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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
BELGIUM HAS REFUSED
GERMAN PEACE OFFER
Will Adhere to Allies and Not Con-
clude Separate Peace.

Rome, Feb. S.-(Via Paris, Feb.
9.)-The Giornale d'Italia states
that MonsignOr Tacci Porcelli, the
papal nuncio to Belgium, presented
to Belgium Germany's proposals for
a separate peace. Whether or not
he was authorized to do so by the
Vatican, says the newspaper, has
not been ascertained.
It is said that Germany, thru
Prince Won Buelow and other promi-
nent personages, has indicated that
the terms she is ready to offer to
Belgium for the concluding of a
separate peace comprise the resto-
ration of Belgium to the government
of King Albert and the payment of
large indemnity for damages
caused by the invasion and the oc-
cupation, and that she asks in re-
turn economical and commercial
privileges which would practically
transform the port of Antwerp into
a German center of traffic.
To these proposals Belgium is
said to have replied with a prompt
refusal and a declaration of inten-
ton to adhere to the allies and not
to conclude a separate peace.
Statements regarding efforts being
made to induce Cardinal MERCER to
use his influence in favor of pro-
posals for a separate peace have also
been made, but it is asserted that
they have been entirely in vain.
! Cardinal MERCER is living in strict
retirement at the chief house of the
Redemptorist fathers in Rome,
where he receives no visitors and
where he is recuperating from an
attack of grippe. Cardinal MERCER
is occupied in working out plans for
the reconstruction of the ecclesias-
tical seminaries in Belgium in &C
cordance with the provisions of the
new Roman congregation which has
been appointed by Pope Benedict to
take charge of seminaries thruout
the world.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
CRESCENT.

MI. Williams, who has been very
sick, is improving.
Messrs. Buck Escue, j. S. Burch-
am and H. w. Howard were in Hick-
man Saturday attending to business.
Mr. Calvin Bruer and wife, of
North Dakota, are visiting Mr..
Bruer's father, Mr.. William Bruer.
Calvin has been gone from this
country seven or eight years.
r. T. Pruett, of Woodland, visited
his daughter, Mrs. Herman Howard,
few days recently.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Burrs, of McAnna,
have moved on the King farm. We
welcome them.
Mrs Thelbert Hicks, who has
been confined to her bed about six
weeks, is improving
Aunt Temp Pinon was called to
the bedside of her sister, Mrs.
Vaught, near Antioch, who is very
low.
Mr.. Elmer Glover is i'll with pneu-
monia.
Mr.. and Mrs Hubert Vaught and
son, j. A, visited Mr. Vaught's faith
er Saturday night.
Commodore Pride and wife enter
tanned the young people with party
Saturday night.
Mr.. Reno Williams, of Crutchfield
KY, is the guest of Mr.. Ed Powell.
DR.. L. D. Nichols has bought the
Billie Johnson place and will build
in a few months Mr. Johnson is
thinking of locating in Blytheville
Ark.
Several from here attended the
Archie trial in Union City last week
Miss Hattie Mai Howard ant
brothers, Bob and Henry, attended
the birthday party Saturday evening
given by Harold Bruer, of Clayton
Hugh Roberts visited homefolk
Saturday near Clayton.
BLUE BELL.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Diagram of Stream Troubles That May
Be Corrected by Blasting.

both irrigation and drainage. But be-
ing formed according to natures die
tates their courses do not always jibe
with mans desires or needs.
Rock lodges impede their progress.
Overhanging stumps and trees retard
their flow. Numerous irregularities
cause them to meander about in APP
parently wasteful ways, and mans
carelessness has added to these trou-
bles by allowing driftwood and loose
earth to form dams and sandbars.
All of these things help to hold the
food of waters back and cause either
flooding or swamps, which not only oc-
cupy land that could be more probably
used for farming but also form fine
breeding places for mosquitoes and
other obnoxious pests. incidentally
they cause an annual loss running into
millions of dollars per year.
In this day Of enlightenment such
things are both wasteful and, one
might add, criminal. especially so in
view of the fact that almost instant
relief may be had by a few well placed
charges Of dynamite. Not only will
these blasts straighten out the kinks
and bends and remove lodges and
sand bars, but they will deepen and i'm
prove the channels as nature has real
ly intended. incidentally by straight
ening the winding course of a creek
much area of tillable land can be OBJ
tanned and farm operation In many in
stances made much easier
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

In loosening shale and rock TO facili-
tate hand or steam shovel work dyna-
mite is also very effective, while stumps
may be blasted from the roadbed just
as though they were being removed
from field to be cleared and cultivated
Boulders also are easily shattered by
suitable loading and when of hard rock
may be crushed into surfacing stone.
The side bitches as well as the long
outfall bitches can also be blasted In
keeping with the nature of the ground.
In fact. there are no limits practically
to the many uses and advantages of
dynamite for road building when care
full and thoughtful attention is given
to the work.
incidentally the planting of shade
trees for roadside Improvement and at
Effectiveness is greatly facilitated by
the judicious use Of a little dynamite.
1t is a recognized fact that trees plant
ed In blasted holes grow much more
rapidly and progress more favorably
than those planted in the average spade
dug ground.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Planning House Fight.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. Although
several administration measures are
on the program, general interest in
Frankfort this week is more likely
to center on the renewal of efforts
by the House "drys" to get the
Statewide Prohibition amendment
bill into the House calendar.
Far from being discouraged by
the distinct reverse which their
cause received in the Senate earlier
in the session, Statewiders declare
that if they can get the measure in
the House and send it back to the
Senate there will be different
story to tell next time. Their hopes
have been aroused by various re-
cent developments which, according
to their contentious, are likely tC
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Deepening the Farm For Bigger Crops
The Third Dimension of the Farm Important Factor Greater
Crops and Bigger Dividends

OF the lower soils are released and
utilized A reservoir for the storage %
water Is created. and a good home for
the roots Is produced. Coed roots
are essential % good plants. Men
who look below the surface realize
these facts. They know also that q
plant produces only in proportion to
the extent OF air. water and Rourisn-
ment given Its roots. Thus j. the new
er method OF vertical tarlning both
logical and profitable
This method OF farming vertically h
in itself easy, simple and labor saying.
A half cartridge charge OF farm pow
der placed well down into the tight
subsoil at intervals OF about 4 rud.
tamped properly and fred carefully
viii do the work quickly and econom-
icaily. Suhsoil blasting. however. can
be done successfully only when tho
subsoil Is dry.
Few tools are required for the WORK
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

difference in growth between the I'M
dynamited tree and the tree planted
in blasted ground being so unmistak-
ably in favor of the latter that no ad-
equate comparison could be made.
Furthermore, there are so many sane
and logical reasons for this method of
tree planting that even the most skep-
teal could not fail to be convinced.
Obviously when a tree has to use a
large part Of it's energies in forcing its
roots through the hard soil It can
not be expected to make the same
rapid growth and come into such
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

taking care Of increased horizontal or
surface acreage are all right Il sheir
way. but 20 60 deeper into the farm,
TO increase its fertility and productive
ness by increasing It's depth. Is mat
ter that the practice OF vertical Farm
ing accomp,ishes quickly and econom.
ically. and verg often a single car
fridge OF explosive will convert several
yards or otherwise useless subsoil into
half an acre OF new root feeding sur
face. Thus. instead OF spreading out
and embracing more territory. vertical
farming enables the farmer TO really
concentrate and by intensive methods
conserves in both labor and expense.
At the same time the resulting In
crease in crops emphasizes the profit
able features Of the process.
And there is q practical reason FOR
this. By breaking UP the subsoil oxy.
gen Is admitted into the ground, and
the pent up natural fertlizing elements
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Explosives In Road Building

One or the newer methods OF road
building that is fast winning the In
dorsement OF the better versed contrac-
tor is that OF employing dynamite for
reducing the heavy work.
Grading through hard ground or rock.
for instance. Is tedious and requires
time and labor The use of dynamite
for blasting such material is welcome
relief. Both rock and hard clay may
be loosened in the cut 10y well placed
charges OF explosives II holes are drill
ed into the ground little way up the
bank and loaded. Careful spacing and
loading for electrically fired blasts win
result in bringing down both classes OF
materials in the best possible manner
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

the stump out of the ground To Sc
cure best results the charge should be
placed In the soil well under the base
OF the stump at the point where the
resistance offered to the force of the
explosion viii be equal on all sides.
Where the soil is of heavy clay or
plastic nature a slow acting powder Is
preferable, such as farm powder or
stumping powder. Where the earth is
sandy or loose and is apt to permit
the easy escape of gases a fast explo-
sive, such as 40 to GO per cent dyna-
mite should be used. The condition of
the soil with respect to moisture also
has great influence upon the amount
Of work that certain quantity of pow
der will do. After heavy rains when
the soil is saturated to the base of the
stump and the subsoil is just damp is
most favorable condition
No set rules as to the amount of
powder necessary to blast a certain
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

kind or size Of stump can be given,
since different conditions govern all
cases Two stumps OF the same size.
kind and age OF cut. when one Is grown
on well drained soil where the roots
must penetrate a great depth for water
and the other is grown on soil where
there is always water near the surface,
VIII demand different treatment for
extraction The older stumps, especial
ly IL from timber free from resin, re-
quire less powder. The exact amount
necessary for set conditions can, how
ever, be readily determined with lit
tie experimenting.
Few tools and supplies are required.
A one and one-half inch wood auger
with shank about four and one-half
feet long, a medium sized crowbar. q
round pointed shovel and a wooden
tamping stick, together with the pow
der, fuse and caps, viii serve to i'll
| the bull
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

tree planting time, unless 1t is desir-
able to add some manure or fertilizer
to be diffused through the soil. This
is an excellent practice, especially in
poor soil If the earth Is sour, sticky
clay a few pounds of lime scattered In
the hole will materially assist in foc-
culating the clay and keeping it per
manently granulated and sweet
Immediately after the blast the soft
blasted ground should be dug out down
to the location of the charge, where
a hole will usually be found about
the size of a bushel basket. This
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

early bearing as tree would that had
had the ground in which it was planted
thoroughly prepared by dynamiting be
forehand
No tree should be planted over hard
pan or impacted subsoil without first
resorting to blasting. so that the soil
may be made open and porous. Such
blasting not only creates channels. In
creases absorption of soil moisture and
permits deeper roofing, but It also In
duces better growth and larger yields
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Blasting Ground For Tree Planting

Blasting for tree planting is best done
in the fall, because at this time of the
year 1t is easier to catch the subsoil
in dry condition. Blasting In the spring
for spring planting, however, is much
better than planting in dug holes, not
withstanding the fact that the subsoil
is apt to be wet or damp.
If the holes are blasted in advance of
the time of setting the trees they are
left without further attention until
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

Much has been written on how to
plant tree or trees, but If the expert
ences Of scores of famous Orchardists
have any weight on the topic, then the
practice of using dynamite preliminary
to planting young trees has fully
proved it's merits.
The writer has personally seen spe-
cific examples of the value and excel
lence Of tree planting with dynamite
ON a private orchard in Delaware, the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Strengthening Streams
With Dynamite

The ancient Egyptians were noted
for their crops because, as history
states, they "sowed their seeds In the
Nile" This does not mean that they
actually cast the seed in the river. At
certain seasons of the year the Nile
overfows its banks. depositing on either
shore rich silt or earth that is highly
conducive to bumper crops. and the
wise ancient Egyptians, realizing this.
profited thereby.
Water is necessity. The tiniest
brooks up to the largest rivers play an
important part in the scheme of things
inasmuch ashley are natures way OF
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

TATISE farmers are beginning TO
" realize that q farm goes
w farther than length and
breadth Depth Is a vital
factor. and incidentally this third d.
mension has a clearly identified infiu-
ence upon the producing value OF the
earth's surface.
Thus vertical farming" newer
method OF agriculture. Is rapidly de-
veloping. Merely TO scrape the bris-
ties from a hogs hide is not enough.
Deeper cutting Is essential in order to
reach the bacon. And experience has
shown that to simply plow or turn the
top soil Is very often only the scratch
ing OF the surface when IL comes TO
bumper crops.
Often the productivity OF farm Is
limited by the tight clay or hard pan
underlying the top soil. Costly imple-
ments for filling this upper soil and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

must be filed to prevent settling Of the
tree after planting. The roots should be
placed in a natural position in good top
soil, covered with more top soil and
treaded down firm. The hole can then
be filed to a little above the surface
with subsoil.
orchardists use this method proves
that it pays in reduced first year loss,
earlier fruiting and larger and better
Yields
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Getting the Dollar From Under the Stumn
no" up 10 Date Farmers Are Easily and Economically Realizing
on Land Hitherto Impossible of Cultivation

ABOUT 100000 acres of land
~ included In farms throughout
IN the United States are unim-
proved. Figuring that each
acre could be made to produce at least
$25 worth Of produce per year, there
Is approximately 100000 pro-
duction being lost annually. Quite a
tidy figure. And when we take into
consideration that in many cases it re-
quires OILY the removal Of sundry
stumps and boulders to make this land
profitable, 1t certainly looks as though
something might be done to save the
waste. 'Stumping with dynamite" Is
both an economical, quick and labor
saving method as well as one that is
growing in popularity daily.
The method involved in the blasting
of 4 stump is to confine a quantity OF
explosive In such a manner that wher
exploded the expanding gases will lift
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Osteopathy and Suggestive
TheraDeutics.

have opened my Offices at my residence,
I0I High street. and will enroll patients
here until suitable quarters can be obtained
down town. | have made specially the
past four years of Rheumatism with all its
complications. Paralysis and Nervous Dis
eases, including Insanity.
Thanking my friends for past favors and
soliciting your further patronage. am,
Truly, MRS. c. E. TREVATHAN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Scout Demonstration.

The Boy Scout demonstration, to be
held on Washington avenue this even
ing, will take place as arranged. There
will be no demonstration on Florida ave-
nue. as incorrectly reported.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11

produce a change of sentiment in
the upper branch.
The events of the last week clear
ly showed that the "wets" in the
House are much alarmed at the out
look.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-02-11
Church Notice.

Rev. VIM Thorne will preach at
the Presbyterian Church, North
First street, next Sabbath, 18th inst.
Public cordially invited.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
ADVERTISERS WILL FILL
PARK At OPENING CLASH
zig organization Will Help Bill.
smiths Fittingly Start New
Season.
HALF-HoMDAY FOR THE CRY
Mayor AinsIic VIII Cooperate nv
ISSUING Proclamation-Para tn
he Held Before Game-puI,;n.
for 1900 Crowd.

extensive preparations arc heinz
m,aoe ny the Richmond Advcrtiecr..
| -. '"' me opening of the Interpa-
| nv, -. league season on "Wednesday
| ,, i've organization has taken over
| the arrangements for that 10 ~,
from the plans already laid thn Gu
ing day crowd will far exccod H.,
| last year ''"' OF
mo Al Men have succeeded IN t.,
oucinE Mayor George AinsIio IN dn,,.
h'il monday for Wednesday, A Iarvc
committee is now working a,nonr -
large business concerns. rettin, Wv
10 agree To close in time for thoi,
employees TO take I'm the game Al
rua"E more IMAM score Of firma of
richmond have agreed to do so
Mayor Ainslie has been invited %
throw tho ball which Will inaua,.
The International League season -.
ana Governor Henry c. stuart vii
also DO invited to particjpate In ~
opening ceremonies. His absence rro,,,
the city this week is tho only rea,on
HI, ''''i''oe mas not already lined
Tho opening game will ,t.r, a.
0eiock. The Buffalo Biaons, cham.
plons OF 1915. will be the oononsn.-
vi inc Bllsmiths. The game viii -,
preceded By an automobile nar.d.
'eanch by squad OF mounted noiio.
unn ~ VII 90 IN the parade. and tho
| h.
principal streets of the CITY ''e
- liz the aim OF tho Adv.r,,
ia r. crowd OF $4,000 to see the 60
INC attendance lasst season van a. =,
heishporhood OF 1900 paid adrnie.,
nut az Jack Dunns aggreeation ha,;
""' made An enviablc rccord T.,
"ih,hS season. the fans could ha
T,, from enthus!nG over tho -.
, season, however, with tho hi,
49,. Siu"u now pounding evervtbinn
10 comes Its way. and nI,,.,"
Sa' brand OF baseball, there e.;
'ehsoh why Broad Street parL u"
"ol he packed on every ''u'o
sidcnt Ed Barrow. or tho 1,,a.
,.ohai League. VIII DO unn,lo ~ ma
,a, me opening here. as he b,, a.
JACK Dunn that he will bo ~ o'ii
.'e initial clash In Bal,inoro =,
~" thhn probable that CARY u
r D. or the Bisons ana :, ,'ioh.
onnnnr rams will be here for H., -,
In addition to the big dav nov,
Iunon ,,n.ns Rotary Club has t.La,,
nr .Scai 10 MI Broad Stree, D.,
wir, 80 number OF biz am,
ball game. TO the base
In fact. you canno, l,oo
organizations from booettn. me local
which the Richmond Advan, me Trims
! asserts advcrtises pirhr club
ball team 'hing-!ts base
Inc Advertisers are now
proposition 10 have loc., mig on
d prizes for big feats on ms
been received. nave already
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
Amherst High Schoo, VIM.

AN iiERST. VA, April 1.-THE Am
hcrst High School baseball team won
its lrst real game OF ball from the
Insiewood Academy team on Saturday
game was thrilling throughout tho con
TEST In the first half Of the first in
hihG lnglcwood scored two runs, which
caused amherst To get busy. Harrison,
Tor Amherst. struck out ten OF the
ihSicwood hattcrs. while Cabcll. OF the
Academy nine. sent nine men to the
Dcmch by way OF the strike out roiite
Score by innings: r. II I,
Amherst .OO 0O3o -
Amherst % 3201x-6 II G
summary: Two-basc hits-AIassie
a,hlliipS, Harrison. Maxwell, Watts (2S'
Ihrer- base hits - HARRISON Massie
Double plays--Phillips to blanks 70
i3runcr; Dawson tn Massic to Woods
llits-off Harrison, .; off Cabeil, II
struck out-by Harrison. 10: by Cabell
i? empires, Messrs. Evans and I.ockett
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
NATIONALS CHASE J|NX
WHICH HANGS OVER HUB
"ashihSton Wins First Game Since
1914 From Boston on Own
Grounds.
MORE FROM WITT AND vEACH
Their Triples Cause Downfall of
observation-disclosures Win First OF
Series From MISUNDERSTANDING Sex
Defeat Browns.

BOSTON. APRIL lS.-Clark Grifith's
senators routed the jinX that has pur-
sued them here. winning their first
game in Boston in thirteen starts BY
the punch az the psychological mo
ment, and, aided by lIarper's good
pitching. had little trouble with the
Red SoN. Mocllers single, n passed
ball his steal of third, and an infeld
out. gave them run in the first Two
singles and sacrifice added another
In the second. In the eighth and ninth
they added ono each.
Errors by Mcbride and Harper, IAN
vrn's single and T.cwiss double gave
the SoN two runs in the eighth. Score:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
BASEBALL RESULTS

at Washington-Ca,ho r
noston College. o. University.
frssby,eran College. of Cwiirr,urman. G.:
On ro,, nortsmouth. va.-Durhan,
c cini, League, 3; Portsmnmt', North
A. Wake Forcst-war.
North Carolina. 3. "A"e Forest. q:
va "d 2artanhurg-CIemso co,,cr. >.
AZ Salem, Va.-Roanok. cou
Elon College. .. college. s.:
vor,, winston salem-wins,on Salem
iC: oi,na. carolina League, 7: Davidson
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19

summary: rwO-hnse hits-O'Dou
nett Williams. Schuyler. Thr.c-bnsc
"itS-bnhkSton. RhondcS. O'Douucl.
Sacrifice hitS--WiIIInms, Ncpcrm,t,
'"!). H"ndryN tnyJ, Burcb. St,Ien
"hSrs'-itusAcll. KclIlhcr Mcurr-
m"'t. Double ptayS-ItnsselI Ia TnI-
icy. iiifh-"f PiIIion. . In IL in
"ihSs; oil turrir 10 In Tia Innings.
-" 'sh"ndcS. . in 81 innings. Bases
q" "n'i>--h! riiiion, I; by RbonJc.
VI uric .. isnttrrs hit-hy Rhondcx
ii'ihm>D. struck out--hy Rliondes.
-: 'nrrir. - Pissed baIIs-rhomn
SON J: oD"nnrIi. !. wild ni,ct.s
N""ahr>' Lett On Observation-Disclosures
- hniriEh. {. Time of -unc .o.
mpirc-N cStrrycIt.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
WHITE SOX TRIM BROWNS

liiltA'io, April lS.-Crban Fabcr's
curves banlcd ST. Louis TODAY wbiIc
Groon.'s wildncss and poor support in
the frs, two innings. gave Chicago a
load winch tho visitors were unable to
overcome, the White SoN winning 7
TO Mccahc p,tchcd q good game for
- Louis. but gave way TO n pinch :
hitter. a pretty throw 10y Felsch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19

Policeman Lumpkin yesterday lost
MS bunch or keys. among which was
his patrol and frc-box kew and his
police whistle. The number on the
key is ~. and the policeman has re-
qucsted that the keys he returned to
the First Precinct Station or to head
quarters by the finder
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-19
ATHLETICS DROP ANOTHER

NEW YORK. April ls.-Thn Yankees
easily defeated the Athletics to-day 4
1" Gedcon's single, Il double bv PipD
ana Nunamakers single, clinchcd the
game in the sixth. two runs scoring.
Gedcon led in the batting with two
singles and double in four trims 10
the plate. His inficld hit. followed by
heldcr's choice, sacrifice and an
lnhcld out, gave the Yankees their
hrSt run in the second. ShaWkey was i'm
trouble several times on account of
wiidness. hut was stinsy with hits.