Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-05-09

South Carolina, stopped Saturday en-
route to Columbia, Tenn, to visit her
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Wilkerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Raulston made a
trip to the cove Friday.
Mrs. Ben Lasater is ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Hammond, of
Chattanooga, came in Tuesday for a
visit to homefolks,
Miss Helen Turner was in Pittsburg
last week, assisting in the close of the
school at that place.
Miss Ellen Price is kept very busy
making Commencement dresses.
Glad to see Dan Hale, of Guild,
driving around our streets Wednesday.
Mr.. Wilkerson is having his house
painted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. f. Alley have
had their house painted; also sundry
improvements and variations made.
Mr.. n. J. Hampton having charge of
the carpenter work.
Mrs. N. F. Thomas, of Jasper r.
D left Saturday for a trip down in
Alabama and Georgia.
Wilbur Simpson of Chattanooga, re-
turned to Jasper Wednesday.
Nav LIST the telephone cOmpany's
new organization went into effect, the
district manager at Chattanooga hav-
ing charge of the Jasper exchange.
Mr.. Porter will be in to see about
this.
Mrs. T. L. Cobb and baby came in
Friday.
Charlie Woods, sometimes KIN own as
''Charlie Gibson" spent last week in
Pittsburg but made a trip to Jasper
Monday.
Mrs. Will Lawson, of Hardscrabble
visited in town Monday,
Mrs. Geo. Lewis is very i'll.
JnO. Gibson has purchased another
fine hog from Jno. Brown.
A pig snatched a bag of dried apples
from a lady and s%prinkled them plen-
tifully over the sidewalks that all 9TH
er pigs might picnic lunch with him.
Miss Willie Lawson has a little
school at her home in in Hardscrabble,
one of Jasper's pretty suburbs.
Well, the big day has come and
gone. Saturday was an ideal May
day. 1t was clear enough to be bright,
and breezy and cloudy enough to be
pleasant and for even umpires to keep
cool. Early in the morn gay groups
dotted the Square and vehicles lined
up along the curb. The stores seemed
to be doing a rushing business, and
when 2 o'clock came n had to rub
ones eyes and look at the old Court
House to be sure they were not in
Chattanooga. Hacks, buggies, autos,
floats, horsemen and banners, livery
rigs and flags, pedestrians and flowers,
and last if not biggest, the Statesman
nantnarof'u P0ncfor Punnor SY1ob n
procession The band played in the
Everybody found a niche somewhere
to listen. Then they proceeded on out
to the ball grounds. Strange as it may
are not ball enthusiasts. These pic
until the stores closed and then, to-
with those of us who didn't
have the quarter, went sadly home,
while the eloquent squeals of our
more fortunate brethren and sisteren
were waited in on the evening breeze,
The great procession Saturdayhad no
more than cleared the Square when a
train of gypsy wagons poured out
their contents into the Square. Of all
the picturesque costumes and artistic
dlaperies-sensible, too-these In
dian gypsies scored. That's correct,
ism it, Gypsy meaning a dark per-
son from Egypt, now only means any
band. After buying out Hyatt
simpsons hay house in north east Jas
per, these, too, wended their peaceful
way onward in the direction of Sequa-
chez and New York.
DR.. Raulston, of South Pittsburg,
was up Saturday.
Mrs. Nellie Janey witnessed the big
from a vantage ground in the
court house yard.
ESQ. Wilson and wife took part in
big parade.
Mrs. Nellie Barlew Forester and
children, Blanche and Charlie, were in
own to see the big parade.
Hugh Jones, of ~Sequachee, took part
N the parade Saturday.
Albert Rankin was an onlooker at
The Spring Carnival.
VIM. Quarles and wife took in the
in Jasper Saturday.
W. M. Cameron, of South Pitts
burg, was up Saturday and spoke to
he writer.
Houston Deakins was on hand and
that everything went off right
Saturday.
Mrs. Brown Rogers and daughter,
Ierda, were in town Saturday.
Arthur Lewis TOOK in the ball game
Saturday.
Jno. Lewis was in town accompan-
ed by Mrs. A. Lewis aad baby Har-
ey.
Misses Della Anderson and Mary
McRhea,, of South Pittsburg, spent
he day in Jasper Saturday and seem.
ID to be having a good time.
Jno, Minter was in town Saturday
md stayed for lodge meeting.
Jno, Dizney, telephone liner of
south Pittsburg, called on Miss Mag
,ie Barlew Saturday.
Ray Hudson of South Pittsburg, was
lere Saturday.
Just ask Dan Mills what young la
ly he t%elephoned to Saturday, and if
10 would like to have a composite
of her-that is, provided
Master Danny knows what a compos-
tie photo is.
Some fellow had a little too much
,all game or cold spling water on Sat
friday. Anyway. he telephoned in he
wanted ''Valley & Ann" but correct
ID himself, saying he was striving to
"Valley & Vanp." He got them.
t makes Que think of the famous after
Inner toast to Dickens and Thackery:
'G'n'lmen, l give you our two great
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