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| BIG SPECIAL
FEATURES
WOULD COMPETE
FOR MAT HONORS

Lincoln wrestlers are rs pounds.
Sullivan; 80 pounds, Pollen,
Hodge; 95 pounds, Baker, Conk-
lin; los pounds, Burrows, Hud-
son; lis pounds, Carey, Hogue,
Day; 100 pounds, Richardson,
Gilpin; 1856 pounds, Hicks, Rich
mond, Yerkes; las pounds,
Payne. Beardsley. Hilbreth, Tay-
Tor; 1853 pounds, Keller, McDou-
gal.
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MIKE GIBBONS 4. j.
IS VICTORIOUS

HUDSON, Wis. March 8. -
Mike Gibbons - the invincible
Mike of st. Paul-defeated Eddie
McGoorty of Oshkosh, Wis, in
10-round match here last night.
Newspaper men gave Gibbons
their unanimous decision.
The st. Paul middleweight had
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a decided advantage in eight
rounds. The second and ninth
were even. But at no placer In
the fight did McGoorty have a
chance. Gibbons will now be
matched with Jimmy Clabby, and
1t is probable that the two clever
fighters will be put ON for a 20
round go at New Orleans.
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Shot in Head, Boy
Refused to Talk

KENOSHA. Wis, March 8. -
Shot in the head Sunday while
he was playing with his 7-year-
old brother, Stephen Stec, 10, re-
fused to tell what was troubling
him until an X-ray picture was
taken, showing the bullet in his
head.
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IN THE World OF SPORTS
Burman Enters
Vanderbilt Race

SAN FRANCISCO. March D.
Bob Burman, one Of the greatest
race drivers in the country, sent
a telegram last night to the effect
that he would enter In the Van
derbilt cup race. postponed from
a week ago, which will be run at
the exposition course Saturday, at
1880. This makes a complete
entry list of all the best drivers.
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BIAS E b ALL
Is @ KING
Here They Are Again! Complete Lineup
OF Players In the Baseball Puzzle

Here he is! 81
The last member Of The Times All Star Masked
Baseball puzzle
Can you name him?
If you can-and if you have named every one
of the previous eight players correctlyand il you
get your answer to The Times office before anyone
else-you'n win season pass to Athletic park.
Also you III find here the entire lineup-masked.
Even if you haven't followed the contest, here's
your chance to get in.
masked players will be reproduced, in larger size.
Get busy. There's still time to enter the contest
Answers to the puzzle will be received up to
o'clock Friday afternoon. On Saturday the prize
winners will be announced The first two correct
contestants get season passes. The third gets
share of stock in the Tacoma team
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Callahan To Play
With the Beavers

CHEHALIS, March 3-Pat Cal
lahan, popular Chehalis southpaw
pitcher, has left for Portland to
join the Beavers on their south
ern training trip. Callahan Is in
splendid condition.
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Here's the last men,
Der of the mysterious
team:
The first baseman is
recognized as one Of
the greatest ball play
ers that ever lived. He
also was known as a
fine catcher and an
excellent third base
man, and was once a
good pitcher. His bald
head may give you a
clue. He was put out
Of ball games oftener
than Johnny Evers or
Heine Zimmerman. He
stole &C bases one sea-
son. He played in three
worlds series and man
AGED two different club
CAN YOU NAME H,
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Plan New Motorship

The Danish East Asiatic COM
pany will soon have new motor
ship ready for its Pacific coast
service. The new vessel will he
called the Panama and will stop
at Tacoma on its coast trips.
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SHUGRUE BLIND:
CANCELS BOUTS

night Cancelled all bouts for which
he had been signed. Shugrue re-
Gently posted a 5000 forfeit for
the worlds lightweight champion
ship. He was to have boxed Joe
Mandot March 20 at New Orleans.
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NEW YORK, March 3.-De-
daring that he had lost the use
Of one eye and that he stood a
chance Of losing the other. Joe
0hugrus. lightweight boxer, last
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
NORTHSIDE.

The unusual cool, pleasant wealth
er makes us feel that we have a
year without a summer
Sorry to report that Mrs. Dick
Hughes is not convalescing rapidly.
Ellihu Long, of Amorilla, Texas,
has been visiting his parents here.
He left last Friday for Centreville
to visit his sister, Mrs. J. P. Thomp-
son. He also visited his sister at
Cottage Grove and his brother at
Jackson. He expects to arrive in
Amorilla on the 14th inst, where he
will resume work for the Fortworth
& Denver Railroad Co.
Miss Wallace, of Murray, KY, and
Miss Harpole, of Rutherford, have
been visiting Mrs. Joe Harpole here.
After very pleasant visit to rela-
tives and friends here Mrs. Sallie
Wright returned by the way of
Troy to her home at Hornbeak.
Mrs. John Reeves, of near State
Line, with her daughter, visited
relatives here recently.
Mrs. Louis Wright, of Southside,
visited Mrs. Conn last week.
w. S. Long is in the Fourth Dis
trict delivering Samon's remedy.
Glad to report Aunt Amanda Har
elson doing well after a severe ill
ness.
Communication of recent date
states that Slaughter Long closed a |
most successful meeting at Summit
vile, Tenn. He is now holding a |
meeting at Wartrace.
Mrs. Wright, of Southside, re-
Gently spent a week with Mrs. w. |
S. Long here. The two ladies had |
a most pleasant time talking over
old times. They were near neigh
bors thirty years ago.
Miss Gladys Simmons and Miss
Bruce, of the city, visited Mrs. Bob
Caruthers Sunday last
LADY READER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
l---IntroduCtOrv

Through the Press Service of Agri,
culture and Commerce, the master
minds of this nation will be invited
to the public forum and asked to de-
liver a message to civilization. Men
who achieve seldom talk, and men
who talk seldom achieve. There is
no such thing as noisy thinker, and
brevity is always close companion
to truth.
1t will be great privilege to stand
by the side of men who can roll in
place the cornerstone of industry; to
associate with men who can look
at the world and see to the bottom
of it; to commune with men who can
hear the roar of civilization a few
centuries away.
Too often we listen to the rabble
element of our day that cries out
against every man who achieves,
Cruelty him." Mankind never has
and probably never will produce a
generation that appreciates the genius
of it's day. There never will be a
crown without a cross, progress with
out sacrifice or an achievement with
out a challenge.
This is an age of service, and that
man is greatest who serves the larg-
est number. The present generation
has done more to improve the con-
dition of mankind than any civiliza-
ton since human motives began their
upward flight. The Greeks gave human
life inspiration, but while her orators
were speaking with the tongues Of
angels, her farmers were blowing
with forked sticks; while her phil
osophers were emancipating human
thought from bondage. her traffic
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
Birthday Dinner.

| surprise dinner was given to
Mrs. Fannie Williams July 7, 1915,
at her home on East Waddell street
by her children, who began to gath
er at her home by o'clock All
had arrived by 1870 with we'll filled
baskets, consisting of boiled ham,
mutton, fish and fried chicken and
all kinds of pickles, pies and cakes,
which were spread on tables out in
the yard under the shade of a large
box elder tree. Mrs. Williams didn't
know anything about the dinner till
most all had arrived, and then she
wanted to know why they all were
coming at once. She was told that
they wanted to spend one more day
at home like they did years ago,
just with mamma and brothers and
sisters. All of her children were
here as follows: Mr.. Bud Williams
and wife and four children, of FIRE.
mont, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Williams, of
AAiChuoh, NIl D. DID OSUOIIlG anu Three
children, of Rives, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Flanagan and six children, of Clay
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Odus Williams
and four children, of Protemus, Mrs
Joe Castleman and husband, of
Hickman, KY, Mr.. and Mrs. John
COvington and two children, of near
Harris. There are seven children
with Misses Babe and Azalee, which
are at home, eighteen grandchildren
and two grandchildren pres
ent. Four grandchildren could not
come. Her old friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Shepard and daughter, of Old
Master Raymond
Wright, Of Hickman, Mrs. r. w.
Irvine and daughter, Grace, of this
city, and Misses Clara Green and
Music Bruer, of Clayton
Mrs. Fannie Williams was 70 i
last January and this is the first
time the children were all together
since they all married The day was
greatly enjoyed, with anticipation of |
more such days in the years to come.
A FRIEND.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

states have two cent passenger rate
and whatever loss is incurred is recov-
cred through freight revenue The JUS
t1ce of such a procedure was recently
passed upon by the Supreme Court
of West Virginia and the decision is
so far-reaching that we have asked
l.. e. Johnson, president of the Nor
folk and Western Railway whose road
contested the case to briefly review
the suit. Mr.. Johnson said in part:
Some ten years ago, passenger
fares were fixed by the legislatures
Of large number of states at two
cents mile. AS a basis for such
economic legislation, no examination
was made of the cost of doing the
business so regulated, nor was any
attention given to the fact whether
such rate would yield to the rail-
way companies an adequate or any
net return upon the capital invested
in conducting this class of business.
Such law was passed in West
Virginia in 1907. The Norfolk and
Western Railway Company put the
rate into effect and maintained it for
two years. It's accounting during
these two years showed that two
cents a mile per passenger barely
paid the out-of-pocket cost and moth
ing was left to pay any return on
capital invested. 1t sought relief from
the courts. Expert accountants for
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
Dinner on the Fourth.

The neighbors and friends, children
and grandchildren, kith and kin Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. D. Hammond celebrated the
Fourth with them at their hospitable
home. The company began gathering
about 9 O'Clock and kept coming in till
almost high noon. All brought baskets
filled with something that was nice and
good enough for king to eat, but Mr..
and Mrs. Hammond, not to be outdone,
had made great preparations for the
day-and such dinner as was spread
in the front yard under the shade of
large chestnut tree, consisting of fish,
roast beef, good sweet ham, fried chick
en-, pickles, salad, and pies and cakes of
almost every kind. In the afternoon all
were refreshed with ice cream.
There were sixty present Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Hammond and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Bob Hammond, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilton Houser and children, Mrs. Mol
lie Kersey and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charley Kersey and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. Kersey and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Bob Kersey and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Corbitt and son, Mr.. j. L.
Sims and mother, Mr.. ard Mrs. L. S.
Rome and children, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Moss and children, Mrs. Sallie Belcher,
Mrs. Emma Meadows, Mrs. Hall, Mrs.
Lydia Williams.
We wish for Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond
many happy returns of the day.
ONE THAT WAS PRESENT.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

moved on two-wheeled carts driven,
and ofttimes drawn, by slaves; while
her artists were painting divine
dreams on canvas, the streets of
proud Athens were lighted by fire.
brands dipped in tallow.
The genius of past ages sought to
arouse the intellect and stir the soul
but the master minds of today are
seeking to serve Civilization has as
signed to America the greatest task
of the greatest age, and the greatest
men that ever trod the greatest planet
are solving it. Their achievements
have astounded the whole world and
we challenge every age and nation
to name men or products that can
approach in creative genius or mas
terful skill in organization, the mar
velous achievements of the tremend-
GUS men of the present day. Edison
can press a button and turn light
on multiplied millions of homes; Vail
can take down the receiver and talk
with fifty millions of people; Nc
Cormick's reaper can harvest the
worlds crop, and Fulton's steam en-
CINE moves the commerce of land
and sea.
The greatest thing a human being
can do is to serve his fellow men;
Christ did it; Kings decree it, and
wise men teach it. 1t is the glory of
this practical age that Edison could
find no higher calling than to become
the janitor to civilization; Vail the
messenger to mankind; Mccormick
the hired hand to agriculture, and
Fulton the teamster to industry, and
blessed is the age that has such
masters for it's servants.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

| both the State and the Railway Com.
pany testified that the claims of the
railroad were sustained by the facts.
Two cents did not pay the cost of
carrying a passenger a mile. The
State, however, commended that the
railroad was earning enough surplus
on its state freight business to give a
fair return upon the capital used in
its passenger as we'll as its freight
business. For the purposes of the
case, the railroad did not deny this,
but held to it's contention that the
State could not segregate it's pas
senger business for rate fixing with
out allowing a rate that would be
sufficient to pay the cost of doing
business and enough to give some
return upon the capital invested in
doing the business regulated. This
was the issue presented to the Su-
preme Court. Its decision responds
to the judgment of the fair-minded
sentiment of the country. The Su-
preme Court says that, even though
railroad earns surplus on a par
ticular commodity by charging rea-
sonable rates, that affords no reason
for compelling it to haul anothers
person or property for less than cost.
The surplus from reasonable rate
properly belongs to the railway COM
pany. If the surplus is earned from
an unreasonable rate then that rate
should be reduced The State may
not even up by requiring the railroad
to carry other traffic for nothing or
for less than cost.
The decision is a wholesome one
and demonstrates that the ordinary |
rules of fair dealing apply to railway
The fact that one makes
a surplus on his wheat crop would
never be urged as a reason for COM
polling him to sell his cotton at less
than cost. 1t would not satisfy the
man who wanted bread to be told
that it's high price enabled the cotton
to get his raw product
for less than cost. In this case the
court reafirmed the homely maxim
that each tub must stand upon its
own bottom"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

have to say. Mr.. Kruttschnitt, exec
utive head Of the Southern Pacific,
has written an article dealing with
the financing Of railroads. He said
in part:
"The financing of a railroad is a
function which the people, through
their servants, the Railroad Commits
sioners and the Legislators, have
never attempted, but it is a most i'm
portant problem, especially to sec
lions of State where new railroads
are needed. The placing of securities
has been left entirely with the pro
moter and owner of railroads.
"The immediate determination of
what earnings the railroad shall be
permitted to receive and what bur-
dens it shall have put on it is in the
hands of other servants of the public
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
III---JuIius Kruttschnitt

the Legislators and the Commits.
sioners.
Managing railroad is quite differ
ent from managing a government
where the money is raised by taxa
ton. When the expenditures, for
good reasons or otherwise, increase,
taxes can be equally increased. The
railroads, while servants of the pub
lie, cannot raise money with such
ease and facility. The railroads must
keep their expenditures within their
incomes because while they have
some control over their expenditures
they have almost no control over their
incomes, their rates being fixed by
public authorities.
There is not railway manager in
the country today who is not fearful
that under the press of increasing de-
mands the transportation systems of
the country will, in a few years, break
down, unless the railroads are allowed
to earn larger funds wherewith to
build it up. There are vast sections
of the country, especially in the West,
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail-
ways raise new capital.
People invest money in order to
make money, and they are skeptical
as to whether they can make money
by investing in concerns that are dealt
with stringently and unfairly. Rail-
road securities must be made more
to invite investments, and
in order that they may be made more
the roads must be allowed
earnings that will enable them to
meet the increased capital charges"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
Call $50 for coal of any kind

Austin Atkins, one of the towns
best known colored citizens, is very
sick-a stroke of paralysis Saturday
and he has been in a dying condi-
ton since.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. F. Karmire, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Karmire and son,
Neil, Misses Jessie Lee Reed and
Pauline Martinetti, of Fulton, were
here on the evening of the 5th.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Mrs. Alice Ownby, Miss Belle
Mercer and 1. w. Cowgirl, of Hick-
man, were in the city Monday for
the celebration.
Miss Ruth Browder, Miss Mary
Webb, E. Browder and c. P. Will
liams, of Fulton, were here for the
celebration Monday.
Mr.. c. Langdon is with the Fran
ces Airdome as piano player and his
music is one of the attractions at
that place of movies.
You are invited to be our guest at
our spring opening, Wednesday, June
9-Essandee's Cafe-hours to 6.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Misses Joyner Sundayed in Full
ton.
Mrs Thad Lee has been quite
sick from tonsilitis.
Mr.. Glen Davis, of Kenton, was
visitor here this week
Misses Ship, of the Cedar Farm,
were in the city Monday.
Mrs. Anna Enochs, of Kenton, was
visitor in the city Monday.
J. A. Whipple was a business Wis
itor in Memphis this week.
Miss Bess Morris, of Fulton, was
a visitor in the city Tuesday.
All kinds of coal at Union City Ice &
Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

The farmers of
this nation need
to become better
acquainted with
the railroad men
and their prob
lens. 1t is only
those who know
that can give us
information and
the farmers of
America should
listen attentively
to what the men
who manage rail-
road property
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
ILL. 6. johnson
On Two-Cent Passenger Rates

The farmers of
this nation are
vitality interested
in railroad rates
and equity be-
tween passenger
and freight rates
is especially i'm
pOrtant to the
man who follows
the plow for the
farmer travels
very little but he
is a heavy con-
tributor to the
freight revenues.
S O m e of [ b e
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

0. D. Hamilton and wife, Miss
Willie May Moore and Miss Adelia
Needham, of Trimble, enjoyed the
celebration here Monday.
Mrs. w. P. Nash and daughter,
Miss Alice, left this week for the
Panama-Pacific Exposition and the
coast points for few weeks visit.
Call $50 for coal of any kind
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Mrs. Mamie Wise is sick with IT,,
fever.
Mrs. M. ]. Friel is still no better THU
week.
Roy Walsh, of Fulton, was in Unior
City Monday.
F. B. Caldwell transacted business
near Fulton Wednesday.
Miss Nell Mailing is visiting relatives
at Kennett, Mo-, this week.
Miss Nettie Millner has returned from
week s visit to relatives in Jackson.
Misses Ruth and Martha Powell spent
the day Sunday with relatives in Hick-
man.
Mr.. James B. Walker, of Troy, was
here to see his aunt, Mrs. M. J. Friel,
Monday.
Mrs. Honeycutt and daughter, Mary,
of Woodland, were the guests of Mrs.
Martin Schmidt Wednesday.
Master Robert Fields has returned
from visit with his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gather B. Jones, atSam-
burg.
The VIC. T. U. will hold its regular
meeting in the New Church Chapel on
Friday, July 9. All are urged to be
present.
]. V. Averitt, phone SO, for electrical
wiring and general repair work. Con
crete Block, near laundry. AT
Mrs. Fannie Spain and son, Dixie, of
came up for the Fourth, and
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Mrs. SalIie Caldwell and daughter,
Willie Warner, spent several days last
week at Old Fremont and attended
fish fry there Saturday.
Mrs. Maude Park and children left
asst Friday for Austin, Tex, where they
90 in search of better health The best
wishes of their many friends go with
hem.
The Musical Matinee Club met with |
Mss Villa Bell Mays Tuesday afternoon.
After the business of the afternoon was
inished, an enjoyable musical. program
vas given. A delicious salad course
vas served.
Coal-Coke-Wood-Cal Tel. $50.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
Crawford Malone.

J. w. Crawford and Miss Lizzie
Malone, of Number Two, were
united in marriage this week at the
home of Miss Malone. These are
well known citizens, very highly es-
teemed and have been favored with
many congratulations
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09
Change in Business.

A change has been made in our firm
which makes it imperative that all &C.
counts must be paid or closed by note,
and all past due notes paid or renewed
not later than July %. Please favor us
by being prompt.
MAILING. KEIsER HDW. Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

r. L. Hargett, superintendent of
the County Farm, was in the city
Monday and a pleasant caller here.
Messrs. Bob Harwood, Tom Free
man and Billie Birmingham, of
Trenton, were in the city Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Bennett, Mr..
and Mrs. H. T. Snow, of Fulton,
were here for the evening of the 5th.
We sell cypress shingles for SO
per thousand. Union City Lumber
Co,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

You've tried the rest, now try the
best-Jersey Cream Flour.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Mrs. G. G.. White, of Dyersburg,
was visitor in the city Friday.
Mrs. w. A. Mailing, who has been
very sick, is reported much better.
Richard S. Mcconnell, of Chicago,
was a visitor in the city this week.
We sell everything to build any
thing. Union City Lumber Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Mrs. Callie Whipple and Miss Ella
Whipple were in Troy Wednesday
visiting relatives and friends.
e. C. Ownby was visitor in Tip
tonville last Monday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Locke Donaldson.
Mr.. Thurman Talley was in Boil
var this week for the purpose of
taking a patient to the Hospital.
Big Muddy washed nut coal is best
for cooking. At Union City Ice &
Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McMurry, of
Jackson, are spending the week with
relatives in Glass.
Mr.. Hughlett Jackson, travelling
from Louisville, was a business Wis
itor here this week.
DR.. and Mrs. David J. Prather
are located at Abel, Iowa, in the U.
S. Public Health Service.
Call No. SO and ask ]. V. Averitt
about electrical work. He makes this
class of work a speciality. 14-tf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Mr.. John Barnes, of the vicinity
of Troy, was visitor here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Peeler are in
Chattanooga visiting their daughter.
Mrs. Fonso White and daughter,
Miss Vivienne, are in Fulton as Wis
itors this week.
A call for $50 brings the coal wagon.
Union City Ice & Coal Co.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-07-09

Messrs. Gordon Griffin and Nevill
Shelton, of Tiptonville, were in the
city Friday.
Miss Minnie Beck joined camp
ing party from Kenton going to the
lake this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. liar Turner, of Ken
ton, were the guests of Mrs. Chas.
Kaiser this week.
Call $50. Usion City Ice & Coal Co.,
when you want coal right now.