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NEW YORK, October 1S.-It is learned
here that Thomas Agnew & Sons. art
dealers of London, are the buyers of
the famous Ashburton collection of
paintings, which are about to be dis
persed in England; that the price the
firm paid was about $4,000, 800, and
that some of the finest pictures are to
come to this country
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ST. PETERSBURG. October 1s.-The
social democrats have decided to pre-
sent their own candidates during the
next stage Of the parliamentary cleo
ton in st. Petersburg. and are waging
vigorous campaign against the con-
stitutional democrats. The so-calIed
united left is presenting a third set
Of candidates. which will still further
split the opposition vote
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Seaboard AirLineRailway

TICKET OFFICE. 1921 PENNA. AVE.
NOTiCE-Following schedule not guaranteed.
For Raleigh. Wilmington. Columbia, Savannah,
Jacksonville Tampa. Atlanta, birmingham.
Memphis and New Orleans.
0:03 An. DAILY-Sea board Mail. Through
coaches and Pullman Sieepers to Savannah and
jacksonville. Through Sleepers Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet 10 Atlanta and Birmingham.
Dining Cars.
600 Pm. DAILY-Seaboard Express Solid
train. with coaches and Pullman Sleepers to Sa-
vannah. Jacksonville and Tampa. Through
Sleeper to Atlanta. Birmingham and Memphis
Dining Cars.
4. II. STANSELL District Passenger Agent.
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RAILROADS.
Atlantic Coast Line.
Effective April O. 1907.

Effective April o. lDOI.
Notice.-These departures are given as irforma
ton. we'll connections with other COM
panes. but arrivals and connections are not
guaranteed.
800 am. daily-Sleepins car New York to
Jacksonville, Fla. Through coaches Washington
20 Jacksonville.
3:45 pm. daily-Sleepng New York to
Jacksonville Fla; New York to Port Tampa.
Fla. via Jacksonville; New York TO Augusta,
Ga. New York to Charleston, S. c.: Washing
ton 10 Wilmington. N, c. Through coacnes Wash
CAR SERVICE.
For tickets and all information apply at the
OFFICE OF THE LINE. l419 NEW YORK
AVENUE NORTHWEST, AND PENNSYLVA-
MA RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. +. JAMES,
District Passenger Agent. Washington, d. G.
T. C. WHITE. Gen. Pass. Agent.
". ]. CRAIG
Pass Traf1c Mgr Wilmington N c.
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CHICAGO, Octo -er 1S.-David c. Briggs.
vice president of the United Shirt and Col
lar Company of Troy, N. Y, died here
Wednesday of anemia after an illness of
several months. The body will be taken
to Greenwich, N. Y, for burial
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RAILROADS.
&NU][ LHlLEI8M RAlyLMAW-

n. B.-Following schedule figures published
only as Information, and not guaranteed.
200 Danville and way stations
'S:05 AM arrisonburg and way stations
100 a.m.-Sleepers and coaches to Atlanta
and New Orleans. Sleeper to Columbus, Ga.
Dining
90 a-m.-Sleepers and coaches TO Columbia
Savannah and Jacksonville. Dining car
t4:ol p.m.-Harrisonburg and way stations.
- IS p.m.-Charlottesyille, Warrenton and way
stations
'6l5 p.m--Sleepers and coaches to Atlanta.
Sunset Route Tourist sleeper TO San Frnacisco tri-
weekly
$3.50 p.m.-Sleepcrs and coaches to Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta. Dining car.
'lO:l5 p m.-Sleepers and coaches (via Lynch
burg and BRISTOL to Chattanooga. Memphis and
New Orleans. Dining car.
IL 90 p.m.-New York and New Orleans Ltd,
solid Pullman 10 Asheyille, Atlanta Birmingham
and New Orleans Club and observation ears.
Dining
Note.-'Dsily. tweek days.
Through trains from tn" south arrive Washing
ton T:35 s:45 and 9:05 am; 2:45, 5:25, S:45.
II 80 ard 40 pm. daily. Local trains from
Hsrrisonburg II: % pm. week days end go
pm. daily; from Charlottesville daily SIG a.
Frequent trains TO and from Bluemont.
Ticket Offices: T05 18th St, 5ll ia. and
Pennsylvania station.
c. ii. ACkERT. V. p. AND @. NJ.
$. II. HARDwICK, p T. NJ
W H. TANIOE. G. l.. A. L. S BROWN. G. A.
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CH1esapeake&O hioRailway

Schedule in effect September %. 1907
200 P.M.-OLD DOMINION EXPRESS. week
days-Stops at principal points in Virginia.
Nestihule train; standard coaches; paror car
10 Virginia Hot Springs. handled In train No.
Is from Gordonsvlle. which has la carte
dining car, and connects at Covington for
Virginia Hot Springs Pullman Sleepers Cliff
ton Forge TO Louisville. Cincinnati Indian
apOlis. st. Louis and Chicago
4:10 P.M.-NFW c. & o. LIMITED, daily-Fast
new vestihule train; stops only at Gordons-
Vile, charlottesville Staunton. Clifton Forge
and Covington: Va. White Sulphur, Romeo
verte and Hinton. w. Va. Pullman sleepers
TO Lexington. Louisville. Cincinnati Indian
npois. st. Louis and Chicago Dining cars a
la carte service. One night out.
II 10 Z. MI. F. V LIMITED. daly-Solid
Thule train. Pullman seepers to Cincinnati.
Lexington and Louisville. Compartment
sleeping to Virginia Not Springs week
days: Dining car. ia carte service. Sleep
ers Cincinnati to Chicago and st. Louis and
Louisville to Memphis. Nashville and south
west.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and
Ohio Offices, BIB Pennsylvania avenue. eco 18th
street. near +. and Sixth Street Station. Tele
nhone Main SI30 for Pennsylvania X. r. Cab
Service. and Main 1906 for G. & o. Ticket Office
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The railway companies of South Aus
tralia spend $4,000 year in removing
weeds from their lines.
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DECATUR, ILL.,, October 1s.-Miss Helen
Gould, en- route from New York to St.
Louis to attend the dedication Of the new
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. building in that city,
was the guest Of the local railroad Y. NJ
c. A. two hours Wednesday night About
5000 persons, including many railway en-
ployes and their families, were present at
reception given in her honor. =. 5'-5r pa.
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In mining parlance. a creep is a slow
movement of the rock surrounding the
excavations, to replace that taken out
during the work of sinking, drifting, etc.
This. If the movement be not very deep
down. causes change of levels on the
surface.
New Castle is an important port, sew
enty miles north of Sidney. Its popula-
ton in 1901 was "a 1891
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Whole Town Is "Creepine ,,
Special Cablegram to The Star.

SpecIHl CHDIegfam Star.
SIDNEY, N. S. W., October 1s.-A seri-
Gus creep has occurred in the old mine
workings under the residential quarter of
New Castle. All the buildings on an area
Of fifteen acres are affected. some of
them seriously. There have been no
casualties, but the damage so far is es-
timated at $500OOO 1t is feared that the
creep" may extend to the business GEN.
ter of the town.
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MOUNT VERNON. N. Y. October 49,
AS the result of what is believed to have
been a Black Hand demand, Angelo
Vitele, an Italian mechanic, twenty-four
years old was shot yesterday and in
stantly killed by another Italian near
the local car sheds Of the Union rail-
way. The murderer, with two other Ital-
ians. who accompanied him, crossed
East Chester creek into the Bronx and
have thus far escaped the police.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October 1s.-More than
100 European cotton manufacturers, ac-
companied by twelve American manufac-
turers, arrived from Memphis yesterday
as guests Of local commercial bodies. The
manufacturers will spend the day sight
seeing in st. Louis and departed last
night for Chicago. From there they will
proceed to Canada
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1t is only the article of
merit than can stand pub
licity,
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PARIS, October 1S.-The Matin an
nounces that NJ. Welter, manager in Paris
of the Agence Internationale des Concerts
Richard Wagner, has received from En-
rico Toselli, the pianist. who married the
Countess Montignose in London the other
day, letter in which he denies that he
and his wife have accepted an engagement
to appear in American music halls.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 1S.-Several
hundred veterans Of the civil war, sur
vivors of the cavalry command of Gen.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, met here yes
terday in their fifteenth annual reunion.
The day was ideal, and large crowds
thronged the streets to witness the pa
rade. About 400 veterans were mounted
and led the parade
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CINCINNATI, Ohio. October 1.-THE
wholesale price of spirits was advanced
one cent gallon here Wednesday. The
advance brings the basis of the price
of a proof gallon of spirits up to $1.35 a
gallon, minus the revenue duty, the high
est reached since the civil war, and due
to the high price of corn and malt.
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PITTSBURG, October 1S.-As a result
of a heavy fog yesterday an eastbound
freight train on the Pan Handle railroad
crashed into a switching engine and ca.
boose near Sheraden, Pa. Conductor Ell
mer Hoovler. who was in the caboose
was killed and three trainmen were Sc.
riously injured.
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CHICAGO. October ls.-Within the last
two days twenty-one of the striking West
ern Union telegrap piers have applied in
the western division for reinstatement
Eighteen of them secured their old places
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Ham 5urg=Amlerican Line

n, a,m0hs special features Of these vessels are
SrIn Room Gymnasium Palm Garden Ritz
Sa.IGitoh restaurant. Elevators Electric Baths
fSails TO Hamburg direct.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill, October 1s.-By
unanimous vote the senate has adopted
| a joint resolution providing for submits
sion to the people of constitutional
amendment for a s2O.OO0,O00 bond issu,
| to proceed with the deep-waterway prof
ect The resolution was amended to pro
| vide for per cent interest on the pro
posed bonds
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Alexandria Special trip by s. s. Hamburg
via Gibraltar Jan. and Feby. Is
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Berkshire Inns s oss'n o ssS y, y1Fg sss1
so to s15 weekly. Capacity, 800. Elevator bat tbs,
etc. J. o. & ]. e. DICKINSON,
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REDUCED RATES

to HLlMoUTn. CHERBoURG and HAMBURG
SSQE md tPWARD. ACCORDING
TO STEAMER AND LOCATION
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OCEAN TRAVEL.
NORTH GERMAN LILO
Mediterranean Service.

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD TRAVELLERS
CHECKS GOOD ALL OVER THE WORLD.
0ELRiCHS & CO. No BROADWAY N i.
+ F. DROOP & son CO. 925 PENNA AVE
70 m In
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FALL RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.,

HHO Nu~ NNNOVOVN0o
Ocean end South Carolina ave. Capacity 400
Baths, elevator, etc. Fall terms $40 I'D weekly
Open all year. Booklet W f. SHAW
ocl7 -3Ot s
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02

wagon load Of tomatoes come in.
Between 8 and Z p. m. there were
from 20 to 25 cars of tomatoes In
four basket crates delivered on the
platform for shipment that night,
and each car would hold about 1 900
crates. There we're % or 80 hands
at work on each platform until late
at night. At 1870 p. m. they were
still at work icing and loading cars.
What does all this meang Well,
it means a whole lot when you con.
slider that over FIVE hundred thou
sand dollars is dropped in town
of four or five thousand population
in the space of one short month
and this for tomatoes only. They
grow lots of berries and cabbages
and corn and hay. All of this can
be done here if the farmers want
it, and if they don't want it they
will never get it. Union City and
vicinity can duplicate every move
that Humboldt makes if she will.
She has the soil and the railroads,
but she will have to chop up these
big wheat farms and getmore small
farmers into the country before
she can make any headway at this
work. cannot close without say
ing a good word for the farmers
of Gibson county. They will take
great pleasure in giving you any
information you may ask for.
Some other things / would like to
speak of concerning what we saw
and heard, but will not this time.
Any information can give on this
subject will be cheerfully given.
If the editor will give us space in
bis paper we will answer any ques-
tions in our knowledge concerning
this matter. Respectfully,
ALFALFA.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02
LOCAL HISTORY

JACKSONVILLE AND ITS SETTLEMENT.
The author, thinking that the
younger people now living in Dis
trict Number One, would be inter
ested in knowing something about
the persons living in the vicinity
of Jacksonville at the time Of its
inception.
In the year 1912, DR.. l.. N. Al
len, a son.in-law of Benjamin Tot
ton, constructed two large houses
of hewed poplar logs (that was
about November - in the year
above mentioned) and designing to
to make a town of some proportion
gave it the name of Carlock. But
DR.. Allen did not succeed in his
enterprise and sold out to Willis
A. Mailing. But before selling
to Mailing it was a great place for
holding political meetings. In the
year 1914 there was a grand Dem
ocratic rally and Judge Fitzgerald
and Andrew jackson were selected
for orators of the day. jackson
did not attend, saying that he was
SO afflicted that it would be impos-
sible for him to be present. How
ever, the meeting was quite a
success.
Some time after this Willis A. |
Mailing built large building on
the opposite side of the road, or
street, as you call it, and converted
it into a store house and got a man
from Philadelphia by the name of
Long to bring a stock of goods,
the first dry goods ever sold in
Jacksonville. After that there
were several firms brought goods
to the village and i think succeeded
in their enterprise. | don't know
that ! remember all the persons
engaged in business. There were
Pierce & Holman, Ben Taylor,
Felix McGaugh, Landrum & Bro, ]
Andrew Knox and Dick Marshall,
all engaged in the dry goods bust
ness, and John Wilkins, Charley
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02
TOMATO INDUSTRY
What We Saw and Heard in Gibson
County

i
Editor Commercial: We arrived
in Humboldt for early breakfast,
and after our meal we took short
stroll, and it seemed that everyone
was resting on their arms. Ed
Stone suggested that we secure a
rig and 90 out in the country
where we could take items from
those at work in the tomato fields.
The first stop we made was at a
Mr.. Hopper's place. He had two
acres in tomatoes, including about
1000 plants. He has nice pack
ing shed at one end Of his patch.
He and his wife and four children
were at work like lightning almost,
some packing, some mailing up and
some making crates. Said he would
get 200 crates that day, and that
would make | 800 crates from the
two acres of tomatoes this season.
A colored man was gathering the
tomatoes. He had sled about 20
inches wide with his boxes on it
and q gentle horse to draw it. He
would take two rows up one side
OF the sled and two down the other
side and could gather the tomatoes
faster than they could pack them.
He told us that the 1900 crates
would sell on an average at about
10 cents per crate, his crop being
later than some.
We stopped next with Mr.. Steele.
He had only two acres on his place,
cropped by a colored man. He was
making his last picking, realizing
over 5000 per acre. Pretty good
rent for land, is it nota We next
stopped at colored mans farm.
He owned so acres which he had
bought and paid for in the last
three or four years with tomatoes
and cabbage. On our trip we saw
i cabbage patch, containing FIVE
acres, which had been sold and
brought 81, 500 on the platform.
It now contained a fine crop of
stock peas.
Our next move was back to Hum
boldt They told us we had not
seen anything, and for as to be
about the packing sheds of the L.
& N. and M. 80. Railroads about
3fo5 p. m. and we would see "oneD
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02

Gray and Domingus engaged in
the grocery and saloon business.
John Morgan, the father of the
late Jim Morgan, ran tailoring
establishment, William Buckner
buggy factory, and a man by the
name of CargiIl ran blacksmith
shop. There were three physi-
clans, DR.. Hill, DR.. Debow and
DR.. Medaris, who are all dead.
There are great many Incidents
that would be interesting to some
people that might be mentioned in
this article, but it would be too
voluminous for newspaper. Some
of them may appear hereafter if
SO desired. However, | will men,
tion that Domingus got killed in a
melee with man by the name of
Huzza, who was prosecuted and
acquitted.
UNION CITY.
Union City was incorporated in
1850, Thomas Ray being elected
mayor and John Cullom city mar
shal. We don't remember the
names Of the counciImen. think
DR.. Eli Bynum. Joe Morehead
and William Askins we're three OF
the number. Prior to that time
DIR. John Harrison was elected
first constable and the writer the
first magistrate. Notwithstanding
the three saloons there was very
little lawlessness enacted at that
time. Whisky was selling at Is
cents per gallon.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02
To Mammoth Cave.

Obion County Excursion to
Mammoth Cave August IA on
regular l.. e N. train from Nc
Kenzie at 4:45 p. n. for $5.4O the
round trip. This amount includes
the railroad fare, also board at
Cave Hotel and long route trip
throug the cave. Tickets good re-
turning within ten days. Write
L. & n. Agent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02
A DAY CURRENT

/
men: | see an article in your is
sue of this date signed "A Tax
payer" which states the writer and
several other taxpayers cannot
understand why the city does not
run day current on its wires and
furnish motive power for fans and
machinery. take pleasure in
answering this inquiry, and am
sure the City Council would be
glad to have the taxpayers mani
fest enough interest in such mat
ters to keep we'll informed apd to
determine what to advise in such
cases as they arise.
About 1896 a franchise was
granted to George Dahnke and his
associates to erect and maintain an
electric power plant, and they
were given as an inducement to do
the work the exclusive privilege
for five years from the passage of
the ordinance to maintain such a
plant. Since that privilege has
expired the matter of the city
maintaining day current has
frequently been before the City
Council, but after some investiga-
tion was dropped until some future
time, in each case.
In March last Superintendent
Wade was asked by the Council to
canvass the town and report at the
next regular meeting of the board
in detail what it would cost the
city to run a day current, and
what income might be expected to
be derived from it. | quote from
his report then made as follows:
ITO start day circuit would re-
quire an expenditure of as much
as 81 200 for meters, transformers
and wiring at the outset. The
coal consumption of the water and
light plant would be increased at
least l,200 per annum. Other
additional expenses would also be
incurred, such as an increase of
the lineman's salary, etc, probably
to the extent of $3.50 per year.
The wear and depreciation on ma
chinery and danger to property
and life can only be estimated at
double what it is now. After a
thorough canvass of the town try
ing to ascertain the wants of the
people, | can secure promises of
but twenty five horse power of
load in motors, and Of this number
the customers dc not expect in any
case to run more than two hours
per day, if that much.
From this source | estimate an
income Of not more than $500 per
annum, if that much. The city
now has lights in one hundred and
eighty buildings, including resi-
dences and offices, and | estimate
that fans might be placed in sew
entyfive of these houses. From
these two sources the only income
the city would receive Of conse-
quenee from the day current would
have to come. Allowing the city
reasonable compensation for the
current furnished from these
sources of revenue, / estimate
there would be a loss to the city
in running day current for at
least the first year. These esti-
mates cannot be guaranteed, as
the people do not know and are
not willing to say what they would
do or want along this line. In
fact ! have received very little
encouragement from the people or
business men of the town in my |
effort to start day circuit"
From this report Taxpayer"
and others can understand the sit |
uation as Superintendent Wade |
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02

found II and reported 1t TO the
City Council. 1t was decided at
the meeting that received the re-
port to defer the matter until the
outlook was more favorable for
maintaining day current without
an actual loss to the city. In con-
nection with the cost and income
of such day current should be
considered the fact that the sub
scribers to the present power plant
own their own fans, ninety in
almber, at a cost of about $40 a
piece - 81, 800. If these people
should use the city current they
would have to buy new fans, as
the city uses what is known as an
alternating current of 104 volts,
while the Dahnke power plant
uses a direct current of 220-volt
power, and fans suitable for one
cannot be used by the other, but
the fans for either cost about the
same.
At the time the matter was de
ferred the City Council was in
clined to take the matter up again
before the present year was out
and see if there was more pro-
nounced feeling to use such day
current, and if the outlook was
more favorable for better income
from it, should it be installed.
Since that time, however, the mat
ter of road building has been agi-
tated and the city has contracted a
private debt of $40, 800 for the
building of three miles of streets.
! 1t was expected by close economy
that this money could be repaid
in two years by increasing the tax
rate 40 cents. 1t was not known
ut that time, however, that in
building the new streets the water
mains and pipes would necessarily
be damaged to the extent of at
least $500 per mile, and this of
course increases the amount of the
street debt now being contracted.
Nor was it understood then by
the City Council that the heating
plant at the public school building
was so defective that it would be
necessary during the year to make
an outlay of about 81, 200 to pre-
pare the school building so the
children and teachers could spend
the coming winter there without
suffering seriously from the cold
weather and endangering their
health in consequence. Such has
proved to be the facts, however,
and the outlays indicated have
been contracted and the sums must
be paid. These debts, in addition
to what was in sight on March /,
the present year, makes it clear to
my mind that the city will not be
justifable in contracting additional
debts now for anything whatever
unless the prospects are good that
the money can be refunded within
a short time.
If Taxpayer wants to know
what the City Council thinks of
given proposition very badly he
can always find out by inquiring
of some member of the board, or
by attending the meetings of the
board, which occur twice a month.
| am glad, as always am, to
furnish all the information / pos
sess to any citizen on any subject
connected with the city govern
ment, and | am sure it is the wish |
of the entire board to legislate the
best they can for the interests of |
the city, having in view the re-
sources Of the city and keeping it
able to pay its debts without max
ing the tax rate too burdensome. |
JNo. T. WALKER, Mayor.
Union City. July 26.
The pay-as-you-go place
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-08-02

Don't let the baby suffer from ec--
zema, sores or any itching Of the skin.
D0an OintTnent gives Instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chill
dren. druggists sell ft.