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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-12
CROP FORECAST SHOWS
BILLION BUSHEL INCREASE
Tremendous Gain Over Last Year IS
Indicated.

Tremendous Gain Over Last Year IS
Indicated.
Washington.-A billion bushels III
crease over last years production ID
the principal food crops is the re-
Spouse American farmers have mSus
to President Wilson's mid-Aprl aP
peal saying that upon them RESTS tnS
rate Of the war and the fate OF nT
TONS"
The extent Of the farmers reSpOn'.
was disclosed when a production
sos, 100000 bushels of principal lOOu
crops was forecast in the department
Of agriculture's July crop report
shows this years corn crop VIII
the largest in history, except one ~
that four, and possibly five O"'
crops will make new high recoru.
The corn crop, which, with lS'O'
BILE weather from now on, may s9.
the number yield of 1912, snow ...,
increase Of 541.0OO,OOO bushels ~ ANN 0M
last year, with a total Of S,lz4'OOV' ~,
bushels. The acreage is fourteen y
cent larger than last year. ing
The combined winter ana S% h.I,
wheat crop will be 38,OOO,OOO Du loI If
more than last years with '0''
678,00O,0O0 bushels. .,ir1
Barley, with prospects OF INC roopd
largest crop ever grown, will e enS NM
last years production by 5@'O OOo OOo
bushels with an output of 3I4'VO'''
bushels. ,oar's
Oats promise to exceed last '' al
crop by 2O1 100000 bushels the ~ ~.
production being forecast al I ~.
100000 bushels. That is slsn''' loon
der the record. Improvement w.. re-
now and harvest, howeeVr'
suit in a record crop. oM13
White potato production u ill be
per cent increase in acreage, w. hnsbels,
record crop with 452,OOo'OOO .h Uu last
or 1e7, 900, 900 bushels more snI the
year. not taking into acco ,nb this
home garden production VIM s larger
wear is estimated to be mu0D
than evAr before.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-12
Washington

Another"step in building up the Sc
with the distribution of a circular by
Provost Marshal General Chowder,
notifying the registered men to hold
themselves in readiness for appear
ance before the boards which will con-
duct examinations and consider ex-
emptions.
How or when the government will
select the men to be examined for
CONSUMPTION is not detailed in the cir
cular sent out by the provost marshal
general 1t is only revealed that reg
istration cards in each county or city
Jurisdiction are to be numbered with
red ink and that when the drawing
is complete the list will be published.
Exemptions will be allowed only for
causes such as responsibility for the
support of relatives, and not for agri-
cultural or industrial reasons. Seven
days after the designations are post
ed will be allowed for filing claims for
exemption.
agreed upon as the date for assembling
ments for training.
Government control Of American ex-
ports, authorized in a provision Of the
espionage act, has been ordered put
in operation July Is by President Will
son.
An arrangement under negotiation
will give the United States and Great
Britain control not only Of all allied
tonnage, but of neutral vessels as we'll
Ships now on runs not regarded as
necessary to successful conduct of
the war will be forced into trades con-
sidered more essential, and all vessels
now held in port through fear Of sub
marines will be required to go into
service.
A Pekin dispatch announces that the
Chinese republic has been re-establish-
ed, Hsuan Tung, the young emperor,
having abdicated.
A London dispatch says that Brit
ons are demanding reprisa1s Of the
Germans for air raids on London.
London newspapers, it is stated in
Washington, are demanding the build
ing of more airplanes, as that will
be the ultimate and deciding factor in
the war. Insistence is made that
more English air vessels be built to
assist the United States in carrying
the war into the enemy's territory.
Prohibition may cause q general re-
vision Of legislative plans and indefi-
nitely prolong the war session.
All Germans formerly connected
either with the embassy or any one
OF the many consulates in America
have been requested to leave the
United States.
It is announced that additional loans
OF 100000 to Great Britain and
$50 100000 to Italy have brought the
total war loans of the United States
to the allies to 81, 2O3, 600, 900. This does
not, however, include Russia's quota,
which, though it has not been formal
1y accepted, has been placed to her
credit, and is awaiting the call of the
de factO government.
Immediate necessity for smashing
the German spy menace has caused
the government to order quick organi-
cation of an entirely new secret police
system, the national intelligence serv-
ice, which is composed of operatives
Of the state, war, navy and justice de-
partments, and few other employees
not mentioned.
1t is announced that the treasury
secret service men will continue to
work individually on counterfeit cases.
A German submarine is reported to
nave shelled Ponta Delgada, a city
IN the Azores, 500 miles from the
mainland Of the United States.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
FORMER DUNLAP PASTOR
MAKING GOOD IN FLORIDA

Dunlap, Nov. 19. Rev. J. L.
Griffiths, formerly pastor of M.
E. Church, South, at Dunlap,
but who is now pastor of of the
Fleming Street Methodist Church,
Key West, Fla, is making good
on the job according to compli-
mentary notices in the papers of
that city. He has now been pas
tor of that church one year, and
on assuming the pastorate found
an indebtedness of over SIS, 900.
This has all been paid, and in the
short period of sixty days, owing
to his energetic measures. He is
very popular and attracts large
congregations by his preaching
which is straightforwarddoctrine
devoid of sensationalism.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
AGED MARION CITIZEN
DIES 0E GRIP

W. II. Kelly, a prominent citi-
zen of this county, died Friday at
his home near Ebenezer. He had
been in feeble health for some
time, and a severe attack of grip
caused his death. He was 72
years old. He is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss Mar Mitchell.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. ]. A. Whn9ner, of Leb-
anon. Tenn. his old pastor, and a
friend of the aged couple. Satur-
day, from the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, of which he was
a member, after which interment
was made in the burying ground
at Oak Grove. He was a well
known citizen of this county,
having b=en a resident of it for
years, and highly esteemed by all
who knew him. Curry Kelly,
the we'll known civil engineer,
and John Hoge of this county are
his cousins, James Kelly, OF
Bledsoe County, is brother.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
SHERIFF JACKSON
FEATURES SUNDAY
Makes Sensational Stop
of Alabama WhiSkey
Jasper EOund

Sheriff jackson made a sensational
haul Of whiskey aud four arrests Sun
day night, auothgr of his Sensational
episodes with TIE bootleggers, which
is putting him in the imeiIght for
attention to duty.
He received word from some of his
officers that an automobile loaded with
contraband was beaded towards Jasper
from the classic precincts OF Big Coon
Creek, Alabama. below Stevenson. He
watched for 1t and some distance be-
low the Town Greek bridge halted the
car which was driven by Ernest Cross
Of Jasper. Mr. Cross runs livery
car. The sheriff searched for whis-
key. but found none Mr.. Cross said
that his passengers, who were parties
by the name of Rust, Harris, Tate
and Almepy, in the employe of the
Central of Georgia railway as survey
ors, had left tho car just before ho
was met by the sheriff. This did not
allay the suspicion of the sheriff that
this was the Car he was looking for
and he instituted search.
His zeal was rewarded by finding
white jug which had contained a
gallon of liauor lying broken in the
middle of the road where 1t and its
contents had been pitched, and
strange to say fruit jar of the liq'
MD on the road also, unbroken, even
by contact with the hard pike, an
other fruit jar of booze had landed in
an adjoining field and was also un-
broken,
The young msn involved in the af-
fair took to the fields, but were ar
rested later, by the sheriff and placed
in Jail. Gross will be asked to e1-
plain his part in carrying wbiskey
over the county and whether he was
cogazaut of what the packages con-
taiued.
1t seems that Sheriff Jackson was
out of the county about week and
during that time the whisksy bugs
got busy and sort of tore mp Jasper
with importations. The sheriff has
bseu little sore ever since over this
infringement of his courtesy ard has
been looking for au opportunity to re-
ciprocats. Whether he has got the
right parties or not he proposes to let
the court find out.
The parties involved in this matter
were granted bail and released from
custody Monday
The affair is regl etable as those in
volved are all from excellent families,
The whiskey bug. however. invariably
causes trouble to those 1t attacks, and
no one Is excepted.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
SECRET WEDDING BECOMES
KNOWN TO FRIENDS

Whitwell, Nov, 20. -Thewedd-
ing of Miss Gladys Grayson and
Mr.. Clinton L. Delius on August
10Th has only just now become
known to the many friends of
Miss Grayson in this county. Mrs.
Delius is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ. Grayson of Whitwell,
and for the past year has had a
position with the Hamilton Ma
tional Bank in Chattanooga. Mr..
Delins is member of the army
and is now stationed at Ft. Ogle-
thorpe. He was formerly in the
employe of the Rock Island Rail-
way.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
Theory of
"MM-sick"


completely cleared but used as a
pasture and cattle died in it dur
ing the fall of the year particular
ly very fast. Robt. Owen, owner
of the Owen farms, owned this
land and finally had it cleared up
and cultivated for a while and
later set out in orchard, and for
yea' twas known asthe Owens
Orchard" The orchard today
has long since gone, but it has
been in cultivation and today is
one of the best pieces of land near
Sequatchie. For over twenty-five
years there has not been the
slightest suspicion of milk-sick
on it. Cattle lave pastured
there, either on the natural grass
or on stover after corn crop. The
theory is that when the original
vegetation was destroyed by cul-
tivation the cause of infection
was removed. The different
vegetation thereon would not
multiply the poison, and that al
ready in the soil was rendered
harmless. either by teaching fur
ther into the depths of the soil,
by drainage in heavy rains, or by
being removed by contact with
outside sources little by little.
The conclusion then to be ar
rived at is this. That infected
localities should. be carefully
fenced off, the timber removed.
and the soil cultivated, if it is
adapted to cultivation. The set
ting out of land in orchards, that
is not adapted to crop cultivation,
would result in time in disper-
sal of the poison, as the poison
producing plant would no longer
thrive there.
1t is believed that this is the
solution of the mystery regarding
the poison, and a search is now
going to be instituted for the
White Hellebore or it's twin broth
err, the Veratrum Album, which
reverses its process of growth to
secure a more deadly poison and
infect the earth.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
Sulphur Spring.

+ >bectdI 10 tie Ae70s.
A very successful meeting was held
here the past two weeks by the pastor,
Bro Lewis, and Bro. Gay. of Dun
lap, Quite a number of souls we're saw
cd
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P Grayson and
family visited in Dunlap Sunday.
Miss Dorcas Richards spent Sunday
with Mrs. o. W. Austin
Dallas, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Anderson, is recovering
from a spell of fever.
Nj. and Mrs. B. F. Davis and lit
tie daughter. visited MIR and Mrs W.
+. Shelton Sunday
Mrs. Elizabeth Condrs and Miss Es-
ther Smith attended the teachets
meeting at Jasper Saturday.
Harold and Ruth Upton, OF Loon E
ey's Creak were driving in our vicini-
ty Sunday evening.
Miss Ruby Bridges, of Looney' 8
Creek, visitel Mrs. Henry Anderegg
Saturday.
A. K. Bailey called on James An
Gersou Sunday evening.
There will be box supper here next
Saturday night, Nov "a All are in
yited to come, and boys, don't forget
to bring your rocketbooks. Trouble.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
GLEN S. JONES
FOR CHANCELLORSHIP

With this Issue we present the an.
nouncemen of Hon. Glenn s. Jones, Of
Athens, Tenn, who is an avowed can
didate for the Office of Chancellor Of
the Twelfth Chancery Division
of Tennessee.
We don't know dad-lammed thing
about Mr.. Jones except what our
friend. D. T. Layne, OF Whitwell, has
to say about him. Layne is pretty
good sort of a fellow and worthy Of
all credence, and if be says thing
Is 40 that ends it, He says Mr.. Jones
is fine man and an accomplished
lawyer. and that settles the matter.
MIR. Jones will contest Chancellor
Mercer's seat as judge of Chancery
court Of this circuit and the rae
promises to be warm argument. Mr..
Mercer's friends propose that he shall
swing to his seat From now on to
the election the political tomahawk
will be actively welded, and may the
best man win.
The following is what the South
Pittsburg Hustler has to say regard
ing Mr.. Jones' candidacy:
This issue of the Hustler carries tho
the announcement of Hon. Glenn J.
Jones, of Athens. as a candidate for
Chancellor. of the Twelfth Cbancery
Division of Tennessee. Mr. Jones IL
one Of the foremost lawyers of the
state and stands high in his county,
both as citizen and lawyer. Recent
ly he was endorsed unanimously by
the bars Of McMinn and Monroe coun-
ties, and while we are not personally
acquainted with Mr. Jones, we are In
timately acquainted with most of the
lawyers in the two counties above
mentioned and we are confident they
would not give their'endorsmen to q
man who was not qualified and worthy
in every respect. No finer body OF
lawyers exist than in McMinn and
Monroe counties and their endorse
ment speaks worlds for a fellow.
From all information, Mr. Jones pos
sesses the qualifications necessary for
the position be seeks, and the demo-
Gratis of the Twelfth Division will
make no mistake in giving him the
nomination-u unanimous, il you please.
The Hustler is pleased to recommend
him to the democrats and voters of
Marion county, and we believe he will
receive the endorsement of Marion's
democracy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
c. |. Z c. ROAD
IS NEARLY FINISHED

Dunlap, Nov. 19.-The new
railroad now being built by the
Chattanooga Iron & Coal Corpor-
alton to the Brush Creek mines
of the company about five miles
from Dunlap, is about finished.
The grading has been completed
and the rails are laid to a point
north of the Tennessee place. 1t
is expected that coal will be haul
ed from these new mines some
time before Christmas. The road
is along the side of Cumberland
mountain and attains quite an
elevation before arriving at the
mines.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
YOUTH ARRESTED FOR
HORSE STEALING

South Pittsburg, Nov. 20.-Lee
Troy, of South Pittsburg, was ar
rested last week for horse steal
ing and lodged in Jasper Jail in
default of $500 bond. He was
left in charge of a horse and bug
gy secured by John Lewis from
T. M. Jenkins, a liveryman, but
absconded with them. Sheriff
Sam Glover went on the trail and
captured Troy and the horse and
buggy near Sherwood tunnel aft
er an exciting chase. Troy is
only about II years old but this
is his second attempt to steal
horse stock.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
JunpOff.
Sbeciai 10 tie Ne7Os.

Speeidiho tie Ne70s.
George Smith, of Athens, Ala, has
been visiting l.. A. Smith and family
this week.
John Coffelt, of Battle Creek, was
on the mountain Sunday.
Bertha Lappin was in Sewanee Sat
urday shopping.
James Alan Rose called on Nell
Smith Saturday night and Sunday
l.. A. Smith made a business trip
to South Pittsburg Saturday.
Bill Martin called on Beulah Smith
Saturday night.
Tom Gillian was calling on young
lady here Saturday night,
Nell and Beulah Smith we're in S.
vance Saturday afternoon shopping
Hobert Lappin attended a box sup
per near Cowsn, Tenn. Saturday
night
Clint and Bessie Tucker of Cowan,
visited Emma and Allie Lappin Sun
day.
Everett Myers and Bert Brooks, of
Sewanee, passed thru our burg Sun
day.
John Rollins was here Saturday
night.
Mrs T. J, Smith spent the day
with Mrs. L. A. Smith Sunday.
Mrs. Lena McBee spent Sunday
NIGHT with Mrs r, Smith
Mrs Sarah Gipson left for Florida
Wednesday.
Sylvester Gipson, Of Sewanee. was
exempted from the army, and return
ed home Saturday.
T. r. Smith, Of North Carolina,
visited his parents the past week
Bestwishes to the News.
Mountain Rose.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
EXCELLENT YIEL0S IN
CORN AND TURNlPS

Whitwell, Nov. 19.-Robert
Holloway. a farmer of the Whit
well district, is iubilating over
the phenominal yields of corn and
turnips on his farm. From one
measured acre he got 81 and five
sixteenths bushels of corn and
from another he got 63 and one
half bushels. This corn was
weighed as it was taken from the
field as Mr.. Holloway wanted to
know exactly what he was get
ting. One hundred ears of this
corn sheIed 84 pounds, over a
bushel and half. AS the state
law mentions that 100 ears may
be considered a bushel the pur-
chaser of 100 ears of this corn
would be getting a half bushel
extra corn. In turnip yield Mr..
Holloway has also a phenomenal
yield. He takes his turnips to
market this year on a basis of the
old slogan of "16 toll" In other
words sixteen turnips of his grow
ing weigh one bushel. sixteen
turnips to one bushel. Some of
the specimens weigh -four and
five pounds, but they average a
little over 3 pounds. One turnip
makes a pretty good dish of tur-
nip for a family dinner.
Mr.. Holloway is one of Ma
rion's scientific farmers and puts
the best of methods into his farm
management.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
TatesyiIIe.

Special 10 the Vt70S.
Squirrel hunting and bee hunting
seems to be the order Of the day.
Green Morrison said he found a fine
bee tree but guess he will wait until
spring to cut it
Mrs. Jane Morrison and children
spent from Saturday until Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Morrison.
Misses Ruby and Pearl Morrison
spent from Saturday until Monday at
Tracy City.
Mr.. White has moved into bis new
store. / guess he will have plenty Of
room now.
do not see so many letters from
Whitwell now. hope everybody has
not got married or got too old to
write.
Come on. you soldier boys Of Ft.
Oglethorpe. Ga. We sure do enjoy
reading your pieces Browneyed Girl.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
D R. McNABB
CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF

d. r. McNabb, of Inman, announc-
es in this issue that be is candidate
for sheriff of Maricn County, and Is
making the race subject to the will Of
the republican party.
Mr. McNabb is we'll spoken of by
the people. and has large number Of
friends. He is son of Silas McNabb.
the we'll known old federal soldier Of
the sixties.
Mr.. McNabb requests the support Of
the people, and promises satisfactory
service In every way if nominated and
elected. He expects to enter upon
thorough canvas of the county prior to
the nominations of his party.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
DIES AT NASHVILLE
AFTER OPERATION

William Hutcheson died at Nash
vile Friday. following an operation
for appendicitis. The operation ap-
parently had been successful, but com
plications ensued which caused sud.
den death. His body WAS taken to
Pikeville. where his parents reside
and interment made at Smyrna Sat
urday. F. N. Hutcheson. county de-
monstrator Of this county. 10 broth :
a<
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
Locusts Next.

Lo,usts will invade Tennessee IN
1918, according to State Entomologist
BentIy. The nearest counties to this
they will attack Will be Bledsoe ana
Hamilton. The other counties OF the
valley will be visi sd by the locusts
in 1924.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
TEACHERS EXAMINATION
DEC. 20TH AND 2IST

A teachers examination will be
he'd at Jasper Dec. Goth and 2tst.
This will probably bs the last chance
for teachers to qualify for schools. SO
there should be o full attendance.
This examination is in obedience to
order from Nashville.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22

Local scientists are HldhlHS IS-
search in an endeavor to find the
actual source of the milk-sick
malady. DR.. D. C. Shelton, of
this county, says it originates
from the white hellebore, a pois-
onous genus of the RanuncuIace-
Gus plants. Argument is made
that it originates not from the
white helleboro but from a plant
' cry similar to it and from its
same poisonous properties placed
in the same class. This plant is
the Veratrum Album. There is
no white hellebore or Helleborus
Albus mentioned, the Veratrum
Album being carelessly so desig-
mated. Yet there is a difference
between the two plants from the
fact that one is exogenous and the
other endo2enous. In other
words one, Hellebore, classed as
exogenous, grows by successive
additions to the outside of the
wood, between that and the bark,
while the latter, Veratrum Album
classed as endogenous, increases
by internal growth and elongation
at the summit. This information
is given in Hoblyn's Dictionary
of Terms Used in Medicine, a
work published in Philadelphia in
1859.
Carrying the research further
it has been found that this plant,
the Veratrum Album, has among
its bases Barytin. This Barvtin
is so named from being precipita-
ted from it's solution, like Baryta.
Baryta, from the Greek word
barus, heavy, is an alkaline earth,
the heaviest of all the earths, and
a violent poison. The native sui
phate is called heavy spar.
The idea evolved from these
is this. The Vera
trum Album, which is akin 10 the
White Hellebore in poisonous
qualities, and has been classed
with it, grows in certain localities
favorable to it's growth, same as
ginsing or other plants prefer
certain localities. Growing there
for centuries or since vegetation
was created, and the plants living
and dying, it has constantly added
to the poisonous quality of the
earth until there is a we'll develop
ed deposit of barytin or barytes,
in the earth. The plant may
have disappeared from that To-
cality or it may not have, but still
the poison would remain in the
soil. In the fall of the year when
water is scarce that of springs or
pools in infected localities would
naturally be strongly impregnat-
ed with this poison. Also heavy
dews would absorb the poison
from the earth in more or less
quantity. The absorption by a
milk cow of vegetation is so ex-
tensive that while each amount
of poison she takes into her stom-
ach by each successive mouthful
is ipfinitesmally small, still the
aggregate, when condensed into
her milk ducts is large enough to
poison those who use her milk.
Cows do not eat White Helle-
boro, and possibly not the Vera
trum Album, with which it is
confused.
This idea that a plant takes the
poison from the soil is gaining
ground. For instance there is
record of localities which were
once hotbeds for milk-sick but
which are now not infected. One
particular field in Seqdatchie may
be mentioned.
Prior to 1850 the locality here
next to Blowing Spring known as
the Spring Field" was notorious
for milk.sick II had not hean
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-11-22
GASOLENE

Motorists desiring gasolene can get
IT from US.
NEWS PUBLISHING co.
sequschee. Tenn
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