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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
FRED A. MAILING,
ROUTE EIGHT.

Missese Aida and Zoella Clark
were the Saturday afternoon guests
of Miss Annie Mai Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hauser have
moved to Rives for the summer.
Little Ernie Crittendon, sick of
measles, is better.
Mr.. Cecil Pleasant, of Public
Wells, spent Saturday night with
his grand parents Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Crittendon
Miss Laura Calls, of Cane Creek,
spent the day with Mrs. Will Hauser
last week.
Mr.. Hubert White, of Martin, and
Mr.. Philips were the Sunday after
neon callers of Misses Aida and 70
ella Clark.
Miss lone Townsend and Mr..
Thomas Hall, Miss Hattye Townsend
end Mr.. Homer Hazelwood attended
the singing at Crittendon Grove
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Chapel enter
tanned number Of friends with a
quilting and birthday dinner, it be-
ing Mr.. Chapel's birthday. Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. N. A..
McAdoo, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Wag-
ster, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Chapel, Mr..
and Mrs. s. A. Brewer, son and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
BETHLEHEM.

Farmers are beginning their blowing
in this vicinity.
Rev. Walker will fill his regular APP
pointment at Bethlehem church Sun
day, March 81.
Mr.. Hurtle Wyatt is convalescent
after long illness of flu.
Mr.. Mute Sanders and family are
getting ready to move to Arkansas.
Mr.. John Moore had the misfortune
of losing fine horse last week.
Mr.. Levi Orsborn was a visitor in
the home OF Mr.. Wiggans last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolie Mcbride gave
the young folks of this vicinity an old
time play party last Saturday night.
Quite a crowd attended.
Most of us folks in this vicinity have
our stock on the north side OF the barn,
for the roads are so bad we cant get
any feed from town.
Mr.. Reuben Smith from Number Ten
visited friends near here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. Will Wright and wife, who lef
few weeks ago for Detroit, Mich.
write that they are we'll pleased with
the CITY,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
Tie Commercial, Union City, Tenn
FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1929.
TROY NEWS.

Mr.. John Bonner Maxwell, OF Dyers
burg, spent Sunday here with home
folks.
Mr.. Wallace Smith, of Menglewood,
spent Sunday in Troy.
Mesdames Cordie Garth and Emma
Moore Mcdonald have been visiting
Mrs. j. R. Moffatt.
Mrs. Paul Erwin died at her home
east OF Troy Monday OF pneumonia.
She leaves baby a week old. Her
mother. Mrs. Mcconnell, and DIR. At
kinson, OF Union City, have been at
her bedside. She leaves host of sym
pathizing friends.
Mr.. Dan Taylor has moved his fam
lily into Troy and is occupying DR..
Havner's former residence.
Mr.. L. NJ. Shore purchased the old
Settle residence aud will move his fam
lily to Troy at an early date.
Mrs. Maud Brlce and Miss Jimmy
Bright we're in Obion Sunday visiting
Mrs. John Board.
Mr.. Mike Bright is at home for few
days visit.
Mr.. James Pressly and Miss Sally
Crockett of the firm OF Pressly & Co.,
left for the St. Louis markets Monday
Mr.. G. R. McDade spent Sunday in
Fulton.
The sophomore are sorry to state
that Mr.. Bob Hughes is absent from
their class, owing to the flu.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06

Wagster, Otis Clark, Laura Calls,
Willie Calls and daughter, Sam Flu
qua and son, Maggie Pointer,
Misses Hattie Townsend, lone Town
send and Alma Brewer, Messrs.
Frank Brewer and Gene Philips. All
report a good time and fine
dinner, and left wishing Mr.. Chapel
many happy birthdays. RED BIRD.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
American Day.

New York, March.-Governor Rob-
erts, of Tennessee, has enthusiastically
endorsed the National Security Leagues
plan for turning May l, into "Ameri-'
can Day" through the holding of ns-
tion-wide popular demonstrations of
Americanism on that day, which has
been the time-honored occasion for
radical celebrations.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06

daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Wagster and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Drew
Alexander and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Philips and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Harris,
son and daughter, Mesdames Becky
Gamonds, Thelbert Gamonds, son
and daughter, Townsend, l. A.
Brewer, Glenn Covington, Mollie
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
American Legion Notes.

The Milton Talley Post, of the
American Legion, this city, met in reg
ular session last Thursday evening to
amend the bylaws OF the local post,
and to comment on and discuss matters
OF interest to every ex-service man.
Any ex-servce men who have been
honorably discharged from the Army,
Navy or the Marine Corps can get such
assistance as the members of this post
can give, and the public at large is re.
quested to refer any ex-service men, out
OF employment or otherwise embarrass-
ed, to the members OF this post.
E. P. WADDELL,
Post Commander.
FRED A. MAILING,
Adjutant.
Every member Of this post is a com
mttee of one to assist the ex-fghting
men to better their condition and to
get part OF the difference that was
paid to the fighting class and the work,
ing class during the late emergency.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06
Death of C. G. Thomas.

Mr.. C. G. (Bud) Thomas, Con-
federate veteran, citizen of the Six
teenth District, and well known in
the county, died on Tuesday, the
18th inst, after an illness attended
by decline, aged 76 years.
Mr.. Thomas is survived by two
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-06-06

sons and two daughters. He was a
member of the Methodist Church, a
man of affairs in his day, Demo-
crat, and regarded with esteem by
his entire community.
The remains were inferred We'd
nesday at Chapel Hill.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01

in the Willamette valley, Mr. Paulus
says. They grow wild here but in 9th
er states cultivation is profitable.
Speaking of berries, Mr.. Paulus says
that Salem puts up more berries than
the famous Puyallup section, generally
recognized as the berry section of the
northwest. Now Salem takes the hon-
or of being the center.
The pear crop was the largest ever
known in the valley. The price to cam
aries was $40 ton for No. l and $40
ton for No. Q. However, the Salem
Fruit union netted its growers $48 a
ton for No. l and $24 ton for No. 2.
The apple crop wis medium. The
quality was good and prices the highest
ever received for the Willamette valley
product. In fact, the apples sold by
the Salem Fruit union brought prices
f. o. b. Salem equal to that of the fa-
nous Hood River apple and other adj
vertised brands.
The record breaker of the year, be-
sides pears was the prune crop. The
price set by the federal food admins
tration was satisfactory. The quality
was the finest ever known in the val
ley. As a result of bumper crops and
fair prices, hundreds of mortgages were
paid off on prune tracts. Many grow
ers received as high as from 5000 to
$400 an acre for their prunes, netting
them from $3.50 to 5000 an acre.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
FILLING BATTERY TOO FULL
As Bad as Not Putting In Any Water,
as Overflow Runs Into Bottom,
Eating It Out.

Filling your battery too full Is as
bad as not putting any water into 1t
at all.
When the cells are too full, rough
riding or rapid charging of the bat
terry due to long sustained or rapid
driving forces the electrolyte to over
flow and run down into the bottom of
The battery box. 1t Is only short
time until the acid fluid will eat the
bottom out,
The motorlst should keep In mind
that while 1t is pure distilled water
he puts into the cells, 1t Is not water,
but diluted acid that Overilows. This
acid win corrode both wood and steel.
In filling the battery cover the plates
with about a half inch Of water. More
than this Is unnecessary. This depth
will allow for the movement of cleo
trolyte caused by rough driving or
rapid charging.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01

or what such tracts have been produc-
ing the past two Or three years.
There is no recent pamphlet publish
ed that will tell the story of the To-
cranberry industry. None that will tell
of the value of an Evergreen berry
tract. None that gives the eastern
farmer looking for a mild climate any
information as to what ten or twenty
acre fruit tract will produce.
And notwithstanding this lack of ad-
vertising and publicity, real estate men
are unanimous in saying that prices
have stiffened remarkably during the
past six months. That they have more
inquiries than ever for fruit tracts and
property of all kinds. And there is o
deep underlying feeling that the Will
lamette valley is coming into its own
within the next few years, notwithstand
ing the department of agriculture is
seven years behind in printing official
reports of the valley and that no eff
fort has been made by Marion county
or the city of Salem to let the world
know that the Willamette valley and
especially that adjacent to Salem, is
Gods country and that it has the fin.
est climate in the whole United States.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01

est Of all, the Rocky Mountain states,
with AZ cents ton-mile.
In motortruck hauling the order of
the different divisions of the country
begins with 8 cents a ton-mile for
wheat in 1918 In the East North Cen
trail, 10 cents in the East South Cen
tral, IA cents in New England, the
Middle Atlantic, and the West North
Central, Is cents In the West South
Central, II cents in the Pacific, Is
cents in the South Atlantic, and 20
cents in the Rocky Mountain states.
TraiIers Often Used.
The motortrucks generally in use
by farmers are not large trucks, but
small ones whose nominal capacity is
usually one to two tons. In quite a
number of counties throughout the
country the trucks used for hauling
are made-over passenger cars. In
some cases light wagons are attached
as trailers to ordinary passenger cars
anu pIOuucc 10 tuhcu W ihoihCI AL
that way. In North Dakota and Cali
fornia, as well as other states, tractors,
each drawing several wagons, are used
for hauling grain. Trafiers are also
used, especially in the West, with
horse drawn wagons.
For the United States as whole
the average wagon load Of wheat was
55 bushels in 1905 and Sc bushels in
1918, and the motortruck load in the
latter year was 81 bushels. For corn,
the wagon loads Of 1906 and 1918 were
80 bushels, and the motortruck load of
1918 was So bushels, The cotton load
for 1906 and 1918 for wagons was 3.4
and 3.6 bales, respectively, and for
motortrucks SO bales in 1918.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
TOP SPEED HARD
ON AUTOMOBILES
Rushing Car Over Rough Roads
Means More Than lncon-
venienee of Occupants.
SOME EXAMPLES ARE Cited
Rubber-shod Wheels Absorb Small
Shocks and Deaden Larger Ones
Sledge-Hammer Blows
Are Most Destructive.

Hammerlng a car at top speed over
rough roads involves more than in
convenience to the occupants. There
Is law of physics which reads that
the energy of a moving body varies
as the square of its velocity. Just
what this means in relation to the
rough handling of an automobile can
best be explained by few examples
cited by a well-known engineer.
Examples Of Velocity.
Double the speed Of a projectile
and its capacity for delivering blow
Is multiplied by four. Triple the
speed and the energy is increased nine
times. If one bullet has twice the
speed of another bullet of similar
shape and weight 1t will penetrate
target four times as deep. If you
drop weight out of first-story win
dow 1t will develop a certain velocity
In its fall, but you will have to carry
it up three more stories and drop 1t
out of the fourth-story window In or
der TO give 1t twice the velocity at the
time 1t strikes the ground. If an OBJ
ject falls from ninth-story window
it will be travelling when 1t strikes
the ground at rate of speed only
three times as great as If it fell from
the first story, but the blow will be
nfna tirnac oc vio1nnt And cimilorlV
IL the speed of a car is increased from
ten to thirty miles an hour, each ir-
regularity In the road will strike a
blow nine times as violent as before.
Reckon Increased Velocity.
Engineering problems, which are
simple when low speed is involved, be-
come enormously difficult when an in
creased velocity must be reckoned
with. This Is the reason railroad
trains running eighty or ninety miles
an hour have not proved practical
success.
While the automobile has the ad-
vantage over the locomotive In that
its wheels are shod with rubber which
absorbs small shocks and deadens
larger ones, 1t Is at a much greater
disadvantage with respect to the sur
face over which 1t travels. In COM
parison with the steel rails, the av-
crage road Is literally series Of hills
and valleys.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
GASOLINE FIRES
CAUSE OF PANIC
Experienced Man Knows What
to Do and Jumps Immediate
Iy for Some Preventive.
HAVE SMALL ExTINGUIsHER
Large Chemical Devices Are Too
Bulky and Cannot Be Laid In Amy
Posltion-Start Work of Ex.
tingulshing In Drip Pan.

When gasoline takes fire 1t is Sc
rious matter, but the most dangerous
accessory to a fire is the one you least
expect, namely, panic, writes William
II. Stewart Jr, in New York Times.
The average person has such an un.
reasoning fear of gasoline that he
loses his head completely. The first
few fires will leave one completely
unnerved for a time, but after little
experience in fighting them panic dis
appears and self-control is gained
This does not mean that one should
delay or move any more slowly, but
should know what to do quickly.
Small Extinguisher Is Best.
The novice stands aghast as the
first burst of flames come from the
carburetor. The experienced man
jumps for the nearest preventive. AT
least one small fire extinguisher
should be carried on every car. The
large chemical devices are too bulky
and cannot be laid in any position,
whereas the ordinary instrument may
be stored away in small space. The
best place is beneath the hood on the
carburetor side. This is where the
fire starts and may be reached by
raising the hood. Some carry them
on the running board, but this is OBJ
jectionable on account Of theft liabll-
ity. If placed under the seat or Sc
cured by lock they are not readily
placed In service, and the machine
may be badly damaged meanwhile.
Always turn off the gasoline at the
tank to stop feeding the flames. Or
dinariiy there is not more than two
ounces In any float chamber, and this
will not last long. All the parts about
the carburetor are metal and not cas-.
lily harmed. II Is also well to use the
self-starter to turn the engine. This
will draw flames into the manifold
Quite often the whole fire may be ex-
tinguished If this is done In time.
Begin at the Bottom.
So remember, always start at the
bottom and work upward. IL there
Is flame on the ground beneath the
car use the self-starter with gears In
mesh to move to another position.
Sand is good If available, but never
throw sand on the carburetor or any
other part Of the machine. 1t falls
away, leaving gasoline free to burn,
and also gets into the mechanism, do
ing incalculable harm. On fiat sur
face sand Is excellent, or any other
dry powder. Even -four has saved
many home where gasoline has been
used carelessly. The old method Of
covering the fire with rug or carpet
is good, but the extlngulsher Is bet
ter. This covers the fluid with lay
er of heavy noninflammable gas which
smothers the flame.
Everyone knows that any kind of Q
fire Is dangerous. but If the above
suggestions are employed under self
control the flames starting from O
carburetor backfre will be efficiently
stopped at the source.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
EXTRA COMP PARTMENT
PUT IN AUTOMOBILE
Ingenious Method of Slowing
Away Luncheon Equipment.
Table Is Handy Feature and When
Eating In Car Insects and Other
Annoyances Are Avoided
Place for Other Materials.

An ingenious method of construc-
tion and manner of slowing a folding
table, and other details of luncheon
equipment, is used by the owner of a
light five-passenger car. The table
consists of two nearly square boards,
secured together by two strap hinges
on the under side. Two metal slides
and two screw hooks are provided for
setting 1t up in the rear of the car, as
shown, writes G, A. Luers of Washing
ton, d. c., in Popular Mechanics. At
the rear Of the upper edge of the front
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
BUMPER CROP IN
PEARS AND PRUNES
Berry And Fruit Men On Easy
Street In Willamette Valley
Mortgages Paid 6ff.

Robert g. Paulus, manager of the Sa-
lem Fruit Union, makes the startling
announcement that from the way things
look, the berry business will be one of
the leading industries of the Wiiia,,
etc valley. He also is firmly of the
opinion that for fruit and berries there
is no special section on this green earth
that will compare with the Willamette
valley. Therefore, being in the fruit
and berry business, he is glad he is
here.
Taking things in general, Mr.. Paulus
says the past year has been one of the
most prosperous fruit years eyer known
in the valley and that although there
was shortage in berries on account
of the dry weather, prices were most
favorable.
AS for 1919, he says that on account
of the shortage of food stuffs there will
be a big demand for all kinds of ber-
ries and fruits and that the indications
are prices will be high.
Reviewing the crop of 1918 Mr.. Paul
us figures things about -as follows;
The gooseberry crop was only fair
but the prices were most satisfactory,
running from to 31a cents.
Strawberries brought extra high
prices. The season was too dry and the
crop was cut short. There was good
demand and the price ran as high as
from to s cents.
Loganberries were of short crop on
account of the dry weather. Prices
varied this year from the contact fig
ne of 312 cents to as high as five cents
But the crop was well picked and paid.
The high prices of five cents was paid
for jam and jelly purposes. A few who
dried their berries, even received more
money from their crop.
Cherries appeared at first to be a
short crop but everything turned out
most satisfactory. Competition brought
the price as high as ~ to 8 cents. The
highest prices that was ever paid for
Royal Anne cherries in any district in
the northwest was paid this year in Sa-
lem. Cherries turned out to be OF the
finest quality, free from blemish and
cherry orchards paid better than ever.
Evergreen blaekberries bought prices
from to ~ cents pound. Most of
the crop was barrelled and shipped east
under refrigeration for the manufac-
ture of jellies and jams and for the pie
industry. The Evergreen berry indus.
try promises to be of great importance
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
ONE WHEEL BECOMES LOCKED
Trouble Is Due to Fact That There Is
Too Much Play In Brake Link.
age--How to Remedy.

The owner who Is not dlllgent and
lneglects the parts he does not see or
(which do not give trouble usually may
find some time that upon starting one
lof the wheels becomes locked, even
though the brake pedal and lever are
free. This Is due to the fact that
there is so much play in the brake
ilinkage that when the hand brake
lever Is released 1t merely takes up
the play, leaving the unlubricated
mechanism set in holding position.
lThis happened recently, and a ham
Imer had to be used TO loosen the brake
mechanism. II you should have fuel
feed trouble which you cannot explain
1T may be caused by pieces Of solder
in the gas tank.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01

'The farmer" says Mr.. Norton, "be-
lieves, in the first place, that the mar
ket is overcrowded already. He does
not want to engage in competition
that will find him at a disadvantage.
"Then, again, he says: IF l CO.
operate, who is going to sell 1t for
meY Furthermore, he wants assur-
ance that his stuff will be sold and not
turned back to him, wilted and use
less except as fodder for pigs.
Big Questions to Answer.
"These are big questions and must
be answered to the full satisfaction
of the farmer 1t is but natural that
the farmer wants to continue to be
his own salesman until convinced that
dependable capital can do more for
him and permit him to devote more
time to his farm"
Mr.. Norton said that the truck hori-
zop is full of prospects that large and
dependable capital is at work planning
to take advantage of them, and that
a solution of the farmer problem is
not far distant.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
BIC ADVANTAGES
OF MOTOR TRUCK
Longer HauIs at Less Cost Dis
closed in Reports to Bureau
Of Crop Estimates.
DUE TO GREATER EFFICIENCY
Made-ove Passenger Cars and Trail
ers Are Used by Farmers in vari-
GUS Parts of United States
for Hauling Crops.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Motortruck hauls in 1918 from farm
to shipping point averaged lib miles,
while wagon hauls averaged miles;
and motortruck made 3.4 round
trips per day over its longer route of
11.3 miles, while wagons made IL
round trips per day over the emile
distance.
The estimated cost of hauling in
wagons from farm to shipping point
averaged in 1918 about 80 cents a
ton a mile for wheat, 3S cents for
corn, and 4S cents for cotton; for
hauling in motortrucks or by tractors
the averages are Is cents for wheat
or corn and Is cents ton-mile for
cotton. These figures are based on re-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
MEMORIAL TREES FOR DEAD
Governors of Each State Asked to Co.
Operate in Movement for
Tree Planting.

Motor highways to be marked with
memorial trees for the soldier dead is
the plan being urged by the American
Forestry association as suitable way
to mark the memory Of the heroes of
the war. P. S. Ridsdale, secretary of
the association, says that the plan is
being taken up by many cities and
towns and the movement is assuming
countrywide proportions. The Cen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs has
taken up the suggestion for the Lin
coin highway.
"a Victory oak or Victory elm
would certainly be the most appropri-
ate way TO remember our soldier dead"
said Charles Lathrop Pack, the presi-
dent of the American Forestry associa-
tion. ''The motor has played big part
in the war and 1t would be very fine
thing for the highway associations to
take up this plan. Wood, too, has
played big part in the war and our
stocks must be replenished. If each
state will cooperate in this movement
a living agelong lesson can be taught
the coming generations as to the beau
ties and value of forestry"
A letter has been sent to the COVER
nor of each state asking his co-opera.
tion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01
PNEUMATIC TIRES ARE BEST
Reduction In Wear and Tear on
Trucks and Greater Speed Are
Among Advantages.

A trip over the Lincoln highway
from New York to Philadelphia pro-
vides many surprises to touring mo-
torists in the multiplicity of big rub
ber-tired frelghters that ply con-
stantly between these two cities, haul
ing every conceivable kind of mer-
chandise. Motor trucking companies
are sprlnglng up almost daily. offer
ing efficient service, which not only
helps to relieve the railroads of a
portion of their heavy burden, but
also offers quicker transportation, In
that all terminal delays. so common
to railroads. are avoided AT first
these heavy-duty trucks were con-
fined to the solid-tired class. but the
advantages of big cord tires have led
many truck owners to equip their
freIghters with pneumatic tires The
great reduction In wear and tear on
the trucks and the greater speed per
mitted are among the advantages that
are to be gained.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-01

Where Cara Are Kept In Private
Garages Box Of Sawdust VIII
Catch All pripplngs.

Motorists who keep their cars In q
private garage should keep box
filed with sawdast on the floor In such
a position that 1t will catch oil drip
pings from the mud pan and oil reser-
voir. II allowed to drip on the floor
1t quickly spreads, and the tires come
In contact with II. The effect of oil On
rubber is too well known to require ex-
PLANTATION.