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in housekeeping, and large enough for the
and his wife, and even for the small children. And
his family grew he put up lean-to, and then
another log house with open porch between that
and the old house, and if necessary he continued
in time his Improvements, until his log house
tended into half dozen rooms, with porches
Meeting them, and plenty of room to entertain his
friends.
The floors were bare of carpets; but when
woman became aristocratc she cut and sewed rags
enough to take to the weaver and get hit-or-niss
rag carpet to the floor of the spare room.
And | sometimes think there was more real beauty
in those old rag carpets with their bright bits OF
color either in the warp the wool, in both,
than can be found in some of the antique rugs
friends on Fifth-ave. worry to their genuine
ness and value art treasures.
1--WE had trouble about pure food laws or
canned foods; for the meat came from the hog
pen or the pasture where the cattle and sheep
grew fat the butter from the family churn and the
canned berries and preserves were home made. The
great fireplace served for cooking and baking,
well as the heating plant and there difficulty
about fixing the responsibility to who should
build the fire in the morning. With roof
your head, floor under your feet, and fire to
warm and by which to cook, there is question
about being in civilization and we considered our
selves not only civilized but very comfortable in
our frontier homes.
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THE centaurs became dreadfully decadent at
L length, until the lady centaurs neglected
their families in order to improve their minds
centaurs far from invariably dressing for
dinner.
The minotaur, a cousin of the family re-
moved and once resigned, and the chimera were
speaking of this one day
ANYBODY would think" observed the minotaur
sneeringy, that instead of being half man and
half horse, they were half cheap-skate and half
alsO-ran
The reference here is obscure, inasmuch as the
cheap-skate and the alsoran fabulous creatures
the like of which no longer exists But it is clearly
If depreCatory character.
DO you know what l call them?'' asked the
chimera.
No" said the minotaur. What, pray, do you
call them"
Il call them the thrty-centaurs," replied the
Chimera, laughing derisvely.
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THIR TY-C EN- AUR Spy Ramsey Benson

CHANGED to lay bare a branching vein of some red,
shmmering element
1T looks like native "copper"" said the centaur
at once which IS not so surprising as it seems, be-
cause coppers were not yet so invariably Irish,
and native copper was more easily among the
possibilities.
Right here is where the untoward fate in
The usual way, at that stage of industrial devel-
opment where anybody found copper mine or
anything OF that character, was to hire help and
sink shafts and build smelters in short, to look to
thrift and honesty and such to carry the enter
prise through But in an evil moment the old
centaur thought he could do better. He proceeded
to high finance his discovery. He left the copper
in the ground, and formed stock company, and
issued securities, as they were. waggishly called,
and sold them to widows and orphans. The widows
and orphans he deemed particularly happy thought.
Some of these days., he explained, 1--WE may
be visited by trust buster, and then We'll have
the widows and the orphans to hide behind"
1t is incredible what exceedingly questionable
practices were resorted to in those remote ages.
There could be only one result after this. There
came bulge in the market, and before they knew
it the whole centaur family rich beyond the
dreams of avarice. They saw their danger and
set the brakes, it were, hoping to stop precisely
at the dreams of avarice; but something skidded,
someway, and in a moment they were hopelessly
beyond.
That their first great misfortune.
For the second they equally irresponsible.
1t the effect of their losing their heads, and we
all know that one has no more to do with losing
his head than with losing his heart. Something
just grabs it, and that's all he knows The centaurs
lost their heads, when they found themselves
Internally rich; and so the tragedy intensified.
If you will examine the picture of centaur, you
will at once perceive that the head belongs to the
human part. When these unfortunate creatures
lost their heads therefore, the horse part immedi
ately became strongly predominant.
Now all this while their untold wealth was lying
round, looking very green and inviting.
What more natural, then, than that the world
should wake up one fine morning to find the CEN
taurs rolling in their wealth? At all events, that
the way of it. They rolled and rolled, getting
lower in the scale all the time, until their downfall
was complete. If you don't believe that such is
the effect of rolling in wealth, try it The
pertinent will cost you little or nothing, in these
tir,ec
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neighbor and had put in more hours and more effort
that work than on any task at home, and without
other price than neighbory good feeling, went home
singing or laughing and chatting the days
outing, though they had been to the circus or to
picnic
ton of efforts. The farmers joined in the fields if
they ripened few days apart, and with sickle and
scythe and cradle made music to accompany their
work, and while they sweated under the hot sun they
made merry, and the who would growl or COM
plain in the harvest field was an undesirable
citizen as we had on the Wabash in those old days"
Did you study by the freight did Lncon?"
Advantage of freight
7 OFTEN read by the freight. l should not say
studied for that would imply hardship effort
to prepare myself for some better life, in a contest
with adverse circumstances. l was never conscious
of any unusual self denial or unusual effort doubt
if the biographers and euogists of Lincoln correctly
represented the spirit of his efforts Reading
recreation and l INDUCED in that recreation
when had opportunity. The freight was the best
light had 1t was better than the old lard dip,
even the tallow candle Nobody had gas or electric
lights, and we did not have there on the Wabash
the kerosene lamp. Freight as good light
as we had; and I sometimes think it has not been
much improved on for the individual several
individuals blessed with good eyes and youthful
enthusiasm; for there comfort well
venlence IN lying on your stomach on the floor with
a book open under your nose in front of bright
log fire,
Yes, it was sometimes warm; but no boy
minded the heat any more than he did the cold.
He could forget both in his interest in other things
that opened up new world to him. 1t might be
the Bible, or Josephus, Rollins Ancient History,
Shakespeare, Bunyan Ben Franklin,
Horace Greeley's Tribune, it was all new to the
boy who lived on the Wabash, and whose world
was in the frontier clearing. He did not study
task; he devoured such reading to his
hand, as he would devour salt pork and hominy
when his stomach was empty His mind ready
to receive impressions from the outside world
through books or new pa pers and it recreation
more than study. 1t was good fortune rather than
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Pioneer Home Comforts

WELL, we did not have any Fifth-ave. palaces on
w the Wabash, and we were not troubled about
masters from Paris my friends Morgan, Carnegie,
and Schwab said to be. We were never victim
lied in that way. But we had roof over the head,
and floor under the feet, with big fireplace and
a chimney of mud and sticks the outside. And
you know it is said that the chimney is the greatest
evidence of civilization; for where the smoke ascends
from a chimney there is evidence of organized human
effort, and that makes civilization
The who began life the frontier, especially
in the timber, first put up square house of logs,
and chinked the cracks with mud. He put a
roof of clapboards, and he had home. 1t might
be that there only big room for parlor,
dining room, and kitchen; but that saved trouble
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Spelling Schools as Exercise

A SPELLING schoolwas spirited contest between
rival day schools and the contests were almost
lively and more effective than the college contests
football and baseball in the present generation;
but then had need for athletic contests in
school hours, for had those the log rollings,
the house raisings, and harvest time, well in
SNOWFALL battles and games of shiny There
often great excitement the rival champion spoilers
stood opposite sides of the school room, and the
teacher after exhausting the old spelling book took
to the dictionary and began to hurl unusual and
most difficult words at them; and when the contest
ended the champion who had spelled down
everybody else in the country round a hero
well the acknowledged best scholar in that
Continued page II
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12

Wash Pickett was in Jasper last
week.
Ed EIilliard was in Dunlap last
week.
Lee Condra was in South Pitts
burg last week.
j. J. Dykes attended court at Jas
per last week.
J. w. Morrison, attorney, was in
Jasper last week.
John Norwood was in PikevllIe a
few days last week.
J. II. Northcut was in the county
seat last week attending court.
Erwin Grayson went to South
Pittsburg Tuesday of last week.
w. II. McGhee and Jas. Griffith
of Jasper, were in this vicinity last
week bird hunting.
Fred Payne, who has been visit
ing his aunt, Mrs. Rena West, near
Coon Creek, Ala, has returned to
this city.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
READY FOR BUSINESS

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 3-The
Tennessee Industrial Commercial De-
velopmrnt Company is the name of one
of the biggest concerns that has been
organic d to develop the South in many
wears. The concern is backed by f..
Clay Harley Il Co., big Eastern con.
Germ and proposes TO issu" $40, 600, 200 in
bonds for the development Of mineral
and timhrr lands. the building OF cities
and towns. the operation of furnaces,
steel mills. manufactures, etc, from
the Kentucky line through the South
rrn States. The concern has placed
aud will place all property in the hands
OF the lockwood Trust and Savings
Sank. Ot Rocky uud. and Peter llarahan,
an Eastern rap.talist, is IN charge oil
the local affairs Il the company which
has already s"ircted Chattanooga as
headquarters in the James SkySrraper
The concern promises nuch for the de-
v"lOpmenL of the mineral resources Of
the SOuL, rru states.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12

At the recent term of circuit court
in this county, Judge McReynolds in
his charge to the jury, paid special
stress as to the law requiring drivers
of vehicles to walk their horses over
bridges instead OF driving them at a
trot or gallop as many do He de-
clared that a citizen who witnessed
fast driving over bridge, was guilty
Of conduct unbccoming a good citi-
zen, if he did not report it to the
grand jury There is tendancy of
many drivers to trOt across bridges,
and unless there is a change shortly
lot of fines will be assessed How.
ever signs ordering people to walk
their horses should be placed con.
spicuously at all bridges that it is
deemed necessary to proceed over
slowly, to give due warning
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
Ebenezer.

Sr61ai 10 ne Mas
Little Henry Hancock, of Jasper
visited his aunt here Monday.
Mrs. Bonnie Jones visited MIS-
Phebe Webb Monday. y,
Miss Ella Griffin made u short can
here Sunday.
Miss Sarah Rogers of Pleasant Grow,
called on Mrs. Nell Webb one day last
week
Miss Dora Jones of Pleasant Hill
was here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Amos visited their
parents Mr. and Mrs, A. f Amos
sunday
Mrs H. II. Torbert visited Mrs
Sam Webb one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs John Lambert ana
family visited their parents mt Pleas-
ant Hill Saturday and Sunday
Miss Mamie Gerren, of Pleasant
Hill, visited Miss Pearl Webb one day
last week
H. H. Torbert called here one day
last week
Ike Lambert was at A. F. Amos
Saturday.
Geo. Jones and Tom Quarles were
seen on the pike Saturday.
Paul Kelly was at Sam Webb's Mon
day.
Mrs. Amos was here Monday.
Misses Mamie and Pearl Webb were
at Mrs. McCnllums one day last week.
Mrs H. Fl. Torbert was here one
day last week
Alfred Hancock made flying trip
to Ketner mill Monday.
Mrs McCollum visited here Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nell Webb were at
Jasper shopping Tuesday.
Nell Webb made short call at his
brother Herbert Webb's Monday.
Ask Sam Webb what alarmed him
Monday night.
jim Haley made short call at Nell
Webb's Tuesday.
Miss Sude Lambert was at Sam
Webb's Friday.
Mrs. Alkaline Quarles visited Mrs.
p. A. Webb one day last week.
Wild Bill.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
WHlTESIDE.
Sb cal TO me Macs
Miss Maud Smith spent Saturday
night with Fay Myers.

Sp cal TO me Macs
Miss Maud Smith spent Saturday
night with Fay Myers.
A. G. Condra, our school teacher,
who has been spending few days in
Chattanooga. was at Roope Saturday.
He left Saturday evening for Looney' g
Greek. We all hope he will get the
next school for he is good teacher.
Miss Fay Myers is spending few
days with her cousin, Maud Smith, on
Poison Ridge.
Willie Dickerson killed fat hog
last week and also L. R. Janney,
They are getting along fine running
coal here They are running from
three to four days week.
William Waddle and Thomas Keef
called at the postotfice Friday evening.
Cleve Adkins was all smiles Friday
evening as he got letter.
Myntie Myers and Miss Nellie Mer'
ciers made flying trip to Whitesidt
Saturday evening.
Mrs. Bessie Douglas went to Copen
hagen Saturday to take Xmas. Hope
she will have a nice time.
Cleve Adkins is very popular
young man.
Johnnie Daffron and Tommy New
som are the cutest little men at Roope
Ye writer likes to read Candy
Girls" pieces, as ! know her,
Crank
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
Sayre, Ala.

Special 10 Hs Ne70S.
'Possom hunting seems to be the Or
der of the day.
Mrs. Manning is coming home to-
morrow from trip in Tennessee.
We are all glad to hear that Arthur
Jones and Ben Coats have returned
from the army.
| think the work has about all stop
ped here now. don't know what the
people'are going to do.
Misses Nora and Vera Robbins spent
Friday night With Mrs. Len.
Mrs. Maggie and Miss Bette Jones
visited Mrs J $. Jones today.
Brady Jones came to our house Sat
urday night, and as wa were not there
he left hIg rock on the porch.
think Brady Jones Is over the river
tonight to see bis robin-a young lady.
Mrs. Matte Grantham was sewing at
Mrs. w. B. Mangroney's today.
Mrs. McClain has nice lot Of fine
chickens. ..
The school here is a fine one.
think the children are trying to be re-
sponsivs to the Instructions OF theii
teecher.
Would like to see Mittie Jones.
saw in the News where Ed Jones o.
Yolande, Ala, was reader OF tht
News. Tucking Comb.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
EMPIRE.

Special 10 the Nc7oS.
1t is sad duty to write few lines
in regard to Tommy Datfron, who was
shot accidentally at Etna, Tenn, re-
Gently. Death with it's bitter sting,
has come and taken one more from a
happy circle Dear mother and child
rem, Just think, six months ago your
precious husband and father was taken
from You. We pray God to help each
one to bear their troubles and that
they may live christian lives, so when
death calls them they will be prepared
to meet the loved ones in heaven.
Tommie was noble young man. He
was loved by all that knew him. l
don't think he had an enemy. He new
er tried to make enemies, but friends,
and was always ready to cheer the
downhearted. Ye writer knew Tom
mic for years and never met nicer
and nobler young man than he was.
He was gentleman throughout. We
! feel that we shall sometime meet our
dear friend beyond this world of sor
row, so we meekly and humbly bow
our heads to Him who doeth all things
well, and say in the language of the
servant Job: 1.-THE Lord giveth and
the Lord taketh away; blessed be the
name of the Lord. -
John and Charlie Jones, from Sayre,
Ala, visited their sister, Mrs. James
Passmore, few days last week.
Ye editor made mistake in the last
issue of the News in regard to the
changes the company is making in
their plant Instead of "a, 600 as the
editor had it it is $40, 900. The com
pany has made complete change in
all of their works, and when complet-
ed will be one of the finest mining
camps in the South. The panic don t
seem to bother the Empire Company.
They want more coal and bigger pay
days.
The Empire school is progressing
nicely under the instruction of Misses
Irene Thomas and Palmer. They have
the largest school now that has ever
been at this place. It speaks well for
the teachers.
Mr.. Thomas, our superintendent,
made flying trip to Birmingham,
Friday.
Mr.. johnson, our clever head car.
penter, has purchased fine piano and
is now prepared to give lessons. All
those that wish to take a musica
course will do well by patronizinl
Prof johnson.
Deputy Sheriff Ranes arrested {
wildcatter today. He had buggy LOAD
of whiskey. The man says he is from
jefferson County.
We saw nice little letter in thu
News recently written by little Lem
my Cunningham, of Guild, Tenn
Write again. Lemmy. He is mic,
little boy and ought to live at thi
place.
Thomas Smith expects to get married
Christmas, he says.
John and Perry Neighbors hav
come back to Empire and are at work
John says Empire is the place TO
, poor folks Pedro.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
COaImOnt.
CblfjaI 10 hf Macs.

.SbociaI 10 the Nc'oy.
Geo Beaver, of McMinnville, is in
the city measuring lumber for II.
Emsberger.
Mark Sparks, of Chattanooga was
here Monday.
Claude Roughton and Mark Lenehan
spent Sunday with Tracy friends.
Mrs Steve Robertson and little
daughter. of Tracy, were the guests of
Mrs. Lee Robertson last week.
Mabel and Callie Lea Daniel spent
Sunday at Tracy.
Mr. and Mrs John f. Patton and
children were at Tracy Saturday.
Jay Harris, of Roddy Springs, was
in the city Monday.
Miss Lille Degroat, of Tarlton, is
here for several days and will tallev
the lumber for H. Emsberger
G, R. Daniel and wife and son
Robt., spent Saturday and Sunday at
Tracy.
DR.. A. B. Thatch was at Roddv
Springs Sunday.
DIR. E. C. Barnes has returned from
Beersheba.
DR.. H. Lockhart was at Gruetli
Monday.
Mrs. Bee Patton and children have
returned to their home at So. Pitts
burg after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. f.
Patton.
Mr.. Brown, the butcher for the Sc
vance Coke, Coal d Land Co, is in
the city and will open up the butcher
shop when completed,
Miss Rosa Dykes was at Tracy City
Saturday.
Mr.. Mahoney, of Nashville, was here
Saturday.
E. G. Shelton, of Altamont, was
here last week
Miss Lily Conry has returned from
Tracy City where she has been visit
ing.
J. c. Gross was at Tracy last week.
Tom Spain, of Murfreesboro, is
here today, Tuesday.
Miss Carrie Curtis is visiting her
brother, Arthur, at this place.
Ance Hege, of Beersheba, was here
last week
Mrs. Henry Lockhart and children
were the guests of John Lockhart and
wife at Lockhart Springs Sunday.
H. S. Walden was at Tracy Sunday
Frank Dickerson, OF Nashville, spent
Tuesday in our city.
Miss Georgia Hills is at Tracy this
week
D. E. House, of Tracy City, was
here Sunday.
Claude Roughton and Alex Patton
were at Tracy Saturday night.
Lee Robertson is off on hunting
trip near Pelham.
Will Curtis spent Sunday with home
folks at Tracy.
j. Fl. Northcut, of Altamont, was
here last week.
Marion Castleberry has returned tC
Sewanee after visiting here.
The Rev. Sitter delivered an interest.
ing sermon to a large audience Sunday
morning.
Miss Myers, of Tracy City is the
guest of her aunt, Mrs H. Scruggs,
here.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
Improving Plant.

SOUTH PITTSBURG Tenn, Dec.
. D. A. Tate, who recently purchased
the electric light plant from the city, is
making great improvements to it, The
large dynamo. which was in bad con
dition, has been sent to Chattanooga 10
be rewOund and otherwise repaired and
will be installed anew in q few days.
A small dynamo under the EXCEL ent
care of the Messrs. Barber, electricians,
is producing good results. Lights will
be put into some twenty-five business
houses, and residences as sooA as the
big dynamo is returned and installed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
Caroline Chapel,

.SbeGlGI 10 the NG70S.
There was preaching here Sunday
and we regret it did not last the entire
week.
Galloway Lewis called on his best girl
Sunday.
We regret to announce the death of
one of our neighbors, Mrs. Mary Ann
Bennett. which occurred on the 4th of
the month.
There will be Sunday school at this
place, commencing at $3.50 Sunday
morning.
1t is reported that somebody and
somebody else were out walking Sun
day and enjoyed themselves very
much.
Several of the Mineral Springs peo-
pie attended church here Sunday.
Alvin Billingsley looked pleased Sun,
day.
The newly married couple attended
church Sunday.
We were delighted to have the new
Presiding Elder with us Sunday.
Mrs. Motley said she enjoyed the
sermon Sunday very much.
Mrs. Mary Bise and little grandson,
of South Pittsburg, are visiting at T.
H. Motley's
The general health of this commun
ity is good
Tea parties seem to be the order O
the evening. Sweetheart.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-12-12
COalnOnt.
SbsCial 10 tie Ne1oS.

Sbfdai 10 tie Ne5os.
G. R. Daniel and family spent Sun
day in Tracy City, the guests of
friends
Miss Willie Myers is visiting rela-
tives here.
Miss Lizzie Robbins is visiting her
sister Mrs. Jno. E. Patton.
Miss Georgia Hills has returned to
Tracy City after visiting her parents
here several week
A crowd of young folks spent Sun
day afternoon very pleasantly at the
Sweeton mines near Flat Branch. They
returned home late in the evening
with dirty faces and hand which were
made good again with soap and water.
Those of the party were Misses Barba-
ia Wichser, Maggie Schiesser, Mai
Herd, Bertha Foster, Messrs Horace
Herd, Floyd Tate, Newt Cantrell, Jesse
Herd, James Sweeton and Lillard Con-
~. All report "A jolly time.
The new school house, which has
been worked Oh for some time is about
complete now and will be ready for use
by the first of the year. 1t Is thing
much needed and the citizens should
be proud of it.
A dance was given Thursday night
by Floyd Tate at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Giles Parmley to compliment the
young ladies of the Jolly Bunch.
The young guests We're Misses Olive
Ransom, Barbara Wichser Maggie
Schiesser, Mai Herd, Buena and Then
ona Cannon, Rosebud Duncan, Maggie
Thomas, Messrs. James Sweeton, Hor-
ace Herd, Floyd Tate, Claude Myers,
Newt Cantrell, Jesse Herd, Bee Hail..
viii Griswold, and Frank Morley. All
renort a jolly good time.
Floyd Tate visited homefolks at AL
lamont Saturday.
Bee Hall spent Sunday with home
folks at Tracy City.
Well, Xmas will soon be here again.
How quickly the months have rolled
by and / wonder if Santa Claus will
come to Coalmont. There will Just be
one tree here this Xmas at the Episco-
pal church. I wish everyone, especi-
ally the editor of the News, Merry
| Christmas. KiddO.