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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28

E. L. Adams and Miss Rosa
Shaw were married at the Metho-
dist parsonage in this city by Rev.
II. B. Johnston on sunday. Dec. q.
Mr.. and Adams are both well
known r-sidents Of this city.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28

At the court house in this city
last Friday afternoon Esq. H. S.
Sacra spoke the words which made
Mr. d. M. Harrison and Miss Liz.
zie Harrison husband and wife.
They live in Stewart County, this
State.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28
EDGAR e. Folk.

A coated tongue, foul breath aud
clogged condition III the bowels suns
gests the use of PKICKLY ASH Blr~
TIERS. Il is iust suited FOR sach all
ments Allen Drug Company special
Agents.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28
Editor Gibbs on Boys.

hulUOT dlUUS Oh DOJb.
Editor Ernest Gibbs, for long
time connected Within newspapers
Of Hickman, is now at East Prai-
RE, Mo-, and is giving the people of
that little town a good paper. But
few days before Christmas some
of Gibbs foreign friends sent him a
small vial as new-years gift, and
here's what appeared IN his paper a
few days later:
Somebody has figured out that
the averages boy who is dependent
upon his parents for a livelihood un
til he reaches the age of twenty one
years costs them four thousand
dollars. On this basis of calcula-
ton brood, tor instance, of six
would represent an outlay of TWEEN
ty.tour thousand dollars by the
time they get away from the home.
roost. The question. arises does it
pay to raise boys and are there no
other crops that would prove more
profitable? If boy turns out to
be a cigarette fiend with breath
like turkey buzzard and laugh
that would make the untutored
donkey feel perfectly at home in his
society with an untrammeled and
unconquerable desire to avoid work,
il IS safe to say that his parents
might have invested the four thou
sand dollars at much better advan-
tage. But if the boy grows up to
manhood with the lesson well learn.
ed that wealth and success grow
only on bushes watered by the
sweat of ones brow, the parents
need not begrudge whatever they
have spent on him, for he will be a
source of increasing pride and Joy |
to their hearts, and when they grow
old and their hands tremble and
their legs wabbe and their step is
slow and falteriug, they have two
strong arms to lean upon and help
them over all the rough places that
lie in their twilight path.
Unless all signs fail Col. Otis T.
Wingo will be the next President
Of Tie Arkansas Senate. He is in
the field for this position and is
constantly gaining additional sup
port His work as member of
the State Democratic Executive
Committee has marked him as one
of the abiest party leaders, and the
part he has taken III two State con
ventlons has placed him IN har-
monious touch with the rank and
file OF the party throughout the
State. Col. Wingo is not only an
eloquent and forceful speaker, but
he Is a parliamentarian of rare tact
aud ability. The work of the SEN
ate would be greatly facilitated by
the selection Of Col. Wingo as its
officer. De Queen tArk.) +
Bee.
wingo Is Weakley County boy.
He has taught school, m d
speeches and played politics all
over this section, and has friends in
this county who will be glad to
earn that he is winning success in
his new home.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28
Get the BEST Pipe WELLS

/ have the latest modern machinery
for sinking wells. / also handle the
Wind N Ills that took the grand prize
and gold medal at I he ST. Louis
Worlds Fair; II Is the Samson double
geared. Write for catalogue. All work
guaranteed ia reasonable price. 5 foot
wheel, S25. can save you money on
all plumbers goods Get my prices
before buying.
WALTER L McMURRAY,
n 81 y. No. TO- Union City, Tenn.
Phone 472-3 rings.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28

Mr.. c. J. Custer and wife will
leave Mobile on Dec. n for Bowling
Green. Ky. Mr.. Custer has been
manager of the Southern Hotel
since 1900. At various times he was
with the Mansard Hotel at Bowl
ing Green and has had contract
with them tor over year to return
and take charge. This hotel has
spent over $40, 900 in improvements.
Mr.. Custer during his stay in Mo-
bile has made many friends who
will regret to see him and his clever
vile depart. Mobile Daily Item.
You've tried the rest. nov try TIE
4 ~
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

We are authorized TO announce
w H. COOK
as candidate for superintendent Of Public In
stfiction for Obion County, subject TO the action
OF the couty Court at the January term, 1907.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28

Use Dahnke- Walker Milling Co.
Hour. 4 home product. aud gnaran-
teed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28
Illinois Central
RAILROAD.
BEST OF TRAIN SERVICE,
souTHBouND,
NoRTHBoUND.

Trains No, 105 and lSS are accommodations
snd stop At Paducah Junction to receive or dis
charge passengers.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28

You've tried the rest. nov try TIE
BEST Sunshine Flour
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-12-28
A Day Dream.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sssssesseEeeseeeeeFe
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
Eetters to tDe GditSr
AN APPEAL

To the County Board for Larger Ap-
 propriation for the County's Poor.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 If every member of the Board of Rev. enue would make a personal canvass of our county poor house and inquire Into the conditions existing there, the sick ness, the poverty and low moral stand ard required of the inmates--lf they could once be persuaded to do this and take a personal interest in these poor inmates and see their needs as they are today, they would not have to be ap- pealed to for larger appropriation; it would come voluntarily. The obliga- helpless poor are tenderly cared for; that they are neither neglected, de- spised or debauched. They are our wards. It Is concerning them that our Lord Is always saying unto us, "Inas- much as you did 1t to one of the least me-
 How can better conditions exist? Only by a larger appropriation by the county. Only 25 cents per day for food. fuel, clothes and medicine, and out of this small pittance the keeper must also ob- tain a living for himself and family. it, then, small wonder that they are so scantily clothed? was told the women twice a year were given one homespun dress and a pair of shoes, and three yards of white cloth, with which to make underclothing. Is 1t not a griey- ous reproaeh against any county that permits its poor to receive aims from outside sources, and yet if the church did not in measure aid those that come under it's influences in many cases, they would not have sufficient clothing to keep out the biting, cold. Now. what we need as l see 1t today, is a farm owned by the county, where the inmates who are able can work; the proceeds to go towards the maintenance chief for idle hands to do" How much happier and better satisfied these in mates would be, even though they could do but little to feel that they were in a measure self-supporting? Not long since, the writer had the pleasure of visiting the county poor house of Da- vidson County, Tennessee, and what a shame I felt in comparing it with our own. They have a nice, large, com fortable building. with farm attached a natron to look after everything. a hospital department with doctor in attendance. a sewing. room. where paid for by the county. I could not but wonder why the poor of Tennessee should fare so much better than those of Alamaha, for surely the souls of men and their bodily comforts are just as dear to our heavenly Father in one place as another, and then fell to won dering if men in Tennessee were more Godly than those of our own, county, or whether they had just brought them selves in closer touch with this great question and seeing the great need as well as the great obligation resting on them to look after these helpless ones, this home had been the result.
 If our own Board will put themselves in position to see and know the need of like institution. I feel sure there will be no need to urge them to act at once in this matter for the need Is inn perative and we cannot shirk this duty, for the poor we have with us always" and surely 1t is more blessed to give than to receive. A Visitor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
oNr Krxn or saoNuMnNr.

We doubt if there has ever been in this country a public building erected which was the occasion of as much miss management. ineflciency. graft and scandal as is and has been connected with the construction of the Capitol at Albany, ". Y. We are not sure of the date when 1t was commenced but our impression is that 1t was about one- third of century ago. The original estimate of the entire cost was four million dollars. but up to 1881, while 1t was stili unfinished. it had cost twenty millions. In that year the State Comptroller in his report made this statement;
 Three-fifths of the building are taken up in halls and corridors. and al- though 1t covers more than three acres of ground. all the departments cannot be accommodated within it. A great many of it's lower rooms are dark and damp. and unwholesome: the acoustics of the Assembly chamber are so bad that it is almost impossible to hear any debate: the Court of Appeals hesitates to occupy the chamber assigned to 1t on account of the wretched manner in fact that when completed it will be an annual burden of between $i5e,000 and S200.000 for care and repairs. and that another stone may crack and crumhic bly precipitate the whole to the cellar below. and the people of this State have monument of folly whose great est good will be as warning to future generations to plan well. and to calcu- late well the cost before building.
 That was twenty-five years ago. and since that time some five millions of dollars have been added to the expense, most of 1t for changes and repairs. yet we may say that it is yet unfinished. For many years they have been con- tinuaiiy spending large sums in alter ing and repairing. all made necessary ny faulty plans, swindling in. work and failures of architects and Builders froms the very beginning. Now we are in- formed that portions of the building are unsafe and have been barred against visitors and all others. More than that. 1t Is mentioned as possi- Utility that the engineers may report that the whole vast structure is in dam ger of crumb1ing" It is even probable |that the legislature and all the State officials will have to seek safety in tenn porary quarters while the building is hAiug made safe. if that is possible.
 The New York Mall thinks that if the state government is driven out of the Capitol "therc condition will be fair satire on the essential conditions ef State government in this country" Perhaps that is too general, but we may say that the entire history of this building is a record of political inter- meddling and partisan vena1ity. The original architect is said to have been thoroughly competent and reliable, but hs was So hampered and interfered with that he could not carry out his plans. and from then on everything has been botehed either through incompe- tency or rascality. The building bids fair to be & monument, but we are not saying what it will stand for or typify.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
FEBRUARY 4 IN
 WORLDS HISTORY
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 211.-Lucius septimus severus. Elm peror of Rome. died at York. England His sons, Geta and Caracelle, were by this event recalled from Scotland, over heath and mountain. her ancient stubborn independence.
 1536.-The parliament of England abolished Ponas syeTythbinE' relative to the
 1644.-A very large comet which had terrified the folks of New England with it's prodigious length of tall. dis appeared on this day to their great
 i7ss.-cessation of hostiiities with Great Britain, and final conclusion of tion. which freed the American colo nies from the claims of the mother country, and gave new nation to the
 I7s4.-rhe Legislature of Massachu- setts having repealed the law against theatrical amusements the Federal Street Theatre was opened as a regu- lar. lawful theatre, with Gnstavus Va ga and Modern Antiques.
 1796.-British ship Aurora. one of Admiral Christians fleet, having 160 three weeks by manual labor was res cued by Capt. Hodges of the American ship Sedley. The troops were princi- H&odges & .oo0 suineas for his exertions in saving their lives, which he refused
 1S04.--The boats of the British ship Centaur capture ana cut out or H1aT- unique the French corvette Le Curl eux.
 1so5.-The British sloop-of-war Ar row, twenty-eight guns; and bomb ves- seI Acheron, eight guns, having a fleet of merchantmen in convoy. captured by two French frigates, but most of the convoy escaped.
 1S0S-First legislative proceedings in relation to the New York canals.
 1S11.-Jonathan Lambert of Salem Massachusetts. took possession Of the unfnhabited island of Tritan d,Ahunca south of St. Helena The British took possession of 1t in 1877 and fortified 1t
 fs15-The United States frlgate Con stellation chased into Norfolk, Vtrgih- la. bv a British squadron,
 1S2e-The African Colonization Soct- ety voted to raise $10o,0o0 for sending free American negroes to Liberia.
 1Ss4.-General Santa Ana began his march on Acapulco, where the Mexican government troops under Alvarez were entrenched, s..., blown up by the allies, with the alu of 106, 900 pounds of powder.
 fg61.-First Confederate congress.
 iS64.-Two thousand armed Southern sympathizers gathered near Paris III, fred on returned soldiers. and forced them 10 take refuge in the court house until militia arrived from Terre Haute.
 1s94-The republic of Santo Domin ro invited Prof. Laurence Laughlln of the University of Chicago to "re- form it's financial system.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

1t cannot escape the extreme cold Of a Russian winter. and if the great road Is ever built train service on 1t will be work of continued difficulty in the winter. judging from experiences else where That Is for ncter consideration. though.
 Assuming. however. that the tunnel- ing Is successfully done. and that raii- way connections arc made and kept In serviceabie condition. it will be q wonderful advance in travelling condi- tions. To ride in a comfortable rail- way carriage frop New York to Paris. or from any other American city.to al- most any other European city will be an innovation Indeed. Besides the dangers and discomforts of an ocean voyage there will be gerat saving of time in most cases. and that Is no small advantage. It may seem hike an, impossible dream at present but the next generation of travellers may be able to- buy a railway ticket from America to Europe as easily as they now buy one from the United States to Canada.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

In his announcement as a candidate for Railroad Commissioner Hon. Charles Henderson. Of Troy says:
 As an occupant of the office for which I am a candidate I shall use every effort within my ability to se- cure to each individual, industry and community that protection and secur- itv from the arbitrary dictates of mo- nopolfes to which they are entitled in accordance with our form of govern ment"
 '''iti, He s' is now serving our city tha sec oud time as mayor The first time he was elected in 1886, and remained in office till 1891. During the first year of his Administration the present pub lie school system of Troy was created. He took a prominent part in the es- tabIishment of the State Normal Col iege in Troy. And ten years later in 1901 our people again elected him mayor. As business man MT Hen dsrson has been eminently successful and there are but few enterprises in this section wherein his co-operation is not solicited. He is 2 director in the following great cemnsrciaai reg ci insti- tutions of Troy; The Standara Shemi- : cal and oil Company. He is pTesiGent ! of the board of trustees oL the Troy public soAool, member or tne o9aLd Of trustees If the Troy Normal college and president of the Troy commercial Association.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
MT. EasIeton Breaks Down.

News has been received Tn Mont gonery that Edward Eagleton, who for four weeks last summer was the pop -ular and clever leading comedian of
 Oiynpsa Opera Company at Pickett Springs Is desperately III in New York saftitorium.
 The big comedian who, in his stay in this city, made so mary friends, Is suf-
 Ing from a complete mental and nervous breakdown. The conapse cc- -rurred while he was touring the Mad- dle West with his own company playing Hans Nix. The Telephone Girl" one Cancelled cs nS i M asRss ana 9ars his closed. He was taken to New York, where he is reported to be dangerously i'll.
 MT Eagleton is fortv- five years old and is native of Montreal, Canada. He has been on the stage since he was fifteen years old. He has played in many of the big. companies and has a large number of admirers in the South and West.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
Good People Welcome.

ThomaSton Post,
 Our people do not care one iota where a man is ernm, so long as he makes q good citi ,S and labors for the devel- opment o. ne country that gives him a support Unless he does this he is not much of g citizen worth having. It never occurs to us where he may hail from.
 We are particularly in a position to know that the Northerner's children will get just the same educational privileges that our children get In fact. just as soon as the children enter our schools they become our children Personally, we would welcome today one hundred children from good fam lilies north of the Ohio River into our school, for, coming from school com munities that have been accustomed to up-to-date schools, they would ap- preciate the advantages we offer. And different State represented would bring about a diversity of ideas mak- ing the children of each section bene- fcial to one another.
 ' As to the claim that the settler from the North gets nc social recognition that is as bad as the other mistake We rather pride ourselves upon our readiness to accord to the new conner all he deserves If he Is cultured man he takes his place with the cuf- tured. If he falls among the illiterate 1t Is merely a case of seeking his level. Let us have no more such ba1derdash from those who profess to some broad mindednesg,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, isoe.
SHALL NIAGARA HE DESTROYED

SHALL NIAGARA RE DESTROYED
 The Baltimore Herald doesn't have much sentiment in its makeup. Speak ing of the pending ruination Of Niagara FAIls tt argues that "a million horse power, properly AArnessed and applied to nankind's uses is far more valuable tc humanity. and, far more apt to aid human progress and civilization. than the most marvellous natural wonder in the world"
 There speaks the very incarnation of utilitarianism which would sacrifice all things to the grinding god of commer- ciaIism. If Niagara were the only place, or one of thu few places in the country where power could be devei- oped, there might be some excuse for destroying it's beauty in order to gen. crate electric power to drive the wheels of industrial progress but that, as The Herald well knows, is not the case. All ovsr the State of New York on one side and the Province of Ontario on the other, there are rivers and creeks with waterfalls on them where power is go- ing to waste day and night, and all the time. The transmittal Of electric power with ease, certainty and econ orny. is almost without limitation. Any or aIl these now useless water-powerE can he put to work developing electric energy and sending 1t wherever need al. There are no practical or finan- eial difficulties in the way of general snw this power and sending 1t wherever there may be demend for it. ->s-
 But there is only one Niagara-cer- taiufy not in this country and perhaps moi in the world. It's mighty grandeur has been the wonder and admiration of travellers and visitors since tho white man first looked with awe on its mighty spIendor. once destroyed it can never be replaced. To sacrifice that wonder of the world to the spirit of utility would be an inexcusabie wrong almost amounting to desecra- tion. It would be a wrong without pal liation. as it would be without remedy.
 We we'll know that this is an age of hard fact, of utility and not of sem timent but utility should not govern all things and at all times. Sentiment. love of the grand and beautiful in nA- 4ure, and admiration for the wonderful, should have something to do with our lives and our actions. We might just as well as cut down all the rose bushes when In bloom because the flowers can be used for making perfumes. or Kill all the birds because we can util- aze their feathers and flesh, as to de- stroy one 6f the great wonders of na- ture in order to put machinery to work.
 We are glad that efforts are being made to save Niagara from destruc- tion. and those efforts ought to be suc- cessful. The State of New York Is im- mediateIy interested but the whole country, the civilized world, has an interest in it. Millions and billions of horsepower can be developed without this act Of vandalism, and if there is no other way to prevent it, the govern. ment itself should interpose to save the Falls. Let sentiment save some, thing from the destroyer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
sraier Gra.ty ln Town.

Major Thomas P Grasty one of the editors of The Baltimore. Manufactur- CTS Record. spent yesterday in Mont Eomery and went to BirminSham on an evening train.
 While. here Major Grasty purchased a quantity of mefilotus seed which he shipped to his farm near Staunton. ' a. He said that for some time he had been Interested in melilotus and he pro- poses to experiment. with 1t on his Sir- girtsa place
 For many years AIater Grasty has been connected with The Manufactur- CTS Record and he has contributed no little to the upbuilding of the South by his articles exploiting it's resources. It's Advantages snd its opportunities time at the rooms of the Montgomery Commercial Club in conference with Secretary Gilbert. He secured much interesting data about Montgomery and said he expected to visit this city again soon with the view to writing an article about tnis section of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
Sidewalk Pencilinss
Nusnber of ceurt Justices.

The need of larger Alabama Stu preme Court was well argued before the number of Justices was increased to seven" said Montgomerian yester- aay Since the court began It's work n the fall of 1904, 1t has been demon stratad that the enlarging of the bench was one of the wisest measure ever
 The output of decisions every week that the court sits demonstrates the difference between ancient and modern Litigation. It is only 2 few years ago that the machinery was. not needed that Is now necessary to take care of rate.
 ' Tt has been said that the Supreme Court has been so busy since the last Legislature on account of the necessity or undoinR q great amount of the work accomplished by that body. Wniie this is true In one respect the public generally Is Inclined to underestimate the mass of decisions which are irn- portant in the extreme but do not re- ceive any publicity?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
shnnIa Fin out Hin Tern,.

Northport Breeze,
 Why should not a man who opposed Mr Coner's election as president nf tho Railroad Commission advocate his re- maining in that position? It is con sistent TO take a position and quit 1t before one's time is out is not ac- cording to sound business principles Let MT Conner serve out his term be- fore asking for another job.
 Mir. Conner said he did not care for the office. but that he just must be elected Railroad Commissioner to save the State. Long before his time is out he decides that he must be elected Governor in order to save the State. Like the old saving. "If one could buy Mir Conner for what he Is worth and sell him for what he thinks he is worth, he would make a fortune"