Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-21
Third District.

Special 10 tie Nez05
Ye writer has Just returned from
Walden's Ridge, looking into Legal
matter about TO arise between two lit
igants, but by agreement a survey by
the county surveyor will settle the lit
igation
The people of the upper end of the
county wers very much shocked when
they received the sad news of the hor-
rible death of the 13-year old son of
4 Esq. j. E. Anderson whose death was
instantaneous by coming in contact
with wire of the Tennessee Power
/ Go The heavy wind caused the cleo
trio wire to slip out of the socket
where it hung on the tower, which
caused the wire to hang down in the
middle within four feet of the ground.
The boy came along and looped wire
| over it and no sooner than the child
touched the wire than he was dead
on the spot They telephoned to head
| quarters to turn of the electric current
to avoid killing others who attempted
to release and remove the dead boy.
We tender our heartfelt sympathy to
Mr.. Anderson who is noble, good
man. Mr.. Anderson lost another
child some 10 months ago, who was
drowned in his spring. The accident
has shocked the whole country. We
all join in and pray that Mr.. Anderson
may live through and overcome such a
sad and sudden misfortune as has be-
fallen him, and his good family, for
their nobility and equal is indeed hard
to find. They are held in the highest
esteem
We failed to sketch up a record of
Prof. Ferguson, who is teaching se
ries of singing schools throughout this
part of the county, and who is meet
ing with success wherever he goes.
owe Prof Ferguson an apology for not
writing up these singing schools here
tofore taught at Looncy's Creek and
Sulphur Springs. Mr. Furguson as
professor and a teacher of the science
of music and singing far SURPRISES any
professor of this art this part of the
country has had for long time We
are very proud, indeed, to welcome
such talented man as Prof. Fergus
on in our midst and he is entitled to
space in the News to record the honor
and recognition we place in him The
young ladies and young men and the
ola men and old ladies as we'll, have
been advanced to high grade along
the line and science of music and
singing. and be will be remembered
here through ages to come.
Well, | must say word about the
representative contest. Will say
never lost man on the republican
ticket inside of the borders of Marion
county inside of my jurisdiction, but
it reminds me of shooting duck
Sometimes, you know, you can shoot
him a dead shot and be will fly mile
before be drops dead, and so with this
contest. My representative wasn't
shot here but he was shot dead at
Nashville by the democratic legisla-
tors entirely outside of my jurisdic-
ton. He was like the duck. he few
down the long lane and then dropped
dead shot down by body from whom
there is no appeal. OF course the slug
gers filed plea of self defense under
the unwritten law statute and that's
the last of the darn thing. A demo-
crat is democrat and it's darned
nard proposition to put a republican
on democrat, anyway. So IL has
gone democratic and they have got the
coon and gone. just let old Hannah |
rock and see il we bawl or cry. It's q |
long lane that has no turn Every
bitter has its sweet and every dog |
has his day. and bye and bye all will |
come out right, There is little COM
plant whispered around in the dark |
alleys, highways and hedges by some
of our beloved democratic brothers,
saying there Is something wrong and
dead up the line with great
and bluffs and cliffs thrown
across the trot line Of prosperity that
leads to comfort. peace and happiness.
Oh. why couldn't our own state at
home set up starving, suffering des-
titute, homeless American colony in
Middle Tennessee, -Aposed of orr
own nationality of people, without
crowding out our own people and max
ing room for Belgian refugees Char
ity at home is the first law of nature
that we as Americans and Tennesseans
ought to look to and respect and obey.
Valley is the richest val
ley We know of this side of the Rocky
mountains with rich belt of iron ore
on east side and coal on the west, run
ming over stretch of 80 or 40 miles,
yet with all these natural resources
not a coke oven or iron mine and no
GOAL mines except those at Whitwell is
running under the administration, and
The Whitwell mines are running only
half time. Do your own figuring and
give me the answer, and then let us
all join in and apply the proper reme-
1y at the proper time, looking at the
time to the interest and welfare of ev-
Dry American citizen, and cut out par
" prejudice.
Well, all my townsmen who went to
Nashville to attend the Wilson and
Dykes contest have all got back and
'eport dull trip, but we never lost
man who went, which is a splendid
'ecord for the boys. We had fun for
he mules and lots of fun for the boys
Turing the present political cyclone
which just swept by.
Business in Whitwell is very dull.
Times are hard and worse coming,
md il something don't turn up to
brighten the hopes Of prosperity and
ring about some hopes of relief to
mr. people, fail to see how business
an stand the pressure of another 70
months, but it could be possible, but |
hink hardly probable the wav old |