Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-10-02
Third District.
Sbecial 10 ne Mar.

SbecIal 10 tie NS1vs
The box supper at New Hope Satur-
day night was a success. Total amount
raised was S35. 90 which will be used
to purchase public school library.
Some of the lads going to and from
that box supper used their .3S rocket
pistols free and open handed as they
passed my Office. If it occurs again a
No. good greasing in court will
reach their case. If they desire furth-
er action along this line, just proceed
further and make another dash like
these fellows made last night. Just
cut your dog loose. know that an
armful of pistols and few gallons OF
whiskey are not the proper kind or
bait to put on your hooks to catch
sinner with; neither is that kind of
bait, gentlemen. the proper kind to
put on your hook in public place to
assist the preachers in conducting
revival, SO a hint to the wise ought to
be sufficient to warn any sane young
man of his danger before be plunges
off into deep water and can't get out.
There was an ARRAY occurred near
Red Hill the other night between Joe
Smith and Claud Shirley in which
young Shirley is alleged to have been
cut in the back by Smith. These same
two lads were engaged near the same
place some months ago, in which
young Shirley is alleged to have tire1
three shots with 80 pistol at Smith.
None of the shot, took effect The
matter was properly adjusted between
them and the parents, but the matter
has again risen and fear will have to
be settled in the courts.
Will Wallace died at Red Hill! Fri
day and was inferred Saturday at the
cemetery there. Young Wallace bad
been married only sho TT time to the
daughter of A. B. Terry.
The infant of Fl. M. Powell died
here Friday aud was buried Saturday,
and the father, H. NJ. Powell, is very
low with typhoid fever, and the death
of his child caused relapse. We ten
der our sympathy to the bereaved fam
lily in their misfortune
Lewis Thomas, son of A. D. Thorn
as, is very low with typhoid fever,
and is not expected to live unless there
is change for the better pretty soon.
The doctors are getting along very
slowly with some cases of this fever.
Frank White, son of W. II. White.
has new boarder at his house. 1t is
12-lb. boy. MI. Whites two-year-
old girl, Pauline, has been stricken
with something like paralysis and has
mt walked a step in three weeks. She
seems all right in other ways but so
far her case has baffied the medical
skill of the attending physician.
W. II. White, attorney, and j. l..
Standifer of the T. G. /. Co. store,
will spend two days the first of the
week attending to some official and
legal business at Atpontley and Mt
Airy, Tenn, and it is alleged that
there will be something doing up
there.
There was another big show here
Tuesday and all the surplus money
that could be possibly scraped up was
handed in to the ticket agent of the
show, while all grocery and other bills
will be suspended for the next 30
days. We have men here who will
borrow money to go to see operas and
shows and to pay whiskey bills, who
won't pay bill at all for what their
wives and little children eat and
wear. reckon just such is part OF
life with some people.
There was fellow skipped board
bill from an adjoining county and was
arrested here. In order to get out he
got a good man on bank note for
$13.O and when it came due he let
his security pay off the note, and then
refused to pay back to his security.
THE security sued to try to get back
his money. He wanted the security
to dismiss the suit and pay the costs,
and him not to pay the debt or cost,
either. So after all he fieeced an hon
est man to get money to pay off his
board bill. and to save himself from
the clutches Of the law We have on
record a number of similar cases. 1t is
a step to broad open daylight robbery.
Another class is number of charac-
ters who go to one merchant and get
in debt some $50. 90 and then pass on
to a second merchant and get the same
amount, and then go on to third and
fourth and fifth, perhaps. and obtain
under this fraud and false pretense
500. 90 worth of merchandise in the
town, and then step off to another
town where be plays the same band
and then passes on from pillow to post,
and bye and bye he has fieeced the
different merchants of the country ont
of over a thousand dollars, and yet be
is by some people looked on as an hon
est man. style him as notorious
broad open daylight thief. You may
call him a good, religious, upright
man, if you SO desire, but it won't
cut any ice in changing the opinion OF
the public regarding him.
Sherman Mcdaniel was married