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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
AUCTION OF LOCAL GRADE
S0WS AND gifts

An auction sale of local grade sowf
and gifts will be held at Jasper Satur
day Jan. 26, beginning at 10 90: am.
Farmers who have sows or gifts for
sale are invited to attend and put
their hogs in this sale. These sows
are to be sold to local men for breed
ing purposes and in case any SOW OF
gilt does not bring as much as 16c per
pound the seller will be allowed to
take back the individual without any
cost, provided be desires 80 to do,
This is the method of placing sur
plus hogs for breeding purposes which
was decided upon at toe Hog Rally on
Saturday, Jan. 10TH
Those who de>ira to buy grade sows
or gifts will probably be able to find
what they want at this sale and they
are urged to attend and purchase one
or more Of these hogs and help to
make up tee called for increase in hog
production for Mario county.
No expense will bo asked for in put
ting the hogs in the sale.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
WhitWell.

Miss Estelle Lamb was at the
postoffice looking for a letter
from Roy Jordan.
Roy.Jordan can't hang his hat
at Adam Lambs now because he
is too far away.
Bill Atterton looked cute Sun
day
Wonderif heber Shirley is still
hanging his hat at Mr.. Hixon's.
Miss Lille Gravit must have a
fellow. She gets lots of mail.
Rosie Gravit looked cute Sat-
urday. ...... -.
If you want to see Nora Shell
ton smile, just ask her about her
Alabama fellow.
Lille Gravit and Gladys Jordan
looked sweet at the the store.
Bud King and his cook looked
sporty as they went down the
street.
Lille Gravit writes lots of pret-
ty post cards. | wish she would
write me one. She is all the time
getting mail.
Marshall Powe was in Whit
we'll Saturday.
Wonder if Roy Jordan is still
writing ten letters a day.
"HoneysuckIe" will not bloom
for a while.
| wonder whose cows horn
Brad Boyd hangs hat On.
Come on, -Four Eyes" for we
like TO read your pieces.
Wonder why Erwin Keener does
not write.
Come on old Flip Flap"
Come on all,you writer's for |
am with you. A Kid.
Read the News.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
ATTENTION,
REPUBLICANS

To the Republicans Of Marion County
County:
You are hereby called to meet ir
mass convention at the Court House
in Jasper. Tenn. ON Saturday, Feb. .,
at I p. m., for the purpose Of electine
a Chairman and Secietary Of Execu.
tive Committee and transact such 9th,
er business as may come before said
convention. All loyal Republicans
are earnestly urged to be present.
This meeting is very important as
mode and manner Of nominating can
didates will be determined. All coun-
ty and judicial officials are to be elect
cd in August election. t
F. ". BREWER, ~.
Secretary Republican Ex. Com.
Jasper, Tenn Jan. 19, 1918.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
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Pleasant Hill.
.SpkeiaI ne Nkrr.

Special 10 Ms N<vs
Snow fell here four and one half in
ches deep Saturday night ,
Miss May league called on Icie Ash
| burn Saturday night
Mrs. j. B. Griffith called on -Mrs
Forest Griffith one DAY last week.
Miss Icie Ashburn called on May
league Monday.
Miss Gertrude White and NAV
league called on Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
White Sunday.
Mrs. Lors Deakins and daughter,
Lizzie. went to Sunday school Sunday.
Wonder how Sam Griffith likes to
catch wild hogs.
! would like to know how jim
Griffith and Creed McDonough like
Chattanooga.
Misses Zetta Smith, Lille Curtis
and Leila Curtis and Messrs. Fred Nor
rison, Ebert White and Walter Phelps
called on Miss Icie Ashburn Sunday
evening
Albert Hudson wore bis blue shirt
Sunday
A fellow said he would wear col
lar and tie he could not spit over next
Sunday.
] wonder how Zetta Smith likes
oranges Icie Ashburn said she didn't
like them when they we're green and
frozen.
Miss Gertie Morrison seems to be in
the blues
I wonder what has become of Rosa
Morrison. I haven't seen her in
long time. Come on, Rosa, don t let
the snow bluff you. 1t may snow all
winter.
If you want to see Miss Zetta Smith
smile, just name Xmas night.
Wonder what has become of Myrtle
Morrison. She must have crawled in
hole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy White moved
Saturday.
D. NJ. Hudson went up the road
Mondsy ....
I wonder how Walter Phelps likes to
rabbit hunt in the snow.
IL you want to see Fred Morrison
smile, ask him Eat be got his girl
for Christmas.
Wonder if Gertrude White is still in
the blues. Cheer up, Gertrule. he
will come back.
Wonder how Jim Griffith likes to
make candy.
If you want to see Ebert White
smile, ask him who he got card from
Christmas day.
/ wonder how Fred Morrison likes
to wear Mrs. Smiths white scarf.
John Ashburn and Albert Hudson
sure do like to play snow ball.
Would like to know if Zstta Smith
found her pin Sunday evening.
If you want to see LillieCurtis smile,
ask her why Albert Hudson stayed
hid Sunday. Snow Drift.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
NOTICE.

In compliance with the above
resolution the Democrats of Ma
rion county are hereby called to
meet in the Court House at Jas
per, at 1 o'clock, p. M, on Mon
day the 4th day of February,
1918, for the purpose Of selecting
delegates to said Chancery Con-
vention to be held at South Pitts
burg, on February 18th. 1918.
A. L. ROBERTSON,
Committeeman for Marion Co.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
CANDIDATE FOR
CHANCELLOR
To Be Nominated by Democrats
in Delegated Convention
at So. PittsbuTg

South Pittsburg, Jan. 17.-The Ell
ecutive Committee for the Twelfth
Chancery Division for the State oi
Tennessee, met upon call OF the Chair
man Of said committee, at South
Pittsburg, Marion County. Tennessee.
on December 28tb, 1917. The meeting
was called to order by T. l.. Stewart,
Chairman Of the committee, and the
roll call showed the following mem
bers present: T. L. Stewart, Frank
lin county; W, T. Roberts, McMinn
county; W. II. Russell, Polk county
W. B. Allen, Rhes county; Ross
Swafford. Bledsoe county; J. g. Bla-
lock, Sequatchie county; A. L Rob
erson, Marion county. DR.. Farrer
Coffee county. The counties of Mon
roe, Bradley aud Meigs were repre-
sented by proxy in the hands ofsW. 7.
Roberts, The county of Warren was
represented by proxy in the hands Of
Gen. Worth Fairbanks, who also held
the proxy OF Van Buren, county. The
county Of Grundy was represented by
proxy In the person Of W. T. Roberts,
No one was present representingJames
county. t#ts.e 'fs
T. L. Stewart offered his resigna-
tion as member Of the committee
and as chairman Of the same, which
upon motion. was accepted; thereupon
W. T. Roberts, Of McMinn county.
was nominated and duly elected chair
man of the committee in the place
and stead of Mr.. Stewart. On motion
duly made, seconded and carried, A
l.. Robertson, of Marion County, was
elected secretary of the committee, in
the place and stead Of Percy Williams,
who was absent and permanently out
of the State of Tennessee.
W. 81. Russell, Of Polk county, Of
fel ed q resolution, which, after amend
ments offered, was passed by the un-
animous vote of the committee, and is
rs follows:
The Executive Committee Of the
Democratic PARTY for the Twelfth
Chancery Division of the State of Ten
nsRsep, hereby calls convention of
democrats to be held at the Opera
House, 10 South Pittsbnrg, Marion
county, on the 18th day of February,
1918, at one O'Clock, p. M, for the
purpose of nominating democratic
candidate for Chancellor of said divis-
ion The basis of representation in
said convention shall be one delegate
for each 100 votes cast for democratic
electors of tie November election,
1915, and one delegate for each frac-
tiop of fifty or over, ard no proxies
shall be allowed.
The democrats of all the vHrious
counties of the said Twelftt Chancery
Division shall assemble at the county
seats of said counties at one O'Clock |
D m, OF the 4th day of February, |
1918, for the purpose of selecting del
pgates to said convention hereby call
ed, ,royided that in any county where
the Chancery Court is held at more
than one town in said comfy the con-
yentiou aball be called at the Court
House in the largest town in said !
county where said Chancery Court is
held,
All known democrats shall be enti-
tled to attend the county conventions
herein called, provided that tbosa par
ticipating stall be of legal age at the
August election, 1918.
There being no further business pro-
posed the committee on motion al
journed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24

eat at w. F. Crenshaw's on Sun
day for they always had choco-
late cake for dinner.
Claud Crenshaw said he wished
he was back at MaryvilIe, Ill.
! wish Miss Lillian Smith would
come out on the mountain.
. Brother Bill.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
HER TR0uBLE IS GORE

Mrs Thomas H. Davis, Montgomery,
Ind, saws ST . had trouble with her
bladder and had doctored for several
months without relief, when Folry Kid
new pills were recommended and she
commenced using them and got relief
They relieve backache, rheumatic pains,
stiff. swollen joints and kidney trouble
Sold by J. w. Simpson & Son, Jasper,
Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
HAD THE GRIP THREE WEEKS

With January comes lagri ppe. Ling
ering colds seem to settle n the system,
causing one to ache all over, feel fever
ish and chilly, tired, heavy and droop-
ing. Mrs Lizzie Tyles, Henderson,
KY, writes: MY daughter had agrippe
for three weeks. | gave her Foleys
Honey and Tar and now she is all right"
Sold by j. w. Simpson g. Son, Jasper.
Tenn.
C.-Lo..Lo e. +bo hInuyc
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24
Pocket, Tenn.

Pocket, Tenn.
Sbfda! I0stA< Nraps.
There was singing at Mr.. Cren-
shaw's Sunday night and every
body reported a nice time.
| wise c. H. Crenshaw would
write a letter from Texas to the
paper.
Florence Green sure did enjoy
herself Sunday morning.
Fronie Morrison received a let
ter from a soldier boy in Green
vile, S, c., Friday.
A certain girl said she had not
got any letters since the stamps
went up. What is the matter,
boys?
Jim Green said he wished his
girl at Whitwell would come out
on the mountain.
Wonder what has become of
Albert Griffith as he has not been
to the Pocket for month.
We were sorry when May
Greenwood went back to Knox
vile.
Eliza Green, from Tracy City,
lis visiting friends and relatives at
Whitwell this week.
Josie Painter called on Mildred
Crenshaw. Sunday.
Florence Green said she wished
a certain boy from Greenville, S.
c., would come home.
Wanted by Erwin Pressnell a
bushel of oniLns and bushel of
beans.
We will miss Walter Green and
John Floyd when they go to the
army.
If you want to see Mildred
Crenshaw smile, just ask her how
about that fall she got Tuesday
morning.
J. w. Smith was on the noun
tain Sunday.
Maggie Painter called on her
sister, Mrs. Green, Sunday night.
We miss Charlie Crenshaw.
Wonder what has become Of.
"Snow Ball" as she has been alb
sent for a long time.
Bessie Kilgore called at A. L.
Panter's Saturday.
Frank Layne has moved to
Tatesville.
Ernest Presnell had blues Sun
day. Cheer up, Ernest You
will get to see her some time.
Mrs. W. F. Crenshaw is pre-
pairing to visit relations in Green
vile, S. G.
Roy Layne called at w. F.
Crenshaw's Sunday afternoon.
1t has been so cold they have
not had any Sunday school on the |
for a month.
We all enjoyed reading that
oiece from Charlie Morrison.
Bill Griffith has moved to Tates-
Jille, Tenn.
Etter Griffith looked cute Sun
lay night.
Fronnie Morrison had the blues
he other day. She got a letter
rom certain boy and he said he
come home.
Wonder what has become of |
Bill Atterton as he hasn't been
IN the mountain for a long time. !
Misses Louise Crenshaw, Bessie |
Green, and Mary Painter enjoyed
themselves Sunday night. /
Erwin Presnell said he liked to
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24

The handle works shut down
Yesterday for lack of fuel.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-01-24

The seventh snow storm of the
season fell Saturday night.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
Preliminary Peace
Parleys Will Follow
War Councils Form

is. Dec. 1S.-Pans for the pre-
liminary peace conference will be
worked out in the same manner
as was done for the sittings OF
the Supreme War Council at Yer
sailes, IL was learned late tonight
from member Of the American
peace delegation.
The American delegates will. 50
far as possible, hold daily meeting
with President Wilson and confer
upon matters concerning the United
States
Meantime as was egidenced TODAY,
the American commissioners will
see the representative Of tie other
countries an dtak things over gen
orally. Secertsy of State LANSING
saw Premier Orlando OF Italy this
afternoon
1t is eplained that in this man
mel a general understanding will
be reached far more rapidly than
in ordinary circumstances, especial
ly il the conference were a bulky
affair. with all the premiers and
delegates Of the entente nations and
America sitting in one room.
The purpose Of this procedure is
for America, Britain. France and
Italy, the four chief beIligerent ma
tions, to consider the biggest prob
ems in personal contact of the rep
resentstive men.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
FortyAutos
Ruined In
GarageFire
Mount Pleasant Theater
Crowds Watch Blaze De-
stroy Building and Ma
chimes; $4,000 Damage

Forty automobiles. owned by resi-
dents OF Mount Pleasant, were de-
stroyed last night in a two-alarm fire
which broke out in a one-story ga
rage at Columbia Road and Thir-
teenth street northwest Damage is
estimated at $4,000.
The cause of the fire is thought to
have been due to crossed wires in
one of the cars.
The burned building, which adjoined
a new three-story garage. had been
used as a garage for years and its
floor was saturated with gasoline, oil
and grease.
A few minutes after the fire was
discovered the entire structure was
a mass of flames. Preventive mea-
sUres executed Immediately after the
arrival of Fire Chief Wagner were
responsible for the confinement of the
fire
Crowds from the Knickerbock The
ateT. located in the same block. jam
med the street. and police were forced
to establish lines in order to allow
firemen free room in which to fight
the flames.
Battalion Chief Timothy Donohoe,
was slightly injured by stumbling
over a pile of lumber. The burned
structure was leased by c. I. Bur-
roughs. manager of the Mount Pleas
ant Garage.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20

UnderEneny
Trading Act
Accused Of Disgusting Sale
of Capital Stock in "Dr.
Jaeger's Woolen System
Company"

New York, Dec. 19.-T Elicit Hodg-
son. of Brooklyn. a corporation law
yer. was arrested today and held in
$500 bail on Washington indict-
ment in which he is charged with
violating the trading with the enemy
act
The specific charge, made by Assist
ant Federal Attorney Harper was
that Hodgson concealed from the
Alien Property Custodian the fact that
he held in his possession and control
certain German-owned property. The
property alleged to nave been so con-
cealed consisted, according to the in
dictment. some OF the capital stock
of the DR.. Jaeger's Sanitary Woolen
System Company, said to be a Ger
man-owned corporation.
-HodEson was charged by the Alien
Property Custodian last summer with
having attempted to disguise the Ger
man ownership of the corporation by
aiding in a sale of the property
Besides having offices in Brooklyn.
Hodgson is a member OF the law firm
Of Wingate & Cullen, OF Manhattan.
The indictment against Hodgson was
reported in Washington last Monday.
The persons for whom it is alleged
Hodgson controlled stock in DR.. Jae-
gers company are Wilhelm. Heinrich
and Louise Benger, who reside in Ger
many and do business under the name
of Wilhelm Benger Sohne
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
u. S. Sinks 3 !
U-Boats Near
End of War
British Convoy Lost in Sea
Battle with Heavy Cas-
ualties, Returning Off
GERS Report.

New York. Dec. 19.-Three OF hVe
German submarines attacking an
American transport were sunk in the
Mediterranean by American destroy
ers two days prior to the armistice
signing, 1t was revealed today when
officers of the transport, the Black
Arrow, arrived here. One of the otfi-
GERS said:
I'VE were attacked on November 3,
of the African coast, near Tangiers,
by five submarines. the nearest being
five miles distant when first sighted.
II. NJ. S. Brittania, conveying us, came
in between us when thy distance from
US to the submarine had been reduced
to three-fourths of a mile.
"The submarines sank the Brittania
and we made Off at top speed, sending
S. o. 5. calls for help. American de-
stroyers Joined us and gave battle to
the submarines. sinking three with
depth bombs. The other two escaped.
The casualties on the Britannia must
have been great for many bodies were
piled up on shore. A destroyer came
into Gibraltar with her decks piled
with British dead"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
HEARST ACTED
AS CO-BETWEEN,
BECKER THINKS
Attorney General Reveals
Bolo S Plot to Buy Paris
Journal.
BERNSTORFF GOT CASH
Traitor, Accompanied by
Ambassador, Often Visit
ed Publisher S Home.

Testimony tending to implicate Will
lam Randolph Hearst as to his deal
ings with Bolo Pasha in the United
States, was admitted as evidence after
a session of heated wrangling at yes
terday's hearing of the Senate Judici-
ary subcommittee in charge of inves-
tigating German propaganda in this
country.
Deputy Attorney General Becker. of
New York, testifying concerning the
Investigations of the Bolo- Pasha at
fair In this country and abroad. stated
that at the beginning he and his asso-
ciates thought 1t probable that Hearst
had been the intermediary through
whom the coming OF Bolo to the Unit
ed States had been arranged.
In support OF the theory connecting
Hearst with Bolo. Mr. Becker SUBJ
mitted sworn statements made by at
tendants at the Hearst apartment
house to the effect that Bolo, fire.
quentiy in the company of Count Won
Bernstorfr, had visited Hearst on num-
erous occasions, and had repeatedly
requested that he be permitted to go
up to the Hearst apartment unan-
nounced.
Bolo came to the United States early
in 1916. Mr.. Becker testified, with
Charles F. Bertelli, Hearst representa-
tive in Paris, and Immediately was
introduced to Hearst by Bertelli.
Shortly after his arrival he managed
through Adolph Pavenstadt, an en-
thusiastic supporter of the German
cause in America, to interest Count
Won Bernstorff in the purchase of the
Paris Journal, as a vehicle for the Ger
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
LEAGUE SPENT
$4,000 TO BEAT
C0NCRESSMEN
So Says President Of Ma
tional Security Organiza-
tion Before Probers.
JOHN D. GAVE s25,OoO
100000 from Carnegie to
Fight "Pro-German"
Legislators.

The National Security League spent
s., IS during the recent campaign
in an effort to defeat members OF
Congress considered disloyal, accord
ing. to its standards. This fight on
the incumbents was made without
any effort to learn whether the men
who it was desired to have succeed
them were antagonistic to the ma
tion's war program or whether they
measured UP to the leagues "acid
test"
These admissions were made by Col.
Charles f. Lydecker, president of the
league, at the opening yesterday of
the Congressional investigation into
political activities of the league.
The cost of conducting the leagues
affairs during the fiscal year ending
August 81, 1918. was s22S.O1S.42. The
largest contributions were $4,000 from
the Carnegie Corporation and $4,000
from John D. Rockefeller. The league
has coming to it another donation
of S5O.OCO authorized by the ~arnegie
Corporation.
President Lydecker claimed his or
ganization was successful in secur-
ing the defeat of some pro-German
representatives.
Il don't want to mention any
Names" he said. but l would have
been sorely disappointed to see re-
turned some Of the members of Con-
gress who were rro-GermaE. Their
constituents evidently felt the Same
way. They we're defeated through
cur efforts to effect fusions against
them in their districts.
Certain of the members made
speeches on the floor which were
far from acceptable to the Amer
lean spirit
Col. Lydecker was questioned al
great length regarding the "acid test
chart which the league prepared and
distributed during the campaign un-
der the caption, What are you going
to do about it," This chart gave
the votes in the House on eight pre-
paredness and war measures and in
a tabulated analysis pointed out how
the Representatives had voted
wrong"
Members of the House charge that
this chart accuses 30 per cent of the
Congressman with disloyalty, al
CON-rrNTrr-1, IN p,cr TupEr
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
$4,000 ELECTRIC
WORKERS STRIKE
Company Refuses to Rec
ognize Union Policy;
Walkout Follows.

Schenectady, y. Y. Dec. l9.-A
sympatheA strike was declared to-
day by $4,000 employees of the Cen
eral Electric Company. who walked
out to display their sympathy with
the strikers of the company's plant
at Erie.
Refusal blythe company to recog-
nize their union and the alleged dis
charge of ten men at Erie were Civ
en- by the strikers as their reason
for quitting. Company officials de-
clared the claims untrue. Retrench-
nent became necessity, they said,
when $4,000. 900 in war contracts
were cancelled following the sign
ing of the armistice.
Pittsfield. Mass. Dec. l9.-About
$500 of the 5000 General Electric
Company employees here today quit
work in sympathy with the Erie
strike.
Fort Wayne. Ind. Dec l9.-Be-
tween $500 and 5000 General Elec-
trio Company employees walked out
today joining in the movement for
general strike among the COM
pany's workers.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-20
WILSON'S POWER GROWS
AS PEACE PARLEY NEARS
Despite Reactionary Prop
aganda in America, Chief
Executive Holds High
Place Among French Po-
itical Factions; Plans
Straight Course.

Paris. Dec. ls-ActuaI discussion of
the American peace terms is virtually
un0er way.
President Wilson is greatly irritated
over a story which appeared in the
Chicago Tribune to the effect that he
favors the league to enforce peace
plans. He has made il clear that he
has always favored the formation of
a league Of nations and is determined
TO do all in his power to make il a
part OF the treaty OF peace
The President adheres to this at
utude in the face Of the news of SEN
ator KnoX's resolution against a
league Of nations which is printed
in the Echo de Paris.
There is evidence here that the re-
dictionary propaganda in America is
the President in his
work for peace. II is clear that the
President intends to follow a straight
course on his fourteen points.
1t Is uncertain just what effect the
Washington dispatches prominently
featuring the Utterances Of Senators
Lodge and Knox will have.
Certain 1t is, however, that Mr
Wilson's popularity with the French
people is great enough TO render harm
less efforts TO cause mischief
Talks with Frenchmen Of all walks
of life show that the President s
strength is growing. There are a few,
papers here that mildly question
Americas purposes. Support of the
President ia. however. warm and ma
uon-wide.
Wilson earnestly desires to maintain
and strengthen the friendship be-
tween America and France. people and
governments.
However, no one can forecast the
effect upon the delicate balance OF
the French political situation Of whal
Is to take place. when, or before all
governments sit around the peace
table