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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Pretty Announcement Luncheon
for Sheriff. Gould Engagement.

A beautifully appointed affair and
an especially charming event of the
Easter social season, was the one
O'Clock luncheon given on Thursday
by Mrs. Clarence Hardy Sheriff. an
nouncing the engagement Of her
daughter, Miss Edith Lorraine Sher
rill, to Captain Gordon Kinzie
Gould, of Riverside, Ill. The covers
were laid for twelve and the guests
included Miss Sherrill's most init
mate girl friends.
The rooms were lovely with spring
flowers and the pink color motif was
effectively carried out. The center
piece of the luncheon table was an
exquisite arrangement of pink roses
and sweet peas. The place-cards
were Killarney rosebuds which held
the happy secret cleverly concealed.
The announcement was made by
Miss Bertha Ferguson, who drew
from the heart of her rosebud
petal on which were two entwined
hearts with the names of Edith"
and Gordon" A shower of good
wishes followed. The luncheon was
an attractively served three-course
affair.
Miss Sheriff. is a beautiful girl,
one of the most charming of the
younger coterie of girls, gracious
and talented. She was graduated in
1916 from the University School for
Girls in Chicago, and this is her
sophomore year at Smith College,
Northampton, Mass. Her friendship
circle is an especially wido one. She
is the eldest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Hardy Shcrrill, of 212
Fountain avenue.
Mrs. George w. Gould, of Riverside,
Ill. He was connected with the
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of
Chicago, previous to his enlistment
in the service of the United States.
He was accepted from the first Off
GERS Reserve Training Camp at Fort
Sheridan, ILL.,, where he was given a
captains commission and was later
assigned to Camp Grant, near Rock
ford, ILL.,, where he is now stationed.
Captain Gould visited in Paducah
last Christmas.
Miss Sheriff. left Friday evening
for Northampton to resume her col
lege work. The announcement of
her engagement was a happy finale
to her Easter days at home-The
Paducah (Ky.) Evening Sun.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Y. W. A. Meeting.

The Y. w. A. met with Miss Ottie
Maye Williams Friday and Mrs
Conn acted as leader Subject
Church Building Loan Fund and
Memorials. officers were elected fo1
the new year as follows:
President, reelected, Mrs. Charley
Conn; vice president, Miss Grace
Glover; secretary, Miss Ottie Maye
Williams; treasurer, Mrs. Sam
Brummel, Jr.; counselor, Mrs. Sam
Brummell, Sr.; pianist, Miss Roberta
Marshall.
Miss Alice Nash, who left Monday
for Washington and whom the Y.
w. A. regrets to lose as a member,
was presented with gift from the
members who trust she will soon re-
turn.
Visitor present, Miss Lila Cald-
we'll.
Mrs. Sam Brummell, Jr., will have
the Y w. A. with her on the second
Friday in May.
Concluding the program, sand
witches and hot chocolate were
served.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Hamilton-Lasle Players.

Under the management of Mr..
Fred Hamilton the Hamilton-Lasiey
Players will open weeks engage
ment in their new tent on the Lyon
lot in Union City next Monday night,
April %. The bills for the engage
ment will include a repertoire of
well known plays. opening Monday
night with Sol Smith Russell play,
the Man and the Maid"
For the tour beginning with the
week in Union City Mr.. Hamilton
has engaged some very clever artists.
Miss Lorraine comes from Chicago.
where she finished a very successful
engagement in Daddy Long Legs"
Just closed. She will be seen in i'm
portant leads and other interesting
work.
Mr.. Courtney comes direct from
Fort Williams, Canada, and with
the qualifications of a talented and
versatile actor. The company will
be evenly balanced with high-class
plays and players.
The Hamilton-Lasley Trio will be
on hand again in their humorous
sketches and caricatures, and the en-
tire company will be stronger and
better in every way than before.
The vaudeville offerings will be
specially featured, and the entire
bill for the week will be seen at
popular prices.
See announcement in another sec
tion of the paper.
Undoubtedly the patrons of the
drama in Union City will enjoy a
week of the best entertainment they
have had for many day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Disc Records for all talking ma.
chimes. -Dietzels Jewelry Store.
Non Resident Notice.

S. G. Wiley VS.. S. A. Choate.
Before w. w. Mays, Justice of Peace
Of Obion County, Tennessee, at
Union City.
1t appearing from the attachment
in this cause, which is sworn to, that
s. A. Choate is justly indebted to S.
c. Wiley, the plaintiff, and that he
resides out of the State; and an at
tachment having been issued and
levied on the defendants property,
it is ordered that publication be
made in The Commercial, a news
paper published in the town of I'm
ion City, Tenn, for four consecutive
weeks, requiring the said S. A.
Choate to appear before w. w. Mays,
justice of the peace of Obion
County, Tennessee, at his Office in
the Thirteenth Civil District of
Obion County and in the town of
Union City, Tennessee, on Monday,
Oct. IA, 1918, at o'clock p. m. and
make defense to said suit or it will
be proceeded with ex parte.
This April 10, 1918.
w. w. MAYS,
Justice Peace Obion County.
]. A. Whipple, Attorney for Plant
iff AT
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Give Attention to Interest Charges

A farmer is at present renting a
good sized farm from another per-
son. He cleared last year $3.50
above expenses and interest on his
investment in equipment. He has
been making money in this way for
several years and now has $4,000 in
the bank bearing 31A per cent in
terest.
He now has an opportunity to buy
80 acres of land for $4,000. He
figures that he could make 5000 on
this farm above expenses of operat-
ing, but the interest on his addi-
tional investment would have to be
deducted. Would his net profit be
increased or decreased by his buy
ing the land?
His profit would be decreased $155
per year. He would lose the inter-
est on his $4,000 now in the bank
at 31a or sos. Then he would
have to borrow $4,000 at per cent
interest, and this would amount to
$500. These added together make a
total of $405 interest charge year.
This must be taken from the 5000
which he had after paying all other
expenses, leaving him G net profit of
$495 or $155 less than the $3.50
which he made by renting the land
and depositing the surplus in the
bank.
Give more heed to interest charges.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have rumbiing sound or imperfect hearing.
and when it Is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result. and unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to rs normal condi-
ton hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is moth
ing but an nhamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Edwards Holloway.

On last Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Joe
M. Edwards, Of Memphis, Tenn, and
Miss Eloise Holloway, of Obion,
Tenn, came over to our city and
drove to the residence of Evangelist
T. M. Carney, who administered the
rites of holy wedlock
Miss Holloway is the beautiful
and accomplished daughter of Mr.
R. G. Holloway, of Obion, and Mr..
Edwards is a young man of sterling
worth, now in railway service at
Memphis.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Barn at Troy Burned.

DR.. j. B. Havner's barn at Troy
was struck by lightning last Monday
night and destroyed by fire. The
barn contained some corn and about
twenty-five wagon loads of hay. The
property was only partially insured.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
O. E. S.

On Tuesday, April %, at 5 o'clock,
at the Masonic Homo, the members
of the Eastern Star will present the
Masons with an American Service
Flag. All masons and their families
are cordially invited. All members
of the chapter are requested to be
at the home promptly at 1880.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19

May, 1915, as follows: In blast
furnaces, 81 per cent; in Bessemer
converters, So per cent; in open
hearth furnaces, SO per cent; in
blooming mills, 95 per cent; in plate
mills, so per cent; in sheet mills,
95 per cent. In nearly every case
the bureau found men working ap-
proximately the same number of
hours per week as in 1915.
Since this report was compiled
there have been additional increases
of approximately 16 per cent.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Tent DESTROYED.

Taylor Bros, of Troy, travelling
photoplay producers, had their tent
destroyed by the storm at Water
Valley last Wednesday morning. The
top was torn into shreds, entailing a
loss of $500.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19

Wonderful bargains are shown in
mems and boys suits and pants. We
have them, and plenty of them, SO
come and get your Easter suit for
yourself and your boys at Phil Hy-
mans Cut Price Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Increase in Wages.

A report to the Department of
Labor covering the six departments
of>the iron and steel industry shows
that, while not so pronounced as the
rise in prices, wages increased since
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-04-19
Ginghanns.

You can find the pretty, large
plaid ginghams, the kind you are
looking for, at the Phil Lyman Cut
Price Store.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-22
-cLAUDE r. PORTER.

They teach the worker to despise his
employer, to look upon him as master
and themselves as slaves. They rec
ognize no property rights, saying that
capital is only wages Of workmen
withheld from them. They teach their
adherents to loaf on the job, to give
the least returns possible for the
money paid them. He said it was a
matter of court record that they had
conspired to burn property and had re-
fused to permit their members to as.
sist in putting out fires in the govern
ment forests.
RIDIcULE FOR SOLDIERS.
Mr.. Porter said the I. w. w. cor.
respondence revealed that the organ.
ization holds officials in contempt, re-
ferring to town marshals as the 'town
clowns" and to the sheriffs as bulls.
"The American soldier" he said, "is
referred to in their correspondence
and literature as yellow leg and
they continually ridicule him"
Mr.. Porter's opinion that if this war
can awaken in the American people a
conception of the dangers threatening
their republic from within, it will have
bestowed a great blessing on the peo-
pie. He said that if such tendencies
as shown by the I. w. w. are to. go I'M
checked this nation cannot fight for
eign foe The l. w. w., in scores of
ways, is throwing obstacles in the way
of the government and is at utter var.
lance with its purposes in the war.
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IF /. w. w. IS NOT
CONQUERED, KAISER.
WILL WIN BIG WAR

Centervflle, Jan. Eft the I. w
w. is to be permitted, with its present
conceptions and purposes, to live and
prosper in this country, our beloved
America as we know it with its funda
mental institutions, cannot live"
So declared United States District
Attorney Claude R. Porter in an ad
dress here Sunday, while home from
Chicago, where he is assisting in the
prosecution OF the big company Of
i. w. WIS under arrest.
"In their correspondence" he said
"they reveal their attitude toward the
government and its institutions. They
recognize no national lines, the United
States being no more to them than
Germany or any other country.
SEE FLAG AS A RAG.
ITO them the flag is rag. They
scott at religion. They blaspheme even
the Christ in their publications. In
practice at least they seem to have Lit.
tie regard for the marriage relation OF
the home. Most of them are wander.
ers here and there. Most Of those un.
der arrest in Chicago have been living
with women not their lawful wives.
don't know of a single virtue that the
good American and Christian citizen
seeks to promote that they don't scott
at"
He told how, if one is to Judge from
their general socialistic trend oi
thought and conduct, no other conclu
sion can be reached than that they en-.
courage violence to gain their ends.
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RULES TIGHTEN
AT CAMP DODGE

Camp Dodge, Jan. 21.-lntensive
training of national army men at this
cantonment is about to begin, it was
indicated today when division head
quarters issued an order discontinue
ing the midweek half holiday which
has been in effect since the camp
opened.
From now on the officers and men
will have Saturday afternoon and
Sunday only as holidays, and an order
will go into effect requiring every Of
flcer to report for reveille each morn
ing. Officers living in Des Moines
will have to reach camp by a. m.
It is understood also that there will
be drastic curtailment of passes and
leaves for officers and men to attend
celebrations, entertainments and re-
unions in other places than Des
Moines.
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LET'S SEND SOX TO
G COMPANY BOYS
Continued From Page ~

has offered to be one Of the women of
Ottumwa who will contribute to the
,, socks fund.- which The Courier will
gladly start for parents, relatives and
patriotic friends. Everyone desiring
! the socks to The Courier and every
| Saturday the number on hand will be
sent to the boys in France by The
Courier. The great need for warm
wooden hose will continue until April
or May, according to the boy quoted
above. He says that the people in
the place where the company is bill
leted told the soldiers that with the
coming of snow, the cold weather and
it's attendant snow, slush and mud
will continue until spring and warm
socks will be needed.
SHOWING SINCE CHRISTMAS.
Following are extracts from the
letter which was received Saturday:
1T has been showing off and on ever
since Christmas day and we now have
quite a bit of snow on the ground.
We are told that we will not see the
ground again until about April or
later. so we are in hard luck along
that line, guess.
"sEND ME SOME WOODEN SOCKS"
I'VE sometimes have a hard time
to keep our feet warm. So mother.
whenever you can, send me some
heavy wooden socks. We fellows
need socks more than anything else
and as we have all other wooden
things, We only ask for all the wooden
seeks that we can get. e .,yYs IN
my chum said today that he was
going to ask you to send him some
more of those socks because they
were so warm, so you had better send
him some when you send mine.
NEED SOCKS AND MORE SOCKS.
Lots of the fellows are sick with
bad colds, but am taking the best
care Of myself and have just slight
cold. Don't worry about me, mother
Just send me few pairs of wooden
socks and I'll be all right. II anyone
wants to know what to send me OF
anyone else, tell them that we need
socks, socks, socks and more socks
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-22

people who voted for the social revo
lutionists were unable to distinguish
those Of the right who were partisans
Of the bourgeois and from those of the
left, who were partisans of socialism
Therefore the constituent assembly
necessarily became the authority OF
the bourgeois republic setting itself
against the revolution of November
and the authority of the .workmen's
and soldiers councils
FOR GENUINE SOCIALISM,.
The revolution of November, the
decree continues, has shown the work.
ers that the old bourgeois parliament
tarianism had had its days and was
incompatible with the tasks before
socialists and that only such institu-
lions as the workmen's and soldiers
councils were able to overcome the
opposition of the rich classes and Gre
ate new socialist state.
Every REFUSAL" it adds, ito recog-
nize the authority of the republican
workmen's and soldiers councils and
to place in the hands of the consti-
tutent assembly and the bourgeois the
liberty which had been won, would be
step backwards and toward the
bankruptcy Of the workmen and
peasants revolution.
SEE RETURN TO MODERATION.
1.-THE constituent assembly opened
on January IS and for known reasons
gave a majority to the social revolu-
tionists Of the right, the party of Ker-
ensky and Avksentieff. It is compre-
hensible that this fact refused to de.
bate the just and clear program of the
central executive committee of the
council of workmen's and soldiers
delegates and to recognize a declara-
ton of rights of the exploited working
classes as we'll as the revolution Of
November and the authority of the
workmens and soldiers councils"
ORDER FOR DISSOLUTION.
This, the decree says. made a
breach in the assembly and the de-
parture of the bolshevik and social
revolutionists of the left inevitable.
The social revolutionists of the right,
it is said, are fighting openly against
the authority of the workmen's and SOL
diers' councils and supporting the ex-
ploiters of labor and If this party only
remained it might play the role OF
leading a bourgeois counter revolu-
ton. The decree concludes:
"The central executive committee
therefore orders the constituent as.
sembly dissolved
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-22
NEW YORK STREETS EMPTY,

NE" YUM . NEE = EMPTY
New York, Jan. 21.-Almost deserted
streets in the down town shopping dis.
trict gave evidence today that indus.
trial New York generally observed the
first OF the "heatless Mondays" decrsed
by the national fuel administration.
Skyscraper office buildings virtually
were untenanted; great department
stores closed their doors; hundreds of
factories and small business houses
were idle. All transportation lines in
the city and committing service were
run on holiday schedules. Food stores
we're open, as were specially exempted
industries, but many of them operated
on restricted basis.
The New York stock exchange open.
ed for business but without heat, and
banks did business as usual
CHILL HAMPERS RAILWAYS.
Saloons were privileged to open until
sunset on condition that they did not
use either fuel or light. Local fuel ad-
ministrators even forbade the use of
lamps, lanterns or candles as substi-
tutes for gas or electricity.
The authorities were prepared to in
.Etitute proceedings promptly against
violators of the order
The advent of colder weather had a
discouraging effect on the transporta-
ton officials. The increasing ice
menace in the harbor has held up hun
dreds of coal laden barges and near
ly 80 per cent of the tugs have been
temporarily put out Of commission by
ice damage.
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and operate no light and elevators ey-
cept for, the use of exempted persons
or concerns.
WEATHER HAMPERS ROADS.
Handicapped by another cold wave
covering the greater part Of the coun-
try east of the Rockies and adding to
the winters record of the severest
weather in recent years, railroads
strove to increase the movement of
coal to favored classes and straighten
the freight tangle. Reports to the
Office of the fuel administrator said
that the supply to householders and
steamship interests had been in
creased but officials directing the rail-
roads asserted there is little hope for
material improvement of traffic condi-
lions until the weather moderates.
EMBARGO ON FREIGHT.
Those who have urged a general
embargo against shipment of freight
and a general shut down of industries
still believe that such action will be
necessary before the congestion is i'm
proved. A general embargo on freight
was put in operation on the Pennsyi-
vania railroad today and other roads
are expected to institute similar en-
bargoes on other heatless Mondays il
the jam is not broken.
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RAILROADS MUST
HAVE NEW LAWS
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turn the roads to their owners under
exactly the same system by which
they were operated when the govern
ment took them over. There must be
some form of government CONTROL
Senator Watson asked if the rail.
roads, under government control
would not continue to operate under
their old management except for
orders given from time to time by the
director general.
The fundamental principles Of oper.
alton have been changed by orders
already given, Mr.. McAdoo replied,
and others in contemplation which
change entirely the routing of traffic.
APPROVES COAL ORDER.
Director General McAdoo denied
that he had anything to do with the
fuel restriction order. He said he
approved the order and thought i.
would be very beneficial.
McAdoo indicated however, that if
weather conditions improved, that it
might not be necessary for the fuel
order to remain in effect as long as
indicated. He declared the transpor.
tation situation was being greatly i'm.
proved and that the entire fuel prob.
lem could be worked out so that his
Office could effect a better distribu.
ton.
SERVES TWO PURPOSES.
ut must be remembered that the
step taken is not permanent" Mr..
McAdoo continued, speaking of rail-
road control "but in order to handle
the situation the government took the
step. The measure is an emergency
measure and the compensation is an
emergency step. / am convinced that
the basis proposed is fair and reason
able and I am also convinced that it
is a fair and reasonable basis because
of the peculiar and optional character
of the method of control"
Senator Watson asked if the fuel
order was to relieve the fuel or the
transportation situation.
II think both" Mr. McAdoo replied
"Not only was the coal distribution
unequal but the congestion interfered
with movement of coal. The weather
during the past four weeks has also
,interfered"
TO RULE RATES.
Senator Kellogg asked if Mr.. Nc
Adoo believed the power to fix rates
should be taken from the interstate
commerce commissions and the state
commissions
81 think when the president takes
over the roads as war measure it is
unwise to have anything that he can
not CONTROL" Mr.. McAdoo replied. eff
had to make application to state
commissions every time l wanted to
fix a demurrage or new rate, 1t
would destroy the effectiveness of the
whole government control"
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GERMANS CLAIM VICTORIES.
GOVERNMENT APPEALS
MANY DRAFT CASES

Washington, D. c., Jan. 21.-Gov-
eminent appeal agents have been in
structed to appeal all cases where To-
cal draft boards have granted de-
ferred classification to either class 2
or 4 on account of marriage since the
draft law was enacted, May Is, 1919
Provost Marshal General Crowder
in telegram to governors of states,
said this step should be taken to Sc
cure uniformity Of action and give
district boards opportunity to review
classification by local boards.
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RAILWAY JAM LoosENS.

Pottsville. Pa, Jan. 21.-More trains
were moved to tidewater in the last
thirty-six hours than have been moved
before in whole week since the coal
shortage became acute, according to
railroad men. All railroads tapping
the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. by
modifying locomotives, crews and
laborers have made Roadway in
reducing the number Of loaded
coal cars which have been damned
in classification yards and on sidings.
The railroads hope to break the con-
gestion by the end of the week.
Both the. Pennsylvania and Reading
roads gave coal trains the right Of
way over passenger traffic yesterday.
The Lehigh Valley road cancelled all
Sunday passenger traffic on branch
lines.
An embargo on passenger service
from two to five days on branches as
the most effective means of relieving
the congestion is advocated by rail-
road men