The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-10-23

Mrs. Wise and Rev. Johnson, o
Riyes, visited Mrs Barleycorn on
day last week.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Thomp
son, of Trenton, 11-pound girl
Gee whiz, Joe.
Miss Ida Tidfow, of Rives, visite'
her aunt, Mrs. Morris, of Pleasan
Hill, one night last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Barker, o.
Tiptonville, came over for a few
DAYS visit and on business at anc
around Pleasant Hill this week.
Mrs. Arp, an aged lady of this
vicinity, died and was buried at
Pleasant Hill st Friday. Services
by uncle Jerry Cloar, of Crystal.
The young bloods of this vicinity
had an unexpected storm singing
at the residence OF T. c. Callicott,
near this place, last Friday night.
Nuff said Jim, but suppose broth
er Merritt's children should see fit
to use their influence against John,
have you any way to prohibit them?
Scribbler, we certainly enjoyed
vour last weeks communication,
1t was so good we have now record
ed you as second to none of the
family.
Welcome, Interested Reader, you
took us by surprise. We fear you
will spoil us and that the news IS
too good to be real. Write again;
we are glad 10 have an Obionite ad-
ded to our social circle.
Miss Ida T1drow, of Rives, and,
by the way, one of the grandest
specimens of energy, industry and
enterprise No. Four has ever pro-
duced has accepted position as
saleslady IN the dry goods depart
ment of the big department store
of G. J. Gardner, at Rives, Now,
we feel like congratulating Mr..
Gardner on his success in securing
the services of Miss Ida, as we think
there is not man or lady in the
Fourth Civil District who can COM
mand and carry greater amount
of custom than can Miss Ida to any
store. But Miss Ida is also a good
cook and housekeeper, and we warn
Mr.. Gardner to keep a sharp look
out on the young men.
This is hard time on the Meth
odists. Chickens and eggs are so
high that the average Methodist is
feeling that the supply is rather
short. We are natural born
Methodist ourselves, but we have
two children who are half Cumber-
land Presbyterians. Mrs. Barley
corn got good torgivlng spell on
her one day last week and cooked
us chicken and some eggs and
what do you think? Those poor
hungry little halt-Methodist kids
did not even know what the chick
ems and eggs were. But we had had
a few messes OF squirrels, and by
making them think it was squirrel
until they had got taste, it was
then no trouble to recognize their
Methodist blood, but they did not
know what the eggs were, nor could
we convince them they were to eat,
and l am not right certain they re-
member ever seeing any before.
We want to warn the merchants
that if they do not quit paying
such fancy prices for chickens they
will simply break up and ruin the
future prospects of the Methodist
church.
The professional seamstress or
dressmaker, poor things; they have
our sympathy and they need it, for
they have to take and bear the
abuse, the insults, the frowns and
ugly faces of the devils whole host
of young and old female agents, and
the grum, half-silent humble of the
stingy old misery daddies and hus-
bands. God pity and God deliver
the poor seamstress from the
clutches of these mean, unmerciful
critics. And then there is the hired
girl, some as salesladies, some as
stenographers, some as telegraph
operators, on starvation salaries,
doing the work of men at about
halt what man would have to have.
God pity them and convert their
employers to religious life that
will force them to give value for