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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
FLAT BRANCH MINES.
Shooting "Cracker" Shots and
Larger Cars Cause Trouble.

TRACY CITY, Jan. 30. Especial.
The miners at Flat Branch mines
four miles east of here, went out on
strike last week. The following are
the facts in the case as near as your
correspondent can find The boss,
John Marley, caught two men with
crackers tamped off to fire, and told
them if they fired them he would lay
them off ten days. They persisted in
firing the shots, and he laid them off.
The Superintendent J. M. Thomas,
had been known, it is reported, to tell
men to fire CRACKERS over the boss
es orders, and the other miners said
they were all guilty of shooting such
shots through permission of the Super
intendent in turning rooms. The two
men laid off were in an entry The
coal was 90 inches on one side and %
| inches on the other.
l. H. Cannon, president of the Local
at Tracy, went to the mines, and asked
the men to go to work, but they refus-
| ed. They said one man had hired a
helper and cleared 50 cents on him in
day, and they asked the foreman to
| give him ticket The foreman told
the man who hired the laborer to keep
him and work him, and that was an
other source of trouble
Again the company signed contract
for two-thirds ton cars They now
make cars to hold 5-13 bushels more
than the cars on which contract was
based. The men claim the extra
weight.
l. H. Cannon went to the mines Mon.
day and Tuesday to see the superinten.
dent, but he refused to see Mr.. Cannon
who was anxious to settle the trouble.
The tip was burned last night by
unknown parties, after previous at
tempt to burn it, oil having been pour
ed on the walls of the structure. Tn,
men acted in violation Of their contract
and twenty-three Of the small number
at work were ready for work whei
some miscreant set the tip afre
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
LOCAL.
J. s. Deakins went to Chattanooga

J. S. Deakins went to Chattanooga
Friday.
J. W. Crutchfield, of Sequachee
Cove was in the city Friday.
Shelton O'Neal, of Clifty, Tenn.
has moved his family to this city.
Robt. Randle went to Chattanooga
Saturday night to look up a job.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Mark Brown,
of Victoria, were in town Sunday.
Walter Hopkins, win Martin and W.
c. Hill took pleasure trip to Victoria
Sunday.
Lawrence Robertson and Lawrence
Spears, Of Jasper, were on the pike
Sunday.
Mrs. c. j. Willoughby and son re-
turned to Chattanooga Tuesday, after
a visit to relatives here
Miss Corene Ashburn, of Whitwell
was the guest of Miss Juliet Hopkins
the latter part Of last week
Shelton O'Neal and L. S. Baumgart-
ner will make examination Of coal lev
els in Saw Mill cove, with an idea to
starting mine.
Services were conducted at the
church Saturday night by Rev. r. H.
Jewell, who is reported to have preach
ed an eloquent sermon.
Unsigned correspondence from Shady
Grove, near Whitwell, on account of
signature of writer not being given,
goes into the waste basket
Methusalah was all right, you bet
For good old soul was he,
They say he would be living yet,
Had he taken Rocky Mountain Tea.
Ask your Druggist,
Henry Wells, Of the East Side was in
the city Saturday. He will move tc
the Prigmore place near Inman, where
he will engage in farming and truck
raising.
Good looks bring happiness Friends
care more for us when we meet then
with clean, smiling face, bright eyes
sparkling with health, which comes by
taking HOLSTER Rocky Mountain Tea
80 cents. Ask your Druggist
Walter Hopkins went to Whitwel
Monday to sling lightning for the N
G. & st. L. Ry during the absence o.
Operator Chastain, who is attending ;
church convention in Georgia thi
week. Walter is a good one.
Have you been betrayed by promise
of quacks, swallowed pills and bottled
medicines without result except dam
aged stomach? To those we offer Hol
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. 80 cents
Ask your Druggist.
The new ore beds on the Prigmor
estate near Inman, are reported to b.
very extensive and valuable. The or
is soft and contains 80 per cent iron
Parties have been looking into the veil
and finding a waste amount in sight
will develop it as soon as the Chatta
nooga-M Memphis Railway is completes
which will be about JAN 1st.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
A TEXAS WONDER.

One small bottle of the Texas Won
der, Halls Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism and all irregulari-
ties of the kidneys and bladder in both
men and women, regulates bladder
trouble in children. If not sold by your
druggist, will be sent by mall on re-
ceipt of 81. One small bottle is two
months treatment and will cure any
case above mentioned. DR.. E. W. Hall,
sole manufacturer, P. o. Box 629, st.
Louis, Mo. Send for testimonial. Sold
by all druggists.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01

Mr.. T. S. Bartlett brought us In
some peach blossoms Monday
Mrs. G. Sherman was in Chattanoo-
ga several days last week.
d. A. Tate of South Pittsburg is an
applicant for the South Pittsburg post
Office
w. A. Pryor, candidate for Register
was in the city Tuesday, canvasslng
for votes.
Doc Morrison and brother, Geo. W.
Morrison of Whitwell, paid us a pleas
ant call Monday.
J. R. Jones has bought eight acres
of land from Mrs. Ellen Fults near the
planning mill.
A. L. Robertson, Clerk and Mas.
ter, and S. c. Byrne, Register, were
in the city Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Thornton and
children of Etna, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Lee.
John Garner, of near Sewanee, Wis
ting in this county, was in to see us
Tuesday. He is contemplating running
for sheriff.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Martin and child
rem arrived Monday from Whiteside.
Mrs. Martin is in poor health. and is
brought to this city for medical treat
ment
The Southern Railway will make
connection at South Pittsburg with
the N, C. and ST. L, to get lumber tc
their bridges over Battle Creek and
SequGchee River.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
Croup

Begins with the symptoms of a com
mon cold; there is chilliness, sneezing,
sore throat hot skin, quick pulse,
hoarseness and impeded respiration.
Give frequent small doses of Ballard $
Horehound Syrup, 1.-THE child will cry
for itl and at the first sign of a croupy
cough apply frequently Billiards. Snow
Llniment to the throat. Mrs. A.
Nliet, New Castle, Colo, writes,
March g. 1902: | think Ballard Hore-
hound Syrup wonderful remedy and
so pleasant to take. Sold by Sequat-
chic Supply Store.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
JASPER, r. F, D. NO. /.
Sbertal 10 The Ne70S.

CpfftNt ~ SftI @'''N''
Visiting is the order of the day.
Milton Jones cut one of his toes off
Blood poison has set up in it, but Dr.
Turner says he thinks he can save his
foot :.
One of Dick Simpson children died
Monday
Cal Lewis went to town yesterday
shopping. Mrs Cal Lewis is improV-
ing.
Miss Mamie Gerron has returned
home after a five weeks visit to her ia
Their on Etna mountain.
w. D. Gerren and Will Colston have
gone to Whitwell visiting relatives.
Mrs. Jane Rogers and Mrs. Kate
Ouarles, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dame went to see Milton Jones, who
is some better.
We heard yesterday of a woman get
ting shot by some man across the nv
er. Haven heard the particulars yet.
l guess the man was drunk. Oh what
a pity that men will drink the awful
stuff. There are so many men who are
raising up boys and girls, and nice
children too, who go home to their
families with the fumes Of whiskey on
them. Oh fathers, do you know you
are setting a terrible example before
your precious boys? just think how
would you like to see your boys rolling
in the mud so drunk they would,
perhaps, curse you if you tried to get
them up. More than that, God has
entrusted those children in your care.
What kind of an account can you give
of your stewardship to God when he
calls you? You will have to meet him
sooner or later. Oh Lord, how long
will the rum fiend have its sway in our
country2 If the members of our
churches would quit whiskey, perhaps
sinners would not drink so much. |
don't say that all church members
drink, but some do, and | have seen
them, not only drinking, but drunk.
Some one says, 81 have to have a little
for it helps me when I'm sick. - Dear
friends, if you will ask God to help
you in pure faith, nothing wavering,
He surely will. He has given us his
promise and it never fails May God
help us to do His will.
OF all the crimes that ever has been
The selling of whiskey is the greatest
sin,
It has caused more misery, pain and
woe
Than any other crime that we know
Chorus: Get out Of the way, you
whiskey seller,
You have ruined many a clever fellow
, You've caused the father to beat his
child,
And set the mother almost wild;
You've caused children to cry fol
bread
AS hungry they were sent to bed.
Chorus:
You have robbed the rich man of hi
; wealth
And deprived the poor man of hi
health;
You have picked the pockets of tn,
poor
And sent them to beg from door t.
door. Chorus:
You have robbed the statesman of hi
strength
And brought his in the mud full length
And left him there to swear and roll
As though you cared not for his soul.
Chorus
You have crowned some mighty king
with mud,
And stained some palaces with thei
blood;
You have laid some mighty cities lov
And caused some nations overthrow
Chorus:
| tell you, sirs, in your career
You have gone too far, greatly fear
You have lead so many men astray
You must give an account at th
Judgement Day.
Chorus Aunt Mollie.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
OBITUARY.

The death angel visited the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mason and took
from them their darling babe. Weep
not, loved ones, but prepare to meet
your darling babe in that blessed home
where no parting ever comes. The
Lord giveth: the Lord taketh away
The little one is sweetly resting in the
arms of our blessed Saviour. We loved
her, Oh we loved her, but angels loved
her more, and they came and took her
70 yonder shining shore.
A FRIEND.
Roope, Tenn, Jan. 20, 1906.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
Fraud Exposed.

A few counterfeiters have lately
been making and trying to sell imita-
tions of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, and
other medicines, thereby defrauding
the public. This is to warn you to be
ware of such people, who seek to profit
through stealing the reputation of rem
edies which have been successfully
curing disease for over 35 years A
sure protection to you is our name ON
the wrapper. Look for it on all DR.;
Kings or Bucklen's remedies, as all
Others are mere limitations. H. E.
BUCKLEN & CO., Chicago, ILL.,, and
Windsor, Canada.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
Grave Trouble Foreseen.

1t needs but little foresight to tell
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected, grave trouble is ahead,
unleSs.yo take the proper medicine
for your disease, as Mrs. John A.
Young, of Clay, N. Y, did She says
Il had neuralgia of the liver and stOm-
ach, my heart was weakened and /
could not eat. was verv bad for a
long time. but in Electric Bitters !
found just what ] needed. for they
quickly relieved and cured me. 4" Best
medicine for weak women. Sold un.
der guarantee by all druggists.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
Will Deliver Grafton.

Can't. R. B. Cook, of Chattanooga,
will deliver the Memorial Day address
here before the Veterans of Post 53,
G.. A. R., May 3Oth. Capt. Cook is
a son of a veteran and was captain
in the 4th Tennessee regiment in the
Spanish American war, and made a
good record.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
READ THIS

Brownsville, Tenn, May 81, 1901.
DR.. E, w. Hall: Dear Sir-l have us
ed your Great Discovery for kidney and
bladder troubles and have been very
greatly benefited by it and l can fully
recommend it to aay one suffering in
the same manner. Respectfully,
GILES RIVES, Postmaster.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01

Ike Barnes, Cowan, Tenn, will con
tinue to read the News per courtesy O
w. A. Brown.
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01

w. A. Brown of Victoria. planks
down his subscription to the Old Relia-.
BILE.
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01

tIIEAK STOMACH is strength
wv ened and toned by Hoods Sar-
saparilla, the medicine that cures
dyspepsia and POOR APPETITE.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-02-01
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H. E. Brown, Oates Island, orders
the News.
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p H. Tate, of Whitwell, again reads
the News.
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Frank Kilgore, of Tracy City, re-
news his subscription
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Alfred Parker Clifty, Tenn, is adj
ded to our list.
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D. F. Turner Clifty Tenn, now
reads the News.
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Will Station, of Whitwell, sends in
his subscription.
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Geo. W. Morrison, of Whitwell, is
News reader.
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Ernest Station, Sale Creek, is added
to our list of new readers.
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B. F. Station, Sale Greek, now reads
the News,
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DR.. j. NJ. Shelton, of Smithland,
Tenn, again reads the News
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S. G. Byrne, Jasper, renews his sub
scription.
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John Garner, Sewanee, orders the
News.
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Miss Bessie Wilkerson, Roope, Tenn,
now reads the News.
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Chas. Hartman, Kelly's Ferry, is
added to the News army.
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W. H. Tate, st. Elmo, Tenn, is a
News reader.
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W. F. Lewis, Blum, Texas, is added
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| w. A. Brown.
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w. A, Brown of Victoria. planks
down his subscription to the Old Relia-
BILE.
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J. d. .Defur, Whitwell, renews This
subscription.
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Ernest Station, Sale Creek, is added
to our list of new readers.
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B. F. Station, Sale Creek, now reads
the News
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The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
WHO OWNS AN
EMPLOYEES INVENTIONS

Many an inventor is not mechanic,
and Is not even sufficiently practical 10
work out the details OF an invention. so
that IL is necessary for him to employ
the skill or some one else actually to con-
struct tho invention. A complete Inven-
tive act consists OF n mental conception
OF the Invention followed by reduction
OF the invention 10 practice. II an en-.
ployer forms complete mental concep-
tion Of the invention and then has his
employe construct the thing he has cor
ceived. the employer is regarded as the
Inventor. The relation OF employer and
employe exists not only whore a manu-
facturer uses his own regularly employed
mechanic. but whore any inventor en-
pioys any mechanic TO reduce his inven.
tlon TO practice. In this sense corpora
tion employed 10 build machine en-
hodying an Invention would he an en-
ploye as TO the inventor. II there arises
any controversy as to who made the in
vention. that is, as TO whether the en-
ployer or the employe made the inven-
tion. the presumption is that tho employer
made H. and the employe must show by
convincing proof that he hade the inven-
tion before his claim will be entertained
Edwin ]. Prindle. In the Engineering
Magazine for December
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
ODD THINGS AMERICAN
WOMEN ARE DOING,

Mrs. Charles B. Shaw OF Des Moines re-
scntcd her hushJnd's Advertising for
wives. She did not like his moral code.
lie said she could do likewise Shs wants
a dN orce.
Believing her sacrifice OF herself would
release the soul of her dead son from
fiery torment. Mrs. Stella Bowman OF
orously resisted her rescuers.
Miss Willie Smith, II, Of Atlanta, Ga,
a saleslady. has been discovered after l2
years by her father. who is wealthy. The
parents had separated The girl will now
go 10 a fashionable college.
As her husband embraced her at her
request. Mrs. Joseph Lempse OF Moor
head. Ia, cut his throat with a razor
Miss Jean Wright, school principal.
slipped off 10 New York and were mar
ried at the Little Church Around the Cor
ner. They were averse 10 a public cere-
mony.
Miss Edith Metcalf. a society belle OF
San Francisco. with the aid OF a carpen-
ter. nailed burglar In the basement OF
her home. called up the police and turn
ed the man over.
Miss Nora s. Blatch. a pretty Cornell
girl, has been appointed a member OF the
New York stan of civil engineers In
charge OF the sl61,Ooo,000 Catskill water
system.
Mrs. Helen Curry OF Davenport. Ia. has
filed and withdrawn another suit for di-
yorce II is said 10 be habit of hers.
Mary T.. Gay, l6. OF Cripple Creek. has
got divorce for cruelty. She was mar
ried a month ago.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
OLD AGE PENSIONS.

The announcement by the English premier
that he favors old age pensions and would gladly
arrange plan for them if he had the money to do
so, probably seemed to some folks peculiar
statement Still those who have followed the course
of British reforms know how great has been the
trend toward striving 10 improve the conditions of
the poor there.
Americans are apt to sneer at such schemes as
old age pensions and the furnishing OF work for the
unemployed, but the English public man, having to
deal with very hard conditions, thinks and thinks in
stead OF smiling and sneering Absolute poverty
prevailed in certain sections of London and other
big places for years. II became a menace to the
very throne itself and in order TO remove the pros
poets of danger very serious thought was given TO
the removal of causes. Carlyle one of the first
to make the English people of the rather upper
classes think upon this subject He who welded
strong sword with the keenest of points against
many of the shams of his time shocked the takers
about the freedom OF England and her glorious in
sttutions by showing the large number OF women
and men who died in the poorhouses. The liberty of
starving TO death, he declared, not much of
liberty
Carlyle did not point out any good way to rem
edy the evils that he clearly saw, but he did shock
the English indifference TO conditions that were
making for the ruin OF the state Since his day there
have been many reforms accomplished and far many
more are under consideration
recent writer on domestic conditions iii Ger
many, who is a strong protectionst, declares Eng
land cannot take up the subject OF old age pensions
because she has no tariff law TO raise the money
with. This same writer admits that only small
part of the money for old age pensions in Germany
comes from the imperial treasury. Now in this
try we are blessed with high tariff and while in
Germany part Of the money raised for the pension
funds goes into providing houses for the working
men, yet the metropolitan papers in this country are
that in the more thckly settled busi-
ness portions rents raised and land is be-
cause of the very accumulation of tariff prosperity
in the hands Of the few.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
THE PATENTING OF
AN INVENTION

The law provides for the granting
ot patents only to the actual Inventor
OF the patented invention, and a patent
granted In the name OF any one else
is invalid. For this reason II is es-
sential that the application for patent
be made in the name OF the one whom
tho law regards as the inventor. In
some factories II is the custom To
patent every invention In the name
OF the president OF the company. This
frequently happens because the COM
pany has been built up on inventions
made by the president or other Officers
and as n matter OF pride the presi-
dent wishes to sec all patents Issued
I'm his name This Is dangerous
thing TO do i'm the case OF inventions
which were conceived by the employe
Independently OF the officer. such as
inventions wholly worked out by en-
ploye without suggestion or assistance
from the officer. for H. I'm suit
brought under such patent II were
shown that while the patent was
granted I'm the name OF the officer, the
invention was actually made by the
employe. the patent would be de-
clared invalid. and usually suit
would not have reached such a stage
until ~ was too late to 10 back and
patent the invention IN the name of
the real inventor.-Edwin !. Prindle.
IN The Engineering Magazine for De-
cember.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-22
CONTEST BEFORE THE HOUSE?

BY the narrow margin of one vote the state
returning board has decided that Foy, Democrat,
has been elected member OF the house of repre-
sentatives from the city of Central Falls over his
Republican opponent On the face of the returns
he had clear title to the seat, but that seat may
be needed by the boss next year and the house
of representatives is to be asked to unseat Foy.
1t is a not encouraging commentary on the
returning boards work to pote that generally a
Democratic candidate has small plurality. That
plurality is reduced almost to the vanishing point,
il not reversed by the board. which consists OF four
Republicans and so-called Democrat whom his
own party organization has repudated.
One unfamiliar with politics might think it
stranger still that the boards vote, by which the
single ballot in dispute before the board yesterday
was counted for Foy, was to l, Thomas ]. Dorney
voting against the Democratic candidate and the
Republican members voting against the Republican
candidate. Peter Clare. But it was not at all sur
prising TO the initiated who have seen Dorney
making apparently strenuous fight at times for
Democratic candidates, while the Republican mem
bers have voted solidly against him 1t is not re-
called, however, that in single where Dor
neys vote was vital question that vote has
been cast with and for the party he was put the
board TO represent iii name
The state returning board idea was conceived
with the purpose OF deciding all close contests
in favor OF the Republicans, and it was never in
tended that a Democrat or other opponent with a
microscopic plurality should be elected. If the
board has so far forgotten itself to declare the
election of Foy Democrat, the Republican.
Clare, and against the earnest solemn protest
OF that valiant Republican leader, Senator Walter
r. Stiness, of Boss Brayton's own town, how could
General Stiness be less than indignant or his
crafty and eloquent legal colleague from South
county silent under the outrage?
Certainly there will be appeal to the house
of representatives, where Republican majority Of
four is in sight Besides notice of such appeal will
exercise Christening influence over the board
which today began to recount the assembly votes
in Woonsocket, where the Republican candidate
had but two plurality and Democrat only ~
Let the board beware Stiness and Crafts,
Governor Utter'S arch friend are on its trail