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SB. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
OverWehman's Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144; Residence 5 9 5-J
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman'j Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144; Residence 5D5-J
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Union City Commercial, established 180 j C0n,oijdted September 1.1897
West Tennessee Courier, established 1897 1
UNION CITY, TENN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1921.
VOL. 32, NO. 30
HE
ERG
AL
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
FOR MORE LIONS
One Hundred Called for in the Flan
of Campaign.
An effort will be miio by the
Lions Club In a membership drive to
increase the roll with one hundred
agent for the Nashville, Chattanooga
& St. Louis Railway, a ruling elder
in the church. The gift represents
an accumulation of a lifetime by Ma j.
Danley and Includes Latin and Greek
texts and many theological and sci
entific work3.
Union City Loses.
Greenfield, Tenn., Oct. 15. The
Greenfield Training School Tigers de
fected the fast Union City High i
rames. and with the -aew member- School team by the score of 41 to 3
chip to move full strength for greater The Tigers tore through the line and
thincn in the cltv and county. circled the ends for large gains,
The subject was discussed at while the high school team coma on
length by the Lions last Tuesday ly make pains via tne aenai route.
wien they met in the new rooms re- Wakefield, for Greenfield, starred
cently fitted up for them by W. H. at full-back, making four of the six
Forrester to the rear of the Forrester touchdowns and kicking five goals.
Cafe.
Mr. Rust, chairman cf the commu
tes to investigate the prospects of a
new county fs.ir aid baseball organi
zation, had no report to make m re
cm rA tn tha himlniMm nf the snmmlt
tee. but he counseled with the club Not Over Half of the Workers Will
to defer an important matter, like Obey.
mis unui me meniuerBiiip campaign pll,Mm Oot i e.Raiiroad offi
naa oeen enecieu. ... i . ba ta i,n
NOTED GEOLOGISTS
AT REELFOOT LAKE
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE
DISCUSSES THE STRIX
Beforo lunch was served, , Mr.
Brown, a visitor from Jackson, Tenn.,
was invited to address the club, and
he did so in the interest of the young
neoDle, condemning the evil influ
ences of the day at work in recognized
amusement and business enterprises
to lead young women and young
men astray.
Mr. Hugh Smith spoke relative to
the progress of good roads in the
county. He stated that the Highway
Commission is not yet Teady to act
on the construction of the highway
from Union City to Troy and west
and would not be ready until Con
gress passed the good roads bill car-
generally are calmly and systemat
ically preparing to cope with th
great railroad strike, scheduled to
begin Oct. 30. Union leaders say
they expect to have the entire coun
try tied in a hard knot within four
days after calling the strike, but rail
officials and industrial leaders scout
the idea of a complete tie-up of trans
portation facilities. Some of the most
optimistic rail executives said reports
from trusted men who have long
been in their employ indicate that
not more than half the men will
obey the strike order.
The fact that a government agency
rying appropriations for same, which ordered the 12 per cent reduction in
will no doubt be next in the, program wages and the instructions sent out
nf legislation. The bill, nassed bv to strikers mat mey are uoi u up
tha TTmiRA on,? Sonar i RHii with erate maif trains, practically makes
the conference committee, and is ex- this a battle between the federal gov
notA tn h rpnnrrri ahnrtiv. ernment and the rallroau labor un
In the matter of eood roads Mr. ions. Here is the consensus of opin
John George, traveling for, the Her- ion from the "man in the street," the
kcl-Meisel Trunk Co., St. Louis, ordinary citizen who must bear the
stated that he had just returned from brunt of all strikes: , . .:
Mississippi, and that the good roads ""Let's fight this thing out right
I now and to a finish. If the strikers
" rru i,i ,i, ... sret.what they demand, they will be
TV i L 11 CUT j. x licjr nuuiu uinnc ua -
sick, so Mr. George said. Mr. George back next week with fresh demands
u,i nAn v and threats of another strike. Let's
wao iaiAiii5 uu a. tuutivu uiaup uj i
Mr. Rust to memorialize Congress to nave a good, stiff fight that will leave
take a firm stand on the railroad aome bruises and have it over witn.
strike auestion. and that with the Rail executives profess to have in
, support of the people everywhere the formation to the effect tnat. many of
Lions Club of Union City would stand the men do not want to siriKe. n
by the action of our Senators and is said they gave their leaders a big
Representatives on this proposition strike vote with the understanding
to fight it out to the last ditch, if it was td be used as a ciuo in nego-
possible. v tiatlng for better terms ana tnat tne
Mr, Rust made some remarks con- strike was to be vetoed. This was
rernin the threatened strike to the entirely upset by the announcement
effect that if the crisis must come,
then let the people who are most
generally affected by a cessation of
of the roads that they would ask for
an additional 10 per cent cut. -
Under all the talk on each side,
rail transportation, stand solidly to- thero is a strong current of belief
gother and fight it out to the last "at some .way out or. tne anncuuy
ditch. He asked this to be formed
vill be found before the transports
tion of the country is upset, Just at
a time when tne nation is getting
back on its feet. Much hope is ex
pressed that the national administra
tion will work out some sort of com
promise that both sides can cccept.
into a resolution and forwarded by
the Lions Club to our Senators and
Representatives in Congress.
Mr. Brown, a visitor present, made
some remarks to the effect that the
proposed 12 per cent cut 'in wages
does not represent the total reduc- hrAIXACE REJj) A HIT
tions in wages which include al30 the
extra pay for overtime, amounting
altogether to much more than a
twelve per cent reduction. According
to Mr. Brown, it is nearly fifty per
cent. . y , : ..' - )..
Mr. Howell Bransford made the
point that officials and men higher
IN "THE LOVE SPECIAL."
Wallace Rcid appc;rs at his best
in his new Paramount picture, "The
Lovo Special," which will be shown at
the Playhouse Monday. It is a man's
man picture, and cne that will please
everv admirer or tne athletic sta:
up in the employ of the railroad com- The BC?neg of the story aro lald In
panies should also submit to a twelve the Rccky Mouiltain3 and of
per cent reduction, while fair play th hia-hlr thrillinv. The sun-
Meeting Yesterday at Bondurant for
Investigation.
A meeting of special significance
was held yesterday at the Mitchell
Roney oil well at Bondurant. Messrs.
Tittsworth, Rose and other , citizens
of Union City and other interested
points were present.
It seems that Mr. Haworth, a well
known professor of geology in the
university at Lawrence, Kansas, has
been commissioned to , visit the
Mitchell-Roney well to get the log
and, the formation and deposits in
order to' find, if possible, "a key to
the oil well at Charleston, Mo. Mr.
Haworth is also to make similar in
vestigations at Camden, Mo. On this
occasion other geologists will be
present at the Mltchell-Roney well
as folows: The State geologist of
Arkansas; R. H. Pont, of Missouri;
W. A. Nelson, of Tennessee, and Mr.
Jilson, of Kentucky.
The well at Bondurant !3 now over
three thousand feet deep with near
ly a thousand feet thru a bed of
rock. It is at present a formation of
soft sandstone, and the probabilities
are that the drilling will soon pene
trate a strata of earth, where lie the
hopes of the prospectors.
EXPOSE CONFIDENCE GAME.
Clifford Abernathy Is Arrested by De
tectives in Kansas.
Mrs. Kate Newberry.
Mr3. Kate Newberry died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J.
Winstead, Sunday morning at 4:30
o'clock, after an illness of several
week3. The remains were laid to
rest in Rose Hill Cemetery Monday
morning, ' after funeral services at
the sacred Heart Church, Father
Charles C. Reid officiating.
Mrs. Newberry was the mother of
ten children, seven of whom now sur
vive her. She had made Union City
her home until a short time ago
when she came to Humboldt to live
with her daughter.
Mrs. Newberry was an excellent
woman, a true mother and friend
She was a member of the Catholic
Church, and in her 78th year at the
time of her death.
HENRY WATTERSON AND THE
" REBEL" AT CHATTANOOGA
is so , facetiously suggeste by the
railroad companies.
But the general consensus of the
club was that the cut in salaries ''and
wages should also carry with it a re
duction in freight rates. One is not
worth much without the other, and
this is the i purpose of the memorial
from this club to our Senators and
Representatives.
Farm produce in some instances is
not worth more than the freight
charges, and until the railroad com
panies make some reduction in rites
there will, be very little relief from
the present depression in conditions.
3600 BOOKS FOB BETHEL.
Maj. Danley Gives Valuable Vol
umes to College.
Trezevant, Tenn., Oct. 4. A li
brary gift of 3,600 volumes has been
presented to Bethel College' of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, lo
cated at McKenzie, this county, by
MaJ. W. L. Danley, former pessenger
porting compeny healed -by beauti
fuf Agnes Ayres is exceptionally ca
pable. The picture is based on Frank
H. Spearman's novel, "The Daughter
of a Magnet" and is distinctly worth
while.'
THE CAST.
Jim Glover, Rf.i'road Engineer...
Wallace . Rcid
Laura Gage Agne Ayres
President Gage-. . . TLeodore Roberts
Allen Harrison, Director.'. ......
..... . . . . . . ..... Lloyd Whitlock
Mrs. Whitney. ...... .Sylvia Ashton
William Bucks. .... .William Gaclen
Morris x Blood Clarence Burton
Zcke Logan.... Snitz Edwards
"Gloomy" Ernest Buttcrworth
Stenographer. Zejma Maja
In the Restaurant.
Customer: "Do you make any re
duction for those in the same line
of buoiness?"
Waiter: "Yes: are you a restau
rant keeper?"
Customer: "No I'm a burglar."
4
Dresden, Tenn., Oct. 16. With
the arrest of Clifford Abernathy
(alias Whayne D. Scott) at Dodge
City, Kan., yesterday a smooth con
fidence game was exposed and the
alleged offender apprehended
Clifford Abernathy was reared in
Weakley County and some 15 months
ago was sent by the Circuit Court
here to a State reformatory, after
conviction upon a charge of robbery,
Ha remained in the institution but a
few days when he made his escape
Passing through his home county
here, it is alleged that he robbed two
country stores and made his way
west with the loot. Some four weeks
ago A. C. Bondurant, Esquire, prom
inent citizen of this county and lum
ber dealer, went to Chicago on bust
ness. Before leaving home he ar
ranged with the City State Bank of
Martin to forward to him certain
funds that he would , need while
away. After an absence of one week
a letter from Kansas City, Mo., sign
ed by A. C. Bondurant, addressed to
the City State Bank, lequested the
bank to send draft for $100 to
Whayne D. Scott at Kansas City.
This was forwarded by the bank as
requested. Within a week another
order came to the same bank, ad
dressed in the same manner, request
ing that another $100 be sent, this
time to Dodge City, Kan., to Whayne
B. Scott. This amount was also for
warded. A few days since a similar
request came to the bank, also signed
by A. C. Bondurant asking that $1900
be sent to an address in St. Louis,
Mo.
The bank then became suspicious.
In the meantime Bondurant had re
turned home and the bank officials
sent for him and 'were noon con
vinced that Bondurant had not been
either Kansas or St. Louis, and
that the. bank was the victim of a
clever and adroit forgery. Hand
writing experts pronounoeol the sig
nature of Bondurant to letters and
stated that he would almost be forced
to say the handwriting was his if he
did not know that he. had not been
to these places or executed the drafts
and letters. The bank called to its
assistance a detective agency, and
that agency got on the track of the
alleged forger and located him at
Dodge City, Kan., Where he was un
der arrest for forgery. High Sheriff
B.-B. Bullock left to-night for Kan
sas for the prisoner.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. ' 11.
Reminiccencenses of the Watterson
romance of the "Chattanooga Rebel'
and of Civil War military politics
have been going the rounds since
"Marse Henry's" letter regretting his
inability to attend the Confederate
reunion was published. Col. Wat
tersoa declared in his letter that of
Chattanooga's many claims to his af
fections, the one resulting in the
mosts poignant regret at circum
stances preventing his attendance at
the. reunion was the memory of his
courtship, as it was here that he
found his wife, "who, after 59 years
of devotion, still abides, and between
whom and my3elf the relations then
established remcin unbroken and un
changed." Col. Watterson will be 81
years old next February. .
Mr3. Watteroon, before her mar
riage on Dec. 20, 1865, was Miss Re
becca Ewing, the beautiful daughter
of Hon. Andrew Ewing, of Nash
ville. Their next weiiuing anniver
sary will be the fifty-sixth, but the
annive,rsary of Col. Watterson's
courting 4s now his fifty-ninth, for
it was in 1862-63 that he edited the
"Chattanooga Rebel," and first met
his wife, who was here with rela
tives. Even in those early days of
the famous editor's writing his tren
chant stylo was In evidence. So
trenchant was he in criticism of Gen.
Bragg iat he incurred the wrath of
that high ranking Confederate offi
cer, who finally served notice on the
publisher of the "Rebel" that the
criticisms would have to cease or the
"Rebel" would not be permitted to
circulate within the lines over which
he exercised command. The Union
army had "by then sorely pressed the
Confederates in and around Chatta
nooga, and the "Rebel" outfit had
been hurriedly packed into cars and
shipped to Marietta, 100 miles down
Georgia way.
When the "Rebel" publishers re
ceived Gen. Gragg's ultimatum there
was but one' course open. If they
hoped to continue the paper. That
was to discharge the principal Edi
tor, for they realized the hopeless
ness of attempting to Cissuade him
from writing what he pleased, re
gardless of consequences. "So he
'quit," and Immediately attached
himself to Gen. Polk's staff.
The distinguished Journalist's let
ter is under a New York date, where
Mr. and 'Mrs." Watterson are living
quietly in the Prince George Hotel
The letter was addessed to W. N.
Hudibug, general chairman of the
Confederate reunion committee.
Reformers to Meet in Washington.
Washington, Oct. . 16. Several
thousand members of tne National
Reform' Association will gather in
Washington October 30 fftj; a four
day convocation, the purpose of
which will be to pray for the success
of the international conference on
the limitation of armament. The As
sociation is the oldest of its kind in
the Unted States," according to Gen
eral Superintendent James S. Martin,
of Pittsburgh, and has a membership
of 200,000.
Indefinite. t
"13 this the hosiery department?"
said the voice over the phone.
"Yes," .replied the weary salesla
dy. .....-..
"Have you any flesh-colored stock
ings in stock?" acked the voice.
"Yes," replied the weary saleslady.
Whadda ye want pink, yellow, or
black?'.'
. His Father's Son. .
"Tell mo truly, does the baby real
ly tako after his father?
ly take after his father?" aaKed Mrs.
Jones. - ,
"Yes, indeed why when 've took
the ' darling's bottle' away, he tried
to creep down the cellar utairs."
The Stenog's Vacation.
My tYpust is on bor vacation
My trpr,t's awau fpr a week
My Typudt us in hwr vscarlon
Wgile thse danm kews plsy
' hude and seej.
CJQRAS:
Oy, breng boxk, bting bzk,
Brung beej rdU cOnnie ti my,
tp mr;
B(ng b$xj, b-6ng biex,
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THE UNIYEXSAL CAR
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Genuine
Common Sense
Many Ford owners can afford to own and oper
ate any car they may choose, but they prefer a
Ford "because it is a Ford."
For "because it is a Ford'' means dependability,
ease of operation, efficiency and it means sure,
quick transportation. ' , "
And "because it js a Ford'', means good taste,
pride of ownership and genuine Common Sense.
The Ford Sedan, a closed car of distinction, beauty
and convenience, is the ideal all year 'round car,
for pleasure or business for the farm, town or
city. It gives you all that any car can give at a
much lower cost for operation and maintenance.
Ford Cars of all types are in great demand, so
place your order at once if you wish to avoid
delay in delivery. -
R. H. RUST
, Authorized Ford Dealer. Phone 400 ' -
: .. UNION CITY, TENN.
"VSllice Reid m Agnes Ayres i'9fie Lcve Special
A PiTzmount Picture '
TOOT! TOOT!
AH aboard for the
"Love' Special"
Destination:
JIAIMIE'S PLAYHOUSE
Monday, October 24
Make your reservations early. All Pullman cars. This
picture should draw like a circus. Think of it
ONLY 10c and 20c.
Wallace Reid is the Engineer