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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
Miss Mary T. Hans Death.


AT her home in the city at 9
o'clock last Friday morning Miss
Mary 7 Hall passed quietly and
peacefully to rest. after anillness of
several years of consumption. She
was the daughter OF Rev. T. f. and
Mrs. Susan Hall. horn in Weakley
County December 10, 1919, and there
fore a little more thar. 81 years OF
age. Rev. Hall died at Arlington,
Tenn, in October 1894. and his
wife's death occurred in 1876.
There were six children, of whom
the surviving brother. s. w. Hall,
is the youngest, who IS engaged
with his uncle, w. w Hall, as
pharmacists in the city
Miss Mary consecrated her life
and devotion to the Savior and be-
came a member Of the Methodist
church at 9 years of age, and has
ever lived the purest and best of
Christians, one Of those sweet
tempered, noble characters, full of
the sunlight Of Gods love and ten
derness. Hers was an exemplary
lite. attentive to the cares of home
and brothers and sisters, all Of
whom, excepting the youngest
brother, have preceded her beyond
the confines of this existence.
Services were conducted at the
late residence by Rev. r. M.
Vaughn Friday morning at 9
o'clock, and her remains were in
tered in the City Cemetery.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

You may contend that Bing
pinks is a fine fellow, but let me
tell Yon he has a mean streak IN his
organism" ~why do you think
that2r Yesterday I wanted to
borrow his umbrella. You knew il
was just raining cats and dogs.
suppose you won't believe it butae
actually refused. Said he would
have to go out himself and would
need it. Such selfishness is actual
" disgusting
II you are sick all over, and don t
know just what ails you, it's ten to
one YOUR kidneys are our of order.
FOley's Kidney Cure will bring you
health and energy. Nailling's Drug
Store.
New York is full of books and
when the sixty-five Carnegie IL
braries are established and stock
ed" there will be free books acessi-
bic to all. The first public library
established in New York was in
1870.
Piles are not only most painful,
but also very dangerous, as the in
famed nodules are very apt to
take on malignant action and cancer
Of the reetum is produced. They can
be cured. Tabler's Buckeye Pile
Ointment will bure the most obsti-
nate cases. Prize soc in bottles.
Tubes 75c. Nailling's Drug Store.
One of the most perplexing posi-
tions in which a criminal jury ever
finds itself is when the jurymen be-
lieve the prisoner is guilty, but are
not sure of it. Int recent case in
Georgia the jury solved the difficult
ty by bringing in this verdict: I'VE
the jury find the prisoner almost
guilty
Children who are weak. fretful or
troublesome should be given a few
doses OF Whites Cream Vermifuge.
They will then become strong, healthy
and active, have rosy cheeks, bright
eyes, will be happy and laughing all
the day long. Price Zoe. Nailling's.
----
The physicians of Chicago and
health officers are much concerned
about some plan to extern1inate
rats, which they say are spreading
infectious diseases. No sure plan
for killing them has yet been decid-
ed on. The doctors, it seems, haven't
thought Of operating on them for
appendicitis.
~ had running sore on my breast
for over year, says Henry Il. Rich
ards Of WiIlseyville, N. VI, ''and tried
a great many remedies, but got no re-
lief until / used Banner Salve. After
using one-half box, | was perfectly
cured. | cOnnot recommend it too
highly Nailling's Drug Store.
Geo. w. Boyer, one OF the jurors
that tried John Brown, has just
died al Charleston, w. Va. But
one member of that famous jury
now survives William A. Martin,
who lives at Defaplane, Va.
Miss Mamie Smith, Middlesboro,
XIV, writes: "My little sister had |
Group very bad / gave her several
doses of Foley's Honey and Tar and
she was instantly relieved. 1t saved |
her life" Nailling's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

"A Voter" has been reading a Re-
publican papers criticism on the re-
districting bill, and inquiries what
gerrymandering means. In reply
we would say: A gerrymander is
transaction by which one party
does to the other what it believes
the other would do to it if the po-
sitions we're reversed Il is the
golden rule read backward Paris
Post.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
The First Monday In June, 1907,
Non-aesidsnt NOTICE.

GEORGE w. CLARK vs.. W. j. MATH-
Ews EFT AL.--PEN'DING IN THE
CHANCERY COURT OF OBIoN CoUN-
TY, TENNESSEE.
1t appearing to the Clerk and
Master Ia this cause from the bill OF
compiaint, which is sworn TO, that
the following defendants are nom
residents Of the State Of Tennessee,
so that the ordinary process OF law
can not be served upon them, t0-wit:
w. p. Matthews, Mary A. Starnes, -
Starnes, her husband, John w. Math-
ews, Jas. e Mathews, Bette A. Felts,
- Felts. her husband, Edna Maths
ews and Charles Mathews, Mary Belle
Holman and Holman, her hus-
band, Sallie Neal, 49, Neal, her hus-
band, Herman Langsford, Louis Par
rent, Maudie Parent, Ada l.. Math-
ews, Jennie Butts and 49, Butts. her
husband. 1t is therefore ordered by
the Clerk and Master that publication
be made In the Commercial, weekly
newspa per, published In Union City,
Tennessee, for four consecutive weeks,
commanding the said ab0ve-named
defendants to appear at the court
house in Onion City, Tennessee, and
at the Office of the Clerk and Master
therein on the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
Real Estate Transfers.

w. B. Clogs to Harry Morton, ! lot
in No. l, $500.
A. Wilson to S. P. Wright,lOo acres
in No. IL, $780,.
II. B. Bell and wife to w. P. Sim
mons, interest in ia acres in No. 7,
$3.50.
L. w. Everett and wife to LIB Mil
Ter, 1857 acres in No. 8, S7l5.
a. L. White and wife to Estella
Rinehart, lot in No. ID, $500.
A. Davis and wife to Julia Blake.
lot in No. 4, $500.
A. J. Garrison and wife TO w. FL.
Lauzer and wife, 2 lots in No. II, $50.
r. E. Taylor to.J. w. Scarce, 1876
acres in No. 6, 81 200.
B. M. Grimmitt and wife to j. r..
Williams, lot in 5, 5000.
J. c. Burdick and wife to w. e.
Webster, lot in No. 10, $500.
w. r. Webster and wife to w. e.
Webster, lot ia No. 10, 800.
II. G. Clement to Mrs. E.O. McCork-
er, interest in lot In No. s, $40.
w. M. Taylor to Albert Stevens, 81
poles in No. II, Sl06.
Thos. Warrington to Geo. NE. Ridge
way, l lot in No. 16, 300.
Mrs Carey e. King to r. 9. Usher.
125 acres in IA, $1,000.
2. II. Hurt to w. S. Stantield, | lot
No. Is. 1855.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Southern Democrats Of proml-
hence, who are willing to take the
Mckinley pill, are now invited to
choose the Federal offices in their
respective States they would like
to hold, but so far there is no rush
to hold Office under those condi-
tions.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
The creat Scourqe

Of modern times is consumption. Many
cures and discoveries from time to
time are published but Foley's Honey
and Tar does truthfully claim to cure
all cases in the early stages and al
ways affords comfort and relief in the
very worst cases. Talks no substitute.
Nailling's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

One fare 10 New Orleans, La, and
return. via the Mobile &yOhio r. r.
account Southern Baptist Convention
New Orleans, La, May 9-i7 Tickets.
On sale May 7, S and Q. limited for re-
tiirn passage, June 20 Final limit
may he obtained ~ June a,l90l.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Rheumatism is conceded to have its
origin ia a poisoned condition Of the
blood, and TO be most successfully
treated by Herbinc, which acts upon
the liver. Kidneys and other blood
purifying organs, thereby devesting
the system Of the offending agents.
Price Doc. NaillinR's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Geo. b. Aickock. Curtis, Wis, says:
sFoleyss Kidney Clire has been tested
and found to be all yen claim for It. /
have given Is % my father and II Is
the only thing that ever helped him. =
Naiifink's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

L. d. Arnold, Arnold. Ia, writes:
sHe was troubled with kidney disease
about three years. Had to get upsey-
eral times during the night but three
Bottles Of Foley's Kidney Cure effect
ed a complete cure, feels better than
he ever did and recommends it to his
friends. " Nailling's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
First Monday Of Iune, 1901,

that being regular rule day, and that
they enter their defense to said bill
by plea, answer or demurrer Gu =aid
date, or the same will be as to them
taken as confessed aud the case set for
hearing ex parte
This April 25th, 1901.
GEO. Al. GIBBS, G. & MI
ALEX N. MOORE, Solicitor for Com
plainants. los4W
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

When the liver fails to secrete bile,
the blood becomes loaded with bilious
properties, the digestion becomes frl-
paired and the bowels constipated
Herbinehas direct action onthe liver
and excnetory organs, and few doses
viii cure any case Of billiousness.
Price SOC. NaillinQ's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
Marriage Licenses.

Louis Castleman and Miss Dora e.
Carter.
J. NJ. Jonakin and Miss Emma Lam
caster.
James E. Gleeson and Miss Dora
Chatham.
S. D. Altman to Miss Rosie Bos-
wall
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.


All Doctors have tried % cure Ca
tarTh by tbs use OF powders, acid gases
inhalers and drugs in paste form
Their powders dry up the maeaoas
membranes causing them 10 crack
open and bleed The powerful acids
used in the inhalers have entirely
eaten away the same membranes that
their makers have aimed to cure, while
pastes and ointments can not reach
The disease. An old and experienced
practitioner who has for many years
made a close study and speciality Of
the treatment OF Catarrh, has AZ last
perfected a Treatment which when
faithfully used nOtonly relieves NJ once
but permanently cures Catarrh by re-
moving the cause, stopping the dis
charges and curing the Inflammation.
1t is the only remedy known to sci
ence that actually reaches the aiilict-
ed parts. This wonderful remedy Is
known as 'Snufiles the Guaranteed Ca
tarFh Cure and is sold at the extreme
" low price of One Dollar, each package
containing internal and external med
icine sufficient for one fun months
treatment and everything necessary
TO its perfect ase.
'tSnuflles" is the only perfect Ca
tarrh Cure ever made, and Is now
recognized as the only safe and positive
cure for that annoying and disgusting
disease. 1t cures all Inflammation
quickly and permanently and is also
wonderfully quick to relieve Hay Fe-
yer or Cold in Head,
Catarrh when neglected often leads
to Consumption "Snuilies. will save
you il you use il at once 1t isno ordi-
nary remedy, but a complete treat
ment which is positively guaranteed
to cure Catarrh in any form or stage
If used according to the directions
accompanying each package. Don't
delay but send for it at once, and write
full particulars as 20 your condition,
and you will receive special advice
from the discoverer of this wonderful
remedy regarding your case without
cost beyond the regular priceof Smut
fles the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure.
Sent prepaid to any address in The
United States or Canada on receipt OF
One Dollar. Address Dept. C79S. En-
WIN B. GILES g. COMPANY, 1880 and
1882 Market Street, Philadelphia.
--------------------------
The caller looked around her upon
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

The caller looked around her upon
a scene Of general untidiness. "Im
doing my own housework now
the hostess. 81 hadn't
noticed that it was done.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03
INSURANCE.

BECKAAM a GARDNER are the
leading Fire, Life and Accident In
suraHze Agents III West Tent eSsee.
Have them 10 write you out q policy
lm.d.w. les
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

One fare to Little Rock, Ark, and
return, via the Mobile & Ohio r, r..
account General Assembly Presbyter-
ian Church Of United States, May l6
passage TO June /, 1901.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

81 had a running sore on my breast
for over a year, says Henry r. Rich
ards Of WiIlseyville, N. VI, "and tried
a great many remedies, but got no re-
lief until used Banner Salve. After
using one-half box, | was perfectly
cured | connot recommend it too
highly.n Nailling's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Geo w. Boyer, one OF the jurors
that tried John Brown, has just
died al Charleston, w. Va. But
one member of that famous jury
now survives William A. Martin,
who lives at Defaplane, Va.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Miss Mamie Smith, Middlesboro,
KY, writes: MY little sister had
Group very bad / gave her several
doses of Foley's Honey and Tar and
she was Instantly relieved. 1t saved
her life. y Nailling's Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Children who are weak. fretful or
troublesome should be given few
doses OF Whites Cream Vermifuge.
They will then become strong, healthy
and active, have rosy cheeks, bright
eyes, will be happy and laughing all
the day long. Price 25c. Nailling's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

II youare sick all over, and don t
know just what ails you, it's ten to
one your kidneys are our of order.
Foley's Kidney Cure will bring you
health and energy. Nailling's Drug
Ctnrp
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

New York is full of books and
when the sixty-five Carnegie IL
braries are established and stock
ed" there will be free books aeessi-
bic to all The first public library
established in New York was in
1870.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-05-03

Piles are not only most painful,
but also very dangerous, as the in
famed nodules are very apt to
take on malignant action aud cancer
Of the reetum is produced. They can
be cured. Tabler's Buckeye Pile
Ointment will bure the most obsti-
nate cases. Prize SOC in bottles.
Tubes 75c. Nailling's Drug Store.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
EXECUTORS LONG TRIP.
New York Letter)

New York letter.
To perform one OF his duties as an
executor nuder the will of Coils p.
Huntington. who was his father-in-
law, Isaac E. Gates. vice-president of
the Southern Pacific railway, recent
ly made a flying rip of 5000 miles,
to the Pacific coast and back, in or
der that he might be in court for TWEEN
ty minutes while the will of the build
er of the Southern Pacific road was
admitted to probate in the supreme
court at San Francisco.
The date set for the probate of the
will was December 81. The laws OF
California make it necessary that at
estate must be in court when the pro-
bate is made. Gates is essentially a
man Of action, and so, instead of ask
ing for a postponement. notwith-
standing the fact that the period di-
rectly before the New Year is one of
graeat activity. Gates hurriedly pack
ed his grip on the afternoon Of De-
cember 81 and caught the Lake Shore
whish leaves the Grand Cen
trail Station at $50 o'clock in the af-
ternoOn. At $50 o'clock on Sunday
he caught the overland limited in Chi
cago. and, speeding west as fast as
steam could take him. he arrived in
San Francisco at z o'clock Christmas
night
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
ELECTROCUTED A MULE.
NEW MEXICO.
SOBER LEGISLATORS.

If the saloon men of Santa Fe tell
the truth the representatives TO the
present territorial Legislature are So
Der set of men, The saloon men are
kicking because they do not patron1ze
the drink shops of the capital village.
There are members of the legislature
who spend only So a week. said one
saloon keeper, land that includes their
room and board. The policy OF send
ing such men as that to the leSlsla-
ture means ruin to us. We need men
who know how to graft and in turn
will allow themselves to be grated
That is a good recommendation for the
thirty-fourth general assembly
TO INCREASE CAPITOL GROUNDS.
A plan is on foot to have the village
of Santa Fee purchase all the lands and
buildings north of the capitol, as far
as the Santa Fe river, and donate it to
the territory for an addition to the
capitol grounds. The present build
ings on the land are unsightly and the
o2YperS draw but little rent from them.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
THE RETURN OF THE CAMEO.

Old-fashioned canoes are now the
height of fashion. Those who have
any should make the most of them.
They are worn as ornaments and fig
ure on belts and bands and in the lat
est embroideries.
A good many of the old-fashioned
brooches with huge jewels in the CEN
ter. which we have abjured with a
vengeance. are coming back to us-not
to wear as a positive brooch. but to
mingle with leather. velvet or chiffon
in the ornamentations of dress.
Large antique pendants with jeweled
rims, containing miniatures. canoes or
enamelS, are worn on long, slender
chains. with jewels. cabochons or
agates or onyx, and the
short circles of pearl or coral are quite
with small star-shaped
pendants to snatch. and every smart
woman in Paris wears multitude of
charms on her watch or muff chain
Exchange.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
Deep Mining In
the Black Range.

Special to The Herald.
GRAFTON. N. NJ. Feb. 5-The Black
Range had had quite a snow storm
for the past week and the ground is
full of water, which insures early grass.
Cattle are going through the winter in
good shape and the prospect for the
COW man is good for a successful sum-
mer.
DIR. Walker had returned from New
York and has gone to the county seat
on business connected with his big
mining deal. He expects to commence
work in a short time by deep mining
on his large group of mining claims.
This is what is wanted to fetch the
Range to the front as a mineral coun-
try, and to prove to the mining world
that the range has the largest bodies of
gold ores in the southwest
B. s. Phillips of Colorado Springs, is
in the range with a mining expert eX
aiming the Minnie mine north of
Grafton.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
NeighbOrh00d Notes.

If the owners ask too much for them
steps will be made to condemn the
properties and in the meantime raise
the assessment in accordance with the
ideas which the owners have OF the
value of them.
BIG LAND DEAL.
An Arizona cattle man named Adams
has purchased for two eastern capital
lists named Deering and Bartlett, no.
900 acres of land from the Maxwell
Land Grant company at 81 per acre.
The land will be used mostly for a
game reserve but there will be some
cattle raised on it. A large quantity
of quail and pheasants will be turned
loose on it and $4,000 rainbow trout
will be put in the stream which flows
through it. This is the largest sale
that the Maxwell Land Grant company
has ever made.
FELL INTO A WELL.
Frank Wordin, had an experience
few days ago he will remember for
some time While in search of his
brother cowboys at Detroit the trail
led across the big we'll at l.. Baldwin
& Cos. pump station. The well is tim
bered and covered over with sand, and
the boys had been in the habit of cross
ing it on horse back. The roof gave
away dropping Frank and his faithful
steed into some thirty feet of water
below. Frank climbed up a pipe and
got out but his horse drowned.-Albu-
luerque Advertiser.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
Heard in Hotel LObbieS

Mining prospectors who spend most
OF their time in the mountains, fur
nish some amusing incidents when
they come to town. said G. Casper. a
prominent mining man from San Pc
dro, at the Zeiger. Il had an old
friend here last week who has spent
nearly all his time in the mountains for
twenty years. He always wears good
clothes but they are rough and not ex-
actly up-to-date. My old friend want
ed to take in the sights and asked me
to go with him. l told him he would
nave to dress up in more modern
clothes. He agreed. A few minutes
later l heard peculiar noise in his
room and went to see what was the
matter. He was trying to put on stiff
collar and didn't know how. He had
ruined two he had just bought and was
about to wreck the third. / helped
him trough with the mean task and
then he proceeded to put on a nice
black suit. L bought this suit in So
nora five years ago. he said. L got it to
attend funeral of a dead friend and
have not had it on since He finally
got fixed and we saw everything in
town worth seeing and spent several
hours at the opera house. He WIS de-
lighted with the expedition but once a
year was a plenty for he could not
stand the punishment of dressing more
Often
Harry Alexander and Mr.. Pratt of
New York, made trip to Jarilla yes
terday returning last night. Mr.. Pratt
was we'll pleased with the outlook at
Jarilla and says it all looks good to
him. The turquoise and gold mines
belonging to Pat Kelly are being
worked rapidly and great deal of min
eral is being taken out. There is an
other gold placer mine there where
one man and a boy are taking out
There is another gold placer mine there
where one man and boy are taking
out about $40 per day in pure gold. All
the copper mines of the Jarilla Cop
per company and the Jarilla Mining
are working on full time and
a great deal OF wealth.
Mr.. Pratt thinks Jarilla is a rich
camp and that there are great fortunes
to be made there. Il am no miner"
said Mr.. Pratt at his hotel, and saw
my first mines yesterday but from
what | saw there / am convinced that
a great deal of money will be made in
that camp. 1t requires very little work
to get the mineral out of the mines
there and that is a great thing in the
favor of that camp"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09
MIR. WI ON CHINESE LAW.
Explains Its History and Details to
New York State Bar Association.
New York World.)

WI Ting Fang, the Chinese min
lister at Washington, spoke on Chi
nese Jurisprudence
Mr. WI began by saying that Chi
nese law could be treated under three
headS-common. statute and case law
SomeOf the maXims of the common
law date back forty centuries. The
and a new edition, with summaries of
important cases, is issued every five
or ten years.
Persons in mourning are to be pun
ished with eighty blows if they marry.
The legal period of mourning for a
parent or husband is twenty-seven
months Officials must surrender
their offices during this period.
The law sanctioning divorce gives
seven justifyng causes, namely, bar
renness. asciviousness, disobedience to
her husbands parents, talEativeness.
thievery, jealousy and leperousy.
This is, however, is almost annul-
led by the otner part of the same sec
ton, which declares that. although
one of the above seven causes for
divorce can be chargeable against the
wife. yet if any Of the three against
a divorce should eXiSt-namely, Cd
the wife having mourned three years
Off her husbands parents, 90 the
family having become richafter hav
ing been poor at the timeof the mar
rage, and 90 the wife having no pa
rents living to receive her back again
then none of the seven aforemen-
toned causes will justify a divorce.
and if the husband should put away
MS wife upon such grounds he shall
be punished and obliged to take her
pack.
High treason. the greatest crime in |
Chinese law, is classified under the |
head of robbery. All persons con-
Sicted of this crime must be put to
1eath by blow and painful exc
;ution.''
Besides, all the male relatives in
he first degree. at or above the age
If 16-viz., father. grandfather. sons.
paternal uncles and their
'onos-shall be Deheaded. Male rel I
itives under 16 and all female rela- |
ives in the first degree shall be dis !
ributed as slaves among the great
'fficers of state. The property of :
offenders is confiscated by |
he state.