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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16
SHOOTS HIMSELF
WHILE DESPONDEN7

So. Pittsburg, Oct. 14.-New-
ton Westmoreland, a moulder,
formerly an employe of the Wet
ter Mfg. c., shot himself at the
home of his sister. Mrs. Leach,
Annapolis Ave-. Sheffield. Ala,
during visit there last week.
Dependency was cause of act.
He was As years old and unmar.
ried. The act was committed just
as the family had got up from
dinner. Westmoreland going into
an adjoining room and commit
ting the deed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

One dollar a year is awful cheap
for this paper. 1t should be 81.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16
ST Must Have Been Dead at least
Months But Didn't Smell"

( Saw a big rat in our cellar last fall"
writes Mrs. Joanny, land bought ESQ
cake of RAT-SNAP. broke it up into
small pieces. Last week while moving
we came across the dead rat. Must
have been dead six months, didn't
smell. RAT-SNAP ia wonderful"
Three sizes, csc, soc, $l.OO
Sold and guaranteed by Sequstcbie
Supply Store. Sequatchie; Friend &
Gates, Victoria; Layne & Havron,
Whitwell; Whitwell Drug Co., Whit
we'll; +. T. Patton, Jasper; j. w. Simp-
son & Son, Jasper
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16
MRS. MARY A. PRYOR
DIES AGED 81

i MIS- MARY "A. TFyOf uleu dC net
home near Jasper Monday night
at 10 O'Clock. She had been in
! failing health for several years.
and about three years ago gave up
active management of affairs and
spent the winters in Florida.
She was the widow of Gen. Wash
ington Pryor. probably the
wealthiest citizen of Marion coun-
ty, to whom she was married
Feb. %, 1872. Her maiden name
was Mary A. Beene, and she was
the daughter of R. o. and Mar
tina (Raulston) Beene. She was
born in Marion county near South
Pittsburg Aug. 16, 1888. and was
81 years old. Her grandparents
were pioneers in Tennessee. her
grandfather, Col. Joseph Rauls-
ton, and his father publishing the
first newspaper published in
Tennessee. She was the second
child of a family of ten children,
and attended school at the Sam
Houston Academy at Jasper, and
afterward attended the Robert
Donnels Institute at Winchester.
She was a member of the PRINT
tive Baptist Church.
Gen. Washington Pryor, her
husband achieved fame in the
Mexican War. enlisting as a pri-
vate at Chattanooga, and went
with the command on flatboats
down the Tennessee and Missis-
sippi to Memphis. and thence to
Brazos Island, Tampico, and We
"a Cruz in sailing vessels. He
took part in the battle of Vera
Cruz, and then moving toward
Mexico City, took part in the bat
tie of Cerro Gordo. He was dis
charged and returned to Marion
in the year 1847, having served
in Haskel's regiment under Capt.
w. I. Standefer. 4
To Gen. and Mrs. Washington
Pryor were born two children:
Francis K. Pryor, who lives with
her mother. and who was educa-
ted at the Nashville College for
young ladies', and Andrew W. |
Pryor, who died in 1904. A. R.
Pryor, Of Jasper, the head of the
A. R.. Pryor corporation with ex-
tensive interests in garages in
Jasper, Tullahoma and Steven
son, Ala. is a grandson, as well
as. Lynn Clyde Pryor at Tulla-
homa, and Francis Pryor.
Mrs. Pryor was a woman of
strong business qualifications, and
after the death of her husband,
assumed the control of his lands
comprising over 5000 acres. She
established a dairy with over 100
hsad of fine registered Jersey
mich cows, and built the first
silo in Marion county in connec
ton Herewith of cement con-
After the death of
her son. Andrew w. Pryor. she
the management of the
iouriug mill established and OPP
Grated by him. and continued it
for several years until she got a
hand badly mangled by being
taught in the machinery.
The funeral was conducted
rom the beautiful home of the
deceased. located one mile north
# Jasper yesterday at ten o'clock
ind the body was conveyed to
South Pittsburg, where inter
nent was made in the Beene
graveyard near that city.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

The Spanish have a proverb
that Chestnut trees have lots of
stones thrown at them, Tor some
thing to that effect. which simply
means that the. man who tries to
do something in this world gets
lots of,hard knocks.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16
Mullins. Cove.

Special 10 tie Nftcs.
Rainy weather seems to be the
order of the day.
We had a splendid ball game
here Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Echols and daugh.
ter called on Mrs. Frank Ziede
one day last week.
Oscar Dacus called on Frank
Echols one day last week. K.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

j. L. Dane is riding around in
a Dodge Roadster, which seems
to be solid comfort. judging his
pleased exp cssion. He secured
it from A. R. Pryor, of Jasper.
who is selling lots of Dodge cars
in the valley.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

Patrons and students of the
Coulterville colored school. Ham.
ilton county. held a very credit.
able fair. 1t was their first at
tempt. ~
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

President Wilson says he will
never again send an army Of
khaki. Some other color, proba-
bly,, that he has in mind-in the
summer time, and green, so as
to camouf1age. J..
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

The Civic Gentle Of Sequa-
chee-the hotel blocks a ter
rible eyesore now. 81
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-10-16

sAifalfa requires a special root
bacteria by means of which, The
piants feed on nitrogen from the
cir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
OIL QUESTION IN
 | MEXICO REOPENED | BY A NEW ORDER
Foreign Companies Threat ened With Punishment for Drilling Wells With
 out Permit
By Associated Press

Washington. March 25-Officials of the State Department have begun a study of the order of the department of indus try at Mexico City threatening to punish foreign companies and individuals for drilling wells or doing other petroleum development work without permission or the federal government, it was learned authoritatively today.
 The order, which was made public by the state department yesterday, reopens the Mexican oil question which was be- lieved to have been left to the Mexican courts and the extra session of the Mexican congress to decide without further action either by the oil men or the Mexican government. British and French oil companies, As well as Amer isan, are interested in the recent develop ments.
 Ambassador Fletcher, who has been in Washington for some months aiding Act ing Secretary of State Polk during the absence of Secretary Lansing in Paris. conferred today with representatives ot the American oil companies and a state ment of the oil companies practice was laid before him. The feature of the oil trouble involved in the circular order issued in Mexico City last Saturday is said to date back to January, 1915, when Carranza was first chief and was beset with enemies on every side At that time he decreed that all development work should stop immediately and tha no new work should be undertaken with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
Famous American Ace
 at Colonial Theatre

That famous American Ace, Lieut.. Bert Hahl, will make a personal appearance in Birmingham Monday, March 31, at the Colonial theatre when his own photo play, "A Romance of the Air." will be shown.
 This modest, business-like Kentuckian. who was in Paris when the war broke out, and who promptly got into the thick of the fight for liberty, later becoming d charter member of the Lafayette Es- cadrille, is today one of the great heroes of the war.
 That he is film star of the first mag nitude will also be proven at the same time, for he will not only address the audience, but he will be seen by them in a seven-reel picture, taking the leading role in a stirring story of wartime and air fighting.
 The name of the picture is "A Romance of the Air." and the dainty leading lady of it is none other than Edith Day, the beautiful young leading lady of the Broadway success, Going Up.
 High above no mans land of France, came the man who gave battle to the Huns single handed. He fought until wounded--then he was obliged to land on the enemy's soil where in the garb Of a German officer, aided by American pluck, he made his way among the enemies ana during the hours which passed he held his life in his hands and matched his true born American grit against German treachery-until--he came upon the mos beautiful girl he had ever seen-she was an American-a guest in the home of the Countess of MoravIa. It was during theii second meeting that the true identies ol these two young persons were made known to each other How they succeed ed in outwitting the Hun Is depicted in maSterful manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

people of so many nationalltleS nave sung our Hawaiian music in America, but so few of them have been natives and they are the only ones who really know how to render the music, the prince said. of course, we natives arc born to the rhythm and rhyme and swing of the music; it is crooned to us when we are first old enough to hear; we are brought up on 1t in other words So much that passes for real Hawaiian music isn't Hawaiian music at all. It is simply an imitation There is tradition that the mis- sionaries who went to the islands in- l troduced the old gospel songs. Nearer My God to Thee and others like that, Prince Lei Lani said. "and that Ha- waiians transcribed the hymns into our own music and thus took their thunder. But this is not true, for just the "e- verse is the case. These missionaries 2 who went to the Hawaiian islands heard us singing and crooning our own native songs, and returning to their native countries transcribed our music | into their own musical language as 1t were and much that passes for Ha- waiian music is really not genuine Hawaiian music at all.
 Many of our best songs are as yet unwrtten." he continued, "and by that I mean have never been transcribed to paper; they are sung-passed on from generation to generation-but havs never been written.
 q have been in America IA years" l Prince Lei Lani said. "and I landed in l San Francisco with $1 in my pocket, and suit of clothes to my back. and"
 1 Now you are wealthy man,".1 ln~ | terrupted land all from your beaI-
 tiful voice.
 "Yes, my voice has been a money
 making institution for me- said the
 prince, "and it has been used almost i exclusively in making records for the i Victor which is the most, perfect of
 machines; the entire mechanism Of
 the Victor machine has been toned
 down like the finest violin until today
 it is as near perfect as mechanism
 can be. In making records I have~oft- en sung one song over dozens of time:;
 until there wasn't a flaw-a single Ge-
 feet in it. for no record is acceptable
 unless it is absolutely perfect. The artist himself judges of the record aft
 CT it is finished. I found no teacher to | give me the proper method of singing fo: the victrola, and my tone pro-
 duction was learned from Madame
 Ssqumann-H Heinz, whose beautiful
 voice is one of the best the Victor
 sponsors; for sustained tones and per
 feet tone production The Rosary as
 sung by Madame Schumann- -Heink is
 model at least the one I followed
 Also John Mccormack, whose ballad
 singing is perfect has been a great
 help and inspiration to me.
 "I consider the Victor machine one
 of the greatest instruments of educa
 tor now in existence,' the prince
 said flor children of just a few years
 of age now know all the grand opers
 arias, the artists, the composers in
 deed. 1t is wonderful musical educa-
 tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
PRODUCE MERCHANT
 GAINS 30 POUNDS
Is Also Relieved of Rheuma- tism Through Taking
 Course of Tanlac

'I not only gained 9 pounds on few bottles of Tanlac but can do more work than I have been able to do at any time in the last 10 years said c. B. Gwin. a we'll known produce merchant of Amory, Miss.
 For a long time my system was de- bilitated," he continued, and my diges- ton out of order so I could hardly eat a thing. I suffered from awful head aches, my nerves were on a strain and my muscles. felt like they were tied into Knots with rheumatism; lost weight and got weaker every day.
 T was induced to try Tanlac by a friend and 1t is making new man of me I now eat and sleep better than have in years, my rheumatism is all gone and l feel stronger and better than l have in long time.
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham by En- gene Jacobs drug store and Patton Pope Drug company, and by the leading druggists in practically every city. town and village in America.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
TO APPEAL DECISION

Montgomery, March 25.-(Special.) Atty. Gen. J. o. Smith gave formal notice Tuesday that he would appeal the decision of Judge Leon McCord in the telephone case to the Alabama su- preme court If the attorney general loses in the Alabama courts 1t is very probable he will go to the united States supreme court.
 Judge McCord refused to grant an ir junction preventing MT. Burleson and the Southern Bell Telephone ard Telegraph company from charging the present high rates for long distance connections. He ruled the suit was against the United States and there- fore 1t could not be maintained.
 Lawyers in Montgomery believe that the rteace treaty will have been signed before the courts have had time to act in the injunction case. Then the company automatically goes back to the owners and the Alabama public service commission will have power to fix the rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26

which is good. In a letter to the board of revenue he quotes the law relating to the jails and asks that the board comply with the law.
 He comments them however, on the good condition of the almshouse. Along with the Mobile report went reports on the jals of Baldwin, Conecuh and Escam bia counties. Dr. Andrews recommends that minor repairs be made on the Cone cuh jail. Of the Escambia jail the in- spector says it is insecure and the locks are out of order The Baldwin jail IS In good condition.
 Tn explanation of the dirty and in- sanitary condition of the jail, the sheriff stated that the county board of revenue had failed to provide janitors and ample supplies necessary for properly keeping the jail and had not had repairs made which he pointed out" says the report "Prisoners and deputies are used in cleaning the building. In support of this claim the sheriff gave me copy of letter which he addressed to the board of revenue on February 26 last, and It in a degree, at least, bears out his con- tention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26

NJ the matinee on Monday afternoon at the Jefferson at which my soou friend, MT. J. H. Holcombe, was most for his splendid young son, MT. L. V. Holcombe, who has been in the Aiheil- can army in France and IS now on the high seas en route home, anu VII" is the head of the c. c. Holcombe Mu- sic company-hundreds of people in Birmingham had the pleasure ot near ing the celebrated "Victor artist ana Hawiaan tenor, Prince Lei Lani lE. H.. Rose) in a beautiful recital or Ha- waiian songs.
 Enjoying the matinee-one among the enormous crowd-I was impressed with two facts especially; one is that Birmingham is essentially music loving town and the other is that Mr. Holcombe is 'one of the most progress sive and up- to- date promoters or mu- sic Birmingham counts to her cred'l.
 His spirit of generosity and ms de- sire to do everything to build BlrmlnS- ham up musically is demonstrated pS
 the many splendid things he has di- ready .done-his successful manage ment of the French orchestra recently and in days gone by the "impressarlo
 manner in which he managed "the Music Festivals" and other attractions, stand out as beacon lights to the mu- sical world of this city: And now An. Holcombe, realizing how much Ha- waiian music is enjoyed by music loV- CTS, and how eager people are to near it on the victrola, he invites the world renowned Hawaiian singer here as his guest for this week and to intro duce him gave the matinee party on last Monday, which delighted hun : dreds
 MT. Holcombe very kindly said he'd like to have me meet the "prince" and, of course, having heard and read so much about the noted singer, 1 was delig ghted. So, after hearing several groups of songs on his very attractive programme, I was much pleased to
 have the pleasure of meeting him. This interesting artist, with a name like oriental perfume and a voice well-someb said as we were leav- l ing the matinee-"like an angels"- carries with him the real atmosphere of the Hawaiian islands, for he is eXo- | tic, temperamental and very musical. has all the fascination of the native 1 Hawaiian and the inrate love of music
 wlich he possesses, makes him truly l the big artist he is.
 | Perhaps there is no other singer to- l day who sings for the "Victor" who is i half so popular as Prince Lei Lani, his
 rendition of Hawaiian songs is eN | quisite and to hear him sing ths 1 'Alohe IS really tremenduouS urea 1 The "Alohe," the prince told me ir | chatting about his native music, "is | so often mistaken for our Hawaiian national air: it isn't at all, you know 1 the Hawaii pono-lf is our national air 1 and is very beautiful"
 "When asked which my favorite SC | lections are in Hawaiian music, | Prince Lani said. q find it an easy | matter to answer. for besides the
 'Alohe' I like 'Akahi-hoi' and 'Swee Lei Lehna. These are typically Ha waiian.
 Another odd thing is that so many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
STATES SEND wREATHs

Here the caisson memorializng the dead was halted. Men, all wearing the distinguished service cross, who had been leading the horses lifted the wreath of the Twenty seventh off the catafalque and laid it revently at the foot of the honor roll. By nightfall wreath from every state in the union had been placed beside that of New York.
 On up the avenue moved the division to the Court of Jewels, which spannea the street where the park begins. once through the arch, which slittered like brilliant bauble. the marchers came abreast of the great stand on when sat their relatives.
 The volleys of cheers became con tinuous roar as the head of the line came into sight of the stands. Back of the doughboys came the divlslonai machine gun corps. Ihey were the men whose orders were, in the face Of an impending drive:
 If the gun teams cannot remaln here alive they will remain here dead. Sh0uld any man through shell shock or any other cause attempt to surrender ne will remain here dead-dead Bringing up the rear were the neld artillery brigade. the engineers and the various trains with the Red cross at the end of the line. M As the caisson of the dead reached the official reviewing stand Tn front of the Metropolitan museum a puglef sounded taps" while West Point cadets. standing rigidly at attention, dipped their colors, officers saluted and lhe army of dignitares and officials With l Governor smith barred their heaos. Another mile and half past the ! packed stands and the parade was over, Here it was that O'Ryan, surroundea
 by his staff, reviewed his men for. the | last time.
 1 Under the screen which marked the
 end of the way marched the last unit, I The Twenty Seventh division, united | States army. has written it's chapter
 upon the scrool of fame and passed into ] history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26

Montgomery, March 25.-(speciao Six weeks after recovering from a se- were attack of influenza Tallapoosa county woman developed case of lethargic encephalitis, known as sleeping sickness" according to an official report received at the state board of health from c, c. Ferguson county physician of Tallapoosa county.
 The patient lives at Camp Hill. Last report indicates she is recovering.
 This is the first report to be received at the state health department or "sleepine sickness" Newspapers have reported four cases. The Camp Hill woman slept for week, the report says
 Statistics issued at the office of Dr. Perry of the health board Monday showing the number of communicable diseases for the week ending March Zz follow:
 Typhoid, 6; smallpox, 19; measles, GA scarlet fever, :; diphtheria, IA; menln- gitis, 6; influenza, Al.
 LIFE SENTENCE COMPUTED
 Montgomery, March -(Special.)-Aft-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
EARLY MAY ITO RECORD
 COMPLETIO VIADUCT

the only construction work going on here, the work being in town and for other reasons. there has been no great shortage of labor
 Labor for the work is plentiful now but is more expensive and about 70 per cent as efficient as four years ago, and is about 50 prr cent as efficient as 10 years ago, it las been stated.
 The cost of the viaduct is strictly ac cording to contract by the unit system It Is estimated that the total cost of the viaduct will be slightly over s20o,oO0 all told, about 20 per cent of which, it IS understood, is to be paid by the city Of Birmingham.
 There is sufficient supply of material on hand except a few smal items, such as sand, to complete the construction, ac- cording to authorities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26
Three Million Weep and Cheer as "New YOrk's
 Own" 27th Marches in
 Review Yesterday
Continued from Page One)


 spans the avenue at Madison Square the procession was halted by the spec tators, who plunged into the street. It was with difficulty that the police forced a way for the troops to pass, in columns of squads.
 As the head of the division went past the pylons of a Roman forum, leading up to the arch. Sergt. Reider Waaler of the 105th machine gun battalion. dec orated with the congressional medal of honor and the distinguished service cross. severed with trench knife the silken cord which barred the way and the vanguard of the division passed through.
 Under the arch the division moved on through narrow lane between the crowds to the court of the victorious dead at the public library. The roll of honor and the records of their heroic deeds were in the center of a cluster of trees, surmounted by crossed spears and golden eagles. from which hung golden shields emblazoned with the d. vic inc i1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-26

Work on the Twenty-first street via duct vii be completed and the structure will be ready for use between May and May 10, according to authorities on the construction of the viaduct.
 Work was begun on the viaduct July 27 and originally it was to have been completed within F months, On accoun. of conditions brought about by the var the construction was brought to q stand still and an extension on the contract was granted. It has been stated that the main immediate reasons for the de- lay were due to shortage of material, shortage of cars in which to haul the material and railway facilities neces- sary to get it here. Because of the fact that the construction of the viaduct was