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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23

John w. Bransford, president; J. II.
Hinton, vice president, and r. p.
Bransford, secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. John w. Bransford has spent
his entire life in the lumber busi-
ness and knows its every detail.
He has had experience in hardwood
lumber, in manufacturing, in the
hoop business, and was in the re-
tail lumber business for four years
in Jackson before locating here.
Mr.. r. p. Bransford has had sever
al years experience in the retail
lumber business with his father,
the late B. H. Bransford, one of the
founders of Union City, and has
been identified with various other
business interests, and has been
with the Bransford Lumber Co. as
a partner and now as stakeholder
and secretary and treasurer since
the beginning of the firms business
career. Mr.. r. Fl. Driskill, one OF
our most substantial and prominent
citizens and business men, is also
stakeholder in the Bransford Lum-
Der Co. Mr.. Driskill is the South
ern representative of one of the
largest sash and door houses in the
United States.
The Office and yards of this COM
pany are located at the iuncture Of
First street and the N, c. & st. L.
Ry., in the business district of the
cifv
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23
Thriving City of 600 Population Located in the Heart Of
Greatest Grain Producing Section of Tennessee
Brief Resume of Her Industries

Union City deserves the title that
has been applied to her, "the garden
spot Of Northwestern Tennessee. "
Located in the heart of the greatest
grain producing country of the State
with an energetic population of 5000
people, she Is now undergoing pc
Rod Of remarkable prosperity. Ger
tainly no town in Western Tennessee
has equaled her material progress in
the past few years. Her advance
ment can in no way be attributed to
a boom, but is the outgrowth Of sub
stantial economic conditions, of re-
sources rich in their productivity, and
of railroad connections which place
her In close touch with the trade cen
tiers Of the country. The resident of
Union City cannot fully appreciate her
advantages till he has visited other
towns of equal size. Here is repre-
sented wide diversity of industries,
with the advantages to residents
which their existence affords.
Net only have her manufactures
sustained an increasing productivity,
but there has been steady invasion
of new fields of industrial enterprise.
Here capital has labored earnestly and
well with the result, not merely Of
enriching the already rich, but of pro-
viding means for the working man TO
earn a competence and to build up
the city.
The business portion of Union City
far surpasses that Of other towns OF
it's size. The distance of the town
from any large city has made it neces-
sary for the merchants to carry an
elaborate stock of goods, while the
amount of business done has required
the establishment of numerous large
stores, which are strictly metropoli-
tan. II is no exaggeration to say that
Union City is equal to Jackson in
many of her mercantile houses.
The numerous business blocks, fac
tories and newly-established business
enterprises, the city's water works
system, electric lighting, telephone
and hotel service are indicative of
the spirit with which she has de-
veloped into a wide awake, progress
sive city. A glance into the residence
portion reveals numerous handsome
houses and we'll kept lawns, which
are source of pride to her citizens.
A handsome new opera house is now
under course of construction.
Several years ago there was a slump
In business in the city, following the
loss of some of her large factories.
This continued for some time, but her
enterprising financiers and business
men determined to re-estabIish the
pld-time prosperity. Under the enact
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23

ment of the legislature of Tennessee
this, with other towns, was closed
from the sale of liquor, which turned
the distribution of great amount Of
money into new channels. New fac.
tories, wholesale houses and stores
sprang up in the past few years until
it is now acknowledged that she has
never witnessed a time of greater
prosperity.
Union City is the county seat Of
Obion county, situated one hundred
and twelve miles northeast of Mem
phis at the junction of the Mobile &
Ohio and the Nashville, Chattanooga
& ST. Louis railroads. 1t has also di-
rect shipping connections with the
Illinois Central, which passes three
n lies from the city. It's population
has undergone steady increase since
1900, and the growth during the past
year is evidenced by the fact that
every house in the city is occupied
and new houses are in course of con
struction.
County and City.
Eighty-fve years ago the entire ter
ritory throughout this section was in
habited by Indian tribes and was
practically unknown to white men,
except to the few missionaries who
came to spread the Gospel among the
Indians, and to hunters and trappers,
who found it rich field for peter. The
first white settlers, coming in 1919
settled in the northeast part of what
is now Obion county. Each year
brought greater numbers and on Oc-
tober "a, 1928, by an act Of the gen
eral assembly, the county was laid
out and named after the Obion river
1t was organized in January of the
following year in the residence of
Col w. M. Wilson, three miles south
west Of Troy, and the county bust
ness was transacted at his house for
one year, when log courthouse was
built at Troy with puncheon floor and
a stick and dirt chimney, the total
cost of the structure being $23. Troy
continued to remain the county seat
and in 1881 a new two-story brick
courthouse was built. This structure
was destroyed by an earthquake
eleven years later and temporary
quarters were occupied till 184S,
when the State legislature loaned
money to the county for the erection
of substantial building. This build
ing served the purposes of the county
till 1890, when Union City erected a
handsome courthouse and presented il
to the county on the condition Of
this the county seat, which
was accepted.
These improvements. showing the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23
J. G. BURDICK,
Shipper Of Fish, Oysters and Game.

Union City has the largest estab-
lishment for the handling Of fish, oys-
tiers and game in the State of Tennes-
see. Mr.. j. G. Burdick is the pioneer
fish man in this section of the coun-
| try, having sold fish from Reelfoot
Lake and the Mississippi River for
thirty-hve years. Reelfoot Lake is a
body of water nearly forty miles long
by about ten wide, located eighteen
miles west of Union City.
1t Is the greatest fish producing lake
in the South, Astounding with every
variety of fresh water fish, as well as
the various species Of ducks to be
found in southern or western states.
Mr. Burdick holds the exclusive right
to all fish and game procured from the
lake, having leased the lake and
grounds from J. G. Harris.
The formation Of ReeIfoot Lake
dates back to 1912, when the land was
torn up by earthquakes. The timber
died and formed labyrinth Of logs
and drifts, which has been invaluable
to the lake, affording protection to the
fish as breeding ground and pre-
venting them from preying on each
other and from destruction by fisher
men. Since Mr.. Burdick has leased
the lake he has required the fisher
men to throw back all fish not large
enough for market.
Although thousands of pounds OF
fish are taken from Reelfoot Lake
each year, the supply is inexhaustible,
IS the fish reproduce faster than they
can be taken out, even on the large
scale on which fishing Is now conduct
ed. AS II Is impossible to diminish
the quantity of fish taken from Reel
foot Lake, its production is sufficient
for the permanent supply Of several
states. While it is supposed that the
lake is supplied hy the overflow from
he Mississippi River. the reverse is
Erue, as the stumps. logs and drifts
AFFORD a protection for spawning not
lound Ia open water lakes.
Large Quantities Of fish are also OBJ
aimed from the Mississippi River and
'ther points. In his various fisheries
Ar Burdick owns and controls $500
Continued on page 3,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23
WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS
Union City is the Recognized Jobbing Center for the
Towns of Northwestern Tennessee
Several Wholesale Houses Established in the Past Few
Years-Advantages of the City a
Distributing Point.
BRANsFoRD LUMBER co.
Wholesale and Retail.

The Bransford Lumber Co. was
established in September, 1901, by
John w. and X. p. Bransford as a
partnership, and with a limited
capital; but the success from the
beginning was better than the part
fners had expected and in three
years they succeeded in building up
one of the largest retail lumber
businesses in this section OF Ten.
nessee.
With the enlargement of its stock
each season and the extension of
trade into new territory, the firm
decided to incorporate and, by form
ing outside connections, to add fea-
lures to the business which could
not be afforded by concern of a
strictly local character. On the
first of this month the Bransford
Lumber Co. was incorporated with
paid up capital several times
larger than that with which the
business was established in 1901.
Formerly the firm confined itself
to strictly retail trade, but upon
its Incorporation the jobbing fea-
ture was added, making the bust
ness both wholesale and retail.
Its large stock of goods embraces
everything pertaining to building
material and builders supplies, in
GLIDING all kinds of rough and fin
ished lumber, sash and doors, shin
giles, fencing, fence posts, and an
extensive assortment of paints, oils,
varnish, painters supplies, builders
hardware, roofing, etc. Since the
opening of the firm for business it
has been its policy to deal only in
good qualities of material and to
keep the stock complete in every
line.
WHOLESALE.
The new concern will do business
along the same lines that contrib
uted to the marked success of the
old one, and with its authorized
capital increased to SIS, ZOO, will be
able to offer customers better adj
vantages than ever before. Upon
the incorporation of the company,
the Camp g. Hinton Co., of Lumber
ton, Miss, one of the largest yellow
pine lumber concerns in the South,
became stockholders. Mr.. j. H.
president of the Camp & |
CO., is vice president of the
Bransford Co., which will do a gem
eral wholesale lumber business,
having the exclusive sales agency
in Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
and the surrounding territory for
the Camp & Hinton Co.'S yellow
pine and other manufactured stock,
which to lumber men is known TO
be unsurpassed among Southern
manufacturers. The Brans f o r d
Lumber Co. also has connections
With Louisiana cypress shingle
Mills and the sales agency for red
:edar shingle companies.
This firm has supplied the major
ty of new buildings in Union City
md vicinity with material and IS
Tow doing the largest business in
IS history. The company is build
ng new sheds which, added to the
arge ones it now has, will provide
.mpie room for the increased stock.
The officers of the company are
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23
CoBLE-WALKER GROCERY CO..
Largest Wholesale Grocers in North
western Tennessee.

The location and shipping facilities
of Union City have made this the
wholesale center of Northwestern Ten
nessee. The largest exclusive whole
sale house in the city is the Coble
Walker Grocery Company, with CAPT
tai stock of $4,000. This company
owns and occupies a commodius two.
story building. 5Oxl0O feet, located at
the juneture of Main street and the
M. & o. railroad, giving the company
the best of facilities for the receiving
and shipping of goous.
All staples, including molasses, SUI
gar, oranges, oysters, canned corn, to-
matoes, peaches, soaps, ETC., are re-
ceived in carload lots and switched
on a private track opposite the rear
of the building, where the cost of
unloading from 10000 to 10000 lbs.
of freight does not exceed $3.50
This company does an extensive
business from Hickman, KY, to Nc
Kinzie, Tenn, on the N. G. & st. l..
r. r., and from Trenton, Tenn, to
Columbus, KY, on the M. & o. r. r.,
besides covering splendid interior
country south and west in Obion and
Lake counties.
The house carries many lines which
are packed under it's private brand
and is selling agent for a number of
the largest and best known packers
Of the country, having the exclusive
sale in this territory of the famous
Dwinell-Wright Co.'s coffee of Boston,
Armour & Co.'S meat and lard of Chi
cago, the New Orleans Coffee Co.'s
molasses and syrups of New Orleans,
and many other popular and well
known brands.
The company was organized and
commenced business June 1, 1903,
with J. A. Coble, John T. Walker, ID.
N. Walker, w. J. Nichols and w. G.
Clagett, incorporators. Mr.. G. B.
White has since acquired an interest
and is now numbered among their
popular travelling statesmen. These
gentlemen are among the substantial.
most successful business men of this
section.
Their enterprise and resources
make the Coble-Walker Co. one of the
most reliable commercial institutions
in Western Tennessee. This enter
prise has enjoyed a satisfactory trade
from the beginning and continues to
increase in business, thus demonstrat-
ing the advantage of Union City as a
distributing point.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23

development of the county business
are indicative Of the various stages
through which the county has grown
When first established the settlements
were sparse and the means Of obtain
ling a livelihood were primitive. The
settlers eamped in tents till they
could erect log cabins, and their liv-
ling was mainly on wild game and
Indian corn, beat up in mortar with
pestle. Deer, bear and other game
we're plentiful, this being a fayorite
hunting ground for Davy Crockett,
who Is said to have killed six bears
here in one day The first mill for
grinding corn was built in 1923, and
as the settlements multiplied new
industries of civilization were formed.
AS there were no railways. the
trading was done principally in St
Louis and New Orleans over the Mis-
sissippi river In 1893 the state ap-
propriated $4,000 for the improve
ment of the Obion river, but the ex-
pertinent proved unsuccessful
1t was many years after the organi-
cation of the county that Union City
came into existence. Ben Totten and
Jacob Palmer we're the first white
men to locate in this immediate vi
cinity, the settlers coming mainly
from North Carolina. Mr.. Totten was
the grandfather of Mrs. Verhine,
mother Of Mr. J. P. Verhine, the only
living descendant in Union City A
small settlement was soon formed,
and the town laid out in 1854. A
postofice was established in the fol-
lowing year, and the town incorpor.
ated in 1861. Her beginning was
feeble, but the construction of rail-
roads gave her an impetus in the de-
velc@ment of industries that were
hitherto impossible. The Mobile &
Ohio was opened in 1858 and the Nash
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis nine
years later
During the Civil War Union City
was a camp of instruction for the
Confederate authorities and was oc-
cupied at times by 10000 men. 1t
remained as Confederate post till
Fort Donaldson fell and was twice
recovered by Gen. Forrest for the Con-
federacy, but at the close of the war
was in Federal hands.
In the early days of both the town
and county society was but little Ill
vided by sectional lines. In church.
politics and social matters men felt |
that their interests and happiness
We're interdependent, and in the desire |
to promote the general welfare sec
tartan feelings were lost sight of.
Education was prominent feature |
of our social development, and as the
population increased, the brick school |
building displaced the cabin and Ir, |
stitutions for advanced study were
built. The religious convictions of
the people were fervent, and with
their rugged strength and limited
means they laid the foundation of in
dustries to be developed with later
years.
The first newspaper in the county
was the Western Advertiser, started
In Troy in 1858. Numerous other
publications have since been estab-
Iished in Union City and other towns
of Obion county.
1t was not until the close of the
war that active progress was made in
Union City. In 1874 our public school
system was established Factories
u. ~. Il -.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23

Mr.. Wallace, the Photographer,
announces the last week in Septem-
Der as Old Folks Week. During
this week he will present every
man or woman Of Obion county of
70 years of age or upward, one Of
his finest cabinet portraits free if
they call at his gallery for sitting.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23
MARVELLOUS GROWTH
OF UNION CITY.

Remarkable Development of Her Industries Past Few
Years.-Era of Prosperity Has Given Rise to Estab-
shment of Numerous Business Houses
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-23

Continued ON page 5
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-01
COBALT IN OREGON.
The standard Mine Presents Strong
Mineral Combination.

\ mining properly located In the
Sumptcr mining district OF Oregon, Is
attracting considerable attention in
that camp at the present time, because
peculiar combination Of minerals eX-
lstlng there,
Mr. Il, Il. Casper, a well known min.
Ing writer, who returned from the
northwest yesterday. describes the
property In the following
strange things come TO the notice
Of the man whose business 1t is TO ira
vel about mining camps, whether It be
ing correspondent Different mining
phenomena In the way Of formation In
which the precious metals are found,
IL IA not SO very long ago that gold
was not looked for or even believed
10 exist unless Il occurred In certain
we'll defined formations, all OF which
were laid down In works ON geology
and mincraogy All that has been
changed OF recent years and oil ancient
theories have been upset Even the
most technical mining men OF today
admit that gold "ls where you find Il.
and Il has been found, according to a
high authority. I'm every kind Of forma-
ton excepting only In scdimentary
gypsum, and that authority went so far
as TO say that II might even yet be
found there
In eastern Oregon there Is stu-
a,ed a mining property which carries n
strange combination ~ metals. Moth
ing like Il has even come to the notice
Of the writer IN all his travels, which
have extended over most OF the mining
districts from British Columbia 70
southern Mexico and II Is doubtful II
there Is another similar proposition IN
all the world II Is n gold mine carry
ing n nigh percentage OF cobalt. besides
silver copper and nickel Il is situated
I'm the Dixie mountains. I'm the Quartz
burg mining district OF the Sumpter
gold fields 4 short history Of the
property mav'not be out OF place,
In the early days a Frenchman
named Juneau. after whom the Alaskan
town ot that name was called, came to
Quaraburg and located the property
IN question He did some development
work and opened a chute Of nigh grade
cobdlt-Coppcr ore, and erected an old
fashioned Mexican smeltcr 10y which
he redu ed II 10 matte, which was
transported 10y pack horses zoo miles
across the mountains to Umatilia Land
Ing, thence down tho Columbia river
and across the two oceans to France,
the shipment netting him handsome re-
turns. Notwithstanding the great eX-
pense attached thereto. Subsequently
some profitable shipments We're also
made To Germany, Owing TO the eN-
IRENE difficulties connected with the
long and costly transportation, the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-01
General Manager ! A. Jacobson
Makes a Statement to Share.
holders of Company
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
Are Expected mo New Equip
mcnt VIII BE Needed for Some
Time 10 Come,

The directors Of the South Columbus
Mining company, operating at Alta,
have decided that another assessment
IS necessary. Consequently, the share
holders have been called upon for a
cent a share which Is payable immedl-
ately. The delinquent day Is fixed for
Sept 90 and OCT 70 Is named as sale
day.
IN circular address 10 stockholders,
Manager J. a. jacobson explains that
since July the company has been I'M
der great deal Of expense, a Target
portion Of which was incurred by the
purchase Of new equipment which in
cudea a machine drlll, receiving tank,
pipe, track, etc, In addition a powder
magazine carpenter shop, blacksmith
shop and other Improvements have been
made
on July II, the pipe lire to the COM
pressor Of the Columbus Consolidated
Mining company was completed and
was placed In active operation with
machine drills. AZ that time the rock
In the tunnel was an extremely hard
quartzIte, but since then limestone has
been encountered through which, with
two eight hour shifts, between four AMI
i've feet is being driven per day. The.
tunnel Is now In b2j feet and In a short
time, Manager Jacobson says, Import
ant developments can be expected
The money raised by the present as.
sessment will be used for development
work, as there win be no further ex-
pense for equipment or for surface Inn
prOvement
A financial statement submitted
shows that on Aug % the company
had on hand IN cash SiOS.26 against
il539.l6 on July I. From assessment
No. T. il.3S262 was received The ex.
penditures since July are enumerated
as follows.
Labor. i13s2.62; supplies ti,4n99 Of
fee rent, salaries, etc, SlS4.75; purchase
OF property, $500 petty accounts, s63 40
The officials Of the company are con-
ident some important disclosures will
be made during the present month.
Secretary and Treasurer Mas ten
deTed his resignation a few days ago,
he having decided to make his perma-
nent residence I'm the east At a meet
ing Of the directors held last Tuesday,
Arthur Il, Snow was made his success
sor