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south Mr.. Speer writes, "and more than
800 testimonials taken away from them
% ao!e to me that they can get
such testimonials. from governors. college
presidents, consuls and others. One who
vas an absolutely untrustworthy man
had Endorsements from the leading au-
thorities of our church who knew nothing
whatever about him. but who. | suppose
gave him the testimonials on the basis of
others which he had already secured
communications regarding Oriental So
licitors have been received intermittently
by the Charity Organization society dur
ing the past three years but recently
they have been informed that a very ac-
tive campaign for "orphanages' has
been going on. Letters of inquiry have
been received from Baltimore. Easton.
Pa, and Washington, ID. c. To prevent
needless waste OF money and to circum-
vent these self-apponted missionaries.
the Bureau of Advice and Information
urges the chari;ably inclined to beware,
the Oriental
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The Fedthered Warrior

a consequence the game fowl languished
for a time and even threatened to die out
However. its hold upon the fanciers' af-
feetions was too strong and they wealth
cred this storm as they have weathered
all storms.
Speaking of this Mr. Weir says: 'sThe
Old English Game Cock has held its own
against all comers. Bright and beautiful
he stands today. as he stood with eager.
bold. dilated eye, a monarch bird clad
in lustrous feathery garments of the
brightest sheen. when, unf1nching and
undaunted. he faced his foe, while old
Roman warriors made the ring in which
he fought on English soil. Though they
beheld with wonderment his high prowess
and daring deeds. not even then was he
more cherished and better cared for than
now"
While the writer holds no brief for cock
fighting. the fact remains that cock fight
ing brought forth this beautiful race or
fowls. which deserve our admiration for
their utility qualities as we'll as for their
dauntless courage and beauty of form and
plumage.
Regarding their utility value Mr.. Weir
is very eloquent. Speaking of a certain
strain he says: Fine in form, graceful
in carriage, beautiful In color. small In
bone, with white shanks, feet and toe
nails. plenty of white flesh of unsurpass-
able quality, skin thin and white, fat
white, with an absence OF offal to re-
markable degree good layers of delicately
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ages, schools or any other kind of insti-
tuition In the sparsely settled region
whittier these men professed to send their
contributions.
MANY of these men," reports Robert
E. Speer of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions OF the Presbyterian church, "are
only inoffensive Oriental villagers. who
do not know how to fraudulent their en-
terprise appear to our moral sense They
have been accustomed to live on charity
as far as they could. and they see no
harm in making preparations as to the
objects for which they are soliciting
money which have no basis In fact
CREDENTIALS AND INDoRSEMFNTsy
The credentials were proved In nearly
every case either forged or procured
did not know how fraudulent their en-
licitors. Letters of Endorsement from
reputable American officials or ministers
are said to be utterly without value be-
because they are Issued with no first-hand
information. Recently group OF ORR
entail solicitors were arrested in the
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Turkey. A terrible ma ssacre had occur
red at his home in Mosul he alleged, and
over 200 of his countrymen had been
butchered by the Mohammedans. More
than 165 little children had been left or
phans and the deacon was a pilgrim to
America that he might beg money from
Christians to support an orphanage at
Matha, adjacent to the city of Van.
The good people of Salem were i'm
pressed by Deacon Georges story. Mis-
sionary circles. churches and business
men opened their pocketbooks to the
sanity young Syrian. Seven prominent
clergymen added their Endorsements to
the prodigious bulk OF testimonials he all
ready carried In the interest of his
righteous cause he obtained board and
lodging free of charge for two weeks in
the household of G.. F. Piper, Jr., while
he en.iced $500 from q, sympathetic public
FRAUD DISCOVERED
During this time. however. certain con-
flicting statements made by George and
his libelous abuse of James Barton, Sec
retary of the American Board of For
eign Missions, led Mr.. Piper to investi-
gate quietly the deacon's character and
past history. He corresponded with Dr.
Barton, he made inquiries of the Pres
byterian Board of Foreign Missions re-
garding Oriental solicitors. he enlisted
the help of the Charity Organization So
ciety. He even obtained information from
j. c. Reynolds, an American missionary
In Van, Turkey, and from w A. WI
gram, the head of the mission of the
Archbishop of Canterbury to Assyrian
Christians in Turkey.
The avalanche of evidence returned
from these various sources doubly con-
firmed Mr. Piper's suspicious that George
was liar, a thief. beggar and a IL
beler." Tt also caused the deacon to
slide out of Salem and not even return
to keep an engagement at the bank with
Mr. Piper to obtain the $500 which had
been entrusted to his hosts care. Most
important of all, perhaps the incident
furnished the Charity Organization So
ciety with mass Of reliable correspond
ence and first-hand knowledge to un-
cover the frauds and fakes of bogus
"clergymen''
Missionaries in the foreign field re-
ported the recent massacre in Mosul'' a
myth and denied the existence of orphan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
by EDWIN MEGARGEE

Copyright. 1914. by Geo. A. McDevitt Co..
Famed in song and story. its lineage
tracing back to the very dawn of civili0a-
ton, by turns a hero and an outcast, the
Old English Game is truly a picturesque
and romantic figure and occupies unique
position in the annals of poultrydom.
The earliest mention of the game cock
appears in Chinese records. In the codes
of Manu-, issued more than 1000 years be-
fore the Christian era, cock fighting is
mentioned as one of the commendable
amusements.
Tracing down through history we note
continual reference to these fowls. We
find their images on Greek and other
coins, and references to them In the liter
ature of Greece and Rome. The Romans
are said to have held game cocks in such
high esteem that they almost deif1ed them
and they not infrequently buried them
with high honors
1t is probable that the first landing OF
the game fowl on English shores was at
Cornwall, where they were called the Per-
sian birds. This to some extent eorrobo-
rates the claim that they were first
brought there by the Phoenicians who
came to barter for tin and other metals
All through English history and letters
we find reference 20 these feathered war
riors. About 1850 laws were passed IN
England forbidding cock fighting. and as
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4. Pedigree the chicks fully, so that
both sire and dam are known.
D. Make a number of different matings
in order to establish several distinct lines
of blood.
6. Line-breed those lines which produce
a satisfactory percentage of high produc-
ing pullets.
By adopting the above plan in its en-
tirety one will gradually weed out the
low-producing lines Of blood and build up
flock In which the tendency to high pro-
duction is deeply rooted. This means
work, lots of It. but there is no doubt but
that the time will be well spent that the
results will make the effort truly worth
while. Only by the adoption of we'll
considered. definite breeding plans can
any real progress be made. Haphazard
breeding does not. in the main, accom-
plish much. Exceptional individuals may
appear from time to time, but IL these
are not isolated and intelligently used
they will have but little effect in raising
the flock average.
1t will be observed that II the above
plan is used It will be necessary to retain
the breeding stock, both males and fe-
males, until the actual performance OF
the good breeders may be sacrificed and
the work have to he started over again
The value OF testing breeders which are
known to produce uniformly productive
pulets cannot be estimated. When these
have been identified the battle Is nearly
! won
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Kept His job

From Lippineotts
One of the bosses at Baldwin's locomo-
tive works had to lay off an argumenta-
tive Irishman named Pat. so he saved
discussion by putting the discharge in
writing. The next day Pat was missing.
but a week later tie boss was pa assins
through the shop and he saw him again
at the lathe. Going up to the Irishman.
he demanded ferceiy:
Didn't you get my letter2'
''Yis, sur Oi did" said Pat.
Did YOU read it?''
Sure. sur. OF read 1t inside and o read
it outside said Pat "and ON the inside
yez said O was fired and on the outside
YOU said, Return 10 Baldwin's locomo-
tive works in five days
HEAR GOVERNOR PATTERSON TO-
DAY, BIJOU THEATRE, 2i3O =. NJ.
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coiored delicious eggs, while both the
young and old birds seek their living far
and wide.
THE very fact of their training and
being fought demonstrates without doubt
the survival of the strongest, the most
hardy, healthy, best formed In short
to use Darwins words. the survival of the
fittest. What other breed has the stately
walk, the symmetrical form. the bold
alertness, the daring naughty look, the
graceful pose and carriage? Where is
there one so agile? Where another so rich
in colors or of more befitting texture of
plume? Erect, bold as a chief from bat
tie with glory crowned. a natural ruler,
a bird without a peer And this because
from generation to generation and CEN
tury to century the best strongest,
healthiest, truest and of the purest breed
have been kept while the weak and ILL
formed or ill-conditoned were set aside"
The accompanying illustration gives a
good idea of the ideal type for this breed.
AS to color. they aren OF bred strictly in
this respect. although in the drawing a
pair of Black Breasted or Derby Reds are
shown.
The American poultry association sees
fit to ignore this noble breed and to re-
fuse it admission to the Standard, the ex-
cuse being the fear that by so doing It
ght be thought TO countenance cock
lghtng. Notwithstanding this the Old
English Game is most popular and daily
wins new friends by its sterling merits.
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POULTRY

EGGS-Now ready to receive orders:
blue ribbon strain Black Lapshans.
Anconas; premium stock, eggs 81 per
sitting OF Is; So per 100. Mrs. H. c. Ryall,
Shelbyvile, Tenn.
NOW ready to book orders for eggs from
famous free range, S. c. Brown Leg
horns, 16 for 75c; 81 per 100. Maple Hill
Farm, Shelbyville, Tenn. p. o. Box 225
..s FOR SALE
Buff Orpington eggs Is for $l.50; trio OF
Mammoth Bronze turkeys. * wild blood.
L G. Pettyjohn. l709 9Th avA
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QUALITY AND CONDITION OF
BREEDING FOWLS MOST IMPORTANT
Poor Breeding Birds Invari-
ably Produce Inferior
Chicks

The poutryman who neglects TO ex-
eroise the greatest care in the selection
and management of his breeding birds
10 merely inviting disaster. The quality
of the chicks. vigor, strength and pro-
ductiveness, and their conformation and
markings are largely determined by
their ancestry. 1t is. therefore, good
business policy to make sure that moth
ing but desirable birds are used in the
breeding pens
Some of the characteristics of good
breeding stock are discussed by Pro-
fessor stoneburn In his timely contri-
button below.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20
Fourth Annual Banquet
Confined from first page)

tation. Then population and wealth
began to increase, especially along th'
sea coast. In the first two hundred
years from 1910 population in the Unit
ed States had only increased 5000, 900
From that time to this there had beer
a much larger increase in both wealth
and population. The first locomotives
were used in this country nearly ninety
years ago. They were OF a primitive
type. From that time the improve
ments in transportation were very rapid.
We have crossed the rivers with bridges
and tunneled through mountains. Moth
ing has stood in the way Of the march
of empire practically nothing impos-
sible--and in the seventy years follow
ing the first two hundred population
had increased 100000. We have in
the United States the most perfect trans
portation system in the world. This is
matter OF fact. We don't attribute
wealth alone to the railroads, but with
out them II Is absolutely impossible.
The first settlers ia Obion County
came with wagons and teams. They
bIazed the way through canebrake.
Then there were no railroads. Had
not the Railroads been built what
would have been the condition Of the
county to-day. You have great
wealth and fertile soil, but is it not
a fact that the development Of the
farms is due in large measure to
the railroads. Then what should be the
relation OF the farmer and the railroad
company All are trying to achieve
success. The farmer must produce
wealth by tilling the soil. His prog
ress is primary necessity. It is the
most important industry in the world,
and the railroad must be interested
10 developing this industry because il
means a greater volume Of transporta-
ton. Therefore there must be mu-
tuai interest and cooperative spirit.
The railroads have nothing to sell
but transportation that is the moving
Of things for use. The farmer can fix
the price Of produce, but the price of
transportation is hxed by law. The
price Of everything else has advanced
remarkably. The price Of transporta-
ton has not advanced for decade
for ten years. You try to increase your
business and should do soto increase
the amount Of production. The manu-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

facturer is trying to increase his prod
uct, The railroads want that product
increased that they may carry more.
Your interests are identical with the
railroads. Your sons and daughters
and yourself and wife travel more and
the railroads want you to travel 10 order
to derive the revenue from such travel.
Our interests are mutual and we should
not abuse each other. People have not
fully realized these things. They have
lost sight OF the fact that the chief thing
to be obtained is co operation. Our in
terests must be mutual that the country
may prosper. Consider what is best for
you and best for me. Manifestly we
should get together and explain to each
other in brotherly way what our re-
spective interests are. The transporta-
ton companies and the shippers should
both be understood better. 1t is rela-
lively your duty and our duty not to
consider too much our selfish interests.
We are all earnestly endeavoring to
acquire wealth, but wealth alone is not
the chief object OF ambition. Wealth
without moral character would not be
blessing. Patriotism is the real virtue.
Men give up their lives in war for pure
love Of country. Our material pros
perity is only temporary. The history
Of all nations is that prosperity cannot
last without moral standards. 1t is
necessary that you and / live up to
moral standards II the nation is to pros
per. The people and railroads must
treat each other fairly and honestly.
We must teach our sons and daughters
virtue and morality. and high moral
standards can only be achieved for any
length OF time through the power Of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mr.. Geo. Dahnke reviewed the work |
OF the Business Mems Club in the many |
Improvements in Union City since its
organization, including sewerage, con-
crete walks. cannery, cotton gin, agri-
cultural improvement association. This
il the only county in the State that
hasn't looked to The State for assistance
in her agricultural improvement work.
We want to build hard roads and con-
tinue the good work to other improve
ments. We want the farmers to join
the agricultural association and all the
organizations to cooperate. 1t takes
team work 10 win in the game. Mr..
Dahnke spoke Of the 0bion Valley
Drainage Association and the work now
under contract draining 10000 acres
Of land. Fifty thousand acaes will be
in this drainage work 50 the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20
WILSON PLEADS FOR
TENNESSEE HARMONY
The President Espouses Cause 81
Democrats.
nv r NJ earns

/
BY R. M CAFES.
Washing, March IA. AN appeal fol
party harmony among Tennessee Demo
Gratis was issued by President Wilson to-
night after conference with Senator
Shields and Democratic National Com
mitteeman Hull of Tennessee and Rep
resentatiye Doremus, chairman Of the
Democratic congressional campaign
committee. Senator Lee OF Tennessee
was to have been present. but was out
Of the city. The President feels that
his attitude toward party affairs in Ten
nessee has been misunderstood in some
quarters.
The authorized statement issued from
the White House says:
My judgment is very clear and de-
cided that it is the duty OF all Democrats
in Tennessee to accommodate any diff
ferences they may have had in the past
and stand solidly together for the sake
Of the prestige and success of the party
throughout the nation. The nation is
now accepting the services OF the party
as of the highest benefit to it and every
Democrat should consider it part Of bis
duty and privilege to contribute to the
work which has in recent years made
the party SO effective in the nation.
AS | see the situation, the causes
which divided the party in Tennessee no
longer exist. The issues which caused
the division have been settled. The
thought Of every Democrat should now
be bent very earnestly toward a means
Of union and cooperation and common
national service. do not see how,
otherwise, the Democrats Of the State
can pull with the Democrats OF the ma
ton or the country be enabled to Judge
what Tennessee thinks OF the present
at Washington. /"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

class Of novels aids one very little edu.
cationally, and not until this girl has
grown to an old woman does she realize
that her life has been without purpose,
aim or ambition; that her many days
on earth have been useless. Then take,
il you will, a young girl who each day
tries 10 her simple way 70 do good ii
the world, to try and brighten some
weary, empty heart; 4 girl whose one
aim In LIE Is to do right and aid others
to get the true worth Of living. How
can she do this II every day her heart
and mind are absorbed ia q novel; n
her only thoughts are, viii the hero
capture the girl 81 his dreansyn Of,
viii the poor but proud knight win
the duel and gain the hand o. his much
loved princessY' You win say, Mol
Many brilliant girls and boys, too, have
buried the inestimable values oi man
hood and womanhood between the COW
ers 81 novel
HIoH ScHoot GIRL.
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500 Reward. 500.

learn that there Is nj least one dreadful disease
that science has been able 10 cure in all its stages
and that IS Catafrh Halls Catarrh Cure Is the
only positive cure now known 10 the medical
fraternity. Catafrh being constitutional dis
ease, requires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys.
disease and giving the patient strength by,huiid-
ing UP the constitution and assisting nature In
doing lis work The proprietors have 50 much
faith III its curative powers that they offer One
funded Dollars for any case that il fails TO cnre
Send for list OF Testimonials
Address r r CHENEY & CO. Toledo. b.
Sold by ali Druggists 75c
Take HALLS Fanllly Pills for constipation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20
Is Novel Reading a
Waste Of Time (?

Novel reading for grown ups is like
fairy tales for children. Perhaps you
may approve OF one and not the other,
but what are novels except fairy tales?
They are things that never happened
and never will happen; they give one
false ideas Of life and the world They
are a total waste Of time. for no good
Except making one more familiar with
words and their derivations) can be de-
rived from constant bookworm.
Take girl, for instance, who all her
life has been allowed TO read every class
OF literature-her life is wasted. She
does no particular harm in the world,
yet she does no good whatever. You
may sag that she sol great importance
in the world Of letters, but the ordinary
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

There is one thing we're here for-to
make the kind OF rolls, pies. cakes,
doughnuts and bread the people want.
We put the best materials and skill into
their production. Order as early as pos
sihIe.. Phone 100. Dahnke's Cafe.
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richest lands in Tennessee, and it will
be done in the next five years.

DC zone IN the next nVe years.
There were number OF other speak
ers in addition to the program, ipclud-
ing Mr.. Cole, Of the banking and rail-
road interests Of Nashville; Mr.. Percy
Warner, of Nashville; H. F. Smith,
vice president Of the n, G. & ST. l..
Railway, and J. NJ. Brice, OF the News
Banner.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

Fancy Silk and Crepe de Chine Dresses patterns
exhibition With this ngeing modih apparel
the latest style exped-uy arshcay made Of printed silk and
de chine combined with
combination You will perceive
air novelty about each dressbut effects 'front.'
three-ie models
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

Suits and Dresses in complete assortment the seasons
smartest models in all the fashionable materials at the
most attractive prices Plain and fancy trimmed models
in the cuaway effects kmona sleeves plain and draped
skirts. In this department are prepared with the
largest showing have made of hgh-cIass suits
and dresses.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

Can 15O for coal d any kind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-03-20

GEO. r. KENNEY,
County Judge.
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lFTTzsIMMoNs.


There is something pathetic In tho
spectacle OF hob Fitzsimmons. n Of
the most famous prizefightcrs who
ever entered n ring, seeking In the
courts the privilege OF ro-entering the
ring TO demonstrate. by George, that
he is az good as ne was a quarter OF
a century ago, and moro than a
match. by heck. for any OF the whip
persnappors who tango" around the
squared circle nowadays.
Fftzsimmons IN over Atty years old.
Tho courts showed eminent discretion
In preventing Bob from going back 20
pugilism. His ambition 90 return and
show EN- Is n fair sample Of the
fatuous belief OF every pugilist that
no can come back M any stage OF
the game. His n q impresses upon
us tho fact that tho rcnown Of tho
Hstic celebrity is evanescent and fleet
ing and that he scrambles and nights
his way up the ladder OF fame only
TO take a quick tumble down the
other side.