The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-10-09


a Populite ooh, we'll, said she
tthat don't make any difference.
am a Campbellite. Lets marry
and / will go with you to your
church one Sunday and you so with
me to mine the next"
The grandest sight we saw al
the fair was the children's parade
God bless their sweet little happy
souls. Life would not be worth liv.
ing without them. ! felt ,just like
raising an old-fashioned camp-meet.
ing shout when | saw them coming
down the street. / just wished
could hug and kiss every one OF
them. | wish / had a hundred OF
my own.
The fair has come and gone, and
to say it was success, does not
express it. We are surprised and
enthused, and carried away with
the idea. We have about decided
that the fellow who opposes State
fair is as mi oh out of date, or out
of order, as we were when we criti-
cised and opposed the effort to have
county fair; but it was through
pure ignorance that we did it. We
kind O. think it is for want of in
formation and through pure igno-
rance that We have not favored
State fair. Everything went off
smoothly, impartially and honestly,
as far as we are able to discover;
and we are proud and thankful TO
the public for loaning its presence.
We are much pleased at the i'm
Partially shown in the exhibits,
and especially are we gratifed in
the work and good judgment of the
President, Mr.. w. c. Farri. who
guarded alike the interests OF the
worthy and the unworthy. Boys,
let's have another. We did not get
any blue ribbon, and did not deserve
any; but we got red one, and are
not entirely satisfied in our mind
that we deserved that-but we are
not going to kick out of the traces
about it, We give timely warning
that at the next fair Union City
has got to divide her blue ribbons
with us. We kinder got sorry for
the chronic knocker who kicked at
the effort being made to have a
bigger and better fair. We think
the critic has not kept abreast with
the times. For failing to do so, we
have seen mechanics wear their
trade to FRAGILE. We have seen a
farmer go down hill day by day
until he was pauper, and right
over the fence a fellow made money
hand-over-fst until he was rich.
" e have seen statesmen out live
their day of usefulness and the cold
shoulder of the world turned to
them when they would try to force
themselves forward as leaders and
they did not have sense enough to
know it. We have seen moulders
of public sentiment and leaders of
every public enterprise live and
lead community, until their very
presence was repulsive to the pub
lie, and because others more worthy
took the lead from them, they at
once become chronic kickers. and |
instead of trying to build up COM
munity and to encourage enter
prise, they led off in the opposite
direction which tares down and
discourages those who are trying
to do something for themselves and
for their fellowman. Such a one is
the critic who criticised the action
of Mr.. W. c. Farris in heading the |
list for donations to extend the
premium list of the Farmers and |
Merchants Fair at Union City. |
May the Lord have mercy on the
soul of the bigoted, selfish, self
conceited, self-important, self-con-
demned hypocrite, and we suggest
he take Pratt's Food for stock &C
cording to directions or hogs until
he can see himself as others see
him.
Our pen is inclined TO speak out
against the present road law. I'm
der the present system it is beat
the law, do no work, have no roads.
We favor the contract system, from
the fact that something has to be
done or somebody will hit the cell
ing. If there is not somethin done
soon (and there is no hope of it)
the roads of Obion county will 90