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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14
Oak Grove.

Special 10 Ihe Mans.
We have had bad weather for the pas
two weeks. E-.
Estella and Pearlie Kilgore called OF
Mrs. A. E. Dishroom Sunday. ...
Sam Brown visited L. f. Tate Sun
day. Mr.. Tate has been sick for the
past two weeks. We hope he will re.
| cover soon.
Clarence johnson and Jim Shrum, OF
White City, took car ride Friday night
for their health. Boys, go again.
Dan Green took flying trip to Tracy
City Saturday.
The girls say that they all like Robt.
Sitz pompadour haircut. Wear YOUR
hair cut that way all the time, Robert.
Jennie Dykes and Bessie Greeu VERY
all smiles Saturday night. Iguess they
saw their best fellows.
Will Harris is very sick. / hope he
will soon recover.
Leslie Dykes was all smiles SUNDAY
night, because he was with his best
girl
Cfas. Martin called on his best girl.
Miss Annie Nunley. Sunday afternoon.
Arthur Curtis, of Jasper, Ia visiting
his brother, Dee Curtis, Of Oak Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Nunley called at
Mr. Henley's Sunday afternoon.
If you want to see Perlie Kilgore and
Eliza Green smile. ask them who thew
saw Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Shrum called on |
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Dykes Sunday
Miss Martha Shrum, of White City,
said she sure would like to see Dave |
Curtis, of Jasper. Come out, Dave, 80
the girls can see you.
Will Kilgore moved back to White
City and we miss him.
Wonder If Virgil Johnson still hangs
his hat on Jim Meals muley cows horn.
Walter Kilgore seemed to enjoy him
self talking to that young lady Sunday
afternoon.
Wonder if Robert Sitz has run out of
'hewlng gum. just rest, Robert, and
thew again.
Wonder what is the matter with
Walter Green, of Whitwell, as he has
Tot been over lately. Como over, Walt
#, before you go to the war.
Dee Curtis wentdown the road sun
ay very sad. l wonder why.
Sam Brun said he would like To see
florence Green, Of Whitwell. 60 to see
er, Sam, II you want to,
I saw Carter Henley on the road Mon.
ay morning looking sick. guess he
ad to cut corn bread for breakfast SIM
sy. Do not worry, Carter, for the
'orst is yet to come.
Wonder is 5. G. Green, OF Whi.well.
as still got his goats. / hope he has.
Mrs. Jip Harris called on hometolks
unday afternoon.
A large crowd attended the funeral
VIM. Sitz Monday afternoon.
A certain girl said she would like to
e certain boy at Whitwell.
Lawrence Bryant passed thru our
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14

town Saturday.
Ben Yell said he would like to beat
Tom Layne's time with Miss Nancy.
t Miss Paris Dykes and best fellow at
tended Sunday sch DOL Sunday at Pryor
Ridge.
Wonder If Melvin Campbell has got
we'll by now. Hope he has.
If you want to see Miss Nuvelo John
ston smile, ask her if she likes to come
to Oak Grove Sunday school.
Arthur Curtis called on his best girl
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Alice Norton and best fellow
were out walking Sunday afternoon,
ana they report nice time.
| Misses NOvelo johnson and Bessie
dreen went to tho mail box Friday.
guess they got letter from their best
fellow.
Eliza Green and Perlie Kilgore made
living trip to Pryor Ridge Saturday.
Mrs Davisis very sick. Hope she
will soon recover
W." A'uhieJ, vi fryor Ridge, has q
small boy that is very sick and has been
sick for two weeks
Sherman Shrum called on his best
girl Sunday.
Jennie Rustspe Saturday with Mrs.
Z. J, Kilgore.
Mrs. TON Crisp has been sick for A.
bout two months and ia mot ,nr h...
Come on all of you soldier boys with
your pieces. Isure enjoy reading them
as know many of you boys.
Come on, Pine Hill, and let US hear
from you every weak.
A Blue-eyed Girl.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14
BURNING QUESTIONS
AND CHURCH NOTES
QUESTIONS WHITE.

% u LO L 1O4N0 w III Gs
Do you know the church re.
, ceives more new members thru
the Sunday School than from all
, other sources combined, several
times more?
Do you know that 20 per cent.
of all conversions occur under 20
years of age, and So per cent I'M
der % years of age?
Do you know that there are
more than 100000 boys and
girls of the teen age in Nerth
America?
Do you know that a boy or girl
won for Christ in the teen age or
younger Is usually worth to the
kingdom of God many times as
much as one converted in mature
life?
Do you know that the Sunday
School is the church's whitest
and most inviting field, and that
more than 80 per cent, of its
mem bership by conversions come
thru the Sunday School?
Do you know that it is cheaper
and easier to win boy or girl for
Christ than to win man or
woman?
QUESTIONS BLACK.
Do you know that probably half |
of all the Sunday School members
are never won for Christ?
Do you know that half a mil
lion boys and girls in their teens
drift out of the Sunday School
every year?
Do you know that only one
church member in four in North
America are in Sunday School at
all?
Do you you know that it takes
four Sunday School officers and
teachers a whole year to bring one
soul to Christ and to the church?
Do you know that by Christ's
own words there are but two
classes in every Sunday School,
the saved and the unsa we'd?
Do you know that 60 per cent,
If all criminals commit their first I
rhine in the teen age?
WHAT IS THE MISSION OF
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL?
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14
BARGAINS IN CANNED
BEANS AND TOMATOES

Three-lb can Beans or Toma-
tos, best quality home canned
product, 15c, usual price zoe.
Come quick, limited quantity.
D. G. PECK,
Advt F7,2t Jasper, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14

Chas. Curtis is having the
property purchased by him from
Mrs. L. A. Farley put in first
class condition, the work being
done by A. B. Hamilton of Vic
toria.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14

Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Minor and
children and Miss Louise Hill at
tended the entertainment given
by So. Pittsburg talent for the
benefit of the Red Cross at JAS
per Tuesday night.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14
Dallas, Texas.


hard part of the winter is past. w
are having some nice warm days now
l hope our snow season is over. o
course we will have cold weather IN
to April, we don't expect anything
else, but | don't expect any more
cold spells that will last ten DAYS OF
two weeks at time. Isuppose | am
not the only one that thinks as do
One can see people preparing to
make garden, etc. Farmers are all
busy preparing their land for crops
Last Sunday afternoon G. w. Ar
thur and Pat Henson and myself
went out ten miles northwest of
Dallas to G. W. Henson's farm. We
saw some very pretty farms and they
all showed degree of thrift and in
dustry. Everyone seemed to realize
the time had come to do something.
One drawback is they are taking all
of the young men off of the farms
who are badly needed to produce
the crops to feed the world, and are
leaving lot of worthless. able bod
led young men in the towns and cit
les to smoke cigarettes and scorn the
farmers that pass by where they are
holding some very prominent street
corner down, and trying to make
mash on every lady that chances to
pass by them, and they can tell you
more of what we are doing to win
the war than anyoneselse can. They
are heavy on the WE. They can
dodge the Kaizer now, but there is a
time coming when they cannot dodge
the devil. don't think he will be
very proud of them but will have to
take them just because there is no
other place to send them. Just such
fellows are to be found in all towns
md are a disgrace to the land they
i've on. 1t is hard for me to stand
litched when | get to thinking along
hese lines. Ii we have to half starve
o help feed our soldiers l would
owe to see all go and share alike In
he hardships of war.
There is less being done in the
line than | ever saw here.
here is only one building of any
ote going up in Dallas. That is
he American National Exchange
'ank Building nearing completion.
When done it will be one of the fin. ,
st bank and office buildings in the
outhwest. 1t has frontage of 100 t
let and will be eighteen stories high.
he steel work is all up and they
re now laying the tile and brick. d
will be building any city will be p
roud Of There are some small CO
lildings 3 or 4 stories going up. "
| had an invitation to attend tc
rye initiation at Queen City Camp,
l. Q. w., Thursday night, but not CT
cling able l did not go. They 9,
anted me there to instruct the h.
ass in the works of the order. |
'preclate the honor, but did not al
Ell able to be out as | have been sa
mined to my room for ten days or nj
o weeks. As we are having some
autiful sunny days now l hope to nj
prove and get out some soon. gu
Hope this spring-like weather will NJ
ing out some of the correspondents
1T have been roasting their shins hi'
the fire since early fall.
Success and good luck to all. M,
60 Lone Star. Ell
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14
OWEN CHURCH.

Prayer meeting every Wednes.
day night and some form of re-
ligious service every Sunday
night.
A Junior League will be organ
lied next Sunday afternoon. We
hope to see all the children pres
ent.
E. R. LEWIS, pastor.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14

Wash Coppinger was in Jasper
Monday in the interest Of his
candidacy for sheriff.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-02-14
LOCAL.
Telephone. Jasper 59.M


J. A. Hatfield, Whitwell, will
read the News for six months.
Jas. Nolan, Tracy City. orders
the News for six months.
Chester Pitman, who has been
at Seco, KY, at work. was here
Friday.
Thomas Turner of Jasper, was
here Thursday. visiting his son,
w. R. Turner.
Chas. Colston, R. l, Jasper,
pays 81 to have his name on our
lists for one year.
J. H. Vinzant, Route 2, Whit
well, remembers the News with
amount on subscription.
Mrs. E. R. Lewis and children
have been visiting relatives at
Dunlap for the past week.
Miss Bertha Bowler returned
Monday morning from a visit to
the Mosier family at Bridgeport.
A. A. Billingsley, of Jasper,
pays arrearage for past year and
orders the News sent him anoth-
er year.
P. H. Jackson, Victoria. re-
news his subscription for one
year. He is another who must
have the News.
A Kifgore, Whitwell, orders
the News for six months, so as
to be up with the movements of |
things in general.
John E. Jones, U. S. S. Rich
mond. care Seaman Guard, Nor
folk, will read the News three
months, sent to him by his faith
er, Maloy Jones, of this place.
Leslie Rogers, Co. A, los, Bat
talon Eng, Camp Sewer, Green
vile, S. c., will read the News
six months. ordered sent to him
by his father, W. B. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Wagner,
Salt Lake, Utah, valued friends
of the News, pay their subscrip-
ton one year in advance from
April 7, 1913, for which they
have our thanks.
Our friend, F. M. Mccullough,
of Jasper, remembers US with
subscription in advance. His ]
are now in school at /
Knoxville, preparing for teach
ing in higher departments. 7
Mrs: Nettie Pryor and little \
son, Walter, of So. Pittsburg. Y
were here Thursday to see Mrs. o
Pryor's mother, Mrs. Mary Ran 81
lie, who has been very i'll. Mrs. Ii
Pryor ordered the News continu- V
ed to her another year. !,
Will Coppinger moved his fam o
ly to Whitwell Friday. where he g
las obtained employment from =.
he T. C. |. Co. His son, Gil =
,ert, has gone to Tatesville, and g
he family will perhaps move to 81
hat place in the spring.
Mrs. Edgar Smith, 17O5 nellie, +
anderson, Ind, sends 81 to have Z
he News sent her one year. We
re sorry to learn that her moth y
r, Mrs, Hammock, is in bad
ealth and has been belfast since
uly IL. She wishes to be re-
rendered to her friends here.
W. T. Miller and family of
ennington, Okla, have arrived
ere and are now occupying a :
ortion of the residence of VIM.
ord until they can purchase
lrm property near this place.
RS. Miller is an aunt of Mrs
ord.
Will Dixon and father have ia r
N a contract from the Haskew I
lmber Co., of South Pittsburg, .
get out beech timber in Little .
quachee Cove. They closed
e deal Friday and were here A
turday loading psupplies pre- +
ratory to going to work Mon -
y. =
John R. Rogers, Route 2,Whit-
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GASOLINE

Motorists desiring gasolene can get
1T from us.
NEWS PUBLISHING CO.
Sequachee. Tenn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28

TO San Francisco, with Cievelnnd.
Toledo. Chicago, and Cheyenne the
principal cities.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
'LENINE ~ KING. AND HAIC
~ A NsW Err s

Fran kiln, Ind, April 27.--ISen.ne is
king Of England, Haig Is palace in
Germany. Lloyd George is a prince
in France, and a periscope Is a large
gun used in heavy artillery. These
somewhat startling bits Of informa-
ton were found on quiz sheets of
Franklin High school pupils. Nine of
seyenty-hye pupils who tackled ten
questions on the war made passing
grades. Other bits Of news, likewise
startling found on the papers are:
Bolshevik is German officer. q peri
scope is the stem OF a submarine.
U-boat ts one that runs under water
and is shaped like a letter ''u,' and
machine gun Is large one moved from
place to place by machinery. More
nearly correct Is this: An iron cross
Is the reward given to soldiers for
killing Red Cross nurses
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
GERARD TELLS ABOUT
DREAM OF GERMANY
Aims TO Cut on England From
France and isolate Former
by Submarines.
SPEAKS IN PHILADELPHIA
Way TO shorten War is to Pr"parv
for Long One. He SAYS. and Ndds
Americas Turn VIII Come If Hun,
Arc Successful

Washington, April 27.--James W.
Gerard. formerly ambassador 10 Ger
many. tonight at the Y: NJ c A.
dedication OF the liberty hut. told his
audience or the German dream tha {
lies behind the present drive. 1t is
10 cut off England from France. per-
maps isolate England entirely by sub
marines
This is not going 10 he an easy
war. he said, 1T is not going TO
be short war: but there is a para
dox about our preparation and it is
TINS: III we prepare for long war we
VIII make the war short
I remem Der automobilirK once
along where the battle lines are
now in Flanders, and where about
ninety miles south of Dunkirk, and
extending four or FIVE miles, perhaps
ten. this curious formation caned
KENNEL hill, running east and west
rises suddenly out OF this absolutely
nat Flanders plain, Now that is the
ridge the German hordes are fighting
Tor tonight. and at this instant, while
We sit here, perhaps the bloodiest
fight OF all history, for the greatest
St<Ake is going on on the TANKS OF
KENNEL hill
Their plan In 20 drive through TO
the sea- seize the channel ports, and
they will run their submarines. the
small ones. in sections as they did
to the Mediterranean before, by rail-
road and put them in the water at
Calais and at BouioEue cut Off the
English from their base OF supplies IN
England, - parato I'm gland from
Franc" and perhaps cut off I'm gland
"A tog@thcr- And then they will carry
out that dream or Won Tirpitz which
he boldly announced Ir the sprin r.
OF 1875 He said when he WIS ad
vocatinE Hhat they .thcnselves called
heir ruthless submarine war Let us
nave this submarine guarantee
that IN two months we will bring Eng
.and 70 her knees with sta rvation.
md rs \ condition of peace We VIII
exact from England the surrender OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28

the whole British feet intact. We
will add fleet to our own, manning
them both with Germans and then
with those two fleets added toget her
we will sail for America and collect
from that fat. rich, cowardly. degen-
crate nation the eptire expenses OF
the war
Thu is their dream. That is what
they are fighting for tonight.
IF by any horrid chance the Ger
mans should break through. there IS
one cry that goes out from every nook
and corner of America: They shall
not win"
Secretary Of State Lansing. in in
Producing Mr. Gerard, congratulated
the Y. VI. G, 4. for their work and
said America "a united people pro-
claimed. their unalterable determina-
tion to put an end forever to the
rnilitarism which has produced such
intolcrable agonios and desolations in
the earth 4"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28

Washington, April 27-The roe
which Americas young aviators are to
play in the commercial and economic
/ life Of the nation after peace is de-
clared has been forecast by Rear-Ad-
miral Robert +. Peary. United states
navy in communication TO the Ma
tonal Geographic society, a part OF
which is made public as a war geogra
ply bulletin as follows
THAT the young men who are train
ing for hie-s in war service will have
an important and useful role to play
! IN the comm ercisL industrial and
scientific growth Of aviation is appar-
+ emit
When peace comes thousands OF mon
aud thousands OF planes will be re-
CURED for the mail service OF the fu-
iure. for policing the air. for aerial
coast patrol for aerial mapmaking by
RI cans Of aerial photography, for ex-
ptoration. and for rapid transit OF pas
sengers and freight.
AN aerial mall service has already
been outlined tentatively in Europe BY
both the entente allies and the enemy
governments France aud England
have had committees a. work for
nearly twelve months on plans for
utilizing their air fleets and air per-
sonnet after the war. Bavaria has pro-
posed an aerial traffic service for cen
trail Europe. and Prussia is said TO be
perfectinE arran Eements for a peace
time Hamburg to-ConStartinople mali
and passenger service.
How extensive may prove this
after-the-war aviation service may be
surmised from the fact that already
airpianes have been perfected which
ara capable of carrying aloft twenty
Eve passengers; other machines have
Il xya1 ~
while the record nonstop flight to date
g 1904 miles. only 19f miles short
OF the longest water gar in the Amer.
ica-to- Europe air course, by wav OF
the AIRES from Newfoundland That
transatlantic flight is a certainty Of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
AMERICAN AvIATORS AFTER THE WAR


the next few months. no reasonable
{ person doubts
British authorities have EXPRESSED
the belief that it will soon be possible
to go from London "a Paris and re-
turn in one day. or from London to
Bagdad in day and a half: to New
York in two days and to CeyIon in
two and three-quarters days Az
routes to India. with air currents AMI
possible landing stages are even now
being mapped
Every obstacle ~ nature has boon
overcome by the airman-deSerts. seas.
and mountains. Tho attainment OF an
altitude of four miles is now almost
commonplace. and the Alps have been
conquered on numerous occasions
Aiding the Government in training
Flyers.
THAT America IS not waiting SUI
pinely for peace to be declared before
she makes her preliminary prepara-
tions and experiments for the age Of
the airplane is indicated in the estar-
lishment recently Of a weli-marked air
route from Dayton. O.. to Rantoul. III.
as an aid to the training Of aviatora
This work has been carried for
ward under the direction Of Carl g.
Fisher, Of Indianapolis. chairman Of
the mapping committee appointed by
the national advisory committee on
aeronautica.
The initial program for a marked
route consisted OF serial mum bers
painted in large white figures on barn
roofs with an arrow pointing the d.
rection where a clear field of the
proper area for safe landing might be
found As% the event an emergency land
ing was necessary.
with the Indianapolis motor speed
way As central point landing deld
mum bers from ! to - were painted on
barn roofs between the speedway and
Dayt on. at an average disSance OF about
two miles apart From the spe edwav
to Rantoul the held numbers ranged
from to IS; size used. six TO ten
feet long by twenty four to thirty
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28

six inches wide. Tho distance betv cen
; the fields on this end OF the route
, averaged about four miles,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
Tonr Transcontinental .Alrwnys.

six inches wide. The distance betw cen
; the fields on this end OF the route
, averaged about four miles,
Four Transcontincntal Anyways.
THE details of this Dayton Rantoul
route present in a general way the ma
ture of the task which tho aviation
sign post pioneers will undertake N
mapping and marking the four trans
continental airways. proposed by the
Aero Club OF America and known as
the Woodrow Wilson, the Langley the
Wright Brothers, and the Bell and
Chanute routes.
The last Of these routes. extend
ing from Boston, Massachusetts. to
Seattle. Washington via Albany, sly
racuse, Rochester, Erie Buffalo. be
troit. Grand Rapids Minneapolis Bis
mark. and Great Fails. will be q rich
" deserved memorial to octave Chan
ute, the pioneer aeronautic engineer
and Alexander Graham Bell whose
name is more frequently associated
with other great gifts to humanity.
hut who in an unspectacuiar way
was potent factor in advancing
mans mastery Of the air
1T was the financial support and
personal encouragement Of the in
ventor of the telephone which largely
enabled Samuel +. Langley to con
tinue his experiments with heavier.
than machines, experiments which
were of inestIWahlc value to OryilIe
and Wilbur Wright who finally ac-
hievcd success.
Alexander Graham Bells support
was given nj a time when the fore
most physicist Of Great britain. Lord
Kelvin tsir William Thompsan). the
foremost astronomer OF America.
Simon NeWcornb and the Fprn-,cs+
business genius or this aga, Andrew
Carnegie. scofted at the possibility OF
mans flying
The name Of this sirway will also
be tribute to Mrs Bell whose gift
of $4,000 to the Aerial Experimental
association in l9U7-1908 made pozsi-
bile the experiments which resulted in
Glenn II Curtiss and i, A r Nc
turdy taking an active part IN the
of aeronauticz
The Woodrow Wilson airvgav VIII
extend in an airline from New York
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28

Brazil. Ind. April 2e.-Tourists
who pass along the National highway
through Clay county won't go hungry
II plan worked out by local citizens
rnateriahye& DR.. J. f. Baker William
+. Luther. T, w Englehart. post
matter. and NJ c. tanning have vol
unteered 10 set out apple trees along
a mile stretch OF the road ~ the
county cornmixs oners will endorse
tho plan. DR.. J, Il Baker. orb I'd
expert, has agred TO weep the trees In
condition along the apple tree lane
which is designed for the dual pur
pose Of providing shade and lunch
for tourists.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
IN The CHURCHES

The snecial evaneelistic services
which have been conducted AZ Groves
Avenue Baptist ,hurch for the past
two weeks will close today. At tina
morning service n ii O'Clock the pas-
TOR Dr w. &. james. will preach. ard
i ! Wicker will preach tho conclude
inv sermon of the series. There VIII
hc spcciai music and If is sxnec+sd
that large congregations will attend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
uRINkING FOuNT 10 RE
CARRIE NATION MEMORIAL

Wichita. Kan. April 21.--The Kan
sAs Womans Christian Temperance
union will erect drinking fountain
here near the Union station as me
mortal to the late Carrie Nation The
state association has voted $1,000 to
he devoted to that purpose
The city commissioners have agreed
70 accept the fountain In the name OF
the city. and to maintain the water
supply. II was in this city that Mrs
Nation began her nation wide cam
paigp Of saloon smashing. many years
aga
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-28
CONVICTED THIEF GIVES
GOODBYE "FET,D" IN JAZZ

Springfield. IN. April 27.-with the
toast, eat drink and be merry. for
tomorrow leave for the pen" Add
son Bentley, convicted and sentenced
to Joliet penitentiary for stealing au-
tomobiles, gave TO more than fifty
fellow prisoners in the county jail
here a banquet in honor of his de
parture. He bore The entire expense