The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-11-14

a rev hours MONDAY.
Frank Baird, of Dyer, was here
a few hours Tuesday.
Mr.. Strother is very sick and is
not expected to recover.
Capt. John Tatom is up from
Jackson tor few days.
Our Number Seven correspondent
was too late this week. Sorry.
w. HI. Harris, of Humboldt, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs John
Baird.
Mrs. w. F. Casey was called to
Gadsden to visit her mother, who is
very sick.
Wv. Carter, one of The CONNER
calls stong friends at Rives, was
was here Tuesday attending the
fair.
| Sheriff Morgan and Frank Jones,
of Trenton, were here Tuesday at
tending to some business and see
ing the show.
Bud Mayes, who lives just south
of town, has on exhibition at Peel
er's grocery a mammoth pumpkin,
weighing 90 pounds.
Mrs. Judge Beard, of Lebanon,
returned to her home Sunday, after
spending few days here, the guest
of her accomplished daughter, Mrs.
Thos. Pierce.
Mrs. Jas. Askins and daughters,
Misses Sallie and Bessie, of Mum
Der Seven, spent few days this
week visiting relatives and friends
in the city.
Chief Kinnard ''pinched" several
white and colored strangers this
week, which added somewhat to the
gaiety of the Mayors court and the
city's exchequer.
Rev. c. A. Warterfe1d, pastor of
the M. E. Church at Hickman, was
in the city Tuesday with his many
old-time friends. He was on his
way to Dresden to marry promi-
nent couple.
Harry Edwards, wife and daugh-
ter, went to Memphis Sunday after
noon. Mrs. Edwards will visit with
friends in Memphis, her old home,
and Harry is on a hunt in Missis-
sippi and Arkansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. A. Whipple enter
tanned few friends at O'Clock din
ner Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. c. V.
Jones, DR.. and Mrs. ]. B. Hibbitts, |
Mrs. Clarence Sheriff. and Mr.. Jas.
D. Porter were present.
Mrs. R. P. Whitesel and Mrs. r.
A. Pierce are in Cape Girardeau,
Mo-, attending meeting of the
Daughters of the Revolution which
is in session at the residence of Mrs.
Whitesell's aunt, Mrs. Louis Hauk.
Morning service at the Baptist
Church IL a. M; subject, estate
Missions;" at night, weighed IN
the Balance and Found Wanting"
Sunday school $50 am; prayer
meeting Wednesday night at 7;
young peoples meeting Sunday af-
tern0on at 2.30.
James Palmer, one of the Sew
enth Districts prominent farmers,
has an exhibition at Morgan &
Hardy Brothers store fine sample
OF Obion County corn. The sample
consists of two stalks from the same
hill on which there are nine we'll
developed ears of fine corn.
Visitors at the street fair this
week exhibited very orderly and
well-behaved demeanor. Not much
occurred out of the ordinary among
the showmens and the crowd, ex-
cepting the report of stolen watch
and a purse of $95. This, however,
is not to be charged to the street |
fair company, but to the work of
some grafters whom it is hardly |
possible to separate from an exhi-
bition attended by crowds of people.
Quite number of young people
enjoyed possum hunt last Friday |
night, chaperoned by Mrs. Caesar
Palmer. They met at the home of
Mrs. c. P. Wylie. Those present
were Messrs. Dan Carmack, Leslie
Wylie, Roger Joyner, Will Gould,
McAdoo Harris, Homer Catron,
Thurman Phebus, Grady Palmer;
Misses Mary Emma Catron. missile |