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?R. H. M. LONG
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Over Wehman'a Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
OiTie. 144, rVnidsr.ee 689-J
DR. E. M. LONG
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Over wehman'a Hardware Store
- Union Gty, Tenn.
Telelphonea
Office 144; Reridence 689 J
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Union City Commercial, established 1890 eiwiiioHilated Renti-mtvr i mw
West Tennessee Courier.established 1897 1 Coasolidatea September 1, 197
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915.
VOL. 25, NO. 39.
iTOSIINEE FOU U. S. SENATE
JluIIcIIar a Hard worker Since His
' Early Boyhood. -
Kenneth Douglas McKellar, who
was chosen by the Democracy of Ten
nessee as It etandardbearer in the
- approaching ' Senatorla contest, is
native of Richmond,, Dallas County,
Ala. His father, who had been
lawyer of distinction and a man of
means, lost both health and fortune,
and while : young Kenneth was
small child, or aJt the age of 11, the
boy was compelled to go out and
, work by .the day on the farms of
his neighbors to earn his livelihood.
- Alter two years or tnis laborious
'life young McKellar undertook and
successfully raised a crop of cotton
on the farm to ... which his father,
then a helpless cripple with rheuma-
tism, had retired. For seven years
the young farmer" continued to till
the soil and, was so successful that,
' when he attained the age of 18, he
had saved enough; money to carry
him thru a course in the University
of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where he
graduated with the degrees of B. A
' M. A. and L. L. B.
MOVES TO MEMPHIS. " ' ;
Mr McKellar at once went to
, Memphis and began the practice of
law, soon taking rank among the
leading lawyers of Tennessee. He
early became a prominent worker for
the Democratic party. In 1904 he
was made a Presidential elector, and
in 1908 was a delegate to the Demo
cratic National Convention at Den
, ver. :--::r: : ' .'
1 In 1911, while Mr. McKellar was
. absent from the State on a vacation,
. he was nominated by the Democrats
of the Tenth Congressional nistrict
to succeed Gen. George ,W. Gordon,
who had died in office, and on No
vember 9, 1911, was elected to fill
Congressman Gordon's unexpired
term. At the next regular election,
in 1912, he was elected " to a full
term in the House and re-elected
again in 1914 by a ' majority of
17,710.
Congressman McKellar announced
. , uiuiseu a cauuiuaie lor me present.
Democratic - Senatorial ' nomination,
' and made the opening speech of his
- campaign at Gallatin on September
18, last, Senator Luke Lea and ex
: Onv. Malcolm R. PatlAPHon hnvinc
also entered the race. The contest
that followed was vigorously waged.
. ' : FIRST PRIMARY
The first ' primary, hela on No-
Kellar a . plurality of about 2,700
votes over Patterson and eliminated
Senator Lea, he having run third in
the contest. The run-off primary
steamer and indicted in New York
for obtaining an alleged false pass
port. , ' ,.
Further arguments and statistics
In support of Great Britain's denial
of statements that her merchants are
profiting by British war restrictions
upon commerce at the expense of
American trade have been submitted
to the State Department by the Brit-1
ish Embassy to a memorandum from
Sir Cecil. Spring-Rice, the Ambassa
dor,,-"'-
American shipyards have under
construction more vessels than ever
before were building in the United
States to add to an American mer
chant : marine whose gross tonnage
already is the largest in the coun
try's history, said a report issued by
the Commissioner of Navigation.
The initial impetus to business in
the United -States came from war
orders, but the country generally has
developed a spirit of confidence
which has not been apparent for
years, said G. E. Roberts, formerly
director of the U. S. mint, in an ad
dress at Worchester.
Establishment of a military train
ing camp next April at Fort Ogle-
thrope, Ga., near Chattanooga, for
students, business and professional
men of the Southern States, was an
nounced Sunday night by Maj. Gen.
Wood, who will have supervision
over the camp. ..-
The system of coast defenses is
'the most formidable In the world,"
but is short 10,800 men of the regu
lar establishment and 9,800 men of
the national guard to man all forts
and mine defenses, according to War
Department reports just made pub
lic. - 2
Siegfried Paul London, a natural
ized American citizen, is under ar
rest at Warsaw, Poland, charged
espionage and it is announced
from Berlin that the American con
sulate at Warsaw is being given the
widest latitude in the case. ,
THE PRESIDENT MARRIED
Couple
Seeking to clear Chicago of crime
and to purge the police department,
Chief Charles Healey announced that
hereafter charges will be filed against
captains whose districts show an in
crease in crime without a correspond
ing. increasing in arrests.
The American peace pilgrims land
ed at Christiania, Norway, where
Henry Ford again expressed conn
dence . that the expedition would
result in getting the men out of the
trenches before the winter was over.
Honeymoon Down in Old
Virginia.
President Woodrow Wilson and
Mrs. Edith Boiling Gait were married
at the home of Mrs. Gait Saturday
night, Dec. 18, and left immediately
taking a private car at Alexandria,
Va., for Hot Springs, Va... where they
are spending their honeymoon. They
are sojourning at the Homestead Ho
tel. .; r;-.. '-;,-
On the first floor of the bride's
home, in two communicating rooms
a wedding bower had been arranged
with a background of farleyanse and
maidenhair - ferns which extended
from the floor to the ceiling. , Over
head there was a canopy of green in
the form of a shell lined with Scotch
heather. In the background and at
the center was placed a large mirror
framed with orchids and reflecting
the scene. Above the mirror was. a
spray of orchids across a background
of ferns and the corners of the can
opy were caught with orchids. Ameri
can Beauty roses were on both sides
of the canopy, beneath which was a
prayer rug on which the President
and Mrs. Gait knelt during the cere
mony.
Just at the hour set for the cere
mony the President and his bride ap
peared at the head of the staircase,
which was decorated with ferns, as
paragus vines and American Beauty
roses. They descended to the lower
floor, where the guests were grouped
about informally.
The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rec
tor of the St. Margaret's Protestant
Episcopal Church, of which the"bride
is a communicant, was waiting be
neath the canopy to perform the
ceremony and with him, to assist,
was the President's pastor, the Rev.
James H. Taylor of the Central Pres
byterian -Church.
MOTHER GIVES BRIDE AWAY.
- Charged with conspiring to blow
up the Welland Canal, Paul Koeingi
former head of the secret service M
the Hamburg-American Line, and
Richard Einil Lyendecker have been
arrested in New York by agents of
which ensued between Patterson and
V McKellar was more vigorously fought the Department of Justice.
out than the initial race, and the
prise to many of Mr. McKellar's sup
porters, who figured that he would
win by nearer 10,000 than 20,000.
Mr. : MCKeuar's campaign was
managed by Edward Albright, the
well-known Gallatin editor.
- . ' ' Patterson's Plans.
Though naturally disappointed in
the result of -the second prima. y,
former Gov. Patterson was this morn
ing In a good humor aHd was carry
ing his defeat gracefully. When
seen by a representative of the Ban
The results in both the November ner at the Maxwell House, he made made for bestowing bits of
o primary ana in tnat or December smiling reference to nis deieat.
15 speak volumes Jor his ability.
NEWS NOTES.
His
physical condition was reported fine,
except for the hoarseness due to the
long and streiiuous speaking cam
paign. -
When asked as to his plans for the
future, Gov. Patterson said: "My
plans for the future are not yet de
termined, and will not be for the
present. There is one thing I want
I to say, since the campaign is over,
Mrs. William H. Boiling, the bride's
mother, gave her away. The Presi
dent stood to the right of the clergy
men and the bride stood on their
left. At once Dr. Smith began the
words of the Episcopal marriage
service, the President making his
responses first and then the bride
making hers. After the bride prom
ised to "love, cherish and obey," the
President placed the wedding ring,
a plain band of gold, upon her finger,
and then, after a prayer and while
the couple elapsed their right hands
together, Dr. Smith declared them
man and, wife. -The brief an(Jafenple
ceremony was over.
The entire party then turned to
the dining room.-where a buffet sup
per was served. The decorations
there were in pink and on the buffets
were banked growing ferns and pink
roses. The tables were decorated
with Lady Stanley roses and blos
soms. On a table in the center was
the wedding cake a fruit cake sev
eral layers high ornamented with
sprays of pink, orchids in the center.
Mrs. Wilson cut the cake without
formality and no arrangement was
it upon
those other than the wedding party.
MARRIED IN TRAVELING DRESS.
During the ceremony and at the
luncheon afterward, during which a
stringed orchestra played, the bride
wore a traveling dress, a black silk
velvet gown, with a picture hat of
black beaver, with no trimmings
whatever except one feather slightly
upturned on the left" side. At her
. Navy Notes. ,
The U.; S. S. Delaware got under
way from Portsmouth Navy Yard;
Va., for Hampton Roads. The U. S.
S. Pennsylvania went in dry dock
for three days last week at. Ports
mouth Navy Yard, Va., and returned
to Newport News Ship Yards. "She
will go in commission about' Febru
ary, 1916, and will be made Flag
ship of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet. The
U. S. S. Vermont is now a recruiting
ship and has already enlisted about
250 men.
Boys at home, I am from the
county of Obion and glad of It, be
cause I am now in the United States
Navy. It is a great honor to any
young man who wishes to come into
the Navy to go ahead and enlist at
once. I will never regret the day I
was sworn in to help guard our hon
ored flag and country. The experi
ence of four years in the U. S. Navy
is a most valuable thing to any young
man. The sights I have seen I
would not sell at any price, if it
were possible to sell them. They are
simply grand and cannot be seen
any other way outside of the U. S.
Navy. I am happy and contented
with the U. S. sailor's life, and I am
sure others will find it the same if
they give It the same trial I have.
The wages a man draws In the Navy
are clear money and steady pay.
Should some young friend wish to
learn more about the Navy, here is
a jolly young jack tar ready to ad
vance any information wished for.
Just write in, care of editor, to
J. C. TOWNSEND,
U. S. S. Vermont, Portsmouth, Va.
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Hog Roots Up Gold.
Paris, Tenn., Dec.ft18. News has
reached Paris of the finding of a tin
can containing $300 in gold coins on
the farm of Bud Ray, In the north
ern part of Henry County, near
Jones' mill. According to what in
formation can be obtained, the can
of gold was unearthed by a hog.
It appears that Mr. Ray had moved
his hog pen a few days before the
finding if the gold because the old
pen was very muddy, and that the
hogs in rooting about in the new pen,
just across the road from the old
one, came upon the gold.
According to the claims of Mrs.
Richard Collins, who formerly owned
the place where the gold was found,
she loaned $300 in gold to her first
husband, a Mr. Paschall, only a few
days before his death, and it was
never heard of any more, although
he is said to have made a record in a
book reading "three hundred dollars
canned."
At least this is what is understood
to have taken place. This was about
do years ago. Mrs. Collins claims
the gold found on the farm, and it
is possible that the matter may go
to the courts for a decision.
"A Pair of Sixes."
The Austrio-Hungarian Govern-
i ment's reply to the American note
demanding a disavowal of the sink
ing of. the Italian steamer Ancona,
the punishment of the officer in com-
mand of the submarine and the pay'
ment of an'indemnity for the Ameri- and that Is I am stronger than ever throat she wore the President's wed
can: lives lost in the disaster is un- in the belief that we must free our aln gift, a magnificent diamond
acceptable to the American Govern- civilization from the curse of liquor brooch
ment, as it does not accede to any and destroy a traffic which blights The skirt of her gown was of walk
of the demands. In consequence of and corrupts all it touches." laS length and cut on full lines. The
a discussion of the' reply by Presi- At the time Mr. Patterson decided waist had silken, embroidery of blue
dent Wilson and his Cabinet another to enter the Senatorial lists he was shading from the deep tones of royal
communication, more vigorous than lecturing over the country under the blue to delicate shades of pastel and
the first note, was dispatched to Aus-1 auspices of the Anti-Saloon League,
tria-Hungary. While it will give and it was generally supposed that
was threaded with silver.
The lower part of the waist was
some of the facts which Austria has he would return to the lecture plat- embroidered on black net over a band
requested, it is said that it will re- form, where he made such a decided
quest prompt acquiescence In the success. From his statement given
original demands.
'. Unofficial advices indicate that
Germany is dissatisfied with Saloniki
being used to harbor ; her enemies.
The German minister at Athens is
declared to have told the Greek
Premier that the construction
above he has not determined on this.
Nashville Banner.
Mrs. E. A. McCorkle.
Obion, Tenn., Dec. 17. Mrs. E. A.
McCorkle died suddenly here yester-
. of day morning at 3 o-clock at the home
fortifications at Saloniki Would com- 0f her daughter, Mrs. Bob Fox. Mr!
pel Germany to take action to drive McCorkle was highly' connected in
out v the Allied forces there. The Obion County and other parts of the
Premier Is reported as having said state, and her niidrlon iioith a
Greece would . not allow the Bul
garians on Greek soil.
Germany has offered to release
Dr. Henri S, Beland, former Post
master General of Canada, captured
at the fall of Antwerp, if England
will accord freedom to Capt. von
Rintelen, who was removed from a
great shock to her relatives and
friends. Deceased was 76 years of
age and is survived by. Seven chil-
of silver in the design of lilies, be
low which was a girdle of black vel-
'et. The sleeves of the gown were
of black net fashioned in tiny tucks
with long, bell shaped cuffs of em
broidered velvet! which came well
down over the hand. Her collar,
which was high and upstanding, was
of black lace. When she leJ: on her
honeymoon Journey Mrs. Wilson wore
over her gown a fur coat of broad
tail with bands of Yukon and muff
to match. She wore a chinchin col
lar.
Legislation to protect the indus
trial and commercial markets of the
dren, as follows: C. H. Martin, of United States from a "destructive
Mobile, Ala.; T. J. Amis, Obion; Mrs. type of struggle and unfair compe
C. C. Brown, Obion; Ed, John and tltion" at the close of the European
Tolbert, of the Moriah neighborhood, I war was recommended to Congress
and Mrs. Bob Fox, of Obion. by Secretary Redfield.
The Reynolds offers for one per
formance, Jan. 4, H. H. Frazee's in
ternational comedy hit," "A Pair of
Sixes." This unusual and novel
comedy, which ran for nearly a year
on Broadway at the Longacre Thea
ter, was acknowledged by New York
City critics to be something new in
farce, and although these blase
gentlemen of the press do not usually
Jndulge in hyperbole, the consensus
of their opinion seemed to be that
not since the days of the lamented
Chas. H. Hoyt had anything so agree
able in the way of farce been offered
the Metropolitan show goer. The
tremendous success which has greet
ed the comedy wherever it has ap
peared has proven them exactly right
in their opinions. The story is un
usual and full of satire and humor
of the highest class and the logical
plot is sufficiently surprising in the
climaxes of the situations involved
to command the eager and undivided
attention of the audience thruout the
action of the piece. "A Pair of
Sixes" sets forth the troubles of two
partners in the pill business whose
natures are so antagonistic that they
are absolutely unable to get along
together. Finally so heated do their
daily altercations become that they
call in their lawyer to settle their
partnership. He finds this to be an
impossible task as neither of the
partners will sell his interest to the
other. He finally hits on an . idea
which he induces the belligerents to
accept and so novel does it prove
that it not only furnishes more
laughs than comedy generally affords
but provides the name for the piece
as well.
The faultless fitting shoe for wo
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loan may be paid after one year, interest being stopped on
payments made.
Now is the time to arrange your farm loans while the money
can be had at a low rate of interest and on long time.
O. SPRADLI
Attorney At Law & j& Union City, Tenn.
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