The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-01-22
cRONANvILLE.

4hls is our Hrst appearance since
the has made way tor the on the
calendar. Let us wish happiness
to all those who may chance to read
these few and scattering remarks.
Especially do we wish happiness,
pleasure and success to The Com
mercial an corps of correspond
ents. from our dear and veuerated
4 Uncle Barleycorn down TO the very
youngest or newest" one of the
bunch We wish to express our
admiration for Barleycorn's late
contributions to our very best paper
The Commercial Even though
John was making some very tangled
and tVisted faces at us over the
fence question about this time last
year, we are ready to give him his
dues-for we were taught in our
childhood days to give every one
his dues, even though he be the
devil. But back to the subject, we
think Johns views of colonization
of the negro are right, alright, and
the quicker the better. That is
just what should be done with the
kinky-haired, nimble-fDgered and
superstitious sons of Diabolus, for
they are a dark spot on, an eating
cancer and dry-rot at the heart of
our society and our civilization. So
by all means colonize them in
stanter.
Again John gains great big
lump of our admiration when he
sets down on intemperance, which
is the most prevalent and damnable
curse of the Goth century. Would
to God that every drop of the death
dealing Juice of "Peleg's scorched
vlne' was emptied into the yawning
crater of some extinct Volcano
What is more disgusting to the
eyes of decency, or more nauseating
to the nostrils of morality than a
debauchee. made in the express inn
age of the omnipotent, omniscient
and omnipresent and all-gracious
God, wallowing and groveling in
the filthy cess-pool OF intemperance
drunkenness. How the disgrac-
ing news must touch the heart
strings of an aged father and a
gray-haired mother when it dawns
upon them that their dotted son, the
pride of their old age, had become
an habitual inebriate? How many
sad nights, weary and restless, have
been spent by some heartbroken
mother when she has good reason
to believe that her darling is some
where filing himself with the stuff
that will surely ruin him? Then
how sad when he returns home with
swollen and bloated visage and
sunken and blood sbotten eyes.
When she looks upon this deplora-
bic and eye-sore picture she must
RENE mber the time when
he was her own darling boy, pure :
as the immaculate and blessed Son
of God; but now what contrast
is it any wonder that she heaves a
heavy sigh while the tears rise and
flow unsurpassed. Yes, John, just
give us some more good articles on
the practical side of every day life.
Temperance is subject which is {
always interesting to us and we
never tire reading good articles. so
come on with some more. Would
like to read some such article by
every lady correspondent to The
News being little scarce we will
have to postpone our news letter
for week or so, but would like to
read letter from Russ T. Kuss, P.
Fl. o., Sylvan aud Truthseeker if
be wishes to call again, also our
old Uncle Andy.
With the exceptions of few
Deaths, marriages and new baby
or two are about all the news at
presen.
Again we wish success and hap
Diness to The Commercial and fam J
ly. We are your
UNCLE BILDAD.
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