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OR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over White fie Burchard't Drug
Store, Union City, Tenn. .
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DR. E. M. LONG
, DENTIST
Over White & Burchard'a Drug
Store, Union City, Tenn.
Telelphones
Office 144-J; Residence 689-J
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Union City Commercial, established 1890 ,, '... . .
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UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915.
VOL. 25, NO. 27.
OMME
- NEVER BLAMED THE BOOZE
He took a bottle up to bed,
Drank whisky hot all night;
- Drank cocktails iu the morning,.
But never could get tight.
He shivered in the evening,
And always bad the blues, !
Until he took a bowl or two
. But he never blamed the Booze.
His joints were full of rheumatism,
His appetite was slack ;
' He had pains between his shoulders,
Chills ran down his back.
He suffered with insomnia,
At night he couldn't snooze,
He said it was the climate
But be never blamed the Booze.
His constitution was run down,
At least that's what he said;
His legs were swelled each morning,
And he often had swelled bead.
He tackled beer, wine, whisky,
And if they didn't fuse,
He blamed it to dyspepsia-r-
,But he never blamed the Booze.
He said he couldn't sleep at night,
' And always bad bad dreams;
He claimed be always laid awake
Till early sunlight beams.
He thought it was malaria, '
Alas! 'twas but a ruse;
He blamed it onto everything
But he never blamed the Booze..
His liver needed scraping, .
And his kidneys had the gout;
He swallowed lots of bitters
Till at last he cleaned them out.
His legs were swelled with dropsy
Till he had to cut his shoes,
He blamed it to the doctor
But he never blamed the Booze.
His clothes were getting seedy,
His nose was getting red,
His children always hungry,
Himself not too well fed.
His family he neglected,
His wife he did abuse;
He blamed all her relations
But he never blamed the Booze.
engagement. One ran ashore and
the other .was damaged..
The Russian vessels , which were
sunk were the gunboats Sivutch and
Koreets, and a torpedo, boat. "The
German ships sunk or nut out of
commission , were all torpedo boats.
The damaged German boat was es
corted to port. - ; i ' I,'.,,;
A statement from the German ad
miralty concerning the battle read
as follows:
uur tfamc naval rorces Dene
trated the Gulf of Riga after mine
sweepers had swept the mine field
and net obstructions. In the out
HEROISM, WAR AND GREAT WARRIORS
By Eugene F. McSpedden,
dred brave Spartans, fell to a man
at Thermopylae, but checked the
Asiatic invasion and saved Greece
I pity the man that does not bristle
at the thought of Leonldas and
Thermopylae. Aye, at bottom are
we not all patriots and heroes?
There is steel, thunder and vivid
lightening in the soul of each of us,
Combativeness, which, being com
bined with courage, fortitude, pa
triotism, etc., is called herlosm, is a
disposition that belongs in genera!
to all the animal creation, from the
ants, which Darwin says, "They go
out to battle in regular bands, and
freely sacrifice their lives for the
common weal" from the ants, to
the great kings who, either Justly or that needs but the stimulous of the
unjustly, shake the world with their proper occasion to set them Into
tremen .ous wars. Monkeys, It is heroic action.
said, have their wars and line up in I Man, in a very natural way, is
post engagements a Russian torpedo regular order of battle. Lydecker, related to the rocks, the crags of the
boat of the Emir Pucharskli class m bla valuable Library of Natural mountains ana tne Hashing blaze
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.. v.jv-v. .. .wu,. f'FInf imh a Viatflo Wnmon Dnm. me D11IOWV c onn: nnrt ho hoars In
boats, among them the Novik, and monkeys, known as the true langur nis own makeup the elemental fire,
one large vessel, were severely dam- ana held sacred by the Hindus. Each lorue ana restlessness ror heroic ac
side of the combatants was lined ud tivlty. But these are qualities of
fin tho OMinff ion, s m oaiue oraer, out one cnampion, """ .auiuuu, uui mui aim - upiruuai
On the evening of the 19th, in ..,, 'Avarilxa, frm v' nature: and wisdom, love, a sense nf
Moon sound, the Russian gunboats side, which was the weaker numer- Justice a11 the nobler attributes and
Sivutch and Koreets were sunk by ically, while two large males ad- impulses of the soul, tend under or-
vanced from the opposite side ; the Qlnary circumstances to modify and
two main armies standing still, as if turn tnese forces and qualities to the
having agreed that the three cham- nble uses of peace to material,
Dions should settlo tho issue Tho mental, moral and religious progress
conflict soon began, and presently xne nature of man is bottomed deep
tne soie cnampion haa one of his an
"Three of our torpedo boats were tas?nist8 !ead on the fleld' and pro"
' I Oa&n on tn loir vi o-Aifiiiel it rtr flu U
er; when two females rushed out
from the stronger side and igno-
miniously fell in on the heroic fel
low and soon had him prostrate
The victorious side then captured
artillery fire and torpedo boats, after
brave resistance. Forty members of
the crews, Including two officers,
some severly wounded, were rescued
by our torpedo- boats.
damaged by mines. One sunk, one
was run aground and one was es
corted to port.
"Our loss of life was small."
on universal nature and universal
law; and the elements of attraction
and repulsion, of harmony and dis
cord, that belong to universal na
ture, even to tne atom, 1 am ner-
suaded, are closely related to these
same qualities in the world of man.
But as the race becomes wiser and
ine. sivutcn ana norseets were
sister ships of 375 tons displacement.
They were 218 feet long, 36 feet
beam and 8 feet deep. They were
armed with two 4.7-inch guns and
four 3-inch guns. Their normal
complement was 140 men each.
some of the others and held them as more and more moralized, justice and
prisoners of war. h0ve and harmonv. that, nat.iim.iiv
Mr. Darwin tells of a company of grows out of wisdom and morality.
apes that were once attacked by a will predominate more and mors
pack of dogs, whereupon they anions: the individuals and naHnna nf
inamDerea rapiaiy up the mountain men. Differences will be settled
Then he bad the tremens,
And be tackled rats and snakes;
First be had the fever,
Then he had the shakes;
At last be had a funeral,
And the mourners had the blues;
And the epitaph carved for him was-
"He never blamed the Booze. "
Unknown.
THE WAR.
11 German Warships Lest in Riga
Fight Declares Petrograd.
London, Aug. 22. A dispatch K to
the Central News from Petrograd
says: '
"The president of the Duma has
announced that the Germans lost the
battle cruiser Moltke, three cruisers
and seven torpedo boats in the Riga
battle."
The announcement as sent by the
correspondent says:
"In the Riga battle the Germans
lost one superdreadnought, the
Moltke three cruisers and seven tor
pedo boats.
"The German fleet has withdrawn
, from Riga Bay.
The Germans tried to make a de
scent near Pernpvin (Pernigel, off
the east coast of, the Gulf of Riga
some 35 miles north of Riga). Four
barges crammed with soldiers took
part in the descent. They were re
pulsed by the Russians without the
co-operation of artillery, the Ger
mans being exterminated and the
barges captured."
An official communication issued
to-day says: : ,
"The German fleet has left the
Gulf of Riga. 1
"Our destroyers in the Black Sea
have sunk more t han a hundred
Turkish boats." "
Petrograd, (via London Aug. 21,
11:35 p. m.) A British submarine
has, torpedoed a German cruiser in
the Baltic sea. This announcement
is made in an official statement.
The statement follows:
"During the fighting in the Gulf
of Riga Wednesday, Thursday and
side but happened to leave one small
apo behind, which instantly set up
a frightful cry for help. Whereat a
large male ape, "a true hero," hur
nea oacK, ana, seizing the young
reuow, led him away in triumph,
while the dogs stared at him in si
lent astonishment as if struck "dumb
by his intrepidity,
True heroism in man, however, is
a moral, as well as a physical, quali
ty, and stimulated, often by the
sentiments of love, freedom and
nnally by the arbitrament, not of
cannons and submarines, but of jus
tice and reason; and the Prince of
Peace will be the whole world's su
preme man.
So we must believe that the man
in whom wisdom and the divine are
largely or predominantly operative,
is powerfully biased by the very
force of his deeper grasp of the
fundamental laws and forces of real
progress, and by his deeper sympa
thy for real progress and for all hu-
patnotism. Hence, men, who are man beines is Dowerfnliv hiaaod tn
naturally timid, under the pressure ward Deace. and Will rpanrr in war
Of hi?h moral RP 1 f-rnn trnl m a v nrnro tiia snm 4tnn i 1
mM:i -u . i j. I . w,7 w I wvvn ii cc win, uiiiv , Lilts let SI
t,,ua' LUC cm:m B ,UBBes weie "H Powerfully valient in the tre- means of defence or nf maintaining
icoo uuuawu luiycuu uuais. mendOUS scenes Of baft o. Prinno a. woll-rniindod kn -Tk.
"'A British submarine successfully Eugene was a great and daring gen- wjsdom and large moral endowments
torpedoed a" German cruiser in the out Emerson relates of that and culture must see clearly that in
Baltic sea. T. ;.i77 ". , T, , " . teiiectual enlightenment and moral
On land, on the front from Riga ing him off thS FUT V""r! the
to the lower Wiliia. there haa hoon at the am.nH nf ih t tm "? yuwdui 01 . luices lor up-
-, ...o e""- utine nnmflnitvr and ho vmilH
no change. In the direction of Kov- masterful self-control enables the Urate among men, if possible, these
no troops held up the enemy's of- E"1! 1VHahent, ? be S0,,01"?1? salutary forces of peace, and not the
fensive on the railway line toward '"ZnJT'r.l Ior of war. In the
Kochedary. of thrv " 8 P"8.6111 state 1
..t xt js onnii . v. uc.c.ucui., However, war
on the front of Ossowetz-Bielsk- as calmly as If they were only flying protection of property and liberty, or
Litovsk there was no important hSVt.tUrtTtta uStlff"nTWlta LT
change Thursday or yesterday. Our danger. Jf1 Dte J
troops repulsed a series of particu- True heriosm is a noble and lofty erable equity and justice among peo-
lariy nerce anacKs in tne Tegion or impulse or attrioute or tne numan pie. Tne wisest and best of men
Belisk, which cost the enemy enor- soul, and when united with honor therefore, while devoutly favoring
losses. On the Bug in the ana Patriotism, adds a very high sort peace as a principle, may sometimes
uiiiiLj' nuu vv Ui L II lu I lie lliai- " w cajicuicui aa cue
viduality. Great heroes, or military onlv available means of reaching cer-
leaders, thru all the ages have tain invaluable ends; and they may
proved in times of war, when coun- also Prove to be valient soldiers or
try, home and freedom were im
periled, a people s and a nation's
The German battle cruiser Moltke
was a vessel of 23,000 tons, and car
ried ordinarily a complement ofl,107
men. - She was a sister ship of the
famous Goeben, now a part of the
Turkish navy and known as the Sul
tan Selim. . ' ,
The Moltke was armed with 10
11-inch guns and 12 six-inch guns
and 12 2"4-pounders. Her armament
also included four 20-inch torpedo
tubes. She was built in 1911 and
had a speed of about 28 knots.
The Moltke was in the battle with
the British fleet in the North Sea
last "January when the German
armored cruiser Bluecher was sunk.
In 1912 the Moltke Was in the Ger
man squadron which visited the
United States. The Moltke cost
about $12,000,000. .
Berlin, Aug. 21 (via London.)
Three Russian " warships and one
German warship, all small vessels,
have been sunk in the Gulf at Riga.
Official announcement to this effect
was made to-day. , ' ,
Two other German warships were
put out of . commission during the
mous
region of Brest-Litvosk there was no
important change.
"At Novogeorgivsk there was vio
lent fighting during Thursday night,
the Germans . making an assault
against the citadel on the right
bank of the Vistula.
On the rest of the front there has
been no change."
generals. Socrates, perhaps the
wisest man of his age was a heroic
soldier and a hard hitter in battle.
Moses, one or the world's greatest
lawgivers, tound it necessary on
surest bulwark or rock of defense.
Hence, we all should be and are
true nero-worsnipers. in all ages some nrasinna tn ant y,
and among all people, the most as- general. David, Isreal's greatest
mrmuuiu ueiuea nave ever p0et, was also Israel's greatest war
.C1veu me peoples sincerest nom- rior. Solomon, however, reputed the
A.STA Tt 1X7 Q D .: f i'o rlofin fnnltvi rr n f I Itrioct rvf all rin Vi n A a ,1
x..o v.yj a.v flomage growing out-of the heart's ing h s re en: and those rulers have
losses in the Gulf of Riga battle. A noble gratitude, coupled with a always been esteemed the wisest
credulous, mythological tendency of whose reigns were the most peaceful
mind, incident to a blind faith, and prosperous. The devastating
ianniuuy reeling arter the divine war tnat is now raging in Europe
that caused the rude, but valient, and for which no reasonable exenso
old Norsemen to deifv their exeat or lust cause can be eiven. is a aH
hero, Odin; the Greeks to deify Her- comment on the wisdom of Euro-
cules and even Alexander the Great; Pean rulers. v And that the United
the Romans, Romulus and Caesar. States so far have refused to be
We do not deify even our greatest drawn into the terrible and senseless
neroes any loneer. but the man. es- ""muiyuui, ia nigniy complimentary
ine pecially if he be an American, who
aoes
German statement Issued yesterday
declared the Russian gunboats
Sivutch and Koreets and a torpedo
boat were destroyed and severkl oth
ers damaged.
With the Judge.
Judge S. R. Bratton held a busy
session of his court Tuesday.
first case called v was "the bicycle
suit." A little, thin saffron-hued
son of Ham had appropriated four
good bicycles belonging to different
parties around town, so the evidence
showed, and he was bound over and
sent to jail.
The afternoon wa!s devoted to hear
ing evidence in a shooting or at
tempted shooting case from Number
Seven. They were white people and
it turned out to be a ' "family
trouble." Before the evidence was
all in the parties "got together" and
decided the case out of court. They
agreed to forget their differences,
etc. The Judge's opinion was "not
guilty." Then Court adjourned
Desperate Character.
Buster Slaydon, a desperate negro,
wanted for various crimes between Chi
cago and Paducah, was killed Friday
morning between 8. and 9 o'clock just
east of Fulton, near the Eoon road,
Chief of Police W. Y. Eaker and Special
I. C. Officer L. C. Boberson, of Fulton,
firing the shots wbich proved fatal to
Slaydon, who resisted their attempt to
arrest him. He did not die imme
diately and was . taken to the city jail at
Fulton in a wagon by the officers.
not deep In his heart honor,
aye, revere, the name of Washington
trust him not.
The impulse in the human heart
that prompts us to pay high honors
to the patriotic heroes that stand
like a ring of fire, , to defend our
homes, our alter and our freedom,
is no mean impulse, but a most
noble one and grows out of the in
herent qualities of heroism and pa
triotism that throb and beat in the
bosom of every man, that is worth
the name. There is no better evi
dence, says Carlyle, of a small man
than a failure to honor great men
By an inate law of attraction, that
inheres among men as it does among
tne planets, we are .naturally drawn
toward those who possess in equal
or greater parts those aualities of
mind or characters that are large
or dominant in us. Hence, the man
of large and exalted endowments of
mind or character, admires those
that are similarly constituted: and
it is only the most pusilanimous
coward who does not feel any kind
ling of his blood toward at least a
capable, patriotic and heroic soul.
Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Wash
ington the bare names of these
men touch the heroic in our own
souls as with an electric current;
we pull ourselves up and feel strong
er and more valient. In reading of
the daring deeds of these men. and
others, like them, we almost in
stinctively clutch as at a sword, and
would rush into tmt deadlv conflict.
Leonidas, who with his three hun-1
to the wisdom and goodness of the
American people and of their chief
executive. Wilson deserves much
praise, but Bryan more.
This old globe upon which, we
live, thru the past geological periods,
has undergone enormous convulsions
and surprising transformations. Con
tinents, with their valleys, plains,
hills and mountains, have been lift
ed out of the bosom of the ocean,
and then almost submerged and lift
ed again. Great areas of North
America have been repeatedly sunk
beneath the ocean and then lifted
above it, as if with some powerful
lever, operated by the Titans. At
mospheric oscilation of stupendous
proportions have also prevailed in
the far past. There was the warm
moist climate, with its luxurious
vegetation, which climate "appears
to nave spread over the globe, even
into the Arctic latitudes." This age
was ronowed by another widely
anomalous atmospheric condition
known as the Ice Age, when vast
neias or sheets of ice extended far
into the temperate zone, almost to
the site of London in England and
Washington In America. And vol
canoes and earthquake in the remote
antiquity were for more active, it
seems, than now. But gradually
thru all the " ages this terraqueous
globe has been settling down into a
more stable and dependable condi
tion. So in the earlier and ruder
ages of man's existence, ' his condi
tion and life were much more con-
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