The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-08-06

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day, that found it's out let in actua
work on the roads, means that Tip,
ton County is just beginning a good
roads campaign that is going to con
tinue. All of the business houses
and banks in Covington, Brighton
and Atoka closed and the townsmen
worked on the roads. The ladies OF
these cities and the wives of farm
ers along the route served dinner at
various points on the highway.
CHURCHMEN GIVE WAY.
Obion, Tenn, July 29.-The big
highway working was a grand sue
cess. A protracted meeting was
called off for the day. A rally was
held last night. Hon. T. o. Morris
and others delivered addresses. A
number of Troy, Elbridge, Hornbeak,
Glass and neighborhood people were
present. Many of the citizens work
ed upon the highway. There went
OuI AAOh1 IuCoC ploSco CWO SfdueTS,
"a teams and 220 men. Dinner was
served by the ladies. Every business
house in the town, including banks,
cafes and restaurants, was closed all
day. There were two and a half
miles of good, new road donated
from here to Troy and three and
seventeenth miles from this place to
Trimble. The latter succeeded only
in getting the right of way cleared
to-day. The main working was north
of town, where the workers were
met by IL teams and "a workmen
from Troy. Gov. Rye and party were
unable to see the main work on ac-
count of the torn-up roadbed. The
distance from here to Troy is short
ened one and half miles, and to
Trimble three miles, every foot of
which will measure up to the ma
tional specifications to obtain the
SIS annual appropriation per mile
for maintenance. The committees
were put out by the Obion CONNER
cialf Club, members of the West Ten
nessee Business League.
'~ 1900 MEN AT WORK.
Fulton, KY, July 29.-All busi-
ness, manufacturing plants and the
Dostoffice closed to-day and Fulton
gave "a thousand men to work on the
oaducahto-Memphis highway. The
fulton division extended from Duke
lom east to Jordan, west about 20 |
niles. Over 1900 men worked on
he division. All hills were cut to
;rade, embankments removed, trees
ut down, stumps removed, six
ridges built, culverts put in and a
0-foot road made the entire divis-
on. The town men worked like
eterans and no Sinking. The fiscal
ourt has agreed to finish all places
ot entirely completed, put in per-
lament culverts and make a sub
tantial highway. The court went
yer the road late to-day, and Ref
rec Joe Browner is pleased with the
ay's work.
The Business Mems Association has
fered loving cup to the West Ten
essee county making the best high
-ay. Mayfield division joins Full
IN east and Union City on the west
FINISH WORK FRIDAY.
Jackson, Tenn, July 29.-Two in
,r-county highways leading to jack
IN were greatly improved to-day n
hen, in response to the proclama- :
on of Gov. Thomas c. Rye and the +
lggestion of the West Tennessee :
eague of Business Mems Clubs, g
lousands of farmers and business o
en- rolled up their sleeves and vol !;
lteered to work the roads of this ;,
ction of the State. !
The splendid condition of Madi- b
n County roads made it necessary Ii
T much work to be done in this
unity but in Crockett County, it n
as reported here to-day, 1000 men t
ere at work near Bells on the s
Highway, and in D
bson County a large force was inn D
owing the roads between Hum k
ldt and the Madison County line, il
lich is section of the Union City
ckson-Cerinth Highway. South of e,
ckson, in McNairy County, volun- t!
er work was done on the road to a,
rinth, and in Henderson County OF
e volunteers put their labor on a d,
ad leading to Jackson
Aside from the Paducah-to-Mem-
is Highway project, over which =
". Rye and the State Highway q,
mmission had supervision, good =,
ads day in West Tennessee was =,
70 big success in the other coun- :,
s. Robert S. Fletcher, Jr., sec =.
ary of the West Tennessee !,
ague, is being congratulated to- -
y as one of the prime promoters =
this great good roads movement. :,
DYER SECTION COMPLETE. ~
Dyersburg, Tenn, July 29.-The w