The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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ment will be made OF the play until
the players are thoroughly drilled
in their parts.
Miss Anne Morton, of Jordan,
was in the city Monday, visiting
her friend, Miss Lizzie Greer.
A. ]. Nelms, one of the best farm
ers in the country around Rives,
was here Monday. He says wheat
and corn are looking we'll compared
with the prospects a few weeks
ago.
Elder Jenkins preached at the
Methodist church last sunday. It
was quarterly conference meeting.
Next Sunday Elder Jenkins will
hold the quarterly meeting at Gard
ner.
| Miss Josephine Tardiff, Miss
Cora Wingo and Miss Matte De-
Bow returned from Nashville this
week. They were highly pleased
with their visit to the Nashville
City Schools.
John II. Elan, who has heen rum
ming saw mill and lumber concern
at Plaquemine, La, the past year,
has returned. He will remain with
his family here week or two and
then he goes to Marked Tree, Ark,
to take charge of a mill.
The little daughter of Mr.. d. M.
Harrison, aged IA months, died last
Friday morning and was buried at
five o'clock in the afternoon of the
same day at the old city cemetery,
services being conducted by Rev
Mr.. Wright and Presiding Elder
Jenkins.
Squire ]. A. Mcdaniel, who has
been quite sick at his home in No.
l, since the first of January, we
learn is still very unweil. He
was taken with pneumonia, and
since then other symptoms have
developed. Trust he will be well
soon.
At meeting of the session of
the c. p, Church, ]. F. Howard and
J. A. Reeves were appointed dele
gates to represent Obion Presby-
terry at the Presbyterial meeting to
be held at Humboldt, June 10, to
discuss a new location for Bethel
College.
Chas. Keiser, who is travelling
through North Carolina tor hard
ware concern, with headquarters at
Charlotte, has been spending sew
eral days here with homefolks. For
number of years Mr.. Keiser had
charge of the furniture department
at Dietzel's, and is well-known and
highly esteemed here by nearly ev-
cry citizen of the county. The
Commercial is certainly glad to
know that he is meeting with sue
cess in his travelling position.
Miss Dem Bransford, one of the
teachers in Fairmont Seminary at
Washington, and cousin, Miss Mar
garet Branstord, who has just COM
pleted a years study in this school,
have returned home for the vaca-
ton. Paramount is a rapidly
growing school, recently establish
ed, of the many fine education
al institutions at the Capital. Last
year it became necessary for larger
and better accommodations and the
famous old Chinese legation
building was leased, one of the
handsomest in the city, now known
as Paramount Seminary.
Rev. Wilson Williams, of Trinity,
Ala, is in the city visiting his son
and daughter, Prof. D. A. Williams
and Mrs. Florence Mudd. Mr..
Williams is 50 years old, member
of the North Alabama Conference,
and has been minister since 1886
Notwithstanding his ripe old age
and long service in the ministry he
still has excellent health, which he
attributes largely to lite of tenn
perate habits, which he has been
able to maintain by the grace of
God. He also bears the proud
honor of being the father of eight
living children, not one of whom
have ever been the users of alcohol
ic stimulants. Mr.. Williams home
is summer resort for number of
Northern people.
George Robinson left Monday at
ternoon over the N, c. & st. l..
and Southern railways for New
York City. He will be gone about
six weeks, spending most of the
time in the Mitchell's famous tai
lor's cutting school for course of
training in that line. He will also
spend few days seeing the sights
around Washington and the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo.
Since quitting school George has
been very busily and attentively en-
gagged for several years with his