The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-02
Local and Personal
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day.
DR.. w. P. Richards was in Full
ton Monday.
Judge ]. M. Ownby was in Jack
son Monday on legal business.
Miss Birdie Pierce is spending
the week with Fulton relatives.
Attorney E. r. Bruce, of Kenton,
was here a day or two this week
Dr.. Rippy, Harry Beckham and
Give Lannom were in Fulton Fri
day.
Mrs. Worts, of Kenton, was in
the city Tuesday, visiting Mrs. A.
L. Hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Morris
spent the day with Fulton friends
Sunday.
Joe French, w. w. Cowden and
J. S. Adams were in Fulton Sunday
few hours.
DR.. f. A. and Mrs. Taylor, of
Kenton, visited Mr. and Mrs. A. L,
Hurt this week.
Hayden Freeman, manager of
Knights bowling alley, spent Sun
day with home folks at Fulton.
Geo. S. Hardy, president OF the
Hawley- Murphy Trunk Co., spent
a few days in St. Louis this week
D. A. Brewer, Esq, of Terrell,
merchant, postmaster and station
agent, gave us pleasant call Tues
day.
Misses Mary Napier and Clotie
Sears are in Fulton this week at
tending the Street Fair and visit
ing friends.
Chas. w. Miles, Jr, Hunter
Elan, Hunter Griffin and Paine
Bransford attended a dance at Full
ton Wednesday night.
Mrs. M. Lawler and Miss Carrie,
of Martin, spent the day Tuesday
in the city shopping. They were
guests at the Palace Hotel,
Misses Jessie Isler and Mary Bre-
ward, of Hickman, were i'll the city
few hours Monday en- route to
Fulton to attend the Street Fair.
Our young friend, Ellis Scates,
has accepted the agency in this
city for the Jackson Steam laun-
dry and has established an office at
Stones grocery Ellis is hustler
and will doubtless command a big
share of the trade.
Walter Pleasant, who led the
ticket at Ob1on Saturday for Alder
man, is we'll known here, his for
mer home. He has been engaged
in business at Obion tor number
of months, and has become identi-
fed in a very substantial way with
the enterprises of the town. His
old time friends here are indeed
glad to congratulate him over his
success.
Prof. Emmett w. Roach and
Miss Sadie May Kennedy were mar
ried at the home of the brides par
ents, near Jordan, last Sunday.
Miss Kennedy is the pretty daugh-
ter of Mr.. ]. D. Kennedy and is
we'll known in Fulton. Prof. Roach
is known to everyone in Fulton
County. He is fine educator and
was only defeated tor county SUI
perintendent by woman.
Thirteen prisoners who have been
in the Jail at this place on the
charge of the illegal selling of wills.
XIV, most of them from Lake county,
we're carried to Jackson Tuesday
morning to Federal Court by Dep
uty United States Marshal G. W.
Hawkins, who arrested them.
There we're several others who were
out on bond who also went to Jack
son to have their cases tried,
A young negro by the name of
Will Kirby Matched slick scheme,
but Chief of Police Kinnard got on
to his racket and broke it up. Will
would sell copper and brass to Sc
mones Foundry and then steal it
and sell it again. He did this sew
eral times before being caught.
Kirby has been arrested several
times lately for theft, and only his
age kept him from being sent to
state prison, but this time he will
likely go over the road.
DR.. P. Y. White, the druggist,
had the pleasure a few days ago OF
feflling a bottle with turpentine