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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-12-17

Dear Santa Claus: l want you to
bring me something. l want little
cap pistol what shoots, stopper gun
and little horn what goes toot-toot,
a ball and drum. Me wants a sled
that will slide on the snow behind
wagons, and a picture book like
Leon F. wants. Don't forget to
bring little Luther some glue, for he
amt got much left. l am a good boy
and am big enough to sleep alone.
w. P. Rogers.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
Couldn't Tell By The Paper.

Sometime ago a man in an illi nois town sent a card asking us to send him copy ar two of our paper, as he wanted to learn something of Carlisle. We roll ed up several back numbers and sent them to him. Last week we received a letter from him asking the population of the town and surrounding country. He also asked if we had any hotels in Carlisle; said he couldn't tell by the paper. He also asked if we had a bank and wanted to know if there was an opening for a picture show, restaurant or lum mber yard here. When the the merchants and business men let their ads drop out, it dosn' t sho~ up for the town in the pap CTS sent to other places.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
Praise Your Wife.

A sunshiny husband makes a merry, beautiful home, worth working for. If a man is breezy cherry, considerate and sympa. thetic husband. his wife sings in her heart over her buildings and her mending basket, counts the hours until he returns at night, and renews her youth in the se- curity she feels of his approba- tion and admiration. You may think it meak and childish, if you please. but it is the admired wife who hears words of praise and receives smiles of commendation who is capable and discreet.
 We have seen a timid, meek, self distrusting little body fairly bloom into strong, self reliant womanhood under the tonic and the cordial companionship with a husband who really went out of his way to find occasion to show her how fully he trusted her judgment, and how tenderly he referred to her opinion.
 In home life there should be no jar, no striving for place, no insisting on prerogatives or di- vision of interest. The husband and the wife are each the com plement of the other. And it is just as much his duty to be cheerful as it is hers to be patti ent; his right to bring joy into the door as it is hers to garnish the pleasant interior. A family where the daily walk of the fath- CT makes life a festival is filled with something like heavenly benediction. Selected.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
Saint at Home, Sinner Abroad.

A man cannot be saint at home and sinner abroad, and maintain the two identies dis tinct from one another.
 A man cannot continue the business of being a model father and husband and a contributing member of the church in a small town, and be hot sport in big town for any length of time with out the law of chance revealing his city habits to his home people.
 It is remarkable how little the world is, model citizen of Carlisle on a journey to Memphis or Little Rock should have his face scratched by a lob ster claw in the hand of an irate woman in a prominent up town cafe, that story would filter it's way through the course of events down to the people from whom he would desire to conceal it.
 It is hard to be a pr. Jekyl and 8 Mir. Hyde. It is a most diff ficult thing to be a successful hyprocrite.
 It is an impossible thing for a man to live and die so that his sins will not find him out.
 Does this apply to you?
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

We owe it to the unity in which we live to do everything we can in every way possible that will be to it's advantage. Our neigebor's prosperity means a great deal more to us than someone's who lives elsewhere. We should bear this in mind in buying our goods. We can afford to pay our home man a firm price for his wares rather than send our money away, knowing as we do that every dollar expen- ded with our citizens will help in sustaining our schools, the churches and public institutions It pays richly to patronize home industry.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
When A Man Leaves Arkansas.

Occasionally man grows dis satisfied with Arkansas. The milk is too yellow or the honey is too sweet, and he doesn't like them to flow over bis land any. way. oparts with his farm, sells his live stock and other things too numerous to mention" and removes to Oklahoma.
 Once there he uses his good Arkansas money and buys a farm which today is and tomor- roH is not, because the wind has blown it away. Or perchan ce, he tries Colorado, and shushes around in the mud, irrlgating a strip of bottom so narrow that a COW can't jump in the field with. out jum ping over it.
 Then he hears of Texas, and goes to hunt the bag of gold at the end of the rainbow. In the daytime he scratches the sand, burs out of his flesh and the centipedes crawl oyer his flesh at night. When his money is all gone he feels like he did the first night he stayed away from home. He yearns for good old Arkan. sas and the yearn sticks in his throat and chokes him until tears comes into his eyes. He would give a months wages to .see the cows standing at the bars on his old farm in Arkansas, and hear the old familiar horn blow for supper.
 Memory is a marvellous paint CT and paints best the things we love best. It pictures to the travellers the corn silking in the fields he once owned, the cotton stretching away in sea of white as pure as snow.
 It shows him the trees that whispered to his children at play, points to the roses in the corner of the fence. and with in- finite details paints a thousand things that touch the heart and reveals the old home place Happy is the man who wakes fro1n his sleep to find that he has wand cred from old Arkansas only in his dreams, So good people think twice before you leave the old home place.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Our friend and neighbor Charlie Long had run of bad luck few days ago, all because he made mistake and used a Carlisle Independent to kindle a fire with. Our readers general ly keep the Independent on the family reading table and are among the fortunate of this sec tion.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Miss Donnie Riley, the genial and proficient spirit who pre- vails at the general delivery window of the postofiice in this city, enjoyed last Saturday and Sunday with friends in the city of Little Rock. Miss Donnie is a charming young lady and to know her is to like her, for hers is a sunny disposition, and the consequence is she has a larpe number of friends.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
3,56l Motor Licenses.

Up to February 12th there were issued by the State High way Commission 3,561, automo- bile licenses, amounting to $35, 61O. half of which goes to the state and the other half to the counties from which the licenses are paid.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
Carlisle Has New Doctor.

Dr. T. B. Elliott of Mablevale. has located in onr city, with an office at Moffetts Drug Store. He comes well recon mended and will no doubt build up a good practice, for he starts off on the right foot by subscribing for the Independent and placing his card in the professional column.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
BIG CROWDS VISIT CARLISLE
People From All Parts of the Country Come Here
 to Trade and Transact Business.

that it requires is to go after the business and get It. Wake up, Get busy! Do something. Let people know you are a live one and doing your part. When we all get to doing our part we can see Carlisle and her volume of business grow.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
Carlisle Gin Burned Down.

About 200 o'clock Sunday morning the peaceful repose of our city was broken by the fir ing of guns and the general alarm of fire when it was discovered that the Alex Raborn gin plant was in flames.
 The citizens of the city were prompt in their response to the hurried summon, but the fire had gained such headway that the plant was total loss togeth- CT with three bales of ginned cotton belonging to W. w. Lan. caster, J. T. Talliferro and J. N. Buffalo, and one bale in the seed and a wagon belonging to J. H. Coffelt, while one bale on a wag on belonging to a Mir. WardWell was saved.
 Owing to the rains of Saturday anc the dampness of the near by buildings, the fire was easily confined to the nam gin house and no other damage was done.
 The loss sustained by Mir. Ra- born is something like $3,000.00 with only $1,5oo0o insurance.
 The origin of the fire is un- known.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
A LIVE PROGRESSIVE TOWN
We Find Carlisle in Prosperous and Thriving
 Condition With Bright Future

Taking advantage of the beau tiful weather last Sunday after. noon the editor and his family strolled over the town, which was real treat to us and doubly so on account of the to. date sys. tenn of uniform concrete side. walks that cover not only the
 business district, but residence section as well. These sidewalks add one hundre per cent to the valuation of Carlisle property in our estimation, and we would like to see more of them built.
 We were agreeably surprised to note the many evidences of pfoperity and progress to be
 met with at every turn, but most notable of our discoveries is the
 building activity in the east part of the city. We counted many handsome residences in this end of town now under construction and just recently completed. Among them are, two for J. c. Johnson, one for Stacy Sanders. one for Mrs. W. H. Pharr, one for F. B. Downs, Jr., and one for J. M. Barton. There is also residence under construction for Mrs. Wickland mentioned last week, and south of the rail road Is a new residence for Frank Elders and a large, commodious barn for J. T. Bogard just com. pleted. The Proctor Lumber Co. has also just finished a new concrete plant and will manufac. ture building blocks extensively. Then there are numerous minor improvements to be seen all over town, all of which goes to show that the "panic" is not recogniz. ed in this section.
 Indeed, we venture the asser tion that there is not another town the size of Carlisle in our part of the country that can fav orably compare with it's prsper- ous and active conditions. to say nothing of the future outlook.
 Plans and preparations are be. ing made for several more resi- dences and some store buildings to be erected as soon as the spring weather opens up and strangers who visit our city will be overwhelmed with the enter prise and push of our people, as 1t is all who come here including the drummers, do not hesitate to make the open comment that Carlisle is the livest and best lit. tie town in Arkansas.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The past few days have been busy ones in Carlisle, though there is something doing here all the time. People from all over the country have been here to tl ade and transact business, consequently our merchants and business men have been rushed and enjoying a good trade.
 The fact that Carlisle is the most important town in this sec tion of the country and that our merchants handle the best goods the markets afford and sell them at live and let live paices, is draw ing people to our busy marts who have been in the habit of doing their trading at other points. One supply of merchandise bought in Carlisle will convince the most skeptical purchaser that he can buy the best at the most reason able prices in all lines from our alive and enterprising merchants who appreciate the trade accord ed them.
 Carlisle is on a turning point for the better and in the near futuer will grow into a modern and up-to date little city where it will be a pleasure for the peo pie to come to trad. Our merch- ants are waking up to the fact that they will have to out class the neighboring towns in their efforts to draw the people here and will make it worth while for the buying public to make this town their trading point. In fact. Carlisle now gives the pub. lie better goods at lower prices together with courteous treat ment and appreciation for your money, evidenced by the large and growing volume of business transacted, than any other. town around here.
 The fact that the judicious use of printers ink is d successful factor in the upbuilding of a town as trade center cannot be disputed, and the more the Car lisle merchagts and business men advertise the greater will be the towns success as a traae center.
 Let's put our shoulders to the wheel and make Carlisle what she should be-the very best town in general Arkansas. All
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

The biggest trust on earth is country newspaper. It trusts everybody, gets cussed for trusting. mistrusted for cussing. and if it busts for trusting. gets cussed for busting. There is but one way to bust thls trust-pay your subscription. o, how easy! Get in and make record for trust-busting.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Harvey Walters of route 1, who is one of the progressive young farmers of this section, paid us pleasant call Saturday and left us with smile that won't come off, by paying hls subscription up to 1916. Thanks, Mir. Walt CTS, come again.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

MT. and Mrs. E. w. Lilly re- turned Sunday from Columbus City, Ind. where they have been spending the winter. Mir. Lilly IS one of the owners of the Lilly Iron and Boiler Works of this city.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

This office is publishing a new Telephone directory and if you want an ad in it you will have to hurry as most of the space is al- ready taken.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

D. P Perkins, Pres. of the Perkins Lumber Company spent several days the past week in Texakanna.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

E. E. Cartnell has our thanks for cash on subscription since last issue, setting his date ahead.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

l.. R. Kirby of the Union Traf fic association was in Little Rock on business Monday.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18
Potatoes and Their Culture.

The oat crop was doubled this last fall and we find many indi. cations that garden, vegetable and feen crops will also be doubl- en and more in many cases this spring. Spring oats and spring wheat should be given the for maldehyde treatment for smut and potatoes should be treated for scab. These new crops should be grown in the best way pos. siole and not in tbe easiest and most convenient way, or the old way. All the work in the way of preparation that is due crop should be given to that crop and the results will repay us many fold. Potatoes should be given proper and careful attention.
 In potato preparation one of the most important things to do is to treat the potatoes with for. maldehyde in order to prevent t scab. Take one pound of formal dehyde and mix it with thirty gallons of water in a barrel and then let the seed potatoes soak at least two hours in this solution. If scab is in the land the only thing to do is to keep potatoes off that land for at least three years. This rule holds true with tomatoes and cotton blight also. But you can keep from putting scab in the land by using the formaldehyde treatment before planting.
 In citing the potatoes, cut them lengthwise and you will have better results and get a larger amount of food for each eye on which to live until the root system is formed. Do not dig the eyes out or try to get too many cuts from one potato. An average potato should not furn- ish more than about five cuts.
 Ten wagonloads of we'll routed manure to the acre is not too much for potatoes. Manure that is not well routed has a tendency to encourage scab and should therefore not be used, The soil must have a good supply of hu- mus and the manure is the best and most valuable humus you can get. The manure should be thoroughly mixed with the soil. The land should be given a good deep breaking in order to give the root systems plenty of good loose soil in which to grow and 
 While potatoes do we'll ou many kinds of soil, they do best on rich, we'll drained, sandy loans containg an abundance of organ is matter. The soil should be mellow, deep and porious. When potatoes are grown on heavy soils, not we'll drained the ten. dency is for the production of ex- cessively water tuber of unde- sireable quality.
 Poatoes respond to the judic- ious use of fertilizer and re- quires fertilizers in which there is large percentage of potash. with a good heavy publication of barnyard manure there should be fair application of fertilizer with a high percentage of potash and the potash should come from Sulpeate of potash, POO pounds to the acre of the Sulphate alone with heavy applications of ma- nure will pay Do not lime pota- to soil because the lime has . tendency to produce scabby po- tatoes.
 The next important thing is to plant plenty of cuts and then to knock off the top of the bed after
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

reaching the surface and a har- row will knock off the surplus dirt nicely and really give the potatoes their first cultivation.
 John H. Page.
 Go missioner,
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

Mrs. E. F. Harrison was a Lit. tle Rock visitor Monday.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-18

J. w. Gambel Of North of town, was in Monday on business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24
NIGHT BLAZE IN eustNEso DIS.
TRicT DESTROYS FOUR
BUILDINGS.
LOSS TOTALS $4,000,
INSURANCE LESS THAN HALF
Fire Starting in Furniture Department
Of Spencer Store Communicates to
Adjoining MISREPRESENTATION ksat-
ing Owner Of Bulk Of Real Estate
and Heaviest Loser.

Special to Times Republican. e
Alden, March 24.-F1re which started
at an early hour this morning In the
business district Of the town destroyed
four buildings. with most Of their con-
tents, entailing loss Of $4,000 or
more, with insurance less than half.
The fire originated in the furniture
department of the S. L. Spencer Com
pany and burned the east building oc-
cupied by this firm. The William Keat-
ing building adjoining, occupied by the
Beach &. Kels general store, and the
Martin barber shop and building were
In turn consumed William Kealing
owned all the real estate except the
building occupied by the furniture
stock, and carried no insurance. A
thick fire wall saved the main build
ing occupied by the Spencer company.
Mr.. Keating's loss will total $4,000 or
$4,000. Mr. Heating and family &C.
cupied apartments on the second floor
of this double store and escaped with
only the clothing they wore.
The fire department by good work
saved the frame building to the east
of the burned district.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The blaze was discovered at 1880 this
morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24
: CARLOADS OF RnueAR1.

Heavy Shipment : From California
Crossing State Eastward.
Council Bluffs. March 24.-Rhubarb
from the gardens Of California bound
for markets Of the east is being handled
in local railroad yards in carload lots
this week. The arrival Of these ship
ments emphasize the opening OF the
spring and the freer movement of
green stun from the orchards and gar
dens Of the west for eastern consump-
ton.
Tho movement OF fruit this winter
hase5bsen shout normal but railroad
msn express the opinion that business
along this line Will be good during the
spring and summer.
Each railroad tries to give the best
possible service to fruit trains passing
over its lines and bulletins have been
issued by railway officials asking en-
ployes to handle this class Of freight
as expeditiously and carefully as pos
sible, In order that shippers may be
led to use their, lines for the move
ment Of their goods.
~ Grain shipments in local yards hand
ing these products for the south re-
port a brisk movement during the past
few days. The majority Of the grain.
consisting in large part Of oats is
being sent to Memphis and southern
coast ports for export.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24
TRIO OF FINEST THIEVES.
All Between and 10 Years Of Age,
CAUGHT Dividing Their $500 Loot.

Declared by the police to be the
youngest robbers on record, three boys.
whose ages range from to 10 years,
were arrested yesterday and charged
with looting the home of Abraham
Friedman, of 244S South American
street of jewelry and silverware VAL
ued at 5000 According to the police,
the youthful robbers admitted plumber
ing the house and told how they forced
an entrance during the absence or
members of the family. ransacking
every chest and drawer in the place.
The boys, who are William Trau-
men. Z years old: his brother Carroll,
s years old and Ignatius Heating. 10
years old, all of Gladstone street near
Front, were arrested by Policeman
Eichorn. of the Thirty-seventh dis
trict, who had been informed that the
boys were seen to enter an untenanted
house at 2412 South Second street
Eichorn followed and. he declared
found the boys examining their loot
and reviewing the details of the rob-
berry. He placed them under arrest
and then learned that they had plum
dered the Friedman home.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24

and more into other trades. but In the
last analysis they generally fall back or
advance to the rank of homemakers.
Hence, says the federal educational
board. the Importance Of giving special
attention to scientific cooking In the
vocational schools. The girlish hope
OF being able to hire cook Is apt to
be disappointed a. frequently as the
hope OF keeping one when she Is hired.
It is one OF the oldest things of life
that cooking, the preparation OF the
food that sustains life. the art that can
waste or economize in the chief item
OF family expenditures, is so largely
left to be picked up as best 1t may be
without serious consideration or train
ing. II the woeful waste resulting
from amateur cookery could be COM
puted in dollars and cents it would
rival the war bills Of Europe. II the
indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred
physical disturbances caused by In
capable cooks could be tabulated they
would dwarf the list Of killed, missing
and wounded.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24
.COSTIVE BOWELS,
HEADACHE, COLDS,
TAKE CASCARETS
NO HEADACHE, SOUR STOMACH,
BAD COLD OR CONSTIPATION
s BY MORNING.
j. !. ln-cent hoy now.

.
Furred Tongue, Bad Colds, Indiges-
.tion, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from q torpid liver and
clogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filed with undi-
Eested food, which sours and ferments
like garbage in swill barrel. That's
the a-st step TO nritold misery-in-
digestion. foul gases. bad breath. yell
low skin, mental fears. everything that
IL horrible and nauseating. A Cascaret
tonight will give your constipated
bowels q thorough cleansing and
sstraighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a Decent box
from your druggist will keep you feel
dng good for months. Millions Of men
and women take q Cascaret now and
then to. keep their stomach. liver and
bowels regulated, and never know q
miserable moment. Don't forget the
children-th their little instdes need
good, gentle cleansing. too.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-24
HAND FROZEN BY CHEMICALS.
Iowa City Fire Chief Has Unusual Elk.
psrlsncs.
.cial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, March 24-His hand
frozen on a sunny March day, with the
temperature 60 above zero, and 4s de-
grees below zero. under shelter, where
he was-that Is the strange experience
Of Chief ]. J. Clark, of the Iowa City
Fire department. He was replacing a
valve-st in the ice-making plant Of
the Iowa Brewing Company, having
been summoned because he possessed
a helmet, without which no man could
enter the fume-flled place. The OUT
rush Of ammonia created gas en-
veloped his hand and In less than two
minutes, froze 1t stiff. Surgeons are
caring for the injured member and
hope to save it.