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DR. E. M. LONG
'DENTIST
Over Wenman'a Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telelphonee
Office 144; Residence 689. J
DR. K M. LONG
DENTIST .
Oyer Wehman't Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephone .
Office 144, Residence 689-J
VOL. 27, NO. 11
UnionCIty Commercial . established 1890 I cjuoudated September 1. 1897
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UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918.
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SCHOOL CO"!,!EKCEt,!ENT
TBS SCHOOL CUSS
Actievementi in Scholarship and In
teresting Class Exercises.
' Following Rev. H. A. Todd's splen
. did sermon at the Methodist Church,
the Union City Training School com
mencement exercises proper took
place last Thursday night at Rey
. nolds Theatre.
. The audience was a large one.
The stage was beautifully decorated
with : flowers and pot plants. The
young ladies of the class appeared
' in sweet-girl graduate frocks of
. beautiful white; the young men
. looked Inspiring in presence and
manner.
' - Hon. P. C. Newberry, of Arkadel
phi. Ark., a former member of the
faculty, was seated with the class,
and Rev. J. Randall Farris was also
present, to inyoke the class blessing.
, The program included the follow
ing subjects: . ."The Duty of . Girls
in the Present Crisis," by Paulyne
Rives; "President Wilson, the Man
of the Hour,'! by Harris Bondurant;
"Women, the Making of American
Citizenship," by Mary . Johnston;
"Our Service Flag," by Julia Em-
, brey; class address by Hon. F. C.
1 Newberry. It was all very fine, in
deed. Misses Paulyne Rives and
Mary Johnston contested for essay
honors, Miss Rives Vinning by a
single point out of an average in
which 100 was perfect each in com
position, expression and delivery. In
' delivering medals Rev. Farris stated
that the decision was the closest he
ever saw any Judges make.
The class address by Mr. Newber
ry, who is now one of Arkansas' fra
ternal and political leaders, was
both a surprise and pleasure to all
present. It was indeed an oration
and a classic.
To begin itfr. Newberry referred
to his former associations in Union
City. . especially to those men who
had so much influence upon his own
life in the persons of H. T. Robinson,
Rev. W. C. Sellers, Judge A. J. Law-
son and of the younger men, F. C
Aydelott, Geo. A. Gibbs, Jr., and
Rev. John Harrison. The memory of
these men was to him the greatest
inspiration of his life.
. Mr. Newberry said he came back
like a prodigal son. All this was
. very pleasant, but when he branched
- out upon his theme, "What shall
vwe do with Our Lives," the wisdom,
.' the eloquence, the genius of the ages
were Invoked in dazzling and in
viting array to present what has
. been proven to be 'best in life to
achieve and to pursue. Beyond all
peradventure the greatest .success
and pleasure in life is in the pur
suit and achievement of something
that mates for the mental, spiritual
and physical structure of the human
race. It is not tho pursuit of gold
. nor any of its equivalents that makes
life worth living, but the ises of
these things to enhance the strength
of mind and character, to contribute
to human and national integrity and
, to the glory of God. These are prin
ciples for which we are fighting in
in the great war and in which the
young and the old may and have I
- achieved honor.
It was a wonderful theme deliv
, ered with scholarly smoothness and
dramatic effectiveness.
Not only the school but the au-
. dience was thoroly carried away,
under the spell of Mr. Newberry's
eloquence. -
The diplomas and medals were
awarded by Rev, Farris. The medals
are as follows:
Scholarship medal. Offered by J.
P. Verhine for the highest average
- on all subjects for the entire year.
Won by Charles Hudson, average
96. William Caldwell came sec
ond with an average of 96. Ola Akin,
. J. G. Smith and Thos. LeRoy Brans
ford deserve honorable mention.
I ;. Five dollars in gold. Offered by
John T. Walker for the highest
average in mathematics. Won by
i Thos. LeRoy Bransford, average
98. Chas., Hudson came second
with an average of 97 .
Latin medal. Offered by Brans-
ford & Andrews for the highest
average in Latin. Won by Ola Akin,
average 95.
Essay medal. Offered by Dr. H.
G. Robinson for tho best essay. Won
by Paulyne Rives, who graded only
one point' above Mary Johnson. -
Scholarship medal, primary de
partment. -Offered by F. C. Aydelott
for the highest average on all sub
jects in that department. Won by
Josephine Everett with an average of
98 3-10. Second," Virgina Houser,
97 5-10. - '
Necklace. Offered by Miss Sudie
Caruthero for highest mark in spell
ing, also for attendance. Won by
Bernice Chandler.
' Signet rings. Offered by Miss
Caruthers for highest mark is spell
ing and for. attendance. Won by
Nelle Darnell and Virginia Houser,
respectively.
GERMAN SUBMARINES
SINX AMERICAN SHIPS
live Submarines Operating on At
lantic Coast.
New York, June 3. Ten Ameri
can vessels were known to-night to
have been sunk by German subma
rines off the North Atlantic coast
since May 25.
The largest to fall prey to the
raiders, which are seeking to pre
vent the sailing' of transports with
troops for the battlefields of France,
was the New York, and Porto Rico
liner Carolina, of 8,000 tons, which
was attacked Sunday night about
125 miles southeast of Sandy Hook
The fate of her 220 passengers and
crew of 130, who took to the boats
when shells began to fall about the
vessel, was unknown late to-night,
but there was hope they had been
picked up by some passing ship or
would reach shore safely in the small
boats. Not a life was lost in the
sinking of the other ships, according
to late reports to-night.
Besides the Carolina the known
victims of the U-boats are the At
lantic Refining Company tanker
Herbert L. .Pratt, the steamships
Winneconnie, of 1,800 tons, and
Texel, and six schooners, the largest
of which were the Hauppage, a new
ship of 1,000 tons, and the Edward
H. Cole. Each crew of the eight
vessels has been landed at Atlantic
ports.
SHOWED SOME HUMANITY.
The stories told by the Bkippers 'of
the schooners Indicated that the com
mander of the submersible was un
usually humane for a German sub
marine officer. In no instance, so
far as known, was a lifeboat shelled,
and in all cases reported the crews
were given opportunity to escape or
were taken aboard the submarine,
where some of them were kept pris
oner for eight days before they were
turned adrift to be picked up by a
passing vessel.
Reports brought ashore by the
survivors indicated that the Winne
connie and nearly all the schooners
were sunk by the same U-boat which
had been lurking in the path of
shipping off tho New Jersey coast
and the Delaware capes since late
last month.
The schooner Edward H. Cole of
Boston has been sunk by bombs, and
Capt. H. J. Newcomb, of Boston,
with his crew of 10, have been land
ed here after being rescued from the
boat in which they were given an
opportunity to escape.
The schooners Jacob M. Haskell of
Boston, Isabel B. Willey of Bath,
Me., Hattie Dunn of Thomaston, Me.,
and Samuel W. Hathaway have been
sunk. . Tho crew of the Haskell is
reported to have been saved, but
nothing is known of the fate of the
three other crews.
The Savvah Line steamship City of
Columbus is reported to have been
sunk, but no definite news of her
fate has been received.
SUNNTSIDE.
Sunnyside Community Club had
its monthly meeting at the school-
house Monday night. Rev. Todd,
pastor of the Union City. Baptist
Church, was present and made an
excellent and much appreciated talk
on war conditions. Mr. Dougherty
and Miss Luther, county agents,
were with us and made short talks.
The club will meet again the first
Monday night in July. We hope
the entire community will be in at
tendance. Miss Eva Luther met with the
Home Demonstration Club Thursday
at the home of Mrs. D. C. Maddox
and, made cottage cheese. Several
recipes using cottage cheese were
tried. These meetings are always
interesting and those who miss them
are the losers. . i .
Satisfied with the, progress of
events in the Ukraine, Germany has
decided to withdraw two-thirds of
the German troops now in the East
for use on the Western front, ac
cording to a Stockholm dispatch.
16 CANDIDATES FOR
TEE HOUSE QUALITY
Hubert Fisher Has No Opposition
in Tenth.
Nashville, Tenn., June 2. Only
16 candidates for representative in
Congress from Tennessee qualified by
filing their nominating petitions up
and including June 1, when the time
expired. Twelve Democrats and four
Republicans.
There are two Republican candi
dates in both the First and Second
Districts, Sam R. Sells, the present
member of Congress from the Fir3t
District, being opposed by Dana
Harmon, and W. R. Austin, present
Republican Congressman from the
Second District, is opposed by J. Will
Taylor.
Of the eight Democratic Congress
men all have qualified for renomina
tion except W. C. Houston of the
Fifth. Only one of the other mem
bers has any opposition in the pri
mary. ' ,
J. A. Moon, Congressman from the
Third District, Cordel Hull of the
Fourth, Joe Byrne of the Sixth, L.
P. Padgett of the Seventh, Finis Gar
rett of the Ninth, and Hubert F.
Fisher of the Tenth, all qualified for
re-election end are without opposi
tion. In the Fifth District, repre
sented at present by W. C. Houston,
'who declined to enter the race, Judge
Ewin V. Davis and James J. Bean
qualified as candidates. In the
Eighth District T. W. Sims, the pres
ent member of Congress from that
district, is opposed by S. J. Everett.
A Sammy in France.
Dear Mother: The Y. M. C. A.,
The Stars and Stripes and even our
battery commander, has taken care
that no man shall forget what day
May 12 is. In the Y. M. C. A. scores
of placards cqver the walls, all per
taining to one thing, and every issue
of The Stars and Stripes, as well as
other American papers edited in
France, Is full of May 12. And our
battery commander has ordered, as
if it was really necessary, that every
man shall write to his dearest 'rela
tion, and, of course, to the most for
tunate of us this means our mother.
Besides the usual Sunday services p
great deal more is being done to
make the day pass pleasantly for us
so that we shall always remember it
and hold it sacred to ourselves, re
gardless of our place of living or
occupation, or whether it falls to our
lot to . be numbered among those
toiling In some German prison caisp,
or, exactly the reverse, to be once
more at home with family and
friends.
I am happy to say that I do not
know a single man who is not ready
and willing to die for his country,
or, from the depth of his heart, his
home. We know our cause is Just
and that is all we wish to know, and
what nation, however mighty, can
stand against that. I believe the
battles we fight are not against the
German people but against Kaiser
Ism, and the sooner the Agency -of
Hell is blotteM from the face 6f the
earth the sooner will the sun shine
on suffering humanity and the earth
be its own again. The Kalserism
which has been drilled Into every
German soldier Is all that holds him
to his terrible tasks. No longer has
he a love for his country. He knows
that he is on the wrong side, and
that the dawning of every new day
finds the German army weaker. He
knows it is but a question of time
and his heart is not in it. Why
should it be? for might is no longer
right, but right is might, and that
is the reason that everyone of
know that we cannot lose but are
sure of a glorious victory In the end,
and, for the sake of humanity, may
it be soon.
But I have gotten away off the
subject. I started out to tell how
the day would be passed. Of course
the usual Sunday services will, be
had Sunday school and church,
with mass for the Catholic fellows,
then we will have a morning service
and after this dinner, and we are
sure of a good one too from the
looks of the great pans of good eats
in the kitchen and from the way the
old mess sergeant Is running about,
like a cat in hot ashes, -disturbing
the K. Ps. at their work and implor
ing them to be diligent. After din
ner the entire , battery will be on
"bunk fatigue," or simply rest, and
can pass the afternoon as each man
sees fit,' for there will be nothing
further until evening, when the big
feature of the day will begin. It,
will be held in the Cenema Hall, our
opera house and picture show. The
hall seats twelve hundred, but holds
more in a Jamb, and it is likely to
be crowded, for the Y. M. C. A. wo
men 'have announced that dough
nuts, like mother used to make, will
be served. The camp band wi?l
furnish the music. There will be
solos by camp talent, an address by
the speaker of the evening, singing
by the whole bunch and the "hoging
up" of doughnuts by the same. '
Then there will be a flashlight pic
ture to be published in The Stars
and Strips. If it is not a grand suc
cess there will be none to blame.
Just above my bead, tacked to the
hut wall, is a large picture of Gen
eral Pershing, and below it is his
message to his men. I suppose you
have read it even more than I, but
I shall write It here:
. "Hardships will be your lot, but
truBt In God will give you comfort.
Temptations will befall you, but the
teachings of our Savior will give
you strength.. Let your valor as a
soldier and your conduct as a man
be an inspiration to your comrades
and an honor, to yqur country."
Well, mother, it is almost dinner
time and will have "to close. t Wish
ing you a happy Mother's Day and
many, many a one to follow, and
hoping to be with 'you soofl again,
as I think I shall be, I am
Your loving son, ,
J. C. WADDELL.
A. E. F., May 12.'.
' From France.
Mrs. R. M.'W'hippJo, Union City,
Tenn. Dear Mrs. Whipple:
The-helmet Is eimply fine.- It will
be a godsend next fall and winter.
You can e rure tho nights are cold
and damp here during a good many
months of the year.
Of course the papers are telling of
many .things taking place over here
now. ".Many of them 'are speaking
as though absolutely confident of an
early victory. Please do not let
thosethlngs . cause the . people .in
America to slack up on their efforts
to send an army equipped and with
abundance of supplies for them and
for the Allies. The papers have in
formation from some source, I know
not what, but this news is more or
less not to be relied on. We are aH
hoping for a tremendous "speed up"
in preparations of all kinds over
there. They aro needed and .neces
sary. . . ,
The morale of American troops
here is excellent, all are eager for
the .chance. But they are few as
compared to the number needed.
You would indeed bo amused to
see our quarters, location and every
thing. Even with it all we are all
enthusiastic and anxious for work.
We are cared for much better than
some other organizations are and
ought to be thankful. We have what
we consider an excellent section and
hope to keep it so.
We hope some day to return to our
homes and take up the game of civil
life again where we left off. Surely
things will have changed there much
by that time. Probably we will feel
like fish out of water. "
Again I wish to thank you for the
helmet. With best wishes, I am still
one of the little boys.
SGT. RALPH M. QUINN.
France. ". ' .
New Automobile Agency.
Messrs. W. J. Mays, John George
and W. H. Harris have , formed a
partnership to be known as the
Overland Sales Agency. These gen
tlemen have succeeded W. G. Davis,
who was called to military service.
Mr. Davis was agent for the Willys
Knight and Overland cars and had
sold about seventy cars since he lo
cated here.. The Willys-Knight is a
high grade car and the Overland is
made in different grades. They com
prise valuable sales opportunities
and the new firm will go into the
work to enlarge the' campaign of
possibilities for the .sale of these
cars in their territory. The firm Is
a good one and will be pleased to
serve you. .. , j '
Congressmen from the East and
North and-' those representing the
South and 'West aro Clearing the
decks for a spirited : fight over the
new revenue bill to raise $4,000,
000,000 for prosecution of the war
with Germany, . Representatives, of
the Northern and Eastern States
want a consumption tax and a tax on
cotton, declaring an increase in in
come and profits tax would' cause the
East and North to bear the greater
burden of financing the war.
Preserve Your Eggs
With Water Glass
Eggs' put up now will keep good
until Christmas.
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U. S. Government asks you to put
up all you can.
Can supply you Water Glass for 50c
per quart enough to put up one gross
(twelve dozen) eggs.
Oliver's Drug Store
Fancy Recleaned Tennessee
Burt Seed Oats
Oats will soon make cheap feed will mature in
' ninety days.
COTTON SEED
We have a car of 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 and get descriptive circulars and
see sample. . ,
SOY BEANS
Strictly nice recleaned Yellow Mammoth.
Japan Clover Seed Com Sorghum Seed Red Clover
Red Top Timothy Alsyke White Clover
Orchard Grass.
Prices and samples gladly mailed on request
Cherry-Moss Grain Co.
We Have the Largest Selection
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MONEY TO LOAN
On improved Farm Lands in Obion County, Tenn.,
and Fulton County, Kentucky. 1
' I am authorized to take applications for loans 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,
Cumberland Phone Office 143, Residence 589
JPjJgrSrSS
of Summer Goods
J this season that
we have ever car
ried. We know
we can please ;
you, both as to
pattern and price.
The More for
Cash Store
SON & CO.
Union City, Tenn.
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