Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-03-20
Third District.

ana VINO mas bis application on hle,
indorsed by strong per cent. of demo
Gratis and republicans. Mr.. Coggins il
the only miner who has ever applied
/ for this important place among the la
Dor element, aud is we'll endorsed by
that body. Mr.. Coggins is ranked
among the leading applicants, and SC
far his chance among the rest of the
applicants is upon an equal footing
with bis constituents, and his loyalty
to the democratic party cannot be
questioned, although perhaps some of
his opponents stand equally as loyal.
! All applicants up here are pulling the
valve wide open as a boot jack but
some of them don't stand a shadow of
chance with the power and authority
to recommend and confirm their APP
pointments, so we just laugh and
laugh at their movements. OF course
l know who will land this postofice
business. 1t is not necessary foI me TO
say who he is just now, but will leave
you to guess who.
To those at a distance expecting to
receive any mail from j. T. Duke
Mr.. Duke has got bis index finger cut
off and can't write, and asked me to
make this note relative to his present
condition, so you friends who take the
News may understand why you may
be disappointed by not receiving COM
munications from him.
The case of Jas. Perkins and Lewis
Farmer, charged with the killing of
Thomas McHone and shooting of Mr..
Keener was promptly called Saturday
at O'Clock before Esq. N. B. Moore
and Esq. W. L. Barber with large
number of witnesses summoned on
both sides. W. H. White and J. w.
Morrison were attorneys for the State,
and w. E. McCurry and w. NJ
Thompson, attorneys for defendants.
After some legal motions to dismiss on
former plea of examination, an as
sault and battery plea by the state was
sustained, over ruling the former plea
by defendants State went to tiial on
a warrant for murder and after some
time spent in private consultation be-
tween defendants and their attorneys,
they waived both cases over to the
criminal court on the high grade of
an offense Of murder in the first degree
without introducing any proof to con-
slider the termination of the setting of
the bond, and that point of issue caus-
ed some legal talent to be displayed on
the part Of the attorneys for state.
Their theory was defendants attorn-
neys by waving the cases to the high
or court had taken the case entirely
out of the jurisdiction of the court on
a charge of murder in the first degree,
and the court had no further jurisdic-
tion to reopen and hear any further
proof, and the only remedy was for
the court to commit the defendants to
Jail, and their only remedy was to
swear out habeas corpus proceedings
and bring the defendants before the
Judge and attorney for the crimir al
court, and there introduce some proof
to the Judge to determine whether
they be admitted to bail or not, but af-
ter a private conference held by the
two justices of the peace, they based
their admittance of defendants to bail
ON evidence introduced on first prelim-
mary hearing to $40 bond, 81, 500
each, which was given. Both par
ties on both sides ofstbecontroversy are
Of good families and the case will be
fought to finish
DR.. L. l. Janeway has gone to East |
Tern g zee to visit relatives and we |
sure miss the doctor among our people. |
He is wanted very badly here. There |
h,ve batn many telei hone calls for
hi IN since his departure
DR.. J. L. Shirley passed through
1ere today, We supposed be had been
70 see Mrs Hugh Smith, who was re
ported very i'll. Yesterday evening
here was some change of her recovery.
Dr. P. G. Grayson and wife, the
;wo oldest persons in our community,
ire now about past going anywhere,
md were visited by w. W. King and
amily of Kingston, Tenn this week.
Iir. King married the old Doctors
laughter some 40 years ago, and at
me time resided here among us, and
vas one of Marion county's best citi-
.ens.
Rev. Jerome Coffelt, of Hill City,
reached at Hicks Chapel Sunday to
good audience. Rev. Coffelt is a
BAPTIST of Missionary faith and form
r Marion Countian and is we'll known
this part of the moral vine
ard.
The T. G. /. Co. had nice little
aw suit Saturday against one Of MI.
helton's sons on charge of cruelty I
D animals He was charged with cru I
lily beating a mule in the mines,
which was the property of the compa-
y, and was fined in W. L. Barber's
curt for the offence. The law against
ruelty to animals ought to be rigidly
nforced, more 80 than it has been /,
eretofore, but we insist that the law
lould be applied to all ali ke and spec
al privileges be granted to none.
A half witted lad from this place
las short while back over in the
ilge of Arkansas. He was hired to
'ork for young widow, and he was
lowed to eat at her table, so one day
e thought. perhaps, he might succeed
4 a marriage contract with her and
ually become general manager of
fairs around the place. So one beau
full Sabbath day he approached her
4 the subject Of inatrimony, and she Z
"a very much stunned at such pro- Y
Dsal by fellow who didn't have
lough money to buy a marriage Ii c
,nse, while she was very wealthy and =
licky replied no. So this young lad
Id the other boys what he had done
I'd they asked him what in the world Z
ade him propose marriage to u mil Vi
onairess. He replied. "Boys, just >
d that to see how a burned poor fool q
l-a $50 x,.o,,i1 cool ,Ftar los;pD N mil