Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-07
Third District.

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Let me ask the readers to pardon me
for not writing up the news last week.
Election was near at hand and | WAS
busy.
Don't forget to read the returns of
the election and note the different
states aud territories in this nation
that Col. Roosevelt carried, and see
inst how near he came to being landed
in the presidents chair, and see bow
far | missed the malk.
Hon. John 7. RaulstOn, Hon. >. II.
Raulston and DR.. Joe Raulston, from
tDe lower end of the county, were In
town last week on a little campaign
tour, looking after the interest OF >.
II. Raulston TO succeed himself as rep
resentative of Marion County.
The biggest and most noted hunt OF
the season Just closed by the following
gentlemen, to-wit, DR.. n. B. Moore,
Milton Pryor, W. E. McCurry, Sher-
if w. A. Cantrell, A. W. Furguson,
Henry Smith, and others, who left
this town Saturday night, nOrthward
bound for the head of Peak mountain,
where the gulch heads off towards Nc
Minuville, a distance of 25 miles with
full outfit consisting of a pair OF
mules and wagon, plenty of grub,
guns, ammunition, fine pack OF noted
dogs, a good teLt and full supply of
cooking utensils They were located
in the wild woods some four or i've
days. l got a birds eye view of Can
trell and FurgusOu as they returned
and rushed through town to catch the
train for Jasper and as best l could
see there were no results Every hair
stood straight up on top of their heads,
and only few feathers were sticking
in it as though they might have shot
an owl or two while on: their trip. l
have failed to get the full details.
Alb Hooper, who was shot by Ed
Griffith at Hooper's home, is getting
along fine and will recover. Griffith
has sent word to the officers that he
will surrender to the authorities in a
few days, and will give a full report
of the facts as to who did do the shoot
ing and whose pistol did the work,
and who cut him near the heart at the
same place previous to the shooting,
which came very near killing him. He
has attorneys employed to take care of
his case. AS to real facts as to who is
| in fault, | can't state until sworn
statement is taken on both sides of the
ARRAY.
are here at the bedside of their son,
| the victim of the shooting scrape.
J. W. Morrison, the Bull Moose and
progressive candidate for State sena
| tor, was up this week looking after
his race among the voters of this coun
ty.
Lawrence Spears, prominent young
attorney from Chattanooga WAS among
the democratic leaders he1e this week,
looking after the success of that party.
We had two corpses arrive here this
week. One was from Kentucky, John
Rogers sons wife, and the otner one
was Lee Smith, nephew of Low and
Burrell Smith, who left the lock and
dam some Is days ago, and went to
Illinois to work in coal mine, and
hadn't been there but few days until
he was mashed to death by drill.
His body was sent here for burial at
Red Hill. He had left his young wife
at Guild, with the hope of sending
back after her. We tender our heart
felt sympathy to the entire Smith ]
family and his young wife. May God
help her to overcome the shock and
grief. We can't always see just what
the future will bring about.
The courts have been partly suspend
ed the past week on account of one of
the J. P's absenting himself during
the five days hunt in the wilderness
Ye writer called ON j, W. Crutch
field near Inman, and took dinner with
him. We found him light up to date
with fine family of clever boys and
girls. Mr.. Crutchfield always makes
you feel welcome. He is fuant talk
or and we'll versed on the political is
sues of the day and seemed to think
Col. Roosevelt is the star leader of the
nation. He promised to come up and
take Christmas with me and l will do
my best to welcome him if he appears
at my Office.
will close with few words rela-
tive to the consolidating of the Loon
ey's Creek, Hicks Chapel and Hickory
Grove public schools, which ends this
factiunal and school war which has
been waged for years and which has
proved so detrimental to the welfare
of the children. l hope the honorable
board of education will not weaken in
their efforts to put the three schools
in one and let the majority rule. and
let every good citizen of the entire
bounds step to the front and assist the
honored board of education in locating |
and building this longneeded advance
ment in the way of a first class educa-
tional academy with which to cut out |
all factionalism and personal strife. |
Every lover of education will heartily |
endorse this movement. Of course,
there may be few who will kick and |
will stand on their toes. perhaps, If |
each one of them don't get the school |
located near his own door, but the |
honorable board must be the exclusive |
judges for the whole community at |
large and when they do their whole |
duty it will be for the greatest good to |
the largest number of people The |
board of education have certainly done |
the will of the people as whole and
the entire public will heartily endorse |
their action and approve of their work |
then the three schools are combined in |
one. Let you uncle Representative"
kindly thank the school board in ad-
vance for an early action on this |
school combination. Representative. |
Killed In illinois.