Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-03-09
Caroline Chapel.

! Special to tie Nr,Os.
Kind editor and readers of the News,
| it is by the wStchful care, and the merci-
full oversight of a kind and merciful
! Providence that have been permitted
to leave my bed again, and am able to
sit up long enough to pencil u few items
for the News.
| have been confined to my bed from
last Wednesday night a week ago until
this Frioay. | was compelled to lie
| fiat on my back and for three or four
days not able to raise unaided and could
could not turn and suffered almost un-
| bearable misery. DR.. Shelton was call
ed in and pronounced appendicitis and
said $3.50 and the surgeons knife was
the only remedy. That frightened me
very much as did not have the requlr-
/ ed cash and am afraid of a knife. de-
| cided to risk the consequences and now
/ am better. am able to walk around
in the house little but still suffering
some pain. | hope in few days to be
able to get out again
This is Tuesday morning and old
| mother earth is wrapped in her white
robe with the mercury registering 80
above O. The snow began to fall yester-
day about noon and by s o'clock there
was five inches of snow on the ground.
q. was so sorry when that democratic
convention day came and was not able
to go, but | guess | would not have
changed conditions. Ii | had been
there, there would have been one more
added to the anti bond side but think
between 800 and 900 to IS or40 was SUI fl
cient to show the real sentiment Of the
votes of Marion County. | think now
if / were old uncle Honey Boy" |
would play terrapin. | would draw my
head back and play dead"
1 was told that there was little scrap
ping during the session. l hope Jhere
were no fatal blows and verythlng will
quiet down and every body feel good
again. Old candidate whiskey was at
the foot of the confusion. Any man
VINO will furnish the damnable stuff to
try to influence votes ought to be snow
ed under so deep that they never could
recover. You whiskey distributing
candidates, 1T would be much better if
you would give the money you spend
to some poor suffering humanity such
as poor widows and orphans.
The snow has stopped farmers for
few days. The weather has been so
bad that the tillers of the soil have
done but vorv little toward corn pro-
duction, but | hope this will be the
clearing up spell and every body go to
work.
j. S. Billingsley of Chattanooga is
in our settlement doing some carpenter
work for w. H. Jordan.
ID. ID. Lewis will soon have his new
house ready to be occupied. A. B
Hamilton, John Gates, and son are the
nail drivers and it is said that they are
doing good work, and d. ID. Will have
good house when it is completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hunley visited
Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Moore Sunday.
Alvin Billingsley and family visited
tho formers old grand mother and fam
Ily Sunday.
As we have two preachers in our
settlement and one a singing master,
neither one has been to see poor "Cld
Joe" in all his sickness ard suffering.
Our good book ad monishes us to visit
the sick and lend aid to the suffering |
oues.
Galloway Lewis and family have left
KY, and returned to our lovely valley,
arriving at his fathers, ID. ID. Lewis,
Friday night. Galloway and brother,
Hodge, gave ye writer very pleasant
call Saturday. l am glad to have Gallo
way and family back with US.
A. LOWS OF Fortworth, Texas, recover
ing from her severe spell of fever. |
hope she or Jim will let US hear from |
them through the News.
| am very sorry that Mrs. A. l..
Bracken OF Dallas was no better.
Looney MeNabb, who has been at
Pittsburg, Georgia, for some time, is
back to the delight of some of the fair
sex. |
Clarence Burklln went to Jasper |
yesterday and was caught in the snow
storm and stopped in and took dinner
with We writer and remained until late |
in the evening.
As it is getting close to mail time, | !
guess had better ring Of for this time: |
Hoping to have good reports. from all /
the correspondents this week
Ever yours
Old Joe. |
Mrs. d. Hopkins and daughter,