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DR. 0. M. L0N0
DENTIST
Orer White & Burchard' Drug
Store, Union City, Tenn.
Telephone
OSce 144.2, Residence 144-3
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DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over White & Burchard'a Drug
Store, Union Gty, Tenn.
TelelpHonet
Office 144-2; Re.iJence 144-3
Union City Commercial established 1890 I
Wet Tennessee Courier, established 1897 I
Consolidated September 1. 1897
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, APRIL 17,1914
VOL. 23, NO. 3
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It is always bright and sunny for those ,'with money in
the bank. There are bright things, and there are bright
lights for those wise enough to provide for the future,
and lay something away when things are bright.
Old National Bank
Union City. Tcnntttae
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hxytx ii, Oil FARM LANDS.
I am authorized to take application! for loans on lands in Obion and
Weakley Counties, Tenneaaee, and Fulton County, Kentucky, The term and
condition upon which this money will be loaned are most favorable to the
borrower. All or any part of a loan may be paid after one year, interest
being stopped on payments made. Loans are Made at 3i per cent.
Interest on ten years time, or for shorted period if desired. ""
If you are considering a loan, it would be well to make application AT
ONCE. '
O. 5PRADLSN
Attorney At Law 9 Union City, Tenn.
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SEE US BEFORE YOU SELL
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; ' Wholesale and Retail
Grain, Hay and Field Seeds
SEED CORN Roper Red Cobb, St. Charles
Red Cobb, Boone County White.
NORTH CAROLINA Mammoth Yellow Soja
...v, ' Beans. ' .;; .,
All kinds of Field Seeds.
Ask for prices before selling your Grain or Hay
" Telephone No. SI
Union City, Tenn.
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: on farm lands, for term of five years
Per cent interest payable semi-annually
. J Attorney At Ltvw
Phones 143 and 589. UNION CITY, TENN.
DR. J. FRANK GRIFFIN
Will address the voters of Obion County at the courthouse in
Union City Monday. May 4, on the political issues of the day
and in interest of my candidacy. Will divide time with my
opponent if he so wishes. , .
TO TENNESSEE FARMERS.
We Must Have More Live Stock
on the Farm.
(By Capt. T. F. Peck, Commissioner of Airricul
; '") - ;
We have urged the farmers to raise
more live stock and better live stock,
for we believe that there is no branch
pf agricultural industry which will bririjt
such sure and large returns or which
will build up the farm on such & sub
stantial and permanent basis.
As timgoea by we feel that evetf
more empsis is needed on the stock
end of farming. Conditions were never
more favorable than they are now for
this branch of the industry, and we be
lieve they will never be -more so in the
future.
Population is increasing all the time,
yet the meat supply is not even holding
its own. -Tli is is true not only in the
United States but all over the habitable
globe. The removal of tariffs on meat
is not going to affect prices seriously
nor for any length of time. Until sup
ply passes demand, prices on meat ani
mals are going to be high enough to
afford a big profit to the man who raises
them. ' ,
We consider land values in the coun
try as high to-day. Without livestock
prices on land are going to fall. With
out stock the products of the soil do not
reach their highest value; this in itself
will bring lower prices. Add to that,
the reduced fertility brought about by
constant cropping and it is not hard to
see ahead to the day when land in this
Country will be barren, impoverished
and Qt little worth. This is not an at
tractive nor a desirable picture. The
keeping of stock in greater quantifies
will prevent a shrinkage of farm land
prices and will make it more valuable.
There are two good reasons why the
farmers should raise more stock. The
first is that ft will pay him larger, surer
and more constant returns. The sec
ond is that it is a sacred duty to him
self, his children and his country, j
It will pay him because demand is in
creasing and Supply is decreasing; be
cause feeding stock from the direct
froducts of the soil is the most ecouoro
ical way to market them, because stock
utilize waste on the farms; because they
condense values; because their value
fluctuate less than grain or other plant
life; because they can be marketed
more easily and conveniently, because
they add richness to the soil instead of
taking it away.
It is bis duty because stock furnishes
soil fertility. Soil fertility is the foun
datipn of agricultural prosperity, and
agricultural .prosperity is the basis of
general prosperity. Without stock the
farm and the farmer degenerates; he
leaves his farm worse off instead of bet
ter off when" he passes it on to his chil
dren. The demand upoa the farmer
to-day is not for more grain but for
more pork, more beef, more mutton,
more dairy products. It is rigbt that
he should! meet such demands, for they
are founded on real need.
We want the farmer to realize the
immense responsibility resting upon
him. He is used to being referred to
as the bulwark of the nation and he is.
If he takes pride in that title he must
be ready to assume the duties which go
with such an important place. One of
these duties is to supply the mouths of
millions with meat.' Because such work
is both pleasant and profitable does not
take away the responsibility
There are some difficulties and prob
lems which the stockman must consider.
There are-diseases to combat, better
types to select, more profit to be made
where the margin of profit is too small.
But his difficulties are no greater thin
those which confront the grain grower,
the horticulturist or the gardener.
Stock on the farm means even more
than these things we have hastily named.
One of the questions over which the en
tire nation is worrying is how to keep
the young men and women on the farm.
No child life is complete without grow
ing animals. ,. The child takes deep in
terest in the calf, the colt, or the little
pig. lliey aid in making the farm at-
Judge for- Yourself.
Look the New Deerfng
Bumper Disc Harrow,
the acme of perfection, over
and judge for yourself. On
exhibition on our floors at
the Deering Building. Will
be glad to show you. . . . .
0
R. F. Tsriae
Son
UNION CITY, TENN.
the most economical way of improving
the farm in every degree. Live stock
is the solution for the farmer's troubles
more and better live stock.
Do not pay too much attention to
temporary conditions, fluctuations in
the market and the like. These will
come and go, but the whole plane of
the market will be higher and higher
as the years go by. It does not pay to
try to dodge the lean years and ride to
success on the fat years. Go in with
the determination to stick to it, and
success will come-it cannot fail. Stock
is a good proposition year in and year
out, and the man who doggedly pins
his faith to it will be the man who will
win out. Such a policy will make the
farmer prosperous and put him in bis
rightful place as custodian of the world's
food supply a man who holds the lives
of the world's inhabitants in his hand,
who controls and rules the destinies of
nations.
Fire at Waverly.
tractive.. Those of us who were born
and raised on a farm look back to our
earliest recollections and invariably find
them connected with farm animals.
Anything which makes the farm both
a delight and a profit to the new gener
ation will keep the boy and the girl
there where they can carry on a noble
work and reap an adequate return for
their labor.
Waverly, Tenn., April 18. Fire,
which originated in the warehouse of J.
P, Co wen & Co., destroyed that build
ing and Dine business bouses on the
north side of the public square at an
early hour Saturday morning, causing
a loss estimated at $75,000 to $100,000.
t was the most destructive conflagration
in the history of Waverly,, all of the
buildings destroyed having been brick
structures and among them were some
of the most valuable business bouses in
the town. The fire broke out at 2:30
o'clock and had gained considerable
headway when discovered. Nearly every
able-bodied man in town, and numerous
boys, aided in combating the flames,
but their efforts to check the fire with
the meagre means at their command
were futile and the nine buildings were
soon reduced to a mass f ruins. . Wav
erly's water system and fire-fighting
sand dollars, partially insured.
Residence belonging to Dixie Cowen
and occupied by Albert Binkley, $1,500,
partially insured. Mr. Binkley saved
his household goods, but in a damaged
condition.
The po8toffice was damaged in moving
out the furniture, v
Following the fire the public 'square
was littered with salvage, comprising a
large array of miscellaneous goods taken
from the buildings. During the confla
gration the destruction of the Sullivan,
Slayden & McNabb storehouses was be
lieved to be imminent, but they were
not damaged.
Already plans are being mado for re
building the burned structures.
Temporary provision will bo maJo for
continuing the publication of the Senti
nel, of which J. L. Thompson js editor.
What is the precise situation to-dayT I apparatus proved of little use in com-
The tendency of the market is toward
younger, smaller stock. Twenty years
ago top prices were paid for the heaviest
steers and hogs. It is not so to-day. So
the market calls for smaller animals,
and that involves more of them, smaller
feeding bills and a shorter time from
oirtli to market. Average prices are
bigh. We see no probability of any
general decline,' and must look for
higher ones if the meat famine grows.
Yet conditions are not going to be as
favorable for the new stock grower in a
few years as they are to-day. Pure bred
animA'i are not held for as lgb prices
as they will be. This is the time of all
times to begin. The m&i who. com
mences now and sticks to it will reap
the largest percentage of profits and the
greatest rewards. He will never regret
it. ' He will wish he had begun eyen
soowr than be did. Every material
factor indicates that it will pay better
from now on to raise good live stock
on high priced land.
Stock is recognized now-a-days as the
be3t farm security. Live stock furnishes
bating a conflagration of such propor
tion. The telephone exchange was put
out of business.
The following is a Jist of the losses;
J. P. Cowen about $2,000, partially
insured. ,
Merchants & Farmers' Bank, about
$5,000; insured. .'
The Sentiuel office, owned by Senator
C. W. Turner, $1,250, with $700 in
surance.
0. G. Griffin, grocery, about $3,000;
insured. ' . 1
Citizens' Bank, several thousand dol
lars; fully insured. ( -
J. R. Fowlkes, dealer in furniture,
$3,000;partially insured.
; E. C. Finch, druggist, $3,000; par
tially ins. 'ed. .
Hooper, Porch & Evans, general mer
chandise, loss several thousand dollars
by handling goods; partially insured.
. W. T. McCracken, bnildings, loss
$7,000; partially' insured. Mr. Mc
Cracken also lost two fiue stallions,
valued at several thousand dollars.
J. C. Harris' heirs, loss several thou-
Harry Ekdahl Resigns.
Harry Ekdahl has tendered his resig
nation as canhierof the First National
Bank to take effect May 15,
At a meeting of directors his resigna
tion was accepted and Postmaster R. K
Beadles, whose term as postmaster ex
pires next month, was chosen cashier of
the bauk to succeed Mr. Ekdahl.
Mr. Ekdahl, who has been with the
First National the past nineteen years,
came from Union City, and took a sub
ordinate position, working his way up
to the position of cashier, which he has
filled moft acceptably for the past eev-,
eral years. He resigns to accept a most (
advantageous proposition with'a brother-in-law
in the banking and oil business
at Bristow, Oklahoma, It is understood
he will receive a salary of $5,000 per
year and will besides be interented in the
oil business. He will 'go from Fulton
to Chicago, , where his " brother-in-law
has financial interests, before he goes to
Oklahoma.1 Fulton Leader.
A POPULAR VERDICT
City
Based .on Evidence of Union
. People.
Grateful thousands tell it
Of weak backs made strong
Of weak kidneys made well
Urinary disorders corrected.
Union City people add their testimony..
They praise Doan's Kidney Pills.
Union City evidence is now complete.
Union City testimony is confirmed.
Reports of early relief substantiated.
Merit doubly proved by test of time.
Let a Union City citizen speak.
T. L. Lancaster, Deputy Circuit Court
C!eikrUiioH City, Tenn., says: ' Whca
I used Doan's Kidney Pills some time
ago, they gave me relief from Kidney
trouble and I publicly recommended
them, I feel justified in confirming
that statement." .
Price 50 cents, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. I.anca.ter had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y. advt
Coal and wood delivered promptly by
the Union Cily Ice &. Coal Co.