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

Revs G. B. Baskerville, R. M.
Vaughn, S. F. Wynn and w. ].
Mccoy, p. P. Caldwell and Mrs. w.
w. Hall attended the Sunday school
convention at Newbern, which met
yesterday.
| Robert DePrlest succeeds M. A.
Barker as manager of Grissom &
Goodwin's grocery house on First
street, north. Mr.. Barker returns
to st. Louis. Mr.. DePriest is
young man of experience in the
grocery line, and will make a good
manager.
Herbert Jones, recently with the
Maloney Wedding Company, is en-
ployed as compositor in The Com
mercial office. Mr.. Jones is son
of VIM. Jones, chief of police of the
city of Washington, near Peoria,
Ill.,, and conducts himself as an ex-
cellent young gentleman.
Mr.. Guy Smith, 38 years old, a
splendid and we'll known sawmill
man, died at Mcconnell Monday of
pneumonia, leaving wife and four
boys. He was buried at Walnut
Grove. He had long been mem
Der Of the Presbyterian Church,
and, in the language of his neigh.
bors, ''was a good, straight, honest
man"--God's noblest work.
Clarence E. Hayden, the cover
ALL man, spent few days in Hous-
ton, Tex, last week in attendance
at the national convention of loco
motive engineers. Mr.. Hayden has
been in Texas for several weeks
and his headquarters are at Hous-
ton. We beg him to accept our
thanks for some handsome souve-
Mrs.
| Leonidas Polk Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, will
meet with Mrs. Belle Waddell on
Saturday afternoon, March %,
| The meeting was postponed from
the regular stated time on the 18th
inst. on account of the condition OF
the roads, many members residing
out OF town. A full attendance is
desired, as business of Importance
will come before the body.
DR.. F. M. Mckee came down from
i Nashville and attended the meeting
of Obion PresbyterY at Trimble.
The doctor reports a very interest
ing meeting and says that Uncle
10 McLesky was presentand preach
ed the opening sermon. Rev. W.
L. Atkisson, pastor of the c. P
Church in this city, Rev. Johnson
and H. A. Compton, of Beech
Church, attended the meeting.
Unauthenticated reports come tc
us of the drowning of a colored wo-
man and child in the bottoms east
of Rives last Friday. The report
was brought here that Norred, hus-
band of the woman, had gone to
Rives, and returning found his
house afoat in the ter, and
after searching some time found
the corpse of his wife, but failed to
recover his child. Whether the re-
port is true or not we cannot say,
| as there were none to vouch for 1T.
Attorney F. ]. Smith, of Troy,
was in the city yesterday, filing the
necessary papers and qualifying as
executor of the estate of the late
P. H. Hurt, of near Obion. Mr..
Smith was chosen by Mr.. Hurt
when the will was made to act as
executor OF his estate, which is
valued at about $40, 900, left to the
heirs. Mrs. Mitchell, of Peoria, ILL.,.
Mrs. Bandy, of Salem, Va; Mrs
Jackson, of Stephenyille. Tex,
John Hurt, Texas, and children Of
Mrs. Mamie Roche1l and Joe Hurt
The friendship of long standing be
tween Mr.. Hurt and Major Smith
and the junior member of the firm
eliminated in the selection of Mr.
Fitz Smith to execute and conduct
the provisions of the will. Mt
Rufus Rochell did not qualify as
executor, as stated on last page