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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
PROPERTY OWNERS TAKE NO.
TICE-FRONT FOOT ASSESS
MENT NO. 2.

MAIN STREET, In the town of I'm
ion City, Tennessee, from the
east line of First street to
the west line of Ury street in said
town.
Take notice that the Board of May
or and Aldermen of the town of I'm
ion City, Tennessee, on May 18th,
1921, passed a Street Improvement
Ordinance No. 2 to provide for the
improvement of Main street in the
town of Union City, Tennessee, from
the east line of First street to the
west line of Try street, in
Guiding intersections, by repairing,
draining, curbing, guttering and
paving with asphaltic concrete on
concrete foundation, and doing all
work incident to such improvement,
pursuant to Chapter IS of the Acts
of the first extra session of the Leg
islature of the State of Tennessee for
the year 1918.
According to said Ordinance and
said statute, two-thirds of the cost
OF said improvement is to he borne
by the abutting property owners OH
the said street and the intersecting
streets, and one-third by the town
of Union City, Tennessee. And said
Board of Mayor and Aldermen will
meet at the Recorders office in the
town of Union City on Tuesday
night, June 7th, 1921, at 1880 p. M,
to hear any remonstrances or pro-
tests against the making of said i'm
provement or improvements Full de-
tails, plans, specifications and es-
Inmates of the cost of said improve
ment will be on file at the said Re-
corder's office on or before said date,
subject to the inspection of any prop
erty owner affected by such improve
ment. And on said date and at said
meeting all persons whose property
may be affected by such improve
ment may appear in person, or by
attorney, or by petition, and protest
against the making of such improve
ment, the material to be used and the
manner of making the same.
Said ordinance is on file in the Of
flee of the City Recorder subject to
inspection by any person interested,
and said ordinance is also set out
in full in the Union City Commercial
of Friday, May Goth, 1921.
This May 18th, 1921.
F. E. QUINN, City Recorder.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
PROPERTY OWNERS TAKE NO
TICE-FRONT FOOT ASSESS
MENT NO. 3.

URY STREET, in the town of I'm
ion City, Tennessee, from the
south line of Mill street to
the north line of Chcatham street
in said town.
Take notice that the Board of May
or and Aldermen of the town of I'm
ion City, Tennessee, ON May 18th,
1921, passed a Street Improvement
Ordinance No. 3 to provide for the
improvement of Ury street in the
town of Union City, Tennessee, from
the south line of Mill street to the
north line of Cheatham street, in
Guiding intersections, by repairing,
draining, curbing, guttering and
paving with asphaltic concrete on
concrete foundation, and doing all
work incident to such improvement,
pursuant to Chapter Is of the Acts
of the first extra session of the Leg
islaturc of the State of Tennessee for
the year 1913.
According to said Ordinance and
said statute, two-thirds of the cost
of said improvement Is to be borne
by tEe abutting property owners on
the said street and the intersecting
streets, and one-third by the town
of Union City, Tennessee. And said
Board of Mayor and Aldermen will
meet at the Recorders office in the
town of Union City on Tuesday
night, June 7th, 1921, at 1880 p. M,
to hear any remonstrances or pro-
tests against the making of said i'm
provement or improvements. Full de-
tails, plans, specifications and es-
Inmates of the cost of said improve
ment will be on file at the said Re-
corder's office on or before said date,
subject to the inspection of any prop
erty owner affected by such improve
ment. And on said date and at said
meeting all persons whose property
may be affected by such improve
ment may appear in person, or by
attorney, or by petition, and protest
against the making of such improve
ment, the material to be used and the
manner of making the same.
Said ordinance is on file in the Of
flee of the City Recorder subject to
inspection by any person interested,
and said ordinance is also set out
in full in the Union City Commercial
of Friday, May goth, 1921.
This May 18th, 1921.
F. e. QUINN, City Recorder. :.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
DELINQUENT TAX
PAYERS TAKE NOTICE
Public Utilities and Special School Districts
ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE

next, / will turn over to the Comp
troller of the Treasury, a list of all
delinquent real estate taxes as shown
by the records in my office, and on
said day, under the law, an addition
al penalty of five per cent will accrue
on the gross amount of taxes, inter-
est and penalties now provided by
law.
The following is a list of such de-
linqucnts for the year 1920.
Delinquent Real Estate and Personal
Taxes for 1920 in Special School
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20

bond to be signed by the Mayor and
Recorder, the seal of said town to
be affixed. and the coupons to bear
the signature of said officers at I'm
ion City, Tennessee, this September
LIST, 1921.
(SEAL)
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
Mayor.
Recorder.

Sec. 4. Be it further ordained
That the Mayer and Recorder
and the Chairman of the FL
of Union City shall be and con-
stitute a Committee to place said
bonds upon the market and effect a
sale of same and may give notice of
the time and place of sale of said
bonds, and do all things in such way
as will best effectuate an advantage
Gus sale of same. But any sale of
said bonds shall be ratified and. ap-
proved by the entire Board of Mayor
and Aldermen before such sale shall
be closed and said bonds delivered,
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained that
there shall be and is hereby levied
upon all the taxable property in the
town of Union City, in addition to
ell other taxeG, a direct annual tax
adequate and sufficient in amount to
pay the interest upon said bonds as
it becomes due, and to provide a
sinking fund to pay off and retire
said bends at maturity; and said
sinking fund shall be used exclu-
sively for the purposes herein pro-
vided, and shall be entrusted to the
management and control of the FL
nance Committee of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of said town
as now existing, or that may hereaf-
ter be appointed and elected from
time to time.
Sec 5. Be it further ordained
that all laws or parts Of laws in con-
flict with this ordinance be and the
same are hereby repealed, and that
this ordinance take effect from and
after it's passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
Passed and approved this 18th day
of May, 1921,
F. L. PITTMAN, Mayor.
F. E. QUINN, Recorder.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
Delinquent Real Estate and Personal
Taxes for 1920, in Special School
Dist. No. II, Mason Hall.

Bovett. J. H.. 4 lots. 80
Blanton, r. T., personal 80. "a
Davidson, w. M, 2 lots -. 10
Gaulden, M. A., & Son, 218
acres ....... 1900
Hurt, Joe R., personal $50. $40
Hurt, Geo. P, 641 acres. =. 1880
Hinson, w. T., 8 lots. !. 80. "a
Dozier. NJ. 2 lots, 1876 acres. 1925
Mason Hall Gin Co., acres. 42O
Reed, Jno. R., lots. ....... 2.79
Roach. G. H.. 165 acres -. 1910
Orr, ]. r. 80 acres ...... 1904
South Fulton Spec. School, 1920.
Anderson, Mrs. Estella, lot 1.20
Barber. Leath, COL, 1 lot -. 20
Bard, Dick, l lot. ....... 6.4S
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
Mayor.
Recorder.
$4,000


No. $4,000
Upon the first day of March,
September, 10 the town of
Union City, Obion County, Ten
nessee, viii pay to bearer, at
the First National Bank of st. Louis,
ST. Louis, Missouri, the sum of Thir-
ty Dollars, being six months interest
then due on its Refunding Bond.
This September list, 1921.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-20
Public Utilities.

= 0bAAO " UAA4t4Sos
Armour e Co. -. ......... 90
Commercial Car Lines 500. .06
Fruit Growers Express 80. IT
General American Tank Car
Co. ........ 10
Indian Refining Co. ........ .09
Mather Humane st. TT. Co.. 1866
Morris & Co. Refg. & TanA
Lines w
Pullman Co. ........... IT
Union Tank Car Co. .... "a
Public Utilities, 0bion County, 1921.
Fairview Telephone Co. -. 3.05
Postal Telegraph Co., ...... 1892
American Refrigerator Tk.Co. 1.31
American Tank Line, Gras.
Chem. Co. ..... ....... 1.31
Armour & Co., ............ $50
The Barrett Co. ......... .87
Buttcrcup Oil G. Car Corp. .58
Commercial Car Line ...... 3.48
Casden Co. ........'....... 1.01
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

THE gifted Miss Simpkins, ve needs must confess,
Giues pain to the eye in her aquatic dress.
Yet Ftossie the Flapper in uest-pocket rig,
Bats 800 or more in the BATHING Beach League.
Men pity Miss Simpkins and giUe hearty cheers
When Flossie the FHghty in one-piece appears
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

CTERN censors phoUe draped all the nymphs Of
- the coast
So far haven't bothered our Nereid host.
And students of art or the modified cralcl
Continue to flock to this gem of the Mall.
And IDater bids fair through the summer, it
seems,
To exceed in its Uogue eUen Wayne WheeIer's
dreams.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-06-19

N/HEN up to the ceiling thermometers soar
- And york mont permit of a run to the shore,
And collars are crun,bIing, and oDer the street
Rise shimnaering Gent of Hadean heat,
Though cheated BY nature, it's Uise to repair
To the Basin where frolic the freaks and the
fair.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25

Fire-fighting organizations of men
are known to have existed in the
Second century before Christ. Heron
Of Alexandria, 200 years before the
Christian era, in an old manuscript
which has escaped destruction, de-
scribed an hydraulic machine used
in Egypt during the time of the Ptole-
mics. It was composed Of two brass
cylinders resting on a wooden base
with pistons fitted into them-in it's
principles practically like our present
engine.
The Romans had squads of men to
carry water in ''hamae," or light vases,
to the scene of an outbreak, where it
was projected on to the fire by those
in charge Of the "siphones" or hand
pumps. The precise nature of this in
strument has not been determined but
from specimens found in excavations it
must have been much like the Old-fash-
Toned syringe used by gardeners. These
large organizations of men gave the
Roman authorities trouble by their
turbulence.
Mention is made of the medieval
use of forcing pumps as fire engines at
Augsburg in 1918.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
Ireland's "MayfIoWer."

Students of Anglo-American history
have directed attention to the fact
that Ireland also had her Mayfower.
This was the Eaglewing, which, no
later than 1886, set sail with full
passenger list of Ulster men for the
American colonies. There were forty
passengers, among whom were four
ministers. Ill luck began at once. for
unconquerable winds drove the vessel
to the Scottish coast. A leak then
held the ship in the ''Kyles of Butte"
Starting again, she achieved mid-At-
lantic, but there hurricane did much
damage and caused such general dis
couragement that finally the Irish pill
grims made up their minds that Prov
idence was frOwning on their emigra-
ton, and turned their vessel back
to Ireland.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
THREShING MADE A PASTIME
italian Families Beat Wheat From
Straw in Rhythm, and Seem to
Enjoy the Work.

s Gasparino Dante got up early Sun
day morning, and before the sun was
very high his days work was we'll
started on his farm near Capula, Italy.
The two daughters-one eighteen and
the other fifteen-started (and fin
ished) the day with the men, The
younger children were too small to be
of any help, although the boy of ten
scattered wheat over the stone threSh-
ing floor so that it would be ready
when the older members of the family
had finished with breakfast-bread
and cheese and coffee, for Dante can
afford coffee in the morning He
owns thirty acres.
When threshing started, the father
paired with the oldest girl on the
side of the floor; the other couple
stood side by side opposite. The four
fails were poised high in the air an
instant and then at shout from the
farmer one pair descended and as they
were lifted the couple opposite struck.
The four beat the grain, keeping
perfect time and pausing only while
the boy raked the straw into a pile
at one side of the floor and swept the
kernels OF wheat into another heap,
and threw down a fresh supply.
Then, with a shouted signal that
seemed to welcome the new onslaught
the rhythm of the humping started
again. The manner of the threshers
was more like that of couples dancing
an old-fashioned quadrille than that
of harvest toilers under the blister
ing, binding midsummer sun of south
ern Italy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
The London Plane Tree.

Citizens of London have reason to
be grateful to the plane tree, which
beauties their city more than any
other English tree. 1t is called the
London plane. With lofty dignity,
clothed in pleasant green, it stands
quietly in the parks and squares, a
cheering sight to many hurrying work
ers Sometimes it is stunted, but
when it is free to expand it becomes
one of the finest trees in the country.
Some of them in Kew Gardens, "oh
so near to London" are magnificent.
Many London children, who know little
of the beauties of nature in the coun-
try, are familiar with the London
plane 1t is such hardy tree that it
flourishes in many strange corners of
the city. 1t is strange to think
that its origin is unknown 1t is
pleasant to know that it came to Lon
don as an Outcast from the great
family of trees, and, in return for the
sanctuary afforded, has given the
great city Of it's best.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
SWEPT OFF ALL VEGETATION
Ancient Records Tell of Visitation
of Locusts That Were Followed
by Dire Famine.

A passage of locusts in France, in
1913, entirely cut up even to the roots
more than $4,000 acres Of corn near
Aries, and had even penetrated into
the barns and granaries, when, as it
were by Providence, many hundreds of
birds, especially starlings. came to
diminish their numbers. NOtWith-
standing this, nothing could be more
astonishing than their multiplication,
for the fecundity of the locust is re-
markable.
Upon an order issued by the govern
ment for the collection of their eggs,
more than 5000 measures were col
lected, from each of which, it was
calculated, would have issued nearly
two millions of young ones. In 1850
they entered Russia in immense di-
visions in three places, thence passed
over into Poland and Lithuania, where
the air was darkened by their num-
bers. In many parts they lay dead to
the depth of four feet. Sometimes
they covered the surface of the
earth like a dark cloud loaded the
trees, and the destruction which they
produced exceeded all calculation. In
1916 immense swarms visited the
islands of FOrmOsa and Tayowan and
caused such a famine that 5000 per-
sons died Of hunger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
PROPER METHOD OF READING
Bacon's Advice to "Weigh and Con-
slider" Is as Valuable Today as
When First Given.

Bacon is right, as he generally is,
when he bids us read not to con-
tradict and refute, not to believe and
take for granted, nor to find talk and
discourse, but to weigh and to con-
slider. Yes, let us read to weigh and
to consider. In the times before us
that promise or threaten deep politi-
cal, economical, and social cOntrO-
versy, what we need to do is to in
duce our people to weigh and con-
slider. We want them to cultivate
energy without impotence, activity
without restlessness, inflexibility with
out ill-humOr. [ am not going to
preach to you any Indifference to
money, or to the pleasures of social
intercourse, or to the esteem and good
will of our neighbOrs, or to any other
of the consultations and necessities of
life. But, after all, the thing that
matters most, both for happiness and
for duty, is that we should strive
habitually to live with wise thoughts
and right feelings" Studies in Litera-
ture," Lord Morley.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
Oriqin of Famous Phrase.

There was a time when Letter
go, Gallagher" meaning start or "cut
loose" was heard in all parts of the
United States. The exclamation was
originated by a Judge Beaver, of Nor
gan county, KY, during a trotting
meeting in Tippon county.
The judge had entered mare which
was driven by one Gallagher, the city
marshal of Harrodsburg. Some of the
sporting fraternity, thinking to catch
the judge mapping, entered famous
fast trotter against his horse At the
end of the first half-mile the two
racers approached the wire neck and
neck at 2:40 pace. At this moment
the judge shouted
Letter go Gallagher!"
Gallagher hearing the words, loosed
the reins and the mare rushed for
ward and won by almost a dozen
lengths.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
DISAPPEARS IN THE EARTH
Mystery of vanishing River" ir
Mexico Has Long Been Puzzle
to Scientists.

One of the most remarkable rivers
in the world flows through the north
ern part of Mexico. 1t borders the
great Mexican desert and to reach it
one need travel only one days Jour-
ney on horseback from the Rio
Grande, which marks the southern
boundary of the United States in that
region. The extraordinary river in
question has it's source in the hills
bordering the desert 1t flows south
ward for some twenty miles as smooth
ly as any well-behaved river, but, sud-
denly, as it flows between high bluffs,
it becomes whirling rapids-rapids so
strong and so dangerous that no man
has ever been brave enough to at
tempt to cross the rushing waters.
One follows the rapids, as he walks
along the bluff on either side, for
about two miles, and then that river
yanishes utterly. Hence the name
Vanishing river 1t disappears sud-
denly, mysteriously, completely, into
the earth itself, and not into a cave,
as one would suppose. Scientists have
tried in vain to ascertain where that
river goes; all that they have yet an
nOunced as the result of their explOra-
lions is that the river seems to drop
sheer into the earth, as over the brink
OF bOttOmless abyss, and that this
Vanishing river is the most amazing
body of water known to geographers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
"Voices" of Crickets.

Crickets sing with their wings and
not with their legs. And katydids do
the same. You do not believe it?
Since you were little child you have
been told that crickets made their
chirping sounds by rubbing their hind
legs together or scraping their legs
against their wings or sides, or some
thing like that. At any rate, they
made what might be called foot notes
or sang by leg power.
Insect students have settled the
question. They say that crickets, like
nearly all other varieties of singing
insects, have distinguishing organs"
at the base Of their wings. Rubbing
these organs together, they produce
vibrations and the wings, which are
hollow, serve as sounding boards and
increase the volume of the sound.
The "stringulating organs" look like
two small folded wings having saw
like edges The insect rasps these two
saw edges together.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be
Curod

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Catarrhal Deafness requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Med
icine is a constitutional remedy. Ca
tarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when
it is entirely closed Deafness is the re-
suit. Unless the inflammation can be
reduced, your hearing may be destroy
ed forever. Halls Catarrh Medicine
acts through the blood on the mucous
surfaces of the system, thus reducing
the inflammation and restoring normal
conditions.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Advertisement.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
S3O,572,327 LOANED FARMERS
Total Agricultural Loans by War
Finance Corporation Up to No
Venber is Reported.

Washington, Nov. 21.-TOtal agri-
cultural loans by the War Finance
corporation under the amendment Of
August "a, last, amounted to S3O,572,-
327 on November 16, the joint COM
mission of agricultural inquiry was in
formed. This was on loans on which
the money has been paid over, it was
explained, and included $685. Alb on
cotton, $1,976,36S on grain, So, 165, 1888
on live stock, and $9.S34, 159 for other
agricultural purposes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
haroId,s Destination.

Harold's parents had just recently
moved to town, and one Of his little
friends invited him to party. Harold
went, but did not enjoy himself. The
games seemed so silly, and the girls
were always giggling, and Harold was
not sure that he was not the subject
of their mirth. He endured it for a
while, but finally slipped from the
room, expecting to leave unnoticed.
But just as he was opening the door,
the little hosts mother saw him and
asked: s'Why, what's the matter.
Harold?'
To which he replied: Jaw, there's
nothing the matter with Harold, bat
be are going home"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-25
LIFE SAVINGS ARE STOLEN
Bandits Bind and Gag Aged Couple
on Indiana Farm and Take
$1,000.

South Bend, Ind, Nov. 21.-Bound
and gagged in their farmhouse five
miles south of Mishawaka, George Fut-
ter, fifty-five. and his sister, Barbara,
sixty, watched two masked bandits
ransack their house and escape with
their lifetime savings, $1,000 In cash.
The Futters, distressing banks, kept
their money hidden in the house. The
bandits fed In an automobile.