The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-03-13

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have had, and the company nrst
rate one. The audience was vel
4 en- t i tanned last Pr riS.;s ::isht
w. T.. Carter, who has been at
tending business school in Louis
vile, returned to the city this week
and the service of the Cumberland
Telephone Company as electrician
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Walters were
entertained at a Sunday dinner at
the home of Mr.. Arthur Carr on the
D1etzel farm. Mr.. Walters speaks
highly of the hospitality OF the
Carr home.
At meeting of the projectors OF
the new cornet band, Monday night,
]. II. Arm, J. D. Porter and w. J.
Shelburne were appointed a COM
mittee on membership. Mr.. I. B.
Greer presided. Z
Tom Bradbury and Miss Grace
Darling of Number Seven, were
united in marriage by Rev. Moore
last Monday. The young people are
we'll known and have the best
wishes of many friends.
If YOU have used DIR. Fox's Cough
Syrup with advantage, send a letter
with statement of facts, and get by
return mail one of the prettiest
souvenirs of the year. Address
Crescent Chemical Co., Nashville,
Tenn.
Mr.. c. H. Corum, who has re-
Gently been employed with Dahnke
Bros, at Dyersburg, has returned
to Union City, and is now engaged
in the old reliable Dahnke Cafe,
where he will be pleased to see his
many friends.
Wild ducks have been gathering
in large numbers about the swollen
streams near town, and sportsmen
are having a rich find of game.
Most of them are bagged late in the
evening. Flocks of geese are also
found in the wheat fields upon their
passage.
Reports are coming in from vari-
Gus parts of the country of bridges
being swept away by the floods
But two bridges, it is understood,
remain on Reelfoot Creek, and it is
estimated that the loss will be more
than thousand dollars. The flood
of few weeks have cost the coun-
ty many thousand dollars to repair
and rebuild bridges.
]. T. Perkins, the popular N, c.
& st. L. man, of Martin, was here
this week in the interest of the
company. Mr.. Perkins is one of
the most popular and congenial
men with the N, c. & st. L., and
we expect to see him in the pres
ident's chair some day. He is one
of the best railroad men on the sys-
Hickman Courier.
Superintendent Alexander, of the
Electric Light Plant, informs us
that the new dynamo was shipped
from Schenectady, n Y, last week,
and is due to arrive at any time.
Preliminary arrangements for put
ting in the new machinery have
been made, and it will not be long
before it is in operation. Every
body then can have all the lights
they want. The rates will be in the
reach of all.
Capt. Harvey Alexander, for
mer popular law student here, has
been made Assistant Adjutant Gen
era1 by Adjutant-General Harvey
Hannah. Mr.. Alexander was an
officer of the Fourth Tennessee,
commanding Company during the
Spanish American War. He rep
resented Obion county during the
Fifty-second General Assembly, and
is one of the brightest young Dem
ccrats in the state. Lebanon Dem
ocrat.
Miss jennie Cayce entertained a
few of her friends at the Laclede
Hotel Wednesday evening at finch.
Miss Marie Brevard won the prize,
which was pretty plate, and Miss
Nina Glenn the BOBBY prize, china
pig money bank. Those present
were Misses White, Brevard, Glenn,
Reid, Stone; Messrs. Stone, Curtin,
Lovelace, Dillon, DeBow, Shaw and
Kirkpatrick. Miss Cayce enter
tanned the young ladies at a six
o'clock dinner previously.-Hick-
man Courier.