Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-06-27
Houston Deakins spent two days last

Houston Deakins spent two days last
week in Tullahoma.
Mrs. Styles and daughters left Mon
day for their home in Rome, Ga, af-
ter a pleasant stay with Mrs. Styles
sister, Mrs. A. L. Robertson.
The new High School president and
wife, Prof. aud Mrs. Higgins, of Ok
olona, Miss, came in Wednesday.
Miss Willie Deakins and Dan Mills
spent Sunday in Bridgeport.
Misses Nell and Ruth Robertson gave
a 4th of July party Monday afternoon
in honor..of their cousins from Rome,
Ga. Some 80 guests were invited.
| The.hOuse was beautifully decorated. in
flags. Ice cream Uncle Sans were
served and the whole color scheme
suggested the glorious Fourth. Every
body reports d splendid time.
J. D. Deakius spent the day Satur-
day with his daughter, Mrs. Allen, of
Bridgeport, who is still in bad health.
Miss Maggie Barlew visited Misses
Dora and Hester Beene and Matte
Holm in South Pittsburg from Satur-
day until Monday. The girls finished
up Central" then took in the pic
ture show and later the ice cream
supper. Sunday afternoon Mr.. Haskew
took the entire party to the lock and
dam in his gasoline launch. Messrs.
Joe Walsh, Jno. Dizney, and Jas.
Moore were among those on the trip.
Later a big auto vas pressed into SER
vice, and both Whitwell and Bridge
port visited.
Zebadee Barlew and Miss Annie
Swafford drove down to South Pitts
burg Sunday
. Miss Cynthia Smith, of Dunlap, who
is visiting Miss Robbie Lewis, spent
Tuesday afternoon in the city. Miss
Robbie Lewis will give a rarity We'd
nesday night at her pretty country
home, two miles below town in honor
of her guest
Mrs Geo. Lewis returned from Dun
lap Monday evening.
J. Walsh, of Chattanooga, spent the
day here Friday in the interest of the
telephone company.
Jas. Lane is constructing a new
stole building zeal his residence.
Mrs. Sam johnson and Miss Ellen
Graham left Monday for a visit to
Mrs. Johnson's daughter, Mrs. Chaud-
DIN, at Condra's Switch.
Miss Bessie Hoge will teach the
school at Farrior's Switch.
S. J. Barlew made a trip to Victor
ia Sunday to visit Mrs. Elizabeth
Lewis, who is i'll.
Keller Anderson of South Pittsburg
and Miss Mamie Layne drove to Vic
toria to visit friends Sunday after
noon.
Miss Ava Simpson was in Bridge
port shopping Saturday.
Miss Irene Gillian is visiting the
Misses Hill, of Victoria since Satur-
day.
Miss Ethel Rogers assisted Mrs. Ada
R. Berryhill in the Registers Office
Thursday.
They do say that nobody can escape
death and taxes, but its pretty hard on
a fellow when be can't escape taxes by
death.
An interesting lecture on Missions
was given at the M. e. Church Fri
day evening, profusely illustrated with
magic lantern slides. The admission
was only ten cents and a good crowd
was present.
Little Chas. Smith has been sick,
but has about recovered.
ALVIN Spears of Whitwell. telephones
down that he finds the Jasper news
readable. Not sure he wasn't poking
fun, but much obliged either way.
Misses Vlrgie Lasater and Carrie
Merritt state that they find our news
readable Thanks, girls.
One of my sisters has one chick. He,
she or it vas the nest egg. His ma and
him marched out of the barn one day
and announced to the world he'd got
here. She set two weeks on one egg
and a door knob, but the knob didn't
hatch. So she waited till he got two
old and now they are both set
ting side by side on the knob and
eggs. His ma is a big white hen
about the size of a turkey gobbler and
be was almost as big as a thimble, so
only his step ma. The hen that
matches is a step ma. The hen that
lays is a step ma. So he's got two. In
this respect we go folks one better af-
ter seeing their aunts and step mas,
too, and only the hen that patches her
own eggs is an own ma. That's ex-
pert Goth century chickenology scien-
tifc up to date. E. l.. B.