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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01
Society,".
MARGARET DALE.

Saturday afternoon. November
Is, 428 Main street, the home OF
MIR. aud Mrs. G. V. Jones was the
scene of one OF the most brilliant
social functions in the history OF
our aristocratic little city. The
occasion was the advent of the new
bride of Mr. Wallace Moore into
our midst and her presentation
into Union City's social world by
his mother. Mrs. Felix Moore, and
sister, Mrs. c. v. Jones.
Every one in Union City distin-
gnished tor wealth, beauty or intel
lect was present at thia.At Home. "
All nature seemed to unite ia -Eak-
ing the day ideal The sturdy old
oaks and magnoll5s whose thickly
growing branches crossed and re-
crossed each other, standing senti-
mel, donned their richest robes of
golden and red and emerald. The
sun came out in all his glory and
its rays, penetrating the foliage,
streamed through and played over
the scene with idyllic grace. In the
air was not breath Of wind. The
grove was motionless as if lost in
listening and gazing as carriage
succeeded carriage and deposited
its cargo Of grace and splendor at
the entrance of this beautiful home
GROWING the summit Of the hill
and bearing thousand traces of
ancestral gallantry and ante-bellum
hospitality.
AT first glance a primitive faith
almost fabulous, a kind of real
presence took possession OF the
mind and made the true Southern
heart beat high and warm. When
we were admitted into the front
hall by Mrs J. X. Murphy arrayed
III gauzy lavender assisted by little
Miss Harriette Beckham in delicate
pink mousseline and Imogene Jones
(lit,le daughter Of the hostess) in
flmy. fairy white lace, we forgot
that we were past that angelic age
at which nature would have us be.
lieve in fairies.
The hall was festooned and
banked with evergreens, The grill
work bore delicate tracings Of vine
and assumed the appearance Of a
deep grotto, narrowing into wild
secluded ravine at the end of which
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01

every nook and crevice, and like
myriads of insects intoxicated with
the dew found in the calyX of many
a flower, the guests hummed joy
ously.
Mrs. J. A. Whipple in pretty
green chiffon cloth and Mrs. Harris
Parks in pale blue clair de lune
over silk stood at the folding doors
of the back parlor. They directed
us to large cut glass bowl, bril-
liant with the prismatic colors OF
the rainbow, filled with delicious
topaz tinted nectar poured out to
us in cut glass goblets by Miss
Ruth Lyon in her pure white silk
and large white picture hat. AS
we kissed the rim of the cup and
drank to the health OF the newly
welded pair we could not refrain
from saying, "A sweeter draught
from a tairer hand was never
quatfed."
The dining room all in white
with white tulle love knots and
flowing pennons was surprise and
delight. The table CLEANED like a
great sun loaded with glass, crys-
tai and shell like china. A round
of crystal was placed on white
damask and handmade lace center.
On this was fragile, slender vase
shaped like long stemmed lily
filled with feathery white petaled
chrysanthemums SHINING with
transparent and almost tairylike
luster in the sheen of lights.
Miss Mary Swiggart in dark red
Indian crepe at one end of the table
and Mrs. H. S. Hughes in Brussels
net at the other dispensed the '.cup
that cheers, but does not mediate. :"
Ices in pink and white with angel
food cake we're throughout the
house.
Mrs. Jones made an excellent
hostess and easily succeeded in her
efforts to charm. If there were
not sparkle and wit and pleasure
then perfect dress has lost its
power More superb arrangements
and creations are not often grouped
together. 1t was a harmonious
whole Of grace and loneliness.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01

one could discern a rustic swing
suspended and tempting tete-a.
tetes. The broad stairway on the
left, far back in the distance, was
interviewed with ivy, smilax and
hanging vines, forming a floral am,
phitheatre concealing some en-.
chanted nook from which soft
echoes were borne around of sweet
music as ii at the bidding of en-.
chantress or manipulation of the
tiny wand. Tinted shaded electric
stones shone with mellow, subdued
radiance like the light of a young
moon in this sylvan bower. We
were walEing and looking, indulg.
ing our minds in all the delicate
aerial fancies of poets when our
guide led us from this labyrinth
into the front parlor where the re-
Iceiving line stood, Mrs. Jones at
the right and Mrs. Felix Moore at
the lett of the bride.
Mrs. Moore's clinging gown of
point d'esprit with bands and
fiounces of rare old lace over the
richest softest white satin. stood
out in bold relief against the back
ground of black silk crepe de chine
worn as only Mrs. Jones' blonde
type can wear it, and the simmer
ing gray folds of her mother, and
in the half-light made by the daint-
lily shaded silver candelabra, as
sumed the hue of marble,
Mrs. Jones met her guests with
warmth and unaffected heartiness
and as the bride gave back greeting
for greeting and smile for smile
there shone in her eyes that strange
FIRE that only cupid can kindle. All
we're at once fascinated by her
charm OF manner. Mrs. Moore is
not an entire stranger in our city
for "She came, she saw, she con-
quered There were so many
young brides present that think
the golden throated warblers mis-.
took the day for Valentines and
chanted the love notes, Sweet,
sweet, sweet Il love you, love
vou." she is mine. she is mine,
with untiring delight.
Each successive feature was at
tractive and pleasing. Groups Of
palms intermingled with ivy; grow
ing plants in quaint delicately
painted jars and vases; beautiful
statuary; blooming roses, with
their centers Of dewy pearl and
pink forming perfect cups of deli
cious fragrance, held possession Of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01

II was much afflicted with sclatica,
writes Ed @. Mud, Iowaville, Sedg.
wick, Co. Kan. going about on crutch.
es and suffering deal Of pain. | was
induced to try Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment, which relieved me. | used
three 80 cent bottles 1t is the great
est liniment ever used; have recon-
mended it to a number Of persons; all
express themselves as being benefited
by it. ] now walk without crutches.
able to perform q great deal OF light
labor on the FARM &c, SOC and oil
Martin-AlleD Drug Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01
EDITOR ACQUITTED.
Geo. Stanfill, of Dyersburg Heral
Cleared of Larceny Charge.

Memphis. Tenn, Nov. 49, The
famous case of alleged larcency o.
the country correspondence Of one
Dyersburg editor by another, was
heard in the Federal Court to-day
before Judge Mccall, and upon his
instructions, the jury acquitted
George Stanfill, editor OF the Oyers.
burg Herald, the defendant in the
case.
The charge against Stanfill was
that he took from the postoffice a
letter addressed to Thomas w.
Neal, editor of the State Gazette,
a rival paper Of the Herald and
printed in the same town. The
letter in controversy was printed
in the Harald May II.
Editor Stanfill himself was on
the stand in his own behalf. He
stated that he might have received
the letter, but had no recollection
of it. If it had been put in his box
it would have been an easy matter
tor it to have been opened without
the address being noticed, and if
he opened and saw that it was corr
respondence he hung it on the copy
hook as he always did correspond
ence.
Judge Mccall decided that the
mistake could have been made in
this way without Stanfill's MOTTO
ing, aud therefore instructed the
jury to acquit the defendant.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01
Heart rlutterinr.

Undigested food and gas in the storn.
ach, located just below the heart,
presses against it and causes heart
palpitation. When your heart troub-
les you IN that way take Herbine FOR
g few days. You will soon bealI right.
soc. Martin-Allen Drug Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-12-01
oumberland Prssbyterian Church

Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Sunday School at 9. 80.
Preaching al l1O0 and 100 p. m,
Endeavor Society at 600 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday al
100 p. m.
All who are not attendants al
other churches are cordially invited
to worship with us.
i'll. HUDcINs.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
Clock to Run 10000 Years.

The Hon. H. G.. Strut, of England,
has invented what is the closest APP
proach to perpetual motion yet devised.
IF is n clock that will run for 10000
years, unless the wear of some OF IT'S
parts destroys it before that time.
One-twelfth of a grain of radium is
hung over a small electroscope, made
of two thin strips Of silver. THESE
charged with electricity emanatihg
from the radium, move apart, toich
the sides of the vacuum tube in which
tbey are fixed. transfer their charge
to an aluminium wire (thus ringing
belD are discharged, fall together
again, and then apart again, and so OH
for the 10000 years or so already men
tioned.-New York World.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly respondent. Nothing
pleases her. Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon." -,
But she doesn't get all right" and
hope yanishes; then come the brood
ing, mo: bid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don t wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what 1t did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 18th Street,
Louisville, KY. niece of the late Gen.
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 cannot tell you with pen and ink what
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me. | suffered with female
troubles. extreme lassitude, the blues,
nervousness and that all gone feeling. was
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but 1t has restored mete perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy OF my
Younger days has returned, and do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency, as did be-
fore consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a boon to sick and suffering
women" ,
n YOU have some arrangement OF
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
Awaited His Chance.

A story is told of a diplomat VINO
represented South American Kepuo-
lie at Paris. There had been revoiu-
tions at home-sO many that the imam
ciers there had no time to send MS
salary. But he took this misfortune
philosophically. sold all the furniture
of the legation except n bed. table
and some chairs, and occupied one
room with his principal attache. VINO
was good enough to cook the meals.
ANY one who called early on the
minister would probably find him
cleaning the boots. "What would
yonS' he would say, waving an eX-
pressiye boot. "A1y poor country is III
another crisis, and has forgotten us
again. But when go back l snail
make a revolution and appoint myself
president Then we shall have our re-
ward for this self-denial." -Philadel-
nhio Record
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
COMES A TIME
when Coffee Shows What 1t Has Been
Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me-" writes matron from Rome,
n. Y, ''it's lightest punishment was TO
make me 'logy' and dizzy and 1t
seemed to thicken up my blood.
THE heaviest was when it upset my
stomach completely. destroying my ap-
petite and making me nervous and irri-
table. and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks, in which nearly
lost my life, concluded to quit and
try Postum Food Coffee.
1T went right to the spot! found It
not only a most palatable and refresh
ing beverage. but food as well.
"All my ailments, the 'loginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and irri-
liability disappeared in short order and
my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have a good appetite and am rejoicing
in sound health, which l owe to the
use of Postum Food Coffee" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
There's reason.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" found in each pkg.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
ADin.reuce I'm Expressions.

On q north end corner few nights
ago was a fakir selling cureali. 10
hold his crowd he promised that, after
he had talked about his goods awhiie'
be would cut off boys head and re-
nloco If without injury to the boy. His
"decapitation act" as he caiied II:
would be performed in full view OF
everybody present, he said Two men,
strangers to each other. heard the pro
lessons" wonderful promise. with
smile one of them turned and said:
I'm from Missouri. He'll have TO
show me-" :.
The other cast snecring glance at
tho "nrofessor" "Um from Kansas"
he said. "He's liar."-kansas Clty
Times.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Observation-Disclosures and un-
changed; receipts, Bill barrels; ex-
ports, POI barrels.
WHEAT - Firmer. Spot contract,
,o1z; No. red Western, July, 87H;
August S6A; September, S75s; steamer
No. 2 red, 8IH@SIA; receipts, 1914
bushels; Southern, by sample, new, 7oa
90; Southern, on grade, new, $4,000.
CORN-Firmer. Spot, oIH4oIM /;
July, 62A@62H; steamer mixed, 500
5oN; receipts, I2,Io3 bushels; Southern
white corn, s8@6IH; Southern yellow
corn, 6o@65.
OATS-Firmer. No. red white,
,S1z sales; No. mixed, 36H sales; re-
ceipts, S,o4o bushels.
RYE-Steady. No. Western, up
town, 84@85.
HAY-Steady and unchanged.
BUTTER-F Firm and unchanged
Fancy imitation, I7@IS; fancy cream
cry, 2I@2r1a; fancy ladle, I6@I7; store
packed, 14@I5.
EGGS-Firm, II.
CHEESE-Firm and unchanged.
Large, 1914; medium, 1914; small, 1884
SUGA R-Steady and unchanged.
Coarse granulated, SIS; hne,s;55.
New York.-WHEAT - No. q 4. red,
LOO asked elevator; No 2 red, 1914
asked f. O. b. ahoat; No. 1 Northern
Duluth, LOS (. o. b. float; No. 1 hard
Manitoba, liz f..Q. b. aAoat.
CORN-Spot, fm; No. z, 63H ele-
vator and 63A f. o. b. afoat; No. vel
low, Ga; No. 2 white, 63M. Option mar
ket was strong and higher, with the
West, and on light interior movement,
closing 1zc above Thursday. July, 62h
@6., closed 6234; September, 6I34@
62A, closed 62A; December closed So.
OATS-Spot, steady; mixed, 2o@32
pounds, 35Ha@36H; natural white, 80
@32 pounds, 37H@3SH; clipped white,
36(G4o pounds, 3804I.
New York.-FLOUR-Receipts 49,
763 barrels; exports, 1901 barrels; quiet,
but steady.
POULTRY-Alive, irregular; West
ern spring chickens, 10000; fowls, 1917 !;
turkeys, 1914. Dressed, irregular; West
ern broilers, 1921; fowls, I2H; tur-
keys, 1907.
COTTONSEED OIL-Easy; prime
yellow, 281a@28M.
SUGAR-Raw, unsettled; fair refn-
ing, 81; centrifugal, 90 test, AS; mo-
lasses sugar, 81; refined, quiet.
POTATOES-Quiet; Southern, SoG
1875; Jersey sweets, I.oo@2.25.
PEANUTS-Weak; fancy hand-pick-
ed, 81; other domestic, 3H@5A.
CABBAGES-Weak; Southern, pei
barrel 5o(075.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
MY DAD AND NE.

Seems like everything want ter no.
NV dad he les don't want me to;
Dad saws hiIl-dill an pris 'ner' base
Ia foolisbness. an that ter chase
An; tear around an climb an yell
Has les cot ter be broke up spell.
He rot ter work. dad says, at ten,
AM that's the way ter train up NEIL
Th;ngs has changed some since those days,
Gent dads ideas, an they jest stays.
AM go somehow we can't agree,
My dad an me.
Bob Hunters dad, he takes. him OUT
Through woods an fields an all ABOUT,
An shows him how ter shoot an tsn,
An how ter swim. 0, dear, | wish
That dad would take me that away,
Jes' kind O. chumnin' fer a day.
Bob Hunter, he jes' knows pile,
His dad has showed him; guess you'd smile
Ter hear him tell O. birds an Things;
WHY tip.ups teeter an the robin sings,
Jes where to find the ole muskrat,
An lots O queer things more n tnat.
But dad, he don't; won't stand their noise'
Says 'taint no use to humorr boys.
l guess that's why we can't agree,
My dali an me.
Bob's father. ne jes' jumps right in;
PLAYS ball an slams 'em in like SIN,
AM laughs at us when we get mad,
An Jokes us till we wish we had
,Jes' held our tempers same as he,
When we smash back. He says that we
Are bound ter git knocked when we're men
An laughin' now at bumps, why, when
We all grow up we won't mind much
What he calls the equalzn' touch
OF nature; Bob's dad says. Wish mine
Would fool an talk that way; it's fine
Yer git ter know yer dad, an ne knows
you,
An amt forgot he was young, too,
But dad don't. so we don't agree,
My dad an me:
--Montrea. Herald.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
FIKA4E
kza0@oEkff&
The Maid-"How smoothly your auto
runs?" The Chauffeur-"Yes; l think
something's broken-Puck.

u~n'
Dear me!' cried Mss Whitefsh,
'Pray tell me the reason.
Miss Trout, why you frecke
So soon in the season?
81 heard that an EngliShman won
the Marathon race" well, his an
cestors trained over that course in
5."-Harvard Lampoon.
Bacon-"When he was out camping,
did your brother kill much?" Egbert--
"Sure. He killed nearly everybody in
camp. He was the cOOk!'-Ionkers
Statesman.
ode man dat goes through life look
i'm fob easy work." said Uncle Eden,
generally finishes by sittin' down an
blamin ev'ything on de trusts. -
Washington Star.
Superintendent-" you say
the conductor used insulting language.
What did you do?" LADY, wanted
TO get off at my corner" "Oh, well, l
knew he must have had some cause" -
Life.
Mother-"I think Celeste would bet
ter study painting rather than music
don't you? Then she won't make any
noise practicing.", Father-"Oh' l
don't know. There is an end to noise,
but the pictures may last forever.
Detroit Free Press.
Oh, tradesman, in thine hour OF Gee,
If on this paper you should ccc'
Take our advice and now be wy,
Go straight ahead. and advert !,
You'll find the project of SOME u;
Neglect can offer no ex qqq,,
Be wise at once, prolong your d A,
A silent business soon de k k k.
journal of Philo.ogy.
"When the doctor told her she was
diving it must have been an aWfui
shock to her." "Oh, terrible! She had
lust bought $50 bonnet, and, OF
course. she knew she couldn't wear
that with a halo."--Philadelpbla Press.
"a great many public men are mis-
represented in the newspapers Ger
family" answered Senator Sorghum.
"a lot of us are pictured as handsome
men of high motives and marvellous
intellects. Don't make fuss about
1t. Let 'em misrepresent." Washing
ton Star.
"Do you know what you are trying
TO say" queried the editor as lie
glanced over his copy. when you
speak Of a man going to his long rest
at the untimely age of eighty!
"Sure," answered the new reporter
"He ought TO have been chloroformeu
twenty years ago."-Chicago News.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
BABYS TERRIBLE SORE
Body Raw With Humor-Causoa ohtoio
Agony--Doctor Did No Good-Mother
Discouraged- Cuticura Cured at Once.

"Mly child was very delicate baby. A
terrible sore and humor broke out on his
body. looking like raw flesh, and causing
the child untold agony. My physician pre-
scribed various remedies, none Of which
helped at all. became discouraged ana
took the matter into my owl. hands, and
tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
with almost immediate success. Before
the second week had passed the soreness
was gone, not leaving trace of anything
Mrs. Jeanette II. Block, 2Si Rosedale St.,
Rochester, n. Y"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
Worth More Than She Thought.

Two stamps were once put into an
offertory box by lady in Georgetown.
They were 2.cent stamps, issued In
British Guiana in 1850 The lady had
come across an envelope among her
papers bearing two of these stamps.
The incumbent, Canon Josa, sold the
envelope with the two stamps on II
by auction and it realized 92O5. The
following year the same two stamps
changed hands at $3.50, the first pur'
chaser making G445 profit on the
deal. The new purchaser sold them
for ESQ to a German dealer, who
sold them to Russian nobleman for
Ei.0OO.-LOndon Tit-Bits.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
Of Trade" saws: ON wholesale and job
bing circles an unusually brisk duplicate
order business testifes to the freedom
from accumulated stocks on the shelves
of interior dealers, where there is no
abatement of confidence in the future
"Structural steel and all forms OF rail-
way equipment are the prominent fea-
lures of the iron industry, but quiet. con-
ditions prevail at coke ovens and pig
iron furnaces. 49,.
regarding the crop situation, prices rls.
ing higher than would be the case II
manipulation were less vigorous, and ex-
ports are adversely affected.
Tnventories show a good volume OF
business for the first six months OF the
wear. and still greater anxiety is ex-
pected in the last half
Railway earnings in June were o5
DER cent. larger than last years, but tor
eign commerce at this port for the last
week shows loss of $4I67 in exports
and a decrease of $4SS,75S in imports,
as compared with 1904.
Uncertainty in the markets for cot
ton goods has resulted from the rise IN
the raw material, and it is almost i'm
possible to negotiate for future delivery:
Failures this week in the United
States are 100, against 24o last week,
los the preceding week and 2oo the cor
responding week last year"
"Bradstreet's says: Wheat, nclud-
ing -four, exports for the week are l.
o5o,644 bushels, against 756,64I last
week, S78,oIo this week last year, 1880
40 in 1903, and 4,4o4II5 i'll 1902. Corn
exports for the week are o32,225 bush
els, against I,266,364 last week, oI3,I24
year ago, I,525,oS4 in 1905 and 1885,
o3I in 1902"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-07-21
GIFTS IN PROPER SPIRIT.
Significance of Recent Benefactions
to Colleges.

to Colleges.
After all, the principal use OF the
college is as a place where the next
generation is to get right ideas OF
what is worth while in life itself. The
mere facts which, to the Ignorant,
seem the advantages Of education, are
Of minor Importance. We hear much
in the periods of college commence
ments of the necessities OF the MOD
srn university in the way of enlarged
epdowments and increased equipment
Some of this talk is, OF course, rea-
sonable enough. 1t Is addressed mann
ly to the rich as a demand for tho
recognition by them of duty OF gen.
erosity. one which in our days nan
had most remarkable response. But
apparatus is an impossible substitute
for ideals, and the best endowment
of a college Is the character or It's
graduates. The $4,000 bequest, for
example, to his Alma Mater, which
the will of the late William II. Bald
win contained was small If consider
ed as a mere matter Of money. but his
character and the ideals OF public
service which his life expressed form
part of that permanent endowment
which alone makes a university great
The memory of railroad president
ready to sacrifice, II need be, his posi-
ton, rather than lose an opportunity
for usefulness on an unpaid committee
of citizens banded together for i'm
rortant civic service, Is a rarer ano
more precious contribution to the
fiber of university life than any mere
material bounty from ravenous mn
gers unclutched by hypocrisy or the
fear Of death.-George W. Alger IL
the Atlantic Monthly.