Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-02-16
Third District.
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The particulars we failed to get as t,
how the accident occurred.
Will Pickett, who sustained a brok
en- leg rs days ago, isn't doing an,
good. His leg has failed to knit bacl
together above the knee and the at
tending physicians will have to do tn,
work over again by cutting into his
leg and saving off the ends of some
dead bones which have shivered up al
the end. They will put silver band
around the broken limb and force it tC
knit back together. l hope they may
be successful in their undertaking, fol
Will Pickett is noble boy.
To all you Arkansas and Oklahoma
correspondents, few words concern
ing your old Tennessee home back here
in Cumberland Mountain. Today she
is white with snow and is the most
healthful spot on the face of the globe
There's neither chills nor fever known
to exist, boys, and when those ArkaD-
sas swamp chills get hold of you just
right and you chill and shake SO hard
you shake your false teeth out dom
forget the old stamping ground back
here in the Pocket Gulf, where the
wild hogs are plentiful and you, know
blamed we'll we could always get ou1
hog and hominy and feast on the lux
uries of life, equal to any mortal on
earth. The happy hours of the past
will never be forgotten. those of oui
boyhood and childhood days away back
in the 70's and sos when you and
roamed the wild WOODS of old Cumber.
land mountains and we would occas.
ionally take in deer or a bear or q
few wildcats, but those deer and bear
that we used to bag when you and ]
were in our prime are now almost a
thing of the past, and the only things
left to amuse and sport on now for the
present generation is the wild hog, and
from the number of hog replevy law
suits that have been on file in Justice
of the Peace Courts at Whitwell dur
ing the last four weeks there is good
evidence, boys, that there is still LOT
of fun along this line as in the days
of our daddies. So don't forget Sun
ny Tennessee, the dearest spot on earth
to you and me. l guess l will shake
with each of you lads back here next
fall with dose of old Arkansas chills,
and then I will instruct you how to
get rid of them, SO keep me posted all
along the line from your locality and
l will endeavor to do the same.
Esq Green and number of others
from the mountain were attending
witnesses here Saturday in the replevy
lawsuit before G. r. Harris, J. P.
Suit was understood as compromise.
Saturday is J. P.Court day in Whit
we'll. Next Saturday, is set for the
hearing of damage suit for broken
contract, instituted by J. s. Condra
and the Rev. A. T. Founders VS.. E.
Fl. and Jas. Condra on a breach Of
contract for refusing to deliver five
head of cattle to the car for shipment,
and on this breach the plaintiffs seek
to recover $3.50. 90 from the above nam
ed defendants. This is a new proceed.
ure in the J. p Court and has stirred
wide interest among all parties con-
cerned. All the litigants are promi-
nent.
Mrs. Robt. White is very poorly at
this writing with cancer, and we re-
greet very much to say that it is i'm
possible for her to recover and her case
is only a matter of time.
I visited Mrs. Pat McGowan at
Whitwell Saturday and found her in a
bad condition with cancer on her
jaw which is about to get beyond med
ical control. Sorry to find Mrs. Nc
Gowan in such condition.
The school at Whitwell College OPP
ened up today with good attendance
and all dissatisfaction that was up
about the closing of the doors of said
school is all over, and peace and har-
mony seems to prevail throughout the
town.
r. J. White of, Tatesville. is visit
ing his aged mother Mrs. Robt. N.
White, this week
DR.. P. G. Grayson and wife are up
again and we hope the aged couple
will pass the winter without further
disability. The DIR. is 81 years old and
still able to do reasonable work.
We noticed letter from Charleston,
Tenn, from s. F. K. was glad to
hear from him as he is veteran of
Sequachee valley, and was badly miss
cd by all when he went away. Give
us good piece from Charleston every
week, s. F. X.
l will expect an extraordinary piece
from every correspondent to the News
next week from each locality. Give us
the news from Dan to Beersheba and
tell us all about the condition of things
and how you are running.
The condition of our county is reas-
onably good. We don't hardly know
what drunkenman looks like. We
never see one. They are thing of
the past we trust, and hope it will re-
main so. Representative.
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