Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-05-28
Third District.

DOblceu In the CnaItauOOga Times
: that there is business mems boom on
hand over here in Marion county to
: build a free public thoroughfare from
, the East Valley road to intersect the
This move reminds me of a rich man 6
war and poor mans fight. Business
men get it up and the poor lsboring
men labor to build the road. Ye wri-
ter helped at one time to survey out a
road leading thru the Big Fork down
Suck Creek to the bluff and the only
remedy is to trestle over Suck Greek
and there Is FIVE miles of road at the
lower point of Suck Cheek that will
cost at the lowest figure. $1,000 per
mile to make anything like a respect
able road. not figuring on miles of
rough, rocky, billy country on this
end of toe line. The upper end of Ma.
rion is for the upper end of the conn
ty and we are for better roads and are
opposed to any move on hand by the
business mems league to advocate such
move and get it on foot, and sitter
getting the thing up make it a total
fizzle and then undertake to bond the
county to build said road to help out
their booster business. We were fleece
ed up here one time ont of $40. O00
SEQ. 900 on the east side and SEQ, 900 on
the west side which is still fresh in
the minds of the tax payers. Your
move is all right if you were able to
carry it out without any additional
expense to the country, which I know
you can't do. 1t would be a grand
thing if such thing could be done in
the way and manner it is planned, but
it is an impossibility to put a road
through such a rough territory as
blocked ont without some means of
support other than merely relying on
the county laborers and the business
mems organization to build this pro- |
posed road without any assurance of |
funds to insure or encourage Hamilton |
county to invest any money in this
proposition unless we were backed up
with some assurance from the county
treasurer. l fail to see your victory |
in the end. But will say as Davy
Crockett of old, know you are on the
right track and go ahead, but the
moment you jump to bond the county
then that part l will fight to finish
to save the tax payers of the 3rd dis
trict fiom losing another forty -thous-
and dollars as we have in the past.
My people and up here are not much
3rd to go much on an automobile road
from here to Chattanooga, and haven't
got any big amount of land on the
ridge or any big cattle ranch. Hence
we wasn't az much respected as to be
asked to become member of this bus
mess mems organization We often
have wondered Why Is orr honesty
and integrity not sufficient to come up
to the standard of business mans
qualifications. Perhaps we are left
in the dark and may never know. 1t
might have been an oversight or a
clerical mistake or an error on the part
of some official of the business mems
We regret very much, on receiving
a letter from J. W. Morrison, to learn
that he is in Chattanooga not able to
walk, suffering from sciatic rheuma-
tism in his right leg and hip, which
renders him almost helpless, and does
1T knew Just when he will be able to
return home. We read the letter of
his son, D. J. Morrison, which APP
peared in the Sequachee News and the
Chattanooga News, with much inter
est and was glad to know Dan was in
the Z. S. services and in the line of
duty, and we were greatly interested
in the history of the battle of Vera
Cruz he gave us, which we believe is
We regret to pen the death of E. B.
one of our county's most
respected and prosperous farmers. Mr..
death was due to compli-
cation of rheumatism and weakness in
cidental to old age. A large crowd
his funeral Mr.. Hamilton
is known throughout this part of the
country and will be missed by all.
His place can harly be filled. His
name will last for time immemorial.
He left name as man among men.
w. E. McCurry, attorney, who got
a leg broken some time back. am
proud to state is up again at his post
Of duty, but is still weak on his brok
sL limb.
Whitwell has had three attorneys
within short time who happened to
severe accidents White, Morrison and
McCurry. White was barely able to be
in court here Saturday, suffering from
4 runaway and getting thrown out of
4 wagon, striking his head on street,
md came near being killed. He is
low on rising ground.
W. E. Thomas, who accidentally
Ihot thru his foot with shot gun
ZONE months back is now walking
without the aid of crutches, but it will
cave him with crippled foot.
failed to see W. G, Hill, of the
News in town last week l wonder If
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