Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-03-31
LOCAL.

Walter Randle paid visit TO Jasper
Sunday afternoon.
viii Friend, a leading merchant Of
Victoria, was in town Tuesday.
The boys are talking base ball, but
that is about all there is to 1t.
When you want job work done prompt
ly, neatly and to your liking, send your
order to us.
The temperature Monday morning
was one degree below freezing or 81
degrees above zero,
Miss Prassle Rogers, of Jasper visited
her brother, s. L. Rogers, and wife sew
eral days last week
Shelton O'Neal, OF Whitwell, candi-
date for sheriff on the democratic tick
was in town Thursday.
M. C. Campbell has moved his family
here from Chattanooga. We are glad
to welcome them back here.
/. N. Knox, Of Inman, has moved here
occupying his property above town
formerly owned by John Rogers.
Miss Grace Condra, OF Cedar Spring,
visited Miss Thula Martin Tuesday.
She has been visiting relatives at Cas-.
sandra, Ga.
TO BE CURED of rheumatism,
] with all its lameness, aches and
pains, take Hoods Sarsaparilla. You
must be sure to GET HOODS.
Among the cases set for trial at U. s.
court in Chattan ooga, April term, is
that of Thomas L. Swafford, of Pike
Vile, charged with violation Of postal
laws.
A carload of handles, 400 dozen, for
the trade in Germany, was shipped by
the Sequatchie Handle Works Thurs
day,
W. G. Wheeler, who had charge OF g
church in Jasper, has resigned his pas
torate in Dayton to accept a similar pos
ition in Arkansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Brown and w. A.
Brown of Jasper, and Miss Eva Ables
of Tracy City, who is visiting them,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Gross
and family Sunday afternoon.
II. G, Simpson, of Jasper, was in town
Friday. He is getting up Chattanoo
ga Spring Festival Souvenir He il
one of Jasper's smartest and brightest
young men, and bound to succeed.
Chvs. L, Roberts, of Dunlap, was il
town Friday, looking after his interests
in the com omission business. He in
formed US that the miners are leaving
Dunlap daily for other points, which
we are sorry to learn, as we were
hoping Dunlap was to enjoy permanen
prosperity.
We are pleased to receive a copy o
the News and Critic, of Laconia, N. II.
which gives the installation of the new
city government, March 20. Mayo
Melcher's Inaugural Address is a gen
OF its kind being brief and to the poin t
and consequently moro enjoy able. W.
are glad to note that in spite Of tho du
al affection of big fire and smallpox
epidemic in 1908, Laconia is still RICH
side up and gaining. We also got
copy OF Eleventh Annual Report o
city of Laconia, illustrated one OF tht
illustrations being a likeness Of Hon
W. L. Melcher, Mayor, and another o
The whole city government in whicI
Mr.. Melcher is, OF course, tho contra
figure. The report of the new Gale Ii
brary is very interesting to us. 1t ba
over 10, 900 volumes, and showing tina
there are readers over 200 books wer
loaned out in one day. Turning t
schools we find that the term for tn
year was SO weeks or months, that tn
enrolment was 1909, at an expense {
S23, 739. 16 or $l574 per scholar The re
port of Fire Department shows the los
of the fire of May 20, 1908, to have bee
$461, 4s5,00, and insurance paid on sam
$279, 417OO. The oVerseers of the poo
show the whole expense for the pas
year to have been S545.77. The valu'
ton of the city for 1908 was 81, 3S7, 1903. (
and tax rate was ST. in five wards an
81. 40 in Ward 6. Altogether it is quit
interesting but lacks an Index.