Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-05-22
Third District.

! Special TO the -NraUs.
There was quite little excitement
at New Hope one day this week over
Mr. w. w. King taking the wrong
road. Mr.. King with his family and
DR.. p. q. Grayson we're on their way
over Walden's ridge As the buggies
started up the main road leading up
the mountain, Mr.. King cut through
the near way by Hicks Chapel, and
went up the wrong gap, and waited
there until late hour, looking for
the family, but they went the upper
gap leading to Chattanooga. aud after
Mr. King waited several hours he
came back to the valley to the start
ing point, and then went to near Fair
mont and on learning that he hadn't
arrived, they together with some 9th
er parties came back to the valley and
found Mr.. King at L. H. Powell's at
the foot of the Burnett road They
thought perhaps Mr.. King had had
stroke of paralysis, but he was all
right and the excitement died down.
There was very bad mix up in the
way of a matrimonial affair occurred
at Tatesville, Tenn, last week. There
was fellow out there kind of got in
the notion to marry, and from the
facts have gathered, it must have
been very green affair. There was
a fellow who went with 14-year old
a trip or two and decided on his own
notion that he would marry her. He
didn't know that it took two to con-
stitute valid contract in matrimony.
In fact, he hadn't ever consulted the
girl or entered into any contract along
this line. So he waltzed down to the
county seat and procured marriage
license for himself and the lady in
question, and on the following day he
made his appearance at the residence
of the girl and asked her to go down
to the Office of Rev. j. L. White. She
asked him what for and then, but new
er before, is the first time that he re-
vealed to her that be desired to marry
her She was thunder struck at his
suggestion, ,and notified him that
there was nothing doing along that
line, and he lost the price of a mar
riage license and was forced to return
it to Jasper without having used it.
Rev. J. l.. White, of Tatesville, Is
very seriously ill with fever and mea
sles, but is on rising ground. By prop
er care and treatment he will again
assume his duties as merchant and
postmaster at Tatesville.
WILDE compelled to say little on
what is known and called by some on
Walden's Ridge as "squatters " 9th
els call them land thieves. We have
heard and are acquainted with all
kinds of thieves, but land thieves are
new thing in this palt of the coun-
try. A number of land owners out on
the ridge say these land squatters, or
land thieves, as they call them, are
employed by some company to build
possession houses all over Walden's g
Ridge on their land, and have these
houses up before they know anything
about it In order to hold it by these
agents on the part of the company. |
The rerort has come to me from good |
and reliable men, that they have been |
forced to take their teams and wagons,
go out there, tear down the houses,
cut loose the wire and move the build
ings clear off their lands, and 1t is
COW come to the critical point, 80 the
owners of these lands say, as they will
protect their lands and their rights il
they have to resort to their guns, and
they ful ther say they will see what
VlTCuo Gu0T6 lS III poWuoL nno AOnu' ~
It takes that method to move them,
and will watch Mr. Land Stealer with
4 keen eye hereafter and they further
declare If anyone is hereafter caught
on their lands by building
houses, either in the day time or at
night, some one will get few loads
If B. B. shot. If there is anything In
what these land owners say, this sketch
nay serve as notice to the intruders
ind squatters, who are operating as
,bove described on the land owned by
hese taxpayers. If the same does not
,ease to exist fear somebody may die
With his boots on before the Lord
makes preparations to receive him, for
will say in the face of the public
ome of my neighbors are about read
y to resort to arms, and they are |
wrought up to high pitch, and are
cry indignant over the way they have
'een done and intruded on by these
nountsin buccaneers and real estate
light of hand performers.
The highest civil law suit of its
ind which ever came under the juris-