Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-11-11
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Mr.. Editor and friends: l will give
you few dots from this part of the
Lone Star State Will say health is
good, crops very light on an average,
cotton is making bale to eight acres.
some are making as much as a half
bale while others are not making any
thing. guess our drouth was bless
ing in disguise. The hot winds and
dry summer has killed all the boil
weevils in this section of the state and
that's blessing No I, and We farmers
haven't made cotton enough to keep
our children out of school to gather it.
They pick of evenings and Saturdays
and keep it gathered, so that's bless
ing No Q. It gives us a chance to
break our lands this fall and let it
take the winter rains and freezes and
have it in good shape for next year.
That's blessing No. B. But of all
blessings that we may derive from it,
the one that puts our children in
school for eight months is the all i'm
portant one and that will benefit the
farmers most. am practicing what
write. l have all my children in a
good 8-months school and your uncle
is running the pillow and has thirty
| acres broke.
For the benefit of those who may
want to come to Texas l will try and
draw you correct picture of Airing
ton. It is town of b, 900 inhabitants.
It is has two hardware stores, two
drug stores, three dry goods stores,
ten grocery stores, two jewelry stores,
two banks and five cotton gins, two
big livery stables, two lumber yards
and host of restaurants and confec-
tionarv stands. It is located 1419
miles east of Fit. Worth and M miles
west of Dallas. The T. & P. R. r.
and the Texas Interurban Car Line
runs through it with twenty eight
chances for man to get away on
every day if he does not like it. II
has 8 churches, public schools. The
buildings of two of them cost &c., O(
each, and Carlyle Military School il
located here, which is very flint
institution. 1t is situated just WHERE
the timber lands and prairie joins
It is high, dry and healthy. 1t ha
up-t date sewerage and water works
light and ice plant and the finest ar
tesian wells in the state, and in th
heart of the finest farming, fruit AM
garden lands in north east Texas. Or
dinarily it makes from one-half to
-bale of cotton per acre and 30 bushel
of corn or 300 bushels of sweet potatoe
but land is very high.
Miss Annie Temple, of Ft. Worth
was visiting home folks Sunday.
Seab Bracken, of Grapevine, wa
3 down visiting his uncle, T. S. Bracl
en-, of this place
Sorry to hear of w. G. Moore's sicl
ness. Hope he is we'll ere this. If s
come out and spend the winter wit
us.
What is the matter with our CORE
+ pondents of the valley that they don
: write oftener. Was pleased to req
q ! Oscar Dykes letter on Sequachee Va
ley. l have seen the grandeur of VIII
e he was writing about from evel
10 stand point. like the valley and i
:. good people, for it was there, fol-
!; miles east of Whitwell first saw Il
= light of day, but as love the hon
state / also love my home by adoptio
We have some of the finest views al
scenery out here that are in the State
ad some of the kindest and best pc
&c pie in the world.
10 VIII say to "Oh Bach, of Will
Point, Tex, didn't you spread tn
- tale just little bit thick. l am su
= you thought so under the bed. que
70 you felt like, you would if you al
~ Capt. Johnson had been in old Ell
;. mines, and the top was coming in
:, you. Say, Ed, come over and see IN
am Caps uncle and would love
7 see you.
- Good luck to the Editors and maj
|, readers of the News. Uncle Tom.