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DR. R M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wenman's Hardware Store
Union Gty, Tenn.
Telelphones
Office 144; Residence 595-J
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wenman's Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephone
Office 144. Residence 595-J
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VOL. 28, NO. 7
Union City Commercial, established 890 1 v.n,ll s-,t.mh.f 1 i7
West Tennessee Courier.estoblished 1897 I CowoUdaUd September 1. 1897
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OBIOIl COUNTY
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
One of the most liberally attend-
i j ed and . entbuBiastle meetings ever
.V held In Union City was the one as
sembled Thursday night In the inter
est, , of the Obion County Memorial
Hospital. -
Obion County Memorial Hospital
Association met at the City Hall in
. Union City, Tennesseo May 1, 1919,
. at 8:30 p. m.
Officers present: Geo. Dahnke,
. president; Dr. W. M. Turner, vice
president and C. S. Talley, secretary
and treasurer. After prayer by Rev.
Randall Parris," varous plans were
discussed for county co-operation by
several speakers, which resulted in
the - appointment of the following
chairmen for the various commit
tees: Ways and Means Committee, H.
M. Oliver, Chaiwtan.
Committee of Arrangement, Ellis
Jackson, Chairman.
" Committee on Speakers, Rev. Todd,
Chairman.
Committee of Advertisement, Chas.
Dietzel, Chairman.
Committee of Organization, Dr. M.
A. Blanton, Chairman.
The following ladies present were
also appointed on organization work
for the county: '
Mrs. S. P.. Howard, Mrs. J. F.
Howard, Mrs. Robt. Whipple, Mrs.
W. H. Swiggart, Mrs. Jno. George.
' Considerable enthusiam wa3 mani-
tested by all present in the interest
of the work, and the Association ad
, journed to meet at City Hall May
1 . 8, 191?j, at 8 o'clock p. m.
- H.M. Oliver, chairman of Ways and
, . Means Committee, announced the fol
lowing names to head the various
committees: Judge J. B. Waddell,
county officials; Prof. B. A. Vaughn,
school interests; C. T. Lovelace, mer"
cantile interests;. Clarence Cloys and
W. M. Warterfleld, farming interests;
C. A. Davis, fraternal interests; Seid
Waddell, banking interests; R. H.
Rust, auto interests; Arthur Titts
, ''worth, insurance ' interests; " O. W.
- Phebus, Jr., mail carriers interests;
Dr. J. B. Hibbitts, physicians inter
ests; A. J. Harpole, lawyers interests;
W. B. Cunningham, ministers inter
ests. .
Graves, not conferences, were urg
ed as a cure for anarchism by Mayor
Ole Hanson, of Seattle, in a Victory
Loan address in Topeka, Kas. He
" declared he would give up his office
and tour the country in search of
hanging places for anarchists, if the
"skim milk, weak, vacillating and
changeable" methods of the United
States are not speedily dropped.
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ENLARGING PLANT OF THE
REYNOLDS PACKING GO.
The Capacity, td be Increase Three
Hundred Per Cent.
The Reynolds Packing Co., pro
ducing what are now known as the
R. P. C. brands of meat products, are
clearing the grounds and having ma
terial delivered for tho enlargement
of the packing plant Just southwest
of the city. The building Is now one
story, 30 by 66 feet. " Thirty feet of
building is to bo added the full length
of the rear and an additional struc
ture of 25 by 50 feet is to be added
to the west end. This part of the
building will be two stories high, and
the sausage mills and canning work
will be moved to this department.
The building altogether, when com
pleted, will accomodate an output of
four times the present capacity of
the plant. Of course the equipment
will also be enlarged and everything
complete for the new order of busi
ness. A larger force of operatives
will be employed and still further
progress, which the business has been
making practically by leaps and
bounds. The capital stock is now
$100,000 and it is a money maker
and one of the best of our home en
terprises. Union City Public Schools.
Tho following members of the
faculty for 1919-20 of the Union City
Public Schools wero elected last
week :
HIGH SCHOOL.
R. H. Baldwin, assistant superin
tendent; Miss Adele Allen, English;
Miss Lydia Stone, domestic science;
Mi8s Vivian Gooch, commercial de
partment. .
GRAMMAR GRADES.
Miss Minnie Vcorhel3, Miss Pearl.
Floyd, Miss Nannio Hamilton, Miss
Minnio Lee Beeler, Miss Marene
Allen, and Miss Ruth Griffin.
WESTOVER.
Miss Sudle Caruthei's, principal;
Miss Callie Howell, and Mis3 Ninnie
Barksdale.
The following unsolicited indorse
ment was filed with tho Beard of Ed
ucation. It is from the Junior High
School and emanates from a true
school spirit and a high regard for
the qualifications and commendable
work done by Mr. Baldwin during the
school year just closing:
"Tho Juniors as a class heartily
indorse Mr. Baldwin as a teacher,
organizer, and a scholarly christian
gentleman, and we hope that he will
be with us next year."
' "JUNIORS."
Stucco that hotiyuid save perpet
ual repairs. T. L. Eranaford Sons.
WILL BUILD RAILROAD I
SIKESTOli TO HICKMAN
Subscriptions on Project Reach
$65,000. ,
SIKESTON, Mo., May 3. The
Sikeston Southeastern Railroad that
will connect Sikeston with Hickman,
Ky., has taken definite shape. Last
night at a banquet in Sikeston, at
tended by 80 men from various parts
of Southeast Missouri, the stockhold
era moved to organize and incorpo
rate. -': .'" - '
This road, first planned in 1906,
was dropped the following year bo
cause of tho panic. Plans of the road
had already been completed then, the
terminals had been bought, the right
of way surveyed and most of it se'
cured and the blue prints and sped
flcations made. Since then the or
ganlzation has lapsed, but the
money paid in has yielded an annual
income of 15 per cent from the rent
ers of the terminals and right of way
Agitation to build this road was
begun about three months ago. M
G. Gresham, a former stockholder and
promoter of the railroad, became in
terested. Subscriptions to build this
railroad of only 30 miles length were
taken up and $41,000 was secured
Last night tho amount Jumped to
$65,000, and it is estimated that
$300,000 will build tho road.
The road will run south and east
from Sikeston to East Prairie, and
from thence straight to Hickman,
Ky. This road will go through the
richest area of land in Southeast Mis
souri and new land. A virgin forest
of thousands of acres of cypress will
be reached. It will further give bet
ter traveling facilities to the people
of this section and lower the freight
rales, a condition that Scott County
Milling Company has been attempt
ing to remedy.
Bowman Speaks.
Lyman R. Bowman, traffic manager
of the milling company, the largest
in Missouri, and one which sella its
products in all southern states,.Bpoke
on the freight conditions:. itt" this tm
tion and the disad)1"tflgos all.. South
east Missouri, saveo owTas on the
river, were suncrinto fc , -yf
"As an example of disadvantages,"
he said, "rates on grain from Sikes
ton to all Mississippi River points, is
10 cents per cwt. over rates from Cai
ro, 111. To points in this territory
known as the southwest and south
east, we are 5 cents per cwt. over
Cairo, 111. The farmer accepts from 3
to 6 cents per bushel less for his grain
here than it is worth 25, miles east
on the Mississippi River. The rates
on merchandise force merchants here
to ask more monery or work on lower
There are more than 3,000,000 Ford cars in daily operation in America.
This is a little better than half bf all the motor cars in use in the country.
There' js a very potent and profitable reason in this why you should buy
Ford cars for your business and for your personal use. It is a demonstrated
rpi. fact that Ford cars have, in every line of human desire so far
1 nC ag motor cars are concerned, best satisfied their owners with
LtfOQfiC the service given. They must be safe; they must be com-
p. fortable; they must be always reliable; they must be con-
. 01 IflCIS venient and they must be economical, or they wouldn't be
so tremendously popular with all classes of, people. The big Ford Factory
has not yet reached normal -production, but the war is over, and it is getting
back as fast as possible. We are getting a few cars in right along, and we
will do the best possible to give you early delivery. .
Runabout, $500; Touring Car, $525; Coupe, $50; Sedan, $775; Truck
Chassis, $550. These pricos are f. o. b. Detroit
Leave your order with me and be assured of two things: First, the earliest
possible delivery; Second, an after service that has the strongest commen
dation and endorsement of the Ford Motor Company as being a reliable,
satisfactory and economical servient.
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r AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER.
Tel. 400 UNION CITY, TENN.
profit than their competitor 25 miles
away.
"The traffic manager," said Bow
man in his talk, "of the government
barge line said that they will take
the freight of the milling company
at 80 per cent of what the railroads
carry it for. Rail grain rate from
Carlo to New Orleans is 12 cents
per cwt. , Therefore, the water rate
is 10 cents per cwt. The, Lee Line
steamers will deliver all - classes of
merchandise for 80 per cent of all
rail rates.",
The meeting adjourned near mid
night to be continued Monday night,
when a board of directors will be
chosen. , Fanners in this country,
which has recently sprung into no
tice as the finest farming land and
the best producing land of corn and
wheat in Missouri, are pushing the
project that may result in making
this discrimination in freight .rates
cease. The Scott County, Milling
Company is urging that something
be - done becauso, with its immense
business of over $10,000,000 a year,
the rail rates are hurting it and the
farming interests in this country.
That company is even threatening to
equip a fleet of trucks to haul its
freight to tho river if something is
not done to lower ( the rates, which
makes a farmer lose from 3 to 6 cents
a bushel on every bushel raised. It
is either build the railroad, open the
Wahite ditch, or build concrete roads
and use trucks, the business interests
in this section havo concluded. The
organization Monday will makji defi
nite plans for the selling of stock,
Joining the railroads at Hickman, and
beginning tho work.
TALCUM POWDER
The one toilet article that everybody needs.
TALC
o nte e
Perfumed with the costly newoder of 26 Flowers
25c
Business Man to Face Trial.
J. C. Burdick, Jr., was arrested
last week and gave bond for his ap
pearance at this term of the Circuit
Court o answer the charge of assault
upon B. D. Coulter. Mr. Burdick
was one of the committee of solici
tors in the Fourth Liberty Loan and
he, . it is understood, remonstrated
with Mr. Coulter for refusing to buy
a bond, the result of which wa3 word's
and blows, with however no serious
results, excepting the placing of Mr.
Coulter's name in the- list of delin
quents and severing hi3 local busi
ness connections.
Rexall Baby Talcum
Made for baby's tender skin. . Prevents chafing and
roughness.
25c
Rexall Violet Talcum
For general uses
- ' 25c
OLIVER'S DRUG $TORE g
FELIX W. MOORE
Union City, Tenn.
MONEY
W. E. HUDGINS
Union City, Tenn.
TO LOAN AT LOW RATES TO FARMERS
On their lands as security. These loans will be made , for either five
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 larger sums at any interest paying date. There
will be no charge for such loans except for abstracting title to lands
offered as security for loan. These loans will be closed and the money
in the hands of borrower promptly, and no long delays are necessary.
MOORE & HUDGINS
Office Phone .143, Residence Phone 88, .UNION CITY, TENN,
HENRY & HENRY, of Hickman, Ky.,
are field agents and have the tame au
thority. ' i
DAVIS & RUSSELL, Union City, Tenn.,
are our field agent and authorized to
take applications for loans.
WOOL! WOOL!
WOO L !
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We are in the market again this season for WOOL, and
will pay the highest market price. It will pay you to
see us before selling yoilf WOOL.
Car Corn and Shelled Corn in car lots '
Seed Corn Whippoorwill Peas Soy Beans
We carry a full stock at all times of Cotton Sejed Meal,
Pure Corn Chops, No. 2 White, Feeding , Oats, Wheat
Bran, Shelled Corn. '
Ve are in the market for Hay and Corn, car lots, and if
you have anything in this line to offer, come to see
us, or call us by phone. ' v '
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