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The independent., 1905-03-23
The Secret Of Their Success

They want their pay, but not until
you can say "Here is the dollar You
deserve it." not until they have earned
it, not until you are willing to send it
to them, not until you want to send
it to them, not until you are satisfied
to pay it, not until they have proven
to you that they have what they claim,
not until Vitae-Ore has done for you
what you want it to do for you. Until
then, you pay them nothing. After
that you will be willing to pay. Glad
to pay, as hundreds of the readers of
this paper, yea, thousands, have been
willing and glad to pay. You are to be
the Judge! They leave it to you en-
tirely for you to decide. If you can
say that they, and Vitae-Ore, have
earned your money, the Theo. Noel
Company wants your money, but not
otherwise. That is how this big, Chi
cago medicine firm, who have adver-
tised regularly in this paper for years,
are offering their Vitae-Ore in their
big advertisement in this issue, the Sc
cret of their success. That is how
they have grown and grown, year after
year, by acting fairly and squarely,
that is how they have made hundreds
of firm, true and lasting friends among
the readers of this paper. Your neigh
bors have tried it, know it to be true;
why shouldn't you? How can you re-
fuse to give this most remarkable of
remedies-a natural, curing and heal
ing mineral ore-a trial on the terms
of such a liberal offer! II you need
medicinal treatment of any kind, If you
are sick and ailing, if any one in your
family is ailing, poorly, worn out, sick
ly, it is actually sin and a shame
if you do not send for Vitae-Ore upon
the terms of their thirty-day trial Of
fer. Read the offer! Read it again!
Send for the medicine! Do it today!
Each day lost makes your case older,
obstinate, harder, hurts you more,
pains you more. They take all the
risk; you have nothing to lose.a You
are to be the judge!
The independent., 1905-03-23

rOMMODORES Somerville Nicholson,
~ of the United States Navy, in
letter from 1887 r Street, Northwest,
Washington, D. c., says:
"YOur Peruna has been and Is now
used by SO many of my friends and
aCquaintanceS asa sure cure for cafarrkl
that am convinced of its curative
qualities andI unhesftafingiy recon-.
mend 1t to all persons suffering from
that complaint"
Our army and our navy are the natural
protection of our country.
Peruna is the natural protection Of
the army and navy in the vicissitudes
of climate and exposure.
We have on file thousands of testi-
monials from prominent people in the
army and navy.
We can give our readers only slight
glimpse OF the vast array Of unsolicited
endorsements DR.. Hartman is con-
stantly receiving for his widely known
and efficient remedy. Peruna.
II you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. s.. B. Hartman,
President of The Hartman Sanitarium,
Columbus, Ohio, and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice.
The independent., 1905-03-23
IT SHALL 3 E REBUILT
down the constitution and defied the
Denver News.

down the constitution and defied the
laws.
Those of them which confine their
operations to Denver and vicinity are
making and expect to make tens of
millions from public franchises. Those
of them which operate throughout the
state are making and expect to make
many tens of millions by exploiting
the natural resources at the minimum
of cost to themselves.
"The Denver Tramway company last
year earned a surplus of $508,00O over
and above all cost of operating ex-
penses, interest and taxes. The sum
is equal to more than 10 per cent
upon stock capitalization of $5,000,-
600, which does not in fact represent
one dollar of investment. The COM
pany now makes the public claim that
it has franchise unlimited as to time
and that it may continue to earn 10 per
cent, or 20 per cent, or so per cent, as
the city grows, upon this watered
stock for all time to come SO long as
there is a Denver 1t relies upon it's
political power to maintain it's claim
to a perpetual franchise.
"The water company has just paid
a dividend of per cent upon a stock
capitalization of $7,5OO,00O not one dol
lar Of which stands for an investment
of actual cash, and it's earnings are
said to be sufficient to pay much more
than that sum every year.
"The tramway and the water COM
panies being closely allied, we have
the spectacle of this single interest
taking a profit of S1,000,000 a year out
of the people of Denver, solely as a
result of monopoly and franchise grab
bing, to be disbursed as dividends
upon stock that was manufactured
with no other cost than that of paper
and ink.
"The Colorado Fuel and Iron COM
pany, the smelter trust and the Victor
Fuel company are the three companies
operating over large extent of ter
ritory which are seeking to monopolize
every form of metallic and non-metal-
lie mineral production and treatment.
Their methods are notorious. So far
as they can do SO the ballot is made
worse than a mockery. Armed thugs
control the elections in the coal camps,
and returns are made with no refer
ence to the wishes of voters. Hardly a
section of the corrupt practices act is
not violated by them at every election,
yet because they own the machinery
of pretended law in the counties in
yolved they escape scot free.
"The profit reaped by such preda-
tory concerns, when the people per-
NIT themselves to be robbed, may be
judged from the quotations on smelter
stock on the exchange yesterday. Pre-
ferred stock was quoted at 122 and
common stock at 102. The amount of
each kind of stock is $50,000000, max
ing the market value Of the stock over
and above bonds, s112,00O,OO0. When
the stock was originally issued the pre-
The independent., 1905-03-23

Anarchy

The dictionary defines anarchy as
meaning, without law or order," "law-
lessness." The republican party has a
record for anarchy that is unequalled
by any political party in the history of
the United States. 1t was by anarchy
--lawlessness-tha the republican
party seated Rutherford B. Hayes
president and defeated the will of the
people who had rightfully elected Sam
uel ]. Tilden. It was by anarchy
laWlessness-tha the republicans with
the cooperation of the republican end
of the democratic party, defeated the
will of the people in Nebraska who
had elected John H. Powers governor.
1t is by narchy-lawlessnesS the
republican party in Colorado that they
have defeated the will Of the people
who had rightfully elected Alva Adams
governor. Unable to secure a majority
in the legislature of their own party
men sufficiently brutal and corrupt to
unseat Adams and give the Office to
the notorious Peabody, the ingenuity
of the republican leaders devised
method that for trickery and dishon-
esty has no parallel in recent times.
In order to accomplish their purpose
they were compelled to seat Peabody.
They made him governor for ONE
DAY, having previously required him
to write out and sign a resignation to
be filed after he had been seated as
governor. By their refusal to declare
Peabody elected governor previously,
they had admitted his defeat. The
legislature had no more right morally
to make Peabody governor for one day
than they had to make him governor
for two years. If he was not elected
governor it was as much anarchy to
declare him elected governor for a
day as it would have been to declare
him governor for the entire term. 1t
was lawlessness-an -anarchy-nothing
less.
Peabody's resignation was filed and
he was succeeded as governor by Lieu
tenant-Governor Mcdonald, a repub-
lican. We reproduce in this issue a
cartoon from the Denver News of
March 10. In the same issue, the edi-
tor of that paper says:
ITO say that the temple of justice
has been destroyed is hardly an over
statement. If it has not been de-
stroyed it has been violated and de-
faced. To repair these damages and
restore the sacred edifice to its pris-
tine splendor is the task before the
people. And it is task which the
News believes they will take up in
deadly earnest and at which they will
not cease to labor until it has been
completed.
"As the political situation stands,
both in Denver and in the state, half
a dozen great and greedy corporations
are in control. They have gained their
power by fraud, coercion and corrup.
tion unparalleled. They have struck
The independent., 1905-03-23

The city of Pisagua, Chile, S. A.,
with population of 10000, has been
abandoned by the inhabitants, owing
to fear of bubonic plague from which
several hundreds of people there have
died.
The independent., 1905-03-23

MI. Audiil0 Ou tHC Hiidi pdilOL.
"Next came the working out of the
disgraceful deal by which Peabody, the
recipient of the stolen Office, passed it
along to Lieutenant Governor McDon-
old and retired repudiated and dis
credited.
Everything that has taken place
since the convening of the legislature
illustrates the extraordinary and dead
ly power which the corporation bosses
have gathered into their hands. They
have grown so arrogant and daring
that they feel they can defy public
opinion and override the laws. They
have not only stolen the governorship,
but they have thrOttled every worthy
measure presented in either house and
will not permit any one of them to be
passed.
"The political atmosphere in the
state has been cleared by these events.
Nothing remains to obscure the great
issue which includes all lesser issues,
and that issue is whether Colorado
shall be run by it's people for their
benefit, or by the group of banded cor
porations for their benefit. The next
two years will determine whether Col
orado shall be placed in the class Of
states where the people have no voice,
or be free American commonwealth"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
FREMONT.
o. for a glimpse Of spring.

o, for glimpse of spring.
Health is better. Everybody has
had la grippe and gotten we'll.
Oscar Wilson, of Hornbeak, was
here last week the guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. Mickie Caldwell.
Johnnie Maupin. of Number Ten,
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Jones.
Mr.. John Stanfeld, Jr., and wife,
Of Moscow. have moved here and
will make their home with Mr.. and
Mrs Abe Stanfeld.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bell,
the Sd, boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. ].
A. Stau6eld, the 9th, boy; to Mr..
and Mrs. Bob Flanagan, the 7th,
girl
Charlie Britt was called last week
to the bedside of his mother, who
was dangerously sick at her home
near Bells.
Several from here attended the
burial of Mr. Jesse Glover at Anti
och Monday. Mr.. Glover has many
trends and relatives here who
deeply deplore his death.
Misses Murlle and Inez Cloar
spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives near Beech.
S. K. Barnes has bought and
shipped $50 rabbits in the last two
weeks.
Charlie Caldwell is on the sick
list.
Leo Anderson received a tele-
phone message here last week stat
ing that his father, Garland Ander.
son, formerly of this district, but
now of Rector, Ark, was very low
and not expected to live.
VIOLET.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
PADUoAH JUNCTION.

Miss Cordie Cheatham was. the
guest of her cousin, Miss Mary
Cheatham, OF Shady Grove, few
days last week.
Miss Berta Caldwell was the
guest of Miss Vera Pleasant, of
Obion, last week.
Messrs. S. X. Bratton and Will
Barry were here Sunday on their
way to Kansas City to buy stock.
Bob Matthews, Of Oblon, was here
Sunday on his way to Union City.
Mr.. Jim Nichols, of Union City,
was here Monday afternoon on his
way to Obion.
Mr.. B. E. p Matthews was in
Fulton Saturday.
Mrs. ]. C. Preuett and little son,
Charly Floyd, were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Brown, who are
very Sick, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mary cheatham spent few
days here this week.
Miss Anice Wood6n is quite sick
with pneumonia.
Mrs. r. H. Cheatham is on the
sick list. Also Mrs. Arnett Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Pawn Gregory and
little son, CaldW ell, and Miss Jessie
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
TO KILL FUTURE DEALS.
Use Of Mails Barred to Dealers in
Futures.


Washington, Feb. IL. The anti
option and anti-future bill intro
duced by Senator Clay in line with
the action Of the cotton planters of
the South as expressed at their
New Orleans convention, IS attract
ing much attention.
Senator Clay's bill has been very
carefully drawn with the idea of
avoiding so far as possible the pitt
falls which prevented the enactment
Of legislation along this line in
former Congresses. The Georgia
Senator has given much thought to
the subject, aud his bill will, he be-
lieves, meet the principal objections
advanced against former bills, at
the same time retaining all the ele-
ments of strength OF those bills.
He has presented it as an amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation
bill, it being made german to that
bill by the provisions denying the
use of tile mails to all letters or
communication from persons or
corporations bearing upon options
or future delivery contracts of the
kind prohibited by the bill.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17

Caldwell, of Newbern, visited rela-
tives here Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Tom Hamilton, of Shady
Grove, spent few hours here Mon
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lace Walker. of
Number Seven, were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Stanley a few
days last week.
Miss Florence Calhoun, of Union
City, was here Tuesday afternoon
on her way to Obiou.
', Mr.. Enloe Chiles, of Union City,
was here Tuesday afternoon on his
way to obion to spend few hours.
Mr.. Tom Berry, Of Memphis, was
here Tuesday afternoon returning
home, after spending few days in
Woodland
Mr.. Edd Fox, of obiou, was here
Tuesday returning home from I'm
ion City.
Mr.. John Payne was cutting down
a tree one day this week, and not
noticing 1t his horse walked up
near the tree and it fell on the horse
and killed it.
WILD FLOWER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
CLAYTON.

Mr.. Dalney Gray is confined to
his bed with grip.
Herman Cloar is right sick with
typhoid fever.
Mrs. Biddie Cloar is very sick
with la grippe.
Mrs. Owen has been very sick
with neuralgia, but we hope with
DR.. Marshall's care she will be all
right again soon.
Mrs. Ellen Marshall is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and M RS. Hutcher-
son, at Obion this week.
We are panied to note the death
of Tom Bedford at the Star of
Bethlehem. He fell from the house
top while cleaning the snow off the
roof.
We also regret to note the death
of Mrs. John Boston at Hickman.
She was Christian lady and
loved by all. She was once a neigh
Dor of the writer Thence she
moved to Hickman where she lived
tor seveaal years. She was the
widow Of John Boston. She leaves
a host of relatives and friends to
mourn her death.
Farewell, dear mother, sweet thy rest;
Weary with years and worn with
pain
Farewell till in some happy place we
shall meet again.
lis ours to miss thee all these years
And thy tender memories keep,
Thine in the Lord to rest
With his beloved sleep.
WILD PLUM.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17

that in adjusting the relations of
the two races care must be taken
not to degrade our present high
standard of civilization.
He thinks that the negro must be
trained and educated before he can
enter into the possession of true
freedom and the context of his re-
marks leads to the inevitable con-
clusion that he regards the negro
question as local issue, that the
Southern people can be trusted and
that the South should not be mo-
Tested or hampered in its efforts to
"preserve unframed the high civil
ization wrought out by its fore
fathers"
He bespeaks aid and sympathy
and the "heartiest respect for the
brave and earnest men OF the South
who, in the face of fearful difficult
ties, are doing all that men can do
for the betterment alike of white
and black and he appeals to the
North for friendship fer the South
because of the embarrassment of
conditions for which she is not
alone responsible"
1t is all in all one of the most lib
eral speeches ever delivered by a
public man who is not a citizen of
the South.
Nothing so free from bigotry and
intolerance could have been hoped
for from one who is citizen of the
NORTH and who occupies the White
House as Republican President.
1t will do much good.
1t will put stop to the agitation
of the negro question as political
issue and end a discussion which
was exaggerated unduly and un-
justi6a bly,.
1t is cold water upon rampant and
red-eyed negrophilism; it is oil upon
the troubled waters so far as the
honest and patriotic people of both
North and South are concerned.
News-Scimitar.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
MUST BELIEVE IT.
When weH-K nown Union city People Tel
" So PIainIK.


IN So PLAINLY.
When public endorsement is made
by a representative citizen of Union
City the proof is positive. You must
believe it. Read this testimony
Every backache sufferer, every man,
woman or child with any kidney trou.
lie will find profit in the reading.
G. w. Hawkins. United States Dep
uty Marshal, living on Second street,
Union City, says: II suffered from
kidney trouble for considerable
length of time. was also ANNOYED
by the kidney secretions which was
irregular and ,discolored After TAX
ing Doan's Kidney Pills for short
time the trouble was corrected /
therefore consider them an excellent
remedy for kidney trouble and ear
nestly Recommend them to anyone re-
quiring a remedy for the kidneys"
Sold for so cents per box. For sale
by all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo. n. Y, sole agents for the U.
S.
Remember the name D0ans and take
no substitute.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
PLACING idle MONEY.

There ought to be a good many
people who would be glad Of the
opportunity to receive 4 per cent.
compound interest on money which
is not invested, or which is idle.
We have very attractive booklet
which describes our offer to pay
per cent compound interest on idle
money, aud which proves that it
would be safe to deposit money
with us
The title of this book is "A Safe
Investment for Idle Money" and it
will prove beyond doubt that we
have perfectly safe investment
proposition for idle money. We
will send this booklet to anyone
who will write for it. 1t does not
matter whether You have money to
invest or not. You may some day
and we want to get introduced to
you.
In this day of sharp business
competition, it is necessary that
we make every dollar earn as much
as it can. To let money stay idle
is to lose money to the extent of
money it might have earned.
Our booklet will tell you lots of
facts you would like to know. Ad-
dress: Mechanics g. Farmers Saw
ings Bank, Paducah, Ky.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
SPOUT SPRING

Everything is froze up here and
having little leisure | am reminded
that | would like to write few
lines for The Commercial / don't
see how we could get along without
your paper. 1t is like a weekly let.
ter.
John Shaw, the hustling mer-
chant of Samburg, is buying furs
and has been laying in a good sup
ply this winter.
Will Owen sold a nice bunch of
hogs the other day
Fletcher Mailing, of Wade's
Landing, is now at Union City.
John Bell Simpson has killed
several wild geese and ducks during
the cold weather,
Fate Harrington is improving.
Uncle Jim Payne is very low and
his recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. Bob Lee is very sick Will
Pride is also very low.
J. f. Guthrie speaks of going to
Missouri on a deer hunt. Mr..
Guthrie is one of our merchants.
Mrs. Thos. H. Owen is visiting
her mother and father at Marquand,
Mo, and Mr. Owen is patching.
FISHERMAN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17
RECORD OF DEATHS,
JESSE GLOVER.

The death of Jesse Glover took
place last Sunday, the 18th inst, at
the home of his brother, E. A..
Glover, in the vicinity west of Union
City. The deceased was a bache-
lor AZ years of age. He was unas-
suming and quiet in disposition,
yet positive in character and hon.
orable in every way. He had many
exemplary habits and enjoyed the
friendship and confidence OF his
neighbors. He was also a member
of the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at
Crystal, and held firmly and con.
sistently to his religion. In all,
he was an honest man and that is
the sum of human virtue. In his
death Mr. Glover leaves three
brothers and one sister as follows:
Alex, John, Dave and Miss Octavia.
Funeral services were held at
Antioch, conducted by Rev. Jas. T.
Adams. A large crowd of friends
was present notwithstanding the
cold weather. The burial followed
at the church cemetery.
Little Babe
The sympathy of neighbors and
friends is extended to Mr.. and Mrs
w. e. Giffin, of Harris, in the
death of their little baby, John,
which occurred last Friday morn
ing from miningitis. The burial
took place Saturday, the service
being held at Shady Grove. Mr..
Giffin is merchant at Harris.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17

"There was sure thing gam
bier down in Mississippi named
Gamble-good name, by the way =
said John Sharp Williams. she
never made a bet unless be was
sure he would win. He was out
at country fair, staying at a
hotel. One morning man who
was in the sporting line himself
got up carly and looked out of the
window. He saw Gamble care
fully measuring with a tape-line
the hitching. post in front of the
hotel. He knew something was
up, and when Gamble went out to
the fair he went out and measured
the hitching post himself. Then
he took a sledge- hammer and drove
the post into the ground an inch
and half.
"That night after supper, while
they we're all sitting on the hotel
porch, Gamble craftily led the
conversation around to the diff
ficulty of judging distances and
heights.
!" Now he said, "there's that
hitching post out Wonder. I'll bet
a hundred | can come nearer to its
height than any body here.
6 How high would you reckon
it isg" asked the sledge hammer
artist, who, after a lot of CONVEX
sation, had put up the hundred
with Gamble.
"Oh, said Gamble, "I'll take it
at thirty inches.
: oh, no. replied the other
man, you are wrong. Pll bet it
is less than twenty.nine.'
"They measured and it was
twenty eight and half. Gamble
hasn't smiled since that day."