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NION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918.
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Iff. rrtr.tc.fi 5 Ten
t:,- i-o ' r t Uee and
was litre to ; people In
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to instruct. : ffft campaign
f..r tlw -'.j ' . Stamps.
Mr. l-r.K'i.'. " t of the
I'.ist fuii'iwii . ' ..tunooga,
a forn r lwno. .andldate for
Co-,-- r cf Ten , a man of
vnttrnvirr, unity . "nor.
Th-a courthouse is. ? . and
as he uufwi leil the cri i atroci
ties t f th! German tcu.,t feeling ran
lnt i .;e! high. Mr. Preston' spoke
mostly ia a conversational tone, but
with tHswpr of conviction. .
Ha spoke of a number of incident "entlng the church organization of
of Oaryvia j savagery, from records 8,1 States, in conference assembled,
,4tn in rest
and when
j .y he has both
tuv accrued interest
v'w' .uich to mako hl3 investment,
to pay his debt, or to uae his money
in whatever way he desires.
The entire audience stood up and
pledged to support the Government
in its war measures. Subscriptions
amounting to $5,000 were taken be
fore the crowd dispersed. The Union
City post office has sold upwards of
$30,000 worth, and the prospects of
the county taking its allotment of
$600,000 are flattering altogether.
Mr. Preston said that Obion was
so far a long ways ahead of other
counties in the State of the same
wealth and population.
"bM LETTER FROM SGT. RAKKIH
SOMEWHERE OVER THERE
THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL
PLANNED FOB SOUTH
Want
Cumberland Presbyterians
Fund of $1,500,000.
Cumberland Presbyterians repre-
which M e been authenticated, and
of the tribute levied against the
helpless victims.
. He told of the little child whose
hands and feet were nailed to a barn
door and left to die. . Ho told of the
yesterday decided upon the necessity
for greater educational facilities for
their young people. At the meet
ing held at the Central Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, South Dudley
and Linden, yesterday afternoon.
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burning of Children in the presence hey voted to recommend to the gen
eral assembly that the sum of $500,
000 be added to the present endow
ment of $1,000,000 for the estab
lishment of a literary seminary.
The original fund of $1,000,000
contemplated the erection and opera
tion of a theological institution.
The general assembly will meet at
Dallas, Texas, during the month of
May, and at that time decision will
be made as to the location of the
seminary.
During the afternoon session
of frantic mothers and other things
as horrible.
Mr. Preston Is a financier and
dealt a great deal in figures, with
which he is more familiar. In con
nection with the cost of ; war Mr.
Preston said that this country has
already appropriated for the war an
amount equal to the cost of our Gov
crnment since the first year of Presl
dent George Washington's adminis
tratlon, but that the Government Is
more able to bear the expense than
My Dear Dad: Your first letter
received to-day, and believe me, I
am some happy this morning. I
find now that you know I am safe
and well and have been knowing it
ever since I sent you the first cable.
I think though you should have let
me known before this. I have been
very worried about you not knowing
my location and whether I arrived
safely across or not. We had a won
derful time coming across, just
enough excitement to keep us guess
log what would happen next. I en
joyed the trip fine and wasn't a bit
sick. The sea is a wonderful bit of
creation and certainly makes one
think of the grandeur of the world
to come when he tries to figure out
the intricacies teeming with unex
plored creatures. -1 sometimes be
lieve I am more or less a philosopher,
probably less, but just the same, I
received a wonderful lesson from ob
serving things on the way, across.
I wish I could tell you all the things
I did see but I am .afraid they
wouldn't interest you as well as just
how I am faring and where I am.
We are still in England and
haven't been to France yet. .We are
taking our final course in training,
preparatory to going to the front,
We came here on Christmas eve and
ciousness or uoa. it is true we are
fighting for some one who has re
peatedly tried to make us her sub
jects, yet we are not fighting for her
alone, and after we have won this
war we will show her who Js who
and why.
Well, dad, I must stop for this
time. I am very glad to know that
everything is all right with you and
I assure you that I am well and hap
py. I am being treated royally and
am having a good time, though you
probably won't believe me, it is
the truth. '
Write me often and remember
everything is new to me no matter
how old it seems to you. Tell Hunt
Roper to write to me real often. If
you want to send me something, you
can send' me some real American
cigarettes and some Prince Albert
smoking tobacco. I would appre
ciate it more than anything you
could send, and something of that
sort is about all you can send. Yon
don't know how I would enjoy hav:
lng some of that good tobacco. We
can't smoke the tobacco over here
and you can't imagine bow necessary
it is for us to have a smoke. Just
remember that we are a long ways
from home and loved ones and that
we, too, have the blues sometimes,
and then I know you will set right
down and send me a large box of
these necessary things.
Your loving son,
SGT. RUSSELL E. RANKIN,
104th Aero Squadron, Central Fly-
TWO SUSPECTS JAILED.
all of us are eoinsr to school hnre.
taking lessons from men who have lng Scho1' Upavon, Wilts, England.
been to theront and understand the
conditions over there. So you see
we will be very well fortified against
the Hun. I am perfectly satisfied I. C. Freight Conductor Arrests Two
with the conditions over here and of Suspicious Negroes on Train.
.,,. , ' t I Two negroes, giving their names
ft was the expense .of the Civil War. number of addresses were made by
If the cost of the war to the United
. States be estimated at $20,000,000,
000 it will be Just ten per cent of
our national resources which are es
tiroated at $200,000,000,000. The
Civil War cost $4,000,000,000, which
was one-fifth, or twenty per cent,
of, the national resources when the
war broke out. So the present war,
, if It costs us no more than twenty
billions of dollars, will be only half
the burden in money that the Civil
War was. It will make our national
debt very large, it is true, but com
pared to our resources It can ' be
easily carried. Make a comparison
in small figures. Suppose a man is
. worth $2,000. In the ratio given
, above he could easily afford to bor
row $200.
But .our Government can afford, to
spend half our national resources
rather than to suffer the humiliation
of Prussian power and oppression
Then why haggle over the appro
priation of a few billions when that
may save the lives of our soldiers
and protect our bomes from things
worse than death and defeat.
. One very important point made In
the address, and one with which a
great majority of citizens were
not familiar even up to the present.
was the fact proven that Ger
many had been preparing for the
. conquest of Europe and the Western
World for many years. In levying
tribute for the collection of indem
. nity blanks were produced all print-
ed complete, with nothing left to be
filled In but date, amount and sig
nature. Even the names of the
countries had been printed, and the
blanks showed that they had been
printed Just seven years beforo the
"... war broke out.
Those who read the Gerard letters
will remember that the Crown
Prince of Germany had many years
before the war related to a famous
woman of international character
his ambition to conquer Europe and
America and to become the supreme
dictator of the world, and showed
her his apartment in the palace de
voted to the study of his plans,
equipped for that purpose with maps,
models, etc. v---."---'
Concluding his address Mr. Pres
? ton urged the purchase of War Sav
, lng aud Thrift Stamps. He urged
, the people to devote their savings to
this work. IIo advised and coun
seled tka turning of wasteless ex
penditure into this channel. The
: purchase of War Savings and Thrift
Stamps will not cripple anybody. It
will be a gilt-edge investment, and
the beauty of it, go our friend, Mr,
H. T. Robinson, sr.ys, and it is a fact,
that the Government will return the
money when calle.l for after ten-days
leaders of the Cumberland Church
Dr. N. J. Finney, president of the
Bethel College, McKenzie, Tenn,
spoke on "Our Educational Ideals,
D. M. McAnulty, of Bollvari took for
his subject "Our Resources," ' Rev
Hugh S. McCord, of Marshall, Mo
spoke on the "Value of a Plan."
The conference ended last night
with a special musical service for
the public, conducted under the
supervision of Miss Emma Adams
director of the choir of the Central
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Rev. J. W. Stiles, of Hopkinsville
Ky., addressed the meeting on "Sys
tematic Christianity."
The conference was attended by
representatives of the church thru
out this section of the south and
was under the active direction of
Rev. James M. McLeskey, pastor of
the local church.
Letter From Jackson.
Having enjoyed a pleasant spell
or weather ana witnessed many
planting gardens, we entertain
hope that the long-to-be-remember
ed winter of 1917-18 has been label
ed with the past.
Friends and relatives of Mrs. Eu
gene Stovall (nee Mattie Bean) are
rejoicing over bor recovery and hope
that she will soon be' able to go
home. She has been In the Civic
League Hospital several weeks.
Elder Yohanan, a native of Persia
visited in this city last week. He is
a missionary and while in the city
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Slaugh
ter Long.
No one miosed the letter from
Rives so much as the writer. We
looked thru the paper the third time
and scanned in vain. Thought the
correspondent was sick, but was glad
to find we were mistaken.
The sad news of the suddden death
of Thos. C. Gaston, chief of police of
Jackson for thirty years, was a great
shock to the city. He died at the
Southern Hotel Friday night, the
2 2d ult. Chief Gaston was known
as a fearless officer and a beloved
citizen. At the time of his death he
was secretary of the West Tennessee
Agricultural and Mechanical Fair
Association, having succeeded W. F.
Barry, formerly of Union City. Be
fore his election as secrtstary Mr.
Gaston had served the fair associa
tion as president for a number of
years. He was a man of ifins spirit
and character, generous and loyal
to his friends and held in great
esteem. His funeral was conducted
by. Rev. A. C. Bell at the First
Methodist Church, and he was buried
with the honors of the Elks.
You've tried tie rest, now try the
st Ja::y Crcia Flour.
could not expect any better than I
am receiving to-day. The English
treat us just like we were something
wonderful, and give us every cour
tesy that they can possibly shower
upon us. I am afraid they are going
to spoil us before we have found the
conditions out for ourselves, though
men who know tell us that the con
ditions af the front are far better
than what we are experiencing right
here. I find that very difficult to
believe though. Yet one must re
member that they have had time to,
fix things up very' comfortably over
there now by this time,
You can dismiss your fears about
that great drive the Huns are pre
paring to launch. The brave allies
have withstood them this long and
please Godthey will withstand them
to the bitter end. The German
bolt has been shot and their force
has been expended.' They have been
on the defensive for some time and
when we have been able to get our
strength into the struggle you will
see the boasted strength of the Huns
melt into the hazy history that al
ways shrouds the downfall of an em
pire. We are' fighting for the right
and we shall win for the right and
Hunt, were arrested Sunday night
about 9 o'clock by Conductor Tohm
lin, on a north bound Illinois Central
freight train, ' and turned over, to
Sheriff Hickman at Rives, Tenn.
Th$ negrose were taken to the jail
at Union City, Tenn., where they
are held on a charge of carrying
pistols." . ..... - . . 0-:,,, .....
Conductor Tohmlln saw the ne
groes on his freight train and, with
the aid of his train crew, covered
them with pistols and took their
guns away from them. Reaching
Rives, he turned them over to Sher
iff Hickman and the negroes were
carried to Union City.,
Smith gave bis home as Aberdeen,
Miss. He is 18 years old, dark brown
skin and is five feet six inches tall.
He had a .32 Smith & Wesson pistol.'
Hunt said he was from Nonconnah,
Tenn. He is 21 years old, brown
skin and five feet six inches tall
He wore black lace shoes, gray over
coat and dark clothing. Memphis
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Fancy Redeaned Tennessee
Burt Seed Ocs
Oats will soon make cheap feed fill mature in
ninety days. .
COTTON SEED
We have a car o King's Improved Cotton Seed, direct from
North Carolina; early maturing, entirely removed from the boll
weevil district A big portion of our native cotton was caught
by the frost last season. Beware of frosted seed. They will not
germinate. Call at our office sad get descriptive circulars and
see sample. .
SOY BEANS . '
Strictly nice recleaned Yellow Mammoth.
Japan Clover Seed Com .Sorghum Seed Red Clover
Red Top Tmothy Alsyke White Clover
J Orchard Grass.
- Prices and camples gladly mailed on request.
Cherry-Moss Grain Co.
A Man Who Thought.
I have rented ten acres of land
in the outskirts of the city, which
principles of the world, and when we 1 k Plann t0 P'ant io field corn
have won I am quite sure there will
be many surprises for the world, in
the way of reconstrucing the form of
government of some countries. There
are going to be some things come
out after this struggle that you
would never have - suspected., We
Irish potatoes and soy beans," writes
a Tennessean. "This is a fair piece
of ground and slopes nicely to the
east and west, good drainage. All
of it was broken up 8 inches deep
last October and left just as the
plow turned it. I have a limited
have been ignorant of the trend of "nount of time each day to give to
times and haven't thought of much
except to make money and invest it
in such a manner as to make more,
but after we have won this cause
for the right, then you will see the
brotherhoods of nations rather than
the petty quarrels of the selfish ones
I tell you we are on the verge of a
reconstruction and I am very proud
to have the honor of being one of
those lucky enuogh to help forge
the chain that will bind the hand of
malefactor, be be either large or
small. . God has given us the oppor
tunity to shine where no other na
tion or civiization has had this op
portuflity. We are being trusted not
with our own affairs but with the
affairs of the world.. We are pe
culiarly situated so that we have
assumed the protection of the entire
world and when we have concluded
the passage of history we &re now
making you Hill find some sleeping
reforms. The time for Inaction has
ceased and every red blooded Ameri
can is in the fight right now or
should be, though he isn't at the
front he can do something to further
the cause. We must forget the In
sults that have been heaped upon us
by some of our present allies and for
thtV glory of God and the good of
this work and want to handle it
with as little hired labor as possl
ble."
This inquirer lives in a western
county of Tennessee. His letter was
sent to the Division o Extension of
the University of Tennessee, Knox-
ville, and he received this reply;
The . idea of growing- corn, Irish
potatoes, and soy -beans is a good
one, unless it be as regarding the
Irish potatoes. Potatoes will not
likely be as valuable' a crop as the
other two, thb if they are handled
properly they will make a fair
yield. Potatoes should be ridged, as
ridging has proven more satisfactory
in the experiments conducted in
West Tennessee. If you put out an
early crop of Irish potatoes, you can
follow tha with Bome other crop,
such as soy beans, so it would not
seem advisable to put out too large
an acreage of potatoef. There is now
a big crop of old potatoes on hand,
and no : certainty that the price of
potatoes will be as big as other
crops during the coming year.
This man was thinking about his
problems. Are youT
Five American aviators In the
United States and France fell to their
deaths. Three of the airmen were
mankind go out to battle, as theUmed at Park Fleld near Memphis,
leaders of long ag6 did. fighting for one . ftt ETemore pjeld. near Ft.
the right and armed with the gra- Worth, and the fifth one In Frmra.
Ask ycur neighbor if our
"More for
idea doesn't appeal to him.
y' We are thoroughly con
,yinced that the man who
pays cash should have an
"inside1 price.
The lines we carry
Are " AMERICA'S 1 Best
J. A. COBLE, SON & CO.
Union City, Tenn.
fvf o NEY TO LOA N
On improved Farm Lands in Obion County, Tenn..
and Fulton County, Kentucky.
I am authorized to take applications for l4ans at 5$ per cent.
interest, payable annually, on terms of five to ten years, with
privilege to borrower of paying off any part in multiples of
$100, or all of loan, at any interest-paying period. Do not
know how long this interest rate will continue and I advise
all prospective borrowers to see me at once. All negotiations
treated confidentially, and loans closed with least possible pub
licity. - -
W. E. HUDQINS, Union City, Tenn.
Cumberland Phone Office 14 J, Residence 589
Real Estate and Insurance
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Life, Health and Accident or Fire, placed in the best com
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and will be fair to the buyer and seller.
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