The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-13

City. Mrs. Davis and children have
just completed tour.months visit
there with relatives, while Mr.. Da-
Wis has been engaged in business
IN Kentucky.
Mr.. C. H. Smith, of Camden,
Ark, is located temporarily in the
city, probably to spend the winter.
His brother, Mr.. r. r. Smith, of
Chestnut Bluff, Crockett county,
came up for few days this week
to pay him and other relatives a
visit The latter gentleman owns
fine farm at home and says they
have fine country, notwithstand-
ing he is we'll pleased with Obion.
King Jenkins, who has been for
tor several years employed sales
man in the house of Coble & Clagett
Co, went to Tiptonvllle this week
where he has been engaged by Geo.
NJ. Arnett as salesman in his de-
partment stores. King is brimful of
energy and has capacity, talent and
experience, and this offer comes in
the nature of promotion with in
creased salary. We congratulate
our young friend and wish him
GOOD health and success,
Mr.. B. A. Long, of Number Ten,
says he is doing good business
this season. he captures from
three to FIVE Democrats" every
night except Sundays and is now
engaged in supplying the Union
City markets with POISON meat.
He was shown our big Texas per-
simmon and remarked if that
grew in Texas he would like to
know how large the democrats
were out there. We don't need the
persimmons, however, while Obion
county grows the finest yellow
vans on earth.
A party from Number Sixteen
and Jordan, made up OF Messrs. c.
J. Thoms, G. E. Wilson, Geo.
Clark and families, Messrs, Frank :
Bynum, Richard Hail. ] N. iona
Kin and young people as follows
Misses Cordia and Myrtle Green,
Love Thomas, Maggie Jonakln,
Birdie Shoup, Messrs. Will Sam
mons, Arthur Rogers, Ohio Ham
nond and Paul Ethridge passed
through the city Monday with tents
ind provisions for week S camp on
2eelfoot Lake. They we're bound
or Gum Point, south of mburg
What kind of 'possums does Tex
Is grow? This question came to
is the other day when we exhibited
big red persimmon, measuring
en- inches in circumference one way
md eleven and one-half inches {
round the sprout lengthwise. This
inc specimen, weighing exactly
welve ounces, was sent to The Com
1ERc1AL by our friend, ]. R. Scates,
rom Huntize, Hardin County, on
he T. & N. o. r. R., "a miles north
# Beaumont, Texas. The fruit
vas grown on four-year-old tree, 9
which resembles an orange tree c
cry much in growth, and has c
'orne fruit every year since it was
Mr.. Scates says the u
wner has large tract of trees and d
nds ready market for all the |
ruit. T
The Union City Hunting Club,
nth tents, provisions, boats, CUR S, 6,
amp1ng utensils, etc, left Monday :
light to spend another annual
n the lake driving stakes some
here near Wheeling. The party
) made up as follows: Ed McAlis-
IF, Willie Pleasant, John Joyner, il
ohm Mitchell, Jeff Williams, John "
'Donnell, Sid Wiley, Cliff Joyner, A
Ierman Dietzel., Jr., Hugh Harris, B,
A. Morgan, John Semones, Robt. Bl
ramham, and John Lowry, the last 81 81
AIMED gentleman from Nashville. CT
he hunters will ply their crafts up Ca
nd down the lake from island to is q, a
md and bring down several hun H
reds of the wild feathered tribe, Fc
eedhigh and return home to see q,
heir wives and sweethearts and HI
We in anticipation of the next ii
nnual hunt. To