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THE COMMERCIAL Marshall & Baird, Uat'on City, Teon FEIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1913. Entered at the Pt oflSre t Vaim City. Ten- .as ecrod-elaas man sutler. Announcements. For County Judge. HKFI.EY. We re authorised to announce J. A. Hefl'ryas a candidate for County Judite o( Obion County, subject to the Democratic primary election twc. 6, 1913. Q For Register. MI1.NER. We art authorised to announce R. B. (Bob) Milner aa a candidate for Register of Obion County, aubject to the action ol the Democratic primary election Saturday, Decem ber 6, 1913.. WII.KERSON We are authorised to announce W. T. Wilkeraon a candidal (or Register of Obion County, aubject to the action of the Democratic primary election Saturday, Decem ber 6, 1913. MOFFKTT. We are authorised to announce Henry Moffett a candidate for Rentier of Obion County, aubject to the action of the Democratic primary election Dec. 6, NOON AN," We are authorised to announce J. J. Noonan aa a candidate for Register of Obion County, aubject to the Democratic primary election Saturday, Dec. 6, 191J. For Sheriff. NOAH. We nre authorised to announce T. P. ' Noah aa candidate for Sheriff of Obion County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election Dec. 6, 1913. HICKMAN. We are authorized to announce J. M. (Jim) Hickman a candidate for Sheriff of Obion County, aubject to the action of the Democratic primary election, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1913. For County Court Clerk. TAI.I.KY We are authorised to announce C. S. Talley a candidate for re-election to the office of County Court Clerk, aubject to the action of the Democratic primary election, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1913. t For Clerk of Circuit Court. GOLDHN. We are authorised to announce H.I M. (Monroe) Golden a candidate for re-elecUonl to the office of Clerk of Circuit Court of Obion f County, aubject to the action of the Democratic primary election Saturday, Dec. 6, 1913. ; For Trustee. SANDERS. We are authorised to announce J. H. (Jobnay) Bandera a candidate for re-election to the office of Trustee of (MMon County , aubject to the action of the Democratic primary elec tion Dec. 6. 1913. MORRIS. We are authorised to announce W. C. , Morris aa candidate- for Trustee of Obion County, aubject to the nation of the Democratic primary election Dec. WHS. Haunted House. , The first of a series of winter lyceum attractions, under the auspices of the Leonidas Polk Chapter, U.' D. C.r- was heard here last Monday night at the Reynolds Theatre when Edward Am herst Ott returned to Union City. Mr. Ott was here at the Chautauqua last summer, and the patrons were so well pleased that he was requested to be one ol the numbers for the winter course. He is from the Redpath Bureau, whose talent is, the best. Mr. Ott 's address was more than what is recognized as something smflpifillv fi-ood. It was a classic. He ' I-"- J an was introduced by Dr. C. VV. Miles and held the audience rapt for nearly two hours with an intellectual feast. Mr, Ott opened with the statement that we are giving attention to hygiene of the body while we are neglecting our mental hygiene. We are not taking care of the mind. Mr. Ott emphasized the fact that men are not thinking. A 12-year-old girl could play a piano, but it took four thousand years to develop the com plete piano. The first iustrumentwas a lyre with three strings; after some years there were seven and then they had classic music. This was superseded by an instrument with eleven strings and the musicians were ultra classical. Then the grand Italian harp came with its splendid possibilities. This was Again utilized in the work, of evolution and inlosed in a frame with felt ham mers, and then the polished case with ivory key board and the ' piano was .complete, the work of four thousand years, and not the musician but the ian who thought and wrought inven tion gave the world the instrument which has immortalized the names of famous musicians. In Russia a man invented a toy worth $50,000,000, but he did not think. This toy was made in run down an incline and its momen- Uum carried it pari Of the up o- other. W hen tne lorceui inowj wm spent it dropped like a top, and the Russian abandoned it. A Yankee came ;along and watched the toy. When it started upthc second incline he wondered why it didn't fall, and ho started his thoughts to working. 1 he result was that he attached pedals to the sides and evolved the bicycle, and before the automobile manufacturers came along ... j . t trui non 000. lie naa amassuu - - - The great Creator Lad demonstrated tbe power of light in a flash of light ning, but men did not think, and it was not until the day of" Edison that the mind was trained to utilize elec-trw-ifv to illuminate the home and the street. This was not done without thinking. Edison sat for hours without sleep or food pouring over the problem. He was neither hungry nor sleepy. His mind was at work and oblivious to cvcrything'else, and ho wrought won I and carved more than a name .i nf inventiou. Edison made lllO WftU i 'aw efforts before he perfected the electric globe..' . Men are! the creatures of imitation. When the automoDue was first made it was provided with a spatter board like a buggy. The auto disposed of the use of horse power, but the spatter board was still there aud there was no reason for it. Why? Because men did not think. We all use spatter boards until somebody comes along and begins an independ ent thought movement. After many splendid illustrations along this line, Mr. Ott spoke of the evolution of government and politics. He said that graft and dishonesty would be wiped out and, he did not 'say so, but inferred that democracy would be enthroned. This would not depend upon the Executive nor upon Congress, but in the evolution of individual thought. Men are thinking, and the result is the evolution of social and political reform. So it is with religion. The world is growing better. But it is an intelligent religion a sane religion. And then the speaker described the work of Dowie and the fanaticism of his following. Mr. Ott lived near Zion City and he had a personal knowledge of the work. It was man worship. Dowie organizod a chorus in black robes and he paraded in front of them in white, appealing to the emotions of the audience. This he kept up until the audience began to tire, aud then he worked upon the nerves until the brain was affected, and with the mind in a state of hysteria he gathered barrels of money and pauperized his people. Tbe name of a thief is contemptible, but the man who uses the name of Al mighty God to strip the people of their substance is despicable of all men. Religion is embedded in the intelli gence, not in depravity. The evolution of religion cornea with thought. Speaking further of the creations of great minds he referred to Dickens who, in his Swiss chalet, permitted no one to enter while he forged his characters. He wrote eight pages a day, but he gave the world Some of the best thought. He was an instrument of evolution. In the slums of a great city he saw an old curiosity shop and there he found the white soul of Little Nell. Little Nell was his companion for days for months and when the end came the most graphic of all character creators was overcome with grief. How could we overlook such a work for some of our latter-day trash? The lecturer showed that evolution brought efficiency. Thought develops the mind and with the processes of evo lution there would be no room for un skilled hands. The boys of to-day must be skilled for the future or they must be paupers. Efficiency will be demand ed all along the line. The progress of civics, of government and religion must surely come. We cannot prevent it. It is the evolution of thought. In civics Mr. Ott addressed the ladies, saying that they would beautify our cities as well as our homes, and that the day would come when there would be har mony in public buildings and thorough fares. There is now nothing so un sightly as a great city thoroughfare with its irregularity of streets and dissimu larity of houses. ' It is not well to close this without re calling Mr. Ott'a reference to the evolu tion of the farm. With the telephone, the rural delivery and the good road there are no more farmers. Tbe men of the country are agriculturists, and the man who sold a foot of ground has no conception of future possibilities. He is using the spatter board; there is no philosophy in his imagination; there is no speculation in his eyes. Tbe agri culturist is the man of the future. The speaker was practical, eloqient, at times soaring in flights and then intensely dramatic, with just enough humor, interlarded to whet the mind and rivet attention. The large audience was delighted. Meeting Closed. The two weeks meeting at the First Christian Church closed Sunday with sixtoen additions to the church. Kev. J. E. Stuart, the pastor, conducted the sermon service without assistance, and Mr.. Clifford Jones had charge of th music, which consisted of choir and chorus with an additional chorus in the balcony. The pastor and his Sunday school workers, as well as some of the church members, have been doing a good work in that church. The fact that the congregation has a new church building seems to inspire them with a greater -ronponsibilily, aud they are re consecrating their energies to its spiritual upbuilding. The pastor, one of the leading ministers of the denomination, a man of great purpose and. power, seems to have mustered bis greatest ef forts in the work here. Tbe church has been strengthened and its unity cem ented under bis leadership and the fu : lure lodecd .offers many possibilities for the accomplishment of greater good. Two Croaking Prophets. Mr. Vanderlip says the country is threatened with a deluge of fiat money by way of tbe Glass currency bill. Jas. J. Hill says the financial market is "waterlogged with bonds." The first of these statements is a will ful and shameful misrepretcntaiion. The Federal Reserve notes provided for in the Glass bill will have collateral se curity at least equal in value to that be hind national bank notes and a cash reserve for redemption more than six times as large as that behind national bank notes. They are not to be forced fegal tenders. They have no charac teristic in common with fiat money, and this Mr. Vanderlip knew all the time. The second statement that of Mr. Hill is a dangerous half-truth. There are, of course, tens of millions of dol lars' worth of bonds seeking a market just now that remain "unabsorbed,'' as the "street" puts it. But what of it. No man who takes the most casual interest in financial matters needed Mr. Hill to tell him that this is a time when capital is more than timid positively retiring; all over the world. Good com mercial paper bears 6 per cent interest? The Bank of England rate is 5 per ccit; many prophets believed it would go tt 6 last Thursday and were pleasantly dis appointed. Bank reserves the world over are unusually large. Scarce buyers always mean a glutted market. There are no more bonds than usual only fewer purchasers. This by the way. But Mr. Hill takes a blue view, not only of the bond market, but of bonds. Municipal issues his imagination stag gers as he thinks of the municipal in debtedness "now concealed behind tem porary, makeshifts." Industrials, he says, are worse yet. He views with alarm the securities issued against un developed property mines, timber, irri gated lands. Public utility bonds are no better than the rest. He sees a gleam of hope for railroad bonds, but it is but a gleam. , From the point of view of common sense this is utter rot. Are bonds good? Give it up; are eggs good? The one question is as sensible as tbe other. There are eggs and eggs. Good eggs are always in demand and are worth their price. Good bonds are always in demand and are worth their price also. The buyer, anywhere, must beware. No woman can go into a grocery and buy provisions, vegetables and , fruit without loss unless she keeps her wits about her and her eyes open. Tbe same thing is true in the bond market. To-day is a good time to buy good bonds as any investment expert will tell you. And there has never been a good day to buy bad bonds, so far as we have seen or read. Does Mr. Hill remem ber any such? But these remarks of two croaking prophets of ill omen have an impor tance to the general public outside the ranks of financiers and investors. What is a panic? In a country like ours where famine is impossible, war almost out of tbe question for geographic reasons and tbe producing power of the individual high, a panic is nothing but unreason ing loss of ordinary business confidence. The business fabric on which all our jobs and our incomes depend is held tegether by the confidence ol eacn man that the people who owe bim whether for work, goods, the use of money or- professional services- are not only hon est but able to pay. Destroy that and chaos results. . Now here are Messrs. Hill and Van derlip. Tbe first creates a bogey out of nothing and willfully misrepresents nendinir financial legislation. He ac cuses the Administration of being about to deluge the country with fiat money a thing as far from the intentions of the leaders as a law restoring blood-taint is. The second states a commonplace fact with regard to the security market the fact that there are many bad securities on sale for those who buy ignorantly and carelessly, and that .they are not selling as if it were new and there were some special menace in it. It is just such talk as this untrue or one-sided statements from men whose names carry weight in the commercial and financial world that prepares the way for the forces of unreason and panic. We do not desire to muzzle Messrs. Vanderlip and Hill. Why does not Mr. Vanderlip read the Glass bill before he comments on it and, find, out what is behind the notes it contemplates issu ing? Why does not Mr. Hill tell his; hearers and readers how to distinguisn between good bonds and bad and point out the fact that a time of "dear money" and sluggish markets is a good time to buy the best securities? Why, in short, do not gentlemen of their eminence talk like sensible American business men, instead of like the kind of Wall street speculator that went out of fashion about the time Dan Drew quit the theo logical seminary business and began to realize that, in spite of such as he, this was going to be a pretty good sort of country after all? 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All parties to this suit, be they Peti tioners or Defendants, are hereby noti fied that the Commissioners heretofore appointed by the Court to classify tbe lands within the Drainage District as in this cause established, and to apportion tbe assessments for the costs, expenses, ' etc., of the location, organization, estab lishment, formation and construction of such Drainage District, have duly filed their report with me as Clerk of the Court above mentioned; and all parties to this suit are likewise notified that the Court has set Friday, November the 21st, 1913, for the hearing on said report of said Commissioners and the matter of apportionment and assessment by the Court; said hearing to be before tbe Honorable George K. Kenney, County Judge for Obion County, Tennessee, at the courthouse in Union City, Obion County, Tennessee. All objections to said report mum be made in writing and filed with me (C. S. Talley), the County Court Clerk of Obion County, Tonn., on or before noon of said day so, and as above stated, set for said hearing. I?y order of the Court, you are accord ingly and so notihed. This, October 25tli, 1913. , , C. S. TALLEY, County Court Clerk. F. J. Smith and T. O. Morris, Attor neys for Petitioners. 32-2t LIV-VER-LAX, the liver regulator. Ask OLIVER'S RED CROSS DRUG STORE. Non-Resident Notice. Pearl Lawrence ) f ret Claud Lawrence J In the Circuit Court of Obion County, Tennessee. In this cause it appearing from the bill, which is sworn to, that tbe defend ant, Claud Lawrence, is a non-resident of the State of Tennessee, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon him. 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