The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-05-30
RIvEs.

Mrs. Z. 2. Lindsay and son, XII W ade,
Of Memphis. are spending the week
with Mrs. Jane Wade.
Misses Hattie Mai Clemmons and Flor
ence Bolts are in Fulton or a week fol
ten days, guests Of Mrs. Mike Fry.
Mrs. Wallace Crockett, Of Troy, and
Hon. Fitz Smith and family were recent
guests Of Prof. and Mrs. S. B. Hays.
Mrs. Allen Wade, OF Rome, Ga, j;
expected in next week and will be the
guest of her parents, Hon. and Mrs. I,
]. Bonner.
Miss CIoriss Wilson, Of the vicinity
OF Richmond, Va, comes in next week.
While here Miss Wilson VIII be the guest
OF Miss Bolts.
Miss Lorene Taylor and Misses Lii
liam and Agnes Burney, Of obion, were
guests Of Miss Eunice Shore during
commencement week.
ESQ. Shropshire and wife were SO for
tunate as to be over at Martin during
the closing OF the public school. They
heard the contest for the T. H. Farmer
medal for the best essay on temperance
subjects. The principal presented his
program for the evening with the ex-
PLANTATION that he always liked to give
the public something worth while.
Commissioner Of Agriculture for West
Tennessee, r. T. Deberry, OF Humboldt,
speaks here on Friday, June s, in the
interest Of strawberry culture. Be sure
you come and hear Mr.. Deberry and
get into line. The amount Of acreage
promised for next season of strawberry
culture is now thirty. II you haven't
but quarter OF an acre it will in a
seasonable year bring you sixty dollars
or more. We are told that Mr.. Floris
Garter, OF Number Seven, can verify
this statement. This would be about
5000 per acre clear.
Some twenty-five or thirty OF the rela-
tives and neighbors of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
w. Thorn gave them a combined sur
prise birthday spread" on the 26th.
II was the natal day Of Mrs. Thorne
There was an abundance Of good dim
ner, numbers Of children who had a
jolly time on the lawn, plenty OF pleas
antry in the meeting OF old friends
The rainy afternoon did not affect the
crowd in the least There might have
been ducks, goslings, turkeys at home
IN watery surroundings, but if 50 their
sad plight must wait. The guests dis
.eessed with hest wishes for other birth-
DAYS OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thorne.
We notice ia Mondays Commercial
Appeal that Secretary Of the Navy Dan
ieIs is a teetotaler, and in an address
said that public men who drank are not
capable Of holding Office. Men hold
ing public Office should be examples to
other men and to the boys of our coun-
try The Secretary also praised Sec
rotary Of State Bryan for his recent
a-grape fruit dinner and said that in
stead OF being laughed at should be
commended BY the people of the coun-
try, as il was commended by the diplo-
mats who attended the function.
Beginning with the baccalaureate SER
mon on the 18th by Rev. B. N. Harda-
man, OF Henderson, the faculty and
Board OF Directors have given us one OF
the best and by many considered to be
the best OF any commencement hereto
fore. A large audience, with a varied
program, was credit to both teach-
ers and pupils. The flag drill by pupils
of Miss Woody's room and the spring
garland drill by thirteen young ladies
trained by Miss Fry called forth special
praise. Thursday evening, to another
packed house, we were given the play,
-'The Great Winterson Nine" inter-
spersed with harmonious music. The
title OF this play would lead one to
think it one OF deep tragedy, yet Felan
Kilgore as an investor and Vestal Rob-
inson as Esq. Winterson, veritable
hayseed, kept tge audience in an up
roar. The singing class acted under the
tnteIage OF Mr.. Sommers Garrett as Mr..
BOdkin also proved hit. Friday eyen-
ing, to house equally as full as the
two previous rights, the four graduates,
Miss Lillian Clemmons, Miss GIennie
Palmer, and Messrs. Fred Hauser and
Jones Elan, gave their Theses and re-
reived their diplomas from the. hand
Of Hon. Ifitz Smith, Of Union City.
Mr.. Smith endeavored to make his
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