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The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27
Letter From Mrs. Pullman

Bay View, Mich, Sept. 23.- My Dear w c T U Comrades and Friends;
 How many times l have thought of you this summer would be hard to tell Not only lliRI want your company but l did so want to share the other good things with you-that we might enjoy review ing them this winter.
 The Assembly was great as tod you in a previous letter. And let me say right here that not a speaker, no matter what his theme but what paid his respects to the liquor traffic"
 Prohibition is in the air, and every body seems to feel it. And these people up here have a fight and as the boys would say,"and don't you forget it. Saloons and breweries are numerous which we know means a vast amount Of money involved.
 But the people are courageous and mean to win. A ''back down" seems never to enter their minds. They have conflicts though that would seem to weaken a Spartan but they never fa,ter, but press the harder.
 Right now we are thinking of a great temperance parade which will take place in Chicago with it's more than seven thousand saloons on the 25th under the auspices of the w CT U and with General Fred G. Grant at it's head.
 This parade will be miles long one women gathering up scores of Shetland ponies for the boys to ride. What means these exposit- ions of unrest and opposition to the liquor traffic? It means that motherhood and womanhood in general does not propose to be always under the surveillance ol such a despot as Red Rum which reading backwards is Murder, the right synonym Of such monster.
 | wish we might emb.azon the words of Gen. Grant in letters ol gold across the sky, that whoso- ever runs may read. As this can- not be done we avail ourselves of the next best place, to publish the tidings. in a first class daily news paper. like the Prescott Daiiy Newsl!
 "Teu the young men that GenerJ al Grant has not drunk a drop or linuor for eighteen years because he is afraid to drink it. l tried to drink with extreme moderation be cause I knew that alcohol is the worst poison that a man can take into his system, but I found that if was an absolute impossibllity to drink moderately. Because mod crate drinking is an impossiplllty I became an absolute teetotaler- a crank, if you p.ease | wl'l irct a"ow it even in my> mousse Drink is the greatest curse, De-' cause practically all crime ana disaster are the result of 1t. Nine five per cent of the assertions ana acts Of ,aw,essness in the army are due to drink. u l could py offering my body as a sacrllice free this country from the Tell cancer. the demon drink. l wou.o thank the Almighty for the priv ti.ege Of doing it. II l had tne
The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27
Farmers Union Fair

Harrisburg, Sept. 27.- The Harrisburg Farmer Union Coun- ty Fair opened here this morning and will continue in session for four days. There will be racing for al and no county, in tn estate will excell the exhibits of farm products. Hundreds Of visitors are here today to attend, the fair.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27
Water Famine Over

Fayetteville, Sept. 27.- The re- cent rains have relieved the water famine and there is no longer a shortage in clean linen in the University city because water is so scarce. Water was being ped- d,ed here at 10 cents a bucket un- ti the rain put a stop to the traf4 fic
The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27
greatest appointive pow1r in thee

greatest appointive pow1r in thet country, no man would get even the smallest appointment from me un,ess he showed proof of his absolute teetotalism. As it is, of my own appointees, the mem1 bers of my staff, not one of them touches a drop. They know bet ter.
 Jennie Carr Putnam
The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27
County Far 0pen'd

Harrisburg. Sept. 27.-The coun- ty fair opened under suspicious cir cumstances today with a large ex- hibit and large opening crowd. Some of the exhibits are unus7 ually attactive and there wial be a close competition for the prizes.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27
Track is Laid

Piggott, Sept. 27.- The track of the railroad connecting Piggott With Kennett has been laid and the track crew is now busy in
The Prescott daily news., 1909-09-27

strengthening up the track. The road will not be operated before Oct. 20, when large crowds will
 be hau,ed to Dunklin County Fair.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
Concerning a Dog Law.

The dog law devised by the late Sen
ator Graham and which passed the Leg
islature two years ago, was an excellent
measure that should be productive of
good. 1t was deficient only in the
means provided for its execution and
therefore has had but meager enforce
ment.
The Banner took occasion shortly af-
ter the law went into effect to inquire
into the manner in which it was being
received and the measure of its enforce
ment. The answers from the greater
number of Circuit Court Clerks showed
that the registrations were enforced to a
much less extent thon they should be.
No sort of attention was ever paid to
the law in Shelby County and only in a
receive anything approaching full en-
forcement. In the most of these coun-
ties there has ceased TO DE any reglstra-
ton and the law is now practically a
dead letter. The Circuit Court Clerks
are not to be blamed for this condition.
They cannot compel the registrations
and have neither the time nor the power
to look after delinquents.
A still more drastic dog law is needed
in Tennessee and would be of great
benefit to the growing sheep industry,
but the existing law. would soon per
ceptibly check the breeding of worthless
dogs if it were strictly observed.
A convention of the sheep growers Of
Tennessee is to be held in Nashville
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

The sentiment all over the Chancery
Division for Judge Cooper 70 make the
race succeeding himself as Chancellor
is gathering strength as the time draws
near Judge Cooper has great many
warm personal friendships, but the great
actuating force leading this sentiment
is the demand for the eminent services
of man like Judge Cooper. The uni
yersal thought is that Tennessee cannot
afford to be poorer by the loss of a JUS
tice who has distinguished himself as
Judge Cooper has. In all the history
of the State the Chancery Courts have
not been more signally honored than
they have by the record made by Judge
Cooper, and it will not be easy for Judge
Cooper to retire without general pro-
test, not only by those of his own divi-
sion, but by many people all over the
State. We earnestly hope that Judge
Cooper will give this matter careful con-
sideration before deciding to leave the
baoob
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

soon and one subject considered will be
a proper dog law, II the Legislature
can be prevailed upon to put a privilege
tax on the keeping Of all dogs that
would be notable and praiseworthy
accomplishment, but some unprogres-
sive solons have the fear of backwoods
constituents with whom this law would
be unpopular before their eyes and the
possibility Of the passage Of such law
is decidedly doubtful.
But it should be easy to amend the
existing law SO as to provide for its
stricter enforcement and probably that
would be the most practical line on
which to proceed. With the law once
uniformly in force further amendments
making its application wider would come
easier. Nashville Banner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
High License

The theory of taxing liquor to pro-
mote temperance was set forth by
Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was a
Democrat, but has it been demonstrated
by the test Of experience that the theory
is correct in practice Some cities have
very high license, but has there been a
decrease in the consumption of intoXi-
eating liquors or in drunkenness in any
of these places. In every community
where there is a contest for prohibition
the high-license theory is put on duty
as talking point in the argument
combating local option or Statewide
prohibition; and when it becomes evi-
dent that local option will prevail then
the high-license people advance to the
local option platform i'll their opposition
to Statewide prohibition High license
is the first step. To this segregation
has been added-all, OF course, carrying
out the same general idea But has the
theory proven true. 1t seems from all
the observations we have that the high
er the license the more popular the
drink habit The finer the drinking
palace the more popular the custom
and as a,result the greater the number
OF men and women pauperized and con
taminated from the use Of drink. If il
is possible that alcohol must be manu-
featured in the various beverage forms
is it not also probable that better ar
ticle would be made without a heavy
tax and revenue license. In the pioneer
days of whiskey making was it not a
purer article. When it was cheap be-
cause of practically no revenue and very
little license was there so much COM
pounding of drinks with all sorts OF
drugs and mixtures in the saloon base
ments and back rooms. 1t is stated by
men who sell whiskey that very small
per cent. is made in a distillery. II
that is true is il not done to avoid the
expense of distilling, and how much
more impure is the article that is sold
under the reign of high license.
Whether it is ever possible to discon-
tinue the manufacture of alcohol as a
beverage we can t tell, but to our mind
there is no decrease in drink or casual
tiles from the use of drink under the ex-
tension of high license.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
Cyrus Hamlin.

The reported massacre of American
missionaries at Adana, few miles from
the extreme northeastern angle of the
Mediterranean Coast, brings to mind
the fact that the personality OF a single
American missionary has demonstrably
exerted determining influence upon
the course of events in the near East
Cyrus Hamlin went to Constantinople
for the American board few years be-
fore the outbreak of the Crimean War.
He was a resourceful New Englander-
a fine mechanic, born organizer, a
scientific enthusiast, a statesman. II
was he who set up the first telegraph
instrument in Turkey, giving demon
stration of its wonderful possibilities in
the palace of the Sultan. As converts
were made to Christianity the Turkish
trade guilds refused to employ the
'apostates. " Doctor Hamlin opened
shop for the manufacture of sheet
iron stoves, employing his converts as
mechanics and statesmen. Turkey had
no public industries; the indefatigable
missionary established one as the war
progressed, and worked for the British
hospitals, whose surgeons were at their
wits end in their fight with vermin and
uncleanliness.
There were still unemployed Chris
tians, and many Turks were starving.
Doctor Hamlin obtained the machin-
cry for a small flour mill, cast miss
ing section of the main steam pipe him
self, established bakery and put loaves
of Christian bread" on sale in Con-
stantinople which were both winter and
much larger than the bread sold by
Moslem bakers. When a wealthy Brook
Ign merchant desired to found college
in Constantinople Doctor Hamlin OBJ
tanned from the Sultan frman which
no other human being could have got
ten, and Robert College, of which he
became the first president, was founded.
The story of Robert College is the
story of liberal thought in the near
East. This institution created modern
Bulgaria. Every one of her great lead
ers was educated there. The Young
Turks movement has been shaped by
Robert College men. The combined
forces of English and Russian diplo-
macy in the Balkans have been of small
moment beside the power of the gradu-
ates of this school. The destinies of
Macedonia are largely in the hands of
Robert College men. 1t is no wonder
that the fate of American missionaries
in Turkey engages the attention Of the
world. st. Louis Republic
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
Lincoln S Wedding d.

Marriages in Springfield, H., up to
the time of Lincoln S own wedding had
been rather informal affairs. His was
one of the very first, ifnot the first, ever
performed with the full Episcopal serv-
ice. Among the bridegroom's friends
who gathered in the church was Thorn
as c. Browne, one of the justices of the
Supreme Court. Judge Browne was
an old timer" He had been on the
bench from the very beginning "a
quaint, rough, curious character. He
stood close beside Lincoln during the
marriage.
Old Parson Dressar, in his canonical
robes, was performing the ceremony in
an exceedingly solemn and impressive
manner. He handed the ring to Lin
coin, who placed it upon the brides fin
ger, and repeated the formula, with
this ring / thee wed, with all my world
ly goods / thee endow."
This struck the old Judge as non
sense, and he cried out loudly enough
to be heard by everyone:
Good gracious, Lincoln, the statute
fixes all that"
The unexpected interruption and its
utter absurdity completely upset the old
parson, who had a keen sense OF the ri
dieulous, and it was some minutes be-
fore he could proceed. Youths Com
panion.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
Judge Moore Announces.

Judge Felix w. Moore, of Union
City, Obion County, has announced his
candidacy for election to the bench OF
the Court of Civil Appeals, which he
now occupies, having been appointed
after the resignation of Judge Lamb by
Gov. NJ r. Patterson. Judge Moore
is one of the best known attorneys in
West Tennessee, and while member OF
the bench of Civil Appeals Court he has
materially added to his already splendid
record. He has won the confidence OF
every attorney with whom he has come
in contact, and his decisions in the
cases which have come before him have
been most favorably commented upon.
Judge Moore was one of the attorneys
selected by Gov. Patterson to assist the
State in the prosecution of the Reelfoot
Lake Nightrider cases, eight of which
defendants are now under conviction for
murder. In announcing his candidacy
to succeed himself Judge Moore states
that he will run subject to the action of
the Democratic party, whether it sees
fit to call primary election or conven-
ton Judge Moore has already been as
sured of the hearty support of many OF
the prominent lawyers in Memphis.
Commercial Appeal.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

The big Memphis delegation held the
Tennessee Legislature for awhile this
week. If these Memphis fellows would
settle their differences in convention
before they get to Nashville Tennessee
would be better for it. If such cities
as Chicago can get along with local sell
government why can not Memphis dc
it? Memphis is not the worst. place
nobody said anything about Cairo.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

Emma Eames, the diva, is sweeping
down on the South with her deGorgorza,
looking for great deal of worship and
incidentally some hard cash, Time was
a few years ago when Emma was very
much an idol People thought well OF
her and her romantic marriage with the
artist, Story Then she sang in opera
along with Calve and Melba and the
deReszkes and Plancon Her salary was
several hundred or nearly a thousand
dollars a night and nobody begrudged
her the money. She was famous in
many roles, notably her Marguerite in
Faust The public was fond of Emma
Eames. Now She has contracted the
attachment Ola divorce, and deGorgorza
is mentioned The next thing is to re-
sort to advertising, and those people who
are many and fond of a little sensation
will listen to a few selections at two and
three per to satisfy curious appetite.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
Matters Judicial.

Nashville, Tenn, April 16. = Thu
legislative judicial redistricting com
mittee has reached a tentative agree
ment upon the recommendations to bt
made to the General Assembly to be in
Guided in the redistricting bill.
In West Tennessee the committee
will recommend a second Chancery
Court for Shelby County. 1t will also
recommend that coordinate jurisdie-
ton be conferred upon the two Grim
inaI judges in Shelby County.
The judicial circuits in Middle anC
West Tennessee will be as follows, il
the recommendation of the commit
tee are carried out;
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures, Giles,
Maury and Lawrence Counties and the
Circuit Judge will be directed to hold the
Chancery Court in Williamson County.
Twelfth Circuit-Henry, Benton, De
catur, Henderson, Chester, Perry, Lewis
and Hickman.
Thirteenth Circuit-Tipton, Lauder
dale, Haywood, Crockett and Gibson.
Fourteenth Circuit-Dyer, Weakley,
Lake, Obion and Carroll
Sixteenth Circuit Madison, Fayette,
McNairy, Hardeman, Hardin, Wayne.
The committee will recommend the
abolition of the criminal court of Knox
County, effective in 1910, and the Cir
cult Judge will then hold the Circuit
and Criminal Courts in that county.
The Chancery Court created by the
present Legislature is to be retained.
The new chancery division in East
Tennessee, which will be recommended
by the committee, will consist of the
counties of Morgan, Fentress, Pickett,
Roane, Loudon, McMinn, Blount, Mon
roe, Sewer, Bradley, Polk.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23

johnson City last week celebrated the
completion Of the Carolina, Clinchfeld
& Ohidxsailroad with oratory, banquet
ing, pyrotechnics, etc, and Editor Cy
Lyle is observing the event with a big
twelve-page paper, one of the liveliest
and healthiest looking weekly editions
we have seen in a long time,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
c1FRK or THE CIRCUIT COURT.

GoLDEN.-We are authorized to announce H.
Nj. Golden as a candidate for Clerk OF the Circuit
Court of obion County. subject to the action of
the Democratic party,
REEVES.--We are authorized to announce ].
A. (Alva) Reeves candidate for Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of obion County, subject to the action
of the Democratic party.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
COUNTY COURT CLERK

BoND.-We have the authority to announce R.
n Bond as d candidate for County Court Clerk of
obion County, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic party.
TALI.EY.-We are authorized to announce c.
S. Talley a candidate for County Court Clerk of
obion County subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic party.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
RESULTS THAT REMAIN.
Are Appreciated by Union City Peo-
nla

| Die.
Thousands who suffer from backache
| and kidney complaint have tried one
remedy after another, finding only tenn
porary benefit. This is discouraging,
but there is one special kidney medicine
that cures permanently and there is
plenty of proof right here in Union
City.
Here is the testimony of one who
used Doan's Kidney PILLS years ago,
and now states that the cure was last
ing.
Mrs J. A. Prieto, 424 Washington
Ave-, Union City, Tenn, says: I
have used Doan's Kidney Pills and my
experience with them has taught me
that they act up to the claims made for
them. The condition of my kidneys
when / commenced using this remedy
was very bad, the secretions being UNI
natural and otherwise disordered. /
found relief at once, and all the distress
ing symptoms Of my trouble gradully
passed away until was cured. (From
a statement given in 1903.)
NO KIDNEY TROUBLE SINCE.
On May II, 1907, Mrs. Prieto con-
firmed the above statement as follows:
Il have had no return of kidney trouble
since 1908 and gladly endorse Doan's
Kidney Pills again.
For sale by all dea@rs. Price so
cents. -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's- and
take no other.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-23
FOR MAYOR.

ALEXANDER-We are authorized toannounce
S. S. Alexander as candidate for Mayor OF un-
ion CITY Election in January, 1910.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Made tho Hunters Paw.

Robert Benwood. a farmer of Great
Notch, N. J., made two young hunters
pay dearly for killing a year-old heifer
on his place. The young men, who
said they lived in Paterson, started
out to look for deer, and seeing the
calf browsing at the edge of g wood
lot on Benwood's farm. lost no time
In getting In range of what they sup
posed was a young buck. Both mel
fred and killed the quarry. Benwood
witnessed the shooting and, accom-
panied by a farm hand, started to head
OF the hunters. who had discovered
their mistake and were making for
the road leading to Montclair. The
farmers gave chase and the hunters,
seeing they were followed, took to the
woods, but after a six-mile fight were
overtaken near the new state normal
school at Montclair heights. They
were inclined to Taught at the affair at
first and offered i've dollars to Ben
wood. Make it $50 or you both go to
JAIL" he said. The hunters made up
the money between them and were al
lowed to depart.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
ENJOYING a Painful VENGEANCE.

It was one of the stories told at the
banquet of the Central Dentists asso-
citation, and the best one. Most of the
tooth pullers had been called upon.
They, had told stories of experiences
with patients that caused reminiscent
smiles to hover over the faces of the
other diners.
zone of the funniest patients l ever
had" declared one, twas a man who
came into my Broad street office some
weeks ago. He was just from the
farm. His boots were muddy and his
hair unkempt.
81 want this blame tooth pulled
he said, pointing to his swollen jaw.
"He sat in the chair. I got my for
ceps and he opened his mouth. 1 was
trying to locate the tooth, when his
jaws closed SO suddenly l thought he
would bite my finger.
"'Say, doc,' he said, pull it a little
bit, then twist it. Worry the darn
thing, worry it. It's been worrying me
for the last week, and l want to get
even. '"-Newark Star.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
Queer Meal Before Hanoino.

Amid remarkable demonstrations of
Joy from the natives of the district,
Camille Favre was guillotined at
Saintes, France, recently. The Grim
fnal had been convicted of the muir.
der of a little six-year-old girl and
his execution gave unbounded delight
to the mothers of the town, who
crowded the windows of the houses
in the square outside the prison, and
uttered cries of satisfaction at the
moment the knife fell. Favre spent
the last days of his life, like many a
prisoner before him, in making friends
with dumb creatures. There were lit.
tie birds which flew in and about the
courtyard of his prison, and the man
who had been guilty of the most bru-
tai of crimes occupied himself in keep
ing sparrows as pets. He caught a
dozen of them, kept them, tanned
them, and began to love them. His
wardens thought that after all there
must be a touch of human feeling in
this man. But were they right? He
loved them SO well that he made a re-
quest of the prison governor concern
ing his pets. MAY 1 have six Of
them," he begged, 'for my evening
meal? Tomorrow" he added, with
the utmost sangfroid-"to-morrow 1
will finish the other six" On the
next morning he vas executed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-30
OLD WEDGW00D CREAM WARE
Three Glasses of Work of Inventor
That Collectors Should Keep
In Mind.

Josiah Wedgwood was eclipsed by
his own greatness. His world-renown-
ed jasperware is his greatest triumph
and has overshadowed all his other
work. His Egyptian black ware, or
basalt, In itself would have won re-
nown for any other English potter.
His marbled wares r distinctive
enough to have placed him high on the
list of ceramic inventors.
So it has come to pass that his
e~arthenware, the very English cream
ware, or Queens ware, as he termed
it after 1865, whene Queen Charlotte
gave him her patronage and command
ed him to call himself Potter to her
Majesty" has suffered by being re-
garded as the poorer relation of his
other work.
1t cannot be too strongly urged upon
collectors to pay particular attention
to three classes of cream ware. First,
the u~ndecorated or plain, represent
ing the most perfect symmetry and
rivaling the work of the s%ilversmith.
There are delightful teapots of bold
design and exquisite dishes of pierced
work without equal in English earth
enware. Secondly, the transfer print
ed ware of the early days, when the
cream ware was sem to Liverpool to
Sadler and Green. Lastly, the paint
ed or enameled cream ware, of which
the Catherine II. service stands as the
greatest triumph.-Lady's Pictorial.