
raw materials of his immediate envir-
onment he will learn that God made
nothing for folly orwaste. He will
come to feel that work is worthy, en-
nobliug and profitable. He will come
from the workshop of the school to take
all effective position in the workshops
of the world without thinking that he
has descended from the heights OF
Homer" to the coalheaps of Caliban.
The South is to be redeemed by her
own sons and daughters to an indepen-
dence of character, economies and pow
er that will make her ashamed and
fearful in the face of no rival. The
way to that safety and supremacy lies
through the school room and the power
OF it will come from the dynamics of
such schools as are advocated by Pres.
ident Branson and are being exploited
The Georgia Federation atlanta Gem
StifliiOA
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
SANDY FLAT.
Special to the News.
bove resul

Special to the News.
Rev. j. j. Coffelt filled appointment
Sunday night He preached a good
sermon to large crowd
John Kell has a smile on his face as
long as rail.
Miss Corda Brook is on the ridge.
Miss Jesse Woodhead was all smiles
Sunday night.
s. j. Conner was at church Sunday
night with his goatee on.
Jack Nixon's felon has gotten we'll
and he says he will watch where he
walks next time.
John Shannon now wears an overcoat.
f, p. Underwood and family were
the guests of Taylor Guess Sunday.
w. NJ. Miles is repairing the lakewood
school house.
Frank Shrudder is the leading car
penter of this place.
j. NJ. Lusk has some very fine pups
for sale.
M, Kell was the guest of Taylor
Guess Sunday. Blue Bell.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
Mthitwrll department.
GEO. w. LEWIS, Agent.

Rev. Mr.. Shirrill preached at the
Baptist church Sunday at II a m.
and at 1880 p. m.
Bed blankets, full size, Zoe to "a
per pair; Comforts, Sl.75 kind for
l.25 at Sam B. Alleys.
Rev. W. H. Mckinney, the new
pastor of the NJ. L. Church, south,
arrived here Thursday.
Every train brings some of the
miners back and they will take their
places as soon as possible
Rev. w. H. McKenney preached
his first sermon last Sunday at the
M. f. Church, south at 1880 p. m.
Headquarters for anything you
want. If we haven't got it we will
get 1t for you. SAM Il. ALLEY.
There Is some little trouble be-
tween the mine operators and the
workmen which it is to be hoped
will be amicably settled.
We call the attention of the ladies
of Whitwell and vicinity to the ad-
vertisement of Miss Lucy Hall, Mil,
liner, in this issue, who is so well
known that further introduction is
unnecessary.
Eula Black had the misfortune Of
having one of hts feet so badly crush
ed by car running over it that am
.putation was necessary between the
ankle and the knee. The acciden
occurred at Summerset, Ky, las
Saturday. He was swinging to
train that was running at the rate o
thirty miles per hour and fell unde
the wheels of the cars with the a
bove result.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
500 REV ARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires con-
stitutiona treatment. Halls Catarrh
Gre is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature to do
its work. The proprietors have SC
much faith in its curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address,
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
GA ST o7E "A.
P..,,.h. a The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Rev. and Mrs. John 7. Price ar
rived in the city Wednesday of last
week on a visit to Rev. Prices
mother, Mrs. J. NJ. Price.
Mr.. Ed McCrary and Miss Aman-
da Jones were married Thursday at
Dunlap, the home of the bride. They
arrived here Friday morning.
John r. Pickett, Esq has opened
a livery stable at the NJ. D. Moss
stand with new rigs, good stock and
careful drivers and is now ready to
serve the public in anything in his
line.
Last Saturday we visited Altine
Lodge, No. ATT, f. q A. Masons, al
Sulphur Spring and on Sunday
church at Oak Grove. DR.. Dale
preached an able sermon at II a. m
a. m. and there was prayer meeting
at 1880 p. m. which was well attend
ed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

Geo. W. Lewis went to Jasper
last Thursday.
Geo. w. Switzerland went to Sc
quachee Friday.
w. H Colt, of Oak Grove, was in
the city last Friday.
E. Z. Bull and mother went to
Chattanooga Thursday.
T. A. Shelton, of Sulphur Spring,
was in the city Saturday.
Coal was shipped Thursday for
the first time since the strike.
Tx. Duke will move his store to
the Grayson house in few days.
Mems Brogan Shoes, best on the
market, $1.25, at Sam B. Alleys.
We are to have three new butcher
shops in the city in the near future.
Rev. J. T. Price preached at the
c. P. Church laft Sunday at II a. M
See line of Mems Heavy Work
Coats for $3.50, to $3.50, at Sam b
Alleys.
Will Erwin is at the point of deatf
at his brothers, H. G. Erwin on Bel
lis street.
Fresh raisins, entrants, oitron, figs
almonds, &c, for the fruit cake a
Sam B. Alleys.
There will be sacramento meet
ing next Saturday and Sunday a
the G. P. Church.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
DEPOPULATING THE COUNs
TRY.

Nearly all Of our boys and girls
have to leave the country in order
to fit themselves for anything of
use or enterprise. They have to
go to the city to fit, and afterwards
they do not. of course, desire to re,
turn to country life which has no
place prepared to receive them.
Those who do not go to the city
thus to fit themselves for higher
things go as unskilled laborers.
There are not in the country many
of the former-dav facilities for pre-
pairing for even the humber me,
chanical occupations, Even farm
ing of an intelligent sort has be.
come in too many instances a lost
art.-Edward P. Pressey.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
SOUTHERN EDUCATION.

Signs multiply daily that the
South is awake to the tremendous
problem that lies at her doors, the
problem OF educating all her citiA
zens, white as well as black and
black as well as white. Not only
does the South appreciate the
gravity Of the situation, but she
has gone about work theoretically
and wisely to meet it. At present
many oil the Southern States keep
open their common schools only
three months in the year, and those
that average five or six months Il
year regard themselves as extras
ordinarily fortunate.
The causes responsible for these
conditions are few but potent. The
most powerful ones have been pow
erty and lack of public opinion
sufficient to bring about a change.
The first is slowly being overcome,
and the second is already almost
entirely obviated. The poverty
which oppressed the South at the
close of the war was all but over
whelming. But the American
grit of the South has told, and al.
ready a new era of prosperity
built upon more enduring founda-
tions than the old, has dawned
More money was invested last
year in industrial enterprises in
the Southern States than in all the
TWENTY years preceding, and much
of it was Southern capital. With
in the next decade the South will
be able to pay more for her schools
and the encouraging feature is
that she has made up her mind t
do it.
1t is important that those who
are not able to. observe at frs
hand the conditions and the diff
culties surrounding education il
the South should be brought It
understand them. They are il
many ways very great, but tn,
leaders of affairs in the South hav
taken up the task in a determined
manner, and there can be littl
doubt that they will perform il
They must be left to solve it il
their own way. They best under
stand the conditions, and to then
must be left the choice of the way
and means. The rest Of the coun
try may be assured that the Sout'
means to do its educational duC
by the negro. At the same tim
the North ought to realize that
part of the problem is part of it
own making, and to aid in its sol
ution in such ways as may be aC
ceptaple to those at whose door
the work lies. New York Tribun,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
A DANGEROUS Month.

This is the month of coughs, colds and
acute catarrh Do you catch cold east
ly? Find yourself hoarse, with a tick
ling in your throat and an annoying
cough at night? Then, you should al
ways have handy a bottle of Ballard
Horehound Syrup. j. A. Anderson, 345
West 5th st. Salt Lake City, writes:
We use Billiards. Horehound Syrup for
coughs and colds. IL gives immediate
relief We know it's the best remedy
for these troubles. / write this to in
duce other people to try this pleasant
and efficient remedy" 2jc, SOC and 81
at Sequachee Supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

The words on Hon. H. R Moore
on the election show we'll the char
acter OF the man. To be noble in
defeat seems to be his characters,
tic as well as long~headedness in
craftsmanship, While Mr.. Best is
elected. and we see no reason why
he should not make a good repre-
sentative, we feel regret that Mr..
Moore was not the successful can
didate However, we hope to see
him elected at some future date to
an office more BETTING his ability
and craftsmanship.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

Somehow it has got into the
news columns Of the dallies that a
great manv vineyards will be put
out in this valley, We wish it
were true, but the acreage consid-
ering The profits involved, is very
small. Can't some effort be made
to extend the grape raising indus
try here, a NEST profitable and sue
cessful business?
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13
Luck In Thirteen.

BY sending 10 miles VIM. Spirey, of
Walton Furnace, VT, got box Of Buck
lens Arnica Salve, that wholly cured
horrible Fever Sore on his leg. Moth
ing else could. Positively cures Bruis-
es, Felons, Ulcers, Eruptions, Boils,
Burns, Corns and Piles. Only 25c.
Guaranteed by the Whitwell Drug Co.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

With coal from Dunlap and
Whitwell passing here IN long
trains, the prosperity OF this valley
is evident.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

H. A, Hasslock, at one time Sec
rotary of the Tennessee Press Assoc
citation, is a candidate tor the of.
flee of police judge of Nashville
By all means give him the office
for, no doubt, after being secretary
of Press Association he needs ev.
erything be can get.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

The greatest thing this country
has got to be thankful for Thanks
giving Day is the settlement of the
coal strikes.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

While the merits Of calomel and
strychnine are being vigorously
discussed why should not the pa
tienl solve the difficulty by taking
prussic acid.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is bottle of GRovE's
TAsTELEss CHILL Tonic. 1t is simply
iron and quinine in a tasteless form.
No Cure, No Pay. Price SOC.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-13

The great bulk Of the American
people will be glad to get a slice of
hog Thanksgiving Day without
mentioning the turkey,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
DIR. TALMAGE DEAD.
Watchers by the Bedside Scarcely
Knew When Spirit Fled.

Washington, April 14.-Rev. T,
Dewitt Talmage, the noted Pres
byterian divine, died at 9 o'clock
Saturday night at his residence in
this city. 1t had been evident for
some days that there was no hope
of recovery, and the attending ply
sicians so informed the family. The
patient gradually grew weaker un-
til life passed away so quietly that
even the members of the family, all
Of whom were watching at the bed
side, hardly knew that he had gone.
The immediate cause of death
was inflammation of the brain. DR..
Talmage was in poor health when
he started away from Washington
for Mexico for vacation and rest
six weeks ago. He was then suffer-
ing from influenza and serious ca
tarrhal conditions. Since his return
to Washington some time ago he
has been quite i'll. Until Thurs
day, however, fears of his death
were not entertained. The last
rational words uttered by DR.. Tai
mage were on the day preceding
the marriage of his daughter, when
he said: "Of course | know YOU,
Maud" Since then he had been
unconscious.
At DR.. Talmage's bedside, be-
sides his wife, we're these members
of his family: Rev. Frank Dewitt
Talmage, Chicago; Mrs. Warren G.
Smith, Brooklyn; Mrs. Daniel Man
gam, Brooklyn; Mrs. Allen E. DON
nau, Richmand; Mrs, Clarence Wye
kotf and Miss Talmage, Washing
ton.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18

chasers disposed of the property
for S., 900 to the Louisville Outing
Club.
The club wished to make a pri-
vate hunting and fishing preserve
of it and paid $500 for a survey.
Then they had inserted in a news
paper the following notice: 'Be-
ginning this season, little camping
parties must keep off or suffer
prosecution under the law" No
one paid any attention to the order.
People had been fishing in the lake
all their lives, believed it the prop
erty of the State and didn't pro-
pose to allow any one to prohibit
them from fishing and hunting.
The club discovered that it had
an elephant on its hands and we're
glad to dispose of the property for
IS, 800, what it cost, including the
survey. Maj. j. G. Harris, of Tip
tonvilIe, was the purchaser.
He wished to drain the lake and
convert the redeemed land into
corn and cotton plantations. He
put large force of men and teams
to work digging canal from the
lake to the Mississippi river; but
the fishermen enjoined him from
further work. When the case
came up in court it was decided
that the lake was navigabIe in law
and in fact, therefore the property
of the State held in trust for the
people, and that 1t could not be
claimed as private property.
The case is now in Supreme
Court and the people are anAiously
awaiting its decision.-Jonas Jut-
ton, in Pittsbug (Pa.) Gazette.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
Ranks With Spurgeon.

London, April A. The papers
this morning print long obituary
articles on the Rev. DR.. T. Dewitt
Talmage. They all speak of him
as ranking with Sturgeon. Voicing
the general feeling the Daily Chroni-
Gle says: %
The influence he exercised in
the religious world was tremendous
and it is with deep regret that we
record the final hushing of his
voice. i was never raised but in
the cause Of humanity
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18
THE PRIDE OF TENNESSEE
Reelfoot LakeAnother Story of its Formation and tn
Origin of Its Namely Jonas tuition.

be found encamped on it's banks
or comfortably situated in the ho-
tel at Samburg.
1t is, indeed, the hunters and
fishers paradise, for in its limpid
waters can be found in endless
numbers perch, Dream, pike, cat
fish, croppy, black bass and many
other varieties of'fresh water fish.
With the first fall flight, ducks and
geese come in by the thousands,
and until their northern flight in
the spring, hunters enjoy spot
unequaled elsewhere in the South.
When the first flight of ducks was
on the past fall, one hunter bagged
thirty-fve dollars worth of ducks
in one day.
One of the most interesting
modes of fishing on Reelfoot is
known as stump fishing. There
are hundreds of hollow stumps in
the lake, and INTO these the catfish
90 to spawn.
HOW FISH ARE STUAIPED.
The stump-6Sher provides him
self with a stout pole eight or ten
feet in length, on one end of which
he secured Y fastens three large
hooks welded together in the form
of u grab. Armed with this tackle,
the fisherman paddles noiselessly
up to one of these hollow stumps.
feels carefully around in it with
his grab, and if there is fish in
it rarely fails to land it in his boat.
A stump-fsher will frequently
catch two hundred or three hun
dred pounds of catfish in q day IN
this manner, receiving for them
two and a half cents a pound.
Often catfish weighing thirty or
forty pounds are caught in the
stumps.
Some five hundred seines and
nets are worked by professional
fishermen, one of the largest seines
being $50 yards in length and "a
feet in depth. In this monster
fish trap 10000 pounds of buffalo
were taken at one haul, while at
another 10000 pounds of spoon
bill cat were caught. The latter
fish, not a choice one for the table,
has long, thin, fiat bill, some
what resembling spoon, hence
its name. With this appurtenance
it roots up good portion of its
food from the mud in the bottom
of the lake. This fish, as we'll as
buffalo and catfish, is largely used
by the "snack houses" and cheap
restaurants of the cities, while the
game fish mostly find their way to
the table of the epicure.
AN INEXHAUSTLBLE SUPPLY.
Notwithstanding the immense
number of fish constantly being
taken from the lake the supply is
really inexhaustible, as the annual
overflow of the Mississippi re-
stocks it. There is fish in Reel
foot known as alligator gar, which |
might properly be termed fresh
water shark, " on account of its yo
raciousness. 1t reaches length |
of II feet or more and preys upon
other fish, ducks and geese and
will even attack man; and there
have been several deaths on the
lake attributed to this monster. A
young man who was in bathing
one day called to his companions,
some distance away in boat, to
come to his assistance, as some,
thing had him, but before those
in the skiff could reach him he
disappeared beneath the surface
Of the water, which was dyed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-04-18

Reelfoot Lake, whether basking
in the smiles of a summers day or
lying quietly beneath covering
of ice with Boreas bowling madly
about it, is one of the most pictur-
esque natural curiosities, not only
in Tennessee, but in all the fair
Southland. 1t is the largest lake
in the United States formed by an
earthquake. Starting about ten
miles below Hickman, KY, it ex-
tends southwest a distance of some
forty miles, dividing the counties
of Obion and Lake in Tennessee.
The lake is about five feet deep on
an average, though there are places
called "bottomless."
According to the best authority
the great earthquake which formed
Reelfoot lake occurred between 2
and 3 o'clock on Saturday morn,
ING, November 16, 1911, though it
is generally spoken of as being
formed by the earthquakes of
1S11-12. Two terrific shocks
came about 30 minutes apart; the
earth rocked and trembIed violent
I ly, a deafening noise like thunder
struck terror to the ear; the at
mosphere was heavily laden with
something like smoke; almost con-
slant flashes of lightning brilliant
ly illuminated the surrounding
country, and the superstitious
shuddered with fear and appre
hension, believing the judgment
day at hand.
MISSISSIPPI RAN UP STTREAM.
The land on which Reelfoot lake
now stands was covered with dense
forest and canebreaks, which sank
in few minutes below the level
of the surrounding country, and
the Mississippi went rushing like
a mill-race into the sunken land.
New Madrid, Mo-, suffered con-
siderably from the quake, several
of it's few dozen people being
killed; and its cemetery caved into
the father of waters and the bod
les were swept away by the rush
ing current. So great was the
suction of the immense basin that
had been formed that for some
thing like two hours the Nissis
sippi ran up stream. Flatboats
and RATS moored below were torn
from their fastenings, and with
logs, stumps and other debris were
whirled by the maddened waters
into the newly formed inland sea.
Old steamboatmen on the Missis
sippi frequently point out to pas
sengers places at which the rude
crafts were moored when the
mighty stream snatched them like
straws from their fastenings and
sent them rapidly up stream and
into what is now Reelfoot lake.
The lake takes its name from an
Indian by the name of Reelfoot,
who lived at the time of the forma-
ton of the lake on a creek, which
bore the name of ReeIfoot and
which now empties into the lake.
ONE OF DAyY CRoCKETT's HAUNTs.
Reelfoot lake was favorite
hunting place for the redoubtable
Davy Crockett, and many a bear
and deer has he brought down on
its banks with his old hint-lock
musket, on which the nimrods of
to day would look with the utmost
scorn. This largest body of water
in Tennessee is now the favorite
resort for fishermen and hunters
from all over the State, and from
as far away as Chicago; and an
nually hundreds of sportsmen can