Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-08-05
Fl. Mcpherson, Ga.

Sptfiaf 70 me 'e''''
Dry weather is the order of the day.
II has been some time since l tried
to write to the News
I saw that the writer from Bunker
Hill said that be was republican and
voted for Taft but he is not for his
marty at all. He referred to Cleveland
times | don't think If | was the wri.
ter would have spoken of Cleveland
times / was just small boy but |
can remember that far back, aud there
WASH as many farmers in the United
States as there are today, and they
nav S1s and $50 on the farms today
and board. Back then they worked
for 3sc day or $40 a month. l have
MT worked for that but l am not too
good to do it, but as long as Uncle
Sam pays $18 and my board and
clothes | won't. There are more boys
in the army today because the farm
ers wanted them to work for $40 per
month. and can name two or three
that are in the army that Joined back
then and are still soldiers.
There was a sad thing happened here
Sunday evening at O'Clock. Major
Chineyworth shot himself and died
that night. He was Major of the Sec
ond Battalion, and was a good officer.
see that Tracy and Roddy Springs
are on boom. The writer did not
say anything about Coalmont. | guess
it is dead.
l did not see anything in the News
from Cedar Spring this week. Come
on, like to read your pieces, and l
also would like to hear from Union
Grove, known as Chiggar Ridge.
see in the News where they had
had an ice cream supper at Sulphur
Springs I hope they had a good time,
The third Battalion started to Jack
son, Miss, Saturday evening, the 10th
of this month, and got there Sunday
morning at 0 o'clock, and we lost
about three hours on the road as the
fireman while sitting in the window
was struck by mail crane and killed.
The engineer did not miss him until
the steam ran down and the engineer
had to fire up and back up, for we had
run about three miles. When they
found him his head was crushed. He
did not know what killed him. did
MT see him. 1t happened about II o.
clock and / was in the bed asleep and
they told me about it next morning.
At Jackson they had our ecamp fixed,
but our major would not allow us to
use it at all, so we had our tents to
put up ourselves. We had them up by
one o'clock and was the hottest wealth.
er ever saw in my life. We did not
have anything to do except parade ev'
cry evening. We paraded to town one
time while we were there and had q
sham battle. There was big crowd
there every time we had parade and
we went in front with the State guard
in rear of u.s. They had dancing
pavilion and all enlisted men went il
free and danced all they pleased, anG
it was crowded every night. The
band furnished the music and we haG
J good time in general. went to the
Orphans Home, the Baptist and tn,
Methodist churches, and what beat all
went to the bug house and it
{ was "bug house" sure enough.
; The Band went to the Baptist Or
phan's Home and played one or tive
evenings, and they brought them ou
every other evening.
{ There was a military convict go
} away the tenth of this month and tn,
sentry shot at him once, but the.
caught him. Another one got ava,
the other night and he was room or
derby at the guard house They hat
turned him out to make fire in tn
engine, and the sentry had loaded hi
gun, and he thought it WASH Loaded
: and as quick as he started down in tn,
, basement he turned out the light ant
started, and they turned out the guarC
and shot about Is shots at him. H
just kept running but they kept afte
him and found him about mile from
here in switch yard, waiting for
freight train. He deserted out of th
10th Infantry. His name is Tracy.
Fighting Jack.