Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-05-15
Third District.


ing of any note to write up 1t is get
ting dry and dusty and nobody is get
ting a stand of early corn, and all
will have to plant again. Lookout for
hot and dry summer Plant your
corn deep in the soil if you want it to
stand the summer drouth.
The postoffice fever has about cooled
down here among the applicants.
don't hear it now mentioned among
the aspirants themselves They seem
! to doubt their loyalty to the original
democratic party at the last stage of
| the game. Boys, at the democratic
convention you fellows participated in
! at Jasper, when you raised up and vo-
ted as democrats. and at the same time
| instructed Your democrats of that con-
vention to cast their votes for our re.
publican nominee, Hooper, for govern
or, how in the deuce and Tom Walk
er can you show up and prove your
loyalty to the democratic party, when,
in fact, you joined the party repre-
sent, the good old Yankee Blue, the
republican party, and read every true
democrat out of the party, who refused
to vote for Hooper, and now you boys
want to take an oath you never voted
a republican ticket in your life. Your
own record stands as an Impeachment
against you as far as being true demo-
Gratis are concerned. Why not apply
to my party and TO Hooper. our gov
ernor, for some place in his cabinetP
You are fairly entitled to it, | think,
for | tell You right here l will eat fire
If you ever get darn thing from the
democratic rank and file with such a
record as this to go upon, for you will
absolutely fail to get the machine and
power to endorse you, William j.
Bryan has done read off your record
and winked one eye at it, and said you
are better republican than democrat,
so there she stands impeached to be
overcome by the burden of proof. Are
you guilty or notr Gentlemen it's up
to you and not me. would be glad
to help some democrat out of this
muddle If could be of any benefit to
him in any way in settling up and
helping them to prove their loyalty if
it could be done in Legitimate way.
/ would be glad to volunteer my serv-
ices at any time. Don't hesitate to
call ON me as a republican friend ever
ready and willing at any time, day or
night. If gone to bed when you knock
I will be pleased to get up
if DR.. N B. Moore should fail to
bag the U s. Marshall's Office of East
Tennessee it won't be from the lack Of
recognition and recommendation and
endorsement from the leading demo-
clats Of the nation, aud from what
can learn, if nothing more turns up
with the present outlook, l verify be-
lieve DR.. Moore will be the next Mar
shall of East Tennessee. Put that in |
your pipe and give her Whit. If so,
this will be the first marshall ever Sc
lected in Sequachee Valley since the !
civil war.
DR.. N. w. Blalock, father of the ed
itor of the Dunlap Tribune, is here |
this week stopping over with Rev. g. !
w. White and doctoring one Of his |
daughters and grandchildren. The |
Rev. Blalock preached at Hick' sChap |
ell Sunday to large audience.
So many fine fish gathered on the |
shoals up here and so many miners of !!
the type of Adam just couldn't posi-
bly, stand the temptation and had to |
go grabbing 1t is violation of the |
rules of the T. G. l. Co. to lay out on |
Saturday, and those so doing it we're
given 6-day layoff.
this pay day. All matters and claims
were trusted to the debtors honor to
pay without process of law or later to
be forced under the strain of the gar
nishee laws.
Elizabeth Grayson, wife of DR.. P.
G. Grayson, died here Friday, and was
buried at the old Burnett schoolhouse
Rev. F. M. Shirley, offici-
ofi
oldest ladies in the 3rd, and was some
SO years old, while the husband left to
her loss is near SO years of age.
ton, Tenn, with his daughter, Mrs.
W. W. King. Mr.. and Mrs. W. ".
King and family. and s. F. King,
from Florida, attended the funeral Of
Mrs Grayson. Mrs. Grayson only
of Nashville. We tender our
sympathy to the bereaved grandchild-
rem on both sides and the dear old hus-
band who has resided here SO long.
Pearl White, wife of r. F. White is
Janeway, their family doctor, was
not expected to live. Her mother,
NILS. SOppluBoI, VI Duhlnp, was Soi'-
ed to attend her bedside. She is the
law of W. Fl. White of
the Third District.
Representative" and wife left the
East side of the river last night by
moonlight and went up the river in a
skitf, and as Mrs. "Repl esentative
entered the boat she said, 81 am
afraid to go up this stream by moon
lIgnt." | said, There has been a
time, my dear, when perhaps you have
trusted your faith in higher powers,
but on this special occasion you will
have to tlust yourself to me-" She
replied, II can partly trust you, dear.
on dry land, but am somewhat afraid
of you on water" l said, "Look here.
ola gal, we have been together nigh
on to 80 years and every time you
trusted me you have. come out safe,
but one time, and you know | was
MT there" So she trusted me and we
landed one mile up the stream safe,
and when she landed on the bank she
said, From now on, dear, will tiust
you on land and water.
The infant son of Bob Griffith of
Hill City, died there and was brought
here and inferred at the Pickett ceme-
terry. Mr.. Griffith and family used to
reside here and we sincerely regret the
death of this child and tender our sym
pathy to father and mother ana rela-