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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
Jasper.

Sbeeia! 10 tie NezOS.
J. G. Kelly spent Friday in Chatta-
nooga, going up in machine.
The Kelly garage put mp four Ford
cars this week, under direction of Shug
Johnson. chief mechanic.
G. W. Brewer spent several days
in Chattanooga during the holidays,
visiting relatives.
Local merchants enjoyed a pretty
nice trade during the holidays.
Miss Jennis May Brambiett. OF
Coffee county; who spent the holidays
at home, returned Saturday night to
board with hel uncle, DR.. Lacy, and
teach in the public school at Sequa-
chez.
Ex-sheriff ]. M. Kelly was here
Monday
Lewis Duncan, of the South Side,
South Pittsburg, was here Monday.
Foster V. Powell, of Whitwell. was
here Monday.
P. S. Harris, of Whitwell, was here
Monday.
A. J. Curtis. of Cumberland Noun
tain, was here Monday
J. J. Dykes, Of Whitwell, was here
Monday.
d. A. Tate, of South Pittsburg, was
here Monday, attending county Court.
W. M. Lee, of Sequachee, was here
Monday.
w. d. Curtis, of Cumberland Noun
tain, was here Monday.
DR.. j. L. Raulston, Of South Pitts
burg. was here Monday, attending
court. ,e
W. A. Cantrell, of Whitwell. was
here Monday.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
LOCAL.
Telephone. Jasper 5s.M

II. w. Burnett was in Jasper Mon
day.
Jesse Coppinger was in Jasper Mon
day.
Miss Elizabeth Deakins has been i'll,
bat Is recovering.
Sam Martin. of Winchester, Tenn.
is visiting his uncle, J. G. Martin.
The Marion Co. High School at JAS
per will begin its spring term Monday
next.
The Sequactchie Handle Works Is
taking stock this week, and work lie
suspended.
Robt. Rice has moved to the Lofty
place formerly occupied by Arthur
Barnett.
Miss Kate Deathridge of South
Pittsburg, attended the dance here
Monday night.
Marion Kilgore. of near Victoria,
was here Thursday, selling corn to the
,Sequachee mill.
W. H. Martin, of Winchester,
Tenn, has been here visiting his
brother, ]. c. Martin.
Rev. E. R. Lewis and family re-
Turned from visit to relatives in Sc
.quatchie County during the holidays
Chas Curtis and Miss May Lasater
and Harvey Smith and Miss Nina
Randle attended dance in Sweden s
Cove Friday night.
Frank Kilgore, r. ., Box 100, Whit
we'll, slaps down dollar of the realm
in payment for the News for one year,
which he must have.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R., Thomas, and
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Brewer and child
rem enjoyed an auto trip to Richard
City Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Sam Sherman and Miss Nina
Randle and Walter Randle and moth
er, Mrs. Mary Randle, spent Sunday
in Pryor Cove, the guests of A. W.
Ferguson and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Sharpe, of JAS
per, we're here Thursday. Mr. Sharpe
is looking after the insurance business
of a. M. Deakins, and they called in
to see the News and renew his sub
scription.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ras Alley and son,
Leslie, and Miss Lucille Simpson, of
Jasper, attended the dan :e here Mon
day night. Others attending from
Jasper were Misses Gladys Lasater,
and Mabel Hoge, Messrs. D. o. Hoge,
Allen Hall. Clyde Ferguson, and Mil
burn Simpson,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
Mt. Olivet.

Special 10 lite NezoS.
Pretty weather seems to be the or
der of the day.
Mrs. Ben Morrison and Miss Virgie
Layne visited Mrs. Tom Golston one
day last week.
Pleas Layne looked sad Sunday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Levan,
girl,
Erwin Keener and MissVirgie Layne
we're out walking Sunday.
Mrs, A. W. Higgins and MissLayne
visited Mrs. Houston Layne Sunday.
Come ON, "Baby Doll'' and "Blue
Bird" I like to read your pieces.
Miss Beatrice Higgins and sister are
visiting their grandmother.
Mr.. Roy MCGOWAN and Miss Mamie
Kilgore we're married one day last
week Hope they will live long and
happy life.
Mrs. Ellen Tate is on the sick list,
but we hope she will soon recover.
Jim Morrison took dinner with his
brother, Ben Morrison. Sunday.
Tom Golston got his hand wounded
last week
We hope everybody had Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year.
Hornet.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
Feeling Bad Tonight i?
Feel Good Tomorrow!

If you feel upset" morbid, blue-if
you are nervous and restless-if you
have a sick headache-if your stomach
is sour and you are bilious, take a Foley
Cathartic Tablet before retiring.
Your bowels will move in the morn
ing without gripping or nausea. If your
condition is the result of clogged intes-
tines poisoning your system, you will
feel better, for the cause of your dis
tress will be removed.
Foley Cathartic Tablets clear the
stomach and bowels, enliven the liver,
stimulate the secretion and flow of bile
and have a good tonic effect on the
Shole intestinal tract. They are rec
commended for indigestion, constipation
and dyspepsia. Sold by all druggists
everywhere.
Guaranteed by Foley e Co., Chicago.
makers Of the celebrated Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. for coughs and
colds. go
For sale BY J. W. Simpson q Sen,
Jasper. Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
BIG DANCE AT
TOWN HALL

A big dance was held at the Town
Hall Monday night. chaperoned by
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Minor, and dan
cling was INDUCED in until $50 a, m.
Music was furnished; by the Young
Bros String Band. of Whitwell. and
was excellent. The best Of order pre-
vailed and there was no misbehavior
to mar the pleasure of the evening.
At midnight hot coffee and waters
were served. About two hundred par
ticipated. Two sets were formed, and
the old fashioned quadrilles were dam
ced principally.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

Eph, Alb. and Jasper Pitman went
to Jasper Yesterday, Monday, and
took in the proceedings of our county
court
Alvin Spears was down Monday and
reports his wife rs doing very we'll,
except there is something wrong With
her feet, and she can't walk.
Mrs. W. C. Moore paid Mrs. and
Mrs. Grover Gates visit last Sun
day.
James and Fred Billingsley visited
their brother, Arch. last Sunday.
OLD Joe.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
EIGHTY-SEvEN YEARS OLD

H. H. Adams, Springfield, Mo-, writes:
Il had severe attack of kidney trou-
BILE. / am getting old, 81 years. tried
different treatments, but none did me
so much good as Foley Kidney Pills. !"
Foley Kidney Pills build up weakened
kidneys, help rid the blood of acids and
poisons, and relieve bladder troubles
Sold by J, Simpson & Son, Jasper, Ten
neSsee.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
LOOK TO YOUR HORSES FEET FOR HIS STRENGTH

The value of horse is in his feet.
Poor feet make a horse valusless in
proportion to the weakness OF the feet
Study these pictures.
figure IS given as an example of
q good pastsSa for che EonA limb. The
pasters is that portion FOR several
inches Just Sb0Vs the AsOf.
Figure 2 is given as the example for
a gosA pssteEn on the hind hnsk
Figure shows low hees. This de-
feet is peculiar to the fore feet, and
because most of the weight Of the
body falls on these feet, the low heels
are easily bruised.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

Figure shows the high heeh Such
condition takes away the elasticity
from the animals action and results in
several bone diseases. 1t may be a
part of the animals natural makeup,
or it may be caused from neglect OF
the animals feet
A knowledge OF these points about
farm animals is needed on every farm.
Every farmer should be studying thsEn.
II possible, some member OF the fam
fly should attend the annual Short
Course in Agriculture held at me cSa-
lest of Agriculture, University OF Tea
nessee, Knoxville This years course
begins January !. T.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
James Watley.

James Watley died at the home Of
Fred Campbell on the mountain We'd
nesday of last week. He was taken Ill
with some trouble in his bowels which
resulted in his death suddenly. Inter
ment was made in the Burroughs
Chapel burying ground. He was 81
years old and unmarried.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

By transplanting young trees
upside down so that the branches
develop roots and the roots leaves.
an English railway has produced
small shade trees in less time
than ordinarily.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

Fl. F. Holmes, of Superia,
Wyoming. contributes a nice let
ter to the News this week, and
says he wrote it to show the peo-
pie of sunny Tennessee how the
cold weather has blocked travel
in the west.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

Beer has been raised in price in
Rio Janiero. Foreign beers can
not compete because of the high
tariff.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
For Sale.

Full blooded Jersey COW with young
calf. Apply
W. K. MARLIN,
Sequatchie, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04
FACTS ABOUT FARMERS
AND THEIR FARMS.
AND THEIR FAMILIES

Short courses and camps for girls
have been held in several counties this
past year.
One girl in Bradley county helped to
pay the mortgage on her tather
place through her activities In the
girls club.
Eleven homes in Montgomery cQpn'
ty have installed water works uEder
the direction of the county home de-
monstration agent.
over 100 meetings were held this
past year by boys and girls in poultry
clubs, at which they had regular IN
struction from trained men.
Federal and state publications treat
ing farm subjects may be secured by
residents of the state, free OF cost, by
addressing the Division of Extenslon'
University Of Tennessee, Knoxville.
At the beginning OF 1917 there were
over fifty counties employing farm de-
monstration agents and SO assisting
the Division OF Extension OF the Uni
versity of Tennessee In the state agri'
cultural educational work.
Three counties in the state have
used native materials, such as shucks
dyed, wheat straw. and cat-tails, for
making straw braids from which to
make hats. The hats the girls have
made for themselves and others have
cost from fifteen to forty cents each.
And they were not cireap-looking hats,
either!
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

Short courses and camps for girls
have been held in several counties this
past year.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

over 100 meetings were held this
past year by boys and girls in poultry
clubs. at which they had regular IN
struction from trained men.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

One girl in Bradley county helped to
nay the mortgage on her fathers
place through her activities in the
girls club.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-01-04

Eleven homes in Montgomery cQRn'
ty have installed water works uEuer
the direction of the county home de-
monstrationl agent
Evening star., 1917-10-21
RANSOM! BY A,s1r, 5,r.,, Roche


piled Chesley. THE game of those
above him was the decentralization of
all currency. They hoped. by rendering
currency valueless, to equallze all dis
tribution of the fruits of this earth"
But hcw were they going to de-
monetiZe currency?
Suppose that every bond in the
world. every share of stock. were oHer-
ed for sale-at once? There could not
possibly be currency enough to meet
fraction of these demands. Bonds ana
stocks would be worth practically noth-
ing in the market. True, money-gold
would be at premium: But tnae
would not help matters The fact that
make two gold dollars out of one gold
dollar. And there is not gold enough n
in all the world to meet the obligations
that exist obligations that are bound to
be paid in gold The world.so 'hese
fanatics hoped would see that the
whole financial system was builded on
sand; that it was a house of cards. The
only true values would be property ana
labor. The medium of exchange
money-would be dispensed with. Prop
erty and labor would be the mediums
Of exchangey
Back to the days of barter and eX-
change All civilization set back. Abb
surdr" said Herkomer.
Fanatics are rarely logicians," !"
smiled Chesley. Anyway, that was the
plan. And it was to be worked out by
capturing the leading financiers of the
world and forcing them to sell their Sc
curities. creating panic
This much 1 CLEANED. But l wanted
to know definitely to capture the fana-
tics when their guilt was established
And the only way I could learn any
upon Conybear. that l might be able
to give Bergson definite, valuable in
formation. l hired for him two gun
men who, I assured him, wouldn't stop
ard
They wouldn't. either, but before they
ever committed any violence l hoped
to have them behind the bars, to be
able to use them as witnesses. Cnfor-
tunately, in the excess of delight at
the rich haul Of yesterday, they drank
too much-at least, ! presume so. They
were killed. But you know about their
automobile accident.
II placed a dictaphone in Conybear's
study; 1 assisted in his kidnapping. All
this, that I might gather evidence
and then, at the end, to learn that
Bergson had played his fanatic friends
false; that, although he was fanatic
himself, he was a cunning fanatic, a
greedy fanatic, with no idea of helping
the world. but obsessed with the idea
that he could get away with untold
millions"
He did. up to a point" snapped
me off to what you really were?"
How did I know how many Of your
servants were spies upon me?" coun-
tered Chesley. For instance-your
and 1 learned that my message had
reached the police I decided to go to
New York and see the commissioner.
Matters had gone far enough. But I
dared not use the telephone. And a
careless word told me that the chauf-
feur who drove me was in the plot
Had I gone to headquarters-weli. I
didn't. I wasn't afraid for myself
think I've proved that-but I feared
that II anything happened to Newell,
Burton Conybear might never live to
enjoy his millions
"Humph!" srunted Conybear
But the note? This note?" asked
Herkomer, showing the creased water
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Chateau of American Boy Duke of France Is Blown UP


ports to me that he walked over the
spot of the former chateau of Chaulnes
and there was nothing left" In the
park there is a German graveyard.
with the crosses of twenty-seven Of
ficersF and the mention that they fell
on the spot. Eleven lead coffins came
down from Belgium to take away the
generals and colonels" All persisted
during a gala lunch, when the chateau
was blown up.
At his erandfathers, in America. they
say that the little duke was told about
it.
II would have pointed the cannon my
self" he is reported to have said 'ff
it would have helped French victory"
At school. it seems, the boys had
teased him somewhat, as boys will
when they can find handle, by such
phrases as: Hello. duke, how's the
war? Why amt you fghtingT' He
don't mind that sort of thing, because
he knows he's only eight years old, too
young for military service. But when.
as the only French boy in the school.
they found 1t witty to call him "the
kaiser" he would not stand for it. Only
a Few days before the news. they say
he cane home with a bleeding lip but
all triumphant because he had fought
boy a year older and sixteen pounds
heavier" than himself who had called
him the kaiser" So we can enter into
his sentiments
Also. and why noto
Would 1t not be right, and heroic act
to poipt the cannon on the chateau of
ones ancestors to aid in the defense of
their land?
1t has been done
In the heroic annals of the war there
is tho case Of the artillery officer "a
noble - the old regime. like little
Cha uluaTA who ofered 70 horlharri his
own chateau, near rheims. because it
was occurred by German staff and
because, as he argued. he knew the
Topography of the place better than
anybody else.
They lot him do 1t. That chateau was
the cradle Of his race. with all its pa st
wrapped round it. the old homestead
In 1t were all his family treasures, all
his dear rem mbrances. the trea sures
of his heart With his own hands. shell
by shell. he shattered them. He was a
hero because he offered to his country
not only his life but his sentiment his
ideal; and an ideal is often dearer than
life itself. STERLING HEILIG.
Evening star., 1917-10-21
Blind Belief.

G WEDISH Consul Gustavus Swan said,
~ in Sioux City the other day:
THE recent exposures from Buenos
Aires show that Germany believes alrs
fair in love and war. Germany duped my
own government no less than the Argen-
tine government.
Germany. it is clear. believes alls fair
In love and war as blindly as scientists be-
lieve in facts Hence she goes horribly
wrong. like the eminent New England
scientist wrote to Tennyson one day:
Dear Sir: / find In recent poem
OF yours. entitled The Vision of SIM the
following unwarranted statement: Every
moment dies a man and every moment
one Is born" 1 need hardly point out that
this calculation, If correct would tend to
keep the sum total OF the worlds popula-
ton In state of perpetual equipoise.
Whereas 1t Is an established fact that the
said population Is constantly on the in
crease. l would. therefore, suggest that
in the next edition OF this poem the err
roneous calculation to which I refer should
be cor,0cted as follows: Every moment
dies a man and one and sixteenth is
born ] may add that the exact figures
are 1.167. but something must, of course,
be conceded to the laws of rhythm
Evening star., 1917-10-21

Honore d'Albert who saved France
from the wicked Concini, who had been
Marquis of Ancre, and the lands and
titles with the name thus changed)
went to the romantic ancestors of this
little American boy. whose first family
name is always d'Albert.
You have heard much of the sector
of Albert in this war. The trenches ran
almost north-south. some three miles
east of the town; and beyond. inside
the German lines. the chateau OF
Chaulnes was in German possession.
Nobody knew what was happening to
it, except that French aviators reported
it to be apparently in good condition
and apparently unoccupied.
His mamma told the little American
duke all about this chateau of Chaulnes
About thirteen miles from their town
of Albert. the property OF Chaulnes."
Evening star., 1917-10-21
The Right Spirit.

JULIUS ROSENWALD. chairman of
~ the committee on supplies, at the
time when he had only climbed part
way up the ladder--he was. in fact. a
manager-was one day showing a Wis
itor through the establishment.
do you see that chap?' said Mr..
Rosenwald. He's made up his mind
that he's going to take my job away
from me-"
as that so?" the visitor said. why
don't you flre him. then?"
Fire him?" said Mr.. Rosenwald. II
wish to goodness every fellow In the
plant was spurred on by the same am
bittoni"
Evening star., 1917-10-21

working for the imagined good of hu-
manity, but was a schemer, working to
enrich his own pockets. I thought that
the kidnapping Of Conybear was but the
beginning. I looked for Infinitely big
ger things. and delayed action in the
hope Of landing the bigger game. I did
not believe. nor did Randall. that Berg
son was more than minor figure In
the great game. We believed that there
were giants above him"
What was the great gamer" demand
ed Herkomer.
Well some hundred millions of dol
lars was Bergsons great game" re-
Evening star., 1917-10-21

sands of followers-some who were
frankly out for gain. others who were
altruists. though cranks. Those out for
gain were paid for their services, and
knew little. joined his society. 1 be-
came acquainted with Bergson who did
not know me. and who. I soon learned.
was to handle the American end of this
society's plans for the readjustment OF
the world.
Il met Bergson in Paris, where Ran
dali was located. Randall had obtained
to ferret out this menace to society.
Randall vouched for me. 1t was easy,
Evening star., 1917-10-21

for Randall was high in the society's s
councils.
'I came to this country with Berg
son. 1 proposed that 1 affiliate myself
somehow with Burton Conybear. By
forging reoommendations I managed to
gain entrance to his employ. The rest
was easy. only did not know the
society's plans. Indeed. it was only af
ter Mr. Conybears kidnapping that
realized that BerRson was playing his
own associates false; that he was not
Evening star., 1917-10-21

EMMANUEL THEODORE D'ALBERT
DE LUYNES DAILY, TENTH DUKE
OF CHAULNEs AND OF PICQUIG-
NY. ON HIS AMERICAN sIDE HE
Is THE GRANDSON OF THEODORE
sHONTs. HE SAW THE CHATEAU
OF RACE BLOWN UP TO AID A
FRENCH VICTORY.
which was countship IN 1858 was
erected to a peer duchy in 1921, In favor
of the lucky dAlbert family. in the
person of Cadenet. Luynes younger
brother So arose the dukedom of
Chaulnes. quite separate from that of
Luynes and of Chevreuse. 1t was "A
beautiful and grandiose chatenu, all
white. long and comparatively narrow.
with pointing mansards. completely re-
built by the rich family in the time of
Louis XIV according to the classical
taste of the day 1t stood in wooded
PARK, with fountains on either side and
driveway from their little town OF
Chaulnes at their gates.
II will go and do great things at
Chaulnes when l grow up" the little
American boy would say. He would
buy up land, and make Chaulnes once
again the patron of the town OF AL
bert why should they not send him
to parliament as deputy. to start with.
and perhaps senator later on. The thing
was done. here and there, in France
before the war by energetic chiefs of
certain noble families, sometimes cas-
lily, often with difficulty. After the
war the thing may be quite feasible
for an American duke, with the Ameri-
can prestige.
But. alas, for the chateau of Chaulnes!
The first step must be to rebuild 1t.
One day the French general in charge
of the sector of Albert learned that the
chateau was considerably occupied,
French aviators perceived automobiles
going and coming along the park
drive, and there were what looked, on
two occasions. confusedly like garden
parties.
Chaulnes could no longer be the un-
important lodging residence OF a few
vague German colonels and com
nandaEts. Messages and inquiries
Evening star., 1917-10-21

ice had who trusted me-Peter Ran
dali. But he knew, as well as I, that
there is no return to employment in the
secret service when one has once been
dropped-uniess under most exceptional
circumstances. Randall thought he saw
a way-if I would work and wait.
HE told me facts l verified. A GER
tain group of fanatics had decided that
the world was run wrongly. They in
tended to remedy matters. They had
gathered around them hundreds. thou
Evening star., 1917-10-21

Begin next Sunday sskAs Ise9 - -
Jolly Nolly,n ~ AlaAarA 4aR1An4 DaNeA
II WIN b esnSasssA n swe 0st.aas
memts.
Evening star., 1917-10-21
GRANDSON of Theodore Shonts
VI learns of destruction Of home
In France-An extraordinary In
cident of the war-How the cha
teau was demolished by two 1d-
inch shells, killing an entire
German STAFF at a gala lunch.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, October 10

is eight-year-old
American boy. now in America.
who holds the unique position
q of being a duke of France in his
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-28

Captain j. +. Carberry, who is in
command of the station, said: IF
these men refuse to do work they are
asked to do and which is in no sense
menial, but work that ! or any one
else might put his hands to, they can
quit, and have been told so. We are
short OF help, our funds are limited,
and we can't let them stand around
when there is work to be done to get
this place in shape. We have suspend,
ed flying to overhaul the machines,
which has to be done periodically, and
We are desirous of getting our new
buildings in order We have road
building and sidewalk building to do
also, an we shall expect these men
to fall to it when ordered to do
so. They are employed as civilians.
and we have no recourse when they
refuse to obey orders except to let
them GO"
Photos show one of the students at
the aviation school receiving instruc-
tions in fight and a group of the
students at the model of an aeroplane.