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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15
Didn't Keep the appointment.

A young American student at Prague
fell deeply In love with pretty Ger
man girl and sent her note propos-
ing a place of meeting. He wrote:
"That my darling may make no mis-
take, remember, / will wear a light
pair of trousers and a dark cutaway
coat. In my right hand viii carry a
cane and in the left cigar. Yours
ever, Jake The girls father got hold
Of the note and sent this answer:
dot mine future son make no mis-
take, / win be dreshed in mine shirt
sleeves. | win wear In mine right hand
a club, and in mine left hand viii
grasph six-shooter. You viii recognize
me by de way bats you on de heat a
goaple time twice NIT mine club. Wait
for me at de corner, as have s0me-
dings important to inform you init.
Your trent, Heinrich Muller"
Query-Did the young man keep the
appointment
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15
RED RUN.



We were standing at the counter o.
a sumptuous barroom in San Antonio
where Ba-clay and the two English
men in the party had met by appoint
ment Barclay had ranch to sci
which the Englishmen, two heavy-seL
redfaced. high booted fellows were
about to purchase. | had acted as
broker in the transaction and was
well pleased with the price settled up
on and anxious that no hitch" oc.
cur to delay the immediate closing OF
the bargain.
The bartender put out four glasses
and bottle of liquor in anticipation
Of our order and the two Englishmen
and myself poured good three fing-
ers' into our glasses, but Barclay hesi-
tated a moment and then said, u
think Ill take sarsaparilla."
The Englishmen glanced at each
other significantly. Were not buying
soft drinks today, partner" said one.
Barclay hesitatingly poured out a
good sized drink and raised it to his
lips and turned toward the English
men who smiled their approval.
A strange thing then occurred. Bar
clay took on his hat and looked into
the crown of 1t for a minute and then
set the untouched liquor On the bar
again. Gentlemen" he said, You'll
have to excuse me. but cannot drink
liquor" Todd, one of the Englishmen
banged his fist down on the bar and
exclaimed:-"If you can't drink with
us, you can't trade with us--thats
ALL"
Barclay turned to him, his face
very white, and said slowly: Then
the deal is off gentlemen"
Presently Barclay said, "I'll admit
should like to trade with you, gentle
men, but the trade can go to the devil
IL I have to drink whiskey in order to
make It. will tell you why / can't
drink liquor if you viii listen a nom.
ment. You may think it took courage
to refuse to drink, but | tell you it
would have taken more courage to
have accepted it." He drew a news
paper clipping from his pocket book
and laid it down where we could all
see it. That's exhibit No. l." he re
marked.
For moment we started in amaze
ment at the great black letters which
spelled the word GUILTY. The arti.
Gle following said that John Barclay
was convicted of murder in the first
degree, but that sentence was post
poned through respect to the prison
eris mother who dropped dead in the
courtroom upon hearing the verdict.
"That's nice stuff for a man to read
about himself, eh?" said Barclay. with
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15

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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15

that department Is doing to stimulate
an interest in agriculture and the pros
perity of those engaged in 1t.
You see 1t in the awakening inter-
est in cooperation everywhere, in tie
cooperative associations that are being
formed, in the rapid glowth Of CO.
operative creameries and cooperative
producers associations Of all kinds
TRIUMPH OF THE RURAL LIFE.
And the one thing which win make
it more easily possible. which win tend
the most to draw the city dweller to
the country and relieve the lonesome
ness and isolation of the farm life, are
the good roads, for which great move
ment is now gathering force, and the
electric railway systems which are
threading the rural districts In every
thickly settled farming section # our
country.
All these are forerunners OF the final
triumph Of the rural life and of new
era In this country when eMen-mak-
ing" and not Money making" viii be
our national slogan.
"a time like this demands strong men.
Great hearts. true faith and ready hands:
Men whom the lust Of Office does not Kill,
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15
Hyour grocer does not sell ARIoSA
let us send you
Family BOX.

Family BOX.
On receipt Of $3.50, express or postal
money order, we win send 10 pounds
of ARIOSA in a wooden box, trans
portation paid to your nearest freight
station. The $3.50 pays for the trans
portation and the coffee, which will be
in the original packages bearing the
signature of Arbuokle Bros. that enti-
ties you to free presents. Ten pounds
ten paekages-ten signatures. If you
write for it we win send free a book
containing full particulars and colored
pictures of nearly 100 presents for
users of Arbuekles' ARIOSA Coffee.
The price of coffee fuctuates-we
cannot guarantee it for any period.
Address our nearest Office.
ARBUCKLE BROS,
n Water Street New York city, Dept. q
100 Michigan Avenue, Chicago ILL.,. Dept. q
Liberty Ave. and Wood st.. Pittsburgh Pa. Dept.
an South Seventh Street. So. Louis. NO, Dept. q
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15

we're really there, or my spirit hat
come back to haunt the place.
Presently the head jailer came Il
me and told me that fire had taken
place in the neighborhood the night
| before, in which two strange men were
so badly burned that death was but
a matter of hours with them. One OF
the men, when he was told that he
could not live, sent for the minister
and confessed to having committed the
murder | had been convicted of. His
story, which was subsequently confirm
ed by the other burglar, was, substan-
TALLY, that they had come to our
town in quest of proper prey. They
had learned that Miss G had many
well-to-do boarders In her house, some
of whom carried money with them in
large amounts, and they had determin-
ed to rob the house. The hour was
late, and the night very tempestuous
and black, the very elements seeming
to favor the wicked purpose of those
men. Their plan was to go to Miss C's
room and secure the keys Of the
house, after which they could loot at
leisure. Accidently, however, they
awakened the landlady, who immedi.
ately set up such an unearthly scream
ing that 1t was found necessary to
despatch her without more ado. One
shot was enough for the dastardly
purpose. and the poor old creature,
who had never done any other harm
than to ask for her just dues, went
quickly over the river The robbers
then paused for a moment to ascertain
If anyone in the house had been arous-
ed by the shot. Concluding finally
that the storm had drowned the re-
port of the pistol, they determined to
leave at once, as the murder had so
unnerved them that they had no
thought of theft, but cared only to
get away. AS they we're going out,
however, they discovered a man lying
IN the hall at the landing, near Miss
C's door, in drunken stupOr. Then 1t
occurred to them to drag the man noise
lessly into her room, and leave him
there with a pistol on the floor near
his hand. Their motive in doing this
was to divert suspicion from them
selves, as they were strangers in the
place. When they discovered that
had a pistol in my pocket similar to
their own, they exchanged cartridges; |
hence the empty shell In mine.
Gentlemen, that is my story"
Presently he said:
II know there's one question you |
III want TO ask. You want to know (
what I've got in my hat that had such
4 startling effect upon me. | will
ell you what 1t is.--it's a picture.
rs not that Of mother nor my sweet
heart, but, land he held his hat with
he inside turned toward us.
There was a picture there, one that
,aused us all to shudder. Il was the
picture of a gallows.
Todd extended his hand.
"The deal is on" he said.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15


feeble smile. He folded the slip,
put it back In his pocket-book and
produced another which read "Bar.
clay to be hanged on the twenty-first
instant"
Gentlemen" he said, "the immedi-
ate cause Of those two notices was
murder. The prime cause was-well.
what is murder spelled baclxward?'
without waiting for an answer he
traced the letters Of the word with his
pencil in the order suggested: RED
RUM"
An embarrassed silence followed.
Gentlemen, the rum that I drank
murdered my mother. At that time. !"
continued Barclay, my mother and ]
were living in a boarding house kept
by an old maid of uncertain means and
temper. l had Just returned from a
cattle-trading trip and was RECALLING
the boys with little up-country gos-
sip and some hot rum. l remember it
was eleven o'clock at night. The
whole scene comes back to me now: the
hot rumzand-water laden air; the great
stove, red with rage and energy. There
my remembrance Of the scene ends.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15
INDICATIONS OF THE MOVE
MENT.

You see the movement at work in
the Increased interest in country life,
in nature study In the school, in the
establishment of such institutions as
the Doylestown Farm Training School
in Pennsylvania; in the Pingree POI
tato patch idea; and the vacant lot
farm associations which are working
II out in many cities.
You see 1t in the school gardens
which are being established in so
many places and IN the Increased inter-
est in agricultural training as part
Of our public school system.
You see 1t IN the great upbuilding
Of the Department Of Agriculture IS
Que OF the component parts Of our
national government END n the work
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15

coffee, instead of Arbuckles' ARIOSA,
he doubtless believes he is doing you a
favor, whereas he is really deriving
you Of the most wholesome and deli
cious beverage that you can buy, some
thing better than anything else he can
sell you for the price. The sales of
Arbuckles' ARIOSA Coffee exceed the
sales Of all other package coffees in the
United States combined, and the bust
ness of Arbuckle Bros. exceeds that of
the four next largest concerns in the
world, simply because the public ae-
tually receives better coffee for their
money in Arbuckles' ARIOSA than
they can buy in any other way.
Arbuckles' ARIoSA Coffee is good
to drink-it quenches the thirst and
tastes good. Most people need it. 1t
aids digestion, increases the power and
ambition to work and it makes one feel
like doing things no after depression.
United States soldiers drink more cof-
fec than the soldiers Of any other ma.
ton.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-15

in that way cultivate more inten-
siyely, and obtain a much larger yield
and profit per acre than Dy dry farm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
WORE BORROWED TROUSERS
 INTO THE POLICE COURT ROOM

A benehcent department of police had to provide J. P. Long with pair of trousers before he could appear in the court of Recorder Baber yesterday , afternoon.
 Long had been, in the phrase of those who arrested him, caught with the goods on," the goods being the suit of clothing he was accused of having stolen from. J, A. Kilsag-l nssz. Pen sacoIa and brought to this city. And as he had to be divested so that the clothing could be used for evidence he wore, feee his presentation at court, a pair ofi trousers that were several inches too short. without the coat that 4s part of the costume of the man of fashion.
 -The defendant, who at the conclu- sion of his trial was bound over in the sum of $2O0 to await the action of the grand jury, was charged with having brought stolen property into this State from another State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

and Got measured for a suit of Clothes Amounting to $6450, for which he pro- missed to pay me in sixry days, and his having the Appearance or a Gentleman took him to be one and let him have the articles on those terms.
 s"When the Sixty days expired Sent to him and he promised Farther until II or 12 months expired, and finding no other way of recovering my money I entered a. Suit against him, for which I received a Judgement after he entered the office when he too the Benefit of Insolvency, and Having been understood that your Highness had taken steps for the benefit of Mechanic & other Citizens of this place by re- moving or otherwise making the Clerks pay their Honest debts and finding no other way of recovering my money take this Liberty of request- ing this great favor and hope it win not be in vain as I have large family depending on me for Support and Los ing this would rob them of their dues. Respy Your Humble & Obedient Ser want.
 CHRISTIAN ECKLOFF."
 This letter seemed to have aroused Jackson's indignation, and his endorse ment' bearing the same date, was as
 Referred to the Sec. of State if on Inquiry the fact stated be true unless the clerk pays up the debt, let him be forthwith discharged.
 Honest men will pay their debts- dishonest men must not be employed by the Government. Al T"
 Underneath this interesting endorse ment is postscript also signed with Jacksoh's initials:
 This case is referred to Amos Ken dall, Esqr.. and on ten dollars per month being secured to EckIoff. Mr ---to be continued in his office
 "A To
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
GRAND LODGE ENDS SESSION Many MasonS Leave for
 Homes. WORK ON SECOND DAY Judge Greene Wins Only Contest
 for Office. Ben M. Jacobs Elected At Head Of Great Order--InstaIIatIon Con- ducted Fly Lieutenant B6y-
 ernOr Cunningham

installed last night by Past Grand Master Russell NJ. Cunningham, of Ensley, the Grand Lodge Masons of Alabama adjourned it's annual session at 10:30 o'clock.
 Ben M. Jacobs, of Birmingham, who succeeded to the office of Grand Master upon the death or Henry H. Matthews, of Montgomery, was elected to the place. ALI other officers were re-eiect- ed except the office of Grand Warden for which there was a contest. On the second ballot Judge Dan A. Greene, was chosen.
 Many of the Masons left for their home last night and the attendance on the, evening session was not large.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

J. A. KillouRh, the first witness, af- firmed that he owned the suit of clothes worn by Long when he was arrested; that it had been taken from the sleeping car of a Louisville and Nashville bridge gang near Pensacola on the same day that Long had dis appeared from the gang of which he was member. Ray Edwards testi- fled that thy clothes were MT. Kill lough's.
 Long, who had pleaded guilty to the charge, said that he had borrowed the clothes to wear during trip to Mont gomery, and that to apprise MT. Kill tough, whom he had regarded as a friend, of his act he had left a note on his bunk and had afterwards writ ten a letter, both of which Mir. Kill tough denied knowledge of Long said he was surprised when he was arrest ed.
 Recorder Baber fixed the defendants bond at $200 in default of which he was committed to jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
Bad Men of the Wrut.

VI LIdIIu OItBOHIAH.
 Searchers for read Western color with which to Illuminate their tales of the frontier have for some time been complaining that all the snap and gin ger of the old life fin the West had departed. To certain extent this is true. The genuine Indians have nearly all followed the buffalo over the di- vide into the happy hunting eround of the Great Spirit. The modern cow boy is less careless with his shooting Iron and his branding iron than he was in the old days, but 1t Is an error 10 believe that all of the jicturesque aeVlltfy which gave color to early days in the West has been eIinninataS The bad man with the gun out on tba. fringe of civilization is fully as had as his predecessor of earlier years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

Separate Company, Herkimer County's principal militia organization, has been under orders to answer a call from the District Attorney at any moment
 It is understood that District Attor- ney Ward was told that if the jury ex- perienced any difficulty in finding a verdict of guilty in the case 1t would be well to provide means for the pro- lection of the twelve men. So far as Gillette was concerned, he would not be overlooked but he would be a mat ter of secondary consideration. Tho District Attorney at once summoned Captain Wilbur G. Eddy. commanding the 31st Separate Company. and told him to place himself and his men in readiness to act at any moment. If the jury shows any inclination to sit late, the troops at hand will be put on guard and keep all citizens away from the iail and court house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
UP IN NEW YORK

Troops Ordered to Be in Readiness to
 Prevent Lynchings.
 Herkimer Special
 It has been known here for several days past that under the surface of things at the trial of Chester E. Gill; lette for the murder of Grace Brown. his sweetheart there was a keen ap- prehension on the part of the authori- ties that a demonstration of violence might be made against the prisoner It developed this evening how far this fear went, when it was learned that for the past forty-eight hours the 31st
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
ssE4Opest Man Will Pay Debts-DizhOn'
 ..t NTuat Nof Re EmpIOyed.0

0HOReat Man Wtli Pay DentS-VAAAVnT
 est Must Not Be Employed" Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Fine letters of Andrew Jackson rare lv come upon the market While not so Uncommon as letters of Zachary Taylor --the rarest name in the series of Am erican Presidents-they occur intre- quentlv at private or public sale, and important specimens bring good prices.
 An interesting example of the auto graph of the hero of New Orleans is in the shape of an endorsement. written on the back of the following letter. addressed to him in 1883 by merchant tailor:
 washington. April 30, 1SSS.-To
 the President of the United States Sir. The signer of this your Humble Servant wishes to beg leave of you to lend an ear to the Statement of a Case of mine against--=-. a Clerk in the State Department.
 "He came to my store, Nov. 26, 1B319
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
COTTLLloN FOR MISS RICE.

Mrs. samuel Rice entertained for her daughter, Miss Marguerite Rice, last
 gvening, when she gave cotiIIion en-
 toyed by a large number of the danc-
 ing set. who composed the list or her
 guests for the evening.
 Mrs Rice was assisted in receiving
 and in entertaining. by Mrs. BurweL' Boykin and Mrs. J. k. Jackson, at the
 punch table; Mrs, Victor Hanson and Mrs. Robert Henderson at the Ice ta-
 hle: Mrs. l.. l.. Hill ana Mrs. w. M. Wilkerson at the oyster table; Mrs. George Smathers. Mrs. Henry T Bart lett, Mrs. samuel Bethea. Mrs. Hazell, Mrs. Haven. Miss Margaret t1tzglo- bons and Miss Emma FitzSibbons
 The three connecting apartments ana hall were arranged Tor dancing and from a fourth, refreshments were serv- ed in the latter part of the evening The entire lower floor was beautiful in, the same attractive placing of rare cut flowers, Southern sEniIax, and p4u~ mOsa, which was so admired during the afternoon reception which pre- ceeded the cotillion.
 In the hall Honman's pand dlSeOurs~ ed dance music during the entire even ing.
 The eotiilion was led py MT. <. H Roberts with the young hostess, whe was attired in white chiffon and lace Among the other dancers were Misses Elizabeth Marks, Clement Marks, Susie May, Anita Perkins, Ella Hav' grove sayre, Lucia Richardson, Dossle Tyson, Efie May Wagner, Coralett" Metcalf. Caroline Hannon, Elm Semple- Dorothy Seibs. Louise" Marks, MinnS Dent, Mary SeibeEs Ball, Annie Lou Chiffon, Bertha Fitzpatrick, Rebeeca Pollard, Matte Mcqueen, Mildred kel- CT. Margaret Browne. Carolyn Haral- son. Willie 'Elmore, Jean Craik, lean Lahey Fannie Morris Cloud, Anna Seibs. Grace Halls, Eunice Semmes: Messrs: Thomas Mournings George Marks. George Mentz. Paul Sayre' Thomas Martin, Charles Pollard, r. Il Miller, Temple Seibles, William West cott, A. N Catravas, William Conniff, Tracey Lay. c. C. Laslies Paul Whit ing. c. A. Lanier. Jr.. Lawrence An derson, Emmett Seibles, F. l.. Wood- ruff, Hugh Stuart. Warpen Tyson, Ed ward Watts. F. 1T. McConnico, Archie Tyson. Edward Lyle. Walter Pickett, T. w. Carter. Atlee Jordon, Samuel Jones. William Holt. Pope Foster
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06

Announcement was given out yes terday that the Board of Directors of inc Alabama Horticultural Association, will hold an important meeting in the Association Headquarters, 40 l-2 Com mercesStreet next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. At thls meeting number of important reports will be made, and other business of moment will be transacted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
Says Anna Gould Should not Be Conn
 neIIed tO Pay

Says Anna Gould Should not Be Com-
 PeIIed to Pay.
 Paris, Dec 5.--The reply of MaitrS Cruppi, counsel for Count Boni de Cas- telIane and the former Coutness. ID the suit of their creditors consumed the entire session of the Tribunal of First Instance of the Seine today.
 NJ. Cruppi described how the trades men and usurer's bills had been cley- erly mixed up and reiterated the per feet willingness of Madame Anna Gould to settle the legitimate debts, although a delay was necessary as there were no funds from the trustee of the estate at her disposal at pres ent.
 Counsel argued that 1t was unjust and Illegal to attempt to make Mad anne Gould responsible for the enorm- ous sums borrowed by Count Boni Of usurers to meet his mad extravagances and princely prodigality."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-06
WHY

not buy the best hOwersf We are now cutting some of the choicest Roses. Carnations aud Chrysanthemums. Our flowers are making new friends daily, because they please. send us your Or- der
 s. B. Stern and Co.
 Phone 1OOl.