Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-04-04
Third District.

has been out of banks from hilltop TO
bill top. and all the people bad as
sembled together at Whitwell for
miles and miles around, and all the
candidates seemedto take advantage of
the situation and were in the midst of
the thrOng, and on our streets were
fair types of some of our leading citi-
zens. All candidates were in good
hopes and of good cheer, each believ-
ing from the bottom of his heart that
he would be the lucky man and the
choice of tue party, but before / write
the News again some of the boys will
be defeated ami have broken hearts,
and myself and Francis Mccullough,
W. E. McCurry, Austin Coppinger,
NJ. H Merritt, W. J. johnson and
David Layne are appointed t%ransporta-
ton committee to conduct the defeated
candidates up Salt River, and will
serve as captains on said boat to keep
her from sinking, dipping and leaking
water. So, boys, please take notice.
We will leave ShellmOund on the 9th
of April, 1919, at 1880 for Chattanoo-
ga and other points Of interest. OF
the crippled and wounded and defeat
ed candidates of our county the best of
care and treatment and good attention
and cheer is guaranteed. Round trip
ticket free without any additional cost
to the defeated board to lass up and
down the stream of navigation, with
free hacks going to and fro from JAS
per to ShellmOund promptly run on a
schedule time.
The high waters have completely
blocked and cut off the egg supply of
Whitwell during the last four days so
that on last Friday there was not a
dozen eggs brought to town, and the
price jumped to II and 1S cents rer
dozen. The east side of Sequachee
river produces several thousand dol
lars worth of eggs annually, and there
is now on hand from ten to thirty doz-
en- eggs in nearly every home on the
east side, 1 figure. The egg production
of Tennessee amounts to more net cash
Income to the inhabitants of the state
than all the iron manufactured and
sold aud put on the market at the pres
ent time,
Ye writer took in a musical enter
tainment at the home of &. B. Thorn
as the other day, which was rendered
by his family with a string band. The
music was ~up-to-date and clear out of
sight, and l had a difficult task to keep
G, B. from keeping time. We had a
fine dinner and after noon his son
transferred me over the back water in
a yawl about q mile clear water. We
sailed over wire fences, through thick
cts, over the top of corn stalks and just
as ye writer passed over the main
stream and shot out through the Long
bottom l waved my hat. back to the
crowd on the bank to let them know
we had passed over all danger, and
pretty soon we landed safe on the bank
neal Whitwell ridge, and we viewed
the crowd a mile away waving a
white flag, and answered the signal
that we were safe on the other shore,
but it sure did make the hair stand
straight on our heads. The wind and
waves were high, and as we darted ov-
err the main stream whole trees, logs,
brush and drifts were sliding along
down at a high rate of speed, and it
was really dangerous to cross. Our
boat never made a wabble from bank
to bank. / landed in town at 4 o'clock
and was cleverly invited to the tome
of the clever Green P. Layne and we
hah an excellent supper and I proceed
ed to tell a few old stories of the past
days, and after about three hours dis
cussion of old affairs, l got the best of
attention from g. P's children who
become very much interested in the
old time history of the past. l spent
the night there most pleasantly and
found as clever a family as l ever met.
/ promised to stay there another night
after the election.
l noticed quite a lot have been sum
moned up here to attend the Marion
county institute which convened at
Jasper Monday, Judge Reynolds as
chairman. l don't expect the court to
be a lengthy term for two reasons;
first, the Tennessee river being out of
banks, which will prevent many from
attending, and 2nd, on account of the
republican primary election which
will occur on the 4th of April. and all
court officials, attorneys or litigants,
and nearly all the court delegation
will want to cast their elective fran
chise on that day. From the above
reasons is why | look for a short term.
Nancy White is so low at this writ
ing that l don't believe she can last
over two weeks longer. All relations
may take notice by this paragraph if
you wish to see her in this life, now is
the time to call. Next week may be
too late. Don't forget this duty you
owe to her. She has been among you
over three score years and has been
your friend. She is not nearly past
and soon will pass beyond rec
ignition of you.
w. II. White and G. FL. Holloway,
passed over the back water last
night in a skiff. They went like greas-
ed lightning down the current by
moonlight, and never made a bobble
from bank to bank, and both were sa-
luted by their wives for their nervy
venture in the night over a half mile
of very swift water.
The peach, pear and apple crop, if
they are not killed yet, will mean sew
eral thousand dollars this summer and
fall to old Sequachee valley in the
market. I have seven acres in
peach orchard now in full bloom, and
brother, G. W. White has eight, acres
in the Bell pear orchard, which is in
full bloom and a perfect picture to
look at, and if his fruit doesn't get
killed yet, he sure will be in the mar
ket in the pear business this year. If
be should succeed in getting a crop off
of that eight acres of pear trees You
can figure on a nice little profit to
The trees are about six years