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Newark post., 1911-07-26

FOR RENT-The large Store
Room in Newark Opera House
Building. The best location and
lowest Mercantile Rent in town.
Newark post., 1911-07-26
FOR SALE AND RENT
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Brick Dwelling, rooms
and bath, on Delaware avenue.
FOR RENT-Dwelling, 7 rooms, South
Chapel street.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
Strength In Advancing Age.

To Hugo the years that bend and
weaken and wrinkle the genius Of the
master seem but to bring fresh
strength and energy and beauty He
ages like the lions. His brow, scanned
with august burrows. rises under a
name larger, thicker, more bristling
and more disheveled than ever before.
His yellow eyes are like suns within
caverns; when he roars, the other ami
mails are silent. Or. changing the com
parison. one might liken him to an oak
that dominates the forest, its enormous
wrinkled trunk bursting into leaf, its
branches mighty as trees It's deep
reaching roots drink of the sap OF the
heart Of the earth, its head almost
touches heaven. In its vast foliage the
stars shine at night, the birds sing at
dawn. It braves the sun, the tempest
Of the wind, the thunder and the rain.
The very scars OF the thunderbolt have
added to its beauty something formid-
able and superb.-Gautier's Portrait
Of Victor Hugo"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
NO USE.
n dllTGITh a&R%NEA
BATTLE OF AeINcoURT.

Agincourt, from which Henry v.
made his triumphal entry into Lon
don, is our English way of spelling
Azincourt, just as Blenheim is sim
liar corruption Of Blindheim. In
about 21a hours Henry's little army
slew 10000 Frenchmen, nearly twice
as many as we ourselves lost out
right in battle during our Boer war,
lasting over 21a years-and yet we
talk complacently of our modern
arms of precision !" A monument
at Agincourt marks the cemetery Of
the slain. Few battlefelds have
changed their appearance so little.
The field may be reached within a
railway hour from Boulogne, but few
tourists go to the scene Of the most
wonderful feat Of arms achieved by
our race.-London Chronicle.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
THE sQUAw AND HER SHAWL
How the Indian Woman Secures *.
clnslveness In Pattern Of Her
6ianket.

The Indian wears his blanket on
the hottest summer days. His the
DRY is that if it keeps out the cold
in winter it win keep out the heat
in summer, says Ben n. Myers Of
Oklahoma City, Okla.
While he might not care to buy
anything else expensive, the price Of
a suitable blanket is never ques-
toned, but it would be difficult in
deed to deceive him as to the texture
Of any robe.
"a squaw viii initiate almost any
thing that pleases her fancy, but in
the matter of her blanket or shawl
she exhibits an unusual amount Of
individuality. With great care and
patience she designs her blanket, and
when she places the order with the
mill man be does not dare duplicate
it until she has had an opportunity
to wear it.
eff she makes the request that it
shall not be duplicated her wishes
are regarded, because it is the one
article she possesses in which exclu-
siveness is much coveted, and also
because what would please one
squaw would not appear at all at
tractive to another.
"The lightweight shawl or blan-
ket is thrown over the head Of the
squaw, and unless she is able to pur-
chase a bright colored silk kerchief
1t will serve as her only bonnet as
well. 1t is just as common a sight
now to see the papoose securely
bound on the back of its mother by
a portion of her blanket as it used to
be to see the wee head of the Indian
babe peeping from the texas, or
frame CRADLE Washington Her
aid.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30


4 don't exactly like the way they
do things In North Dakota" said the
Chicago drummer as he was asked
about business in the west.
DO you mean mercantile?" was
queried.
Its social and mercantile mixed to
gether. For instance, / admired q
young lady in one of the villages out
there. called her honey / called
her thus because her real name was
Samantha. You wouldn't call me one
you loved "Samanth,' would your"
''Neverl"
My admiration grew cold, and she
sued me for breach of promise. They
said that calling her honey was the
same as asking her to be my wife.
Queer country, Ell? / should smile.
The girl served the papers on me her
self. skipped. and she was deputized
as a constable to overhaul me. She
did It. Come to find out her father
was the jailer, and she came and
looked at me through the cold. cold
bars"
1T was tough"
THE only man in town who might
have bailed me out was her cousin.
The only lawyer was her brother-in-
law. The Judge Of the circuit court
was her old uncle. had no show, and
had to come down"
Well. they found $75 on me, and
a nephew of my 'honey's' drove me
outside the county in 8 buggy and
dumped me out on the highway and
said the circus was over. I'm not kick
ing about the price, but do hate to
see one family hog everything"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
EaIIacIes About PAPER.

Chinese rice paper, said Lord Redes
dale in his address before the Royal
Photographic society, had no rice
whatever in its composition. That
curiously brittle, pure white material
used for the marvellous drawings OF
Chinese artists was manufactured from
the pith of tree peculiar to Formosa.
His lordship also stated that the
first paper was never made of raw cot.
ton. The Chinese did not use 1t, and
history began with the making of rag
paper, both In Arabia more than ten
centuries ago. and also in Europe when
the Crusaders having brought the In
dustry westward, the first paper manu-.
factory was established in the last
years Of the thirteenth century.-West.
minister Gazette
An Authors Insight.
There is no surer mark Of genius
than the intuitive insight into charac-
tiers and social conditions which the
author has no personal experience.
What does Ben know Of dukes?"
asked homely old Isaac Dlsraeli when
he heard the title Of his sons latest
novel. Trollope wrote ininitably Of
bishops and deans, when he had never
been In cathedral close In his life.
Young Disraeli wrote so well about the
great ones of the earth whom he had
never seen that the critics busted
themselves in finding keys to ~viv
ian Grey" and The Young Duke"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
Not 70 Be FooIsd.

Proudly young Tomkins displayed
the sights OF London to his uncle
fresh from the verdant country. They
visited St Paul and the Embankment
and the National Gallery and all the
places they could get IN free. and as
an especial treat. they visited a music
hall, where a trombone solo was in
progress when they entered.
With rapt attention the old man
watched the tnstrumentalist's facial
contortions. At the close the audience
applauded thunderousIy. but the old
man sat mute.
Well" said young Tomkins, didn't
you like 10"
Vera good. vera good, no doubt
nodded the old man, but we country
folk Gamma be taken in so easy az ali
that: / knew ali the time he waeut
a-swaiIcwip' Of iti"--Answers.
They DO Things Better in France.
It is no easy matter to be married
In France, says F. Berkeley Smith.
IN Success Magazine One great
thing in favor of so sacred cere-
mony is that 1t cannot be hastily per
formed. 1t is an event requiring
months Of preparation. Of the signing
of endless papers. the certificates Of
birth and the consent of parents. I'M
I'll at last the wedding day, which has
been arranged for to the entire salts
faction of every one concerned, in
Guiding the legal authorities. arrives.
If marriage is difficult, divorce is even
more SO. There are no such romantic
and youthful adventures as clipping on
a $12 capital-handing ten to the
accommodating parson and wiring for
forgiveness with the chang,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
MATERIAL EQUIPMENT.

TYou exposed yourself needlessly,
Maria" said Mr.. Dorkins severely,
"Here You are threatened with a bad
cold, and you are in no condition to
meet it"
"That's all you know about it,
john" wheezed Mrs. Dorkins. Tive
got SO handkerchiefs."
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30

One of the Imperial Cabinet officers
in Pekin sought refuge in the quarters
Of the American legation, his life having
been threatened by rebel assassins. The
revolt in China has assumed more
serious turn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30

Dispatches from Pekin indicate that
the Chinese revolution may end quick
ly. The Chinese throne has granted all
the demands of the National Assembly
and it is said a constitutional govern
ment for China will be established.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30

It was announced by the College Of
Bishops Of the Methodist Church, South,
in session at Dallas, that $305, 900 Of d
proposed million dollar endowment fund
for the Southern Methodist University
to be erected at Dallas bad been secured.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30
couIdn,t Understand IL.

This STOCK, SAID the promoter, is
fully paid up and nonassessable."
"Well, if it's fully paid up" replied
the man who was inexperienced in
such matters, Il can't see why you
want me to put money into it.
Wouldn't that be unfair to the people
who paid it up?"
You are to know there Is night as
well as day fishing fora trout; and
that In the night the best trouts come
out OF their holds. And the manner of
taking them is on the top Of the water
with a great lob or garden worm, or
rather two, which you are to fish with
In stream where the waters run
somewhat quietly. for In stream the
bait will not be so well discerned. Z
say In a quiet or dead place, near to
some swift, there draw your bait over
the top OF the water, to and fro, and
II there be good trout in the hole,
he win take 1t. especially If the night
be dark, for then he is bold, and lies
near the top of the water. watching
the motion Of any frog or water rat,
or mouse, that swims betwixt him and
the sky; these he hunts after II he
sees the water but wrinkle or move in
one Of these dead holes, where these
great old trouts usually lie, near to
their holds; for you are to note that
the great old trout is both subtle and
fearful, and lies close al day, and does
not usually stir out OF his hold, but lies
In It as close in the day as the timor-
GUS hare does in her form; for the
chief feeding OF either is seldom in the
day, but usually in the night, and then
the great trout feeds very boldly
Walton's Compleat Angler.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-06-30

Paid = Ghosts Debt.
An amusing story Of an old woman's
superstition came before Judge Drum
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31

but were in such a hot fire that they
were unable to hold it. In this acton
fell Major Gavitt and Captain High
man, both Of Indiana
Aside from this one reverse every
thing favored the Federals. and the
foe was soon in full retreat. which
finally became a rOut. The pursuit
was kept up till nightfaN. ald one
troop of cavalry continued it far into
the night, bringing back one gun anu
several prisoners. The next morning
the whole Union army resumed the
pursuit, but after following for ten
miles and sending a troop Of cavalry
forward twelve miles farther. gave UP
the chase and returned to Frederick
town.
Colonel Plummer reported six killed
and sixty wounded on the Union side
and Sai1 he buried 15S of the enemy,
and other bodies were found later. he
took eighty prisoners. thirty eight or
whom were wounded. The Ccnfeder'
ate colonel. Lowe. who had been the
leader of Il command of Independents
only less troublesome than that OF
Thompson. was killed.
General Grant wrote a letter OF con-
gratulations to Colonel Plummer and
thanked others of the command. Gen
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31

MAJOR CHARLES ZAGoNYI, U. S. A., LEAD
Err OF A CAVALRY CHARGE AT SPRING
FIELD, MO.
Major Frank j. White with about 100
cavalrymen. known as the pirate
Scouts" who had no part in the
charge at Springfield, though Captain
y. Naughton of the Irish dragons as
serted that about fifty of the dragons
had participated in three assaults.
Captain Naughton himself was wound
ed in the beginning Of the action. At
any rate, it is certain that the Union
force did not exceed 200 and that the
enemy numbered about 1000.
Zagonyi's charge was one of the
most dashing and brilliant actions Of
the early part of the war. Several
miles out of Springfield the bodyguard
captured the advance pickets Of the
.Confederates, but one of these escaped
and gave the alarm. Therefore when
the Union men reached Springfield
they found the enemy in battle array.
The nature. of the ground was such
that it gave little opportunity for Ia
gonyi to form his men. Before going
Into the action he warned his COM
imand of the strength of the enemy
and told them that possibly no man
would come back alive. IF any of you
would turn back you can do so now"
he added, but not one stirred II will
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31
WOman'S Exchange.

New fall samples of dress goods.
fancy good, etc. Infants clothes a
speciality, New California toilet ar
ticles, Bon Ton & Sempre Giovine,
always Young, subscriptions for
all magazines and club offers. Big
reduction in club offers for 80 days
Flora P. SroNER, Mgr.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31
Nv yAr1Es A. EDGERToN.
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ton. 1911.

[e;opyright by American Press ASsocla-
ton. l911.l
AFTER the battle Of Balls Blum
n there followed weeks Of com
4 a parative inactivity in military
affairs about Washington 1t
was during this interval that the half
sarcastic phrase was coined, "All quiet
along the Potomac"
There was one tragic aftermath OF
the i'll starred action near Leesburg
that deserves mention. 1t helped 10
increase the burden of the president.
Colonel Baker and Mr.. Lincoln had
long been bosom friends. G. G. Coffin,
who was at McClelan's headquarters
when the president heard Of Baker $
death, tells this incident, and 1t is re
heated in Ida NJ. Tarbell's Life OF Lin
coin"
1t was a bright October afternoon.
and Mr.. Lincoln. as was his habit,
went to headquarters for the latest
news from the front. After greeting
the correspondents he followed an at
tendant into General McCle!lan's room.
after which there was silence except
for the click of the telegraph instru-
ments. give minutes passed said
Mr.. Coffin, land then Mr.. Lincoln. I'M
attended, with bowed head and tears
rolling down his furrowed cheeks, his
face pale and wan, his breast heaving
with emotion, passed through the
room. He almost fell as he stepped
into the street. We sprang involuntarl-
Iy from our seats to render assistance,
but he did not fall. With both hands
pressed upon his heart he walked down
the street, not returning the salute Of
the sentinel pacing his beat before the
door
General Mcclellan came q moment
later. 4 have not much news to tell
you he said. There has been move,
ment of the troops across the Potomac
ut Edwards Ferry, under General
Stone, and Colonel Baker is reported
killed. That is about all can give
you"
Zagonyi's Charge.
During the week ending Oct. y
there were several actions of minor
importance in other parts of the coun
try, the most thrilling of which was
the celebrated charge of General Ere
monts bodyguard, led by Major
Zagonyi, at SpriM %!ield. This occurred
on the Goth. X9G nyi was Hunga
rian who had seen service in the ole
world. There were only about lot
men in the bodyguard. Cooperating
with them before the charge was
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31
The War Fifty Years Ago

Echoes Of the Federal Disaster at Balls Bluff---Nalor
Zaeonyi's Celebrated Charge at Springfield NO.
Battle at Fredericktown, Mo-, In the Department
Commanded by Brisadier General u 5 Grant---Con,
federates Under General Jeff Thompson Defeated and
Forced TO Rehabilitation at Romney Western Nir-
snia. and Series of Skirmishes In Kentucky.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31

lead you" he then shouted. "Let the
| watchword lie The Union and Ere
mont. Draw sabcrS! by the right
flank quick trot march,"
Where Impetuosity Won.
To get mt the enemy it was neres.
sary to traverse narrow lane. where
the Felerals were subjected TO muir
derous fire. At the end Of this lane
was a stout rail fence that had to be
thrown down. Notwithstanding these
obstacles the guard swept through
with a shout like thunder. Beyond
the lane the Union commander sent a
detachment Of thirty men against the
center of the Confederate cavalry, ana
with such impetuosity was the charge
made that the opposing line was
broken. Zagonyi then ordered his
whole line to charge In open order.
and they struck the foe with Whlrl-
wind velocity, sending the southern
infantry scampering to cover in
nearby wood and driving the cavalry
pellmell into the town, fighting them
through the streets and finally captur-
ing or dispensing them all.
When the carnage was at its helgM
in the streets of Springfield the Union
women faced the danger and came on;
of their houses to wave handkerchief'
and cheer the victorS on. The S!augn
ter was fearful More than half OF
Zagonyi's force was killed. wounded
or missing. Several Of the men had
two or three horses shot under them
but captured Confederate horses ana
went on. The charge started at about
4 o'clock in the afternoon. and 1t was
dark when the fighting ceased. There
were nearly twenty charges through
the streets. When 1t was all over Ia
gonyi released the Union prisoners that
he found in the town and raised the
stars and stripes over the courthouse.
Then reassembling the home guard
| and leaving about twenty additional
men to look after the dead and wound
| ed he gathered together the seventy OF
his men left and returned to Fremont $
main army, which was then approach
ing. Major Zagonyi reported that he
had captured twenty-seven prisoners,
sixty stands of arms and $4,000 in gold.
Later statements made the Union kill
ed in the action twenty-five and that
Of the Confederates sixty. Fremont
pronounced it really Balaklava
charge" and "a noble example to the
army"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31
Battle of Fredericktown.

This was not the only gallant ac-
ton of the week in Missouri. -Four
DAYS earlier was fought small but
brilliant battle at FredericktoWn
which resulted in putting Jeff Thomp-
son temporarily out of business The
action really occurred on the last day
of the previous week, the DIST, but the
pursuit started on the 22d and lasted
till the oath. General Grant was at
this time in command at Cape Girar-
deau and one of the tasks assigned
him by Fremont was to look after
General Thompson, known as the
swamp Fox" This was before
Grant was known to the country at
large, yet in the campaign against
Thompson he exhibited some OF the
characteristics that afterward made
him famous. He did not participate
| in the affair personally, but sent Colo
mel ]. B. Plummer. of the Eleventh
Missouri, telling him where to find
Thompson if he found that elusive
individual at all, directing Plummer
to communicate with the Union force
at Pilot Knob, and trusting details to
his own Judgment as the man on the
ground. This was characteristic of
Grant. He always left his interiors
free IN the matter of details. while
holding them strictly accountable for
/ results
| Colonel Plummer started after
Thompson on the 18th and reached
Fredericktown at noon of the 21st
/ There he found Colonel w. P, Carlin
with about 5000 men, who had adj
vanced from Pilot Knob. General
! Thompson had left Fredericktown the
night before. taking the Greenvile
road. Colonel Carlin turned over to
! Plummer parts of three regiments of
| infantry, n troop of cavalry and a
! battery. but not without dispute as
to seniority in command. Plummer
previously had $500 troops and the
accessions raised his force to above
5000. He reported that the Confed-
crates had in the neighborhood of 1900.
but this was denied by Thompson.
Wiping Out jeff Thompson.
At / o'clock Plummer was in motion
and had not proceeded more than half
a mile along the Greenville road when
! his advance guard encountered the
enemy. Deploying one regiment to the
! left in a corutield, Colonel Plummer
! brought up battery and opened fire
on the enemy until he compelled re-
4 cropSo Tho ,Ahar FORCES Uprp then
/ brought up and deployed to right and
left, when the battle opened all along
the line. lasting two hours and half.
One of the hottest actions of the day
occurred on the Union right. opposite
which General Thompson himself was
! in command. Here Confederate can
| non had been stationed in the road,
and a troop of Union cavalry was or
dered to capture it, which they did.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-10-31

lead you" he then shouted. "ret the
watchword lie The Union and Ere
mont" Draw SabrrS. BY the right
tlank-quick trot march,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-01-26
ftNCKSET BETHh KILLS HIM
SELF
Twelve Year Old Son of 4. w. BE
thea, Jr.. IL Student at Clafiin
University, is Victim of
Accident

Pickney Belhea, the l2-year-old
son of A. w Bethea, Jr., formerly
principal OF the Dillon colored grad
ed school, accidentally shot and
killed himself while pranking with
pistol in his room at his board
ing house i'll Orangeburg Sunday
morning at II o clock.
Bethea was student at Claflin
University. He entered the school
last fall, having completed his
course at the Dillon color0d school.
There was only one eye witness
to the killing-Johnnie Deas, IA
colored boy and friend of the de-
ceased. Deas was arrested. as il
was thought at the time that he
had something to do with the kill
ing of Bethea, but was later re-
leased when il was discovered that
the killing was accidental.
The body was shipped home Mon
day night.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-01-26

did not let the bill be debated up
on the floor of the House, but
forced 1t 70 committee report.
The bill will come this session la
ter, and will likely be passed. II
provides for the governors salary
four thousand dollars instead OF
three, which is taken by some to
be very small compensation. in
that congressman receive nearly
twice as much for one half as much
work. The bill will likely be
amended to five thousand dollars.
Other salaries are increased TO
twenty-five hundred instead of nine
teen hundred. The appropriation
Dill has not come up yet, but the
colleges and schools will receive
liberal support, as this assembly is
taken to be one very liberal in
places where liberality is necessary.
Local bills have characterized the
work of the House with few excep-
tions.
Wednesday, the 25th, is the day
Set for the elections and some lit
tie pulling here and there by friends
of the various candidates is the
vogue. A circuit judge, code COM
missioner, trustees of colleges are
among those to be elected.
The trip to Winthrop on the
18th was enjoyed by the members,
and the attention of Gen. Stewart,
together with the reception given
them by President johnson and
his faculty with the young ladies is
receiving warm expressions Of
thanks.