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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
SPOUT SPRING.

Sunday school and preaching
were conducted Sunday by Bro
Harden.
Miss Lucy Thurman is quite sick
this week with erysipelas.
The infant OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Murphy died on the 18th inst. of
whooping cough.
Miss Florence Macklin will leave
for Hayti, No., in a few days for a
summer visit.
Miss Lille Payne will leave in a
short time for Evansville, Ind, to
visit her sister.
Eiss Emma Thurman is making
arrangements to spend few weeks
in Middle Tennessee with relatives
and friends. We wish her jolly
trip.
A protracted meeting will begin
at this place the first Sunday IN
September. RIPPING Waves.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
Group

Is a violent Inflammation of the mu-
cous membrane of the wind pipe,
which sometimes extends to the
larynx and bronchial tubes: and is
one of the most dangerous diseases of
children. 1t almost always comes on
in the night. Give frequent small
doses of Billiards. HorehOund Syrup
and apply Billiards. Snow Liniment
externally to the throat 25c, soc,
500. Sold by Martin-Allen Drug
Co., Mailing ner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
CLAYTON.

Wheat threshing is nearly done
The sample is far better than ex
pected.
Fate Owen and son have sole
their thresher, which will be moved
to Kentucky.
We are sorry to report Miss Lora
Caldwell very sick this week with
fever.
Miss Alice Darnell, who has beer
very sick with congestion, is i'm,
proving this week.
Miss Cora Hampton, of Crystal,
visited relatives and friends in Clay.
ton last week.
Willie Wilton and Miss Heron,
of Water Valley, Ky, are visiting
Mr.Lem Bryant's family near Crys-
tai.
Mr.. Joe Perry, of Texas, who has
been visiting the family of Mr.. Fate
Owen, has returned home. Joe said
that he liked the people of Obion
and spoke a good word for The
Commercial. The paper is known
in Texas.
Mr.. Bob Darnell will move to
Hickman this week, where the fam
lily will reside. Mr. Archie Darnell
will take charge of the home place
near Clayton.
Mr.. Fate Owen is getting ready
to start his grist mill again at the
same place. He will grind corn
every Saturday.
VIII n Dr. I'M
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
OLD FREMONT.

Sid Caldwell was in Hickman one
day this week, where he went to
take several head of cattle for Har-
ry Mcdaniel.
Mrs. Austin Maupin visited her
sister, Mrs. John Cloar, who is sick
with flux, Monday.
Misses Bessie and Jennie Camp
bell attended church at Mt. Olive
last Sunday.
The Misses Caldwell we're in the
city shopping this week.
Miss Sadie Anderson spent last
Sunday night with Mrs. John How.
ard, of Number Three.
Miss Ruth Caldwell spent Tues
day evening with Miss Osborne, Of
Rock Spring.
Mr.. Bill Cook is on the sick list.
Alton Maupin, Lena Mcdaniel.
Bob Kersey. Matte Defoe, viii
Huff, Enola Caldwell. spent Satur-
day and Saturday nighton Reelfoot
lake.
Several from here will attend the
public speaking at Troy Saturday.
RUTH AND DICK.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
BEECH

Miss Merle Kemp is visiting her
grandfather at Rutherford.
Miss Vera Johnson, OF Rives, Wis
tied Misses Ruth Whitson and
Marietta Latimer recently.
Hugh Garrigan, Miss Cam Isbell,
Gordon Isbell and Miss Maggie
Garrigan, of Number Two, spent a
few hours here Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Bette Bond and w. HI.
Montgomery were in Minnick Sun
day the guests of Prof. Robt. Bond
and family.
We are sorry to report the illness
of ]. III. Medley.
Wheat is all threshed and every
body has gone to the lake or to the
fair.
DR.. liar Glover, Clarence Glover,
Bill Latimer, Charlie Everett, Err
nest Morris and Misses Mary Lati-
mer, ID. Glover and Marietta Lati-
mer went to st. Louis Tuesday.
Mesdames Stone and Graves have
returned from Middle Tennessee.
Miss Alice Love is sick with slow
fever.
B. H. Hale was here from Kick.
man Sunday.
Our protracted meeting begins
the fourth Sunday in August. Rev.
Oscar Gardner, of Martin, will be
with us then.
~ CAPT. Jack g. Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
ALL FOR 8 CENTS.

The Commercial proposes to
keep pace with the best induce
ments offered to newspaper read
ers. Our latest announcement is
a combination proposition. This
is to give every new cash subscrib-
er or every subscriber renewing
for one year, The St. Louis World,
a daily newspaper 1865 papers a
year,, giving ali the general and
national news, and The CONNER
cial, giving all the county news,
both for $1.75 a year. The World
makes a speciality of Worlds Fair
news. 1t is also frst-class DEM
acratic newspaper Everybody in
the county knows what The Com
mercial is. These two papers,
365 daily copies of the world and
50 weekly copies of The CONNER
merciaI, will be sent one year for
s1.75 in cash. This is the great.
est offer ever made in the news
paper line. This gives you a
irst-class county paper and a
genine metropolitan daily news
aper, both for a little more than 3
cents a week. Think of It'll That
is a remarkable offer. Yet we
have arranged to make it and
are now ready to fill all subscrip-
tons at that price. Subscribe
now and get all the Worlds Fair
new.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
SOUTH SIDE.

Miss May Leopard left Thursday
for Elbridge to visit relatives.
Miss Angie Phebus spent a few
days last week with Miss Nora
Jackson.
Mrs. Ludie Cunningham and chill
dren, OF Troy, spent Thursday with
Mrs. M. A. Lancaster.
Cyclone, where were you and u
Know last week. missed your
newsy letters.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Cole spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Caldwell.
Miss Nora aud Everett Jackson
attended the ice cream supper at
Houser Valley Thursday night,
W. r. Webster is in Colorado for
his health.
Miss Mamie Keathly, of Crystal
Springs, Miss, is the guest OF Miss
Addie Farmer.
Messrs. Clyde McAdoo. OF New
bern, and Jim McAdoo, of Waverly,
are guests of Mr. Will Gould Harris
this week.
Mr.. liar Glover and sister, Miss
Dee. and Miss Maggie Garrigan
lett Tuesday for st. Louis to see
the sights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thea Terrell and
children were shopping in the city
Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. M. Cole and Mrs. w. S.
Jackson spent a delightful day
Tuesday with their friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Schmidt. In the
afternoon they were Joined by Mes
danes Brown, Joe Moss, Wither-
ington and Pitzer.
The ice cream supper at Houser
Valley last Thursday night was a
perfect success. Misses Izue Joyner
and Mary LatImer deserve much
credit for the work they did.
The many friends of Mr.. Vines
Beard, of Obion, who is here in the
city under treatment OF DR.. Nail
ling, will be glad to know he is inn
proving very fast and will soon be
able to return home.
Gypsy,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
NUMBER TWELVE.

p. H. Owen was a visitor in Mum
Der Twelve recently.
Vester Sturg:s and family visited
at Hampton last week.
Prof. Van E. Gates, of near
Union City, was here Monday.
Miss Floy Iron visited in the
vicinity of Star of Bethlehem last
week.
Everybody is IN the wheat fields
at work with their wheat and max
ing hay.
Ernest Tucker, wife and baby, of
Troy, visited here Saturday and
Sunday.
The singing master, Mr.. Morris,
was in Number Twelve this week
on business.
Ellis Kirkendall, of the city, is
here for a few weeks visiting his
grandparents.
Mrs. Matte Ragsdale and little
daughter visited relatives IN Horn
beak this week.
Ice cream suppers are the order
of the day or night here. We have
them everywhere.
Miss Lula Lee was in Protemus
one day this week looking after the
fall term of school there.
The many friends of Dick Cash
on, of Hornbeak, are sorry to know
his health is still very bad.
Mr.. Jim Finley. a prosperous
young merchant of Newbern, was
here this week visiting relatives.
Miss Sadie Anderson, bookkeeper
for the Union City Ice & Coal Co.,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Tucker recently.
Mrs. Jno. Berry and little daugh.
ter, Ava, of Gibson county, visited
Mrs. Berry's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lee, recently.
Mr.. Newt Williams has secured
the fall term of school at Cobb's
Chapel. Mr.. Williams has a head
full of sense and will make a good
teacher.
Miss Moultrie, Of Fulton, has Sc
cured the fall term of school at
Samburg on the Lake. Miss Moul-
.rie is we'll known here and her
friends wish her well.
ONE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
EAST SIDE.

Prof. w. L. Willingham, of Horn
beak, was in Union City on business
last Monday.
Prof. Chas. Lasley, of Number
Six, was visitor in Supt. Moore's
Office Monday.
p. r. Slower. of Obiou, visited in
Union City last Saturday and Sum
day, the guest OF ]. H. Slower, his
brother.
J. H. Carter has returned from a
several days business trip TO Hick-
man.
They say r. E. Posey is gong to
sweeten up and embark into the
tinware and wax business since the
sale last Saturday.
G. l.. Baldridge, now OF Ureil,
Tenn, but formerly an Obion coun-
ty teacher was married in Ureil
last week. The bride and groom
spent their honeymoon with the lat
ters relatives in Union City and
Hornbeak. They lett here Sunday
for their home, Ureil, where they
will open school next Monday. The
Bachelor wishes them much success
and happiness through life.
We enjoyed Coonskin's letter very
much last week. We had wondered
if Coonskin had dried up, but now
feel reioiced to see him come out in
such new and bright appearance.
We suppose he has come out in this
attire preparatory for the fall mar
ket.
Monday eve about o'clock while
quietly reading the State news, we
were alarmed by hearing all kinds
Of noise in town of which we did
not understand; however, all soon
became quiet, bat at $40 we were
made to leap from our couch of
slumber and run hurriedly to the
front door and standing there look
ing all white as snow, we espied
the cause of alarm 1t was four
horse team in front of a forty-foot
hay frame which was covered up,
yes, piled up, with gay boys and
girls. 1t is needless to say they
were having time and enjoying
life.
At $50 Monday night while all
was quiet and still, and while Bro.
Oliver was nestled on his couch
playing the part of a sleeping
beauty, be was awakened by hal
loes, and at his response he found
his services were wanted in binding
the ties of matrimonial bliss. The
contracting parties were Forrest
Ring from Gibson county, and Miss
Amanda Thompson, of Number
Seven, this county.
j. H. Robey and ]. H. Slower are
taking private instructions in En-
glish and Latin under Mrs. Mamie
Carter.
The other day a certain lady
teacher, visiting in Union City, was
about. to depart for a visit to Muir
freesboro. Our highly respected |
Superintendent accompanied her to
the depot and while they were wait
ing the arrival of the train they be-
come so much interested in what
some might suppose to be school
matters that the train came and
left without either of them discov-
ering its arrival, Notwithstanding,
others WHO were waiting for the
train boarded same when it came.
Now, the unaccountable feature of
the incident is, how could train,
putting and blowing, pass within
twenty feet of these people without
in some way attracting their atten-
ton. John L. Sullivan was once a
man of wonderful physical strength
and who knows but what another
Sullivan has appeared on life's
arena and Yields a moral power
and influence that has entirely cap
tured and holds a submissive obedi-
ence over our great leader in Obion
county's educational work?
The BACHELOR.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
the management of Mr.. Jake Park

the management of Mr.. Jake Park
Mr.. A. M. Moore made a flying
trip to Troy Tuesday.
Mrs. John Maupin and sister,
Miss Pressly, spent the day with
Mrs. Edna Maupin Monday.
Big meeting begins at Sanders
Chapel next Sunday. Everybody
invited.
Young RUSTI.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29

A little life may be sacrificed to an
hours delay. Cholera infantum, dys-
EMERY, diarrh9a come suddenly. Only
safe plan is to have DIR. Fowler's Ex-
tract of Wild Strawberry always on
hand. Moss Pharmacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
CULVER.

Ladies, if you want something nice
for your hair try the Modern" Does
not stain the scalp, makes the gray
hair dark again, stops it falling cleans
the scalp of dandruff. Put up by
Madam Ellis, sold by Clifford Jones.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
cheerfunl Recommended for Rheumotisn

O. G. Higbee, Danville, ILL.,, writes,
Dec. 2, 1701: "About two years ago /
was laid up four months with rheuma-
tism. | tried Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment; one bottle cured me. | can
cheerfully recommend it to all suffer-
ing from like affection" 25c, soc,
81 90. Sold by Martin-Allen Drug Co.,
Mailing corner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29

What's the secret of happy, vigor-
Gus health? Simply keeping the bow
els, the stomach, the liver and kidneys
strong and active. Burdock Blood
Bitters does it. Moss Pharmacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
The BACHELOR.

"Teethina" always soothes and then
1t always cures the baby when
All else has failed; and It's true,
1t often saves life for you.
"Teethina" cures cholera infantum,
overcomes and counteracts the effects
of summer heat, aids digestion, regu-
lates the bowels and costs rs cents at
druggists.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29
NUMBER TEN.

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Freeman and
baby, of Fremont, visited the fami.
ly of Mr.. w. M. Cook last Sunday.
Miss Hattie Caldwell, of FIRE.
mont. and Miss Sadie Anderson
were in the city shopping Monday.
We had the pleasure of seeing
Bro. McIlwain, the one tire pastor
of Mt. Ararat church, while he was
here conducting the protracted
meeting this month. Brother Nc.
Twain left here several years ago
to labor in a new field of work for
the Lord with the church people at
Eaton, Tenn. May the Lord bless
brother McIlwain with good health,
prosperity and strength to meet
with us again next year.
Jim Andrews and sister were
here Sunday visiting relatives.
Mr.. Jim Julian and daughter,
Miss Clara, spent last week with
relatives in Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Marshall, of
near Troy, visited relatives here.
Little Miss Lillian Terrell &C
companied her grandfather, DR..
Glover, to Pilot Oak, Ky, where he
went to attend the bedside of Mr..
Powell Emmerson' little son, who
is very i'll. DR.. Glover and Miss
Lillian returned home Monday.
Farmers. of Number Ten made
an excellent yield of wheat this
year. The wheat is good. but ow-
ing to the recent rains we have had
some threshed wheat sold wet.
Some of the farmers sold at 90
cents per bushel as threshed. while
others who were not so fortunate
as to take advantage OF the rise got
IS and 81 cents per bushel.
Mrs. S. c. HELEN is still confined
to her bed with muscular rheuma-
tism.
OLD RUsTI.
Mrs. Bette o. Caldwell is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Jeff Williams,
near Union City this week.
1t is said that p. H. o. had his
girl at the lake Saturday. Wonder
If it is true?
Mr.. Elva Caldwell and wife visit
ed at the home of Mr.. Brice Rome
Sunday.
Misses Annie and Ruth Marshall |
visited Misses Ruth and Dixie Cald-
well Sunday eve.
Miss Sadie Anderson visited near
Fremont Sunday night.
The school at Fremont will start |
the second Monday in August under
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-29

Fresh, hot Cream Bread daily at
Dahnke's.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-03
Cannar Cnr.a.

Mr. " ". Prickett, smifhfeld, III.
writes September 10. ia0i 4 had
been suffering several years With a
cancer on my face. which fgave me
great annoyance and unbearable itch-
ing | was using Billiards. snow Lin
Iment for sore lex, and through an
accident, 1 rubbed some Of tire lini-
ment on the cancer, and as it gave me
almost instant relief. / decided t0con-
tinue % use the linimeut GA the can
Ger In q siort time the cancer came
out, my face healed up and there IS
not the slightest scarIefi. / have inn
pliclt faith N the merits OF this prep.
aration, and Il cannot be too highly
recommended. 25e, SIC and si.o0 For
sale At Peoples Drug Store "
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-03
WOMAN AND HER NOSE.


"The latest wrinkle In the photog-
faphy Of women" said leading artist
the other day, is the ayerted counte-
nance In portraiture lnasmuch as
woman's nose. when she directly faces
the camera. is closer TO the lens thar
any other feature. Il Is magnifled slight
~, which Is not desirable. To avoid this
We try 70 retire that organ as much
as possible. and the only way is to re-
touch the negative This is invariably
done when the nose isa trine larger than
perfect harmony requires A woman
with a big nose is the unhapplest Of
mortals. far more miserable than the
man with one too small The tip Of Il
ls always cold. rendering her positively
4.iklssable. Nlne-tenths Of the pictures
am taking nowadays have the head
thrown back. exposing the throat. en-
phasizing the chin, coneeallng the PEN
dency Of under-ilp. giving q small.
tlp-tilted nose, with a fine view Of the
nostrlis. greatly sofiening the express
sion Of the eyes. beautifully arching the
brows and modifying the forehead on.
we can make any woman look pretty IN
4 photograph. That Is our ART"
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-03
CLARK'S BODY
SENT TO JOPLIN
Complete Details Of the Traq-
edy Reported.

Joplin Globe: Martin Clark, for a
number Of years a prominent resident
Of Joplin, was INSTANTLY killed by fall
Ing under a train at Seneca, No. Tues.
day night lie attempted 60 board
the train while it vas 10 motion. lie
missed the step and was thrown under
the wheels, aud II Is said his body was
horribly mutilaied
The news Of the death reached Jop-
In WednesIayand Clark brother
in-law. James Ulrlch, went 70 Seneca
Q bring the remains TO Joplin, arrl ?
Ing here at midnight "Wednesday night.
Ills wife was IN Pryor Greek. but
she was Immediately summoned and
size arrived here "Wednesday afternoon.
Clark started from bis home IN pry-
OF Greek 70 Joplin and spent Tuesday
IN Seneca While en- route. lie intend
Cd to catch a Frisco train IN Seneea
for Nlnlta 81 midnight Wednesday
and be had to run from his hotel in
the effor1 20 catch It. When he swul (
on be lest his balance aud vas thrown
under the fast moving wheels lie
vas instantly killed and the remains
we're horribly mutilated almost be-
yOnd recognition
DeceGNd vas uell and very fayoF-
ably known IN and around Joplin. lie
lived here prior 70 four yean ago,
since which time he las been prospect
ing IN the territory. lis family iaIn-
Cd him Al Pryor Greek last fall. where
he vas associated with CA. WadlelEh,
Of this clty, IN the salina Land and
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-03
INVENTION OF BEEFsrEAK.
lloman Prisoner of Rank Discovered
That sacrifice 20 Jupiter was
Excellent for Morsals.

Beefsteak, like most other good
things, was discovered entirely by acci-
dent. II appears that Lucius Plaucus, a
Roman Of rank, was ordered by the En-
peror Traian for some oifense TO act as
one OF the mental sacrifcers 10 Jupiter;
he resisted. but was at length dragged
TO the altar There. says theNew York
Herald, the fragments OF the victim
we're laid upon the FIRE and the unfor-
tunate senator was forclbly compelled TO
turn them. In the process of roasting
one OF the slices fell of the Goals and
was caught by Plaucus in It's fall II
burned his fingers and ne instinctiyely
thrust them Into his mouth. In that mo-
ment be had made the grand discovery
that the taste OF a slice, thus carbona-
doed. was Infinitely beyond all the sod
den cookery OF Rome. A new expedi-
ent to save his dignity was suggested az
the same time. and he al once evlnced
his obedience to the emperor by SEEM
ing to 20 through the sacrifices with
due regularity and his seorn OF the en-
ployment by turning the whole cere-
mony Into a matter Of appetite He
swallowed every slice. deluded Trajan,
defrauded Jupiter, and invented the
eefsteak! A discovery Of this magni-
tude could not long be concealed; the
sacrifices began TO disappear with a
rapidlty and satisfaction to the parties
too extraordinary to be unnoticed. The
priests OF Jupiter adopted the practice
with delight. and the king Of Olympus
must have been soon starved II he de-
pended on any share Of the good things
OF Rome.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-03
FISH THAT LEAVE THE WATER
same Cas- Live Loan Ttme out Of
Their Native Eiement-The
"stafe- bout."

Il Is commonly supposed that all lish
de very soon after being taken from
lhe wster There are exceptions, how-
seef. 70 the rule There Is tho stare
shout, a Kind Of gohy that al ebb tide
walks calmly up on the sand banks erect
On tvo huge fore Ems With bis gigantic
eoggle eyes he Keeps a sharp lookout
for crabs and such things aa are left
behind BY the receding water Then We
al know, says an exchange. that eela
can wFlgele. snakelike. miles across the
N ma1daKs 10 other ponds and rivers
In Holland carp are kept ali winter
huns up IN a net and sprlnkied only oc-
easlonaliy with water The Indian
"shake-head" is quite happy even when
bis native pond dries up. Ead lies torpid
iill The next rainy season The flying
gurnnrd will keep ahead Of "a ocean
liner going At full afeod and ~ for many
minutes IN quick iceesalve flights OF
900 yards or 50 nt time. Sc. granted
that the average Eel prefers water. some
81 them. Al any rate. can do very we'll
out Of it
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-03-03
WHERE DOES THE Cash GO ?


The report Is that the Frisco has
about fifty OF It's passenger conductors
con the carpet at Springfield this
week. and tie freight men are collect
ing fares.
A short time since Chieftain re-
porter asked an old aIlroader II i
was 4 fact that the officials always
suspected their conductors Of knock
Ing down" fares His significant an
swer vas that most Of the operating
department had risen from the ranks
aud ought to tknow what they were
doing. partlcularizing, he said the
conductors salary vas usually sI15 !
month. If his run Is cut Of city his
position IS such As 10 call Tor a house.
which rents foT from 80 to so a
month. Then, 70 i've on the road IS
more expensive than living at home;
the company insists upon its conduct
ors going well dressed. and whichever
vas thes turn money IS required, with
only one legitimate source FOR obtain
ing It.
again, tie company's treatment of
It's conductors was not always such as
e lead them 70 be over particular IS
70 which pocket tie cash FIRE went
into. All errors such as expired tick.
cts etc, are charged up and taken
from their salaries. and frequently 1
trivial accident which the conductor
feels he vas not responsible for nay
cause his suspension Tor from ten 70
sixty dass. or perhaps send him back
70 freight run, or secure his dis
charge.
Al these things have q bearing u
the conductors dealings wleh the com
pany and hence it b 0laS3 only the
superintendent witlS uxtreme tact.
coupled with external vigilance oa
the part of the auditors department
can expect q set approximately vI.a6
belongs 20 it-all IS not 10 be honod
Tor