Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-04-18
McMinnvhle.

since WrlGlng my last leGLer we nave
been having some more heavy rains.
The rain of last Monday night put
Barren Fork river higher than it has
been since the flood of 1902. Tuesday
the river was 20 high that n family
occupying a house belonging to Mr.,
Maddux, was compelled TO move out,
and.in the afternoon the water was
up to the windows in said house.
There was another house just beyond
this one, occupied by some colored
people. 1t is said that on Tuesday
these negroes were getting dinner and
said they intended to cook and eat
their dinner in there if the water
washed them away, and l guess they
we're az good as their word, for they
did not nov out. The swinging
bridge was taken away and the water
was within about four feet of the
county bridge. The Walling Light
and Power Co. IS power house was out
of commission Tuesday night, the wa
ter wheel being several feet under wa
ter. A water wheel which was wash
ed out of the Falcon FIGURING Mills at
McMinnville, in the flood of 1909 and
lost among the rocks below the dam,
was washed out near the bank by the
flood water of last Tuesday. The wheel
was said to be in a serviceable condi-
ton, being little injured by its ten
years rest in the bottom of the river.
Considerable damage has been done by
these high waters, but we hope we
will not be troubled by it any more.
Joe Dickson, who has been in Can
non County for the past week, return
ed Saturday, accompanied by Mr.. Car
rick. They each brought a wagon and
team, and Mr.. Dickson and his family
moved to Cannon county on Easter
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Madewell, of McMinn-
Vile, spent last week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. D. P. Myers, out near In
crease.
Mrs. Neil Parker, visited Mrs. W.
L. VaDhooser Friday afternoon.
Mrs. /. j. Lister and Mrs. G. G.
Dickson spent Friday with Mrs. Ever
EFT Nelson.
B. T. Hardcastle, who lives out on
Mountain Creek, above Debril, was in
town Thursday. He reports the roads
in terrible condition. One place on
the pike out on the Smithville road,
he said, the mud was at least three
feet deep, and one has to leave the
pike and go off the road to keep from
going under. That does not speak
very well for Warren County lately
built a one hundred and fifty thousand
dollar system of pike road. If the law
was in force here as it is in the north,
the pixies would not be cut up SO bad
by heavy loaded wagons.
Mrs. Kate Flemming was visiting
- I.ollou E-o.,l Du-oAo, oe Doo -
mond last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. billiard Chiffon and
Mrs. Brackney, of Willow Branch,
visited at Homer Coats Sunday.
Mrs. Huss, of near Smyrna. visited
Mrs. George Greek Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamp Webb, of Nc
Minnville, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mrs. Webb's father, Mr..
Mute Gibbs, at the Tennessee Wooden
Mills.
We understand that DR.. Northcutt,
one of our best physicians in McMinn-
vile, has appendicitis. We are very
sorry if this is the fact, but we hope
it is a mistake.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Onlev and lit
tie son, Waymon, left Tuesday morn
ing for Selby, South Dakota, where
they will probably spend the summer.
The wife of S. HI. Mccormack, liv-
ing on Red Road, died Sunday, March
81, at 4 O'Clock. She was a good chris
tian lady and is survived by a hus-
band, who has the sympathy of the
community.
Clarence Bryan, wife and two child
rem, are visiting RELATIVE at Water
in Wilson county.
Mrs. G. G.. Dickson and children
will take the $3.50 train Friday morn
ing to go to Bean Rock, Ala, where
she will join her husband who went
there a few weeks ago. Mr.. Dickson
expects to engage in farming. We
wish them success in their new home.
The large warehouse being erected
by the Farmers Uniop in depot bot
tom, is about completed.
Mrs. Edna Driver and little daugh- |
ter, visited Mrs. Mabel Vanhooser
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Florence Greek visited at Mrs.
PAGES one day last week.
Misses Mabel and Ethel Pace visited
Misses Grace and Myrtle Phelps.
Claud johnson has purchased the R.
Ed Jones touse and lot, on Sparta
end moved in Wednesday.
Mrs. /. j. Lister spent Saturday
night with her daughter, Mrs. Mabel
V%anhooser, of McMinnville.
The fruit trees are blooming out so
nicely and we have a better prospect
for fruit than we have had for several
years. We hope the coid weather will
lot kill it and blight our prospects.
Success to ali me correspondents and
our kind editor. Snowdrop.