Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-09-26
LOCAL.


Saturday.
L. L. Shirley, of Whitwell, was
here Thursday night
w. H. Tate and wife, of Copenha-
gen, were in town Monday.
N. B. Moore, Of Whitwell, took in
the Minstres Thursday night.
Tom Shuinake and family, of near
Whitwell were here Thursday.
Mrs c. G. Houts and daughter,
Maggie, visited in Victoria Sunday.
Robt. &. Brown kindly remembers
the News with paper from Honolu-
lu
Mrs. A. p. Darr and daughter, Lor-
ena, of Jasper, visited I. K. Rawlings
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Fagg and three
children went to Chattanooga Friday,
returning Saturday.
Dick Goodier and Miss Minnie Ham
ilton attended the ice cream supper at
Victoria Saturday night.
Louis DeSabla and Miss Grace
Thomas attended the ice cream supper
at Victoria Saturday night.
Miss Thula Martin of Chattanooga,
arrived Saturday night and will visit
friends here about month.
Mrs. W. K Marlin spent Saturday
and Sunday in Chattanooga, the guest
of her daughter, Miss Minnie Marlin.
w. G. Hill and Misses Louise Hill
and Thula Martin went to Victoria
Saturday night to the ice cream sup
per.
We were pleased to receive copy of
the Boston Herald from Mrs. l.. A.
Farley, of York Beach, Maine which
we appreciate.
Mrs. Edwin Pryor and two children
were the guests of her parents, MI.
and Mrs. E. Horned at Jasper day
or two last week
Miss Maud Phelps, after visit of
several months with her sister, Mrs.
John Condra, returned to her home
near Dunlap, Saturday.
James S. Deakins and son, Frank,
w. 5. Wilson, Austin Coppinger and
Burrell Lasater are Sequachee repre-
@sentatives at the State Fair.
No signature to letter from mis-
chievous Girl, at Roope, means the
waste basket for it. "Rosebuds s. COM
munication of Raccoon Gap, also I'M
signed meets like fate. Sign your
name
Capt. and Miss Hannah Frater were
here Friday. In company with Mr..
and Mrs. G. Sherman they took trip
up the beautiful but rocky defle
known as Little Sequachee as far as
Coppinger Farms
Geo. Hammock, Of Terre Haute,
Ind, spent Sunday here with his sis
ter, Mrs. Edgar Smith. He left for
Chattanooga Monday evening and ex-
expects to return to Terre Haute short
ly. He is working in glass jar fac
tory and doing we'll
Miss Cora Alley, of, Tracy City, one
of Mrs. Grundy's swiftest Compost
tors, and Miss Florence Horned, of
Jasper, performing like duty for the
Cumberland Banner, were here to see
the Minstrels Thursday night. They
called in on the News and talked
''shop.'
The following is from James Thorn
ton who is now in Pekin, China.
''Pekin, China, Aug. Oh, 1907. Am
now spending few days in the Impe-
rial city, Pekin. On leaving this place
will visit Port Arthur, Manchooria,
one of the battle fields of the late wal
with Russia and Japan, and will also
visit Chemupo, Corea. On our depart
ure from Chemupo Will sail for the
Philippine Islands, where it is believed
we will spend the winter season.
A copy of the Springfield, Mo-, Re
publican, received from our friend
Col S. H. Melcher, contains the fol
lowing, which will be of interest tt
and probably to others: Zone of the
features of last nights session was thu
presentation of a historic drum tt
Drury college by DR.. S. H. Melcher
This drum was one used by the Fifth
Missouri and was the property of Com
pany K, commanded by Capt. Samue
A. Flagg. 1t saw service at Carthage
Dug Springs and Wilson Creek. A
the battle of Wilson Creek after Bapt
Flagg and his company, assisted by
forty Confederate prisoners, whom HI
was guarding, saved one of the guns
abandoned by Seigels artillerymen
They proceeded to Springfield and tn,
drum was used to announce their ARR
val in this city on the afternoon of tn,
- battle, August 10, 1861. The drum
was presented to Surgeon Melcher, wh'
has since retained it, the presentation
being made at st. Louis in the yea
1869. The shell of the drum. the heads
the cords and the snares are the SAM
as used in 1861, though the strainer
and hoops have been replaced. Prof
W. G. Calland, of Drury college, wa
present to receive the drum in behal
of the school