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SOME BARGAINS
Lumber, Shingles,
Windows and Doors
AT
Askins & Dircks Lumber Go.'s
YARD: Fourth and Grove Streets
Phone 53 Union City, Tenn.
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF
, REV. PROF. DAVID SMITH, D.D
Books of the Bible.
The great Jehovah speaks to us
In Genesis aud Exodus;
Leviticus and Numbers see,
Followed by Deuteronomy.
Joshua and Judges sway the land;
Ruth gleans a sbeaf with trembling
hand,
Samuel and numerous Kings appear,
Whose Chronicles we wondering hear.
Ezra and Nehemiah now!
Next Esther's deeds her goodness show
Job speaks in signs, David in Psalms;
While Proverbs teach to scatter alms.
Ecclesiastes then comes on,
And the sweet song of Solomon.
Isaiah; Jeremiah then
With Lamentations takes his pen.
Ezekiel and Daniel close
The greater prophets' hopes and woes.
Hosea, Joel, next, and Amos
Begin the lesser prophets famous.
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah come,
Nahum and Habakkuk find room.
Zephaniah to Haggai calls;
Rapt Zachariah builds the walls,
While Malachi, with garments rent,
Concludes the Ancient Testament.
The Christian Herald.
Abbreviated.
Some write it btbg. st.
They write it thus, 'tis stated,
Because that garment cute
Is so abbreviated.
Lead and Silver Ore.
Hickman, Ky., Aug. 21. In the
search for oil on Reelfoot Lake, pros
pectors have struck a vein of lead and
silver ore. The ore, it is claimed, essays
76 per cent lead and 12.25 per cent sil
ver to the (on. As far back as twenty
five years or more float lead and silver
ore have been found in this vicinity,
and severtll years ago Levi Rains, who
owned a large acreage of land in that
section, is said to have discovered a val
uable deposit of the mineral. He died
shortly afterwards, and nothing came
of the discovery, as its whereabouts was
cot revealed by him. He kept in ibis
front yard about 500 pounds of the ore
to show to his friends.
Spotted Fever in Middle Tennessee
Cerebro spinal miningttis, commonly
known as spotted fever, has again ap
peared da Sumner County, 'i'fcw time
the outbreak was among members of a
family fcy the name of Hession who live
eu the "Cumberland River. Geo. Hes
sion, a -son aged 11 years, was stricken
with the -disease a ad after a few days of
illness died. The father, Jas. Session,
aged 52 years, died of the same, disease
last Sunday.
Bay your county and city adopted
books at Caldwell's Book Store, the
only book store in the county. 19tf
The Empty Bowl
Tells the Story
The highest compliment you can pay a housewife
is to eat heartily of the food that she places before you.
It proves the merit of her cooking.
Thousands every morning receive complete satis
faction, and enjoy to the last flake their bowl of
st Toasties
These daily compliments encouraged the con
tinued bettering of these Superior Corn FlaKes.
The result was an improved Post Toasties crisper
and better than ever.
Only the inner sweet meats of choicest Indian
Corn are used in making Post Toasties. These meaty
bits of nourishment are cooked, rolled wafer thin,
seasoned "just right" and toasted to an appetizing
golden-brown.
The flakes come to you in dust-proof, germ-proof
wax wrappers ready to serve direct from the package
crisp, fresh and delicious as when they leave the big
ovens.
Post Toasties
The Superior Corn FlaKes
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
"In our prayers we repeatedly ask
and plead for forgiveness, v Is not
this a mistake? I think we are in
clined to believe in the efficacy of
our prayers for pardon and cleansing
rather than in the efficacy of faith
in the Atonement of Christ.
Charles Wesley says: 'My pardon 1
claim : for a sinner I am.' Do not
these words express what should be
our attitude in this matter?" You
are absolutely right, and I have al:
ready in this column pointed out
how true and seriptural this attitude
is, and what enlargement and as
surance its recognition brings. The
fundamental fact is that the Lord
Jesus died for the whole world (c.f.
St. John iii. 16), and His infinite
Sacrifice has procured pardon for
every sinner. The truth is not that
he has made forgiveness possible,
but that he has made it actual. "The
Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity
of us all;" and He has borne it, He
has, to employ the forensic termin
ology, paid the universal debt, and
all that any poor sinner needs to do
is to appropriate the full mercy and
rejoice in his acquittal. If anyone
remains an outcast, the reason is not
that there was no mercy for him,
but that he would not claim the
mercy which was thru Jesus Christ.
Once, when I was a mere child, I
heard a saintly Scottish preacher dis
coursing on the text: "If we confess
lour sins,. He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness" ( I John
i. 9). The truth which he proclaim
ed was that, since Christ has made
atonement for the sin of the world,
God has pledged to have mercy, on
every penitent sinner, and if "he re
fused He would not be faithful and
just; He would be false to His en
acting a debt which has already been
paid. One sentence in hits 8icourse
laid hold of my mind and iit clings
to it still: "There is one 'thing, and
only one, that every sinner has -a
right to, and that not even God can
deny him full, free mercy for
Christ's sake." Very apposite in
this connection is that story which
Dr. John Brown tells ft his father
how once he was visiting a godly
old woman on her deathbed, and,
wishing to test her faith, he asked
her in the austere manner of that
period: "Janet, witat would you say
if, after all that He has done for
you, God should let you drop into
hell?" "E'eaNs (even as) He likes,"
was her answer; "'if He does, He'll
lose mair than I'll do." He would
have lost His good name. - His char
acter as faithful and just. It is the
New Testament rendering of the Old
Testament idea of the covenant be
tween God and His people, which
He would sarely observe, and which
only their .ramfaithfulaess could in
validate. And if this evangelical
truth were ma are clearly perceived
and more firmly grasped there would
be less mlsg&v.ing in "the hearts of
believers, less lack of "assurance."
and a braver and more joyful faith.
It is a truth which :is needed from
beginning to end of the Christian
life. (1) It ippens the way for a
penitent at n.rs first approach to the
Saviour, and shows him his title to
enter into peace. It ;tells him thati
there is mo question whether God
will forgive him, since his forgive-;
ness is already a fait accompli, and
the only questman is whether he will
appropriate the amercy irihich Christ1
has made Ms. Christ dried for the
world; and hence, as the saintly Mc
Leod Campbell put at, :and for so
putting it was accounted a heretic
by the dead Moderates of his day,
the Gospel message is met: "Be
lieve that Christ died for you, and
your faith will be an evidence to
yourself that you are one of those
for whom He died," tout rather: "Be
lieve that Christ Hied ior jyou, be
cause he died for all mankind;" it
is not: "Believe tn the .forgiveness
of your sins, and they will ibe for
given," but rather: "Believe An the
j forgiveness of your sins because they
forgiven" This is our Lord's
NEWS NOTES.
Foil taxes, under the new law, must
be paid thirty days in advance of each
election. No more paying on election
day. ; ..- : '' -
The Federal Trade Commission
will begin- a study of South and Cen
tral American tariff laws within a
short time for the purpose pf fur
thering trade relations. : '
Mme. Catherine Breshkovskaya,
the grandmother of Russian revolu
tion, is to be sent 2,000 miles north
of the last exile settlement in Siberia
to spend the rest of her days. lv
Germany is facing the necessity of
reducing its meat consumption 40 or
50 per cent., according to a, report
received from the American Associa
tion of Commerce in Berlin. '
Gen. Carranza is moving his seat of
government from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City and his answer to the Fan-American
peace plea will" be, it is said, a de
mand for the recognition of his faction.
Announcementbasbeen made official
ly that the entire mechanical depart
ment of the 'Nashville, Chattanooga &
St. Louis Railway, including engine ter
minals, bas been transferred from Chat
tanooga to Cravens.
In an actual account of what took
place - when Leo M. Frank was
lynched, denial is made of the state
ment that Frank was "maltreated,"
and it is stated that confession was
obtained prior to the man's death.
The storm that devasted the Texas
coast last week struck St. Louis, caus
ing a flood that drove hundreds from
their homes and impaired interurban
and through train service. An appeal
for aid for villages near Galveston was
issued.
In a review of the first year of
the war from a Teutonic standpoint,
issued in Washington, the statement
is made that "the position of Austria-
Hungary and Germany is most en
couraging from a military, economic
and financial point of view."
The real question in the sinking
of the Arabic has been ignored, says
W. J. Bryan in a signed statement.
He questions the attitude of a Sew
American citizens In putting their
convenience or even their rights
above the nation's welfare. "
American newspapers in their com
ment upon tbe sinking of the Arabic
forecast unanimously that it means a
breaking off in diplomatic relations be
tween the United States and Germany.
The German-American newspapers sug
gest an embargo on arms or a warning
from the President that citizens of this
country should travel only on vessels
flying the American flag.
The iuwal battle in which (German
and Russian warships have been en
gaged fo several days in -the GulT
of Riga bas resulted in the German
fleet withdrawing, after hawing lost:
the battleship Mdltke, a warship of
the Xkreaftnanght ttype, three other1
cruisers and seven torpedo boats, :ao-i
eorfting .to a statement credited to!
the PresioSnt of the Russian J3uma.,
Petrograd records for the Russians:
an advance on the river Arkhave,
Astatic Turkey, and the repulse of!
a Turkish atack near Olti. JLn ad
dition the -Russian Black Sea fleet
destroyers ihave sunk over 100 Turk-
ash hioxts.
MONEY. JO' (LOAN
on improved farm lands in Obion and Weakley Counties,
Tennessee. Loans made for five years" , term with 5i per cent
interest, with privilege of paying off at any. time. Commissions
reasonable.' Will not loan on tract containing less than forty
acres. Land must be on public road and have ' improvements.
Any amount loaned, from $1,000.00 up. Apply at once.
W. E. HUDGINS
Phones Office 143; Residence 589 ' . Union City, Tenn.
KM
l ADAM
AGENT FOR
Club House, Lyndon and Charm
Canned Goods
. - ' -
F. 17, i, Gem, F. 17. A. Special
and Club House Coffees
Spotless Flour
GIVE ME A TRIAL for QUALITY and SERVICE
Frank W. Adams
, "We Deliver the Goods" .
Telephone 421 , 306 East Main Street
Phone
150
Phone
150
BOH AIR Goal and Pure Distilled - Water ICE
CooKIntf Coal and Stov Wood
UNION CITY ICE & COAL COMPANY
30 TALK FROM TBAINS ON
TH0NES BY NEW SYSTEM
word to impenitent Jerusalem: "O
Jerusalem, Jerusalem! how often
would I, and ye would not! There
fore your house is left unto you
desolate." And (2) it affords a
sovereign reassurance to belJeyers in
every time of darkness and de
spondency, when they have sinned
and doubt their interest in Christ.
It tells them that, though their un
faithfulness be a surprise to them,
it is no surprise to Him, and it needs
no fresh atonement. He knows the
end from the beginning, and it was
not only their past sin that was laid
on Him long ago; it was all their
sin past, present and future on to
the 'very last. "When He receives a
sinner, it is "for better or worse;"
and there is healing in His precious
Blood for every fresh wound, if we
will only return and renew our trust.
DAVID SMITH.
4, The College, Londonderry.
British Weekly.
Recent activities of "German subma
rines 'had no apparent effect oa trans-
Atlantic sailings from New York .-Satur
day. Four 'liners, .flying American,
British, French and Italian flags, with
over 2,Q0 passengers en board, sailed
or prepared to sail before night. The
Cuaard 'lioer Grduna, with 275 passen
gers, of whom seven are Americans,
left at 1QQ a. in., for (Liverpool. The
American iinsr Sew Tout, with -470
passengers; the French liner La Tou
raine, with 220 .passengers, for Bour
deaux, and the Italian liner Stampalta,
with 1,087 passengers, were to sail. Tbe
passengers on the Stampalla include
over 1,000 in the third class, the ma
jority of whom are men going to Italy
to enlist. The Orduna carried 9,000
tons of cargo, officials said, but they
added that there were no explosives or
war munitions aboard. It was said
that the sinking of the Adriatic result
ed in no cancellations, and several per
sons booked passage just prior to the
sailing.
Sale of Live Stock. j
On account of rains our sale has been
postponed. We will offer at public sale
to the highest and best bidder at the
CAGE .HALE FARM, one mile south
of Jordan, 4 miles north of Union
City, on TUESDAY, AUG. 31, 1915,
the trotting stallion Fetrole, two Span
ish Jacks, one 15 hands high standard
measure and one 141 hands high, some
dice young stock, mules and horses.
, Terms of sale: On stock, twelve
months time, with good security.-
Plenty of barbecued meats for dinner.
Bain Tuesday, sale following day.
This Aug. 21, 1915.
22-lt CAGE HALE & SON.
PMladelpMa Man Has New Inven
.turn to Promote Safety.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20. A device
which rmakes telephoning from mov
ing trains possible and which is de
signed ito eliminate the need for
semaphore signals on railroads, has
fceen invented by a Philadelphia.
man.
This device simply picks up the
current from the steel rails and puts
St in the engine or on the train
where.it can be made to control the
speed .of the train, operate signals
or a telephone system. .
The :inventor, W. W. Macfarlane,
-who until recently was connected
with ;a.New York exporting firm and
is .a practical electrician, has "been
.making fais tests, on a Pennsylvania
iBailroad jsiding at Bridesburg.
The device, according to Mr. Mac-
iarlane, (Utilizes the same current
that sow is used on railroads to op-
etttt? electric signals. His invention
merely, 3s .a means of getting this
.current on .the train.
He has succeeded in doing this be
cause his device offers the current
a path of least resistance, and in fol
lowing this he is able to make the
current do the work he wants.
His experiments at Bridesburg are
being made with a freight car. His
battery, whicb supplies a two-volt
current to the section of track he is
using, is connected along the tracks
at one end of the car. His signaling
and telephoning device is at the oth
er end of the car between the tracks.
Without the . device the current
from the battery would travel along
one rail, and Jump thru the wheels
and steel axles of the freight car to
the other track, causing a short cir
cuit. But with the device the cur-1
rent shuns the path formed by the
freight car and goes along the rail
under the car until it reaches the
"shoes" or contact points of the de
vice on the rail.
Telephone attachments connect
the two; points more than 100 yards
away, and conversation can be car
ried on without trouble. One man
held a conversation with New York
thru the device, the steel rails form
ing part of the medium for the con
versation. " The telephone device is only a de
velopment of Mr. Macfarlane's main
invention. His object is to make a
signaling system which will bring
the danger and clear signs into the
engine cabin where the engineer can
see them. An automatic brake at
tachment has been added and tested
on an engine. All are operated by
the two-volt current, which the Mac
farlane device draws up from the
steel rails. . ,
In, practical use, lir. Macfarlane
proposes two sets of "shoes"
made of steel-encased copper with
connecting cables and a mysterious
box attached to the engine, one in
front of and the other , behind the
driving ' wheels. In each block the
current will be introduced by bat
teries, and the entire block will, of
course, be one large Circuit. When
a train is on this block, it will short
circuit the current, and a train com
ing back of it into the block will be
automatically stopped by the brake -device
invented by Mr. Macfarlane.
This device also will throw a red
light into the cabin of the engine of
the second train. A train in the
next block of this will be auto
matically slowed down by the device
and a green light will show In Its
engine. This is made possible by
another feature of the device, which
reverses the current in the second
block at the same time that the cur
rent In the first block is short-cir
cuited. -
The battery along the track will
supply current to the first train thru '
the "shoes" and steel rails. Then
the telephone can be used and con
nection made thru the system to th
main wires along the track, which
will be connected where the current .
enters the block. In this way a mov
ing train can be in touch with any
telephone In the country, Mr. Mac
farlane says. -
FOR SALE Seed barley, oats and
bay. Phone 750-2. '
22-tf S. A. Wade,
E. F. D. No. 1, Union City, Tenp.