The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-08-06
BIG ROADS DAY
LAST THURSDAY
West Tennessee Turns From Busi-
ness to Road Building.

West Tennessee Turns From Busi
ness to Road Building.
Last Thursday work on the Pa
ducah-to-M Memphis Highway from
Fulton to the Dyer County line thru
Obion County, has been remarkable
for the interest manifested by the
people in the work and amount and
efficiency of the work done. Hun
dreds of people of all professions and
trades were on hand by Z O'Clock
with picks, shovels, teams and
|scrapers, earnestly at work along
the entire line, widening the road
and reducing the grades. The wo-
men of the county furnished the
workers with sumptuous dinner
and an army of boys supplied the
drinking water. w. c. Reynolds, of
this place, has been for weeks organ
izing the workers that have met
with such remarkable success.
In the work he was assisted by
Lieut.. G. c. Clogs, Col. r. P White
sell, VIM. Stalcup, George Bufford,
Tom Harpole, Tom Reece, Jim Will
son, Ed McAlister and others. Col.
Whitesell finished and will oil the
first half-mile of the road north of
Union City. On account of the in
tense weather and dust the finishing
touches in grading will have to be
done later and then with applica-
tion of coat of crude oil the road
will be perfect.
Gov. Tom G. Rye, the Hon. Joel
Fort, Mr.. Peyton, president of the
N, G. G st. L., reviewed the line of
work from the State line to Obion
and fraternized with the workers.
They were escorted by DR.. Turner,
of the Governors staff, and Walter
president of the Old Nation
al Bank.
WHOLE POPULACE AT WORK.
Halls, Tenn, July 29.-This was
one day that the town of Halls was
dead. nearly every man and boy be-
ing on the road at work. All the
stores and banks were closed and,
in fact, the people did the work of
heir lives to make a good showing
n this part of the Paducah-t to- Mem
ohis Highway.
There were so teams with scoops,
blows and graders at work. In all
here were 800 men and boys at
work. At the noon hour the ladies
erved a dinner. There were four
ections of this part of the highway
.lloted to the people here, one mile
0 the section. w. R. Jeffries, J. M.
Parrish, w. M. Stephens and ]. M.
Joss were captains.
GOOD WORK IN LAKE.
Tiptonville, Tenn, July 29.-Work
egun to-day on Lake County roads
n dead earnest. r. G.. Donaldson,
)r. J. F. Griffin and j. H. Smith,
Tho were selected as a committee
asst Saturday to get the teams, la
or, means, ETC., in readiness, report
hat the fuse was touched off carry
his morning, and every public high
7ay leading from Tiptonville is be-
lg worked. Also at Ridgely work
-as carried on in the same manner.
rom Ridgely the road leading east
'om town to the Obion County line
as thoroughly worked. Here in S
iptonville, Mayor LeDuke declared
full holiday, and every business
ouse, including the drug stores, was S
osed. At noon the good ladies of l
lie town served dinner to the road I
orkers. The men in charge of the 4
,ad work say that if the highways U
e not finished to-day the work will s
) carried on until it is finished.
HILLS ARE LEVELED. $
Covington, Tenn, July 29.-The
ok, the shovel and the scoop, =
ielded by farmers, business and
men and even politi v
ans, built the Paducah-to-M Memphis :
ighway thru Upton County to- =
". Twelve hundred and fifty men =
Id 800 teams worked from a. m. =
It'll z D. m. The principle work
as done in cutting down hills, -
Yelling low places and widening the
ghway. Covington and vicinity, y
o strong, with SO teams, made a y
rec attack upon Fishers Hill A .
tge number of workers from
ighton and community cut down
tnnah Hill land built up the Kin y -
y Levee. Atoka and vicinity y
veled McCluney and Elmore Hill. "
McKellar drove a four :.
rse team and John M. Tuther, of a.
,mphis, handled a scoop like an ~
| time road builder. All along the =
tire route of 15 miles the highway =
s widened and put in fine condi- us
n fer travel Hundreds of farm u
who do not live on the direct
lte worked all day long upon it.