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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20

en- Books, finished; prose composition;
(c) Cicero This works complete, fin
ishedl; Lectures on authors private
life; prose composition; sight reading;
Id Virgil, The AeneId 1.-THE six books,
finished; Roman dates; prose compo-
sition; Latin Grammar[G ildersleeve 81;
lectures; Virgil's private life.
5. Greek-(a) First years Greek
White, completely; TO- Xenophon's
Anabasis I'LL books, begun]; (c) Good
wins Greek Grammar; special atten-
tion paid to syntax, structure of Greek
verb, etc.
English-(a) Senior English, Mil
tons Paradise Lost II and III; Mer-
chant Of Venice, Julius Caesar, Twelfth
Night, Macbeth, shakespeare; COM
positions; lectures on American poets,
Hawthorne, Sydney Lanier, Edgar
Allan Poe.
Junior English Williams Rhetoric
completed; parallel reading, Vision
of Sir Launfal LOWELL; The Princess
[Tennysonl; compositions.
Baskerville & Sewall's Grammar
[completedl; Williams Rhetoric be-
gun] History of England; History of
France; Physiology [Cutler's finished;
Tanglewood Tales [Hawthornel; Lady
Of the Lake [Scottl.
Mathematics-Geometry [plane and
solid, completely; Trigonometry [be-
gunl. Algebra, (a) primary, (b) higher,
Fischer g. SchTatz's text books.
Arithmetic, (a) primary, (b) interme-
date, (c) higher.
Bookkeeping Montgomery, COM
pletedl.
Sciences-Physics Cages, complet-
ed;l Physical Geography.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
All of the grades, and the usual stu
dies appropriate to this department
have been handled, and most excellent
work has been done. The progress
made in this department is almost I'M
precedented, it is safe to say, many of
its students having made two and
even three grades this year, although
beginners at the outset.
Attention is directed to the CONVEX
sation classes in the modern languages,
French and German. These classes
are conducted, practically, entirely 10
German, not word Of English being
spoken. Members Of these classes,
comparatively speaking, even already,
can converse fairly well in these lam
guages, the conversation being based
mainly on tn" Object Lesson method
Among the classics, special atten-
tion has been given to the private |
lives and works Of the authors by IL
lustrated lectures, given from time to
time during the course. Special en-
phasis has been put on the Roman cal
endar, the practice Of converting Ro-
man dates into English and English
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20
THE EVOLUTION OF PRINTING.
Read at High School Commence
ment last Friday night.

Read at High School Commence
ment last Friday night.
1t would be impossible to contem.
plate the or owth of civilization and
the advancement of learning from
the primordial period of Adams APP.
pearance in the Garden OF Eden to
our age of the pennypost and vel
low journals without being most
forcibly impressed with the import
ance of the effect of the discovery
of writing, or method by which
thoughts and ideas have been per-
petuated so that the conceptions of
one generation have not been lost
to the succeeding.
AS words are the expressions OF
ideas, when word is preserved so
also is a thought for which the
word is the symbol. And there is
no way to prevent the destruction
of thoughts and ideas exec p t
through the medium of written or
printed language.
1t is true that there are few stu
pendous historical facts which, by
the mere weight of their essential
bearing on human affairs, may have
been able to come echoing through
the corridors of Time until our ears
are reached, such as the belief in
deluge of water, the birth of Christ,
or the discovery of America, but we
may safely assume that without
the Intervention of literature and
graphic signs, the most sublime
concepts of mans intelligence, art
and industrial sciences would in the
fullness of the ages have been lost,
obliterated and covered by the dust
of succeeding years.
We may not possess the perspicu-
ity of Aristotle, the philosophy of
Emerson, or the wonderful mentali-
ty of Shakespeare, but we may read
their writings and make ourselves
their equal in sublimity of ideas,
yet even more, we may mount upon
the shoulders of ali the great writ
ers of the past until we exceed the
height of any one, just as child
may climb ladder until he over
tops giant.
Since we owe so much to the
means of putting upon paper or
parchment those immortal thoughts
and ideas, leviathans of history and
literature, perhaps it might be well
to trace and sketch how and when
written lang uage was first invented
and employed and to speak OF print
ing, which enables us to reproduce
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20

much what we may read as what
we must avoid. There are so many
books printed to-day which are not
tit to be read. Such books are
printed merely for the purpose of
making money. There are people
who care only to be amused and di-
verified and who buy books without
reference to their literary quality.
The war between Russia and ia
pan, for instance, has brought out
large number of books relating to
the East; books of no permanent
value, but of considerable value for
the moment.
The number of books which will
make man a well-read man is still
very small. 1t is said that if a man
reads the Bible and Shakespeare's
works and understands them, he is
considered a well-read man.
1t is very important that the very
best books should be used in the
schools and homes, because bad
books have bad influence on their
readers; and it is especially impor-
tant that the very best books be
used in the school, where the chill
dren first come in contact with
them.
Carlyle says, The true univer-
sity of our day is collection of
rood hobs nAIcy WADF
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20

dates into Roman being thoroughly
illustrated.
On the whole, the progress made In
the work of the Training School this
year the statement is made with par
donable PRIDE, has been wonderful; a
surprise to both teachers and pupils,
and to any one of the latter reference
may be made for a corroboration of
these statements. Good work will
speak for itself. Our students are our
only advertisements.
Very respt.,
j. p MOORE, Asst. Prin.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20
Very respt
]. P MOORE, Asst. Prln.

A little life may be sacrificed to
sudden attack of Group, If you don't
have DR.. Thomas Electric Oil on
hand for emergency. For sale at Mos s.
Pharmacy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-05-20

LosT-Gold cuff button, engraved
B. S. Leave same at Jones Drug
Store
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
The Folk victory In Missouri.

No other State contest this year
has aroused half the interest In the
country at large that Joseph w.
Folks single-handed fight with the
powerful Democratic machine" for
the gubernatorial nomination in Mis-
souri, has stirred up; and now that
he has won, newspapers of every po-
itical hue are celebrating the victory
with congratulatory editorials. In
fact, the Republican newspapers in
Missouri stood by him so strongly
during the campaign for his nomina-
ton that they seem to feel called
upon now to explain, in long edito-
rails, why they will not support him,
instead of the Republican candidate,
in the campaign for election. The
Missouri Democratic convention will
not meet until June 10, but Mr..
Folks rivals for the nomination are
so hopelessly behind that two of them
have Withdrawn, and the third, as the
st. Louis Republic (Dem.) remarks,
"is only nominally a candidate."-
Literary Digest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
Real War In the East.

The reports which continue to
come from the far East indicate that
real war is going On between the Jap
anese and the Russians. The Japa-
nese are proving themselves intelli-
gent, brave, and effective in the cru
cial test of actual fighting, and this
means a great deal more than it
would mean if they had a less terri
BILE foe to meet them than the soldiers
of the Gear. While the Russians
have been worsted, they have not been.
easy enemies, for their guns and
stubborn bravery have inflicted great
losses upon the japanese. With the
way clear the troops of Japan are
closing in by land and sea upon Port
Arthur. From this beleaguered
stronghold come tidings which will
remind some of our readers of the
days back in the sixties when there
was s~ure-enough war in the and. In
Port Arthur, say the dispatches,
famine prices prevail. Food prices
increase weekly and the condition of
the inhabitants is reported to be des-
perate. Many persons are reduced to
eating Chinese fare and even that is
dear. Whole streets and many pub
lie buildings have been wrecked by
japanese shell-fre and the hospitals
are packed with sick and wounded.
Yes, it begins to look like war-real
war.-Gastonia Gazette.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
Increase I'm Gold Currency.

In all this '1oss of gold" there ap-
pears to be no cause for alarm at
present. The low rates of money in
New York are a sign that we can
spare it. The situation is quite diff
ferent from that ten years ago, when
gold exports would almost cause a
panic-a difference well exhibited in
the following comparison:
Gold in circulation-May, 1904,
81, 12O, 600, 200; May, 1894, 1857, $780,
600.
Gold in national banks-May, 1904,
1891, SOC, 900; May, 1894, 1904, 800, 900.
Gold in New York banRs-May,
1904, 100000; May, 1894, $685.
49, zoo.
Treasury gold reserve-May, 1904,
1852, 300 1000; May, 1894, 500, 100, 900.
Annual q. S. product gold-May,
1904, $74,4OO,OOO; May, 1894, $780,
100000.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
Decline in Cotton.

New York, June 2.-There was a
sensational break in July cotton to-
day. The change for the better in
weather conditions recently, and the
continued light spot demand in con-
nection with the persistent hammer
ing of the bears, seemed to have de-
moralized the bulls, and since the
market opened last Tuesday there
has been a steady and increasingly
heavy outpour of long cotton. On
last Friday July closed at 1890. It
reached 1855 during this morning,
a decline for a little over two bust
ness days of 1875 points, or IA cents
a pound. July opened at 11.9O, sold
to 1856 on the call, and then broke
three or four points at a clip until
it reached 11.55.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07

What we rather expect to see is a
hot fight between the two factions of
the Democratic Party, the Social
Democracy led by MI. Bryan and
urged on by Mr.. Hearst, and the JEFF
fersonian Democracy with Judge
Parker for a candidate and MI.
Cleveland as an exponent, and at the
proper moment, when the Convention
has reached an apparently hopeless
tangle, to see some such orator as
Mr.. w. Bourke Cochran rise and pro-
pose the name of Mr.. George B. Nc
Clellan. 1t is easy to see the argu-
ments which would commend him. He
would be popular in the South, for
his father fought the South with
great consideration for it's feelings;
with the old-line Democracy because
his father was the candidate of their
party; with the new Democracy be-
cause he has never attacked Bryan
ism; with the political contributing
corporations because he is the candi-
date of Tammany; and with the Of
~fce-seeking Democracy because he
carried New York City against the
Fusion forces and is rather more
likely to carry New York State than
any other Democratic candidate who
can be named. We susnect that this
is the programme of Tammany; and
we should not be surprised to see it
succeed.-New York Outlook.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
TIE PROGRESSIVE FARMER

The United Presbyterian General
Assembly, by an Overwhelming vote
of 17S to SO, adopted with slight
changes the basis of union proposed
by the Associated Reformed Presby-
terrain Church of the South. The re-
suit is brought about by 'holding in
allegiance" the old clause referring to
slavery which the committee referred
to as belonging to social conditions
which no longer exist.
Hon. Robt. M. McLane, mayor of
Baltimore, shot and killed himself
at his home in that city Monday af-
ternoon. His bride of less than two
weeks was asleep in an adjoining
room when the tragedy occurred. Nc
Lane was SO years old and was the
youngest mayor the city has ever
had. He was elected last year by the
Democrats. Under the charter he
will be succeeded by E. Clay. Tina
nus, president of the second branch
of the city council, who is a Republi-
can. Mayor McLane had been bit
terly criticised and his marriage had
estranged his family.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
The Late Senator Quay.

The not unexpected death of Sen
ator Quay, of Pennsylvania, is re-
ported in this mornings dispatches.
He was Il years old, and for some
years had been in failing health. he
was a native of York County, Penn
sylvania, was a college man, a law
yer, and was in the military service
1926. From the time he was a
young man he was in State politics,
and had been in the United States
Senate since 1887. He was chairman
of the-National Republican Commit
tee in 1S89-the year MI. Harrison
was elected President. Senator Quay
was a past master as a political man
ager, and for many years has held
Pennsylvania in the hollow of his
hand. His methods were not scrupu-
lous-he aimed only at success, and
did not concern himself about the
morality of the means employed to
attain it. In 1899 he was tried for
the misrepresentation of public funds,
but was acquitted. In the Senate he
was never bitter in his pa~rtisanship,
and his Southern colleagues in that
body have been heard to say that he
could be depended upon in matters
of legislation affecting the South.
He gave them aid in defeating the
force bill. Those things suggest to
Southern people to be as charitable
as possible in Judging his faults. The
dispatch announcing his death speaks
of the "Indian stoicismN with which
he met the last enemy. The iIlustra-
ton is apt, for there was Indian
blood in his veins, and he was proud
of it.-Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
Is the Fall of Port Arthur at Hand ?

London, June 3.-The Rome cor
respondent of the Central News tel
egraphs:
ga Toxic dispatch to the G~ournale
De Italia, says that the japanese
have occupied the first line of the
outer Notifications of Port Arthur
after a feeble resistance.
"The correspondent at Toxic of
the news agency Liberals, says that
four divisions of japanese troops
have occupied Kwan-Tung heights,
ON which they emplaced heavy artil-
lery dominating Port Arthur.
"The same adds that the Russian
squadron attempted a ~sortie, but was
forced to return, being threatened by
the Japanese feet"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07
The Confederate Reunion Next Week.

The United Confederate Veterans
Reunion will be held at Nashville,
Tenn, on June 1916. The people of
Nashville are united in the pleasant
task of making the meeting a suc-
cess. A railroad rate of 1 cent a
mile each way, plus Is cents, with
extension privilege of several weeks
upon the payment of so cents has
been obtained. It is urgently re-
quested that all camps report at once
to Secretary L. r. Eastman the num-
Der of veterans for whom free enter
tainment is to be supplied.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07

The Lesser Events of Last Week.

The Bryan men controlled the Ok
lahoma Democratic Convention.
Fire at New Orleans Sunday
caused loss of half a million dollars.
Georgia Democrats instructed del
egates to st. Louis to vote for
Parker.
The Weather Bureau reports gen.
eral improvement in the condition of
cotton.
Russians report their losses at
Kin-Chou, May &c, as 80 officers and
800 men.
Red ants in Texas cotton fields
have begun the work of exterminat-
ing cotton boil weevils.
The Nebraska Democratic Conven-
ton elected W. J. Bryan to lead the
delegation at ST. Louis.
1t has been estimated that it will
cost the lives of 1000 men for the
japanese to take Port Arthur.
Many cotton mills in New England
are shutting down, throwing large
numbers of operatives out of work.
Four companies of Ohio militia
have been ordered to Hanging Rock
on accoun of the strike trouble
there!
Japanese troops have occupied
Dalny, capturing large quantities of
property which the Russians failed
to destroy.
Turkish troops are massacreing the
Armenians; a dispatch states that
forty-three villages have been burned
and the inhabitants killed.
Rear Admiral Chadwick and his
feet of seven warships at Tangier are
awaiting result of diplomatic pres
sure upon the Sultan to secure re-
lease of Perdicaris and Marley.
Mr.. Joseph W. Folk declined to al
low the use of his name in connection
with the Craftsmanship of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention.
The delegation from Michigan to
St. Louis is instructed to vote as a
unit; Hearst's supporters were de-
feated in the State Convention.
The State Department at Wash
ington decides that the terms de-
manded by the Morocco brigands for
the release of Perdicaris, the Ameri-
can citizen, are impossible of accept
anee.
1t is thought there will be a deficit
al the close of the fiscal year on
June 80, the expenditures of the ma
tional Government having been in
creased by the purchase of the Pan
anna canal.
The Japs lost 5000 men killed and
wounded in the battles week before
last, but gained a sweeping victory
capturing fifty guns and clearing the
way to Port Arthur; the Russian
loss is estimated at 1000.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-06-07

We pay a liberal commission to
agents-men or women, boys or girls
who get new subscribers for The
progressive Farmer. Write for
terms.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

london, Feb. % According to the
Nagasaki correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph while William F. Sands.
the emperor of Korea's adviser, was
entertaining a number of otficsrs OF
the French cruiser Pascal and a
nu ber of other friends at dinner in
his official residence at Seoul, some
geographical and statistical maps and
papers were stolen.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22
THE ALEXANDRIA
HOTEL BURNED
Three Bodies Recovered
From the Ruins.
Fire Started in the Restaurant and
Quickly Spread-Firemen Res
cue Women and Children
In Night Clothes.

Chicago, Feb. 22-The Alhambra
hotel, theater and business block were
destroyed by fire this morning. Three
bodies. two men and one woman. have
been taken from the ruins. Twenty
women and children in their night
clothes were rescued from the upper
floors by brave firemen. The blaze
started in the Alhambra restaurant
and after two hours hard fighting by
the firemeD the fire was placed under
control.
From the bodies recovered, taken
from the top floor Of the building
their positions would indicate that
the two men were assisting the woman
to place of safety and were over.
come by tho smoke and suffooated
Their clothing WAS burned off and the
body burned black.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22
Japan's Fleet In Good Condition

Toxic, Feb. 22-The reports from
various quarters saying that Admiral
Togo's fleet was partly crippled in the
operations at Port Arthur, are un.
founded
1t has been unnecessary to send a
single large ship to Sasebo for repairs.
Two torpedo destroyers have bee N
damssed but not in the fighting The
Akebono in attempting to coal from
collier during storm collided with
the Oboro, disabling her machinery.
Both were sent to Sasebo to be re-
paired and they will be ready for
service soon.
The armored cruiser Chiyoda has
been docked at Sasebo and cleaned,
She had been in the water for months
and her bottom was SO foul that her
speed was impaired.
The battleship Shikishima which
was injured on the eve of war. was
repaired in time to participate in Ad-
mirsl Togo's attack on Port Arthur.
On February 9th she was return
ing to Sasebo after the naval maneuv-
ers and while changing her berth
struck bottom. Her accident was at
first regarded as serious and it was
thought that the Japanese would have
to defer war until the Shikishima
had been repaired, owing to the then
evenly balanced naval strength of
Japan and. Russia. - --
When docked it was found that the
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

1898. OF the revised statutes, which
imposes IA fine OF not exceeding 50, 900
or imprisonment for not over five
years, or both. for any person deposit
ing in the mails, or aiding in circulat.
ing through the mails. Of any obscen.
print, pamphlet, etc. 1t ia proposed
to amend this law to include vulgar
advertisements and other printed mat
ter Under the new policy = number
OF papers containing Questionable mat.
ter have been thrown out 81 the nAsls
under teiegraphic orders to the post
masters. and campaign will be vaged
against Objectionable medical adver-
tisements, which are being widely
published.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22
TO INTEREST PRESIDENT.
Demented Man Tries TO Force Way
Into White House.

Washington, Feb. pa man by
the name Of Edward Reizer, who
gives as his place of residence the city
of Chicago. attempted to secure ad-
mission to the white house today and
was seized by detectives. The man
said he desired to see the president
and interest him in some patent
device. The prisoner was sent to the
hospital for the insane for investiga.
tion.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22
Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary.

Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary.
Ex-senator aud Mrs. j. G. Johnston
threw open the doors of their spac.
ious home to twenty. -four of their
friends Saturday evening, the occasion
being the fifteenth anniversary Of
their welded life, although but few
OF their guests we're aware of the fact
until about to depart. q
The home was profusoly decorated
with roses. carnations and asparagus
fern, etc The guests were entertain
cd with six different games and Mrs.
Frank Ruby WAS awarded tho lady's
prize and Mr.. Hugh Stock, Jr., the
gentleman prize, for winning the
greatest number of games. Mr.. Ruby
and Mrs J. Q. Macdonald were pre-.
sented with something they could
play at.
Elegant refreshments were served
and the guests departed at late hour
wishing them many happy returns Of
the day.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

Chee Foo. Feb. 22-The German
cruiser Pronto arrived from Dalny
today with large number of refugees.
1t is reported that the Russians lost
another warsihp, but this probably
has reference to the cruiser Boryan
previously reported destroyed by the
Japs. The captain did not. see the
Japanese fleet enroute here. but re-
ports the movement of Russian troops
into the Yalu valley is proceeding
methodioally.
Paris, Feb. 22-In a dispatch from
Harbin the correspondent of tno
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

London. Feb. 22-The report of a
serious crash between the Japanese
and Russian armies along the Yalu
river in which the Russians Were de.
feated with great loss of life is dis
credited here. At least no confrma.
tion has beer received today and the
report is considered premature A
military expert figures that the ia.
panese could not have BEEN near the
place of the reported attack, at he asst
not with sufficient army to have re-
pulsed 2800 Russians. However the
story is believed to have come founda-
tion.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

Sells the choices. resi-
dence lots in the city -
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22
Earthquake and Wind.

San Francisco. Feb. 22-An earth.
quake shock of unusual vibration oc-
CURED here at O'Clock this morning
followed by a terrific wind storm
which did much damage.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

damage to the ship was slight and
repairs were effected in few days.
The accident was kept secret and
few were informed OF it. 1t was
generally thought that the ShIkishima
was still docked at Sasebo and unable
to participate in the attack on Port
Arthur.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22

1t is to be hoped that the Japanese
Will not capture any of that en- balmed
beef destined for Russia. In the late
Spanish war canned beef was more
deadly than the bullets Of the enemy.
Herald Democrat.
The daily tribune., 1904-02-22
Bombarded by U. S. Cruiser.

Paris. Feb. ga dispatch from
San Domingo says that the United
States cruiser Columbia and the train
ing ship Hartford have bombarded
Durate. which is occupied by the in.
surgents.