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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
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COMMERC
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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
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UNION CITY, TENN.
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result of buying wisely and econom
ically rather than the desire and means
to buy extravagantly.
Figure out your every automobile re
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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,
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f, A Authorized Ford Dealer. Phone 400
t UNION CITY, TENN.