The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-07-11
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
IN UNION CITY.


kind ever attempted in Union City,
and the business men, under whose
auspices it was given, are certainly
to be congratulated
1t is estimated that there were
about five thousand people in at
tendance from out of town and of |
course the citizens of Union City
did not miss the festivities of the
occasion and vastly swelled the
number of participants. While
most everyone came in. from the
country surrounding, trains from
all directions brought guests from
ne1ghboring towns in crowded |
coaches. The day was warm but a
cooling breeze made it withal d
pleasant one.
The program was an elaborate
one and there were plenty of con-
testants for every rrize. The pro-
gram opened on First street which
had been set apart by the city Of
ficials and ropes had been drawn
to step all vehicles at Mary street
and also at Washington avenue,
and everything was as free as the
air, save the baseball game at the
park, to which a small admission
was charged. The citizens of
Union City had gone to a great
deal of expense and trouble and the
visitors seemed to enjoy the fes-
tivities to the fullest degree,
At about 4 O'Clock in the morning
"Our Bob, the old cannon in
charge of Mr.. w. ]. Roberts, began
to notify the people for miles
around that the great celebration
was on in full blast.
At s o'clock the flag parade took
place, headed by the Cairo corhet
band.
In the fat mans race at 9 o'clock
Col. Josh Adams was an easy Win
ner. He had no trouble in captur-
ing the $500 hat.
At 1890 King jenkins came i'm
der the wire about six feet ahead
of about a dozen contestants in the
100 yards dash. Prize, SIS pair of
shoes.
At 1870 the Jumping contest was
decided. The prize, a box of CT
gars, was awarded to Jack Hubbs.
The sack race, .220 yards dash,
and the bicycle races were all in
teresting, Penick Richards won
the sack race prize.
The vehicle parade at two o'clock
was a very pretty and interesting
feature of the days program. The
prize of SIS for the handsomest
double rig was awarded to Mrs.
Harry T. Edwards and the second
prize was won by Miss Ottie May
Williams. Mrs. ]. F, Carter was
given the SIS prize for the best sim
gle rig and Miss Ella Wh1pple got
the second prize. Master Will
Morris Hardy received the $40 for
the best pony ard cart. Alderman
7. B. Greer was decided the most
graceful horseback rider and given
the prize, nice riding whip,
BASEBALL.
The game of baseball began
promptly at four, called by Umpire
Roberts. The Union City team
went to the bat and skirmished
around until they had sent three
men over the home plate. Trenton
came in and failed to score, but it
soon became apparent that there
was something doing by the men
from Gibson's illustrious town when
the little bouncing pitcher began to
show how many fans he could make
in Union City on hot day, and the
''home boys 'never returned.
The Trenton boys had found an
easy mark and from the third in
ming things went pretty much their
own way. They scored 10 runs,
finishing 10 to 3 against Union
City. 1t will be justice to Manager
Griffin to say that his battery was
out of town, or he would have made
better showing.
Much to the disappointment of a
large portion of the crowd the
speaker for the occasion, Hon. Jas.
B. Frazier, was not present, tele-
gram early in the day to Hon.
Seid Waddell stating that he was in
bed sick, but the reading of the
Declaration of Independence by the
Hon. Andrew j. Lawson found a
very attentive and appreciative au-
! dience. Judge Lawson also read