Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-06-24
Caroline Chapel.

farmers going to do for bread next
year, We will have TO eat ''mush
reckon. Flour is now out of sight,
and if something don't happen old
"corn dodger' will be hanging ON the
top limb soon.
We are all having very good health
in this community now. We are just
laying around, eating up what little
we had left over from last year, and
when that is gone, then what
We had real nice time at our
graveyard cleaning Saturday. We met
early and worked hard and got through
by eleven o'clock Then we all with
one accord assembled ourselves togeth
er up in nice shady grove near the
church house and the good ladies of |
the vicinity made it manifest that !
they had not been idle all the week for
Immediately after we arrived ON the |
grounds they began to unload their
boxes, baskets and buckets and the ,
nice grub that was spread before us
hungry toilers was wonderful to be-
hold. They certainly made it plain
that they had great interest in our
decoration services 1t was we'll e.
nough that we got through before din
ner was eaten or we certainly could
not have done much service after par
taking of the abundance of the palata-
BILE viands that were spread before us.
We all ate to our fill and afterwards
there was plenty left, and there were
taken up of the fragments several box
esl and basketsfull.
To make it evident to the sporting
editor" of the News that ! am not ex-
aggerating about our physical disabili
ties to do justice to any aborious task
that we might engage in after our
complete failure to dispose Of all the
good things that were brought there
by those good, free -hearted ladies to
be eaten, will report the result of the
ball game that was begun Immediately
after dinner between our home team
and the Mt Olive team. | want to
say first, though, that both teams are
ashamed of the results, but as there is
! always a cause to every effect there
J were other reasons for the errors and
failures than the amount of chicken,
ham, cakes, etc, that the boys had to
carry around over the diamond. In
the first place, we had very rough
|; grounds to play on. 1t was a newly
made diamond, and it was incomplete.
Our boys had no grounds near enough
to go to to play the game, 50 they
went to work at night to make one, so
our people could witness the game.
So Friday night they worked until 2
, o'clock to get the diamond in shape,
: and it was new and rough, but it was
as fair for one team as the other, for
there had never been ball crossed the
: diamond in play until the two teams
+ gathered there after dinner, so that is
l one Of the greatest causes of their En-
t rors, but when the hour arrived some
t of the Mt. Olive players had not
a gotten there. So they waited until
half past one, and as we were all anx-
| ious to see q ball game they agreed to
9 substitute and have game anyway,
SO they got their men and the fun be-
] gan. They played out to the 4th inn
s ing with the score showing up 10 to
9 in favor of the Ridgedales. The Mt.
g Olives, were very much disheartened
$ and discouraged, and looking up the
way some Of them happened to see the
missing links in their chain and hol-
Tered out "Yonder comes Clyde Crit
fifth and Tommie Smith and the rest
y of the missing nine. Now, boys, we
j.. will give it to you. So they displac-
ed their substitutes and arrayed their
men for battle, but when Clyde and
S Tommie came up and found how the
= score was they wanted to rub out
e and begin anew, but some objected
t and the game proceeded. When the
:rd man was called out on the last Of
the 9th inning the score stood 80 to u
I'm favor Of the Ridgedales. Hurrah
for the Kjagedale ball players. Boys,
it will not do TO eat too much chicken
and BAN just before going into ball
game. See'
After all. we had a very pleasant
: day. We did good work in honor OF
: our beloved dead, had good old time,
old-fashioned meeting basket dinner
3 where all parties spread right out in a
S line and all Joined tables or spreads
b and mixed and mingled together, ate
t of each others ''viands'' and had a
very amusing ball game to wind up
with, and we hope there was fauch
good and no harm done.
: Well, Bro. Young disappointed us
all here Sunday. 1t had been announc-
ed for two or three weeks that he
J would preach for us here at the Chapel
at II o clock Sunday, and there was
quite crowd for this place gathered
: to hear the new preachers, and he fail
r ed to put in his appearance. We hope
n he will send another appointment soor
: and be sure to fill it, as we are Away,
q glad to have new preacher come
around and preach for us. Bro. Bill
Kingsley gave us good little talk il
Bro. Young's place Sunday, so WI
! -. - ~,