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Commercial.
DR. E. M. LONQ
DENTIST
Over White fit BurchardV Drug
- - Store, Union Gty, Tenn. .
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Office 144-J, Residence 669.
DR. E. M. LONQ
DENTIST
Over White & Burchard' Drug
Store, Union Gty, Tenn.
Telelphones
Office I44.J; Residence 689-J
Union City Commercial, established 1890 i..tj.(,j ct- ,t. . .vt
WestTennessee Courier; established 1897 1 Consolidated September 1, 1897
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1915.
VOL. 25, NO. 3 J.
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HERE IS GOV- RYE'S
OUSTER PLEA REPLY
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"Sr. E. B. Maury, Chairman, and
Other Members of the Committee
"I have carefully . considered the
request made by your committee with
reference to the ouster proceeding
heretofore instituted by the State
tgainst certain city and county of
ficials
"It is requested that the State dis
miss these suits and rely upon the
assurance of the committee that an
organization of business men of Mem
phis will co-operate with city officials
in creating a sentiment in favor of
law enforcement that" will bring
about the same result as contem
plated and desired by the court pro
eeeding. J am not unmindful of the
Talue of public sentiment in the en
xorcement of any law, but you know
public sentiment is sometimes slow
to respond to changed conditions and
you must realize that you undertake
a task" worthy of your best efforts
when you propose to convert an an
tagonistic sentiment into one of guar
anteed law enforcement. I do not
mean to say that this could not be
done., but it is an admitted fact that
the reasons assigned for the non-
enforcement of the law in Memphis
are and have been that public sent!
ment was against it. Therefore,
without doubting the sincerity of
purpose of your organization and in
no way questioning the honesty and
integrity- of its individual members,
and with no doubt in mind as to the
laudable purpose which prompted
your organization in its efforts to
adjust conditions in Memphis and
bring about a dismissal if the pend
ing litigation, still I must decline to
v accede to the request. No matter
how energetically and enthusiastical
ly your organization might labor to
bring about satisfactory results and Senator Lea's speaking appointments at this place and at Troy
conditions, there is no legal way by last Tuesday were canceled on account of the death of Governor Pat
which members could be compelled terson's son Malcolm. Ir.. which took nlr on that At
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nmert. nor m vm. nomnPt he(1,l dechnmg to apeak.
ence on the part of the officials, and Hon. T. J. Bonner will preside over the meeting in Union City and
after all the assurance given in the Hon. Rice A. Pierce will introduce Senator Lea to the audience.
letter of the Mayor depends in the
main upon conditions of which he interview purporting: to come from
KIVER'S FRIENDS MUST
STAND WITH PRESIDENT
SENATOR LUKE LEA
Will address the citizens of Obion County at the courthouse in
UNION CITY
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2 O'CLOCK P. M.
TROY, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1 7, 10 O'CLOCK A. M. .
and his associates alone can, in the the Mayor of the city, questioning
future as in the past, be the sole the sincerity of the Attorney-Gen-
Judges. "
WOULD AVOID FIGHT.
yi could "not, if I desired, compel
a dismissal of the suit referred to,
for the " reason that the Attorney
General of the State can institute a Publicity
suit of this character independent of made by
eral and myself, and charging that
the suit was not instituted in good
faith, was published in the Mem
phis newspapers, as well as the press
tbruout the State, and thus wide
was given to the charge
the Mayor that the law
the Governor and without suggestion suit was actuated for the purposes of
from any State official. This case, revenge and spleen, and without
however, was begun at my instance cause. So that the-only remedy left
and .after a careful investigation the State now is to let- the court
made by" our own agents, disclosing answer this charge by its decree, and
a state of facts which in my judg- say whether or not Memphis has been
ment not only authorized and justi
fied the bringing of the suit, but
made it absolutely imperative that
such proceeding should lie instituted
outraged thru spite and for political
purposes. " .
URGES DISPATCH.
'I shall not enter into a detailed
by the State, or else we would admit statement of the facts as we gather
that our declaration of law enforce- ed them, leading up to the Institution
LIBERTL BELL WILL BE AT
FULTON NOVEMBER
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ment in the interest of decent gov
ernment was a mere sham, a hollow
mockery, and intended alone to lull
to sleep the unsuspecting citizens
who really and honestly believed in
law enforcement. In directing the
institution of the suit I tried to avoid
taking up the fight of any individual
was moved by no political considera
tion for or against any candidate
but actuated solely and alone by my
conceptions of the duty of the chief
executive of a great State called to
that position by the vote of men who
believed in the sincerity of platform
declarations and had a right to ex
. pect that they would be carrried out.
DISCUSSES CASE
"Prior to the institution of this
suit a similar suit had been insti
tuted by the freeholders in your city,
and soon thereafter an appeal was
made to me for assistance in that
litigation. . But at this time, how
ever, a protest was filed by a large
umber of business men, who ex
pressed entire satisfaction with ex
isting conditions and ' claimed that
bo reason whatever, existed for the
proceedings against these officials.
This, together witfc the Mayor's bold
challenge to the parties who had
thus dared to call in question the
official conduct of the city's officials,
suggested that I owed it to the State
as well as to the accused to investi
gate for myself before entering into
any sort n litigation in Memphis.
This investigation was had, with the
result that local counsel was em
ployed and suit nrought on the part
of the State thru the Attorney-General.
The moment this was done an
of the suit, for the reason that the
case is now pending in court and set
for an early hearing, and I doubt the
proprietjr-DT a statement of facts
which are questions of proof to be
determined by the court in the trial
of the case. The constitutionality
of the law under which the suit was
brought has been challenged by the
defendants. This makes it necessary
and imperative that this question, as
well as all other questions of law,
shall be determined at the earliest
possible moment, for if the State is
without laws sufficient to cope with
existing conditions in Tennessee, we
must and will have laws that are, if
possible, to enact them.
"There is another reason why
could not in Justice to myself or to
Gen. Thompson, enter into any sort
of agreement for the dismissal of this
suit. You will recall that immedi
ately upon the institution of the
suit, in the interview, of the Mayor
above referred to, it was stated that
conditions in other parts of the State
were as bad, if not worse, than in
Memphis, and especial reference was
made to Chattanooga, the home town
of Gen. Thompson, and to Paris, my
home. It is reported on good au
thority that soon after the institution
of this suit certain gentlemen claim
ing to be representatives of Mem
phis, were not only investigating
these places (Chattanooga and Par
Is), but also Gen. Thompson and my
self. To settle this lawsuit as sug
gested might in some way affect
these investigations and speaking
for myself and assuming to speak for
(Continued on page five.)
Only Opportunity to See the Famous
s Liberty Bell at Home.
All arrangements have been com
pleted for Liberty Bell Day at Ful
ton, Ky., and a complete interesting
program awaits you. This fact has
been accomplished by the Merchants
and Business Men's Association, who
invite you to visit Fulton on this
occasion, and opportunity which will
not occur again.
The bell will arrive over the I. C
Railroad from San Francisco at 2 p,
m. This is the first stop north of
Memphis, and the people from a
radius of fifty miles should be on
hand to view this relic, cherished
in the memory of millions upon mil
lions of people.
Local committees have arranged to
entertain you thruout the day with
music, speaking and the biggest fire
works display ever exhibited in the
country. ,
When you hear those 21 guns
belch forth the long standing na
tional salute, your mind will revert
back to history, when our forefathers
freed us from bondage.
Come and bring the children. It
is a great educational feature. They
will enjoy it and so will you.
Remember the date, November 20
at 2 p. m.
Fight on Preparedness Would Be
; Fatal, Says Humphreys.
Greenville,- Miss., Nov. 7. Con
gressman Humphreys was asked to
day what there was to the announce
ment in the Washington dispatch in
this morning's Commercial Appeal to
the effect that a conference of river
and harbor, advocates in Washington
had decided to fight the President's
preparedness . programme, and that
they were counted on to support Mr.
Bryan in his opposition to this propo
sition In the coming session of Con
gress. Mr. Humphreys is one of the rank
ing Democrats on the rivers and har
bors committee and has always taken
a leading part in all waterway proj
ects heretofore, and it was thought
that if there were any such agree
ment he would be advised about it.
In reply he said: '
"There are very few members of
Congress now in Washington, and
whatever conference there was, if
any, certainly was not representative
of those who favor .liberal appropria
tions for our rivers and harbors. The
papers have suggested frequently of
late that the President's preparedness
programme would be fought by the
'pork barrel' advocates, as the friends
of river and harbor appropriations
are frequently called, but I have not
believed there was any warrant for
it. I am certainly as much in favor
of such appropriations as any man
in Congress, but I am also in favor
of a big navy and have always been
I am. heartily in favor of thorough
military 'preparedness, and also do
not believe there will be any con
certed effort by the friends of the
proposition to oppose the other,
Whichever side undertakes to or
ganize against the other Will suffer
defeat, in my opinion. This country
is big enough and rich enough to
care properly for all worthy projects
of internal improvement and at the
same time to so strengthen our mili
tary and naval power as to reason
ably insure a continuance of peace
ful relations with all the world. Our
revenues have been impaired by rea
son of the European war, and this
fact will have its influence in Con
gress when the rivers and harbors
bill is being framed, but there will
be no organized effort on the part
of friends of military preparedness
to defeat the bill, and surely the
friends of waterway improvement,
unless they have utterly lost their
senses, will not invite inevitable dis
aster, by combining to defeat the
preparedness programme."
Fisk Singers.
The Fisk Jubilee Quartette and
contralto soloist will give a concert
at the Reynolds Opera House Tues
day, Nov. 16, 1915, at 8 o'clock.
These singers are trained musi
cians and have Just returned from
a tour of the leading Eastern cities
They give the original negro songs
as only negroes can. G. W. Work,
the director and tenoi- soloist, is con
sidered by leading critics as one of
the best tenor singers of America.
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1NEYJ0 LOAN ?
ON FARM
ANDS
I am authorized to take applications for loans on lands in
Obion and Weakley Counties, Tenn., and Fulton County, Ky.
The terms and conditions upon which this money will be loan
ed are most favorable to the borrower. All or any part of a
loan may be paid after one year, interest being stopped on
payments made.
Now is the time to arrange your farm loans while the money
can be had at a low rate of interest and on long time.
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Attorney At Law
& j& Union City, Tenn.
Qualify First
WE HAVE THE BEST GRADE
Y. W. M. S.
Quite, an interesting and well at
tended meeting of the W. M. S,
of the M. E. Church was that of
Monday afternoon. The subject,
"Mexico," was beautifully handled
by the leader, Mrs. Henry Hassler,
who brought out many points of in
terest concerning the people, the
country and our work there. After
the lesson the president, Miss Robin
son, took the chair and presided over
the business session. We voted to
pay $5 on the new stove for the
church kitchen. Plans were dis
cussed for the bazaar and market.
notice of which will be seen else
where. Next Monday will be our
first mission study lesson, "The
Child in the Midst." The books
were loaned us by the Woman's So
ciety, after which they will belong
to the circulating library. All are
cordially invited to attend these
services.
Annual High School Play.
There are 32 pupils in it. The
comedy is copyrighted and a heavy
royalty has to be paid before pre
sentation. "The Charity Girl" is
brimful of refined mirth, of good
plots, of exciting situations. It is
the pupils one night in the year
when they look for and always have
a crowded house. Each character is
well trained and eager right now to
appear, before the footlight. Attend
and have many a happy moment in
memory. Stay away and you will
live to regret it.
Dedication.
The following brethren took part
last Sunday in the dedication of
Stanley's Chapel: Preaching at 11
a. m. by the pastor, Rev. H. B. Ter
ry. At 3 p. m. dedication sermon by
Rev. W. W. Armstrong, of Union
City, who pronounced the dedication,
assisted by Rev. H. A. Butts, of
Union City circuit, and the pastor.
The music by the choir of Stan
ley's and the male, quartette of
Union City, viz: Dr. Adkerson,
Messrs. Woosley, Harrison and An
drews, was delightful. All enjoyed
the day splendidly.
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Crimson Clover, Red and Sweet Clever
Timothy, Red-Top and Blue Grass
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"Sure," said J:he farmer, "but
things must be kept strictly sanitary
these days. Wait until I pick you an
individual gourd."
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