Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-11-30
Third District.

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SeenaI 10 the Mez0g.
Your humble writer is today at
Montlake, a mining town located on
Waldeu's Ridge. two miles from Dali
sy, ..of about 900 or 800 inhabitants,
with about 800 miners and other day
laborers. under Superintendent Gis-
mer of Alabama, as manager. The
little town of Montlake is situated in
beautiful place surrounding the
lake. Ye writer will give you short
sketch and history of Montlake. 1t is
a deep basin in the mountain with no
outlet, covering about. three acres with
beautiful cliff surrounding it. The
water is as clear as crystal and meas
uring from top to bottom the basin is
800 feet deep. On the face of the cliff
are written many names and dates,
going back as far as 1880. In this lake
there is nothing known to exist of the
fish creation. The Montlake Coal Co.
has large pipe extended down over
J the bluff into the water with tne
pump at the top, and two large
water tanks which hold several thou
sand gallons of water with which to
supply the boilers that furnish power
TO run the fans and carry the coal
4 from the mines to the tip. The output
!. of coal daily is about 1870 or 100 tons,
and is said to be No. coal, measuring
4 from feet to 70 inches. The mines
| here are run on union scale with
/ regular daily run, with six days and
nights work week with all miners
members of the U. M. w. of A, ex-
/ cept 10 or 90, and part of these are
! said to be going to join right away.
This little mining town is beautiful
summer resort, high and dry, with as
fine water as Tennessee affords, with
about 200 finished building and COM
missary store right at the top for the
convenience of all. l met several of
the Whitwell boys over here, and of
course we bad hearty oldtime hand
shake. Joe White is the bank boss,
and | just had to call at his Office. |
may spend the night with Joe and
return to Whitwell tomorrow. 1t is
too late to write up the news of last
week except what have already in
mind.
There was a rape case brought up
last Thursday by A. w Jaco charging
Charlie Long thereof. The proof de.
veloped that Charlie Long accomplish
ed his purpose by committing the Of
6L60 VI 1dD6 Ou JdCO Is 10 year Olu |
daughter, and was witnessed by two |
witnesses. 1t occurred five miles from |
Whitwell on Cumberland mountain. |
his. reputation is bad. He is the lad |
charge of larceny. He was tried be- |
fore C. r. Harris, J. P. The proof |
was conclusive, the court found him
guilty, and on default of bail he now
rests quietly in Jasper Jail to await
the December criminal court.
The other Cumberland criminal law
suit, State VS.. Charlie Rollins and
Joe Kilgore, was finally simmered |
down and blown out by complete
dismissal and nollying on cost.
There were quite a number of COM
pulsory school law violators at the bar
of Justice Saturday in G. R. Harris
court with County Superintendent
Kelly at the head for the State. All
defendants let off on compromised
judgement by paying the cost of pros
ecution.
The Whitwell Public School rally
was complete success There was
some educational ..oratory displayed by
some of the able Speakers along this
line. There we're teachers assembled
from ll~~parts of the county and sever
al gentlemen had on their best clothes
and of course they had their girls
along and that added to the beautiful
features of that occasion. But the
best looking young man | saw in the
whole group was Allen Kelly, the
County Superintendent, but some of
the court defendants in the school law
cases are quoted as saying that he
wasn't the best man in the group by
jugful Ha ha A little heat of
passion and luminosity displayed with
ont Just cause or consideration.
There is handed in to me for publ
cation by reader of the News in Sc
quatchie county, that teacher Of that
county in a public address to his
school is quoted as saving that this
country was % years behind other ma
tions, that the Chinese we're far ahead
of the people over here, and the next
race was the negroes, who were far
ahead of the white race along the line
of educational progress in this coun-
try, and further that he said that
President Taft's wife was of mixed
bloode7 race believe if Sequatchie
county has q public school teacher in
her schools of such type as that, and
who makes such speeches as this one
is quoted as making, they should dis
miss him at once on plea of insanity,
SANDER and libel, for that is what he
is guilty of. This paragraph was Civ
EN- to me by one of the patrons of the
school, who said he didn't want such
speeches to be made before his child
rem.
/ will close by saying that got
new correspondent for the News who
will write from Montlake hereafter,
and l think will get some subscriber
also s. .f
| happened to meet the editor the
other day at Whitwell, and it was so
cold that conversation on the subject
of politics had no more effect on him
than cast steel, SO as t'Will' is jolly |
old boy and friend to all, and am
81 miles from home and an enemy to
none, ring the bell at Montlake and
close. Representative.