Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-03-09
Third District.
Special 10 he Mc7O5.

eral friends while in the town. stay
ed Sunday night with John Cordell
and found him aud family up to date
of the first type. He has nice hotel,
well furnished, aud Mr.. Cordell is a
scriptorian from whence they came,
and is able to interest any man on a
scriptural argument, and win deliver
lecture on different Bible doctrines
that are taught by the different sects
at the present ago
The general run of business looked
very dull in and around Dunlap, but
up and down the railroad line farmers
were blowing on all sides. met the
Honorable Trustee, John Moore, of
Sequatchie County, and he said they
had had number of hog suits up at
Dunlap and they all came from Cum
berland mountain, and one party un-
fortunately got bound over to the
criminal court. That beats our town,
John. We never let hog case pass a
J. P. court Some of those attorneys
surely never did their duty up there.
The case of j. S. Condra and Rev.
A. T. Founders VS. Jas. and E. H.
Condra in the breach of contract suit
for 5000 damages came up at one o.
clock Saturday. A plea in bar was FL
ed to dismiss on a former judgement.
In fact, no former judgement as to the
matter of damage at issue was ever
tried or passed on by any court, but
the court sustained the plea and plain
tiffs appealed to Circuit Court. w.
E. McCurry, j. W. Morrison, W. Fl.
White were the attorneys They
fought this plea to a finish, for two
hours, and not single section or le-
gal point of law was left undone, and
the J. p court house and the street
was filled with eager hearers as all
parties to the suit were prominent.
On account of confusion and dis
turbance among the attorneys and
court, the case of Dave Griffith, charg
ed with carrying pistol was continued
over two weeks.
The town of Whitwell is now in a
state of excitement over band of peo-
pie calling themselves night riders.
They have been operating about ten
nights. The report goes its rounds
that they took out young man, lately
who had failed to apply him
self to any job in the shape of work.
They hitched him to a pillow and plow
ed him two hours, and it was reported
another young fellow was whipped
from start to finish. Others were serv-
cd with notices and bundles of withes.
All loafers were notified to hunt job
Of some sort. Some say they saw said
night riders with big, wide belts on
under their coats with their official
title written on them, might Rid
err" Others state they saw as high as
% on horseback, riding and patrolling
the streets of the town at late hour
Of the night, and they were all strang-
ers. There was house Of prostitu-
tion regulated by notice with a few
sharp pointed paragraphs, telling what
to do and how to conduct themselves
and live hereafter All orders given by
The night riders SO far have been obey
I'D, and carried out to letter as far
as we have learned
1t seems as though the night riders
principal business is looking after loaf
BIS, public and immoral conduct, in
,luding both male and female, such as
oafing, refusing to work, neglecting
70 provide for their families, car rid
ng by boys, keeping houses of i'll
anne, selling whiskey and public
when it becomes a public
Nuisance to the community. Also in
,ludes wife beating, cruelty and inhu-
nan treatment to children, and espec-
ally to minors. 1t seems like every
,ody has got a little uneasy about
hese procedures on the part of the
light riders as to just what the final
of this night rider organi-
alton will develop into | am unable
0 tell just now, but will give details
urther on as they occur.
Ike Layne was down from the noun
ain yesterday trying to stir up and /
an up another hog suit. The court l
as got itself very near educated on $
le hog law on Cumberland mountain, |
nd is slow to act |
We fear the miners won't have a