Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-03-30
Third District.

Dear readers, hope this week to
give you some news of Importance
from Whitwell and the Bird district.
/ The first on the docket of sensa-
tional nature, was the taking of de-
positions in the contest case of Huse
Deakins vs. Trustee Kirkpatrick.
They took some four or FIVE deposit
tious Friday along this lille. Byron
Pope and Lawrence Stewart represent
ed the plaintiff. Deakins, the demo
cratic contestant. while P. H. Thach,
attorney, represented the defendant,
Trustee Kirkpatrick We are. led to
believs from the facts and circum
stances gathered in this contest that it
is case of cold feet and hands, and
that Trustee kirkpatrick will still be
Trustee the balance of the two years,
and then viii be rendered the nominal
tion by the people of Marion county
for second term.
Joe White, labor agent from Pratt
City, Ala, is here soliciting laborers
on free transportation to Pratt City.
There will be car load leave the
town for Pratt City, Ala, next week.
There will be several merchants here.
mourn the loss of accounts aud debts
now due froIa departing comrades.
Founders & Condra are doing an ex-
tensive business, buying and selling
cattle up here. They are hustlers from
:, ,,ax, l,a,l- ood o.arnrod,,afinu nf old
cows here will soon be thing of the
past, and every farmer that has any
to sell can got fair price.
Holloway Bros. are buying mp quite
lot Of nice yearlings and will have
large number to put on the noun
tain this spring
Saturday was the biggest court day
ever held in the Justice Of the Peace
Courts at Whitwell. Some forty cases,
civil suits Of the Whitwell Drug Co.
vs.. the above named fortx defendants
w. III, White, and w. E. McCurry
were attorneys representing the Whit
well Drug Go, and ]. W Morrison
represented the defendants. Court op-
ened at 8 o'clock and closed at 4.
There were pleas filed, one after an
other by the defendants attorney, aud
were fought to a finish by the plain
tiff's attorneys All pleas were strick
Ell but some two or three, and three
cases went up by appeal to higher
tribunal by defendants attorney.
In the criminal case Of the state VS.
Louis Thomas, charged With public
drunkenness, Thomas was fined SO 90
and cost.
In case of S. L. Havron, replevy
suit VS., Dock Mangrum, Judgement
for plaintiff was given.
In case of Henry McGowan vs.. vii
Stone and the Grand View Coal and
Timber Company in attachment suit,
Judgement against defendant company
ana check received for full Judgement
w II. White was attorney for plain
tiff. This closes the weeks term of
the Justice of the Peace Court, with
% civil cases continued over for fu-
ture date for final hearing
Now comes the last weeks night
rider proceedings, Their work seems
to be not so very extensive last week.
Only few delinquents got the reg i
ular orders. One case on the side of (
the mountain, which had refused la (
Dor for two months, was harnesse1 up 4
to a pine brush and was forced under
a heayy mental strain to phil saiC 4
pine brush half mile to the mines
and released with the following in
struetions: Wait until Cap comes
and get job, and it is useless to say
he failed to go in, Another report
was han led in that another youn &
buck was taken out at night and strip |
ned and made to roll two heavy men,
weighing about 400 pounds in wheel
barrow up the mountain half mile
to the mines and back, and he got a
job Just the same Another report
saysthat certain party got free ride
down the line on sled few nights
ago, but he refused to talk as to what
did really happen, 1t seems as though
all partipa concerned absolutely refuse