Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-01-11
Third District.

DASthASes
Special TO lie Nez0s.
must say few words in the col
umns of the News in honor of p. II.
Thach, one of Marion county's favor
ite sons, and leading attorneys. He IL
full type of the late Abraham Lin
coin. Was born and raised in Marion
County and commands the respect oi
every good citizen throughout the ter
ritory in which be resides for honesty
and integrity, and has held several
offices in this county with honor te
himself and the general public. He
was the attorney for Marion county
and conducted that Office through his
term with clean hands and saved the
county several thousand dollars during
his administration, and was the lead
ing attorney for nearly all of our coun.
ty officials, and was also the republi-
can representative from Marion coun-
ty in the state legislature some five
years ago, and served the people in
that branch of legislature with credit
to himself and the good old county OF
Marion, the place of his boyhood, and
made clean record while in the leg
islature. At the time Judge Allison
rendered his resignation to Gov. Hoop
er, of this judicial circuit Hon. P. FL.
Thach, of Marion county, was can
didate for the judgeship to fill the un-
expired term of Judge Allison, and af-
ter Marion county giving Gov. Hoop
er an overwhelming majority in the
last election to the great Office he now
holds, and after Marion county's bar
unanimously indorsing her favorite
son, and part of the bars of the ad-
joining counties also heartily endors-
ing him for the judgeship, Gov Hoop
er turned him down. The action of
Gov. Hooper in turning down Hon. P.
Fl. Thach from the Judges chair, in
the last instance, and in the first in
stance by turning down Hon. John T.
Raulston from the Supreme Judge s
bench, will be cliff to climb when it
comes to show down in his second
nomination and election over these
two actions. Let it be right or wrong,
we are led to believe that Gov. Ben
W. Hooper is like a leader of gang
of wild geese. north or south, the lead
er is always ahead of the gang and
never known at at any time to stop
except at certain points, and SO this is
why we compare Gov. Hooper like un
to the leader of the wild goose tribe
when he takes his everlasting fight
from the state capital from the west
ern to the eastern part of the state.
He heretofore has failed to light or
stop at any station or point of consid-
Grafton along the line of appointments
in our section of the country, but
lights at a point called Chattanooga
and lands his appointments over there.
The next time the wild goose imitator
governor sails over this republican
county on his next mission of this
kind, we will hoist up large flag
pole on some high pinnacle for him to
light-on and prepare place therein as
an Office for recognition. This last
is left open, subject to crit
icism. but only speak my views, and
the way feel about my Marion coun-
ty republican boys. There could be
history in the future that the Govern
or might accidentally rescind his acts,
and probably be overcome by some un-
due persuasion and vet appoint Ma
rion county republican.
promised to make a note of the
success and close of the New Hope
school under the management of the
Hon. Dan Layne, and Mr.. Beasley,
the two principals. That school was
the greatest success of any public
school ever taught in that portion of
Sequatchie and Marion counties They
,losed with 80 pupils enrolled. About
800 people were present to hear a No.
good program. Dan Layne is the
7oung man / referred to while back
n the News who had taught 90 public
chool in Marion, Sequachee and Grun-
ly counties, and is one of the best
primary teachers in our country, and
heartily recommend him for the re-
# Sequatchie county, as he is worthy
md will never give you cause to re-
,ret his election.
We regret with profound sorrow to
ZEN the sad misfortune of George Con- |
Ira who got his leg broken in the
mines just above the ankle by loop
oming in a. rope. When the mule |
allied to pull and George failed to see
he loop, as it was dark at his feet,
10 stepped into it, and at the same
noment the mule made a quick dash /
onward, and all the power the mule
ould pull was against poor Georges
eg. George was a deputy sheriff un-
er w. A. Cantrell, and a young man
n the bloom of life and the eldest
on of our popular blacksmith of the
own, J. E. Condra. Let me kindly I
ender our heartfelt sympathy to Mr.. |
nd Mrs. CondIa in the sad misfor-
une of the accident to their son.
here are two good physicians waiting /