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Reduced Rates to the Short Course. Tbe Short Course in progress at the ; State Agricultural College, Knoxville, will continue through February, and instead of General Agriculture and Live Stock, which are being taught this month, tbe subjects will be Dairying And Horticulture. The new course be gins Feb. 1 and continues to Feb. 27, the classes in the different subjects al ternating each day, so that a student will be able to take all the work in both Dairying and Horticulture. In the Dairy course instruction will be given in milk production and ma nipulation, butter and cheese making, feeding and care of dairy cattle, and general dairy farming. In the Horticultural course the in struction will be on soils and fertilizers for truck and fruit, selection of site, pruning, grafting, spraying, and gen eral orchard management. The lec tures will be amply illustrated by prac tice in the dairy and orchard. There will be reduced rates on tbe railroads for those who wish to attend these courses. Tickets will be on sale Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 1, good return ing until March 2. The courses are free, and there are no entrance require ments or examinations. Everybody interested is invited. H. A. Morgan, Dean, College of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Ocean Freight Rates Advanced. Washington, Jan. 25. Evidence of extraordinary advances in trans-Atlantic freight rates since tbe outbreak of the European war, amounting in some in stances to 900 and even 1,150 per cent, was presented to the Senate to-day in a joint report from Secretaries McAdoo and Redfield. "While this report is being written," the statement says, "information is re ceived that rates are higher than those given in some of the tables presented, and that even at these extraordinary figures it is difficult to obtain cargo space for earlier sailings than March and April." The report contains numerous tables of rates on various commodities from American to European ports and sum marizes the principle advances since August 1. The report declares that in one year, if American exports maintain the De cember, 1914, level, the increased rates will make a charge of $216,224,400 on American shippers and that if the im ports be included on the same basis of calculation, tbe amount would reach the sum of $311,864,400, or 141.6 per cent over the usual cost. If normal rates are taken in conjunction with the abnormal on. the December basis the freight charges on both exports and imports in a year would make the grand total of $532,110,000. The report contains several score let ters from business men over the coun try declaring their inability to get bot tom8 for their freight, and charging discrimination by such carriers as are in business against freight that pays a low rate and the breaking of contracts by at least one of the big trans-Atlantic steamship companies. The report concludes with an argu ment in favor of the ship purchase bill in which the Senate is reminded that such unusual freight charges, if con tinued, may result in creating a big bal ance of trade against this nation. Fayette County Officers Wounded Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 26. Sheriff J. T. Jordan, aged 45, and Special Dep uty David Dobbins, aged 30, were shot and seriously wounded this morning at 11 o'clock in a pitched battle with Henry Roberts, aged 20, at a point four miles east of Somerville in Fay ette County. Sheriff Jordan was shot once in the abdomen and once in the mouth with pistol bullets. Deputy Dobbins re ceived several bullets in the abdomen and is not expected to live. The officers' went into the country to serve a warrant on Henry, John and Charley Roberts. It is alleged that Henry lay in ambush for the officers with the assistance of Charley, aged 21, and a third man. Two years ago Charley Roberts es caped from the State Industrial School at Nashville. He was assisted in mak ing his get-away by his brother, John The case was dropped and tbe brothers bad since made their home near the scene of to-day's shooting. The nature of the new charges against the Roberts boys has not been ascertained. The Loyal Order of Moose. Last week we told you something of what the Union City lodge is doing, so now let us give you a few things for which the order stands. The Loyal Order of Moose is a f ra ternal order of great magnitude, al though quite young. From a small beginning in tbe year 1906, f.om a membership of 241 char ter members, it has grown to be an order of some three-fourths of a mil lion. The order has built and is now maintaining a home at Mooseheart, 111 We own 2,000 acres of land, fertile and beautiful, located in tbe Fox River Val ley, and the value of the same is said to be $500 per acre, with an option of 2,000 acres more. This farm is stocked with the best of the different kinds of valuable stock, besides the large sum of money that is invested in schools, dor mitories, factories and such like, with a fine system of sewerage, water and light plant, with modern sidewalks. This home has been prepared for the purpose of taking care of the orphan children of the deceased members when they are not able to care for themselves These orphans not only get the best of instruction in books but are taught other things that will enable them to battle successfully with tbe affairs of life. They are taught to work and also instructed in different trades and pro fessions. It is the purpose of the order, and it is doing it at the present, to give the aged member a home when old age comes on the member having no one to take care of him in his declining years Twenty-five cents of the dues each quar ter is appropriated to defray the ex penses of this home. This amounts to one dollar per year for each member. There are several hundred children in this home at this time, and they are getting the practical part of an educa tion taught books and other things, and are also, in some instances, proving themselves to be quite efficient in vari ous lines of work. Cottages are being built whenever needed for aged people who come to the home, and the children are also looked after like the parents, and are given all necessary attention for their varied wants. These old Deorjle are made to feel at home and do not feel like they are objects of charity; in fact are not, but this home is made for them and the orphans of deceased members. It is a home in every sense of the word. As to our home in Union City, we can truthfully say that it is in every way one into which the most elegant! and refined can go and are made to feel that the atmosphere is pure and whole some, for strict decorum and the best of order prevail at all times, Some of the older members have for some time felt that a Y. M. C. A our city was very much needed, but for some reason the matter has not been considered as yet and we are striving to make this order as far as possible equal in all respects to a Y. M. C. A., and are glad to say that our dream has almost been realized. The "Reds" and the "Blues," which we spoke last week, are doing a good work and many names have al ready been added to our list of mem bers, and we hope when they come to see you they will be able to enlist you in this noble work, for such we think it to be. We- now have nearly 200 mem bers and hope to make it 300 in a 'very short time; that is, before the close of this contest. Yours in P. A. & P Pur Special Big Four Magazine Offer! Woman's special arrangement secured byvThe Commercial enables us to offer r n, ,K,K.ra fnr lim,W 01 oc - - 6 6.nviv. tuuutouuin cu uie special price FOUR BIG MAGAZINES AND THE UNION CITY COMMERCIAL ALL FIVE FOR HOUSEHOLD F HJ,,BS r IOfUARJfOJVrfLY ft tAiiwiiy Joumitl for sbu; 3 I' 114 ' I ttiSC?"- Woman's World. has more sub scribers than any other magazine pub lished, over two million a month. Its articles, its stories, its illustrations, are the best that money can buy. It is a magazine to be compared with any home magazine in the country, regardless of price, without fear of contradiction of any claims we make for it. Its stories are - by authors known the world over The Household a fa-' vorite magazine in a mil lion homes. Every issue is full of new and interesting features, besides regular de partments of Fashions, Home Cooking, Needle work, Fancy Work, etc. . Thb People's Popular Monthly is one of the greatest popular fiction and home magazines published. Contains complete stories each issue, and is full of other entertaining features. You will enjoy this magazine. J! arm Life is a publication adapted -to the everyday life of the farm folks, brim full of things that help to make farm life more cheerful and homelike. Special articles by au thorities on all subjects of interest to the up-to-date farmer. i. - - Fill out this blank and enclose with money or check to The Commercial, Union City, Tenn. Enclosed find $1.25 for which send me THE COM MERCIAL for one year and a full year's subscription to the WOMAN'S WORLD, HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE, PEOPLES POPULAR MONTHLY and FARM LIFE to this address: Name Address. This is the BEST and biggest combination clubbing offer ever presented to the public. The publishers of The Commercial are glad to announce to their subscribers the completion of this splendid arrangement, whereby they can offer such an excellent list of publications in connection with a year's subscription to The Commercial at the remarkable price of $1.25 for all five. This offer is good for a SHORT time only and may be increased at any time. Better fill out the application blank and get your subscriptions to us before it is too late. The Commercial, Union City, Tenn. of One arrest has been made. Joints that ache, muscles that are drawn or contracted should be treated with BALLARD'S 8NOW LINIMENT. It penetrates to the spot where it is needed and relieves suffering. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Oliver's Red Cross Drug Store. . advt Just for To-Day. (By Samuel Wilberforce.) Lord, for to-morrow and its needs, I do not pray; Keep me, my God, from stain of sin, Just for to-day. Let me both diligently work And duly pray; Let me be kind in word and deed, , Just for to-day. Let me no wrong or idle word Unthinking say; Set Thou a seal upon my lips, Just for to-day. Let me in season, Lord, be grave, In season gay; Let me be faithful to Thy grace, Just for to-day. In pain and sorrow's cleansing fires Brief be my stay; Oh, bid me if to-day I die, Come home to-day. So, for to-morrow and its needs I do not pray, . But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, Just for to-day. Minister Fights Capital Punishment Pine Bluff, Ark., Jan. 25. Rev. C. C. Cline, pastor of the First Chris tian Church in Pine Bluff, will con duct a personal lobby In the State Legislature against a bill to abolish capital punishment. "I believe in the old Mosaic law of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,' " the minister said in dis cussing his stand. "Six States, among them New York and Wiscon sin, abolished capital punishment. rne increase or crime was so enor mous that the electric chair was re installed. it is not justice that a man can kill another in cold blood and then be kept in comparative comfort for the rest of hia life at the expense of law-abiding people." The Veil of Secrecy. . "What happens when an' irresist ible force meets an immovable body?" VNob&dy knows. You can't get anything definite past the censors." Highwayman in Paducah. Paducah, Ky., Jan. 27. The busi ness section of the city was thrown into commotion early this afternoon when W. B. St. John, of Fulton, Ky., in mod ern bandit style, drove up to the First National Bank in ataxicab and attempt ed to rob it by poking a long pistol through a cage and demanding that Assistant Cashier George Warfield hand him the large pile of money laying on the latter's counter. Warfield eneaeed the robber in conversation while Cashier Nolan Vanculin, approaching from the rear, grabbed St. John and disarmed him, with the assistance by bystanders. An alarm sent to the police station brought patrolmen and detectives quick ly to the bank, and St. John was ar rested and placed in the county jail. St. John was intoxicated, according to'policemen, who believe he had read of such robberies, and thought he could perpetrate one successully. His only statement was: "I pulled a bone." The Warrant issued against St. John charges attempted bank robbery. Card of Thanks, We tender our heartfelt thanks to the dear friends who were so kind to us dur ing the illness of Mrs. Sara Ferrell. To those who aided and assisted us we are deeply grateful, and may you be remem bered by the Giver of all Good Gifts. Miss Mattie Ferrell, Miss Lena Ferrell. Thomas Ferrell. J Wood Ferrell. Cyrus Ferrell. Mrs. Melvin Neely. Call 150 for coal of any kind. Train at Hickman. Hickman, Ky., Jan. 27. The Mil lers, Joe Cantillon's well-known base ball club, will train again here this sea son and will possibly all get in training here some time in March. This was decided a few days ago when the mer chants and business men of Hickman contributed sums of money sufficient to insure their coming. Mr. Cantillon has his winter home here. Mr. Cantillon has also trained his Millers here three different times, up until last spring, winning the pennant the same three consecutive years. When they last trained here a ball Thought Waves. "There really must be something in this mental telepathy." "Why so?" "I keep thinking of Charley all day long. That must influence him, don't you see, for he .calls me up every little while:" Administrator's Notice. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of T. F. Scott, deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to file the same with me within 60 days, as required bv law. and those indebted to tbe estate are noti fied to call and settle same as snnn na park was bought east of town and a new possible. This January 25, 1915. v grand stand built, thus insuring the Millers safety from any possible spring flood, their park being flooded one sea son in West Hickman while in training. 44-4t C. HOUSER, Administrator. Cure Hog Cholera. The word cure" is seldom used in connection with hog cholera. Why? Because of tbe frequent failures we use the word cure" and guarantee that A. B. Thomas' Hog Powders will cure 90 hogs out of 100. The record to-day is a little over . 95 out of every 1UU, so we guarantee VU. We don't care what others may think or say. We know what we are doing and will sell you B. A. Thomas' Hog Powder guaranteeing that it will save nine out of ten hogs. It is medicine straight medicine. It is because it's straight medicine that it cures 95 times in 100. For sale by Frank C. Weh man. advt IMPORTANT NOTICE. A 11 11.1. su persons indebted to us by account or past due note will please call and settle same. A change in our firm and a pressing need of the money makes it imperative that we close up all of our outstanding business at once. We trust this extension of credit has been an accommodation to you, for we are only too glad to give it when it is in our power. Respectfully, R. F. TISDALE & SON. COLDS & LaGRIPPE 5 or 6 doses 666 will break any case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe: it acts on the liver Eut better than Calomel and does not iripe or 6icken. Price 25c. Notice to Creditors of Henry A. Wise, Deceased. Jas. H." Wise, Adm'r. et als. vs. . Mary Lee Wise. In Chancery Court at Union City, Tenn. All persons having claims or de mands against the estate of Henry A. Wise, deceased, are hereby order ed to come forward and file such claims or demands by petition in this cause accompanied by proper cost bond on or by the tMrst Mon day of March, 1915, or the same will be forever barred and excluded from the benefits of this proceeding. This order will be published for four consecutive weeks in The Com mercial, a weekly newspaper pub lished In Union City, Tenn. This Jan. 16, 1915. v 43-4t GEO. A. GIBBS. C. & M. Very Touching. Nothing is more beautiful than the portrait of a lovely young ma tron with a chow dog In her arms. ;3.Q0 ONE YEAR $175 SIX MOS. 2t Will thoae who owe The Commercial for subscription please let this remind them to send or come and pay up or notify us whether or not they want the paper continued. 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