Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-05-02
MCMinnVille.

MCMlnnVIlle.
SPECIAL 10 The Mars.
We ale having high waters again.
The hard rain of Friday night put
Barren Fork on a boom again and on
Saturday it was nearly half way up
the PLIERS of the county bridge. The
electric lights could not be run in Nc
Minnville Saturday on account of the
high waters.
The street fair is over and gone.
Many people in McMinnville and sur
rounding country are not sorry fol it
did not seem to amount to much this
year.
Mrs. A. E, Rodner, left Saturday
for her home in Chicago, after an ex-
tended visit to her mother, Mrs. Mary
Langdon, in McMinnville. She was
accompanied as far as Chattanooga by
her sister, Miss Tishie Langdon
Mrs. Lucille Hankins, and sister,
Miss Ethel Finger, of Vervilla, spent
Saturday night with their brother,
Paul Finger and wife, of McMinn-
vile.
Mrs. Captain Duke of near Willow
Branch, spent a part of last week with
her sister, Mrs. Ocie Jett, q Ben
Lomond.
Everett Nelson and family, Misses
Matte. Annie, MolIie and Bette Don
nell, Mabel, Ethel and Pauline Pace,
Maggie Martin, Jessie Crawford, Ma
ry T. Nunley, Master Jim Donnell,
and John Brady and family, of this
part of the country, attended the street
fair in McMinnville last week.
Prof. Sparkman predicts some very
bad weather in the month of May. He
speaks of very cold weather and heavy
frosts in the north, but Goes not speak
of any frost farther south than Nash
Vile.
The marriage Of Charles Wamack
and Miss Clara Belle Smith was SOL
emnized at 1 o'clock Saturday even
ing, April 90. at the home of the
brides parents, MI. and Mrs. Irving
Smith,. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. L. R. Hogan in the presence
of a number of friends of the parties.
The couple were the recipients of ma
ny valuable and useful presents. They
left on the 2:12 train for Knoxville,
Ashville and other points, on a bridal
tour.
Paul Finger and wife, of McMinn-
Vile, visited his father at Vervilla
Sunday.
Lee Smith visited his brother-in-
law, James Melton, at Falkner Satur-
day night.
Mrs. Paul Finger and Mrs. W. L.
Vanhooser, made Mrs. William Park
er a pleasant call n evening last
week.
Mrs. I. j. Lister and Mrs. Everett
Nelson took dinner with Mrs. Mabel
Vanhooser Wednesday and went to the
street fair in the afternoon.
Misses Clara and Cleo Cunningham
visited their cousin, Miss Maggie Mar
tin Sunday.
Mrs. Ocie Jett and children visited
her brother and father in McMinnville
a part of last week.
We were visited by a very hard
thunder storm Friday evening. Dur
ing the storm the lightning struck a
barn belonging to Elkins & McCarty
zeal their spoke factory, and killed
one of Mr.. McCarty's horses. 1t was
bad luck for him but be is able to lose
it. 1t is not like it was a poor man,
who has to work by days work for a
living.
Mrs. l. j. Lister spent Saturday
night with her daughter in McMinn-
vile.
Miss Bessie Brady spent last Thurs
day evening with me. l feel very
sorry for poor little Bessie. for she is
nearly blind. She cannot see good and
I cannot hear good, so we both have a
great affection to bear. but If we put
our trust in God and live right, we
will one day go where we can see and
loon on nall nc unu nnra0n am on
glad that there is such a promise for
The faithful, for if it was not for that
n hope of eternal life beyond the
grave l do not know what l would do.
G. w. Pearsall, who has been near
Evanston, visiting his brother in law,
returned home Saturday. He has been
suffering with a lame back, but is
much better now.
Mrs. johnson and Mrs. Greek visit
ed Mrs. Roy Gross Thursday evening.
Aunt Maria Robson, colored, has
had a very lame back. The doctor was
called and pronounced it rheumatism.
She is better at this writing.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Driver is very sick. DR.. Trail is
in attendance and says it has brain fe
yer, and it ia not likely it will recov-
ell.
Mrs. Paul Finger visited Mrs. Ma
bel Vanhooser one evening last week
Miss Ella Kirky of McMinnville,
spent Satul day night and Sunday with
Mrs. Charlie Newly at Daylight.
Floyd McCollum, of McMinnville,
spent Saturday at wager, the guest of
Roy Taylor.
A. j. Sparkman. of wager, attended
church in McMinnville Sunday.
Snowdrop.
Mayor W. FL. Wilson, manager of