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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

hAAA WhCiC uOfCA oaiuAlCi suilACof
Forever northward faring?
II.
Why roam you where the stars shine
bright
And crown the hills with glory,
And / In loneliness Of night,
With not one stars sweet story?
What bells you hear this Christmas
time
Where hearts fear not to sever!
And ! where hut the black seas chime
That monotone-"F oreyerl"
The Christmas holly wreathes your
halls
The lights above you glisten:
You may not hear voice that calls,
Or, hearing, lean and listen!
".
But eyermore that voice rings true,
Though heard Ger dim seas never,
And sings Loves sweetest song to you
Forever and forever!'
vi.
God keep you in the Christmas lights,
Until Life's barriers riven,
Through lonely wanderings- solemn
nights
Love leads to Loves own heavenl
Mr.. Will N. Harden was a guest,
recently, at a swell dinner to
Henry James, at the Waldorf
Astoria. Though Harden dimes
at high-class hotels now, he still
writes about 'possum and Eaters in
the Georgia cabins.
BROTHER DICKEY's PHILOSOPHY.
De snow kivers a multitude of
sinners, but it don't make dey
hearts white.
Ef heaven wuz ter come any
closer ter earth in de Christmas
time, de noise of de tin horns en-
de frecrackers would scare the
angels.
Be sho' dat you always do yo'
bes' fer de livin'. De Lawd will
take keer er de dead.
IF all de flowers dat we puts on
de graves wuz planted in de gar
dens of dis life, what a happy time
we'd have.
Hit may be best to not abuse old
Satan too much. De time is comm
wen he may have de last lick at
you.
Wen some en- desc ole sinners
gifts befo' big, blazin' winter fire. |
it breaches wholesome sermon
to 'em.
WIEN HE WENT AWAY.
He went away when the worl was
white Saaa-
With the blessin' O. the snow:
Kissin' his wife, he said "Goodnight-
n, ain't afraid IA uni
It's only, dear, that love you so,
An the worl' may seem colder when
| gop'
But oh! that day when he went away! I
Though one of Gods own men,
tits hard on the world, we heard
'em say:
Men wept like women then.
For he scattered flowers as free as
snow
Thank God he WASH t afraid to go
CHRISTMAS NOTES FROM BILLvILLE.
Heavy snow. We've took the
old wagon off the wheels, but
every mule in the settlement kicks
at DRAWN a sleigh.
The other mornin' all the whisky
was froze hard; but the old colo.
nels got sledge hammers, an went
to crackin' icel
Let us allremember the children
this year and don't forget, dear
brethren, that we have thirteen in
our family.
We have mighty short spells of
cold weather in this section, and
the sun comes out and apologize s
every fifteen minutes.
We should strive to make all the
poor happy; but it's mighty hard
to find a poor man in Georgia this
glorious year,
Christmas isn't the only halleluia
"a n
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

Christmas and New Year Holiday
Rates.
Low rates for the general public
teachers and students will be In effect
from all agency stations on the Mobile
& Ohio Railroad. Apply to agents
for rates, dates of sale, limits, etc.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

Entered at the postofhce al Union City, Ten
nessee IS second-elass mail matter.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

Select your toys at Mrs. Moody's
store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

THE WINDS SONG.
De Winter Win, my honey,
Is singin of song:
"Des a liz snowin',
Den Springtime come alongp
Don't you go ter grievin'
Wen you hear 1T sigh;
Oars rose a-bloomin',
An you'll wear it by en- by
-
Mr.. Martin Baddles objects to
being called "A Winter Poet.
He says he sketches 'em a-comin'
and a-gwine the year roundw
There is some talk of a scarcity
of Christmas garlands. What
matter, when the love of God
wreathes the world Ikea rainbow
+. l.. S. in Atlanta Constitution.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

FRlDAY. DEcEMBER 3. leo.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23

TELEPHONE 100
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23
THE COMMERCIAL

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23
JUST FROM GEORGIA.
DIVIDED.

Why roam you in the summer isles
Amid the hills Of bearing,
And i where never summer smiles,
Forever northward faring?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-12-23
Non Resident Notice.

NAN VI III u q tVL U q
C. Porter, deceased.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

ever prince and pauper. and every thing. You watch my smoke, and you will think there Is a train ahre. Ihope dad will try and restrain himself from neighbors will come in to reead your to any country but America He has bought one of these littie- silk Ameri- can flags to wear in his button nOle, and he swears if anybody looks cross- eyed at that flag he will simply cut his liver out. and toast it on a fork. and eat it. He makes me tired. and know there is going to be trouble"
 Don't you think your dads mind sort of wanders7" said the old grocery man, in a whisper. It wouldn't be strange, after all he has gone through, in raising you up to your present size, if he was a little of his base"
 Well, ma thinks he is playhouse, and the hired girl is willing to so into court and swear to it, and that experi- ence we had coming home from the Yellowstone park made me think if he was not crazy he would be before long. You see. we had a hot box on the en- zine. and had to stay at a station in the bad lands for an hour, and there were a mess of COW boys on the plat form, and told dad we might as we'll have some amusement while we were there, and that a brakeman told me the COW boys were great dancers, but you couldn't hire them to dance, but if some man with a strong personality would demand that they dance, and put his hand on his pistol pocket, they would all jump in and dance for an hour That was enough for dad, for he has a microbe that he is a man of strong personality. and that when he demands that anybody do something they simply got to do 1t, so he walked up and down the platform a couple of times to get his draw poker face on, and l went up to one of the COW boys and told him that the old dufeer used to be a ballet dancer, and he thought everybody ought to dance when they were told to, and that If the spell should come on him. and he snould order them to dance, 1t would be a great favor to me if they would just give him a double shufie or two, just to ease his mind.
 Well, pretty soon he came along to where the COW boys were leaning against the railing, and, looking at them in a naughty manner, he said: Dance, you kiotes, dance and he put his hand to his pistol pocket. Well sir. never saw so much fun in my life, Four of the cowboys pulled re- volvers and began to shoot regular bullets into the platform within ar inch of dads feet, and they yelled to him: Dance your own self, you an | cient maverick; whoop Ter up! and by goshl dad was SO, frightened that he began to dance all around the plat. form, and 1t was like a battle, the bull. lets splintering the boards, and the smoke hlling the air. and the passen' gers looking out of the windows ant ! 1,g ~Hu-. man looking on and yelling. and dad nearly exhausted from the exertion. guess if the conductor had not got thu hot box put ont and yelled all aboard dad would have had apoplexy, but h' let up the COW boys quit shooting, ana he got aboard the train and started. ataysd in the smoking car with thl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

you pasting those labels on your vaiise for7" said the old man, as the Doy reached for a Quaker oats laDel anu a soap advertisement and pasted them on.
 'oh, dad said he wished he had some foreign labels of hotels and things on his valise, to make fellow travellers believe he had been abroad before and I told him could fix 1t all right. You see. if I paste things all over the va lise he will think it Is all right, cause he is neaf sighted" and the boy pasted on a label for s7 varieties of pickles, and then put on Nn advertisement for hair restorer on the hat box.
 Say. here's a fine one, this matted milk label, with New Jersey COW on the corner" said the old man, as he began to take interest in the boys stal- ent as an artist And here. try. one Iof these green pea can labels, and the pork and beans legend, and the only soap. Say, if you and your dad don't create sensation from the minute you take the train till you get back you can take it out of my wages. When are you going?"
 'To-morrow night" said the boy, as. he put more labels on the hat box. and stood of and looked at them with the
 
 first to stay a few days and see things. and then we take a steamer and sail away, and the sicker dad Is the more time I will have to fill up on useful noliig.'
 'Hennery." said the old groceryman, as his chin trembled, and a tear came to his eye, T want to ask you a favor. At times when you have been unusu- ally mean, have thought mated you, but when I have said something ugly to you, and have laid awake all night regretting it, 1t has occurred to me that you were about the best friend I had. think tt makes an old man forget his years, to be chummy with a live boy. full of ginger, and I do like you. con. demn you. and I can't help 1t. Now want you to write me every little while. on your trip, and will read your letters to the customers here in the store, who will be lonely until they can hear that you are dead. The netghbors will come in ot read your letters, and 1t will bring me custom. VIII you write to me, boy, and pour out your heart to me, and tell me of the different troubles you get your dad into, fer surely you cannot help finding trouble over there If you go hunting Tor t. Promise me. boy"
 You bet your life I will. old pard." said the bad boy. T shall have to nave some escapes valve to keep from busting. was going to write to my chun, but. he is in love with a tele- phone girl, and he don't take any time for pleasure. I will write you about every dutch and duchess we meet,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

be months, and maybe years. before you see me again"
 "Ch, 3oyl" said the groceryman, as he heaved a sigh, and tried to look sor- ry. What is it, reform school, or have the police ordered you out of town? have felt 1t coming for a long time. This is the only town you could have piled your vocation so long in and not been pulled. Where are you going box?"
 "oh. dad has got a whole mess more diseases, and the doctors had q com versation over him Sunday. and they say he has got to so away again, right now. and that a sea voyage will brace him up and empty him out so medicine over in Europe can get in its work and strengthen him so he can start back after a while and probably die on the way home. and be buried at sea. Dad says he will go, for he had rather die at sea than on land, cause they don't have to have any trouble about a fun- eral. cause all they do is to sew a man up in a piece of cloth, tie a sack of coal to his feet, slide him off board, and he goes kerplunk down into the salt water about a mile, and stands thefe on his feet and makes the whales and sharks think he Is a new kind of fish"
 "Geei but that is Q programme that appeals to me as sort of uncanny," said the old man. 'Is your dad Respondent over the outlook? What new disease has he gotf"
 "All of 'em," Said the boy. as he took a labeI off a tomato can an.l pasted 1t on the end of the suit case. 'You take an almanac and read about all the dis. eases that the medicine advertised in the almanac curesI and dad has got the whole lot of them, nervous prostratlon, rheumatism, liver trouble, stomach busted. lungs congested. diaphragm turned over, heart disease. bronchitis, cornS, bunions, every darn thing a man can catch without costing him any thing. But he is not despondent He just thinks 1t Is an evidence Of genius. and a certificate of standing in society. and wealth. He argues that the poor people who have only one disease are not in 1t with statesmen and scholars. Oh. he is all right. He thinks if he goes to Europe all knocked out, he will class with emperors and dukes. Oh. since he had that operation and had his appendix chopped out. he thinks there is a bond of sympathy between him and King Edward that will cause
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

The words That Cheer. Are you ever discouraged, O hard work ing girl? Do you ever feel puny and poor and small? Do you ever, while doing the best you can,
 Get to wonder what is the use of it all? Oh, isn't it pleasant in such an hour To be met by. one who has cheerful ways, Who approves of your work and ad- mires your power; oh. isn't 1t bracing to hear her praise? Does doubt ever lodge in your heart, O, friend? Doubt of your worth and doubt of your wit? Does 1t ever appear that, you've come to the end? Do you feel somethimes a longing to quit, To give up the hope, to accept defeat, To sink into rest and pass out of sight? In such dark hour. oh, isn't it sweet To be praised for your worth, your work or might7 Perhaps you met some one a moment ago
 Who felt, o friend, as you often do; Who. had you paused fair word to bestow,
 Would have gained new strength and courage too. The words of cheer and the words of praise
 That cost so little may have such worth. Oh, wonder why, in our selfish ways, We let each other be crushed to earth?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Linen Goods.

PURE LINEN TABLE DAMAsK-54in. wide, worth yard
 for Monday ::'::''' .'.''','@OC OIL TURKEY RED TABLE DAMASK-Extra heavy guaranteed
 fast color soc yard, for Monday 3Sc BLEACHED LINEN DAMASK 65in wide worth 75c yard for
 Monday .ASS AERCERIZED BLEACHED LINEN DAlIASK-65in. and 7Oin.
 widths, worth $10O yard for Monday 69c GERMAN HOMESPUN TABLE LINEN-Very heavy unbeach-
 ed 6oIn wide worth 75c a yard for Monday .... 49c
 $1OO quality, 7Oin wide .... .....5Sc LINEN NAPKINS-Red and blue check fnged for Monday,
 dozen ... .... .. .. .... .... ............ 23c PURE LINEN NAPKNS-beached with red and blue borders,
 also solid white the regular 75 quality for Monday per doz 43c
 90c quality for Monday per doZ S9c
 $1OO quality for Monday per dog .69c
 @125 quality for Monday per doz .S0c EXTRA LARGE COTTON TOWEISwith red borders for Mon
 day each ..........s...... ...... -..... 100 PURE LINEN TOWELswith red and blue borders also solid white. large for Monday each .24O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Y. RI. c. A. MEETING.
Rev. A. Y. Napier to Deliver Farew
 Address T0day.

Rev. A. Y. Napier to Deliver Farewell
 Address Today.
 '+The Sin of Unbelief'' is the subject announced for the address at the '. M. c. A.. building at the corner of Perry and Adams Streets. this after noon at s:30 o'clock. The speaker will be Rev. A. Y. Napier. pastor of the Southside Baptist Church.
 Mir. Napier came to Montgomery last summer to take charge of his work in this city and on the day he preached his first sermon in Montgomery, he ad- dressed a meeting at the r. M c. A. In the afternoon. He has just resigned %Ais charge here to take effect Decem- Der 1st and Is under appointment by the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention to so as missionary to Central China. He expects to sail for the Far East in a few weeks and upon the last Sunday of his pastorate in Montgomery he will address the young men who att tend the Association meeting.
 The meeting will be open to all young men and a large number are expected to hear the farewell words of this able young minister of the Gospel.
 The Religious Meetings Committee will meet immediately after the seF- vice. It Is the purpose of this com mittee to bring forward the religious work of the Association more promi- nently than 1t has been ever before done. The committee Is composed of some of the best workers of the Asso- oiation representing practically all of the Protestant churches in the city. The purpose of the work of the com mittee is both to bring unconverted men into the meetings that they may be saved and added to the churches and that young men who are church mem- bers may be developed so as to promote efFiciency in church work.
 That the Association work has been successful along these lines Is evidenced by the statement of the late world-fa- nous Evangelist, Dwight L. Moody. which he very often repeated, that the Young Mems Christian Association had done more to develop him for Chris tan service than any other human agency.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
The Millinery Room.

We still retain the entire force this department and are daily turning out the latest creations Any fancy heeruy g fled and with prompness that surprising Only very best ma terial is used and most competent artists employed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
PECK'SBADBOY ABROAD
The Bad Boy and His Dad Ready for Their Ocean Trip. He Labels the Old Mans Suit Case-Iiow the
 Cowboys Made His Dad Dance

train butcher for more than an hour. cause I was afraid If went into the car where dad was he would make some remark that would offend my pride, and when did so back to the car he just said; Somebody fooled you. Those fellows couldn't dance, and I knew 1t all the time Yes, guess there is no doubt dad is crazy come times, but let me chaperone him through a few foreign countries and he will stand without hitching all right. Well, goodby, now, old man, and try and bear up under 1t, till you get a. letter from me-" and the bad boy took his sIabeled valise and hat box and started.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Extra Quality Sea Island,
 FOR MONDAY 10 Yards for" A Cents.

Flanneet fancy coor regular 12s quality also Teazedown Outings in all coors for Monday 30
 Fancy Boofold Suiting 36in. wide, worth 25c, Mon ..........s .... .. ......... .1218c
 Tricot Flanne in all colors for Monday per yard .24c
 Black Guaranteed Taeta Silk, S6n wid worth $15o yard
 Ladies Daisy Cloth Gowns pink and light bue worth $125 Monday OSc
 Ladies' Outing Gowns, worth 75c, for Monday 49C
 Ladies' Ribbed Vests feeced back silk taped neck
 White and Red Flannel, extra good quality for Monday yard A0c
 Walking Skirts blue, brown and black, neatly trimmed worth P5OO Tor Monday .~4o
 36 Walking Skirts, the shade of brown self trimmed with straps and buons regular $6.50 skirt for Monday .$44S
 Walking Skirts of black and navy, all wool regular $S5O value for Monday ..'4A4S
 Black Mercerized Petcoat with wide accordeon pad rue worth $15O for Monday .,.0oc
 Black Mercerized Peicoa fine quality, of fling regular $20o value, for Monday $124
 Ladies' and Misses Jackets, of all wool Kersey, of the latest styles worth for Monday OS
 Ladies' Kersey Jackets Light, and black, also brown, gray green and red Zbene ackets, any in lot worth $8 oo for Monday your choice $4.OS
 Misses Long Coats of very fine quality Kersey, red
 light and brown, worth $500 for Monday. .S4 OS
 Ladies' Light Tan Kersey Jackets, lined throughout with guaranteed Skinner Satin, garment worth $2o tor Monday y........................ $I2.5O
 ChIdren's Reefers, ages to I4 years, almost every coor worth from S2.oo up to $3.so, for Monday $30
 Ladies BIOuses or Sweaters all wool, sold where at $3, for Monday. %I'4o
 Misses Tailor Made Suits. beautiful assortment, worth $IO.oo for Monday $5'9O Fur Scars worth $I75 for. 0oc Fur Scarfs worth $2 80 $Io4S Fur Scarfs worth $4 100 $2.46 Fur Scarfs worth $s % Fur Scarfs worth 5000 for 40
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Our Line of Jackets.

Has been particularly reinforced and better prepared than 70 please the most critical We've the best oo made eorcng 70 iashlons latest designs yet prices high as those prevailing inferior and oudae abous We want you this oc inspect closely to make the most crca We confident of your final sion in favor.
 We are also chewing something srtan array already complete as to sbut somewhat short certain s been repenshed and we are now ready fit who disposed take advantage of the rare bargain prices placing upon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
BY HON. eEoRaE W. ppcK

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
 (Ex- Governor or wisconsin, formerly
 publisher of "Peck's Sun," author
 of 'Peck's Bad Boy etc.
 (Copyrignt. 1904. by Joseph B Bowles.)
 The groceryman was in front of the grocery bent over a box of rutabagas turning the decayed sides down to make the possible customer think all was not as bad as 1t might be. when shrill whistle down the street attract ed his attention. He looked in the di. rection from whichf 1t came, and saw the bad boy coming with suit case in one hand and a sole leather hat box in the other, and the old man went in the store to say a silent prayer. and to fay a hatchet and an ax handle where he could reach them if the worst came. X
 well. you, want to get q good look at mo now" said the bad boy, as he dropped the valise on the floor. and put the hat box on the counter. Tor 1t will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
MANY NEW ARRIVALS
 OF LATE CREATIONS.

We have opened up after goods during the mast two days and our store will resemble opening da tomorrow It's opportunity get the very bes the latest styles in Radymae Garments and at the low prices always prevailing here
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

To be a successful wife, to } retain the love and admiration of her husband should be 8 wOman's constant study. If she would be all that she may, she must guard well against the signs of ill health. Mrs. Brown tells her story for the benefit of all wives and mothers.
 "DEAR MRS. PrEKHAM:-Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will make every mother well, strongs healthy and happy. I dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and weariness. I then troubled as was; and the wonderful results she had had from your Vege. table Compound, and decided to try what it would do for me, and used it for three monthS At the end of that time, I was a different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and my husa band fell in love with me all over again. It seemed like Q new existence.
 had been suffering with inAamnaa- tion and falling of the womb, but your medicine cured that, and built up my entire system, till was indeed like a new woman. - Sincerely yours, MRa. CHAs. F. BROWN, 21 Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs, Ark, Vice President Mothera Club.-95o00 fe3sit q oFiqlsaf of ascBs 1stesp sgeai i9 Rsaaaneaaas eazl1t @ 1Fa9ae
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Clothing Department.

Hundreds of eyes opened again this many dollars saved
 result of buying suits Our trade shows constant increase and appearing having heard of the wonderful values giving There's guaranteed saving of at least 25 PER GENT. every purchase.
 In addition stock of Shoes and furnishings complete enabling fill any want.