The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-08-21
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Miss Hester Ross. OF jackson, is the
mid-week guest OF Miss Ola Petty.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Clemmons made
| two visits to Union City this week. Mrs.
Clemmons is having some delicate dem
tai work done by DR.. Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Phebus are al
Red Boiling Springs for ten days or two
weeks.
G. ]. Gardner, of Hubert, Okla, for
several days guest Of relatives and old
friends, has returned home. While here
Mr.. Gardner was honore6 with several
social functions.
Mrs. Knox Harper and children are
visiting in Kenton.
John Harris was in town Tuesday.
w. s. Alexander, Of Number Seven,
attended to business here Tuesday.
Elder w. d. Lipscomb, Of Nashville,
begins series of sermons at the Chris
tian Church Sabbath morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Bittick, of Mem
phis, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bittick, Of
Maiden, Mo-, and Wild Bittick, OF Green
vile, Miss, are here for the golden we'd
ding OF Mr.. and Mrs. Holland Bittick.
Itappears that vigilance committee
is needed here to break up band of
systematic robbers. Saturday night the
home of Joel Shore was entered and
robbed of cash and watch. Monday
night the dry goods store of Harper &
Shore was burglarized. This is the third
robbery OF this store in short course
OF time. The blood hounds were brought
down from Union City Tuesday morn
ing. They trailed out the M. & o. Rail-
road and rounded up negro known as
Jim Burrus. Since this negro notori
ously has the habits of snail, and is
also dependable work hand, it is proba-
BILE mistake has been made.
A party composed Of Misses nellie and
Ola Petty and Messrs. Wilson and Hardy
Petty motored to Hickman and Reelfoot
Lake Wednesday for days outing.
Mr.. Sam Agnew, i'll Of typhoid, is re-
ported better. Miss Lila Agnew, Of the
same household, is convaIescing of ty-
phoid.
An executive meeting Of the County
w. @. 7. U. convened Tuesday morn
ing at the M. E. Church. The program
for the county convention was made.
This convention will be held at Kenton
the second week of September.
The celebration Of the golden we'd
ding OF Mr.. and Mrs. Holland Bittick
on the afternoon Of the 18th inst. was
social event OF the season. Some ten
days past Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Caldwell
sent out handsome invitations engraved
in gold that they would hold recep-
ton for this well-known couple at their
home just west OF town. Some forty
or fifty relatives from the cardinal points
were present Tuesday from the hours OF
2 p. m. till 6. A surprise to the guests
was semblance of marriage of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bittick. Rev. G. M. Zwingle, Of
Union City, in his own easy and delight
ful way, reviewed their long, beautiful
and fortunate life. They were fortunate
to have all OF the children Of their union
(six in number) present.. and all living
grandchildren but one present. The one
absent is w. B. Caldwell, a student OF
Vanderbilt, who is still out on bust
ness trip to points East. We failed to
get an entire list Of the guests. Among
others were Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Nc
Donald, OF Obion; Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Pressly, Mrs. Stevens and others, from
Troy; Mesdames Sam Wade and Rita
Harper, Tom Latimer and Sid Harper,
of the Beech neighborhood; DR.. and
Mrs. McRee, Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Mays
and Mrs. Tonkey Bond, OF Union City.
Locally were Mrs. I. ]. Bonner, Mrs.
Eliza Wallace and others. Refresh
ments were served out on the lovely
lawn, and those participating ~ in this
great event report a most enjoyable
time. Numerous beautiful gifts left by
the guests attest the worth of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bittick to this and surrounding
communities. We might add that Mr..
Bittick is IA years Of age, while Mrs.
Bittick is year younger. We are as
sured they made handsome couple
and we are told they indeed appeared
years younger.