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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
President Brown a Candidate.

President w. @. Brown Of the New
York Central lines will be a candidate
for the United States Senate in the State
of Iowa.
He will seek to defeat Senator Cum
minis for reelection in 1913.
At present the Office which is held by
President Brown pays salary Of $75, 900
a year. II he is elected Senator from
his native State he will be forced to re-
sign his position with the New York
Central lines.
Just why a nan who enjoys a salary
equal to that which is paid the President
of the United States should resign it to
accept one which pays just one-tenth Of
the amount is known, possibly, to Mr..
Brown alone. Possibly some Of his rail-
associates may be in the secret.
To the man Of business judgment the
change does not appear logical, unless
there is an Interior motive in it.
If Mr.. Brown is elected he will be the
second railroad magnate ever elected to
the Senate.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew was the
first.
The general public, while having the
greatest regard for railroad presidents,
also seems to fear them in a Senatorial
capacity. This may seem a paradoxical
view, but it is nevertheless true.
To the ordinary voter the mere fact
that a man is willing to relinquish a
princely salary for one only a tenth in
value is sufficient to create doubt.
Why should he do such a thing? is
the question which occurs to him. Why
should he, unless he has certain 0 r
porate interests to serve which will, in
the end, be more profitable than the
position OF railroad president?
1t is probably unjust to impugn any
mans reasons for seeking one Of the
greatest political positions in the gift Of
the people OF his State, but when a man
becomes a candidate he steps upon the
line and must expect to be shot
at. He then becomes a public charac-
ter and must expect things to be writ
ten and said both for and against him.
President Brown, when but a lad,
worked on a farm in Iowa. His early
life was passed in thrift and activity in
the rural sections OF the State. BY his
own energy, pluck and perseverance he
worked himself to his present eminence.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
FREMONT.

Mrs. Ebert Garrison is dangerously
sick with tophoid fever.
Prof. Henry Snow began school at
Cid Fremont last Monday.
Miss Ruth Hicks, of Crescent, paid a
recent visit to Miss Ida Ray.
Rev. jackson win begin his protract-
ed meeting here next Sunday.
nj. and Mrs. lawson Williams are
the proud parents or a fine baby boy.
Mrs. Alice looms spent several days
last week with relatives in Union City.
Rev. Mayo preached a fine sermon to
a large audience at Antioch last Sum
day.
Rev. Light. of Troy. win preach here
the first Saturday night and Sunday in
August.
Mesdames Annie Killion and Dora
Clack were shopping in Union City
Tuesday.
Miss Elite B. CIoar, Of Union City,
was the guest Sunday Of Miss Katie
Cunningham.
Quite a number from here attended
the ice cream supper at Reelioot last
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Howard, Of
Crescent, were the guests Sunday Of Mrs.
Gracy Caldwell.
Mrs. Sallie Caldwell and little daugh-
ter, Willie ", visited relatives here the
first Of the week.
Mrs. Mollie Caldwell and daughter,
Ruby, paid a recent visit to relatives in
Jordan and Fulton.
Mr.. r. A. Bumpas and family went
to Troy Saturday to attend the burial
of Mrs. Alex Baker.
Mrs. Biddie Glover, from near Paris,
was here last week, the guest OF her
brother, Charlie Cloar.
Mrs. Billie Owen has returned home
from an extended visit to relatives and
old home friends in Gibson County.
Mrs. Mickey Caldwell returned home
last week, from New Madrid, where she
was called to the bedside of her sister,
Miss Ellie Wilson; who was very sick
typhoid fever.
Quite a few enjoyed a neighborhood
fishry in the "A. B. sCaudle woods lot on
the Fourth. The day was pleasantly
spent in conversation, eating fish, Ice
cream, and drinking lemonade.
w II. yinson, who is doing a gen
eral merchandise business here, discov-
cred to his surprise a few days ago that
he was also doing q thriving poultsy
business when his egg cases began H.
cubating chickens. He at once found
a market for his eggs, as he. didn' t care
to have a lot of motherless chickens on
his hands. VIOLET.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
SANDERS CHAPEL.
Health is not so good.

Health is not so good.
Crops needing rain.
MI. and Mrs. Ed Osborne and chill
dren, Of Bethel, were Sunday guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Stephens.
Miss Beatrice Brown, Of Union City,
and Miss Elaine Joyner, Of Houser Val
ley, attended services here Sunday.
Rev. Morgan preached an excellent
sermon here Sunday afternoon.
Miss Willie Douglas was a Monday
shopper in Union City.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kersey we're III
Union City shopping Monday.
Miss Mae Osborne, Of Rock Springs,
was a Saturday night and Sunday visitor
Of Miss Maud Douglas.
Misses Aletha Pate and Bessie Kersey,
Of Rock Springs, were Sunday visitors
Of Miss Clara Kersey.
Sunday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Williams were Rev. Morgan and wife
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Covington, Of
Harris.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
New Church Building.

Members Of the Shady Grove Metho-
dist Church are preparing to erect a
new building, the plans and specifica-
tons now being in the hands of the
contractors. The new building will be
erected on the lot where the old build
ing now stands, about three miles east
OF this city. 1t will be a frame struc-
ture, about 35 by so feet, neat and mod
ern in appearance, and win cost about
$1,000. The contract will be awarded
tomorrow and work pushed to COM
pletion at once.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Mrs. Geo. Edmonds.

Hickman, KY, July 12.-Mrs. Geo.
Edmonds died very suddenly yesterday
at her home in West Hickman. She
had been i'll for several weeks with
typhoid fever, but was thought to be
recovering. A storm had come up, and
she got up from bed and started across
the room to shut the door, when she
suddenly fell. Death was due, it is
thought, to heart trouble. She is sur
vived by a husband and five little chill
dren.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

1t may be an u~ngratifed ambition that
he is seeking to crafty.
In this day, when the Senate is being
charged with so many offenses, ii is
open TO suspicion. II President Brown
does seek to represent railroad interests
he will be no worse than Senator Du-
Pont, the late Senator Scott and ex-
Senator Aldrich, Senator ~Guggenheim,
Senator Lodge and others.
The Senate is said to be the birth
place of dollar legislation and all can
didates are regarded with a certain
amount Of suspicion. Commercial APP
neal
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
FARM o SALE.

BY virtue OF the power and authority
vested in me by the last will and tesla
ment OF e. G. Malone, deceased, in
which I, the undersigned, Miss G. e.
Malone, was named as executrix, and
which will was duly probated in the
County Court OF Obion County, Ten
nessee, and by direction in said last
will and testament /. as such execu-
trix, on
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Sale Of Personal Properly.
Executrix OF the Will Of
e. G. Malone, deceased.

On Saturday, Julys15, 1911, al
about 2 O'Clock p. m. at the court.
house door in Union City, Tenn, !
will sell to the highest and best bidder
the following property;
One medicine case and books,
One-half undivided interest in eight
hogs, at. = ~,
One piano, frN ..,ss
One bay mare,
One 2-year-old fily,
Two young mules,
Two old mules,
0ns top buggy.
The hogs are in the lot formerly
owned by Dolph Davis, the, mare and
FLY are in the lot known as the Harri-
son property on Harrison and Ury
streets, the piano, medicine case and
books can be seen at the residence OF
Mrs. Anna Holloway, corner Harrison
and Try streets.
Terms OF sale made known on day OF
sale. G. b. WHITE,
Administrator w. w. Holloway estate.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Saturday, the Fifth Day of
August. 1911,

at about 2 O'Clock D. M, at the east
door OF the Courthouse 10 Union City,
Tennessee, will offer for sale and sell al
public auction to the highest and best
bidder, on the terms hereinafter stated,
the following described tract or parcel
of farming land situated in Civil Dis
trict No. 2 OF 0bion County and State
OF Tennessee, and about two miles
southwest from tbe village Of Wood
land Mills, and is bounded as follows,
to-wit: On the north by the lands OF
Bud Ferguson and ]. G. Preuett, on the
south by land OF Tod Thomas, on the
east by land Of ID. #. Marshall, and on
the west by lands OF j. G.. Isbell, and
contains % 1-5 acres. as shown by re-
cent survey, and most Of which is
cleared and in cultivation. Said land
is rented for the present year, and pos
session thereof will be delivered to the
purchaser as the crops now growing are
gathered and taken off.
TERMS OF SALE.-+One-third cash and
the balance to be paid in two equal in
stallments, for which notes will be re-
quired bearing interest from day OF sale
and to become due and payable six and
twelve months after date respectively
and a vendors lien will be retained on
said land to secure payment Of the
same.
June 90, 1911.
MISS G. E. MALONE.
Executrix OF the Will OF
IA II ~ ANal1no Ioo~..nd
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Iron Bridges and County History.

Capt. Jas. w. Askins, of Number
Seven, was in the city Saturday and a
pleasant visitor at this office. The Cap
tain was very much interested at the no.
tice which appeared in these columns last
week referring to Esq. Brice and iron
bridge building in the county. He says
the magistrates Of the younger set have
done some good and noble work, but
insists that the iron bridge work was
started in the county years and years
ago, and that the suspension span bridge
on the Stanley road has been completed
just 81 years. Harvey Edmonston, Sam
F. Howard and j. w. Askins, then
Of the County Court, were
the commissioners in charge of the
work. The bridge is standing to-day
and has cost very little in anything for
The average life of the old
fashion wooden structure is, according
to Capt. Askins, about z or s years.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
NEWS NOTES.

There are 200 strikebreakers in Cleye-
land and an attempt will be made to
start work in one Of the garment fac
tories,
The annual report Of Grand Secretary
Robinson shows hat the Elks instituted
forty new lodges and now have a mem
bership Of $50, 677.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Mission Departments.

The home department of missions
met at the Methodist Church Monday,
July 10, and decided not to meet again
this month.
Foreign department will meet first
Monday in August.
Home department will meet third
Monday in August.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Real Estate Transfers.

G. G.. Cummings ct al. to Vines Beard,
two lots in No. IS, $500.
A. X, Wells ct al. to J. B. Beard, -four
lots in 0bion. $500.
Mrs. Nettie Payne ct al. to Jas. H.
Jones, 55 acres in No. 2, IS, 800.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Look Il Up.

The professor says my bathing suit
is rather ~exiguous."
rs hat a compliment"
II really don't know. I'm going
after the dictionary now"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
Vacation Tours

Via the Mobile & Ohia Railroad
Greatly reduced round trip fares to
points East, West, North and North
west. Liberal return limits. Stop
overs. Plan your summer trips now,
The nearest ticket agent OF the Mobile
& Ohio Railroad will be pleased TO .give
full information regarding fares, ETC.,
or write. :
14-aug17
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

FOR RENT OR SALE--One Groom
cottage. Thoroughly modern newly
papered and painted. Fine shade and
fruit trees. Easy terms if sold. Dr..
w. M. Turner. Phone 22l. 14-tf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

FOR SALE-My house on e. Church
street. Lot 110x133. Six rooms, hall,
bath, hot and cold water, hardwood
doors, cabinet mantles, commodious
and convenient outhouses and barn,
large number fruit trees 100000
terms. (52-t) CBAs. H. Conn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

FOR SALE-Two good. young, fresh
milk COWS. 90 JAKE Caldwell.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26
DEFINING AND MIMBRES VALLEY
DEMNG AND SILVER CITY MAY MIX UP" OVER POLITICS
IN COMING ELECTION --DEM|NG FARMERS PROGRESSIVE

ter of insurance against unforeseen
contingencies
Land office Business.
The following business was trans
acted in the local land office:
Application to make final proof by
Leroy Hon on northwest quarter OF
section IS, township rs south, range
8 west.
Application to make final proof by
Nora Baker, southeast quarter section
5, township "a south. range west.
John B. Taylor, desert entry, north
west Quarter section 25, township "a
south, range 10 west
Roy B. Cutler, desert entry, south
half of the northeast quarter and north
half Of the southeast quarter township
23 south, range west
Agnes Dornsife. desert entry. east
half section %, township 26 south,
range 9 west.
Application to contest Cora G. Mat
thews VS.. ]. Glenn Huff. southwest
quarter of southeast quarter. south half
of southwest quarter and northwest
quarter of southwest quarter section
10, township %. range 9 west.
Thos. K Rourke. desert entry. west
half section 6, ownship 20 south, range
IL west.
Elma E. Rourke, west half section
81, township % south, range IL west.
Deming Briefs.
Word comes from Mrs. J. B. Taylor,
who was called to Cromwell, KY, to
attend her mother, who was severely
i'll, that her mother has about recov-
cred. Mrs. Taylor will return to DEM
ing within the next week.
r. L. Miller has opened a real es-
tate office in the building occupied
by Messrs. Lester & Perry, abstrac-
tors.
r. B. Snyder left Deming for Dodge
City. Kan, where he will spend a cou-
pie of weeks on business.
G. w. o. Martin and wife have re-
turned from the Mimbres Hot Springs.
where they have been for the last six
weeks.
A. d. Kennedy, of Houston. Texas,
has taken a position in the Tricomoli
can barber shop.
Messrs. Cooper & McTeer have
opened a real estate office in the
Fielder building.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

barley which is especially desired by
the brewers, and altogether SO many
other fruits, grains and trees that TO
mention them would be like quoting a
botany.
Persfmmons as Big as BasebalIs.
Among the fruits in which the de-
partmenr is especially interested just
now is the persimmon. Not the little
persimmon as big as a walnut which
grows in our south, but the japanese,
Chinese and Korean persimmons which
are as big as baseballs or larger. /
have eaten them in all of these coun-
tries and I verify believe they are the
most delicious fruit upon earth. Some
kinds look like mammoth tomatoes,
and when ripe are so soft they can be
scooped up with a spoon. Others are
eaten while still hard like apples. and
others are frozen and served like q
sherbet or Roman punch.
These Asiatic persimmons are beau
tiful- They are sometimes of an
orange red color, measuring from three
to five inches in diameter, and often
weighing more than q pound. Frank
N Meyer, one of the most expert Of
our agricultural explorers. has dis
covered one which is as seed1ess as a
navel orange, which has no quicker
and can be eaten when green and
hard. 1t is known as the Tamopan
persimmon and was found, I believe,
somewhere near the Ming Tombs. north
of Picking, Nm a climate colder than
any of our states of the south. He has
sent cuttings which will be grated
on our persimmon trees. and 1t may
be that this fruit will some day De
almost as common as apples me
trees are said to be hardy. They bear
so heavily that the limbs break ana
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

to the same bureau, he could easily
command a salary of $4,000 a year,
If he chose to leave the department
Mr. Meyer has travelled all over
China Manchuria and Siberia. sending
us new fruits, nuts and grains In adj
dition to the persimmon, he has given
us score or more new peaches. which
are now being tested Some of these
are as large as navel oranges; others
have a flesh which is blood red, look
ing more like that of a beet root than
anything else. He has sent in the
socalled honey peach, which grows in
Shantung, and the beef peach of
Shansi, which looks like raw meat.
Some ofsthe peaches now being tested
are flat. and they are of all shades
from green and yellow to rich rosy
rcd.
Mr.. Meyer has sent in many apricots
from China, and wild apricots from
Manchuria and northern Korea. which
will stand more cold and drouth than
anything we now have Some Of these
apricots have been successfully tested
at Boston, and some even as far north
as Wisconsin.
We are indebted to Mr.. Meyer also
for new Chinese varieties of piums,
cherries, ounces and apples, as well as
for other fruits which the department
expects will be grown in different parts
Of the country. One Of the most i'm
portant of the latter is the jujube, the
fruit OF which is not unlike dates
and can be eaten fresh, dried and pre-
served, and also stewed or smoked. The
jujube will grow in an alkali soil, and
it is well adapted to some of the dry
lands of the west.
Frank c. Carpenter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

Deming, N. NJ, Aug. 26.-While Luna
county is normally Democratic coun-
". there has since the last general
election been a large influx of settlers,
and the political complexion of this
increase, it is impossible to determine.
There is no doubt that the largest pro-
portion of settlers has been from Illli-
nois, Nebraska, Iowa and adjoining
states. However, it is generally con-
ceded that the county is still safely
Democratic. At the present time there
are two Republican officeholders in
the county, the sheriff D. B. Stephens.
and the treasurer, Chris Raithel.
From talk on the streets, it can be
gathered that there will be number
of candidates for Democratic nomina-
ton for the office Of county assessor
at the coming election. 1t is not likely
that the present incucmbent, c. w.
Cook, will be again candidate for
the nomination c. c. Rogers, Albert
Field, Ney B. German and ]. B. Hodg-
don are spoken of as likely candidates
for the Democratic nomination for this
position Lee o. Lester. the present
probate clerk and exofficio recorder
will be candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the position Of
county clerk. d. B. Stephens, the pres
ent sheriff, has announced that he will
be a candidate for nomination on the
Republican ticket for the same office.
It is understood generally that Chris
Raithel will also be a candidate for
reelection to the treasureship.
In the matter of the district attor-
neyship and district judgeship. a pc
culiar condition exists. The district is
composed of Grant and Luna counties.
Grant county is numerically strong
enough to control the district conven-
ton. Should they use this strength
to nominate on the Democratic ticket
a Silver City man for both these
offices, it is quite likely that a strong
Republican candidate for judge could
muster enough Democratic and indie
pendent votes in Luna county J and
enough Republican votes in Grant
county to land the job. The Demo-
Gratis of Luna county seeen to have
no available man for district attorney,
but for the judgeship they think they
have just the man, so it is quite likely
that in the Democratic district con-
vention Luna county will make a
strong fight for one certain Luna
county Democrat for judge.
a number of prominent politicians
o. Deming, both Democratic and Re-
publican, are away on their summer
vacations They will return shortly.
however, and things will evidently be-
gin to warm up.
WatermeIons In Luna County.
Henry Meyer has just shipped from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

his own patch and from the Van
ons to Silver City. The 274 melons
averaged in weight trifle over 20
pounds apiece. In this carload were
melons grown by Earl Craig on the
Van Sickle ranch from the seed Of one
Tom Watson melon to the amount OF
s45. The melon from which these
profitable seed was taken was prize
winner at the Luna County fair last
season.
Rev. W. E. FouIks one of the most
successful Deming gardeners and or
chardists, is planting three acres of
fall onions on his place, four miles
south of town. He is also planting one
acre to fall cabbage, and a considerable
acreage to beets and turnips for win
ter feed. He will also increase his
acreage in orchard this fall.
improvements On Farms.
Col. L. J. Carter is making extensive
improvements on his desert claim, 16
miles south of Deming. He is prepar
ing to insal this year pumping plant
large enough to take care of his en-,
tire tract He will plant to crop next
years 80 acres. Considerably this side
of Mr. Carriers place and just north.
of the Mountain View neighborhood.
Sam T. Clark and DR.. A. J. Hulen have
been putting good Improvements upon
their homesteads. F. w. Jansen in
the same locality has grubbed rs acres,
built a nice three room cottage and
a large barn.
Big Pumping Proposition.
The Little Vineyards company has
just completed it's second well. 1t is.
$50 feet in depth and contains % feet
of good water bearing material The
pit is 26 inches in diameter and 81 feet
in depth 1900 gallon pump will.
be installed at depth of SO feet from
the surface, and will be operated with
a 80 horse power direct connected mo-
tor The pump and motor are already.
on the ground and the work OF in
stalation is being pushed rapidly.
This company brought in it's first
we'll only about three weeks ago, and
are now watering 80 acres of crop.
Both these wells are for the purpose
of retaining about 1000 acres of land
lying from a mile to three miles east
of Deming. While under ordinary cir
cumstances these two wells will be
amply sufficient to irrigate and re-
claim this tract, a third well will be
put In before another season, as a mat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-26

they last for 40 or SO years before the
fruit fails.
There are many other persimmons
in Asia which have seeds, but they all
grow large and they are one of the
most common fruits in the markets.
The natives have a method of taking
out the astringency or quicker by 1eav-
ing the fruit several days in cask or
tub which has once contained spir-
ituous liquor. The effect of the liquor
which is soaked into the wood seems
to take out the pucker. We are now
raising some Japanese persimmons in
Florida, where the crop is said to be
commercially profitable. There is no
doubt that the fruit can be grown
wherever out native persimmon now
thrives, and it is probable in many
places much farther north.
Frank Meyers Work.
Indeed, it is Impossible to estimate
the value of our agricultural expiora-
TONS They cost US comparatively lit
tie, but they yield bigger dividends
than any other money appropriated by
congress.
Take, for instance the work Of
Frank n. Meyer, the man who has sent
us the persimmons I have just men
toned He is now in Chinese Turkes-
tan, west of Tibet, travelling on foot
and on camels. looking up new plants
and seeds for arid lands. he receives.
all told, something like $4,000 year.
and out of this pays his travelling ex-
penses, doing the work more as an
enthusiast and for the good of the
country than as means of making a
living He is one of the most famous
of our botanists and plant experts, and
like Powell. who recently belonged