The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-06
SOUTH SIDE.

McCorkle
Mrs. ]. c. Burdick and Miss Alic
Butler, of Northside. spent Frida
with Mrs. w. E. Webster.
Mrs. R. M. Dickey, who has bee
quite sick for week, we are gla,
to say is great deal better.
We certainly welcome Cricket t
our band. Somehow always dit
like to hear cricket. Come again
Mrs. ]. w. Temple, in compan,
with Mrs. H. N. Sheriff., spen
Friday night at Rives with Mrs.
Cummings.
Mr.. Cary looms, from neal
Clayton, attended the show and Wis
tied his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
]. M. Cole.
Misses lola Scates and Bessie
Morris, two of Pleasant Hills fail
bellies, were guests of Miss Nora
Jackson Friday night.
Mrs. Lizzie Lane and little son,
Julian, and Miss Eula Lane, of No,
10, spent few days with relatives
in Northside this week.
Mr.. JOHN Clark and two little
daughters, Misses Matte Ray and
Nell, of Clinton, formerly of South
side, are the guests of friends here.
We are in receipt of a nice letter
from Col. P. P. Pickard, of Ashland
City, with a check enclosed, asking
me to have The Commercial sent to
his address. Thank you, Colonel.
Mr.. John Finch and his beautiful
daughter, Miss Lizzie, of Kenton,
came up Wednesday. Miss Lizzie
will spend several days in the city,
to the delight of her many friends.
Mr.. w. G. Hirsig, of the firm of
Deeds & Hirsig, Nashville, spent
Friday with his old friend, w. S.
Jackson, and while here made him
special agent for the New Harrison
wagon for the entire county.
w. w. Hutchinson, of Glass, in
company with his son, ]. A., and
two grandchildren, Miss Mary and
Master James Hawkins, came up
and took IN the big Wallace show.
They were the welcome guests of
w, S. Jackson and family while
here.
l want to express my thanks to
some one, | know not who, tor re-
membering me each week by send
ing me The Fulton Commercial, and
l can assure Them it is quite well
come visitor. l enjoy reading it so
much as it comes from my old home
town, | think it bright, newsy
paper.
Mr. Hugh Harris informs us that
he has just finished sowing large
wheat crop and has gathered his
corn crop, which consisted of about
four hundred barrels. 1t yielded
from twelve to fourteen barrels per
acre. Hugh is a hustling young
man, and Gypsy predicts that some
lay not far off hat he will be one
IF Obion count 10y eading farmers.
Last Tnesds ing Gypsy had !
Ter first expv ~ " in opossum
lunting. Accongle ar ID by Mr.GiPsy,
We drove out .qb losprtable home
IF Mr.. I'D NelT! Theo. Terrell in
No. 10, where d nice supper was
waiting us, and what we did to
hat supper was plenty. Then
We found the following noted hunt
RS of West Tennessee: Messrs.
Ben Norrid, Ben Long, Bud Os-
'ourn, Theo. Terrell and two or
hree others, with their dogs ready
or the hunt. They began to look
or sacks, and Gypsy, not knowing
What they meant, remarked, 1--WE
re not going to pick 'possums, are
7e? l thought we were going to
atch them" After a hearty laugh,
hey explained that the sacks were
0 carry them in, and then the start
yas made. Each man and his wife
nth sack, went over hills and
cross branches. Soon we heard
he barking of. Mr., Longs dog and
tn ught the animal was scared or
urt, but they said no, he had
reed. We hurried on and found
i'm barking up a tree. l asked
hat it was and the boys said it
as an opossum or a coon. l re-
larked that l did not know they