The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-10-27
UNITED EFFORT OF
UNION CITY PEOPLE
Everybody Working Together With
Pep and Enthusiasm.

Pep and Enthusiasm.
A monster mass meeting of the cit
izens of Union City was held last
Thursday night at the courthouse in
the interest of the proposition made
to a committee of citizens by the
Brown Shoe Company of st. Louis tc
establish branch shoe factory in
, Union City.
There the foundation was made
for an organization to work in har-
mony with the spirit and terms of
this proposition, and this week near
ly every business man and many of
tho citizens-ladies and men-are
enlisted in the organization, meeting
every night and perfecting prepara-
tions for line Of action.
The committee that visited the
plant at Charleston, ILL.,, was made
up Of the following gentlemen:
Mayor J. w. Woosley, DR.. w. M.
Turner, president of the Lions Club,
Banker Harris Parks, Postmaster HI,
@. Vincent, H. M. Oliver and J. V.
verhine, druggist and merchant.
The report of the committee ap-
pcared in this paper Oct. 13 as to
the capacity and character of the
plant at that place, the money in
vested and the money paid in wages
and salaries to the employees, which
totaled about one million dollars in
three years.
On Thursday night, at the mass
meeting, r. H. Rust was elected as
the director general, with H. M. Oh
liver as adjutant. The advisory board
was as follows:
j. P. Verhine, I. S. Kitby, G. H. |
Cobb E. P. Grissom, w. e. Hudgins.
The finance committee is as fol-
lows:
Hugh Smith, H. A. Beck, c. E.
Beck, Harris Parks, Hunter Elan.
w. F. Tate, general secretary, and
III. o. Vincent, chief clerk.
j. w. Woosley, general chairman
civic committee.
Four divisions were designated as
follows: Blue division, DR.. M. A.
Blanton, major; red division, B. F.
major; white division, w. A.
Mailing, major; green division,
Jhas Dietzel, major.
Under the blue division the cap q
aims are as follows: H. P. Moss, D.
G She tz, c. L. Andrews, S. d. Woos-
ey, W. p. Bradshaw Red division,
". D. Keiser, C. E. Beck, w. M. Tur-
Ter, A. F. Ellsworth, Reagor Mot
ow. White division, e. r. Adams,
l. A. Beck, E. T. Mitchell, j. C. Bur-
lick, Jr., w. G. Reynolds, Green
ivision, j. S. O'Sullivan, w. jack :"
on, Ed Kirkland, G. c. Clogs, H. A. :"
'ransford. These captains in turn "
re to have charge of squad of five =
len each, and the squad command "
rs are each to have nine men. All
( these appear on another page of - ~
le paper under the proper heads. ~
Each of the captains is to lead in =,
campaign drive for five thousand -
ollars. This is the goal to meet the . "
which, it is understood, ~
i'll be acceptable to the Brown Shoe -
We have been assured that the ~
rms of the proposition will be
sh guarantee, site for factory and ~
ee for term of years city taxes,
ater and lights.
Several addresses were made at the ~ ",
oeting. The speakers were Mayor al
oosley, H. Parks, H. o. Vincent,
:. Turner, II. M. Oliver, F. E. "a
lnck, w. E. Hudgins, DR.. Baker,
airman r. H. Rust and others.
The majors and captains as above
once set to work to name their
bordinates and these were at once We
titled and set to work last week to
nplete that part of the organiza-
n, which was done and on Monday :
Sht these companies, under the "
.;sion beods mot Of +bo ci+v non pes
q attendance woc o1,nost oon,nIo+o ing
was indeed surprise the interest
in the movement, the
rit and the cooperation. After
ny years of local strife everybody
ms to be feeding out of the same 7
on. 27,
Director Rust and Adjutant Oliver will
busy this week end all the ma me-
} and captains and other officers are