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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-17
For Ju dee civil Appeals.

Attorney A. B. Lamb, of Paris,
was in the city last week as a can
didate for Judge of the Court of
Civil Appeals. Mr.. Lamb is filling
an unexpired term by appointment.
He is a lawyer of fine ability and
character and is we'll known in this
county.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-17

her kindness and hospitality and
the celebration was an event Of spe-
cial Importance.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-17

The famous Ostermoor Felt Mat
ress at Bell Furniture Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-17

Buggies you buy at Mailing. Kei
ser Hardware Co. are guaranteed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-17

AntA. NsFs 4. lilies"
Scripture lesson.
Song-''Joy to the world. "
Sermon.
Invitation -''Oue step at time. "
The evening services will begin
at 7.45 and the following program
nEill be given.
le Voluntary.
Song-"On lions Glorious Sum-
| init.
Invocation.
Anthem-"O Come Let us Sing
Unto the Lord"
Scripture lesson.
Solo.
Sermon.
"Cleft for Me.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-04-17

yearS AA,a<a,lll ser their care. Thanks
to Mi-o4fS l can work once more, the
first time in over a year"
1t is an easy thing to strengthen the
stomach and cure Indigestion by u.s.
ing Mi-o-na. Get a 50-cent box from
the Red Cross Pharmacy with their
guarantee to refund the money unless
the remedy does all that is claimed for
it.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06
IsIsnhona. md Eir..

The earliest application OF the tele-
phone In connection with switch
board was made at Bridgeport Conn,
In June. 1878, where I'm the eagerness
OF various fire companies to nrrIve first
Mt fires. the men OF company No. 8.
which was next to the telephone Office,
told the telephone operator to request
his twenty-one patrons to give the in
formation over the telephone OF any
fire and to report the fact ut the en-.
CINE house. This engine was not only
the first at several fires, but In some
mysterious manner was frequently on
Its way before the alarm struck.
This reached climax on the occa-
sion OF small fire In dwelling. which
the fire company attended with muf-
fed bell, In response to telephone
message. and no fire alarm was pulled.
On their return. the engine was driven
by the house OF rival company with
bell ringing. and when the men rushed
out with inquiries they were told that
the fire had been extinguished.
After this occurrence. the chief of
the fire department gave orders that
companies should not respond to fire
alarm received over n telephone. but
tho insurance agents Of the city up.
pealed to the city council, who ordered
that all fire engine houses should be
equipped with ~,ephones.- Brooklyn
Eagle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06
The Feast OF Yule.

1t was Pope Telesphorus. who died
before the year 100 A. d., who lnsti-
tuted Christmas as festival, though
for some time II was irregularly held
In December. April and May. But
for centuries before there had been a
FEAST OF Yule among the northern ma
tons, whose great enjoyment was in
drinking the wassail bowl or cup.
Nothing gave them so much delight as
indulgence In "carousing ale," especial
~ at the season OF short days. when
lighting was ended. 1t was likewise
the custom at all their feasts "for the
master OF the house TO fill large bowl
or pitcher. to drink out of II first him.
self and then give to him that sat
next, and so 1t went around" This
may have been the origin OF that popu-
lar American custom known as treat.
Ing"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06

myself and have known you. That
last 10 worth more than a kings ran
som to me. II II q holy thing which
shall reverence always, and when you
% you will leave me lonely except for
its remembrance"
But i am not going" she said
THAT is--unless"--
Something I'm her voice swept his
gnze back from the shimmering cause.
way that rippled seaward to the rising
moon. IL brought the breath into his
throat. and he shook as though seized
by a great fear.
"Unless-whatY
Unless you want me to-
J. "oh. GodI don't play with mev He
hung out his hand as though to stop
her while his voice died out to a sup
plicating hoarseness. II can't stand
that"
Don't you see? Won't you seer"
she asked. "I was waiting here for
the courage to go TO you since you
have made II so very hard for me.
my pagan" With which she came
close to him. looking upward into his
face, smiling little. shrinking "A little,
yielding yet withholding. while the
moonlight made OF her eyes two bot
tomless. boundless pools. dark with
love. and trimming with the promise
OF his dreams.
THE END.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06


and happened 20 Ind A." He turned
to the strangers who had secomps nied
him from tho ship, eryIns. ''serVs those
warrants" and thsy stepped forward.
The uprosr Of TIE past few minutes
bad brought men runnlzz from every
direction TIL npdins ne. room on ths
stairs. they had uasssd In the street
below while the word new from LID 10
LIP eonesrnius this closing scene of
their drama. the battle Of the NIdas
the great nEht upstairs and the srrest
b. the Frisco dsputies. Like Sind
bads genie, wondrous tale took shape
from the rumors. Men shouldered one
another eagerly for glimpse Of the
actors. aad when the pxsas STRAINED
out. greeted II win voIisys OF ouea-
tons. They saw the unconscious mar
shall borne forth. followed By the Old
judge, now a psislsd wretch, sinking
beside his eaptor. q very shsli Of q mas
al whom they Jeered. When MeNams-
"a lurehed Into view. az image OF de-
fest spd ehsgrin. their voices ross
menacingiy. The pack vas turning
and he knew IT, but. though racksd
and crippled. be beat upon them a
vissrs 20 fun Of defiance and eontsmp-
tUOus malignity that they hushed them.
selves. and their Anal picture OF him
was that Of big man downed, bot
unOsaten 70 the last They began 70
cry for Glenister. 20 that when be
lo0sDed IN the doorway, q ragged. be.
roie figure, his heavy shock low over
1is eyes, his unshsvsn face szgrssslvs
even IN its WEAKNESS. hls corded arms
and chest bare beneath the nutterioR
streamsrs. ne street. broke into Wild
cheering Hers was q man OF tbs,y
own. son Of the northiand who lsboy.
ed and loved and fought Ia a way thev
understood. and he bad come into biz
due
Bot Roy. dumb and iisusss. star.
gered ~ The street. refusing the bsip
Of every maR except Wbsatou Hs
beard his companion talking. but
grasped only that the attorney Eio4tsd
and giosisd.
We have whipped them, boy. We
have whipped them at their own game.
Arrested IN their very doorysrds-
for eontsmpt Of court-thsrs what
sbey are. Thsy disobsysd those other
wriis. and % I got them"
= broke his arm" mxttsrsd the
EsinoF.
Yes. cav roo % 81 Uehi II vas
en- awfui thinsi eoelds't prove COO
spirssy, bat they'll 90 - fan fas q
-. -
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06

DIR. e. II. WEIGH OF winsted, Conn.
is said TO be able to predict changes
in the weather twenty-four hours be
fore they come by bumps that arise on
his head. says the New York Evening
World. One bump means rain, two
snow and three windstorm. The
bumps are nearly MS large as door
knobs, the doctor says. He thinks an
attack Of rheumatism be had one tIns
made his head sensitive to atmospher.
IL changes
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06
Tobacco chs,xinn Han.

Ex-Mayor Miller OF Youngstown, o.,
claims he has hen which chews to
bacco, says the Pittsburg Dispatch
He says she enjoys It and will accept
any brand, although she Is particularly
fond Of fine cut. She will not sit I'M
less provided with little OF the weed
She also will chew gum. The her
takes It into her mouth and allows II
TO lie on her tongue until It Is soft and
then works her jaws like the typical
Bowery girl.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06
The Spoilers.
By REX e. BEACH.
espyrisht. 1908. ~ Rsx q. s.aeh :.
By REX e. BEACH.
CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXI. @ ~
~ OLDIERs seised the young man.
who made NO offer at resist
ance. and the room became .
- noisy riot. Crowds surged up
from below. ciamoring. questioning.
till some ons at the head OF the stairs
shouted down:
They've got Roy Glenister. He's
killed NeNemara." at which a murmur
arose that threatsned to become q
cheer.
Then one Of the receivers faction
called. Lets hang him. lie killed ton
Of our men last night" Helen WINGED.
but Stillman. reused to a sort OF ma
ievoient courage. Quieted the angry
voices.
"omcer. hold these people back. ri
attend to this man. The laws In my
hands and I'll make him answer"
McNamera reared himself. grooming.
from the aoor. his right arm swinging
from the shoulder strangely loose and
distorted, with palm twisted outward.
while bis battered face was hideous
with pain and defeat He growled
broken maledlctions at his enemy.
Roy meanwhile said po;hlrg. for rs
the savage lust died In him he realized
that the whirling faces before him
were the faces Of his enemies. thar the
Bronco Kid was stiii at largo AMI that
his Vengeance was but half completed.
His knees were bending: his limbs
were like leaden bars his chest fur
mace OF Goals. As he rpeie'i down the
lane Of human forms. supported by his
guards. he came abreast OF the girl md
her companion and paused, clearing
his vision slowly.
~Ah, there you arer' he said thickly
to tho gambler and began TO wrestIe
with his captors. barring his teeth In a
grimaes Of painful efsrt, bst they held
him ~ easily - though be were q
child and drew him forward. bis body
tagging Imply, his face turned back
over his shoulder.
They had him near the door when
Wheaton barred their way, crying:
Hold mp q minutsi It's all right,
Roy
AYE. Bili--it's all right We did our
-best, but we were done by a damned
blackguard. Now he'll send me up,
but I don't care. I broke him-with
my naked hands. Didn't /. McNa-
maraT He Knocked unsteadily at the
boss. who cured aloud In return,
giowsring like an evil mask, while
Stillman ran mp, dishevsled and shriiIy
irascible.
Take him away. I tell you! Take
him to jaiIr'
But Wheaton held his place. while
the room centsr>d its eyes upon him,
scentinS some INSPECTED denouemsnt.
He saw II, and, In concession to a nat.
urai vanity and dramatic instinct, he
threw back his head and stuffed his
hands Into his coat pockets, while the
crowd waited. He grinnsd insoiently
at the Judge and the receiver.
This will be . day Of defeats and
disappointments 70 you. my friends.
That boy won't 20 TO Jaii because you
VIII wear the shackles yourselves. oh,
You played q shrswd game. you two.
with your senators. your politics and
your pulls. but it's our turn now, and
wen make you dance for the mines
you Quilted and the robberiss you've
done and the men you've ruined
Thank heaven, there's one honest court,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06

Grippe is sweeping the country Stop IL
with Preventics before IL gets deeply Sc ated
To check early colds with these little Can.
dy Cold Cure Tablets is surely sensible and
safe. Preventics contain no quinine, no
laxative. oihing harsh or sickening Pneu.
monta would never appear II early colds
were promptly broken. Also good tor fever
ish children. Large box A8 tablets, acc
Vest pocket boxes &C. Sold by Strickier's
drug store.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06

Everything taken into the stomach should
be digested fully within a certain time.
when YOU feeI that your stomach is not IN
good order. that the food you have eaten Is
not being oigested. take good. natural
digestant that will do the work the digest
i've juices are not doing. The best remedy
known today Tor all stomach troubles IS
kodol. which is guaranteed to- give prompt
relief. Ii rs natural digestant; IL digests
what you eat; IL is pleasant to take. Sold
by Sfrickier's drug store; w. M. Dent.
Newburg
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-02-06
THE END.

Use DeWit's Little Early Risers. pleas.
ant little pills. they are easy to take
Sold by Stricklef's drug store; W. NJ. Dent
Newburg.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
GRAND JURY HAS RETURNED
SEVEN FELONY INDICTMENTS
Jury Dismissed For the Week-civil
Gases Set-Several Divorces
Granted-Other Orders.

The Brazos county grand jury re-
ported three Indictments for feIonies
yesterday morning, two of them being
charges Of horse theft against Jerry
Shorter, colored; and the third case
against Will Gray, colored, charging
assault with intent to murder
Yesterday afternoon, upon adjourn.
ment for the day, the grand Jury re-
turned four more felony indictments.
making total of seven. One of these
is against young Italian named Tony
Corabo, who is charged with theft
of cattle. The nature of the other in
dictments could not be learned.
The petit jury was dismissed for the
week yesterday morning, and the at
tention of the court was directed to
civil business, the docket showing the
following results: =.
Addie Gilmore VS.. Jake Elmore, d.
vorce. Granted.
w. w. Barker VS.. Edna Barker, d.
vorce. Granted.
McKenna VS.. Wells-Fargo Express
Co, damages; judgment by agreement
for s225.00.
Mollie Furman VS.. Furman, divorce,
granted and children awarded to
plaintiff.
L. Cooper VS.. c. Cooper, divorce;
granted
S. H. Dunlap & Co. VS.. Fannie Tay-
lor ct al; continued for service.
Blanche Lamont VS.. j. r. Hall, Jr,
suit on note; continued for service.
Sid Simpson VS.. Fannie Simpson, di-
vorce; granted.
r. s. Newsome VS.. Forest Weakley.
suit to remove cloud from title con-
tinued for service.
Henrietta Thomas VS.. Charlie
Thomas; divorce granted.
c. G. Parsons VS.. Stella X. Stat
ford, suit on note and for foreclosure
of vendors lien dismissed.
Joe Matheny VS.. Pauline Davis, suit
to cancel deed; dismissed for want of
prosecution.
A. l.. Woolf & Co. VS.. H. & T. G..
and other damage suits growing out
of compress fire; set for March 23.
Adline Brown VS.. |. & G. ~, dam
ages; continued to make receiver
party.
Clifton Williams ct al VS.. Thos.
Williams partition; dismissed.
VIM. Hoppe VS.. Mrs. Laura Hoppe
and j. F. Robinson; trespass to try
title and for damages; set for March
8.
A. A. Cooper VS.. H. E. Smith, to
try title and for damages; plaintiff
has leave to amend. Set for March
8.
Monroe Edge VS.. w. H. Walker and
C. G. Walker, damages; set for March
II.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

William ]. Bryan will attend the Ne
braska Democratic State convention
at Omaha this week.
Former Senator David B. Hill o.
New York, who has not missed ma
tional convention of his party fol
many years, does not intend to go tC
the Denver convention this year.
Former Governor S. H. Elrod OF
South Dakota has declined to accede
to the wish of his friends to become q
candidate for governor again this year
Republicans of New Mexico will hold
their Territorial convention at Silver
City, March n, to select delegates to
attend the national convention at Chi
cago
John d. Atkinson, attorney general
and former State auditor of Washing
ton, has formally announced his can
didacy for the Republican gubernator-
primary election.
For the first time in the history of
Wisconsin United States Senator is
to be voted for by the people directly
next fall, in accordance with the pro-
visions of the primary election law.
The Republican State central com
mittee of Michigan has decided on
May12 as the date and Grand Rapids
as the place for the State convention
to elect delegates-at-large to the ma
tional convention.
A convention is to be held in Wash
ington, d. c., this week to provide for
a consolidation of the negro voters
of the country and the organization of
negro political clubs in various States.
Judge Zed S. Stanton, former lieu
tenant governor of Vermont, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
lican nomination of that state. Among
other things he advocates a revision
of the taxation laws and improved
highways and schools.
Fort Worth defeated Galveston and
Mineral Wells in a contest for the Re-
publican State convention of Texas to
name delegates to the national con
vention in Chicago. The State con-
vention will be held in May.
The delegates-at-large to the Repub-
lican national convention from Massa-
chusetts probably will be Senator
Lodge and Senator Crane, ex-Gover-
nor John L. Bates, and Col Sidney o.
Bigney, a millionaire manufacturer of
Attleboro:.
James T. Lloyd, the new chairman
of the Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee, has represented the
First Missouri district in Congress
since 1897. He has been a strong Bry-
an man and an earnest advocate of the
free coinage of silver. He is native
of Missouri and lawyer by profes-
sion.
Senator Smoot of Utah confronts a
hot fight for his seat this year. The
legislature to be elected in November
will choose his successor. The Am
erfican party and the Democrats pro-
pose to raise the issue of church and
state, claiming that Smoot and the
really represent the Nor
mon Church, and that Mormonism will
never get its deserts until state and
church are separated by an over
vote of the people.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
MERELY MENTIONED.

Lamar county. Texas, farmers are
planting corn
Katy railway shops at Denlson have
resumed work
San Angelo. Tex, waterworks plant
is valued at $15S,S40.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky favors
Vice-Presdent Fairbanks for president.
W. ]. Neill, a prominent railroad
man, died at Selma, Ala, aged seventy
years.
Willie Glenn. bov, died at Brady,
Tex, from injuries sustained in a foot.
ball game.
Bubonic plague prevails at Guaya-
quill, Ecuador. There have been over
twelve deaths.
w. G.. Venable, Texas pioneer, de-
parted this life at Falling Springs, Va.
aged eighty-nine years.
Thousands of employees in the ST.
Louis shops of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain system were laid off
MN~dov
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04

stead Of preparation for school work.
These. all admit, are the hard ones
to help. OF course, the hungry teach
er. who wants to know and do the
best possible, is the kind all wanted.
Time and space fail me to tell of the
many good and helpful things we had.
Like all great meetings il had an end,
and everybody want home, carrying
new IDEAS. aud inspiration. and de-
termined to make the schools better
than ever.
w. c. LAWSON.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
WRITES OF WASHINGTON MEET.
ING.
Supt w. c.. Lawson Tells Something
About the Work of Great Educa-
tional Body.

Il
| tional Body.
Texas is a great State and does great
things. 1t did a great thing in send
ing the superintendent of all the lead
| ing cities to the recent meeting in
\ Washington, d. C.
Ten of us went by way of Houston,
New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, At.
lanta, the Carolinas, and Virginia. The
| trip was very enjoyable, in such con-
genial comptny. We reached Wash
ingto Sunday night, and were ready
for work Monday morning. AS the
meeting proper did not open till Tues
day we spent Monday in a careful
examination of the city schools, and
of the City Normal School. Teachers,
there. must be professionally trained,
as they should be everywhere. We
carefully inspected the work of regu-
lar teachers, critic teachers, and pupil
teachers. The system is too great to
describe in limited space. The train
ing of those who wish to teach is done
in the City Normal School. ] visited
that. and saw the work. It carried me
back to the time when ! went through
Ille Sdlllt DIOCtSS anu NOuuOltu Nhut
the future had in store for me. Such
schools are common in cites. ! met
the man in charge of the st. Louis
Normal the first time had seen him
since as young men, we were both in
training in the same normal school.
Since then we had drifted apart, re-
ceived cur degrees from different Uni
versities, and had lost sight of each
other.
The meeting opened Tuesday morn
ing. AS | had been a member many
years. / only had to register and take
my badge. IL was refreshing to meet
the great men in the educational
world, and to listen. to their inspiring
and helpful addresses.
can only mention few such as
DIR. Draper, DR. Gregory, Supt Poland
and Supt. Emerson.
spoke of training of
teachers before appointment.
What to do with the young
college graduates. who had never
been to training school, hence did
not know how to teach, was a much
discussed but unsettled question. An
other prominent feature of the Sup
erintendent's discussion was what to
do to help teachers. How to help the
self-satisfied teacher the snowy teach
err, the teacher with lack of spirit,
the teacher who lacks preparation but
spends time with outside matters in
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
Normal Conditions Restored

Tegucigalpa, March 3.-The presi-
dent of Honduras, General Davila, the
vice-president and the magistrate of
the supreme court appeared before
the National assembly and swore to
uphold the constitution This step
completes the reestablishment of nor.
NAL conditions throughout the repub-
lie.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
LadY Fatally Burned.

Fort Worth, March 3--Mrs II. S
Bunting was fatally burned She light
ed her gasoline stove The flames
flared up Her clothing was ignited
and her face, hands and body badly
burned Her son, Howard, sixteen
years old. was severely burned trying
TO save his mother
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04

Nobody is exulting more hilariouslv
over the appearance of the American
fiotilla in the Pacific than the Austria
lians. They look with uneasiness up
on the growing naval power of Japan
and are more hopeful from projection
from the United States than from
their mother country.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
Much Powder ExpIodes.

Litchfield. ILL.,. March 3.-Powder
carried by Big Four freight train ex-
ploded while the train was running at
full speed two miles from here Two
men were fatally injured. The train
was badly wrecked, several cars were
burned. The conclusion shook houses
and shattered windows for miles.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04

If you had a bank account ard con-
stantly drew on it and never made
deposits the account would play out
some day. So it is with the farmer.
Planting and selling the crops, with
no effort to rebuild or replenish the
sell, will some day leave the land i'm
poverished-bankrupt-and the check,
or if you want it palmer, your labor
will be unrewarded.-Huntsville' Post
Item.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
George Wilson Electrocuted.

Trenton, N. j.. March 3-George
Wilson, a negro, was electrocuted at
the prison early Tuesday for the muir.
der in December last of Frederick
Romer of Orange, an undertaken. who
was killed in his room at hotel
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
Lack Rinht Qualities.

Mrs. Hix-Mrs. June strikes me as
being entirely too masculine for wo-
man. Mrs. Dix-Yes, indeed. Why,
every time she has an ache or pain
she makes as much fuss about it as
man would.-Smitb's Weekly.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04
FIRES FIVE TIMES.
Ex-Texas-oklahoma Woman Shoots
Negro Who Insults Her.

Negro Who Insults Her.
Kansas City, March 3.-Mrs. Callie
M. Long fired five shots from her re.
volver at a negro who entered her lit
tie restaurant on East Fifteenth street.
Two bullets took effect. but the negro
escaped. The negro had saluted the
woman with "Howdy do. honey" and
Mrs. Long began firing almost before
he had finished the salutation. Mrs.
Long was born and reared at Texar.
kama, Tex. and lived at Shawnee,
Okla, before coming to Kansas City
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-04

Mark Twain once missed the train
which should have taken him to his
work. He did not wire any excuse,
His telegram to his employer took this
form: MY train left at 100. arrived
at the station at 7:35 and could not
catch it,"