The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-02-10

lish two extra courts at Obion-s
village on the border line OF the
southern edge of the connty-tc
footthe bills of building a Jail and
courthouse and thus paying 81 SOC
every year to keep up these court;
4 and all this when there is no public
demand for these courts.
The writer Of this has heard
mum bers of we'll known voters say
that when they signed the petition
Of the high-tax party and real-es.
tate boomers, they had assurances
that the special courts would cost
nothing to the taxpayers OF tie
other districts. but when they read
the bill, and on the very face, it
compels the county to pay all eX-
penses of the new courts, they
propose now to fight till 4 o'clock
on the 18th to kill the high-ta x
scheme and bury it out of sight,
and it will be done as sure as cleo.
ton day comes.
If the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS party
is so very anxious to help the
most people why in the name of
reason and justice do they not favor
the two courts being established at
Troy, which issby far the most CEN
trail as well as convenient point for
all the districts which are named in
the bill? There is only one answer
to this, and that is court at Troy
would not boom Obion, sell off their
frog ponds, find tenants for their
vacant houses and promote their
village, which is on the extreme
south boundary line of the county.
All, Justicel What crimes are com
mitted in thy namel What the
deuce and Tom Walker does the
town promoter care a copper for
the "dear people, BAH
One OF the high tax organs says
in one column There are not over
three prisoners at each court from
the lower districts who would have
to be conveyed to and from Jail if
the new courts we're established
hence the cost would be small" In
the very adjoining, column this Sol
onion promoter says: Two ifths
of the litigation of the county comes
from these lower districts di.
rect, positive contradiction of the
other article. Now, then, young
town tooter, If there are only three
criminal cases each court from these
districts, where is the big burden
on those districts? You surely are
not SO simple as not to know that
in all litigation except criminal all
witnesses are paid their attendance
as we'll as mileage. When fellow
is writing on a matter he knows
nothing about and on the weak side
of the question he always crosses
his own tracks.
The Nashville American says:
IF the Legislature keeps on estab-
fishing more courts, we would like
to know what win become of the
State debt, and where will the
thing end = Well, we are just won
dering the same down here in
Obion. They have not yet sue
ceeded in roping us in, but whole
lot of the boomers went to Nash
vile and laid around the Legisla-
tive lobby and before the mass of
the people in the county knew
thing about it a bill was offered and |
got through two readings in the
Lower House before the people
were aware Of it. A few citizens
from different parts of the county |
went to Nashville and had little
trouble in exposing the whole
scheme, and asked that no snap |
Judgment be taken on the masses,
wherenpon the Legislature laid the
bills aside till a vote could be taken
on the 18th. after which date you
will hear no more of real estate
boomers.
There is one thing sure, if the
opponents Of the two new courts
which are attempted to be forced on
the people of this county cannot
win without condescending to low,
dirty slurs and personalities they
Will be content to lose. We know
we have right, fairness, justice and
common sense on our side, and
knowing this, we shall leave it to
the mud singers aud giddy headed
light weight heller to do the dirty
work and sling all the mud, tell the
big yarns and misrepresent the
whole thing We have all conf
dence to believe when the honest
voters of Obion County, those who
have no axes to grind in this
scheme, once see, read and under
stand the facts as they are, that
the high-tax movement will not re-
ceive handful of votes in the IL
districts not included in the scheme,
and that large per cent Of those
IN the remaining five districts will |
either stay at home and not vote or
vote against the extra tax. Make
a note of this and paste it in your
hat.
How's Thiss