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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
KING FUZzYwUB.

Fuzzywub was jolly old king;
A jolly old king was he;
That is the way some ballads begin,
And it's good enough for me.
There came to him his councillors four
To talk of affairs of state,
One thin, one tall, one fat, one small,
And all Of them very sedate.
"Hast heard" said one, "what your
dog hath doneH
He swallowed a watch today.
Now what shall we do to get the
watch"
Shall we kill this canine, pray2"
"No," responded King Fuzzywub,
While he thoughtfully knit his brow /;
"With the time piece running inside
of him,
He'll make good watch dog now"
1.-THE cobbler, sire, two sweethearts
hath"
The second councillor said;
"a sweetheart old, and a sweetheart
new
Now which shall the cobbler wedp'
MN, let me think" said King
Fuzzywub,
BY perplexity much harassed.
Doth not the ancient proverb say,
Let the cobbler stick to his last2"
"Sire.'' said the third, "a petty thief
Hath stolen some calendars.
Shall we give the rogue for this helm
GUS crime
A twelve month behind the bars2'
Decidedly not,a said King Fuzzy
wub,
1T would not justice be.
If the knave hath stolen the calendars,
He's got twelve months. you see l''
"Sire," said the fourth, but the king
cried,
"Stopp I'm weary, l must confess,
Wilt play me chesst' he asked of the
fool,
And the fool he ans wered, "Chess!'
oh, Fuzzywub was jolly old king;
A jolly old king was he;
That is the way some ballards end,
And it's good enough for me.
Douglas, in November st.
Nicholas.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
WhitWell.

Sbecial to tie Ne70S.
Moving seems to be the order of the
day.
Mrs. Will Cantrell visited friends
and relatives in Whitwell last week.
B. F. Foster returned to Mulga.
Ala, Friday after a weeks visit in
Whitwell.
Ed King is contemplating going to
Mulga in the near future.
We are sorry to pen the death of
John Curtis who died on the mountain
with tuberculosis, and was buried at
Cheekville by the Red Men.
L. r. Powell was in town Saturday
on business.
Bill Powell bought pumpkin Sat-
urday evening. Watch us grow.
Bud Foster made business trip to
Jasper one night last week.
Floyd Barnes and Miss Lula Barnes
are fixing to take trip to Birming-
ham.
Green Holloway and wife visited in
Whitwell Sunday.
Come on, "River Sager" and "Old
Owl" think l know both of you.
Hunter.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
WhitwelI.
Special 10 tie Meas.

Special 10 the NeaOS.
Mark Ballard and wife are the
proud parents of an eight and a half
pound boy. who arrived Sunday after
noon.
The K. of P. had swell time at
the Hall Monday night. If anyone
failed to get enough to eat it was his
own fault, or if he didn't enjoy him
self he was too selfish to be sociable.
All classes were represented, preach
ers, doctors, merchants, miners and
farmers. DR.. Seay contributed a
pumpkin that weighed So pounds and
the speakers used it as stand to speak
from. DR.. Janeway and DR.. N. B
Moore were the speakers and said they
were speaking from pumpkin stand
point. The table was arranged in
horseshoe shape and the pumpkin was
the toe calk. There were about 100
people there, and great many good
things we're said for the order.
F. G. B.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
Deafness Cannon be Cured

by local application as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
andthat is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an infamed con,
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
taehian Tube. When this be gets in
famed you have rumpling sound of
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed deafness is theresult, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed
forever; nihe cases out of ten are caus-
ed by catarrh, which is nothing but an
infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
WHITWELL DEPARTMENT
Items for this Department are So
licited by the Editor

Lacy Condra, of Cedar Springs. was
here Saturday.
Jas. Condra, of Upper Marion, was
here Saturday.
j. Fl. Northcut has been making
some improvements to his residence.
A. J. Bailey is still carrying the
mail on Route No. Q, and is very
popular carrier.
Alvin Spears, of Victoria, is now
working in the N, G. & st. L. Office
here as operator.
Rev: G. A. Garner left this week
for Evansville, Tenn, where he goes
to fill new passionate.
Pay day was scheduled for Wednes-
day of this week. The two weeks
pay day is proving popular here.
Adolphus Lamb, reader of the
News, Gays he is well pleased with it,
which certainly pleases us to know.
J. R. Jordan has returned to Whit
we'll and is working in the mines.
He has been at Durham, Ga, for some
time.
Miss Nina Jordan has gone to Chat
tanooga where she accepted position
with a hospital to become trained
nurse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Hoge, of Ebene-
ger, were here Saturday. They had
been visiting Mrs. Hoge's parents at
Sulphur Springs.
DIR. J. L. Shirley returned to Whit
we'll Friday from Montlake where he
has been for some time He will re-
sumo practice here.
The new store house being built by
s. L. Pryor & Son will be completed
about Nov. 1, and will be occupied by
Robt Tate as a variety store
J. J. Dykes will install his scales
anew, putting in cement founda-
tion. A shelter will also be con-
over them to afford protection
from the weather.
Rev. w. H. Watson, who has been
pastor of the G. P. Church here for
the past two years, has accepted call
to passionate at Dayton, Tenn, NOV
ing there last week.
Gravel is being placed on the pike
between here and Victoria at places
needed. The work is done under sup
of Hon. J. J. Dykes, who
was appointed Pike Road Comm ission-
OF at recent meeting of County Court.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
Very Appropriate.

The organist was not lacking in pat
riotism, yet he rebelled when request
ed to play "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" at wedding.
''It is not appropriate. he said.
"Ain't itl" said the brides father.
For this wedding it is the most APP
propriate thing you can play. Cut
out all the rest of the programme if
you like, but stick to that. I had the
hardest kind of a fight to keep Belle
mother from marrying her off to a
foreigner. Between Belle and me we
won out for an American, and If this
isn't the time for "The Star Spang-
led Banner I'd like to know what it
is. New York Sun.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
POOR PULPIT POLICY.

When a preacher circulates among a
mob and speaks about skinning others
of his flock alive, we have poor opln-
ion of his worth or influence as a dis
penser of the gospel. Recently 1t came
under our notice that pastor in this
valley-at Whitwell, it is said-got mp
in his pulpit and denounced the mem
bers of his flock, using some uncouth
terms in doing SO. From what we
learn this was entirely uncalled for,
as he labored under misrepresentation
in the view which he had taken of
church matters in his denomination.
There was no desire to drive him out.
No concerted action had been made to
drive him ont. Some individuals,
perhaps, had expressed wish to have
another pastor, but these same people,
we understand, coughed up literally
when settlement of debts was mention
ed to them, as they always have done
in the past. Thew were not bounding
the reverend brother. However, be
did not refuse to let them settle the
bills. If they were guilty of about all
the heinous crimes in the decalogue,
and were as black rs the deepest pits
of hell, their money was as pure as
snow. There was no faint in that ev-
en- If it went through their defiled.
unholy hands.
To cease further comment we ex-
press our opinion that the arraign-
ment was uncalled for, and probably
escaped from mind that acted pre-
maturely. Probably there has been
secret regret over the matter since
on the partof the divine who prefer
red to throw cooked burls instead of
candy. Such sudden attacks give no
weight to the utterances. from the
ministerial pulpit, but rather pull it
down, and expose it to ribald criti-
cism.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
Reflections of a Bachelor.

Mighty few people in the world have
a good enough memory to carry favors
done them.
A girl knows man is plotting to
kiss her when he's so scared of her
he's planning how to escape.
If man can't account for his mis-
takes any other way he will say they
were because of some bitter enemies of
his.
When you have to tell friend what
you think about book of which he
the author, it would be better for you
if you had never learned to read.
New York Press.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
Averts Awful Tragedy.

Timely advice given Mrs. G. Will
loughby of Marengo, Wis, (R. No. y
prevented dreadful tragedy and saw
ed two lives. Doctors had said her
cough was consumption" cough
and could do little to help her. After
many remedies failed, her aunt urged
her to take Dr. Kings New Discover
y. II have been using it for some
time" she wrote land the awful
cough has almost gone. 1t also saved
my little boy when taken with a Sc
we're bronchial trouble This match
less medicine has no equal for throat
and lung troubles. Price SOC and 81.
Trial bottle free Guaranteed by Whit
well Drug Co., OF Whitwell.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
improvements to Mill.

Whitwell, Tenn, Oct. a1.-Walker
Bros, during the dull season this
summer, have made several improve
ments to their fine mill plant. The
base supporting the engine fly wheel, a
very massive affair, has been changed
from wooden to a concrete affair,
and the roof has been reconstructed.
Walker Bros. are hustlers, and put out
a No. I article in rough and finished
stuff.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
Self Deception.

Of all solitaire games the soonest
learned is self-deception. The dullest
mind can grasp it, The wisest have
ever enjoyed it, We all find solace in
its Establishments. No sweeter substi-
tute for courage, conscience and self
denial is yet discovered. Pandora S
Box
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

Cheerfulness is absolutely essential
to the minds healthy action or the
performance of its proper duties. 1t is
an excellent working quality, impart-
ing strength and elasticity to the char
acter, 1t not only llghtens labor, but
the brightness it bestows on the dispos-
ition is reflected on all around. Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, Sentinel.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

We are like bricks, made of clay
and we are not fit for use in the City
of God until we have been shaped in
the mould of His will, and have been
burned in the fires of affection Aus
tin O'Malley.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26
JOHN CURTIS.

Whitwell, Tenn, Oct. 2t.-John
Curtis died Thursday at his home on
the mountain, of consumption. He
was buried Friday at the Cheekville
graveyard, Rev. Mark Young, officia-
ting. Interment was under the aus
pieces of the local lodge of Red Men, of
which deceased was member He
had been sick for about week, out
side of the decline incident to the dis
ease. The funeral was attended by q
large number of relatives and friends.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

Now is the time to buy your win
ter coal and prepare for cold wealth
err which will soon be here.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

To enjoy true hsppiess is impossible
while those about us are unhappy. -
Exchange.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

Don't triae with cold is good ad-
vice for prudent men and women. 1t
may be vital in case of child. There
is nothing better than Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for coughs and colds in
children. 1t is safe and sure. For sale
by all dealers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

Re nath poor spirit who is not
planted above petty wrongs Pelham.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-26

Read the News.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31

what for" demanded Patsy when
It had sidled through his brain that he
was the man in question
Getting out of the batter's box,
howled Tim.
Did Tebeau commit assault and bat
teryP He did not He controlled himself
until after the game, which was lost as a
result Of the decision, for the runner was
not allowed to score and Tebeaus out
was the third. Then he broke into the
locker where the clothes of the umpire
were hanging. The departing fans were
startled when they saw the trousers of
the umpire being tossed out of the win
dow by the infuriated Tebeau."
McAleer by this time was well started
on the rule book and there was another
ruling which met with his condemna ton
That was the one which applies to inter-
ference by the catcher. 1t seems that
Bob Wallace and his Browns were play
ing In Cleveland when a st. Louis run
ner attempted to steal home. He had the
base stolen when the batter started his
swing. The catcher in his eagerness TO
take the pitch interfered with the swing
Ing bat. Instead of allowing the run to
score, the umpire sent the base runner
back to third and allowed the batter to
go to first on account Of the interfer-
ence.
"A fine rule that" quoth McAleer.
In case a man starts to steal the plate
and the catcher realizes he has the base
stolen, what Is there to keep him from
interfering with the batter and thus cut
ting OF the run. for the batter would be
sent 70 first and the runner back to third.
nothing else, unless the bases are filled.
In which event the run would score
anyway"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31
HURST HAD THE NERVE TO
ENFORCE OLD BATTINGRULE

Chicago, July 8o.-Jimmy McAleer, man.
ager OF the Washington Senators, says
there is one rule in baseball which he
Aleer. you know, has been in baseball a
long time.
. That rule is the one which is supposed
10 conflne a batter to a certain space
around the plate. Boxes are sometimes
drawn. but the lines are quickly erased
and then the batters begin to step up on
! the ball
: Take Harry Lord, for instance" said
the manager of the Senators. II have
see him UP so far that he could almost
shake hands with the pitcher. Up there
! that he might slam into the curve ball
before it broke. Is he penalized? He is
; not. The rule is a dead one which no.
body pays any attention to.
: Tim Hurst did once, however"
Tn what year was that?" he was
asked
We'll, this was away back when Pat
Tebeau was playing In the game" con-
rtinued McAleer. "Teheau and Hurst had
a run-in-. Hurst didn't finish on top for
once IN his life and as a result he was
laying for Tebeau.
''The score was a tie, the inning the
ninth, two were gone. and there was a
runner on second when Tebeau came I'D.
He stepped up on the ball and hit the
left-field fence with q drive that was
good for three bases and which put the
winning run across the plate. Tim let
Tebeau run and slide TO third Patsy
got up and knocked the dirt from his
uniform and was telling the third base-
fxnan what q grand slam II was
! you're outP howled Tim.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31
EngliShnan Had His Wav
of Reporting the Game
Fielder Jones Tells of His Experience in Sending
Worlds Series with Britisher at the Key

Chicago. July 30.-"T ran into some
thing absolutely new. I believe, during
the last worlds SERIES" says Fielder
Jones, once leader of the worlds cham
pion White Sox-"something that gave
me an experience that Is good for n
laugh any time I think it over. I came
all the way from Washington-the State.
not the city-to see the big series, and
was commissioned to report the doings
for a Chicago paper. When 1 arrived
in Philadelphia, credentials in hand.
was told that a specially clever tele-
graph operator had been assigned to
work for me, and that 1 would find him
dandy.
This naturally pleased me, for I knew
there would be need for a quick man
and a skilled one. When you are cover
ing that sort of ball game. you must
work fast, work accurately, and have a
key-pounder with you who is little short
Of superhuman. Tickled to death at
getting a real Morse shark, l hurried
out to Shibe park, and soon located my
reservation.
There was my operator, all right. and
it was easy to see by the way he handled
the key in the preliminary sendings of
comparative nonsense that he was n star.
But my spirits fell with a chug the next
moment, when he opened his face In
speech-and 1 realized that he was an
Englishman.
Now, can you imagine any spot on
earth where an Englishman is more
out Of place than at a baseball game?
An operator at a ball park must be
not only skilled on the keys but must
be a genuine fan and an expert in all
the language of the game-and here was
an Englishman. detailed to handle the
most important games of all. He turned
to me with a genial smile. Beg pardon,
old chap, said he, but I'm not ac-
Quainted with the fine points of your
blooming gyme. y'know. You can just
dIctyte the stuff. though, and I'll get it
haCross, understand
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31
CHICAGO STREET
MADE PLAYGROUND
Closed to All But Necessary
Traffic in Day.

Chicago. July So.-The city Of Chicago
has come TO the rescue OF the children
and has turned a street IN the crowded
italian colony on the North Side into a
playground. Mayor Harrison closed
Gault court to everything except the
necessary traffic, after a committee Of
settlement workers and playground Sec
retaries had called on him.
For the remainder Of the summer and
through the warm, bright days Of the
autumn all auto trucks, delivery wagons,
and speeding automobiles will be barred
from Gault court. and the street will be
turned over to the children from a. m
to p. m. every day. In those hours the
only vehicles that will pass the police
men on guard at each end will be the de-
livery wagons with goods destined for
homes along the street.
Mayor Harrison was told that there
was 2.6i0 children in the two precincts
through which Gault court runs, and
that late in the afternoon of July there
were 1872 playing in the street in one
block. Many accidents have resulted
from the joint use Of the street by the
children and heavy traffic vehicles. 1t Is
the only place the kids" have in which
to play.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31
R.P.ANDREWS TEAM
DEFEATS OtYMPIAS
Exhibition Game Ends in
10 to 8 Score.

The r. p. Andrews team. which has
practically won the pennant in the Com
merCial League. got away with the long
end of 10 to score from the Olympia
Athletic Club yesterday on the CONNER
cial League grounds in a fast and well
played game. The winners made eight
OF their tallies in the third and fourth
innings on home run clouts by c. Walker
and Hanvcy. with the bases loaded
Neither aggregation had its regular line
up.
Hanvey was the king batter of the aft
ernOon, connecting for a home run, two
baEger. and a single out of five times
up. Cassidy was the star in the field
handling six difficult chances and max
ing several pretty stops and throws.
Lefty" Cleveland. the well-known dia-
mond official. umpIred. A supper follow
ed the game at which President Graf, of
the Commercial League; Lefty" Cleve-
land, Manager nineen, of the Andrews
team; Edward May. and the players who
took part in the game were present
Score.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31
THEIR PET TREES.
Member of Family Died Whenever
One of the Cluster WiIted.

Member of Family Died Whenever
One of the Cluster Wilted.
From the Kansas City Times.
Maj. Tom Anderson, Of Topeka, SOL
dier, statesman, and all-around good fel-
low, made his regular inspection of two
elm trees on the Statehouse grounds the
other day. The particular trees he is
tenderly watching are two big. fine elms.
the pride of the grounds. They were
planted by the major himself. and he
looks upon them as members of his own
family.
MANY years ago." said he, IT planted
four trees in a cluster. one for each
member of my family. In a couple of
years one of the four trees died. Within
a month one OF my children died.
few years later another tree died and
within a short time thereafter I lost
another member of my family. 1 i'm
mediately became superstitious. One day
1 found the contractor building the north
wing or the Statehouse, had tied q rope
around one Of the two surviving trees
to steady a huge derrick. I Immediately
protested. I explained to him that
had planted that tree, that whenever th6
other trees which I planted died lost
member Of my family, and that I was
afraid the strain Of the rope would kill
that t-ee."
And s. you are supetstitious lest II
that tree dies another member Of your
family will go?" suggested the contractor.
Exactly So" replied the major.
Then of comes the rope" said the
contractor. And it did come of.
The scars of the rope are still visible
on the tree, although that was more than
twenty years ago. Yet the tree is thriving
and shows no signs OF dying or even of
decay.
IT guess my family is good for another
year anyway" said the major as he i'm
spected the trees the other day. And
a smile OF supreme satisfaction spread
over his face.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-31

u looked at him hopelessIy, and Just
then the gong rang. sheckard came up
to bat and missed the first one.
lone strike on Sheckard.' dictated.
oh, I sye, old chep,' cried the Eng
lish operator. you're wrong, q never 1t
the ball. but honly tried to it hit
Il moaned in misery Just take it the
way tell it, said I. Tt will be all
right
"A long foul fell beyond the ropes
'Sheckard drove out a long foul to left
said l.
'Aw. sye. sye.' cried the Engllshman,
why doesn't the beggar run? Well cut,
y'knOw, bally we'll cute could myke
six hon that, y'know'
with difficulty I controlled myself and
the Englishman. He paid good atten-
ton for little while, aud we got along
nicely until Baker broke off the first of
his great two-baggers.
Baker hit into the crowd for two
bases, dictated. And the enthusiastic
Englishman. now thoroughly interested.
ratified madly on the key. A few min
utes later there was a stir in the perch
where the chief operator was roosting
and he came hurrying toward me. With
him was a furious message from my
Chicago paper, asking what the blazss
l meant by the stuff was sending. I
took one look at the copy, and then, for
getting the play, the Importance of the
occasion. and the dignity Of Shibe park.
converged upon that English opera
tor. He fled before could connect, and
a young sub took the key
THE Englishman had sent this mes
sage regarding Bakers two-base hit:
Overall bowled fast chop that seemed
about to topple Bakers wicket. Baker
cut 1t out magnificently. the ball going
over long leg into the gallery beyond the
out bounds. II was well hit, and he
should have scored sixteen runs, but did
not run it out, stopping when halfway
around the blooming amphitheater