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THE COMMERCIAL
Marshall & Balrd, Union City, Tenn
Entered at the post office, Union City. Tennes
see, a second-class mail matter.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
REGISTER.
EDWARDS We have the authority to anf
ister of Obion County, subject to the action o-
uic ixmwrauc pariy.
CHAPEt,. We are authorized to announce
J. M. (Marvin) Chapel as a candidate for Register
of Obion County, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
NOONAN. We are authorized to annouce J.
J. Noonan as a candidate for Register of Obion
County, subject to the action of the Democratic
The Navy.
A few weeks ago a statement of
. U. S. Government finances was made,
showing that by May, 1923, .there
would be a deficit in the national
treasury of $8,500,000,000. Thenar
debt to be cancelled is $7,500,000,000
and the expenses for two years will
be approximately $10,000,000,000.
The revenues will be approximately
19,000,000,000.
The difference will be $8,500,000,
000.
Now, the former Secretary of the
Navy, Hon. Josephus Daniels, makes
a very pretty case of how Uncle Sam
needs a navy equal to England's, but
lie does not telus how this deficit in
the U. S. Treasury is to be met, and
how,, with the expenditure of $600,
000,000 this year and $900,000,
00 next year for this great sea pow
er, the solution of our financial prob
lems is to be any easier.
The Saturday evening Post as well
as many of the leading daily news
papers, makes a demand upon Con
gress for a reduction of expenditures.
The Post asserts that we cannot af
ford naval and military preparations
upon a scale of such magnitude as
the ' departments are asking for
Much) less can we afford the spirit of
militarism in peace times.
The former Secretary enters the
columns of the Pest with his state
ment defending the naval pro
gramme, and the Post disposes of the
matter in a few words to the effect
that we might as well go to hell and
bankruptcy together.
The statement made by Secretary
Daniels is that we want to be equal
to a,ny other naval power in fighting
strength, yet he admits that when
our program is finished the U. S.
Navy will not be any greater in ton
nage, but stronger in first-line ships.
The trouble is that while we are try
ing to catch up and making sure
stealthily that we go a little over,
England will be ever on the alert to
see that we do not have a sea power
equal to her own, and so the 1916
U. S. Navy three-year program will
be but the beginning of an endless
chain of battleship building, with
greater demands and burdens upon
the taxpayers and demoralization to
manufacturing and agricultural in
dustries. '
It is not our province to criticise
or object to an adequate navy for
coast defense, for our outlyling prov
inces or for our merchant marine,
and even to the idea of having one of
the geatest navies afloat, if that will
not incur a useles rivalry in navy
building; but while Europe i3 pros
trate, starving and helpless, England
in the hands of Irish and labor prob-
lems, with billions of war debt de
moralizing trade and industry, why
should we rush like mad Into an
Imaginary mare's nest? Why should
the Government of the United States,
at a time like this, consume all the
output of the steel and iron mills at
enormous profits to these private
monopolies, while the manufactur
ing and farming industries are in a
measure helpless because they can
not be supplied from these mills with
the machinery they need to carry on
and to keep the factories and farms
and the business of the country from
going to the bow-wows?
Why is it the pet hobbies of de
partment heads lead them into ex
travagant notions? Why is it that
Congress is as wild as a March mare?
It is rather like a child who keeps
nagging at mother, "If I can't have
it now I don't want, it at all."
Seeminglyly it makes no difference
to the former Secretary how much
the farmer and the manufacturer
needs his machinery, how impossible
it is to buy a supply of machinery at
present prices, if at all, because the
Government is keeping the furnaces
Lot to supply the American Navy.
He cannot proceed along conserva
tive business, lines. He cannct see
that the risk of war at the present
time is negligible, but as soon as the
war is over proceeds to involve the
whole of the industrial world for a
frenzied campaign of naval construc
tion. The former Secretary is not con
cerned over the fact that we are fac
ing a war-debt deficit of $8,000,000,
000, that peace-time bonds must be
scld at a sacrifice, or some other
mode of financing must be done to
meet this deficit in the next two
years. The money must come from
the people. If it comes from the
bank3 it is still the people's money.
Every private business concern,
in this or any other country, which
is noted for its stability, begins to
draw in the lines of finance when
overtaken with misfortune or catas
trophe. They proceed more cautious
ly until recuperation takes place.
Exactly to the contrary with the
Government, the flood gate3 of waste
and extravagance have been turned
loose, and now how are we going to
keep our debt3 paid and our credits
unimpaired?
This remarkable contribution- in
the Post in defense of the Navy and
naval supremacy is indeed a very In
teresting document. But with all of
its convincing facts and logic, there
are still some defects in its armor.
For instance, the Secretary refers to
the fact that the United States, when
we entered the war, displaced the
construction of capital ships with) the
development of the submarine craft,
mine layers and patrol boats. As
much as to say that capital ships are
not the most important thing in na
val warfare So also in a decade or
two some of these 43,000-ton vessels
may be relegated to the second or
third line warships or perhaps be
come obsolete altogether, and then
we will have to build 100,000-ton
craft or cities on hulls at a cost of
tens of billions of dollars if the
cduntry ha3 not already sacrificed its
credit and honor and turned back
ward its star of empire.
There is another little defect in
the armor of defense for the con
struction of capital ships, and that
is the fact that Admiral Dewey did
not destroy the Spanish fleet in Ma
nila Bay aione for the reason that
he had a greater fleet of warships.
Dewey had no strategy board to give
him directions, but he had the war
spirit and the genius to know when
to fire and he had the gunners who
knew how to shoot. They were dead
shots, and but for that our superior
navy might have gone down in Ma
nila Bay. So, also, did Admiral
Schley put the Spanish fleet out of
commission at Santiago.
But passing, methinks I can hear
in this call for a meeting of the mul
titudes to reconsecrate our patriotism
and our faith in the Supreme Be
ing the voice of the political con
spirator and the siren seeking to
spread false propaganda and to in
volve us in greater excesses. ...
Why (and now we find Mr. Dan
iels facing the trite conditions)
why should we refuse Independence
to the Philippines and at the same
time isolate ourselves from political
association with the nations of the
old world? How on earth can we
find it consistent to control foreign
possessions and at the same time re
fuse to enter the League of Nations
or any other pact for the security of
the peoples of these possessions? We
say this for the reason that it is one
of the principles of the League to fos
ter disarmament.
This country proposes, on the
stump especially, to be democratic,
and yet its domestic and foreign pol
icies are modeled after the most rigid
autocracy. Why, oh why cannot an
American democracy promulgate in
ternational' democracy? In other
words, why is democracy not demo
cratic? We are trying todo what little we
can to hold our government down to
constructive business economies. Now
we are going to make a more re
markable statement.
I have not been living as close to
the house of God as some of my
friends, but there is one thing I am
not ashamed of, and that is that I
believe in. the power and wisdom of
Almighty God and fear and respect
the Godhead. I believe that Ger
many was destroyed because of its
militarism, and ; Just so sure will
some other great nation fall if this
militaristic spirit grows.
That nation which boasts of its
power to conquer and destroy will
ultimately be destroyed.
It is not always the greatest na
val and military power which pre
vails,, No man can deny the truth
of this statement.
Patriotic Meeting.
The Memphis News-Scimitar has a
very appropriate and conclusive crit
icism fdr the movement incorporated
in a call for a peace-time patriotic
meeting.
Some political propagandists prob
ably have promoted this call, em
bracing such terms as "Revivial of
the love of God and country."
The Scimitar say3t
"Patriotism is an audible and evi
dent thing only in the stress of emer
gency and in the hours of national
crises. In time of peace it is laid
aside, but not abandoned. ' It is
cherished, but not displayed. It is
not worn upon the sleeve. It is
treasured with -the vital, and the
things that count in life.
"It is not a profitable occupation,
ust at this time, to wave the flag.
There are too many practical and
useful things to be done. The man
who must continually remind him
self that he i3 patriotic is in danger
The man who has forgotten his pa
triotism and goes about the business
of serving his country and his fel
low men is not one over whom to be
come excited.
"The gentlemen who are disturbed
over the absence of frenzied manifes
tations should calm themselves and
serve their country in some of the
productive pursuits."
Our Public Highways.
There is one thing about which we
don't want to be misunderstood. We
have been preaching economy in pub
lie expenditures and every other rep
utable paper almost has beeiw doing
t,he same thing. Our government is
costing us per capita six times as
much as it did four years ago. The
State is also requiring a much larger
operating expense, notwithstanding
the noise of tax reformers. So any
one with any business Judgment at
all can see where we are aping. We
hope the papers and magazines will
keep up this fight until the grafters
and spendthrifts have been wiped
from the face of the earth.
Grafting should be eliminated en
tirely and public expenditures should
be trimmed until there is not a dol
lar spent that is not needed outright
to keep the public interests pro
tected. But in the matter of public
highways we believe thoroly in ex
tension rather than in reducing this
work. A dollar well spent on the
public highways will in a short time
be worth hundreds or thousands of
dollars. It would indeed have beenJ
a public calamity if the Government
had been put to the extremity of buy
ing the railroads, but every dollar the
Government, the State and the coun
ty invests economically and lntelli
gently in the public highways will
be an investment worth Its weight
in gold to the people of this country
The development of the public high
ways will, as nothing else under
heaven can do, solve the railroad and
many other problems with which the
urban as well as the rural people are
confronted, and more than anything
else this means the reduction of the
high cost of living. We want it un
derstood that we favor publio support
of all the public highways to be de
veloped in this county. ' We believe
the county court is doing right in
adopting and appropriating funds
for these highways, specifically in
supporting the Memphts-to-Bristol
Highway, No. 1; the Jefferson Davis
Highway, No. 2, and the Meridian
Highway, No. 3. Let's go after every
one of them, and keep it up until
all of these and more good roads
in the county are built. "Lay on
MacDuff, and damned be he who
crie3 hold, enough."
DO YOU KN0W-
That little Deleware has the honor
of being the first of the original tblr
ten States, in that it was the first of
ficially to adopt the Constitution of
the United States; also that its first
settlers were Swedes?
That the land comprised in the
State of Pennsylvania was granted
William Penn in lieu of a debt owed
Penn's father by Charles II, and that
he figures represented about $2.00
per square mile for the entire "State?
That Lord Baltimore contracted to
pay for what is now Maryland two
Indian arrows per year and one-fifth
of the precious metals mined, and
that no gold or silver being produced,
he actually obtained the territory
for the arrows? ' . ,
That to New Hampshire falls the
honor of having cast the decisive
vote which definitely formed the
United States? -
That a communistic governments
similar to that which many radicals
are advocating at the present time,
was formed by the early settlers of
Virginia and that it proved a disas
trous failure?
That Verrazano, an Italian navi
gator, sailed into New York bay in
1524, 85 years before Henry Hudson,
to whom popular credit for the dis
covery is given? That Manhattan
Island, whichi is now New York City,
was purchased from the Indians for
$24 worth of beads and ribbons?
That the .settlement of Georgia
originally was conceived as a buffer
against the invasion of Spanish and
Indians into South Carolina?
That Lord Baltimore ruled over
the colony of Maryland to all intents
and purposes an independent sove
reign; that the rule extended to his
son and that this hereditary mon
archy continued in force for nearly
150 years, until the declaration of
Independence brought it to an end?
That no one can say positively
which of the two States North Dako
ta and South Dakota was admitted
to the Union first; because the ri
valry for the honor between the two
being so great, the papers purposely
were shufSed both before and after
the President's signature, so that
neither 4 he nor anyone concerned
knew which was signed first?
Clean Up at JaiL
The c6mmissloner3 of the county
Jail and courthouse of this county
have had the Jail in this city thor
oughly cleaned and painted, inside
and out. They found the Jail in a
very insanitary condition and have
had floors repaired and scoured, walls
painted and all furniture and bed
ding cleaned and disinfected. The
building is now reported as being in
a perfectly satisfactory condition. 1
$.14.79 will pay . 1 years' Premium on
$1000.00 Life Policy age 35.
Jno. T Walker Co.
More than 25 years spent in serving the Insuring Public. 'We
appreciate
PHONE 118.
Your Sunday Dinner
How about a nice Veal Roast for your Sunday Dinner?
We supply the merchants of this town with every thing that is
good in the meat line.
Say, friends, did you ever buy such fine meats as we
have been furnishing the merchants in all your Kfe?
Every merchant in this town trades with us. That is 1 00
percent Hard to beat and we certainly appreciate that. The
fact is that all the merchants in the entire territory are our
friends. There is a reason. We give them service, we give
them quality and we give them satisfaction. It is. their pack
ing house. -
Remember to call for our products.
Reynolds Packing Co.
Union City, Tennessee
Bit
McHUGH BATTERY CO.
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and TORNADOES. .
Writing Farm and
City Property.
Ask your Banker
Ask your Lawyer
Ask your Merchant
They will tell you that a Policy in ; - :
THE HOME
means sure indemnity against loss
ARE YOU INSURED?' '
IF NOT,, WHY NOT?
The cosis comparatively trifling, and no one has the least assurance
that his home and personal property may not be changed by FIRE
, at any moment from their present beauty, usefulness and comfort,
to a smouldering heap of ruins or shivered to pieces and blown into
the next township by the relentless storm demon. There is but one
safe and wise thing to do and that is-1- i
INSURE IN THE HOME
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Agent y .
Union City, Tenn.
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Drive right up and have it replaced
with one of our handmade batteries
which we guarantee 'to givo better
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auto batteries. They have more pow
er and last longer. We do recharging
also.
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for your own particular pair of eyes.
Second, free consultation at any
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IN THE MATTER OF CYPRESS
- CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT
OF WEAKLEY AND OBION
COUNTIES. TENNESSEE.
Pending in the County Cturt of
Obion County, Tennessee.
To all, land owners, lien holders,
mortgagees, . encumbrancers, and
all others, whether persons, firms or
carporations, interested in the lands
located and included within the
boundaries of Cypress Creek Drain-
aero District of Weaklev an-1 Ohlnn
Counties, Tennessee: .
You, each of you and all of you,
are hereby notified that tlo Commis
sioners heretofore appointed by this
Court to assess benefits to all the
lands end property embraced within
said Drainage District havo filed
their report with me as Clerk of
the County Court of said Countv.
which said report, together with all
the other records in this proceeding,
is now on file In my office iu Union
City, Obiqn County, Tennessee, sub
ject to your inspection and examina
tion. Said Drainarfi Dlitrtpt hoHna at
a point where said Cypress Creek
crosses the N. C. & St. L. Railroad
right of way in the south side pf
said right of way and runs in a
southwestwardly direction through
the 3rd Civil District of Weakley
County, Tennessee, and the 7th Civil
District of Obion County, Tennes
see, along and generally with
said Cypress Creek Valley to
the outlet in the canal or ditch
constructed by Drainage Dis
trict No. 1 of Obion County, Tennes
see, and which includes tho lands
embraced and described in the origi
nal and amended petitions and as
Shown in the Engineer's report, all
of which are filed in this cause, that
are benefited by the improvements
proposed in the proceedings in this
cause:
You, each and all of you, will,
therefore, take notice that said re
port of the Commissioners in this
cause has been set for bearing on
Friday, April 15, 1921, at one
o'clock p.m. before tho Judge of the
County Court of Obion County, Ten
nessee, at the Courthouse in Union
City, Tennessee, at which time and
place you can attend and bo heard
and take such action as you desire,
and, if any you have, make ycur ob
jections to said Commissioners' re
port, otherwise said 'report will be
heaVd and the matters relative there-
to determined ex parte as to each
of you. ,
It is ordered that publication1 of
this notice be made for two consecu
tive weeks in the Weakley County
Press, a weekly newspaper published'
at Martin, Weakley County, Tennes
see, and The Commercial, a .weekly
newspaper published at Union City.
Obion County, Tennessee.
In witness whereof I have hereto
affixed my official signaure at office
in Union City Tennessee, this March
25, 1921. ' 2-2t
R. II. BOND,
County Court Clerk,
. )bicn County, Tenn.
NON-RESIDENT NOTICE.
Robert Woodring vs. Mamie Wood-
ring. In Circuit Court of Obion
County. ',
To Mamie Woodring:
A bill for divorce has been sworn
to and filed in this court, which bill
avers that you are a non-resident of
the State of Tennessee and a resident
of the State of Kentucky, so that the
ordinary process of law can not be
served upon you. This la therefore,
to notify you the said Mamie Wood-
ring, defendant in above styled
cause, to appear before the Circuit
Court of Obion County, Tenn., on or
before the First Monday in May,
1921, and make defense to said bill
filed against you or the same will be
taken for confessed and proceeded
with ex-parte as to you.
This March 18, 1921. l-4t
J. N. RUDDLE, Clerk. 1
J. L. Mosier, Sol. for Complt.