Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-12-28
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SsfnaI 70 fAe Mar
We have been having so much rain
for the past two weeks, which has
Uut the roads in terrible condition.
The pike between here and McMinn-
willie is so bad it is nearly impossible
to travel on foot, and on the other
roads the mud is nearly as deep as the
hnb of a wagon. We hope to have
some settled weather soon.
Notwithstanding the rain and bad
roads there was such crowd in Nc
/ Miunville Saturday evening, aud some
of the stores were so crowded that
some customers were compelled to
leave aud go elsewhere to trade The
merchants will not have many holt
day goods to lay over this year.
The wife of John Patrick has been
seriously i'll for several DAYS at their
home on North Center Street. We
hope she will soon recover.
J. E. McAfee of near Morrison, was
in McMinnville last Thursday. He
made /. J. Lister short call and got
some brooms for himself and Mrs.
BOner, a neighbOr of his.
Wash Dickson, from Cannon County,
spent Saturday night with his brother,
Joe Dickson, of near Ben Lomond.
Messrs Hitchcock and Chambers
have rented the Tate House and moved
in Wednesday and assumed charge of
the business. Charles Mitchell and
family will go to Nashville soon.
Mrs. Joe Dickson ard daughter, Mat
tie, called on Mrs. l. J. Lister and
Mrs. e. G Dickson las Sunday even
ing. -
Mayor Thomas Watts. of Coal Creek,
who was one of the main workers for
the Briceville mine disaster, was in
stantly killed few days ago, by COM
ing n contact with a live electric
wire.
Mrs. F. Nicodemus has returned to
her home in Ozark, Arkansas, after a
visit to her father, Mr.. Bradley Chris
tan, VITO has been quite i'll at his
hcmo near Irving College, for several
weeks
W. H. Pennington and wife have
bad very sick baby boy with pneu
mouia
Mrs. Ooley and little son, Warren,
of McMinnvjlle, are in the country
spending Xmas with Mrs Ooley's
neice.
/ was glad to see a letter in the
News last week from "Cold Wave" | !
certainly feel sorry for him having |
father, mother and two companions
gone on before. l sincerely hope they |
are all in the better land as he repolt IS
he and his wife both living christian
life. That is right, "Cold Wave"
that is the best kind of life to live, |
for you will one day meet your loved |
ones, never to part any more. You
said the piece in last weeks News
was your last. We hope you meant |
the last for the old year, for we want |
to hear from you often in the future
@. @. Dickson, wife and children,
and the writer and companion, all |
spent Xmas with Leonard Vanhooser
ard wife. Mrs. Vanhooser bad a good
dinner and | suppose all present enjoy
ed 1t. | would have enjoyed it more
but have been suffering with the
toothache and neuralgia for several
days and my teeth are so sore can
hardly eat anything.
+P N. Moffitt and wife and Miss
Irene Meadows, of Irving College,
were in McMinnville Wednesday.
I'm a drunken row last Saturday
night near T. b. Pearsall's store,
Eowry Russell cut Charles Cults in
The stomach. Cults was taken into
the store and Dr. Northcutt was call
ed. 1t was ascertained that Cults was
not hurt as bad as they all thought for
and was much better Sunday morning
Thisais "a shame as both boys have good
and everybody feels sorry for
them. It is just as Representative
says, keep your eye on your boys. and
keep them from getting hold of that
little brown jug, or bottle, would
say. Perhaps those two mothers were
too loose on their boys while they
were younger, and now it is not so
easy to control them. /, for one,
think 'Representative" has given us
all some good sound advice, if we will
all follow it we will be great deal
better off in the end I love to read
his letters in the News, and hope he
will come every week in the new year.
also enjoy reading "Uncle Toms
Diary" 1t keeps me posted as to
where be is and what he is doing.
love to read Mr.. Brannan's articles
but he does not come very regularly
any more. hope all the correspond
ents will come this week as it will be
the last issue of the News in the old
year. So come on, and let US hear
from all l will close by wishing the
Editor and all the correspondents sue
.paa SpnudroD