Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-05-18
Caroline Chapel.

/ Speeiailo the Me7U5.
Well, we'll. another hot and dry
week has passed. No rain yet and but
very little indications for rain. Veg
citation is suffering. Oats and grass
are almost completely cut Off Sever
al farmers are contemplating plowiRg
/ up their oats and planting to peas or
soy beans. Irish potatoes are badly
/ hurt. If it does not rain in a very
few days the potato crop will be al
most a complete failure. Corn that is
| up is rot hurting so much. water mel
on plants are hurting. This dry, hot
weather Is causing quite good deal
of sickness in our locality.
Mrs Speers is very puny, hardly
able to be up any. Mr.. Spears is still
confined tc his chair the greater part
of his time. can hobble around a little
in the house on his crutches by having
assistance. Mrs. W. G. Moore and
daughter, Mira. Sallie Billingsley,
went to see Mr.. and Mrs. Spears yes
terday, and reported the old folks in a
very sad condition. Poor Alvin is sure
| having hard time. His mother and
father to wait on, chief cook and dish
washer, milk maid and gardener and
croper, ETC., but, all in all Alvin is
jolly good old boy.
Uncle Policy Turner and eldest
daughter Is Dangerously i'll and ia not
expected to live. James Privett and
Oscar Francis visited them yesterday
and reports them in "a dangerous state
of health. The girl is reported to be
suffering with lung and heart troub-
les DIR. Lacy, of Jasper, is treating
| them, and it seems their condition
battles his skill
Mrs. Eph Pitman was very puny
yesterday, was confined to her bed the
greater part of toe day, Also James
Pitman has very sick child, but he
reports her better this morning DR..
Shelton has been waiting on her, and
thinks he mas her malady under COM
plete control. Outside Of the above
cases, the people generally in our set
tlement are ALI up and going. We
hope those sick ones will soon recov-
er, as they are all good neighbors.
There was few of our local MEM
bers attended the farmers monthly
county union al Red Hill Saturday,
and report rousing good time. 1t
seems that toe locals of the upper end
of the county are determined to have
taem sware house. in their part of
the county, which is the very thing
for them to do. Whitwell will be the
place to establish it. Those people in
the upper end are men of courage and
determination, and are not scared to
death for fear they will lose few
dollars, and are not afraid to back up
their judgement So look out for
rouzing successful business. provided
they run on the Rochdale plan
Melvin Moore, Oscar Francis. jag
Privett, Louis and Joe Harris all went
to Rcd Hill Saturday aud enjoyed the
day with the new Red Hill local.
They say those farmers up there mean
business
Mrs, ". d. Mo.ye visited her
daughter, Mrs. Nettie Gates, in Vic
toria Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Spangler visited
the latter's homefolks, Mr.. and Mrs
Will, or Hockey Thornton, near
Victoria, Saturday night, returning
home late Sunday evening
Our old friend and egg hunter, j.
A. Bailey, of Chattanooga, has just
passed thru our way this morning on
the hunt for eggs He reports very
exciting hold uE yesterday just after
he left Chattanooga on bis way to the
valley Said be Was driving along in
kind of out of the way place, and
discovered little ways in front of
him, four men coming on abreast, and
when they arrived at the head of his
team, one Of the men said. 'sNhoa'
to tas mules and took hold Of the bri-I
die bits. arc the csiera tarow their
sguns CO lim, an1 eorAnahded him III
stand. So they cana up to bis wagon