Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-10-17
Third District.

16 writer went 10 1ateSY1lle laSl
week and was forced to skip my cor
respondence last week. met on my
route several men of prominence,
among them being Prof. Dan Layne.
| teacher at Daus He was at his school
and had houseful, ami the way and
manner he conducted his school was
first class. de is one of the honored
! members of the county court of that
county, anu always has the interests
1 of his people at heart. The next best
man | met was DR. John Corright, one
of Sequachee county's leading physic-
! ians, who has practiced in that county
and part of Marion for 90 years, and is
fairly entitled to some honor, and
gladly introduce him to the general
public. | stopped off anu had an inter
view with John Henry. who got shot
some ten days ago by lack Melton at
| his store house in a drunken melee.
Mr. Melton is alleged to have knocked
Henry in the head with beer bottle
in Henry's place of business. Henry
quickly returned blow striking Melton
with bottle Just under the eye, cut
ting an ugly wound on his face. Mel
ton went off and returned with shot
gun and opened fire on Henry as be
started to his home, striking him with
load of shot inside arm and should
er. Henry quickly returned the shots
with a Winchester, and poured one
volley after another at Melton, as he
ran in his sairt sleeves towards the
railroad. Henry said be could very
distinctly trace in the dark his assail-
ant by shot gun shells and the blood in
pOol where he TODD that flowed out
of his face and by his white shirt as
be ran to Yards the railroad. All par
ties to this affray are related to host
of friends on both sides, and an out
break and renewal of that bloody bat
tie is ex J6cted at any tina. A near
beer stand is said to DO the original
cause of the trouble. A beerstand is
everything in the world in a commun-
ity but a peace preserver,
There was a party said the other day
that if | would stop writing to the
News he would take the paper. In
answer to MS request, will say if he
will take my place as a correspondent
and write up something to suit his
taste, and put himself up as such so
the reading public can read after his
hand, / will STOP off while. L. Will
also pay for the News to be sent to
his address twelve montus in advance,
for think he would really make a
good news correspondent ana he is the
fellow l have been hunting for long
time to fill the vacancy, so l will ex-
pect him to accept my proposition next
week and step forward and place him
self in the front ranks.
w. FL. White was over at Dave
Farmers to compromise law suit
between Hugh Coppinger, deceased,
on file in the Circuit Court against
Farmer Suit was revived by widow,
Mrs. Hugh Coppinger. last tenn. Mr..
Farmer is very low, bad fast, not ex
pected to ever recover Ii able will
go to Chattanooga to be operated on at
the hospital soon.
We liked the diction and sounding
of the editorial in the News on Whit
we'll having calaboose. If there is a
town in Tennessee that needs Gala
boose it is the town of Whitwell, so
keep that move right up before the
public and let us all join in and build
one by December 25th. 1t is needed
badly. VINO is the first to say, "I"'
DR.. P, G. Grayson, the aged veter-
an of the Bird, is very feeble and is
getting very deaf, and at times you
have to write what you wish to say to
him. We regret very much, indeed,
to see the old soldier getting in this
bnt however, such is life.
The son of Sam FL, Grayson diedhere
this week, and was buried at the Gray
son cemetery, aged 10 years. He was
sick only "a hours.
There has been quite lot of sick
ness us here and many deaths during
these fall months. We hope it will
rain and improve the peoples health
VITA better air and water.
Rev. White ana wife went down to
see Uncle Billie Harris at Sulphur
Springs this week.
p q. Harris and wife we're in town
Friday. -, . a..
Mr.. Williams, candidate for State
Senator, spoke to the people here one !
night this week. He is running on
the democratic bull moose ticket.
l will here repeat little paragraph |
clipped from a newspaper the other
lay that some democratic writer tip
ped off on the political movement in
Tennessee. He said Thomas jefferson
upon his death bed signed real de-
;laration of independence. He released
rom slavery his own son, mulatto,
whose mother was one of Jefferson
ilaves. He said there always was
negro i'll the democratic woodpile, and
will remain there.
Tennessee has two democratic par
les, two republican parties, one pro-
libition party, one socialist party and
Tod only knows just how many more
political factions will rise hereafter. I
want to openly confess to the reading
world that | haven't at any time been
party, directly or indirectly, TO any
# these factions Neither am l re-
ponsible for the present conditions
hat exist in Tennessee, in any way,
nd have refused to be a party thereto,
nd SO l am frank to say that | never
such moves in ali the past
history of my country as exists just
ow and to keep myself clear of any
with these fighting political
actions l will stay Oh the outside of
be rings. There won't be many old
emocrats and few of the old type re-
ublicans left anyway after this pres
mt cyclone sweeps over and passes on.
The courts we're pretty well repre-
enetd here Saturday. White, Morri-
on and McCurry were attorneys.
ONE twelve or thirteen cases were
isposed Of All passed off nicely. N.
!, Moore was the Judge,