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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-30
PLEASANT GROVE.

Special to the Mans.
It has been long time since ! wrote
to your best of all papers and l thought
would correct some statements which
are being told on me. They have been
telling that I am dead. Now want
1t understood that am not and won't
die as long rs can see anybody else
living. Wild Bill told about w. B.
Rogers .turnips being SO large that he
lost one of his hogs in one OF them.
Now, want to ask this party IL they
know what will become Of all liars as
spoken Of in the Bible. guess they
never thought much about 1t. They
wound up by using some very rough
by-words, and the good Master said to
swear not at all. They had better look
ont for the time to come will not be
easy with them to dodge their part in
the lake of fire and birthstone as re-
corded in the Bible for lying and
swearing. Hardscrabble don't need to
walk to Chattanooga. When he wants
to go he can get on the train and go
any time he chooses
The grading on the Stevenson Exten-
sion is moving along nicely and they
have had SPLENDID weather for the
work. They are preparing to blast the
bluff off at the old Kelly and Hoge
min on Seuuachee River, and are max
ing an 19-foot cut at Minter's toward
the Seouachee river bridge. This con-
tractor thinks he will have his mile
done by Christmas and be ready to take
two miles by the Hancock place. The
contractor in the Tennessee river bot
toms, above Battle Creek, seems to be
getting along better than anybody else
with his contract.
I am informed that the people
of the 4th and 10Th districts of the
county held an indignation meeting
because they we're not going to get an.
roads. They were going to file bill
to release them from paying taxes, bu
the commissioners found money t.
complete the job. The road from Bat
J tie Creek was graded and in horrible
condition and if it had not been finish
ed it would have been impossible Thu
winter. Hon. F. v. Brown says tn
district that gets no road can cut loos'
from paying taxes, and if this is tn
case, it would throw fearful burdel
, on the few who have pixies 1t wa
estimated in the start that the $3.50. 90
: dollars would build 102 miles of road
but the money is all gone and there
not over so miles of pike built. TIL
must be a screw loose somewhere
1t may be big wages is the reaso
there were no more roads built.
Andrew Williams, of Dunlap, is g
5 Calvin E. Hancock's ON visit.
3 Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Torbett made
flying trip to Bridgeport to see Mr.
Q d. d. Rogers, who is very sick and NJ
expected to live. They returned I'll
q next day.
f Calvin E Hancock is preparing
y roof his house and barn and his mott
er's house with steel roofing that co
9 $19O, the biggest bill sent by one ma
d in a long time He has ordered 80 ga
: Ions of paint at cost of $31. 30 to CO.
er it with.
IS Now, in closing wish to ask Wi
% Bill, as this party thinks they are
smart. to tell me how cold it is whit
it is twice as cold as Q degrees abo'
zero. SO now go to figuring and
sure You give me correct answer.
e With best wishes to the Editors
II the News l viii ring off.
- Hardscrabble.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-30
c. A. 0UARLES.

Last week we failed to make note of
the announcement of c. A. Quarles, of
Shellmound. for the Office of Register
Of Marion county. Mr.. Quarles is not
personally known to us but seems to
have many friends in the county. He
is republican and only sixty votes
divided the two parties IN the last
county election. If nominated he will
have a. good chance AS the other fel-
low. who however has not come ont
yet. We bespeak for Mr.. Quarles a
favorable show.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-30
Neuralgia Pains.

Rheumatism. lumbago and sciatic
pains yield to the penetrating influence
of Billiards. Snow Eminent. 1t pene-
trates TO the nerves and bone and be-
ing abso rbed into the blood, its heal
ing properties are conveyed TO every
pa ri of the body. and effect some Won
derful cures. PIC, soc and $i.OO. Sold
by Sequatchie Supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-30
roNrcs FOR WOMEN.

5 Delicate women require . tonic. An
Iron tonic Ia good. but st. Andrews
Wine of Life, Root is better. While
toning up the system. purifying the
blood and restoring exhausted nerves,
1t regulates any arrangements, and
strengthens woman in the most sensi-
tive part OF her organism.
Price $1.O0 per bottle.
Ask your druggist for 1t.
Made only by ANDREWS MEG. CO.
Bristol, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-30
ST. ANDREWS
WINE OF LIFE ROOT.

1t plants hope in hopeless hearts, the
seeds OF Joy In joyless minds, whose
fruition Is the blooms Of health on the
cheek of the perfect woman, to whom
the ills OF her former existence are now
the real zest OF her pleasurable life.
Thousands of women all over this land
have testified to the truthfulness OF this
assertion.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-11-30
The Trials Of Women.

The homes of this country are filled
with women whose trials utterly de-
stroy the joys of existence. They are
the victims OF female disorders and they
do not get relief, and they are forced to
drag through the weary years without
the hope of better days. All such should
be advised to use few bottles OF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
BREAKS IN STOCKS EASILY EXPLAINED Hot Weather Drove 0 Operators
 Out of Town CASH RESERVES REDUCED Legitimate Business Conditions About All That Can Be Reasonably
 Asked-Scandal in Aer-
 cultural Department.
CASH RESERVES REDUCED
BY w. G. NICHOLAS.

New York, July 15-The advent of scorching weather drove out of town a good many of the larger operators in the stock market and incidentally led to a cleaning up of accounts prior 10 the he gira Tie simultaneous unloading of long stocks by so many importance people led to sharp breaks in prices and oocasioned something of a scare in the market
 Small frs operators by the hundred were scurrying about the offices inquiring an- xiously what the matter was and coD- trbuting to the excitement by dumping over their little lines, which in the agre- gate proved a factor of weight and conse- quence There Is little in the situation to produce alarm or dlsquiet in q business sense The one feature of really bearish imports is the extent to which bank credits has been expendng during the past few months At the present writing the New York banks and trust companies have money loaned out to a volume of $300.- O0O,0OO greater than year ago on actual cash resources smaller by nearly s40.- 000000 This reduces the cash reserves to about 1l per cent. which in the opinion
 of conservative bankers is too narrow a
 margin for entire safety. It is this situ-
 ation which causes the banking element
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

jail nor any place of incarceration for criminals; nor yet is there a court in which high crime could be tried
 The percentage of crime is so small that it does not warrant the expense of keeping up a court. When a criminal trial becomes necessary the offender is taken to Denmark to answer to the law for his misdeeds.
 The women are among the most ad- vanced in the world. Their Woman's Po- litical league has membership of 1000, ana they enjoy more civil rights than the women of almost any other country, hav- ing voice in all elections save that for members of their legislative body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Readina Stock.

Reading, which has just executed a spectacular upward movement of $50 a share, is only beginning to realize results from the plans formulated twenty-two years ago and more by Franklin c. Gowan. It was Gowan who conceived and carried out the project of buying immense tracts of anthracite coal land and it is upon the foundation laid by MT. Gowan that the Reading system owes it's amazing prosperity, more than to any thing else. MT. Gowan was ahead of his day however, and went down under the storm of indignation which enveloped him as result of his daring expenditures. He committed suicide in a hotel in Wash ington about twenty years ago. Another president of the Reading, A. A. Mcleod, found the burden of steering the anthra- cite burdneed craft too much for him and sought rest in the grave. Yet the Reading of today is only at the thresh- old of the wonderful career pictured for it by the imaginative, Gowan, who lies in an almost unremembered grave. Thirteen years ago Reading common sold for S7 share less than nothing; that is to say. It was quoted at s5 share, with SIP assessment tackled on. But after all the performance in Reading is less remark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

to discourage present speculative eXpan- sion. The foundation underlying the finan- cal structure need some further strength-
 ening and hardening before controlling banking sentiment can be in unqualified sympathy with the ambitions of bullishly inclined speeulators in the stock market.
 Meantime legitimate business conditions are about all that can be reasonably asked. Latest crop reports with the eX- ceptlon of cotton are all to the good In
 dications point to crop or 2,70, 0,00O,OO0 bushels of corn, 700000000 bushels of wheat and 900000, GOO of oats. The indus trial outlook is splendidly encouraging. The iron and steel trade which Is com monly regarded as the barometer of the industrial situation, is at high pressure. Seldom has there ever been known such d rush of business as that which is now witnessed in every branch of iron and steel manufacturing. That applies also to every other line of metal working, es- pecially copper. MT. Prick before sailing for Europe advised his friends with whom he is on confidential terms that he was very bullish and that the iron and steel conditions could net well be improved upon. In this connection may be men, toned the fact that a group of very rich specialists. thoroughly equipped with inside information, some time ago organ ized a big bull pool in steel stocks. This coterie of rich men have already accu- mulated large line of steel shares and will add to their holdings from time to time, firm in the conviction that prices will go very much higher later in the year Railroads are going ahead with their grand plans for betterment and en- larged facilities for handling the rapidly volume of tonnage. The earnings of trans portation companies this year will be record breaking. both gross and net. It would appear that nothing short of a universal earthquake could seriously check the progress which America is making or interfere with it's magnificent prosperity
 From every point of view the business prospect is bright and assuredly not such as to encourage calamity campaigning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

a plea of not guilty on both counts of the
 indictment. He declares solemnly that
 he not only did not corrupt government officials or share unholy graft with them,
 but also that he has not been caught
 MT. Price has been very conspicuous
 figure in Wall street for several years,
 and during his entire career has been un- commonly strong in integrity and personal
 honor. In the latter respect so very high so that he might properly spell 1t "honah."
 MT Price was prominent In the street
 even before he became q member of the
 firm of Price, Mccormack x Co., He was
 such card at the time this firm was
 organized that he was given an equal interest with MT. Mccormack without the
 investment of any capital worth mention- ing. Indeed it might be mentioned in
 passing that the gentleman at that in-
 teresting juncture had very little capital
 excepting his nerve and a large list of acquaintances. Mr. Mccormack, who, by the way, is a cousin of Ambassador Me-
 Cormack, put in his membership on the New York stock exchange and $150,00
 cash. George Crocker, the San Francisco millionaire, who had just moved into New York, contributed $500,000 as a special partner. The partnership papers con-
 tained a provision strictly binding the
 members of the firm not 10 engage in speculation with the firms money. When
 the crash came and the concern went into . the air for $l3,000,000 the charge was made that Price had used the partnership capi- tai and credit in an unsuccessful attempt to corner the cotton market The smash-
 up left MT. Mccormack stranded and Mir. Crocker mourner to the extent of $500,- 900. Price emerged from the affair with
 reputation apparently as good as when he went in. Indeed. the public was mind. ed to make something of a hero of him. and being an audacious speculator, he found backing for new venture He has been very successful during the last three years and is said to have paid off what was left of the Price Cormack indebt- edness. That performance made him more of a hero than ever, and 1t is from quite a high pedestal that he looks down
 with seorn upon Secretary Wilson and other pigmy traducers It is not in evi- dence, however, that the immaculate The odore has yet made good the $150,000 he blew in for his old partner Mccormack.
 or that he has even bought back the membership that Mccormack was obliged to sacrifice. As for Crocker's S500. 000-- well. MT. Crocler can afford to lose that.
 and so what's the difference? o yes, and ! there was R. M Stuart Wortley, another partner of Price Mccormack x Go. Wort- ley, who happens to be a son-in-law of Admiral Schley, landed the day after the | crash from a halcyon trip to Europe. He,
 too, went broke and hopelessly into the hole Theodore Price Is held in sacred
 memory by the many holders of repu-
 diated calls issued by Prices old firm Cprior to the Mccormack alliance) in con nection with one of the earlier tobacco deals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
SIMPLE LIFE IN ICELAND.
No Liquor Manufactured, No JaiIs and
 Only One Policeman.

From the Pilgrim.
 There are no mangfectories in the coun- try. Each home is a factory and every member of the family hand.
 Shoes are made from goat skins. The long stockings worn over these in wading through the snow a:e knitted by the wom- en and children, and even the beautiful broadcloth comes smooth and perfect from the hand loor. found in every house.
 The sweet simplicity of the national costume does away with the necessity of fashion books. Young girls who are about to be married need take no thought as to "wherewithal shall they be clothed" |" When they array themselves in the we'd ding garments of their ancestors, two or even three generations remote, they are perfectly up to date in the matter of att tire.
 This simple life Is conducive to a state of high morals, higher probably than in any other part of the world. There is not drop of liquor manufactured on the island. and for the 7S,000 population there is but one policeman. There is neither a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Brooklyn Rapid Transit.

The market for Brooklyn Rapid Transit has been given to MT. James R. Keene, according to a report current in certain exceptionally well informed banking of- fees. Mir. Keene is one of the large in- dividual holders of Brooklyn Rapid, class
 ing in that respect with H. H. Porter, An thony Brady, E. H. Harrman, Norman B. Ream, F. w. Borwind, H. C.. Prick and August Belmont. MT. Keene did not always think as well of the Brooklyn Rapid as he does now Time was when he clashed with the controlling interests, and when Governor Blower rar his fa- nous deal the wizard rought the mar ket all the way up and rode II down from 135 to 50. He bougn. at the bottom at that time and has stubho.a;y hung tc big block Of the certificate from shat day to this One of the things winch mah, the big owners 1f .fe Brooklyn RaIis
 alliish on .hc property is a knowedse that a price far above currcnv quotations has been offered for a controlling, inter est This offer, which still holds good, was for and in behalf of the Pennsylvania railroad. Reply has been made to re- peated overtures from that quarter that control could only be bought in the open market and that before majority of the shares could be secured, buyers would have to go way above par. The Pennsyl- vania party has not despaired of getting control of the great Brooklyn system, and for months and through various chan nels has been picking up stock. Several notable Wall street campaigns have been conducted in Brooklyn Rapid. but by common consent the Flower deal over shadowed all the rest. It was in that famous movement that so many newspa- per men made fortunes. Wall street re- porters and representatives of the slips" were all let in on the deal. Not a few of them developed into plungers, and in- stances are mentioned wnere the espe- cially nervy ones ran up profits from $5O,000 to s75,000 Some of the lucky ones quit in time and got away with their profits. A great majority followed the death of Governor Flower. Nearly all kept their accounts in his office, where they could be close to the seat of author ity and the source of market informa- ton on the ups and downs or the favor ite stock. Those were great days for the fraternity. Wine was the tipple. Extra dry and canvasback took the place of the frugal beer and sandwich. One fortunate member of the guild bought himself a yacht and amused himself chasing up and down the Hudson and around the bay try ing to make as much noise as J. P. Nor man with his Corsair. When the crash came the yacht went into the discard along with the other journalistic assets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Crop Report Leakage.

The scandal in the department of agri- culture will accentuate the opposition in Congress and elsewhere to the whole sys- tenn of crop reporting as conducted by the United States government. Almost from the start there have been well founded suspicious of leake in the bureau having the work in charge. Thees accusations have invariably been wrathfully denied be whoever happend to be at the head of the department In almost every in- stance official opposition to thorough in- ouiry has resulted in the whtewashing of suspected statisticans. The cotton sean dal at the outset promised to be flasco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

able this year than that of American Shelters, which went up in less than twelve months from $40 to better than $120 Reading was twenty years building and getting ready for the start, whereas Shelters made the jump almost without any preparation, or at least without pre- vious public education as to the merits of the property.
 Since the first of the year foreign hold ings of American railroad stock have been greatly reduced. New York Central hold ngs abroad have been whittled down from 3S per cent to per cent; Louisville and Nashville shows a drop of 66 per cent In the foreign interest, and Illinois Central, which year ago, was really owned on the other side records a trans fer to America of at least 40 per cent of the share capital. There has also been resale of foreign held shares in the steel companies for large amounts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Notice to Sidewalk Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock noon Wednes- day, July 18th. 1905, for artificial stone sidewalk paving. Specifications may be obtained at this office.
 The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. JULIAN KENDRICK, 7-12-St 4sss City Engineer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
wHEN IN NEW YORK STOP AT

Gregorian hotel, Thirty fifth street. near Fifth avenue. Refined patronage solicited
 Send for booklet a-1a-S0t-su-tu-th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16
Pleasure of Travellnn.

Any trip is pleasure to those who travel over the Chesapeake and Ohio raii- way. The best of equipment, excellent service, quick time, beautiful scenery, Finest dining car service. Polite atten- tion. Convenient schedules. Every com fort the most exacting traveller could wish. New York tickets permit stop-oyer of 10 days at Washington. Baltimore and Philadelphia; also the famous Virginia Hot Springs u-11-fri-su-we-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-16

The Gawk Engraving Go. makes the best cuts. Phone Peoples 276.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05

Entries for the Big Fair Have
Been Closed.
Unusually Large Number of
Horses Coming.
SURE OF A BIG TIME.
Fastest Animals in the West to
Be Here.
List of those Who Are to
Start.
SURE OF A BIG TIME

The entries for the purse races at the
state fair, in Topeka, next week. closed
September 1 and Secretary Samson has
just completed the list of entries re-
ceived.
For the purse races IS entries were
received, which with the 81 entries in
the stake races. which closed July /,
makes the total number of entries in
the trotting and pacing races for the
fair 157.
In the purse races Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana, Michi-
gan, Nebraska, Iowa and New Mexico.
are represented by entries. Topeka is
likely to have some holly contested
races next week between some great
racers as the closing of the Missouri
tracks has left many horsemen without
engagements for their racers.
". + Updegraff will be the starter of
the races in Topeka and as Mr.. Upde-
graft is cpular with horsemen and
known as one of the best track officials
in the country the racing end of the fair
will undoubtedly be a great success.
The entries in the purse races, Just
closed, were given out today by Secre-
tary Charles Samson and are as fol-
lows:
Purse No. II. 2:1O pace. $500: eight en-
tries-Dr. Almont. r. G., by Fred S.
Wilkes, B. A. McMurry. Fit. Collins,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-05
hunter, Higginsville. Mo.

Purse No. 10, 2:25 trot, $4,000; ten
entries-David Thorne, blk s. by David
l.. Erminie Thorne, s. m by Silver
thorne c. E. Westbrook. Peabody,
Kan; Lou Thomas, r. m. by Vendor,
c.. Thomas, Winfield, Kan; Sidney
Mambrino, blk s. by Sidney, DR.. ]. M.
Doyle, st. Joe, Ma. Arthur Wright,
Jr., b. g. by Arthur Wright, DR.. e. A.
Hatfield, Wichita. Kan; Frank Hugo,
Bunkie, La; Aaron McGregor, oh. h.
by Fergus McGregor. Scherman Bros.
Topeka. Kan; Crocus, br. h. by
Cresceus. A. w. Gordon, Independence,
Kan; hurry l., C. H. Summer. Baxter
Springs, Kan; Heir Burg, b. S. by
Happy Heir, Q. Robertson, Leaven-
worth, Kan; Lexington King. blk. s.
by Patchen Wilkes, DIR. ]. P. Raster,
Topeka, Kan.
Purse No. II, 2:20 trot $4,000;
eleven entries-Claymont blk. s,