Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-22
DaHas, Tex.
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7:20 a. m. Tuesday to meet our
sister-in-law, Mrs. Laura Brack-
en- of Chattanooga. Tenn, and
go to Arlington with them. | ar
rived there a little late, but the
train was little late, 50 | was
there on time. Invent out there
and stayed two days. We met
out there Mrs. Melissa Byron, of
denton Co., her two daughters
and son. We had verv nice
time. | could not stay as long as
| would like to have stayed. |
had to get back and look after
my affairs here. ] will try to go
back to Arlington Sunday morn
ing if | can get off, altho' | have
an invitation to take dinner Sun
day in Oak Cliff. Have a fried
chicken dinner promised me. 1t
! is awful hard to turn down an in
vitation like that with the asso-
citation as pleasant as it will be
! if | go to Oak Cliff, but it will be
just as pleasant and will get the
chicken if / go to Arlington also.
| am of the opinion | will go to
Arlington as it may be the last
opportunity will ever have to
spend a Sunday with my sister
in-law and | can go to Oak Cliff
any day and enjoy the visit just
the same.
Mrs. Della O'dell, daughter of
T. S. Bracken, has been at Fl.
Worth three weeks in a sanitar-
ium to have an operation for gall
stone, and will be recovered e.
nough to come home this week.
She is doing fine and the opera
ton was a success Her return
home will be a special day of re-
joicing at her home.
can't say much as to our sold
Ter boys this week as they are be-
ing moved about so much to
make room for others to come in.
The shipment Of our boys across
the seas is being pushed to the
fullest extent now and we are
needing them over there, and
thank the Lord, they are giving
a good account of themselves.
We will soon have enough over
there to fix Mr.. Kaiser. and they
sure will do it. They will go to,
Berlin Ii we can get another
million Sammies over there then
they will get the old devil, and
great will be the rejoicing among
many nations.
We are having dry, hot wealth
er now. Everything is needing
rain. Cotton picking is getting
to be the attraction now.
There is very little work in the
building line. There are not
many new buildings being plan
ned or started now. They are
finishing some that were started
a year ago. The American Nat
ional Exchange Bank Building
on Main St. is nearing complet-
ton. 1t is a nineteen story steel
structure finished with white
tile brick. Makes a very beau
tiful building, and has frontage
of 100 feet. 1t is beauty and
will be used for banking and Of
fees. Even should the war end
soon it will be several years be-
fore business is back to normal
conditions. 1t is dark picture
before us. There will be high
tax and high cost of living, stag
nation of business and scarcity
of employment until there is
time for everything to adjust it.
self and get started again.
Mrs. ]. G. Payne is fixing to go
on a two weeks visit to North
Texas to visit her brother, E. C.
Bracken, at Paris and a sister
in-law few miles east of Paris.
Hope she will have a nice time
and get all of the pleasure she
can out of the trip.
G. w. Henson is stocking his
farm with fine hogs. He bought
two sows with eight pigs each,