Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-08-29
Third District.

Everybody seems to be getting along
nicely up here. Hash been anything
occurred of disturbing nature this
week. Neither has there been any
marriages, accidents or deaths.
Lee Smith, John Burnett, Frank
and Will White went to Chattanooga
this week to be gone some time.
DR.. P. G. Grayson and Rev. F. NJ.
Shirley called on We writer this week
and went away with pleasant smile.
1t makes us feel good to call on our
friends occasionally these days.
Johnney Doodlebug and Chalk Eye
have quit their foolishnes and are now
attending church ut Looneys Creek
regularly. There is a protracted meet
ing going, on at that place. Rev.
Burnett will preach today the farewell
sermon.
All of our Third District writer's
have gone out on a strike and ask for
30 days furlough. Only "P. W.
and myself left to carry the News
banner, but have seen three or four
writers and have reconciled their fur
Tough papers and issued new COM
mand for them to return to work and
write up the news this week and here
in fail not. Please make room and
give them space and watch them get
their Betsy Jane" and so will Just
the same.
My brother, "P. W." writes a heap
on a matter that's settled and a thing
of the past, concerning the location of
the school at Hickory grove and Hicks
Chapel precincts, and the petition
shows all his people signed for the
school to be at Hicks Chapel. 1t looks
funny to me that Up. W" was for the
school at the Grove Here is correct
number of the scholastic population that
was taken by Mr.. Condra, school di-
rector of the 3rd district as it now APP"
pears on his books for public inspect
ion: al for Hickory Grove; 30 for
Hicks Chapel. Doesn't this look like
three to one, "P. W. 2" We muslin t
be on extremes when we are in favor
of a contest over the boards decision.
Is Mr.. "P. W" for the school to be
continued at Hicks Chapel this term
and hereafter to be taught at Hickory
Grove. With due respect to 'P. W."
leave this subject and pass on to other
matters.
Now, dear old friend "Blue," | am
sorry you are sick and have to write a
while and then lie down, but appreci-
ate your good nerve to raise up and
shove the pen. Now, Just word to
you and Waterman" concerning
your chicken business. Take fair warn
ing. On or about the first of October
| will come out there, and settle that
little matter. | am some preacher
myself, and'I will bring Bro. DO
fetchit" along with me and DR.. N. B.
Moore and we will hunt fish, eat chick
en- to beat the deuce, and when we
leave Tatesville there won't be a
chicken left to crow for day and all
your wife will have left after we are
gone will be our good names to be long
by them rememb cred. Please meet us
at the appointed time, and care for us
during the stay.
We have heard eight different stories
about the West and Young shooting
scrape. All we can say is to refer to
Young's past character never knew
| him down drunk in all his life. He
met everybody with smile and was
a fiuent talker and had fun and jokes
with all he met Mr.. Hout's statement
in the News is the only statement from
any eye witness that | have read or
heard that is reliable. hope that the
nonunion element never had any inten-
| ton of resorting to mob violence in
| this case, as was reported in the
| News. This is one good county in the
state that doesn' tolerate the mob law
or uphold Ku Kluxism, and you can
well put that in your pipe and smoke
it, | am led to believe too, if such
feeling and such talk had existed
among the non union element that it
would be an impossibility to get a
competent jury from that rank and file
but what has expressed his opinion as
to the guilt or innocence of the defend
ant in this end of the county,
| want to congratulate Small
Grain" of Dunlap, for his article in
the News last week. He got here, Eli.
Oh, didn't he wind up that Etna wri-
er's little ball of yarn. read that &c
friend of mine and he laughed until
he blew out his false teeth and my pup
got them and it took me and the old
lady and the cook and three or four
more to out run the pup, and beat and
pound him before we succeeded in
getting hold of the teeth, so you see
the total cost of this laugh, if we had
MT been successful, would have been
$780, but he laughed right on just
the same, teeth or no teeth.
Night watchmen and night raiders
and water melon hunters are still oper
ating with success to themselves anC
their equals It's an old saying thai
it's long lane that has no turning
There has already been some powder
and shot wasted in q. W. White
melon patch, during the night raider
operations Keep on and the end will
sure come.
must say Just a word in regard t
the financial condition of our country
Up here we are short a great manl
things this year Peaches, pears
grapes, apples are very scarce, N
wheat, hardly, corn crop is very light
nothing from the products of the farm
TO sell, and part of our people won
make enough corn TO run them unit
Christmas, and hogs to fatten are shor
and some have not got corn 10 spare :
fatten them. Just how some will &c
through is more than | can see jus
now. There are but few hay field
been moved 80 far and the rest haven
got any to NOW, and some are left lik
McDOodle- and will remain Sc
but | hope we will not get in the aw
ful predicament that people are in /