The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-10-31
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with relatives IN Covington.
Miss Dora Callicott, of Union City,
was a weekend guest Of Mrs. Gus Cal
licott.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Mitchell have re
turned from a long visit with kinspeo.
pie at Columbia. They we're accom-
panied by Miss Mary Jones and Mr.
Howard Hughes.
Our sick, Mrs. Jane Dickey and little
Miss Mary Cummings, are much i'm
proved.
The Annanias Sporting Club, for ter
days or more, has headquarters on Reel
foot Lake.
The program Sunday evening by the
G. p. Missionary Society was given to I
large audience. Az offering of owe
twelve dollars was received.
Mesdames Jas. McLeskey, g, F. Bottl
and Misses Davis Shropshire and Win
ME Woody were; Saturday shoppers il
Union City.
Have you read Polyanna the Glac
Book? We recommend it as a panaces
for growing spell Of weather like tina
of the past ten days. You can find j
in the circulating library.
Mrs. Herman Snow, OF Fulton, anC
Mrs. Coleman Harris, of Paducah, arr
guests OF Mrs. Mag Harris south o
town.
Mrs Gentry Reynolds, OF Kenton, il
the mid-week guest OF Mrs. Knox
Harper.
Misses Mabel Walden, Daisy Nall, Min
ME and Hattie Mai Starnes were Sab
bath guests of Miss Glennie Palmer.
In the disposition of the large prop
erty interests of the late Benjamin Alt
man, merchant prince of New York
the plot OF Alex. Gorkey's The Vic
tory OF Allen Rutledge" comes forcibly
to mind, for in this story factory own
er adopts the plan of making his fac
tory cooperative for the benefit of his
employees. The Literary Digest, in
mentioning Mr.. Altman's last will and
testament, says: 1t is an instrument
whose contents make for social peace,
Mr.. Altman, in establishing the Alt
man Foundation, gives on the one hand
for the benefit of his employees and on
the other for the public charities OF New
York City. 1t was the thought Of a
big hearted, broad-minded man..
We notice that Richmond P. Hobson
was recently made life member OF the
Worlds w. G. I. U. by the unions Of
his State, Alabama, in recognition Of
his introduction in Congress Of reso-
luton for national prohibition. The
$1.00 life membership fee was by the
convention given to Mr.. Hobson for
campaign use in his State. The dele
gates from Kentucky, Pennsylvania and
Maine contributed $500 more for the
same cause. This is as it should be,
go where the fight is thickest 1t was
said that 800, 000,0 600 was by the ma
tional Whiskey interests allotted to Ten
nessee for the stormy battle we have
passed through in the past few months.
The smoke has cleared away, leaving
us victors with enough powder (Patter-
SOM left to Glamour for national total
abstinence.
The w. G. T. u. met Tuesday after
noon in the lovely home of Mrs. Il. l..
Phebus with eleven members present.
THE report from the State convention
was read and discussed. The library
recently installed at the drug store OF
Bonner & Son was discussed. Rules for
its maintenance we're sanctioned as fol-
lows Ten cents to read book. 1t may
be kept out week. A fraction over a
week, five cents additional, and if kept
out more than two days over week
the charge will be made as per week.
You will find the very newest fiction on
our shelf, in fact hardly dry from the
press, as The Way Home" by Basil
King, and The Broken Halo" by
Florence Barclay.
The Auxiliary Of the A. r. p. Church
entertained the Auxiliaries of the M.
K. Church and the G. p. Church with
quilting on Wednesday of the past
week. The day was anything but aus
picious, for soon after 5 O'Clock the
clouds liquidated and kept up a regular
downpour most of the day. With three
quits up duu tHUuSH aldutSo pAcSSHe ~
ply the needle in and out and plenty
Of pleasantly in conversation the day
passed very short yet long enough to
finish the three quilts, The bountiful
repast served at high noon and presId-
ed over by the charming Misses Bess
Harper and May Brown was one to be
remembered, AS everyone talked at
once we can not begin to relate all the
incidents serious, pathetic and humor-
GUS related, yet there was one mem
Der who related a very fetching Ladies
Home Journal story Of frenzied poultry
raising. 1t was told in the morning,
as follows: a woman 1--WE think oul
Vest made $40, 900 raising chickens
by feeding them on grasshoppers. We
know this is balanced ration for fowls
but afacetious thought was the catch
| ing Of bushels OF fat grasshoppers fol
deyouring biddies and their breeds. Ie
the story teller said it was scientifically
done by a screened trap and much stalk
ing. After dinner we asked for repe
titlon OF the story, and lol what will
the coffee or the wild hog or the cake
the story became that Of woman VIII
got rich feeding her chickens on 10000