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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24
A GOOD OFFICER.

General D. j. Caldwell is deter
mined that the statutes of Tennes-
see shall be enforced, and in the
discharge of his duty is demon
strating the fact beyond all sem
blance of peradventure that he is
eminently capable of serving the
judicial circuit as prosecuting at
torney. His conduct last week in
closing up Webster's saloon has
been the subject of generous and
general approval and a confirm
alton Of his particular fitness for
the office. As soon as the whole
sale man from Memphis had per
suaded Roy to open his saloon last
Thursday General Caldwell, then
at Dresden with Judge Maiden
holding court, rolled in on the
first train and before noon the
next day the saloon was closed
tight as a bass drum on the Fourth
of July and the wholesale dealer
in liquid refreshments fleeing from
town through the dust without
dinner to escape the clutches of
the officers. We are told that be
started to Rives to catch the train,
but seeing man on the way who
looked like an officer he changed
the route to Polk. General Cald-
well remained on his post of duty
in town for several days waiting
for the next move by the refrac-
tory party, But the game seems
to have been blocked so far. The
proprietors of this paper, as has
been repeatedly stated, are both
prohibitionists, while our language
in these columns on the subject
has been very conservative and
temperate. But when man open
ly violates the law, especially one
that. has required many years of
hard, persistent work to reach the
statute books, with the approval of
at least four tifths of our citizens.
and defes the authorities to modest
him he brings upon himself not
only the full penalty of the law
but the condemnation of the GEN
eral public and justly so. 1t
makes no difference if the draft is
not technically perfect, the pur-
pose of the law and the will of the
people have been outraged, and
we do not believe that the supreme
court or any other court will ques-
ton the validity of such a statute.
Judge Caldwell has made many
friends and good opinions for his
prompt and efficient action in the
matter.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24
TEACHERS MEETING.

The West Tennessee Teachers
Association will hold its annual
session at Union City on May S
and 8, 1908.
A great feast is prepared for all
lovers of school work. The OPP
portunity IS a rare one-we can
not afford to miss it. Arrange
ments are being made to give free
entertainment to all teachers who
honor us and the cause they repre-
sent by their presence. Come one,
come all! Obion county is coming
to the front.
The State Institute will be at
Union City this summer. Super
intendent Mynders assures me that
our institute will be one of the
best in the state. Our next annual
report of county schools will be
far ahead of anything in the past.
We have many reasons to be
thankful for our present school
conditions. While good work is
being done, let us determine that
all past records shall be broken.
Every teacher in the county is
to be present. Notify
me by postal or otherwise of your
of coming. Enter
tanning the fond hope of having
grand meeting, l am the friend of
all good teachers.
j. M. MOORE,
County Superintendent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24
PLEASANT HILL.
County Superintendent.

Straw berries! StrdWDeIrleS!
Everybody is invited to eat Bar
leycorn strawberries Sunday fol
dinner-wlll find same at the grocery
of w. G. Reynolds.
Miss Bessie Morris visited Miss
Davis Shropshire Sunday.
Mr.. Press Callicott called on his
friend, John Barleycorn, Sunday
evening.
Master Harry, son of Bob Har-
per, of Coble q Claggett Company,
visited relatives at Pleasant Hill
Sunday.
Misses Annie Lizzie and lola
Scates have returned home to the
great Joy of two of Pleasant Hills
most worthy young men.
We suspect the two calves adver-
tised for in the Commercial by Mr.
Swiggart of Rural Route Number
Five from the description have
eloped for Arkansas.
We are in great sympathy for
the young man who forgot and call
ed on his girl one night ahead of
time and found her being entertain
ed by another young man, but who
did not forget to request that the
circumstance be kept secret from
Barleycorn.
Borned to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Raith, of Paragould, Ark. twin
girls, on April 10. Mrs, Raith was
originally from Obion county and
was Miss Matte. sister of w. P.
Morris, of near Rives. Her many
friends here join in extending their
sympathy to the bareaved parents
for this awful catastrophe.
Miss Ina Long, of Union City,
originally of Pleasant Hill, visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. S.
Long, Sunday. Miss Ina is one of
the best girls Pleasant Hill ever
turned out, full Of energy, industry
and enterprise, and the people of
Pleasant Hill are proud of her and
extend an invitation to her to visit
all her friends here at an early date
and Barleycorn will set aside a
plate of his incest strawberries.
Will you come and dine with us
Miss Ina?
A telephone message from Mrs.
Jane Ward of April 18th, announces
the fact that she has English pea
blooms. Hurrah for Mrs. Wade.
We notice also she has the incest
beets we have seen; in fact, every
thing over there seems to be nice.
Especially is this true of Misses
Sallie and Marthy, who stand at
the head OF the list of the worthy
young ladies Of Number Four, and
whose beauty and business quail
ties have attracted many young men
from different parts of the country,
only to be disappointed by being
told fatty that they could not turn
loose mammy's apron strings.
May, May, beautiful May, the
grandest month of the year There
is always something indescribably
grand and imposing in the way the
breeze fits through the leaves of
The stately oaks and huns strange
and solemn anthems in ceaseless
tones among the lofty branches, as.
# distant musical instrument ha ID
oeen touched by invisible fingers
he month that the jim-crow farmer
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24

The wheat crop is reported tc
be improving again. Some days
ago there were evidences of dis,
coloration and rust, but the recent
cool spell has given it a healthy
appearance and much better pros
poets of a fine crop. Generally
the farmers feel in excellent spirits
with the outlook before them. 1t
is very seldom there is crop fail
ure in Obiou county.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24

many can give a good word for
the benefit Of their neighbors and
themselves. Get together, gentle
men, and lend the secretary all
the moral and substantial sup
port you can. He is giving a
portion of his time and talent to
increase your business. Can't you
respond in some way?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN TEN
NESSEE.

Since our suggestions last week
in respect to interurban electric
railways the following item APP
pears in the Mt. Pleasant Chronl-
Gle. which shows that Tennessee is
lust about to enter the spirit OF
the electric age. There is no mis-
take about the future OF electric
railways. A man has only to
spend few weeks in the North or
East to become impressed with
this fact. They are being con-
structed to every important town
and hamlet and parallelingthe great
trunk railways in many localities.
Some sections are now almost COM
pletely covered with them, and
that is not all-they are paying in
stitutions. They handle freight
and passenger service much cheaper
than the steam roads and the cost
of construction and operating
makes them practical, while steam
railways for short runs are out of
the reach of possibility. 1t will
not be long before we will become
interested in any enterprise of this
kind and we You'd like to see it
taken up as early as possible.
The stockholders of the Nash
Vile & Gallatin Electric Railway
and the Nashville & Columbia
Electric Railway held meetings at
the offices of the roads in Nash
vile Saturday morning and elected
directors for the ensuing year.
After the election of directors had
been concluded Mr.. William Nc
Kinley, of Pittsburg, Pa, sub
mitted q proposition to build and
equip the line from Gallatin to
Mt. Pleasant in its entirety, the
contract specifying that the road
should be finished 10 every detail
and cars running within one year
from the date the contract is signed, |
Mr.. Mckinley represents a million
dollar trust company of New Jer-
sey, be being the president and
general manager of the company.
Mr.. McKinley's bid covered the
grading, rails, ties, all necessary
sidings, overhead wires, poles, the
necessary cars, power house, sub
station ten miles apart for genera.
ting the current, depots, etc., and
that the stockholders were agreed |
that a more favorable contract
could not be made.
The incoming board of directors
were instructed by resolutions to
accept the contract for the company
and President Haskell was appoint
ed chairman of a committee to
draw up a contract between the
railway company and the construc-
ton company.
The contract entered into be-
tween the railway company and
the construction company repre-
sents about $2,750,000, and the
construction company will make
ample bond for faithful perform,
ance of its part of the contract
in the time specified for the com
pletion and equipment of the road.
There be can hardly any doubt
now of the building of the inter-
urban, unless an unexpected ma
tional panic or some like serious
and far reaching national disaster
should arise within the next year.
Mr.. Mckinley has opened head
quarters at Nashville and will re,
main in Tennessee until the inter
urban is completed and in opera
tion.-Gallatin News.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24

UNION CITY needs new opera
house. Everybody comedies that
fact, and why not begin some sort
of systematic effort to raise fund
for that purpose, 1t is suggested
that the Elks institute a lecture
course, using their hall for the
purpose. Among the lodges a
considerable fund could be raised
and a great many private subscrip-
lions could be secured. Let's all
take hold of this matter and push
it. Union City must have an opera
house with a good roomy stage.
We heard man with a pocket full
of money say the other day that
he would sign for liberal sub
scription. We think they will all
do so if the matter is put in proper
shape. Come on, gentlemen, The
Commercial would like a list of
the names and amounts.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24

Remember, The Commercial is
giving away subscriptions to the
Weekly Prairie Farmer and has
quite number of them left. A
years subscription in advance will
entitle each subscriber to the Prai-
RE Farmer one year free. The
price of both papers is only one
dollar
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24

searches out the rankest and
largest bunch of wheat in his four
acre patch and lays it on the table
of his county editor, declaring it
to the least bunch he could find
in a one hundred acre field and asks
HIM not to mention it in the next
issue of his paper,
We hail with fond anticipation
the near approach of the CONNER
calls public dinner and shall watch
with eager anxiety the maneuvers of
the half-starved Hobos, Stray Jays,
Gullivers, Rusti Cusses, P. H. o. IS
and B. S. We believe we have seen
all the female correspondents of the
Commercial except one, and for
good looks, intellect, for business
and for real horse sense, they can
not be excelled. But Lord, deliver
us from it's male corresp ndents
and even the editors tor real hard
down ugliness. We will butt them
against the same number of men
anywhere to be found in the world.
Their photographs grouped ought
to bring a fancy price IN the mar
ket. Now, Hobo, you have let the
cat out of the wallet. Topsy has
had a glimpse at YOU and seems to
be willing to reduce your age s or
Is years. Now, if we were a widow
er we would accept this compli-
ment as a good indication, and at a
season, supplement in
vitatlon tor indication and become
4 regular caller in North Side.
Will you do it?
JOHN BARLEYCoRN.
That dinner will be announced
soon, John. We have waiting for
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24

DR.. w. M. TURNER, as secre-
tary of the Commercial Club, is
losing no opportunity for the adj
Vancement of Union City and her
interests. He is heart and soul in
the work and every business man
and citizen should feel it his duty
to encourage and assist him in
every way and manner possible.
Don't sit around and croak about
the Commercial Club and say that
there is nothing in it. You may
be mistaken, but if everybody
were like you very likely you
would be correct. However. we
are glad to say that this is not
true and we confidently expect to
see many splendid improvements
take place as a result of the work
that is now being done. One man
is already arranging to come to
Union City and the club has now
under consideration a number of
enterprises. Before the year 1903
is gone, if the present effort is
continued, there will be evidences
of a new growth in this city.
can criticise, but how
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-04-24
JOHN BARLEYCoRN.

That dinner will be announced
soon, John. We have waiting for
spring fish to ripen.-Editor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20
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A CHOICE MADE.
Leonard Y. camph3Il Nominated as Principal
Of the Bridgham Street School,

The committee on primary and gram
mar schools met yesterday afternoon at
the Classical High school building and
unanimously nominated Leonard H..
Campbell. senior assistant principal Of the
Manual Training High school for the
position OF principal OF the Brigham
street grammar school
His name will be presented az the next
meeting OF the general school committee
Mr.. Campbell was horn I'm this city In
1861 lie received his preparation for col
lege at the oxford Street Grammar school
and at the University Grammar school en-
terlng Brown in 1881. being graduated four
years later with the degree OF \. h. short
~ after he began 10 teach In the Manual
Training High school, and has been there
ever since. about II years. His record
az Manual has been very high the
branches OF work OF which he has charge
including English bookkeeping and civll
government.
ye Is married. has three children and
resides al lhS Melrose street.
The subcommittee also nominated Miss
Teresa sullivan as principal OF the Fed
eral Street Primary school ia place OF
Harriet c. Morton. resigned Mas Sui
livan was formerly an assistant az inc
Covell Street school
The vacancy In the prlncipalship 81 tho
Daniel Avenue Primary school vas nll-
ed by the nomination Of Miss Mary J.
Grant. an assistant az the Kelly Street
school Miss Jennie Ricard was chosen
as principal OF the kind stgerten al tte
East street school and Miss Eli. l.. slo-
/ cum as principal % the kindergarten at
the Beacon Avenue school
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20
CANNOT
DISCHARGE
HIS COOK
Charles Johnson Has Servant
That Threats, Brides and
Police Can't Drive Away.

Meriden, Conn. June 20--If ever there
Morrison. II ever there was a better
cook, Charles Johnson never had one
In his employ. But Katie Morrison's de-
termination to do her work thoroughly.
even brilliantly, and to remain in her
present place for month has driven the
Johnson family frantic also from their
happy home.
Mrs Johnson brought Katie from New
York, engaging her for a month. At
the end Of the third day Mrs Johnson
was sorry she could not engage Katie for
the rest Of her natural life
Not only was Katie a most excellent
cook, but she was quick, attentive, polite
and deeply interested in her work-a jew
el I'm a word.
And then came the awakening. Katie
is a victim of epilepsy. Mrs. Johnson went
into the Kitchen day before yesterday to
find Katie suffering from an attack.
Mrs. Johnson was horrlfied When Katie
had recovered she sorrowfully but firmly
told her that she would have 10 go
Katie Morrison Just as firmly announced
that II was her purpose to remain until
her month was up
IL devolved upon Mr. Johnson 10 dis
charge Katie forthwith. He did dis
charge her Katie serenely announced
that IL was her purpose 10 remain until
her month was up, Mr.. Johnson lost his
temper Katie calmly proceeded about
her household duties.
The Johnsons conferred and resolved
to appeal to Katie's better nature. They
pleaded with eloquence. Katie almost
wept out Of sympathy. but she knew
IL was her duty TO remain. Mrs. John
son offered her a months wages if she
would depart at once and her fare back
TO New York.
Then Katie wept but was firm She
proudly announced that she could not
be bribed. An appeal was made to the
police. They could do nothing. Then
Mr. johnson sought City Attorney Hin
man. He looked up the law and found
that it was all on Katie's side. He ad-
vised stratagem--the Turing OF Katie from
the house and then barring the doors on
her
Katie refused to be lured. She issued
her ultlmatum; she was going 10 remain
in that house and do her work as II
should be done until her month was up.
Mr. Johnson believes that Katie will keep
her word and he Is arranging to move
away and leave the entire house to
at
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20
PLAIN PROOF.
A Statement Of Facts by a Prov
idence Citizen.

1t is an easy matter for every Prow-
dence reader TO verify the following The
statement is made by resident who
can be seen at any time and who will
gladly tell you about her experience with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. John White Of 5e1 Harris avenue,
says: After two years of suffering
from backaehe Doan's Kidney pills
cured me in the fall Of 1895. At the time
was only too pleased 70 state thess facts
through our Providence newspapers and
now In the month Of July 1879. fully three
and half years afterwards just as
emphaticaliy recommend the preparation
a. ala when 1t first was brought TO my
notice"
Tor sale by all dealers Price 50 cents
per box. Foster-Milburn 70. Buffalo.
r. T.. sole agents for the United States
: Remember the name Doan's and take
- other.
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being watched and left the place as

being watched and left the place as
quickly as possible.
From sherry's they went 10 the Buck
ingham. but the detectives were so close
10 them that they went 20 another hotel,
and from there 10 a third place. and then
10 Mr.. Jongers' apartments.
Shortly after six S'clock yesterday
morning they drove TO the French line
pier, and there again they found Mr..
Young with a detective and Milton q.
Bucky, his managing clerk, ready 10
serve the habeas corpus.
Mrs Jongers was very nervous. and
when Mr.. Bulky approached her and
asked II she were Mrs. Jongers she turn
ed 10 her husband, who in broken English
declared that he had never heard the
name and pushed the process server
aside
Mr. Bucky laid the writ on Mrs JON
gers shoulders and she shook IL off and
darted away with a hystercal scream.
Then copies of the writ were thrust into
the hands OF both persons. and Mr.. jon
gers became very angry.
The excited voices OF the group and the
talk about the little girl quickly attracted
the attention of the crowd. and the pier
police had much difficulty In maintain
ing order.
In the meantime, Mr. Young had taken
his little girl from carriage in which
She was TeduN 10 De cdflleu on nodIu lit
ship as soon as Mrs Jongers and her hus-
band were I'm their state room. Once
Mr. and Mrs. Jongers were on board and
under the protection OF the French flag
the papers could not have been served
and Mr.. Young would have been helpless
Mr. Young has a law office at No. 30
Pine street, and when seen there yester-
day afternoon said:--
II waited patiently for her 10 marry
ND ba e1,a a
All ] wanted is 10 prevent my child from
living with those two"
The contest for the custody OF the child
will soon begin without the presence of
the mother. who. IL Is understood. is to
make her home with her artist husband
In Paris. The lttle girl is now being
cared for by friends OF Mr. Young.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20

Transit streets-Morning service. sermon
and holy communion. 10:45: s, 1915
evening prayer and address. 7:3o.
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TRACKED BY DETECTIVES.

In this stormy way the lives OF the
Youngs ran on until the wedding OF Wed
nesday As soon as the marriage cere-
mony had been performed Mr.. and Mrs
Jongers went TO Sherry's for the wedding
breakfast There they discovered they
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-20
FREE BAPTIST.

Elmwood DEMONSTRATING by Rev
G Wesley; sermon. 10:55 a m; s S, 12:15;
c f and evening service at p m; sub
ject, "A Study of Christ"
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List OF Letters advertised nj Postofrice.
Providence, r. l.. June 90 1905.
When calling for these letters please
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Hero of Cabbage Field.

An old English soldier tells how he
missed the Victoria cross: 81 was once
sent out to India with a regiment to be
pushed forward to the front, as fierce
war was going on. But one night we
were suddenly attacked and l got sep
arated from my comrades and wan
dered about in the thick scrub for near
ly three hours, until L suddenly came
into the open. then laid myself fiat
on the ground to listen, as it was very
dark. But suddenly fancied could
see the enemy in front of me kneeling.
I sprang to my feet, determined to
cut some of them down before was
and shot, and, dashing
forward, slashed right and left until
daylight broke over me, when found
that had beheaded $50 red cabbages!"
Weekly.