The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-01-21
EYES ON LEGISLATION
SCHOOLS AND ROADS
TakO up Extension of Organization
to Include County.

to include county.
The Lions at the meeting Tuesda,
at Jones Cafe discussed a numbe
of public questions, including tn
new road law and compulsory educa
tion.
Mr.. Ranck, superintendent of tht
City Schools, was present and ap
peared as a strong advocate of com
puIsory education. He made a pies
for tue education of the children ot
Tennessee, a thing which is close tt
the heart of every good citizen, ant
his support of a compulsory school
law is not by any means an excep-
tion but the rule in Tcnnessee's fight
for the spirit of education. At the
speakers suggestion, an invitation is
to be extended to the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen and the Board of Ed
ucation to meet next Tuesday, Jan.
Is, with the Lions Club at 1915 at
the regular lunch hour for general
discussion of this important matter,
and the conclusions of the discussion
are to be given to the General Assem-
bly,.
The Lions Club has no desire to
be exclusive and does not propose to
take the "bull by the horns" But In
the matter of the new read law, pre-
pared by Judge Waddell and cham
pioned by Representative Bratton,
the club at it's m e t n g
entertained motion last Tuesday
20 indorse the original bill as taken
to Nashville by Mr.. Bratton and in
troduced in the lower branch of the
Legislature. 1t is understood that a.
belated message has been forwarded
to the State Senate to change the
reading of the bill to provide for six
teen supervisors instead of one,
which would practically place the
road system of the county back to
it's original shape.
AS we stated, the Lions Club has
no desire to take snap judgment,
ana as an earnest of its good faith
in the people of the county made
two or three attempts to get tho
magistrates and representative citi-
zens together to pass on the pro- !
posed road law as drafted by Judge |
Waddell and reed by Representative
Bratton. Mr.. Bratton appeared on
these occasions to get the conclusions
of these discussions and the will of
his constituents. Only few of the
magistrates were present and few
visitors. But the features of the bill
were mentioned from time 20 time
in the papers and it was taken for
granted that they were Endorsed. 1t
was the desire to get law which su-
persedes the district system and gives
the supervisor a chance to contract
tho road work in the county. Such
ty, Tenn, and in Fulton County, KY,
and these counties have roads where
we have pig paths.
Following this, at the suggestion
of Mr.. j. A. Howard, a motion was
and passed to make the
club county organization and to {
invite citizens from every part of the l
to join. Invitations of this
kind have already been extended,
but not many availed themselves of
the opportunity. The purpose Of the $
club now is to make special effort
for county membership. AS stated, a
It is not in the province of the club I
10 take any kind of action which
makes the club responsible for legis- Y
alton or legal contracts. This is n
strictly prohibited by the bylaws. Il
rhe club can only suggest. In the q
natter of the Gibbs road the club D
lad to withdraw as club when the o
cal work began, and this was done 81
lnder the namc of tho Obion County d
sood Roads Association. The club d
axes no liberty which citizen can v
lot take, and is therefore not to be u
ensured for it's Endorsement of the a.
Vaddell road law. u
On motion the club opposed the - :,
he proposed blue laws offered by
lember of the Legislature in the =
hape Of bill for that purpose. -
In the election of officers, Dr. w. -
|. Turner was unanimously re-elect- =,
1 president; w. Harpole, secretary .,
]. A. Prieto, first vice pres i,
lent; F. L. Pittman, second vice -
resident; j. W. Kerr, H. NJ Oliver e.
nd r. H. Rust, trustees. -
Caller: Well you are good little op
,y. Are you always quiet as this?
,hnny: Mothers going 20 give me fie