Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-26
THAT ANNEXATION aURsT1oN.
DR.. Marable Wants To Know Who Ap
pointed That Committee.
10 the Tobacco Leaf-chronIcle.

noticed in The Progress several
weeks since that Judge G. w. Tyler,
c. d. Bailey and Col. w. f. Young
had been appointed by the citizens OF
the annex territory as committee TO
look after their interests, On inquiry
along Greenwood and through South
GAINESVILLE and Vinegar Bottom, ! was
unable to find single man who help
ed to appoint this committee. came
to the conclusion that it was mis-
take. But imagine my surprise on
noticing the meeting of the board OF
mayor and aldermen, to find the city
ordered conference of city committee
with Judge Tyler, | presume with
the understanding that he was the
chairman of the committee from
this territory. If this committed has
been appointed, will the gentlemen
please state when or where the meet
ing was held or how they were APP
pointed? Certainly if it had been
through meeting could have found
some one in the diligent search !
made through the territory south OF
the railroad who knew of it, but ]
failed. am opposed to the new ter
ritory mentioned in the LEAF-CHRoN-
ICLE being added to that part which
was voted in last year, for the reason
that it will annul the contract we
have with the city; or grant for argu-
ments sake, that it does not, it will
bring in new territory that has been
recently laid off into. town lots; new
streets have been built through it,
but they have not been metaled, but,
being new, any wise city government
would see the Importance OF metaling
them first to keep from washing, and
the mechanic would have not only to
pay taxes, but continue to plOd
through the muddy roads of South
GAINESVILLE and Brandontown until
this road was done. The taxes accru-
ing from this new territory would aot
meet the expense of keeping it up
The time to fight these things is at
the polls. They whipped me there BY
a good majority; ! am Democrat ;
let the majority rule. | do not be-
lieve in taking neutral ground and
letting the citizens in this territory go
to the expense of holding an election
and majority voting it in, and then
coming up and saying 81 do not
like the line where it is, but if you
will come out here and take in New
Town (old field with new streets to
be mataled and the neighboring farm
lands that they may have water
works, electric lights, ETC., at the ex
pense of new territory, / will work for
its passage" The postof1ice inspector
in recommending this place as being
entitled to free delivery had to in
clude this annex territory in his re-
port, to enable us to get free delivery,
presume his reason for doing so was
because he was assured that it had
been voted in, the lines established,
and as soon as the Legislature of the
State met, itwould be confirmed. The
Government went to considerable ex.
pense as did the City of GAINESVILLE to
put into operation free delivery i
this territory is not annexed will
we not have to give up free
delivery and our boosted greatness,
and, on the eve of becoming manu-
featuring center, only be able to show
an increase of one thousand in the
last decade.
| certainly think for us not to come
in would be acting in bad faith with
the city, and for us to come in with
this additional load added to us would
be doing ourselves an injustice, and as
said before, annul the city's obliga
tons to this territory. Grant that the
election was illegal it was only from
some technical standpoint. The city
still being willing to comply with her
part of the contract, the Legislature
could make it legal. / understand it
has the right to extend corporation
lines, and | do not believe any terrific
ry ever received a more liberal propo
sition than this territory received from
the city of GAINESVILLE.
So let the lines remain as they are
/ believe this Legislature will feel al
most compelled to extend the corpora
ton lines under the existing circum-
stances. When the census bureau re-
ported that we only had five thousand
the town rose up in arms
almost, sent petitions to our repre-
sentatiyes in Congress, also besought
Mr.. Pat Henry to assure Mr. Porter it
was a mistake he had forgotten to re-
port three thousand that Justly be
Ionged to the city by having been vo-
ted in of their own free will, and the
city had right to enumerate them,
which was done. Now, if we had
Just thought of it and were doing it
for appearances sake we might have
run an imaginary line from the seven.
mile ferry describing an arc and in.
Guiding Cherry Station and New
Providence and coming to the river
ust this side of Palmyra Island |
What show we would have made |
Blackman and johnson would be emu