Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-05
Chattanooga.

| SfScidE 10 me, Mans
! Visiting is the order of the day
here.
Mrs. Sanders and daughter Grace,
went visiting the first of this week.
John Smith took his girl TO the show
last week.
Ernest Alley also took his girl to the
show.
Sam Lindsey called on his girl
Thursday night in st Elmo.
Mrs Torbett and daughter, Annie,
went visiting Thursday night They
called to see Mrs. Sanders who is sick.
Roy Mcdonald, Paul Sanders, John
Smith and Grace Sanders called on Mr..
and Mrs Ed Langford last week. where
they spent three or four hours playing
the piano, and had good time. Err
nest Allen and Mr.. Lindsey were also
| there.
Smith Walsh and wife went visiting
last week.
H. H. O'Rear, the East Chattanoo-
ga whiskey dealer, was sentenced TO
thirty days in the work house. He is
now at work on the road for selling
whiskey, and be is not by himself as
there are about twenty more whiskey
men serving from thirty days to sixty
days for the county.
The worlds most famous military
band will be at the Auditorium Oct.2,
under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commence.
DIR. J. B. Steele the city physician,
is in ErlangerHospital with bad foot.
DR.. Culpepper is doing the city work
during the absence of DIR. Steele.
Policeman Padget, who has been
confined at Erlanger Hospital for two
weeks, is much better, and it is ex-
pected that he will report for duty
next week. Padgett is popular
member of the police force.
Mayor Thompson is improving.
The Mayor has been confined in the
West Ellis Hospital for some time. 1t
is likely that he will be able to leave
the hospital by Saturday. Mr.. Thomp-
son is suffering from nervous break
down.
The postofice at Hill City was rob-
bed the first of last week and $l.75 in
money was taken with 81. 90 in stamps.
No clue as to who could have done the
job has been reported.
The postoffice at Spring City was
robbed some time last week, and two
boys who were strangers were walking
up the railroad track and were met by
a posse of officers and others, and they
were ordered to throw up their hands,
which one refused to do. They did
not know what it was all about. They
were hoboes and were trying to get
home to see their people, but Herbert
Cain refused to comply with the Of
ticers' orders, and was shot down, new
err to see his mother or friends. If he
had only thrown up his hands proba-
bly, he would have been alive and on
his way home. He was sent to Erlan-
ger Hospital, but was too far gone
for the docors to do him any good.
He died in a few minutes They
kept his companion in the lock up
for few hours, but released him after
finding ont that they were not the
guilty parties. No arrangements we're
made for the disposal of the body, as
the boys mother was located in Tiffon,
Fla. She is on her way here to take
charge of her sons body. The mother
is heart broken over the boys death.
The lock and dam was the scene of
another fatal accident Thursday. Mr..
F. Carmichael, caisson foreman, was
crushed under falling bucket of &C.
ment He came here from New York.
o. S. Green, better known as
'Shoof'', came into the old courthouse
yard Friday, and sitting down under
a big tree, pulled from his pocket a
SO calibre pistol and fired four shots
in his head. Mr.. Green lived in Hill
City. The doctors say there is a
chance for his recovery. Mr.. Green is
an old confederate soldier and also
one of Chattanooga best and oldest
citizens.
Well, "Mamas Darling" you may
think l don't know you. You may be
right but ] think that l do, You sure
did come with fine piece last week.
Come again.
"Little Sweetheart" sure is faith
full little writer, and she was writing
before l went west.
"White Lily" failed to show up
again. It's too bad.
Let all who have been absent so
long come on with long letters, as we
like to hear from all.
- Chattanooga Kid.
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