Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-09-25
Third District.

property at 81. 90 per foot. This con-
tract seems TO have been entered into
by the board of education and the con-
tractors after entering into this coven-
ant got an old coloIed water prophet
to test the depth of feet to water, He
handed down a decision to them of 35
feet. His name is Moses Griffith At
ter digging IS or 20 feet right on the
bank or near by creek where the
county has fine concrete bridge over
said creek. the contractors have failed
to reach water and are about to reach
bad air, and are said to have pro-
nounced the digging of that we'll a
failure / told one of those contractors
that Moses, the colored prophet, was
prophesying to them under the old dis
pensation, and they were digging that
we'll under the old Mosairal law. and
they may dig right on the bank Of
that creek 300 feet and never find wa
ter, for the old Mossical law and the
old dispensation were now repeal ed
and we we're laboring entirely under
the new dispensation, and will rem
der law opinion in behalf of those
contractors as to what it takes to con-
stitute a we'll, which means to furnish
the public with water. 1t doesn t
mean merely a hole in the ground and
hence if you quit your job and aban-
don this further digging and complet-
ing of that well, gentlemen, the pre-
sumption of law is that you cannot re-
cover payment for what you have al
ready done because you have preached
your contract and no recovery can be
sustained against the board of educa-
tion and you, gentlemen, will drop
down like the great sea vessel, the Ii
tanic. Mark this paragraph, and un-
der the new covenant, the new dispen-
sation and common law of the land,
don't fail to complete your job and fin
ish that we'll as per contract and your
agreement to do.
The new brick bank of Whitwell
will soon be ready to operate business,
and will BIZ one of the most up-to date
banks of the valley. The new brick
building of S. L. Pryor & Son is near
ing its completion and will be in oper
alton soon. G. G. Shirley's 2-story
building on Main street will soon be
ready to be started up by Mr.. Shirley
with full line of merchandise. It
will be the largest building of the
kind in town.
j. W. Bennett, of Hill City, was
here Saturday and sold his real estate
east of Whitwell to Dan Kilgore,
agreed price $500.0O. Mr.. Kilgore is
a good man and was a deputy sheriff
here prior to his removal to Alabama.
W. Fl. White OF the 3rd district, has
gone to Atpontley today on official
business and will be gone some two or
three days.
A certain person filed complaint
against certain person living east of
Whitwell, alleging certain person
guilty Of very grave charge, which,
If true. would cause that certain per-
son to sustain an injury in the eyes of
the public. If that certain person has
stumped that scarecrow for the sole
purpose of publicly injuring the other
certain person the facts and the whole
truth should be given in behalf of the
certain person accused and he should
be fully vindicated from such public
rumor. failed to get the particulars
as they appear, but will say to who
ever 1t may concern that all parties
mentioned are held in the highest es-
TEEN and are from noble parentage
The bootleggers are running broad
open daylight business here in this
town, with state and county blackleg
ged out Of her revenue. Suppose we
incorporate our town and set up mu-
nicipal government of our own and see
il we can't get the town in better
shape. Prohibition in wet town has
but little force when some of her
staunch members are dipping and
plunging into the bootleggers dens up
to their chins. We sleep with one eye
open day and night. We can't help
but see yon when now and then you
stump your toe against us.
Rev. Dew, of Jasper. was here this
week, and is having some dental work
done. This able divine is graduate
of several learned institutions of
different states, and is the best versed
with knowledge and skill of his pro-
fession of any man ever heard talk
this side of the Rocky mountains. 1t
doesn't matter what politics or church
creed or orthodoxy he may belong to,
we will risk him as a little beyond the
ordinary man for brains.
want to congratulate my old friend
w. w. King, of Charleston, Tenn, on
his good fortune of double wedding
of bis two daughters on the same dav.
We wish them and their husbands
much joy and may they meet with
success thru life. Mr. King is form
er Marion countian and the son-in
law Of P. G. Grayson. the aged veter-
an, who recently married at Cleve
land, Tenn.
G Q. Milwee, w. E. McCurry, J.