Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-08-06
Third District.
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| of my country | will have to record a
a case of the old saying which has
been used from time immemorial by
parents to their boys, THAT they did
mt have sense enough to go TO mill
and return. But here is a case sure
and positive. Nine miles from Pike
vile and 40 miles above here on VALID
ems Ridge, there was young man.
10 years old. His name was Skiles
He went to mill and the first mill he
went to wasn't grinding that day, and
| he decided to go five miles further to
/ the second mill which be did, got his
| turn ground and started back home.
Night overlook him while on the way
back and he came to where the roads
! forked, one went to Pikeville, and the
other came down Walden Ridge. He
took the one leading this way and got
/ lost. He rode all night and landed
next day IL miles above here at the
! Robertson cross roads and then instead
of going up the valley as he should
have done, he came down the valley
in the opposite direction from his
home. He landed up at J. E. league s
on Looney's Greek in the Bird District.
He was still ON his horse and had his
! turn still under him, and while talk
ing to league his horse laid down. 1t
was so worn out and fatigued over the
long journey, and it hadn't been fed
bite of food in 80 hours and neither
had the boy had any food Mr..
league absolutely failed to get any
thing definite out of the boy except
that he was lost and didn't realize
where he was. There was young
man working at Brit Thomas by the
same name as this young man. Mr.
league sent after him to see if be
knew anything about the lost boy.
When young Skies No. 3, came to
leagues he at once identified young
Skiles No. I, and said he knew him
well and knew his parents, but WASH
related to him. Mr. league paid the
lost boy for his meal, but it WASH fit
for anything but chicken feed The
horse was given out and couldn't carry
it back. Mr.. league gave the young
ruan something to eat, fed his horse,
and got the young man that identified
him to take him to his home forty
miles above here, with instructions to
the bearer and body guard of this
sake him until he landed him safe at
home. This young man was viewed
by ye writer. He had on a nice brown
suit of clothes, looked very neat in his
dress like he was from family of in
telligence. but l took him to be of
weak mind and the messenger that
conveyed this lad back to his native
home, said that all the people up there
were out afoot and horseback with
horns, bugles, guns and dogs, and had
searched the woods for miles around
for him. There was much rejoicing
among his father, mother, brothers
and sisters, and the entire neighbor-
hood on his arrival, for they had
thought him dead They said his
mind at times for ten years past had
been somewhat deranged, but he al
ways before had went to mill and re-
turned safely. Mr.. and Mrs. Skies
thanked the messenger boy many times.
for the return of their dear child, al,
ter he had been wandering through thel
mountains of Walden's Ridge, without
money or food to sustain him. Hon
strange it was that he refused to CAY
at any ones house for food. | rejoi(
with his parents over the lost chilli
that is now found and safe at hona1a
Oh, what happy thought and what
beautiful type and figure of the futuI
when we all can say our children an
safe at home with their Heavenly
Father there to live and dwell forever
more.
Ye writer had number of old time
friends with him for dinner today.
Among them were Clarence Tate and
wife, of Jasper Billie Griffith, of New
Hope, George Vandergriff, John Burn
ett J. w. Williams, Ambrose Burn
EFT, Tom Brimer, j. Ridge and among
the distinguished guests was the Hon.
J. A. Walker, of Whitwell After rel
ishing fat goat and other good things
for dinner all retired to the grove and
listened for two hours to DR.. Walker
discuss the present situation and the
political issues of the day. All declare
that he is the best posted man that has
ever visited our locality.
W. H. White addressed the people at
Hicks Chapel Friday night on the
harmonizing and centralizing of the
public school between the two great
contesting factions that are warning
WIFI tdCu OlU6T.
School opened up under E. H. Bark
er's instruction to-day after he had
canvassed the upper faction to sustain
action in putting the, school within
$50 yards of the school district line,
and yet on the east side of said school
there isn't single family living, and
there are today three-fourths of the
number of school children, 81 in num-
Der, that have refused to be put under
Mr.. Barker's dictation. This school
fusilade has now merged into politics,
and has become the political issue of
the day, and any candidate related
either by affinity or sanguinity, that
is by blood or marriage, will not re-
ceive a single vote at IL polls next
Thursday, for they have met in mass
convention and have unanimously de-
clared to carry out the above resolu-
lions to a finish.
There is a report ahoat around here
that certain parties ate so much NUT
ton at the picnic that they had to
stand mp all night in a kettle of ice
water to keep their toe nails from COM
ing off, and it is said that they were
so big and heavy they broke all the pot
| legs off the kettle. Another rumor
/ goes its rounds that a certain slick
duck shrunk the picnic funds by a
| slight of hand performance about 50. co.
Hope it was not any of that better ele-
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