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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
Colossal Sums Involved.

The estimated cost of the war this
year is so large as to stagger and be-
cloud the imagination when one at.
tempts to think what it really is and
means
The administration at Washington
has notified congress that the cost
will probably total nearly eleven bill
lions - $40, 735. S07, 900 - besides the
three billions that we have agreed to
furnish our allies.
Congress has been notified that new
revenues totaling seven billions must
be provided for. 1t is estimated that
not more than two.sevenths of the
amount can be raised by taxation; the
remainder must come through bond
sales and money expansion, that is,
the issuance of treasury certificates
similar to the paper money now in
circulation. Two of the main eources
Of tax revenue are expected to be an
increase in levies on incomes and ex.
cess profits. but fully three -fourths of
the amount is expected to come off the
people rs whole in various ways.
There is also talk of increased taxes
on tobacco.
In England the government has ad-
opted the plan Of taking all profits
above four per cent Of the net income
OF businesses. That allows them to
charge any price they choose for any
thing they have to sell. bat the sur-
plus above four per cent. goes to the
government to keep down taxes. 1t
is claimed that such q course has solv-
ed the maximum and minimum price
question .effectually. There has been
no hint Of such extreme measures
being adopted in this country. Cross
Tille Chronicle.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
NEW METHOD OF
CONVEYING COAL

The c. E. Crane Co., a coal
mining company having holdings
near Dunlap, Sequatchie county,
has inaugurated new system of
conveying coal dewn the noun
tain, using a shute instead of an
incline. A trough or shute is
being constructed which will be
lined with sheet iron and a stream
of water diverted to flow into it
conveying the coal in good con-
dition to the bottom. The usual
way is to build an incline with
tracks and cars, but the high
price of the materials needed for
this is prohibitive, so the Crane
Company has devised this system
They have something over 1000
acres of good ccal land with veins
of unusual thickness. Small a.
mounts of coal are reported as
already being shipped by this
company.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
POPULAR c. p. PASTOR
ACCEPTS NEW PAST0RATE

South Pittsburg, Tenn, August
6.-Rev. j. W. Stiles left last
week for Hopkinsville, KY,
where he has accepted the pastor
ate of the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church of that city. For
the past five years he has had
charge of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Churches of South Pitts
burg and Jasper, and by his earn
est attention to his ministerial
duties and genial character has
made himself greatly beloved by
his congregations. His departure
has caused genuine regret among
his parishioners. His successor
has not yet been announced.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
SEQUATCHIE GIRL THRUSTS
CROCHET NEEDLE INTO FOOT

A crochet needle left sticking
in a ball of crochet thread on the
floor caused a painful wound in
the right footof Claudine Barnett.
the Oldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sherman Barnett, of this
city. The young girl, who is
about Is years old, had been cro-
cheting and laid down her work
on the porch floor. She forgot
about the needle in the ball of
thread, and hastily getting up
stepped onto it. She had left off
her shoes and the needle penetra-
ted the flesh of her heel sideways,
going deep and coming out near
back of ankle. F. L. Minor, of
this city, who is skilled in hospital
work thru service during the
Spanish-American War, was sum-
moned, and succeeded in extract
ing the needle. 1t was a wide
bladed needle and made a wide
and painful wound, and it was so
firmly embedded in the heel mus
cles that it was necessary to sever
some of the flesh before pulling
the needle out.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
N0NAGENARIAN DIES
IN MARION COUNTY

Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, aged 92
years, one of the oldest residents
of Marion County died here yes
terday morning at 2 o'clock. Her
death had been expected for a
long time as she was in very
feeble condition. She leaves a
son, John Russell, residing in the
West, and James Russell, of this
place, and a daughter, Mrs.
Fanny Teeters. of this place. She
had been, with the exception of a
short stay in Alabama, a resident
of this place since before the Civil
War. Interment will be made
in the Lasater graveyard near
here this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
Death of R. T. DYKES.

Robert II. Dykes, an aged and
well-known citizen of this county
died at an early hour on Tuesday
the oath inst, at his home at Beer.
shebs Springs, following lingering
illness of many weeks. Mr.. Dykes
was a member of the Methodist
Church and an everyday christian
gentleman. He is survived by his
wife and several grown children.
He was one of the best citizens of
this county, representing his home
district in the county court for many
years and also filling in satisfactory
manner the office of postmaster at
Beersheba. He was buried near his
home Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Grundy, Tracy City.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
FIVE OF VICTIMS WOMEN;
BODIES TORN TO PIECES
Party Was ERroute to Picnic Supper
School Teacher on Her Way to
Begin Her Work Monday
Severely Injured.

CROSSVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 4.-Si1
persons are dead and another is moi
expected to live through tonight al
the result of an accident at railroad
crossing here this afternoon, when an
automobile driven by Jack Hightield.
y merchant, was struck by westbound
passenger train No !. on the Tennes-
sec Central railway. The dead:
Jack Highfeld, aged "a.
Mrs Rosa Cox. Pomona road
Mrs. william Hedgecough.
Mrs. Philip Vanhoy.
Miss Mabel Dayton.
Miss Dorothy Dayton.
All the dead with the exception OF
Mrs. Cox were residents of Crossville.
Miss Ethel Hughes. another occupant
of the car. was 80 badly injured that
it was said tonight she probably
would die within few hours.
Westbound train No !. is due here
at 2:07 p. M. and it was almost ex-
actly on time today. Reports as to
how Highfield's car came to be stand
ing directly on the track differ, some
saying that the automobile engine
event dead" just at that place, and
others that he was trying to beat the
train to the crossing
1t is understood that the occupants
Of the car we're on their way to pic
mic supper at q conntry place near
here. Miss Dorothy Dayton, sister of
Miss Mabel, whose injuries. resulted in
death about $50 this afternoon, was a
school teacher, and was on her way to
take up heI work at a country school
Monday morning, Her suit case was
in the Cal.
All the bodies were terribly mang-
led. That of Mrs. Vanhoy was so
badly crushed that 1T was almost i'm
possible for her husband, Philip Van
hoy, to recognize it.
The burials will take place Sunday
afternoon.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
CR0SSvILLE TOUGH SAVAGELY
ASSAULTS SOLDIER

Crossville, Tenn, August g.
Lester Cakes, a Crossville tough,
assaulted Wilson Deathridge, a
private in the Crossville military
company, Saturday night with a
knife infiicting wounds which are
very dangerous. Deathridge was
on guard at the armory when
Oakes made the assault. He re-
ceived these wounds: cash four
inches long in the fieshy part of
his upper left arm. three slight
cuts in the left shoulder, a stab
that went to the hollow in the
right side, and a flesh wound
across the breast. Deathridge
had done nothing to Oakes, and
was on guard duty when assault
ed. Oakes had been very abusive
and uuarrelsome and had visited
the armory several times, appar-
emily irving to raise trouble. At
teri slashing Deathridge Oakes
made his escape and has not yet
been apprehended. altho it is said.
it was within in the power of
several to have taken him. The
members of Company D, have
each donated a dollar towards a
reward for the arrest of Oakes,
and the amount thus raised is
$12O.
Oakes has a bad record. Some
weeks ago he shot ten times at
John Hall. one bullet shooting off
the middle finger of Halls right
hand. He also snapped the pistol
at Halls little son who was try
ing to get to his father with a
shot gun. Deathridge is resting
as we'll as could be expected from
his many wounds, and is under
the care of DR.. V. L. Lewis.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
PECULIAR PHENoMNON
WITNESSED At SEQvATcHIE

Who has ever seen a rainbow
at, night? Such a phenomenon
has been observed here, and by
Mrs. Ellen Fults of this city while
returning from a visit to a sick
neighbor Thursday night. A
light rain was falling on Cumber-
land Mountain and the moon at
its full being unobscured in the
east shone upon it and caused the
phenomenon. Anotherphenome-
non not seen before here was a
cloud shadow reaching from the
western sky at sunset clear to the
zenith and laid off so sharply that
it made clear cut parallelogram
across the sky, which was cloud
less except for the one casting
the shadow. The reason for the
phenomenon was the presence of
a heavy storm cloud arising which
abruptly blotted out the suns
rays, and which was accentuated
in its intensity by the fact that
there were no outlying clouds. It
was witnessed by numbers who
say they had not seen the like
before.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
CON TRACTORS SUE
MARION COUNTY

A bill has been filed in Cbancery
Court before Judge Mercer by G.. s..
Williams & Co., of Knoxville, re-
straining Marion County or any of the
former nine commissioners in charge
of the roads under the secoad bond act
from further expenditure of funds
until settlement can be made with
them. The amount ..of retainage is
500, 400. 1t seems there is a dispute
over the retainage due the Knoxville
company. and the bill seeks to pre-
vent further expenditure of this mon
ey which ia the balance of the 500.
900 remaining unspent when the nine
commissioners were succeeded by the
present three. A more satisfactory
settlement is the object sought for, 6.
5. Williams & Co., being dissatisfied
with the settlement over the retainage
due them, and bringing this suit to
Keep the money from being spent un-
til they can get settlement that is
more satisfactory to themselves. Suit
was filed on or about July 26th, and
has caused much comment in the
county, although it was not unexpect-
ed. reports having been made some-
time ago that the settlement of the
pike road matters under this last bond
issue would wind up in lawsuit. 1t
began with a lawsuit, as the people of
Marion did not want any bonds for
road purposes but direct tax. This
suit will probably come up at next
session of cbancery court to be held at
Jasper in September.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
WILL CHUTE COAL DOWN
TO SE0UATCHIE VALLEY
C. E. Crane Company Prepar
ing to Operate Large
Holdings.

A little over 1000 acres of coal
lands above Dunlap in the Sequatchie
valley will be developed within the
next sixty days by the G. F. Crane
company, recently organized here,
Preliminary operations are now under
way, and in fact a small amount of
coal is already being brought into the
Chattanooga market from the first
shaft sunk into the new vein. which
is reported to be of unusual thickness
and accessibility.
In placing the mine upon larger
basis of operation, it is planned to
utilize method of getting the coal
down the mountain that is of especial
interest in these times when rails can
not be secured for love or money. The
usual method is to lay incline tracks
and let the coal come down in cars.
These inclines require not only rails,
but cables and hoisting engines, and
other equipment, all of which is hard
to secure at this time. Instead of
the incline method. the COM
pany plans to bring the coal down by
means of long chute, lined With
sheet iron. The coal will merely roll
down the moutain to a pile at the bot
tom and at the same time be thOroly
washed by Il stream of water which
will be utilized to give the coal i'm.
petus and prevent clogging.
The seam the Crane company plans
to open is reported to be of good
grade of coal either for domestic or
steam purposes. Chattanooga Times.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
NEW RAILWAY EXTENSION
NEARLY COMPLETED

Tracy City, Tenn, August s.
The new extension of the NJ, C..
& St. L. R'y from Coalmont to
Tatesville is nearly finished. The
Tennessee Consolidated Coal Co., q,
of Tracy City, has new mines in
process of opening at Tatesville
and will be shipping coal soon.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
FEEL WORSE AFTER vACATl0n

To change from outdoor activity Of va
cation time to the quiet of regular en-
ployment sometimes makes one feel
heavy and stuffed up, uncomfortable
and bilious, with a mean headache and
coated tongue. Foley Cathartic Tablets
give prompt relief from these results OF
indigestion. Mild and gentle, but sure.
For sale by j. w. Simpson & Son, JAS
per, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
He FELT LIKE NINETY

Nothing makes person old quicker
than disordered kidneys They cause
aches and pains all over the body. A.
w. Morgan, Angola, La, writes: "Oh,
| suffered with pain in my back. am
43 years old, but | felt like a man 20
years old. Since took Foley Kidney
Pills l feel like | did when ] was 81"
Sold by J. W. Simpson & Son. Jasper,
Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
NEW ENGINEER ON
DIXIE SHORT ROUTE

Dunlap, Tenn. August s.
John Wilson has resigned his po-
sition as engineer in charge of
Dixie Short Route in Sequatchie
and Bledsoe Counties to take a
more lucrative position at Pratt
City, Ala. He is succeeded by
Joel B. Austin of Bledsoe county.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
Revival Meeting.

An interesting revival is being con.
Quoted at Sardis by Rev. o. l..
Smith, of Jasper. 1t is being attend.
q d by large numbers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09
BIC S. S. PICNIC
AT HIGD0N, ALA.

Higdon. Ala, Aug. 6.-There will
be Sunday School Convention and
Picnic near Shiloh Church at this
place Saturday. Sept I. the exercises
commencing at 10 o'clock, sharp. TIE
Committee is making special arrange.
ments to make this convention a sue
cess They have selected good speak
ers for the occasion, such men as.J. M.
Cantreil. of Rising Fawn. Ga, Prof.
r. H. Hartford, Of Flat Rock, Ala.
and Andrew Paris, of Christian Home.
There will be an old fashioned picnic
dinner spread on the ground. and re-
refreshment stand conducted by ]. E.
C. Handley. The proceeds from this
stand will be used to purchase seats
for the scboolhouse. The committee
in charge consists of Oscar Langston,
Claud wilkinson, Virgil Handley, Os-
car wilkinson.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09

Mrs. Joe DAVIS returned Monday
evening from pleasant visit with
her people in Marion county.-Dun,
lap Tribune.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09

Mrs. Will Russell died at her home
on the mountain early last Saturday
morning, and was buried at Yellow
Creek graveyard Sunday afternoon
at l o'clock, Rev. VIM. Davis hav-
ing charge of the funeral servlce.-
Tribune, Dunlap.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09

Rev. Z. r. Lewis is conducting a
revival at Red Hill.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-08-09

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-07-28
NATIONAL coLoRED LIBERTY CONVENTION
Will Be Called to Meet in Washington in the Fall of 1917Plan
Originated at Meeting of New England
Suffrage Leaeue ..-E.@-

was made by Americans of African descent Suffrage
snHge IN the Southern states founded
IN inc 18th Baptist church midnight
lecepaon IN the vry to delegates
% by nearly 100 delegates
pulsated earnest enthusiasm
word democracy for which had
Liberty
annnaI years mas TINS new League had
meeung successful
president Boston extended royal
Spokesman voiced the
a democracy home to attend the
ooro'oo AAoeIey convention at Washington this
"7h. Sans on Nation to Give coIored Rights
country
n or while color caste HaoranI
p'aStseo at home said William Munroe Trotter ''
Coored continued the presided at the
Yesterday solemnly
n5a the people OF the United States
"o democracy which
TO ep the rest Of the world enjoy while
ou1 iace Is hed IN sedom in the Southern ~
Liberty Convention at Washington his FALL
Colored Liberty Conference
Coored Liberty Convention the fail was
formed with these ~ Ae" 40 'D0 A"A was
n,,. 49, The Officers
NV Johnson w Hill of Boston;
c 1% %d OF new York second vice president of Wor
ra wee president Crockett
Of M sydes OF Rhode 1snd assistant Simpson
corresponding secretary
SMITH, Hampton Virginia. j. Allen of
o me BOARD Hubert
" iorA ea grand organizer Allen W. whaey G Boston.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-07-28
A LITANY OF ATLANTA

In September, 1906, there was a
brutal massacre of colored people at
Atlanta, Georgia. Scores of colored
men, women and children were MUIR
dered because of their color. DR.. w.
e. Burghardt Du Bots wrote the story
OF the massacre in the form of a. litany
which appeared in the New York In.
dependent shortly after it's occur
renee. 1t was done in the day of
DEATH"
The recent massacre at East St.
Louis so resembles the Atlanta muir.
'derfest that We print in this issue Du
Bots "A Litany of Atlanta" by ex-
press permission of the New York In
dependent. ..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-07-28
PATRIOTIC MID-YEAR EDITION.

PATRIOTIC MID-YEAR EDITION.
This issue is the Patriotic Mid-Yea,
Edition of THE APPEAL.
THE APPEAL is an American news
paper without any hyphen, prefix OF
suffix.
The editor of THE APPEAL is an
American without any hyphen, prefix
or sufix. -.
THE APPEAL believes that every
person born in the United States is an
American, should feel that he is an
American and should be ready to sacri.
fee all Of his possessions and even
his life to defend the United States.
In return for his loyalty to his ma.
tive land, THE APPEAL believes that
every American has the right to ex.
pect every right and privilege &C.
corded to every other American. Ma
land is democracy in which there
are two classes Of citizens.
These are the days that we should
feel patriotic. One hundred and forty,
one years ago the United States shook
off the bonds Of Great Britain and be.
came independent.
The Declaration of independence
states that "all men are created equal
and endowed by their creator with Ger
tain inalienable rights among which
are life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness. After one hundred and
forty-one years this ideal has not been
realized and our much Wanted de.
mocracy is largely sham, but some
progress has been made.
We are now at war and it is claimed
that we are fighting for worldwide
democracy, and in spite of the fact
that many forces have been at work
in recent years to retard the growth,
of democracy, THE APPEAL believes
that the end Of the war will find the
United States further advanced in true
democracy than may appear possible
at the present time, and in spite of it.
self. :.
Not only the United States but in
the whole world we are about to enter
an era in which the basic principle
will be human brotherhood.
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The Illinois Massacre,

(From the Chicago Evening Post.)
I'm Ouah town we don't let a mig.
gah get off the train long enough ia
brush youah coat, not even if he's q
po'tah on q Pullman" I 4
They'll tell you this in just these
accents in some of the southern towns
of Illinois. s-. -
And it was from these towns that
the militiamen came to maintain or.
der in East st. Louis" =
This is the whole story of the fail.
ure of the militia in the worst race
riot that has disgraced Illinois since
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Will Sue for DAMAGES.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, with
former Judge Edward Osgood Brown
OF the appellate court president of the
local chapter, is planning to institute
suits under the Illinois statutes against
the city of East St. Louis and st. Clair
county for personal damages on be.
half of the dependents of the Negro
men and women who died at the hands
OF the 1ncensed mobs in the orgy of
mqrder and arson several days ago.
Under the statutes, the dependents
have actions against both the city and
the county for damages to property.
life and limb, the judgments not to ex.
coed $4,000 in each case. This may
mean suits for nearly $1,000, 900 when
the final loss of the scores killed, the
hundreds injured and the many homes
destroyed is recorded.