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-V r The DR. E. M; LONG DENTIST ' Over Wehman' Hardware Stor Union City, Tenn. Telephone Office 144. Residence 595-J DR. E. M. LONG DENTIST Over Wehman'a Hardware Stor Union City, Tenn. Telelphonea Office 144; Reiidence 595'J-' RGIA Union City Commercial, established Ml,. ... . West Tennessee Courier. established 1897 I ConaoUdated September 1. X97 UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920. VOL. 29, NO. 2 Ggmme is i 4 I i -.Li. i A- 1 ' l. V IK 1 -v LIONS' CLUB RALLY . FINE SPEAKERS AND GOOD ROADS Xadiei of th$ Cumberland Church Serve Dinner. At the Elks Home last Monday, thru tho generosity of the Elks ol Union City, the Lions' Club was able to entertain a number of the anxious to see the highway con structed to the lake. Mr. Ben LeDuke, of Tiptonville, was present and entertained the audience with some good roads en-j tliutiasm. He was for good roads, first, last and all the time. The man who was born and reared in Lake County tnd refused to indorse good roaca deserved to be banished to Union City. Mr. LeDuke proceeded t3 entertain the audience with good humor. He was told that it took a soil. Number Ten; S. R. Bratton, Number Thirteen ; A. K. Wells, Num ber Fourteen; S. A. McDade, Number Sixteen; Joe L. Holbrook, Dresden; F. E. Quinn, D. Reeves, J. T. Sturgis; Cleve Donaldson, Ben LeDuke, Tip tonville; W. W. Thomas, Number Three; J. A. Howard, Number Seven; W. B. Stewart, J. W. Buchanan, Obion; T. B. King, Memphis; W. J. Davidson, Number Thirteen; J. B. Skinner, Kenton; M. A. Gaulden, Trimble; R. B. Moore, McKenzie; ATTENTION team of four mules to pull a funeral I W. W. House, Highway Commission- car in UDion county, but he pro posed to stay alive until there is good roads speakers of Tennessee and better transportation for funeral cars. members of She County Court of Obion County. , A regioter of the list shows a ros ter of some one hundred and fifty or more around the tables and every- . body dressed up with a good roads expression. ' The dinner was one of those affairs possible only to the skill of the la dles, and especially the Cumberland ladies who have been called upon frequently on occasions like this. Mr. House, one of the State High- . way Commissioners, was the first speaker Dr. Turner called on for an ' address. Mr. House first paid his compliments to the ladies, stating that tho he had been a candidate in Weakley County in a number of races he would like to run once more for the privilege of electioneering with the ladies. But speaking to the point Mr. House said he came to Obion County to make some statements setting forth as clearly as possible the atti tude of the State Highway Commis sion with respect to the Bristol-to- Memphis' highway thru Obion Coun- Mr. LeDuke is a candidate for the Senate, and by the way one of the best citizens of Lake. He said he was not a politician but knew how to ask for what he wanted Mr. Cleve Donaldson, also of Tip tonville, addressed the dinner party, saying that for twenty-five years he had hoped for a good road across the lake country. This bad been a dream he hoped to realize1. The lake is a natural resort which might be made a wonderful playground with good roads. As far as the route is concerned that can be left withi the engineers. Senator D. P. Caldwell reviewed some of his work in the interest of the Reelfoot Lake road, and advised a liberal spirit in the promotion of the Brlstol-to-Memphis Highway. Rev. Howell, of Obion, made one of the most enthusiastic talks. We need, said Mr. Howell, a broader and b'gger vision. It would be imprac tical for every citizen to have a mod em highway leading to his front door. We should be moved by a greater spirit of loyalty to the inter- er; Alvyn Brevard, Number Thirteen. SENATE FIDDLED AS ROME BURNED, SAYS WILLIAMS Mississippi Senator Would Rather Be Dog and Bay at the Moon ty. Last July the County Court ac- ests of the State. Why should we cepted a proposition from the State Highway Commission and a resolu tion was passed accordingly to the effect that the county authorize the issuance of $150,000 in bonds, to be used on the Bristol-to-Memphis high way in the county, routed from the Weakley line to Union City, thence to Troy and Hornbeak and to the lake to connect with1 the lake road. At the January term of the court an amendment to this resolution was passed which called for the exten sion of the road from Troy to Obion and Glass and thence to Hornbeak and the lake. Mr. Mouse said be did not come here to criticise anyone but to Call attention to the fact that a change had been made in the original reso lution to cover more territory and for that reason the State Highway Commission could not accept the res olution as amended, and therefore unless the next April term of the court rescinded its action in adopt ing this amendment, the Federal and State aid for such a road would not be available. There were, said Mr House, numbers of counties ready for a survey, and but for the fact that he refused to recognize the res olution as it was , amended by the County Court and put his surveyors In the, county, it would have been necessary to abandon the work here and answer other calls, thereby de laying the work in Obion. Mr House said he felt sure that Obion would rectify this error when it was thoroly understood that he could not proceed without the sanction of ' the Federal Commission, , and the Federal Commission 'had already adopted the resolution &a passed in July, 1919. , Mr. House said that we would have to become reconciled to the fact that we could not have at once all the local roads "We needed. The trunk lines must first be served as provided by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture. The point is often raised that people should be left free to locate not be more Interested in a good road to the capital of the State than a local community road. One Is feasi ble and the other Is not. Judge J. B. Waddell made a state ment to tha effect that it was not the intention of the County Court at its January term to destroy the pro visions of the resolution passed be fore in July. It was merely a matter of calls between Troy and the lake in the amendment. Here Mr. T." B. King of Memphis, was the speaker. He was grateful for the sunshine and the wind mak lng it possible this time to ride in. He said tnat when he looked over the audience he was ready to shout because he understood the impulses of such a meeting and knew that we had gotten together. We have authorized a total bond issue of $150,000, and he was sure wie would make it. 500,000. The Jeff Davis Highway must be placed on the map of Tennessee, and Obion would Join in the movement. I wouldn't be a preacher in a country where there are no good road3, said Mr. King, in discussing the religious aspects of the subject. If the preacher had to return nome rrom cnurcni over a bad road he woul! be driven to bad words. Terminals are now being projected at steamboat landings. The railroads cannot tako care of the freight and the heavier tonnage is being laid on the river wharves for transport. So it is up to us all to get to the river connections. There fore the importance of the Memphls- to-Bri3tol Highway. Memphis is big enough to support all the main trunk lines in the State. Not one of them but will aid Memphis iif some way, so how important it is that we get Jackson, Miss., March 26. Dec laration by United States Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, that defeat of the League of Nations "More than any one thing in my life made me come nearer doubting the cause or Democracy, sometimes al most the providence of God himself," enlivenod a joint session of the legis lature here to-day. 1 Senator Williams in his address said: 'I am just from Washington, where I have listened ad nauseum to the most confused gabfest in the history of the world since the Maker created it. I do not see how any man who loves his country can look with unconcern on what has Just occurred. But the trouble Is we don't seem to know what we want to do while the continent of Surope is in chaos. "There was a chance for the Un ited States to stand at the head of a council of nations of the world; to lead the universe in the patliways of peace. The opportunity was re Jected and future historians will re fer to the last two years as the 'time of the geat conspiracy,' that the his tory will be discreditable to some, especially in the American Congress America went to war not because it wanted to, but because it was a ne cessity. We preached to our boys at home and In France that this war was fought that wars might be no more. We looked on the sufferings of Belgium and Serbia, and resolved what we would do when it was over. Then it finally was over and we have done nothing. So far as we are con cerned it appears wo are willing to go back to 1914 before it all began "Tho long winded arguments in the Senate were like fiddling as Rome burned, talking with a world in chaos. Do you blame me for say ing that I would rather be a dog and bark at the moon than to spend one minute in the Senate after' the expi ration of my term of office. "The great conspiracy commenced when the President went to Ver sailles and , every time news came from Versailles that the President advocated or opposed something the conspirators opposed his plans.. They are two-by-four politicians. I call them that because that is what they are no matter how high their station. "Senator Lodge is tho head of the poison squad, and then, after the treaty had - been emasculated with reseervatlons that no Democrat could reservations that no Democrat could accept, he sought to blame the party for its rejection. Has any great institution bounded by cur forefathers fallen down at way thru Obion County. Obion has furnished a gap in both the Mem-phls-to-Bristol and the Jeff Davis Highways, and the prospects for closing this gap are now very bright indeed. Join the Federal Highway plans and build their ownYoads, but, said and let the constructive work pro- the speaker, have the people ever ceed. made any provision independently for good roads? The next speaker was Mr. Joe Holbrook, editor of the Dresden En terprise. He remarked that he was not familiar with our local road matters, but in his own county he had been very much interested in good roads, for twenty years enlisted in the work in his county. A road was proposed thru Weakley running north and south, but this road, which 'was intended to develop some of the . best country in the county, was tem porarily abandoned in order to Join the State Highway Commission in tha building of the highway east and ,west thru the State, the Bristol-to-Momphls Highway. . A Mr. Moore, a business man of Mc Kenzie, was present and responded to a call for some remarks. He was busy and push tho work of "the high- the time of stress and travail like the Senate has fallen down? I believe there are now men glad that the President is sick, perhaps hope for his death. When McKinley was shot down, when Garfield was shot, was there a Democrat but ex pressed sorrow? Has any one seen words of sympathy for the President in any .Republican paper? A great man is sick, a great mind and a great character and they have whis pered, 'We've got him now "Men sometimes disparage ideal ists, but they are coarse-grained jackasses who do so, and do it be cause they are coarse-grained, but the idealists point the way and cheer men's souls. "If the Republicans elect the Pres ident the first thing he will have to do is to make explanations, but the Democrats will enter the flgfit with something definite. "Let us do as Saint Paul said he had done, 'fight, the good fight of faith and keep the faith. " Judge S. R. Bratton closed the re marks made on tho occasion with the statement that ho had no intention of impairing the effect of the good roads resolution in the amendment calling for the extension by way of Obion and Glass. He has been a good roads advocate all his life. He was at first for a referendum and for a million dollar bond issue, but now he is willing to, join the majori ty and to vote to erase the amend ment. Following comprise the names of a number or visitors and Justices present: . F. O. Howell, Obion; A. M. Moul trie, Number Five; J. W. McCorkle, Number Thirteen; J. D. McBride, Number Twelve; T. W. Cunningham, Number Six; Judge J. B. Waddell; Bob Fox, Number Fifteen; E. H. Rus- Pointed Paragraphs. , : The man who is unable to live within his income must live without it. 1 . . . We are now in position -A AV,A to offer to the nuhlic a full new line of Drugs, Sundries, Patent Medicines, etc pur delivery service is prompt and we give special attention to telephone orders. 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