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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
Tatesyille.
.Sbeeiaito me NrzOs.

Specialize the Ne10S.
The past week has been remarkably
warm for January. Buds have began
to swell ON the peach trees. A sudden
cold snap now would do considerable
damage to peaches if it did not kill
them all. 1t has been so warm here
that we scarcely needed any fire or a
coat to keep warm. If it continues
warm week longer the neach
crop will be killed and many of the
apples should we have freezing wealth
er.
A gloom has been cast over our com
munity by the death of two of our
neighbors, Mrs Wiley Melton and B.
Lagar. That makes three deaths in
three days Mrs. Melton, B. Lager
and the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J, L. White.
The following land sharks have been
on our streets this week Mr.. Coon,
Mr.. Wolf and Mr.. Panther, from East
Tennessee.
Mr.. Werner, Mr. Roberts and Mr..
Luney, of Tracy, were here They
seem to want to buy coal lands.
The Carey brothers, of FIT. Doge, To-
wa, are having tract of land survey.
ed out here which they bought severa
years ago from J. W. Bryant and John
Cheek, preparing to meet bill the Sc
quachee Land Co. filed against them.
q. F. Alternately and sister, Misses
Boyd and Williams went to Dunlap thu
first of the week.
| John Russell and son returned home
from eagle where he had been visiting
home folks.
w. NJ. Boulder is able to be out a
work again.
J. C. Ross is in the tie business a
present.
Uncle Tom is sitting in his cas-,
chair smoking his pipe at ease.
Ye writer went to Coalmont ant
back and found the road everything
but dry and dusty.
Mr.. J. NJ. Lockhart and ? daughte
We're visiting Mrs. j. L. White.
Mrs. Mike BERGEN, from Gruetli
was here shopping.
The Tate girls, from near Gruetli
were here shopping.
Mr. Hellet, from Paramount, wer
here and took dinner with R. L
White.
odd Blue was in town few day
ago. Come on, sold Blue" | cal
hear you whining on the track.
Waterman.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
RACCOON GAP.

Sbeaal 10 tie Mas.
The health of the community is very
good.
Weather is some cooler and we are
glad to have it so.
Messrs George, John and Tom
Dempster were called to Knoxville Sat
urday on account of the death of their
sister.
V. S. Ballenger, the old time engin-
eer, is bac at the throttle again on
the big steam shovel at Raccoon Gap,
George Dempster is pulling the dump
line. The job is progressing very
nicely with S. H. Padgett in charge.
H. H. Thrasher has just returned
from Kentucky where he has abig con
tract and reports things O. X.
p. NJ, Lusk is craning the shovel in
the tunnel
Chas. Hartman and King Worton
were in Chattanooga Sunday night.
Misses Phemia, May and Lizzie
Newsome were visiting Mrs. Ballenger
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Newsome, of Kelly's Ferry and
Mrs. Ballenger, were shopping in Chat
tanooga Monday.
Martin Hartman visited his brother
Sunday.
Jim Jones, of Pittsburg, Ga, is the
repair man on cars at the gap job ant
is a hustler
Wishing the editor and News sue
cess, | am. THE b. :"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
ALTOONA. ALA.

opeGdI 20 me NeS'.
Work is good here, and everybody
seems to be enjoying life. l like this
place There are good churches here
and the people attend church and Sun
day school,
There is lodge of some kind that
meets here every night in the week.
like the people of this place. There
are several of the Whityell boys here.
john Presnell attends church and
Sunday school every Sunday.
G. W. Pickett arrived in Altoona
Saturday and his many friends were
glad to see him, but he talks of going
north, as the birds sing too much like
spring here, but he says that he hates
to leave until he gets bait of straw
berries as they are now in full bloom.
Cleve Adkins and Tim Thomas were
out driving with their best girls Sun
day but Tim is looking sad as his girl
has left here.
Tom Vaughn has got heart trouble.
1t is caused by his girl going back on
him. He says that he has got another
one at Eastland. Tom says that he is
going to marry as soon as he gets the
money to get the papers, and he has
fifteen cents of it now.
| would be proud to see letters from
all the different places and especially
one from Herrin, Ill.
William Golfer ism married yet, but
is very popular with the ladies.
Will bring my few lines to close as
news is scarce. Wandering Boy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
Run Over by Train.

Frank, the younge>t son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ. Castleberry was run over
here near the depot on Tuesday of last
week, by freight going down the
mountain, one car running over his
right leg which neccssitated amnnta-
ton just below the knee Castleberry,
with several of his associates, were
playing along the railroad when ii e
train came through 1t is reported
that he was trying to keep his dog "a
way from the moving train when he
lost his balance, falling with his right
leg under the cars with the results as
above stated. -Sewanee cor. Mrs.
Grundy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
EBEMEZER.

StfGiaito tie Nc7Oy.
Windy weather is the order of the
day.
Mrs McCollum called on her sister
Sunday.
jim Haley called on his sister Sun
day.
Mrs. Lusk called on her daughter
last week.
Mr.. McGusher is making good mon
ey. He is saving three planks day.
Mr.. Spangler called on Mr.. McCol-
lum Saturday.
Jim Pugh called on his brother Sun
day.
Meat in this part of the country is
spoiled, owing to the warm weather.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
R00PE.

Special TO the Ne7Os.
Cold weather is the order of the day.
Ye writer has had very enjoyable
day. | started to visit Guild this
morning and got as far as Mr.. Parker S
but backed out and spent the morning
with Miss Alice and then came home
and went down on the river and spent
the evening with J. R. Houts' family
and had most delightful evening.
Jim Rails was calling on Miss Mat
tie Houts Sunday.
Miss Annie Thacker was all smiles
Sunday
Mrs Gerald Sexton and Miss Rebec-
ca Brumley went to Chattanooga Sat
urday and came back Sunday.
Mrs Nancy Anderson and Mrs. Ruth
Boatright visited relatives on the
mountain Saturday and Sunday.
Harry Ransom and John Brumley
have been visiting relatives at Dur
ham,
Mrs. Hetty Boatright spent Sunday
with Mrs. Sarah Sexton.
Hiram Boston went to Whiteside
Saturday.
Ed Houts looked like he was want
ing to see his best girl Sunday.
Wonder if Grover Parker made his
usual call Sunday.
Kelly Hartman went to Chattanooga
Saturday.
Jim Newsom has been ON the sick
list the last few days. Lonely Boy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
2graal STATIONERY

4 fun limo kept in stock. ~ lowest
p-.:c> HILLN son, sequachee, Tenn
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
COalmOnt.

Sp eidi 10 ne Macs
Miss Jennie Conry is visiting friends
at Winchester
Miss Georgia Hills, of Tracy City,
spent Friday night in the city.
Miss Creighton and Miss Bessye Saw
age, of Tarlton, are the guests of Miss
Kate Creighton here.
Miss Maybelle Daniel was at Tracy
City Friday.
Chas. Morgan, of Tullahoma, was
here Tuesday.
Mr.. Davis of Bellbuckle, is in the
city ON business.
DIR. E: Gattis was at Altamont Mon
day.
Jno c. Dye has returned to Petro5
after visiting here few days.
MISS Minnie and Fay Percy were at
Tracy City last week.
Mr. Cowan, of Nashville was here
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. DIR. Hembree and children, of
Tracy City visited friends here Satur-
day and Sunday.
Miss Mccoy, of Monteagle is visit
ing her sister here.
Mr.. Gilbert, of Chattanooga, was
here Tuesday.
Miss Eda Graft has returned to Nash
vile after spending few days here.
Washie and Sanity Morton, of Sc
quatchee City, are visiting relatives
here.
DIR. J. Brock, of Decater, Ala, was
here Monday on business.
Joe Creighton has returned from
Tarlton.
DIR. Deland, of Georgia, were here
Tuesday.
Miss Rosie Dykes has returned from
McMinnville.
Eugene Morris, of Viola, was here
| last week
Joe Henley, of Tracy was here We'd
ensday ON business.
W. B. Heard and family, of Alta
mont, have moved into our midst.
John E. Patton and H. S. Walden
spent a few days at Tullahoma last
week.
Mrs. DR.. Gattis and children are Wis
iting in Alabama this week.
Jno. Sclaughter is attending the
bedside of his brother, Fred, who is
very sick in Ohio.
Mrs. Harlin Grizzle is on the sick
list.
Ed Steward, of Tracy City, was here
Saturday. m
Jeff Wiley visited homefolks at Ira
cy Sunday.
Miss Rosy Dykes has returned from
a visit to relatives at McMinnville.
Chas. Logan, of Nashville, was in
the city Tuesday.
Claud Ronghton and Stan Morton
spent Sunday at Tracy City.
Miss Nina Hall, who is attending
school at Tracy spent Friday night
with homefolks here.
Henry Givens, of Altamont, was
here Saturday.
Joe Creighton and Vance Burn spent
Sunday at Beersheba.
Mrs. Henry Harrison and children
have returned from visit to Sewanee
Mr.. Wallace, of Atlanta, Ga, il
spending few days here.
Tom Lockhart, of Altamont, wal
here Sunday.
Miss Mai Herd is on the sick list thi
week.
Best wishes to the News and it
many readers Gossip.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
Wise Counsel From the South.

Il want to give some valuable ad-
vice To those who suffer with lame
back and kidney trouble, says J. r.
Bl8ukenship, Of Beck, Tenn. Il have
proved TO an absolute certainty that
Electric Bitter will positively cure
this distressing condition. The first
bottle gave me great relief and after
taking a few more bottles, was com
Tlerely cured; so comule;ely that it be
comes pleasure to recommend this
great remedy. Sold under guarantee
az Curtis & Coppincer' :. Price SOC.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
FROM THE ANTILLES.
Chamberlain Cough Remedy Benefits a
City Councilman at Kingston,
Jamaica

Mr.. w. O'Reilly Fogarty, who is a
member of the City Council at Kings
ton, Jamaica, West Indies, writes as
follows: Zone bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy had good effect
on a cough that was giving me trouble
and l think | should have been more
quickly relieved if had continued the
remedy That it was beneficial and
quick in relieving me there is no
doubt and it is my intention to obtain
another bottle" For sale by Jno. W.
Simnsnn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
BRIDGEPORT.
.Gaf f0 tie Mas.

Ahst2Gf fO tie NszJS.
BRIDGEPORT, Ala, Jan. 11.-Mr
and Mrs Charles Ketner entertained
at dinner yesterday in honor of Mrs.
Bruce Womack and sons, of Victoria,
Tenn.
Mrs. l. Q. Melton was hostess for
the Woman's Home Missionary Society.
Mrs. Is. F. Bridgeman entertained
for her daughter, Mrs. Charles Minter,
Of Nashville, yesterday.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24

WANTED-GOOD MEN in each
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etc. Old established business house.
Cash Salary S2i.OO weekly. expense
money advanced; permanent position
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Chicago. IN Desk No. /.
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Old papers for sale at this office.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-01-24
Cnrtd Of Lunl nOubIe.

1T is now eleven years since l had
a narrow escape from consumption,
writes &. 0. Floyd, leading business
man of Kershaw, 5. c. Il had run
down in weight to t"5 pounds, and
coughing was constant both by day
and by night Finally l began taking
DR. Kings New Discovery, and CON
tinued this for about six months, when
my cough and lung troubl" We're en-
tirely gone and ! was restored to my
normal weight, 10 pounds. Thou
sands of persons are healed every yeaC.
Guaranteed at Curtis q Coppinger's 5.
soc and Sl.OO. Trial bottle free.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Census 0Ureau
-lg-SX-E-2S
SUN POPPED CORN
IN WESTERN FIELD
Agriculture Division Agent
Writes of Indian Terri
tory Weather.

Hart Momsen. chief OF the agrIcul-
ture division Of the Census once. who
is at present in Indian Territory as
sisting with census work being done
there. sends the following champion
het-weather story. which he claims TO
have taken from one Of tlss AIuskogee
papers:
when it's so hot that a cornheId
pops, its hot! And this is no fairy
tale. James Miller. residing at 1917
East Broadway. has a cornheId where
he raises choice popcorn. During the
last few days so intense has been the
heat OF the sun that the kernels Of
corn have exploded on the cob and
blossomed out into fluffy white fakes.
Mr. Miller has ten or fifteen bushels Of
corn standing. The stalks are alive.
but when the sun creeps up high in
the heavens these days there is 9 pop
pop-popping heard all through the
corn patch.
Mr.. Miller has picked some Of this
and is now enjoying the delightful ex-
perience Of eating popcorn on the cob.
just TO corroborate the story an ear Of
this overheated corn may be seen in
the window Of the Phoenix office to-
day with the thermometers blowing
OF at the safety valve. chickens hatch
ing ous Of crates Of fresh eggs. corn
popping on the ear. the suffering Mus
kcgee public mournfuIly murmurs
next
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
CHANGES OCCUR
IN OFFICE FORCE
R. H. Griffiths Resigns OF
Go to Departmental Com
merce and Labor.

Several changes in the office force OF
the commission have taken place dur
ing the past week. r. II. Grifhths,
clerk at n,Z00. assistant 10 tie seere-
tary of the Fourth civil service dis
trlct, with headquarters at the commits
sion. has resigned to accept a position
with the Department of Commerce and
Labor. his resignation effective Au-
gust l6.
DR.. c. n. Lopgfelow. who has been
employed in the examining division has
been assigned temporarily 10 the posi-
ton left vacant by Mr.. Grifhths. until
an appointment can be made from the
register. DR.. Longfellow, was selected
for duty as examining physician on the
board OF the Second civil service dis
trict and viii later be regularly as
signed TO that office.
The temporary promotions OF Messrs.
Ean. Johnson, and Richardson, made as
result Of the absence on leave with
out pay Of G. ". Han, Of the examin~
ing divisioa, have been made perma-
nent, to date from August Il.
The temporary appointment Of MISS
Nellie Yates. who has been employed
in the division Of appointments, expired
on August Is. and she has been dropped
from the rolls
Miss Teresa Cawley. Of pennsylvania
who was selected from the register TOT
photographer and typewriter reported
Tor duty August 10. she was assigned
20 the division of appointments. Miss
Margaret O'Gorman. whose temporary
APPOINTMENT was ended by the report
ing for duty of Miss Cawley. has been
given temporary appointment TO "a ne"
vacancy At $40 IN place OF the former
al $50.
William E Taliaferro, clerk at 800
assistant TO the secretary Of the Fifth
civE service district. with headquarters
let Atlanta, Ca. has resigned, 10 date
from August p.
Phillp VI. s. Chedburn. who has been
employed as a temporary clerk IN the
office Of the secretary OF the second
civil service district at New York, has
resigned TO date from August L. The
secretary has been authorized TO make a
new temporary appointment, pending the
regular filling Of the vacancy. and J. T.
Hanrahan has been selected for the
position TO date from August l9-
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Seeking Ball Players.

Charles H. Sanel. chief clerk in the
office of the postoffiee inspector for the
washington division, is spending the re-
maiader Of the season at Berkeley
Springs. W. Va, where he is taking the
water for his health. Mr. saffel. who is
one Of the ranking authorities in Wash
ineton on matters pertaining to baseball
and how it should be played, is also
credited with having been commissioned
by Manager CaDt1lon, Of the Washing
ton Baseball Club. TO inspect a couple
OF players on the Berkeley Springs
team. who have been under the watch
full eve Of the Washington manager Mr.
Saners friends are keeping him supplied
with reading matter, a number Of Con
gressional Records and other interesting
documents. having been sent 10 him
for perusaL
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
BERNHARDT AS A WAR NURSE.

We do not think of the great actress
as a mlnlstrant 10 wounded and DIVING
men, out she describes in. Appleton ,
N the siege of Paris.
Evil DAYS had come uron us, she saws
ParlS Degan TO get feVerish and excited
me streets were black with groups of
peopi , discussing and gesticulatfny
And all this noise was only the echo 81
Tar distant groups, gathered together in
German streets. These other ero1Jns
We're yelling, gestiCulating, and discuss
ing, but they knew. while we did not
know.
On the 18th OF July. 1870. war was de-
elared and Paris became the theater
OF the most touching and burlesque
scenes scenes. Dung men gone wild. were
along the streets in close file. shouting
over and over again. TO Berlinr'
My heart used to beat wildly. for I.
100. thought that they We're going TO
Berlin / understood the fury they felt
for these people had provoked US with
out plausible reasons, but at the same
Ime II seemed 10 me that they were
getting ready for this great occasion
without sufficient respect ard dignity
NY own impotence made me feel rebel
hous, and when I saw all the mothers
with pale faces and eyes swollen with
crying, holding their boys IN their arms
and kissing them IN despair, the most
Irlghf1ul anguish seemed to choke me
l cried, too. almost INCREASINGLY. and I
was wearing myself away with anxiety.
bat / did not roresee the horrible catas-
trophe that was 10 take place.
The war news lea US TO hope for vic
tory. There was great joy and a-cer-
tain emotion felt by everyone on hear
ing that the young Prince Imperial had
received his baptism of FIRE at Saar-
bruck.
Life seemed to me beautiful again
for l had great confidence IN the issue
OF the war.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
FAN Examination

Preparations are being made for the
holding Of the annual fall series OF eX-
animal tons. Each Of the district seere-
taries viii make a tour OF his district
TO conduct the regularly scheduled ex-
aminations at the various points and on
the dates at which they are scheduled
10 be held. The secretary Of the twelfth
district however, viii conduct the ex-
aminations at the places in the eleventh
district. with the exception OF Denver,
the headquarters OF the eleventh district.
where the examinations viii be held by
the secrtary Of that district.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
]POStOffiCe ~
YAM AUKEN HELPS
VETERANS UNION
Every Member of His Band
Has Been Under
Fire.

Col +. L. Van Auken. chairman OF
tie national executive committee Of
The Union Veterans Union, who recent
Is returned from Saratoga Springs, n
Y, where he completed arrangements
Tor the national headquarters Of the
organization during the annual encamp-
racnt of the Grand Army Of the Re
public. is one Of the best-known EN-
,loves in the office of the Auditor for
the department
colonel Van Aulken takes great inter
est m the Union Veterans Union, and
is foremost in al movements looking to
the bette-ment of the condition or the
survivors Of the late civil war.
In connection with the trip Of the
members OF the Union Veterans Union
10 Saratoga Springs, It IS being pointed
ont that every member OF this Organiza-
tion has been under fire IN the bali
tleheld. as only such soldiers as acliVe-
" participated in the battles are en-
tilted 10 membership in the order
The veterans are telling an interesting
story on Col. Richard L. Gsrnon' com
,nander-fn-chief of the organization he
vas being examined by military Doard
for promotion on account OF eohsple-
nous bravery in battle The nrst quss-
ton uropounded was this one;
ssNhat do you know about the battle
OF Bull RUM IA,
Colonel Gormon replied that he dlo
,nt know much about the battle except
that 1t took a week or more 70 set
there. and only one night to get back.
The board ordered the colonefs pro-
,,o+ior without the formality Of asking
tie remainder OF the questions
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Genera
Y. DeGraw. after spending the nrsl
mart of the week at the department re-
turned on Friday TO NIiIlboro,- Pa. where
he will remain until the first week IN
Septcmber.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
MANY at Convention.

The convention Of posUmasters Of first
class cities at Erie, Pa, last week. at
tracted number Of the officials from
the department, all of whom report an
instructive and pleasant meeting. Among
those attending from Washington were
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hitchcock, Third Assistant a. L Law
she. Chief Inspector ". J. Vickery,
Alexander Grant general superintendent
of railway mail service; William r.
Spilman, chief Of division of rural de-
livery; Richard Covert chief OF division
of supplies; William E. Cochran, pur-
chasing agent. and John A. Holmes,
private secretary 70 the Postmaster
Generai
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Rvma1Zl6@ anl 6o039 Ute z6,slapamZ 91anabm}
EEtlssazzzz]]kAgricylture,

carrying on IN cooperation with the
Great Southern Lumber Company. The
primary object OF this work Is TO devise
a system FOR the treatment OF the differ
ent classes OF timber which the South
ern lumber mills are capable Of produe-
ing,
In addition. other forest subjects viii
be Investigated, such as the proper or
charding and management OF turpen-
tine lands, the reduction of waste az
the mills by wood distillation, and other
matters
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Civil Service Commission
Given Makeshift Quarters

Any old place that It can hang IT'S
hat is home for the Civil Service Com
mission. Some time ago the commits
sion Vas requested TO find other quar-
tiers for holding examinations IN order
that the supply division might be moved
from the department on Fourteenth
street to the bureau. Quarters were
finally secured at the Arsenal. but the
arrangements were hardly completed
before a regiment was ordered home.
and the space was again In demand.
The officials OF the bureau again
came To the rescue Of the commission.
and space about 20x4O feet was mark
ed or In the center Of the population
division II Is in this imaginary of
Zee" that people who are Just dying
10 work FOR Uncle san viii be tested
III the rudiments.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Personal Mention.

Joseph A. Arnold. assistant chief OF
the division CT publication. who has been
spending several weeks at Ashsville. y.
=, with his wife. spent the last week
at Nashville, Tenn, on a visit 70 his
son. lie is expected 70 return 10 his
desk tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1907-08-25
Notes and Personals. !

Chief Clerk Merritt OgIe Chance Ief:
Monday for Ocean View. Va. where he
viii spend two weeks Of his vacation.
Mr. Chance VIII combine seashore pleas
ures with occasional visits to the James
town Exposition