Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-02-13
Third District.

A great excitement was caused in
! this town Saturday night by the house
of Leonard Rogers, of the firm of Rog-
ers q jackson, getting burned to
ashes The people did some wonder
full work to save the adjoining build
inge. Mr. Rogers is a son of ex-sher-
iff ID. d. Rogers, of Marion County,
and is as nice and clever a boy as ever
moved to this town He and Mr.
jackson bought out the livery stable
formerly owned by J. J Dykes and in
connection with the livery stable. also
carries on an undertaking establish
ment. We regret the loss aud tender
our sympathy to Mr.. and Mrs Rogers.
We are burdened hero with plague
called la grippe, and but few escape
the malady When it gets into fam
lily they generally all take it.
7, 5. Harris was up here on bird
hunt with his fine bird dog, He was
joined in the hunt by his brotber-in-
law, Rev. G W. White, and Mr.. Hat
field. As to what success the boys had
| cannot state, but l beg to state that
If they failed from any cause it must
have been on the part of the dog.
The birds are here all right. Ny
opinion is that they sure bagged them
and laid them low.
The farmers are badly behind with
preparations to plant their crops.
hope the bad weather will soon be
over and we will have plenty of sun
shine, and we can prepare to plant
our gardens.
The T. G. l. Co. has given their
miners and day laborers a 215c raise,
which is very acceptable on the part
of the miners.
l have just visited the T. c. |. Co
Office and found my friend, Norwood
right up to date, all wool and yard
wide. His equal is hard to find. OF
course Henry Anderegg is all right,
too. | don't mean Henry wouldn't
bag deer if be was to stub his toe
eginst it, judging from the beautiful
bead of one he pointed to while / was
there which he has hanging up for
sign over his meat market. j. NJ.
Price is so fast and quick | couldn't
keep up with his movements and |
don believe the town photographer
could keep Jim still long enough to
take his photo.
The law business has run down to a
low ebb for the past ten days. Not
much doing That branch of business
comes by rises and falls.
] want to thank the crew of carpen-
tiers who lent helping hand in re-
building my son, Willie's, house,
which was destroyed with his house
hold goods some four weeks ago. The
number of carpenters that came in one
day cut and framed the building and
will return another day and finish it.
This reminds me of old times. l will
say good word for my neigh borhood.
1t is up to date and hard to beat. If
/ can't speak good word for my peo-
pie, refuse to talk at all. I bear
some people always talking about |
some of their neighbors, and finding
some fault. heard fellow say the |
other day in town, that one Of his
neighbors refused to lend him tools to |
dig a neighbor's grave. In reply to |
that action, brother, on the part of |
your neighbor, surely there was some
thing badly out of order, if what you |
report was fact Well, we have no |
such fellows as that in my district. / |
surely would feel miserable If i |
thought ut my death had neighbor |
who would refuse to lend tools to dig ,
my grave. ...
Milton White. son of W. Fl. White, |
is very low with fever. He took i'll |
very suddenly SATURDAY. night A
speedy recovery is hoped for by his pa
rents.
W. Fl. White is renting part of the
y. c. Shirley farm over the river, and
Is contemplating moving his sons over
here to farm this season. Tho Shirley
arm consists of about 900, acres.
White is renting the north side and
8urrel Barker the south side.
Pat and q. W. Gary are selling out
heir place and personal effects and
will no longer reside at Whitwell. We
'egret to lose the two Gary boys, as
hey have been here so long we have
become somewhat attached to them,
md will feel lonesome without them.
But we live in hope that we may
gain meet them in our town, and if
Tot here, we will meet them face to
ace in the morning of the resurrect-
IN.
Some six or eight families moved
way from Whitwell last week. but
theirs have been coming in, so you
go this is what it takes to keep the
Id ark moving along. And such
movements as these is where we are
hort of qualified voters.
Mrs, Mary Duke, clerk in the post
flee at Whitwell, is very sick with
ever, taking i'll Friday week ago,
nd she hasn't been out of the house
ince. DR.. J. L. Shirley reports her
title better. We regret to hear of her
evere illness, and hope to soon ee
er back at the postoffice. She is pol
te, obliging and courteous in handing
ut the mail promptly. She is lady
high type and Industrious, and self
ustaining by her labor. She makes
er nome with J. T. Duke and has
ne little son to provide for. We all
sel very thankful to the postmaster
Whitwell for his kindness in en-
Toying her ia the postoffice. We hope
ne will be permitted to remain there ,
egardless of party affiliations.
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