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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
Camp Meeting.

Warren Mcdonald Camp, U. O. w.,
met at the City Hall at p. M, about
thirty being present. In the absence
OF the commander w. w. Cacy acted
as commander pro tenn. Prayer was
offered by Senator F. M. McRee.
Minutes were read and approved and
motion carried to leave Union City on
the morning Of the 10th of October for
the Murfreesboro Reunion OF the Ten
nessee Division, U. G. ", leaving this
place at a. m.
The chair appointed the following
committee to co operate with the Leoni-
das Polk Chapter to serve them in max
ing preparations for the unveilng Of
the Confederate monument at this place
on Oct IS, 1911, and to render any
service on that date the ladies may re-
quire: Senator f. M. McRee, "A. L.
Brevard, M. Pitt McMurry, w. B.
Stovall, Senator ]. L. Cochran and j.
r. Hughes.
Motion to adjourn to meet at Horn
beak, Tenn, October 6, 1911.
R. W. POWELL, Adjt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06

and the West Kentucky people is: Al
you willing to join us in an effort /
find out if we have field in which a
interurbaa road can be proftably opel
ated9'
| 'Paducah business men have grea
confidence in this city; in this commu
nifty. Wehave all wanted and urged tina
efforts be made to secure connection
with the territory that is naturally ours
Are we anxious enough to contribute
800 to find out if an interurban roat
would be successful.
The proposition OF the Kentucky
Southwestern Interurban Co. to the peo
pie is as fair as any that can be made
II, after the careful survey of the terri.
ritory, close study of the population
shows us that such line will net 6 per
cent on the cost of construction, We
shall furnish the means to build it. No
one else will be asked to contribute a
cent.
I'VE propose to sell common stock
at $40 share in the company, to raise
$4,000 This, we estimate, will pay
for the report and the right of way, if
we find we want them. If the report
does not indicate that the scheme will
pay, the matter will be dropped, and
right here want to emphasize some-
thing:
II the report is that the line won t
pay | shall let the work go no farther.
| shall have the company liquidate and
what money is left will be returned to
the persons who have subscribed to the
fund.- If the report is
favorable, the line will be built and
everyone who has subscribed will have
stock that will easily be worth every
cent it cost.
We are getting letters from Living
ston, from Crittendon, Graves, Fulton,
all our neighbors, asking that
the line be surveyed through these coun-
lies, and assuring us that the necessary
'unds will be subscribed for the survey, |
md we want Paducah folk to be just as
Hickman proposes to give
S2, 900, free franchises, and free wharf
lge, and other communities are just as
,een for it,
/ believe it is worth 500 to every
business house in Paducah to know if we
lave community which will support an
We are all putting more
money into our business, eager to
ranch out, and here we have a means
+ determining if we are justified in it. s"
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water rushed downward with its mass OF
debris. Almost hill high the wood,
steel and brick were piled, strange
mixture of the contents OF stores and
homes and Of varied length OF timbers
and sticks.
The wreckage of the dam has been
as complete as it was sudden Two
sections from top to bottom, 100 feet
wide, were thrown out bodily like the
gates of a cadal lock. The outward
swing was more than fifty feet, and on
either side the remaining structure be-
gan gradually to crumble away. Re-
pairs last spring had consisted OF apatch
of cement fourteen feet square. One
of the severed sections yesterday began
at that patch.
The cause Of the breaking Of the dam
is matter which the District Attorney
OF Potter County has taken steps to in
vestigate
The dam was examined by experts
over a year ago, and certain recon-
mendations were made looking to its
safety The District Attorney has Sc
cured the names OF some OF the experts
who submitted the report to the Bayless
Company and will summon them to
testify at the inquest to begin some day
this week
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
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Get in Touch
With the Season

We have had some hot
days, but summer is passirg and
September is here. Then later on
will come some of those cool days
Have you bought that Fall Suit
or Overcoatp We have a full line
of the latest patterns for your Sc
lection and can make you a Made
to-Measure Suit or Overcoat, some
thing that will look swell, and the
cost well, come in and let us tell
you.
The new fashions gre here
awaiting your discriminating in
spection.
Latest patterns to besmade into
suits or overcoats.
Hats-all new,
Haberdashery-a all new.
Styles have changed, you know.
If there is a shadow of doubt in
your mind as to whats what
well agreeably enlighten you.
Ready any time you are.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
PADUCAH INTERURBAN
Investigation Made by Rhodes
Traction People Interested.


Traction People Interested.
Col. H. C. Rhodes is back fror
indianapolis, where he has been in con
ference with the officials Of the America
Traction and Power company, the OF
ganization that proposes TO furnish tn
money to build the contemplated inter
urban line, from Henderson, through
Paducah to Union City and Hickman.
7 am well satisfied with my visit, ;
Col. Rhodes said to Sun representative
Il have all along been very favorably
impressed with the scheme which Mr..
Wheaton had suggested, satisfied from
the credentials that Mr.. Wheaton
brought me that he knew his business,
and was sincere in the efforts he was
making to ascertain if an interurban
through this section Of Kentucky is
feasible and would prove profitable; and
| wanted heart-to-heart, face-to-face
talk with the men who proposed to sup
ply the funds for the road"
The American Traction and Power
company is new organization of sub
stantial indianapolis men. Indianapo-
lis, as you know, is the center Of one Of
the greatest interurban systems in the
country, over 400 trains coming into
that city every day, and its moneyed
men appreciate interurban roads as good
investments.
The men behind this company, in
seeking new field for operation, natur-
ally, they say, turn to west Kentucky,
where we have no interurbans, and if it
is shown by the careful, preliminary
survey we are having made that the line
will net six per cent or more, they will
furnish all the money necessary to build
it. Here is the proposition to us:
September 25, 1911.
Mr.. H. G. Rhodes, President,
Paducah, Ky,
Dear Sir Referring to conversation
with you to-day, also the reports Of our
Mr.. Wheaton, in connection with the |
financing and construction OF the pro-
posed electric railway, light and power
Of which you are president,
we beg to state that we shall be glad to
enter into an arrangement with you
ooking to this end, on the following
basis:
Ii the reconnaissance survey and COM
nercial report which we understand is
o be made for you by Major w. A.
Calhoun, shows satisfactory earning
bower, both from passenger and freight,
IS well as for light and power earnings,
md if your company can also show CON
racts for a private right-of-way, not
ess than 80 feet wide over your route,
ogether with satisfactory franchises,
rants OF depot and terminal sites, etc.,
We shall be glad to enter into contract
With your company to take over its
apital stock, and produce the funds for /
obstruction and equipment. |
1t is understood, however, that we
hall not be considered committed to {
his matter until we are placed in pos {
ession of said report, and the other i
ems herein-aboved described. I
When this is done we shall afford {
our people satisfactory evidence of $
ur financial standing and ability to q
AIRY out any contract we may make. !
Very truly yours, :
AMERICAN TRACTION q POWER Co. :
By H. G. Brubaker, President. h
Now the question for Paducah folk
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Attention, Company E.

Headquarters Company 4, Oct. 2,
Special order No. g. Members OF Com
pany f, First Regiment Reserves, G. v.
N. g., will assemble at their armory in
Union City, Tenn, on October 10, 1911,
at 7:30 O'Clock, where they will receive
orders to entrain, uniformed armed
and equipped for Murfreesboro, Tenn,
to be present at the State Reunion at
thst place. Opening hour OF the re-
union viii be p m. October II. BY
order Of JAMES B. HARPER,
Captain Commanding.
r. w POWELL, Adjt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
QUICK ANNIHrLATroN.

Five minutes after the dam burst this
stage had been swept off the scenery
and setting, Along the foothills we're
thrown telescoped houses AT either
side Of Main street brick buildings acted
as buffers, as the twenty-five footwall Of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
oBLITERATED TOWN.

The immediate scene of the oblter-
alton Of Austin covers an area three
eighths of mile wide and one and three
quarters miles long. This comprised
the business section and the valley resi-
dence portion, and was bounded by
Main, Ruckaber and Thorn streets and
Costello avenue, crossed by lesser thor
oughfares. Nearly mile above stood
the mammoth concrete dams OF the
Bayless Paper & Pulp Company, 600
feet long, fifty feet high, and thirty feet
wide at the bottom, tapering to a thick
ness of three feet at the top Back Of
this dam yesterday lay reservoir of
water mile and half long and an
average Of thirty-ive feet deep. Di-
rectly in front Of the dam stood the
plant of the Bayless Company, with
four main buildings. Stacked high
nearby were zoe, 900 cords Of fifty-inch
wood and slabs, and also portion Of
the company's immense timber stock,
totaling in the Austin valley Is, ZOO, 900
feet of hardwood and 5000, 600 feet of
hemlock. This was ive-year supply, !
practically the last large cut Of the
region. 1t was valued at 80, 100000.
A small stream, Freeman Run, flowed |
through the town into Sinnemahoning
Creek, leading to the Susquehanna
River. The town proper was smart
little place Of comfortable frame houses
and more substantial business buildings
along the main street, which extended
from side to side across the ravine. The
prominent business buildings included
the brick structure occupied jointly by
Austin Bank and the postoffice, the de-
partment store Of A. X. Buck, the
Goodyear Hotel and the Commercial
House, and numerous general stores.
T..
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
AUSTIN DISASTER.
Stricken I own Devastated by Water
and Fire-Many Lives Lost.

and Fre-Many Lives Lost.
Austin, Pa, Oct. The curtain &
night, which was rung down on th
Austin flood scarcely before its victim
had all been claimed, and its surviving
spectators fully realized how great
tragedy the elements OF water and fir
had enacted in the natural amphithea
ter Of the Allegheny mountains here
was lifted by dawn to-day, revealing
ghastly scene Of death and devastation
Austin itself, yesterday a busy mil
town Of 5000 persons, many enjoying
the genial afternoon as Saturday hall
holiday, was only a ghost of town to-
day. Torn to pieces by water and eaten
by fire, the wet and charred remains OF
its buildings, believed to hold the re-
mains of 800 or more persons, were
strewn along the valley edge, piled in
rows where the main street business
section was, or swept in scattered masses
far down the ravine.
SCENE OF DEVASTATION.
Spectators, many of whom barely es-
capped being victims of the disaster, and
hundreds Of physicians from surround
ing towns, looked down from the steep
hillside on Austin and Costello through
a veil of fog this morning to see the
wreckage here of some 400 houses,
score of business blocks, three churches
and several large lumber mills, and
three miles further down at Costello the
ruins of more than fifty buildings. The
flood did not spend its force until it
raced for more than ten miles from the
reservoir. Wharton, a little further on,
suffered somewhat, but is practically in.
tact The loss Of life at Costello, where
the residents had more warning, is be-
lieved to be but three.
Property loss in the valley is estimat-
ed at upwards Of $6,000,000.
In Austin, out of hundreds directly
enveloped in the deluge, hardly dozen
survive. The furious flood let loose
when the Bayless Paper & Pulp Com
oany's dam crumbled, picked up a bat
cry of heavy timbers in the mill yards
1t the foot of the dam, and with these
ind thousands of planks and logs
ahmed its path with terrible havoc.
At the hospital to-day there were but
tx injured for the care Of the small
Irmy of physicians and nurses who
,oured into the devastated town all
light and day. Medical supplies re-
NAMED unused in the cars rushed here
y the car loads.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-10-06
r. w. POWELL, Adjt.

Bon Air Coal, best and cheapest, at
Union City Ice & Coal Co
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-13
New Customers Obtained,

The out-of-town buyers were impressed.
Many customers who are numbered on
the rolls Of the dealers here were OBJ
tanned by reason OF this remarkable trip.
The train was on the road from Sep
TENDER 20 until October u, and returned
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-13

to this city. leaving behind a host of
friends for the Washington merchants.
During the spring of 1907 the Business
Mems Association and the Jobbers and
and Shippers Association, which had
been working at cross-purposes for
long time, decided to consider merger.
Again 1t was r. p, Andrews, vice pres
ident Of the latter organization, who
strongly urged the consolidation, though
1t meant the loss Of a high ONCE to him.
the matter vas taken up a long time
before the actual merger occurred.
But the two organizations ultimately
Joined hands, and out of the two was
evolved the present Chamber OF Com
nerce, which is recognized as the most
active Of all civic bodies in this city.
But the weary duties OF building up
Washington have not yet caused the live
ly president Of the r. P. Andrews Paper
Company to lose his vitality. As a men,
Der Of the Masons, he has been inaugu-
rated into the mysteries of Almas Temple
and has held high Office in this organi-
cation. He is. besides. a member OF va
rious clubs throl ghout the city,
Golf His Only Vice.
And he has one vice. Don't know what
it is? Then, let US speak softly. It is
golf.
All other temptations Mr.. Andrews can
withstand. but when 1t comes to golf, he
Is as a little child. II has a fascination
for him. He lives and thrives on the
hope that some day he is going to equal
Bogey, and though he has never done II
he does not despair
If you miss him at his ONCE, IL he
isn't to be found at the Chamber Of Com
merce. or any Of the business mems
clubs, then he's away TO the Columbia
Country Club. Keep a watchful eye
fixed on the links, and pretty soon you
will see him followed by a patient caddy.
who carries a large supply OF fresh
sticks.
But when a man has done what he has
done, he may be excused even IL he
can't always beat DOGGY.
Another Little Secret.
And while we are dclving into family
skeletons cnere is another little secret
that might be told-but for heavens sake
don't repeat it, r. P. Andrews is a
ton in the world. 1t is the Gunston Gun
Club, an organization with headquarters
about forty miles down the river.
No man knoweth the full and uttermost
details OF this club, but its membership
comprises Z. Everett Rapley. Judge Dan
iel Thew Wright, r. P. Andrews. and
John r. Arth, who was elected president
because OF MS fondneSs Tor work. Every
once I'm so often, when the cares of
business become enervating, Mr.. An
drews will climb into an automobile with
some llow-member-saving only Judge
Wright-and HE him away to this little
Arcadia for a days duck shooting.
Judge Wright is the only member Of the
club who doesn't travel 70 the club on
land. And he goes on boat with admir-
able consistency, because. as Mr.. An
drews says, "of his fondness for water
in any form"
Thus far this season the judge has run
close second to Mr.. Andrews in the mat
ter of hunting The judge not long ago
bagged sixty ducks. Last week Mr..
Andrews bagged sIxty-eight.
But this is no record. II the ducks
hold out they will be at II again ere long.
for the Gunston Gun Club is close in
scores as in everything else.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-13
R. P. ANDREWS, THE MAN,
AS HIS FRIENDS KNOW HIM

Since the time of his advent into public
life, r. p. Andrews, president of the
paper company which bears his name,
has been consistent leader in all Or
CARNATIONS that would tend to cause
merchants, shippers, retailers, and whole
salers to get tosether'' in the interests
of commercial Washington.
Unlike certain of his conservative
brethren, Mr.. Andrews does not believe
that the esthetic side of life in the
Capital has and will tend to smother
the industrial life. Among his booms
was the famous greater Washington"
agitation, when twenty-five of the lead
ing merchants of this city sent a special
train through the leading States of the
South; his Christmas shopping idea
which tended to bring in the rural trade,
and his work in the organization of the
Shippers Association and the Retail
Merchants Association.
Brought Trade Here.
Every one of these has played it's part
in bringing to the forefront the business
life Of the city. Although Mr.. Andrews
is inclined to laugh at his own efforts
his fellow-business men declare that the
Greater Washington boom alone was re-
sponsible for more real stimulus to the
trade than anything that has happened in
recent years.
At the present time Mr. Andrews is
president OF the Baltimore and Southern
Paper Trade Association, treasurer of
the National Paper Trade Association.
vice president of the Retail Merchants
Association, and member of committees
too numerous to mention.
He was elected to the presidency OF
the Baltimore and Southern Paper Trade
Association for the third consecutive
time last September, and in spite of his
earnest and ardent protest.
Il don't believe in third terms for any
president" he protested but the ma
jority OF the organization. an overwhelm-
ing majority. decided 10 make a second
Diaz out of him, and, it is said, will
repeat again next year.
Type of Useful Citizen.
Mr.. Andrews represents the type Of
progressiveness and unselhsh civic pride
which is molding into enthusiasm. and
will some day make this city a great in
dustrial company.
The Andrews Paper Company, of which
he is president, was organized in 1895
The firm began in its small quarters at
627 Louisiana avenue, and from that little
building gradually expanded until they
had taken possession of the many build
ings they now occupy. With it all. how
ever, he mas always round time 10 build
up the community at large.
In 1906. when the trade of Washington
was to a certain extent outdistanced by
such little towns as Charlestown, w Va,
the head of the Andrews Paper Company,
with other merchants, hired the greater
Washington special and started II of
Samples of their goods, literature ex-
pounding the advantages of the Capital
City, the only city where business and
TOln cir hn vaI
We're scattered broadcast through the
sunny Southland
New Customers Obtained.
The out-of-town buyers were impressed.
Many customers who are numbered on
the rolls OF the dealers here were OBJ
tanned by reason OF this remarkable trip.
The train was on the road from Sep
TENDER 20 until October T. and returned
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-25
Laurium Department
BANK DEPOSITS
HOLD THEIR OWN
SMALL De- REASE NOTED IN
HoUcHToN COUNTY BUT is
AcCo UNTED FOR IN
MANY WAYS.

According to the reports presented
to the comptroller of the currency on
March 7, 1911, there were on deposit in
the banks of Houghton and Keweenaw
counties, $13,494,000. one year ago, on
March 20, 1910, these same banks re-
ported to the comptroller of the cur
rency total deposits of $14.S50,000, the
total decrease during the last twelve
months being 1891 900. OF this amount,
the decrease in deposits I'm the banks
OF Calumet and vicinity was only
about $4,000. the remainder represent
ing the total decrease of the banks Of
Houghton, Hancock and South Range.
That the falling off in deposits in the
banks of the latter towns is greater
than in Calumet. is attributed by
banking and financial men to the fact
that considerable corporation business
is transacted through the banks at the
county seat
Local men who make a study of
economic conditions are of the opinion
that the above decrease is much
smaller than might be expected. in
view of the large number of people
who have left this district and have
withdrawn their deposits, to reinvest
them in other sections Of the country
II is estimated that from 1000 to loo
working men have left Calumet during
the past year. representing almost ten
per cent of the working population OF
the town. While a large number OF
these men were mining company en-
ployes. it is probable that n greater
proportion were builders, carpenters
and transient workers.
Those familiar with financial condi-
lions assert that the small decrease In
financial deposits in Calumet is very
hopeful indication. 1t shows that the
people of Calumet are of a provident
disposition and when the conditions
contributing to the decrease are noted
indicates that individual depositors
have more substantial bank accounts
than ever. IL does not reflect as bad q
period of financial depression as many
people seem to believe the copper
country has experienced.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-25
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD
JACK JOHNSON'S SKULL
IS LIKE ARMOUR PLATF

San Francisco, Cal, March 25.-Jack
Johnson, heavy weight champion Of
the world. submitted to an X-ray pic
ture being taken of his skull yester-
day, and II required more than five
minutes for the electrical rays to pen
citrate the heavy cartilage covering the
champions skull and To make a pic
ture on plate. The surgical servants
present marveled at the thickness of
.Iohnson's skull which measures from
one half to two thirds of an inch.
From five seconds to fifteen seconds
only is required to penetrate the aver
age mans skull. According to the sci
entists present, the same blow which
would kill an or or steer at the stock
yards barely would jar Jack Johnson.
He has been built to Withstand all but
the blows of a steel projectile.
Among the celebrated medical and
surgical servants who gathered at the
clinic was DIR. p. ID. Roland, for eleven
years trainer and physical director of
the Chicago Athletic club teams.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-25
OLD RIVALS TO MEET.
Michigan and Chicago Track Teams
To Compete at Omaha.

Chicago March z5.-University of
Chicago track athletes will compete
against their former rivals from the
University of Michigan in a Western
meet for the first time since the his
toric break in the "big nine" in 1906
at the event to be given April l at
Omaha by the Omaha Athletic club.
News of Michigan's intention to send a
one mile relay team to the big affair
came from Ann Arbor yesterday. The
Maroon Wolverine meeting gives the
Western carnival big boost in inter-
est for the conference rooters.
While Coach Stage has been prepar-
ing for the Omaha meet. the maize and
blue officials had not expected to send
representatives. The return of Ross to
the Wolverine athletic forces. however,
makes the Michigan chances brighter.
and DIR. Kraenzelin has hopes of cap
turing the relay honors. Capt. Horner
will accompany the relay runners and
in the special events.