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DR. E. M. LONG DENTIST Over Wehman'd Hardware Store Union City, Tenn. Telephones Office 144; Residence 595J DE. E. M. LONG DENTIST Over Wehman's Hardware Store Union City, Tenn. Telephones Office 144; Residence 5 9 5-J UNION CITY, TENN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1921 VOL. 32, NO. 37 n.u ri rnmwirclftl . established 1890 ( ..ii,..-ji cnumlur i mq? Trr:- rnurier.eUbllhed 1897 t - " COMMERC HP AL WEST TENNESSEE HI-Y CONFERENCE FINE BODY OF BOYS Wonderful Meeting of the Older Boys ' of West Tennessee. Evidently the work of the Toung Men's Christian Association in Ten nessee is undergoing one of the great est revivals in the history of the movement. A new spirit has been infused into the organization, and ' one cannot mistake the secret of the new growth if he but come in contact with such meetings as the one Just come to a close in; Union City. This was known as the third annual West em Tennessee plder boys' conference, which was held here Friday, Satur day Sunday, Dec. 2, 3 ana . - . - 1 1 V. I Jm-nA mere lo amajn a inspiration with every forward move ment, and in this case the credit goes to Mr. Chester A. Kerr, State Boys' Work Secretary, who was here or ganizing his forces and afterwards in directing the units of .the work. The conference opened Friday af ternoon with registration and assign ment. ' " On Friday nigh-t the conference banquet took place at the Carnegie Library. Landrith Thomas, presi dent Union City Hi-Y. Club, was the toastmaster. The . entire front hall of the building was taken up as the banquet room, and a throng of young ladies were engaged to wait on the tables. , Mrs. Prieto had charge of the banquet, which was, aa usual, one of those delightfully planned and executed affairs It Is always a pleas ure to attend. The toastmaster was Landrith Thomas,' president of the Union City Hi-Y, Invocation was of fered by Minister Baker, . Then a selection of music by the orchestra, Mr. EtT Reeves Adams, saxophone; Mr. W. u. Jtsramnam, drums; Miss Louise Adams, piano. President Thomas announced the order of exercises and the delegates then gave some rousing Hi-Y yells, coming from the delegations in the i order called by Mr. Kerr, 'mere was a spirit of genuine enthusiasm in this all over the hall, Indicating in un mistakable terms that the young men are interested in the Hi-Y work. Mayof Pittman extended greetings in a most generous way; saying that the keys of the city and tne calaboose had been, tendered to the visiting boys and that the good offices of the city had been offered them in meet ing our young ladies. , He was glad to have the privilege and the pleas ure of greeting these young men. There was then Bome singing by a chorus of " young ladies, the high school girls, and it was a musical treat. 1 ' Miss Kathleen Arnold was heard in a reading number that was won derfully original and 'really fine. A response on behalf of the con ference was ocered by Carey Brown, president Memphis Hi-Y. Mr. Brown said that he did not . come to speak but to be taught and to help to make the work of the Hi-Y count for bet ter things. , The chorus was heard again in a charming number and then Rev. Cunningham offered greetings on be half of the churches. It is indeed a pleasure to welcome you husky young brats, said Brother Cunningham. We want you to meet our girls, and who knows but what this might develop in romance and finally terminate in matri mony, but this is not- the on ly reason to welcome the presence, spirit and enthusiasm of these fine toys. It is that the work they are doing may , be a blessing to our schools, our city and our churches. You have our indorsement in the splendid work you, are engaged in. The churches are back of the move ment. I assure you that the slogan , of clean speech, clean sports, clean habits and clean scholarship is one of the finest examples in the world. Says Brother Cunningham, we are with you. You are the baby grand child of the churches, and the arms of the church, are open to you. We offer you our shelter and our hospi tality. Mr. Kerr led in the dedication of tie Hi-Y Hymn", and then came an address by Mr. Fred T. Barnett, "The Aristocracy of Service." Mr. Barnett said that he was a native of Florida but that he had al ways been impressed with the great State of Tennessee. It seems that in Tennessee the sun shines brighter, the birds sing sweeter and the wom en smile more heavenly than any where else in God's universe. Mr. Barnett then reviewed the service of Tennesseans in the battles of King's Mountain, New Orleans, Alamo. One hundred thousand men, the flower and the pride of Tennessee, followed the Stars and Bars in the War of the Secession. Gen, Sherman said of Na than Bedford Forrest that he was the most remarkable of American soldiers. Without military training and experience he was one of the most intrepid, resourceful and suc cessful of all the commanders of Southern or Northern arms. The heart thrills with the story of the volunteer armor, bearers, the sons of Tennessee. It was the same spirit that filled the Thirtieth Division of Tennessee and North Carolina boys in the great European struggle when they crashed thru the Hindenburg line and conquered Prussianism. America is now facing a political crisis, and the thing that will save America is not her wealth, her re nown, but the type of manhood she produces. What is needed is a spe cies of service that will inspire men to nobler aims and purposes. . . There are varying types of service, and the true service is not wholly of the educated types, of the divine right of kings, of the principle that might makes righ. There is only one order of the nobility of service, and that is of God's aristocracy ded icated to man. Jesus gave us an ex ample of the aristocracy of service, and that was in the life that he gare for a lost world. Only those men who have the vis ion of Jesus Christ can appreciate the nobility of service. They become the true aristocrats. Everything for others and nothing for self was the spirit that moved the Earl of Shafts bury as a friend of England's poor. . General Lee's answer after the war to those tempting him to higher callings was a service in founding an institution for the training of the young men of his country. A life of service instead of a life of selfishness is what the world needs to counteract national and racial ha tred; it is the privilege of responding to the call of humanity. No organi zation has a right to existence ex cept as it serves God and the church. The capital and labor question can not be solved until we realize that we are here to serve one another. When Daniel Webster was asked by one of his compatriots what his fellowman grew in Massachusetts, he replied that we grow men, Mr. Barnett spoke at length in an address of which this is only a ref erence and one' that enchained the attention of the Hi-Y audience. SATURDAY'S SESSION. The second day's session met in the auditorium of the Cumberland Church, opening with a business ses sion. The devotional period was led by Dr. E. E. George, general secretary of the Mempht a Y.M.C.A. A feature of the morning meeting was the ad dress "Making Life Count in School," by Fred Barnett, Y. M. C. A. secre tary Vanderbilt Medical School, Nashville. The afternoon period was featured by the talk of Dr. J. L. Kes ler of the Southorn Y. M. C. A. Col lege, Nashville, who spoke on "Mak ing Life Count in the Community." An early adjournment was had in order that the delegates might at tend the basketball game between Jackson and Troy, Jackson being victorious in this. , A supper meeting was held by the delegate leaders at 6 o'clock. . On Saturday night, Dr. Kesler spoke on "Making Life Count in Our State," a fine discussion. On Sunday the pulpits of the dif ferent churche3 were filled aa fol lows: Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Dr. J. L. Kesler Methodist Church, J. D. Jenkins; Baptist Church, C. A. Kerr; First Christian Church, E. E. George. On Sunday ' afternoon .Dr. Kesler spoke again on the general lino of making life count, and this was in the service rendered to mankind in the brotherhood of man . and the fatherhood of God. At 4 o'clock an interesting picture was exhibited at Jimmie's Playhouse on a subject of vital importance. On Sunday night the Older Boys' Conference closed with a mass meet ing at the M. E. Church.. Dr. George was the speaker leading in the work. It was , a happy finale to a glorious meeting. LIST OF DELEGATES. Union City: Ed Lee Stone, Bar nett Owens, Howell A. Bransford, Robert U. Bond, Paul Jones, Noel Glover, Barnett Gibbs. R. C. Rey nolds, Calvin Brown, Frederick Quinn, Herbert Beck, Jr., Edward Ranck, Landrith Thomas, Joe Calli cott, Chester Caldwell, Lawrence Thompson, Robert Geo. Bramham, Austin Jernigan, Geo. Mayo, Jim Faulkner, J. G. Smith, Joe Jonakin. Jackson: J. D. Jenkins, Giles Gra dy, Robert Johnson, Charles Rice, Harold G. Wise, Duke Baldridge, Er nest Frankland, Stewart Edward. Neshoba: Troy Moore, Herbert Cardwell, Paul Tiller. White Haven: 'Lawrence Powell, Nugent Browder, Marion Davis. Martin: Raymond Wilson, Wm. Taylor. Ripley: Glenn Thompson, Walter Dunham. Rutherford: J. Nelson Cole, Jesse Townsend, Barney L. R. Flowers, Na thaniel Davis, Fain Sparkes, Freed Bell, Marvin Lannom. Dyer: Aubrey Reed, Ray Black burn, Jesse Cooper, Albert Jones, John Guth. Trenton: ' Happcll Hunt, Roger Barker, Frederick Smith. Memphis: Memphis University School, John Pritchard ; Tech. High School, Earl Miller, Irby O'Brien, Walter Irvine; Central High School, Carey Browne, George Ferguson, Per cy Pipkin; Y.M.C.A., L. R. Forsdick, Harold Davis. Troy: Edward Ponder, James Marshall, George Sellers; Joe San ders, Pressly Calhoun, J. C. Greene, Eaton Bennett, Crockett Moss, Clyde Williams, Ralph McDade, Raymond Curry," Zelmer Turner, Bob Hughes. Sharon: Delegation headed b7,H. L. Smith. " . ' Millington: Delegation headed by L. J. Kerr. (Registration cards of these delegations inadvertently mis placed. Millington had four and Sharon five delegates In addition to leaders.) 1 Bells; Hal Walnwright, Ryan Taylor. Report of the Findings Committee, Western Tennessee Older Boys' Con ference, Union City, December 2-3-4, 1921. , - The Findings Committee presented for approval and recommendation of the Conference the following: 1. That the Hi-Y Clubs shall do all in their power to raise the social standards in their respective High Schools, and that this work shall be carried on thru the exertion of the influence of individual members, working as a friendly group, rather than thru official club action, and further, that the clubs shall conduct a larger number of social affairs, as a means of' imparting a healthy tone to the larger school social life. 2. The Conference presents as" its contribution to the work of raising the intellectual standards in the schools this plan: First, the inaugu ration of an Honor system in recita tion and examination in the schools here represented, and second, pres entation of this plan to the student bodies of the schools which are not here represented, with the urgent recommendation that they shall adopt the Honor system. It is further proposed that all HI-Y Cluba shall do all in their power to encourage pupils to continue their education. 3. In the interest of finer ath letic relationships among the schools and the promotion of clean sports manship in the individual schools, this Conference desires , to circulate a petition among the athletic bodies of the High Schools and Prep. Schools in West Tennessee, asking for the formation of a West Tennessee Inter Scholastic Athletic Association, hav ing both Faculty and Student repre sentation, which petition shall later be presented to the West Tennessee Educational Association for approval and adoption. 4. In the interest of clean living among the boys of the High Schools, h-re represented, the individual del egations have agreed that a clean school campaign, which shall endeav or to enlist every boy. in school in a pledge for clean speech, clean sports, clean habits, and clean scholarship, shall be promoted in each of the schools. , 5. This Conference adopts as a goal for next year's Older Boys' Con ference, "Two Hundred Delegates from Thirty Schools." Respectfully submitted, ' - , LANDRITH THOMAS, Chairman. . RAYMOND WDJ30N, EDWARD RANCK. THE LIONS CLUB TO PROMOTE A REAL WEDDING Next Tuesday Night at the Palace Hotel Ladies Invited. ' The Lions Club, at its last meeting at the Forrester Cafe, voted on plans for a club wedding at the Palace Ho tel next Tuesday night, on which oc casion the ladles are to be invited. Mr. Henry Oliver, who has been car rying the plans up his sleeve, was present last Tuesday and announced that this is to be a real wedding with all the ceremonies and accessories urual on such occasions. The condi tions Required are that the principals must agree against race suicide and must be able to carry out the agree ment. It is to be strictly a bona fide family wedding. All the preliminaries and details are now being worked out and some very interesting surprises are to take place at the wedding. Messrs. Claud Walker and Mayor elect Juda Swayne were preseent at the last meeting as delegates from Hickman interested in the movement for another train from Nashville on the N., C. & S. L. Ry. Mr. Walker is chairman of the committee, in which he and Mr. Burdick and others are planning out a map of campaign. Mr. Burdick reported the progress of the movement, and a committee was ap pointed to be in Nashville this week to wait on the officials of the road, aa follows: Hugh Smith, J. C. Bur dick, Henry M. Oliver and Judge J. B. Waddell. What Pennies Will Buy. Wonders are being done with pen nies. v Pennies buy Christmas seals and Christmas seals save human lives every year. Thi3 year more lives will be saved by Christmas seals than ever before, and next year the record will be increased, as the result of the sale of seals which began in Tennes see on Dec. 1 under the direction of the Women's Clubs, the Parent Teachers' Association, the League of Women Voters and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. These little seals are sold at a pen ny each and as a result of their sale in previous years more than 700 hos pitals are now providing sanatoria for those afflicted with tuberculosis; more than 3,000 public health nurses are being employed; nearly one thou sand fresh-air schools are in opera tion and there are 550 tuberculosis dispensaries. This is only a part of the record of the Christmas seal in the United States. - The organization backing the sale of the Christmas seals m Tennessee are asking that every citizen, male and female, do his or her part in the present sale drive by purchasing a number of these little life-saving stickers to be used on . mails and packages during the joyful Yuletide season, in order that the campaign against the great white plague may be. waged more effectively in 1922 than ever before. . , The appeal this year is being made in the name of those who have suc cumbed to the dreaded disease since the last annual seal sale, with the hope of those behind the drive that the sale of Christmas 1921 may reach such a mark as to enable the prosecu tion of the most telling campaign in Tennessee next year that has ever been waged in any State in the Union. Obion Girls Win. The Obion basket ball girls defeat ed the excellent Trimble team on the Obion Court Friday night, Dec. 2, by a score of thirty-three to nineteen. Preaching Service. Brother J. L. Sanders, of the Naza rine Church, will preach at the Pres byterian Church, First street, next Sunday morning at ll o'clock. Pub lic cordially invited. Card of Thanks. With grateful hearts we wish to express our thanks to our friends and neighbors . for every flower, every word of eympathy," every deed of kindness in our sore bereavement the death and burial of our loved one, Silas Newton Cole. May God reward each of you and spare you such heartaches aa we now feel. J. D. Cole and wife and children. ' OUIR MOTTO: Not How Cheap, But How Good. We want your trade solely upon the mer its of our goods. A satisfied customer is the kind of adver tisement we want. Come to us for anything you need for your Fruit Cake. We are the home of the very best of every thing in Groceries and Meats. A few more cans of those cheap Peaches and Apricots. The GROCER E. P. GR1SS0IUI Groceries and Meats The 6R0GER Whipple Coal Co. UNION CITY, TENN. PHONE TILE FACTORY 151 See us for your supply of winter Coal. GIBRALTAR and other Good Domestic COAL. 'the universal' cah Sedan $660 F.O.B.Dttroit With Stmrtwr mi dm nomtmUm Ritmm fete Satisfaction Complete automobile satisfaction is the result of buying wisely and econom ically rather than the desire and means to buy extravagantly. Figure out your every automobile re quirement and you will find it in a Ford Sedan a family car of distinction arid beauty a car of comfort and conven ience a car of dependability and service a car that win give you com plete satisfaction. - Yoa should place your order now if you wish to avoid delay in delivery, . H. RUST f, A Authorized Ford Dealer. Phone 400 t UNION CITY, TENN.