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DR. E. Al. LONG
DENTIST
Over White & Burchard't Drug
Store, Union City, Tenn.
Telephone
Office 144.2, Redenc 144.3
MMERCIAL
DR. E. M. LONQ
DENTIST
Over White & Burchard'a Druf
Store, Union City, Tenn.
Telephone
Ofike 144. Residence 144-3
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Wet Tennewee Courier. entablUhed 1897 I Consolidate September 1. 197
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1914
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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, Ttnncnte
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JL1 Oil FARM LANDS.
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I am authorized to take application for loana on lands in Obion and
Weakley Counties, Tennessee, and Fulton County, Kentucky. The terms and
conditions upon which this money will be loaned are most favorable to the
borrower! "AH or "any part of a Jpan may be palf after one year, interest
being stopped on payments made. Loans are Made at 5r per cent.
Interest on ten years time, or for shorter period if desired.
If you are considering a loan, it would be well to make application AT
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Attorney At L.w i Union City, Tenn.
PARTY LEADERS TO -
SPEAK FOR TICKET.
President Wilson Possibly, Secre
tary Bryan Surely, in Tennessee.
Washington, D. C, June G.-A gal
axy of Democrats of nation-wide prom
inence, possibly including the President
of tbe United, States and certainly Sec
retary of State William J. Bryan, will
participate in tbe Tennessee State cam-
COMMISSION CAN SET
ASIDE STATE RATES
Railroads Put Under One Instead
of Many Masters.
Washington, June 8. A long step
toward placing railroads under "oDe
master instead of many" was taken to-1
day by the United States Supreme Court
in upholding the power of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to strike down
paign this' fall in support of Tom Bye I State rates that discriminate against in
and the Democratic State ticket.' Iterstate commerce. In substance, the
President Wilson told Senator Lea to- court said that tbe Minnesota and other
day tbat he was uudecided as to whether recent State rate cases in which tbe rail-
he would take the stump in the fall roads lost might have been decided
campaign but that if he determines to otherwise had the roads gone to tbe
make any speeches he will have bis commission for relief instead of the
itinerary so arranged as to provide for courts.
at least one address to the voters of Tbe decision was announced by Jus
Tennessee. In addition to Secretary tice Hughes, Justices Pitney and Lurton
Bryan, it is regarded as practically cer- dissenting. The case arose out of com
tain that Senators Ollie James, of Ken- plaint by Sbreveport (La.) merchants
tucky, Beed of Missouri, Gore of Okla- that the Texas Bailroad Commission
homa and James Hamilton Lewis of had shut them out of all Texas business
Illinois and Secretary of the Navy Dan- by compelling the railroads to reduce
iels will participate' in the Tennessee Texas state rates far below what the In
campaign. I terstate jomr erce Commission allowed
Concerning his efforts in the interest the railroads running from Sbreveport
of the Tennessee Democracy, Senator to Texas cities to charge.
Lea said to-night: ' The court first decided that Congress
After a conference with General Bye, bad power to control interstate charges
Mr. Dunlap and others of his friends, I over an interstate carrier to the extent
was requested to ask several pemo- necessary to prevent, injurious discrimi-
crats of national prominence to come nations againt interstate traffic; and
to Tennesee during the fall campaign then that CoDgress had conferred this
and make speeches in behalf of the power upon the Interstate Commerce
ticket. ,
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SEE US BEFORE YOU SELL
going to Tennessee for one speech, and
found he was undecided as to whether
he would make any campaign speeches,
but I feel sure that if President Wilson
goes on the stump in the autumn, Ten
nessee will be included in his itinerary.
"Secretary Bryan, who holds the af
fection and admiration of the popple of
Tennessee, in a degree not enjoyed by
but few public men, was enthusiastic
both over the situation in the party iu
Commission. -
STATES NOT ABOVE NATION.
The fact that carriers are instru
ments of intrastate commerce,'' said
Justice Hughes, "does not derogate
from the complete and paramount au
thority of Congress over the latter or
preclude the federal power from being
exorted to prevent the intrastate opera
tions of such carriers from being made
a means of injury to that which bas
been confided to federal care.
Wherever the interstate and intra-
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If it's a Binder, Binder Twine, Mower or
and bears the name DEER1NG, it means the
of perfection in material and construction. You need
look no further. You'll find nothing quite so good
and none that will give you the service and satisfac
tion as will the DEERI NO.
We sell them. Don't fail to see them before
you buy. k
Tisdafe
UNION CITY, TENN.
Son
TtVWSSjBiQ suta-transactions.pt carrier?, are so. re-
campaign. a.tcd that the imvprnment of thn mw in.
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subject to tne approval of the State volves the controj of the othe, u :g Con.
executive committee or the campaign Lre88 and not the State that i8 eDtltled
committee which every May have charge to prescribe the final and dominant rule.
oi speakers' bureau, l proposed to Sec- f0r otherwise Congress would be denied
retary Bryan that he come to. Tennes- the exeroise of its constitutional author-
see the last week of October, entering ity and the State, not tbe nation, would
the State at Bristol and making rear- be supreme within the national field."
end platform speeches at all th prin- fn removing discriminations against
cipal stops between Bristol and Chatta- interstate commerce,' the court held
nooga, stopping at Knoxville for an ad- Congress was not bound to reduce the
dress at noon, and having a large meet- interstate rates below what it may deem
o.
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
Beans. Whippoorwill Peas.
Cotton Seed.
All kinds of !Field Seeds.
Ask for prices before selling your Grain or Hay
Telephone No. 51
Union City, Tenn.
ing at Chattanooga that night
' According to the tentative schedule
Mr, Bryan would leave Chattanooga
early the next morning, making speech
es at all of the principal towns between
unatianooga ana JNasnvuie, Holding a
night meeting at Nashville, leaving the
next morning for Memphis, speaking
en route, and with a final rally at Mem
phis that night. '
I was delighted to receive to-day the
following letter from Secretary Bryan
"Hon. Luke Lea, U. S. Senate,
"Washington, D. C. .
to be a proper standard to the carrier
and the public. ' '
'Otherwise," said the opinion, "it
could prevent the injury to interstate
commerce only by the sacrifice of its
judgment as to interstate rates."
ISSUE WAS GRAVE ONE.
Justice Hughes, who wrote the court's
decision in the State rate cases of a year
ago, pointed out that tho present case
did not conflict with those cases. He
said that in tbe absence of a finding by
the commission of unjust discrimina
tion intrastate rates undoubtedly were
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iy iuur oennior: i am graunea 10 ,nft tn . firfi(1 hv fh. ... ft . ,llh
iearu oi uarmonious ending ci your . , :tn lha Autharitv ftf thfl o.
State convention and of the union of
the Democratic party on a splendid
ticket. I appreciate the invitation you
extend to me to take part in the cam
paign this fall and in accepting I shall
We are not unmindful of tbe grav
ity of tbe question tbat is presented
when State and federal views conflict,"
the opinion concluded. "But it was
recognized at the beginning the nation
be pleased to give three days in October could Dot prosper if inter8taie and for.
mi yvr umess wuen me time ni.n trft(1(, -overned hv man ma-
""'T8 cnarge oi tne campaign tm and wherfl the interegt8 of free,
tu luo necessities are greater in ftm nf inttate mm.. ft ;nwnlvn(1
some otner part or tne. country.
Yours with best wishes for the party
in Tennessee. , , .
'I am yours very truly,
"Wm. J. Bryan.
tbe judgment of Congress and of the
agencies it lawfully estaoiisnes must
control." ;
Members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission regarded this case as one
In addition to the President, if he 0f the most important in which the body
takes the stump, and Secretary Bryan, ever has been involved.
there is every reason to believe that The decision was written by Secretary
Secretary Daniels, Senators James, Gore, Lane before he left the commission to
Eeed and Lewis will be heard in Ten- became & member of the president's
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on farm lands, for terra of five years
Per cent interest payable semi-annually .
W. E. . HUOGINS' V
- Attorney At Lk.w . i
Phones 143 and 589 UNION CITY, TENN.
nessee this fall, arousing the enthusi
asm of the rank and file of the party
to give T.iiu Kye and George Welch a
25,000 majority. .
A Mean Trick
"Let me plow this field." .
"Thanks."
''I'm canvassing this district for Con
gress," said the williDg worker, after
finishing the field. "Do .you own this
fine farm?"; - , ' - , , 1
"Ob, no," replied the other man.
"I'm the candidate on the other ticket.
The farmer has gone to town, but I as
sured him the field would be plowed by
the time be got back."
cabinet.
Fourteen Get Diplomas. ,
Knoxville, Tenn., June 5. Com
mencement exercises of the medical de
partment of Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity, located at Knoxville, were held
to-night, 14 graduates receiving diplo
mas. These exercises mark tbe pass
ing of this medical college, formerly
the Tennessee Medical College, as it has
been absorbed by the University of
Tennessee and will be merged with the
medical department of the State Uni
versity, which is located in Memphis.
Tbe undergraduates at the locai college
will be transferred to the Memphis in
stitution next fall. .
ANTITRUST LAWS OF
MISSOURI ARE UPHELD.
Constitutionality Attacked on Labor
Union Exemption.
Washington, June 8.' Missouri anti
trust laws, attacked as unconstitutional
because they exempt labor combina
tions, were upheld to-day by the Su
preme Court. At the same time the
Kentucky antitrust statutes were an
nulled because of the endeavor of the
commonwealth to exempt tobacco pools
from their operation.
. As a result of the decisions tbe judg
ment of the Missouri Supreme Court
ousting from the State and' fining the
International Harvester Company of
America $25,000 for being a member
of a "trust" was affirmed while tbe ac
tion of various Kentucky counties for
penalties against the same company for
being a member of a "trust" was re
versed. ,
The decisions do not affect the action
of the Federal Government against the
International Harvester Company under
the Sherman antitrust law. The lan
guage of Justice McKenna in deliver
ing the. Missouri opinion in regard to
trusts with "good intentions" was re
garded in some quarters as a warning
to organizations self-styled as "good
trusts," but on the other hand, lawyers
representing corporate interests welcom
ed tbe Kentucky opinion by Justice
Holmes as showing the law bad no fa
vorites.
"aCOD" TRUSTS WARNED.
Justice McKenna said tbat it was too
late to assert that a State could not pro
hibit combinations induced by good in
tentions and which had had some good
effect. , .
This was his answer to the argument
by the Harvester Company tbat it bad
reduced tbe price of machinery to farm
ers. ,
The Justice considered at length the
contention that a State could not clas
sify restraints so as to apply to those
who sell articles and not to those who
are engaged in labor pursuits or pur
chase articles. Such a lack of classifi
cation, he said, would lead the States to
sorry straits. -
"Under the principle as contended
for," said Justice McKenna, "the com
bination of all the greatest industrial
enterprises (and why not railroads as
well) could not be condemned unless
the law applied as well to tbe combina
tion of maid servants or to infants'
nurses, whose humble functions pre
clude effective combinations."
COMBINATIONS NKCKSSARV. '
' He added tbat classification was proper
so long as tho classification was made
with regard for the evil to be cured.
The court condemned the Kentucky
statutes because those laws made it un
lawful to enhance or depress prices or
commodities above or below the real
market value. The court held that it
was beyond human loecnmtv to de
termine what tbe real market value of
a commodity was and hence the law
was beyond the power of a State to
enact.
"If business is to go on," he con
cluded, "men must unite to do it, and
must sell their wares. To compel them
to guess, on peril of indictment, what
the community would have given for
their wares if the continually changing
conditions were other than they are, to
divine, prophetically what, the reaction
of only partially determined facts would
be upon the imagination and desires of
purchasers, is to exact gifts that man
kind does not possess. "
John Howard Payne. . ",
(8 Airlatd Prcra.) '
"Home, Sweet Home!" was being
sung for the first time just 'ninety-one
years ago. The song came from tb
operatic stage. Its author, John How
ard Fayne, posed as a dramatic critic in
New York when be was only fourteen
years of age; before maturity he was
successful on tbe stage; then came
twenty years of varying success abroad
as actor, manager and playwright.
Pressed for funds, he sold the opera
"Clari" for $250. In this was "Home,
Sweet Home." Fayne had written it.
recalling bis early cottage home at East
Hampton, N. Y. The opera hail a phe
nomenal run and the song brought a
fortune to its publishers. Fayne never
received another cent from it. He later
became United States consul at Tunis,
where he died. , ,
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Monday was the 123d anniversary of
John Howard Payne's birth. His song
is known throughout tbe English-speak
ing world and it rises above all else, in
cluding tbe sixty plays and operas which
Payne wrote, as a monument to his
memory. Surviving tbe inroads of rag
time, the ballad is as popular as ever
knitting homo ties. It is said to have
had a more universal circulation than
any song ever written. Payne's body,
originally buried at Tunis, was disin
terred after many years and brought to
the United States for reinterment io Oak
Hill Cemetery at Washington, in 1883.
The remains were placed beneath an ap
propriate monument, which was un
veiled while a great chorus saug "Home,
Sweet Home."
Bloomers are Defeated.
The Bloomers came to Union City
last Friday and lost a game to Union
City, Only two runs were scorfd by
tho visitors, while the Union City team
scored six. The batteries were, for the
Bloomers, Fargo, Lefty, Happy; and
for Union City, Shaw and Waddoll.
The score by innings; '
Union City. 00303000 06
Bloomers 00000000 2-2
Union City scorwl 11 hits and the
Bloomers 8. Tbe game was a
one.
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