The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-10
Absolutely Necessary in the Filling of Prescriptions
in order to derive the full benefit intended. W4~-

can't get any such expensive fare
at Obion.
Now, the Clerk hire will cost the
county $500, books $40, transporting
prisoners $50, making a total OF
$50, and this is the amount that it
will cost the people of 0bion Coun-
ty to pay the expenses of the spe-
cial Law Court at Obion per year.
Now, the people are informed as to
how much it will cost to run and
maintain this court, They have
never been told how much the es-
tablishment of this court will save,
and it is quite singular that their
learned Lycurgus did not mention
this item, for he certainly knew the
dear people would want to know
the difference between the profit
and loss side of the ledger.
Did YOU ever know how much was
paid out in Obion County tor wit
ness mileage on account of criminal
prosecutions? Did you ever know
that the amount of mileage paid
out to those people who live so far
from Union City was large
amount? Did you ever know that
the county Of Shelby, with her 1885,
900 people, including the great city
of Memphis, the largest city in the
State, maintaining criminal court
nearly every day in the year, pays
only S27 so more for mileage to wit
nesses in criminal prosecutions
than is paid in Obion County?
Did you ever know that Gibson
County with 10000 more people
than Obion Couuty, maintaining
Circuit Court at Trenton and spe.
cial Law Court at Humboldt, paid
only one-fifth as much for witness
mileage on account of criminal pro.
secutions as Obion County? Did
you ever know that more money is
paid oGt annually for witness mile
age on account Of criminal prosecu-
tions for Obfon County than the
entire and aggregate amounts paid
out in the counties of Crockett,
Gibson, Chester, Henderson, Nc
Marry, Fayette and Perry all put
together? This is all true, and if
the dear people will turn TO and ex-
anime pages "a to 109 of the Comp
troller's report Of the State of Ten
nessee for 1904, they will find the
facts TO be as they are herein stated.
LA tlass one item alOne-witness mile
age paid on account Of criminal prose-
cUtims-we will save enough to pay
and defray all the expenses of runDing
this special c0art at ObiOn.
This statement Is not based on
guess-work, n0r borrowed from the
fabulous fancdes of the Arabian
Nights, it's matter of cold iig0ces
and aay one can ascertain the facts by
examining the Comptr0ller's report
for the year 1906. The establishment
OF this special court will cut or these
eRormoms mileage fees from our court
expenses and relieve the people OF an
unjust and oppressive burden.
What more will be saved:
l. Many hundreds of dollars that |
60 annually into the Golfers of the rail- |
road companies.
2. Thousands OF dollars that go to |
hotel keepers and liVery stables.
3. Hundreds of dollars that are lost |
and destroyed by these people having
to leave their crops and remain in
Union City for days, when il there
was special court at Obion they
could go and return the same day.
The inconvenience Of being away from
home is no small item.
f.. This Law Court will dispatch
business. and time is worth more to
Jhe Obion County farmer than any
Mileage or fee that is given him for
ais attendance.
There are 10000 people ia the lower
districts Of Obion County, mostly
armers, they have borne for years
heir just burden of taxation on three /
million dollars worth of property, and
heir rights are entitled to be consid-
red by the voters of Obion County.
When you come to vote there is but
me question to ask: Are you willing
o perpetuate an unjust burden upon
he people of the lower districts of
)biOn County in order to favor the
the hotel keepers and the 6
merchants Of Union City.
The dear people of Obion County are Q
lot asking for another Moses to lead 7
hem out of the wilderness of despair 9
nd confusion; the people are able to c
cad and think for themselves. When Y
hey have studied this matter, when 7
hey have passed upon the rights OF '
heir neighbors by the light OF their
wn fireside in their simple way Of /
leting out justice between man and Y
ian, we win be satisfied with the =
alignment there given and the verdict =
here rendered. p
THos. o. NORRIS, Z
One of the attorneys residing at :
Obion. 4