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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26
FIELD HOSPITALS ARRIVE.
American Red Cross Contingent Will
Be Attached to Belgian Army.

LONDON, April &c, 3.O2 p. m. - The
two American field hospitals which left
New York April I on board the steam
ship st. Louis arrived hero today The
Red Cross contingent is to be attached
to the Belgian army, but viii not pro-
ceed Immediately to the continent be
cause Of a tie-up in the shipping bound
for Holland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26
WISH TO AVOID WAR.
Chinese Send an Appeal to President
Wilson in Japanese CONTROVERSY.

HONOLULU, April 90. = Chinese
residents of Honolulu at mass meet
ing last night decided to send an ap-
peal to President Wilson and the Brit
ish foreign Office at London asking
their good offices to assist the Chinese
to resist the demands of Japan, to the
end that China may avoid war with
honor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26

PARIS. April 26.-Military writers are
discussing the use of asphyxiating bombs,
the Figaro quoting the German Gen Fried
rich \. J. Won Bernhard as having advo-
Gated their use.
Since the contents Of these bombs have
become known it is urged that preventive
measures be taken, as we'll as reprisals
against the enemy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26
IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.

Monday, April 26, 7.3O p. m.-Regular
meeting of Wantastiquet lodge. The third
degree will be conferred.
Tuesday, April 27, 7.30 p. m.-Regular
meeting OF Dennis Rebekah lodge
Thursday, April 20, 7.30 p. m.-Special
meeting of Canton Palestine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26
THE WEATHER.
Fair and Warmer Tonight and Tues
day. Moderate Winds.

WASHINGTON, April 26. - The
weather forecast: Fair and warmer to-
night and Tuesday. Moderate south
west winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26
Girl Carrying Funds from
Store to Bank Attacked
in Broad Daylight
THIEVES SECURED s47I
IN CASH AND CHECKS
Robbers Escaped, Although Scores of
People Saw the Messenger When
She Was Struck Down-Her Injuries
Not Serious.

NEW YORK, April 26.-Another
bold daylight attack and robbery of a
bank messenger occurred today, when
Rose Wishnick, cashier of Harlem
grocery concern, was blackjacked on
the street while on her way to a bank
with the firm 5 funds.
The thieves secured 1871 in cash and
500 in checks anf escaped, although
scores of persons saw the messenger
when she was struck down.
Miss Wishnick was stunned, but re-
covered in a short time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH

Tuesday, April ~, Z p. m.-Meeting
Of the Boys Scouts in thechapel.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26

Continued on Page 81
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
A Sermon on Noah.

My text dis mornin' Breddern, am
took from de Holy Writ, wherein we
read how Noah made de Ark an
fashioned it; he built de Ark OBJ
gopher wood, an used a cubit rule,
while all de knockers sat eroun' an
cussed him TO- a fool; de local anvil
chorus, dey jes sat eroun' an spat
terbaccer juice upon his wood, an
Knocked him jes' lax dat, an seq
"Whafoah yo' maxim dis hyah boat
foah on dry lam? Yo'-all a-thinkin'
maybe, dat yo'-all's sailah MANI"
But Noah paid no 'tenshun, ner
allowed he heard dem croaks, but
jes' minded his own business, lax all
good and proper folks; when dey
read de weddah 'cast-"Mild; con-
tinnered warm an fair" ole Noah
went on buildin', an allowed he
didn't care.
But one day de weddah shifted /;
de barometer done fall, an de rain
came down in torrents-rained TO
fo'ty days-dat's all; an de knock
ers and de croakers drowned jes' lax
so many rats, which was jes' what
dey had commin '-nothin' left ex-
ep' dey hats
An de moral OBJ dis story, Bred
dern, hit am writ quite plain, dat
whenevah knockers tell yo' dey amt
gwine ter be no rain, jes' go ahead
lax Noah, an don't let EN- get yo'
goat, an some day you'll have lax
Noah, de bigges' show afloat.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
The Country Editor.

He might have been a millionaire,
And won financial fame,
Or sat in a directors chair,
Had money been his aim;
He chose instead to spend his years
In service poorly paid,
And with the paste pot and the
shears
A humble living made.
He chronicled the towns events;
The local goings-on;
His fellow townsmen's hopes and
bents
Inspired his lexicon;
He felt the public pulse that beat
Around him, and he tried
To make his little country sheet
A thing of local pride.
Unselfishly, with all his heart,
He strove but to upbuild
His town, of which he was a part,
With great ambition filed.
He spoke well of his fellow men;
He praised when praise was due;
He welded but a kindly pen.
And no reward he drew
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
For Aldermen,
]. c. Burdick Announces.

The Commercial takes pleasure in
presenting the name of j. c. Bur-
dick, Sr., to it's readers as candi-
date for Alderman of Union City.
Capt. Burdick is one. of Union
City's ablest and best known citi-
zens. He has served on the board
with distinction. He is enterprising,
energetic and is always thinking
and working for the betterment of
his town He is president of the
Business Mems Club and has an ear
to the ground at all times trying to
locate some desirable enterprise and
capture it for the city. He is liberal
with his means and is found in the
front rank working to benefit and
beautify the community. If elected
he will make the city good official.
Consider his claims.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
Manufacturing Criminals.

"The greatest crime in the United
of criminals" says Henery B. Hyde
in The Chicago Tribune, writing of
the great number of useless laws
passed by the State Legislatures and
city councils each year. And to sup
port his indictment Mr. Hyde mar
shals an array of facts which fic-
tion cannot match.
Commenting editorally on Mr..
Hyde's charges, The Tribune says:
obviously, what Mr.. Hyde calls the
wholesale manufacture of criminals
is one of the unexpected results of
our uncritical reliance upon legis-
lation as cure-all. When the
American sees anything he doesn't
like, his first impulse is to pass a
law against it. If there are no
statutes against gravitation enacted
at the vocfierous behest of Americans
who have slipped upon winters
day, it is an oversight which will be
corrected in due time.
"This is an American failing which
is often commented on. Less often
do we ponder the moral phase of the
American habit of passing laws.
Undoubtedly we have been pass
ing thru period of acute social self
consciousness. Many things which
were ignored by our fathers we >un-
derstand or think we understand the
evil of, and in attempting to express
our new sense of responsibility and
correct the newly discovered faults
by our favorite, method of law-mak-
ing we have not only far out-strip-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
That Soldier Song.

being, incidentally, a hint tt
song writer's that Soldier" can bt
rhymed with something else thar
'shoulder")
I've tried to write martial lay,
With cheers and glad Hosannahs,
OF troops SO gay that march away
With drums and waving banners.
But thru my head till I'm insane,
Runs one tune-now I've told you
Il didn't raise" goes the refrain,
"My boy to be a soldier"
l cannot write of guns that roar
Their challenge to the battle,
Nor of the glory that is war,
Nor of the musket's rattle;
This tune, until I'm almost dead
(To peace it seeks to mould you)
Il didn't raise" goes thru my head
MY boy to be soldier"
l weary of that senseless song,
Though l cannot forget it;
1t haunts me now the whole da!
long
| know l shouldn't let it;
It's spoiled the one idea / had,
So this will have to hold you
81 didn't raise my darling lad
To be a blooming soldier"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22

ped our capacity for the more diff
cult task of administration, but WI
have developed a taste for correct
ling what seem to be our neighbors
errors which bids fair in turn to in
Iclude everything from his choice Of
lneckties to his religious creed.
This taste for censorship is not
discriminating What seems to the
i great mass of given community as
lat worst harmless or inconsiderable
lseems to some moral specialists
Iheinous and deeply demoralizing. In
no country of the world to-day, we
believe, are there so many good peo-
|ple who happen to be passionately
Ienergized over some particular fact
of our fallible human nature. The
United States is one huge example of
Herbert Spencer's smile on reform.
lit is a titantic sheet of metal on
which the dinges are being furiously
beaten down with the inevitable re-
suit that with almost every blow IF
our laundering hammers a new dinge
is made as the old one disappears.
SIN this period of an awakened
social conference we show collec-
ltively a tendency to neurasthenia in
reform, and individually supersen-
sitiveness as to other peoples errors,
| If good many of our efforts at bet
tering the world overnight could be
tested with a dose of humor and
sense of proportion, deal of UNI
necessary suffering could be avoided
and some very serious social reac-
lions escaped.
but more is needed even than
perfecting of law enforcement and
Administrations thing more diff
cult to attain. We need a check up
ON our growing tendency to force
our neighbors into compliance with
our own special standards. If we
are to accept sterner and more de-
tailed social discipline, let us at least
see that it is shaped by the common
conscience and based on the broad
and settled convictions of the COM
munity. Let us no longer subject
the individual to the heterogeneous
tyranny of innumerable minorities.
Too much of our penal law is made
under the cover of public indifference
by that species of man or woman
who would have us all run into the
mold of his or her own conviction.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
CASUAL COMMENT
Business Harmony.

This has been a good season FOL
business mems outings, picnics, field
days and other summer sports And
they have served a good purpose
Business harmony is an absolute ne
cessity to a community. 1t brings
closer cooperation to business or
ganizations. Boards of Trade are
worthless if they are allowed to be-
come hot beds of petty jealousies,
chickering's and cut-throat methods
between the members. A great many
business organizations also fail be-
cause few officers are allowed to
do all the work and the remainder
of the members stand aside and criti-
else, fail to attend meetings and put
I'D an almost insurmountable bar to
closer unity. Here steps in the so
cial side. The picnic, the summer
outing, the field day, when all mem
bers of the Business Mems Associa-
tion close shop and get together to
play, cannot but result IN harmony
and better understanding. Stiff
ness and Formally can't last long in
the baseball game between the fat
men and the slim ones. The sourest
crouch in the association is apt to
become almost human under the in
fiuences of the sack or potato races,
while the hatched-faced, thin-lipped
cashier who has reputation Of hay
ing smiled back in 80, is more apt
to thaw under the stories and the
luncheon under the trees than he is
if he remains secluded in his money
cage. These get-together meetings
are far-reaching. Bill Jones, who
has always hated his competitor, will
go back to town laughing at the
story the hated one told, and, like
as not, will get into the habit of
dropping by his store to hear more
of those stories and, incidentally,
talk over business matters with him.
Town spirit and good business grow
out of pleasant relations.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
For Aldermen.

In the proper column of to-day
Commercial will be found the official
announcements of Mr.. John A.
Wheeler and John p Adams, candi-
dates for reelection as Aldermen of
Union City.
For several terms Mr.. Adams has
served the city in this capacity.
Four years ago he dropped out. but
made the race and was successful
two years later. He was by Mr..
Reynolds given the Craftsmanship of
the street committee. This was just
after the walks and rock streets had
been built, so far as the bonded
funds would allow, hence Mr. Ad-
ans has had very little money with
which to keep up the work. But
he has done his work we'll. With
limited means he has reworked First
street, and Washington avenue has
been filled, graded and graveled and
made the best looking business
street IN the city.
Mr.. Wheeler was elected two
years ago and has taken much in
terest in the city's affairs. He was
assigned the craftsmanship of the
cemetery committee. He is man of
means, splendid business man and
a frst-class citizen. He has made
a good official and deserves an in
dorsement.
Two of our best citizens and we
take pleasure in presenting thier
names to the voters. Consider their
claims when you come to make ul
your ticket at the city election on
the first Saturday in January next.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22

rect fact in the results, but this does
not render him political nonentity.
He can understand enough of the
working methods to apply the great
Ideterminatiye principles; he can in
spire the sluggish citizens of his con-
gregation to performance of their
civic duties; he can fire the men Of
his church with such passion for
righteousness in public life that they
will serve their party committees
and become candidates for office; he
can luster registering and voting
with sacramental significance.
What he cannot do himself by direct
action, he can cause a hundred or
five hundred of his parishouers to do
as an integral part of their Chris
tian lives. There are certain spheres
of influence in which a minister is at
discount because of his professional
standing. But he is not thereby shut
out from part in the development
of modern society Jesus did not
legislate by specific acts, regulations
and bylaws, but by the proclamation
of determinative principles. Those
principles are as applicable to-day as
they were sixty generations ago. It
is the minister's privilege to show
the relevance of those principles to
modern life; to bring them to bear
upon such problems as local option,
factory regulation, child labor,
workmen's compensation, capital and
labor, trade competition, penology
and a hundred kindred themes. If
he can lay the divine compulsions of
such principles upon the men who
fall within his pastoral domain, he
will have become a social, civic and
political power of the first order
without jeopardizing his influence by
plunging into game for which he
has had no training and to which
he cannot give adequate time without
sacrificing his own unique RESPONSE
bilities and privileges"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22

and was Colonel on Mr. Patterson
staff. He owns and edits the Johnson
City Comet and in the last week s issue
his paper contained this editorial para
graph: If the people Of this great
State want man to represent them in
the United States Senate who has clean
and unquestionable record from the era
die to the present, and that has made
success in life, they will vote for Nc
Kellar.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
Harold at the Phone.
What he thought he'd say:

What he thought he'd say:
Hello, dear! l love to hear your
voice. It's my inspiration. Won't
see you soon? Tomorrow will be
a hundred years. It's unbearable tt
be away from YOU I'll never tire OF
you. Your family will like me when
they know me better. My love for
you is wonderful. / couldn't live
without you. There is no other girl
in the world but you.
What he said:
Hello, dear! / love to hear your
voice
Gladys: Thatll be all right, but
father says / can't talk to you until
you turn up with a theatre ticket
every now and then to pay for the
fur you're wearing off the sofa.
Harold: Oh! SEr-er-I beg your
pardon. I've the wrong line.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
Cleaning Politics.

Politics can be cleaned only from
the inside of the political party
says Rev. Joseph H. O'Dell, d. D.,
in the Ladies Home Journal. men
who exert any influence in elections
must play the game three hundred
and sixty-five days in the year. A
hundred. circumstances make it i'm
possible for the minister to be di-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22
Announcements.
For Trustee.


BRATToN.--we are authorized to announce S.
r. Bratton as candidate for Trustee of obion
County subject to the action of the Democratic
party in the primary election Saturday, Nov.
20, 1915.
i JACKSON.-we are authorized to announce w.
E. fEllis) Jackson candidate for Trustee OF
Obion County subject to the action of the
Democratic party in the primary election Sat
urday, Nov. 20, 1915.
FINCH.-We are authorized to announce 7. P
Finch, of No. II, as candidate for Trustee OF
Obion County, subject to the action OF the DEM
ocratic party in the primary election Saturday,
Nov. 20. 1915.
HORNBEAK.-We are authorized to announce
p. D. Hornbeak candidate for Trustee OF
Obion County, subject to the action OF the
Democratic party in the primary election sat
urday, Nov. 20, 1915.
MoFFETT.-we are authorized to announce
Henry Moffett as candidate for Trustee OF
0bion County, subject to the action ,S Of I tne
urday, Nov. 20, 1915.
EASTERwooD-wea are authorized to announce
T. ]. Easterwood candidate for Trustee OF
Obion County, subject to the action OF the Dem
yocratic party in the primary election Saturday
Nov. 20, 1915.
POORE--We are authorized to announce ]. l.
Poore candidate for Trustee OF Obion
County, subject to the action OF the Demo
cratic party in the primary election Saturday,
Nov. 20. 1915.
A. Forester a candidate for Trustee of Obon
County subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election Saturday Nov TO- 1918
For Tax Assessor.
HOWARD-We are authorized to announce 1. ].
Howard as a candidate for reelection to the
Office of Tax Assessor of Obion County. subjec.
TO the action of the Democratic party i'll the
primary election Saturday. Nov. 20, 1915.
NoAH-we are authorized to announce Will P.
Noah as candidate for Tax Assessor OF Obion
County, subject to the action of the Democratic
party in the primary election Saturday, Nov.
90 1915.
For Sheriff
MAssEY-We are authorized to announce 7, R.
Massey as candidate for Sheriff of Obion
County, subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primary election Nov. TO- 1915.
CHLES.-We are authorized to announce Enloe
Chiles as candidate for Sheriff OF Obloa
County subject to the action OF the Democratic
party in the primary election Saturday, Nov.
TO- 1915.
MccAIN.--We are authorized to announce J; R
tBob) Mccain a candidate for Sheriff OF Obion
County subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election Saturday, Nov. ~, 1913.
County subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election Saturday, Nov. 20, 1918.
For Mayor.
WADDELI.-We have the authority to announce
Hon. Seid Waddell candidate for Mayor OF
Union City, Tenn. Election January |, 1916
For Aldermen.
WHEEL ER-We have the authority to announce
John A. Wheeler as candidate for reelection as
Alderman OF Union City, Tenn. Election Sat
urday, January l, 1916.
ADAMS. We have the authority to announce
John p Adams candidate for reelection
Alderman of Union City, Tenn. Election Sat
urday, January l. 1916.
BURDICK.-We have the authority to announce
j. c. Burdick candidate for Alderman of
Union City Tenn. Election Saturday. Jauu-
airy l, 1916.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22

Col. Cy Lyle used to be Mr.. Patter-
sons manager up in the eastern section,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-10-22

Buy Luzerne hand-picked coal. It's
crazy with the heat. McAdoo Con-
struction Co., phone As.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
COUNTY JUDGE
APPOINTS DELEGATES

The following were appointed
by Judge j. M. Thomas as dele
gates to the Stock Growers Con-
vention which convenes in Little
Rock. January 18th, 18th and
18th, 1915:
M. w. Greeson, Prescott; C..
H. Volway, Prescott Route /;
H. A. LOOMS, Prescott Route /;
W. S. Roe, Prescott, Route 5;
Bob Cox, Prescott. Route 6; Sam
E. Mum. Prescott; H. V. Scott.
Prescott; W. A. Huff, Prescott
Route 4; A. A. Gordon, Prescott;
Sam. T. White. Prescott; F. M.
Odell, Prescott Route 6; ]. V.
Hulse, Emmett.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
MISS ANNIE SULLIVAN

The sad news was received
here last week of the death OF
Miss Annie Sullivan. of Good.
water, Alabama. who died Nov.
9th of appendicitis.
Miss Sullivan was the sister of
Walter Gresham and Mrs. Frank
White of this city. 1t was thru
them she made her acquaintance
in Prescott. She visited them
last year. being here about eight
months, and while here she made
many friends in and around
Prescott who will regret to hear
of her death.
Our sympathy goes out to the
bereaved ones in their sorrow.
"A Friend.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
1915,1916

For the above the st. L. |. M.
e S. Ry. will sell tickets be-
tween stations in Arkansas on
its lines except TT. Smith, Jenny
Lind and Greenwood at approx
mately one and one third fare
for the round trip. Tickets on
sale December 23rd, Oath, 25th,
31st and January LIST, going pass
age to commence on date of sale
and bear final return limit to
reach original starting point prior
to midnight of January 5. 1916.
Yours Truly,
G. A. Hays,
Agent.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
GALE PLAYS BASKET BALL

Gale Basket Ball boys played
a match game with the Bluff
City team last Saturday at 2:3O
O'Clock at Bluff City.
Gale won the game Il to 4.
We feel very proud of our boys.
We wish to thank the Bluff
City boys for being so nice to
our boys while in their town.
Mr.. E. T. Black entertained
the boys at his home Saturday
night. All reported a nice time
while there.
Jack and Jill.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
PRESIDING ELDER
IS RETURNED

Rev. B. A. Few Sent to Arka-
delphia N. G. Augustus of
Mississippi Conference Takes
Few's Place.
W. M. Hayes, presiding elder;
Amity and Glenwood, w. r.
Harrison; Bingen. T. M. Arm
strong; Caddo Gap. C. E. Whit
ten; Center Point, J. H. Bradford;
Columbus. W.T.Menard; Emmett,
F. G.. Cannon; C. D. McSwain,
supply; Delight. J. w. Berry;
Gurdon, F. F. Harrell; Harmony,
C. A. Fuller; Hope, T. D. Scott;
Fulton, to be supplied; Mineral
Springs, w. w. Mills; Mt. Ida,
G. M. Yearwood; Murfreesboro,
W. W. Christie; Nashville, Z. D..
Lindsay; Okolona, M. 0. Bernet;
Orchard View, Jesse Galloway;
Prescott, N. G. Augustus; Be
wins, j. D. Dunn; Shawmut, to
be supplied; Washington, B. E.
Mullins; student, in Hendrix Col
lege, W. C.. Martin; student in
Emory University, Paul @. Rorie.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
HODGES SUPPORTERS
OPEN HEADQUARTERS
so Men Present When Secretary
Of State Entertains at New
Capital.

More than so friends of Secre-
tary of State Earle w. Hodges.
most of them from out of Little
Rock, attended the opening last
night of his gubernatorial cam
paign headquarters at the New
Capital hotel. An enthusiastic
rally was held at the opening.
All present expressed confidence
that Mr.. Hodges will be elected.
A. H. McCullom. president of
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
PRESCOTT NEVADA
MISSIONARY SOCIETY

Methodist Missionary Society
held its regular meeting at the
church Monday afternoon with a
good attendance.
After the regular routine of
business, the election of officers
for the ensueing year were:
President, Mrs. Geo. F. Cress.
l. V.-Pres. to be supplied.
2. V.-Pres., Mrs. c. L. Green.
Supt. of Study and Publicity,
Mrs. J. O. A. Bush.
Supt. of Social Service, Mrs.
C. B. Andrews.
Treas. Mrs. S. T. White.
Rec. Sec. Mrs. J. D. Cornish.
Cor. Sec. Mrs. w. w. White.
Agent for Voice-Mrs. J. H.
Crow.
Press Reporter. Mrs. Lizzie
d. Jordan.
Treas. of Systematic Giving.
Mrs. M. l.. Moore.
Our next meeting, The Study
Class, to meet Dec. %, with
Mrs. Geo. F. Cress.
Mrs. Lizzie D. Jordan.
Press Reporter.