Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-08
Oak Grove.
Special 10 lie Mas.
Working on the railroad is the order

NoIhlHB On Tue rdllTOdu Is Tue OrueT
of the day.
Mr.. Brock of near McNabb Mines, is
stopping at Cope Spring with crew
of men and is in the grade work.
Vim. Sitz has the contract of clear
ing the right of way and. is working
several men. The cut at the Colyer
place is being worked by large force
II is thought that the town will be at
the Sam Bennett place. Tom Gary has
the contract of building the culverts on
road. Johnson Williams, of Wbitwell.
is working his team of mules in the
grade work at Cope Spring and board
ing with Dan Green. All men want
ing work call at Pryor Ridge railroad
works.
While | am thinking of the condi
tion of the free school of our school
district | will give few of my simple
views. As far as am concerned Oak
Grove is just as handy and has better
water, but while this is the case it
leaves seven or eight small children to
walk three miles or more, and puts
tine school nearer the remaining ones.
Here is the way the thing is From
Frank Shrum to Indian schoolhouse
! is at least two miles, and from w. T.
Crisp's to Indian school house is about
the same distance. To move the school
to Oak Grove would give the distance
for F. Shrum three miles and Crisp
three fourths of mile. This is too
bad. Let us see if this is right. | do
not think so. Mr. Shrum pays taxes
and is good citizen, and let us con-
slider the Golden Rule, and get our
hearts right with God Now, people,
will you take this home and weigh it
| in an even balance, and consider the
thing, or will you stand for self and
deprive these little children of their
own rights. No, think you will get
right and say, little children, we are
going to live by what we can die by
| think as the school board gets their
| pay for what they do, they ought to
come and solve this mat Ter, and do so
at once before the money is exhausted
where part cannot get the benefit of
their dues
Cynthia, II feel very thankful for
the compliment passed in regard to the
straw hat. You ought to have made
mention of the black sateen shirt that
| purchased the same day 50 those girls
| that you were warning would not have
got tied up in the belief that. twenty
/ five cents was all that | could raise.
Come on with your pieces. call the
one last week all right.
! While | am down scratching for the
J fun of it, | will say to Lonely Girl
that hope she will not do as Beau
ty' has, get us interested and then
fall out of ranks Come right along
and let us hear from you every week.
/ wonder if ''Papa's Pet' is, dead
or just taking rest
Listen for the wedding bells as one
of our single men of Oak Grove is re.
gularly crossing the cove to Burkett'
Chapel Well, wish to say so far al
] am concerned that if everybody coulG
get married, We writer would be in it.
If anybody wishes to have their pic
lures enlarged call on Mr.. Morton, a!
he has done ye writer good work al
fair prices.
Well, as there is one thing so com
mon here at Oak Grove that is uncall
ed for / wish to make mention of it.
This only pertains to the young class
and that in part, but there is class o.
these young folks that seem to forget
that the time may come when they
will want the friendship of one thai
they have spoken slightingly of ol
pointed the finger of scorn at or treat
ed them badly in some way in public
as while passing the highway or a
some neighbours house. Now, yor
young people that are in the habit o
doing this ask yourselves the question
how would it go the other way?
hope you will not do this again. Yol
all have good parents, who wish yo,
to be pleasant and kind to all people
and besides if you could live withou
their friendship, when death comes
you will get nothing that will be o
use to the soul that never dies. S,
leave this off and see if your friend
will not be better and more of them
Ye writer has not at any time mad
up his mind to purpose to contract !
courtship with little frying size Ngir
as has been said. | have went in com
pany here at preaching, singing an,
other places, and have been treated il
this way by few in Oak Grove
Leave this off from now on,
Wish prosperity to the News and it
: readers Whiting Bill