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DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Ovei Wehman'a Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144, Residence
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman'a Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telelphonea
Office 144; Residence 595-J
Union City Commercial. established 18M) I p..11j.) c . , ,
West Tennessee Conrier.eitablished 1897 1 Consolidate September 1. 1897
UNION CITY, TENN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921.
VOL. 31, NO. 20
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NEW CONTRACT FOR
FILLING BLACK BAYOU
Work of Filling the Outlet to Be
Completed at Once.
The people ot Reclfoot Lake coun
try and counties adjoining will- no
doubt take great interest and pleas
ure In the fact that the trouble
caused - by the drain thru Black
STRONG PROGRAM FOR
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
The West Tennessee Fanners' In
stitute will be held at the experi
ment Station Farm, Jackson, Tennes
see, September 6, and 8. An un
usually attractive program has been
arranged. The Hon. Carl Williams,
president of the Oklahoma Cotton As
sociation and one of the most prom
inent men connected with the Amer
ican Cotton Association, has been in
vited to discuss, the cotton situation.
Dean R. L. Watts of the Stete Agrt-1 mittee particularly for its handling
cultural College of Pennsylvania of tne tariff and tax Questions Is
Bayou has been finally settled to ev- wm BPeak on successful truck farm- made in a statement Issued to-day by
flrThAfiv'n cntififar! inn I
Messrs. Moore, of the State High- subject. Prof. H. A. Morgan of the
REP. KELLER SCORES
HARDING POLICIES
Independent Republican Accuses
Harding as Dictator.
Washington, Aug. 7. An attack
on the administration generally and
on the House Ways and Means Com
way Department, Mr. McEwcn, chief I University of Tennessee will speak on
engineer for West Tennessee, and
Mr. Morris, chief clerk of the Fish
and Game Department, were here
last week, first taking up the Con
tract heretofore made . to close up
Black Bayou and securing Its cancel
lation altogether, then proceeding
clovers and pastures. Hon. George
R. James of Memphiswill discuss the
financial depression as it affects the
farmer. Dr. Tait Butler, editor of
the Progressive Farmer, has been
asked to speak on dairy feed crops in
a general rotation, and Director E,
R. Loyd of the Memphis Farm Bu
Representative Keller, Independent
Republican of St. Paul, Minn., author
of four tax revision bills which have
been endorsed by organizations of
farmers and others.
Mr. Keller charges that "the ma
chinery of Government has been com
mandeered by a little clique, ignorant
of the A B C's of economics, whose
blind obedience to Wall street is re-
,B"UU "H,8"UCT- """" -a reau wlll di8CU98 the agrlcuitural LnnalM fnr tua Mlflov, ,w
with approval and acceptance of the outlook in West Tennessee. Other 8ponBlbl f0r the Blfl8b' hort-8ly-
work under the direction of Mr.
Perkins, with the provisions made
by State Game Warden, Judge
Bratton and others for help and
equipment, they immediately set
about to let a new contract for the
completion of the work at Black
Bayou. So from bids made by throe
companies the contract was let to
speakers are, Director C. A. Moores ed Policy that i3 retarding our pros
of the Tennessee Experiment Station I perity and creating profound distrust
Prof. J. B. Brown, State Super- and discontent among, the people.
11 tt-. " "S,:1:"'. Declaring that most members of
W. T. Magruder, State Dairy. Com- the House want t0 ca"y out the peo
miosioner, and J. W. Sample, State pie's wishes with regard to taxation
Chemist.
The Home Makers' Section will be
addressed by Dr. Olin West, secretary
of the State Board of Health, Miss
the Murphy , Construction Company Charl Williams, president, of Nation-
for a three-to-ono fill on the levee at
BiacK Bayou, mat means mat tne
vbase of the fill i? to be. ninety feet
wide and the top of the fill or road
base la to be thirty feet wide. TLe
Murphy Construction Company, it
was understood, were preparing to
start on the work last Tuesday. They
were to have tho help of two compet
ltlve construction companies with
their crews, embracing a force of
al Educational Association and Coun
ty Superintendent of Shelby County,
Mrs. J. F, Hineman, of Memphis, Mrs.
Kate Wells, poultry specialist of the
Division of Extension, Knoxville,
Tennessee, and others.
Reduced railroad rates on the
certificate plan have been secured,
and the most successful Institute ev
er held in West Tennessee is prom
ised.
A reduced rate of one and one-
half fares for the round trip has
and other economic questions, Mr.
Keller says a little dominant minor
ity has tied down the safety valve of
free discussion until an explosion im
pends which will scatter the Repub
lican party from Maine to California."
"The President has assumed more
power than any of his predecessors,"
Mr. Keller continued, "and tells Con
gress what bills to pass and what not
to pass. Bills concocted at secret
conferences are introduced without
being referred to responsible commit
tees. The President's advisers seem
with and with dispatch until the
levee is ready for a crown of gravel.
It is understood, so Judge Bratton
tells us, that as soon as the Federal
kaan ooinrflH frr tit. Wfiat TaflTliaaaaa
150 :nen and equipment, with teams, p , Instltute whlch wlll be held to think it possiblo for this country
etc. The work wan to proceed forth- ti,., om. c i s to lift itself bv Its economic hoot
Anyone desiring to take advantage of straps and vaguely promise that a
this rate must secure from the coun- half billion dollar gift to the rail
blank certificate which he should
sign and deliver. to his local ticket
highway fund has been apportioned, agent. No reduced tickets will be
this levee read Is to be completed sold without certificates signed by
conecting Lake and Obion counties 'JS .rl taxn. taking off transportation
R. F. D., Fulton, Ky., vice president,
will be glad to supply citizens desir
ing to attend the Institute with a cer
tiflcate of reduced rates.
vice president, will be glad to supply
citizens desiring to attend the Insti-
tutewith a certificate of reduced
rates. ' . "
on Monday following her death amid
a large crowd of relatives and friends
who came to do honor to her memory.
The funeral service was conducted by
her pastor. Reverend White, assisted
by Reverend Cunningham, who had
been her pastor several years before,
and who had been chosen by Aunt
Ann before her death.
Aunt Ann's life was spent in doing
good to others, and surely her reward
will be great when she hears the
precious words of her Master, "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant,
enter into the Joys o thy Lord.",
Bad Luck and the Devil
Pursued Him
"I don't think any one has had
more bad luck and sickness than I
have. . In 1905 I had two ribs, an
arm and collar bone brcken in a rail
road accident. Then I had pneu
monia. After recovering I crossed a
pasture when a bull chased me
tossed me over the fence and broke
my right leg. In 1910 I had typhoid
fever; since then severe stomach and
liver trouble, which no medicine or
doctor touched until two years ago I
got a bottle of Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy, which proved the first ray
of light in thirteen years." It is a
simple, harmless preparation that re
moves the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam
mation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and Intestinal ail
ments, including appendicitis. One
dose will convince or money re
funded. .,, Sold by Oliver's Red Cross
Drug Store and druggists everywhere.
TRI-STATE FAIR
BEAUTY CONTEST
Beautiful girls and matrons all
over the State will be interested in
the "Beauty Contest" of the Woman's
Department of the Tri-State Fair,
to be held at Memphis September 24
to October 1.
Tho Tri-Stato Fair Association will
award to the contestant, Judged from
her photograph to be the most beau
tiful woman in tho State, a prize as
follows:
The trip to IV en? phis, two days of
entertainment at the Tri-Stato Fair,
a hand-painted picture of the winner
valued at $75.00 and also participa
tion in the Floral Parade and other
social features on "Society Day" at
the fair, Thursday, September 29.
The conditions of entry in the
"Beauty Coutest" are:
Photograph of contestant, taken
since January 1, 1920, with name
and address on back, mu?,t bo sent be
fore September 20, to Woman's De
partment, Tri-State Fair, Memphis,
Tenn. "" i
All photographs will be returned
to the owner at tho conclusion of the
fair. Very truly,
MRS. G. A. DAVIDSON,
. . , Director,
Subscriptions taken for all mag
azines. Mrs. C. L. Ridings, Phone
603. 37-4t
To the Voters of Obion County.
I take this method to in part speak
my gratitude for the substantial vote
polled for me in last Saturday's pri
mary. It was with a spirit of friend
ship that my opponents and I entered
this contest and we finished It in the
same way.
1 wish I could personally thank
each and every voter who marked a
ballot for me, while, for the untiring .
efforts of the loyal friends who stood
by with encouragement as well as
"elbow grease" and made it possible
for me to win, I am grateful beyond
power of expression.'
It has indeed been a pleasure to
meet the citizenry of Obion County.
Wherever I have gone during my
campaign, the wonderful hospitality
with which I have met will long live
in my memory.
At all times, I shall try to servo
you as best I know, and it shall be
my great effort to render a future
service as Register of Obion County
which will speak my real apprecia
tion for the Democratic nomination
you have given me.
Sincerely yours,
W. J. EDWARDS, Jr.
POLITICAL "PUSH."
They were looking down Into the
depths of the Grand Canyon.
"Do you know," asked the guide,
"that it took millions of years for
this great abyss to be carved out?"
"Woll well " olapiilntfM thn trav
eler, "I never knew this was a gov
ernment Job."
and that, contracts will be made to
continue the work on thru to Troy,
Union City and Martin as originally
planned for the Memphir.-to-Bristol
Highway.
As to the Black Bayou drain and
the contract to fill the outlet, about
which there has been so much dis
turbanqe, the Highway Department,
we understand ,has been laboring un
der a misapprehension of the facts
and conditions. It seems that the
i matter has not been fully and prop
erly presented to the Department,
and hence the delay of the work at
Black Bayou.
When
been given proper attention a meet
ing of the citizens at Samburg and
the visiting officials was held, on
which occasion Messrs. Cochran,
Denton and others made some public
roads which' in some mysterious man
ner Is not to increase taxes, will 're
store prosperity.' They -would do
better to busy themselves with low-
tax and seeing to it that the rail
roads are run effeciently with a min ¬
imum of waste. But that is not like
ly as long as railroad executives can
depend (upon the administration for
lavish gifts."
I In Memory of Mrs. Annie E. Park.
Succeeds Maddox and Lancaster.
Alamo, Tenn., Aug. 7. S. Homer
Tatum, member of the
On July 23, Mrs. Annie E. Park.
the beloved wife of D. E. Park. mtpt-
Crockett iy breathed her last, leaving hehind
County bar, has been appointed by a world of sorrow and trouble in ex-
Federal Judee J. W. Ross referee in change for one of Joy and bliss.
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hankrnntcv for the eastern division "?uul BU" wtto uwouii.e-
- . irnown ra nor man v rrlnndn
oi mo wesiern aisinci oi lennessee, born near James Bayou Missouri.
I i 3 T 1 T- TIT If. JJa M I T A S O a A m . . I
all of these matters had 1 succeeu jgo r. w. iauuu, uiuuue , ion, ana wiin ner iamer,
Huntingdon, and Judge T. A. Lan- -onn uooa, movea to uDion uounty
" ' I tn toil l n.l.t. I. n
lector nf T Qvtnp-tr.il Vnr a nnmhor L" " w""-u jcf uor luuiuer
.-.., - -.-o- rQied. She lived with her father till
of years the eastern division has 1851( when he died, when she went
been divided in two referee districts and made her home with her grand-
with Judgo Madlox as referee in one father, David Hubbard, of near Troy,
statements to the effect that there ftrlot. with headquarters at Hunt- sVeunwTs united in m arriage to BE.
now exists a feeling of general sat- mB"on- ana Juas8 Lancaster rcieree Parki wh0 survives her at the home
isf action everywhere over the turn m lue omer aisinci, wun neaaquar-
of affairs at the lake. . lcrs ai WIlugwn- ineso aisinuis
. . . . .. , ' . I have been consolidated by Judge Ross
Going into the matter further, . - . , , ' . -
Judge Bratton tells us that when this I j. , , , .. . x
lire uivisiuu ui in uuuuiies, cuunisi-
Two Famous Fat
Men, Irvin S. Cobb,
the writer of
"The Life of the Party"
and
Fatty Arbuckle,
the Star. "
COME LAUGH AND
BE HAPPY
WITH
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
-IN-
Anybody weigh
i ing over
225 pounds will
be admitted
FREE
"The Life of the Party"
AT JIMMIE'S PLAYHOUSE
Monday, August 15.
PRICES IOC AND 2SC
If you do not say that this is positively the best Comedy Drama you
have ever seen screened, your money is waiting for you at the box office
ALSO ., , ; ,
"Good Night Nurse Comedy.,,
Memphls-to-Brlstol highway is finally
adopted as a Federal highway, it is
planned to construct a concrete spill
way to take the place of tho present
spillway, Black Bayou outlet now be
ing closed up and the . levee and
space .between the spillway and the
bayou, making a concrete spillway
complete about a hundred and fifty
feet wide and extonding aver all
that part of the levee now taken up
by the spillway and bayou and
ground between. -
FULTON COUNTY FAIR
For . Fulton County Fair and Every,
body Says It Will Be the Best.
"Always good this time better."
When the Eulton County Fair is held
August 16 to 20 at Fulton, Ky., it
will offer better and more varied
amusements, more and finer exhibits
and greater pleasure and education
than it has been able to do before.
The carnival attractions this year
will be furnished by the Zeldman
and Pelle Exposition Shows. Their
list of shows and riding devices em
brace the most popular ones in the
amusement world to-day.
The racing program will be the
best ever offered and will afford keen
competition -from horses North and
South. ,.s
"Meet me at the Fulton County
Fair, August 16, 17, 18 19 and 20.
ing of Benton, Carroll, Chester,
Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Harde
man, Hardin," Henderson,
Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Per
ry and Weakley, w. "
The new appointee will continue to
reside in Alamo, where ho has prac
ticed law for the past eight years.
He is 31 years of age, a graduate of
Cumberland University, - was ad
mitted to tho Kentucky bar in 1912,
the Tennessee bar in 1913, appointed
clerk and maste:- of the . Crockett
County Chancery Court by Chancel-
of the late Robert D. CaldweliL where
she was making her home at the
time with her Aunt Addle Caldwell.
Aunt Ann professed faith in Christ
at Ebenezer near Troy, Tennessee,
when she was about twelve years of
age and united .with the congregation
ai mui piace, ouc wnen sne was mar-
Henrv r,ea sne and Uncle Dock moved thel
weiuuersnip 10 Aiiuocn. sne was a
strong Cumberland Presbyterian and
in that church she continued to serve I
her master with all earnestness and
faithfulness until her death.
Aunt Ann is survived by her hus
band and faithful companion, Uncle
Dock Park, who is well advanced In
years, one daughter, Mrs. May Ker
sey, and four grandchildren, Mrs.
Thedron Wheeler, Mrs. . Johnnie
Wheeler, Roger Caldwell and, Noel
Caldwell, all of whom reside near
Union City and were with her when
lor J. W, Ross In 1914 and reappoint- she passed away except Roger Cabl
ed in 1920. He wan a Republican
elector for tho Ninth district of Ten
nessee in the campaign of 1920 and
was a strong supporter and friend of
Chancelor RosaJn his application for
he federal judgeship.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A slippery boy' dreads his mother's
slipper.
Only a high-toned girl can sing ev
ery tone in the scale.
Don't, despise the lowly. The un
der Jaw does all the work.
Even flying machines will not en
able some men to get above reproach.
When a girl is up in arms the
young man in the case seems to en
joy it. ,
Cutting off a dog's tail may not
affect his carriage, but it stops his
waggin'.
After marriage a foolish man stops
paying a wife compliments and be
gins to pay her bills.
A diplomat is a person who doesn't
mean what he means others to think
he means. '
well. One daughter, Jennie, who
married John C. Caldwell, died at
Searcy Arkansas, in 1895, leaving the
three children, May, Roger and Noel,
whose ages were 7, 4 and 1 years
respectively. These children made
their homewith Aunt Ann and Un
cle Dock who trained them and treat
ed them as kindly as if they .had been
their own for fourteen years. In ad
dition to providing a home for their
grandchildren they took Ben Good,
a nephew of Aunt Ann's who was
quite a small boy, an orphan who
had no home, and trained and edu
cated him.
After her marriage she cared for
Uncle Dock's mother for a number of
years till- she died, and some time
later' her stepmother, Aunt Ann
Good, came and made her home with
them till she passed away. Aunt
Ann being left an orphan as she was
In early life her heart yearned for
those who had no home, and no one
ever - came to her home and went
away empty-handed. Verily, her re
ligion was one of the practical kind,
and her faith in her Lord was evi
denced by her many and good works.
Aunt Ann was buried at Antioch i
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Equipped with electric self -starting and lighting system and demount-
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established dependable Ford merits in economy in operation and
upkeep, with assured long service. Not alone for professional and
business men who drive, much, but as the family car for women, .
the Ford Coupe meets every expectation. The demand for them
increases daily so we solicit immediate orders to make reasonably
prompt delivery. Will you not make our shop your repair place?
Genuine Ford parts and skilled 'mechanics.
, . B. E. BUST ,
- - , Authorized Ford Dealer Phone 400
. UNION CITY, TENN. t
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