THE COMMERCIAL
Marshall & Baird, Union City, Tenn.
Entered at the post offtce. Union City. Tennes
see, as second-class mail matter.
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1922.
Democratic Ticket.
For Sheriff J. W. (Watt) Cherry
For Trustee Armour Ratlin"
For County Court Clerk R. H. Bond
For Circuit Court Clerk J. N. Ruddle
For Register W. J. Edwards, Jr.
For Representative.
BRATTON We are authorized to an
nounce S. R. Bratton as a candidate for
re-election a Representative from Obion
County in the General Assembly ot 1 en.
nessee, .ubject to the action of 'the Demo
cratic party.
We can understand why there
should be a ban on usury and a de
mand for legislation to limit the in
terest Tate for money. Wo can un
derstand the principle which, while
holding down the price of farm pro
duce, demands cheap money to move
the crop. This proposition is easy
enough to understand, but why,
when these equities are demanded
should there be no limit at all on
the trader's profit the corporation
which multiplies and compounds its
Tjrofits, the speculator who doubles
his fortune in a single deal, or the
ordinary land shark and horse trader
who makes from fifty to one hundred
per cent on a single transaction. Why
should profiteering on one frandj be
encouraged and the loan shark be
punished.
Of all the unmitigated monumen
tal nerve there has never been any
thing like it before in the way of
lobbying and vndertaking to intimi
date the members of Congress. It
is altogether unnecessary to i-ention
names. Everybody knows how Han
ford MacNider is hovering over the
national capitol and the committees
which have control of naval and mil
itary affairs, and how the great ma
jority of the taxpayers of the United
States are condemning the jazz
hound to hithcrland. They are, not
doing it under cover either. Blythe
arJd a mouthful when he said that
the two old parties are dead. Mr.
Borah wiped hia skirts when he an
swered back to the. grafters in Idaho
that he could not be bribed. Con
gressman Garrett told the truth
when he charged that members are
being tolled to their respective grave
yards. And this is not the first time
this session that Mr. Garrett has
stood up with the minority and told
tho wolves in plain English what
they are doing. The last tirno he led
the revolt against the big navy and
against the perfidy of the President
and the majority of Congress who
were pledged to the limitation of
armament and the reduction of Con
gressional appropriations.
Union City As a Trading Center.
Union City is the county seat of
Obion County.
Obion County is one of the richest
agricultural counties in the State
and comes pretty close to the top
of the list of wheat producing coun
ties. Other staple crops .of the county
are cotton, corn and oats; while the
livestock industry is a thriving one.
The county is level and well tim
bered and it has an abundant water
supply. It is bordered on the west
by Reelfoot Lake, on the east by
Weakley County, on the south by
Dyer and Gibson counties and on the
north by Kentucky.
Three railroads cross the conuty
the Illinois Central, the Mobile and
Ohio and the Nashville, Chattanooga
& St. Louis. The last two roads cross
at Union City.
The population of the county, ac
cording to the census of 1920, is 28,
393 and that of Union City is 4,412.
There are eleven high schools and
85 elementary schools in the county,
providing for a school population
slightly in excess of 10,000.
Union City boasts two .weekly
newspapers, two banks, railway
shops and numerous mills.
It is one of the most progressive
communities in West Tennessee, and
as a livestock market and trading
center it ranks second to no other
city in that section of the State.
The county contains 540 square
miles, divided into 3,378 farms. The
assessed valuation for taxation pur
poses is $29,793,421. This represents
approximately 1,000 for every man,
woman and child in the county.
Union City merchants and traders
have catered to this rich community
and together the, farmery and mer
chants are increasing the. wealth of
the county. They are a far-sighted,
progiessive people.
Union City is a fertile field for
manufacturers and wholesalers to
cultivate. Indeed, its fame as an
agricultural and trading center has
attained to such proportions that
Louisville .business men are actively
campaigning for that city's patron
age. Union vCity is logically a part ot,
the Nashville market and, other
things ' being equal,, ,Tennesseans
would rather do business wittt-Ten-
nesseans than with Kentuckians.
The improvement in train service
between Nashville and Union City
has been krought about through' the
co-operation of Union City civic or
ganizations, the Nashville Chamber
of .Commerce and the Nashville,
Chattanooga -and St. Louis Railroad.
It is possible' now to leave Nash
ville at 11 p.m. and arrive in Union
City for breakfast. Union City kuy-
ers can make the round trip to Nash
ville and do a day's business here in
40 hours. -. '
Union City is' Inviting, the Nash
ville shippers jto pay a visit to that
thriving community, and It would be
well worth the time and money to
make the visit an event of some consequence.
Louisville shippers have engaged a
special train to make the trip to Un
ion City on May 2i.
The N., C. & St. L. offers to Nash
ville the opportunity to add Obion
County buyers to its list of perma
nent customers and it is up to Nash
ville to hustle for the trade. Nash
ville TenpessWn. '
Killed by JTotor"at
Little Will Nailling Ogles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ogles', wr.s killed
accidentally on First street, south
last Monday. The boy was hanging
on to a delivery wagon taking a ride
and in the act of Jumping off he
landed In front of .a touring car
driven by Mrs. T. L. Jordan. It is
said that Mrs. Jordan was driving
south on First street and that she
turned in her conrse to pass the
wagon.
A "Busted" City.
' When Youngstown, Ohio, elected
George L. Oles, former peddler, to be
mayor last fall, there was nation
wide comment on the novelty of the
event -and there was, diligent, search
made for the cause of the upheaval.
The Harding administration was
blamed, the State administration was
blamed and the "general unrest"
was the haven of editorial opinion.
The cause of the upheaval now is
plain. Youngstown is broke, busted,
bankrupt of the coin of the realm
and credit. '
Previous administrations had run
the city into debt to such an extent
that it takes about 90 per cent of
the municipal taxes to meet tho in
terest charges. The banks have in
formed Mayor Oles that the city's
I. O. U.'s no longer will be honored.
The mayor called the bankers,
Chamber of Commerce officials and
the professional men of the city to
gether and placed thejsituation be
fore them. Then he outlined this
program:
Reduce the fire department to 25
men.
Reduce the police department to
25 men.
Fire the street cleaning depart
ment in a body.
If the citizens desire more police
and fire protection, let them raise
the money and employ them, the
mayor says. If they want tho streets
cleaned, let them do the Job them
selves, or pay out oftheir own pock
ets for having it done.
The city cannot do it, he declared,
The cards are on the table.
The police chief countered that
Youngstown would be the refuge of
all the crooks in the ( nation. The
fire chief came back with the danger
of a great conflagration. The insur
ance companies asserted rates would
be increased immediately. But Mayor
Oles pointed to the taxable income
and the interest charges and the long
list of salaries that have been unpaid
for months.
, In concluding, the mayor said:
At any rate the plan will wake up
the public and show the reckless
manner in which money , has been
expended by previous administra
tions. Everyone will have to pur
chase a gun to protect his home. The
situation is approaching a cfimax.
Youngstown has a population of
132,358. It is one of the great man
ufacturing cities of the State. It is
the location of great railway shops
and a center of the steel industry.
What has happened in Ybungs
town has happened elsewhere and is
happening in numerous other cities.
Municipalities are living beyond
their incomes. When the taxpayers
wake up they revolt and then have
to pay for the extravagance of years
that are past.
The drastic action of Youifgs
town's mayor will not meet with
general approbation, but it will have
served a useful purpose if other cities
take warning and stop waste and ex
travagance before they roach the
Youngstown stage. Nashville Ten
nessean. "
Just then the boy dropped
from . the wagon and her car struck
h'm on the back of the head, passing
over his body. Mrs. Jordan, it is
stated, had.no time to reverse her
brake when she saw tho danger and
was theref oi e povcriess to prevent
the accident. '
A post mortemjjxamination sow
ed that thesncck and back were both
borken. '
This is indeed a great shock to the
parents of the little boy. Mr. Ogles
is one of our well 'known and very
generally esteemed shoemakers. The
family comprises Mr. and Mrs. Ogles
and four children who are left. The
chiidien's names . are Lois, Anna,
Thomas, Clifford. It is said that
Nailling called to Thomas when he
dropped from the vagon.
The deceased vas four years 'of
age. ' . '
Services were held Tuesday after
noon at the First Christian Church,
Pastor Baker in charge. The little
boy was a member of the Sunday
school and his classmates partici
pated in some songs. The remains
were taken to East View for burial.
Inspection of Slips.
H. L. Fackler, of Knoxville, As
sistant State Entomologist, was a vis
itor here this week making official
inspection of the sweet potato beds.
The plant beds of J. B. Akin and oth
ers were inspected and certified. In
the inspection service, the seed and
slips and the plants are inspected
from bedding time to the ripening of
the potato. The slips from the crop
are all thoroughly inspected and cer
tified and a check made upon ail
the crops certified, so that there can
be no mistake in buying plants.
Reginald Softhedd (rushing up to
the life guard): "Teach me to swim,
quick. A millionheiress is drowning!"
Road to Fulton.
The citizens of Number Sixteen
have establshed a precedent in Obion
County which may well servo as an
example to the balance of the pop
ulation. This is to the effect that a
fund of $600 has been raised by the
people of that district for a first-class
road from Harris to Fulton, to be
added to the regular road fund, and
the more important fact that every
man on the road has volunteered to
set his fence back without cost to
the county for a fifty-foot road. In
some localities the citizens along im
proved highways seem to thin!i that
the county is Indebted to them for
the privilege of making a -road ad
Joining their premises and proceed
upftn the theory that tho privilege .is
very valuable. They don't seem to
understand that the road is made for
their use and convenience. A very
significant sign is posted on one of
the road tractors belonging, to the
county highway department, read
ing: "This is your road, don't
shoot."
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- Leg Broken.
Excel Miller, con of Mr. and Mrs.
R. I. Miller of the Nemo Hotel, was
brought in Monday with a broken
leg. The young man was oiling a
tractor and Jumped off to get on a
grader when a car came up and he
collided with the machine. The right
leg was broken, a compound frac
ture, just above the ankle. The pa
tten was taken to Dr. Quails' office
and his wounds taken care of with
suitable treatment.
Experts Hold Bee Meetings.
Timely and important phases of
modern beekeeping of special im
portance in Tennessee are transfer
ring of bees from tho old to the mod
ern hives; Italianizing the wild or
hybrid honey bee; queen introduc
tion ;t swarm control; foulbrood in
spection and winter protection.
These subjects will be discussed and
demonstrated before the beekeepers
and others interested in beekeeping
in West Tennessee. James Her.therly,
Jere Frazier and W. L. Nailling will
assist G. M. Bently, State Entomolo
gist, in these discussions and dem
onstrations to be held at Jackson on
the 25th, Lexington on -the 26th,
Dyersburg on tho 27th and Memphis
on the 28th At Jackson and Dyers
burg there will be besides the talks
and demonstrations in the bceyard
during the day a night session at
which a moving picture and stereop
ticon lantern will bo used to show
different phases of modern beekeep
ing. The public is cordially invited
to attend any or all of these sessions.
There are about 350 who are now
keeping bees in West Tenncccee and
many other's who are interested. The
demonstrations and meetings will
more than likely be well attended.
Board of Education.
The Board of. Education met last
Thursday night, April 20, and or
ganized by the election of C. H. Cobb
president. A meeting was held last
night and a report of same will ap
pear in next week's paper'.
W.D. Keiser was elected secretary.
The time when a man feels like
fully agreeing with , the Darwinian
theory is when he looks at a photo
graph hf himself taken forty years
ago when he displayed mutton chop
whiskers and a goatee. New Or
leans States.
Mr. Jenkins Took a Cracked
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two I o 1 ante Lions-
The exhibition ended rather badly. It
very nearly was a big day for the lions
and a sad (&y for Mr. Jenkins all for
want of proper care in getting ready. ? .
V.
Many a man whahas business to do and , f
a living to make and a job to fill is as care-
less how he feeds his body as Mr. Jenkins '
was in picking out a club.
Some foods are too heavy, some
ere too starchy, many lack neces
sary elements and so starve the
body and many load the system
down with fermentation and auto
intoxication. :
- Grape-Nuts helps build - health'
and strength. It contains the full
richness of wheat and malted bar
ley, including the vital mineral
elements, without which the body
cannot be fully sustained. Grape-
Nuts digests quickly and whole
somely. Served with cream or
good milk, it is a complete food,
crisp and delicious. ? "
Grape-Nuts is just the food for
those who care to meet life's situa-
tions well prepared in health
Order Grape-Nuts .from , your
grocer today. Try it with cream
or milk for breakfast or lunch, or .
made into a delightful pudding '
for dinner.
Grape-Nuts the Body Builder
, "There a Reason"
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc., Battle Creek, Mich.
:VIbiTey to Loan
We are authorized to take applications for farm loans
in Obion County on improved farms of 40 acres or more.
The rate of interest is 6 per cent per ahmim and the loan
' made with the least possible delay. -
See us for information and details. -
C. N. & H. H. LANNOM
Union City, Tennessee. v
To THE MOORMAN MANUFACTUR
ING COMPANY, a corporation,
with its chief office in; the city of
QuincyIll. ' '
At
GRISiSOM'
YOU CAN SEE THE LATEST UP-TO-THE
MINUTE
- REFRIGERATOR COUNTER
AND MEAT SLICER '
We invite you to come in and see the nice sliced meat
and fine cuts of meat. Also the nice Vegetables-reyery-thing
kept in this Ice Cold Refrigerator Counter. -
We also have some specials in Canned Goods, Canned
Grape Fruit, Canned Fruit Salad. A few cases nice
standard Peaches at -
$3.00 per doz. $6.00 per case.
E. P. GRISSOM
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230
O. M. Thomas et al. vs. J. A. Foulks
et als. Chancery Court. Obion
County, Tennessee.
In the above styled cause it ap
pearing to the Clerk and Master
from the bill of complaint, which is
sworn to, that the defendant, The
Moorman Manufacturing Company,
is non-resjdent of the State of Ten
nessee, so that ordinary process of
law cannot be served upon it. It is
therefore hereby ordered that the
said above named defendant appear
before the Clerk and Master of the
Chancery Court of Obion County,
fTennessee, on or before the third
Monday of May, 1922, that being
a rule day of said Chancery Court,
and make defense to the said bill, or
the same will be taken as-confessed
by it, and the said cause set for hear
ing ex-parte as to it. It is further ,
ordered that publication 4)f this no-,
tice be made for four consecutive,
weeks in The Commercial, a weekly
newspaper published in Obion Coun
ty, Tenn. ' 3-4t
This 11th day of April, 1922.
, ' GO. A. GIBBS.
Clork and Master.
By Nelle F. Marshall. D. C & M.
Moore & Hudgins, Sol. for Complt.
TO GEO. W. UNDERWOOD.
The following advertisement was written by Mr. Emmette Flippin and re
ceived the First Prize in a contest given by Reynolds Packing Co. to the members of
the Commercial Department of U. C H. S. ( ' ,
Why Patronize Home Industries?
First. You save money. When you buy Reynolds Pro
ducts made right here at home you do not have freight rates
and other expenses to pay. Are not you. as well as the oth
er fellow, entitled to get the best for your money? Then al
ways insist on Reynolds Products. Patronize your home in
dustries. ' '
Second. Home products are fresher and naturally better.
Don't buy things with your eyes shut! That's what you are
doing when you fail to call for Reynolds Products, made at
home. - .: . ' ,-. 1 . '
Third. Are you patriotic? Don't you love your home
town and community?, Patronize your Tiome industries. Buy
Reynolds Products. f
Fourth. Haven't you a desire to make your home town
larger and better? Patronize your home industries and let
them grow. Why cheat yourself and your, family by buying
inferior products? Help yourself and doing so, help others.
Always insist on Reynolds Products, made at home, and you
will always get the best
Reynolds Packing Company
The Peoples Bank of Martin, Tenn.,
vs. Geo. W. Underwood et als.
Chancery Court, Obion County,
Tennessee.
In the above styled cause it ap
pearing to the Clerk and Master
from Jhe bill- of complaint, which is
sworn to that the defendant, Ceo.
W. Underwood, is a non-resident of
the 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 thfe' Clerk
and Master of the Chancery Court
of Obion County, Tennessee, on
or before the third Monday of
May, 1922, that being a rule day of
said Chancery Court, and nmke de
fense to the said, bill, or the same
will be taken as confessed by him,
and the said cause set for hearing
ex-parte as to him. It is further or
dered that publication of this notice
be made for four consecutive weeks
in The Commercial, a weekly news
paper published in Obion County,
Tenn. v. - 3-4t
. This April 12, 1922.
GEO. A. GIBBS, C. &'M.
By Nelle F. Marshall, D. C. & M. ,
Geo. C. Rowlett, Sol. for Complt.
TO B. F, LANE.
C. J. Lane vs. B. F. Lane et al.-
Chancery Court, Obion County, Ten
nessee. In the" above styled cause it ap
pearing to the Clerk and Master from
the bill of complaint, which is sworn
to, that the defendants, B .F. Lane
et al., are non-residents of ' the ;.
State of Tennesee, so that
ordinary process of " law ' cannot
be served' upon them. It la there
fore hereby ordered that the said
above named defendants appear be
fore the .Clerk and Master of the
Chancery Court of 'Obion County,,
Tennessee, on or before the First
Monday, of May, 1922, , that being
a rule day of said Chancery Court,
and make defense to the said . bill,
or. the same will be taken as con
fessed by them, and the said cause
set for hearing ex-parte as to them.
It is further ordered that - publica
tion of this notice bo made for four
consecutive weeks In The Commer
cial, a weekly newspaper published
in Obion County, Tenn.
This April 3, 1922. 2-4t
. , - GEO, A. GIBBS, '
Clerk and Master.
By Nelle F., Marshall, D. C.'& M.
Swlggart &' Heathcock, Sol. for
Complt.
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