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DR. E. M, LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehmn'i Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
TelelpKonea
Office 144; : Readence 595-J
IrDR.i.E." M. LONG
DENTIST .
Over Wehmn' Hardware Store
Union City, Term.
; Telephone
Office 144. Residence 595-J
VOL. 29, NOl 28
UNION CITY. TENN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1,1920.
Commercial.
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anion City Commercial, established 190 cona. September 1.197
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THE BENEFITS AND
BEAUTIES OF FLORIDA
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From ; Tampa, Florida. '
Editors Commercial and my Obion
County friends: In response to a
number of requests I am writing
again of my adopted State, the land
of history, romance, flowers, fruit
and sunshine, tempered by .gulf
breezes. Tampa is a wonderful city.
Industry is amply rewarded. It has
been a tourist town only a few years,
for until three years ago, it did .noth
ing to induce tourists; The first year
only 2000 registered; this past year
the visitors were, estimated- , at
50,000. Tampa expects this coming
season from November to the Jast of
May to be the best yet in fact, a
number are already coming in ana
procuring "houses . for the winter.
This is no doubt caused by the high
price of coal. People coma here" to
'look; many of them stay and live.
The tourists bring fresh capital into
Florida, and this additional capital,
coupled with that of "Florida crack
erB,". is building Florida. In antici
pation of early arrival of tourists
this fall Tampa's entertainment iea-
tures, arranged , specially lor tour
ists its band concerts, its communi
ty singing and the information bu
reau will open several weeks ahead
of schedule. ' ' i
Business is said to be good at all
times in Tampa. .Its .industries move
under a steady forward impetus the
year 'round. It knows no dead sea
son. '
The Labor Day parade here Sept.
6 was said to be the largest one ever
held in Tampa. For more than an
nour this body of industry wound its
way thru the streets from Twenty
second street to Jackson, where the
parade disbanded. Tampa has more
than one hundred and fifty cigar fac
tories. It is the largest manufactur
ing center for clear Havana cigars
- in the world, so the cigar workers
were greatly in excess of all other
labor organizations, ' although the
ship workers were well represented.
There are two very large ship build
ing yards here. It was my pleasure
hut roonntlv to see the new steam
ship City of Rayville launched at
the Oscar Daniels shipyard. It was
dead weight tons launched by this
company. Miss . Stella Taliaferro
christened this ship with the time
honored ceremony of throwing a bot
tle, of champagne at the bow. A very
large crowd was present. Tampa is
the seventh port in the United States
in the collection of cu3tom3. It is the
nearest port of any importance to the
Panama Canal. Millions xl feet of
lumber are shipped to Cuba every
month. A vessel has Just finished
loading a cargo of lumber for Spain.
Another vessel is expected to enter
the trade betwoen Tampa and the
West Indies. Tampa is. said to be
the largest shipper of phosphate, rock
In the world. - The first cargo since
the war shipped from here to Ger
many was phosphate carried March
2 on the steamer Lake Herona from
Port Tampa to Hamburg. The steam
er Escambia loaded a cargo of 7,100
tons at Port Tampa this pact week
and went down the bay en reute to
Stettin,- Germany. ' - -
All or most industries were rep
sented in the Labor Day parade. The
moving picture machines were on
hand, and no doubt you will be
shown Labor Day in Tampa at some
unexpected time. It being a 1 real
holiday more, than 1000 went to the
ball game, while 1668 automobiles
crossed the bridge to Clearwater
Beach, B,nd, ach car had an average
of six passengers. There are 6000
licensed automobiles. From this
number one would think every one
rode in his own car, but at , the
same time Tampa' boasts a superb
street car service and these street
cars are always crowded. All of the
beaches and , resorts were crowded
Labor Day. " Sulphur Springs was
nra with swimmers all day. Our
party decided we t would visit the
Sunshine City (St. Petersburg), a3
their program included an old-fashioned
barbecue dinner free for all.
But instead of finding a city of
sunshine, we found a beautiful city
in tears, or plainly putting it, a down
pour of rain. We did not wait for
tho barbecue, but looked up a route
to Pass-a-Grille. This weans a grid
iron or place to fry fish. We caught
a street car and went to Guli Port.
After a short while we went aboard
a small steamer into Boca Ceiga Bay.
The Captain told us that Boca Celga
meant Blind Pass, because the wa
ters were so crooked one could hard
ly tell where he was going. He also
TintntAri out several islands. The first
was Bird's Island, owned by the gov
ernment. No vessels are allowed to
tend there. It ia excusively for sea
birds. The next were Fort DeSoto
Island and, Fort Dade. , First, Com
pany, CJ A. C, are now stationed at
Fort Dade. " The next islands of in
terest were called the Cow and Calf,
being two very 6mall islands not Tery
far apart. The Captain told; us to
look at them for Just fifteen minutes
and we would see , the calf , go up
to the cow for lunch, which, we found
to be a fact, or atanytrate, after
looking at them for quite a while
they seemed to merge into one. Af
ter a forty, minutes ride on Boca
Ceiga Bay we arrived at Pass-a-Grille,
a beautiful island in the Gulf
of Mexico. Many beautiful hotels
and homes are here, the, winter home
of Wanamaker being one. Very soon
we were in the gulf waters enjoying
real life. Our stay, however, was
limited, for we had to be at St. Pe
tersburg at a. certain hour to catch
our returning excursion boat, the
Favorite. We made our return trip
in a very short while by automobile
on a real brick paved road, crossing
the bay on a toll bridge. I have been
reading recently of the good work of
the Lions Club in Union City, and
will say if your new road to Gibbs is
anything like our; Florida roads you
will nave a lasting joy.
When we returned to St. Peters
burg we beheld truly a sunshine city.
The rain had gone and so had the
barbecue! . We found a wonderful
little city, beautiful beyond com
pare fine parks, wide streets and
fine people. We found that our own
Lee Cary had become a live wire real
estate man, having sold a large num
ber of lots the previous week. It be
ing a legal holiday we did not see the
smiling physiognomy of A. F. Thom
asson, president of the Central Na
tional Bank, as he, with his wife and
boys, was spending the week end in
Pass-a-Grille.
Are you ladles at all interested in
voting? I wa3 not until I read of the
two thounand neero women on
,J Harding's front porch promising him
their votes, uur women nere are De
ginning to realize that it will take
their votes to oyercome the negro
votes. The Republican party, both
thru its national and its State organ
izations, is making every effort to
win. I am not at home to vote, and
have not been here long enough to
cast my vote, but I urge every one of
you that can do so to register and
vote. This is the advice of one who
has ever declared she would not vote
if she could. . , .
When I was talking of coming to
this State my neighbors looked at me
as if they thought I was bereft of my
senses. They thought I was bereft
of my senses. They pictured the heat
of summer, the snake3, fleas, mosqui
toes and alligators. We have had no
inconvenience from any of these
sources. We do have alligators just
a few. I met one on a bridge at Sul
phur Springs Park, but it must have
thought I was too much for it, for it
ran from me, very much to my grati
fication. Some time since as Mrs.
Hughy, . of Washington street, was
driving,.,oa,,3Xmpa street she saw an
alligator, ' and asked several to help
her capture it. But not a man had
the nerve. She secured a small rope
and tied one end of a tow line from
her car to a near by post, made a loop
with the free end and dropped it
neatly over the alligator's head,
yanking him into her car. Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. Barne3, of Fort Myers, met
one recently between ten and twelve
feet long, but his 'gatorship made
speed getting off the road and run
ning to a near by stream. Only last
week a small alligator walked into
the Bay View Hotel lobby, making
the lady clerks, telephone girls and
tigar counter girls "hunt tall tim
ber." It had been leftMn a room, in
a box by one of the guests. But do
not Jet a little thing like an alligator
keep you from this beautiful South
Florida. "v
We will expect you editors to visit
us in':1921, as Mr. George E. Hosmer,
editor of the Manatee River Journal,
has wired from' Boston that he has
succeded in getting the National Edi
torial Association to meet in Florida
in 1921..:? The Florida Development
Board supplied literature and souve
nirs, and D. C Gillet sent boxes of
Tampa oranges to the editors at Bos
ton, which helped Editor Hosmer to
convince the association that Florida
was entitled to consideration: There
fore we feel assured of their visit to
Tampa on their trip thru Florida, as
it has been said .you have not seen
Florida until you have Been Tampa.
Asking pardon . for this lengthy
letter and suggesting that you use it
in two or three editions if you have
lack of space,' I am, with love for all,
Truly,. MRS.'BETTIE GREEN.
' s Fine Tomato Crop.
H. L Curlin, the well known farm
er and citizen, has been devoting his
attention In 'a measure this year to
the tomato ' crop, with something
like unusual results. It is not an
idea of his to make a fuss about it.
He knows how to do big things with
out becoming unduly exercised, but
some friend of his slipped in last
week and told us that Mr. Culin had
made a crop of tomatoes on seven
acres of ground and that up to last
week he had gathered and delivered
here at the Union City Canning Co.
1950 bushels and he had some left
unless the frost caught them before
they matured. ': We saw the samples
and they were fine. Good for friend
Curlin. - . -
. ''''' s- Convenience. '
Father (upstairs) "It is time for
that young man to go home."
;:' Young. Man "Your father is a
crank."' - - J "-.' ' 1 ' '
; Fat h. r (overhearing) "Well,
when ,you dont have a self-starter, 'ft
crank is mighty handy." Pitt Pan
ther. I--:: '
LIONS GLOB SMOKER
BOOSTS GOOD ROADS
Meeting Tuesday Night at the City
Hall. Visiting Speakers
The Lions Club varied the program
this week by having a smoker Tues
day night at the City Hall. There
were some visiting speakers and
quite an interesting meeting with a
large attendance .was held. The min
isters vero represented. Dr. Turner,
tho president, ns. usual was ready
with his good grt.ee and bon mot.
Quite a number of the singers
were present and there was a double
male quartet entertaining with the
Lions Club songs, a very delightful
part of the progrcm.
After grace came the' luncheon
vith a largess of Col. Hugh Smith's
Coca-Cola, and then the business of
tlift evening, which included the
work of the county association. Mr.
Walter Reynolds, president of the
county association, reportel on the
Gibbs road, the work of which is
proeresslng without a hitch and ac
cording to Hoyle. He then took up
the work of the county roads, and
vlth some suggestions .from other
sources a plan was adopted to send
delegations from the club on stated
occasions to the various civil dis
tricts for cooperation In road work
and to stimulate the work In every
pert of the county.
Mr. Bratton proposed a plcn to
take the , members of tne County
Court over the Gibbs road next Tues
day .and show them what tho people
of Union City and community have
done. The idea is to meet them with
a lunch served by the ladies at noon
at the courthouse next Tuesday and
then take cars for a drive to Gibbs
over the new road. This was adopted.
After business Rev. Clark was
called on for some remarks and he
responded very heartily, saying that
he was in thoro sympathy with every
progressive civic movement end that
he had not been able to be present
at tne' meetings and "to 'aicf "in the
work as much as he desired. He
likened the knockers to the billy
goat. The boys tried to baptize the
billy boat. They tried first to put
him under the water. They did not
succeed, and then they tried first one
end and then the other without suc
cess. Finally they cried sprinkle him
and let hipi go to hell. The minister
said he was a booster all the time.
' Major A. S. Frost was called on
for an address. The Major was here
In the interest of the U. S. Army.
He reviewed the work that is now
being done to make soldiertcg a bet
ter game. The Government is now
giving its soldiers vocational train
ing and other educational branches.
He is being taught to prepare him
self for both military and civil duty.
He is enlisted -for three year3 and
when he is returned home he Is
prepared for th responsibilities and
duties of life as many of our boys
are not Who do not enter the army.
It is one of the greatest things this
country has done, and our people
should respond freely to the call for
military service. Major Frost said
that he was now connected with the
good roads movement of Shelby
County and hopes soon to be able to
discuss that subject. ,
' The minister, E. L. Crystal, re
sponded very graciously and timely
in some remarks indorsing the work
of the club in the city and county.
He spoke of a town in Missouri near
Joplin which was visited by some
New Yorker. They had some new
buildings which the home repre
sentative was showing him. With
pride the citizen told the New Yorker
one had been built in turee months,
another in four. The New Yorker
replied that his people did these
things in the course of a few days.
The next new house was a hardware
store, a very fine building. The citi
zen got wise and being asked how
long it to' k for the construction of
that building, replied that he was
not in town yesterday before it was
started and he didn't know.
The club took a vote as to its reg
ular meetings, and It was decided to
meet every Thursday night at the
City Hali. : .' .
; Scratching.
"That graphophone record is
scratching." . . Vs '
' "Only natural." ,
-"Eh?" :" ' ";
, "It Is playing 'Turkey", in the
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TO C. T. FOULKS.
Mrs. O. E. Foulks, guardian, et ala.
vs. Jim Foulks et &ls, Chancery
Court, Obion County,; Tennessee. ;
'In the "above styled dause It ap
pearing to the Clerk and Master
from the bill of complaint, which is
sworn to, that the defendant, C. T.
Foulks, la a non-resident of tho
State of Tennessee, so that ordinary
process of law cannot be served upon
him. It is therefore hereby ordered .
that the said above named defendant
appear before the Chancellor of tho
Chancery Court of Obion County.Ten
nessee, on or before the Second Mon
day of October, 1920, that being sec
ond Monday of the regular term, of
said Chancery Court, and make de
fense to the said bill, or the same will
be taken as confessed by him, and the
said cause set for hearing cx-parte
as to him. It is further ordered that
publication 6f -this notice be made
for four consecutive weeks in The
Commercial, a weekly newspaper
published in Obion County, Tenn.
. This Sept. 6th, 1920. -
.v ' GEO. A. GIBBS, '
Clerk and Master. .
I By Nolle' F. Marshall, ' D. C. & M.
C. N. & H. ,H. Lannom and J. B.
Waddell, Sol. for Complt. 25-4t
F. L. Pittman.
L. Pittman &
W. T. Harris.
Steam and Domestic ' r -
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PlaW your)order novy for yqiinte
still advancing. Cars are very scarce, labor at mines
striking, winter will soon be here. Close prices for
immediate delivery. 7 s
OFFICE AND YARD
West Main Street. r '
, Cumberland Telephone 34.6.
Independent Telephone 1 5o . ,
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