The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-06-20

lie was ABOUT ully yCdlS old elllN
leaves a wife and four children.
Revs. J. E. Ramseyer and Luigi
bill are conducting a tent meeting
near the Presbyterian Church this
week. We understand that since
leaving home they have held meet
ings in Memphis, Jackson and
HUMBOLDT with considerable sue
cess.
Mr.. w. M. Warterfeld, Secretary
and Treasurer for the Neil-Shotner
Grain Co., Nashville, was III the
city Saturday and Monday in the
interest Of his firm. His many
friends here were glad to see him
looking so well and to know that
he is doing we'll in Nashville.
il. Gilmore and Miss Mamie
Tr1mble, OF Jordan, KY, were mar
ried last Sunday at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. John Clayton, of this city.
Rev. S. w. Kendrick, of Pulaski,
performed the ceremony. Kew.
Kendrick is preaching a series OF
sermons at the First Baptist
church.
Sheriff Finch, Aubrey Whipple,
Harry Edwards, Enloe Caldwell
and Bill Cowden spent two or three
DAYS hunting and fishing down at
Goose Switch this week. Besides
all the game and hsh
they could eat they brought back
two immense catfish weighing 1922
pounds.
Chas. Miles has perfected ar
for the Trenton base
ball team to come to this city July
and play the home boys here at
that date. The Trenton boys are
good amateur players, the clubs
will be about evenly matched, and
our people may expect an interest
ing game.
The preliminary trial OF Lee
Young Tuesday evening before JUS
tees billiard and Riley at Upton
Vile resulted in Young being bound
over to court under a $1,000 bond.
On the I'd inst. Young shot and
killed Pleas Fields, a young man
with whom he had been closely as
sociated for years.
H. A. Earle, a printer, who was
we'll known at Fulton and also III
this city, having been connected at
different times with the papers here
a number of years ago, died at his
home in Little Rock, Ark, Wednes-
law morning. He had relatives III
Obion County, and was known here
as a Christian gentleman,
At a meeting of the Board OF
Education held Monday night Miss
Leila Belle Fowler, of Humboldt,
was elected as one of the teachers
for the next term. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Weddington, of Humboldt, !
with whom Miss Fowler has made
her home since very small child,
will in the near future remove here,
and make this city their home.
Postmaster G. T. Taylor, F. S.
White, DR.. w. P. Richards, II. ].
McNeely, P. A. Bowman, c. J.
Ward, George Adams, ]. c. Bur
dick, G. w. Isbell, A. D. KeIlar
Charley Wilson, A, G. Altman, Jeff
Lowell and other Obion County
Republicans went to Humboldt
to attend the C"ngres-
sional convention and from there
to Nashville to the State convention
to nominate Republican candidate
for Governor.
Supt. A. e. Darrah spent few
days in Henderson, KY, this week.
We understand Mr.. Darrah is an
applicant for the position of super
of schools at Henderson,
recently made vacant. The place |
is a desirable one and the salary an
for a competent man
Our superintendent has fairly dem
onstrated his splendid ability since
his stay here, and it would be a
source of general regret should he
and his family leave us now.
Mrs. D. A. George is spending
the week with relatives i'll Alamo,
whittier she went to attend the
marriage of her nephew, Hallum
who was united to Miss
Mary Dawson last Tuesday night,
t being a church wedding. After
The ceremony d splendid reception
was given at the residence of the
brides parents. The young people
enjoy the friendship of host of
people among whom they live. Mr.
is a son of the Hon. Cass
1oodloe, well known all over West
Tennessee.
Mr.. r. B. Atkisson returned Sun
lay evening from Paducah where
lie had been for week ten days
the bedside of his sister
Miss Mae Belle Atkisson, who died
at the family home there at 10
o'clock last Thursday morning of
heart disease. Miss Atkisson was
10 years of age and was quite well
known through West Tennessee,
having lived at Mckenzie for a
number of years while her father,
Mr.. Marsh Atk1sson, was proprie-
tor of the Mckenzie Hotel. Mr.
friends here extend to
aim their heartfelt sympathy in his
sad bereavement.