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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

years, died Monday morning at
o'clock at home in the vicinity o
Beech where she lived continuousl
since the early days and scene
which mark the history of Obioi
County. Mrs. Latimer was one o
those sainted good women, who's
lives have given moral strength anS
courage to the human race. From
the influence of such as these tn,
character of communities is form
ed. Back IN Sumner County
where she lived to womanhood
Mrs. Latimer was regular attend
ant at the Ridge Campmeeting
one of those great outdoor relig,
ious assemblies which prevailed in
those days. She was present al
these services for twenty years,
camping each year in the locality
where the meeting was held.
Mrs. Latimer was a Webb in her
girlhood and was married to Thos.
Latimer in Sumner County. There
was brother. Jack Latimer, and
the two families moved and settled
together in Obion County about the
same time. They constituted a
family colony of pioneers and found
ers who were to develop largely
that section of the county known
as Beech. They bhshed the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
there and endowed it with their
means and support. Speaking of
Mrs. Latimer the following is
taken from the columns of the
Obion Democrat which appeared in
that paper last year at the time of
the anniversary of Mrs. Latimer's
birth.
"Mrs. Latimer was born in Sum
ner County Jan. Is, 1913, and NOV
ed to this county IN 1882. Her nus
band, who was named Thos., died
about twenty-five years ago, and
she has lived ever since in the home
they buIlt then on the hill overlook
ing the historic church at Beech,
which, during the war, was the
scene of some stirring events. They
had eleven children, six of whom
are dead.
when the Latimer brothers, Tom
and Jack, first came to this county
they bought for a song one thousand
acres of land in the vicinity of
Beech, every acre of which to-day
is worth perhaps close 10 500 per
acre. The lot on which Beech
church is built was given by them,
and the building practically built
by them. How much good has been
done by this honored church cannot
be measured up untili"the roll is
called up yonder.'
The death of Mrs. Latimer brings
out the remarkable history of lon
gevity and the blessings of an hon
pred life. Five children out of a
family of eleven survive, of whom
are Joe Latimer, Toronto, Canada;
Will Latimer, Paris, Tex. Mrs.
Dyer, Tenn; Geo. Lati-
ner, Beech, and t. ]. Latimer, this
:ity. There are also surviving 80
grandchildren and 38 great-grand-
children.
So ends an honored and useful
ife, full of years, good deeds, whole
some character. So shall her mem
Try live in the hearts of hundreds
whom she h "a s blessed from the
owe and inspiration of a boundless
leart. So shall the world be better
ind stronger with the lessons she
las taught. So shall her soul, over
lowing with goodness, ascend to
he Great White Throne OF the Re-
to live forever in the hight
II Gods love.
Funeral services were conducted
'ver the remains by Revs. Bryson
md Johnson, and the remains were
aid alongside those Of her husband
It Beech churchyard.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
Poles Down.

]. w. Garner and bis force were
out Sunday repairing and replac-
ing the poles and telephone line on
the Troy road near DR.. Catron's
residence. The sleet on Saturday
had played havoc with the line.
About ten or dozen poles were
down.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
SCHOOLS or The COUNTY.

Miss Alma Morris, who has beer
teaching an interesting school al
Cummings, will close her schoo
next week.
Miss Jessie Conn, having closed
her school at Crockett. has entered
the South Fulton School to review,
preparatory to better services in the
future.
Copies of The Little School
Mistress" can now be had at the
Superintendent's Office, net price
IS cents. Primary teachers should
remember that henceforth no GER
ti6cate can be issued until exami-
nation is passed on the above book.
N. L. Williams will close his
school at Cobb's Chapel, in Number
welve, on March 7 and s.
Each night there will Rotations,
addresses, etc, and on Friday there
will be examinations. The princi-
pal will be aided by the County
superintendent.
L. D. Williams, who is teaching
splendid school at Cloverdale, has
organized a lecture course in his
school. AS result, he has at least
one lecture month, usually on Fri
day night, that all his patrons may
enjoy the lectures. This week the
lecture will be delivered by Elder
John R. Williams. Every teacher in
the county should maintain such
lecture course.
Mrs. Lula Goodwin Walker, who
has been teacher at the Stovall
school house for several years, clos
es her work there this week, and
she and her husband will leave I'M
for Texas to make that
their future home. Mrs. Walker
has been one OF the ablest and
most faithful instructors of Obion
County, and her many friends re-
greet to see her leave for another
State.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
CMdy Kitchen.

A. F. Williams an expert candy
maker, will open candy kitchen in
this city at the Kirkland old stand
the Red Hot-on The I'd OF March
Tomorrow. Mr.. Williams will al
SO have a lunch counter for the ben
eft Of his custom. Mr.. Williams
proposes to handle the purest and
best goods, and invites the public
generally to give him a call.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
Trademark No. 42l3.

long period gave security
possible individuality distinctive For instance
Ayers CHERRY Pectoa" Greens
Flower Castoa and with honest goods the public
medicines
of the ountter and swnder alike As they cared little fer
night defrauding public
seemed to reach them. They
Congress 1.-The Pure Food and Drugs Act and hoped that
limitations the good Of the public
the Government will to that be able to coussens
without
good" with similar sounding
Another thing wish friends is that the
druggists getting whose
no less particular therefore pleased to
genuine Honey of Tar will
vicinity exclusively by the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
The Marshal Sick.

Mr.. Frank Pardue has been quite
sick for several days this week with
a bilious attack. We understand
that this is the FIRST time the Chief
has been sick in twenty-seven years
and the first time he has lost from
business in ten years. Mr.. Pardue
is an exception as an officer. There
are few men who can boast OF the
record he has made He is more
than that-an honorable, use
full citizen, and we are glad that
his sickness was not of serious
nature.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
A Gift OF Health
Would be Priceless Boon, Yet Little Cough Leads
on to Consumption.
presenting you with this history the genuine old fashioned
"COUSSENS' HONEY OF TAR"


entail families know the genuine has limitations Notwhstand
Honey Of Tar genuine while Honey
whomsoever made but direct violation
established
goods help be made of inferior
those who them the of iet
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
"COuSSenS' Compound Honey of Tar

good spread
nearby country then that they began push its
Naturally the business Decem
10 1876 their trademark registered the Patent Office
Washington, d. c.,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

we'll known and esteemed, and the
mother was one of those noble char
acters whose lives are blessing to
all those around. The deceased
leaves one daughter, Mrs. w. G..
Smith, and two sons, S. E. and
John Dickey.
The remains were inferred in the
Rives cemetery Tuesday.
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

West TenpesSee Monument Co.
invites you toi4spect its work.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

Another ton of up-to-now wall
paper jAst arffved at Bell Furni-
ture Co. \R6mplete Is fl. square
room FROM 75Sents up Phone $50 $50
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
Why Honey of Tar is the Genuine.

In the early Tabe began the
Cough Remedy a Nashville, Tenn. and called 1t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

greet to see her leave for another
State.
0bion County Medical Society.
The Obion County Medical So
ciety met in the Elks Club Rooms
at Union City at 100 p. m. Wednes-
day, Feb. q. The president, DR.. J..
B. Sharp, of Obion, being absent
the meeting was called to order by
DR.. M. A. Blanton, secretary.
This being the regular meeting
OF the Society for the election of
officers for the ensuing year, the
following were elected: DR.. D. M.
Pearce, of Union City, president;
DR.. p. N. Matlock, Mason Hall, vice.
president DR.. M. A. Blanton, Union
City, secretary; DR.. J. M. Rippy,
Union City, treasurer. DR.. ]. v.
Jernigan, of Obion, was elected
censor for the next three years in
the place of DR.. J. F. Roper, whose
time had expired. DR.. M. A. Blan-
ton, of Union City, was elected as
delegate to the Tennessee State
Medical Association, which meets
in Nashville, Tenn, April 9, 10 and
IL; DIR. v. j. Jernigan, Obion, alter
nate.
DR.. r, M. Leake, who has recent
ly located in Union City, presented
his application for membership,
which was passed upon by the
Board OF Censors with their recon-
that he be elected a mem
Der of the Association. The Asso-
citation elected him a member by
The following committees we're
named by the president:
Committee on Program and Scien-
tifc Work--Dr. T. d. Edwards, DIR.
v. ]. Jernigan and DR.. e. Fl. White. |
D. M. Pearce, president; P. N, Mat
lock, vice-president, and M. A. Blan-
ton, secretary, ex-officio mem bers.
Committee on Public Health and
Legislation-Dr Fl n. Butler, chair
man; DR.. j. f. Darnall, Dr. ]. B.
Sharp, DR.. e. Fl. White and DR..
r. M. Leake.
Resolutions were passed endors-
ing the bill pending in the Legisla-
Eure known as the Mari Bill, No.
L41 pure Food and Drug Act).
The president and secretary were
requested to urge our Representa-
tive and Senator to vote tor its
passage.
The treasurer's report showed a
balance of S. 10 on hand from last
7ear's work.
II was decided by the Society to
iold quarterly meetings at Union
City, the FIRST quarterly meeting to
,e held the first Wednesday in May,
hen every three months thereafter.
The Society will meet elsewhere
Turing the interim, the next meet
ng to be held at Rives on Wednes-
lay, March Is, at 10 o'clock a. IN.
Many other important matters
we're discussed for the general well
are Of the Society, every member
present pledging himself to assist
n making this the greatest year
org God the Society has ever known.
There being no further business,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headaches, lacked ambition,
was worn out and all run down. Bur-
docks Blood Bitters made me well
woman. Mrs. Chas. Freitory, Moos-
up, Conn{
Wall paper cheaper than order
ing at BeA Furniture Co. Phone
$50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

AnQtheE ton Of up-to-now wall
paper NYkt arrived at Bell Furni-
taFe OK Complete Is #. square
roomfroR rs cents up. Phone $50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

Mating, dkuggets and rugs at
purse opening yprices at Bell Fur
niture Co. PEofe $50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

Fresh handy and fruit at the K. K.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01

Have eu tiled the cream tatfy a /
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-01
Died at Rives.

Best lunches and Accommodations
at Dahnke's CAFE.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

primarily with the subsequent defect In rain: p.
but only Indication Of 4 dfsturoan N f.r
general circUIa Of the @trcoSphere- Morery1
excessive rainfall Zanzibar IN April and Nj.
comedies with deficient height OF the flood waFe -
the Nile River; that may say that "a ca-
fcient snowfall in upper India comedies with q t.-
fcient flood in the Nile. On the other hand, he.-E
snowfall in India ard heavy rainfall in the et---
toriaI region is paralleIed by the connec tiou r.
tween abnormal rainfall at Zanzibar and t-H
SEYCHELLES in November. with heavy SnOWta- IN
upper India in the subsequent cold season
with regard atmosI h"ric pressure and --.--
fall high pressure in MtuTltiuS means small
fan India and low pressure IN Ma1rItIuS IS t-.-
lowed by heavy rainfall IN India m = EtrEv g.
jority Of cases. namely, ~ per cent Gonna
preSSureS in Argentina with rainfall m l.--.-
Walker. in charge of the service IN India g.
are led u the remarkable result that
tive departures Of pressure IN the spring AT t--
duh.t are followed by positive departures OF -.- o.
next following summer rainfall in india "
worst drOUth in India with rainfall tepartI-- .t
-2i per cent. OF 2j4 mi.limetres. was precedet t -
departure Of II miIlimetres OF baTOuetTlc pres
at Cordoba. whereas the bCSJ monsoon T-.r
1882 with a departure Of --l2f ruilinetreS, vs.
CeCed by ? LIS miImetrCS Of pressure depart-r ~
Cordoba According to the last memoranda 1r
Walker. large departures of pressure IN J-.E II
MauritiuS close connection with the stimuli
taueous opposite departures OF rainfall In AUs-@t
and September over the whole of India
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
TONG RANGE FORECASTS.
Estimating the Rainfall for Whole
Season
Season..

For about twenty years the Meteorological
Service of India has been making anbltlouS
efforts to predict the general character OF the
southwest monsoon rainfall. This comes in
summer and on its abundance or scarcity
largely depend the rewards of agriculture in
Hindustan. 1t is no cxaggcration to say that
there is an intimate relation between the life
and prosperity OF millions and the rceipitation
Of moisture borrc inland from the Indian Ocean
In the Judgment Of the editor OF THE United
States Monthly Weather Review" the work.
though not uniformly successful. has been at
tended with results which encourage it's con
tinuance The periodical just mentioned re
produces in its latest issue report by Pro
fessor Ham, of Vienna, who is one Of the
worlds most authoritative cliuatologists and
metcoroosists DR.. Ham says. in part.
Rlanford who initiated the forecasts thought
that had shown that generally snowfall IN the
regions north and west Of India produced an
abnormal distribution OF pressure over Northern
India that was UUf.yOrAbC to the advance OF the
southwest mon5ouns over this region, and ne
adopted the general principle that lower atmos-
pheric pressure over any area increased the
amount Of its rainfall
Sir John Eliot. Eianfords successor. showed that
conditions India alone would not suffice to
Justify reliable forecasts. and after the year 1874
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

Information as to the conditions the Indian
Ocean made OF. extending annually fur-
ther south until, in 1897. even Africa and Australia
were considered. II seemed most probable that
heavier rainfall at Zanzibar and off the Seychelles
May would justify predicting heavier rainfall in
India later in the season, when the monsoon had
crossed the equator But later experience
showed that the opposite was the case. Then II was
assumed that perhaps abnormaIly high pressure
over Mauritius, island in the Indian Ocean,
would increase the monsoon current and the Indian
rainfall. but this did not 10 be the case The
relations hctwccu rainfall in India and ATMOSPHERIC
pressure over India :. IBERIA, the Indian ocean and
South America such that in years OF
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

cessive monsoon rainfall In India the atmospheric
pressure over South America is too high, and con
versely. small rainfall in India goes with low
In South America Moreover, IN many
Years the low pressure occurs earlier in South
America than the small rainfall In India table
of snowfall fifteen years shows that in the case
Of heavy and late snowfalS, when the area IN ti.e
Indian highlands covered with snow in May Is
larger than usual II argues for small rainfall in
June
Thirteen years OF records show that heavy rain,
fsI in the st!bcquatorial region over Zanzibar and
the Seychelles, brings deficient rainfall in India
over branches of the monsoon. that in gen
craI the snowfall upper India is not connected
New-York tribune., 1907-06-09
PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME.

Macistrate-The fair plaintiff says you kissed
her against her viii Is il true2
Defendant-I don't know anything about her
Will YOUR honor l kissed her the lips, b-t
only kissed her once.
Magistrate-Why did you stop at one
Defendant She had been eating onions. yo1r
honor. and
Magistrate QnterruptinC)-That Will Do ]
sentence you to kiss her three tines--Caica-U
News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-16
FERRY TO SEWALL'S
POINT NOW ASSURED
Phoebus VIII Have Fine Passenger
Service DurIag lhe James,
town Exposition.
MORE THAN $500 WIS RAISED
Towns Exploitation Committee Will
Spend $3.50 in Sending Out circu.
lar Letters Advertising Her Advan.
tages-other Business Transac.
tons.

The exploitation meeting i'm phoc.
bus last night drew a large crowd of
business men and property owners
to the town council chamber. The
meeting was presided over by Chair.
man Il. Nj. Tennis and considerable
enthusiasm was occasoncd by the re-
ports from the various committees
The advertising committee recon-
mended that circular letters be sent
out to all the lodges Of secret orders
which will come TO the Exposition,
telling of the hotel accommodations
in the town and the proximity of
Phoebus to the grounds. The dcci.
sion was reached to spend $3.50 for
this advertising.
The transportation committee sub.
mittcd report to the effect that
Armstrong Brothers would run di.
rect ferry line between Phoebus and
the Exposition, provided the expIoita.
ton committee $ould advertise the
TACT In all its literature. This was
agreed to.
mat 1T was meeting with success and
mat lully 5000 visitors can be nc
commodatcd daily.
a committee on bureau of informa.
ton was named, consisting of Messrs.
T.. Nj. Tennis, ]. NJ. Cunning, =. A.
Fuller and Il. o. Hunt.
Town Clerk John Teemer was ap.
pointed to visit the business men and
merchants and request them TO adopt
stationery for advertising Proebus
The Phoebus Business Mems Asso.
cation met and adorted strong reso.
lutions favorinG r:lel exploitation
measure, but decided as the business
men are contributing to the cause,
that the association deems IL unwisc
to appropriate money from the funds
at present.
More than $500 has been contribut-
ed to the advertising fund.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-16
some PROD|G|ES
OF THE CRADLE
1t Doesn't Always Happen
That Wonderful knowledge
in Infancy is Permanent.

The story of the precocious youth,
which, like the Phoenix. alternately
dies and revives. is again enjoying
brief existence in the newspapers,
says the Portland Oregonian. This
time it tells OF a New England baby
who can speak the classic tongues
and solve the problems in the calcr,-
LIS, to say nothing of a faclc ac.
quaintance with Herbert Spencer and
Emmanuel Kant To this gifted but
apncryphal youth Newtons "Princi.
pia' is but jest and Hegcl's philos-
ophy the pastime of an idle hour. He
lisps Plato and goo-goos the Vedas.
His earliest toy was n table of loga-
rithms. When his mother takes him
to the bargain counter in a perambula-
tor she gives him a copy of the Sans
krit grammar to keep him quiet. His
unparalleled intellectual feats recall
the accounts which abound In biogra-
ply of others less amazing, hut also.
one may guess, less imaginary
Zerah Coliburn. vino was born in
Vermont in 1904. is perhaps the most
noted genuine prodigy who has ever
appeared in America. AT the age OF
" ''Ni"'' Souii multiply ulHp figures
iY nine others in his head and recite
the correct answers instantly and so
rapidly that expert writers could
scarcely take 1t down.
Those who know how painful It Is
to multiply one figure by another and
get The answer anywhere near right
can appreciate this Accomplishment OF
the infantiie Zerah, but it was by no
means his greatest. He would come
downstairs in the morning in his
nightgown, computing an eclipse on
his slate. He calculated table of
logarithms and evolved problems in
his head so complicated and difficult
that the most expert mathematiciaus
would give them up.
Zerah Collburn's gift never actually
deserted him, but IL gradually faded,
as 1t were, when he approached man
mood, and in spite OF the wonderful
thing lie could do with figures as nm
infant. he accomplished nothing worth
while In mathematics He died at al
most the same age as Byron. a pitt
full confirmation OF the common belief
that precocity Is the usher OF death.
stu. the belief Is sometimes mistaken.
The poet BRYANT. in some respects;
the best of all tho singers in our
somewhat inharmonioms national
cnoir, could read the classics at
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-16

anu he wrote "Thanatopsls' 10 years
n'er' From almost every point of
view IlilnatopSiS" Is Il great poem.
ne Thought is stately and profound.
WIN Il deep religious import The
music OF the lines approaches the
pest IN Milton The conclusion Is Il
"lahd burst of the highest optimism.
bryant never nfterward cqualed this
precocious effort, though "Thc Mel.
ancholy Days Arc Come" IL IL pasto
rat lyric Which expresses the sweet
sorrow OF autumn as no other poem
ever did
Certainly Bryant's precoclty was no
premonition Of early decay. He lived
10 Il good old age and kept his powers
nnimpaircd 20 the end Tho Poet Popc
wrote divine verse at ten wears of
aSe-at least MS divine as he ever
wrote ar;crward Perhaps the adjcc.
tive divine" IS q trirle out of place
applied TO Pope. who had little kin.
snip with celestial affairs and whose
poetry is more like college rhetoric
ana plaster of paris birthday cake
than anything else
PrecoCity is not confined 10 intel.
lectual matters. Cecil. Lord Burlnirh.
Queen l,liaabcth's great counsellor
whose mind was decp enough to l,ar.
file Philip of Spain and tho inouisi.
tloh. was father. ut fourteen. IFS
experience Is altogether IN favor or
carry marriages.. and lends one ia
question the wisdom of those statutes
winch intcrpOSc Obstacles in tho puih
of youthful love. II may plausiblv
DC snrmiscd that such laws perccnti
lNiN th,
me world and increase the difficulty
of solving some pcrplexed social mcs.
lthos II any rate Ills premature MR.
enthood did Cecil no harm. and Tho
family which he first distinguished
has flourished ana ruled I'm England
To this day, and Is likely to keen on
ruling FOR long time To come. If
marriage Is good thing, why not en-,
courage it,
Why not reward tho young man
VINO desires to enter the holy estate
rather than burden him with fees
ana regal ceremonies? Why not help
nm to establish n household rather
'nnli hinder him by oxtorting part
OF his savings?
The most famous example of all,
round precocity is that of James
N''Nh'pi, EhtDlcnmln, sllrnam ell
the admirable" on account of his
physical and intellectual perrcct,ons.
Ills SIKH in philosophy almost euua,led
that of the Boston baby whose myth.
cal career now engages the newspn.
pers attention and impcrils the souls
OF space writer's. Without having To
study 1t he defeated all of the most
profound professors of Europe In me.
taphysical debate, while I'm feats of
arms he had no rival
Ills death was characteristic. Uo
became tutor TO Mantuan Prince I'm
inc course of his adventures. and his
nupil. doubtless cnraged at the con.
slant spectacle of so much perfection.
attacked him one night with n band
or comrades. Crichion put his ms.
saiiants TO rout, but perceiving that
one of them was his pupil he Loyalty
gave mp his sword
This was adding insult 10 injury.
ana the outraged youth plunged The
weapon into his perceptors heart In
MS world it does not pay to be either
100 good or too nearly perfect.