The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-02-14
RIVEs NEWS.
} for a glimpse Of spring!

Miss Maud Hovis is convalescing
after a severe attack of fever.
Smallpox is prevalent among the
negroes, but none among the white
people,
Missile Harper, of Harper's Valley
district, entered the Rives school
this week.
Reece Alexander closed his school
in Lake county last weeksand en-
tered the Rives Graded School Mon
day.
Miss Alice Wright, of Protemus,
spent few days this week visiting
relatives in her old home town
Rives.
E B. Chester lett Wednesday
night for St. Louis and other points
north on business pertaining to his
factory.
Byron Powers, of Rives, who has
been telegraph operator for the l..
q N. at Louisville, is very sick in
that city.
Mrs Bud Pruett, OF North Rives,
has been very sick for several days.
She is reported to be some better
at the present.
Pleas Callicutt, ST., formerly of
Obion county, but now of Prescott,
Ark, is Just recovering from Sc
we're attack of pneumonia.
A ses1es of meetings will begin at
the Z. P. church in Rives next Mon
day night and continue through the
week. Everybody invited.
Mr., ]. II. McCaw has accepted a
position with the firm of IT, b. Moi
fat & Son, where his many friends
will always find a hearty welcome
from him.
We are glad to announce that
George Gardner is again out after
his attack of rheumatism, also that
Bon Hogan is up after a months
illness from fever.
e. B. Wright, after 2-years' alb
sence from Rives, has located again
in Rlves. He has formed a part
nership with Mr.. Crowel i'll the
blacksmith business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corbett, who have
been engaged for some time IN the
house business i'll Rives,
will locate in Union City to engage
in the same work there.
The good ladies and house wives
of Rives enjoyed a delightful sur
ptise party at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William l.. Clemmons Tues
day night. They report a lively
time.
The members of the literary and
music departments of the Rives
school will give free public enter
tainment at the school building Fri
day night (to-night). Everybody
cordially invited.
Miss Miriam Clemmons, who has
been teaching at Tamo, Ark, since
last September will close her work
there about April l and return to
her home in Rives, to the delight of
her many friends.
Any school board of this or ad-
joining counties wishing to employ
an experienced teacher, either male
or female, will do well to address
Lock Box No. 161, Rives, Tenn.
Good references given on demand.
1t might be interesting to friends
If Clarence L. HALEY to know that
he is rapidly building up fine prac
ice of law in Abalene, Tex. Some
lay we expect to hear of HALEY and
Medona Bonner representing the
Lone Star" State in Congress.
Jessie Conn has returned from
Nashville with his sight restored in
)ne eye so he can see to read. Mr.,
White reports him very sick at this
from la grippe, with syinp-
.oms of pneumonia. We sincerely
rope that Mr.. Conn may be spared
rom any serious illness.
We would like to ask our County
of Schools what has
become of the Obion County Educa-
ional Association? Is it dead, or
ust sleepeth? 1t seems to us that
his association is too great fac
or IN the building up of our public
school interests to let die.
DR.. E. H. White has just received
/ commission from the Grand Mas
.er of Mississippi Masons appoint
ng him Grand Representative of
hat State in the Tennessee Grand
lodge. DR.. White holds like COM
mission from the Grand Lodge of
New Zealand These honors are
III worthily bestowed.
STRAY ]. BIRD.