Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-06-05
Third District.

| We regret with profound sorrow TO
note the paragraph in the News rela-
tive to the critical condition of Aus
tin Copringer, who suffered stroke
/ Of paralysis at Jasper last week. We
are watching the result of his illness
with a keen eye, and hope to hear of
his speedy recovery. We feel that his
| present condition Is very severe
shock to the entire county of Marion
Relative to my former article | am
! asked to state that my report from
Tatesville concerning the matrimonial
performance which was to take place
| at that point and was a fash was cor
rect, and the returning of the license
was correct, but only two clauses OF
| the statement were incorrect. 1t was
said that the girl in question was al
| legged to be only IA years old, but she
is reported to be much older. 1t was
also reported that the gentleman only
went with her twice, but it is not said
that he went with her several times
and had q bona fide contract with her
prior to the date of the securing of
the marriage license. 1t was clear
case of breach of contract on the part
of the lady. If both sides of the con-
troversy report the facts the remedy is
for the would-be groom to sue the
young lady for breach of contract and
damage, as it seems that the proof
makes out a clear case of breach of
promise. The contract was made and
each went into covenant with the 9th
or prior to the date of the issuance of
the license, and the same was procur-
ed in good faith. Under marriage law
a breach and forfeit on the part of
M; - ohu No
other party sustains an injury or loss,
they may sue the other party to the
contract on the grounds of forfeiture
of breach of contract for damage, and
recover in any part Of competant jur-
isdiction, provided the parties to the
contract are of lawful age, not min
or, lunatic or an insane person. Of
course, in some states, perhaps, before
you could recover on breach of con-
tract, it might require the contract re-
duced to writing and registered before
you could recover damages under the
law of that state. The best way to
settle this question is to shut it down
and nip it in the bud right where it
is, for it is only family affair after
ALL Nerve up and be like Old Tray.
If you can't succeed try again, but be
sure you give correct information
when you hand out your news to a re-
porter.
j. A. Walker returned from the Re-
union at Chattanooga with a nice
Confederate gray uniform on. The
doctor represented himself as he ap
peared in 1860 and looked like South
ern general with his uniform and bad
ges on. Prior to this / entertained the
hope of winning the doctor over to my
side of the house the way politics were
running, but when l viewed him
dressed in that uniform of Southern
gray..I bowed my head and gave up.
the ghost, for I knew him of old.
When he is for a thing you can't
change him, and it's only time lost
to approach him otherwise, fol /
know him to be democrat of the old
type and he stood alone for Bryan
when all the world went back on him.
If President Wilson's age limit of IS
did cut out DR.. Walker and virtually
disfranchise several thousand old sold
iers from holding any postoftice under
the civil service order, it never made
a republican out of DR.. j. A. Walker
in the least. He told me while stand
ing dressed in his uniform that he
looked just like he did IN b is suit the
day he was mustered into service in
1860, but older, but is the same iden-
tical J. A. Walker now as in the
dark days Of 1850. .
We have had quite lot Of sickness
around here, but since we had glor-
ious rain everybody and the cook is
feeling better. except me. l ate
square meal of fine goat meat today
and feel just like steer in a corn
field, and am more than willing to go
forward in discharge of my duty
which l owe the News as cores
pondent from my town.
We are cut short on pear and peach
crop and have but few apples, hardly
enough for family use, and but little
to SELL The blackberry and buckle
berry crop will make about two-thirds
Of crop. The early Irish potato crop
is about two-thirds of a crop. Beans
and cabbage will be about full crop.
The corn crop, unless there is a won
derful change, will average about two
thirds of crop. Wheat and oats the
same average.
The mountain Rollins and. .Morrisons
were again arraigned before Esquire
N. B. Moore on the old fusilade be-
tween the two families over two
years standing There seems to be bad
blood existing between the two fac
tons W. q. White, attorney for the
State, and J. W. Morrison, attorney
for the two defendants Case waived
to the grand jury. The same parties
have another suit pending in Esq. w.
L. Barber's court Saturday. To avoid
further disturbance among these fac
tions, the court may finally be forced
to bind them to the peace and their
good behavior for s ..or 10 months to
protect the peace. and dignity of the
state
]. L. Grayson had very narrow es-
cape from ueath last week. He had
Just left his barn where he had been
Smelling some seed corn when light
ming struck the north end of the barn,
ran down post to the ground, COM
pletely demolished the north end and
killed his only mare dead on the spot.
It would have killed him if he hadn't
just got out Of the barn. He had only
walked 100 yards to the door of his
house some four minutes before the &C.
cident. We were sorry of his misfor-
tune in losing his only mare. and is
wife being sick, too, leaves him up
against what is known as Griffith 8
Rock.
spent one night last week with
n r Thoynaa Tho family randarad