The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-23
ELBRIDGE.

/ II considerable acreage is being
sown to oats in this section.
Physicians report health distress
ingly good in these parts.
Albert c. Davidson, OF The Great
Department Store of Elbridge, and
L. p. HALEY, of the firm of L. p.
HALEY & Co., of Lane, left Sunday
for the market to make spring pur-
chases.
A pack of worthless ours recently
invaded J. w. Thompson flock of
sheep, killed several and wounded a
number. WE a, oh when, will the
cur nuisance be abated in our State.
Our fellow citizen, f. N. Moore,
has announced for Representative.
Col. Kenney, of Union City, is also
an avowed candidate. We hear it
rumored that Mr.. Clint Callicott, an
estimable gentleman and practical
farmer of Rives, will enter the race
and possibly Prof. ]. W. Burney, of
Union City, and Hon. Geo. p. Hurt,
of Kenton. Come out, gentlemen,
the more the merrier. 1t is very
evident now that the people will not
have to elect U-Know for want of
better material.
The four days debate at Elbridge
between Rev. r. H. Pigue, Metho-
dist, and Rev. ]. r. Williams, Chris
tian, closed last Friday afternoon
The discussion created a great in
terest and there were immense au-
diences present each day, a far
greater number than could at any
time gain admittance to the church
in which the discussion was held.
There were people IN attendance
from Fulton to Memphis. The first
proposition discussed was The
church OF which l, h. H. Pigue, am
a member is Scripture in origin,
doctrine and practice. r. H.
Pigue affirmed, J. r. Williams de-
MED. Second proposition, "The
church of which l, ]. r. Williams,
am a member is Scriptural in orr
gin, doctrine and practice" ]. r.
Williams affirmed, r. H. Pigue de.
MED. Notwithstanding the great
number of people present the order
was good throughout the entire dis
cussion. Friday morning before
the discussion commenced report
says two ministers, one Methodist
and one Christian, came near re-
sorting to blows in front of the
speakers stand. With this excep-
tion we heard of nothing disorderly.
The speakers at all times we're
given close attention and each one
acquitted himself in a creditable
manner is the opinion of unbiased |
auditors. So far as we can learn
no change in the opinions OF the
people, nor converts made from one
church to the other nor from the
unwashed portion of the audierEe.
So we think the results are ex-
pressed in the following crude
verse:
There are Methodists on every side,
Baptists in every quarters:
The Presbyterians don't believe in
backslide,
And Campbellites still cry water,
more water.
That road question, we are proud
to note, will not down. U.Know
had an experience some time back
that caused us to feel like the boy
the calf run over, so we have been
mum since. The calf that run over
us was an editor who threw an ar
ticle in the waste basket which we
had written on the road question,
because we had charged the editor,
and then IN an editorial he proceed
ed to rip us up the back until we
felt worse than six-bits, but we are
reviving and are still very much in
favor of better roads. We have re-
Gently learned that some of the op-
ponents to bond issue are now in
favor of the County Court, at the
April term, ordering an election tor
August and they argue that the
bond proposition can be voted down
hen. We don't want an election