Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-07-02
Pryor Ridge.

,Speadlt 10 ht NeaOS.
AS one Of the writer's wanted 70 hear
from our lart Of the mountain, ] will
give IA brief history as | can
Pryor Ridge. is situated on Cninber-
land mountain, on the west side of
Little Sequachee and about five and
half miles east Of Tracy City. and has
about six hundred acres Of coal lands
with "A vein four and half feet thick
Of good quality of coal, besides small
ridges full of good coal On road way
and around here First is Hurricane
ridge. Of about fifty or seventy five
acres, next il Higgins ridge about the
same in size, and then comes Long
ridge. Of about one hundred acres of
five-foot coal. All these ridges have
fine timber and good water aud are
perfectly healthy locations. The road
win be complete in two weeks. The
mason work for tipple is being done by
Joe Sanders and Sidney Lockhart, and
will be complete in one week. Then
Mr.. Hall will take the carpenter work,
which will soon be finished. The car
penters are raising houses fast, with a
good mill so manufacture lumber for
that purpose. This work is all being
carried on by the Consolidated Coal
Company. H. L. Hampton is presi-
dent, Brad Roberts, superintendent
and Jim Whitley, bank foreman. So
you see that we are looking for good
time, as we surely think that the com
pany will be willing TO share profits
with labor This same company has
for some length of time been carrying
on the mine work at Read Hill, Ram
say Mines, Clouse Hill and Roddy
Springs, and on beginning TO operate
they settled with the men and have
complied with the contract at all
times, so far as I know, but it seems
to me that if Coalnont operators could
get out with a profit after paying for
all the dead work that they do, that
other operators could pay better
price where there is not half so much
of it to pay for,
| Well, | do not wish to get into a
newspaper tilt, but | must call w. A.
Chadwick's hand on his views as tc
how person can get to heaven when
death comes, and serve the devil halt
of his life, when we are commanded
| by the Saviour to be perfect as he wa:
perfect. If the Lord will whip mar
into rank the second time, why did he
not do it the first time, without send
ing his Son into the world to save hi'
people?
The people Of our settlement ant
other parts turned out well Saturday
and all met at the Burns graveyard
and worked hard to get done, and by
one O'Clock all were ready to go t.
their homes Dinner was spread OF
the ground at about twelve O. clock ant
after all had eaten there was enough
to have made supper for the crowd
Mrs. Eliza Srum is not getting alonl
very we'll. DR.. Key was out to see he
today.
Miss Mile Nunley, who has beer
living at Dan Green's, is on the sicl
list. Hope she will soon get well.
Mrs. Dan Green is better, and if NJ
backset takes place, will get well soon
To my dissatisfaction Carmack wa
defeated. SO if we are summoned t.
go before the grand jury and there i
no true bill found, we get no pay TO
attendance That is too bad.
Sam Station passed through our set
Element, en- route for his home at Whit
well today.
Well, must say that the tick law i
not as bad thing as thought No
much expense and the grease keeps tn
cattle clean. The inspector, John Pres
nell, was around few days ago an
had some bad looking ticks with him.
G. w. Marson, the road commission
er, was around few days ago looking
after the roads. If he would turn tn
road in few places ON the east of tn
mountain leading from Tracy t
Whitwell, we could lead a horse owe
it. 1t is so steep.
Well we'll what have we done tina
we cannot have SCHOOL, Are all Q
the Board dead, or are they going t
use the money for something to tn
wants of othersY Yes, just as | expect
ed. We are too poor to be noticed.
Frank Srum said if he could sell hi
place he would leave the mountain
He has a nice little home and fine wa
ter and we would be sorry to lose hin
from our settlement as he is a goo
neighbor and has a nice family.
Ye writer is not feeling very well Il
to health and has a bad case of the all
overs as that widow has disappeare
and her whereabouts is unknown. It.
awful but / will have to bear it if
4 can.
Jim Hollins, who took Miss Lii.
Srum, of this place, for his wife, i
talking of going to his old home nea
McMinnville to make his future home
and we have heard that Miss Rem
Srum, a sister of Mrs Hollins, was go
ing there to live with them. That i
the way. If anybody leaves it take
one of our pretty girls, and these ug
" boys are left ON hand to be in tn
way.
A few years ago, if one of our PEG
pie had seen bicycle carrying a,man
it would have been supposed that tn
elect were being gathered up, but nov
fellow that has no wheel is not in it