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The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-19
RUSSIAN PRIEST ONCE ALASKAN
 IS IN DISTRESS


1 Five years ago pigs in Russia were fed better than the mass of the Russian people are today" de- clares Rev. Bartnofsky, the first Russian priest in charge of the Ju- ] neau Russian Church, and located there from 1894 to 1896. In a letter just received by Rev. A. P. Kashe- varoff, who now occupies the posi- tion as curator of the Alaska Mu- sium then held by Father Bartnof- | sky. The letter describes touchingly the terrible conditions prevailing in his country.
 In his letter he said. "No doubt some of the Juneau people still re- member me. I was the first rector of the Juneau church. Please tell them that at present I and the fam fly are in great want. We are with out sufficient food; we suffer from lack of clothes. footwear and under wear. To make my story short, may say that five years ago the Russian pigs were fed better than we are at present and the most needy begger had less necessity for cloth ing than we have There are no places to buy from and certainly we have no money to buy with.
 PRICES ARE PRoHlBITiVE
 Commerce is just about beginning to be e-established, but prices for all commodities are very prohibit tive. AS examples: One needle is worth 100000 rubles. Salt is worth 100000 rubles for pood (36 Am erican pounds). Flour S,000,000 rubles per pood. Ten eggs 100000 rubles. Butter 5000 rubles
 "The winter is approaching and we are hungry and naked. We have no permanent home. Just now I am serving at temporary pastorate at Peskie. I am anxious to ge to my native country of Poland, but the government will not allow this l beg the clergy of St. Nicholas Church to make our wants known to the public. Perhaps some kind soul may be found who will respond to our appeal"
 WAS REPORTED KILLED
 It was reported in Juneau shortly after the Russian revolution that Rev. Bartnofsky was dead. In 1896 he left here for Kenai and went from there to Russia in 1905. After the downfall of the Imperial government and the overthrow of Kerensky by the Bolsheviki sister of Mrs. Bart nofsky now residing in Sitka re- ceived a letter in which it was stated that her husbands where abouts were unknown as he had been taken prisoner by the Bolshevik1 Later it was rumored he had been killed by his captors. Until Rev. Kashevaroff received the above men, toned letter nothing had been heard from the family since that time.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-19

Jack Dempsey isn't going to fight in France. He says so. He's the same old Jack. The championship hasn't changed him.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

Mrs. Helen Cockrill, Messrs. w. L
and w. c. Phebus, of Memphis, were
in the city this week attending the
funeral of their mother here on Sun.
day. Mr.. w. J. PhebuG, of Ridgely
was also present for his mothers flu
neral.
Gloria Swanson as the dancing
sensation of Paris and Broadway.
The brilliant cast includes David
Powell, Harrison Ford and Walter
HERS in Her Gilded Cage" at Jim
mics Playhouse next Monday and
Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. T. Rippy and daughter
have gone to Los Angeles, Cal, to
join Mr.. Rippy, who is manager in
charge of the contract department
of the Dominguez Land Corporation.
Mrs. Rippy and daughter have been
spending the summer with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. e. Walters.
If your sweet potatoes freeze it
is not your fault. / have a freeze
proof store room. Rooms for house
hold goods and other merchandise
you also want to store.
SAML. D. WOOSLEY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17
Obion County Teachers Association

ODluH OOuHty 4tdCueIS ASSOCldI1ON
Program of hte Obion County
Teachers Association at CloverdaIe
School, miles west of Obion, Nov.
25.
Invocation, Rev. B. A. Walker.
what the Teacher May Do to OBJ
tain Cooperation of the Communi-
"" L. D. Williams and c. D. Mil
lard
Violin duet, Rev. and Mrs. B. A.
Walker.
'The Teaching of Phonetics," Miss
Beatty, of West Tennessee Normal.
Noon.
Violin duet, Rev. and Mrs. B. A.
Walker. !?
''How l Teach Fractions" Miss
Marene Allen and S. c. Finch.
where the Line Should Be Drawn
in the Use of Athletics in the School
and the Value of Taxing District
Il. P. Smith, Superintendent Martin
Public Schools.
"How the Pupils Progress May Be
Measured" H. L. Jones.
Business session.
Dismission.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17
For Invalid Soldiers.

The American Legion Auxiliary
will have charge of the picture at
Reynolds Theatre Thursday night,
the picture being 1.-THE Forbidden
Thing" AS the proceeds will be used
for the Christmas boxes to go to the
wounded soldiers at the Johnson City
Hospital it is earnestly hoped thai
every person at all interested in this
great work will patronize the show.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

FOR SALE-Most desirable small
farm in this section. Fifty acres of
good land at State Line Station,
across the road from church and in
one-half mile of big school, known as
Will Harmon place, occupied for sew
eral years by e. G. Maddox and now
by L. G. Hutchinson; good land, we'll
situated. 1t has all the conveniences
of railroad, church and school. Price
$6,250.00, cash or terms. Will meet
prospective buyers in Hickman.
DIR. J. T. BYNUM,
S2-3t Bonneville, Miss
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

FOR SALE-New 500 player
piano, mahogany case, music cabinet
to match, fine selection music rolls;
piano is guaranteed for twenty-five
years; will sell at bargain. See
Mrs. G. c. Walton, Martin, Tenn
34-2tpd
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

FOR SALE-My home, located on
East Exchange street. Six rooms,
bath and all modern conveniences
Corner lot 80x1131 u feet. Good ga
rage. Cash or terms. See r. H.
Rust. 27-tf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

STATE OF TENNESSEE.
COUNTY OF oBION.
IL. A. Hefey, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true. and gives the actual condition of
said bank as shown by the books on file in said
bank. la. HEFLEY. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 18th
day of November, 1922.
(SeaD. TN. FIAeK Notary prb1;,
Correct-Attest:
N. W. Whipple,
L. T. Holiday,
o. A. Kennedy,
Directors
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

My idea is ever onward. If God
had intended tina: man should 20
backward He would have given him
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

FOR SALE-Thorough Silver
Laced Wyandotte and Rhode Island
Red Cockerels.-Mrs. Chester Phe-
bus. R. F. D. No. 1, Union City,
Tenn. 32-3tpd
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

FARM FOR SALE-32 acres or
more, about two and half miles
east of Union City on tho city and
Shady Grove road. Address
31-4tpd O. H. JONES,
r. F. D. No. 6, Union City, Tenn.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

ROOMS rooms for light
housekeeping, good location. Phone
528-J. 33-2t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17

FOR SALE-Pianos, player pianos
and monographs. Easy terms
A. N. DICKSON, Phone 1O1. 3O-8t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17
Statement of the condition of
The Farmers, Bank

Located at Woodland Mills, Tennessee, at the
close of business November l. 1922
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-11-17
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE Piano; big bargain if
taken at ONCE. H. Mcclure. s1tf
The Press., 1922-12-14
SYMBOL OF RUSSIAN TRAGEDY
The 5ourgeoiea, Popular Invention, Shows to What Depths the People
 Have Been Reduced.

\ bourseoiea is a small sheet iron stove. writes Eleanor Franklin Egan in tle Saturday Evening Post. Or it may he nnIy 5-gallOn gasoline can with a little door at one end and a hole ir the top to let out the smoke. It is an ins;l itu.ion in soviet Russia and is an invention of the kind of which neces: sity is the mother.
 in the communistic habitatiOns of tI.c ruined and homeless bOurgeOisie 1t takes the place of both heating ar rangements and the kitchen range. Nearly everybody makes his own bOur geoica out of whatever materials he i.ity be able to come by, and in social circles it provides topic of cOnversa- ton of never-ending interest. Their habits and the various methods en- pIoyed to regulate them are matters Of primary importance.
 It's name, bestowed upon 1t in iron icaI derision, denotes it's relationship to the general scheme of things. It burns nothing but tiny bits of wood and is therefore very economical, but when it is first set going it smokes considerably, with the result that prae- tfcally every bourgeois home in Russia such as it is-smells as though its ilues were badly out of order.
 It is capable of bringing the average winter temperature in a fair-sized room up to zero, OF maybe to 10 de grees above, and this is as much com fort as the bourgeOisie are expected to require. This sounds like an exag- geratiOn, but it is not. It would be i'm possible to exuggerate any phase or the tragedy that has befallen Russia.
The Press., 1922-12-14
OLD ENGLISH FOLK-s0NGS
Residents of Villages In Virginia, Ken
 lucky and Tennessee Still Sing Old Ballads.

About score of years ago Cecil J. Sharp, realizing that many old English fOlk-sOngs which had been current were in danger of dying out, went about the dlalect-speaking parts of England and transcribed from the lips of old people the words and music of many old songs which had been in constant,nse in the days of their youth, but were no lon- ger sung, says the Baltimore News. In 1916 he completed trip through the Appalachians where he found the mountaineers speaking in vocabulary which resembled certain older English forms of speech and still singing many old fOlk-songs which had gone out of use in England. He has now brought to an end similar trip along the Vir- ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee border line and found that the villagers still sing exquisite old English ballads and dance the oldest English steps. In other respects they preserve a certain Old World charm and dignity of man. ner and kindliness and grace of hos pitability,
The Press., 1922-12-14
quicker Than Lightning,

Speed records" are broken every now and then, but, if the correspond ent of a Lynn daily newspaper sent in veracious account, the best "rec- ord" of the sort was made in Saugus, Mass. Here's the item as he sent 1t in: During the thunderstorm of Fri day afternoon lightning struck in sev- eral parts of the town, but the mar rowest escape from death was that of William Milton, driver of an express wagon. He saw a flash of lightning coming toward his wagon, but he backed his team into the gutter and thus escaped being killed or badly in- jured.-Youth's Companion.
The Press., 1922-12-14
FORGED TO GIVE UP AAREMs
Financial Necessity Really the Mother
 of Any Turkish Reform in That Direction.

The word "harem," for all its rich connotation, is now simply the name for the wOmen's quarters in the Turk i.h home. Poverty in the palaces and out of them is more responsible than western ideals for the changed cOndi- ton there.
 Education and the world movement for broadening the freedom of women have, of course, had their influence. The French novel also put window of a kind in the Turkish harem, and many Turkish men are vigorously pro- testing the notions of freedom which they have put into the heads of the women.
 But necessity, rising out of the long, protracted wars. is the real mother of freedom for Turkish women. The Turkish coffers, both public and pri- vate. are too depleted to permit the expensive establishments of the old days. Men are no longer able to main tain women In idleness, and war, with its demands on mam power, has made woman labor an actual necessity Bessie Beatty in the Century Maga- zine
The Press., 1922-12-14
Special Serum for Snake Bite.

Snake bit is now treated with serum obtained from immunized animals In the same way as the anti-diphtheritic or anti-tetanic serums Hitherto 1t has been necessary to prepare serum for the bite of each kind of snake. For this purpose large snake farm is now operated in Brazil and another is about to be established in India. The discovery that it is possible to prepare serum that may be used for the bites of large number of species will give great impetus to this meth cd of treatment. We have no snake farms in the United States, for the number of our poisonous species. is small and the deaths from snake bite are negligible, but the desirability of one in India may be understood from the fact that of the 300 species found there 6S are poisonous and are. on an average, responsible every year for the death of over 10000 persons, in addi- tiOn to countless animals.-Literary Digest.
The Press., 1922-12-14
nRuIIsn and nRearsu of Finance.


 The origin of the stock exchange terms bulls and 'bears" has never been satisfactorily explained. The phrase Is of great antiquity, and can be traced in one of Cibber's plays pro- duced in 1720, when the exchange was still known as New Jonathan" It has been suggested that -"bear" is a ref erence to the selling of the bears skin before killing the bear, while a "buIr' is supposed to be speculator who buys stock for forward delivery in the hope that the price will rise so that he can sell out at a profit without talk ing up and paying for the stock. Con- tangoes, which have been reintrO- duced. are the percentage paid by the buyer of stock for postponement of transfer-day, the term being derived from the Spanish word "contengo," meaning 'T check"
The Press., 1922-12-14
Insee+ Paner Makers.

Various species of wasps build their nests of paper manufactured by them selves. The material used Is decayed wood, which the wasp rasps off, and afterwards mashes into pulp with its teeth. The pulp so formed is spread out layer upon layer, and al. lowed to dry, when 1t hardens and forms coarse paper. A species of wasp found in South America builds a huge nest. So many layers of pulp are used that kind of coarse card board is formed, so strong that 1t will resist rain and wi1d,- and will some. times last four or five years.
The Press., 1922-12-14

hBrs; she felt very sober arld-home- tHick. She saw herself as a fortune hunter, grasping for the material, not considering the real worth of char acter. Thaddeus Abbott. stripped of adornment and affectedness, was but a gambler.
 Uncle DaveO" whispered Emmy the next morning. ''Tm sorry to leave you this way-Fve written MT. Abbott a little note, and here', she pressed the velvet case In his hand-"I know you and Aunt Kate will understand''
 A very quiet Emmy threw herself in her mothers arms that night T couldn't go through with it, Mummie- n want real happiness !''
 After all I'm glad you want that and not money" smiled her mother .un- derstandingly.
 = It was only few nights later when Emmy and Johnny O'Conncr sat on the porch swing discussing the next family picnic in view, when lull in the conversation gave Johnny the op- portunity to say rather embarrass- lngly: Before you went away, Emmy, l bought you a little present-not much, but I thought" He drew pasteboard box from his pocket and laid 1t III her open palm.
 Emmy raised the lid, and there on a neat white card were pinned two dia- mond slipper buckles! Not real dia- mOnds, of course, but dazzling imita- tions.
 "Oh, Johnny!'' was all Emmy could say in clOuded, trembling little whis- per, and looked from the brilliants to Johnny's eyes. Shine as these paste diamonds did, they could not shine as bright and clear as the love in Johnny's eyes, yet Emmy knew that this time these buckles were the real thing for happiness.
The Press., 1922-12-14
A Doubtful ii HIf.


 One sister in this Evansville family is a newspaper reporter and the other a school teacher. And the little teach CT Is much given to borrowing her sis ter's clothes. The good-natured re- porter usually doesn't object, but the other day she felt her sister had gone too far when she wore her new silk dress and fall hat to school. She told her so. too.
 "But I had heard the school board would be at the building today" the teacher excused herself, land want ed to make a hit with them."
 "I bet you did," came back the dry retort, flor they all nearly went wild about that dress when I wore 1t to the school board meeting last night."- IndianapOlis News. .-.-.-.-
The Press., 1922-12-14
The Unpopular Bancroft.

Francis Bancroft. an official of the city of London and founder (200 years agO) of the Bancroft school, enjoys the distinction, despite his large charitable .bequests, of being the most unp0pu- lar LOndOner who ever lived. He amassed d great fortune by such harsh and interruptions methods that he be- came universally execrated, and the church bells of the city rang a merry peal at his funeral To preserve his body from posthumOus vengeance he left directions in his will that his coffin should be fitted with hinges and that an official of the Drapers' com pany should periodically visit the vault at St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, lift the liG of the coffin, and certify that his embalmed corpse was secure !-Lon- don Mail.
The Press., 1922-12-14
Prayer,

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, Where fore, let thy voice rise. like a fountain for me night and day, For what are men better than sheep or goats that nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer both for themselves and those who call them frtendP For so the whole round earth is every way bound by gold chains about the feet of God, Alfred Tennyson,
The Press., 1922-12-14
Rats Ate Court Records.

An unusual appointment was made recently in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, when an official rat-catcher was as signed to duty at the Montreal court house. The new office was consid- cred when it was found that stenogra- phers' notes had been eaten by rats during the night, and that a gown and silk hat belonging to one of the judges had been destroyed Because of the disappearance of some impor- tant records, civil suits involving val uable property had to be delayd. The authorities took the situation in hand when Exhibit A" in a murder trial was eaten, and, because of the lack of evidence to convict, the prisoner was liberated. Detective Story Maga- gina
The Press., 1922-12-14
Chemicals From Corn cobs.

By developing new methods of ex- tracting furfural from corncobs chem ists of the Department of Agriculture have greatly reduced the cost of mak- ing this chemical, which Is used in the manufacture of soluble and insOl- ubIe resins for stains, varnishes, in sulating material. printing plates and any other articles. Furfural has been made commercially from Oat h. Ills and has been selling for about 5O cents a pound, but when made from eOhS it is estimated that 1t can be manufactured at a cost of about 10 cents a pound. Cobs give the great est yield of furfural of any of the common agricultural materials that con- tain it.-Department of Agriculture Bulletin.
The Press., 1922-12-14

 ae so great mercy. When I grew bigger she tried to buy me; never was any child more indulged and pampered, until I came to fifteen. Then, in burst of rage, when I said must go away-instinetively dis liked and distrusted her-she told me all"
 Yet you stayed On." Loudon almost whispered.
 She laughed bitterly. "What else could I do? I would gladly have worked as slave to get away; no- body would have me; was felt to have been born bad, If to wantonness hereditary added this monstrOus in- gratitude. I was unfit for human companionship-ev the lowest. My only refuge was to live on impeccably in face of the world that condemned lne-to shame the charity that had succored me to my hurt. I have done it, thanks to God, the devil or who ever rules. Now 1 shall not speak again until all is over"
 In the gray wasted face on the hos pltal cot Loudon traced tragic like ness to the girl beside him. Dying eyes lifted slowly, stiffening lips breathed rather than said, My daugh- Ter still. Kiss me, please" And aS Janet knelt to clasp the shrunken fig ure to her breast the peace of heaven itself settled into the clearing face.
 Loudon, deeply moved, lifted Janet when all was over. Suddenly he dis covered how dear she was, how silently ,.,it meuuceaDly she had grown into ll.S heart Love had laid hold on him :s a thief in the night She was alone, heart-brOken, desolate beyond words. lie put his lips to her ear, whispering: Promise here in the face of your dead that you will let me. let me, my love, atone for your suffering"
The Press., 1922-12-14
Rlrda Travel Ear

Many of our feathered voyagers make single flights of 500 to TOO miles, and migrations of over 4,O0O miles. The annual pilgrimages of such old friends as the bobolink, the purple martin, the scarlet lanager cliff and harm swallows, nighthawks and black poll warblers all exceed 4,O00 miles in both spring and fall.
 It is rather humbling to think what brave and self-suficient world travel. CTS some of our tiny feathered friends are.
The Press., 1922-12-14
The Sunday Picnic.


 The late Mrs. George Gould was not narrow-minded. but she hated any desecratiOn of the Sabbath.
 One summer Sunday, while motor irg in Lakewood, she came upon a rich Lakewood family. the Smiths, principal stockholders in the we'll kE0wn Smith asbestos firm.
 The Smith family was picnicking. The father and the three sons in their shirt sleeves were drinking whisky and playing poker, while the daughters and the mother smoked cigarettes and played bridge for high stakes.
 '"'Well.' said Mrs. Gould, I wouldn't have believed that you Smiths had such faith in your as- beSfOS'
The Press., 1922-12-14
paXY Jones' Toll.

LlOyd's Register of Shipping records the loss during the last quarter of 1921 of 99 steamers and 69 sailing vessels. representing 117,926 and 3S, ,139 tons, gross. respectively. The causes are given as wrecked, foundered, col lisioned. burned, missing. abandoned, lost and condemned
 Of this total steamers, and IT sailing vessels were of American regis ter. Holland had no losses during the period under notice. Vessels under 100 tons are excluded from the return.
The Press., 1922-12-14
Eruptlon Follows. Earthauake.

Last March two mild earthquake shocks were succeeded by the collapse of the 20O-foot eruptive cone of Ve- suvius, inside the crater, accompanied by rumblings. explosions and the ejec- tion of ashes and white-hot stones; In 24 hours the liquid lava covered an area of 100000 square feet; around the crater 1t formed a molten band with a temperature of 2,O00 degrees Fahren- heit. Professor Malladra. director of the yesuvius observatory, descended into the crater at the start of the erup- tion and escaped with a badly scorched face. The width of tie crater Is now 1,5OO feet.-Seientifie American.
The Press., 1922-12-14
No Concentration.

"Would you call Mrs Calder an in- luisitive woman?"
 "Not unduly so, for a member of her sex"
 "No?"
 "After she has tried unnecessarily for six months to find out the income of a neighbor something else is sure Age-Herald.
The Press., 1922-12-14
Confined to Prose.

Do you know The Star-Spangled Banner by heartY'
 "Yes," replied Senator Sorghum; "but I'm not trying to use it in this campaign. Practical questions are be- coming so complex that my constitu- ents won't be satisfied to hear me sing or recite"
The Press., 1922-12-14
She Had Fe,t It.

A visitor was admiring a beautiful monument in an ancient church. Gag ing at the effigies of ruffled knight and stately dame. with a kneellng train of children behind each figure, he unused aloud: Surely such sur roundings must have a purifying in- fluence
 "Yes, indeed, sir" was the startling reply of the church cleaner. who had walked no unobserved. Many a time I've washed them Images faces for 'em. when flick of duster was all that was expected of me eE
The Press., 1922-12-14
Few Independent in Old Aas.

FeW ThQePehueht m UId Age.
 'Of every one hundred men, only three have a sufficient competency to keep them comfortable and independ- ent in old age. There are more than 100000 widows in the United States, more than 100000 of Whom are over Sixty-five years of age, 90 per cent of whom are dependent on relatives or ,.harity,