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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
From Missouri.
POINT PLEASANT, M,

Kind Editors:
-Four years ago last January ]
was in your city under treatment
for a cancer on my nose by DR..
Deberry, who cured it. | was
there twenty one days under treat
ment and while there | made the
acquaintance of several of your
good old citizens and met good
many Christians and talked with
farmers about various crops. Now,
if you remember, | was in your
city about two weeks ago with my
stepson, whom l had brought for
treatment for his eyes under DR..
7. D. Edwards. My stepson is
yet in your city, and while | was
there this last time | made more
acquaintances and | found great
many Christians and workers in
your churches.
Now, | will say that what / saw
of your farming land, that you
have fine land to grow most every
thing. But | did not see any cot
ton in your country, and | think if
your farmers will try cotton,
they will surely find it to pay
them. / am satisfied if | was
farming that land | could make
from twelve to fifteen hundred
pounds of seed cotton to the acre,
and it generally brings from 1926
to -. so per hundred in the seed
and costs about fifty cents per
hundred to get 1T picked out. In our
county, New Madrid, thirty years
ago the farmers here were afraid
to try cotton, and also wheat. Now
we are great wheat and cotton
growers, and | find that our farm
ers are making more money. |
have been farming in New Madrid
county forty-two years and have
learned of late that the farmer who
does not have crops growing that
will keep him twelve months at
work, is not in the swim. We
raise wheat, corn, cotton and sor-
ghum. Some time before long |
will give your readers or farmers
a pointer on sorghum. | have
worked with sorghum for thirty
Eve years and have paid several
hundred dollars for my experience
in sorghum. Now, farmers, try
cotton and little sorghum. Your
brother farmer.
JOSEPH D. STrNE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
shoulder in the cause of righteous

shoulder in the cause of righteous
ness and truth.
6. 1t may unite the forces of
God against the forces of Belial,
the legions of temperance and law.
abiding citizenship against the
horrid cohorts of intemperance and
lawlessness.
Z. Finally, and this includes all,
it may in some degree help fulfill
our Lords pathetic, all embracing
prayer for the disciples who should
come after him, that "they all may
be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me
and in Thee"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
The Fence Question.
DEAR EDITORs:


Please allow me to speak few
more words to The Commercial.
| consider The Commercial one of
the best county papers. 1t is we'll
spoken of by all who read it.
In the issue of February 6 one
John Barleycorn" made an un-
paralleled attack on me. From
the tone of his letter and from the
way he speaks of w. P. Morris
putting my faithful friend, "Uncle
Bildad," to flight, it occurs to me
that Mr.. Morris and "John Bar
leycorn" have the same parents.
the same mind, room together, eat
with the same knife and fork, and
sleep on the same pillow. They
are the same as one, and Mr..
"Barleycorn" should allow another
to praise Mr.. Morris.
Mr.. "Barleycorn" has conceived
an erroneous notion as to which
side OF question one should take.
Popularity seems to be his motto;
but with POPULARITY inviting him
to her fattering embrace, he has
chosen the wrong side, "Uncle
Bildad. He is just like the negro
fiddler that Mr.. Morris erroneous
ly said you reminded HIM of. Ha!
ha! We have turned the Joke off
on theml The legislators who are
elected by the people will scarcely
consider a bill that relates to a
four wire fence. Does not this
convince you, John Barleycorn,"
that you are not with the majority?
| was told by ''John Barleycorn"
that | am not on the popular side
OF the fence question. In reply to
this | wish to say that | am not
after popularity. If "John Bar
leycorn" and all his followers were
to point the finger Of scorn at me,
l would still be the same "prowl-
er." think | am working for
the public good, and will speak my
views, whether or not they be ac-
cepted by all. Mr.. "BarIeycorn, .
the more fish | eat, the more | am
for good fence. It must be that
you have never seen a fish.
Hobo" my neighbor, is GER
tainly clever man, and has been
a useful man to District Z. How
ever, since his interview with |
SJohn Barleycorn,'" or some of |
his followers, he has taken the
hollow-horn. Through acute pain
le has said and done things that
nave startled us.
Breck Hogan says he saw my
racks near his house. Vel, ,Breck,
! have to prowl about to discover
he peoples ideas on the fence
question. Fear no harm, for you
ould whip me easily enough. Be.
ides, ! love all the people of Dis
rict Z.
Glad to see you with US again,
Uncle Bildad." Some one said
,ou had deserted me, but they see
heir error now. | am always
lad to read your letters. You ,
ave never yet made false stroke.
sparks Of wisdom and common
ense glitter from every word that
scapes from your gifted pen.
PRowLER. d
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

He is a foolish man who lets one
birthday after another slide into
the oblivion of the past without
making any resolutions for the fu.
ture or seeking to learn the lessons
of the past; and that organization
is Just as stupid that learns nothing
from its past history, as it's ami
yersaries come and go, and makes
no effort for better future. From
the clear summit Of our twenty
second birthday let us look back
ward, and then forward for few
moments.
First, with reverent gratitude
we must acknowledge Gods hand.
These twenty two years show that
Christian Endeavor is a providen-
tial movement introduced by the
Father of all at the precise mo-
ment in the history of evangelical
Christianity when it was most
needed.
GODS GUIDING HAND.
The humble beginning of the
first society, the obscurity of the
pastor and the young people who
formed it, its gradual growth with
out blare of trumpets, show how
once more the word of God has
been fulfilled, and that ''the fool
ishness of God is wiser than man."
The wonderful spread of Chris
tian Endeavor into all the world In
less than score of years (for the
first society outside of America
was formed less than eighteen
years ago) shows again his guild
ing hand. Its introduction to
England through the letter of a
young mechanic, into Jamaica
through a paper casually sent to
an old sailor, into Australia by the
word of a young traveller, into
China and India through the hum
BILE efforts of young and at the
time obscure missionaries, all these
facts help to emphasize the old
truth that ''the weakness of God
is stronger than men," Especial
ly has the history of this past year
on the continent of Europe shown,
over and over, how Providence
opens tue door in every land for
Christian Endeavor.
THE COVENANT.
Two and twenty years of Chris
ian Endeavor history show how
Jed puts "a special honor ON the
covenant idea, and peculiarly
olesses his young servants, who
With strenuous and steadfast pur
pose make their VOWS unto him,
md trusting in him for strength,
trive to do what he would like to
lave them do" The whole his
ory Of the society is a commen-
ary upon the importance of this
dea. The societies that had sue
eeded, as have the vast majority,
re those that have lived up to this
dea with reasonable fidelity.
STAND UP FOR JESUS.
Two and twenty years Of Chris
ian Endeavor history show the
of open acknowledge
lent of Christ in the growth of
be young soul heaveDward. Six
ines ten thousand Christian En-
eayor meetings in all parts of the {
Iorld are sixty thousand emphatic {
to this truth. All ex-
erience shows that there is vital !
nd necessary connection between I
,equent acknowledgment of ones 6
Ilegiance, a growing spiritual
over, and constantly increasing
DiEty for larger duties. This /
uts supreme importance upon the i
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
WEAK aKO fszS SPIRITED.
4 Correspondent thus Describes His Expe
dencs.

az can strongly recommend Herbine
as a medicine Of remarkable efficacy
for indigestion, loss of appetite, sour
taste in the mouth, plapitation, head
ache, drowsiness after meals with dis
tressing mental depression and low
spirits. wonder at people going on
suffering or spending their money on
worthless things, when Herbine is pro-
and so cheap. SOC bottle.
Nailling's Drug Store,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
Cured consum0tjoH.

Mrs. B. W, Evans, Clearwater Kan. ;
writes: my husband lay sick for three
months;the doctors stated he had quick
consumption. We procured bottle
of Ballard's Horehound Syrup and it
cured him. That was six years ago.
and since then we always keep bottle
in the house. We cannot do without
it. For coughs and colds, it has no
equal" 25, so and Sl.00 bottle
Naillin1's Drum Sfore
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
Ono ano Qwenty uears
By REV. FRANCIS E. CLARK.

Christian Endeavor prayer meet
ing, and transforms what the criti,
sometimes calls the ''jejune effort
OF the youthful pledge taker" int
an humble effort to acknowledge
genuine love for Christ. an effor
over which the angels rejoice. =
DoERs OF THE WORD.
Two and twenty years of Chris
tian Endeayor also put special EN-
phasis upon the importance of re-
ligious activity for young people
The very genius of the organiza
tion means that there is something
for every one of it's members tc
do. The Endeavorers learn tc
work by working, as a carpenter
learns to build house, and an ar.
tist to paint a picture, and a farm
er to till the soil. There is NO
other way in spiritual character
building or in spiritual vineyard
filling than the old way which has
been pursued by the gardener and
the mechanic from the time of
Adam and Tubal-C Cain.
And, finally, standing out across
the whole Christian Endeavor hori.
zon, in bold and striking outlines,
for twenty two years, is Gods de-
sign for the unity and fellowship
of Christians of many creeds and
tongues and many lands. Alas
that there are any who continually
thwart and defeat this purpose and
who crave no fellowship larger
than their own church!
THE FORWARD LOOK.
Tempting as the backward look
is, the forward look of the Society
is far more attractive. The imme
diate outlook was never brighter;
the "1ncrease Plans" have been re
ceived with unusual enthusiasm.
Few suggestions have been made
from this office which have received
such generous support and cooper
alton. Already many societies have
gained more than their ten per cent
increase, some a hundred per cent,
though the campaign has just be-
gun. Some unions, also, have al
ready made large gain in socie.
ties. The outlook in other parts
of the world is no less promising;
and, though 1902 was.the best year
that Christian Endeavor had ever
enjoyed, 1903, will, | believe, be
better still.
20 * %.
But we must not to- day bound
our vision by single country or
i single twelyemonth. We have
twenty-five times twenty-five years
before US, | hope. In all these
years what may Christian Endeav.
II do, with Gods blessing bestow-
d as abundantly in the future as
n the paste Consider with bound
ng pulses and glad hearts these
even things which our world wide
fellowship may do.
1. 1t may help hasten the day of
Universal Brotherhood.
2. 1t may hasten the coming of
be Prince of Peace.
8. 1t may do its humble part to
sad the nations to sheath the sword
war, and muzzle the deadly
annon.
4. Il may promote in some meas
re, at least, the great idea Of arbi-
alton between nation and nation,
and employed.
5. 1t may do far more than ever
efore in bringing the denomina-
ons to see eye to eye, and in lead
lg them to work shoulder to
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
TILLMAN TO THE NORTH
ON THE RACE PROBLEM.
Declares Policy Of Administration
Death Warrant for Blacks.

Declares Policy Of Administration
Death Warrant for Blacks.
New York. Feb. a. When you
attempt TO carry out this policy for
the negro. you will sign his death
warrant in the south. ! am not
making a threat. lam telling you
what you know. Study the condi-
tions and you will agree with me. !
Vehemently shaking his fist at
the five hundred members of the
Press Club and their guests, and IN
voice that rang above the cheers
and some Kisses in the ballroom OF
the Waldorf-Astoria, where the thir-
tieth annual banquet OF the club
was given tonight, Senator TIL
man Of South Carolina finished an
impassionate address on the race
problem.
Several times he had been inter
rupted by men in the room and
hisses, which were suppressed by
Joseph Howard, Jr., the chairman.
Once man near the guest table
called out;
"Tell us something about your
nephew" When the storm Of pro-
lest had ended, the speaker simply
said:
II wish had time to discuss
family matters with our friend
there.
At his conclusion he was cheered
again and again, and vote called
for as to which side the assemblage
favored, and not one voted against
him,
In part the Senator said:
..Within the last three months
the Chief Executive Of this nation
has given forth utterances and per-
formed acts which has brought this
problem more before the public
than it has been in ten years, than
it has been since the force bill.
They have introduced measure to
pension slaves.
s.Your Secretary Of War at a pub
lie banquet, think it was, has seen
fit to say that the people of the
North did not know that in the
South the negro, in violation of
The constitutional amendments, has
been deprived Of his rights.
sNow HE is sMooTED. "
"The President has seen fit to
give forth that the negro is man
and brother; that his rights must
be maintained; and now we have
lust learned that Smoot of Utah,
nearing of all this, has asked black
men to his own table and there
we're white girls to wait on them.
He has been Roosevelted, Hannaed
ind Irelanded, and now he is Smoot-
d.
s.It seems to me that it is about
.ime for somebody that knows
about the negro to talk
.bout tile subject. ! believe am
lualifed to speak.
Senator Til1man then said that
he thirteen colonies were slave
tates and it was only after his use-
n1ness was gone that the negro
vas sent South.
.'Your very ancestors sold to my
ncestors the negroes which' you
ought to free, he asserted.
sNow. after the war he contln-
led, what was the situation2 The ]
thirteenth amendment gave the
egro his freedom, the fourteenth
ave him civil rights and the ff-
senth forbade discrimination.
t.Then what was done? The
outh was filed with horde OF
and carpetbaggers
nd for eight years we labored, a
ace witout a word, swamped by
lie vote of the black man just freed.
TISSUE BALLOT. q
s.Then we went to redeem our t
md from this horde of vampires. T {
is said we used the shotgun and. s
ie tissue ballot. We did, and I 5
a'glad of it. There were $4,000 :
b negro votes Ia South Carolina
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Retiring members of Congress
may find it profitable to save the
trusts the embarrassment of in
creased federal surveillance.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Speaker Henderson threatens to
prevent all antitrust legislation at
this session of Congress.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

1t is worthy of note thai
Roosevelt did not repeat the ex-
pertinent of inviting negroes to
his last reception.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

The great railroads have given
their approval to the Elkins bill.
Hence the bill.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

The Presidents congressional re-
ception was conspicuous for the
absence of Southern Senators and
Representative.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Senator Hoar recently said of
Senator Scott, ''He fears neither
God, man nor the English Ian
ouage."
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Senator Hanna looks to his ex-
slave pension bill to offset the in
fiuence of Mr.. Roosevelt's "black
and tan" policy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

No amount of Presidential stren-
uosity will induce the Senate to
indorse 'Dr.o Crum as collector
for the port of Charleston.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

As was to be expected, Mr.. Ad-
dicks withdrawal has a string tied
to it. Even the Republicans are
afraid of it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
Capital Comment.

Representative Payne announces
that the Republican party win
never revise the tariff.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Impossible to foreSee an accident.
Not impossible to be prepared for it.
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Monarch
over pain.
For sale at Moss Pharmacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

IF ! was SO soon to be done
for, What, oh what, was l begun
for, applies to the Littlefeld anti
trust bill.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

The Senate leaders have defn-
itelY announced that they will per-
NIT of no thorough antitrust legis-
lation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Christian Endeavor prayer meet
ing, and transforms what the critic
sometimes calls the ''jejune efforts
OF the youthful pledge taker" into
an humble effort to acknowledge a
genuine love for Christ, an effort
over which the angels rejoice. 4
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20
st0pa the c0gah and w0rks oa the coz.

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No cure, No pay.
Price, 25 cents.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-02-20

Representative Payne announces
that the Republican party viii
never revise the tariff.
Speaker Henderson threatens to
prevent all antitrust legislation at
this session of Congress.
Retiring members Of Congress
may find it profitable to save the
trusts the embarrassment of in
creased federal surveillance.
Senator Hoar recently said of
Senator Scott, ''He fears neither
God, man nor the English Ian
guage."
The great railroads have given
their approval to the Elk;ns bill.
Hence the bill.
Impossible to foreSee an accident.
Not impossible to be prepared for it.
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Monarch
over pain.
For sale at Moss Pharmacy.
No amount of Presidential siren
uosity will induce the Senate to
indorse CDR" Crum as collector
for the port of Charleston.
Senator Hanna looks to his ex-
slave pension bill to offset the in
fuence of Mr.. Roosevelt's 'black
and tan" policy.
The Presidents congressional re-
ception was conspicuous for the
absence of Southern Senators and
Representatives.
1t is worthy of note thai
Roosevelt did not repeat the ex-
pertinent of inviting negroes to
his last reception.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

~ VEINS hope and bright cour-
age, in spite of all her PAIN
S were wonderful to witness.
G5sES But all this CHEEKY hope and
courage and patience snulIed out as a
candle. leaving noisome darkness TO
settle down in that sick room, from the
day Of the doctors consultation.
The verdict was clear and final. The
old doctor, who loved Gwen as his
own, was inclined to hope against
hope. but Fawcett, the clever young
doctor from the distant town was
positive In his opinion. The scene Ia
clear to me now, after many years.
We three stood in the outer room, the
Duke and her father were with Gwen.
So earnest was the discussion that
none of us heard the door open Just as
young Faweett was saying in incisive
tones:
No, l can see no hope. The child
can never wink again"
There was cry behind us.
what. Never walk again1 It's a
lie" There stood the Old Timer, white,
fierce. shaking.
Hush" said the old doctor, point
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12

iHh AN lpN r-ON fhS.
TN1 HE Pilots first visit to Gwen
had been triumph. But
fSSsyT-SI none knew better than he
SS.ExY that the tight was still to
come, for deep in Ovens heart We're
thoughts whose pain made her forget
all other
WAS it God let me fall?" she asked
abruptly one day, and the Pilot knew
the night was on, but he only answered,
looking fearesSly into hor eyes:
Yes. Gwen. dear"
why did he let mo fallI" And her
voice was very deliberate
Il don't know. Gwen, dear" said the
Pilot steadily. "slo knows"
And does he know shall never ride
again? Does he know how long the
days are and the night when ! cant
sleep? Does he know"
Yes Gwen. dear" said the Pilot.
and the tears were standing in his eyes,
though his voice was still steady
enough
Are You sure he knows?" The voice
was painfully intense.
Listen TO me. Gwen" began the
Pilot in great distress, hut she cut him
short
Are you quite sure he knows? An
swcr me-" she cried with her Old i'm
pcriouSness.
Yes. Gwen, he knows all about you I"
Then what do you think of him. lust
because he's big and strong. treating a
little girl that wayT Then she added
viciously: Il hate him! don't care!
hate him."
But the Pilot did not vince. ] won
dercd how he would solve that problem
that was pulling not only Gwen but
her father and the Duke and all of us
the why of human pain.
Gwen" said the Pilot, as II changing
the subject. did il hurt 10 put on the
plaster jacket"
You Just bet" said Gwen. lapsing
In her English ms the Duke was not
present 1T was worse than anything
awful, They had TO straighten me
out, YOU know" And she shuddered at
the memory of that pain.
What pity your father or the Duke
WAS not here" said the Pilot earnestly,
"Why, they were both here
What cruel shame" burst odt the
Pilot, Don't they care for you any
more?'
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-12
CHAPTER XIV.

hill 81 tFf,
I"1HE Pilot had set his heart up
| 4 on the building of church
E-sSMN1 in the Swan Creek district,
EEksg) partly because he was human
and wished to set a mark of remem-
brance upon the country, but more be-
cause he held the sensible opinion that
a congregation az man, must have a
home II il is 10 stay.
All through the summer he kept set
ting this as an object at once desirable
and possible to achieve. But few were
found to agree with him.
Little Mrs. Muir was of the few.
but she was not to be despised, but
her influence was neutralized by the
solid immobility OF her husband. He
had never done anything sudden in his
life. Every resolve was the result of
long process OF mind and every act
OF Importance had TO be proviewed
from all possible points; an honest