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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Geo. S. Hardy and wife to w. r. G
Matthews, II acres Ia No. 4, 5000.
w. r, @. Matthews TO s.. N. Mat
thews, 20 acres In No. /, 81, 900.
S N. Matthews and wife TO Geo. s
Hardy, % acres in No. !, 5000.
p. " Rogers to Robt. p. Rogers, "a:
acres in No. 9, So, 500.
p. ". Rogers to Vincent Y Rogers
so acres In No. 8, 1000.
P. v. Rogers to Pauline Y, Rogers,
95 acres IN No. s, $1,000.
p. VI. Rogers to Lucille NJ. Rogers,
$50 acres In No. 8, 81, 100.
r. P. Kennedy to d. p. Wylie, Is
acres in No. 8, 81 400.
J. Al. Morgan to J. ID Palmer, ISL
acres III No. 10, s14,270.
]. M. Brice, trustee, to T. j. Smith,
go acres 10 No. 4, s710.
Walter B. CRANE to Edna Craine, SO
acres In No. 10, S4O0.
Della Clymer to B. L. Armstrong,
lot In Obion, $500.
James johnson to @. M. Golf, "a
acres In No. 10, $500.
w. M. Wilson to Mandy Curry, two
lots In No. is, $3.50.
r. A. Napier to NJ. Barnes, so acres
In No. II. 81 200.
J. w. Reeves tom. and J. D. Reeves,
leo acres in No. 8, $500.
ME-. Dicksy to NJ. and ]. D. Reeves,
lot In No. g, $40.
S. M. Robinson to III and J. d.
Reeves, interest Id land Id no. 8, $40.
J p. Turner to III p. Gurtis, acres
fn No. g. S7lo.
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sidelights on the Airship.

Frank Smith, who owns and oper.
ates the airship which will be here at
the Fair, was the first one to ever
think of operating one as an amuse-
ment feature.
Up to the last Of season 1904, Mr..
Smith was trapeze performer In the
different large shows, where he was at
that time, and hearing of the famous
flight that Capt. Thomas Baldwin
made in California, when he ran a
race with an automobile from San
Francisco to Los Angeles, it was all
off with the circus business with him.
At that time Mr.. Smith had made
several ascensions in a balloon, but
when it came TO an airship that was a
different thing entirely. After figur-
ing half the winter on how TO make
one, he came to the conclusion that 1t
would be a great deal cheaper to buy
Baldwin's California Arrow, which is
the name Capt Baldwin gave his ship
after its first flight, so he wrote to
him asking what he would take for it
or one just like 1t.
When the answer came anyone but
a trapeze performer would have faint
ed. Smith could not get the ship
under any consideration, but he could
get one that was as nearly like 1t as
was possible for them to make at a
little price that would have made
Rockefeller catch his breath. But as
Mr.. Smith had been little more sue
cessful than most trapeze performers
thought he saw way to get his
money back and did not hesitate, but
ordered it at once and went to Quincy,
ILL.,, which is the Baldwins' headquar-
tiers, to watch them make it and learn
what he could while he had thechance,
aud it did not take him long 10 learn
chat he had undertaken a larger prop
ositlon than he had ever dreamed Of,
and that he would have to get three
times as much for each engagement
than he at first thought The next
question was how to make the man
ayers understand 1t well enough so
they would noe think he was trying TO
rob them, but after playing his tirst
engagement they began to see what
success It was aud to figure on whether
they could get one, and not what 1t
would cost them. This season Mr.
SMITH has asnew ship which was made
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)sLEY, SECRETARY, FOR CATALOGUE.


leaving all his weight on the extreme
end. At the same time the propeller
which was pulling against as strong q
wind as possible to pull against, kept
on going, the wind hitting the bot
tom of the envelope with such force
as to cause it to turn completely over,
leaving the front end straight In the
air and the frame hanging along the
side, but by climbing up the frame he
soon got it back in the right position,
and by letting out enough gas to make
up for the lost sand bags. he managed
to bring 1t safely back, none the worse
for the experience but good scare.
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entirely undo his directions, anC
which, he thinks, is as far ahead o
the others as the automobile is aheat
of the horse.
The envelope is made of the very
finest of silk and vanished with sever
coats of secret formula,
Probably the most troublesome part
about building an airship is applying
the first coat. The envelope is all
finished before any varnish is used,
then stretched out and filed with
cold air.
Right there is where lot Of trouble
comes In, for when 1t Is just full
enough to begin vanishing the air
starts escaping about as fast as 1t ca0
be pumped In with pump made
especially for that purpose.
However, with five or six men at
work putting on the varnish it does
not take long to get most Of it on,
then the pump may get rest, but
not the men. They get inside the
envelope through the mouth and rub
soapstone over every inch, which is no
small job, taking six men at least two
days. That is done to keep the silk
from sticking when packed away, Is
the varnish used never gets entirely
dry. After that the outside is ready
for the second coat, and it is kept up
until there are seven coats, the varnish
being SO thin that the seven coats do
not weigh one-half Of what one thin
coat OF ordinary varnish does.
A matter Of no less Importance is
the engine. The first>thing is to get
all the power you can with the least
weight; that of course anyone knows,
but as to how il is done Is different
matter.
There Is as much difference In the
material used in the engine OF an air.
ship and that OF an automobile as
there is In gold and brass, Mr.. Smith
has one that weighs less than sixty
pounds when it Is In its frame, and
gives fully Is horsepower. Has tive
air-cooled cylinders placed in slack
Rabbit style, and instead OF being
made Of gray iron as most all gasoline
engines are, they are made Of the very
best Of nickeled steel. which is the
strongest metal known of. In fact
everything about the engine that
cannot be made Of aiupnnum is Of
nickeled steel.
Mr.. Smith has Of course had some
very exciting experiences, one Of them
he relates below;
On one occasion a very strange thing
owing TO the fact that the |
sand bags, which we're tied on one end |
Of the frame BY single wire while he
kept his balance at the other end,
broke from the wire and all the bags
slipped of at the same lime, thereby
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words, bring the people to their

words, bring the people to theil
knees.
They cannot do it; they dare
not do it. Human patience ant
human forbearance will tolerate
no such thing in a land of self
government. 1t could only be the
diabolism of despair that could
suggest this means of retaliation
to these legalized bandits.
Money in the Golfers of q law
breaking corporation or trust diff
fers in no respect whatever frem
the booty of common thief 1t
has no legal status. 1t is not theirs.
1t belongs to the persons from
whom 1t was stolen under the
guise Of business transactions. 1t
belongs to the toilers whose sweat
and blood went into its production;
to the consumer who has paid tolls
of theft for transportation; to the
women and children whose lives
and energies and morals have been
sacrificed in order that larger
surplus might be available for the
perpetuation Of these corporate
Molochs.
1t is one thing to find these I'M
lawful combinations guilty. 1t is
another to compel them to make
restitution. 1t is the duty of the
law to do both. 1t is the right of
the people to see that the law is
unobstructed 10 its processes and
its penalties. An important part in
the penalty should be restitution.
II the Standard Oil Company
has been an organized system Of
robbery, its present possessions do.
not belong to it. The banks and
colleges and stocks and bonds and
lands and palaces of John D. Rock
sfeller and H. II. Rogers are not
theirs. What title is there to stol-
en- property1
We say TO the authors or the in
spirers of these threats against
the prosperity Of the country
60 slow, 60 very slow. Do not
the birthright of the
American citizen to his home and
livelihood. Do not throw down
the gauntlet to the law-abiding, |
conseience-obeying commoner I'll
is his law that you are living I'M
der. Il will be his courts that
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HOW CAN THESE THINGS BEq

\
The brief panic-like jinks ii
Wall street day before yesterda.
illustrates forcibly the kind 0.
methods and morals that contro
the operations Of that select gam
bling district. The honest work
a-day world outside, however,
have little concern as to who wins
or loses in the lottery of stocks,
if no attempt is made to war upon
legitimate interests and honest val
ues, to the detriment of the limo
cent producer and his products.
If such a step as this should be
attempted let no one be unapprised
Of the danger he defies, and the
revolutionary methods he invites.
Probably every careful reader
Of the daily press has noted the
yelled threats emanating from
somebody, somewhere, to the ef-
feet that the people cannot afford
to further berate corporations and
the moneyed interests for their
alleged misdoings. The idea that
is conveyed is that these interests
control the transportation, the
banks, and the employment Of
labor in such an absolute way that
to defy them is to invite individ-
and financial ruin.
These are astounding tactics.
And the gravest Of all grave ques-
tons is how long will the people
who do not belong to this band
of vampires suffer silently under
the lash of such superlative impu-
dence9 Here is a set Of law-break-
ing trusts, com binations, and
plutocrats. They have utter dis
regard for law, for government,
for personal rights, for the laws
OF business and Of morals, except
in so far as they may be made to
pay tribute to the selfish passion
Of financial gluttony. BY fair
means and foul they hold it in
their power under present con-
ditions to throttle the financial
and industrial Life Of the people.
They, So they believe, can pre-
cipitate pauics, tie sp the money
market, block the channels Of
trade, destroy credits-in other
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will meet out the quality Of JUS
tice the very moment the issue is
joined.
This is a nation of law. 1t will
continue so to be. But we are
growing very tired Of the denom-
nation and threats Of criminal die
tators. Nashville Tennessean.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
: ifnsolvent Notice.

i, w. Il. Crockett, administrator Of
the estate Of Mrs. Susan Lecornu, de-
ceased, having suggested tbs insoiY-
encyof said estate To the County Court
Clerk of 0bion County: All persons,
therefore, having claims against said
estate are hereby notified To file the
same duly authenticated with the
County Court Clerk on or before the
22nd Day Of October 1907.
as required by law, Vi tiae Same will
be forever barred
This July q, 1907
lS-4t VT CIocxE Admr
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Cheap Excursion August IL via Mo.
bile & Ohio Railroad.

Round trip rate from Union City
to st. LOUIS, $500; to Chicago,
$500 Tickets will be sold for
trains leaving Mobile Aug. ~ and
will be good to return leaving st.
Louis or Chicago until and inciud-
ing Sept. /, 1907. Apply to NJ. 81
@. ny. Agents for further particu-
lars.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
University OF Tennessee

Courses In Languages and Sciences;
Civil, HeriiaRfcai. Electrical and
Mining Engineering;
Agriculture, Law and Pharmacy
New buildingand equipment: enlarged
faculty. Fine LABORATORIES and farms
400 FREE SCHOLARSHIPS
10 Tennessee stadents. Part of krayeI-
lng expenses paid by the state Liv-
Ing expenses moderate. Loan funds.
Self help, Next session. "opens Sep
aen16er Is, 1907. Tor inf0f I'd zion Of
eaSalogne, address
BROWN AYERS. President.
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THO may be the chan ce
Ai4 of your life to see a
real live airship. Don't miss / t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23

City, September IS, 20, 27, 2

THE West Tennessee Fair
Association h "a s closed
contracts for the best line of
attractions ever seen at
county fair and which will be
presented during the week of
the fall fair at Union City
September 25-2S next. These
include Frank Smith, the dar-
ing aeronaut, with his mon
ster airship, and a number of
splendid attractions under tn e
management of the AssOcia-
ton, including Merry -go-
Rounds, Ele trio Theatre S,
sensational acts of vario Il $
kinds by famous performer S.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-29
THE TWO VACATIONS

gagged on the Gordon farm last sum-
mer, and Seymour was going back
there because he knew that Dolly
had decided to go to Clifton, 800
miles away.
But, behold, 1t was Dolly herself
who climbed into the blackboard and
took her place beside Seymour, be-
cause the drivers sea& was loaded
down with packages.
She ignored his presence until
they were we'll out of town, but one
cannot be- entirely oblivious to the
presence of another person on the
same seat of a narrc blackboard,
and presently Dolly turned.
"If you think to gain anything by
coming here and anne ing me-" she
said, coldly, "you are very much mis-
taken"
"I heard that you were going to
Clifton" he explained. "That was
the reason l felt safe to come here. /
shall move on at once
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you wish this to be ratified orr"
she repeated DULY, blinking hard to
keep back the tears.
"It is best that it should bring
happiness to someone" he said,
steadily. IT do not care to keep it
or to sell it,"
There might be SONS one you /. I.
could give it to-" she suggested.
Precisely" agreed BhilbroolS. II
am giving it to the poor misshapen
little tots who really need help"
For moment she paused irreso-
lutely, then she moved toward the
door, and with few conventional
words of thanks for his kindness,
slipped out.
But once she gained the cab,
Grace's tears began to flow. She knew
that Philbrook was not only in the
right, but that he would not be the
first to speak.
All the way to the station she
fought>~with her pride, and in the
end love won. She went to the tele-
phone booth and called up the store,
asking for Mr. Philbrook. Presently
she heard his voice in answer.
"This Is Grace" she said, softly.
"I have been thinking things over,
Phil. II think that it would be
wrong to rattle off that ring because
-
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gone his way.
The tears dimmed her eyes and she
did not notice tie approach OF one
of the other boarders until he was
almost at the we'll. Then she looked
up with start. :.
This is becoming intolerable,
she cried as she saw that 1T was Sey-
mour. ''It is not nice of you to fol-
low me about like this. What Will
the boarders say?"
IT don't care what they say" he
affirmed, "but I'd like to know what
you really intend doing. You told me
distinctly on the piazza that l could
not drive you away from Bayliss,
and SO / came over here to find that,
as usual, you were before me-"
"You did not know that had come
back here?"
Certainly not. How should !?
The last heard you had gone to
bed with sick headach~, ane
thought 1t might help your headache
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-29

would find their way to the bargain
counter, SO he cleverly led her to ap-
prove of this suggestion
Samples were sent for, and while
they waited Grace constrainedly
chatted upon such safe topics as the
weather and the leat in town.
Philbrook might have been an en-
tire stranger, for all the indication
he gave that few short weeks ago
they had been engaged. At last the
decision was made and she rose to go.
II wish you would wait a mo-
ment," he said, quietly. II should
like to make a personal contribu-
tion."
He slipped from the room and
Grace resumed her seat wondering
what he wished to give. He returned
in moment carrying tiny morocco
case.
II am really interested in your
charity" he said. "Pleace believe my
sincerity when offer this tolbe raf-
fled off. 1t should bring in some few
dollars for the poor little kiddies.
They are welcome to it. l have no
further use for it,"
She pressed the pring, knowing
full well what the case contained,
but the sight of the solitaire that
had been her engagement ring moved
her strongly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-29

do not trouble" said Dolly, lofti-
ly. you attach too much Importance
to your presence here. 1t does not
matter"
She turned before he could make
reply and the resi- the drive was
marked by silence.
Motherly Mrs. Gordon looked dis
appointed when the blackboard turn
ed into the yard with the two pas
sengers ignoring each other. She
was born matchmakers and had
hoped that her diplomacy in not let
ting Seymour know that Dolly was
with them might result, in recon-
ciliation.
Instead, she had two stormy inter
views, first with Dolly and then with
Nate Seymour. After the second she
smiled pleasantly and watched him
drive out of the yard with an air of
satisfaction. He had moved on to
the Bayliss farm.
Dolly. coming out on the BayIiss
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not annoy me. I shall not move from
your presence on me, but you can
here and If you attempt to speak to
me again l shall"
A flood of tears prevented the con-
clusion- of her speech, and Seymour,
feeling very miserable, went in to
supper. Dolly had hers served In
her room.
1t was late that evening that Dolly
went out to the well on the Gordon
farm for a drink of water. 1t was at
the well that Nate had proposed the
summer before and she fingered by
the moss grown curb thinking over
the events Of the day, his sudden ap-
pearapce, their joint removal to the
Bayliss farm and finally her own re-
turn to the Gordon place.
She was even a little bit ashamed
Of her action in breaking the engage
ment. Had he asked in time she
would have made up, but he had ac-
cepted. his dismissal quietly and had
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thinks fair can rtir up interest and
do more good than If she merely gave
them some money herself"
Philbrook nodded understanding
ly. "And being an excellent patron
of ours she has asked for a contribu-
tion," he completed.
Grace nodded. II was coming to
town and she asked me to see Mr..
Tenton," she went on. II didn't know
he had gone to Europe"
Philbrook mentally supplied the
remainder of the sentence. He could
imagine that Grace would have de-
clined the mission had she known
that he was in charge of the big store
in the absence of the junior partner.
''I think that we can find way to
contribute to the cause" he said,
pleasantly, mindful of Mrs. Bonnc IS
heavy purchases. "If you will give
me some idea Of what you think
would prove salable, l will see what
can be done"
Philbrook was used to receiving
requests for donations. Every patron
seemed to feel entitled to a contribu-
ton to some favored charity and the
donations formed not inconsider-
able item in the Inoflt-and-loss ac-
counb
Just now there was on hand half
case of dainty fans that presently
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piazza just before supper, started
with amazement at the sight of Sey-
mour lazily rocking in a BIZ porch
chair.
"I told you that it would do no
good to follow me-" she said, With a
stamp of the little tan shoe. "Are you
determined to hound me out of Rock
ville?"
ITO the contrary" he said, coldly.
ri moved on here that you might be
relieved of my presence"
Didn't Mrs. Gorc;n tell you that
l had done the same thinC?" she de-
manded. "She knew that / was NOV
ing on your account"
"She simply agreed with me that
1t would be a good IT, .g for me to
come on here" he defended. "She
did not explain why she thought it
would be good plan. can under
stand now" =
Il shall not speak to you again, !"
she said. angrily. "You can force
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go home, because, you see, 1 had to
send mother and the girls something
each week, and though uncle Henry
would not let me pay be-: at his
house, had my lunc les to buy down
town, and my car fare and clothes
and little presents for the children
and the servants, who are so very
kind to me-and-"
why don't you like New York;"
20, I am SO homesick I cannot
tell you how miserable I have been.
You see uncle Henry (you don't know
uncle Henry, but he l. such dear
man, only he is never home-always
traveling) well, he came out to see
us-we live in Centralia-and he
said that If would come to New
York, he would get me a good posi-
tion and 1 could live with him and
aunt Eleanor, and there is SO little
girl can do in Centralia to earn
money and mother had had such a
hard time to raise r5 girls since
fathers death, that thought ought
to do it. 1t took me six months to
learn stenography, and then uncle
got me position, with the lawyer
who handles his affairs, and now
am making SIS a week"
Real pride rang in her voice on
the last sentence.
"And still you want to turn your
back, on the New York which has
been SO kind to you?"
20, you don't understand I'm Cen
tralia l possibly can get position at
$40 week, and | would rather do
that. IL am so lonesome here. At
home we had such good times, the
girls and boys who grew up together,
and I have never dared to write to
mother even, Of the long, lonesome
evenings 1 have had here"
'"Why, I should imagine that no
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A.AA

"You are opposed to raffies?" he
asked, as her voice faltered and there
was silence for a moment.
mo-" she said, softly, "but be-
cause was wrong and want it for
myself If you are still willing"
Willing" The voice through the
receiver sounded lil.- O shout. why,
you blessed child, of course I'm will
ing. I wanted to tell you so when
you were here, but it was a business
call and could not intrude our own
affairs"
"I wish you had," she said. 1T
would have been so much nicer to
have had you tell me-"
"There is later train to the
shore" he said, promptly. Come
back and have dinner, and I'll take
you down on that"
"I'll be right up" she promised, a
new note of gladness in her voice,
"and Phil"
eyes" @
"Tm awfully glad that Mr.. Tenton
Is in Europe"
"Me, too" said Philbrook, as he
hung up the receiver. Its the
quickest return on a charitable 40
nation I ever heard cS bless her dear
heart. I'll have to see that the kid
dies don't lose the profits OF the II
fle that was suppresses."
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He was down on the pavement
now, looking straight up into her
eyes.
Eyes; 1 promise = but, please, ]
must hurry"
At sound of the wheels, servant
had opened the door, and now he
came halfway down the steps.
20, is, 1t you, Miss Alice? We were
getting a bit anxious about you. The
children have started supper"
20, am SO sorry. Tell them I
will be down in minute" she said
as she ran UP the steps.
Tinley caught the conversation,
and smiled in an oddly satisfied way,
as he sprang into the hanson and
was driven away through the mist
and the rain.
At 10 o'clock that night, Alice
Rathbone sat before the gas log in
her own room. 1t was pretty room
with cretonne hangings and dainty,
girlish appointments. Swathed in a
pale blue eiderdovTl robe, Alice made
a pretty central figure in the pictr5.
A knock at the door reused her
from her study of the fire light. A
servant entered, carrying a bulky
letter in an official looking envelope.
The messenger says will you
please sign for. it-he's policeman,
ma'am." Curiosity plainly rang in
her voice, but Alice signed for the
message without a tremor of the
hand.
After the girl had gone, she drop
ped into her big, easy chair and
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work"
"Or you would not have your sal
ary raised" replied Tinley mechani-
cally, but he was thinking of some-
thing else, girl whose beauty was
not unlike that of the face so close
to his shoulder-only the other face
showed the marks of unsatisfled am
bition, the wear and tear of social
life and the character-eradicating
imprint of the masseur's hand.
II get dreadfully tired of eating
dinner in the breakfast room with
the children, and I've read until I
hate the sight of magazine. 1t
would not be so bad If only aunt
would let me mingle with the girls
meet downtown. Some Of them are
very pleasant, but she says one must
be so careful in New York. Pm
dreadfully tired of being careful" !"
she finished rebelliously. IT want
some girl friends and some good
times"
"I don't wonder" he responded,
with sudden decision.
The handsom drew up before a