Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-05-25
PIKEvILLE
Items CuIed from The Banner of
Last Week.

Tommy Brown came in from kansa
Saturday night last.
Masters Harry and jail: Daakin'
were ar Lees last week,
Uncle Jim Rigsby is attending thu
reunion at Little Rock, Ark.
j. Q. Ketner bought the stock O
goods sold at Litton last week.
The Hall building at Dunlap has re
ceived a new coat of paint.
Mr.. Riggs mill has been idle a few
days on account of the shortage o
| logs,
Dunlap Lodge, No. "a, l, o, o. F.,
decorated the graves of their dead las
Sunday.
Ed Murray has just turned out &
new wagon out of his shop for Luther
Pendergrass
Vim. Merriman has been running
the passenger trains some of late in
Capt. Doss' place.
Ed Rollins was captain on the fast
Cannon Ball from Bridgeport to Pike
vile few trips last week.
Clint Ault, who has been in Wash
ington State for the past year, re-
turned home Friday night.
Master Leo Morris has returned
from trip to Trenton, Ga, where his
father works on the Dade Co. Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bog McReynold's Wis
tied Mr.. McReynold's brother, R. W.
McReynolds, at So. Pittsburg last
week.
Q. Il. Blalock, of Dunlap, is work
ing part of his time on the Statesman
Democrat, and the rest of his time on
the Tribune at Dunlap.
B. M. Blalock, of The Dunlap Trib-
une, was in Pikeville a short time Fri
day and gave US very pleasant call
Wo had the honor to show him through
our new courthouse, which he seemed
to like fine.
J. A. johnson, jailor at Dunlap,
tells us that all the prisoners at his
place gave him 90 high ball, and left
out to perhaps greener fields. One of
them made his escape out through the
Jail and the others got away and ran
off from City Marshall Lockhart, who
was guarding them on the streets.
We learned while at Dunlap that the
main entry of the company's mines at
that place had been driven through
the mountain into Little Brush Creek
Gulch, which gives them an outlet for
a fine coal field on the side.
J. E. Swafford and Gabe Brown,
who have been almost in a helpless
condition for the past year, left for
Hot Springs, Ark, Saturday last, &C.
companied by Dr. McGinness, one of
Mr.. Browns brothers and Baty Pat
ton.
John Cunningham, who lives on R
B. Schooltield' farm one mile above
town, has chicken five weeks old,
which has four fully developed legs.
John says he walks on two of them
and carries the other two. Perhaps
the little fellow thinks he will need
them in his old days.
While the jailor, T, J. Sullivan,
was gone out from Dunlap Tuesday to
Zee his father and mother, four in
mates ran out, pushing Mrs. Sullivan
)ut of the door and made their escape.
Three more who were in there failed
% 60 At this writing none of them
nave been captured.
The children of j. w. Smith and |
John Ferguson, who live out from
Lees Station, were poisoned Friday
~ eating polk root. They were in a
'ery bad condition when DR.. Fl. A.
Ieyden arrived at the Smith home
where they we're, but after spending
everal hours there with them, they
we're pulled through and were out of
LANCER when the doctor left Saturday
Last Tuesday evening or night on
f Fl. G. Farmers mules we're stolen
" an unknown man, and rode up near
ut. Airy and turned loose or got
way. The party was arrested We'd
lesday morning near College Station
" deputy sheriff T. J. Sullivan, and
eld there until Mr.. Farmer arrived
nd identified him as man who had
een in his store on Tuesday night.
ar. Farmer took him to Dunlap. The
rial is set for Friday.