Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-07-14
LOCAL.

a trip East.
D. A. Ragsdale, of Happy Hol
low near Victoria. was here Friday
Sequachee VS. Roaring River Satur
day on the local diamond at $3.50 p. m
An addition is being made to thu
storage shed of the handle works frs
erected.
A revival began at Owen Church
Tuesday night conducted by Rev. G.
o. Gannaway.
Miss Tennie Mitchell, of Whitwell
was the guest of Rev. Gannaway and
wife Tuesday.
Misses Minnie Marlin and Louise
Hill were in Jasper short while
| Tuesday afternoon.
jackson Lee, of Whitwell, spent
Sunday here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. Lee.
Chas. Curtis and little son and
daughter, Roy and Mildred, visited in
Coppinger Cove Sunday.
Will Smith will raise the porch on
the front of his store to a level posi-.
tion and floor it for overhead use.
Mrs. Hattie Harrison, Evansville,
Tenn, left this morning after a visit
to her brother, Rev. g. o. Gannaway
and wife.
The output of handles at the Sequat-
chic Handle Works for the past two
months has been extremely gratifying
to the management.
John Henderson still remains incap-
acitated from heavy work at his home
south of town His friends regret that
his health continues poor.
Will Thornton, of near Tennessee
River, was over Sunday to convey his
sister Flaw, Mrs. John Thornton and
children, to his home to be the guests
of his family.
Robt Dykes and Miss Nina Gray
son, and Albert Price and Miss Cor
inne Ashburn, of Whitwell, were
among the visitors at the Blowing
Spring Sunday afternoon.
J. E. Robertson, of Whitwell, demo-
cratic candidate for register, was in to
see us Monday, and got some cards
printed. He is in Mullins Cove this
week interviewing the voters
w. r. Thomas went to Chattanooga
Saturday to have an operation per-
formed on his injured eye, which has
been under treatment. He was ac-
companied by Miss Grace Thomas.
Some local farmers went into the
fields Sunday to endeavor to save lit
tie of the grain that is being destroyed
by this too great wateriness. Two
days of sunshine gave them the oppor-
tunity
Gallant Robertson, of Fl. Worth,
Texas, accompanied by his father,
Capt. JAS. Robertson, of Jasper, were
here Friday and paid the News a
pleasant call. He visited here some
nine years ago.
The following formed party which
had supper at the Blowing Spring Sun
day evening: John Reynolds, George
Wynne and Miss Belle MCGEE, of So.
Pittsburg, and Camilla Morgan of
Rockmont, Ga.
Misse Mamie Dykes, Leila Layne,
Ruby Blackburn, and Messrs. Edgar
Price, Leslie Miller, Phil Payne. Shell
by Kelly, Lee Condra, John D. Pryor,
H. E. Hudson, Oscar Dykes and Others
from Whitwell, picnicked at the Blow
ing Spring Sunday.
j. G. Wagner returned Wednesday
of last week from Cleveland, Ohio.
where he was summoned little over
a month ago to attend the funeral of
his father, who died there at the ad
vanced age of "a years.
J. T. Billingsley, of Caroline Cha
pei, and j. S. Billingsley, of Chatta-
nooga, were here Friday They re-
ported hard time getting through
mud hole en- route, but didn't get
stuck up over it. Their mule and
buggy like to have, though.
The following composed party that
went through here Saturday evening
en- route from Tracy to, Whitwell to at
tend the--revival there Harry Eggert,
Mrs Francis Eggert, Chas. Carrick,
Jas. Fry, Jess Gotham, Mrs. Gotham.
Mrs Kirk, Miss Lilly Myers, Misses
Ollie May Atridge, Lena Nolan, Ber-
tina Nolan, Nancy Poe.
Bob Rice was happy man Thurs
day, as for once in his life accidents
turned his way. A fine, fat 12-lb.
ground hog was accidentally walking
on the mountain in place where
Bob's dog accidentally came along,
and a bad accident happened to the
ground hog in consequence, for the dog
freed it in hole-not holed it in a
tree-and Robert worked like demon
till he got the stones rolled away
enough so he could kill the under
world porcine with a rock. This is
the latest on ground hog killing The
event took place on Wells Point and
we saw the ground hog, which was
brought to this Office for inspection.
Bob has also got the natives ''skun
a mile on raising tomatoes, as he
enjoyed his first of the season on or
about July 4.
Watermelon "Stew".