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

Mr.. Dee Roney spent Saturday
here.
J. D. killlon made business trip
to Union City Saturday.
Mr.. Ed Harmon was the guest of
]. c. Sanders and family one day
last week.
Mrs. Sallie Wilson and daughter,
Miss Vallie, visited in Union City
last week.
A baseball nine has been organ
lied here. They will play every
Saturday afternoon.
We are having some real old
fashioned hot weather-good old
camp meeting time.
Arthur Dyer and friend, John
Henry Moultrie, of Tally's Mill,
were here Tuesday.
Miss Della Rayburn, of Kedron,
was the guest of her friend, Miss
Mamie Sanders, Friday night.
Mr.. Sid Kirk and family passed
through here en- route to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Berry, of Tally's
Mill.
A very successful meeting closed
at Liberty Friday night with four
teen professions and ten additions
to the church.
Miss Jean Martin, of Union City,
passed through here Wednesday en-
route to visit her friend, Miss Flo
Aron, of Ginger Ridge.
While two young ladies of this
place, Misses MayTucker and Annie
Tanner, were returning from church
Monday night they had the misfor-
tune to turn their buggy over three
times. No one got hurt.
DR.. Napier is visiting homefolks
this week. TRrx.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
OAK GROVE.

Mr.. Alvin Brevard has returned
from Dawson.
Revs. Waters and Pegg are hold
ing a meeting at Beulah this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. DeBow are
visiting relatives ia Kenton this
week
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Miner, OF
Mason Hall, are with relatives here
this week.
Miss Tullie Singletary OF Gin
ton, Ky, is visiting her cousin,
Teresa Talley.
Miss Ruth Talley was in Hick :,
man last week taking the Fulton
County examinations.
Mrs. Pat Allen, Of Memphis,
Tenn, spent Sunday night with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hickman.
Mrs. A. L, Brevard left Tuesday
for Texas to spend several weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. DR.. Steele.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Bixley re-
turned home from Dawson Sunday,
where they have been for the past
ten days.
Misses Laura McGaugh, of NAL
den, Mo, and Laura Brown, of
Hickman, Ky, are visiting the
family of r. D. McGaugh
Miss Mamie Naylor has returned
to her home in Hickman. KY, after
spending a few d ays with her
cousin, Miss Carrie Naylor.
The meeting at Mt Zion closed
Sunday night with twenty-four ad-
ditions to the church. Miss Clara
Mcconnell has organized Junior
League at that place with Rufus
Mcconnell, President; Robt Bar
ham, Vice President, and Rachel
McMurry, Secretary. Let every one
come and help make IL interesting.
ScRIBBLER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23

but little interest in the highways
of this county and no one paid
any attention to it. Recently, how
ever, the Legislature passed an
act which provided for the cleo
ton by the County Court of two
Road Commissioners for the entire
county, and also provided another
way and manner from that of the
old to work the public roads. Also
the establishment of fair ground
at Dresden and the voting of sew
eral thousand dollars worth of
bonds to build gravel streets in
Dresden, AMI for miles each way
from the town has greatly renewed
interest in the public roads. Con-
tracts have been let for the build
ing. In many sections the work
has already commenced, and with
in a year or SO the highways of
the county will be improved to a
a very great extent.
The first serious obstacle in the
way of widening and building Of
roads was the poles of the Cum
berland Telephone Company. From
Mckenzie to Martin via Dresden;
from Martin to Greenfield via
Sharon; from Dresden to Palmer
vile via Fancy, and almost every |
other road leading through the
county has with it its accompany
ing telephone line and row of poles
strung with wires.
When the matter first came up, I
r. B. Freeman and Grizzard Gard
Ter, the County Road Commits
'ioners, made demand upon the
company to move their
POLES out so that the right of way
could be widened without coming
n contact with these poles. At
irstho answer was received, later
n evasive answer, and finally they
we're met with refusal to move
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
WITH AK AND SAW
Good People OF Dresden Start Out
on Raid.

Good People OF Dresden Start Out
on Raid.
Dresden, Tenn, Aug. 19.-For
the last several months there has
been brewing here fight to the
death between the county authori-
ties and the Cumberland Telephone
Company.
The company several years ago
erected its poles along the high
ways and across the fields and
lands of the people without any
franchise or legal authority. The
people then as now needed the
service and were glad to have the
lines put up and run into the vii
lagos, towns and their homes, as
it brought them nearer to civiliza-
tion. The first trouble came up
over the poor service and high
prices demanded for use of the
phones. The service was then i'm
proved somewhat in this section,
and things were getting in better
shape when bunch of men with
knives and axes passed along the
main line and, without notice,
hacked and ruined hundreds of
beautiful shade trees which adorn
the highways of this section.
Numerous suits grew out of the
action of these parties, and the
defense in every case was that the
limbs of the trees interfered with |
the working of the wires, and |
they stated that they had the right
to remove out of their way every
thing that interfered with the free
movement of messages over their
lines.
When the poles were erected
they were placed alongside the
roadside, and in many cases in
close proximity to the roadbed
itself, but at that time there was
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
JORDAN.

f. c. Carter is on the sick list.
Miss Sadie Fry visited Mrs. Mar.
shall DeBow last week.
Little Johnnie Alexander is now
able to use his crutches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sowell are the
proud parents of a fine daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde McAdoo, of
Dyersburg, visited Mr.. McAdoo's
parents Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Alexander, who
has been sick the past month with
malarial fever, is slowly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall DeBow
went to Kenton Friday to visit Mrs.
DeBow's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Tighlman.
Misses Marguerite Norton, Mabel
Carmen and Ora Pace and brother
attended the Mt. Zion meeting last
week and were the guests of Miss
Minnie Bowen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mcconnell and
little daughter, Mary Charlotte, of
La Yunta, Col, arrived Sunday on
a visit to their father, Mr.. r. Y.
Mcconnell and other relatives.
Rev Johnston, of Union City, as
sisted Rev. Wynn in the Mt. Zion
revival. Twenty-fou additions
were made to the church and there
were several converts that gave
their names for ether churches.
Among those that joined were thir-
teen little boys, and Brother Wynn's
talk to them was both beautiful and
impressive. He organized Junior
League that evening with twenty
three members, which will meet |
every Sunday at 4 p. m. Rufus Nc
Connell, president Carl Crenshaw,
vice-president; Rachel McMurry, |
secretary, and Miss Clara McCon-
nell, lady manager. The north room
will be fitted up for the Juniors and
they are showing much interest
The Young peoples prayer meeting
meets at 5 P. M Everyone invited
KENTUCKY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23

over the ground and consulted at.
torneys as to what he should do.
And then came running in spe-
cial car from st. Louis Il. M. Pat
ton, the chief engineer of the right
of way of the American Telephone
Company, and he, too, made his
threats as to what he was going to
do. The grand jury is now in SEES
sion and they have been endeavor-
ing to get before it and indict the
County Road Commissioners for
cutting down the poles, but so far
without success.
The general public and every
body sustain the County Commits
sioners and will stand by them in
the fight which will be to finish,
unless the telephone people give up.
Last year new switchboard was
installed and with it new business
for the company. But with all of
that only one operator is allowed
here. She has all of the local bust
ness to attend to, and besides must
handle the long distance American
calls.
The people of the county are
much interested in the outcome of
this matter. They hope it will
mean better service, a reduction of
rates, more employees of the com
pany, and that they may at least
have the right to own and care for
that belongs to them.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23
Marriage Licenses.

Willis Fox and Mittie d. Pierce,
r. G. Willis and Mole Wolf.
George Peeler and Ethel Hargroye
Walter Davis and Annie Hicks.
f. Fl. Reese and NJ. NJ. Dickerson.
Perry NJ Norbert and Eva Elma
Hart.
Silas Sears and Lulu Berryhill.
Almus laird and Lizzie Hammer.
H. a. Fields and l. M. Jackson.
Erode Jones and Beulah Everett.
w. j. Deem and Miss Zula Murry.
r. W. Neel and Ida L. Head.
w. L. Tharp and Ida f. Dotson.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-23

tue pores, dllOW anyone else 10 &C
SO, or to do anything at all about
it. But, on the other hand, they
gave it out that anyone who in.
terfered with their poles or lines
in any way would be arrested and
prosecuted to the extent of the law.
In the meantime the road from
Dresden to Martin was contracted
for. About two miles west of
Dresden some fifteen telegraph
poles lay directly in the bed of
the road under the new system.
The local manager was notified
and he in turn notified the home
Office, and they in turn refused to
remove the poles and dared any
one else to do So The road con
tractor, not being able to, build a
road that would measure up to his
agreement, with the poles in his
way, was preparing to quit his
job. Esq. Freeman was called
upon again to render assistance.
Again he took the matter up, but
the telephone company refused to
do anything.
Early Tuesday morning, armed
with axes and saws and perhaps
other utensils of war, and with
full preparation to give warm
reception to any telephone man or
men who might stand in his way,
Esq. Freeman took with him a
crew of men to the place COM
planned of and got busy. They
unloaded their tools and sawed
down the first pole close to the
ground, and then another and an
other until some fifteen poles were
laid low. When they fell of course
the wires fell with them and Gov
cred the ground in every direc-
ton. With sharp clippers, these
we're soon disposed of. The poles
we're then cut in twain, and the !
wire, bundled in a bunch, was
soon thrown out by the roadside.
No matter if it did cut off COIN
west from Nashville,
md make us dead to the world
with Fulton, Union City, Cairo,
Dyersburg, Covington, Ripley,
Hickman and Memphis, the road
vas clear.
AS soon as the chaos of wreck
vas cleared away the road build
RS, too, catching the spirit of the
lour, got busy and rounded up
he roadbed in wonderful oval
hape, and where lately fifteen
poles held their heads
Ugh in the air, as they conveyed
be news from "world to world,"l
My three stumps, cut low, re-
and these we're buried
lany feet deep beneath the road
ed, never to see light again. Ii
1t created q great commotion t
when the communica-
on was cut of. All sorts of ru-
lors of war and other dire calam-
les were reported to the home
flee at Nashville. One report !.
i'd that the telegraph strikers, in !
rder to prevent news going to St. c
ouis by telephone, had come out v
Martin on a hand car and cut s,
Ie wires. Another was that the n
lephone people Of West Tonnes "
o, being in full accord with the Il
riking telegraph people, had 4
alked out in sympathy. /"
But the facts were the people
ID stood as much as they thought
ey should stand, and through
cir officers, took the law in their
vn hands and took possession of
cir own and what rightfully be-
nged to them, the statements
i'd claims of the Cumberland II
,lephone com p anies notwith-
andlng.
The first train brought Maj. w.
Nangum, of Memphis, Super
tendent Of Construction Of the
in this serHon. He went
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03

That was a very clever statement
which was made by Secretary of War
Taft yesterday in stating that he was
not seeking the presidential nomina-
ton. He says that he is not a candi-
date but that he is not ~"foolish enough
to say that in the improbable event the
opportunity to run for the great office
Of president was to come to me I should
decline it, for this would not be true"
Of course Taft wants it and it is very
manifest that he is Roosevelt's candi-
date. If Roosevelt continues to want
him to have the nomination Taft will
be almost sure to get it. And really
Taft is undoubtedly the strongest man
outside of Roosevelt in the republican
party today.
What he has done since he has been
in the cabinet has been well done. He
is not afraid of work, he works quick
ly and usually wisely; and personally
he is one OF the most popular men in
America today.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03
FIFTY-TWO KILLED.
The B. & 0. Winds up the Year with
a Terrible Disaster.

Washington, Dec. 31-The Ba1ti-
more and Ohio wreck at Terra Gotta
last night grows in magnitude as the
hours pass. The most conservative es-
innate of the dead tonight is fifty-two,
with three scores of injured in the hos
pitfalls or at their homes suffering from
wounds and fractures sustained in the
rear-end collision which demolished
the two day coaches and the smoker
attached to the local Fredrick, Md,
train, No Sc. Several of the most
seriously injured are expected to die
and the death list may reach sixty or
more.
Heaetrendering and pitiful were the
scenes at the city morgue today where
hundreds of persons focked to assist
the police in the Identification of the
dead. Women, girls, and even men
with iron nerves sobbed and tainted as
their relatives or friends were found
among the corpses strewn about the
floor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03
Gov. Hughes Inaugurdted.

Albany, N. Y, Jan Carl Evans
Hughes to-day took the oath of office as
governor of the State of New York, and
with his Democratic colleague began
his two years term, The inaugural
ceremonies were unusually brilliant
and the attendance almost un-
precedented. Following the inaugural
ceremonies, the new governor held a
reception in the executive chamber and
this afternoon he and Mrs. Hughes re-
ceived a cordial welcome from a very
large number of people from Albany
and elsewhere, in the usual public re-
ception room at the the executive man.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03
NOTICE..

The law firm of Dortch & Barham
expires to-day by the limitation of
the term of partnership entered into
by them. Mr.. Dortch will remain at
the former stand of Dortch & Barham
and Mr.. Barham will be located on
John Street, near the Post Office in
the offices above the Metropolitan In
surance offices. Both parties will
give their attention to all matters
that were intrusted to the firm, and
they take this opportunity of thank
ing their clients for the liberal patron
age given them.
Very truly,
w. T. Dortch,
j. Langhorne Barham.
Goldsboro, N. c., Dec. 81, 1906.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03

Mr.. w. A. Wooten left to-day to
western markets.
Mrs. Oscar l.. Thompson and little
daughter, of Vineland, are in the city,
the guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Erastus Edwards.
In the great voting contest Of the
Raleigh Times, that closed Saturday
night Miss Mary Emma Giddens, of
this city, won the desirable northern
trip, including Niagara Falls and the
Jamestown Exposition, and her many
friends here, as elsewhere, are graft
fed at her success.
Now for the CALENDARS! Calendars
with pretty girls, large calendars, small
calendars, fancy calendars, art calen-
dars and business calendars-a flood Of
them, and-a harmless graft-most Of
them free. The glad insurance calen-
dar will vie with the calendars from
Packingtown and the breakfast food
calendars will not be far behind. The
shoe calendar and the clothing calen-
dar and the soap calendar and the
"tonic'' calendar will make a brave
show. Poor indeed is the man who
does not receive a calendar for the New
Year, and singularly inconspicuous he
who fails to get at least six.
The death of Mrs. DIR. J. T. Kennedy
occurred Saturday afternoon at the
home of her devoted husband, in Gran
than township, after an illness of
many months patiently borne. She
was indeed a most estimable christian
woman, a loving wife and mother, a
firm friend. Her death will be deeply
deplored by all who knew her, while to
her heart broken husband and children,
her brothers and sisters and venerable
mother, Mrs. Henderson Brldgers, of
this city, the sincerest sympathy of
their many friends goe out with mex
pressible tenderness. The funeral was
held Sunday afternoon, and the in
terment was made in the Methodist
church yard in Granthams.
The ARGUS chronicles with personal
SdO10SS IDlS dlt0THOOn IH0 oOdtd VI
Mrs. Charity E., relict of the late W.
F. Atkinson, and mother of County
superintendent Mr.. E. 7. Atkinson,
which occurred Saturday evening, at
her home in this city, after a lingering
illness Of many months, in the 73rd
year Of her age. She was a ''mother in
Israeli a woman of remarkable force
and Astounding charity, and through
her long life was ever helpful and gen.
erous to all who called upon her or
whom she knew to be in need. Full of
years and good deeds she has gone to
her reward. The funeral was held at
the home Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
Rev. Mr.. Carraway, of the Goldsboro
circuit, officiating, and the remains
were borne to the old homestead, in
Fork township, for interment beside
her late husband. She is survived by
seven children, all grown. These are
Misses Celia, Nina, Charity and Dora
and Messrs, John, E, T.. and SiIas At
kinson, and in their irreparable loss
and sorrowful bereavement they have
the coincidence of their wide circle of
friends, both in this city and county.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03

oSo 49, $1,000 W
days I was completely cured, and T
think permanently, as it was about five
years ago.
"The psoriasis first made its appear
ance in red spots, generally forming a
circle, leaving in the center aspot about
the size of a silver dollar of sound flesh.
In a short time the affected circle
would form a heavy dry scale of a white
silvery appearance and would gradually
drop off. To remove the entire scales
by bathing OF using oil to soften them
the flesh would be perfectly raw, and a
light discharge of bloody substance
would ooze out. That scaly crust would
form again in twenty-four hours. It
was worse on my arms and limbs, al
though it was in spots all over my
body, also on my scalp. If I let the
scales remain too long without remov-
ing by bath or otherwise, the skin
would crack and bleed. I suffered
intense itching, worse at nights after
getting warm in bed, or blood warm
by exercise, when it would be almost
unbearable.
"To sum it all up, I would not go
through such another ordeal of affection
for thirty-fve years for the State of
Kansas. (signed) w. NJ. Chichester,
Hutchinson, Kan, April 20, 1906"
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03
LIST OF
Remaining in POstOmce, Colds
boro, Wayne County, N. c.,
Jan. 2, 1907.

MEMS LIST.
B-A C Barnes, Glenn Bowden, Stanley
Bradley.
&C A Clement, Ash Cox, Bonnie
ket.
l. Harris, F Harris.
NV M Mitchell, Thos Mackley, Fate
Ma1pass.
PLANES A Pate.
81 w Sutton.
Westbrook.
LADIES LIST.
B-Nettie Bryant, Dealie Barnes.
E-Sarah Evens.
F-C T Forbes.
H-Mamie Hicks.
J-William Jones.
L-Annie Lowell.
M-Mamie Mozingo.
D-De1la Onea1.
P-Georgia Phillips, Ida Phillips, H A
Perry, Mary Poindexter, Martha
Pate.
R-Maggie Raynor.
S-Geneva Stallings.
W-Minnie Williams, Hattie West
brook, Mary Wood, William Whit
ted.
Y-MisS Y~elvertOn.
Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Rules
and regulations require that one cent
be paid or advertised letters.
L. N. GRANT,,
Postmaster.
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Of Soap, six boxes
Gu ticur a Oint-
ment, an two
bottles of Cuti-
cura Resolvent. I
bathed with the
Soap, applied the
Ointment once a
day, and took the
Resolvent as di-
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03

WANTED-Desk room in an office,
Insurance or Cotton Broker.
Address "Desk Room care the Argus.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-03
AWFUL PSORIASIS
50 YEARS
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All Over the Body-Skin Cracked
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abIe-Cured by Cuticura in Thirty
DAYS at Cost of $4.75.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL
CURE BY CUTICURA

"I was afflicted with psoriasis for
thirty-ive years. It was in patches all
over my body. I used three cakes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-16
JOHN r. FINN INCOMPETENT.
wealthy Brooklyn Contractors Memory n
Blank.

John T. Finn, a wealthy contractor eof
SO Linden street. Brooklyn. was sdjudged
incompetent yesterday by a Sheriff's jury
acting under the direction of Justice Dixie OF
the County Court. Walter &. Brewster con-
Quoted the hearing. Mrs. Mary Finn. wife
OF The incompetent n mover in the matter
Of the inquest. was the principal witness.
Mrs. Finn said that her husband had re-
Gently returned from a trip to Bradford, Pa.
and that during his absence he had suffered
a complete loss of memory. While return
ing home on the train Mr.. Firms mind be-
came a blank. 1t was through papers that
he carried hat strangers learned his address
and returned him to his home. There the
stricken man failed 10 recognize n Of his
relatives.
As Firms business involved RESPONSIBLE
contracts and heavy bonds. his wife thought
it best to apply to the courts for the APP
pointment Of a commission to look after his
interests. She knew nothing about the oon-
duct Of the business. Frederick Welsh,
SUP erintendent for Finn, was appointed COM
missioner by Justice Dixie TO look after his
employers business. He furnished bonds
for 81 900. Justice Dixie also allowed the
incompetent SIS q week for maintenance.
Finn and his wife are both 81 years old.
Mrs. Finn says that her husband has been
acting strangely ever since their marriage.
two years ago. DR.. Samuel A. Moore, who
examined Finn, said that the latter was
suff ering from cerebral congestion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-16
ARMOUR'S SHIRE HORSES.
Two Best Specimens That Could ne Found
I'm England About to he shipped.

Special Gable Despatch TO THE Sun.
LONDON Aug. 1.-two English gray
shires, that is, heavy draught horses, which
Mr.. Armour bought here, will be shipped
tomorrow on the steamer Minneapolis
with Mr.. Armour's famous show team for
Chicago. Mr.. Armour commissioned Mr..
Hodgkinson. mis- manager, TO buy the ami
mails, because he wanted to experiment with
the true British shire horse.
Mr.. Hodgkinson travelled hundreds Of
miles, but although he was prepared to pur-
chase a score OF the horses he found only
two that were satisfactory. He believes
they are the most promising four and five
year Odds in Great Britain. All the other
animals he examined did not reach the
standard. He could have had plenty Of
browns, hut he was only after grays
One o. his purchases, Grey Lord, five
wears old, has won four prizes here. Mr..
Hodgkinson thinks him good enough TO go
into the lead when the team completes for
the international championship in Chicago
in December. Mr.. Armour's show team,
which it may o be known came here
at the suggestion of Bank Manager Ed
wards, travelled 2,OOO miles in Great Britain.
They were exhibited fifty -fiv lime and
seventy-hve invitations to exhibit were
The tour cost about e12, 900 sterl-
in1