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Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
jim THORPE MUST PRODUCE
with Boston Braves, Famous Indian
Athlete Will Have to Show Ma
jor League Ability.

Jim Thorpe, famous Indian athlete.
SOLD recently to the Boston Braves by
Manager McGraw of the Giants. must
stand upon his own feet in the future.
Ihe celebrated Fox and Sac Indians
sale this time is a strictly bona fide
proposition, and unless he can prove he
has major league caliber he will be
shunted to the minors.
Thorpe's passing from the Giants in
dlcates that he has completed his post
graduate course in baseball. Signed as
a ball player at a time when he was
at the peak of his fame as an athlete.
jim Thorpe failed to win a regular
berth, but was held because his con-
tract was an ironclad one and also he
cause McGraw believed he was capa-
BILE Of annexing as many laurels on the
ball ground as he had annexed on the
grldiron and the cinder path.
Jim Thorpe may possess major
league class, but he does not possess
the sort Of class that McGraw demands.
The Indian is aggressive and he has
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
Handeds OF Persons Tortured in the Most Inhan Foeho
Beng put 10 Death and Their Estates Plaqed and
Mansions Razed-Thousands Die From
Hunger All Over Country.

New York.-"We do not hope an,
longer; we die!
The despair to which bolshevik mis-
rule has reduced Russia is thus epito
l0.Ged by Russian noblewoman wide
y known throughout her country. in q
remarkable picture of events in her
country contained in q letter received
secently in New York. Her castles
HHd estates plundered or razed, her
fortune vanished and her friends and
family murdered, this titled woman is
moved 10 remark that "three wears
Ggc, my second daughter and her hus-
band died. he having caught cold In
the trenches. Then I was In despsir
cow | envy Them
u beg of you never to mention nv
name | wrote frankly to you counting
or your discretion" is the plea which
fear Of bolshevik tyranny moves the
Unfortunate woman to place at the
close of her letter to her friend, a New
York woman OF prominent and in1uen-
Sal family. Excuse the incoherences !.
! write with my heart bleeding, know
Ing that l shall never be able to give
you the faintest idea Of the sufferinrs
that thousands are enduring"
graphic tale Of the misery that
spreads itself over Russia is unfolded
In the letter. Wholesale pillaging and
murder by bolsheviki, Germans. Films
and others swept the land clear of ITS
wealth.
Both the noblewoman who wrote the
letter and the woman who received II
are well known. The danger involved
der the former makes 1t advisable that
nor only the names Of the persons but
the names of the localities mentioned
De withheld from publication. The let
Ger in full reads as follows:
My very, very dear Mrs. B:
AT last | am able to write to YOU
end to hope to hear from you.
i Will endeavor to tell you briefly
the personal events of these terrible
last years. But how to begin? How
to give you the fantest idea of the
unimaginable atrocities committed by
the bolsheviki? Speaking of our
selves, will tell you that we have
lost everything. The bolshevlki have
stolen all our fortune, boxes of silver
ware, precious objects, personal re-
membranes which undoubtedly are
now destroyed
Freed to Flee From Home.
Three years ago my second daugh
ter and her husband died, he having
caught cold in the trenches. Then |
was in despair, now l envy them. The
year 1917 in autumn, we had to flee
from NJ, and come to the city.
where we lived under the reds regime
until the arrival of the Germans.
You have probably read in the pa
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
MOTIFS ofMe
DIAMOND

Jack Smith is playing great ball
these days.
Alexander has added to the Cubs
cnances by getting into shape.
Connie Mack claims not to be the
least discouraged with the Athletics.
Bobby Veach of the Detroit Tigers
continues to club ali kinds of pitching.
Bill Artz. recently released as UNI
pfre in the Texas league, caught on
in the Eastern.
The Brooklyn club left Rube Mar
guard in Cincinnati to take treatment
fol- his cracked leg.
What became of all this talk about
the Red Sox repeating in the worlds
series next October?
Harry Davis is still acting as first
lieutenant for Connie Mack and max
ing good job of it.
Otto Knabe will probably start on
a scouting tour soon. The Cubs have
their eyes on several youngsters In
the minors.
Pitcher Carl Williams, just out Of
the army, has rejoined the Waterbury
club. thus giving Jack Flynn a staf Of
five twirlers.
Scoring from first on q pop fly and
a technicality indicates that Ty Cobb
is slowing up like one drummer play
ing in IL jazz bands.
Old Johnny Bates still looks pretty
good among the youngsters Of the
Southern league. He is playing the
outfield for Chattanooga.
Harry Harper, star left-handed
pitcher for the Washington Americans,
has some Of the best curves of any
pitcher in any major league.
The wonderful fielding for Chicago
Is what is counting for the White Scx
these days. Joe Jackson's work ia
nothing short of remarkable.
The collapse Of the Brooklyn pitch
Ing staff is one of the upsets of the
season, for the Dodgers were supposed
to have pitching above all else.
All things considered the Mobile
team has been making a fine showing
and interest and attendance i'm the
Gulf City is reported at higher stage
than for years.
Boston fans have been riding the
Red Sox pretty hard, which is some
thing new in Boston. Recently Jack
Barry even had to take boots from the
Hub fans.
Having secured the services of AL
Wickland for his outfield, Manager
Miller Higgins Of the Yankees re-
eased Outfielder Bill Lamar to the
Red So1, at the waiver price.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
INTEREST IN ROADS GROWS
'"o'e attention Now Given to I'm.
Provement in Highways Than
Ever Before in History.

Ine good roads movement is seaino
ols revival now that business is
becoming normal. The most impor.
.ant program that has recently come
~ our attention is that of the state
" michigan, which has Just voted in
1avor of a $5O,OOOOOO program that
when carried out, will place Michigan
on Tie map big so far as good roads
are concerned, writes Birkett L. Will.
l1ams, truck sales manager for q large
motOrcar corporation.
Everywhere else you see also more
interest In good roads than in any
period in our history. II is true to say
tnat the war and it's needs taught ms
the value Of good roads. Perhaps II
ola. Perhaps it brought home to those
oull ears Of higher ups the supreme
Importance of an intelligent system Of
navigable highways But more and
more 1t comes home to the man who
studies the situation that back of the
good roads movement must be the or.
dlnary man, the average man who
pays taxes and votes and thinks as he
votes.
Ihe farmer Or rural tlweller In GER
tam sections for long time stood in
the "ay-he wanted the roads, but he
uldnt want to pay for them. He did
not realize that in the long run good
roads pay for themselves out of saw.
lngs made to the community in haul.
age OF people and merchandise. But
the farmer today is reckoning in units
of time.
Yes. he realizes the value of min.
utes throughout the season-and he is
just as keen in conserving time as the
clty-Dred man who operates a big fac
tory; II anything, he is a bit keener.
Tor seasons do not wait and crops must
De sowed and cultivated, reaped and
marketed at the right time. He has
convinced himself that time is money.
AND he knows that good roads save
time and that they save time largely
because they make 1t possible to get
satisfactory services from motorcars
and motortrucks. And he is not one
DIT blind to the fact that operating cost
Is largely influenced by road condi
tlons-that good roads make gasoline
more elastic, rubber and steel more
durable and bring markets nearer. and
that good roads increase property val
ues out of all Proportion to the cost
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15

Having secured the services of AL
Wickland for his outfield, Manager
Miller Higgins Of the Yankees re-
leased Outfelder Bill Lamar to the
Red Sox. at the waiver price.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15

speed to burn, but he is natural vic
tim Of curve ball pitching, and even
McGraw's famous tutelage has not cor
rected the defect.
McGraw has more than made good
on his contract with the famous In
dian. If he falls fiat and it becomes
necessary to ship him to the bushes, it
will be because Manager Stallings is
totally unable to see even a faint raw
of promise in the former Carlisle star.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15

sisters play at first ones often becosa
spee Whlcn ms mind
r ns 81 any stunt he
roster was
lan smashed hard %
ABOUT ~ feet inside
up possible The hounoad
hands A "Aiei" soFe oounceo
s ana not know that Bronkie mind told him that
n w tnere was possible
turning to watch the ball ...
self aouch - ~ NAie "ho hhh-
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
RUSS NOBLEW0MAN DESCRIBES
ATROCITIES OF THE BOLSHEVlKl
Files Suit on Herself,
Then Argues Own Case

Mrs. Alice Viola Parsons
Denver beauty specialist, ap-
peared before a jury IN Judge G.
W. Dunn's division of the county
court in more roles than it is
gwen most persons to play in
court.
ohe is plaintiff, defer dant.
piaantlff's attorney and stal. wit
ness IN suit brought by herself
against the Instant Anti-Wlinkle
company, of which she holds 40
per cent of the stock.
The suit is being contest ed by
other stockholders in the con
cern. Mrs. Parsons claims that
the company obtained valuable
wrinkle eradicating formulas
from her and has withheld her
salary. She asserted tha she
had no money left from the VEN
ture' and so was obliged to act
as her own attorney.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15

pels tnat the reds had sent to S;horio
ooo Russian barons, and also soma
noui seolsle; some died and the others
te'urned two months after.
although under our roof lived o
ini'itary guard of boIsheviki or reds
soou luck kept us from SHARING tho;r
'ot. cannot describe the last davs
Alter the arrival of the Germans
list was found of about thousand
persons, In which we were, who were
~ oe shot the very next day.
Inc reign of the Germans lastod
exactly seven months: thew annihi-
lated all our hopes, they accumulated
.aAes upon taxes; carrying away all
the food to Germany, leaving the neo-
pie OF our cities to starve.
NO discipline, corruption every.
"here, no administration. ONLY those
who deliberately closed their evos ~
evidence failed to see that a country
mus piundered and so badly treated
was not to remain long under their
RUE. But, alas! How many were
blind!
Then came the great catastronhe.
the German troops fraternizinp with
the polshevlk1 at W.; surrendering
10 them cannon, war ammunition. and
refusing to fight. The Germans even
damaged the cannon they left to the
Esthes troops. which had been formed
hastily and were incapable of defend
ing themselves, having nothing. abso-
lutely nothing!
Reds Rule Was Worse.
Then, for another year the countrv
was at the mercy of the reds, and it
was worse than the first time.
The. Bolsheviki had with them Chi
nese and Red Lettes, who were ter
rlbly cruel and those formed the
guard OF the unfortunate emperor and
his family
"On the 2Sth of November we
earned that W had fallen: that
The Germans were leaving us in haste
and, as the German general command i
ing at R. had, at the request of
the Lettes, refused the formation of
troops with the men of the country. |
we were left without any defense.
The lights Of the electric projectors
Of the enemy's ships already illuminat-
ed our shores; from the castles tower
we could see everything; there was
not minute TO be lost. The trains were
running only for the German troops /
1t was then necessary to risk travelling
Oy the inland ways, through dreadful
roads and in a country In revolution
for when the Germans took possess
sion of the provinces they took care
not to punish their friends, the boil
Sheviki; SO that we were compelled O
see and to live with the people who
had stolen and pillaged our properties.
The Germans did nothing to find out
the revolutionists and to protect us.
nothing!
After having packed in haste the
strictly necessary things, our small
started at five o'clock in the
morning; it was dark and the roads
we're frightful
I'VE arrived at R on the second
IF December. We were able to stav
-our weeks at our home, then in great
las;e we had to embark on the boat
sent to Finland for the fugitives and
We arrived at Helsingfors. Lasstude.
.roubles, and emotions Of all these
weeks overwhelmed at last my poor
"F'ortunately we found two rooms in
hospital; there we lived for two
months, being often hungry, and when
We could get some food it was execra-
)le.
The high prices of living in Fin
and are unbelievable. A pound of tea,
which ordinarily cost from five to fif-
cen krenen, cost from one hundred to
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
Potatoes Without Vines
Are Grown by Girl

kutztown, Pa.-Lizzie, daugh-
ter OF Jefferson Hoch. discovered
IN their potato patch that num-
Der OF seed potatoes failed TO pro-
duce any vines on top of the soil.
She was surprised TO find the
seed potatoes in every hill had
clustered around good-sized new
potatoes. that the entire vitality
OF the seed potato was transfer
red to the new ones, and that
there was no vine growth above
the surface Of the potato hills.
The mother potato was still In
the hill, but had given up its sub.
stance to the young potatoes.
which were already so we'll ma
tured that they could be used for
a meal.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15

Boston fans have been riding the
Red Sox pretty hard, which is some
thing new in Boston. Recently Jack
Barry even had to take boots from the
grabbing Hub fans.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
GOOD Roads Are Necessary to Efficient
Operation Of Automobiles.

OF good roads to any one individual
therefore, the farmer is now back OF
road Improvement.
Does the city man feel any interest
IN good. roads? Ask your neighbor.
IL ne doesn't own an automobile he ex.
pectS to own one, and he knows all
about where the good roads are and
what they moa3. But when his inf1u.
ence counts big, the greatest impetus
mas naturally sprung from the numer.
GUS army Of motorcar owners to whom
motorcar ownership has made the ter.
rltory for miles around his neighbor.
hood.
Counties and states where good
roads have become a steady part of a
progressive program Of legislation have
seen values shoot up in the most sur
prlslng fashion, and this, again, has
brought home the fact that good roads
pay for themselves. Thus it is natu.
raj that the years 1919 aud 1920 will
see the most stupendous good roads pro-
grams lnaugurated in America that the
world has ever known. This will
result in the wider utility of motor.
cars and motortrucks and, of course.
prove a big aid to the solution of the
freight traffic problem.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15

All things considered the Mobile
team has been making a fine showing
and interest and attendance i'm the
Gulf City is reported at higher stage
than for years.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
Tommy Leach Celebrates

Tommy Leach, leading man and as
sistant manager of the Shreveport
Gassers, celebrated his twenty-sixth an
niVerSary as a professional ball play
er the other day by making four hits,
pulling down several hard flies and
hrowing the ball around like q two
;ear-Old.
Jackson County journal., 1919-08-15
NEW ROADS COST ss,ooo,ooo
otan Plans Extensive Improvement
on Lincoln Highway on Wyoming
Utah Line.

The road law just adopted by the
Utah state legislature will provide IL
connection with the federal aid fund
total Of about s8O0O,0OO for high.
way construction in that state. Pres
ent plans call for extensive improve
ment on the Lincoln highway, partic
olariy between the Wyoming -Ctah lin.
md Salt Lake City.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

and Mrs. G. ". Evans. of Union City,
and Miss Dulcie yaught. of Clayton.
Mrs. Iris Marshall has been sick
for several days with asthma.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Malone, of
Union City. were visitors in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Crawford last
Saturday.
Miss Helen Grooms, of Protemus,
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
home of her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Grooms.
Miss Mary Hornbeak, of Hornbeak,
and Miss Willie Douglas, of Union
City, and Miss Frances Pruette, of
Water Valley, spent Saturday and
Sunday in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim Pruette.
Mr. C. W. Roberts made business
trip to Protemus one day this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hunter and little
daughter, of Switzerland, Tenn, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Reeves, of Texas,
spent a few days in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Charley Harris last week.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

Mrs. ia. Cotton and four children
of Helena, Ark, are in the city the
guests at the home of Mrs. Cotton's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Mullins
Miss Maude Mccullough, who has
been with Mrs. Arm for number
of years, left this week for her regu-
lar vacation with homefolks at Indi-
annapolis, Ind.
E. G. Pardue has been quite sick
for a few days at home on Third
street. He has been having a small
degree of fever, but we hope will be
up in few days.
If you are thinking of erecting a
monument it will pay you to write
The Eclipse Marble and Granite
Works, ]. ]. Snyder, Proprietor,
Humboldt, Tenn. Nothing but the
best of material used, and the highest
class of mechanical workmanship.
Mrs. Harris Parks, Mrs. Chas.
Miles, Jr., Mrs. Wallace Moore, Mrs.
Harry Driver are enjoying visit
this week and a house party with
Mrs. Frank Shepard at Cairo.
1t. Ralph Quinn, with the First
Division, Ambulance Corps, A. E. F.,
has returned to his home in Union
City after an absence Of two years
and is enjoying a kind reception.
Misses Ruth and Grace Reece, of
Montgomery, Ala, Mrs. Novella Par
sons, of Jackson; and Mrs. Lon Nc
Caleb, of Dyersburg, are Mrs. John
Baird's visitors. .
Mr.. Walter Howell, president of
the Federal Land Bank at Louisville,
KY, sends us a statement of the
banking institution of which he has
charge that those people who are
most interested may examine and
see what fine success is being made
with the land loan and correlated
business. This bank covers the ter
ritory of Tennessee, Kentucky, India
ma and Ohio and the report is to be
found on another page of this paper.
Our gasoline and oil are as good
as the best. Our tank gives accurate
measure. Our cars, the Overland and
WHY'S Knight, have set the PAGES,
others follow. For verifcation see
records at County Court Clerks Of
fee. Yes, we are leading. The rea-
son lies in value. Just call, phone or
write Overland Sales Co. Phone 1876.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04
SALEM.

Children exercises were observed
at this place last Sunday night, rend-
cred by splendid program and with
a large crowd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Harris and
family visited relatives near Kenton
last Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Wright, of Jackson, spent a
few days last week with her sister,
Mrs. Will Pruette and family.
Mrs. G. A. Houser and children and
Miss Nell Marshall, of Number Thir-
teen, were the Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Marshall and family
Miss Eva Roberts spent few days
last week in the home of her uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Groom and family.
Among the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jim c. Pruette last Sunday were Rev.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04
Feed Hogs For Fall Market

Advices from st. Louis livestock
men indicate that the hog market
will be good until the heavy fall
movements begin. 1t would, there
fore, seem the better part of business
to keep hogs on feed through the
summer months in order to have
them ready for the early September
market.
While there is considerable
scarcity of feeder hogs they arc still
to be found and the farmers who
have corn on hand can probably not
use it to better advantage than in
carrying a certain number of hogs
on feed during July and August. In
order to put good heavy hog on the
market in September, it will be nee
essary to start with good sized feed
er hog at this season.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

FOR SALE-House and lot, corner.
East Church and Cemetery streets.
Lot 75x115, good outhouses, good
six-room house, story and half, solid
foundation. $1,60O.00 for quick sale
Concrete walks, guttering and curb
ing paid for. Apply to w. H. Lancer.
lift.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

FOR SALE AT BARGAINING lots
number one and two, Block number
two, East Main Street Addition.
Will sacrifice. Address A. r. Cooke,
care of Armour & Company, Atlanta,
Ca, 143t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04
Notice.

Because of the wet weather l
Fave been delayed in improving and
repairing my residence near Fulton,
Ky. 1t will be many weeks before
l can move.
Until further notice, I will be
pleased to see my friends at the old
National Bank, OF at my home near
Union City.
14-4t r. P. WhitselI,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

FOR SALE-House and lot in
Union City on South First street,
close in to business section of town.
Lot 50x175 feet, cottage house with
fine garden. Will sell at bargain,
MRS. LOU RAGSDALE, Tel. SIS.
15-1t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

LOST-Left on northbound train
ct Corinth, Miss, Wednesday after
noon, June 4. Gold handled parasol
engraved, alma Elizabeth Foute,
1912" Worn black silk cover. Re-
turn to Bransford and Andrews,
Union City, Tennessee. Ample re-
ward. 14-2t.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

STOLEN-About month ago
from a room above Wehman's Hard
ware Store very large wood-con-
crete sink. I will pay SIS for infor-
nation that will lead to the detec-
ton of the thief. -SOUTHWORTH
Photographer. 15-1t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04
FARMS FOR SALE.

Lee county good lands at moder-
ate prices. Good roads, elevators,
croameries, and cooperative ship
ping. Home seekers write TUPELO
REALTY CO., Tupelo, Miss, for in
formation. 15-1t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04
Gasoline Hey Baler for Sale.

Girls over 16 years old to learn
knitting Excellent wages and ex
cellent working conditions. Apply
Richmond Hosiery Mills, Rossville,
Ca, six miles from Chattanooga,
Tenn. 142-t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-07-04

FOR SALE-One butcher shop re-
frigerator, ice capacity 1900 pounds
and some butcher tools, box and tools
in good shape. Will sell cheap for
cash or terms. Write or phone N. T.
Hatcher, Ridgely, Tenn. 1876.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-18

industry will not be found among
the contributors to the reformers'
funds. The coffee and tea indus
assist in the cause They repre-
sent millions. and one can readily
believe that these millions will be
used freely to combat the move
ment.
"A contest Of the greatest mag
nitude may therefore be looked
forward to. Already spokesmen of
these industries have accepted the
challenge. Mindful OF the errors
which the liquor interests made, in
allowing the prohibitionists to car
~ on their work without Opposi-
ton, there is q strong disposition
to anticipate the new movement to
disarm it at its very inception. to
institute a counter-campaign with
ont any loss of time. The fight
VIII be a most interesting one.
The reformers were able to make
out a convincing case against Ii
Quor, which laid itself open 10
many just charges. But It will be
a more difficult task TO show that
tobacco is a vicious element in the
lift OF the individual or of society.
and it will perhaps be even more
difficult to prove that tea and cof-
fee are a force for evil.
"On the side Of those who will
fight to maintain these elements
will be the natural affection which
the public has for these lesser
evils of civilization, which, in the
intense and trying circumstances
we are living under today, have
become a necessity 10 those who
need whip to goad on their high
Iy taxed energies and their greatly
tried nerves. That this necessity
is recognized is manifest from Pro-
fessor Romans admission that the
campaign to eliminate tea and cof-
fee will not be commenced until a
fitting and harmless substitute for
these drinks is found. A substi-
tute, to be effective, must be ade-
Quate; and how can it be adequate
unless it has all the marks and
properties Of that which it re-
places? The task of the reform.
ers in this instance will certainly
not be an easy one"