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DETAILS
OF The Accident Which Caused
The Death
Of Wiley Elliott Near City
Of Newark
Newark American Tribune)


Wiley Elliott, aged 46 years, for
many years employed in the bridge
construction crew of the B. G. o. r. r.
company, fell from the top of new
bridge spanning Dry creek Wednes-
day morning at o'clock, and struck
on his head, crushing the back part
of his skull He was hurried on
passenger train to st. Louisville,
where he was viewed by DR.. Marriott,
who ordered him brought to the hos
pital here as quickly as possible. He
was placed aboard a passing freight
train and brought to Newark.
The injured man was met at the
train by the Bowers ambulance and
conveyed to the Sanitorium, but he
died shortly after reaching there. His
mother, Mrs. Margaret Elliott, came
down on the noon train.
Information from the scene of the
accident, where Mr.. Waltham was kill
ed by falling pile driver several
months ago, is according to the state
ment made to the American Tribune,
that Mr.. Elliott was standing on top
of the bridge, when for some uneX-
plainable reason he lost his balance
and fell distance of 25 feet to the
creek bed below.
His fellow-workmen ran to his aid;
and discovered that he was desper-
ately injured and that something
would have to be done quickly if his
life was saved. Fortunately the north
bound passenger train came along
shortly after the accident, and he was
placed on board and taken to his
home town, st. Louisville. DR.. Marri-
oft, the B. & o. surgeon at that point,
met the train and after viewing the
injured man, ordered that he be taken
to the hospital in Newark immedi-
ately. A south-bound freight train ar
rived a few minutes later and Mr.. FL
liott was placed aboard.
A telephone message to the Bowers
undertaking rooms caused the ambu-
lance to be at the depot, and the in
jured man was taken to the Sanitar-
ium, but died within few moments,
and the remains were taken to the
establishment on Fourth street, where
they were prepared for burial.
The deceased had been lifelong
resident of st. Louisville. His wife,
who preceded him to the grave fifteen
years ago, was the sister of o. G. Mar
tin, formerly in the probate judges Of
flee here. Since her death he had
been making his home with his moth
er, Mrs. Margaret Elliott, whose hus-
band died several years ago. He
leaves besides his mother a daughter,
Margaret, aged 16, and two sisters,
Mrs. Chas d. Fleming, of High street,
this city,. and Mrs. Perry Athey, on
North Sixth tsreet.
The remains of Mr. Elliott were TAX
en- to the home of his sister, Mrs.
Perry Athey, on North Sixth street.
The body will be taken to st. Louis
vile on the evening train, and the fun
eral services will be held at his home
on Friday afternoon at o'clock.
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DIVORCE
Granted Ida NJ. HOOSG From
Charles A. HOOSe
ln Common Pleas Court Thurs
day Morning
Two Other Divorce Gases Are
On The Calendar
Many Witnesses Called For
Each Case
Other Items From The
Temple OF Justice

The case of Ida M. Hoose vs.
Charles A Hoose in which the plain
tiff sought divorce on the grounds
of habitual drunkenness and gross me-
glect, was heard by Judge Wickham
in the court Of common pleas We'd
nesday afternoon and on Thursday
morning the plaintiff was granted q
decree of divorce on the above nam
ed grounds. In addition she was al
lowed alimony in the sum of $1,000
and given the custody Of the minor
children. The defendant was not
present to fight the case, and his
whereabouts are unknown. AS soon
as the case was brought in the Knox
county court and temporary alimony
was allowed, the defendant left this
city and has not been heard of since.
Hoose is glass worker by trade and
came here from New York state. Mrs.
Hoose is now resident of Pitts
burg, Pa.
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Mrs. E. A. Smith.

Mrs. e. A. Smith died at the Home
for the Aged on North Gay street
Thursday morning at about three-thirty
o'clock after aweek's illness caused by
a stroke of paralysis. She was eighty
four years OF age at the time of her
death, having been at the dome al-
most three years, and Is survived by
one sister. Mrs. Uhlich Of Mansfield,
her nice, was with her at the time of
the death and accompanied the re-
mains to Mansfield on the 2:42 train
on the B. & o. Thursday afternoon.
The funeral and interment win occur
at that place.
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DEPENDS ON CONTINGENCY
Atlee Pomerene Wants Dicks Job n
Legislature Goes His Way.

Columbus, o., March 81 - Atlee
Pomerene Of Canton, who was a can.
didate for the gubernatorial nomina-
tion at the last Democratic state con.
vention, supported by Mayor Tom L
Johnson of Cleveland and his friends.
will be candidate for the United
States senatorship, providing his par
ty is successful in securing control Of
the next general assembly.
Announcement of his candidacy
will be made within few days from
his home in Canton, and will prob
ably come this week.
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There will be Sunday school at the
Mt. Zion church, Sunday, April 8, at
$3.50 p. m. Let everybody come and
lend a helping hand.
Mrs. Geo. Harris, is quite i'll with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Cora Mercer and Mrs. Margar-
ct Hayden are on the sick list.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burch,' Mrs. Addie
Schooler and Mrs. Lora Weirrick
spent Friday with Mrs. Ida Hardesty.
Mr.. Thomas Bodle and wife spent
Saturday night and Sunday with rela-
tives near Gambler.
Mr.. Harvey Burch and wife were
pleasantly entertained at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Blunt, Easter Sun
day.
Mr.. Carry Harris and wife Of Wind
ing Fork visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Harris Sunday.
DR.. Dillon of New Castle was bust.
ness caller at this place Friday.
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Earth Shock Recorded.

Albany, N. Y, March 31.-The seis-
mograph at the state museum regis
tered an earthquake lasting nearly
an hour. The origin of the disturb
ance was apparently great distance
away,
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Office
Of The Mayor MOVed.TC The
Arnold Building
-

The Office of Mayor Mitchell, which
was formerly in the Sipe building over
the McNabb grocery ON South Main
street, has been moved to the second
floor in the Arnold building just over
Taugher's drug store.
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SCALP
Wound Sustained. By Hyde
In A Fall

j. c. Hyde who is employed at the
G. A. & G. shops, met with very
painful injury while al work Thurs
day morning. at about seven-thirty
o'clock. Mr.. Hyde was at work on an
engine and was some distance from
the floor when he accidentally fell,
striking the back of his head on the
corner of piece of timber. A bad
scalp wound was inflicted beside
numerous bruises. DR.. N. r. Eastman
was called to dress the wound
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-04-01

The discovery that an ordinary
bank note has 100000 germs on it
makes it look almost like murder to
pay the grocer's bill.
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OBITUARY !:
The jenkins Funeral.
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The funeral of Mrs. Maude Jenk-
ms, who died at the Mt. Vernon hos
pital Tuesday night, will be held at
the house on South Mechanic street
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock,
Rev. Morris officiating. Interment in
Mound View cemetery.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-04-01

The campaign against the infected
bank note is on again. Still. In the
excitement when one gets a bank
note, who can stop to thinkf
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Clerks Record


The clerk minute journal shows the
following matters disposed of in the
court of common pleas:
Seaton VS.. Drake-Dismissed for
failure to prosecute.
Humbert VS.. G. A. & C.-Cause
tried, verdict for plaintiff for $685..
Fowls vs.. Harris-Settled.
Rogers & Buckley vs. Robert l.. Cole
and Simons vs.. B. G o. ct al, Fultz
vs. Wright Lumber and Manufacture
ing Company, Dever, adm, vs.. Brad
dock ct al, Mutual Manufacturing
Company VS.. Blakely & Mishey, Dud-
geon VS.. Homer Natural Gas Com.
pany, Herzog VS.. SHETLAND, Edds vs..
Miller-Motions for new trials over.
ruled.
Billman VS.. Billman--Dismisse by
plaintiff.
Hennegan vs.. Zimmerman ct al.,-
Default decree of partition; Isaac
Hoovler made defendant.
Chase vs.. Randolph yet al-Dismiseds
for failure to prosecute.
Koons vs.. Bishop-Dismissed by
plaintiff.
Humbert VS.. G. A. & C.-Motion for
new trial overruled on plaintiff re.
mitting interest in the sum of S755,
and judgment for s32. Motion to tax
costs of plaintiff aaginst him sus.
tanned.
Quick VS.. Bebout ct al.-Report of
commissioners confirmed and sale or.
dered.
Davidson VS.. Higgins, executor
Jury waived and cause tried to court;
finding Thomas ]. Higgins chargable
with $4,000 and interest from one year
after date of his qualification as exec
utor. Defendant to pay the cost, re-
manded to probate for further pro
ceedings.
Myers VS.. Mercer-Submitted to
court, jury being waived. Judgment
for plaintiff for $3.50, each party tc
pay their own costs. Except jury fees
in justice court which are to be paid
by the paintiff.
Ohio ex rel White VS.. Hatton, sup
ervisor-Petition dismissed at cost ol
the plaintiff. Appeal bond 5000
Denny vs. Denny-Dismissed.
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Aaed Woman Killed by Train. :

Newcomerstown, O., Mach 81
Miss Nancy Watson, rs, was struck
by a Panhandle freight train at the
Goodrich street crossing and killed.
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Divorce Cases

The divorce proceedings of Harding
VS.. Harding and Beeney VS.. Beeney
were on the assignment in the court
OF common pleas on Thursday. A
large number of witnesses were pres
ent to testify in the case.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-04-01

That Mr.. Rockefeller is remark
able man. He actually needed an act
of congress to enable him to get rid
of his money.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-04-01

They can't make cake such as moth.
er used to make by using canned eggs.
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A son was born Wednesday evening
to Mr.. and Mrs. George Niebel OF
Academia.
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Deeds Filed

Deeds Filed
Anna M. Richert to Gerge II. Kay
ior, 100 acres in Brown, $1.400.
George II. Kaylor to Anna M. Rich
ert. same, $500.
Clinton A. Ingham to VIM. H. Pat.
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terson, lot 20, Foote'S Add. Frederick
town, $3.50.
George w. Ewers, executor, to Sar
ah B. Snyder ct al, 1888 acres in
Berlin, $10,6OO.
II. w. Sauers to Albert Clark, 3
acres at Centerburg, $4,000.
.
Marriage License
William G. Webster, glass worker,
Dunkirk, Jay county, Indiana, and
Georgia Hall, Miller township. Rev
f. b. Richey.
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Executor Appointed

Executor Appointed
Dore Bechtel has been appointed ex-
ecutor of Simon Bechtel, giving bond
in the sum of $4,000, with Mary Ellen
Bechtel, Edna Bechtel, Alva Bechtel,
Jane Ann Bechtel and Lewis F. Bech-
tel as surities. The appraisers are
Edward Hazlet, Dan Keller and Charl.
es Beal.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-08-11
Jasper Department

J. L. Wilkerson is on business trip
in Arkansas.
Miss Maggie Tate has been the guest
of Miss Leons Tate at Stevenson, Ala
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Tatum left last
week for Chattanooga, after stay of
two weeks on the mountain.
J. E. Darr has retired from the firm
of Kelly-Darr Co., and will enter the
wholesale hat business in Chattanooga.
Among those moving to the noun
tain last week were w. l.. Crouch and
family, and d. o. Hoge and daughter.
W. S. Branhan, pastor of the M. E.
Church, South, at Bridgeport, was
the guest of Rev. j. A. Darr one day
last week.
Tommy Deathridge, of So. Pitts
burg, is holding down the cases in the
Statesman Office. We welcome him to
our town as first class base ballist.
We regret to chronicle the death of
the infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Smith, Freda Irene Smith, which
occurred Sunday, July 81. 1t was FIVE
weeks old. Interment was made at
Pine Grove Cemetery.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-08-11

1t is common thing to hear people
speak of the movement against the liq-
uor traffic, now sweeping over the ma
tion, as a Temperance wave" that
will soon recede, and leave things as
they were before.
l want to say that this temperance
wave is not going to recede. 1t is
another of the great moral reform
movements that have swept over the
world from time to time, driving out
various evils that have threatened the
best of the worlds life. Such move
ment once started, has never been
known to fail. 1t could not fail or be
destroyed For 'every great moral
reform has an immortal soul, I" which
once born into the worlds life, goes
on its conquering way, until the prin-
ciples of the measures it advocates,
have become the accepted creed of hu-
manity.
But they tell us of the strong wave
of temperance sentiment that swept
over the nation about the middle of
the last century, threatening the de-
struction of the liquor traffic, which,
later, subsidized, as this will sub
side,'' also, they fondly believe.
During score of years preceding
the second half of the past century,
two great questions disturbed the
peace of our nation. These questions
related to the abolition of human slav-
cry, and the destruction of the liquor
traffic. During this time Maine passed
the first prohibitory law, forbidding
the manufacture and sale OF liquor
within her borders which law she has
retained from that day to this. A
number Of other states passed similar
laws, and it looked for while as if
all the states would follow this beneti-
cent example.
But suddenly the slavery question
and the states rights question, which
grew out of it, forged to the front for
immediate settlement. The civil war
arose: the blood of brother fighting
against brother flowed on thousand
batSfe fields; the war waxed and wan
ed Eaen peace was restored. Follow
ing came the days Of reconstruction,
and peTble's minds were so full of the
effort to restore their fallen fortunes,
that they did not at once resume their
fight against King Alcohol, and the
war against the liquor traffic lapsed
for a season.
But not for long. In short time
the fight was on again. In this state
it began in small way, even before
the close of the CO.'S In other states
almost as early. Most..of the states Sc
cured local option laws as related to
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the county, the district, the town or
city, and began to drive out the traffic
from the smaller sections And the
extent of prohibitory territory grew,
until today, the liquor traffic is now
prohibited in two-thirds of the terrific
~ of the United States.
In the early days, it was a matter of
sentiment, purely. The question of
alcoholic liquor drinking had not been
investigated from a scientific point of
view. People thought there was no
harm in drinking sin moderation. "
The only harm was in drinking to
drunkenness. Since that time the
light of science has been turned on the
drink habit, and men have learned
that it is not only hurtful to the hu
man race to dri.1k to drunkenness, but
that any beverage use of alcoholic liq-
uors is hurtful to man mentally, NOR.
ally and physically, and the fight was
resumed from a new point of view.
The result of this scientific research
into the effects of the drink habit on
the human race, were embodied in the
public school books of the land and are
taught to all the children of the ma.
ton. They may now know that they
may expect in drinking intoxicants be-
fore the habit is formed. With this
teaching they are taught more or less
indirectly, the evils of the business it
self. So they grow up with firmly
founded knowledge of the harmfulness
of the drink habit, and the evils of the
liquor traffic, that bodies no good to
the bad business, that has done so
much harm in the world.
These lessons have also been taught
to the church-going people of the ma
tion, through the International Sunday
School lesson course. Temperance so
cieties among the children have given
millions of children special training
along these lines Millions of papers
of temperance literature, teaching the
same thing, have been circulated
among the.people. Temperance people
have taught it from the pulpits and
platforms of the nation, reaching in
this way, every nook and corner of
our broad land And all this has been
going on in this nation for the past
thirty five or forty years. So back of
the movement, there is now an educa-
ted sentiment, a scientific knowledge
of the question, that assures us of the
final and not greatly distant right set
tlement of that important ISSUE
The wisdom, the intelligence, the
civilization, the religion of the age,
says the liquor traffic must go, and it
is going. The temperance wave will
not recede.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-08-11
Wrong Idea.
Editor News:

Editor News:
Now the ele ection is over and the in
dependents have won out by large ma
iority and Pattersonism has been re-
buked as no other ism has ever been.
and the proud old state has come to
the front with her banners flying for
law and order, we owe it to the
very best people of the state for the
victorY won. Some things developed
here in Tracy City I never heard ad-
vocated in all of my life. I've heard
it said good man couldn't be elected
to Office for the reason there WASH t
enough good men to do it, but this
time I heard it said that certain man
was too good man to be elected sher-
iff, and l am told a couple of preachers
actually voted against him for that
reason and no other. Well, if they did
do that they did wrong and ought to
be ashamed of themselves.
Men who occupy the sacred pulpit
are supposed to love God, home and
country well enough to give the best
they can to it. No man is too good
to hold an office in this land of ours.
You can always rest assured these
goody good for nothing preachers will
turn their backs on their country and
it's welfare under some false ideas. 1t
is q fact.
Well, the state gave the Patterson
lAs,. nvn
preachers, exhorters, editors, school
teachers, women and children, and a
preacher or christian who has such a
low conception of their duty to their
country are low down, indeed. This
is all care to say on it.
UNCLE TOM.
Tracy City, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-08-11
The Best Hour of Life

is when you do some great deed or dis
cover some wonderful fact. This hour
came to J. R. Pitt, of Rocky Mt, N.
c., when he was Suffering intensely,
as he says, from the worst cold ev-
er had, l then proved to my great sat
isfaction, what a wonderful Cold and
Cough cure DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry is. For, after taking one bottle,
was entirely cured. Yon can't say
anything too good of medicine like
that. " Its the surest and best remedy
for diseased lungs, HemOrrhages, La
Grippe, Asthma, Hay Fever, any
Throat or Lung Trouble SOC. $1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Whitwell Drug Co.. of Whitwell.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-08-11
GORDON'S HILL.

.Sbeciai 10 tie Mas.
Rain and sunshine is the order of
the day.
Jas. Deitz went to Jasper Saturday,
w. S. Wilson was iE Jasper Friday.
Crops are looking fine and SO are the
weeds, but the corn is too large now
for the weeds to do much harm, so
they can grow together now. Early
beans are gone but the late ones are
coming in so there will be plenty of
them in few days The Irish potato
crop is fine; SO is the tomato crop, so
we have little to eat yet with few
chickens and few eggs.
l was sorry that didn't see a letter
from June Bug" in the columns OF
the News last week. / am afraid the
old mother hen has caught June
Bug. I told her to watch out or
something would happen. / hope the
hen will turn her loose soon SO she can
keep up her writing to the News. So
come on, "June Bug, if you are not
dead.
The thresher has arrived to thresh
Mr.. Wilson's wheat. The work will
begin just as soon as the weather will
permit.
w. S. Wilson called on Jas. Deitz
Sunday morning.
The men that run the thresher stay
ed ait w. S. Wilson Saturday night.
They went to the Lock and Dam Sun
day.
r. C. Floyd of Whitwell, was the
guest of his neices Tuesday; also Matt
Griffith, of Whitwell, called on Jas.
Deitz Tuesday.
[ understand the tabernacle meeting
is still going on at Whitwell and there
is great work being done. l trust the
good work will go ON until there will
not be sinner left in ..Whitwell.
There is room in this part Of the NOR
al vineyard for revival, but some of
our preachers 60 fishing, and SO you
see there can't be revival without a
preacher. / like to go to meeting. /
love to hear the gospel preached. I
was having conversation with some
children the other day and a little
boy said, "Who made the sky" I
told him that God made it, and he
said, "Where is God?" I said he is
everywhere, and the child said,
"Where does he stay. | don't ever see
him." So you see there is great need
of teaching the children. Every, child
should be taught that there is a God,
and that he died for all mankind. A
great many parents neglect their child
rem too much. They don't stop to
think that they are responsible for the
little ones, so l hope there will be
more mothers and fathers who will
tell the little boys and girls that there
is a God, Savior of the world. Teach
the little ones the Golden Rule. My
prayer is that every Child will learn
who God is and learn about his great
love for them and for all who put
their trust in him. Butter Fly.