Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1906-06-28
DUNLAP.
Special 10 the Ne7Us,


The morning of the 23rd of June
dawned bright and clear and with ca
gerness we waited for the train to
take us to the capital city of our ma
tive county of Marion, to the fourth
annual Masonic celebration, an event
that is looked for with much interest
by the Masons When the train pull
ed into the union station at Dunlap
quite number of the sons of Sequat-
chic Lodge. No. $3.50, with their fami-
lies and friends boarded it, bound for
Jasper
We were soon speeding down the fair
Sequatchie Valley. Aboard the train
was the venerable master of st. Elmo
Lodge, DIR. d. H. Hall, of Pikeville
with quite number of Masons of that
Lodge, prominent fmong them were
S. H. Ferguson, Will Thompson, ex-
| Trustee of Bledsoe County and also
number of the good wives and fair
daughters.
, At Daus we made the stop of about
three minutes where the people were
waiting and large crowd got aboard,
quite a number Of them being from
the Hall neighborhood Conspicuous
among them was ESQ, Lewis Lakey,
who by the way, is one of Sequatchies
most successful farmers. 1t is not nee
essary to enumerate further Condra,
Whitwell, Victoria and Sequachee ad-
ded to the already large crowd, over
flowing the capacity Of the train,
standing room being at a premium.
Arriving at Jasper in due time with
out mishs.p we were met by the mem
| 1Narc of Olive p,oy yal, nd No OQr
and escorted to their large and we'll
furnished lodge room, and after the
necessary preliminaries were attended
to w. J. johnson, Marshal of the day,
formed the long procession of Masons
and preceded by magnificent band
from Chattanooga, marched us out to
the city park, Just west of Pryor Insti-
tute, near what is called the Blue
Spring, but to man who is used to
such springs as are in and around
Dunlap, it is more like stagnant mill
pond. Arriving at the stand the well
come address was delivered by the Tall
Sycamore of Jasper, the Rev, j. A.
Darr, in his own characteristic way,
: and he talked about something good to
eat until we got so hungry that we
. failed to hear the closing remarks of
$ his discourse. The response was made
by Dr. j. L. Shirley, of Whitwell.
The orator of the day was DR.. Bos-
WELL of Chattanooga. He was intro
duced by the Worshipful Master of O.
t live Branch Lodge, P. H. Thach. He
0 took for his subject ''The Ideal Man,
3 and for As minutes his masterful elo
: quence held the vast audience spell
bound, preaching the doctrine of Free
. masonry in all of its purity and the
d discourse was received by the Masonic
brethren with the greatest enthusiasm
The eloquent speaker carried bacl
: with him the highest respects of thu
entire Masonic fraternity of Sequatchi,
7 valley.
The hour of high noon having arriv
= ed, the good wives and the fair daugh
e ters of the fraternity assisted by othe
ladies, repaired to the long table tha
y had been prepared and soon the tabl
was groaning under piles of goo
g things they had prepared to strengthel
r. the inner..man and when some 1900 o
1900 people had eaten to the full, ther
"a were more than twelve baskets remain
ing.
sr Dinner being over Miss Bean gave
p recitation that was almost equal to tn
ot DIR. S speech. The entire audience al
plauded Miss Bean as she left tn
IS stand
At 426 the good -natured and orderl
crowd boarded the north-bound trai
for different points up the valley, reacf
ing their homes before night fall, an
m voting it one of the most enjoyable ce
ly ebrations that has ever been held.
e. The next annual celebration will /
held with Whitwel1 Lodge, No. 56'
ge June 21, 1907. Hoping that we ma
It all be permitted to great each other {
r that time and place, Fraternally,
ry Coperas Breeches.