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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
1.-THE BAR"

The saloon is sometimes called a
bar. That's true.
A bar to heaven, a door to hell;
Whoever named it, named it well.
A bar to manliness and wealth,
A door to want and broken health.
A bar to honor, pride and fame,
A door to sin and grief and shame;
A bar to hope, bar to prayer,
A door to darkness and despair.
A bar to honored, useful life,
A door to brawling. senseless strife;
A bar to all that's true and brave,
A door to every drunkard' s grave.
A bar to Joys that home imparts,
A door to tears and aching hearts;
A bar to heaven, a door to hell;
Whoever named it, named it well.
Arkansas Methodist.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
11ems Srom our Correspondents

Rev. B. L. Holder is conducting
a series of meetings at this place
this week. We hope great good
will be accomplished tkerefrom.
Messrs. Bowler Glover and fami-
ly and Frank Cunningham and
family are spending the week at
Combs Springs, near Hickman.
Miss Sallie Thomas, of the Beth
ehem neighborhood, was one among
the many that attended the ice
cream supper here Friday night
Prof. w. T. Wilkersons school
at this place is progressing nicely.
Miss Mary Fulgeon is teaching a
very successful school at Hampton,
near here.
The ice cream supper at this
place last Friday night was quite a
success. There was a large crowd
present and everything went off
smoothly and nicely.
VIOLET.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25

]. M. MOORE, Co. Supt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
Marriage Licenses,

S. f. Pool and Miss Ethel James.
Walter Grain and Miss Edna
Tasting.
O. L. Ross and Miss S. L. Under
wood.
Jesse c. Fuqua to Miss Maud
Terrell.
]. T. Mitchell and Miss Georgia
Clark.
II. M. Flack and Miss Jessie Pra-
Their.
Frank w. Lee and Miss Lennie
B. Cloar.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
To Public School Directors.

In the Public School Laws Of
Tennessee, Section 20, we find
these words: mo teacher of pub
lie schools shall be employed or re-
ceive any pay from the public
funds unless he or she has a GER
tifcate of qualification given to
him or her by the County Superin-
tendent for the county within which
he or she is employed. No such
payment shall be allowed, if made,
and any officer who shall make or
sanction it shall also be subject to
penalty of not less than five nor
more than fifty dollars; and for
like services of male and female
teachers, like salaries shall be
paid. The foregoing law is sound
and worthy of the highest respect,
hence will be rigidly enforced. In
order to have efficient schools we
must have qualified teachers.
BY a united effort and the fixed
determination on the part of school
officials to chew to the line" our
schools will ere long cause us tc
rejoice that God has used us to &C.
complish noble end.
]. M. MOORE, Co. Supt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
PLEASANT HILL.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John En-
zell last Tuesday 81 pound girl
Lee Mills lett us and moved to
Clinton Callicott's place near Har-
per's Valley last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Callicott
visited Mrs. Jess Kitchel, of Rives,
Sunday, who has been sick for sew
eral weeks.
Mrs. Belt Ezzell, who has been
spending a week with her son,
John Ezzell, returned to her home
in Polk Station Thursday.
The Pleasant Hill and Rives c.
P. Sunday schools will have a union
picnic on the Obion River below
Rives next Friday, July IS.
t. w. Allen, who has been spend
ing several weeks with his sister,
Mrs. Ernest Shropshire, returned
to his home in Mckenzie Saturday.
Quite number came from Rives
and adjoining neighborhoods and
put in the day working on the GEM
eteries, which look greatly i'm
proved.
Some of the young men OF this
neighborhood gave an ice cream
supper to twelve young ladies last
Saturday night at the home OF Gus
Callicott, which was enjoyed by all
present.
We learn that three of our most
brilliant young men are preparing
to keep batch. What does this
mean? 1t looks rather suspicious,
most especially as we see them out
driving so often with some beautl-
tul Bird.
Mr.. Alex Edma1ston and family
returned Monday from several
days visit to his brother, Will Ed
maiston, at Elbridge. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. Will
Sanders and two children, who will
visit them until Saturday.
Tuesday evening Misses Bette
and Ora Null, Susie Carter and
Maggie Johnson, accompanied by
the Messrs. Kersey, Mr.. Null and
Mr.. Cloys, came out from Union
City to Mr.. Bob Tidrow's, where
they met several young people who
were gathered from this neighbor-
hood. The crowd was highly en-
tertained with music and games
after which refreshments were
served by the fair hostesses, Misses
Mary and Norma Tidrow.. All
went to their homes after spending
a most pleasant evening.
A. B. C.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25

NORTH SIDE LOCALS.

Will Mechanism is IN Hickman
this week.
Mrs. Friel Naylor is on the sick
list this week.
Henry Isbelle spent Sunday with
Manse HARRISON.
Mrs. Aft Taylor spent Monday
with Mrs. Willie Stalcup.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Harpole were
in the city shopping Wednesday.
Jim Pruett, of Bessie, Tenn, is
visiting relatives here this week.
Manse HARRISON visited relatives
in Hickman Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Misses Dane and Bessie Carter
are visiting relatives in Rutherford
this week.
Mrs. Maggie Moss and daughter,
Mrs. Gibbs, visited Mrs. d. Y, Har-
ris Tuesday.
Mrs. Dick Corum and daughter,
H. L., spent Wednesday with Mrs
Bill Johnson.
Mrs. Mary Thompson spent
Wednesday with her sister, Miss
Laura Scott.
We regret very much to write
that Miss Nellie Naylor is very sick
with typhoid fever.
Mrs Dorrell Harris and daugh-
ter, Jeanette, visited Mrs. D. Y.
Harris Wednesday.
Mr. Arch Hale spend Friday and
Saturday in Fulton with his cousin,
Mr.. George Pickering.
Mr.. r. p. Wh1tesell spent Thurs
day night with his mother, Mrs.
Jessie Whitesell, of Fulton.
Miss Icie McGaugh, of Mt. Zion
neighborhood, spent Thursday
night with Miss Ada Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Harris gave
a party Monday night in honor of
their guest, Miss Priest, of Nash
vile.
J. ]. Moore and family, Of Thorn
town, Ind, after spending the
wheat harvest here, returned home
Friday.
Several young boys and girls of
our vicinity attended the ice cream
supper at Hale's School House
Tuesday night.
Mrs, Bette Pickering, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Cage
Hale, for the past two weeks, re-
turned home Friday.
Mr.. Luther Woodland and family,
of Obion, spent Sunday night in
our vicinity with the formers uncle,
Mr. James Caruthers.
Miss Priest who has beer visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Steve Harris, for
the past month, returned to her
home in Nashville Tuesday.
Mrs. r. P. Whitesell and chill
dren, who have been at Dawson
Springs for the past week, are ex-
pected home Friday or Saturday.
Misses Lula Naylor and Beulah,
Litford, of Bethlehem neighbor-
hood, spent several days last week
with their friend, Miss Mary
Cheatham.
Mrs. M. ]. Carter left Saturday
for Bandana, Ky, where she will
spend the remaining part of the
summer with her daughter, Mrs.
Chas. Mat1ock.
Miss Perdia Callicott, of Pleas
ant Hill, who has been with her
cousin, Miss Belle Cummings, for
the past month attending institute,
returned home Saturday.
ToPSY.
The Best Prescription For Malaria
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25

Chills and Fever is a bottle of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is simply
Iron and Quinine in tasteless form.
No cure, No pay. Price, SOC.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
ELECTION OFFICERS.

judges and clerks the election to
be held August 7, 1902:
Dist. No. Harris. JIM Fowlkes,
John Swiggart, D A Shoup, judges;
Des Allen, J c Griffin, clerks; b
Woodfin, officer.
No. Jordan. ] F Reeves, w
H McClanahan, Bird Reece, judges;
S A Key, T F Naylor, clerks; W II
Harpole, officer.
No. Woodland Mills. ] A
Prewett, ] c Isbell, Lon Henderson,
| Judges; w D Jones, A Roberts,
clerks; L Glover, officer.
No. 3-Clayton. Green Cloar, J
r Mosier, Thomas Marsh, judges;
] L Glover, Van Brown, clerks; J F
Mosier, officer.
No. 3-Crystal. ] N Hull, N B
Fluffy, B F Hawkins, judges; Mad
ison Hale, VIM Boston, clerks; Ed
Kersey, officer.
No. 4-Rives. Clint Callicott, W
w Holloway, Geo F Bolts, Judges;
Virgil Benton, J E Hogan, clerks;
S E Agnew, officer.
No. 5-Hornbeak. P w Williams,
John White, P Nicely, judges; G
w Ferguson, J r Ellington, clerks;
S M Fields, officer.
No. Samburg. L w Rains,
Robt Hamilton, John Page, judges;
Chunk Applewhite, Frank Sparks,
clerks; ] S Shaw, officer.
No. 6-Troy. H Van Glover,
Wade H Pyles, w A Brown, judges;
Jake Brantley, P A Bowman, clerks;
F B Taylor, officer.
No. 6-Polk. Jas P Nichols, E
F Cunningham, Thomas Buchanan,
Judges; Mike Buchanan, H c Led
better, clerks; James Blanton, Off
GER.
No. Crittenden Grove. w B
Stovall, T D Jackson, N Mari
Judges; E c Jackson, Brock Hogan,
clerks; Wright Phebus, officer.
No. 7-Brann's School House.
Joe Davis, Geo w Phebus, James
Hatchett, judges; John Walker,
Thos Flack, clerks; James Davis,
officer,
No. 8 -Kenton. II M King, M
E Watts, S N Page, judges; ] H
Foster, John N Tull, clerks; W W
Casey, officer.
No. 9--Beeler. John Jackson, D
II Boone, judges; w T Slower,
clerk; w M Freed, officer.
No. 9-Minnick. Jno Will Thomp-
son, II J Barnett, J p Smalling,
Judges; c N Shives, Geo Newkirk,
clerks; r ] Glover, officer.
No. 10-Caldwell's. T H Latimer,
A Ratliff, J H Nicely, judges; M
Glasgow, Walter Julian, clerks; J
H Jones, Esq, officer.
No. 11-Mason Hall. J E Garri-
son, W H Nichols, Willis Wood,
Judges; NJ D King, Chas Boyett,
clerks; J N Ruddle, officer.
No. 11-Trimble. Jack Collins,
Sol Macon, Geo Glasgow, judges;
Prof w w Pierce, Luther Pierce,
clerks; Mike Gauldin. officer.
No. 12-Talley's Mill. Jas Hick-
man, J c Lee, Miles w Williams,
Judges; ] Mat Caldwell, Frank
Brown, clerks; w A Lee, officer.
No. 13-Union City. H w Miles,
Sam Wade, G M Adams, judges;
Chas Dietzel, Edwin White, clerks;
W r Pace, officer.
No. 14-Glass. r F Cunningham,
James Abbott, w B Holloway,
| Judges; Emmett Harris, Thomas
Stull, clerks; F p Moore, officer.
No. 15-Obion. E Green, VIM
Morris, Laster Crawford, judges;
r Cox, M L Biggs, clerks; Johu
Palmer, officer.
No. 16-Fulton. John 7 Neither
land, c H Cathey, c A Wilson,
Judges; r S Morris, James Oliver,
clerks; 7 Russell, officer.
No. 16--McConnell. h H Mitch
ell, A L Russell, E Powers, judg-
es; J NJ Chambers, w E Baucum,
clerks; B L Fowlks, officer.
No. 16-Pierce S G Averitt, Jar
Wis Pierce, Lex Blackburn, judges;
] L Adams, Taylor Mckinney,
clerks; r A Gossam, officer.
Florida Oranges are sweet, juicy
plentiful and cheap, at Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25
For Sale.

Good paying business, One car
do the work. Light expense. Ad
dress D. H. L., this office.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25

The equal of any and better than
most hours-the Sunshine, made
by the Dahnke-W Walker Milling
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25

Florida Oranges are sweet, juicy
plentiful and cheap, at Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-25

Bread and cakes baked daily
Dahnke's.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

In a recent letter to DR.. Hartman.
Congressman Botkin says:
my Dear Doctor-It gives me pleas
ure to certify to the excellent curative
qualities of you. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Manalin. l have been afflicted more or
less for a quarter of a century with ca
tarrh of the stomach and constipation.
Aresidence in Washington has increased
these troubles. A few bottles of your
medicine have given me almost COM
plete relief, and am sure that a contin-
uation of them will effect a permanent
cure j. D. Botkin.
Mr.. L. F. Verdery, a prominent real
estate agent of Augusta, Ca, writes:
81 have been a great sufferer from
catarrhal dyspepsia. Tried many ply
sicians, visited a good many springs,
but l believe Peruna has done more
for me than all of the above put
together Ifeel like & new person. -
L. F. Verdery.
The most common form of summer
catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This
is generally known as dyspepsia. Pc
ruua cures these cases like magic.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanita1um. Columbus, O.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
white Holland Tarkeva.

Ihls variety is sometimes known as
the White Turkey. It is not so popu-
lar as some other kinds, yet in a. few
localities it is favorite. Many breed
ers that have had an opportunity to
compare this turkey with others assert
that 1t is one of the most profitabl
kinds. The White Hollands grow
rapidly and attain a heavy weight at
an early age. They are perhaps the
best layers among turkeys. It is some
times reckoned as a fault that few
hens want to set early in the season.
and large number Of eggs and no
broody hens is not an uncommon oc-
currence. I believe them to
be good turkeys and worthy of the
best efforts Of the breeders and farm
ers In general, and think that no one
need be seriously disappointed in them
if he goes ahead properly and knows
what he is doing. The standard
weight for White Hollands is given as
rs pounds for the cock and Is pounds
for the hen.-George C. Watson. vi"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Passage OF the Cleo Bill


The oleo bill has passed the Senate
again, after being sent back to the
House, and is now in the hands of the
President. The bill contains now much
more than it did when it went to the
House on its first passage by the as
sembly. The bill then provided only
for the controlling Of the oleomarga-
rlne product. The Senate amended it
to include all renovated and adulterat-
ed buffers, and made the annual tax
for manufacturers $500. When it got
back to the House that body reduced
this tax to $50 in the case of renovat-
ed butter: The Senate agreed to the
amendment, and so the bill passed. It
has taken several years of very hard
work on the part Of the dairymeu to
get this bill enacted into law. Its best
provision is perhaps placing these ar
ticles Of food under police regulation
OF the various states. So it will be no
longer possible to ship in packages of
bogus butter under the cloak of the
original package decision" The oleo-
margarine men assert that the law
Will be declared unconstitutional
while it's friends are equally certain
that it will not so be declared but that
1t will stand approved by the courts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Varying Quality OF Milk.

Milk sold in cities has a surprising
lack Of uniformity. Figures collected
by people connected with Hull House,
Chicago, and with Lewis Institute.
Chicago, show this. Though the price
may be constant, the food value of the
milk sold is never that. The legal re-
qulrements for milk in Chicago are
per cent solids other than fat and 8
per cent f1t, total solids, II per cent
Yet some Of the samples of milk taken
fell below 8 per cent total solids, in
Guiding the fat, while others went as
high as topper cent solids. One sample
OF whole milk analysed 2 per cent fat
and 4.24 per cent? other solids. An
other sample analysed 82 per cent fat
and 8.08 per cent of other solids. There
were all sorts Of variations between
these two extremes. In the case of the
very poor milk mentioned there is no
doubt that water had been added CO.
plously. In the case of the richest
uilk it is altogether probable that the
milk Included more than it's rightful
proportion of cream. Sometimes fraud
is the cause Of the inequality and
sometimes it is accident. It is obvious
that II can of milk is served out
from faucet the cream will continue
TO rise while the milk is being ped
died out. AS result the last custom
ers get an excessively rich milk at the
expense of some others.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Experiment. in Steer Feeding.

A cooperative experiment in steer
feeding is being carried on under the
direction of Professor H. w. Mumford
of the University Of Illinois at the
farm Of e. D. Funk, Shirley, Illinois.
The object of the experiment is to de-
termine whether shock corn or ensi-
lage is the best ration for beef making.
Fifty calves, each eight months old,
were divided into two lots, one Of them
getting ration largely of shock corn
with minimum amount of whole
oats and clover hay. The other lot
gets exactly the same amount Of oats
and clover hay, but the calves in this
lot get their corn and corn slower in
the form of silage. Equal acreage of
silage and shock corn were set aside
for this work so that at the end of the
experiment Professor Mumford will be
able to determine whether more
pounds of beef can be made from an
acre of shock corn. Careful records
are also available showing the rela-
tive cost of harvesting and feeding the
silage and shock corn to be used in
this experiment. The calves will be
turned to. grass about the middle OF
May and gains through the summer
season observed. The animals used in
this experiment will be finished on ST.
lage and shock corn next fall and win.
ter.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Yokahama Fowls.
Yokohama fowls are noted for the
immense length Of the tail and hackle

feathers. Another variety, said to be
superior in these points, is called
Phoenix fowl. The Fung or Phoenix
fowl is one of the myths of the JAP
anese religion, and is often seen in
Japanese pictures. It is thought the
Yokohama fowls are like those often
seen in the paintings, hence the name
Phoenix is applied to the breed. The
tails of these fowls average about a
yard in length, and their colors and
general appearance are those of the
games.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
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Comparative Value of Milk.

COMPARATIVE F0lO0 or N1NAs
Professor Fraser of the Illinois Ag-
r1cultural College has been making
some close computations as to the rel
alive value of milk and beef as food.
In this time of high-priced meat, those
who are inclined to milk diet will
lind much comfort in perusing the hg-
ures. A reading of them will increase
the respect of the ordinary consumer
for skimmilk. The professor takes 20
cents worth each of steak and milk
for comparison. With the sum named
he purchases five quarts Of whole milk,
skimmilk, or two pounds of round
steak at l2k cents per pound. In the
whole milk he finds 1869 pounds OF
protein, in the >skimmilk .657 pounds
and in the beef steak 1850 pounds. At
it's market value the skimmilk con-
tains more food value than either the
beef steak or the whole milk. 1t will
be noticed that the protein contents of
the whole milk and of the beef steak
are practically the same. Remember
that this comparison is made with
round steak, one of the cheap classes
of meat and one of the most nutritious.
When we get to comparing milk with
porterhouse steak the argument is still
stronger in favor of the milk, for por-
terhouse steak is not more nutritious
than round steak but is much higher
in price. Milk as a diet has, however,
one drawback and that is it's bulk The
stomach of the adult is not so con-
stituted that milk can be made a sole
diet. 1t does not hold enough of it.
The proper method of utilizing milk is
to combine it with bulkier foods.
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Foed for Calves.


A report from the Kansas statio:.
says: Kafir corn meal has proven 70
De superior feed for calves. It seems
10 ce constipating, and materially as
s1sts In checking the tendency TO
scours, so common with calves. Ex-
perlments at this station show that
calves will begin eating shelled corn
when three to four weeks old and will
10 as well or even better than when
lea corn chop. When possible it is
desirable to feed a mixture of shelled
ana ground Kafir corn. Soy beans
lave been tested at this station as a
CAR feed, and all results indicate that
.aey are not adapted to young calves
III any quantity whatever. They are
very loosening and cause SCOUTS.
calves will begin to nibble at hay
ABOUT the same time they commence to
eat grain. When from six to eight
weeks old, the calves under expert
ment at the Kansas Agricultural COL
lege consumed from one-half to one
pound daily per head. Mixed orchard
grass and prairie hay are best. Alfalfa
nay proves to be too loosening for
young calves, though it may be gradu
ally introduced into the ration after
from three to four months. Nothing
out clean, bright hay should be Of
Tered to calves. At times considerable
difficulty is experienced from scours
When calves are suddenly turned on
pasture: This can be overcome by
FEEDING little green feed before max
Ing the change. Give a forkful the
hrst feed, two forkfuls the second feed,
and so on till the calves get all the
green feed they want; when they can
be turned on the pasture without in.
jury.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Non-Inspectlon OF MIX.

There are in the state of Illinois
some hundreds of cities and populous
villages. Yet in all of these, with the
exception of six. there is no milk in
spection. In Chicago and five other
cities an effort is made to inspect the
milk sold. People are almost complete
ly at the mercy of the milk dealers. It
is unfortunate both for the milk buy
ers and for the milk producers that
this is so. 1t is premium on dirty
methods of milk production and on the
use of harmful chemicals in milk. One
man who buys milk in a large Illinois
city told the writer that LIE stopned
taking milk of a certain milkman be-
cause he could leave the milk out of
doors for a day or two in the hot sun
and it would not sour. Under the cir
cumstances he was probably justified
in being suspicious.