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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
CHRISTMAS TREE.
Santa Claus Smiles Upon the
Children Of Sequachee.

The Christmas Tree at Owen
Church Wednesday evening was an
event eagerly looked forward to by
young and old. Elaborate prepara-
tions were made for it and the ar
rangement of the tree and decora-
tons were very beautiful and grace
ful. The young people were much
in evidence and their reoitations and
songs were very much enjoyed by
the large audience which filled the
house to suffocation.
Song---"Jesus Bids Us Shine"
Prayer, Rev. D. NJ. McCracken
Song---"Low in Manger."
Recitation, "Do the Best" Ryan Ivey
Recitation, christmas Stars, ="
Seven little girls.
Recitation, Clarabelle Campbell
Recitation, Jimmie Houts
Son0.-."Two Little Hands"
Recitation, Ethel Campbell
) Recitation, Little Log Cabin"
Annie Levan.
Recitation, Somebody's Coming" "
Grace Wyman.
Recitation, "Jesus Was Once Little
Child" Davy Brown.
Song---"The Christmas Bells"
Recitation, christmas Wishes, ="
Bertha Burnett
Recitation, What Boy Can Do"
Byron Bennett.
Recitation, THE Committee, "
Song, "Our Baby
Grace Thomas and Nina Randle.
Recitation, christmas Gifts"
Neil Cunningham.
Recitation, "Just Before Christmas, u
Song. -"Praise Him"
Recitation, Gods Messengers, u
Juliet Hopkins.
Recitation, Santa and His Reindeers,
Nina Randle.
Recitation, The Stocking,
Mamie Burnett
Song-'With II carts Truly Grateful.
Recitation, christmas Is Near,
Bonnie Chaudoin.
Recitation, christmas Has Come,
Grace Thomas.
Song, --"JoY to the World"
At last Santa Claus arrived fresh
fresh from the North Pole and the
distribution of gifts was entered up
on amid the enthusiasm of the young
folks and quite a number of fine
gifts found willing recipients. The
music was standard, several of the
selections being very fine. Careful
practice under the direction of Mist
Mathilde Gustafson has been done
and the result was apparent. Ower
Church has several good voices and
good work has been and will contin
ue to be done.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.

~ have noticed that the sale on
Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tab
lets is almost invariably to those who
have once used them" says Mr.. j. II.
Weber, a prominent druggist of Cas-
cade, Iowa. What better recommends
tion could any medicine have than for
people to call for it when again in need
for such remedy. Try them when
you feel bad after eating, when you
have bad taste in your mouth feel
bilious, have no appetite or when troub-
led with constipation, and you are cer-
tain to be delighted with the prompt
relief afforded For sale by Coldwell &
Chaudoin, and Whitwell Drug Co.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
Christmas Wedding.

Miss sallie Parker and Mr.. Allen An
der on we're married at the home OF the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie
Parker, at p. M, Christmas Day, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. D.
M, McCracken. Both the contracting
parties are we'll and favorably known
here and every body wishes them a
happy and prosperous life. Mr. Ander-
SON is employed by the Gustafson Bros.
Mfg. Co., Of Chattanooga, and they left
for their future home in that city Fri
day morning
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
SequaChee Literary Society.

The Sequachee Literary Society rem
dered the program as announced in the
News of last week. On account Of the
absence of large number Of the men,
bers, considerable portion of the pro-
gram was omitted. The duet by Misses
True Randle ard Louise Hill with quit
ar accompaniment, was artistic; Will
Price made good talk on the Christ
mas whiskey traffic and the evils there
Of; Walter Randle gave a good reading,
1.-THE True Christmas Spirit"
The regular election of officers will
take place next Friday evening,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
DIED

William Herman Kent, the infant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kent, died Sat-
urday, Dec. 81, aged two years and five
months, of membranous Group after a
sickness of only three days. He,was a
healthy child and although every eff
fort was made to save him be succumb-
ed to the dread disease. The funeral
took place on Sunday at Owen Church
at o'clock and the interment was made
in the cemetery adjoining. A very
large attendance Of the citizens evidenc.
ed their sympathy for the bereaved
parents.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
Rev. Carlisle B. P. Martin, |. |, D.

Waverly, Tenn, writes: "Of morn
ing, when first rising, l often, find a
troublesome collection of phlegm,
which produces a cough, and is very
hard to dislodge; but small quantity
of Billiards. Horehound Syrup will at
once dislodge it and the trouble is over.
] know of no medicine that is equal to
it, and it is so pleasant to take. l can
most cordially recommend it to all per.
sons needing a medicine for throat OF
lung troubles" Price 25c, SOC and 81 a
bottle at Sequachee Supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
ELECTED OFFICERS.

The Dramatic Society met at the res
idence Of Miss Mathilde Gustaison
Monday evening and elected for 1908 as
follows: w. S. Pryor, President; Louise
Hill, Vice-Pres; Mathilde Gustafson,
Sec; Mrs. F. o. Pearson, Treas; Ma
thilde Gustaison, Critic; Lydia Gustaf-
son, Emma Gabel and W. c. Hill, Ex-
ecutive Committee.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
DRESS GOODS.

We have replenished our
stock twice since we bought
in the Fall, and we will have
another nice display for this
month.
86-inch Cashmeres, 25c per yd.
42-inch all wool Serge, soc per yd
56.inch Suiting, SOC per yd.-
the very thing for skirts or suits.
36-lnch Venetian cloth, SOC to 60c
yd.
56-inch all-wool Alpaca, 9Oc.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
Ths Secret of Iona Life.

Consists in keeping all the main or
gans OF the body in healthy, regular ac-
lion, and in quickly destroying deadly
disease germs. Electric Bitters regu-
late stomach, Liver and Kidneys, puri-
~ the blood and give splendid appe-
lite. They work wonders in curing kid
nav trou bies, Female Complaints, Ner-
vo1s Diseases, constipation, Dyspepsia,
and Malaria. Vigorous health and
strenrth always follow their use. Only
s0o. guaranteed by Whitwell Drug Co
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
Best Liniment On Earth.

Henry d. Baldwin, Supt. City Water
Works, Shullsburg, Wis, writes: 81
have tried many kinds of liniment. but
have never received much bdnefit until
/ us0d Billiards. Snow Liniment for
rheumatism and pains. think it the
best liniment on earth" 25c, SOC and
81 bottle at Sequachee Supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
FURNITURE.

We will have a beautiful
stock in this line to show you
through December, and there
is no present more suitable or
appropriate than a nice rock
er.
We will have them at 81 so, LIS,
200, $50 and $50.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
HOLIDAY GOODS.

We will open in a short
time a very handsome stock
of goods especially for Christ
mas, and we ask you to come
and examine them.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
LADIES' JACKETS.

We have a few Jackets on
hand during this month, and
they will be sold at the fol-
lowing prices:
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
WAISTINGS.

Our sales in this line of
goods has far excelled our ex-
pections.
We will show you a new assort-
ment in a few days 25c, SOC and Csc
yd.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
OUTING FLANNELS.

All of our scent goods for 4c.
All Of our 71-cent goods for &c.
All of our 8$c goods for re.
Teazle down for 10c yd.
All of our 10-cent Flannelette goes
this month for 8Bc per yd.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
Our sales so far exceed those Of last year, but
we are going to make December eclipse them
all by giving our customers Exceptionally Low
Prices, while Not Lowering the Quality
GROCERIES.

Our stock of Groceries is
always fresh as we buy every
two weeks.
"Our Leader" Coffee, 1Oc per lb.
Porto Rico Coffee, 1Oc per Id.
Flour, "White Swan" $4.00 Dbl,
Or "Haryest King"
Bib can Tomatoes, 10c, or three
for 25c.
Best canned Corn, cans for 25c
Evaporated Peaches and Apricots,
1Oc per lb.
Lard, l0c per lb.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01

Our $1.00 capes, now 75c.
Our 1925 capes, now 9Oc.
Our $3.50 capes, now $1.OO.
Our $500 capes, now $3.50.
Our $3.50 capes, now $1,75.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01
LADIES' CAPES.

We have concluded to close
out our Capes and if prices
will do it we will not have
them long.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-01-01

All $500 Jackets now $3.50.
All $4.00 Jackets now $3.50.
All $500 Jackets now $4.00.
All $3.50 Jackets now $3.50.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
A I.nrre Henrted nIrinn.

Like his great nOncOnfOrmist brother,
Charles H. SpurgeOn, in England, and
like Henry Ward Beecher and Dr. Tai
mage, in this country. the late DIR. Jo-
seph Parker of the City temple, Lon
don, commanded very large fees for
fully half his pastoral life. Yet he
could truly say that after being fifty
years in the ministry he was not 80
shillings the richer for any preaching
outside his own pulpit
DR.. Parker gave freely of his money
as well as of his strength of mind and
body to the struggling ministers and
churches of his denomination. On one
occasion he had opened a suburban
chapel. and a critical and cynical per-
son saw fit to question his disinterest-
edness.
'You had to pay a pretty sum for DR..
Parker's sermon, I suppose. l dare
say" said he, 1T cost f25 at the very
least"
"That is the exact sum that passed
between u.s." returned one of the Off
cials of the chapel.
"Ah,' sneered the cynic. "and that is
what you call giving the gospel Of
Christ free to every one who asketh
for it,"
Precisely" was the reply. "That is
precisely what DR.. Parker did. He
gave US the sermon, and he gave us
the f25."
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
No Ready Money.

At Princeton alumni dinner held re-
Gently at one of the New York hotels
President Woodrow Wilson alluded to
the genius of Johns Hopkins as a mon
ey maker and said that on one occasion,
when Mr.. Hopkins was more intent on
accumuating wealth than on the wise
disposition of it. three young men wait
ed upon him TO ask help for the local
Young Mems Christian association.
The New York Times repeats the story
But | have no money" Mr.. Hopkins
said-"that is. have no ready money.
l have a little property, but that. of
course, is not available. l don't see
how can aid you"
"Well. Mr. Hopkins" said the spokes-
man. I'VE shall be glad to take your
note"
"Um. HIM! Now. that's clever! You
shall have it," And he forthwith wrote
his note for $1,000, payable in six
months. AS he handed it over he said.
"Tell me now what you are going to do
with this"
1--WE shall turn it into cash"
'But, see here" said Mr.. Hopkins,
what will that cost you"
six per cent"
"That will never do. It's too much,
I'll discount it myself for 4"
"And he did" added President Will
son, although he had no ready mon
eV"
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
BED Endowed For Sick Cats.


Ruth Darling, a servant girl, died
some years ago at the residence of a
family uptown. She had always liked
animals and to her employer, during
her last illness, she said:
81 have little money saved. sir.
should like to do something with it for
the benefit of cats. Cats have a cruel,
hard life. I'd like to found a bed in a
hospital for them. so that when they
are i'll they can be taken care of. A
bed for INDECENT sick cats-that is my
idea"
well, Ruth, such a bed would cost
money" said the dying woman's EN-
ployer.
Il know it, sir, and I've got money,
she returned. Look here, sir" and
she took from under her pillow her
handbook. The book showed to her
credit a sum more than sufficient for
the establishment of the bed.
And, accordingly. in the Maher ami
nal hospital uptown the bed was es-
tablished on Ruth Darling's death. 1t
bears her name. and it is seldom if
ever empty. Like a club, it usually
has a waiting list-a long line of indi-
gent sick cats waiting to be treated in
the Ruth Darling bed for nothing. The
bed is a commOdiOus iron cage, with
an inscription of gold letters. Last
year fifty-six cats were cared for in it.
Philadelphia Record.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
An L-ehbishop,s savinea.

The will Of the late archbishop Of
Canterbury clearly proves that the day
when bishops used to amass huge for
tunes is past. Dr. Temple left only
fIS,O0O. a sum which represents but
slightly more than his income as arch
bishop for one year. There is certain
ly no profession in England other
than the church in which man of DR..
Temples ability, who worked like a
slave for nearly sixty years, would
have made so little money. His prede-
cessor, Archbishop Benson, left almost
twice as much = viz, E35,00O, which,
oddly enough, Is also the sum left by
Archbishop Taft. The largest fortune
left by any bishop of late years was
the f72.OOO which DR.. Walsham How
bequeathed.- Taller.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
Avoiding the Mu1e,s Hee1s.

Z prosperous Chicago business man
in the lobby of the Fifth Avenue hotel
told how he had occasion recently to
visit a friend who was an inmate of
an institution for the care of victims of
the drink habit.
"While chatting with my friend in
the general reading and smoking
room." said he "a young man, pale and
sha5y, entered and took a seat on the
opposite side of the room.
presently he arose from his chair,
tiptoed across the room, making wide
sweep and closely examined a hatracS
near the door. Without a word he
sneaked back TO his seat, again careful
TO avoid the center Of the floor In a
few minutes he repeated these tactics,
slipping with Sreat caution over to the
hatrack and back and avoiding the cen
ter of the room. On the third trip a
fellow patient asked him why he was
so anxious about the hatrack and what
there was to shy at on the floor. In
the most intense and solicitous accents
came this reply:
"'Well. didn't you fellows see that
mule. shod with derby hats. come in
the door and across the room? Blame
hint / wanted to see whether he had
my hat ! don't want any fool mule
walking around with my new hat on
his off hind hoof. SHE'D out of the
way when | went to the hatrack be-
cause didn't want to get within range
Of his heels. believe he's shod with
my hat, after all. New York Mail
and Express.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
s.-s:.n5 Theory In INIT.

While in Pittsburg recently Dr. Ber-
tina Caldwell of India told some good
anecdotes on the doctors of that coun-
try one day she was riding in the
cars with Mohammedan doctor She
asked him what kind he was-an allo-
pathist, a homeopathist or an Osteo-
path. He answered. Il don't know"
Or. Caldwell asked him how he prac-
ticcd and what kind of medicine he
gave. Opening up a box he carried, he
exhibited seven bottles containing liq-
uids Of all the colors of the rainbow.
You see" said the MOhammedan
doctor, fever makes the patient red
ard then l give him red medicine. A
cold makes him blue. and then | give
him blue medicine. If he is bilious, he
iS yellow. and then l give him yellow
medicine" And thus he went on to the
end. She remarked, You must be a
homeopathist."
Imagine my amusement" said Dr.
Caldwell. when, on walking down the
street the next day, l saw this sign in
front of the doctors door: "Gee-ul-whiz,
Servant Of God. Homeopathist. PITTS
burg Dispatch.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
COST OF GROCERIES.
What a Former Generation Paid For
Flour and Potatoes.

What a Former Generation Paid For
Flour and Potatoes.
From statistics of prices recently
furnished by a grocer in business pre-
vious to the civil war it is shown that
-four retailed for $3.50 per barrel in
1850. In 1856 it had risen to $3.50
per barrel.
But during the year 1865, when the
war was closed, prices had reached
marvelously high figures. For in
stance, flour sold for 500 per barrel,
sugar, 80 cents per pound; butter, 60
cents; coffee, 60 to 20 cents; tea, S1.4O
to SLIGO per pound; oil, $105 to $1.15
per gallon; beans, 16 cents per quart;
potatoes, 81 per bushel; soap, 20 cents
per pound; eggs, 60 cents per dozen,
and other things in the same proper
ton.
After 1866. when the extreme limit
in prices was reached, they began to
steadily decrease. As compared with
present prices those of 1866 were fully
300 per cent higher.
Some OF the radical changes may be
seen in the prices of -four now at $3.50
per barrel and in 1862. when it was
SS25, or in 1865 at $50 per barrel. 1t
is therefore now at its lowest figure.
Take sugar also In 1862 it was II
cents per pound; in 1865. 33 cents; now
it is 3 to 6 cents. Butter was 10 cents
in 1850. but had advanced TO go cents
per pound in 1865.
Oil is another leading staple which
has shown wonderful fluctuations in
price. Selling for $1.05 to $1.15 per gal
Ion in 1865. it has now decreased to 10
and u cents per gallon. vast gain for
the consumer. In 1880 it sold at so
cents. in 1853 at 81 and in 1879 at 40
cents per gallon.
Potato prices have been regulated
largely by the yield. In 1850 they sold
at Gl cents. in 1857 at 81, in 1850 at
S110 and in 1892 at 50 cents per bush
el This year they have been as high
as S1.25 to S2.25 per bushel
1t will therefore be seen that all the
above articles are lower now than thir-
ty-hve to forty years ago, and the
same may be said of more than 100
other different groceries.
For the most part. the grocors' prof
its have gradually decreased on all ar
ticles since the close of 1872. the panic
season. nor is there any likelihood for
a better condition of affairs for some
time to cOme.-Retail Grocers' AdyO-
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
chureh servlee n the parIs.

Religious services held in absolute
darkness are an experiment begun a
few weeks ago in London. The pur-
pose was not novelty OF notoriety, but
a desire to answer the objection raised
by poorly dressed people against going
to any place where their shabby clothes
made them feel uncomfortable. The
experiment was made at ST. James, il
Clerkenwell. A large sheet was hung
across the eastern end of the church,
and upon this the words and music Of
the hymns. the prayers and responses
were thrown by a limelight lantern.
If the attention of the congregation
was not concentrated on the service,
the fault could not be attributed to any
desire to study the fashions.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20

zST Cnvs1 UI MS VINO are so unethereaI
as to be compelled to face the stubborn
facts of life. II is true, however, that
we ought not to measure age simply
by the year of our birth. One may be
old at twenty-five or young at seventy.
1t is largely a matter Of the spirit
Christian Evangelist.
Colored Pugilist Kills His Wife.
Chester, Pa, March 9.-Maud Jones,
colored, was shot dead yesterday by
her husband. George, alias kid"
Jones, a pugilist The shooting took
place in the house of a neighbor. Jeal-
ousy was the cause of the murder.
Jones tried to escape. but was cap
tured a few minutes after committing
the crime.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
WORDS STRANGE MEANING.
Curious Calculation Regarding the
Definition of CUP"

Definition OF Cup"
speaking of the relative meaning Of
words" said an observant man, ''re-
minds me Of curious calculation l
made the other day in order to demon
strate that the word up had no alb
solute meaning except in so far as it
meant out from the earth's surface or
from the center Of gravity. The illus
tration is a very simple one. but will
teach us a very complex lesson and
one Of much value. 1t is $4,000 miles
around the earth. There are $3.50 feet
In an American mile. A rope stretched
around the earth would have to be
about 49,, 100000 feet in length. Sup
pose we assume that we can wedge a
man Of ordinary size into every foot of
this surface on line around the earth,
and suppose we should ask each one
Of them to point up. Manifestly they
would point in different directions, in
lust 132,0O0,OOO different directions,
and yet each man would be pointing
up. Exactly one-half of the men
that is O,OOO-wOuld be pointing
in directly opposite directions.
"FOr instance, there would be two
men on every straight line through the
center of the earth, and. being on di-
rectly opposite sides of the earth, they
would point in directly opposite direc-
tions. So one-half of the ups would
be different from all the rest. No two
ups would be the same Suppose we
stick a peg in every inch Of the dis
tance with the point extending straight
up. Here we would have 1,5S4,O00,OO0
up with the same differences OBJ
served in the other illustrations. If
we squeezed the spaces down to the
width Of an ordinary pin, we can still
see that there would be a difference
between the up of any one point and
the up of every other point and we
could carry this thing on and on until
the difference between the points
would be so fine, so utterly infnitesi-
NAL, that it could not be observed by
the heaviest and most powerful micro
scopic instrument. 1t would still be a
difference just the same.
Suppose you should take the whole
surface of the earth and follow ont the
same idea, how long do you suppose it
would take you to calculate the num-
ber of possible ups in the earth's sur
face? Much longer, l dare say, than
you would care to devote to the task,
and if you should do the work you
could not announce the result of your
Iabors in ineligible terms. The science
Of mathematics could not make the
finding plain enough for the average
man All of which may sound very
foolish. But it isn't. Up is only one
Of many words in the English language
which have no more than relative
meaning. We understand, of course.
what is meant by up But few per-
sons ever stop to think that the word
has only relative meaning and that
there are many ups more ups in
fact, than we can conveniently count" "
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
ZoIn, Neuropath.

Zola, who used his pen on others as
a dissecting knife, submitted himself
some years ago to a detailed medical
examination in the general interests of
anthropology, frankly recognizing the
fact that Max Nordau saw in him an
excellent illustration Of his theory Of
the connection between genius and de-
generacy. Not all those observations
or his own answers to questions about
himself were published during his life,
but there is now no need for reticence.
He had a wrinkled forehead when he
was six he had morbid ideas" until he
was thirty-fve, and then, when sue
cess came in at the door, they escaped
by the window With his intellectual
power went lack Of nervous equilib-
rum, and. though he had a strong will
and tenacity of purpose, he had feeble
powers of concentration and attention
and in later years an uncertain men,
ory. He had bad sight and no ear for
music. The French experts who exam
ined him gave their verdict in a word
he was a "neuropath. h."-London Chron-
lcle.
Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
nntv.

The things Of the world are ever ris-
ang and falling and in perpetual change,
and this change must be according to
the will Of God, as he has bestowed
upon man neither the wisdom nor the
power to enable him to check it. The
great lesson in these things is that man
must strengthen himself doubly at such
times to fulfill his duty and do what is
right and must seek his happiness and
inward peace from objects which can
not be taken away from him.-Wilhelm
YOn Humboldt.