The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-05-26
LOUISVILLE BOOSTERS
COME TO UNION CITY
Special Arrived Wednesday on Time
With the Visitors.

Not often we have the opportu-
nifty of entertaining so many leading
men of commercial and business life.
It was indeed an extraordinary oc-
casion when the Louisville Board of
Trade boosters arrived in town last
Wednesday. The special all-Pullman
and dining-car train arrived here on
time, 1920 pm.
The passengers, one hundred and
twenty-five in number, left the train
and formed in line, marching thru
Church street and down First to
Reynolds Theatre, with the big
scout band in front and good one.
Mayor Walden Woosley and the
Board of Aldermen, Dr. Turner and a
delegation of Lions met the boosters
and fell in line. 1t was the finest
looking body of men in line, think,
we have ever had chance to see in
Union City.
The theatre was we'll filled when
the speaking began, and while this
was in progress business representa-
tives from the boosters were visiting
the different places of business in
Union City.
Mayor Woosley welcomed the Wis
itors in an address giving them as
surances that their presence in I'm
ion City was appreciated, and that
there is very warm feeling in I'm
ion City for the business men Of
Louisville. Aldermen c. l.. Andrews
made an address of welcome, extend
ing the courtesies of the city to the
boosters. Mr.. Andrews said that he
was glad to offer cooperation be-
tween the people Of Union City and
those of the city of Louisville. He
was glad to know that there had
been a very favorable reduction in
freight rates between these points.
H. M. Oliver was another local
speaker, emphasizing the fact that
Union City is three miles from the
1. C. r. r., but would soon be sta
tion on the road and ready to CO.
operate with Louisville business men.
This means that we are to have a
smooth hard-paved road to Gibbs as
soon as it is possible to build it.
Mayor Woosley introduced Mr.. D.
B. G. Rose, president of the Board of
Trade, Louisville, and head of, the
Standard Printing Co. Mr.. Rose is
the first orator of the boosters and
he is fine one. First he stated that
he had the pleasure of announcing
a general reduction of 121ac in
freight traffic, effective July 1. He
spoke of the interests of Kentucky
and Tennessee being identical all
along the lines of interstate trade,
Said Mr.. Rose, if Kentucky and Ten
nessee did not tie up in business the
bottom would drop out, and if Ten
nessee did not tie up with Kentucky
in business the top would blow off.
The boosters are investing $4,000
in this tour and lot of very valu-
able time. Louisville has taken in
5000 acres of territory and the pop
ulation is now 100000 with some of
the finest business institutions in the
world
Mr.. Solomon was the 'soloist with
fine large voice singing: Back
Home in Tennessee"
Mr.. Ernest L. Vogt was the boy
orator of the occasion and he enter
tanned with a lively talk. He said
the boosters were indeed happy
They had been in the heart of Ten
nessee for day and a half and the
sun shines like it does in Kentucky.
The best is for the last and the last
date in Tennessee is Union City.
The boosters adjourned and form
ed in line again, marching to the
train. There they posed for the Sa-
bins, who trained their moving pic
ture machine on them.