Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-05-16
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Last Saturday evening about five o.
clock another hard winu and electric
storm passed over our county. The
wind blew at terrible rate and the
lightning flashed in quick succession.
Sunday was very cold, damp day. l
/ think every time cold spell comes
that may be that will be the last one,
but my prophecies are false, but the
last one will come after while. The
sun will be so near us that it can t
get cold
Misses Mabel and Pauline Pace Wis
tied Mrs Melissa Byars Wednesday.
Mrs. Roy Gross spent Wednesday
with her mother in West Riverside.
James Balm and wife received the
sad intelligence Wednesday afternoon
of the serious illness of the twin baby
boys of their daughter, Mrs, Bertha
Rich, at their home in Dublin, Ga.
On Thursday morning about O. clock,
they received message that one of
the babies was dead At 10 o'clock
they received another message an
nouncing the death of the other, The
mother is also quite ILL Mr. Balm
left on the 2:12 train Thursday for
Dublin. Many friends of the family
here sympathize with them in their
sorrow.
Miss Ruth Lively, the is year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam T.
Lively, was successfully operated on
for Appendicitis at the cooperative in
filmary here Saturday, by Drs. Bur
ger and Ramon Reports from the pa
tient on the following Thursday stated
that she is getting along nicely.
+. Mrs. George Greek and children
spent Saturday night with Mrs. John
son.
Many persons in and around Me
Minnville have called at the nome of
Leonard Vanhooser and wife during
the past week to see thei1 baby boy,
who arrived there about week ago
The baby and mother are both doing
fine.
Dr. E. E. Northcutt, prominent
physician of McMinnville, arrived
home Wednesday from New York
where he underwent an operation for
appendicitis. He will soon be able to
resume his practice again.
Mrs Catherine PentecOst died at the
home of her son, Rev. T. F. Pente-
cost the Methodist minister at Falk-
ner's Chapel Thursday. If she had
lived until her next birthday, she
would have been ninety years Of age.
She was a good woman and led an ex-
emplary christian life. She had been
a consi stent member of the Methodist
Church for seventy years, and loved
the worship and appointments of
ried to Nashville her old home, where
cod
Wednesday by her former pastor, Rev.
T. W. Noland, pastor of the McMinn-
vile Methodist Church. The burial
was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Lula Rutledge and children
visited her sister, Mrs. Will Parker
Saturday evening,
Misses Clara Grimes and Pauline
Jett visited relatives in McMinnville
Wednesday. Miss Grimes returned
home the same day, but little Pauline
remained with her grandfather for
few days.
Mrs. Neil Parker called on Mrs.
Leonard Vanhooser one day last week,
and brought her nice bouquet of ros
es and ferns and a nice dinner.
Mrs. Greek visited Mrs. Pace Thurs
day.
Eliza Crouch. wife and baby visited
his sister, Mrs Charles Shelton Satur
day.
Miss Lucy More visited Misses Vim
uie and Bertha Shelton one evening
last week.
The commencement services fol the
C ty schools were held in the Main
Street Presbyterian Church Sunday
night at 7:30 O'Clock. The sermon was
preached by Rev. Donald Mcqueen,
D. D.. pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Shelbyville. Music for the
occasion was furnished by a choir of
fifty voices, unuer direction of Prof. |
Lowery. A large crowd was present |
AMI all had nice time.
Charlie Hambey's two little girls, of
near Evanston, are visiting at Claud |
Pearsalls for few days.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Driver, has brain fever, and at
the lat report it was just alive.
A horse belonging to Truman Pear
sail got in hole Sunday, and it took
eight men to get it ont.
Mrs. Baker, mother of Baker Bros
iairymeu, is quite i'll at the family
nome on Red Road, and but little hope
5 entertained for her recovery.
What has become Of Farmers
Wife, - | guess she is the only one
If the correspondents to the News that
[ am acquainted with, 30 | always
ook for her letter the first thing when
get my paper. Come on, Farmers
Wife, " don't disappoint me next week.
Snowdrop