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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
CITIZENS AROUSED and
RAID WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Several Dusky Citizens Caught With
the Goods.

On account of the increasing pre-
valence of burglary and bootlegging
in Union City and for the further
purpose of forestalling some more
serious catastrophe a citizens vigi-
lance committee was formed and
took it upon themselves We'd
nesday night to scour the city for
bootleggers and suspicious charac-
tiers, who have been ignoring and
violating the ordinances of the city
and State in the corporate limits of
Union City, and creating a condi-
tion Of unrest among those of our
citizens who are entitled to the pro-
lection Of the law. This committee
comprised some of the best citizens
Of Union City, assisted by special Of
ficers and the city police, and they
Faided several places and found
bootleg liquor and the evidences of
bootlegging and other attractions of
the law. They stood not upon cere-
mony but did their work boldly and
without regard to protest upon the
part of old offenders, who tried to
evade them. 1t was a determined
general attack on the part of
citizens who did this work, and
it is not the end but very
mild beginning of what is to take
place if the laws of the city and
State and peace of citizens are not
respected.
Will Taylor, Bud White, Jake
Dennis and Sam Donelson were TAX
en- to Jail Wednesday night. Others
were notified that they must here
after obey the law or take the con-
sequences.
Union City people have not and
will positively not tolerate reign
Of lawlessness, and if clan or a
of men don't think so they
are taking mighty big chances to
start anything.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
TROY.

| Mr.. Walker Curry and family mo.
tored over to Obion Sunday.
| Many from here attended the box
supper at Whiteside Saturday night.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. McGowen spent
Sabbath night with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Calls near Pleasant Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Joyner, of Harris,
are the guests of relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Carmack attended
church at Whiteside Sabbath.
Misses Maggie and Fannie McGowen,
of Ebenezer, were in town Saturday
shopping.
Mr.. Jas. Pressly was visitor in I'm
ion City Monday.
Col. Jas. M. Brice and Judge Geo. R.
Kenney we're here last week.
! The ladies of the A. R. P. Church
gave an oyster supper at the courthouse
Wednesday night for the church which
was very successful.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Wright, of Horn
beak, we're here Wednesday shopping.
Mr.. Ollie Dahnke, of Union City, was
here Monday.
Mr.. HI. 7. Wallace, of Obion, and
Otto Burton, of Fulton, KY, spent
Sunday with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. 0. Bennett and
Mrs. G. R. McDade were in Union City
Monday shopping.
Mr.. Beard, of Obion, was business
visitor here Monday.
Mr.. John Mitchell is very low with
pneumonia at this writing.
Mr.. Talmage Cunningham and wife,
Glass, visited Col. Davy Crockett and
family Sunday.
Mrs. W. E. Scott, Of Ebenezer, spent
Sunday with Mr.. J. M. Curry.
Mr.. Herbert Wells, of Martin is
spending the week with his father, Geo.
w. Wells.
Mr.. Fred Reeves, of Memphis, is
spending the week with his father,
Marion Reeves, convalescing from a
very severe case of measles.
J. L. Forester and Abel Turner Wis
tied Mr.. Walter Forester at Obion last
Sunday.
Mr.. Wendell Roberts is erecting
new house on his farm near Troy.
Mrs. ]. 6. Donnel fell Sunday even
ing and was very seriously hurt, but at
the present is considered out of danger
The Board of Trustees of Obion Col
Iege and Public School Directors met
Monday and elected Prof. Geo. Shankle
principal and Mr.. Bibbs and Mrs. I.
NJ. Maxwell assistants for the ensuing
year.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
Horse Sense.

A horse that refrains from eating is
using the horse sense method of cur
ing itself of some intestinal trouble.
Nature sometimes fails, so take no
chances but 60 to the aid of nature as
soon as you see something wrong with
your horse and give it dose or two of
B. A. Thomas Stock Remedy. If it
does not respond at once, this medicine
costs you nothing and it's just as sure
with COWS or sheep. We give you your
money back. For sale by Frank G.
Wehman. ADV.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
Sunday Evening Burglars.

Burglars broke into the homes OF
Mrs. Lola Pitzer and Joe Harpole of
Cheatham street, between the hours
of $3.50 and $50 o'clock. Both
parties were away from their homes
at the time the robbery was commit
ted. Sixty-one dollars was taken at
the home of Mrs. Pitzer, but nothing
at sthe Harpole residence, as the
marauders were evidently interrupt
ed in their work by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harpole's return from a visit to a
neighbor.
Bloodhounds were brought from
Dyersburg and put on trail at the
Harpole residence, from where they
carried it to the home of one Bill
Swift, negro, who was arrested and
lodged in Jail, together with his
stepson, Frank Upton, and two 9TH
er suspects, Jess Cleek and Diggs, all
negroes. The. hounds are the prop
erty of G.. w. Simpson, of Dyers-
burg, and they came in early Mon
day morning and went right to
work. The trail was fresh and the
dogs kept it right up to the door of
Swift's place, and he was arrested.
Swift implicated the other negroes
and they were examined by DR.. w.
M. Turner, Henry Moss and w. L.
White. Nothing could be gained
from anyone but Swift, and he
stated that during the evening of
the robbery two negroes were stay
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
OBION.

Miss Gertrude Nichols, of Elbridge
who has been in Nashville for the pas
three weeks posting up on the --latest
styles in millinery, returned home Mon.
day. She bought nice line of mil.
linery goods and will open bonnet
shop" in Elbridge as soon as her goods
arrive.
Mrs. E. E. Burton, wife OF the editor,
and children are now residents of Obion,
having arrived last Friday.
L. P. Nichols, of Elbridge, was in
town Monday. He informs us that
some Of his neighbors are having ex-
cellent luck Matching chickens. Mrs.
Charley Maloney set hen with Is eggs
and 16 chickens were Matched.
7. o. Morris, P. B. Morris, L. B.
Floyd, S. H. Parks, A. O. Wilburn, R.
M. Dunn, Jr., Bernie Moore, Robert
Davidson, Ed Cherry, Doddridge Mich
OILS, Jack Chiles and Arlie Ledbetter
were present at the burial of J. |. Terry
at Trimble Sunday.
Attorney E. A. Morris and 7. Chal-
mers Cason we're Newbern visitors Sun
day.
G. E. Green and family and Miss
Jewell Jones visited friends in Trimble
Sunday.
Mrs. J. F. Pope and daughter, Obion,
returned home Monday after spending
the weekend with relatives in Overs
burg.
Rev. Raymond White, of Union City,
will preach at the Presbyterian Church
here next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
A cordial invitation to the public is
given.
G. A. James spent Sunday and Mon
lay at his Lake County farm in Chero-
zee Bend.
Miss Gladys Maloney spent several
lays in Union City this week doing
Topographic work for Mr.. Scott, the
dornbeak oil man.
Misses Eva and Daughty Maloney, of
Elbridge, we're in Union City Monday
hopping.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
Scalds, Calls, Scratches, Sore
Hurts. Screw Worms.

To make the best cure for such
troubles, buy pint of linseed oil, if
you prefer healing oil, or pound OF
hog lard or vaseline if you want a salve
and add Soc bottle of Farris Healing
Remedy. 1t simply can't be beat by
any salve or liniment made. And see
what you get-a full pint for not over
60 cents. Farris' Healing Remedy is
sold by us the Money Back Plan. Sold
by Frank G. Wehman. ADV.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
Burglars Still at It.

Wednesday night before the citi-
zens' raid started prowler under
took to open the back door of w. P.
Casey's residence on Church street
about 8 o'clock Mr.. Casey was at
the express office and Mrs. Casey
telephoned to the police. BY that
time the party at the door made his
getaway and nothing came of the
trouble. This probably had it's eff
feet in the organization of the citi-
zens committee and their operations
Wednesday night.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumb1ing sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever
Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing more than an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists. 7Sc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02

Three batteries of artillery were
ordered to Brownsville, Tex, to pro-
tect that city in the event of firing
across the border when the Villa
troops renew the attack on Matamo-
ras. Reports have reached Wash
ington that Gen. Zapata is about to
retire from Mexico City and that
Gen. Oregon, with one of the Car
rama armies, is preparing to reoc-
cupy the Mexican capital.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02

ing in the room next to his; that
they went out and after short time
came back and seemed to be covering
something under a tub, supposed to
be chickens. He next heard them
rafting something, and one was
heard to say he had about twenty
five dollars and the other that he
had twenty-five or thirty dollars
The conversation which followed be-
tween them was that they were "to
the good" and would be ready to
take the train for Chicago. He said
one of the voices sounded like Tip
tons and the other he didn't know.
Rumors of lynching were heard
during the day but everything was
quiet until late in the evening when
a crowd of men and boys began to
gather around the Jail and Gala
boose. There was some demonstra-
ton, and the noise kept up for
while, probably until 10 o'clock,
when the crowd dispersed.
On Wednesday afternoon the ne
groes were arraigned before Esq.
Bratton and Swift told practically
The same in court that was related
above. The negroes were bound
over.
, The feeling in town has been
somewhat tense and it will not take
much more or much worse work
han this to stir a mob in Union
City.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
COLDS & LaGRIPPE

s or 6 doses SEQ will break
any case of Chills & Fever. Colds
& LaGrippe: it acts on the liver
better than CalomeI and does not
tripe or sicken. Price 25c.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
The Grind.

What are you doing now?"
1.-TWO a day." said the actor.
"And your"
Il can't quite equal that" re-
sponded the popular novelist. 1.-TWO
a week is about my limit"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02
Missionary Society.

The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church will meet with
Mrs. w. Y. Pickard, East Exchange
street, Monday, April 5, at p. m.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02

The Appellate Court of Illinois
held that the physical property of
a Methodist Church is under the
control of the congregation and not
the church conference.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02

A call for worldwide revival,
issued by the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America, de-
clares that the spiritual situation is
critical and that measures of social
reform demand change Of heart.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02

A call for 100 brings the coal wagon;
Union City Ice & Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-02

Big Muddy washed nut coal is best
for cooking. Call $50. Union City
Ice & Coal Co.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-29

undertakings of the day. But
every woman should know that
the clothing of the new baby
should be based on the most re-
cent knowledge of infant hy-
giene. The clothing Of each
member of the household should
depend on the climate, methods
of house construction and heat
ing, hearty and delicate appe-
tites, works and habits.
A woman should buy for use
not for display, trying to obtain
the fabrics that are not adulter-
ated and are made under the
highest humane and sanitary
conditions.
Aunt Fannie's Niece,
VESTA.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-29

win the hand of Miss Gondola
Henstep, as he reports he NOV
ed his chair two feet nearer her
on last Sunday night.
The Mail Carriers horse was
run over and badly skinned up
by the buggy it was hitched to
Wednesday.
Ellick Hellwanger has lowered
his eyebrows in anticipation of
a fight he expects to have the
next time he meets Sidney Hooks
in a narrow place in the road.
The Deputy Constable will prob
ably stay at home until it is ov-
er, as he is law-abiding citizen
and hates to see anybody break
the law.
The Mail Carriers horse got
frightened at the Postmaster
Tuesday morning and ran away.
The mail Carrier will apologize
when he gets back.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-29

terest of Lewis Sachs was by
him assigned to F. j. Heaton
and the said F. J. Heaton assign
ed to Charles H. Lohrer on the
first day of April, 1911, and ac-
quired by P. H. Fitzgerald by a
Trustees Deed dated April 9th,
1912, and recorded at page 229
of Book SO of the Records of the,
office of the Recorder of Deeds
for St. Francois County, Mis-
souri,.
Upon the following terms, to-
wit: One-third cash in hand at
the time of sale, the balance to
be secured by deed of trust upon
the property conveyed, payable
twelve months after date with
interest at the rate of six per
cent per annum; the purchaser
having the right to pay all cash
at any time before the approval
of such sale by the Circuit Court
of st. Francois County.
j. G. WILLIAMS, Sheriff
of st. Francois County.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-29
SHERIFF'S SALE IN PAR
TITION
Harry Thomas, Plaintiff,

VS..
Katherine Fitzgerald, Gertrude
Hitzman and E. E. Hitzman,
her husband, Nellie Fitzger-
aid and Eugene Thomas, min
ors, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Sheriff of st.
Francois County, under author
ity of, an order of sale made by
the Circuit Court, of the County
of st. Francois, State of Missou-
ri, at its adjourned May term
I 1915, in the cause pending there
in, wherein Harry Thomas was
plaintiff, and Katherine Fitzger-
aid, Gertrude Hitzman and E. E.
Hitzman, her husband, Nellie
Fitzgerald and Eugene Thomas,
minors, were defendants, will
offer for sale the interest of the
above named parties in the here
matter described real estate, on
Saturday, November 81, 1915,
between the hours of nine
o'clock in the forenoon and five
o'clock in the afternoon of said
day, at the South front door of
the Court House in the City of
Pennington, County of st.
Francois, State of Missouri, the
following described real estate,
situate in the County Of st.
Francois, State of Missouri, to-
wit:
The East half of the North
west quarter Of Section twenty
two (22), in township thirty
five $3.50 north, range four (4)
east, containing eighty 1907
acres.
Also the unexpired leasehold
in and to the absolute surface
right to the following described
| property, to-wit: In block num-
Der seven (7) in the town of
Setz as the same appears of rec
ord in the office of the Recorder
of Deeds for st. Francois Coun-
ty, Missouri, (being now known
and designated as City of Ell
vins) to-wit: All of lot number
one % Of said block seven CD
except fifty (50) feet off of the
North end of said lot one ~ on
which now stands a two-story
brick building erected by Frank
White. Also all of that part of
lot number two (2) in said block
number seven CD lying North
of the Right-of-way of what is
known as the Gumbo or Quarry
Switch of the Mississippi River
and Bonnie Terre Railway. Also
4 a parcel of land in said block
number seven CD twenty COY
feet in width and thirty-nine
(39) feet and six (6) inches in
length, on the center line there
of, lying between said lots one
!. (1) and two ~ which said par
eel of ground formerly consti-
tuted an alley but which said
alley was vacated by the County
J, Court of st. Francois County,
J, Missouri, by it's order of May
| 7th, 1906. The leasehold above
| described is the same leased and
demised by Jesse M. Elvins and
wife and Thomas H. STAN to
Joseph Smith being for a term
of thirty (30) years from the
first day of August, 1905, and by
said Joseph Smith assigned to
I
F. j. Heaton and Lewis Sachs
the undivided one-half (11) in
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-29
BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
NOTES

Mrs. ]. C. Watson and her
friend, Mrs. Schick of Chicago,
were visitors one day last week.
Miss Flossie Mackley of River
Mines was one of our welcome
and interested visitors last
Thursday.
The new Song Books have ar
rived and singing will now occa-
sionally be INDUCED in by the
student body.
Miss Lawrence gave another
examination last week in Theory
of Shorthand, and the honor stu
dents are Messrs. Ferd and Louis
Kertz, and Eugene Orten.
Miss Barbara Hawn is doing
typewriting and general aman-
uensis work in the office of Mr..
Chas. Francisco, Highway Engi-
neer.
Cloud Cole, who has been at
tending night school, changes
this week to our day session,
and takes full charge as fireman
of the Opera House heating
plant.
We received a call from Nal.
den last week for a young man
stenographer and bookkeeper,
but could not fill the position, as
our record shows all of our grad
yates and competent young men
satisfactorily placed at this time.
A letter just received from
Prof. E. Turley, who is teaching
in one of the Browns Business
Colleges in St. Louis, informs us
that he is succeeding nicely and
wishes to be remembered to his
friends and former schoolmates.
DR.. Scrutchfeld, Superintend-
en- of State Hospital No. A, gave
to our students an especially in
teresting and instructive lecture
last Thursday afternoon. An
extract of this address is found
elsewhere in this weeks paper.
Our football boys met the
strong Marvin team upon grid
iron last Saturday, and were vic
torious by the score of Is to 6.
The game was a hard fought con-
test, the Marvin boys outweigh
ing the Ozark team about ten
pounds to the man.
Lascar Buchanan, a graduate
of ours, who now has a lucrative
position in the Office of the Fris-
CO Railroad, st. Louis, writes
that he is pleased with his work
and remembers with pleasure
the months spent in our train
ing school.
! Prof. Moothart was in Flat
River Tuesday arranging to in
stall a public stenographer, as
there seems to be quite a demand
for this kind of work. Miss Ha.
eel Belknap will be placed ir
charge of the Office, so that al
wanting high grade typewritine
and stenographic work, SHOULD
give Miss Belknap an opportuni'
ty to please.
The big football game Of the
esason will take place at the
Ozark Athletic Field, Farming
ton, Saturday afternoon, at {
o'clock, between the All Stars
and the Ozark Business Univer
sity team. All who enjoy this
sport will surely get their mon
ey's worth by attending Satur
day afternoon, as the contest
promises to be an especially
hard-fought and exciting one.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-10-29
FROM A DOMESTIC SCIENCE
NOTE BOOK

The selection of suitable
clothing and the right amount
still rests with the head of the
household. Other household du-
ties involves certain principles
to be followed, but this duty is
perhaps conformed under con-
fusing conditions Beauty of
clothing, its hygienic fitness, a
desire to show money strength
as we'll as to show warmth and
comfort.
There need be no argument to
prove that the human form may
produce beautiful and artistic
results. Modesty demands the
form to be clothed as also COM
fort and protection from the
weather.
The economist says that in no
better way can the wealth of
the family and the ability to
spend without regard to return
in utility be so easily demonstra-
ted as by dressing in the fashion.
This spending capacity is ac-
cented if the clothes that are
costly and bought frequently
are of the kind that would pre-
vent the wearer doing any work.
The changing styles telling
the whole world when a suit was
made is a constant pressure on
the woman to keep up, possibly
that she may not look unlike her
friends or perhaps to show that
her husband is getting along
we'll in business, or to keep peo-
pie from knowing that he isn't.
To keep up appearances is Of
ten a great drain on the woman.
To the woman who wishes to
buy wisely and to use the re-
sources at her command for her
family's need, the task is diff
cult, since the manufacturer and
the merchant do their best to
manipulate affairs to their own
satisfaction. Buying is stimu-
lated by advertising, displays in
shop windows, Easter seasons,
by trips to the seashore, and by
trips to the South in winter.
We have heard criticized the
over-dressed clerk or factory
girl but nothing is said against
the Easter opening in the great
department store reacting to
the dealer, because of the natu-
raj desire to look fair and beau
tiful when nature herself is put
ting on new clothes.
Until recently the effort has
been slight to devise right styles
of dress taking the human figure
as the basis for decision. Today,
however, we are told that the
correct size of an ideal waist is
26 inches, where formerly it has
been 20 or 81.
Built on the foundation of a
perfect body, woman's dress to-
day is showing more good and
artistic lines than it has ever
shown. Sleeves are conforming
to the natural shape of the arm,
collars are not so high and may
be ommitted. Shoes do not have
as high heels as formerly and of
very much better shape.