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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
You've Cot Il.

When you're all choked up and your
muscles ache
And thousand cures you're told to
take.
When your head feels like it's all stove
in
And you only cry when you try to grin.
When you long to take gun and blow
Your brains out-don't care where you
When your throat is sore and your eyes
are dim
And your head doth roar and you've
got no vim.
When you feel the daises soon must
wave
So sadly Ger your new made grave.
When ev'ry time you heave a cough
It nearly takes your blamed head off.
When life looks black and those you
meet
Eye you with pity on the street.
When the war in Europe can go hang
And the world series has no more tang.
When you cling to jug Of whiskey like
A beginner clings to his wabbling bike.
When you hate to die, yet fear to live,
And drug stores you your money give.
When you feel like Fate has mashed
you fiat,
Till you don't know where on earth
you're at
You've
got
the
gripl
Florida Times Union.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
West Tennessee Conference.

The West Tennessee Annual Con-
ference OF the A. NJ. e. Church is in
session in Union City, opening Monday
with Bishop ]. H. Jones, Of Wilbiforce,
Ohio, as the presiding officer, repre-
senting the Ninth District including
Tennessee and Alabama. The session
has been taken up largely so far with
the financial report, which shows de-
crease on account Of low priced cotton
in some quarters and an increase in
others. The attendance shows between
so and 80 ministers, who are provided
with good homes in the different de-
nominations, and all the churches OF the
district are well represented. Conference
will probably adjourn Sunday with
services Sunday in all the churches.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Real Estate Transfers.

w. s. Pickett and wife to ]. r. Puck
EFT ct al, interest in 125 acres in No.
IA, 5000.
Mrs. Erie Cunningham to w. T.
Shires, interest in 125 acres in No. IA,
$500.
John R. Hays and wife to L. S. Parks
ct al, acres in No. IL. 800.
J. j. Burrus ct al. to Geo. G. Burrus,
"a acres in No. 2, IS, 800.
R. 7. Curtin to NJ. w. Barney, lot in
No. Is. 81, 1920.
E. r. Conn and wife to G. G. Conn,
interest in 200 acres in No. z, $500.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to express our most heart
felt thanks and appreciation to the
friends and neighbors and DIR. liar
Glover, who was so patient and kind
and considerate to us in the recent i'll
ness and death OF our dear beloved
daughter and sister, Irene Irvine. May
the richest blessings and grace of our
good Lord and prayers rest on these kind
friends is our thanks.
Mr.. AND MRS. r. w. IRVINE
AND FAMILY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

What is this startling news they print
Virginia's dry, they say.
OF this we never had hint
Before election day.
The Colonies and their iuleps rare
Were celebrated long,
And people knew them everywhere
In story and in song.
But now no fragrant greens may tint
The sugar and the rye.
Exterminate the beds OF mint,
Virginia has gone dry
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Notice. Christian Endeavorers.

We are eager to establish something
to impart good influence to the young
people of our town. Show your En-
deavor spirit. Let's have something
that will entertain innocently and also
help build true Christian character.
Come help plan and discuss this in
our meeting at the G. P. Church next
Sunday evening at 6 o'clock.
Your servant and president,
SAM'L f. BYRN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Useful Studies.

II see that our schools are getting
practical at last.
How, now2n
"One college has added bridge and
moviDg-pichlre acting to its curriculum.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

In damp, chilly weather there is al
ways large demand for BILLIARDS.
SNOW IMMINENT because many peo-
pie who know by experience its great
relieving power in rheumatic aches and
pains, prepare to apply it at the first
twinge. Price 25c, SOC and 81 LOO per
bottle. Sold by divers Red Cross
Drug Store. advt
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

Wake up your liver. A lazy liver
brings on the worst OF diseases. Liv-
Ver-Lax is happy in results Ask Thos.
]. Bonner & Son, Rives, Tenn. adyt
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Relics of the Past.

I'D like to see a one-horse shay, "
remarked the city visitor.
"Out Of date, !" said his country host
THE nearest we can come to it now is
a one-cylinder car.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Open to All.

This is not a private war. Anybody
can get into it.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

Polly wants cracker" squawked
the parrot.
Is that all that bird can say2"
Yes, !" answered the dealer, and it's
strange, too. 1t lived with Boston
family for years.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

No need for calomel with its nause-
ating effects. Liy-Ver-Lax is happy IN
results. Thos. j Bonner & Son, Rives.
Tenn, will tell you about It. adyt
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

A steamer loaded with supplies will
sail from New York at the earliest pos
sibIe date for Belgium. The condition
Of the refugees is said to be worse than
reported.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
AS To Friends.

"Old friends are best, declared Van
Punkwood.
Safer to play poker with, at any
rate, y commented Skinner Skaggs.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06
Gimme a Shave"
The BARRIERS are persistent lads

The BARRIERS are persistent lads
As no man can deny.
They've many furbeIows and fads
They'd like to have you try.
They want to sell you tonic sprays
And rubs and other frilIs.
They seem to have thousand ways
OF running up your bills.
The BARRIERS want to cut your hair;
10 shampoo you they seek.
II one took all the bill Of fare
He'd have to stay a week.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

Call $50 for coal Of any kind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-06

Rub a sore throat with BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENT. One or two APP
plications will cure it completely. Price
CSC, SOC and 81 90 per bottle. Sold by
divers Red Cross Drug Store. advt
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
UPSETS ON GRIDIRON.

Having partially recovered from
ne surprise caused by the upset in
re recent series on the diamond, the
port-loving public is already con-
entrating attention to the activities
f the gridiron. The preliminary sea-
N is about over. Already the un-
ypected has happened.
The most interesting game of Sat
rday was the Princeton-Dartmouth
Engagement. AS was anticipated it
eveloped into a bitter struggle with
ne ultimate score in favor of the
igers by narrow margin.
But the real feature of the dav
fas the performance of the suppos-
2ly minor colleges. 1t is seldom that
defeat is registered against Yale;
ct Washington and jefferson
chieved it's ambition at New Haven.
Dnly last minute play made it pos
ible for Harvard to escape a set
,ack and finally tie Penn State;
5hile Syracuse jolted Michigan with
. defeat but a week ahead of the
,ats of the most important game
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Complains of Reckless Driving.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Washington motorists will agree, !
believe, that in the main the traffic
regulations of the city of Washington
are excellent and the police officers
seek to enforce them. But there Is
one nuisance for whom the police
should he especially on the alert
the truck driver who drives helter
skelter, giving no signal for his
twists and turns
What automobilist is not enraged
daily because of the reckless driving
Of some truck or horse-drawn We
hicIe? These wagons jog along in
front of an automobile and suddenly
without any warning whatever. as
required by law. the vehicle will be
turned to the right or left in the
middle of a block forcing the man
in the automobile to jam on his
brakes to prevent an accident. The
horse-drawn delivery wagons and
motor deliveries frequently have
careless drivers who cross intersec*-
ing streets at a high rate of speed.
paying no heed to vehicles coming
the other way.
While the Washington police are
keeping a watch on the automobile
man they should also abate the nuis-
ance of the delivery wagon driver
who thinks he owns the entire town.
AUTOMOBILIST
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
SUFFRAGETTE CHARGES.

II is unfortunate for both sides on
he subject of woman suffrage that
ertain speakers of each have recent
t taken to making wild charges. A
eek ago it was declared by a pro-
uffrage orator, woman, that the
nti-suffragists were being backed
Y the liquor interests. A few days
ater an anti-suffragist, speaking at
meeting in Philadelphia, intimated
hat youth and beauty are considered
ne most valuable assets in the train
& schools of the suffrage propa-
andists, the inference being that
1ese qualities are relied upon to in
uence men in favor of the suffrage
use.
There is no need to dwell upon
hese charges, so obviously absurd
re they. But the women that make
hem ought to be warned of the
arm they will do to their own side.
, ne women, it is fair to assume, are
.aking their argument to the men,
or it depends upon the men voters
neither there shall be equal suf-
age or not.
Men have seen so much in politics
( foolish charges and counter
larges that they have grown sick
roorbacks and other varieties of
Ampaign lies. They naturally ex-
ect something better from the 9TH
r., and presumably finer, sex.
The women that are engaged in
ne present contest ought to know
nat the old crude methods of the
aen spellbinders are not fit to adopt.
ct them, with true feminine inge-
uity, wage a clean political war
are
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

recting, planning. speaking with con-
summate skill and calm, Is Lucy Burns.
NasSar graduate, with years of train
ing. travel. and culture behind her.
In the neighboring State Of Washing
ton, a Pennsylvania factory girl, Anna
Detroit woman OF leisure, are speaking
at every brand of meeting. urging wom-
en- to stand by women. -
Fight To Show Power.
Arizona sees the Democratic candi-
dates. Senator Mark Smith and Con-
gresham Hayden, opposed because of
the suffrage issue, by a college woman
and a labor union organizer, Jane Pin
Gus, of Syracuse University, and Jose
phine Casey, member of Chicago Union
of Elevated Car Employees.
Miss Casey tells a story that in
terprets the woman's campaign against
the Democratic party because Of its
opposition to woman suffrage. AN
Irishman," says she, 'in the midst of
beating his wife, stopped long enough
to say, My dear, its not because 1
hate ye that I bat ye, but just to show
me power over ye.
Arizona campaign is Senator Smiths
telegram to the Democratic State con-
vention asking for a resolution favor
ing national suffrage amendment in
the emocrat State platform. There it
stands at the request of one who late
ly was a bitter "ant," and who failed
to vote for the amendment when he
had the chance on last March IS.
In Oregon a school teacher and
trained nurse have devoted themselves
to suffrage from conviction that grew
with their professional work. Virginia
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

down toward a solid and reliable
level.
Britain's concession to our cotton
at this time, after she has specifcal-
ly refused to align herself with the
conference agreement to make cot
ton secure, is a recognition of the
vast Importance that all the warning
world attaches to the political good
will and the financial friendship of
the United States. This nation is by
way of being a good deal courted
and fattered in the next few years;
and it will be just as we'll for US
to understand what it all means.
That belligerents engaged in death
grapple desire our friendship, will
be no evidence that they are afraid
of us, no assurance that at later
time they may not change their at
titude. Just at present they have all
the trouble they want; nothing is
quite so welcome to them as the
chance to gain friend in some i'm
portant quarter. This is indeed .
very large part of the vast oppor-
tunity that the war has opened up to
America.
1t is believed that the world will
have consuming capacity to absorb
about three-fourths of a normal
product of cotton goods in the next
year. That might leave a surplus
of about 100000 bales on the
American market, to be cared for by
some process that will make it the
basis for advances of money, to be
repaid as the future demands draw
out the stored stocks. A pool which
shall loan up to 6 cents the pound on
this reserved cotton seems reason
ably assured; and that should fairly,
be expected to restore almost normal
conditions in the cotton section with
in the next few months. AS to the
output of cotton next year, esti-
mates vary considerably. Some have
insisted that our Southern States
will not raise over so per cent of a
normal acreage; others place it as
high as so, rs, and even 80 per
cent. In any case it is conceded that
there will be a marked reduction in
the yield, and that it will be effec-
tive at time wnen the world will
begin to make extra demands.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
THE STARVING BELCIANS

Belgium has almost the same pop
ulation as Pennsylvania, and about
one-fourth its area. 1t is the most
densely populated country in the
world, taken as whole, with rather
more than 100000 people on a lit
tie over 1000 square miles of soil.
Most of these seven millions are
on the verge of starvation. They are
with few exceptions right now suf-
fering actual and instant privation.
What is to be done for them?
The French strategists abandoned
Belgium at the beginning because
the effort to defend it would have
involved the whole cause of the al
lies in disaster. Just as the Ger
mans invaded it as matter of mill
tary necessity, so the allies aban-
doned it from military exigency. In
nocent of offense against Germany,
it was ravished by Germany. Having
performed a magnificent service for
the allies, it was abandoned by them
when it had done all it could.
Perhaps the Belgian nation will
one day be restored; but it will be a
very different Belgium. Not this
year. not next year, not the year af-
ter, may the people hope to be re-
stored to their lands and permitted
to resume their effort to make homes
and industries. Belgium will in all
probability be the cockpit of the
struggle for many months yet. The
people would get away if they could;
but many cannot. They can be cared
for where they are more easily than
they can be moved.
In time, Of course, as the hope
lessness of their situation is forced
upon them, they will emigrate in
greater and greater numbers. Their
necessities may constitute the oppor-
tunity Of some of the new communi-
ties of the American West. There
are, for example, extensive commu-
mites of Belgians in Alberta, Can
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

Maurice Edgehill has been set for De.
cember 10, and will be solemnized al
the home Of the. brides parents. at
Warriors Neck. r. I.
Mrs. George Bliss who reached New
York Saturday. after spending the sum-
mer abroad, is visiting relatives at
Madison. n. j.. but is expected to reach
Washington tomorrow.
Miss Drain. who accompanied Mrs
Bliss, arrived home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Hit are
celebrating their first wedding anniver-
sary today. They are at present stop
ping with Mrs. Hits mother. Mrs.
Elkins; at her place, "Hailiehurst," in
Miss Doris Haywood, daughter of
Mrs. William Haywood has selected
Wednesday afternoon. December 2, for
her marriage to DR.. Howard Hume. The
ceremony will be performed at the
Church Of the Covenant. and will be
followed by a reception at the home of
the brides mother, in 1 street.
-
James Hervey Dorman left yesterday
to spend some weeks at his home in
Kentucky.
Godfrey D. Ferris. who arrived in
Washington with the new military at
tache of the British embassy. Major
Murrough O'Brien. and the Hon. Mrs.
O'Brien. will remain here as secretary
to Major O'Brien. Mr.. Ferris, who is
a solicitor Of the supreme court Of Eng
land is a son Of the Rev. Canon Ferris,
Of Yorke. England Major O'Brien and
his wife have taken apartments at the
Shoreham.
The Federation of Womens Clubs COM
mittee on the luncheon for Friday re-
quests that all remittances and tickets
come in not later than p. m: Wednes-
day, to Mrs. William J. Cawthorn.
chairman. the Victoria. Fourteenth and
Clifton streets.
Simon Wolf will celebrate his seven
ty-eishth birthday tomorrow.
Mrs. A. n. Talbot is visiting her son
and daughter -in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Talbot, at Utica, N Y. She will
shortly open her apartment at the Con-
necticut Mrs. Talbot, who passed the
summer in California. had planned a
trip around the world, but the outbreak
OF the war prevented her departure.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
FIXING SALARY LIMIT
FORCOURT AUDITOR
Federation Committee Given
Problem After Lively De-
bate.

The committee on finance and legisla-
ton Of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
citation is now determining a salary COM
mensurate with the work done by the
auditor Of the District Supreme Court.
The committee will report its findings
at the November meeting The matter
was discussed by the federation last
night in the rooms Of the Chamber Of
Commerce.
Endorsement Of the Johnson bill, fix
ing the salary Of the auditor at 5000 a
year. and removing 1t from the fee sys-
tenn at present prevailing, was not given,
although the bill was subject to lively
debate. Some present believe that a
fixed salary of 5000 would prove more
expensive to litigants than the present
fee system, but all were agreed that the
committee on finance was the proper one
to determine a reasonable salary for the
officers.
Participating in the debate were Ed
ward +. Colladay, Of Chevy Chase. who
espoused the fee system; George w.
Evans. Of the West End Association,
who favored a salary basis and c. c.
Lancaster, of the Northwest Suburban
Association; William NICK. Clayton, of
Brightwood; w. II. Richardson. of Ben
ming; Allan Davis, of the Southeast AS
sociation; George Fl. Russell, of Park
view; e. w. oyster, of Petworth, and
James NJ. Wood. Of the East End AS
sCciation.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Arnold is native of North Carolina
and combines a certain Southern grace
with the clarity and directness of an
experienced teacher. Mrs. Jessie Hardy
Stubbs, of Illinois, Is known in many
states as a talented newspaper writer,
suffrage speaker and organizer.
Challenge To Debate.
An invitation has been sent to A. F.
Flegel. candidate for Congress on the
Democratic ticket, to debate with Mrs.
Stubbs the question: Resolved, That
the individual suffragist is powerless in
Congress to aid in the passage of the
Federal amendment enfranchising wom-
en- against the will of a majority of his
party Colleagues" The challenge is
signed by Mrs Emma B. Carroll. Mrs.
l.. w. Therkelsen Dr. Florence 8. Man
ion, Mrs. E. E. Gilbert, Mrs. NJ. j.
Hawkins, and Mrs. A. w. Nicholson.
Needless to say that Mr.. Flegel has not
embraced the opportunity TO take the
tive.
One of the most significant develop
ments of the campaign is the assump-
ton by the Democratic politicians that
the womens campaign is the product
of Republican plot to embarrass the
Administration. In Utah, where Elsie
Lancaster, of New York State. Is was-
ing the campaign alone, the merged
Democrats and -Progressives have been
loud in their assertions that the Con-
gressional Union representative is the
hireling of Snoot. Trickery Is suspect
ed in all the States by the politicians.
who cannot understand opposition based
on party failure to enact the long-sought
legislation
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

ada. They are the very sort of farm
ers that Canada needs, for their pre-
disposition is to farm intensively on
small areas, and thus very greatly to
diversity the productions of the soil
and decrease the number of importa-
tions necessary.
The Alberta authorities, like those
of other western provinces of Can
ada, are hoping to secure a large in
f1ux of the Belgian population. 1t is
always easier to bring immigration
to regions already favorably known
to the immigrants. Belgians who
have prospered in Canada are being
organized to encourage relatives and
friends to come out from the strick-
en- home country, and every effort is
being made to extend the largest in
ducements to them.
But before hundreds of thousands,
even millions, of the impoverished
Belgians can sbe moved to a new
country, the winter will be upon
their stricken country. They are 60
ing to freeze and starve unless the
united charities of the civilized
world are set at work helping them.
We can think of no finer manifes-
tation of the real sentiments, the
true Christian charity of this Amer
lean nation, than would be crystal
lized in the passage of an emergency
appropriation of $5,0O0,000, to be
passed on the opening of the new
Congress session, for the benefit of
the Belgian sufferers.
This is no time for qualms and
squeamishness. Either America is
going to do its part or it is not. The
only way to do it is to do it right
now
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
RAVAGES OF PELLAGRA.

The report of the Public Health
9ervice Commission which has been
1vestigating the pellagra problem
T the South fails to make plain the
ause of that mysterious disease.
Once it was generally accepted
nat pellagra was brought on by the
ating of unfit cornmeal and that it
as a communicable disease. Its
.avages were so great a century ago
nat in certain parts of Italy it
aused one-ffth of the deaths and
,ne-third of the lunacy cases. Its
anger to this country, where it was
onfned almost entirely to the South,
2as been considered very grave.
The commission draws tlS import
Mt conclusion that pellagA is not
communicable. AS to the cause, it
elieves it comes from some undeter-
lined fault in diet, principally the
bsence of enough animal and legu-
Ninous food. Milk, eggs, and meat
re recommended for those suffering
rom the disease, but as large num-
er of the victims are very poor the
is also made that the
.ommon legumes, peas and beans, be
sed to supply the necessary protein.
Evidently the poorer people in the
South have not been able to afford,
DR. have not been educated to find
he simplest sort of a balanced diet.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Fate of Three Senators and
Thirteen Congressman May
Depend on Count of Suffra-
gists' Ballots.
UnreIenting Campaign Being
Waged Against Legislators
Wko Opposed Cause OF
Equal Franchise.
By MISS ELSIE HILL.

How will the women voters vote?
This year that is a question to stir fear
among Democrats and faith among
suffragists. And why. this year? Be
cause this year. for the first time.
make the votes Of women In the nine
suffrage States count in favor OF
votes for women throughout the ma
tion. For the first time the national
majority party Is haunted by the
specter Of its responsibility for the
Federal suffrage amendment, which
it stified with the party machinery.
Three Senators and thirteen Con-
gressmen return home from Washing
ton and must ask for women's sup
port Of party that has repeatedly
and Intentionally refused women the
rights of citizenship. In Arizona. Col
orado, Kansas. Wyoming, Idaho,
Utah. California, Washington. and
Oregon the political weather cock is
wavering in the breeze from an un-
expected quarter. almost from a new
ly created quarter-a sort of political
fourth dimension to be reckoned with
henceforth. The way in which this Is
being done. regardless of the outcome,
will stir the imagination.
Women In Campaign.
In politics. as everywhere else, per-
sonality is the all-powerful and incal-
culable force. Those who would specu-
late on the possibilities of this suffrage
campaign against a national political
party must know who Is presenting the
case to the voters. who are the imme-
diate spokesmen Of the policy.
In the California campaign are Lucy
Burns and Rose Winslow. Two women
trying to cover a whole State What
nonsense? Yet tits said repeatedly that
Rose Winslow's speech before a COM
mittee Of the PENNSYLVANIA legislature
caused the passage of the ten-hour law
for women. A working girl. who drew
tuberculosis as a prize for her child
labor In Pennsylvania weaving mills.
has a drive in her soul that can turn
votes for the enfranchisement of
women. By Rose Winslow's side. di-