The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-10-18

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sbelbysiIle, this State, has bad
case Of the oil fever. and the chef
enthusiasts are preparing to bore
a hole N the ground.
The firm Of Cook Brothers. 1t.
Santa Fe. near Columbia, has
made deed Of trust, naming j.
3. McLemore, trustee.
The courts of Memphis are
making il hot for the fellow with
the twenty-five gun. If they con-
tinue the pop toters will be selling
their guns for scrap iron.
a careful poll Of the registered.
voters Of Meanwhile indicates
that saloons will be voted out Of
that town on November IS, the
day the election is to be held.
Col. Henry Watterson, Of the
Courier journal, has announced his
candidacy for the Democratic nom
nation for Governor Of Kentucky.
The Colonel thinks he can unite
all factions and win in walk.
The general passenger and
ticket agents Of the United States
are il session at Asheville. We
print this item for the express
9ypose of telling that the ASSOC
chiffon has with them as guest
Minister Wa Ting Fang.
Just over the line in Virginia,
near Bristol, w. Il, Smith got out
n of Jazz and armed himself
~ 4 jug and started to his coun-
ri home. He had been drinking
heavily and sank down in the road
Fiih his jug beside him. 1t rain
4 while he slept and sufficient
anne down the road to drown the
san He was IS years Of age.
Enlistments Of 10000 men of
III army ii the Philippines will
zpire next summer, and 10000
men Of the regular establishment
Will be ordered to replace them.
President Rockwell has no inten
ton Of reducing the force in the
archipelago, provided the situation
does moi permit such acts, and he
IS even prepared to go to the
point Of sending re-enforcements
should Maj. Gen. Chaifee deem
them necessary.
The Nashville police have just
made one Of the most important
captures of recent years, in the
arrest Of Annie Rogers, alias Maud
Williams, woman rs years Of
age, who is no doubt connected
with the gang Of train robbers
who, on July 3, held up and rob-
bed Great Northern train near
Wagner, Mont, and secured about
$A3, 900 in bunk notes. She was
trying to exchange a lot Of the
stolen notes at the Fourth Nation
ii Bank.
j. w. Skinner, Of Memphis, the
lMte defendant in the Criminal
Court, charged with the murder OF
Dir. Hal S. Scruggs, and who was
acquitted after trial of six days,
has fled a $4,000 damage suit
against Justice Of the Peace N. +.
Ingram, who committed him to
Jail. The ground of the action il
false Imprisonment, the suit being
brought in the circuit court. jus
tice Ingram il magistrate Of the
fifteenth civil district of Shelby
County.
Duke Il. johnson, ST., aged
about S. years, shot himself with
an old army carhine at his home
ID Wavely Place, 4 suburb of Nash
vile Tuesday. The family claim il
was an accident, but from the di
rection Of the bullet it is evident
that the gun was fred with the but
on the floor and the muzzle very
close to Mr., Johnson's body, he
being at the time in the act 81
leaning forward over the rifle.
Mr.. johnson says the accident
happened just as be had finished
cleaning the rifle.
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Co., 81 Eronklin, Tenn, has clos
ed its doors and announced that il
would suspend business for ninety
days The last statement Of the
bank was issued june 80 last, and
ii shows that while the bank was
chartered with capital Of So,
900, only 1850 Of this had beer
paid in. The liabilities at thai
time we're sSo,055.s7, including