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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
MURRELL'S BURIED WEALTH.
Outlaw Denied That He Had Any Buried
Treasure.

Shelbyville. Tenn, Dec. 1O.-The &C.
count published by the American day
or so ago about the digging for treasure
alleged to have been buried by John A.
Murrell, Tennessee noted land pirate,
has recalled to an elderly gentleman
here that be saw Murrell released from
the state prison at Nashville. The gen.
tleman was but lad at the time, yet
he claims to remember how Murrell
looked as he stood in the Warpen's Of
flee preparatory to leaving the prison
which had been his home for nearly ten
years. lie says MurrelI was in i'll
health, and his look and manner showed
it. In reply to questions Murrell said
that he was a very poor man, and when
asked the pointed question If he did not
have a hidden treasure somewhere, he
replied mo" Murrell said also that
he had been guilty of most OF the
crimes charged TO him, except that of
murder. Speaking with emphisis he
asserted that his hands had never been
dyed in human blood. Murrell, while
insisting that he was extremely poor,
remarked that he knew of rich mine
in the Cumberland Mountain region to
which he was going at once. He said
he discovered the mine while on one of
his raids, and had marked it, but no one
but himself knew of it's existence, and
he hoped his life would be spared until
he could make some capital from this
discovery.
On the very day he left the prison he
started for the Cumberland Mountains
by way of Murfreesboro, Shelbyville,
| Winchester, and thence on to Pikevlc,
where he was forced to take to his bed
because of illness from which he died.
The house in which he died still stands
in that place. So If Murrell told the
truth when he left the prison, he had
no buried treasure near Nashville
| Nashville American.
The American contained lentby ar
ticle about the search for Murrell's
treasure. The house alluded to IN
Pikeville is that occupied by DR.. j. M.
Poston as a drug store, Ed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17

Three inches ofsn0w We're report
-d on Lookout mountain Iasl eek
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
SOUTH PITTSBURG.
10 Tho NnMS.

Special to the News.
South Pittsburg, Dec. lt.-Horace
Jones, ore sampler at the furnace has
accepted similar position with the
Chattanooga furnace.
Sheriff Mccullough of Jasper, was
here Friday.
VIM. Houts, a prominent lumberman
OF Sequachee, was here Friday.
NJ. J. Cowan has badly sprained an
kie.
County trustee Brown of Sequachee,
was here Friday.
L. r. Layne, the genial circuit court
was a visitor here Friday.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
MODERATE MEANS.
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign of approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system is ner-
vousness, sleeplessness, or stomach up
set Electric Bitters will quickly dis
member the troublesome causes. 1t
never fails to tone the stomach, regulate
the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate the
Liver, and clarity the blood. Run
down systems benefit particularly and
all the usual attending acnes vanish
under its searching and thorough effect
iveness. Electric Bitters is only SOC,
and that is returned if it don't give per-
feet satisfaction. Guaranteed by Whit
we'll Drug Co.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
THE BOND QUESTION.
Editor News.

Editor News:
The question Of bonding the
county for the building of good
roads is now assuming such proper
tions, that we wish to give few
arguments in favor of the measure
that have come under our notice.
What we consider one of the
greatest arguments in favor of the
measure is the report that the rail-
road, mining, telegraph and tele-
phone companies doing business
IN the county, are opposed to the
measure and to fight ii to a finish,
will employ an agent to induce
court and people to down the
measure. The reason for this act
ION Is too garingly apparent, and
no subterfuge can conceal it, for
these companies pay more than
half the present taxes levied, and
hence the burden of paying for
these roads would fail on them. So
with on eye to saving their own
sheckles they selfshly resist the
march of improvement.
Another strong argument. The
laboring man who is not lands
owner, and there are many of these,
would vote bread out of his own
mouth to vote against the measure.
For 1t is evident that during the
time necessary to build these roads
and with the amount Of money ex
pended there would be many a dol
lar spent in wages which otherwise
would never have entered the
county. 1t would be a godsend to
some who are on the ragged edge
of expectation a considerable por
ton OF the time Nor would the
inflence Of the amount expended
stop there, for it would seek con-
stantly broadening channels and
would benefit many more.
We are in no wise interested in
the success of this movement ex>
cept that it guarantee us good roads,
and if it should cost us personally
five or six dollars year more in
tax to have them, we are perfectly
willing to pay it If necessary we
would be willing to practice ii lit~
tie Spartan economy, and wear
cheaper clothing and eat little
coarser fare to obtain the improy e~
ment.
By all means let us have the
roads, even if we do have to pay
the commissioners for twiddling
their fingers, as some say Let US
not, like the famous mountain
which labored'only to bring forth a
mouse, defeat the project because
we don't want the commissioners
appointed by the Legislature to gel
their $500 per annum, Above all
let us not cut off our noses to spite
our faces
MODERATE MEANS.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
A Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants. or a hundred
other accidents, are every day occuren-
ces. IL behOves everyb dy TO have a
reliable Salve handy and there's none
as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Burns, Cuts, Sores, Eczema and Piles
disappear quickly under its soothing eff
feet. 25c, at Whitwcll Drug Co.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
Died at Bridgeport.

Bridgeport, Ala, Dec. TO- John
Rather died here to-day. He was o.
years old, and had the distinction Of
being the Oldest citizen of Rutherford
county. At the time of his death he
was visiting his daughters. Mrs. W. b.
Drumright and Mrs. r. e. Alley. lie
was born at Libacy, Va, April Is, 1909.
His wife, to whom he had been married
more than sixty-fve years, died last
January.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17

The News is only soc year. Read it.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
Congressman Moons Bill.

Washington, Dec. l0.-Congressman
John A. Moon introduced in congress
a bill giving a private corporation the
right to build dam and locks on the
Tennessee river at the "Suck" about
twenty miles from Chattanooga, under
the directions of the war department.
This dam will cost $3.50, 600 according to
the plans of the government engineer,
and has been recommended as plrt of
the Improvement OF the river. The
corporation, whicA Is composed of
wealthy men of Chattanooga, ST. Louis
and Chicago, only ask the right to use
the overflow water from the dam to
make electric power. The current Of
the river is very swift and confined to
narrow space at the suck" so that it
is estimated that enough power will be
supplied to give enough electricity to
operate hundreds of miles of railways.
II the enabling act passes, the plant
will be built, the city supplied and sew
eral interurban electric railways equip
ped.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
HEART FLUTTERlNG.

Undigested food and gas In the slou..
ach, located just below tho heart press
rs against lt and c4uses heart palpita.
zion. When your heart troubles YOU N
that way take Herhine Tor few days.
You will som be all right SOC.
For sal" by S-quatchie Supply Store.
ana Whitwell Drug Co.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
"Iohupy, Git YO' Gun. 3"

A turkey shoot will be held here
Christmas and during the holidays, and
all crack shots are invited to polish up
up their guns and come prepared to
win the turkey. Al Burnett is our au-
thority for this, and wants every shoot
list to turn out at the affair, which will
be pulled off near the blacksmith shop.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17
More Pay for Congressman.

Washington. Dec. 10 Senator Gal
linger today introduced a bill providing
that after March I, 1904, salaries Of SEN
aters, representatives and delegates in
congress shall be s., 500 per annum.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-12-17

Eldridge Powers, 10 years old,
WIS probably fatally hurt in foot.
bali game uear Mt PleasanL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-04-25
SATURDAY, APRIL 25,. 1908.

There are some people of African
descent, in this country, who object
to the hyphenated name. Afro-Amer-
lean, which, for years, THE APPEAL,
and a few other contemporaries, have
used when referring to them. We do
not claim ITO have coined the word.
and it does not matter who did,
though T. Thomas Fortune is given
that credit; but. as it seems to us to
be the most appropriate one, we use
it.
1t certainly is somewhat CALLING to
see the names of every one of the
different nationalities of the world
capitalized in writing and printing
except negro" Afro-American, the
word we almost invariably use: can
not properly be written or printed
without using two capitals: The
word negro, according to the defni-
ton given in Webster's Dictionary
means: "A black man; especially
one of a race Of black or very dark
persons who inhabit the greater part
of Africa, and are distinguished by
crisped or curly hair, fiat noses, high
cheek bones, and thick. protruding
lips If this description is correct,
it will very readily be admitted that
negroes are not very numerous in
this country though they may be
plentiful in Africa
Then when the word negro" is
used to designate the man, the de-
testible word "negress" is used to
designate the woman. That, of itself,
ught to cause all Afro-Americans to
oppose the appellation.
The beautiful, talented but unfortu-
nate Empress Josephine, wife of No
poleon Bonaparte, was just as much
a negress, and Alexander Hamilton,
conceded to be the greatest states
man this country ever produced, was
just as much a negro as hundred Of
thousands of Afro-Americans, if the.
accounts of their ancestry, as we have
learned them. are correct.
Everyone knows that every posi-
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What the Newspaper Does.

Your great man shines before the
.populace in vain-without the news
paper. He spread-eagles the Consti-
tuition in vain without the newspa-
per. His clarion voice wages up the
universe in without the news
paper. His most astounding financial
enterprises serve him in Yain-with-
out the newspaper. His scientific re-
searches and achievements are in vain
the newspaper. His wire
less telegraph would be an accomplish
ment of small merit-without the
newspaper. His successes in every;
walk of life are in vain-without the.
The newspaper is the.
fame-maker Of the age. OF course.
some of the fame is cheap, but it sat
isles the living wearer Of the cloak,
even though posterity change it.New
York Press.
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Tn: re is a man in Green Village,
y. J., whoy while not having goose
tnat lays golden eggs, has hen
which lays two eggs day and with
hen fruit quoted at 80 cents per dozen
this is not bad. The hen in question
is not freak but is the result Of care
full breeding and experimenting for
several years. He long thought that
hens could be bred that would lay one
egg every day in the year, and also
that two eggs per hen per day was
possibility and he has been working
to that end. On March 1st, one OF
his special hens became sick, and he
put her in a coop by herself. The fol-
lowing day he was astonished to find
she had laid two eggs, one at 9 a. m.
and the other at p. M, and has kept
that gait up ever since. He has made
five sittings of the eggs and believes
he has the greatest hen for CONNER
cial purposes in the world.
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1t seems that the trouble about the
Afro-American is getting two numer-
ous If there were not so many Of
him he would be in general demand.
At least that seems to have been the
case with Laura Loroux, white, daugh-
ter of Zotique Leroux, a wealthy con-
tractor of Montreal, who was arrested
last week, in Denver, Colo, in company
with w. F. Blackburn, with whom she
had eioped three weeks before. He
deserted a wife and two children. She
said, there was only one Afro-Amer-
;ican, in Montreal, and got him. Love
goes where he is sent: don't you
knowi
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THE SPOT,SMEN.

The Spoilsmen. A story of Ward poll
ties. By Elliott Flower. Author OF Po~
liceman Flynn. - mo. PIP. 324. $3.50.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co.
story of municipal politics depicting
a condition of affairs common to prac-
tically all large cities.
While no attempt has been made 10
show exact conditions existing in a>
particular locality, the political methods
uai experiences Of men A Who i have n served we'd
the public in some capacity or other, and
the stories told of some of the characters
are literally true.
The love interest centres around So
ciety girl of high ideals who inspires a
wealthy young man to enter the local
campaign. She thus becomes involved in
the thread Of the story which relates to
the troubles and complications which fol-
low an effort to be both upright and sue
cessful in municipal politics.
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AGENTS WANTED.

THE APPEAL wants good reliable
SCENTS to canvass for subscribers at
points not already covered. Write
for our extraordinary inducements.
Address,
THE APPEAL,
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ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN
Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Washington, Louisville, St. Louis.
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49,, Eyes of Beasts Of Prey.
Cats and other beasts O: prey reflect
fifty times as much light from their
eyes as human beings. -.
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ANDREWS'S ROTANY.

Andrews's Botany all the Year Round
By E. F: Andrews, High School. Wash
ington, Ga. Cloth 8vo, 302 pages. Price
$l.00. American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
:. This. book is admirably adapted for
botanical work in the average high
school, and requires no expensive equip
ment. 1t is based on observation, and in
this. respect meets the popular demand
The pupil is led to make accurate obser-
vations, and from them to deduce safe
conclusions. He is first taught to OBJ
serve the conditions of plant life, then
the essential organs of the plant are
taken up, and finally the author. treats
OF plants as they relate to their sur
rate, and sufficiently fun and complete to
meet the needs Of secondary schools.
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THE APPEAL,
fHlnOHAl AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY B

ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
40 e. 4th St., St. Paul, linn.
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ST. aUL OFFICE,
No. no Union Blk. 18th & Cedar,
j. 0. ADAMS, Publisher.
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SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING.

SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISING.
Successful Advertising, How to Accom-
plish it. By j. Angus Macdonald. Cloth.
PIP; 400. 81. Philadelphia: Lincoln Pub
In "successful Advertising, How to Ac-
complish IT, one of the most experienced
advertisers of this country, within it's four
hundred pages, has given practical les
These are in the shape of talks on vari-
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vertising schemes Of proven worth are
given in the book The questions of pre-
pairing advertisements, selecting mediums.
methods of conducting sales and other
features are carefully and fully gone in
to, and throughout the book is embel-
lished with many object lessons in the
shape of advertisements and typograpt-
ical displays.
+ For over ten years the author of this
| work, Mr.. J. Angus Macdonald, has been
associated in an advertising capacity with
some of Americas best-known and great
est businesses; therefore the plans given
difference between theory and practice be-
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! ence when brought into spending money
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To those ION the inside of advertising
matters the name of Mr.: Macdonald is
we'll known, and when the fact became
| d
to come from his pen the number OF .ad-.
vance orders for the volume was so great
as to surprise the publishers, The Lincoln
Publishing Company, Provldent BUILDING,
Philadelphia. The facility yet concise
ness of Mr.. MacDonald,s style is admit
ra BILE Advertising would seem a ather
dry and technical subject, but here@eyery1
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From a bookmakers point of view the
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SALLY. WISTER'S JOURNAL. #
Sally Wisters Journal, true nara
tive. being a Quaker maiden's account
Of her experiences with officers OF the
Continental army, 1777.177s. Edited by
Albert Cook Myers. With reproductions
views II mo- PIP. 224. Philadelphia:
Ferris & Leach
Sally Wisters Journal is the record
kept by a Quaker girl Of Is during a win
ter famous in the history of this country 4
The greater part of the book has to 90
with the savings and doings of American
soldiers visiting or quarfefed at the farm
house. to their attentions to the writer
when certain of them go upon missions
of peril. Her teeth ratified" and her
5.iland shook like an aspen leaf when
she first saw these soldiers, but she soon
oxercomes the feeling thus expressed and
says to her Philadelphia friend Ny ad-
vice is summon up all your resolution,
call fortitude to your aid, and don't suf-
naog IRrs t. y sfand
in need of myself. Sally soon discov-
cred that soldiers are but human. They
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MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
Guaranty Loan Bldg. Room BIT
HENRY ROBERTS, Manager.

CHICAGO OFFICE,
1885 Dearborn St., Suite 80,
c. F. ADAMS, Manager.
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LOUISVILLE OFFICE,
No. 312 w. Jefferson St. Room Z
w. V. PENN, Manager.
ST. LOUIS OFFICE,
No. 1902 Franklin Avenue.
J. ii. HARRISON, Manager.
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ELECTRA,

). Galdos. Electra. Edited by Otis G.
Bunnel, M. s., of the Flexner School,
b bs;dG'1a Ky: Cloth, Emo, 1s5 pages
This drama, which was first presented
at Madrid on January 80. 1901, made
deep impression on the Spanish people,
It was written to give expression to the
author $ ambition for his country and
c1al and political renovation. It is es-
peclally timely and interesting to Amer
lean readers, as showing the contempo-
is but little understood on this side Of
the water. In its present form, the first
school edition published in this country,
the book contains the necessary notes.
as well as complete vocabulary.
The exceptional character Of the Purity
Books in the Self and Sex Series has 50
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International Committee of the Young Mems
Christian elI tI ASSOCIATION that they have re-
reprint of the chapters on the diseases
which accompany vice. for free distribution
among the soldiers in the Philippines, Cuba
general secretaries in India. Japan and
China. and a friend of the purity cause has
contributed the entire amount necessary to
pay for this large edition
BAPTIST ANNUAL.
The American Baptist Year Book for
1903 has been Issued by the publication
society of that denomina ton at PhiIadel-
phia (paper, 25 cents. It gives full del
tails Of eachSof the seventeen general So
cieties, which include five of women and
two of young people. The State organ
izations, which show the white and col
ored strength of the Church in separate
tables, are followed by a summary Of sta
tistics which shows that the total mem
bershiY in America is over 4, $50 900, an
Increase OF over SO. 600 since last year.