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Union City Commercial, established 1890 ( P.nM.,., C.,K" 1 1007
West Tennessee Courier, established 1897 i Consolidated September 1. 1897
UNION CITY, TENN., FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922.
VOL. 32, NO. 16
, QUARTERLY COURT
OF OBION COUNTY
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Judge Bratton for Hie Legislature,
"" Tax Rates, Appropriations.
' Ordered by the court that a sur
face of local gravel bo placed on the
section of road leading from the park
to Reelfoot Lake to the interaection
of the Union City and Tiptonville
. highway. -
1 The court authorized the cost of
Obion County's part of building that
section of road from the Lake and
Obion County line to the Charlie
Lassiter place, including an estimate
to put thereon a ton coat of gravel,
which cost is $9,35:8.29.
Hugh Smith, S. R.. Bratton and H.
Forcum were appointed a committee
to represent Obion County at a meet
ing on the 28th day of July to let a
contract for the construction of the
highway from Union ity to Troy.
Dr. Smith, of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, came before the court
to lay before that body the proper
measures for the tuberculin test ot
cattle and eradication of tuberculosis
in the livestock of the county. The
matter was deferred until the next
term of court.
Then came the question of fixing
the tax rate for Obion County for
1922 and the proposition to increase
county elementary, and high school
taxes. This was given in last week's
paper. No increase was made and the
total tax rate was- fixed at 46 cents,
the same as it was last year.
A motion was made to restore the
ex-officio services of the Sheriff
$100 pec month. Same was reduced
to $50 per month. Action was de
ferred pending an investigation
the exact amount of funds coming in
to the hands of the Sheriff.
Upon motion made In the court
the candidacy of Honorable S.
Bratton for Representative from Obi
on County in the State Legislature
and his record as such Representative
in two former sessions, was unani
mously indorsed by a rising vote of
the court.
J. A. Bruce was appointed admin
istrator of Bruce Pennington, de
ceased.
t Mrs. Mary Belle Smith was ap
pointed guardian of Thelbert K. and
Minnie Novia Smith.
County Judge J.B. Waddell authos
ized to borrow, on time warrants
sums necessary for expenditures of
county for remainder of year.
J. P. attendance $ 317.30
A. L. ..Giffin, H. P. Naylor, Alwyn
Brevard, T. M. Flack, J. A. Jackson,
F. R. Robertson, T. P. Palmer, W. A,
McNeill, J. C. Walker, G. D, Sum
mers, J. W. Yarbrough, D. H. Btw
nett, T. W. Cunningham, E. L. Bow
ers, J. W. Crockett, P. H. Carroll,,
A. H. Moore, C. M. Montgomery, W.
M, Freed, H. B. Fleming, E. H. Rus
sell, C. P. Caldwell, W. W. Pierce, J.
B. Skinner, J.D. McBride, R. B. Gant-
lett.'J. A. Coble, J. W. McCorkle, R.
C. "Reynolds, S. R. Bratton, ' Alex
Mitchell, J. R. Graham, Box Fox, A
M. Moultrie, H. Forcum, J. H. Joh-
akin, G. G. Smith, S. A. McDade
something of the risque now and
then, sooner or later it will return to
its .old moorings and demand that
whieh is wholesome and clean.
Managers,, rather than producers,
were the first to sense the change in
public opinion toward amusements.
They were in touch with the people.
They paid high prices to the pur
chasers for rights, and dwindling box
office receipts told them there was
something wrong.
This condition is not local. Every
city in the ' country has reacted
against the indecent and the vulgar
on the screen; and the stage: Ij
."It, will be some time before pub
lic confidence will be fully restored
in the movie, and it may be a pain
ful process for managers, but sooner
or later it will be restored because
the demand for clean amusements in
this country is permanent, and when
the public is assured that it will get
what it Avants, it will respond.
Nashville managers are to be con
gratulated on their efforts to put the
motion picture business bn a high
plane. Na'shville Tennessean.
REGISTER FOR THE
AUGUST ELECTION
COMMUNITY NURSE
AND HEALTH CENTER
Meeting of Interest to the Public.
of
APPROPRIATIONS.
Highway Department 5139.50
Miscellaneous 3025.82
Tax Assessor 2000.00
May Circuit Court ..f... 595.65
Charity 60.00
Total 10,820.97
Clean Amusements.
Every man and woman of voting
age, 21 and over in Civil District
No. 13, of Obion County, Tenn., in
cluding the corporation of Union
City, must comply with the lav re
quiring a registration certificate for
both the primary and general elec
tions, to be held in Union City Thurs
day, August 3, 1922.
If you have a registration certifi
cate issued in the general registra
tion, August, 1921, you are entitled
to vote, but if you have no certificate
issued on or after that time it will
be necessary to register in the sup
plemental registration to be held in
the City Hall in Union City, Tenn.,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July
13, 14, 15, 1922. "
Tliis must be done as a necessary
qualification for every voter in Civil
Districts Nos. 13 and 16, of Obion
County, Tenn.
H. H.' LANNOM,
E. H. MARSHALL,
ROY VINCENT,
Election Commissioners
Obion County, Tenn.
An enthusiastic meeting of the
Public Health League and Nursing
Committee was held Monday evening,
with the chairman, Mr. Smith, ure
siding.
The members present were: Mr
Chas. DietzelK Mr. Walker Kerr, Rev.
E. S. Baker, WrsW. H. Swiggart,
Mrs. J. F. Howard, Mrs .Will Nash,
Mrs. J. J. Miller and Mrs. G. H.
Niles.
The rooms of tho American Legion
have been offered and will be used
as a health center for the community.
Miss Brown, the nurse, will b'e found
in these rooms each morning from
8:30 "to 10:00 o'clock and each after
noon from 3:00 to 5:00, beginning
Friday, July 14, and can be reached
by phone at these hours.' ,
These rooms are being equipped for
classes in home hygiene and care of
the sick. It has been decided that
this health center will be publicly
opened Thursday, July 20, from four
to five o'clock with a "Well Baby
Clinic" for white babies.and on Fri
day, July 21, from four to five for
colored.
WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSE MAY MEAN TO YOU.
The,name Public Health Nurso ap
plies to any nurse who in neither a
private nurse nor an institutional
nurse and who makes the main
tenance of health and nreventlnn of 20.
sickness her chief work. In no other
field has modern science made such
rapid advance in recent years as in
the field of preventive medicine and
health education.
Knowledge which means longer
life, better -health, fewer deaths in
babyhood, in childhood, in youth, in
the prime of life; fewer dollars spent
nd less time lost for sickness is
available. s
The Public Health Nurse is in Un
ion Cit.y now and is ready 'to answer
calls, of sickness and give nursing
care ' where required. The calls of
this kind are many and she can only
stay from ten minutes to one hour in
any home at one time.
The nurse can not give medical
care but works in co-operation with
the physicians.
C. U. Ouartet Here.
Only words of praise from the au
diences that have greeted the Cum
berland University Quartet in the
towns they have visited reach us.
The Cookeville Herald says: "l'he
Cumberland University Male Quartet
delighted its audience in a sp'endld
concert here Monday night." The
Warren County Times of McMinn-
ville pronounced it "The musical
treat of the season." The Columbia
Herald says, "A splendid high class
entertainment."
They were announced to appear in
Lebanon Saturday night but were re
quested by several people to postpone
their concert until Monday so some
could attend that otherwise would be
disappointed.
The young men composing this
quartet are well known in Lebanon
and the surrounding section, where
they have so often charmed audi
ences. They were called upon to lend
their voices in song to nearlv every
interesting occasion during the last
college term, and vere always ready
and willing to respond, and they
should be given a rousing welcome
oil their Monday evening appearance.
Many have said of this quartet,
that they are destined to become as
popular as the famous Jubilee Sing
ers who have delighted com any au
diences. Their repertoire includes
many of . the darky melodies and lul
labies. If you want to enjoy an evening of
real pleasure you should hear them
at Caruthers Hall Monday evening.
Lebanon Democrat.
Appearance in Union City at Rey
nolds Theatre. Thursday night, July
Paul Jones;" Mrs. Seid Waddell,
"John Jay;" Mrs. Bonner, of Rives,
"Samuel Adams;" Mrs. Whltson,
"Alexander Hamilton;" Mrs. Miller,
"Robert Morris;" Mrs. Geo. Gibbs,
"John Adams;" Mrs. Hassler, "Ethan
Allen;'"' Mrs. W. J. Caldwell, "Rich
ard Henry Lee." Mrs. Embry and
Mrs. Guy Miles being unavoidably ab
sent, Mrs. Swiggart gave a brief out
line of the life of Jefferson and of
lives of Edmond and Leyton Ran
dolph, this completing the lesson.
A, galaxy of unprecedented heroes
and statesmen, signers of the Decla
ration of Independence, especially
fitted by a Divine Providence, and no
bly accountable.
. lhe next meeting (Wednesday
week) will be with Mrs. W. H. Swig
gart. Mrs. W. J. Caldwell, of Rives
leader.
HON, FRAND P, BOND
WINS FEDERAL SUIT
New Depot.
The temporary passenger station
in Union City is now equipped with
telephone service. The construction
department is now' busy laying the
foundation of the new depot.
U. D. C. TO MARK
CONFEDERATE GRAVES
Bethel College.
Nashville theatres and motion pic
ture houses have evidenced a desire
to meet the taste of a discriminating
public' in their more recent offerings.
During the week which ciosed July
,1, a local record was established for
both the number of feet of film
shown and for the quality of the at
traction offered. .,,
The effort of local managers, to win
back a patronage that has fallen off
considerably smce , the close of the
war is a sincere one.
Too many of our producers- follow
ed the path of least resistance during
the period of inflation and harvested
the profits of an abnormal period at
the expense of the welfare of the in
dustry. It was only a matter of time when
the public which, served with sex
problems and luridN melodramas,
would tire of the diet and call for a
change, and failing to get the change,
would withhold its patronage.
The mind of the average American
is clean, and while it might tolerate
Dr. Quails Reappointed,
Dr. H. W Quails, this city, has
been honored with appointment to
succeed himself as a member of the
State Board of Medical Examiners,
Dr. Quails says that the qualifications
of a candidate to practice medicine
and surgery are so largely increased
that many are not able to pass, and
the result is-that the country is get
ting scarce of physicians. This will
make it necessary for the country
towns to provide hospitals and facil
ities where the practitioner may be
able" to qualify and make a living in
his profession. Dr. Quails says that
he has just visited a hospital at Mur
ray, Ky., built at a cost of $100,000
with sixty beds, and a large number
of them are filled with patients. This,
of course, will have to be done else
where. Time brings many changes
and none the less in the medical pro
fession. " '
It costs much to live these days.
Much more than in days of yore,
But when you stop to think of it.
It's worth a damsight more.
John Nicholas Becer,
We have just completed the cata
logues for Bethel College (1922-23),
McKenzie, Tenn. President Keath-
ley reports that better prospects for
the fullest enrolllmcnt in years. This
i3 the only school owned and con
trolled by the Cumberland Presby
terian Church.
Bethel College was first locatod at
McLemoresville in 1844, but moved
to .McKenzte in 1874. Many of the
leading men of the Cumberland and
other churches are graduates from
this school. Recently there has been
aised $500,000 for endowment of a
ew school which will take the rlace
of Bethel College whih is located at
McKenzie, but for the present the
name is Bethel.
Students from Obion County can
not find a more moral atmosphero for,
a college course than at McKenzie
where all students are welcomed and
known by the citizens. The home in
fluence is not lost as it is in larger
universities and colleges, and ex
penses in Bethel for the year are
about half what they are in Nashville
and Knoxville. We believe it would
be to the interest of parents to inves
tigate the advantages of Bethel 'be
fore sending your boys and girls
away ror tneir col'ege course..
' V. D. C.
The Leonidas Polk Chapter met
with Mrs. Henry, Hassler on Wednes
day afternoon with Mrs. W. H. Swig
gart' as leader.' The meeting was
opened with a responsive reading
from the U. D. C. Ritual. A short
business session was held, the need of
marking the graves of veterans was
suggested, and a committee from
each district in Obion County with
Mrs. N. E. Beck as chairman was ap
pointed by the president, Mrs. A. L.
Brevard. Mrs. Swiggart prefaced
the program with a review of the
history lesson so far, and then inter
esting papers were given by the fol
lowing members: Mrs. Nannie Beck,
"George Mason;" Mrs. Miles, "John
Leonidas Polk Chapter in regular
meeting on July 5 voted to begin im
mediately the sacred task of securing
the namo and burial place of every
deceased Confederate soldier in Obi
on County.
Committees were appcinted and it
is hoped by the chapter members that
every one appointed will serve, and
not only those but every one who
loves Confederate valor and history
will volunteer to IioIt locate these
resting places so that they may bo
marked.
It is the desire of the chapter to
complete this "labor of love' 'in time
for decoration day, the third of next
June birthday of Jeffcscn Davis.
Mrs. N. E. Beck wa3 appointed
county chairman. Hcv address is 216
Ury ctreet, Union City, Tenn., and
any one willing to assist will please
confer with Mrs. Becl:, who will be
glad to give all needed information.
What is needed just now Is a list
of names of Confederate soldiers bu
ried in all the cemeteries in the coun
ty, and this list sent tc the chairman.
For this purpose the following have
been appointed, every one of whom
we trust will respond:
Beulah, Mrs. G. A. Gibbs, Sr.;
Beech, Miss Mary Latimer; Mount
Zion, Mrs. Sudie Debow; Troy, Mrs.
James W. Pressly; Rives and Pleas
ant Kill, Mrs, T. J. Bonner; Shady
Grove, Mrs. Hubbs; Kenton, Mrs. C.
R. Wade; Obion, Mrs. Ella Morris;
Salem, Mrs. Andrew Burrus; Union
City, Mrs. C. W. Mies; Crittendon
Grove, Mrs. G. W. Stovall; Mount
Ararat, Mrs. Mollie Calhoun Currv;
Old Republican, Mrs. Lexie Caldwell;
Ebenezer, Mj-s. J. C. McDaniel; Cane
Creek, Mrs. Dr. Maddox; Glass, Miss
Emma Miller; Campground, Mrs. J.
W. Ponder; Bethlehem, Mrs. T. Hale
Reeves; Sanders Chapel and Fre
mont, Mrs. Brice Rone;Antioch, Mrs.
John Kersey; Sardis, Mrs. Billie Bit
tick McDonald; Johnson's Grove, Ma
son Hall and all other burial places
we trust will have some one who will
do this work.
Altogether, and let us do it now!
MRS. W. J. CALDWELL,
Chairman Publicity.
Baptist Sunday School.
SET your trusty alarm clock to go
off early next Sunday.
DAYLIGHT saving is good,
LIFE saving is better, but
SOUL saving is best.
COME and learn.
COME and help your self.
COME and help others.
GET the Sunday cchool habit.
AGOG A CLASS, 9:30 A
Involving Demands Upon Estate of
$57,000 on Income.
The U. S. Internal Revenue De
partment had a claim of $57,000
against the Dahnke-Walker Milling
Co. bankrupt estate, which it was
pressing for adjustment.
Hon. Frank Bond, of Brownsville,
Tenn., was retained a3 counsel in the
case as defense to answer to the ef
fect that the estate was insolvent
and that there was no evidence of in
come tax of any kind due the govern
ment. Mr. Bond was solicited by
Trustee Stan field ;md others here rep
resenting the estate to take the case.
These proceedings have been pending
for several months and final action
was announced this week to the ef
fect that the government had lost its
claim. The creditors cf tho estate
will therefore be in a much better
shape to realizo on their claims from
this estate.
to deal with. Big questions came be
fore his body and his clear insight
and inherent sense of justice en
abled him to decide them promptly
and fairly. His mind was never con
fused, his judgment vas unerring
and his decisions made him a repu
tation far beyond the confines of the
State. He would have made a great
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and would likely have
attained a place on that high court
but for his creeping years and the
condition of his health. Taken all in
all he played well every part as
signed him on life's stage, and will
long bo remembered for the services
he rendered. The Nashville Banner,
July 10, 1922.
A State Loss.
The death of Hon. Benjamin Au
gustine Enloe was not unexpected.
His entire life a long one had
been spent in Tennessee. He was
born in the State, reared here and
was a Tennessean through and
through.
He wrote as ho spoke, bril
liantly, fearlessly, compellingly. A
sense of humor was well developed
in him and this was backed by a
forcefulness that characterized every
thing he did in life.
His career in Congress vas marked
by ability of a high order.
He held a position which gave full
scope to his talent. As chairman
of the Railroad Commission, later
of the State Board of Public Utilities,
he had many very important matters
Notice.
All organizations pledged to the
work of the Public Health Nurse are
requested to pay pledges to the treas
urer of the Public Health League,
Mr. Walker Kerr, at the Old National
Bank.
One month of the work has ex
pired and funds are needed.
SEC. P. II. LEAGUE.
Stockholders Meeting.
Stockholders of the Obion County
Telephone Company will meet at 2
o'clock p.m. Saturday, July 29, 1922,
at the City Hall in Union -City. Im
portant business is to be transacted
and every stockholder is urged to be
present. J. H. TODD, Pres.
This July 11, 1922. 16-3t
To Whom It May Concern.
In the' issue of July 7 of The Com
mercial is a list of names purporting
to be a reception committee for 1 G. T.
Fitzhugh, a candidate for the United
States Senate. My name appears in
this list without, proper authority. I
I want it distinctly understood that
I am not for Fitzhugh. On the con
trary I am for McKellar.
J. H. STEELE.
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"HELP WANTED."
The harvest time is here in the
field of Christian Endeavor work,
and the laborers are few. If you
want a good job with good pay see
me next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock
at" the Firct Christian Church. I
have plenty of work for any and all
who apply. Come early and get a
good place. Christian Endeavor.
Christian Church, Sundr.y evening, 7
o'clock. "SHORTY."
Cleaning Cemetery.
All parties interested In the Pleas
ant Hill Cemetery will please meet
at the cemetery on Tuesday, July 18.
Bring dinner and tools to cut the
weeds., Committee.
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Authorized Ford Dealer Phone 40D
Union City, Tenn.