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West Tennessee Courier, established 1897
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919.
VOL. 27, NO. 51
COMMI
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman's Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144. Residence 595-J
TENNESSEE
xNEWS
Happenings Over Common
wealth Gleaned From
Various Places
'. Union City. Union City people are
talking good roads to a greater extent
tium ever before.
Manchester. The MoMinnvtlle Pres
bytery of the Cumberland Presbyte
rian Church met here, continuing in
session three days.
Nashville. Mrs. A. M. Shook, wife
of Col. A. M. Shook, died. She had
lately returned from a stay In Flor
Ida, whence she had gone' in search of
nealth.
Friendship. In the election for city
officers, C. H. Scales was elected
mayor, and Messrs. J. O. Agee, L. M.
IPrivett, M. B. Rice and H. G. Cherry
were elected aldermen.
Capleville. At a meeting of the
board of directors of the Sllleba-Com
munity Fair, held here, the. directors
voted unanimously to Indorse the bond
Issue for Shelby County schools.
Jackson. Twenty-five or more
Jackson alunuai of the S. A. E. frater
nity joined the men of the-active chap
ter at Union University in celebration
of Founder's Day with a banquet.
Dyersburg. At a meeting - of the
members of the Forked Deer Club, the
annual election of officers was held.
W. S. Scott was re-elected president
and J. F. Briggs, ' secretary-treasurer.
Chattanooga. According to infor
matlon reaching the weather bureau
officials here, unusual flood conditions
prevailed on the lower Tennessee
river, the stream having risen so rap-
1.11.- . 1 AAn nlnn
iuiy as (41 aiaiui uiau lunua aiuug iua
banks.
Knoxville. 'Henry Roberts, chair
man of the highways committee of the
Bristol Chamber, of Commerce, is do
ing effective work in pushing the pro
posed plan to Issue $60,000,000 in
bonds for building a state highway
s a
Chattanooga. Consernatlon was
thrown into the ranks of candidates
for city offices by the discovery that
a bill has been prepared for Introduc
tion in the Legislature amending the
charter so as to allow women to vote
In the coming election.
Jackson. I. N. Chamberlain and
family, living at Medon, this county,
had a narrow escape from death when
lightning struck their home, tearing
away part of the room where several
members were sleeping 'and throwing
a 14-foot plank across the bed In which
two of the children were resting.
Jackson. Plans for raising $100,000
among members of the Christian
Church In West Tennessee for the es
tablishment of a denominational
achool at Henderson, Chester County,
are being perfected. The property of
the Henderson Normal School will be
taken over and converted into a large
college to be fostered by the Christian
Church.
Jackson. That the farmers of Mad
lson County are going to stand by the
all-southern pledge to reduce cotton
acreage In 1919 one-third was evi
denced when reports from practically
all districts were made at the general
conference held at the courthouse un
der the call of Chairman R. B. Neely
of the cotton acreage reduction com
mittee.
Nashville Senator D. M. Chandlei
is preparing a bill which would require
every person who purchases an auto
mobile to take out liability insurance
equal to the amount paid for the car
The insurance certificate must be filed
with the county court -clerk and in
case of injury to p isons action could
be had against the insured and the
county clerk on this policy.
Memphis. MaJ..W. G. Somerville
returned home after being overseas
one year in the hospital service. The
greater part of this time was spent at
Base Hospital No. 61, located at
Beaun, France. For two months he
was stationed at La Fauche. Maj.
Somerville stated that the group of
hospitals at Beaun were able to ac
commodate about 10,000 patients. "
. . Lexington. A preachers' and work
ere' institute for Beech River Baptist
Association will be held at Rock Hill
Church, five miles east of this place,
beginning Monday, March 17, and con
tlnuing six days. The exercisers will
be In the nature of a school of instruc
inn. The faculty consists of Revs. J
K. Haynes of Nashville, E. A. Cox of
Watertown, CF. Clark of Nashville
and Fleetwood Ball of Lexington.
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gram oT the V. M. C. A. received a big
boost here. The largest banquet hall
In the city was filled with citizens who
heartily endorsed the work as outlined
by Mr. Fred M. Hubbell, the state sec
retary of community work.
Alamo. A large number of citizens
of Crockett County, from Bells, Alamo,
Maury City. Friendship and othei
places, met In the courthouse in
mass meeting for the purpose of dis
cussing the proposed $50,000,000 bond
Issue for roads in Tennessee.
ANOTHER BILL 18 READY.
Louthan Has New Antlfee Bill Which
He Thinks Constitutional.
Nashville.--Senator A. V. Louthan
lid not wait for the supreme court de
cision on the antlfee bill, but In antici
pation of what its opinion would be
on the question he has prepared an
ther antlfee bill which he believes will
bear the sharpest scrutiny of the high
court of the state. He will introduce
this bill immediately upon the recon
vening of the Legislature.
Mr. Louthan states that his bill does
not attempt to classify the counties,
but provides that the officers of all
the counties shall have all the fees
properly belonging to their officers up
to a certain amount. When the speci
fied amount is reached a certain per
cent of the additional fees shall go to
pay the salaries of deputies and the re
mainder shall go to the treasury.
Committee Finishes First Lap;
The educational investigating com
mittee returned from Knoxville, John
son City and Cookevllle. The commit
tee is composed of Senators Albert E
Hill, chairman; L. E. Gwinn and E.
E. Patton and Representative Sid. F.
Carr, R. D. Mills, C. W. Brooks and
R. B. iSwlnk, At Knoxville the com
mittee spent a whole day in examining
the University of Tennessee. General
ly the university was found in good
condition, but the machinery in use
there is obsolete and practically worn
out. The committee was shown the
plans for the proposed $400,000 main
building and the $300,000 agricultural
building now in the course of erection
on the university farm.
These buildings will be erected from
the fund raised by the $1,000,000 bond
issue authorized by the general as
sembly of 1917. One hundred thousand
dollars of this issue will be expended
In establishing the Middle Tennessee
experiment station at Columbia. "
The contracts for the main univer
sity building will be let in a few
weeks.
At Johnson City the committee in
vestigated the East Tennessee Normal
school. The school was found to be In
splendid condition, except that it Is
much in need of more dormitories, as
those available are overcrowded, thus
compelling many students to board In
the city. The school Is also much in
need of a gym. What is said of the
Normal school is applicable also to
the Polytechnic Institute at Cookevllle.
More than half of the student body of
this school have been forced to seek
board and lodging in the town, more
than a mile distant. The school Is also
anxious to secure a gym and an audi
torium. The state has appropriated $15,000 to
this school, with $28,000 for mainten
ance. The Polytechnic is doing a good
work In the effort to overcome the
high illiteracy standing of Tennessee.
Wilt Finish Work.
The legislative committees which
were appointed to make investigations
Ipf the various state departments dur
ing the legislative recess, win nnisn
their work this week and formulate
their reports for presentation to the
Legislaure when it reconvenes. The
survey committee, it Is understood,
will recommend some changes In the
department. The department of min
ing will be consolidated with the state
geological survey, if the report of the
committee is agreeable to the Legisla
ture. The department of forestry will
be removed from the geological survey
and placed with the Department of Ag
riculture. Other minor changes will
probably be recommended by this com
mittee. Work Progressing Nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hard, superin
tendent and matron, respectively, of
the State Training and - Agricultural
School for Boys, returned from a trip
of Inspection to the Herbert Domain
In the party were also Commissioner
of Agriculture H. K. Bryson; Profes
sors Watson and Bentley, hortlcultur
alists of the University of Tennessee,
and Prof. Murrell, horticulturalist of
the (Southern railway.
Superintendent Hard reports that
work at the domain is progressing
nicely.
Mobs Cut Phone Wires.
. Copenhagen. Crowds forced their
way Into police stations in Berlin, dls-j
armed the policemen and cut the tele-;
phone wires, according to a telegraaj
OVERHALFfilllJ.il
III STAY III ARMY
CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS IT'S NECES
SARY TO HOLD U. 8. ARMY
TO 609,009.
THAT STRENGTH IS VITAL
March to Retain 200,000 Draft and
Guard Troops Under Draft Law
Until Next Congreae Can Pass
Needed Legislation.
Washington. Retention within the
army of about 200,000 men, obtained
originally through the drafts and by
transfer from the national guard, Is
planned by the War Department in
building up the temporary military es
tablishment of the nation. This was
definitely made known here by Gen.
March, chief of staff, who announced
the decision of the War Department
that the army would "not be reduced
under any circumstances" below 509,
909 until some law was passed fixing
the permanent forces.
"All the military problems that con
front us have been carefully consid
ered, determining the 'number of men
necessary," Gen. March said, "and we
cannot get along without that num
ber 609,909 and they will be held."
Disables Estimated at 100,000.
Present estimates of military author
ities put the number of Americans dis
abled In the war at 100,000. Of this
number, it is estimated 80,000 will be
able to return to their old occupations,
leaving 20,000 who need retraining for
work suited to their maimed condi
tions. The federal board for vocational edu
cation, appealing to the country for aid
in the campaign to make disabled sol
diers independent by making them self
supporting, announced that so far 13,
000 have registered for retraining. The
applications of 1,300 have been ap
proved and BOO actually have started
courses in re-education.
Suicides in the Army.
Statistics compiled by the War De
partment show that from the date of
the entry of the United States into the
war to Feb. 21, 1919, there were 339
suicides in the army. Of these, 19S
occurred in the United States and 148
overseas. In making this total public
Gen. March pointed out that it was
far below the average per thousand In
civil life during the years 1914-15-16.
1,390,000 Men on Firing Line.
American troops actually participat
ing in engagements against the enemy
numbered 1,890,000 men.
PETROGRAD BIG DEATH TOLL
Over 100,000 Died of Starvation Is Re
port of December and
January.
Berne, Switzerland. During Decern
ber and iary nearly 100,000 persons
jn Petro6rad died from hunger and as
the result of epidemics, according to
official statements as reported by
Swiss refugees who arrived from Rus
sla. There were 400 of the refugees
In the party.
To Probe Sleeping Sickness.
Richmond, Va. A special commie
slon was appointed by the state board
of health to investigate the prevalence
of epidemic somnolence, commonly
caled "sleeping sickness," which has
developed here. Five cases are under
quarantine here.
The disease, which is considered a
certain form of infantile paralysis of
manifestation of influenza, is also re
ported to have been prevalent in North
Carolina and Illinois.
VEGETABLES ARE DAMAGED
Hailstorms Do Considerable Damage
in the Trucking Sections Near
New Orleans.
New Orleans. Reports from truck
lng sections in the New Orleans dis
trict told of considerable damage from
heavy rain and hailstorms. At Amite
City, in Tangipahoa parish, center of
the Louisiana truck growing section,
two hailstorms about an hour apart
beat down growing vegetables and de
layed market shipments.
Field Artillery Leave France.
Washington. The 113th Field Artil
lery, attached to the Thtrtieth Di
vision, sailed from Franch March 10,
press reports announced, and accord
ing to previous priority lists the 114th
.and 115th artilleries are scheduled to
follow nexL This means, if they sail
this week, they will be in Memphis
on or about April 1. -
utb5 MU3 1 3crin. 3 en i cnut
United States Supreme Court Sustain!
' Conviction lr Lower Court Vlo
i lated Espionage Act
! Washington. Conviction under th
espionage act of Eugene V. Debs, so
delist leader, and Jacob Frohwerk, t
newspaper editor of Kansas City, wen
sustained by the supreme court In
runanimous opinions delivered by Jua
tice Holmes. Both men were tea
fenced by the lower courts to ten
years' Imprisonment. .
While not passing directly on . ths
constitutionality of the act, the court
in effect, did declare valid the socalled
enlistment section and reaffirmed its
opinion that the espionage law is not
an interference with the constitutional
right of free speech.
ACREAGE WILL BE CUT.
Gov. Pleasants Predicts Success of ths
Movement.
Baton Rouge, La. Success of the
cotton acreage reduction movement in
the southern states was predicted by
Gov. Pleasants of Louisiana upon his
return here from Washington where
he attended the conference of gover
nors.
"I was assured," he said, "by Gov
Dorsey of Georgia and representatives
from the Carolinas and Tennessee thai
an enthusiastic support of the move
ment exists in their states. Reports
of a like sentiment are coming from
other southern states and there seems
to be no doubt that success of the
scheme will be carried out."
ROME WELCOMES FIGHTERS.
8,000 Veterans March Through Streets.
First Since Armistice.
Rome Rome gave a warm welcomi
to 6,000 veterans of the Italian army,
the first soldiers to march through the
capital since fighting ceased. The
veterans paraded through the main
thoroughfares, which were crowded
with onlookers. Flowers were thrown
in their path.
Prince Colona, the mayor of Rome,
and members of parliament, greeted
the returning soldiers at the station.
The king and the royal family re
viewed the veterans from a balcony of
the Quirinal.
. Dixie Machine Gun Units.
New York. The 15 officers and 61
men of the 336th machine gun battal
ion; 16 officers and 585 men of the
335th machine gun battolion; 10 offi
cers and 347 men of the 334th ma
chine gun battalion, all of the 87th
division (national army troops of Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi),
were among the 4,400 troops arriving
here aboard the steamer Mongolia
from France.
About 1,000 of the men aboard the
vessel were convalescing from sick
ness or wounds.
Soldiers to School.
Washington. Twenty-nine per cent
of the wounded soldiers at army hospi
tals In which education departments
have been established were enrolled
during January in some form of edu
cational work. The physical recon
struction division of the surgeon-general's
office, In a report made public,
said that 62 disabled men resumed
their old occupations In January as
the result of this training.
Plan Pushing Highway.
Lincoln, Neb. Temporary organiza
tion here of a "Pershing highway,"
which would extend from the Pacific
to the Atlantic coast and include cities
and towns where the principal events
in the life of Gen. Pershing occurred,
Is announced by Walter S. Whitten,
secretary of the Lincoln Commercial
Club. Gov. McKelvie, honorary chair
man of the organization, will invite
the governors of all states included in
the proposed route to send representa
tives here to permanently organize
the project.
Foreign Medals Awarded Yanks.
Paris. (Foreign medals to the num
ber of 9,383 had been awarded to mem
bers of the American expeditionary
force up to February 26, according
to a compilation made by the Stars
and Stripes. Of this number 8,006
were French war crosses, 61 medals
of the Legion of Honor, 124 the mili
tary medal and 98 the Honneur des
Epidemics. The British decorations
totaled 518, including 154 military
crosses and 251 military medals. B(
Bel
tbe glum decorated 571 members of
expeditionary force and Italy five.
Embargo 'Placed on All Goods.
Melbourne. The minister of customs
of the commonwealth of Australia has
issued a proclamation prohibiting the
Importation into the commonwealth of
ill goods other than those of British
origin.
Three Seriously Burned.
Nowata, Okla. The Riverside West
ern Gasoline company's No. 1 plant,
seven miles southeast of here, was
destroyed by an. explosion. Three per
sons' were seriously burned.
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OLIVER'S DRUG STORE
FELIX W. MOORE
Union City, Tenn.
MONEY
TO LOAN AT LOW
On their lands as security. These
or ten years, with interest payable semi-annually or annually, as the
borrower may prefer. The principal sum borrowed may be repaid in
$100 amounts or in lareer sums at any interest paying date. There
will be no charge for such loans except for abstracting title to lands
offered as secuiity for loan. These loans will be closed and the money
in the hands of borrower promptly, and no long delays are necessary.
MOORE &
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DAVIS & RUSSELL, Union City, Tenn.,
are our held agents and authorized to
take applications for loans.
BEFORE BUYING
YOUR SEED FOR SPRING PLANTING
We would like to show you
We have the highest germinating seed that can be
bought, which includes
Timothy
Red Top
Clover
We also handle Cotton
Cotton Seed Hulls. AH our
showing the analysis.
Get our prices before you
line.
Cherry- Moss Grain Co.
Vrvion City, Tent.
COME TO SEE US
EVERY DAY IN FEBRUARY
We might have something new. That would be a
surprise to you. Come in and look through. We will
be glad to see you. You can sure get the best just like
you did before the war. If you buy from us you must be
satisfied, for that is a part of the deal. We have arrang
ed our grocery for your convenience. Everything to eat,
from bread to meat So don't go hungry, but just
eat, eat, eat -
E. UP. GRISSOIVI
Three Phones
Union City.
W. E. HUDGINS
Union City, Tenn.
RATES TO FARMERS
loans will be made for either five
HUDGINS
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HENRY & HENRY, of Hickman. Ky.
are field agents and have the same au
thority. Japan Clover
Soy Beans
"Burt Oats
Seed Meal and Cake and
meal and cake is tagged,
buy. They are always in
' Two Fords
from Berlin.
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, epringfield. The community
pro-