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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-05-08
Local and Personal

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3 Miss Jennie Lee Moore visite,
: Troy Sunday.
3 Superintendent Mynders was II
3 the city last week.
9 Miss Dora Simmons visite,
g Dyersburg last week.
: Mrs. John T. Walker visited rela
3 tives in Martin last week.
9 Mrs. Sam Bratton visited rela
9 tives at Martin last week.
8 Miss Clara Bennett, of Troy, was
5 in the city shopping last Friday.
9 Miss Mignon Murphy, of Fulton
visited Miss Ruth Lyon this week
Miss Lizzie Greer visited last
week friends at Jordan and Wood.
: land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Latimer are
housekeeping on Main street,
northeast.
r. B. Chester returned Saturday
from a tour of the Northern and
Eastern cities.
Mrs. ]. B. Hibbitts entertained
the Review Club Thursday after
noon, last week.
Miss Annie Lonsboro, of Wood
land, spent the day in town last
Friday with friends.
Misses Annie Little, Edna Cherry
and Allie May Little visited Sui
phur Springs Saturday.
Mrs. w. c. Blanton and son, DR..
Marvin, spent few days last week
with relatives near Polk.
Luther Cherry is engaged as
cash clerk at Morgan & Hardy
Bros. department stores.
Mrs. Florence Harris entertained
the Review Club yesterday evening
at home on Church street
Miss Irene Moss spent a few days
visiting her friend, Miss ALA Fer
guson, at Moscow this week.
Miss Clemmie Craig, of Fulton,
was the guest of Misses Willette
and Lillian Johnson last week.
Messrs. Sherman Sutherlin and
Pete Heppner, of Hickman, were
among friends in the city Sunday.
Attorney and Mrs. F. ]. Smith,
OF Troy, were.the guests this week
of Mrs. c. J. Crockett and Mrs. Lou
Field.
Mrs. Griffin, .of Winchester, moth
er of the late w. H. Griffin, is in
the city as the guest of Mrs. Sallie
Griffin.
Miss Pansy Sharp, of Rutherford,
spent a few hours here with Mrs.
c. D. Moss Saturday, on her way
home to Mckenzie.
Mrs. Hubbard, of Hickman, was
the guest of Mrs. ]. r. Morgan
while attended the meetings of the
w. c. T. U. this week.
Misses Margaret Watson and
Jennie Gale, of Columbus, KY,
were visitors of the home of Mrs.
H. n. Robinson last week.
Mesdames John e. Wells and
Lexie S. Parks and children spent
a few days last week visiting
friends and kinsfolk IN the country
about Glass.
Mr.. Vaughn, of Number Seven, {
is authority for the statement that
the money stolen from Mr.. Tanner s
several years ago had been found {
by Mr.. Ads Harrison.
A. Q. Pearce, of Milan, travelling
passenger agent of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, was here Saturday
tor the trip of veterans
to the New Orleans reunion.
Mr.. Foster French left this week
for Oklahoma and Western terri
tory to travel for t. M, Ryan & Co.,
wholesale liquors. Mr.. French will
make an excellent salesman.
Dee Williams has sold his inter
est in the livery business here to
Reynolds & Mckee. Mr.. Williams
is a clever gentleman and we hope
will invest in some other business
soon.
The First National Bank is in re- ,
ceipt of a high-grade Mosler i'm
proved burglar-proof steel safe,
which was put in this week. It is
one of the best made and makes
good depository for valuab1es.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-05-08
and Trimming

| doubt if there is a house in West Tennessee
showing as complete line in these new things
Chuny lace bands and edgings to match, An
tique Lace, Point Venice Applique Cream, Arabian,
etc., ETC.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-05-08
Millinery

Our Millinery Department is in charge of Miss
Mary Royle, of Chicago Her assortment of Suit
Hats is larger than ever, embracing styles suitable
for all ages and all stations of life-beauty comfort
and economy in every
Our French Pattern Hats.
You might we'll try to sketch an autumn
set with lump of charcoal as attempt to describe
the richness of their beauty. Our Flower hats will
be simply grand-fowers in all ages of literature
from the songs of Solomon to the sonnets of Stan
ton The tenderest and sweetest strains of the poet
have lavished upon flowers. Chaucer, Herrick
Spencer, Wordsworth, Burns, Kent and Shake
speare have reeled off ringing verses inspired by
violets and DAISIES Other poets have chanted IN
starlight to pearly marguerites. ...#
The flowers of poetry are here, just as nature
makes them, except the perfume. They are ready
for gathering There is nothing more bouyant
than lovely spring hue or lovler Easter impulse.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-05-08
Dress Goods

Have Dress Goods in great variety and novelties
and such low prices we're before coupled with
such excellent qualities.
New Black Dress Goods together with all the
new summer shades. So we invite our friends to
come and take peep at the superb new weaves in
wooden fabrics for the summer.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
A nHossv TRADE.

We clip the following significant re-
mark from the Dover Sentinel:
The Sentinel timidly observes
that - any Union Republican voted
for Henry A, Houston, or any
other Democrat, last year or any
other year, he got full and COM
pleto quid pro quo therefor, or In
palmer phrase. plenty Of boot IN
the hoss trade. for his organization
and It's general success.
Little comment Unnecessary. Itseem,
there was a "hoss trade" and that on,
Of the principals IN the transaction
does not hesitate to give away IN,
other principal. The Union Republi-
cans got "a quid pro quo, or plenty OF
boot" because they helpod to elect
Henry A, Houston, who didn't need
their votes, IN return for the election OF
Union Republican members OF the
legislature who needed Democratic
votes badly.
In the face Of this admission It isn't
in good taste Tor Union Republicans to
herate Regulars for accepting Demo-
cratic support. and the Democrats
should say little about Regulars oe-
oasionally Joining hands with the
Unions.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
CARMACK DROPS PLAN
TO REPEAL AMENDMENT
Regrets Impression That He
Would Agitate Race Ques-
ton in Congress

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. Ex-senator
e. w. Carmack said. when asked about
his proposed effort to secure the re-
peal of the 18th amendment:
Il am sorry that the impression has
been created that I am preparing to
agitate this question in congress. A
reporter was discussing with me an
article had written on the race ques-
tion. He asked me if intended to in
troduce a measure for the repeal of
the 18th amendment. l replied that
had not thought of doing so, but added
that might do it just to bring on q
debate. That was all.
Il confess that l have a great Gu
riosity to hear the 18th amendment
defended by the Republican leaders;
but at the same time l know that any
progress toward the repeal of the 10Th
amendment depends on its not being
made a partisan OF sectional question.
To make it such would be to check at
once a healthy growth Of public senti-
ment It may we'll be that any direct
effort on the part OF Q southern man
for its repeal would result in making
this a sectional or party question. This
must be avoided"
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
Rlshop erown on Lynehina.
From the New Y0r1 News lDem.l.

From the New York News (Dem.).
William M. Brown. Episcopal bishop
Of the Arkansas diocese, has been talk
ing about lynching. Probably without
realizing the full range of his declara-
tion. he gave voice to the following
opinion:
while I do not Justify lynching. /
can find no other remedy adequate to
suppress the crime for which this has
been made a punishment by the people
OF the South"
Let US pass by the self-evident pro-
position, proved by the actual demon
stration OF years. that lynching Is not
remedy for rape. and also the equal
~ proved fact that lynching for rape
quickly becomes iynching for every Of
fense, great or small.
Let us consider what Bishop Brown
has actually said. He Is the honored
representative OF a great body OF Chris
tian men and women. He is the chosen
head OF an important branch OF his
church.
Yet this man, clothed with the re-
sponsibility OF ecclesiastical authority.
stands before the public and declares
that he knows OF no remedy except
lynching for a certain quality OF crine.
The exhibition IS indeed extraordr-
nary. How does Bishop Brown recon-
cile his convictions on lynching with
the gospel OF redemption through Christ
Jesus, Of which he is n professional
preacher
Evening journal., 1903-09-28

tions under the government, for this
Is an era OF civil service reform. Com
menting on this case the New York
Press well says:
mt. Wallace clearly was only
casual reader OF the newspapers or he
would have known that Postmaster
General Payne was not I'm the business
of taking money for postofiice appoint
ments. Under the spois system these
are not sold, but given away as a re-
ward for helping to run political ma
chimes and taking orders from bosses
like Addicks without question. even II
civil service rules have to be broken.
Postmaster Generals never soil their
hands with the money that feeds the
criminal department OF the spoils sys-
tenn. That always goes to line the
pockets of the thieves and blackmail-
ers the Inner workings OF whose busi-
ness is OF no concern TO those at the
top OF the system that shelters and
fosters them--except when investiga-
tors and grand juries get to work
The Alabama postmaster should
have arranged TO buy few hundred
time clocks or patent bags and mail
boxes and the like at exorbitant prices.
He would not have gotten his Andalu-
sia postofiioe, but In time he might
have been called 10 Washington to
become CHIEF OF the Bureau OF Con-
tracts or something like that And
after that he would be a reckless pro-
phet who would say TO him that he
had no chance OF ever becoming POST
master- General.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
DON'T HANG BACK.

Our esteemed and estimable contem-
poraries, tho Morning News and the
Every Evening, arc wasting some ink
and considerable space in attempting
to decide tho question; Whether COM
merce win make q river front, or
river front viii make commerce." IT.
is reminiscent Of that other query
whether the constitution follows the
flag. After reading the remarks Of
both journals carefully and impartany
we conclude that both are IN favor OF
the Hame thing. but that neither will
admit Il.
But not 10 draw comparisons that
arc odlous We are Of the opinion that
no possible good can como from the
lengthy dlsquisltion in the columns OF
the Every Evening. on its face It
seems to object TO great work
OF progress. and IN 30 doing we believe
it Is unfair to itself Its philosophy is
fatalistlc, and as nearly as we can maiss
Il out II IS, that when our wharves
shall be extended into the Delaware
and our commerce shall grow IN con-
sequence. then We shall have the
wharves and the commerce. We are
not inclined TO oontrovert that propo-
sitlon,
The main question, Il seems to us.
the question OF vital importance. is how
oan we hasten what may come through
natural causes IN a hundred years?
For we hold that II may be expedited
by human MISUNDERSTANDING out the
fatalistic theory. Of course. Suppose
we were to follow out our neighbor's
theory. should we not say as a nation
that when commerce wants an 18TH
milan canal it VIII dig itg In these
days OF brains, foresight and enterprise,
We are discounting the slow processes
that satisfied a less energetic and Inn
aglnative age. About eight hundred
years ago the sea swept over the coast
OF Holland and inundated an immense
territory. since known as the zuyder
Zee. The Dutch might have said that
In the course OF time II would dry up.
But instead they are about to build a
great dyke TO reclaim it.
This is "A day Of progress. Philadel-
phia Is now aroused over proposition
for a thirty -nve-foot channel to the
sea- The government viii be asked for
appropriations Pennsylvania will con-
tribute. as viii Philadelphia, IN order
20 attract commerce. We are not fool
ish enough to say that with such a
channel Philadelphia would not bo
benefited. And suppose our project Of
reaching the deep water Of the Della
ware is an cid one. and suppose we
have made a tentative move in that d.
rection. is that any reason for abandon
ing the project. We think not. Agita-
ton and enthusiasm are needed and
this shall be our policy. We are will
ing to give the credit to anyone seek
ing IT, but the project must be for
warded.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
CONDEMNED MURDERER
G0NFESSES TO KILLING
Lenowsky Admits lie Ended
Lie of Anthony Sennek
in Mine

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Sept 2S.-Peter
Lenowsky, who is doomed to die on
the gall0ws tomorrow in this city for
the murder of Anthony Sennek. who
was beaten to death with q hatchet in
the Exeter mine on April 10, 1902,
made a confession admitting that he
struck the blow which sent sennek
into eternity. In his confession he
said: "Yes. struck the blow that
killed Sennek Victor Zarambo. who is
now IN the penitentiary at Philadel-
phia for the same crime, was with mo.
Three men and I took Sennek to the
mine chamber. He was carrying a keg
Of powder and / had a small axe. l
struck Sennek one blow on the head
from behind with blunt end of the axe
and he fell down I struck him three
times after he was down I am not
sorry that killed Sennel. but l would
not do il again. Victor Zarambo was
behind me when struck the blow, but
Victor did not hit him. zarambo and I
came out Of the mine together and went
to the murdered mans home. Mrs.
SenneL did not know that we were
going to Kill her husband. remained
with Mrs. sennek that night after we
killed her husband
When asked if he knew he was about
to die within a day or two he replied.
Il did not know that I was to die. /
do not know it now. They don't have
to hang me; when they do come they
won't hang me-"
He informed the warden that If a
priest was sent TO him he would see
him, but he would not pray with him
any length Of time.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
THE WAY TO GET OFFICE.

Postmaster General Payne has been
subjected to a great deal OF criticism
recently. but It remained for an Ala
hama postmaster TO offer an insult
which caused him to dispatch United
States Marshal to arrest the offenden
Il seems that a man by the name Of
Wallace held a small ONCE in Alabama
and desiring one where the emoluments
were greater, he wrote to Mr.. Payne
offering q gratulty OF hfty dollars for
the exchange. He was doubtless led
into this error OF brutal frankness by
certain revelations in the department
and by a mistaken notion that Mr..
Payne was a party 10 certain trans
actions now under investigation; but It
was there that he made his error. To
ofrer money was an insult. but had his
congressman assured the department
that the change was desirable because
OF the political effeot that would fol-
low. all might have been different.
These subtle distinctions should be
zspt in mind BY those seeking posi-
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
THANK you.

II IS pleasure to read the many
pleasant compliments that are floating
our way, and OF course tho following
from the much-alive New Castle News
IS duly appreciated;
However much we may diner with
the opinion Of the Wilmington Evening
Journal we cannot but admire It's fear
lessness on all public questions. as
wei as its freshness IN presenting the
news. The Journal has shown great
enterprise OF late In adding 20 its other
mechanical facilities a high class Hoe
perfeoting press with a capacity OF
10000 copies an hour. together with a
third linotype machine. 1t IL now fully
equipped for the issue OF a first class
afternoon newspaper, and the people OF
Wilmington and the state ought 10
appreciate It's enterprise.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
wHIPPlNe poer avis.

our neiehbor The sunday Star.
seems to regard the Evening Journals
report Of tho whippings at the work
house on Saturday as somewhat high
~ colored. We dissent from this Wow.
but wo agree with its suggestion that
these whippings should not be contin-
ued as public spectacle, but held in
private. Much has been said about
Delaware punishments at post and pill
lory that we do not subscribe TO. FIRE.
quently the subject is dismissed with
the remark that these instruments arc
relics of barbarism while we contend
that under proper control they are ef-
fective in preventing certain classes OF
crime and that tho punishment Is not
unduly severe.
Yet punishments at the post are un-
equal and their severity Is not deter
mined by the sentence Of the court.
How the culprits are 10 suffer is a matt
ter left to the discretion OF tho man
who wields tho LASH There have been
sherlhs in the lower counties so averso
to human suffering that the punishment
has heeo merely poninai and not equal
IN severity TO that given to many n
child by It's parent. While IN othor
cases a muscular man has been won't
to use hisutmost powerto inflict all the
torture possible. The court orders so
many laahes administered. but who de-
termines the punishment that shall bo
INFLICTED? Not the court, but the sher-
IN OF warden. Does the law oontem.
plate that a prisoner shall leave thu
post with the blood streaming down his
backg Does Il expect that one shall
be punished until he swoonsg We think
It is time that there were some provis-
ion to carry out the spirit OF the sen.
tence as well as It's letter.
Then there is no question that such
spectacles should be veiied from tho
gaze of the public. There is nothing
healthy in that curiosity which impels
men. women and children 10 regard
these sights as diverting spectaclss. II
brutalizes and accomplishes no good
purpose.
We have a remedy 70 propose and
we think It is good ono. Absolute
privacy Is undesirable, since there
would be occasion for the suspicion that
the sentences were not properly car
ried out We suggest that there should
be appointed a jury OF six which to-
gether with one representative from
each newspaper shall be tho sole Wit
nesses OF these punishments. The jury
might be clothed with power 10 see that
the whippings were not unnecessarily
severe, and thus the public spectacle
and much of the adverse comment
would be done away with.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
SOFT COAL STRIKE IMMINENT
1900 Men In Central Pennsylvania
May Come Out October 8.

MAY OONle OIt OClODcT >.
Altoona. Pa, Sept 2S. ~ President
Patrick Gilday. of District No. 2. Unit
cd Mine Workers, is authority for the
statement that a strike Of the $4,000
miners employed by the Pennsylvania
Coal and Coke company in the Central
Pennsylvania field, is threatened. He
has given the officials until October 3
to agree to carry out the provisions of
the Altoona scale. Failing to do so, he
will order q strike. The Pennsylvania
company operates more than 40 mines
and practically dominates the Central
Pennsylvania coal field. Men formerly
prominent in the anthracite region
control it, Thomas Watkins. who was
q member Of the anthracite arbitra-
tion commission, is a big stockholder,
and Vice President W. A. Lathrop, for
merly with the Lehigh Valley rail
road, is the president. President Gil
day asserts that the company has for
some time refused to pay yardage at
its A. NJ Amsbry Cambria county
mines, where the union is not strong,
and seeks to establish a precedent
which will disrupt the wage agree
ment.
Realizing that a fight at this iso-
lated point would be a failure, Gilday
says he has notified the company that
unless it pays yardage at its Amsbry,
he will close every property under the
management of the company on Octo-
Der 3. He says the union has plenty
Of money to carry on the fight and is
in position TO close every mine until
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
- M.al,.r 60.

From the ST. Louis POST Dispatch.
The women who are attempting to
run a big hotel for women In New York
are solving some interesting problems.
The hotel Is called the Martha Wash
ington. and tho intention of the man
agement was TO run It entirely with
women. as well as fog women.
Little by little the male sex has been
encroaching, not because men were es-
pecially anxious to work there, but be-
cause the women could not do without
them.
First Of all the girl bell boys" had
to go because the women could not
make them mind" Boys were in
stalled. They obey orders. but do not
stay long because. they say. the wo-
men are nutty."
The head woman waiter could not en-
force discipline among the women
walters. And so a man had 10 UNDER
take the Job 1t was also found that
carrying soiled dishes from dining
room to kitchen was too heavy for wo-
men. Men were put IN 70 do this. FL
nally. the rest OF the girls struck and
their places were filled with men.
How Is Is that women won't mind"
women? Would n regiment OF amazons
have TO be oficered by men?
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
SHOOTING Reoorc Broken.

San Antonio. Tex, Sept. 2s.-Adolph
Toepherwein, of this city, champion
wing shot Of the world. broke his for
mer record Of 98G targets thrown into
the air bs breaking $50 targets, using
an automatic rife of % calibre He
used only one gun during the shoot,
loading it himself and not cleaning e,
while when he made his former record
he used several guns. which were
loaded and handed him by an assist
ant.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
MRS. DAVIS BETTER
Physicians Announce Decided lmprov
nasnt In PATIENTS Condition.

mcnt In Patients Condition.
Buffalo, Sept. 2s.-There was a fec
ing of qualification among the clos
friends and relatives of Mrs. Jefferso
Davis when the physicians announce
a decided improvement in the conditlo
of the venerable patient
While the improvement is marked
the doctors will not go so far as /
state that Mrs. Davis is entirely out {
danger. The rally began yesterda.
She had a trying time. and deep anxiet
was depicted on the faces of those wh
silently entered and left the sick chan
Der.
Mrs. Davis sank into a restful slee
after midnight, and when she awob
she smilingly informed the nurse Z
her bedside that she felt much bette
The improvement continued through
out the day.
"Is the change so pronounced, do
tor, that you would make the unqual
fed statement that Mrs. Davis viii e.
tirely recover her health?" one Of III
physicians was asked at Castle III
this morning.
NO" he replied. 1T is sufficient \
sey that there is an Improvement
her condition. This is the first tin
since she was stricken down that
have made any such statement as tina
It must snfice "
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
Civilization by Grace.
~, Tho chicago Tribune.


The salvation Army Corps which Is
raidmg BreaIhitt county, KY, and try
ing TO capture and convert the souls Of
the Breathitt county feudists stands
for a principle which, though some
times fallacious. is always impressive.
This principle may be stated thus:
No matter what community's social
and economic development may be. no
matter yhat siege its educational IA
cil,ties may have reached, no matter
now savage and primitive its social
tone may still remain, no matter how
1ecadent and degenerate its social tone
may have become, no matter, in short.
what the human circumstances envi
ronine IL may be or may not be, the
saN ation of that community can be ac-
complis1ed by reconciling the souls Of
its members to God.
The directness Of this route to social
salvation viii seem startling to those
persons who have become accustomed
to regarding social tone as the product
OF a combination Of social forces. Such
persons would say that Breathitt coun-
~ would have to be reformed by means
OF school houses. railroads. industry.
commerce, Libraries, theatres, tele-
phones and various other things. ply
sical and mental which accompany the
change from individualistic lawlessness
to socialized law and order. Such per-
sons would say that it was impossible
TO regenerate a community until 1t had
developed within itself the apparatus
of a civilized, socialized. rcgenerate
lifa.
The Salvation Army is not troubled
with any such Difference to social cyo-
luton. 1t believes that every man has
soul and that every soul can be puri-
fed. It is acting on its belief. II de-
serves our admiration. 1t Is trying to
raise a community from savagery to
civilization by the lever of spiritual ex-
/ Derience.
Evening journal., 1903-09-28
Rivers and Men.

Some men are like great rivers
That, as they flow away,
Keep adding TO their gre-frsss
And broaden day by day;
And. Ike the rivers passing
BY city and by town.
Some men, from high beginnings,
Are always running down.
Some men are like the rivers,
That. flowing from the hills,
Draw all the others to them,
The rivulets and rills-
TTKe what the others bring them
And claim Il as their own,
As If God had intended
II all for them alone.
Chicago Record Herald