The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-09-05
1lems 5rom orr Correspondents
RIvEs ITEMS.

among relatives in Hives and VI
entity.
Mrs. Jennie Latimer and family
returned to their home in Column
bus, Miss, Monday.
Miss Hattie Clemmons left this
week to resume her studies in Soule
College, Murfreesboro.
Mrs. Sadie Hooper, of Union
City, is spending the week with her
brother, DIR. E. FL. White.
Seth and Dave Owen lett for their
home in Texarkana Sunday, after
three months stay in Rives.
John McCaw and Miss Lois Moi
fatt, of Troy, visited J. H. McCaw
and family Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Georgia Coggins, of the
4 Pleasant Hill community, is the
guest of her friend, Mrs. Mollie
White.
We regret to announce that Mrs.
j. e. Stovall has been very Ill this
week, though she is some better at
this writing.
Medona Bonner left Saturday for
Dallas, Tex to resume his work in
the law office OF Bonner and Shear
on in that city.
Milton Callicott, after a three
months residence in Rives, moved
back to his old home near Pleasant
Hill this week.
George f. Bolts and r. l.. Har-
per left Tuesday for St. Louis and
other cities to purchase goods for
their fall and winter stocks.
The J. ]. Shankle & Co. hoop
mill is now running night and day
making from 1000 to 10000 hoops
daily. Mr.. Shankle will move the
factory to Campbell, Mo, about
November l.
The union tent meeting closed
Tuesday night. While there were not
many conversions, the meeting was
one of much interest and much good
was done. Revs. Johnson, Walker
and Lindsay preached some fine
sermons. Rev. Hendrick, of Union
City, also preached some fine dis
courses during the services and
very greatly endeared himself to
the people OF Rives.
Miss Mary Latimer, of Beech;
Ben Vaughn, Carmie Davis and
Hallet Olive, of Mt. Pelia; John
Head, of Moffatt Junction; Walter
Morris, Eunice and Leslie Shore,
Brook Cummings, Monroe Under
wood, Dora Callicott, Mai Hauser,
Martha Pickard and others Of
Pleasant Hill, and Dan Holloway,
of Crockett, entered the Rives
Graded School this week.
Mrs. Jerry Spikes, after linger-
ing illness OF consumption, died
Sunday and the remains we're in
tered Monday in the Stovall ceme-
terry. Though she suffered much
and long she bore it all with Chris
tian fortitude and died in triumph |
OF the Christian faith. She leaves
a husband, several children, one
. brother, two sisters and a host of
s relatives and friends who mourn
her death. Her oldest daughter,
Miss Clarke, has been very low for
seven weeks and her death is eX-
pected at any moment.
The Rives Graded School began
work Tuesday with the largest at
tendance in the history of the
school. Ninety students were en-
rolled the first and second days.
This is a fine enrolment, consider
ing the fact that the Public School
does not begin until January. Quite
a number of the patrons and friends
of the school were present at the
opening Tuesday morning. Inter
esting addresses were made by
Revs. p. F. Johnson, E. p. Lind
say and R. M. Walker, Hon. T. J.
Bonner, DR.. J. B. Anderson AMI
Messrs. Will Moffat, Clinton CALI
colt, Lee Wade and Waller Cald-
we'll. Principal w. H. Cook and
his assistants feel proud of the in
terest manifested in the school by
the citizens Of Rives and adjoining
districts. STRAY ]. BIRD.
Take Care of the Stomach.
The man or woman whose digestion
is perfect and whose stomach performs
TIL Ill