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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-10-09
No Applicants Examined.

The committee of examiners, ].
w. Burney, r. H. Bond and Hughes
Hunt, appointed to examine candi-
dates for the position of County
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton to be elected next January, met
here Monday, but no candidates APP
peared. 1t is therefore probable
that Supt. Rulings will not be op-
posed for reelection by more than
one or two candidates, it any at all.
So far we have heard of no opposi-
ion. Mr.. Rulings has made good
err. He is a hard worker and is
Us at his post. The county has
I'D Superintendent with him in
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-10-09

| Mr.. and Mrs w. X. Jones, OF
Murphysboro, ILL.,, we're here last
week attending the fair.
Misses Estelle Peoples, and
Gladys Roman. of Garner, visite
Miss Margaret Whitson and at
tended the fair.
Prof. r. H. Bond and family, Of
Minnick, are up to spend the week
with friends and relatives while
school is suspended.
Mrs. H. c. Wheeler and Mrs. j.
B. Wheeler, OF Troy, we're in the
city Saturday attending the burial
of Mrs. j.. B. Sharp.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. House, oil
Trenton, were in the city last week
attending the fair as the guests
of Mrs Sallie Griffin.
Mr.. Will Penick, of 1t. Louis,
was here last week visit K his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Penick,
and attending the fair.
Mrs. w. B, Blaken Miss
Matte Blakemore and A. IS Hazel
Hubbard, of Martin, wer the city
attending the fair Satur y.
w. A. Harris, of Marti 1rmerly
OF Obion County, was sitor to
the fair last week. Mr.. Fl Ills was
an appreciated caller in t office.
Jas H. Faircloth, of lux Miss,
was in the city last week Eiting
his mother and Mrs. Henri Hass-
Ter, his sister, and attending ta1r.
Misses Bessie Johnson Jes-
sic Wall, of Moscow, accom- MED
by Walter Oliver and A. G I'm pel
bell, attended the fair here 8.
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day. .a mMmn
8. Jno.
was in the city af
visltingAA sons,
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In Memory of Leona.

Just at 80, October 1, 1908, Mrs.
Leona Barnes, beloved wife OF Bob
Barnes and daughter of DR.. ] D.
Cox, age 19 years, after brief i'll
ness, fell asleep in the arm of Jesus.
Only the sweet echo of her voice,
only a fond rememb erance of her
sunny face remains. However be.
yond this awful struggle, beyond
this heart-rending storm we hear
Him say because live ye shall also
live. We knew and loved Leona,
and will never forget her sweet hap
ply face. She won her way into the
hearts of all who knew her by her
bright sunny disposition. The
Savior called her to a better world
because she was too pure and sweet
for this one. She was taken from
you father, motheLnAlsband. broth
!: ! !. ! ! ! !
ers and sisters e ones that
it not comfort nfeet will
heart will
that YOU h
The National tribune., 1908-01-09

standards, not the ceremonious forms
many of which were SO ridiculous, but
that French gallantry and courtesy
which have made the manner of tn.
French so delightful. The league pro-
poses to post in all public places where
impoliteness is most common a placard
bearing the words BE polite to wo-
men,"
The w. c. T. U. will probably pour
out the vials of their wrath and indig-
nation upon the head of Mrs. Harold F.
Mccormick for the stand she took the
other day with regard to serving liquors
in case of necessity or illness, believing
herself in their efficacy at such times
Mrs. Mccormick lives in Chicago, and
she is the daughter of John Rockefeller,
and she refused to act as patroness at
an entertainment for the benefit Of the
Francis Willard Hospital, because it is
rule of this hospital not to serve alco-
hol in any shape or manner. 1t is said
that many of Chicago's 400 have united
with Mrs. Mccormick on this subject,
which they probably would do whether
they shared her views or not. just be-
cause she is John Rockefeller's daugh-
ter. To the ordinary mind it looks as
if Mrs. Mccormick were making a big
fuss over small matter. So long as
she kept out of that hospital herself,
and prevented her friends from going
there, why should she care what they
did or didn't do, and why didn't she go
ahead and patronize their entertainment
and saw nothing?
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
WILL A. McTEER.

pated in the famous retreat under Gen.
SEQ. w. Morgan from Cumberland Gap
to the Ohio River. He became Acting
Assistant Adjutant-General of the First
Brigade, Fourth Division, Cavalry Corps,
Armies of the West, and for a time
served at Division Headquarters in the
same capacity. When Hood made his
raid into Tennessee the cavalry was cut
off in Alabama and organized into an
independent command under Col. w. F.
Prosser, with Comrade w. A. McTeer as
Adjutant-General.
At the close of the war he was COM
missioned as Major in his regiment, an
honor which was greatly appreciative of
him, as a token of good and faithful
service. Comrade Will A. McTeer comes
of soldier ancestry, as his great grand
father was Captain of the Sth Com
pany, Cumberland Battalion, in the
Pennsylvania line, during the Revolu-
ton, his grandfather was First Sergeant
of Capt. John Stephens's company of
mounted gunmen from Tennessee in the
War of 1912, and his father Colonel of
the Goth Tenn. Militia prior to the war,
and Quartermaster of the Sd Tenn. Cav.
Comrade McTeer studied law. was ad-
mitted to the bar, served 10 years as
Clerk of the Court for Blount County,
and since then has been engaged in the
active practice of the law at Maryville,
Tenn
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
Dug Up the Ball and Chain.

]. j. Lewis, Florida, o., says that IN
Andersonville he was on the island
about Is feet from the east stockade.
He became acquainted with young
Illinois soldier, whom Wirz had pun
ished by putting on him ball and
chain. Comrade Lewis, with the aid Of
a caseknife, succeeded in getting the
chain off the boys ankle, and buried
both ball and chain in the ground near
the island. Just "a years afterward he
visited Andersonville, and after a little
trouble succeeded in finding the spot
where ne had buried the manacle,
which he brought home, and has now
as one of his treasured war relics. He
would be glad to hear from the young
man whom he helped to free from the
incumbrance.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09

dropped as a result of an operation for
hernia, could the Department be com
PEELED to continue pension until the
amount would cover expense of opera
ton, ETC.?
A similar question has not to our
knowledge been presented to the De-
par ftment for a decision. The courts
could not compel the Secretary of the
Interior to continue pensioners name
on the rolls.
A Subscriber, Larwill, Ind. asks
whether a widow pensioner under the
act of June 81, 1890, on account of her
second husband can surrender her GER
tificate and be restored to the rolls un-
der the general law, on account of her
first husband, under the act of March 3,
1901?
We note the fact that one of the pro-
visions of the act reads as follows:
THAT when such widow is already in
receipt of a pension from the United
States she shall not be entitled to resto-
ration under this act"
Regardless of the above provision, the
honorable Secretary of the Interior de-
cided in the case of Ann NJ. Hale, now
Butterbaugh, as follows: "a widow PEN
sioner on account of a second soldier
husband may file and prosecute claim
under the act of March 3, 1901, for
restoration to pension on account of
prior soldier husband, and may be re-
stored under such claim on surrender
of her present certificate, payments un-
der which may be continued to date of
issuance of certificate of restoration and
deducted from payments hereunder"
2. Applications for bounty, arrears of
pay, etc, should be forwarded to The
Auditor for the War Department, U. S.
Treasury Department, Washington, D.
c." The fee allowed attorneys in this
class of claims is 10 per cent, which is
collected from the applicant, the Gov
ernment assuming no responsibility of
it's payment.
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Get. Satisfaction for Hi. Money.

A d. Cordner, Battery G, 1st R. 1. l..
A, Bismarck, N. D., says that there is
no money which he pays out that re-
turns to him as much interest in the
way of pleasure as his subscription for
the grand old National Tribune. The
history of the Army of the Potomac
carries him along day after day thru
well-remembered scenes and incidents.
He would like to know what was the
name of the old man who was hung
near Rockville, Nd, soon after we drove
Early back from Fort Stevens; also,
was there Gen. Gordon who COM
manded a regiment in the Confederate
army from near Fredericksburg?
There was Col. w. w. Gordon, who
commanded the 9th Va. fHAn the
neighborhood of Fredericksburg This
was the regiment raised and command
ed for awhile by Col. John EchoIs, after
ward a General in the Southern Con-
federacy.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
Son. of Veteran. of kansas.

Division Order No. 3, Headquarters
Kansas Division, Sons of Veterans, Chas.
b. Martin, Commander, reports that an
in discipline and spirit is
noticeable in the division. There is a
gain of 40 in membership by muster-in,
but this is overbaianced by the suspen-
sion list. The Commander regrets this,
and hopes that something will be done
to revive interest and bring the sus-
pended members in. The Death Benefit
Association, which was organized in
1893, has now a membership of over
5000, and during IA years have col
lected 1873 assessments and paid Ala
claims, amounting to $92,925. There is
a reserve fund, with total of s3,716.S5
on hand.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
Death Of Past Department Commander
Parks.

General Orders No. 5, Department of
Oklahoma, William H. Hornda, Com
mander, announce the death of Past
Department Commander Gilbert Mar
tin Parks at Enoch, Nov. Is. Comrade
Parks was born in Ohio, and served in
the 4th Ohio from the beginning of the
war until March, 1866. He had held
many positions of trust and honor, and
filled every office in the G. A. r. up to
Department Commander. The State OF
Oklahoma has lost pioneer and pa
triot, the Grand Army an able and no
BILE worker and his family a most de-
voted husband and father.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
The Surrender at Harper,. Ferry.

c. w. Archbold, Parkersburg, w.
Va, wishes to make his acknowIedg-
ments for the most interesting chapter
in the history of the Peninsular cam
paign. that relating to the surrender at
Harper's Ferry. He was one of the
1880 soldiers surrendered there by
drunken old Dixon s. Miles," and can
testify to the substantial accuracy of
the narrative. He had an uncle, Col.
Clarke. of Marietta, O., killed at South
Mountain.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09

T OCATE NEAR THE NATIONAL CAP.
IL itaL 1 can sell you within half
hours ride of Washington, D. c., at
Bowie. Nd. onesbiock containing thirteen
lots, and one of~two lots. Both are de-
sirable pieces Of property and can be
purchased at low figure. Lots 2ox125.
Property and town lots in this proximity
to our Nations Capital have nearly dou-
bled in few years, and are on the ad-
vance. BETTER BUY NOW at bargain
price. II interested write NJ. A. Wei
gle, 1417 18th st.. N. W.. Washington
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In Memory of Mai. PhiIIps.

At the last Encampment of Union
Veteran Legion, 10, resolutions were
adopted expressive of the Encamp-
ments deep sorrow at the death of Mai
Harry A. Philips, a comrade who al
ways expressed the highest spirit of fra
ternity, was a devoted husband, loving
father and earnest Christian.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
WILL A. McTEER,
Commander, Department Of Tennessee,
G. A. n.

Commander Will A. McTeer was born
in Blount County, Tenn, in 1S43. His
father was a prosperous farmer and
blacksmith and unfiinching Union man,
as We're all his relatives. July %, 1862,
Comrade McTeer worked his way thru
the Confederate lines with three other
boys, and succeeded in reaching the
Union army at Cumberland Gap. He
enlisted in Co. A. Sd Tenn. Cav, and
became Second Lieutenant and then
Adjutant of the regiment. He particl-
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
Memorial Service.

Wetzel Compton Post, Hamilton, O.,
held it's Annual Memorial Service for
those who had been mustered out, on
the evening of Dec. 20. The Post lost
10 members during the year.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
PATENTS
FARMS FOR SALE.

COMRADES. COME TO SOUTH TEXAS
u where The climate is superb and healthy; best
fruit and truck lands; no weather here. Write
for descriptive circular IL. C. Adler Victoria Texas
The National tribune., 1908-01-09

T OCATE NEAR THE NATIONAL CAPI-
TAIL have many pleasant homes and pro-
ductiye farms within 20 minutes ride of Washington
City at small cost considering their values Write me
the Kind of place you DESIRE nclosing stamp for reply
S. II. LEWIS. Glenn Dale. Maryland.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09

ID Those suffering from weaknesses which
Os i sap the pleasures of life should take
Juven Pills One box will tell story OF marvellous
results These pills have rejuvenating vitazing
force than has ever before been offered
Probably never before in the history of medicine. In
so short time, have so large number been either
relieved or cured of nervous weaknesses shattered
nerves. insomnia, night sweats falling manhood, fall
ure of memory. and premature old age. Our mail II
filled with grateful letters These facts should lead
yon TO give Juvel Pills immediate trial.
Sent by mail in plain package only receipt of this
adv. and 81. Is7
Made by tn cir originators, C. I. Hood Co.. props.
Hoods SarsapariIla. Lowell, Mass.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09
Classified Advertisements.
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Renews sprightines and vigor. Cactus Cream Is
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It's value. Makes weak men strong and strong men
sro ger This is the original and only Cactus Cream
and Is sent to all parts of The world sioo = box.
Sealed sample loc. silver. "Your money back is
iaiis TO benefit" 3. +. PERRY PRO- CO.,
Iynbrook New York.
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GAR, W.R.c., S. oFV., SPANISH
WAR SUPPLIES.

n d SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS.
U.A.h Ii. swords Belts. Caps Rank Badges,
Grave Flags, Bunting Flags, SILK and Bunting Parade
Flags Complete Printed silk Flags: mounted 1, ana
unmounted, for w. II. g. and Ladies of G.AR SIX
Banners and Gudons. Lowest prices in the u y, and
goods of the best material and workmanship. Send
for catalogue and prices COMRADE J. a JoEL q
Co., IS Nassau Street, New York.
The National tribune., 1908-01-09

NTANTED-The address of one John Il
w Walker, late of Co. G, 50th Mass. Regs
il living, and time and place Of death, u
dead. By Mrs. ]. II. Walker, Hollis Centel
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FIRE AND PANIC IN
ELEVEN STORY BUILDING

Cincinnati, o., Oct. 29.-Fire and
panic caused several girls, employees
of offices in the eleventh story at the
corner OF Fourth and Race streets to
leap from windows at noon today. At
least eight of them were hurt, sever
al seriously, while one fireman was
also badly injured. The fire started
on the seventh floor, the flames soon
bursting from the windows. Five
times the hose burst, and this added
to the panic of the girls. Many of
them could be seen preparing to leap
when the firemen arrived. The fire.
men worked heroically to save them.
Several girls were severely burned
after crowding onto the window
lodges, while one fireman was SER
iously hurt by falling two stories. One
of the girls jumped from a tenth sto-
ry window to the roof of a building
five stories below. Her injuries are
the most serious.
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large property owners and tax payers
and having the interests of the coun
ty at heart. They are hemmed in By
Republican laws, but in spite of these
they give Chaves county govern
ment that is the model for the Terri
tory. They have been abused by ire
sponsible political bootleggers, but
nevertheless possess the confidence
of the people who are assured OF
their integrity and ability.
There are lands in the Territory
that are worth from twenty to thirty
dollars an acre, yet under Republican
law they MUST be assessed at thirty
cents an acre. Many of these lands
are controlled and owned by the
members of the political gang of cor
ruptionists who have so long disgrace
ed New Mexico, and who have been
the chief obstacle in the way of Sc
curing statehood.
The Record earnestly advises ev-
cry voter in the county to cast his
vote for the Democratic nominees as
a rebuke to the false statements is
sued by the Republican organ in Ros-
well.
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Mrs. U. S. Bateman gave two par
ties this week in honor of her guest
Mrs. E. B. Leepy, of Clovis, who left
this morning for her home in Clovis
On Monday evening sne entertained
a five hundred party, consisting OF
four tables. After the games approp.
pirate refreshments were served. The
guests were Messrs. and Mesdames
w. N. Baldwin, w. w. Ogle, F. N
Brown, R. A. Holmes, G. L. WHY'S,
L. F. Woodhead and w. G. Polsgrove; :;
Miss Maud Tannehill, Mrs Dora Math
ews, J. S. Lea and c. C. Tannehill.
Mrs. Bateman was again hostess
Tuesday afternoon to a large party
of lady friends. Five hundred was a.
gain the game and it was a happy oc-
casion for all present, who were Mes
DANES John w. Poe, Kate McGaffey,
w. A. Johnson, ]. w. Thomas, E. A.
Cahoon, E. L. Bedell, Percy Evans,
G. M. Slaughter, L. B. Tannehill, M
Price, S. Prayer, Henrietta Goslin,
Roy Daniel, J. K. Bishop, H. B. Hefiin,
]. T. Mcclure, A. D. Garrett, Charles
Brown, Parker Earle, J. w. Wilson
and Leepy; Misses Hergcoxe, Ledbet-
ter,Ella Prayer, Zeigler.
Halloween on Saturday night will
bring many parties, especially among
the young people. Several are alrea-
dy announced, including an event at
the Yater home on South Hill for the
Yater children Saturday afternoon,
another for Miss Mildred Woodruff
at the James Sutherland home from
8 to $50, young peoples party Sat
urday night by Miss Laura Hobson
and party for little folks by Miss
Esther Prayer. Then, the reception of
Mesdames Pierce and Bedell and Miss
Lea Saturday afternoon will partake
of the Halloween spirit And the Sat
urday afternoon meeting of the Shak-
espeare Club-if the club is studying
one of the great playwright's traged-
les, Halloween will be the most ap-
propriate day in the twelve-month for
its consideration.
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A FEW MORE HARD
FACTS ON TAXATION

county would have to pay to the Ter
ritory each year the enormous sun
of 1929, ,115.O5. Just think of it. Sent
out this sum every year and not ge
one red cent back. And this is the
/ kind of dope the Register-Tribune
man is handing out. What do you
think of it, Mr.. Voter?
Now little personal item. The Rec
ord Publishing Company pays taxes
on valuation of $4,000. This is not
the real value of the plant and its
material by a good deal. The actual
assessable value of the plant is much
more than this, probably in proper
! ton to the assessable valuation OF
property throughout the county. The
Record has values that are not as
sessable. Our Associated Press fran
| chise we regard as being worth a con-
siderable sum of money, also the good
will and established patronage of the
plant.
The banks of Roswell are assessed
on probably twenty per cent. valu-
alton. Taking the conditions all down
the line, the Record considers this
but just. The problem of taxation and
| assessment is one of the great prob
lens of modern life, and is not to be
solved by every little guttersnipe pol
itician and mentally warped news
paper man.
This morning a taxpayer called at
the Record Office and stated that the
figures given in the Register-Tribune
concerning his assessments were er-
roneous, not containing all of the va
rious amounts he is assessed. The
Record had regarded these figures as
correct, but it seems that not only
are the statements made regarding
them false and incorrect, but the fig
ures themselves have been doctored
to meet the occasion. Nothing else,
however, could be expected
Chaves county is the best govern
ed county in New Mexico. The Rec
ord makes this statement on the auth
ority of Col Max Frost, of the Santa
Fe New Mexican, one OF the ablest
Republicans in the Territory, and
who has many times published it in
his newspaper.
The Treasurer's office is right up
to date. The collections are made
promptly and carefully, and the per-
centage of collections is one of the
highest in the Territory, If not the
highest.
The Board of County Commission
ers is composed of able, honest men,
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Now that the Record has shown
conclusively and beyond all doubt
that the system of assessments in
Chaves county is to be laid at the
door of the Republican party in New
Mexico, let us take up the matter of
an increased valuation. What would
be the result if the valuation on all
property in Chaves county be raised
to the actual value of the property?
Simply this:
At the time of levying the assess
ments, the County Commissioners
meet and determine how much money
it will be necessary for them to raise
during the coming year. They take
the total valuation of all property,
of all kinds, in the county, and levy
a rate sufficient to produce the sum
they will need, during the year to run
the county. If>the valuation be dou-
bled, the county tax rate would be
cut in half. If the valuation be quad
rupled, the county tax rate would be
but one-fourth the present rate. No
more money would be raised and the
taxes would not be any larger for
county purposes; but then there is
the Territorial tax. What would hap
pen there? Just this:
The Auditor of the Territory certi-
fies annually to each Board of County
Commissioners the rate to be levied
on taxable property. This is not a
lump sum, but so many mills on the
dollar. This year it is thirteen mills
on the dollar. If the valuation of land,
livestock, and other kinds of property
be raised, this rate will not be reduc-
ed; it will remain exactly as it is,
thirteen mills on the dollar. The
valuation in this county, as in other
counties of New Mexico, taking in
all kinds of property, is probably
about one-fifth of the real value Let
us take up the case of a man now
paying on valuation of $1,000. What
would be the result under increased
valuation?
A man paying on a valuation of
$1,000 pays each year to the Terrific
increased to $4,000, and this would
be the probable increase on a full
valuation throughout the county, the
same man would pay to the Territory
each year, not S13 but Sos, while the
county rate would be lowered and
the total paid for support of the coun-
ty government would remain about
the same as when his property was
valued at $1,000. OF the increased
amount paid to the Territory not one
red cent would come back to this
county.
What is Chaves county now doing
in the way of paying Territorial
taxes? Last year, the year 1907,
Treasurer Smith Lea remitted to the
Territorial Treasurer the sum of
$45, ,S23. OIL On a full valuation Cnaves
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MINERAL PRODUCTS REACH
A VAST SUM OF MO

Washington, Oct. 29.-The grand
total Of $2.069, ,2s9. 1860 worth of min
eral products in the United States is
announced in the statistical summary
for the calendar year of 1907, issued
today by the Geological Survey. OF
this amount. $166, ,165,1s1.00 is non-
metallic. $905.024,005 is metallic and
$4,000 is specific mineral products.
The report for the previous year aggre
gated 81 1.904.U .U07.