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THE COMMERCIAL Marshall & Balrd, Union City, Tenn, Entered at the post office. Union City. Tennes aee, as second-class mail matter. FRIDAY. JULY 15, 1921. ANNOUNCEMENTS. For Begister. EDWARDS We have the authority to an nounce W. J. Edwards. Jr.. a candidate for Reg ister of Obion County, subject to the action of the Democratic party. CHAPEL- We are authorized to announce J. M. (Marvin) Chapel as a candidate for Register of Obion county, suDjeci to me action 01 tne Democratic party. NOON AN. We are authorized to annouce J, J. Noonan as a candidate for Register of Obion County, subject to the action of the Democratic party. NICHOI.S. We are authorized to announce Miss Nelle Nichols as a candidate for Register of Obion County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. MARSHAIX We are authorized to announce Mrs. R. I. Marshall, of Obion, as a candidate for Register of Obion County, election Saturday, August 6. 'For County Court Clerk. BOND We are authorized to announce R. T, Bond as a candidate for County Court Clerk of Obion County, subject to the action of the Demo cratic party. For Sheriff. CHERRY We are authorized to announce Wat Cherry as a candidate for Sheriff of Obion County, subject to the action of the Democratic party. McCAIN. We are authorized to announce J. R. (Bob) McCain as a candidate for Sheriff of Obion County, subject to the action of the Demo era tic primary election August 6, 1921. For Trustee. RATLIFF We are authorized to announce Armour L,. Ratliff as a candidate for Trustee of Obion County, subject to the action of the Demo cratic party. COX. We are authorized to announce J. E. Cox as a candidate for Trustee of Obion Couuty, subject to the action of the Democratic primary election August 6. 1921. The Favorite Sons. , Another favorite son has been nom inated for Governor of Tennessee. A few weeks ago it was General Tyson, of Knoxville. Now it is Gen. Harvey Hannah, of Roane County. The last nomination was made at Paragould, Ark. The other candidates will be coming out of the woods in a short time. Bear in mind, these are dem ocratic candidates.. In this campaign The Commercial positively will not play the favorites, but the man who takes the stump for specific measures will be considered. This old thing of hoisting the name of some man who has been in the habit of making the welkin ring with glittering generalities and studiously avoiding the vital Issues of state Is becoming irksome. It is worse than the seven-year itch. (I don't know much about that kind of itch, be cause my case lasted only a year and a half.) Goodness knows, we need democ racy; but the thing that is most needed in the campaign next year is not a string of torches and floats and democratic banners, with a political Moses thundering from the seven hills. As much as we need a deliv erance from republicanism, that is a small matter compared to the in iquitous system of plunder in Ten nessee. Remember, when we say plunder, it is not a matter confined to sources which are ordinarily classed as ir responsible and unscrupulous. These things are in high places in Tennes see and unfortunately they are in the democratic party as well as the republican party. The plunder referred 'to is not merely a Clabo bribe. The plunder is not merely "lifting", a few hun dreds or thousands for the members and clerks. The plunder in Tennessee is hundreds of thousands and mil lions taken from the taxpayers by the political school and fair organi zations and lobbies, the political tri angle, if you please, from the three exploited centers of the State. By the last Legislature the tax levy for the University of Tennessee was raised from four hundred thou sand dollars to over a million dollars without any authority whatever or even the knowledge of the democratic voters and taxpayers of Tennessee, or from any other party as far as that is concerned. By the last Legisla ture a tax leyy of hundreds of thou sands of dollars was assessed for the State and county fairs of Tennessee without the authority or the knowl edge even of the voter t and taxpayers of Tennessee. All this was done and flaunted in the face of the taxpayers of Tennes see. This was the answer hurled back to the taxpayers when they were begging for relief from the Roberts tax system. Can you beat it? Ladles and gentlemen, it is not re publicanism that is crushing the farmers and citizens of Tennessee. It is not the common schools that are making the burdens of taxation. The fact is. that Tennessee thru her rep resentatives is exploiting higher ed ucation in the State while thousands of children are groping in ignorance for lack of the advantages of a com mon school. While this condition ex ists In many counties in Tennessee the three normal schools are wading in the excesses of duplication and ex travagance in school property, levied upon the taxpayers of -Tennessee without their knowledge or consent. Ladie3 and gentlemen, the pro moters of the State fairs have, with out your knowledge or-consent, lev ied a tax of some three or four hun dred thousand dollars for the State and Tri-State fairs, and, to make peace in the family, some of the smaller fairs. Are you going to forget all these things to run after some favorite son, who perhaps may bo "cheek by jowl" with this triple alliance, at the same time preaching fair weather and ful someness from the stump. We are going to reproduce our plat form published two week3 ago, and submit this to the candidates, and the man who has spine enough to say in black and white what he thinks of it can get some consideration in these columns. Our candidate for Governor must say without equivocation whether he is with this triple alliance or with the taxpayers of Tennessee. The platform is as follows: Deed the three State normal schools back to the counties which promoted them, and establish a sin gle system xof t eacher training in Tennessee, without duplication in any of the grades. Compel the University of Tennes see to bo satisfied with a conservative appropriation, and let that be con fined principally to the Division of Extension, Department of Agricul ture. Dismantle the polytechnic school as far as the State is concerned. If there is a fight over the schools it should be in the interest of the school children of the State who can not read and write for the ele mentary schools, if you please. There is no crying need for a state system of colleges and universities, but for the education of the masses in the rudimentary and elementary text books. When we have that the prob lems of civilization will be solved. Repeal of the act creating a tax for the State and county fairs. This is a totally unwarranted burden upon the tax payer. Reelfoot Lake Drainage. We wp.nt to state for the benefit of thoRe interested in Reelfoot Lake that there iJ a general impression that the lake is lovc.r at the present time than it has ever been known to be at this time of the year. But while this impression exists, as far a3 wo know, no actual measurements and specifications have been made and submitted to the proper authorities. Everyone knowo who has been to the lake that tho water is below the floor of the spillv.'ay and that it i3 running thru Black Bayou. We want to make unbiased statements in this paper, therefore we are not Jumping at conclusions. The preponderance oi judgment, however, of men who are familiar with the lake is that the water thoro 1st lower than it has ever been at this time of the year. Judge Bratton, the State Game Warden and others who visited tho lake recently, found conditions like this: The con tractors digging the drain ditch be low the lake had about completed the ditch. This ditch cuts thru the lower end of Black Bayou, and the water from the lake i3 thus drained thru the ditch to the Obion River bottoms. It is stated that the water going thru Black Bayou Is now one and one-half feet below the floor of the spillway. It was a part of the contract to bring the dredge boat back and close up the mouth of Black Bayou, but it seems that no effort was being made to do this. Now, another statement is made by General T. O. Morris, who owns a large body of land below the lake, which is drained by this ditch, to the effect that contractors and em ployers had no intention, of aban doning the job until the mouth of Black Bayou is closed up: that the contractor is under bond, and that he could not collect for his con tract until the dredge boat is brought back up the ditch and the mouth of Black Bayou dammed up above the level of the floor of the spillway. Mr. Morris makes another statement as serting that the lake is not lower now than it has ever been at this time of the year. He further states that neither he nor any of the contractors are in any way connected with an effort to drain the lake. Mr. Morris further stated that the levee at the lower end of the lake was constructed in order to close up a number of the outlets from the main body of water, including Black Bayou, the Washout, Grassy Slough, Broad Slough and Box Slough. The levee extending from the Lake County side of mainland to the Obion side of mainland crosses the lake above the3e outlets, and in digging the drain ditch only one of the outlets, Black Bayou, was left open, to be closed by the contractors when the ditch is finished, which is to be done in a short time. Taking these contradictory statements, it Is not our province to make sweeping charges about the lake until some proof is shown to the effect that an effort is being made against the laws of the State to drain Reelfoot Lake. Candidate for Trustee. Mr. Armour L. Ratliff, who has an nounced his candidacy for re-election to the office of Trustee, is again before the voters in the democratic primary election, asking an indorsement for & second term of office. In doing this Mr. Ratliff feels that probably he has been misunderstood. The office has been filled while he was away in the hospital with competent assistants, but since his return it has not been generally understood that he has not been able to take charge of the office personally. He is not by any means a well man and 13 called at intervals to be examined by his physicians. Therefore it is practically impossible for him to take up work as he is anxious to do. Mr. Ratliff, it Is re membered, was seriously wounded in France on the Saint Quentin front, and from that time to only a few months ago he has been almost con tinuously in the hospital. The wound Involved a very large area of the lower jaws, which were crushed with shrapnel. His blood was im paired with poison and recovery has not only been very slow, but it is al most miraculous that he has been able to overcome the effects of an esthetics and poison. He asks for a fair and impartial investigation of his disability and his qualifications and claims for a second term.- He is a candidate in the primary August 6 and pledges as rapidly as he im proves to be at his post of duty, giv-: ing his best efforts to the office and its important demands. Home Carnival. The Park Commission Home Car nival in Union City came to a close last Saturday night. We understand that the receipts were very satisfac tory indeed and that the committees in charge of the work are highly pleased. Last week we undertook to report in a general way only the features of the carnival, except in a few in stances in which we had a chance to be present. There were probably a number of things in both parade and the shows that were overlooked. The U. D. C. float was not mentioned at all. Maybe there were others, but the idea in these things was not to be partial. We had no more interest in one than we had in another. The purpose was to leave the impression that the Park Commission had been successful in the work. The details were entirely a matter of secondary interest. I For instance, the Jubilee Jinglers, directed by Miss Stone, had a very scant notice. The fact is the min strel was one of the biggest paying attractions on the ground. Calvin Reecer and his big Lew JDockstader smile were there; so were the other black-face artists Jones, Talley, Conde.Waddell, Davis and Jordan, and the interlocutor, Col. Dixon Williams. Then the singers and circle men, Irving Griffin, Sam Lovelace, Mil ton Osborne. Miss Arnetta Hamil ton made her initial appearance in Union City in a delightful sketch. She was robed in spangles and very graceful and interesting in some song and dance movements. Miss Stone's pupils also contributed to the per formance and Miss Beck presided at the piano. Little Miss Posey was seen in a solo dance and Misses Po sey and Bransford in a Dutch dance. So also was little Miss Johnson, of Benton, 111., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Johnson, one of the dancers. The minstrel committee, Clem Bur dick, Prof. Tate and Mr. Kerr, made a real carnival atmosphere with their ballyhooing. You miglit say that the Home Carnival was a blooming success in every particular, and that Brother Clark, Dr. Park, Mrs. Prieto, Mrs. Cloys and others there we go again. Can't notice everybody, even if we knew them all. But these and others have made the carnival what it was and the playground what it is, and Union City is proud of the. work. Resolution of Respect. Whereas , W. J. Davidson, a mem ber of the County Court of Obion County, Tennessee, recently died at his home in Union City, Tennessee, Therefore, be it resolved by the Court, in regular session assembled, That in the death of Mr. Davidson it recognizes the loss of an active and most worthy member of the Court, a member who was ever faith ful and attentive to his duties and whoso judgment and advice ever commanded the attention and worthy consideration of the Court. Be it further resolved, That in the death of Mr. Davidson the whole community lost a valuable and worthy citizen and a true christian, a man whose conduct, moral, civil and spiritual, was ever upright and Juct. 4 Be it further resolved, That the sympathies of this court be extended to his widow and family, in their loss, and that a cop7 of this resolu tion be- spread upon the minutes of the Court, and also furnished the city papers for puHicaCion By Obion Co'.nty Court, July term, 1921. Real Estate Transfers. J. P. Dobbins et cl. to D.J. Sim mons, 60 acres in No. 7, $3000. John T. Walker et ux. to Phil Hy man, 2 lots in No. 13, $17,000. Bruce Kirkman et al. to J. I. Cald well, 25 acres in No. 13, 6234. Chancery Court to S. J. Bradsliaw, 103 acres in No. 9, $4000. R. R. Rose to H. M. McWherter et al., 15 acres in No. 3, $150. R. R. Rose to Geo. M. Brooks' et al., lot in No. 13. $300. Paul Kendall to G. S. Kendall, 197 acres in Nos. 5 and 6, $13,000. If your appetite is poor and your stomach and bowels are out of order tho remedy you need is Prickly Ash Bitters. It cleanses the .system of bilious impurities, sharpens the ap petite and makes a man feel fine. Price $1.25 per b ttle. Sold by all dealers. IT MAKES THE CAR FLY. Our storage battery is built for speed, for service, for durability. It is a battery of economy, too, costing less for repair and giving longer use without recharging. A suitable Christmas gift to a friend with a car, or to yourself. McHUGH BATTERY CO. 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