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The age-herald., 1902-02-28
The French Opera.

"Our company thought of giving Car men in Birmingham March s, but after considering the question I thought that the public would get more for it's money in the two operas that 1t has selected for the Jefferson Theatre Faust for matinee and Les Huguenots' for tho night performance" said MT. Henry A. Ottman, business manager of the French Opera Company of New Orleans
 You sec, Birmingham people may be familiar with Faust, but they have not seen it mounted or heard 1t sung as they will see and hear 1t this time. We have A grand ballet. and Bouxnann. our me- phisto, is one of the greatest in the
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
Rural Free Delivery.

A proposition comes from the House postoffice committee in favor of chang ing rural free delivery as conducted at present to the contract basis. This is to be done on the ground of econ eny, although the service is permitted to be overwhelmed with second-class matter that are not periodicals at all. The senders of such stuff have 'pull' at Washington, whereas the individual I farmer has none, and so it is proposed I to strike at rural free delivery instead l of dishonest secohd-class matter.
 The farmers throughout the coun- try should resent this proposition to the fullest extent. It will not only de- stroy the value of the service to them l to a great extent, but it will open the door to frauds that will far outrun the star-route frauds of generation ago. Government contracts always in' vite slovenliness and frauds, and if rural free delivery is put on that basis it will become offensive to the people and may be abolished.
 The farmers in every locality should make themselves heard on this issue. There are better avenues for the ex- ercise of economy in the government service, and postal development in the rural districts. among the farms and the lesser towns, should be let alone. Postal facilities and general intelli- gence go together, and when a blow Is aimed at the former the latter is l hit also.
 The farmers of Jefferson County should let the Alabama delegation
 know how they feel about this mat l ter, and so should the farmers of every other county in the State that 1 has or expects to have rural free de- livery. There is no more reason for putting rural free delivery on con- tract basis than there is of putting the delivery service in the cities on that basis, but the farmers are not or ganized, and the politicians think they can strike at them safely. Let the farmers of this State, and espe- cially of Jefferson County, show them their mistake. Let them make plain the fact that they are entitled to free delivery on a basis exactly alike that of their neighbors in the towns, and that they intend to have it.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Being a fnancicr is letting somebody else make money for you.
 Dynamite can't blow a man in public life so high as too much talking.
 To enjoy the sublime respect of his wife. a mn must make her believe that the easiest thing for him to do is to make money.
 You can never discourage a woman about loving If she can't love her hus- band, she is content to love her children; if she hasn't any children, she will man age to get along loving her pets.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
You1u Californian Missinc.

San Francisco, February 27.-Since Mo- vember last R. II. Pope, formerly stu dent of Stanford University, a son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Pope, assistant surgeon of the United States army. has been missing He has two brothers in California who can obtain no clue to his whereabouts. His mother is on her way from the Philippines and knows nothing of her sons disappearance.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
Her Evidence Not Stronn.

Salonica, February 27.--Miss Stones evidence is not likely to prove of much value in fixing the responsibility for an indemnity from Turkey or Bulgaria since she Is not aware whether she ever cross- ed the boundary. Soldiers are now pur- suing the band.
 Miss Stoneehas already received numer- ous literary offers, one of them being from an American magazine proprietor, who offered her 5000 and royalty for six articles.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
From the Mobile Register.

MT. B. B. Conner, president of the Avon dale, Ala, mills, and one of the owners of large acreage in the black belt, is spoken of as a possible candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Mr. Conner is said to be a business man, as contrasted with a politician. At the same time former Governor Joseph F. John ston is reported as being urged to con test with Mir. Underwood for the nomina- ton in the ninth Congressional district These reports may have no relationship, but their coming together is significant.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
Princess Charged With Forgery.

Capetown, February 27.-Princess Rad- Tiwill was arrested today on the charge of forgery and was admitted to bail in a1oOO. The information was sworn to by Dr. Scholtz and was supported by an affidavit from Cecil Rhodes, the charge being the forgery of the latter's name to promissory notes. The princess was re- manGod.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
From the Selma Times.

fFOm lne oelHld llHleS'
 The Washington correspondent of The Age-Herald relates a little romance in the lives of Mss Winnie Davis and Hon. Gas ton A. Robbins, which is news to the citizens of Selma where MT Robbins lived the greater portion of his life. He also says that neither of them ever married As Mir Robbins was a widower of only a few years standing, the romance is probably fiction
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
From the Roanoke Leader.

In Jefferson County after three days work by the registrars, HAS names were registered. This is but a beginning. Of this number only IS were negroes. No white man has been turned down. If Jef- ferson Is fair sample, the new law will secure a greatly improved electorate.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
Cargo of coeoanuts Lost.

Mobile February 2T..-During the storm last night the schooner Alexander l.. Lawrence went ashore off Sand Island light and Captain Baker and crew. who reached the shore this afternoon, report her a total wreck. The papers of the vessel were saved but the cargo of CO., coanuts will be lost.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

President Pro Fem. Frye admits he was mistaken in the Tillman-McLaurin affair, but in the meanwhile MT. Till man lost a dinner on account of that mistake.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM.

From the Attalla Mirror.
 The editorial paragrapher on the Age Herald says things which glow and gilt ter He's a peer of Sam Small of the Constitution.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
From the Marion County News.

From the Marion County News.
 Jails are built by honest mems earn ings. Courts are supported from peaceful mems property. Penitentiaries are built by the toll of virtue. Crime never pays it's own way. Vice has no hand to work, no head to calculate. Its whole faculty is to corrupt and to waste, and good men, directly or indirectly, foot the bill.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

President Palma of Cuba asks for Q tariff concession of 50 per cent, but Boss Oxnard and the sugar trust say that 20 per cent is all that they can permit. They own this country.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The brigands of Bulgaria prove to be politicians. They should have been surmised at the outset, for they had all the earmarks.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
he Jasner Mountain Eagle.

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 Spurious ten-dullar bills are said to be floating around Birmingham. As long as there are no counterfeit of the smaller denominations the country editor need feel no uneasiness.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

If Tillman and McLaurin desire to avoid the prize ring and yet settle the championship politely. it can be done at the ping-pong table.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Washington correspondents are showing all their own bright stories upon Secretary Shaw instead of Chauncey Depew.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Cuba is one of the sweetest coun- tries in the world, but her sweetcning needs tariff concessions.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Dear girls, you should pronounce the name of the idol as if spelled Koo- bay-leek, with much accent on the middle syllable. This is official.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The Senate should enforce the Mar quis of Queensbury rules, and let it go at that.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

If the Senate is to be reported by rounds, the Congressional Record will need a new sporting editor.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The Schley reception at Boston does not go to show that the President closed the incident.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Alice Roosevelt wants and fully de- serves place among the peeresses at King Edwards blowout
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
STATE EDITORS.

From the Gadsden Daily Journal.
 Another one of the Duncan gang has escaped. Frank is merely re-organizing his staff.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Miss Stone is officially released, and the incident is closed. The politicians of Bulgaria secured the loot.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Even Austria claims to have been friendly to Uncle Sam in 1898, and the Queen Regent was an Austrian.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The only really fireproof structures of the human race are the pyramids of Egypt.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The Japs arc too nimble in mind for the Russians. They are outwitting them at every point in the Orient.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
Frnm the Tnecalhosa Times.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 Imprisonment in Alabama will soon have no terrors for the criminal. All that is necessary now Is to get saw (which is easy enough) and saw his way out of his cage. Then after he Is out he makes himself invisible and the matter of escape is concluded.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

An invitation to a public function now implies good behavior in the meantime.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The captains won tho battle. but Sampson got the prize money.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Mir. Tillman was caught in the Sen ate without his pitchfork.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28
HARo-HEARrED MIR. DUNCAN.

From the Attalla Mirror.
 MT. Franklyn Duncan is no respector or his former keepers feeings-he's still vis- iting around over the country. He's not acting gentlemanly.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

The Tillman-McLaurin issue should be settled in twenty-fourfoot ring.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Even the children in in the prircely belt can "Hoch."
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

bribed by the Federal patronage of South Carolina to vote for the Treaty of Paris he ought to be expelled. If Tillman can't prove the charge, then he himself ought to be expelled. In either case the Demo- cratic party could not afford to assume responsibility for the offender And if Nc. Laurin. who is a man of respectable manners were expelled, his place would be given to- sone Tilman me-too of the Tillman stripe. If Tilman were expelled South Carolina would re-elect him. and he would be more accutely insufferable than ever before Language which he has been accustomed to using on the floor of the Senate might we'll be accounted rude in a Bowery barroom. Yet Tillman carries the once proud state of South Carolina In the rear pocket of his pants -- the senior Senator for the State of Calhoun wears pants" mind you; though his colleague wears trousers.
 So, to choose between evils. to side with the devil rather than to fall into a sea that is worse, it Is better that neither Senator be expelled. The brawl and fight on the floor of the Senate was dis graceful enough, but it does not consti- ute sufficient grounds for eNpelling the brawlers. The higher moral issue is, whether McLaurin is a receiver of bribes q Tillman is what McLaurin charged Rim with being. But at the moment they are not on trial for tho grosser immoral Ry. s&4
 @The general public would doubtless be pleased if both Senators were expelled; but the general public is not jury which cans. repder ;.ap effective verdict. in this case. Meantime the paragraphers dub
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

Ar old bachelor of this town who claims to have just reached his prime must have been very much delayed.
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

A bachelor of this town has been trying for the past twenty years to photograph his girl on his heart and all he has ever gotten of her is a negative. s44 4a
The age-herald., 1902-02-28

All is not gold that glitters is what we heard a girl tell a young man the other day when he was exhibiting to her 5Oc gold plated ring
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
Distance No Bar to Love.

Humboldt, Tenn, April 3d.
Quite romantic marriage will take
place at Portland, Ore, in which
Humboldt people are interested.
The contracting parties will be
Miss Trannie Senter, of this city,
and DR.. Joseph Pettyjohn, United
States Surgeon, and former resi-
dent OF this place, Miss Senter left
here Sunday night tor Portland,
where, it had been previously ar
ranged, she should meet DR.. Petty
John, who is en- route from the
Philippines, where he has been sta
toned for two years, to Alaska,
where he was recently ordered.
After the marriage they will pro-
coed to Alaska. Miss Senter is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. G..
Senter, of this city.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
THE COMMERCIAL
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1902.
Local and Personal
Observation-Disclosures

Mr.. Joe Temple was in Troy
Wednesday.
Jim Clemmons was over from
Rives Monday.
Mrs. F. e. Arm was visitor al
the Fulton fair.
Al Curtin was over from Wood
land Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Renfro is visiting in
Fulton this week.
Mr.. Robert Wheeler returned to
Nashville Monday.
Mrs. G. Kittinger is visiting her
daughter in Hickman.
Mrs. w. Smith and daughter
were over from Troy Wednesday.
Hal Hayden and Dee Amberg
were over from Hickman Sunday.
Herbert Tisdale and Embrey
Beck were at the street fair in Full
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mcconnell, OF
Jordan, were in the city Wednes-
day.
Porter Manning has returned to
st. Louis, accompanied by Lerton
Moss.
Mrs. Whitley, Miss Merdie and
Mrs. Walden visited the Fulton fair
Wednesday.
Mesdames Walter Morris and
Louis Kistner visited in Fulton
Wednesday,
Lynn Grove and Geo. Holloway
were over from Obion the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. Liston Dominges and little
daughter, of Onion, are visiting in
the city this week.
Mrs. Cartan and daughter, Miss
George Ella, attended the carnival
at Fulton this week.
T. R. Massey has gone to visit
the bedside OF his father in Texas,
reported seriously i'll.
Miss Eunice Mitchell, who has
been visiting in Franklin for some
time, will return home tomorrow.
Mr.. B. ]. Wade, Rives' prosper
Gus stock dealer, was in the city
yesterday and paid US an appreci-
ated visit. /
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Prot. Price Thomas was here
Wednesday.
John Henry Howell, of Hickman,
is in the city.
Mrs. Smoot returned from Hum
boldt Friday.
DR.. w. NJ. Turner was in Dyers-
burg Thursday.
DR.. Atkinson was over from
R1ves Thursday.
Mrs. Pursley, of Helena, Ark, is
visiting in the city.
Walter Grooms was down from
Greenfield Wednesday.
Capt. J. II. Perkins was down
from Martin yesterday.
Miss Jennie Lee Moore visited
friends in Gardner Sunday.
D. w. Beckham, the buggy deal
Ell, was in Fulton Wednesday.
Register Calvin M. Sanders was
quite sick the first of the week.
There will be high mass at the
Catholic church Sunday morning.
Mrs. Clemmons and daughter,
Miss Mamie, of Trenton, were in
the city Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Phebus, of
Number Seven, were in the city
shopping yesterday.
E. P. Grove, of Louisville, deliv-
cred temperance lecture at the
First Christian church last night.
Mr.. King, of Gallatin, spent
few days here the first of the week
with his sister, Mrs. Laura Jenk-
ms.
Mrs. Black, OF Cairo, returns to
her home in Cairo to-day after a
short visit to her mother, Mrs.
Hill.
w, S. Schley, the hero of Santi-
ago, completed his visit in Memphis
Wednesday, and is now being roy
ally welcomed by Mississippi cities.
It was reported this week that
Mrs. w. H. Bennett, Of the vicinity
of Troy, was stricken with paraly-
sis, but her friends are pleased to
learn that she is somewhat i'm
proved.
William Fl. Cross, of Oklahoma
City, who was nominated for Con
gress this week, is a Tennessean,
having been born in McNairy coun-
ty and was reared at Humboldt
He has relatives and friends IN
and Gibson counties. 1t
is hoped the young ex-Tennessean
will be elected. Jackson Wing.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
Ellis Scates was IN Fulton Thurs

Ellis Scates was IN Fulton Thurs.
day.
Ed Kirkland was IN Fulton Tues
day.
Bates McFadden was in Fulton
Tuesday.
Hayden Freeman is in Fulton
this week
Henry Little was in Fulton Mon
day and Tuesday.
Miss Linnie Smith returned from
visit in Kenton Tuesday.
H. M, Golden was in Fulton yes.
terday on a business trip.
Dock Forester went to Fulton
Tuesday to attend the street fair.
Miss Bobb1e Hays, of Trenton, is
in the city spending a few days
with her sister, Mrs. D. N. Mcclure.
Miss Bessie Scates, who has been
visiting friends and relatives in
Hickman, returned home Saturday.
Attorneys D. ]. Caldwell and
Morris Miles were in Fulton Mon
day evening to hear Bryan's lecture.
Mrs. Merryman, mother of Chas.
Merryman, formerly of this place,
died at her home in Waverly last
night. We did not learn the par
ticulars.
The Sans Souci Club met with
Miss Jennie Lee Moore last Friday
afternoon. The Club will meet with
Miss Bessie Rowland this after
noon.
The 12-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Gillian, of near
Harris, died Wednesday evening,
and the remains were inferred at
SnaQy GROVE yesterday afternoon.
John Thompson, who was arrest
ed by U. S. Marshal Hawkins some
months ago for "bootlegging" in
Lake County, was acquitted in the
Federal Court at Jackson Tuesday.
About two hundred of the friends
of d, ]. Caldwell, candidate tor At
torney. General, went to Dyersburg
yesterday morning on a special
train to attend the judicial conven-
ton.
e. Rosenquist, the painter, has a
large crew of workmen at work on
the courthouse, The entire build
ing will be newly painted through
out and will present a much better
when completed. Mr..
Rosenquist is a splendid workman
md the county officials are fortu-
1ate in securing his services.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Col. G. t, Taylor was in Dresden
Monday attending the Republican
convention. He was a witness
against the two negroes, J, w. Will
liams and Walter Leatherword,
who, it will be remembered, some
weeks ago attempted to collect a
money order which had been de1iv-
cred to them by mistake. The neg
roes were convicted and will be sent
to the penitentiary.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
SOAP AND POLK ROOT AS DIET.
John Blakely, colored, a Davidson

John Blakely, colored, Davidson
county prisoner, the other day tried
what is supposed to have been Al
scheme through which to secure
his liberty, but instead he is a
corpse. In putting his ideas into
execution, Blakely met an untinely
death. He thought that by eating
polk root md soap, which he found
about the wOrk-house, near Couch
vile, he would become i'll and that
his liberty would ultimately follow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Mr.. Smith Downing came over
from Charlottesville, Mo-, this week
to join his wife, who has been
spending several weeks with her
parents here, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H.
Rice. They returned home yester-
daV
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
Brakeman Badly Hurt.

Last Tuesday a Mr.. Blackman.
who runs on the nj. & O. between
jackson and Cairo as brakeman.
was seriously wounded by an I'M
known negro. Mr.. BIackman';
train was going north and when &
few miles north of Jordan the
brakeman found some negro 'ho.
bos," and informed them that they
must leave the train at the next
stop. One of the negroes inform
ed the brakeman that he had bet
ter leave, and that he would get
off the train when he got ready.
Warm words followed, when the
negro made a rush at Blackman
and inflicted a number Of painful
and dangerous wounds with a large
knife. The negro was captured
and left at Wicklife, where he
was locked up.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
Died.

Joseph E. johnson, a highly re-
spected young man Is years OF
age, died at DR.. F. M. McRee's
country place near the city Mon
day night at 10 o'clock. The
young gentleman was employed as
overseer of the farm, and was re-
puted for his industry and excel
lent character.
Services were conducted at Beu-
lab Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock by Rev. E. E. Hendrick.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Rev. E. E. Hendrick left yester-
day tor Sewanee to deliver a lecture
to the c. e. Societies of that place.
He will return this evening and be
on hand for the regular services
next Sunday.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

There are more sufferers from con-
stipation than from any other enemy
of our race; there is long train of an
noying ills as direct result, and there
is nothing so effective in it's trea tment
as Ramon's Live rPills and Tonic Pei
lets. % cts, sample free.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Spanish Mackerel at ]. c. Bur
dicks.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

New hair and clothes brushes
Just received at the Caldwell Sta
tionery Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Fresh, hot Cream Bread daily at
Dahnke's.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Beckham & Son, the liverymen,
have the finest horses and carriages.
Rates reasonable.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
Marriage Licenses.

w. W. Cox and Mrs. Bird Brown.
w. B. Stallins and Miss Matte
Pewitt.
]. e. Jacobs and Martha Farmer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Have you ever tried Sunshine
-four? Try it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Bread and cakes baked daily a
Dahnke's,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02

Imitation Panama Hats. not SIS,
only $1.50. FISH Bros.