The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-03-16
ELBRIDGE.

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Rev. W. H. Frost. of wingo. KY,
was visiting his daughters, Mrs.
Sorrell and Mrs. Wright, in the
lower part of the district last week.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Smith. of Elbridge, IS dangerously
low with brain fever and his life is
almost despaired of by the ply
stefan and the family.
d. w. Wade, who lives Just across
the Obion river, from Lane, had
the misfortune to loose his barn
by fire one night last week, togeth-
er with all his hay and grain, a
good buggy and harness, a number
OF farming implements and a good
cow and calf and barely succeeded
in saving his horses and mules. No
one knows the origin of the FIRE.
The farmers are hustling as never
before. Dat sowing is about COM
pleted,a larger acreage having been
sown than usual. Elbridge was
througed last Saturday with farm
ers from almost every section of
this and adjoining districts buying
seed potatoes, onion sets, fencing,
farming implements and various
other farm necessaries, in fact buy
ing many things that the PROCESS
sive farmer should raise and not be
be compelled to buy. We are proud
to note, however, that farmers are
buying and raising large quantities
of grass seed this spring, which
means more and better stock and
land kept in better condition. Some
few are sowing alfalfa and more OF
our farmers should experiment with
this plant, as with proper prepare
ton of the soil it can be grown here
successfully.
For the past week we have been
making diligent inquiry in order to
learn how MANY men from our dis
trict would attend the Taylor speak
ing at Union City to-day (Monday),
but all our query only found one
man who said he was going. While
this does not by any means indi-
cate that Taylor will not have
great crowd, but does show that
his followers in the old Ninth are,
few and far between. On the other
hand we have not mentioned Car
mack's date to a single man (and
we have talked to many but who
said he was going to Obion on the
23d if the plow stopped, and many
contemplate going to Dyersburg on
the 22d. The Pigue-Williams re-
cent debate brought more people to
Elbridge than was ever at one time
in that village before and Obion
will have a similar experience on
March %, when Carmack, the pres
ent and next u. S. Senator, will ad-
dress his followers there.
The editorial in last weeks Com
mercial relative to the United States
Senatorial contest is indeed laugh
able to one who reads. The edi-
torial, among other things, says,
1--WE hold it the duty OF Tennessee
Democrats to support Taylor this
time" Now, Mr.. Editor, you will
hnd when the 18th day of May has
passed that the Democrats of Ten
nessee do not see duty through your
your spectacles. Again, the edi-
torial says, mo, there is nothing
wrong with Carmack. (Why, dear
old Commercial, the Democrats all
over the State know this, ana tnat
is why they are going to keep him
in the Senate) "but the Democrats
of Tennessee owe Taylor debt OF
gratitude tor coming to their res
cue in the hour of need. Now,
dear Commercial. If he saved the
party at the time you refer to, why
was it that he ran several thousand
votes behind the National ticket in
the State that year? Will you
kindly tell the duty. bound Demo-
Gratis of the State how this was!
We like our Uncle Bob, but we
don't think the State or the Demo-
Gratis owe him ANYTHING. If there
was a National Office.of Dramatists
then would the Democrats of Ten
nessee rally to Uncle Bob's support,
and they would be justifable in SO
doing. But when it comes to U. S.
Senator the people are for Ned Car
mack, the man of brains and BUSH
ness, in preference to Our Bob, "
full OF fun and buncomb.