The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-30
CRONANVILLE.

David =. Crutchheld ana FAMILY
went to the Camp Ground Sunday.
Leonard Davidson and Hattie
Cakes went to Salem to preaching
Sunday.
e, Thomas Dublin and Virgie
Dublin spent Saturday afternoon at
Tiptonville.
Dr. Jno. d. Alexander and wife
and mother-in-law were i'll the vii
lage Sunday evening.
Mrs. Wray, wife of the original
Wick Wray, visited her brother,
Tom Dublin, Sunday.
Several of Tiptonville's business
men accompanied by their wives
passed our town Sunday.
George Estes, Happy Hollow's
most progressive planter, was in
the burg a few days since.
Mrs. Malinda Hedge, one of Hap
py Hollow's most respected ladies,
is on the sick list at this writing.
Milford Dunn1ng and Owen Will
liams, of the Darnell vicinity. were
over to see Vernon Cunning Sun
day.
Mrs. Buck, wife of our new doc
tor, spent Saturday and Sunday
visiting her mother below Upton
Vile.
Mrs. Meta Dublin spent Sunday
at the home of Mrs. Hint Dunning,
and she reports a very pleasant
time.
William Thurmond gave We writ
er very pleasant call Sunday.
Will is one ofSLake's expert cotton
growers.
The charming Misses Ollie and
Katie Dunning and Maudie Dublin
paid Mrs. Emma Estes a short Wis
it Sunday afternoon.
Brother Thorn being away, there
were no services at the church Sun
day, save Sunday school, and the
attendance was rather small.
"Sylvan," Of Hornbeak, we like
your letters, but make them a wee
bit longer, we have some good
friends at your place and like to see
something concerning them.
The farmers of this section are
having more rain than is needed at
present. Hands are scarce and the
weeds and vines are so thrifty that
more sun and less rain is what is
needed. Cotton and corn are grow
ing very fast and six weeks more
will see the crops finished.
Preaching was broken up at Sa-
lem Sunday by fist and skull COM
bat on the yard. The following
circumstances are sand to be the
cause: Carl Mooney, young man
of turbulent, reckless and way
ward disposition, and somewhat
dissipated, after having thoroughly
thanked up on bug juice, went
over to the church and proceeded to
''paint things red" All efforts to
get him to go away were futile.
One young gentleman attempted
getting him in the buggy with him
so he could drive away with him,
but this failed. He went in the
house and cursed and abused Leon
ard Davidson, one of the incest
young men of the Cronanville cona-
Mr.. Davidson through re-
spect for himself and the place re-
fused to resent the insulting cpl
thets flung at him. Mooney then
turned his battery onto the pastor,
B. B. Thomas. He stepped to the
door and cursed every one there.
Bro. Thomas asked some one to as
sist in quoting Mr. Mooney, and
Mr.. r. A. Gates, one of the most
popular and best known men in the
approached him and began
to reason with him, Whereupon he
became desperate and said he want
ID to be in the "pen" or dead and |
Il HI serving out his time, add
ng that if he had his gun he would |
see how many he could kill, and |
hat he was a fool for not bringing
t. He became so 1ntolerable and |
uncomfortable that Mr.. Gates found
t necessary to try his pugilistic
kill and with one strong, we'll
timed blow brought HIM to the
rround with a resounding thud.
lie then took the riding whip from
nut Moneys hand and gave him a
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