The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-12
Many Signed Telephone Agreement
Under Misappreheusion.
Inform the East Tennessee Manager
That They viii Not Stick
MANAGER JoyNEs' STATEMENT

MhnhRtT ~. L. JO1hNnf VI sht bose
Tennessee Telephone company, today
stated that as result Of the recent
announcement in regard to the adop-
ton BY the Merchants and other asso-
Citations in Paducah of the Peoples
Independent Telephone company for
exclusive use, the general public is Ia
boring under an erroneous impression.
Mr.. Joynes states that number of
his subscribers have become imtued
with the idea that they are not to
have connection with any of these
merohsntile establishments after the
new company starts up, and he desires
TO correct this impression.
In the first place, he declares. all
the merchants and professional men
have not agreed to the proposition
adopted by the committee. Many dc.
clined to sign 1t, aud others signed it
under misapprehension He states
that 90 or more merchants who did
sign 1t came to him today and stated
that they had been led 20 sign IL by q
misconstructiou of the facts in the
case. and did not feel themselves NOR.
ally bound by the agreement, and
would not abide by it.
Some Of them were given TO under
stand when they signed the agree
ment, they claim according to Mr.
Joynes, that everything being equal,
the joint committee would adopt the
East Tennessee company, and not ne.
cessitate any confusion In changing
the telephone service.
Others signed it, they claim, with
the understanding that there would be
q guarantee of as many Subscribers as
they get service with at present from
the East Tennessee, but they have re-
ceived no such guarantee, and have no
contract of any description.
AH N icnultt NuoAt ~ n utiuhk moNt-
ment at present to call back the com.
mittees and reconsider, according TO
information Mr.. Joynes furnishes.
Many merchants have voluntarily
come to him and stated that they
signed the agreement under misap-
prehension, and will not stick to IT,
Others have come to the conclusion
that IL Is very foolish for one hundred
merchants and professional men to I'M
dertake TO compel 10 or more hundred
other citizens to take out the teie.
phones they are now using many at q |
less rate than the rate named by the
pew company, simply to suit the mer.
chants and professional men, and are
satisfied that they will never succeed
in doing 10.
Manager Joynes ngain assures the
public that the East Tennessee will
keep its residence subscribers. as well
rs most Of its others, even If all the
gentlemen who signed the agreement
have their telephones taken out, which
1t now seems will not be the case by a
joyful.
The telephone question has been
causing . great deal OF discussion here
within the past two days, end the gen.
eral opinion seems TO bo that since we
have two companies, the best thing
for the public will be to let them fight
Ii out on fair basis, the people to
make their own choice. instead of u
hundred people for their own economy
and convenience to attempt to force
is or 10 hundred other people to
change their telephones.
II what Manager Joynes says is cor
rect, the agreement mentioned yester-
day by which the joint committee
signed up exclusively with the new
company will not hold. The Retail
Grocers' association had q warm time
everr the proposition last night, IL eis