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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

Annie Fields VS.. Frank Fields.-Pet.
Divorce.-In the Circuit Court of
Obion County, Tenn.-To Frank
Fields.
A bill for divorce has been sworn
to and filed in this court, which bill
AYERS that you are a nonresident of
the State of Tennessee and resident
of the State of Indiana, so that the
ordinary process of law can not be
served upon you. This is, therefore,
to notify you, the said Frank Fields,
defendant in above styled cause, to
appear before the Circuit Court of
Obion County, Tenn, on or before
the first Monday in September, 1920,
and make defense to said bill filed
against you or the same will be TAX
en- for confessed and proceeded with
ex parte as to you. 1S-4t
This July 81, 1920.
]. N. RUDOLF, Clerk.
w. M. Miles, SOL for Complt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
SALE OF LAND.

]. M. Isbell VS.. Thelma Billings ct al.
In obedience to a decree of sale
made in the case above styled, pend
ing in the County Court of Obion
County, Tenn, before the Hon. J. B.
Waddell, County Judge, ETC., will,
on Friday, August the 9th, 1920,
at or about One O'clock pm, in
front of the Courthouse door in I'm
ion City, Tennessee, sell to the high
est and best bidder, at public cutlery,
tract of land, situate in the second
civil district of Obion County, Ten
nessee, Bounded on the North by
the lands of Mrs. Fannie Prather,
on the East by the lands of ]. w.
Thomas, on the South by the lands
of Jeptha Glover. and on the West
by the lands of John Glover and Sam
Hampton, and containing 80 acres,
more or less" and which land was
owned by w. E. (Bucl) Isbell at the
time of his death in December, 1912.
This land will be sold subject to the
dover of Mrs. Patty Isbell, which
dover consists of 20 acres and 8S
poles out of the Southeast corner of
said 80 acres. Terms of sale, one
third cash, balance in one and two
years, evidenced by notes with per-
sonal security, bearing six per cent
interest from date, with lien re-
tanned on land also. Further par
ticulars on day of sale.
This July 18th, 1920. 17-3t
r. H. BOND, Clerk.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

James Lightner VS.. Bonnie Lightner.
Pet. Divorce.-In Circuit Court
of Obion County, Tenn.-To Rem
ME Lightner.
A dill for divorce has been sworn
to and filed in this court which bill
AYERS that you are a nonresident of
the State of Tennessee and resident
of Kentucky, SO that the ordinary
process of law can not be served up
on you. This is, therefore, to notify
you, the said Rennie Lightner, de-
PENDANT in above styled cause, to ap-
pear before the Circuit Court of
Obion County, Tennessee, on or be-
fore the first Monday in September,
1920, and make defense to said bill
filed against you or the same will be
taken as confessed and proceeded
with ex parte as to you. 1S-4t
This July IA, 1920.
J. N. RUDOLF,
Circuit Court Clerk.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Sidelights on Conditions.

Here's the way the boys over on
the Hickman Courier see things.
Clear logic and good reasoning, and
of interest to everybody:
1.-The Rail Labor Board Tuesday
gave the railroad men of the country
an aggregate increase in wages of
$500, 100000 a year. This must be
dug out of the public and means
about Sc a year more from every
man, woman and child in the coun-
try. The fellow who is working for
50 a day must help increase the pay
of freight engineers from $6.08 a
day to $3.50 day. Practically all
others will get an increase in the
same ratio. Even with this magnifi-
cent pension given them, there are
indications that the railroad men
are not satisfied and rumors of
strike are already in the air. This
award means we may expect about
40 per cent increase in freight and
raise passenger rates. 1t would be
nice if the rest of the toilers of the
country had some kind of guarantee
of about half of what the rail men
are getting. Milton Spradlin, one of
our local coal dealers, says he re-
ceived yesterday notice of another
advance of soc a ton in the price of
coal This forces the retail price
here in midsummer when prices are
usually lowest-to $11.0O ton, or
more than 800 per cent over pre-
war period prices. 1t looks very
much like the public has fallen vic
tim to a merciless band Of profiteers,
whose greed has no bounds. Coal is
a common necessity and Atty. Gener-
al Palmer should be booted out of bis
high salaried swivel chair job If he
doesn't take some action against
these coal barons. The car shortage
is principally bunk. A local dealer
phoned a mine manager a short time
ago asking for a contract for delivery
of certain number of cars of coal
month. The mine man said he
couldn't make the contract on &C
count of the car shortage. The local
dealer said: Don't worry about
cars. l can get them to you and
will guarantee the cars" The fellow
began foundering for some other ex-
cuse, talking about their utilities
contracts" etc. to be taken care Of
promptly dropping the old saw about
cars. Anybody with one eye and half
sense can see that it is purely hold
up. Something ought to be done
about it."
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Thursdays Elections.

Everybody votes in Tennessee
next Thursday, Aug. 5, except the
women, and they will be ready in
November.
We will have a State Democratic
primary, State Republican pri-
mary and the general August cleo
ton.
Mr.. w. M. Miles, chairman, will
have charge of the general election,
which will be held for the purpose of
electing sheriff, a trustee, tax as
SCISSOR and constables for the various
civil districts. Over in Number 16,
they will also elect trustees for a
special high school district
Democratic nominees: For sher-
if, Watt Cherry; for trustee, Armour
Ratliff; for tax assessor, Will Robey.
They will be elected without oppo-
nents.
Mr.. Harrell H. Lannom, chairman,
will conduct the Democratic pri-
mary, held for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for Governor, State
Senator, Representative, Railroad
Commissioner for Middle Division
and two Executive Committeeman
for the Ninth Congressional District
Candidates: For Governor. w. r.
Crabtree, Jno. r. Neal, A. H. Rob
erts and e. L. Writ.
State Senator: John M. Hawkins,
B. F. LeDuke.
Representative: S. r. Bratton, q.
c. Clogs, G. R. McDade.
Railroad Commissioner, H. X. Bry-
son, George N. WEIGH.
State Executive Committeeman:
]. D. Denney, R. E. Maiden, Ernest
Rice Two are to be elected.
There is no contest for Congress
man or Pictorial Representative in
the General Assembly. Only one
name for each office qualified and
the Board declared them to be the
Democratic nominees. They will not
be voted for in this election.
Mr.. H. Forcum, chairman, is
watching after the fortunes of the
Republican primary. They have no
county ticket and only contests for
the office of Governor and Railroad
Commissioner. Arthur Rogers and
A. M. Stout are candidates for Com
mitteemen without opposition. Two
to be elected.
Republican candidates: Governor
John o. Eaton, C. r. Evans, ]. M.
Littleton, A: A. Taylor, T. r. Peck.
Railroad Commissioner - julius
Campbell, w. D. Howser.
Jno. r. Walker, of Trenton, quail
fed as candidate for Congress against
F. j. Garrett, the Democratic nomi-
nee, election in November next.
Both primaries will be held under
the provisions of the State primary
law. 1t is estimated that the cleo
lions held Thursday will cost the va
rious counties of the State something
like $4,000.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Vital Statistics Registration.

VIAL oCdtIStAcS AeSAStIdLIOH.
The need for complete and accu
rate vital statistics and the many
valuable purposes to which they may
be applied is rapidly becoming more
apparent But for the beneficence of
public hygiene, sanitation and pre-
ventive medicine, many of our ma
tons greatest achievements could
not have been effected end since vital
statistics is the foundation for pratt
cally all public health work, the i'm
portance of birth and death registra
tion is instantly recognized. With
out vital statistics no health depart
ment, State or local. can effectively
prevent or control diseases without
knowledge of when, where and under
what conditions they are occurring.
Death records are, aside from their
legal, social and industrial aspects,
indispensable in determining death
rate, duration of life, etc. 1t is
equally, if not more important, that
all births be promptly recorded.
Since 1914 we have had in opera
ton in Tennessee a system of birth
and death registration conforming
to what is known as the Model Vital
Statistics Law" This system has
proven itself to be the most thorough
and practical of any yet evolved, and
one which has the endorsement of
eminent statisticians, the Census
Bureau of the United States, the
American Medical and Public Health
Association, the American Bar Asso-
citation and various others.
But it is lamentable fact that the
law is not being observed in Obion
County as it should be, especially
with reference to birth registration.
The birth rate for Obion County for
1919, as shown by certificates on file
at the Central Bureau in Nashville,
was 2O.5 per 100000 population.
This extremely low rate forces us to
the conclusion that the doctors and
midwives on whom this responsible
ity rests, are not complying with the
law. l do not mean to say that all
physicians and midwives are violat-
ing the law, for there are great ma
ny who scrupulously file certificates
for all births which they attend, but
there are others who do not. In JUS
tice to both, l wish to say that local
registrars are being instructed to re
port all cases of violations that may
come to their notice, to the State
Registrar, and that same will be re-
ferred to the proper authorities for
investigation. Failure to make out
and file certificates of birth is not
only a violation of the law, but an
injustice to the family IS well. No
physician has fully discharged his
duty to the family in which he prac-
tees until birth certificate has
been duly filed with the Local Regis
trars. 1t is debt that the present
generation owes to succeeding ones.
| am making an earnest and deter
mined effort to enforce the law
throughout the State and sincerely
hope to have the active and full CO
operation of all upon whom response
bility rests.-State Registrar of Vital
Statistics.
Mr.. Whitesell Harpole, of the Har-
Walker Company, registrar for
this district, furnished The CONNER
cial the above letter, and requested
publication.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
PRIMARY
ELECTION NOTICE

The following Officers, Judges,
and Clerks are hereby named and ap-
pointed to hold the Republican Pri-
mary Election in Obion County, Ten
nessee. to be held on first Thursday
in August, 1920, it being August 5,
1920, in the various voting precincts
named. said primary election being
held under the Acts of Tennessee,
1917, chapter lis, page SSS:
Hornbeak: Officer, John Keith;
Judges, M. E. Medley, C. H. Medley,
Lex Mitchell; Clerks, C. C. Alexan-
der, w. M. Hewatt.
Samburg: Officer, W. E. Pratt;
Judges, Henry Cain, John Siglo,
Charley Greeson; Clerks, John Coch-
ran, Jr., Albert Rains.
II e p h i: Officer, Tom Shaw;
Judges, Sam Green, Ezra Henderson,
Don Miller; Clerks, R. W. Morgan,
Troy: Officer, c. o. Primrose;
Judges, Ollie Green, P. A. Bowman,
B. F. Brown; Clerks, w. A. Brown.
L. A. Roberts.
Penn: officer, H. A. Moore:
Judges, Dock Haws, G. A. Primrose,
A. Y. Mcknight; Clerks, Walter
Barnes, Robert Johnson.
Elbridge: officer, Colby Upton;
Judges, Lewis Mitchell, w. A. Duran,
Hark Huffstutter; Clerks, Johnnie
Huffsetutter, Jr.,
Mason Hall: Officer, J. C. Reed;
Judges, Sam Wyrick, Henry George,
Wesley Buchanan; Clerks, Phillips
Williams, T. P. Skinner.
Union City: officer, Geo. Adams;
Judges, o. E. Milliken, Levi Low
rance, Lon Bonner; Clerks, w. C.
Watts, H. P. Below
Obion:, Officer, w. C. Lcdbetter;
Judges, A. H. Rawden, C. F. Dyer,
Milton Huffstutter; Clerks, Sam
Vaught, Rev. Lanrom.
Caldwell's: Officer, Joe Boston;
Judges, Charley Kirk, Lige Snow, N.
F. Mann; Clerks, Vertle Boston, =.
Kenton: Officer, H. A. Moore;
Judges, Dock Haws, G. A. Primrose,
A. Y. Mcknight; Clerks, Robert John
son, Walter Barnes.
This July II, 1920.
H. FORCUM.
w. W. LITTON.
]. G. PRIMROSE.
J. C. BURDICK, JR.
Republican County Board of Primary
Commissioners, Obi ion County,
Tennessee.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

Over in the Eighth District Hon.
T. w. Sims is having the tussle of his
life trying to connect with the Dem
ocratic nomination another time.
A young soldier boy named Brown
ing, of Huntingdon, fresh from bat
tle-scarred France, is after the con-
gresham and the papers say he is
going to roll the statesman over.
Sims has held the place during the
past % years and has drawn over
$150,000.00 from the government.
Some service and some salary. But
Sims is some congressman.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
H. G. L.

Somebody kicked the stills from
under Hi Costa Livin' in Akron and
the old boy fell with dull thud.
Nobody seems willing to pick him
up either.
Clothes cost so much that the Serv-
ice Pin Association of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company established
its own tailor shop.
An average of "a orders for suits
are placed daily for suits costing
from $50 up. The experiment has
been so successful in furnishing
good clothes at a reasonable price
that it will be continued.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

Over at London the other day the
Germans "forked over the greatest
Zeppelin ever constructed, the LII,
built in 1918 for the purpose OF
bombing New York. 1t was surren-
dered to the Pulham airdrome. Re-
cent dispatches described the super
Zeppelin LII as being 800 feet long
er than the Zeppelins which bombed
ship was said to have cruising ra-
,dius of $4,000 miles with speed OF
100 miles an hour. The Germans
delivered the LII to the British Yin
compliance with the terms of the
peRe treaty.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Motor transportation.

Motorized highway transportation
is growing with astonishing rapidity.
New York State alone has over four
hundred motor express lines in OPP
Grafton. 1t Is estimated that, for the
whole country, there are not less
than 500 such lines in operation.
These lines are of greatly varying
size and widely scattered. The Amer
lean Motor Freight Co., with head
quarters at Sioux Falls, South Dako-
ia, is incorporated at 100000. A
map of it's route includes 80 towns
in Minnesota, Iowa and South Dako-
ia. The New England Transports
ton Company, which operates out of
Boston, Mass, is reported as having
$3.50 motor trucks in service which
operate over twelve routes totaling
over 1000 miles in length. The Pa
triot Motor Express Co., of Wichita
and Kansas City, Kansas, is capital
lied at $1,OO0,000. 1t is reported
that the company is operated thru
out Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri
and will use ESQ trucks. Most of
these trucks are now operating on
Goodyear pneumatic tires.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Adjourned.

Congress! But that's the animal
that waited and watched, voted and
appropriated, piled on and exempted
and then brought the grand, inglo-
rious fizzle to a close for reelection
purposes.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Now Then

Two fellows, citizens of Hardeman
County, in court at Mempt is the
other day, wound up an estate con-
sisting of a dog ranch, and one of
them was given a verdict for $4O,-
10000. Well, doggone my cats!
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Absolutely.

Our idea of doing absolutely moth
ing in a great big way is when two
husky fellows engage in a mild-man-
nered, modest discussion of the mer-
it's and dement's of the daylight
saving law, now deceased.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Wake Him.

Will someone please give the hat
pin to Gen. Palmer. Trusts and cor
ners, combines and CRAFTS by the mill
lions-not to mention the recent
Chicago speakings.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

Late authorities on algebraic prob
lens tell us that men should marry
the hustling type of girls. Girls are
willing to hustle for man who
wants that kind of girl
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
More Expenses.

Another session extraordinary of
the Tennessee Legislature. Mileage,
pens and paper, stenographers and
stamps. Let 'em bump.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
The Small Ray.

When the worst comes and things
become unbearable (unpayable),
maybe we can ship down the river
and get the man with the Ford to
fetch it over.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

James Hamilton Lewis says men
should not shave. J. Ham. should
remember that if it were not for this
custom of the ordinary man his whis-
kers wouldn't have had a chance to
make him famous.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

When you hear woman has ed
ucated her husband, it may merely
be meant that she has been giving
him pieces of her mind" at various
intervals.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

The tax gatherer is making the
itinerary. Keep your seat.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

Keep sweet and cut the grass.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30
Democratic Ticket.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For State Senator

LEDUKE.-We are authorized to
announce B. F. LeDuke, OF flake Coun-
ty, as candidate for the State Senate
to represent the people of Weakley, Lake
and Obion Counties in the upper house
OF the Tennessee General Assembly,
subject to the action of the Democratic
party.
For Representative.
CLOYS.-We are authorized to ma
nounce G. G. Clogs as a candidate for
Representative from Obion County to
the Tennessee General Assembly, SUBJ
ject to the action of the Democratic
party.
McDADE.-Wea are authorized to an
nounce g. r. McDade as a candidate
for Representative from Obion County
to the Tennessee General Assembly,
subject to the action of the Democratic
party.
BRATTON. We are authorized to
announce S. z. Bratton, Esq. as a can
didate for Representative from Obion
County to the Tennessee General Assem-
bly,, subject to the action Of the Demo
cratic party.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-30

The man who is so constituted that
you would do most any kind of ia
vor for him is the one who seems to
need help the least.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

have" / retorted sharply, then 1
had an inspiration. 1T may be eX-
actly what it purports to be, a clever
way Of calling a woman's attention
to this particular brand. Do you
happen TO know whether any other
woman you know has received any
thing like this?"
was talking the most arrant non
sense and I knew it. But 1 didn't
wish 10 have Alice Holcombe any
more frightened than she was at
that moment. l told myself stern
~ that 1 must let no hint OF my own
agitation appear again.
II haven't dared 10 ask" Alice
replied.
"Of course, that's So" I returned
in a matter-Of-fac tone. Perhaps
the others Will give us some clue"
With fingers that required all my
will power 10 keep from trembling,
1 took the other enclosures from the
numbered envelopes. scrutinized
them carefully and compared them
with the first.
They were all sunningly devised to
give the appearance of clever adver-
Using missives. Each was an ad-
vertisement of tea, but not all of the
same brand. At the last one, felt
a little chill settle around my heart.
For il was an advertisement of the
little packets of the special tea which
l always used. and across the face
of the advertisement was typewrit-
ten the message:
Perhaps this may interest you. -
/ pretended to scrutiniZe this a
long time. devOutly hoping the while
that Alice would not hear my heart
beating or my teeth chattering. both
of which things I was sure were dis
tinctly audible. although, of course.
the thought was only born Of a too
vivid imagination. But the sight of
the cryptic message written across
the advertisement brought before me
number of other things, each ter
rifying.
I think my brain must have work
ed for once with the rapidity Of that
OF a drowning person, for l ran the
gamut of recollection from the day
of NiUy Stockbridge's last appear
ance at school, when she had begged
me for three of the packets of my
special kind Of tea and questioned
me as to its use. 20 the last message
/ had received from Kenneth Stock
bridge, that message written in his
Jail cell which warned me 10 change
my brand of tea and to pretend
ignorance Of il if any one should ask
any questions concerning il.
What was il Lillian had said?
THE trail Of this thing lies
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

brown paper parcel back to her
Alice HolcOmbe sat looking intently
at me.
What a dear you are!" she said
earnestly at last.
Thank you. I'll admit that. coy
"" 1 laughed. insist upon it if you
show signs Of believing something
else. so Wen consider that settled
Open your parcel"
1 saw that l had struck the right
note with her. She. who usually
dominated every one around her,
needed TO be ruled and guided If
she were 70 escape a bad nervous
breakdown. or 10 be any help to the
man she loved so faithfully.
"Oh. yes" she said nervously.
Here they all are. just as they came
to me. You see, 1 have numbered
them IN the date Of their coming"
She was undoing the parcel as she
spoke, and in another minute 1 held
in my hand collection of envelopes,
all addressed in typewriter charac-
ters, 10 Miss Alice HolcOmbe, Bay
view High School. Bayview."
Anonymous letters?" / exclaimed,
and my thoughts flew back 70 the
time when ] had suffered from a
different. most business-li looking
envelopes. the stamped variety
was no attempt at disguise Of the ad-
dress. They were all addressed on
the same typewriter judged from
a hasty comparison OF them-and,
except for the dates Of mailing, they
might have been duplicates.
The ones l had received in that
never to- be-fOrgotten time were hi
zarre-loOdng things. whose very ap-
pearance drew suspisiOn 10 them.
But one purpose then had been to
call the suspicious attention Of 9TH
er people TO my mail In the case
OF Alice HOlcombe there evidently
was the wish TO make the outside
OF the envelopes look as common
place as possible.
Not exactly" Alice replied. but
something very near IT,"
I drew the enclosure from the
envelope Of the earliest date as she
spoke and spread IL out before me
II was an advertisement clipped
from the page of a well-known wom-
ans magazine which set forth the
merits Of a certain brand Of tea!
The dismayed gasp Of astonish-
ment that issued from my lips was
something I could not repress. al
though / could have fayed myself
for II the next instant. For Alice
Holcombe had heard me, and her
face whitened.
oh, do you know what Il means 80
she asked pitifully. II was so I'm
the dark. so frightened-"
Il have no more idea than you
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

II those who failed to receive an
invitation to the football banquet
Nov. % in honor of the Notre Dame
football team will call or write Carl
Ginz at the American Trust com
IOny or Joseph f. DOnahUe, 211 W.
Jefferson blvd, arrangements may
be made for plates. Many were
overlooked owing TO defective
mailing list, and we wish everybody
to attend
9431-21 UNIVERSITY CLUB.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

through that poor crazy woman's tea
pot"
/ felt the shadow Of that trail very
near me now.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21
E}IRTIIS

Mr.. and Mrs. August Weinkaus.
1926 n. St Louis blvd, twin girls,
Nov 10.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-21

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