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DR. E.M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman'e Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telelphonea
Office 144; Residence 689-J
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman't Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn
Telephones
Offic 144. Residence 689-J
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VOL. 27, NO. 28
Tnion City Commercial. established '890 j CoM0iiJated September 1.1897
West Tennessee Conner, established 1897 1
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918.
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BUY A LIBERTY BOND
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VOLUNTEER SERVICE
SUITABLY OBSERVED
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Large Audience of People Assemble
' in Methodist Church.
A very large crowd of the citizens
of the city and county assembled at
the Methodist Church here last bun
day morning to participate in the ex
ercises incident to the work of the
Fourth Liberty Eoan In Obion Coun
ty. The church was packed and
hundreds enjoyed the addresses of
the speakers, , here on that occasion
as guests of the city,
On the rostrum with the speakers
were Messrs. F. J. Smith, John T
Walker, Geo. Dahnke, H. .0. Head,
Jr.. and Dr. F. M. McRee. While
the audience was assembling Com
pany K, N. G., with Capt. Andrews,
marched in a body to tile church.
The speakers were introduced and
delivered some of the interesting war
themes. They were j both very in
teresting indeed. Sergtv Keaton
Christianberry. a former citizen of
Milan, Tenn., and a late returned
soldier from Gen. Pershing's army in
France, was especially entertaining
in his' original manner of treating
the subject as he came in contact
with the war. Sergt. Christianberry
is a marine. and went out with the
first two hundred and fifty with Gn
eral Pershing, He returns with two
fractures of the skull and his right
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nana aismemuereu. ne'iniio auuui.
forty minutes in his own 'way and
it was one of the most forceful ad
dresses ever heard here. He gave
the man who did not buy bonds to
the limit of his a"bility some strong
arm raps said they ought to be
tarred and feathered and painted
yellow, and run out of town. They
are not, according to the speaker,
even as good as a German. At the
close of his address he held up his
stub arm. and asked the crowd, "How
many, bonds will you give "for your
right arm?"
Mr. Joe Newburger made a mag
nificent address of thirty minutes,
which was also specially "effective
and useful on this occasion.
Lieut: Trwals and Lieut. Jernigan,
the aviators arrived here from' Park
Field about noon, and alighted on
,tho grounds kindly loaned for the
"occasion to the directors of the
Fourth Liberty Loan by Mr. Herman
Dietzel, Jr. After dinner these avia
tors flew over the city and after some
interesting maneuvers resumed their
flight to Paris, Tenn., for the night.
On Sunday they returned to Union
City and from here they flew over to
Troy to fill an appointment there,
demonstrating the movements of the
war plane. Some fifteen hundred or
two thousand people assembled there
on the grounds to witness the ma
neuvers. :
! The speakers were also there and
addressed an overflow audience at
the A. R. P. Church. The Hon. C.
P. Wilson presided and introduced
the speakers. The addresses were
similar to those made here, and the
crowd was highly entertained.
Sergf. Christianberry was a guest
here of Mayor Pittman, a former
townsman at Milan. From Troy the
speakers went to Obion and another
big crowd was out to hear the exer
cises. 1
The weather
many were out. Numbers remained
here practically all the day. '
was
beautiful Td
OBION COUNTY'S QUOTA
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
The Government Has Fixed Obion
County Bond Sales at $460,000.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 30. The
quota of Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds
to be sold by Obion County, in the
campaign that opened Saturday,
Sept. 28, and closes Saturday, Oc
tober 19, coVeriri a period of three
weeks is $460,000. '
This county's qouta in thd Third
Liberty Loan was $235,200 and the
amount of . bonds . . sold totaled
$384,450.. ;r '. - v
The quota for the present carri
paigtt is considerably larger than the
former loan3, and to reach the sales
allotted, and go over the top and
demonstrate to the world that our
county is 100 per cent American de
pends upon the prompt response of
our citizens. '
This county has done its full duty
in the past, and now that our boys
are. on foreign soil, ready to wrest
victory from" the Hun, there is no
question" but the loyal citizens of the
county will do their fulV duty.
HERO FROM WESTERN FRONT
TO VISIT HON CITY OCT. 7
Boy Who Lost Arm in ' France 4o
Accompany Exhibit Train. .
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"'"'jSwlffte a
Private Hugh E. Johnson, - of
Company B, 104 Twenty-Sixth Di
vision, is one of the sofdicr boys who
will be seen on the Liberty Loan- Ex
hibit Train that will ; visit Union
City, Tenn., on Monday, Oct. 7.
The special train will arrive at
5:40 p.. m. and will leave at 7:45
p. m. Tho train will be parked
where the public may conveniently
visit it, and every one is urged to see
the wonderful asnembly of war tro
phies and exhibits.
Private Johnson'.s home is in
Huntsville, Alabama. He was wound
ed while In the Toul sector by a
piece of shrapnel, recovered and re
turned to duty, when on June 11,
he was accidentally wounded in the
left arm by the discharge of a com
rade's rifle while he was asfcep in
a dug-out. (He lost the rorearm Dy
amputation.
He saw seven months service over
seas, and will rerate his most inter
esting experiences in his talk to our
citizens.
TO SUBSCRIBERS
The War Industries Board is
novmaking demands upon the
newspapers in effect Nov. 2,
1918. The order reaching ths
subscriber Is as follows: .
2.' No publisher may continue
subscriptions after 3 months
after date of expiration, unless
renewed and paid for.
We must ask subscribers in
arrears to renew at once. The
orders are mandatory, and our
books are now being changed
to comply with same.
the edison recital
Reynolds theatre
Demonstrating the Great Edison In
strument by Mr. Varnon Dalhart.
-
Having contracted for a Jarge
number of New Edisons, for which
the Dietzel Jewelry store has the
local agency, and to stimulate , the
sale of these wonderiul instruments,
Mr. Chas. Diesel, this, city, one of
our exceptionally live and enterpris
ing' business men, tendered to the
music lovers and people of Union
City and vicinity generally a recital
by., Mr. Vernon Dalhart, noted lyric
tenor, at Reynolds Theatre on the
afternoon and evening of Thursday,
Sept. ?fr.7 '.
The house was crovfded at both
performances. Admission was by
card, extended, to the friends and
patrons of - Mr. Dietzel, end ' from
these friendsWT.ber friends. The
result was a mst ; intelligent 'and
sympathetic audk-nce afternoon and
night. j ,
The object of the recital was to
prove- the recreative achievements of
Mr. Edison with his own machine.
This test has been made In manjf of
the cities of America, to the surprise
and pleasure of perhaps millions of
people. On last Thursday night Mr.
Dalhart appeared here in a concert
program, most of which were song
numbers in which he sang a duet
with himself. That is, he sang in
concert with his own voice recreated
on the Edison phonograph, and in the
test ..he occasionally reated a few
bars to show that the human voice
and the voice, of . the same person
recreated by Edison were practically
the same, sf much so that were the
instrument and the' singer located
behind the curtain one could not be
told from the other.
Interspersed among these rare
musical treats -were delightful se
lections by Mr. Dalhart, always ac
companied by his identical perform
ance upon the New Edison. And
each time we witnessed the miracle
the wonder grew wonder at the
wizard mind that could, with a man
made instrument, rival nature's pro
(fuction of music.
In the. first place Mr. Dalhart is
a tenoringer of national reputation,
and he has a voice of wonderful
value and mature art. He is a
man of 1 fine presence and hJs per
formance is a event of unusual in
terest to music lovers.
But the test had a double value to
those present. Mr. Dalhart sang
thru a program of very delightful
numbers, a selection embracing a
remarkable collection of musical suc
cesses. There were some violin and
orchestra selections and a song by
Miss Hempel. It was a revelation to
the audience. The program was as
follows: .'
(a) Joan of Ate, They are Calling
You Wells. (b) Sweet ' Emalina,
My Gal Creamer-Layton. " (c)
That's Why My Heart is Calling
You Motzan. Mr. Dalhart with
Edison Re-Creation of his voice.
(a)1 Le Menetri'cr Wieniawski.
(b) Spring Song Mendelssohn.
Edison Re-Creation 'of ? Violin Solos
by Messrs. Carl Flesch and Albert
Spradling.
Second Mazurka Godard. Edldson
Re-Creation of a Piano Solo by Mr.
Andre Benoist.
a) Tommy Lad Margetson. (b)
There's Egypt In Your Dreamy Eyes
Spencer, (c) Lorraino (My Beau
tiful Alsace Lorraine) Fisher, Mr.
Dalhart with Edison Re-Creation of
his voice. , "
Egyptia, Intermezzo Zamecnik.
Edison Re-Creation of a performance
by Concert Orchestra.,
' Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee)
LiliuokalanL Edison Re-Creatlpn of
a Soprano Solo by , Miss Frieda
Hempel.
(a) I'm All Bound 'Round with
the Mason Dixon . Line--Schwartz.
(b) Sunshine of Your Smile Ray.
(c) Can't Yo' HearMo Callin'' Caro
line? Roma. Mr. Dalhart with
Edison Re-Creation of his voice.
The Star Spangled Banner.
Greater frugality is urged upon
the people of the United States by
Food Administrator Hoover in a
survey of the needs for the coming
year. Mr. Hoover declared tho United
States was prepared to ship 5,730,000
more tons of foodstuffs to its armies
and allies than last year and still
have a margin. Rationing, he said,
will not be necessary.
BULGARIA SURRENDERS
TEUTONIC ALLIES WEAKEN
Army and navy medical officers
have discovered a serum to combat
Spanish influenza - "
First Break in Central Powers Is
Beginning of the. End.
London, Sept. 30. The armistice
concluded with Bulgaria by the
entente allies is a purely military
convention and contains no pro
visions of a political character.
. Bulgaria agrees to evacuate all the
territory she now occupies in Greece
and Servia, to demobilize her army
immediately and surrender all means
of transport to the allies.
Bulgaria also will surrender her
roads and concede to the allies free
passage thru Bulgaria for the de
velopment of military operations.
All Bulgarian arms and ammuni
tion are to be stored under the con
trol of the allies, to whom is con
ceded the right to "occupy all Impor
tant strategic points.
The Associated Press learns that
the military occupation of Bulgaria
will be entrusted to British, French
and Italian forces, and the evacu
ated portions of Greece and Servia
respectively to Greek and Servian
troops. ".
The armistice .means a complete
military surrender and Bulgaria
ceases to be a belligerent.
All questions of territorial rear
rangement in the Balkans were pur
posely omitted from the convention.
The allies made no stipulation
concerning- King Ferdinand, his
position being considered an internal
matter, one for the Bulgarians them
selves to deal with.
The armistice will remain in
operation until a final general peace
is concluded.
West Tennessee Quota.
West Tennessee's quota bf Fourth
Liberty Loan Bonds is as follows:
County
Benton
Carroll
Chester . .
Crockett .
Decatur .
Dyer
Fayette .. .
Gibson . .
Hardeman
Hardin
Haywood
Henderson .
Henry ....
Lake
Lauderdale .
Madison
McNairy
Obion
Shelby
Tipton
Weakley . . .
Quota
93,000
251,000
90,000
188,000
66,000
440,000
166,000
850,000
263,000
. 113,000
300,000
248,000
, 370,000
124,000
444,000
946,000
112,000
460,000
11,940,000
390,000
394,000
NEWS NOTES.
In probably the greatest battle In
the world's history, Gen. Foch is
pounding away at the German line
from the North Sea to Verdun. In
all of the sectors of the gigantic
front the same tactics that smashed
the St. Mihiel sector, that drove thru
the wedge at Chatteau Thierry, that
everywhere has straightened out the
allied line, the commander-in-chief
of the Entente armies is using in
this tremendous thrust, and at points
along the", 250-mile battlefield key
positions" of the enemy have been
taken or rendered untenable. From
Ypresto Dixmude British and Bel
gians . delivered a vicious attack
which sent the enemy forces reeling.
Around Cambrai the British have
crossed the Canal dii Nord and ren
dered that strategic city practically
at the mercy of the Allies and im
portant railroad lines from it within
range of the allied guns. .
Gen. Soukhomljnoff, former Min
ister of War of Russia, who was
court-martialed and convicted
hasescapod from Russia,
You Can Get It
Oliver's Drug Stores
The Rexall Stores
Red Cross
First and Washington
Red Star
Main and Division
Union City, Tenn.
Just Received
One Car
New Rye
Barley and
Crimson Clover
We would buy a few good thin
MULES
Cherry-Moss Grain Co.
Dwell Grain & Feed Co.
JkWish to announce that they have recently re
organized on an exceptionally strong financial basis, and
are in the market and prepared to handle your )
CORN, OATS AND HAY.
v . .
Ve . Have Opened a Retail Department, and
will Sell Corn, Oats and Hay in Any Qnantity
J I you have any second-hand bags, bring or ship
them to us and we will pay you the .highest market
price for them.
We are Headquarters for Mixed Feed
for Stock and Poultry. ;
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