Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-11-20


on four days hunt in swampv belt
in Bledsoe county. A big pile Of
game is surely expected to be piled up
from the muzzle of his noted gun.
DR.. L. L. Janaway, the old and ex-
perienced M. D., of many years stand
ing, was called to the bedside Of the
son of tho Rev. G. W. White last
week, and made daily trips for four
days, and now pronounces his patient
on rising ground. The doctor is GER
tainly dead shot on all kinds of few
er, ifagalled in due time before patient
is beyond medical aid.
g. B. Thomas was up here today
and seemed to be as lively as cricket
and suIe got few windy tales, but l
told Brit was glad there was no rev.
enue on hot air He said if there was
any revenue due along the line it was
a back number overlooked by the
members of our association.
W. B. Stewart. attorney from Dun
lap, was down here Friday on official
business.
h J. w. Morrison, attorney, of Jasper,
was up Saturday and took in dollar
bottle of medicine from the auctioneer
on the street. l told Jim if he listen
ed to that man five minutes he would
! imagine he had all the diseases imag-
Unable.
J. E. Condra, deputy sheriff, is
busy serving subpoenas this week.
! Condra is the only officer that is on
hand when an officer is needed and is
entitled to all credit due to his Office.
He takes them going both ways.
Don't fail to note this one important
fact that P. S Harris is in the repub-
licau ranks for sheriff, and will make
the race for that Office right interest
ing before thu ball closes, to some of
his constituents, so great number of
republicans have pledged themselves
to bis support until they have encoul
aged MIN to such an extent that he bias
sure decided to make the race, so the
bell of warning is now sounded and
the political horn will now begin to
foot.
saw very religious man last
week. pretty darn full of some kind of
booze 1t could have been cider and
it could have been wbiskey, but he
got there just the same mean he
got home drunk as billed owl. He
shoutei as he passed that he was
prohioitionist and a christian from
start to finish. His good wife told me
that if be represented the prohibition
element in Whitwell, she desired to
withdraw from the movement, and
if he represented the christian world,
she didn't care to be one,
Another man of our town got on a
whiz last Friday and was found broad |
side lying on the side of the street and
after being engaged in four or five
drunken rows was finally arrested and
arragned in Esq BARRIERS court and
fined a small sum of only sc 90 and |
costs, but had acted so badly that not
a man in town would secure it. A
mittimus was issued to the jailor and
he was taken to Jasper and locked up
in Jail, and this poor drunken wreck
left three little motherless children
behind who we're crying for something
TO eat and were barefooted and in
rags. A woman WHO lived near him
Iaid he absolutely refused to apply
himself to an honest calling and failed
20 provide for his children. l hope the
,barity movement in this town will
AXE up this case of the three little in.
recent children, and see that they are
Implied with food and clothes, Ro
member that this is your christian du- |
y, and take care of these little ones,
md let your light shine.
We regret to hear of the Sulphur
'prings school house being burned
own. 1t was good and valuable
chool house, worth perhaps 5000 or :
lore, and we sympathize with the g
God hearted people of that vicinity.
We had a burn ont here at Hickory
irove and our loss was as great as
ours.
These boys of mine have three or
,ur musical instruments, and they
eem to bear down pretty heavy at =
mes while l am writing this article.
hey just now touched up on An old
me piece called "Nancy Rolling =
nd in spite of all can do it turns
" mind back some 30 years ago to =
le time when / was lad. Betsy =
al'' and sold Nancy Rolling" were =
d time favorites, and while i am !. :,
riting these lads have got my mind =
frustrated l can hardly write. I ,
itch my feet keeping time in spite of '.
yself. :,
I am on the prohibition issue like u
be Lincoln said away back yonder !,
,out the tariff Issue He said he did :. .
t know much about it but one thing y
, said be did know and that was ~
hen foreign country made $40. 90 y
it of clothes and sent it over to A -