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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-03
Missionary Society Will Entertain.

The ladies of the Missionary So
ciety of the NJ E. Church will en-
terrain with reception in honor OF
their pastor, Rev. Geo. Evans, and
wife next Tuesday evening, Jan. Z,
from 1880 to 10. The pastors and
the entire membership of all denomi-
nations are cordially invited to at
tend.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-03
The new CALOMEL---FINE
FOR COUGHS AND COLDS
Calotabs, the New Nausealess Gallo
mel, Breaks Up Severe Cold Over

SoAoeoDSj "iAS NS" @s"ASSe@A~SS Ss~AS
mel, Breaks Up Severe Cold Over
night.
Physicians and druggists have at
last found quick and dependable
remedy for colds, influenza and
grippe. Ono Calotab on the tongue
at bed time with swallow of water
that's all. Next morning your
cold has vanished and your liver and
entire system are purified and re-
freshed without the slightest un-
pleasantness or interference with ap-
petite, diet or work.
Doctors have always contended
that calomel is the best medicine for
colds, bronchitis and la grippe and
the first medicine to be given in
pneumonia and acute foyer. The
new calomel, Calotabs, is purified and
refined from all of the 5ickening and
dangerous effects and with the medi-
cinaI virtues vastly improved.
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages; price 95c. Your
druggist recommends and guarantees
them and will refund your money if
you are not delighted.-adv.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-03
Special Announcement.

l take this method of putting my
name before the voters of Obion
County for Trustee, and my formal
announcement will appear at the
proper time. Yours very truly,
t. r. REYNOLDS.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-03

FOR RENT-Furnished residence
on East Main street. Small family
or man and wife preferred Address
Miss Allie May Reeves, Dyersburg,
Tenn 41-1t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-03

Peshing that the American uniform the
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
Reader Finds Comfort in
Old Books Written Without
War in the Authors Mind

IF during the war it almost seemed
20 some people thar nothing written be-
fore 1914 had kept its old value, they
may, on the contrary, soon find them
selves blinking SuSpiciOuS,y at books
written since then. MathematicianS
distinguished carefully between "Sys-
tematic" error, which is cumulative,
aud the casual errors which are as
likely TO lie in one direction as the
other and in the long run tend to off
set each other. To the reader who is
beginning to recover a deranged criti
cal faculty the trouble with most Of
which has been written since 1914 is
that it contains a systematic error due
10 the perturbationS set up by the
great war, The comfort Of old books,
on the contrary, lies in the fact that
they were not written with the great
war lurking in some corners of the au-
thor'S mind. Whatever their errors
and prejudiCes, they are not bent all
one way by a single force, and even
their prejudices neutralize each other.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
MADE RECORD He WAS AFTER
nfsrkaa;..p erformsnee q EnuInesr
.ss5d. zaNs SgTKId, siIask'tl q hs

/ i. Z. road, JAM WITHIN sight of~the
.,re@s dwelling a;gnng Tie trees.
i,araes' interest revived. His second
view Of the house Increased his won
der and admiration. If O'DOwn had
not actually located ii among the trees
for him he would have been at loss
TO discover IT, although it was imme-
diately IN front of him and in direct
line of vision.
De Soto was seen approaching
through the green sea, his head ap-
pearlng and disappearing intermit-
tently In the pillows formed by the
undulaung underbrush. He shook
hands with Barnes moment later.
I'm glad you had the sense to
bring Mr.. Barnes with you, O'DOwd. "
said he. You didn't mention him
when you tele0honed that you were
personally conducting sightseeing
party. | tried TO catch you afterward
on the telephone. but you had left the
Tavern. Mrs. Collier wanted me tC
ask you to capture Mr.. Barnes for din
ner tonight"
Mrs. Collier is the sister of Mr.
Curtis explained O'Dowd. Then h,
turned upon De Soto incredulOusly
"FOr the love OF Pat" he cried. what,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

come over them? Why, l made so
bold as Ia suggest last night that you
were a chap worth cultivating, Barnes
and that you wouldn't he long in the
neighborhood-but to save your feel
ings I'll not repeat what they said. the
two OF them. What changed them
over, De Soto?"
"A chance remark of Miss Cameron's
at lunch today. She wondered II
Barnes could be the chap who wrote
the articles about Peru and the Incas
or something OF the sort. and that set
them to looking up the back numbers
of the Geographic Magazine in Mr.
Curtis library. Not only did they find
the articles but they found your pic
ture. l had no difficulty In deciding
that you were one and the same. Th'
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
E.MzYfzlHzY1I


,,eople could have been cod With !
out crowding, and when the Seven took |
their places wide intervals separated
them. No effort had been made by the
hostess to bring her guests close to-
gether, as might have been done by
using one end or the center of the
table The serving plates were Of sill
yer. Especially beautiful were the
long-stemmed water gObletS and the
graceful champagne glasses. They
were blue and white and Of design
and quality no longer Obtainable eX-
cept at great cost. The eSthefic
Barnes was not slow to appreciate tho
rarity of the glassware and the cn;. -
beauty of the serving plates.
The man Nicholas was evidently the
butler despite his Seventh avenue
manner He was assisted In serving
by two stalwart and amazingly clumsy
foOtmen. of similar ilk and nationality.
On seeing these additional men Serv-
ants Barnes began tiguratively to
count on his fingers the retainerS he
Already he had seen six. all of them
powerful. rugged fellows. 1t struck
| him as extraordinary, and in n way
| significant, that there should be so
many men at Green Fancy.
Much to his disappointment he was
not placed near Miss Cameron at
| table. Indeed she was seated as far
away from him as possible. There was
a place set between him and De Soto.
| for symmetry's sake. Barnes CON
| cluded. In this he was mistaken ;
| they had barely seated themselves
when Mrs. Collier remarked:
mfr. Curtis secretary usually joins
us here for coffee. He has his dinner
with my brother. and then, poor man,
comes In for brief period of relaxa-
| ton. When my brother is in one of
his bad spells poor Mr.. Loeb doesn't
| have much time to himself"
Loeb. the private secretary, came in
for coffee. He was a tall, spare man
Of thirty. pallidly handsome, with
dark. studiOus eyes and features of an
Enthusiastically Hebraic cast. as his
name might have fOretOld. His teeth
were marvelOusly white and his slow
smile attractive More than once dur
Ing the hour that Loeb spent with
them Barnes formed and dismissed 8
stubborn ever-reCurring opinion thai
the man was not a jew. Certainly ht
was not an American Jew. His voice
his manner of speech. his every actor
| stamped him as one born and bred il
a land far from Broadway and It's
counterparts. If jew he was of the
east as il is measured from Rome
the Jew of the carnal Orient.
And as the evening wore on there
came to Barnes the singular fancy
that this man was the master and no,
the servant of the house. He coulC
not put the ridiculous idea out of hi,
mind.
He was to depart at ten. The houI
drew near and he had had no opportu
nifty for detached conversation will
Miss Cameron. He had listened to he
bright retorts to O'Dowd's sallies, ant
marveled at the ease and composer,
with which she met the witty Irish
man on even terms
Not until the very close Of the eve
ming. and when he had resigned him
self to hopeiessness, did the opportu
nifty come for him to speak with he
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

THE federal trade commission has
found that the high price of shoes
cannot be justified by underlying eco
nomic conditions. The commission
after exhaustive inquiry into the price
of hides. leather and shoes, is report
ing to congress that the larger packers
control the hide supply and have
taken excessive profits and passed in
creased costs 10 subsequent steps in
manufacture and distribution; that the
tanner has taken exceptional profits;
that the manufacturer Of shoes has
taken unusual margins and the prices
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

charged by the retailer are not justi-
fable each factor I'm the industry adj
ding 10 the burden he had 10 bear be-
fore he passed it on to the next
Means for reducing the present high
prices are recommended by the com
mission in this paragraph:
"SOme relief from the intolcrablp
prices paid by consumers for shoes
ment Of the laws against monopolistic
control Of commodities. (2) legislation
forbidding producers Of hides engag-
ing in the tanning business"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

the city'S appropriation 10 buy coal
last winter, no time need be lost in
getting an order for the purchase Of
food through the city council.
The widespread interest in reducing
the cost of living that has swept the
country within the past week has led
70 an attempt by the state OF New
Hampshire to discover why prices are
high and what can be done to lower
them, it was learned here on Monday.
The governor has asked the attorney
general Of that state TO begin an in
Quiry at once.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
Mothers Cook Book


etch4, Is. wit
The stairs were thiclrs carpeted. Rai
the top his guide turned TO the left
and led the way down long corridor.
They passed at least four doors be-
fore ODOwd stopped and threw open
the fifth on that side of the hall. There
were still two more doors beyond.
Suggests a hotel, doesn't it," said
the freshman. standing aside for
Barnes to enter. "All of the sleeping
apartments are on this floor, and the
baths and boudoirS and what not. The
garrett Is above, and that's where we
deposit our family skeletons, intern
our grievances, store our stock Of
spitefulneSs and hide all the little
devils that must come sneaking up
from the city with us whether We will
or no. Dabson," addressing the man
who had quietly entered the room
through the door behind them. edo Mr..
Barnes, will We, and fetch me from
Mr.. De SOtO's room when you've fin
| lshed. leave you to DabsOn'S tender
.
| Look at the mans boots! DabsOn.
J get ont your brush and dauber first of
all. He's been laundering in bog.
The jovial Irishman retired. leay ing
! Barnes to he "dOne" by the silent
/ swift-moving valet. DabSOn was young
and vigorous and exceedingly well
trained. He made short work of do
/ ing" the visitor; barely fifteen min
utes elapsed before ODowd's return.
Presently they went downstairs to-
| gether. Lamps had been lighted. many
| of them. throughout the house. \ fire
/ cracked in the cavernOus fireplace al
/ the end of the living room and grouped
abou, it's cheerful, grateful blaze were
| the ladies of Green Fancy.
| The girl of his thoughts was there,
standing slightly alOof from the 9TH
erS, but evidently amused by the tale
with which De soto was regaling
them. She was smiling; Barnes saw
the sapphire lights sparkling in her
| eyes and experienced sensation that
was wOfully akin to confusion.
| But everything went off quite natu.
rally. He favored Miss Cameron with
an uncommOnly Self-posSeSSed smile rs
she gave her hand to him. and she In
! turn responded with one family Sug
gestive Of tolerance. although it GER
tainIy would have been recorded 10y =
less sensitive person than Barnes a.
ripping"
! In reply to his perflInctOry delight
| ed. I'm sure. ETC." she said quite clear
| ly: "Oh. now | remember. | WAS SURE
| | had seen you before. Mr.. Barnes
| You are the magic gentleman who
| sprang like mushroom out of tn,
earth early yesterday afternoon"
And frightened YOU" he said
"whereupon you vanished like thu
mushroom that is gobbled up by thu
predatory glutton."
| He had thrilled at the sound of he
voice. 1t was the low, deliberate vOic,
of the woman of the crossroads, and
as before, he caught the almost i'm
perceptible accent. The red CLEAN
from the blazing logs fell upon he
shining hair; ii glistened like gold
She wore a simple evening gown o
white, softened over the shoulders an,
neck with fall of rare valencienne
lace. There was no jewelry-not eve
ring on her slender, tapering fingers
Mrs. Collier. the hostess. was an e.
DERBY, heavy-featured woman. decit
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
CITY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD
voiunt.er Workers in Boston Will Por-
ton Out Surplus Army Supplies
in the Near Future.

Boston, Mass. - Information oo-
tanned at the mayors office rs to the
ehecf that the city's organization OF
volunteer workers to distribute sur
plus army food supplies is now nearly
read for work. and that as a result
Of thc discovery by Francis Ford. act
ing L.ayor, that $4,000 remains from
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
TAKE EXCESSIVE PROFITS
Trad. Commission Makes
Public Facts Concerning present
Hioh Prices Of Shoes.

Woshington.-Thn federal trade com
,,,teeion which recently conducted IN
investigation into the leather industry.
inoniring especially into the prices OIL
.baes made public a summary OF It's
report To congress.
7, &c Introduction to the summary
the commission says:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
IT'S said if you imt
veu will GROW
VIA aecOm5frrrfs uryH
" AsA
result we seek.

result we seek.
l appeal with entir, {,
our producers. our middlemen and our
merchants to deal fairly with the peo-
ple. 1t is their opportunity to show
that they comprehend. that they in
tend to act justly, and that they have
the public interest sincerely at heart
Labor Must Consider.
believe. 90 that the more ex-
treme leaders Of organized labor will
presently yield to a sober second
thought and like the great mass OF
their associates, think and act IKE
true Americans. They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical time
are certain to make matters worse.
not better-worse for them and Tor
everybody else.
The worst thing. the most fataI
tbing-that can be done now is to stop
or interrupt production, or to interfere
with the distribution OF goods by the
railways and the shipping OF the
country.
There are many things that ought
to he corrected in the relations be
tween capital and labor. in respect
of wages and conditions OF labor ana
other things even more far-reachinS.
and I, for one. am ready 10 go lhto
conference abou: these matter with
who know what they are talking about
and are willing TO remedy existing
conditions by frank counsel rAther
than by violent contest.
General Interest First.
No remedy is possible while men are
in n temper. and there can be no set
Element which does not have as its
motive and standard the general In
terest.
Must All Work Together.
Threats and undue insistence upon
IN. interest of a single class. make set
Element impossible. believe. az
have hitherto had occasion 10 say TO
m. congress. that the industry and life
~ our people and OF the world Will
suffer irreparable damage II employers
and workmen are to go on in a perpet-
,,aI contest az antagonists. They
must on one plan or another. be effec-
tiyeIv associated. Have We not stead
mess and self-possession and business
sense enough to work out that RESULT
IN the meantime-now and in the
days of reimbursement and reCuperation
hat are ahead Of us-let us resort
more and more TO frank and intimate
counsel and make ourselves great
and triumphal nation. making our
| selves A united force in the life Of the
! world II will not then have looked to
! us for leadership in vain.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
Law Food Prices Have Risen.

Observation-Disclosures of - cues
rho country paid 10 per cent more
~ June for % standard articles OF 1000
.hon the average in 1913, according to
s1rres made public by the department
nsIohor. The average cost OF the same
eoods ner family in 1918 was o. per
cent more than in 1913. The cost per
ten,,v in cities for 1913 is given as
saoA In June, 1919. 1t had risen to
ss9a an increase of little more than
90 rer cent. Since then prices nave
,rone even beyond those figures.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

fntfl the Is peace.
Must Know Terms of Peace.
There can be no confidence in indus
try. no calculable basis for credits. no
confident buying OF systematic selling.
no certain prospect of employment, no
normal restoration of business, no
hopeful attempt at reconstruction or
proper reassembling of the dislocated
elements of enterprise until peace has
been established, and so far Is may be.
Guaranteed Our national life has no
doubt been less radically disturbed and
dismembered than the national life or
cher peoples whom the war more di-
I'd tly affected, with all its terrible
ra$aging and destructive force. but II
has been nevertheless profoundly ar
fected and disarranged, and our indus
tries our credits. our productive ca
pacity. our economic processes are In
.xtricably interviewer with those OF
other nations and peoples-most int-
nately OF all with the nations and peo-
niles upon whom the chief burden ana
confusion of the war fell ana VINO
are now most dependent upon the CO.
operative action OF the world.
Exports Greatest in History.
We are Just now shipping more GOODS
out of our ports TO foreign markets tiah
we ever shipped before-not foodsturIs
] merely but stuffs and materials OF every
| sort. hut this is no index of what our
/ foreign sales will continue to be OF OIL
/ the effect the volume OF our exports
will have on supplies and prices II Is
! impossible yet to predict how far OF
how long foreign purchasers Will De
able 10 find the money or the creot 10
/ nav for or sustain such purchases OH
| such a scale; how soon or to what extent
! foreign manufacturers can resume theli
former production, foreign farmers ge'
| their accustomed crops from their own
| fields. foreign mines resume their FORMER
| output foreign merchants set up again
their old machinery of trade with lh'
ends of the earth. All these things mus
remain uncertain until peace IS estao
I,shed and the nations OF the world nave
concerted the methods by which norma
rfe and Industry are TO he restored
All that we shall do in the mean
time to restrain profteering and pu'
the life OF our people upon toleraOi'
,ooting will be makeshift and Prov
eionaI There can be no settled conan
ton here or elsewhere until the treaN
~ neace is out OF the way ana ,h'
work Of nquidating the war mas De
! came the chief concern OF our govern
rnent and Of the other governments o
the world. . Ia
Europe will not. cannot recoup ne
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

Women acted as jurors in America
almost half cent6sy ago. The nrs'
grand jury whiclff Included meffoers
of the "weaker" lex WIS impaneled
at Laramie, Wyo.. Us years ago. ipe
territory Of WyoaErfg WAS organiZeu
in 1868 out of p;tri of Dakota Otah,
and Idaho, and old of the first olnciai
acts of the new tftritorial government
was to grant woI IN the right to vote
and hold office.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
stavino Oh Old age.

Among many okaer eNtraord'nni'
plans for prolonpi,R ones stay on this
interesting plnnett nay be mehtioneu
that OF South el ricaD farmer WIZ
advised people ttirpt every day Iou'
pounds Of bananas. steepcd In sweet
ened whisky, and ID IT of prolesso'
in the University OF PENNSYLVANIA VII"
believed that much Ii I'D be Done III
the way of staviEs jsz-old age py 're
quently having one feet tickled!
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
Well. know,slae is Power.

Jimmie had btet to the dentist 10
get tooth pulled A few days la'ei
a friend of the 1>3nily. a man whose
head presented an Extremely barefoot
ed appearance, chilled at Jimmie
house. Jimmie seaitmed around awhile
and finally asked t"Mister Brown diu
it hurt much whdn va gotcher hair
pulled?"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f0y1MMMM


quarter of anfy ago aneli as
reappears at Aipgenk. One of the
editors of Enginees 4 News, however.
has seen the ins tts, a number OF
which are held in captivity in LEAD
boxes with glass covers. to see how
long il will take them to bore their
way To freedom.
The insect is q slender black beetle
about Il quarter ofian inch long. with
ha-d wing covers and Of innocent ana
placid demeanOr. II Is SAID 10 hsht
on a lead-cOyered telephone caoIe ana
bore tiny round hole through liie
lead sheath and he paper insuIa'ioh
down To the copper. POSSIBLY "e
Iiryes the cable To he n part of tree
ar vine into which bt is accustomed u
bore holes. and so ;t proceeds 10 bore
through the lead ak IL would throusn
the bark. Some bersons think that
conccalnIent is its hotiVe; others TIM
the boring process is preliminary to
egg depositing.
The lead bOrers have been heard Vi
I'm South BEND. Ibd,. and Rockford.
! ILL.,: in Omaha. T;doma. Portland ana
| San Diego: in Flojida and In Austria
/ liH. The fact that numbers OF lheh
| have been found old lead ION YEA
packages leads onetto suspect that The
! family is of Orifutal extraclloh'-
| Youths Companions
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

fa.'iI, +, Is ,r.ary certain i'm IA
,l.If limo f. affect AN mcu-
hers
II Won come home ANIL find
sometime cunt of place i'm the
house. or not to Your i.kU-. dO
.,,.,,..J I.,.,- ,,,I f.I ..,|-,Lino.
~ n,...i.. ,nI .I,,...iatr ami
then ,roak Of HIr lnattrr that
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

Mr.. Robert f. Putnam wishes to
state dat his headquarters viii con-
t;nue at Abbeyille at least through this
coming season and thereafter if prac
ticeCble.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1919-08-16

IAN artist i stEposed 10 ha's
fine disregard TO- honey And '-is!
live I'D to that Tradition. I've known
many of them to let 5000 picture
go for ten plunk4 "-Louisviiie Co0
rier-Journal.