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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
FREIGHT RATE HEARING
TO BE WITHIN 10 DAYS

The presenting OF the application OF
shippers for rcadjustmen, OF alleged
excessive freight rates to high railroad
administration officials at Washington
within the next ten days has been
promised according to Corporation
Commissioner AT Walker, who has
Just returned from the national capl-
,ol. where he presented the situation
to Director General -MeAdoos assist
ants. Mr.. Walker states that from the
assurances he received at Washington,
he feels sure that a satisfactory set
tlemcnt Of the situation is now closer
at hand than at any time since the agi-
tatinn Was started
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
HUNS At FRONT
CAN'T Write TO
FOLKS At HOME
Wounded Soldiers Are Sent to
Front Still Bandaged,

LONDON, Aug. 2O--lt believed in
Cologne that the Germans are weaker
on the western front than even the al
lies claim, says the Daily Mails cor
respondent at The Hague He does not
vouch for other sections of Germany
but gives TINS resume OF conditions in
the Cologne district:
All leaves from the front have been
reduced one half
Men are sent to the front from the
hospitals before completely iit
Letters from the front have been
discontinued.
DeSerters are being sent to the front
from punishment camps.
Wounded soldiers arc hurried west
with bandages still in place
The correspondent adds that il is re
ported that the Germans have stolen
food parcels sent TO French prisoners,
in order to feed neutral laborerS who
are on strike because OF inadequate
food.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
WORK FAIR HEADLINER

Hundreds Of Oklahoma farm girls
and boys will be present in person and
represented by exhibits at the twelfth
annual Oklahoma State Fair and Ex-
position here from September q 10 -
More than 5000 in prizes and pre-
miums -%.jG6. 10 be exact--is offered
for juvenile club work this year, tho
and the largest total OF prizes ever
awarded TO boys and girls by any
southwestern state fair
The boys and girls club work at the
Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition
is under the direction Of James A.
Wilson and W. ID. Bentley, both Of
tue A. and NJ college, Stllawter okla
Contests are open to any boy or girl
in Oklahoma who was from 10 to Is
years old on Jan. !, 1918. and who is a
member Of boys and girls demonstra-
tion clubs. -
Prize winners in county club con
tests IN the corn, grain, sorghum cot
ton. wheat, pig, calf sheep, peanut,
poultry, canning and better bread clubs
are brought to the State Fair to at
tend the annual State Fair school
which is held under the direction Of
Mr. Wilson and OF John T. Swain
and Miss Emma Chandler, also Of the
4. and NJ. college. All expenses Of
these youngsters are paid, save travel
ing expenses between their homes and
Oklahoma City. Numerous scholar
ships in the a. and NJ. college are Of
fered for the best orwk done by those
attending the State Fair school
In addition there are scores OF
premiums OF cash, thrift stamps, seeds,
plants, animals, etc, Offered by vari-
Gus individuals and organlIatlons.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
Mother and Daughter Become
Separated Because Each Has
Her Own Viewpoint These Days

more idea that | would find an insolu-
able problem IN Ellen than did that
she would develop into a two.heAded
lady or sprout beard
But that /, what she is| A prob
lem A conundrum And 5an't guess
the answer She doesn't care a rap
for clothes She hates parties. She
doesn't yeafn tor bcaux, Nd hasn't the
rudlment OF an idea Of how TO make
herself attractive 10 men And she
frankly says that the idea OF marriage
does not appeal 10 her.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
Mother Wanted Daughter to
Be Society Bud But Daugh-
ter Wants to Go to Work
and Be Useful; Dorothy Dix
Tells About Them,
BY Dorothy Dix.
The worlds Highest Paid Woman
Writer.
n ERHAPS there never has been a
time when youth and age looked

n ERHAPS there never has been a
time when youth and age looked
a at the problems OF life from the
same standpoint Certainly they do not
now, when each generation makes Tor
itself new world with a new lookout,
and this is particularly true as regards
the feminine sex, and all that pertains
thereto.
The girl of today is no more like the
girl that her mother was shan II she
were an inhabiiant Of the planet Mars,
who had accldcntly been dropped down
on New York, or Boston, or SQucedunk
The things that mother found thrilling
" interesting simply bore daughter
stiff The hopes and ambitions that
fired mothers breast do not interest
daughter The things that daughter
find, interesting, and wants to do, and
is determined TO do, wild horses couldn't
have dragged mother into doing, when
she was weet-and-twtnty In con'e-
quence OF all OF which mother and
daughter cannot understand each other,
and are mutual disappointment.
Girls Give Worry Now.
In talking of her daughter the other
day, a woman said:
Il don't know what the young girls
are coming to. II used to be ones boys
that one worried over. You felt so safe
with your girls for you knew just ex-
actly how to bring them up, and how
they would turn ont, and all the rest
OF II.
"You would tie blue ribbons on their
curlS when they were little tots and
when they got bigger you would send
them to a nice school where they would
meet the right sort of girls, and when
they graduated you would give them q
big coming out tea, and you would have
lots OF fun for two or three years in
dressing them up in party frocks and
trottlng around to parties with them,
and then YOU would fix them up with
a lovely trousseau, and have big
church wedding, and hand them over 10
a husband and pretty soon YOU would
begin the same round over again with
a little granddaughter.
But Ellen Is a Problem.
1 know that is the way | planned
life out with my daughter and had
expected to renew my youth in hers
in gadding about in society with her,
| fully counted on being Just as much
interested in her beaux and love affairs
as used to be in my own. ! never
doubted that when she left school We
would enjoy The most perfect compan-
ionship together, and never had any
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20

our best to supply you, in return, with
good dead Germans"
The Oklahoma City Times is the au.
thoriled agent for Our Boys In France
Tobacco fund IN Oklahoma. Contrib
utors may send money to the fund in
care OF the Times oS may contribute
through retailers in their towns who arc
authorized by the Times to receive sub
scriptions The Times is distributing
to retailers subscription sheets and
collection boxes for the fund.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20

"AND as for trotting around in so
"A oiety, and going from party to
party, and lunch 10 lunch, and dinner
to dinner, meeting the people who have
never done anything else all Of their
lives, and to whom the most important
question in the world is what sort Of
an entire is going TO be served, TO whom
the greatest discovery of the age is a
new cocktail, and the most vital issue
OF the times, whether the Jones have
new car, or the Smiths can afford
the style in which they are living. why
! simply haven't the strength TO do
il, not even TO please mother, for |
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
FINANCING THE WAR
COMMITTEE CHOSEN

George Fredericton, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, has ap-
pointed a committee to analyze each
question and report its conclusion on
the referendum on the report of the
special committee of the United States
chamber OF commerce on financing the
war. The committee appointed is as
follows, NJ. d. Scott. chairman; Judge
s. w. Hays, 7. J, Stuart G. +, Mas
sey. H. p. Garrett, L, +. Buckholts,
l. +. Maria and {. NJ. Bosworth.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20

does hpl appear 10 hcI
HCHE wants 10 80 10 work She says
~ that she considers IT as dis
graceful Tor a woman to be a loafer.
an idlcr, and a spendcr. as it is for a
man to be ono, and that she simply
canno. look herself IN the face unless
she Is engaged in some productive labor
that is Of use in the world. and she
is begging her father 10 let her take
a course AZ commercial college and
60 into his office on the same plane
that he would take On any other girl
and especially on the same plane that
he would take his son into his bust
ness
She Seeks Hardships Of Life.
what DO you think of that, And
all thcSc years ] have been so thank
iul 20 think 'hat we would be able 10
give our lir,lr girl case and luxury,
and protect her from the hardships Of
liicl Why ! have never seen a girl
standing behind counter. or bending
over a typewriter that l. didn't have a
little throb of gladncSs that my Ellen
would be safe from that, and now that
is the very thing that she is pinng
10 do.
Greater Problem Than Son.
"Yes, Ellen is pretty girl, and a
good girl, and a clever girl but she is
a problem. and believe me, the problem
daughter 10 million times more OF
problem, than the problem son"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20

This IL a humdlnger II viii keep you
on the edse OF your seat! Three reels IN
the first episode. Don't miss seeing the
first chapter.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
Movie Bills Today

Strand theater, 10 .. m. to II q O
Constance Talmage In Scandal"
Majestic theater, 10 q. m. to II
p Montague Love in The Cros
Bearer"
Dreamland theater, 10 a. m. TO
II p. m.--June Caprice in Miss
Innocence"
Empress theater, noon to II .. m.
William S. Hart in Riddle
Gawnc."
Lyric theater, p NJ. to II p. n.
Charlie Chaplin in "A Dogs
Lie" vaudeville.
Liberty theater. .. m. 10 IL ,,
m.-Six acts Pantages pictures.
Colcord airdome, 8 p. m. to II
p. m-"Rimrock Jones'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20

wings and clawed madiy with their
feet when she attempted to rescue 4
young jay bird entangled in a rose
bush Bleeding and disheveled. Mrs.
Gon ran into the house. followed By
the angry birds as far a. the door.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20

ugly duckling. and who wonder, Row
she came to do II.
What mother would like would be
for me 10 be just the same sort OF u
girl that she was ! would II / could
just to please her but you can't turn
back the hands OF the cioCk When
mother was my age, She had nice dainty
little tootSic wOotsics and wore mum
Der two shoe ! have played golf and
tsnniS and taken hikes all of my life,
and | wear a number four shoe Moth
er had worn tight corsct since she
was thirteen, and had an eighteen inch
belt measure ! have got natural
waist line.
Different Thinking, Too
"All Of that goes mentally a. well
as physically and | can no more ge;
into mother point OF view about what
a girl shoNd be and do. that ! could
get into the clothes she wore when she
was a girl They don't NEE, on me BY
SIX inches Poor mother and poor me
Mother can't understand why / want
10 60 TO work and DO something worth
while 10 the world some real work that
counts and that shows results in dol.
lars and cents. ! can't make her see
why It seems 20 me utterly silly for a
human being, who ha, brain, and has
spent ten years IN cutyaIing It at a
good school 10 spend her time in doing
what is called womau'S work. in en-
broidering dinky little dolics. or
crochetlng miles Of silly little edging,
or fussing over putting in miles Of hand
work on underclothes that nobody
sees.
Women waste Time.
"A criminal waste of time. 7 call
about nine tenth. Of the work that wom-
en- do, but mother thinks IL IS the re-
fined and proper thing ior a gentle
woman 10 do, and that there is some
thing abnormal in a girl who can,
feel that II is her great mission in life
10 run pink and blue ribbon in her
lingerie.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
Greater Problem Than Son.
A Nd the girl says

"A Il am awfulH sorry that am
such a disappointment TO mother.
know how she feels about me She feels
like a swan who has hatched out an
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
LAND SALE.

Thomas j. Bonner & Son ct al. VS..
Mrs. Ora Pyles ct al, Def'ts.
In the County Court of Obion Coun-
ty at Union City, Tennessee.
In obedience to decree of sale in
this cause, will, on
Saturday, the 9Th day of Oct, 1918,
at or about one o'clock p. m. in
front of the east courthouse door in
Union City, Obion County, Tennes-
der the one-fourth (A) undivided
interest of F. w. Crank Caldwell,
deceased, in the following lands stu
ate in the Fourth Civil District of
Obion County, Tenn, encumbered
with the life interest of Mrs. M. e.
Caldwell (widow of w. H. Caldwell,
deceased), therein, viz: 100 acres of
land lying about one mile south of
the town of Rives, bounded on the
north by the public road and Gar
rett and Carter, on the east by Obion
River, on the south by William Rob-
inson, and on the west by Wade
Brothers; 33 and 1-3 ceres of this
land was set apart to said Mrs. M.
E.. Caldwell for her homestead and
the other Sc and 2-3 ceres of same
was set apart to her as part of her
dover; also and 1916 acres of
land, set apart to said Mrs. M. E.
Caldwell as a part of her dover, and
in or adjacent to the town of Rives,
and bounded on the north by the
street, on the east by the M. & o.
Railroad, on the south by Womack,
and west by Bonner; also 81 acres,
near the town of RiveG, less one acre
heretofore sold to the trustees of the
M. e. Church, South, and bounded
on the north and east by the public
road, on the south by Caldwell, and
one the west by Clemmons; said one
fourth interest in said lands, encum-
bered as aforestated with the life in
terest of Mrs. M. e. Caldwell, who
is still living, to be sold to finish
paying the Indebtedness of the estate
of F. w. Caldwell, deceased, and on
the terms of one-third cash, and the
balance in one and two years, de-
ferred payments to be evidence by
prOmissory notes bearing six per cent
interest, and with approved security,
and with lien on land retained as
further security. Further particu-
lars on day of sale.
September IL, 1918. 25-3t
r. H. BOND, Clerk.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
NONRESIDENT Notice.

Clarence Burdick VS.. Iva May Bur-
dick.
Chancery Court, obion County, Ten
nessee.
In the above styled cause it APP
pearing to the Clerk and Master from
the bill of complaint, which is sworn
to, that the defendant, Iva May Bur-
dick, is a nonresident of the State
Of Tennessee and a resident of the
State of Kentucky, so that ordinary
process of law cannot be served upon
her. 1t is therefore hereby orderd
that the said above named de-
PENDANT appear before the Chan
cellor of the Chancery Court Of
Obion County, Tennessee, on or be-
fore the First Monday of October,
1918, that being the first day of the
regular October term of said Chan
Gerry Court, and make defense to the
said bill, or the same will be taken
as confessed by her, and the said
cause set for hearing ex-parte as to
her. 1t is furtheE ordered that pub
LEGATION of this notice be made for
four consecutive weeks in The Com
mercial, a weekly newspaper pub
lished in Obion County, Tenn.
This Sept. 4, 1918. 24-4t
GEO. A. GIBBS,
Clerk and Master.
E. H. Lannom, Sol. for Compl't.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
At a French Hotel.

Mrs. Martha Forroster.-Dear
Mother: AS 1 am on post I will
write you a few lines tonight, tell
ing you that / am well and enjoying
life. I hope this will find you well.
/ have a seven-day pass and am a.
a nice place now, staying at one of
the largest hotels in France. 1t is
surely nice place and the fare is
fine-the food extra good. 1t is in
deed a great treat to me after being
on the front five months. 1t looks
like home to have nice beds to sleep
on. This is town where the soldier
comes for a rest, and it is a good
place for that purpose. No trouble
to get anything here you need.
Mother, I am going to have some
pictures made and mail you some.
Haven't had any pictures made since
I have been in France. / will send
you some pictures of this place too.
could write you much more, but
will say goodnight and goodbye.
From your loving son.
THOMAS E. FORESTER.
Bat. B, Is F. A., American Exp.
Forces, France, Aug. IT.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
TO A MARINE.


Composed by Marine and pre-
scented to his friend, Private Chas.
T. Bramham
They called you Parade Ground
Soldiers"
Once they laughed at the good old
corps;
Said you were dressed up handles,
And would run from a lannon's roar.
But Vera Cruz proved your metal,
And showed you staunch and true.
You're bunch of real live soldiers,
You boys who wore gold and blue.
You fought in Santa Domingo,
And you Gained poor Haiti, too;
They are pretty good examples
OF what a marine can do.
And now at Chateau Thierry,
You marines have proved the lie;
You proved a marine knows how to
fight,
You proved marine knows how to
die.
The Germans named you Devil
Dogs"
For they just don't understand,
How two-fisted, fighting demon
Like you really can be a man.
Germany's hellish poison gas,
All their liquid fire and screams,
Were as nothing when compared
With just hand full of marines.
Some of you won the Croix de Guerre,
And some won honor and fame,
And some were wounded or missing,
But each one of you played the game.
And the cross America worships
Stands where French grass grows
green,
Bearing the glorious legend,
A United States Marine.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
Schofield Barracks.

Dear Tennessee Friends: l am sc
glad to know that I can write you
all few lines and tell you how
much l love the dear old State.
left Union City two years ago fol
st. Louis, Mo-, and then l boarded
ship for Honolulu, where l had q
very sweet little home for eighteen
months. / like Honolulu very much
1t is very sweet, with it's beautiful
flowers, pineapplcs and Hawaiian
sunshine. For eighteen months
didn't see any snow at all, but on
the 23d of December, 1917, we ar
rived at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and
believe me, it was some cold. The
snow there was eight inches deep
On Sept. Z, 1918, we left for Camp
Mills, New York. So now, dear
friends, l am on my way to France
where l hope to meet lot of my
friends, one of whom is brother at
the front, and I want to be with
him. love my country, my mother,
father, sisters and my uniform.
Goodbye, Tennessee, God love
you; and hail to France. We are
coming to see you over the top.
Yours truly,
CPL. JESSE P. FORESTER,
Bat. B, I'd Field Art.
Sept. IS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
COMMERCIAL SUBSCRIBERS

The Commercial has mailed a Large
number of notices to its subscribers,
to all those in particular who are be-
hind to pay up in advance. This il
done for the purpose of complying
with Government orders, which make
it necessary to discontinue the paper,
as stated elsewhere, not later than
three months after expiration of sub
scription.
Of course that does not prevent
anyone from stopping when the time
is out, but simply shows what is
necessary in case they want to con-
tinue the paper.
Now, our subscribers will be Of
fered from now until the first of
January to renew at 81 per year.
After that the subscription may be
raised to $3.50 to meet the rapid ad-
vances in cost of material and labor.
Please renew now if possible and
help us to obey the Government rul-
ings as well as to offer you an OPP
portunity of renewing at the old sub
scription price.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
Battle Hymn of Democracy.

Mine eyes have seen a vision of the
coming of the Yanks;
They met the German army and went
plunging thru their ranks.
They punctured them with bayonets
and fiattened them with tanks
While our boys went marching on.
Glory, glory hallelujahl
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Our boys went marching on.
They hit! the Champagne district
where the grapes of wrath are
stored,
They buckled on their armor and
they licked the German horde;
They got the Kaiser's number and he
beat it in Ford,
While our boys went marching on.
Glory, glory hallelujah! etc.
They captured Crown Prince Freddie
and they put him in q cage;
The children fed him peanuts while
he shook the bars in rage.
His capers were the feature of Sun
days comic page,
While our boys went marching on.
Glory, glory hallelujah! etc.
l saw the Kaiser shackled with
lovely ball and chain,
He was seeing ghosts of women and
children he had slain.
He wore a look of terror and never
smiled again,
While our boys went marching on.
Glory, glory hallelujah! etc.
In Globe Democrat, st. Louis, Mo-,
sent in by Sergt. James H. Russell,
18th Company G. S. l., Jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
Am well and will like it better in
France than here. Kindcst regards
to all. J. H. r.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
At Camp Merritt.

Sergt. Charlie A. James and Private
Johnnie r. James write their moth
er, Mrs. G. w. James, of the Seventh
District, that they are now at Camp
Merritt, New Jersey. The two
brothers have been in training at
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ca, for some
weeks. They write their mother
that their company was said to be
the best bunch of men that had been
sent from Camp Gordon. Private
Johnnie James was one of the seven
teen boys who received a Browning
Automatic Machine Gun in the rifle
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27

of the lucky ones, without fear of
miles advance on the retreating
enemy was able to find only three
of my friends out of our company.
Numbers were attached to other out
fits. After the Americans broke the
German lines and advanced twelve or
fifteen miles we experienced a hard
day and nights fighting. We were
relieved the next day by the French
soldiers. There are thousands of
things could mention if l had time
in addition to what / have related.
But l am real busy after about
eighteen or twenty miles hike from
the front. 1 lost everything l ever
had or tried to keep, and we were
supplied with more clothing and
equipment. We are now in a French
village, with only small civilian
population, here for a few days rest
with orders to leave again for some
place, entraining for two or three
days and nights.
Some war and hardships for SOL
der in France, believe me. / have
just settled down for a rest, trying to
write relatives and friends after a
lapse of two months, the first time
since then have really had a chance.
have started few letters without
finishing and now we are on the
move again and no one will expect
any mail. 1t is hard to sympGthize
with soldier in France, who has
really been thru the hardships of
this famous fighting, travelling di-
vision. hope you are lucky enough
to receive this letter, it will be so
long before can mail it.
Hoping to hear from you real
soon. Write often to the soldiers in
France and don't wait for a letter
Write all the news from home and
the general news if possible. A let
ter to a soldier in France is worth
more than anyone there can imagine.
Regards to everyone.
Love to all.
BUGLER WALTER R. PAGE.
Co. X, 9th U. s. Inf, American
EXP. Forces, France.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
Good Health and Plenty.

Messrs. Marshall G. Baird, Unior
City.-Dear Sirs: You have my
check for subscription. Am enjoyine
good health. Hope you are also
Oklahoma was hard hit by the
drouth, but late rains will make con.
siderable feedstuff and cotton is bet
ter than expected, selling for 33 tc
SO cents. My boy, Bartels, is by
now, I guess, on the Atlantic, bound
for France. Kind wishes.
Your friend,
e. s. TATOM.
Shawnee, Okla.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27
contest.

contest.
They describe some beautiful
country they saw while making the
trip from Camp Gordon to Camp
Merritt and tell her not to worry;
they are having a good time and
anxious to do their bit and get back
home.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-09-27

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