The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-20
RIVES.

I. A. Cummings and family were
recent visitors to relatives at Newbern.
o. H. Clemmons. G. F. Bolts and
others this week spent few days on the
river.
Misses Aletha Bonner and Amy Moss
spent Thursday and Friday at Pleasant
Hill, guests OF Mrs. Max Phebus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom McAdoo. OF Union
City, were guests over Sunday OF Mrs.
Mag Harris south of town.
R. L. Ship and family motored to
Newbern Saturday. They we're guests
for the day OF Mr.and Mrs. Lotus Ship.
Luther Moffat and family, of Obion,
were week end guests in the home OF o.
II. Clemmons at Meadow Brook Farm.
]. B. Caudle, Rev. w. o. Weir, R. l..
Harper, Ed Houser and others spent the
week on Reelfoot.
Geo. w. Stovall and wife we're the
Sabbath guests Of H. A. Vaughn and
family.
Mrs. Jerry Cloar was very welcome
visitor Sabbath to friends on Church
street.
Mrs. E. P. Lindsay, OF Memphis, is
this week guest Of her mother, Mrs.
Jane Wade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pybas Rogers, OF Troy,
were week END visitors OF relatives.
Miss Mary Emma Dickey visited Sat-
urday and Sunday in Troy, guest OF her
sister, Mrs. Hardin.
Ed Sterling has arranged to move his
stock OF groceries to Martin. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sterling have many friends here
who regret to see them move away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Starnes, OF
Obion, were weekend guests OF Will
Starnes and family.
The Pleasant Hill and Rives Mission
ary Societies of the G. P. Church met
Monday afternoon with Mrs. Ernest
Shropshire.
Several cases OF scarletina in the early
fall have now progressed into scarlet
fever, which may continue through
the winter as malignant type il not
checked. Tho faculty of the school are
very much afraid that il precautions are
not taken the disease will greatly inter-
fere with the school. A graded school
gets out thorough work according to
regularity of attendance.
Last week Mayor Mcneil and r. l..
Harper went down to Jackson in answer
to call from authorities there that
Henry White, negro, one OF the bur
glars wanted here in recent high handed
robbery OF Harper & Shores dry goods
store, had been found. They brought
thu negro back. He confessed the rob-
berry, duplicating Cairo negro. The
clue leading to arrest and landing in jail
of White was a bottle OF medicine left in
nearby field, where the robbers seemed
to have chrysalis like gotten into new
clothes, with Henry Whites name on
it and bought in drug store at Jackson.
Among other things left in the field
they left an almost empty bottle Of
whisky. From the number OF coal
hanger recovered they are known to moi
only have gotten away with the goods
but some OF the newest and best quality
OF men 8 suits in the house. The day
OF the robbery the two negroes we're IL
the store and asked to purchase blue
bandana handkerchief. The negro
apprehended, confessed they did this tc
get their bearings for the night job.
A petition has been sent in for better
telephone service. Since all repairing
is done from Union City it makes a SLOW
lob. When it comes to doing without
phone service two weeks and more peo'
pie get impatient. Just now 1T seems
there is a disease, you might say cpl
demic, OF the bells. Some barely ring,
Others tinkle, while others are mute.
We are told that one OF our business
houses for two weeks could take nc
orders over the wire because OF sound
less bell
Big Muddy washed nut coal is best
for cooking. Call $50. Union City
| Ice d Coal Co.