The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-02-21
R1vEs NEWS.

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the home of w. L. Bryan, of No. z.
Mrs. Mollie White was the guest
of relatives in Union City Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Salhe Hooper, of Union CITY,
visited her brother, DR.. E. II. White,
this week.
Jim Clemnons, of Tamo, Ark,
will enter the Rives school at an
early date.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Mike Frye, of
Fulton, were guests this week of
Mrs. John F. Clemmons.
We are glad to note that both
| Mrs. Jane Wade and Jesse Conn
are rapidly convalescing.
All fattery aside. we believe The
Commercial has about the best news
service of any local paper we have
seen.
GEd.- Thanks.
Presiding Elder Brooks, of the
Dyersburg district, will hold quar-
terlv conference at the M. E. church
Saturday.
At the meeting of the Woodmen
of the World Tuesday night, Wade
Ere eman was initiated into the
mysteries OF WoodCraft.
Dave Clemmons and Misses Nellie
Clemmons and Fannie Reynolds
boarded sleigh Saturday night and
took in the show at Union City.
Oh. this weather! How we long
to bid last adieu to the 'sullen
murmurs of the North and hearty
greeting to the "br1ght raltnent OF
spring!
We will say to those interested
that the smallpox III Hives is CON
fined entirely to the colored people,
and it is not likely to affect the
white people at all.
We enjoyed that article in last
weeks Commercial from the pen OF
Prof A. L. Parrish, and hope that
he will give us often such articles
on educa tional matters.
]. T. Harris, formerly of Rives,
but now of Jordan. KY, was mar
ried last week to Mrs. Ida Crutch-
field, of Jordan. May Mr.. and Mrs,
Harris lives be long and happy
The firm of Cummings & Harper
are busy this week taking inventory
of its stock of goods. Mr.. Harper
will leave soon for the east to buy a
big stock of spring and summer
goods.
Miss Elnor Thomas, of Union
CITY, was the welcome guest last
week of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. McCaw.
Miss Thomas formerly taught school
near Rives, where she was very
popular.
When we hear officials whom we
know for years did nothing tor the
profession they represent, talking
about what others ought to do, we
feel like saying: 30 inconsistency
thou art no jewel.
We wish to say to "Rus II. Kuss,
that we'll do we remember the load
of wheat that caught our No. l.
shoe. There are many incidents OF
those days still vivid in our mem
orv-some of them pathetic, many
ludicrous. We always enjoy "Russ
II. Kuss" letters, for we know al
those people around State Line
We often hear it remarked that
Rives has one OF the ablest bodies
of ministers for the pastors OF its
churches that can be found in West
Tennessee. And we believe this
is true. In the persons OF KEYS
John r. Williams, c. r. Walker, r
f. Johnson and E. p. Lindsay
l R1ves can boast an able ministry
Other towns and villages may
boast OF this and that, but RivcS
can boast of one of the best, all-the
year, evergreen prayer meetings
that is in the State. Let the weather
, be cold or hot, wet or dry, gooo
crowd is always present, consisting
, of the best people of the town, ole
and young. We know OF nothing
that could speak more tor the NOR
ais of the community than this.
! Mrs. ]. A. Pruitt, of Rives, afteI
several weeks illness, died Tuesday
and her remains were inferred a
the Pleasant Hill cemetery Wednes
: day morning. Mrs. Pruitt was ;,
years old and had been conse
Grated member of the Christian
4 church for 81 years. She leaves
i husband and several sons ant
4 daughters to mourn her death, t.
all of whom we tender our heartfelt
sympathy.
Perhaps not many of your read
ers know that No. 4 has rising
young composer of music in its ter
ritory. But we have one in the per
son of Milton Callicott of the Pleas
ant Hill community. He has us
had printed a double quartette
y which is pronounced by those wh'
have heard it and are competent t
Judge, a charming piece of music
If Mr. Ca1licott would turn his at
tention exclusively to music we be
lieve that lie soon would rank among
the nations best composers.
STRAY ]. BIRD.
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