The commercial., October 29, 1915, Image 4

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THE COMMERCIAL
Entered at the post office at Union City, Ten
nessee, as second-class ranil matter.
Marshall & Baird, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915.
Announcements.
For Trustee.
BRATTON. We are authorised to aunounce S.
R. Biatton as a candidate for Trustee of Ohton
County, subject to the action of the Hemocratic
partv iu the primary election Saturday, Nov.
: 20. 1915.
JACKSON. We are authoriied to announce W.
K. (Ellis) Jackson a candidate for Trustee of
. Obion County, subject to the action of the
Democratic party iu the primary election Sat
urday. Nov. 20. 1913.
FINCH. We are authorised to announce T. P.
Finch.-of No, U, as a candidate for Trustee of
- OMon County, subject to the action of the dem
ocratic partv in the primary election Saturday.
Nov. 20. 1915.
" HORNBEAK- We are uhorifd to announce
P. D. Hornbeak a candidate for Trustee at
Obion County, subuev-t to the action o the
Democratic party in the primary election Sat
urday. Nov. t5.
MOFFKTT. We are aitthoriaed to announce
Henrv Moitftt a a candidate for Trustee of
Obion Cvxiatv. subject to the action of the
Democratic ihrty to
J. A. Hassell as a candidate for Al
derman. ' Mr.' Hassell moved to Union
City a few years ago as manager of
the Singer, Sewing Machine Co.'s
business here. He is a good citizen,
a pleasant gentleman and a business
man of the first class. He is a young
man, full of life and takes an inter
est in public affairs. He lives on
Cheatham street and the citizens ot
that section think they should have
a neighbor occupying a seat on the
Board. If elected he will represent
them, as well as do his full share to
improve and benefit the city. Con
sider his claims.
TIMELY TALKS.
K ASTERWOOLV-We are authorised to
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Obion Couatv, subject to the action of the liera
ocratic part in the prtmtiry election Nilurday.
Nov. X. 1915.
roORK-We are authorized to announce J. I,.
. .... i:. i.... r.- rndw of Obion
County, subject to the action of the Iirino-
rratie partv in the pnmary election jniu.uu.
Nov. 20. 1915.
For Tax Assessor.
. ti,-. ' r n nutlinriyd to announce I. J
Howard as a candidate for re-electiou to the
to the action of the Democratic piirty
primary election Snturday, Nov. JO, 1915.
NOAH. We are authorized to announce Will P.
. ... Auuwnr of Obion
County, subject to the action of the Democratic
... Jn ,Ha .-..-fllllirV f ft'lMlTl nilLUIUIIJ, A. v..
1H1L.Y 111 V "- J
20,1915.
For Sheriff.
Massey as a candidate for Sheriff of Obion
County, subject to me acuon ui
cratic primiiry election Nov. a, iiio
CHILES We nre authorized to announce Knloe
Chiles as a candidate for Sheriff of Obion
Countv, subject to the action of the Democratic
party in the primary eicuuuu omuiui.,,
2ft. 1915.
..r.tTT -t. ... nii,.inriv1 in mmnunre 1. R
County, subject to the action of the Democratic
nrimarv election saiurtuiy, am. .u,
The corporations, the liquor in
terests and the multimillionaires are
not the owners of the earth,, despite
the shouting of the yellow press.
The world belongs to the thrifty
man. We all realize that no talent,
no circumstances, no opportunities
will make a man a success in life
without the virtue of thrui, neuce
announce the movement for a national Thrift
r.... t- nnoivini, enrnnraeement. It
is proposed by the international Con
gress for Thrift that the Fresiaeni
and the Governors of the States des
ignate a day, the Sunday before
Labor Day, as Thrift Day. The idea
- J t.A InKnli nr.
is a wortny one, aim mo .
ganizations of the country are sup
The constant application
office of Tax Assessor of tttnon county, suujec. v'""
to the action of the Democratic party in the of thrift win make the World a bet
nri,niirv -lirtinn Saturday. Nov. 20, 1913. I m... Via
ter place to live in. "
fewer inmates of charitable institu
tions, fewer applicants for alms, less
poverty and more happiness. It is
nrrtnosed to establish State as well
as national headquarters for the as
sociation, and an active campaign
undertaken for educating the easy
going and thoughtless.
A writer in the Western unnsuau
"One or tne most
remarkable things about certain good
people is their severity in dealing
with their fellow men. Particularly
is this true with a certain Class oi
men and women who led what might
be called protected lives. They have
never known from actual experience
what poverty, sickness, disaster, or
disgrace mean, but they are almost
devoid of sympathy in dealing with
their neighobrs who have had one
or more of these things to deal with.
"To trive a garment and a lecture
rno-orhpr. to nrv into the last detail
AHAMS.-We have the authority to announce nf family life before giving Charity,
John P. Adams, a candidate for rejection as . . or covertly that
Alnerman or union uiy, icon, mctuwii - w ioiMi , -
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everv aDDlicani tor mu "
t,rA m niilVim-i7f.r1 fo nnnoUllce -I
"i. - - ii.i..t sheriff of oiwon
County, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election samruay, iuv. iu,
For Mayor.
WADDRLI. We have the authority to announce
Hon. Seid Waddell a condidate for Mayor of
Union City, Tenn. Election January l, iio.
.i, in niilTirritv to nilllOlince T
IKl,r,. v iiti.t ......... - . -
A. Coble as a candidate for Mayor ot Union
ritT, xnn vlprMnn Saturday. Jan. i, ivio.
For Aldermen,
W H EEI.ER We have the authority to an noil nee
John A. Wheeler as candidate for re-election as
AktprtTinn or union .ny . mm. ,,i.iivn
urday, January 1, 1910.
nrdav. January 1. 1916
TionTrir - haw, flip niilhnritv to announce
t, C. Burdick a candidate for Alderman of
Union City, Tenn. Election Saturday, jnnu
arv 1. 1916.
. .( t-t t nr. i.-... i i.a antlinritv tn minonnre
J. A. Hassell as a candidate for Alderman ot
. Union Citv. Tenn. Election Saturany, jauu
ary 1, 1916.
noster. to make the helpless poor feel
like criminals these are the crimes
of which many good people are
trinity.
CT ..
'Some day, it may be, we will an
be old, and it may be that many oi
us will be poor: so let us cast a lit
tle bread and sympathy on the wa-
t or, that it can come back to us
in onsfi we need it."
After all, as some epigrammatist
v,aa reminded us. "there is so much
"Since my withdrawal from the
United States Senatorial primary, I
am neutral," says Mr. Sims. From
this we gather the supposition that
the gentleman will be a candidate
ciinnoDri bimsplf rivpr in the
Eighth. He ought to and he should bad in the best of us, and so much
be re-elected. He has made the g0od in the worst of us, that ill be
Rtate a eood representative in Con- comes the best of us to speak ill
igress. His record is clean ana u 0f the worst oi us. a nine mu.c
glistens like new money. charity all around ; a little more
miiir nf human kindness; a little
w. t hi? c t more understanding ana sympamy
. . c , , ,i a and the world will wag more easily
was a visitor Sunday, spendiog the day auu
I filnn or ira nrhlt
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mta dis iataer, joi. v. n. uaiuuci,
He left Monday for Memphis, carrying! (4y.f . q11 . a , fnr spntiment.
1 Hit IrllO - "
with him T. L. Bransford, Jr., the 11- th editor of the Trenton
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Michigan, Times, and in this touches
firnnofnrrl The votmsster Dttt in the In, a irwnnta nf nil that is dreamed
Mnnrlav rlriinr and demonstratios Lnit inn tn make the world progress.
the New Cheviolet, through the crowaea Sentiment is tne aisposuiou yiuuiyi.-
Unmnii i oni araa hv Mr to action or expressiou. xt
Ul i,AO,Jl,M", l' " " ' J I C
Gardner introduced as the
vniinirpst the . antithesis of sentimentality
O 1
which is the artectation oi nne iei-
t - fVnnvtaaaftn Thfl vniltlff
. ..i.i..i.:..j 111B. wnuraeui in a 'uu6
gentleman enjoyea u,e .P ?.u wWch tQ
and thinks the new car the greatest thing P than thatu
out. It is light, has bushels of power, aMinn ive of
all the late improvements and can be C0lintry of parents or of children
handled and controlled by most any have been the motives behind all the
..Kil.l Tt ia nnur nn thn market and Will I n.oi art., nf inventions, of
tllllUl w I 1 CVV TTVA ifcW W w-w
be t' nonstrated here witbiri the next great sacrifices and the building of
ereat enterprises. Appeal io wsuit
ment is a cry to the highest emotion
How greatly do those works of pas
sion appeal, in which the actual is
told with the spark of truth and na
ture' How do those dramas of life
srlo our souls when the suffering or
the love or the struggle of character
against character tire laid before us
n ciifh nwv as to be real. Thru
A Bull Moose on the Case.
" Mr. Judson C. Welliver is one of
the very capable newspaper men of
this town and his editorials in the
Washington Times would be a credit
to any newspaper in the country,
xtr Welliver is a Bull Moose in poli
tics too honest to be a Republican,
and too much of a Republican to be
a Democrat. He came here from
Iowa, lives in Maryland, and is an
ornament to the cloth, a brilliant
writpr. and turns out as much work
as any member of tjie National Press
Club.
In a recent review of the political
situation Mr. Welliver discusses
three propositions that he lays
down, as follows:
1 A. general feeling that the
ra nf world affairs is moving so
lapidly that it is not only impossible
to judge what issues will be ai tne
front, but in a way dangerous to
formulate any issues.
"R The recognition among Demo
crats that their party must nominate
President Wilson, despite that there
is admittedly an utter lack of en
thusiasm for him. ,
"3. The fact that the Republicans j
are thus lar unaote u ub
sentiment as among the various pos
sible nominees that have been dis
cussed."
It is given to Jupiter to nod. When
did Welliver learn that there is an
utter lack of enthusiasm" for Wil
son? Who is the marine he has
been taking counsel with? Is it not
a lOlld, gossiping, sttauuuauius,
viating, squalling, snarling, ob
streperous enthusiasm that Woodrow
Wilson commands. It is not sug
gestive of brass bands, gold lace,
drum majors and the pride, pomp
and circumstance of politics such as
Mr. Welliver's favorite, Col. Roose
velt, provokes. But the genuine en
thusiasm is there all right.
It is calm, sedate, serene confi
dence that Mr. Wilson inspires. 1 ne
npmndrats know that he is the first
citizen of the republic, not only in
station, but in parts and in charac
ter with the mind of Jefferson and
the hand of Jackson. On the Demo-
the hedge we do not
byblV - i
see the use of shouting when the
victory is so sure and so easy.
Mr. Welliver drops into specula
tion in this fashion:
"That the German forces in the
electorate are pretty definitely lost
to them is generally admitted by
most Democrats. But there is wide
divergence of view as to the effect
of this loss. Just now a iavorue
Democratic speculation deals with
the voting strength to be lost in this
way. Some jjemocrauc iiuma-ioui.
who have been looking into the situ-
tion have Meclared 85 per cent, ot
the German vote has in recent years
been Republican anyhow; therefore
the proportion of it that the uerao-
crats have a chance to lose is calcu
lated as very small."
That German vote, at the North,
that is Democratic, is composed oi
th descendants of those Germans
who were persecuted by the Know-
Nothings. That fanatic party aiea
thrpp-score years ago when there
were very few Germans in the United
States. Then came the slavery ques
Hon. the German influx, and every
German who landed on our shore and
spttled at the North, as 95 per cent
of them did. was an anti-slavery man
,nH naturally attached himself to
HiUU mixvw""-,)
the Republican party. A very few
subsequently became Democrats on
the liquor question, for in those days
Democrats were strong for personal
Hhortv " Tn 1896 the German vote
was nractically solid for McKinley.
They were for the gold standara ai
most to a man.
is doing more walking, the floor at
unseasonable and inauspicious hours
of the early morn than the Demo
crats, cogitating about the German
VOte.
Mr. Welliver then speaks of the
effect of the new rule adopted by
the Republican national, committee
disfranchising the negro of the South
in party councils, but he tans to
drop into prognostication of the re
sult. I am at a loss to know wnetner
... 3 1 .' I
my friend is a returneu jjiuuiftai.
Certainly he will not observe the or
der of Mr. Taft for the Bull Moose
setr to leave their principles behind
as useless, burdensome and odious
impediments to confuse and demoral
ize the elect when the G. O. P. shall
fight at Armageddon in 1916. Well
iver is going to fetch his .baggage
with him when he Joins, though he
may leave his Knitten- Deninu uu
conclude not "to stay 'most all day."
It is going to be a halcyon and a
vociferous time the Republican na
tional convention. Somebody will
feel like a steam roller has run over
him after it is all over. Will it be
standpatter or a Bull Mooser?
That is the Question. What say you,
Wellive By Savoyard in Nashville
Banner.
Washington; October 20.
is
Jew days by the UnionvCity Garage.
Col. M. Connolly of the Memphis
Scimitar is a close reader of daily
events. He has followed his friend,
William Jeems, from Washington
' City to Texas and back again. He
is sure there is something the matter
with him.
Qam tho Afpmnhis editor:
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Mr. Bryan is evidently the victim sentiment entire strangers are knit
.1 ua .n,l nf tnmliui HA hftS 8UL- in on pndliring irienQSnip. vrlCttl
. ' U , DVUIV BJ vfc ' - I ' "
foro a bpHps nf misadventures of nrators. appealing to our sentiment
nolo that are miite unusual. After hoar! us on to almost impossible
i. .nnnunroii hia intantinn of visit- tasks It. is only when w depart
ing Texas he was preceded there by from true sentiment into the realms
a tidal wave, and as soon as he 0f the sentimental that we go back,
reached the big State he got into a Thus the demagogue works, whose
controversy with the newspaper re- orations are aimed at a passing feel
porters over his future candidacy for ing an emotion that does not nor
nn h Inst a anlendid .onnni list A whole State or nation
iVUIW. AJ" V- v. . - . J wuuw. .
fur lined overcoat, and at the con-1 may be swept by this momentary sen-
elusion of his talk at Hillsboro one
of the Texas husband avengers whip
ped out a pair of pistols, fired four
' teen shots- and brought her man
neatly to earth. ;
For Alderman.
The Commercial takes pleasure in
"presenting to.-day the name of Mr.
itmpntalitv. as is indicated by po
litical movements which are not
based on truth and flare up and die
unmourned and discredited. Every
mamanl shmilrl Via VP the test of
sentiment applied to it. If selfish
ness, money-making, untruth is
shown in the reaction, it should be
condemned positively and finally
Editing a newspaper is a pleas
ing business if you can stand it.
If subscribers want to bawl out
anybody the editor's the goat.
If the town is lagging behind and
people won't get out and make
things hum its because the town
paper is on the bum.
If business is bad it's because the
editor wants too much money for his
advertising space.
If business is good advertising
hasn't anything to do with it, but
conditions are right.
If we print what is displeasing
we are a grouch and a crepehanger
and don't deserve the patronage of
the public.
If we print the news as it is actu
ally people call us over the phone
and tell us to stop their paper.
Tf wp P-arhle it. thev tell us we
are subsidized by the corporate in
terests.
Editing a newspaper is a pleasing
business it is not!
"I understand," said the Gadabout
that Germany, France, England and
Russia are now all in favor of dis
armament."
"Is that so?" asked Stupid.
"Yes. Germany is in favor of the
disarmament of the other three, and
they are equally in favor of disarm
ing Germany."
Buy Luzerne hand-picked coal. It's
crazy with the heat. McAdoo Con
struction Co., phone 45.
DR. JAKE H. PARK
DENTIST
Office: Room I , Naillm? Building
'i TELEPHONE 13v
UNION CITV. TENNESSEE
Grant that 15 per cent of the Ger
man vote is Democratic and that it
will oppose Wilson for his notes to
Germany about the submarines.
What stand do the Republicans take
on that question? They are going
to trv to dodge it unless they have
to nominate Teddy, as probably they
will. And if they nominate Roose
velt every German vote in the land
will be cast for Wilson.
Should they nominate Root, or
Burton, or Fairbanks, or any one of
the numerous other candidates, we
mav deoend on it that all the atten
tion the G. O. P. platform will give
to the war will be a condemnation of
Wilson's policy relating to the war
and let it go at that. Then your
Republican will be a pro-German in
Wisconsin and an anti-German in
Massachusetts. In those days, when
the average voter's politics was in
spired by the stump orator, James
K. Polk ran as a free-trader in Illi
nois and as a protectionist in Penn
sylvania and carried both States
But we have fallep on times when
the average voter reads the news
papers, and the daily papers at that,
and such a game is become impos
sible. .
.No, the Republicans will have to
toe the mark, come to the scratch on
this German question, and I can tell
my friend. Welliver that the G. O..P.
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