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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-02-15
Goodwin & Williams
Phones 70 and $40
Three Wagons.
NON RESIDENT NOTICE.
o. H. Clemmons

o. II Clemmons
VS..
O. H, Dickey ct ais.
Chancery CourD Of Obion County.
In the above styled cause it appear.
ing TO the Clerk and Master from the
bin OF complaint, which is sworn to,
that o. II. Dickey and his wife, Mrs.
Willie Dickey, are non-residents oil
the State of Tennessee and resident t.
of the State Of Texas, so that the
ordinary process OF law cannot be
served upon them. 1t is therefore or
dered that said above named defend
ants appear before the Clerk and Mas
ter, at his Office 10 the courthouse 10
Union City, Tenn on or before tie
First Monday in April, 1907,
and plead, answer or deDlur to tile
complainant bill filed against them
in this cause, or the same will be taken
as confessed by them and the cause set
for nearing ex parte as 10 them.
Ii Is further ordered that publica-
ton of this notice be made In The
Commercial d weekly newspaper pub
lished In Union City, Tenn, for four
(4l consecutive weeks.
This 8th day Of February, 1907.
q. a GIBBS,
Clerk and Master
a j, HARPOLE, Sol. for Complies.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-02-15

j. w. ellis to Geo. s. Hardy, 40
acres in No. Z, $500
Eff. Talley to Geo. S. Hardy, lot In
Union City, 1915.
j. M. Foulks to Leon and Jas.
Foulks, 1913 acres in Nos. and is,
81, 200.
J. M. Foulks to O. e. Foulks, 100
acres in No. l, 81, 500.
j. M. Foulks to o. e Foulks, 9s
acres in No, l, 81 500.
j. M. Foulks and wife to y. Al.
Foulks, As acres in No. |, 300.
j.. NJ. Foulks and wife to o. Il
Foulks, 12S acres in No. /, 500.
o. B. Bluer and wife to w. G. Ho-
gan, lot in Riyes, 1925
]. B. Bruer and wife to w. S. Green,
6 acres in No, 3, S343.
Letha A. Parrish to Q. e. Gray ct
al, 116 acres in No. 3, $1,000.
AN. Holland to John A. Temple,
lot In Kenton, 81 800.
W. d. Jones to Sam Lowe, 81 acres
in No 10, 5000.
Fl. O. Head and wife to Joseph
Robert, lot in Union City, 81 800
Miss Leila LeFils to w. NJ LeFils,
lot In Union City, SO.
i p. and M A. Wallace to w. M.
Wilson, lot in No. Is. $500
j. c. Bran and wife to G. f. Fitz
gerald, go acres in No. 16. s.. 900
H. q. Davis ct al. to w. b. Davis,
land in No. IS, $3.50.
+. W johnson ct al. to Fred ASH
ley, interest 10 land In No. 5, $50.
The j. 5. Moffatt Co. to Fred N
Ashley, II acres In No. 5, $50.
Robt. Jackson heirs to r. n. Ash
ley, interest 10 land 10 No. 5. $50.
B. ]. Jones to Mary Eakes, 10 acres
in No. ,, $500.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-02-15
A Healthy Laugh.

"Care to our coffin adds nail no
doubt, but every grin so merry
takes one out. If you believe this
old rhyme, which has now attained
the dignity of an adage, go and see
Harry Beresford when he appears
here in his nirth-provoking role of
The Woman Halter" in the bright
and lively comedy of the same
name.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-02-15
Executors Notice.

Under the willof Adolphus Davis. de
ceased. g b, White Il appointed ex-
.ecutor. All persons holding claims
against said estate will present them
to me duly authenticated, and those
owing the estate will come forward
and make settlement at once. Call on
me or Lannom s. Stanfield, attorneys.
4a-3t G.. B. WHITE, Executor.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-02-15
Jan. IS, 1907.

Dear Friend:
Papa works hard SO nam.
ma gives him ham or sausage
for breakfast. The ham we
used to get didn't taste good,
The sausage didn't, either,
Papa said it wasn't seasoned
right. Mamma pays 20 cts
a pound for ham sliced and
10 cts a pound for sausage.
Mamma also gets all of
her fresh meats at the same
place, and it is also 50 nice
and tender.
Your friend,
JACOB.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
What is "Successp"

From the Columbia Is. Co. State.
Success. What Is success? What will
be accepted as the true standard for meas
urement when the final determination Of
the quality Of the success of q mans
career must be reached7 Ambition plays
but 1t often spurs us forward in pursuit
of questionable prizes. It Is when these
are attained, their quality realized and the
fruits OF lifes work surveyed by wit
nesses of q lifes struggles to reach some
goal that the question Is asked, Is that
success?
When the mad rush of those in the vor-
tex of the business world is viewed, when
1t is seen that the demands Of that "busi-
ness for which they have enslaved them
selves have made their lives a machine
in which nothing but business has potent
part. doubt must arise as to the quality
OF success won in such trials. What
claims have the family on the life of such
successful man? Too often the for
tune maker. absorbed in his personal ambi-
lions and thinking. perhaps. of posterity.
forgets the injustice he perpetrates against
those of the present who have claims upon
his thoughts and his life How much Of
the lnfelicity and the incompatibility that
is frequently revealed in the homes in some
sections OF our country may be traced
10 the fact that the mad rush for wealth
has weakened home ties and DESTROYED
home life We cannot determine, but GER
tain 1t is that there are happier homes
where the standard of success is different
Few of those removed from the maelstrom
of the business world into which the man
of large affairs is plunged have conception
OF the abject slavery of him who may be
the envied of millions. The millions nos
sess a happiness that few, very few. Of
the men of millions know or can possess.
But not having the great pile of dollars
would beautifully transform the world for
them. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
French "Hello" Girls Home
Paris Cor. London Chronicle.


Telephone girls in Paris have now a
home and hotel Of their own. They are
showing the way to the "midinettas "
typewriter girls. and girls Of every other
type whose presence is sunshine in Paris
The telephone girls home was inaugurated
by an elaborate ceremonial, at which the
minister of public works and the under
secretary for posts and telegraphs pre-
sided Hundreds Of pretty telephone girls
swarmed in and around the establishment,
such an elegant hotel should be theirs ex-
clusively for the future 1t is a magnifi-
cent structure. six stories high, with a
white and pink stone facade on the Rue
de Lille. and compares favorably with
the most comfortable modern hotels. It's
spacious dining saloons reading rooms,
halls and chambers have electric light and
steam heat. and the restaurant Is most
inviting, though meals will cost less than
a,, franc The telephone girls hotel was
built by body of philanthropists headed
Jules-Siegfried, the former minister of
commerce. AS many Of the girls and
women employed by the postal and tele-
graph department found 1t impossible to
get decent lodging near their work and
had to live In unhealthy garnet rooms and
eat bad food in cheap wineshops they
conceived the idea of building this COM
Portable home for them. There are 127
rooms. all well lighted and ventilated and
prices varying from 1Sf. to 35f. month
The meals aref from soc. to Soc. including
wine. The postal. telegraph and telephone
girls have first choice and are privileged.
But no others need apply, as all the rooms
are taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
Artificial People Next.
From the Boston Transcript.


Artificial people are about to be intro
duced. They aren't made yet. but they
soon will be. Prof. Leduc has made arti-
fetal plants, which grow. put forth leaves,
and are so tame they Will almost eat from
his hands. Next you know he'll make artl.
fetal animals After that 1t Will be only a
step to artificial people. And so 1 have
been wondering how we ought to treat
them; also how they may be expected 70
treat us.
ment upon the natural brand. There's no
telling, but they'll be bigger and hand
somer and cleverer. and try to run us OUT
of business. Not content with mere social
heads to snub us. They may even organize
themselves into a sort of Four Hundred.
and claim all the space In the society col
umn all the boxes at the opera, and all
the entries at the horse show.
Hence the screaming need for immediate
and drastic legislation to shunt off every
chance of future embarrassment Let us
fix the status of the artificial. AS we got
here first We a right to-
Clearly they must rank as personal prop
erty This sounds like revival of slavery,
but since we've got to put up with IL, IL De-
hooves us to look pleasant Unless we en-
slave the artificial we shall run the risk or
being ensaved ourselves. Think OF having
to black the boots and press the trousers OF
q Frankenstein vulgarly bred in the labora-
tory! Think of having to ride in Jim Crow
cars when the Frankensteins tell us to!
Think of being segregated In separate
schools SO as not to leave f1nger-marks on
the morals of Frankensteins No. sir.
we're not going to stand It! Not II the
court knows herself-and she thinks she dol
Well, then, the part Of wisdom is to see
how great advantages we can derive by
treating the artificial as personal property.
Not being inclined to work chimera to
death, 1 suggest only one of million ad-
vantages. We shall at least have arrived
at a solution of the hideous and narrowing
servant girl problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
The Telegraph and Electric Roads.
From the Electrical Review.

In this country telegraph engineers are In
many places encountering serious difficult
ties in the operation of their circuits by the
encroachments Of electric traction systems.
AS the employment of high potential all
ternating current for electric traction pur-
poses expands, as 1t Is doing very rapidly
throughout all parts of the United States.
1t is obvious that telegraph engineers will
have to face numerous problems from
harmful induction and conduction effects
from this cause. 1t is. in fact. not easy
to foreteIl what the ultimate effect of these
high potential alternating current circuits
upon the telegraph service will be. In the
event of the general liberalization of steam
railways 1t is probable that 1t will in many
cases become necessary to remove the tele-
graph lines from the vicinity of the rail-
way tracks and seek rights Of way removed
to safe distance therefrom. Indeed. this
action has already been taken by one OF
the telegraph companies between New York
and New Haven in anticipation of the cleo
IRRIGATION of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
praise From Sir Hubert"

From Harpers Weekly.
Ex-senator BILLY, Mason Is quoted as
telling of trip made through the north
west some years ago by q congressional
committee comprising several senators and
members. Among the number was Mr..
Mason himself.
While in Montana, says Mr.. Mason, he
was much struck by the strength of charac-
ter and manliness so characteristic Of the
men Of that state. The committee was
put up for several days by rich miner,
whose manner Of thought and action, &C
quired in the rough days Of prospecting and
poverty, had in no wise been altered by his
acquisition Of great wealth.
When the time came to say goodbye, the
miner grasped Mason's hand, which he
shook with great fervor. Senator" said
he, I'VE like you here. You're an fastener
and a public man, but you're no damned
artistocrat! We've taken q great fancy to
you, Mason, because you're free and easy
and no gentleman! In fact, you're Just
like us.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
Where the Defendant Erred.

From the Rams Horn.
Gentlemen Of the jury" erupted the at
torney for the plaintiff. addressing the
twelve Arkansas peers who were sitting in
judgment and on their respective shoulder
blades I'm a damage suit against a grasping
corporation for killing COW. "if the train
had been running as slow as it should have
been ran. II the bell had been rung as 1t
ort to have been rang, or the whistle had
been blown as 1t should have been blew,
none of which was did. the COW would not
have been injured when she was killed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
Secret Commissions.
From the London Times.

Secret commissions are a pest and q
nuisance, and a serious obstacle to the sue
cess of men who will not stoop to under
hand or questionable conduct. We are not
hopeful that the new statute will put q stop
to the evil. There are difficulties In the way
of instituting proceedings, and they will
often fail owing to the further difficulty OF
obtaining evidence as to matters always
wrapt in secrecy. 1t will be no light gain II
the liability to exposure and punishment
arrests the spread of practices for which, so
far, there has been no remedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
Objectionable In Either Case.
From the Troy IN. ~ Budget.

Grace-"Why did she break the engage
ment?"
Myrtle-"He told her that she was The
only girl he had ever kissed"
Grace-'What Of it?''
Myrtle-"Why, she naturally reasoned
that he was either untruthful or absurdly
foolish. and he was hardly worth having
In either case"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26

Husband fas his wife faints at the table,
Dear, dear, can't find her smelling salts
anywhere"
Son-"Never mind. papa: put the sardins
tin under her nose; she never can bear the
smell Of tt."-F1iegende Batter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
Not Too Close.
From the Denver Post.

Barper-"Do you want a close shave"
Patron-"No; get away as far as possible
ThoSe onions are fierce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
RidicuIe American Women.

/, .sThey are peculiarly offensive In their
way Of speaking and writing about our
women. The English woman presents
plenty Of opportunity for jest in her con-
firmed dowdyism, her Grundyism. her utter
and unrelaxable rigidity OF view. her ex-
traordinary subservfence to her husband
and her sons, and 80 on, but I challenge
anybody to show me that Americana,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26


sort Of prophet. He Is also a sooner Along
toward the middle of the l.nal act, he sees,
or tmagines that he sees, just how the
whole business on the stage is going to
of the plot begins to unwind he sees the
beginning of the end and he wants to go
anyway from there. He begins to fidget.
He wants to be among the early ones to
up with the departing crowd. He isn't
pressed for time, there isn't q thing on
earth that Is calling for his attention else
where, but all the same he wants to get
that end just as Internally soon as ever
he can Some of the finest lines of drama.
or some of the most beautiful music of an
opera, may turn up at the very end Of the
performance. but he can't help that He
can't he? So, just about the time that the
folks on the stage are lining up to explain
how 1t all happened and how the mistakes
of the plot were made and how they want
to get together now and be good and live
happy ever after, the sooner jumps up and
makes q grab for his overcoat and, II he
has an aisle seat. rushes up the aisle as II
he'd just heard by wireless that his house
was on fire. II he hasn't an aisle seat, he
bothers and distracts the attention of all Of
the other people in his row who are bend
Ing forward trying to catch the meaning Of
the denouement. He stands up and puts his
overcoat on and reaches under the seat for
his hat and umbrella or walking stick and
creaks and wheezes around and tries. by
his example. to get everybody else In his
row a-going. He wants them to start some
thing. too. toward getting their gear to-
gether. so that they won't be In his way
when the curtain actually falls.
Now that the other chronic nufsances of
the theaters have been virtually eliminated,
1t seems to me that the hour is at hand for
an attack all along the line on this sooner
who bankers to beat everybody to 1t In
executing his getaway"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03

Everything you want you will nnd in the
classified page. One cent a word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
FuII Assurance

Old Aunt Miasma-Howdy Gladysl
Howdy, chile! I yeahs tell dat yo am
uh-gwine to marry dat ar Cla'ence
Swagg?
Miss Gladys Guggles-Yes'm! Me and
Cla' ence is gwine to sasshay fo'th hand
in hand on de stawmy sea O. mat'imony.
De obsequies am fixed for next Friday,
and rs as happy as de day is long, right
nowi
Old Aunt Miasma-Uh-huhi Well adj
mires to see yo' 'joyin' de pangs OF anti
cipation and I sho'ly hopes de retaliation
will be de same. But-ah-L -Lawd!-dese
men, desc men! rs done been mr'd to no
less'n FIVE o. de scoun'rels in muh time,
gal, and yo' KANT place no mo- open
dence on EN- dan so many eels. dey's dat
deternal slippery! Dey talks and dey
transpalavicates, and swa'rs by de moon
and stahs dat dey'I be true, but when
yo thinks yo' has 'em-Bim land dey's
gone fun yoi Woman was made to
moan. and man was made to see dat she
does moan U-m-m-ah!
Miss Gladys Guggles-Yasm! organ
ICES right smaht bout dat. muhsef uh-
kaze rs done been fooled dat-uh-way a
few times already. l aad muh doubts O.
Cla'ence. spite-uh his protoplasms OF un-
dyin' 'fection, twell he took and jammed
muh head against de wall wild a ferocity
dat Jared de house. and den knowed de
man really loved me. Yas'm, den 4
knowed it.-Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
LIVELY WILDCAT CLEARS
BIG VESSEL OF RATS
Does the Job After Five Ordinary
Pussies Had Been Devoured
by the Ro-,
dents

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Steamship cap
iains. sailing masters and skippers of all
kinds of craft troubled with rats called
on Chief Engineer Hanson of the fruit
steamer Valdivia, Which arrived yester-
day from Port Antonio, Island of Ja-
maica to ask for the pedigree of wild
cat picked UP at Inagua Up to and in
Gliding part of the present voyage the
Valdiva had been overrun by an army of
brown banana rats, numbering, accord
ing to Capt. Kruger. more than a thou
sanu.
On the trip north the rodents have
always Jared well and destroyed much
fruit. On the trips south, however, they
grew lean and hunger brave, and became
so bold that frequently the cook was
forced to a hand-to-hand encounter with
them. Just before the Vaidivia left New
York on her last voyage the captain took
on board five docile, purring tabby cats,
bearing the reputation of excellent
mousers.
On the first day out he put one down
the hatchway. Two hours later Fireman
Gustave Shirmer brought up fragment
OF fur. The next day two were put in the
vessels hold. Two more fragments of fur
were found. The remaining two were
kept In the gallery until one night the
rats broke in and that was tAe last of
them
AT Inagifa, where the Valdivia stopped
on her return trip. Engineer Hanson met
native with two wildcats In a wooden
cage They looked ferocious enough to
masquerade as the Tammany tiger and
mindful of the rats the engineer pur-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
IRRIGATION IN MARS

The argument for the existence OF Mar
tians Is both ingenious and plausible
Ever since 1877 when Schiarparelli dis
covered his so-called canals. 1t has be-
come increasingly clear that there are on
the surface of Mars certain structures
which. so far as is known. are not matched
elsewhere in the solar system. on the
whole, too no explanation thus far offered
hangs together so well as that OF which
Prof. Pickering is the author and MI
PercivaI Lowell the most conspicuous adj
vocate-that the lines are strips OF ver-
dure along narrow waterways that are
quite possibly artificial, The hypotnetlcal
MartIans It appears, are fated twice each
year to see most of their available water
slowed away in one or other Of the polar
Ice caps. They have, therefore, peen
forced to cover the entire surface OF their
planet with a network of irrigating
bitches, which take the waters from the
spring MEETINGS, first at one pole then at
the other. and distribute them over the
desert land.-E. I. Brewster in the Allan
tic Monthly
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
WIFE, ALARMED, SEEKS HER
HUSBAND; FIGHT IN PATROL
Policeman Keeps Pair Away from
One Another-Hundreds on
Broadway Hear Their
Cries of Rage

Only prompt work on the part of Pa
trolman Fernando Hurt, wagonman at
the central station, prevented desper-
ate fight between Mr.. and Mrs. Jonn
Strutz while the couple were being taken
to the police station from Firth ana
Spring streets last night.
AS it was, each made number OF ell
forts to reach the other, and their loud
cries attracted the attention of hundreds
of persons who were on Broadway at the
time.
The strutzes live at 254 North Broadway
Yesterday afternoon Strutz attended the
celebration at Chutes park. When he
did not return home his wife feared some
harm had befallen him and went out to
seek the man. She found him at Fifth
and Spring streets and insisted he return
home with her.
This Strutz refused to do and Mrs.
strutz grabbed him by the arm, attempt
ing to make him obey her wishes.
t3y the time an officer arrived the
couple were engaged In a fight which was
holding the attention of a large crowd OF
spectators. Mrs. Strutz was clinging 70
Strutz and accusing him OF wishing TO
leave her, while the man was makins
frantic efforts to get away.
A call was sent for the wagon and soon
II arrived with Patrolman Hurt In IT,
After being placed in the wagon the ire
Of the man and woman began TO rise
,'hey accused each other OF being respon-
sible for the arrest, and at last sprang
toward each other with the intention Of
settling their differences then and there
All the way to the station Patrolman
I1ur fought the two off. and not until
they had been placed in cells did they be-
come quiet.
They will be taken to the police court
today to answer to charges OF disturbing
the peace.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
UNIQUE PATRONS WELL
PLEASED WITH PROGRAM

Ed Tapnehill and Lola Radcliffe in "a
Tenderfoot on the Trail present the spo-
cial attraction at the Unique this week.
The sketch was witnessed last night by
two over lowing audiences. 1t is strong
in plot, scenically adequate, splendidly
costumed and well played. Belle Gordon,
the athletic girl who claims to be the
champion woman bag puncher of the
world. is also on the new olio and last
night made a distinct hit, while Lorraine
Thorne caught the popular fancy with a
clever singing and dancing act. THE
Half Bread" clever take-off on the well
known production, "The Halfbreed," was
the new Offering of the Unique comedy
company and proved a winner Tracy Nc
dermott sang the illustrated songs and tle
Unique-o-scope concluded the perform
ance with several interesting moving pic
lures.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03

successful opera, and Herbert has had
many. successes. Its melodies are familiar
from frequent band and orchestra use,
and it's fun has lost none of it's old laugh
provoking qualities.
Last nights audience was limited in
size only by the capacity of the house.
At the opening of the first act it was
mildly critical, but this feeling soon
gave way to appreciation, and still
later, to something closely akin to en-
thusiasm. Musically. the production
was voted adequate. AS for the rest,
the audience made allowances.
In Arthur Cunningham the San
Franciscans have brought to Los An
geles one of the best baritones who
has ever been heard here in light
opera. Mr.. Cunningham had two
solos last night that We're down on
the program. In addition, he responded
to an insistent encore with third,
Rose of My Life"
. Miss Maude Beatty, the leading con
tralto of the company, sang the role
of Marie and sang 1T well. She had
an interpolated song in the first act
that won the regard of the audience
Miss Beatty is statuesque young
woman, and she can act, though not
so well as she sings.
George Kunkel as a ridiculous chief OF
police, Charles P. Bates as Prince Pump
erniciel and Fred Rogers as Stepan
were responsible for the fun of the pro-
duction and they made good. Kunkel is
comedian who probably couldn't be
other than funny If he tried. Last night
1t was horse-play fun, but fun for al
that
The chorus is vocally strong and per
sonally attractive; a happy combination
that does not always exist. A fetching
ensemble number on the program was
I'm Amsterdam" by Miss Ruby Nortor
and chorus.
Tonight Dolly Warden will be pre-
sented and will continue through the
week with Wednesday and Saturday
matinees Next week. beginning Sun
day night the Singing Girl" will be ths
| bill