The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-17

ye or "Speil, then they would
not know what to do with law
court If they had it.
The Outlook says in its last is
sue that "Obion lays no more claim
to the law court than any other
town in this part of the county.
The people selected obion on ac-
count Of its central location, hotel
facilities, etc, but principally be-
cause It is on the railroad. The
great heavens! Isn't that an argu-
ment for Obion fostering upon the
people a special tax burden! Cen
trally located On the railroad!
Good hotel facilities! He, the
editor of the Outlook. calls us the
"All-Hog Clique. Why didn't he
call Obion County outside of Union
City the "All.fool clique" Obion
Is on the railroad. Kenton is If
teen miles in the interior The
people of Rives have to ride TWEEN
ty-fve miles to get to look at the
cars. Obion has excellent hotel
accommodations! When four drum
mers happen at Rives or at Kenton
at the same time. the hotel is so
crowded that two of them have to
eat in the kitchen with the cook.
Obion hotels accommodation re-
minds us of little thing we heard
year or two ago. A gentleman in
New York went down to the grand
central station and asked the ticket
agent for a ticket to Union City.
The agent scratched his head for
awhile. and finally said, 81 don't
recall in what part of Tennessee
Union City is situated
why you change cars at Pa
ducah Junction. replied the man
who wished transportation to the
capitol of Obion County.
"Oh, yesl of course, Paducah
Junction! | know exactly where
you wish to go, answered the man
of tickets. He knew where Pa
ducah Junction was all right but
had never heard of Union City.
That's the way with ObIon's hotels.
People over all the North and East
never heard of Memphis nor Jack
son, but they know all about the
grand hotels at Oblon.
The Outlook says that the enc
mics of, or rather the opposers of
the law court at Obion, wish to
make it appear that the reason
"Uncle Billy" wishes court is be-
cause he owns a hotel and livery
stable. Well. it seems that the
Outlook is making terrible strong
pull for Uncle Billy's notel, as that
is main inducement the Outlook
has to offer for the establishment
of law court at the town of Obion
But, really, nobody believes that
Uncle Billy either owns a hotel or
livery stable. But every body
knows that he owns most of the
the land around Obion, even the
frog ponds, and that if the court is
established that the frog ponds
will be drained and the land can
then be disposed or for FIVE dollars
per acre.
The Outlook seems to think that
nobody but Judge Swiggart wishes
to defeat the iniquitious measure
to foster an unnecessary taxation
on the people, and cites as his
interest in the matter that he is
the attorney for the two railroads
centering at Union City. Anybody
with half an ounce of gray matter
can see that if Judge Swiggart was
not the attorney for the railroads
that he would be tooth and toe. nail
for the establishment of the court.
OF course, that's it. And we
suppose that if the attorneyship
for the railroads were offered to
any other attorney IN the county
that not one of them would take it,
and the poor railroads would be
left without representative in
Obion County. Anybody can see
this as plainly as they can see that
Obion wishes a branch court for
the good of the people Of Obion
County.
And the Outlook would make its
readers believe that the anti Nc
Dowell men, that is those who OPP
posed him in the late election, are
the ones who are opposed to the
establishment of that imposition |
at Obion. Why, bless your soul,
the Mcdowell men and the anti.