The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-01-22
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triously picked her geese Monday.
Mrs. Knox Harper and children spent
the week-e 10 Kenton, guests of Rev.
and Mrs. Gentry Reynolds.
Rev. Burgess Cunningham, of Union
City, was in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Shropshire at
tended services at Pleasant Hill last
Sabbath. ~
Messrs. A. G. ELAN and Will Starnes,
OF the country south Of town, we're in
town Saturday.
Miss Martha Wade had few friends
fer dinner Tuesday. Mrs. Allan Wade,
OF Rome, Ca, was the guest of honor.
Others present we're Mesdames Knox
Harper, R. L. Phebus, Harry Webster;
w. O. Weir, and Misses Missile Harris
and Aietha Bonner.
Those arranging to attendxthe Grand
Lodge OF the A. & F. Masons in Nash
. willie next week are Worshipful Grand
Master T. J. Bonner, r. L. Phebus and
o. Fl. Clemmons, w. M.
Mrs. Matte Chenault, of Galatin,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Head.
Miss Martha Wade spent the week.
end in Memphis, guest of Mrs. E. P.
Lindsay.
r. L. Harper, on the sick list the past
week, is again on duty.
Mayor Mcneil and family reported
on the sick list this week.
Messrs. Clinton Calicott, Max Phe-
bus and Press Callicott, of Pleasant
Hill, were in town Saturday.
Mr.. Milton, of Sharon, has purchased
the Union Hotel fixtures and taken
charge.
Mr.. John Groves came in from Polk
Monday so fatigued from the walk that
he was stricken with heart trouble. He
was removed to his home and DR.. CALI
colt called. Mr.. Groves was up about
town Tuesday but was again stricken
Wednesday.
The obliging stork came in Friday of
the past week and left daughter with
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Shore and son
with Mr. and Mrs. Walden Calhoun.
Misses Euline and Mary Cummings
and Master Wrath Morris are detained
from school with humps.
O. H. Clemmons attended to business
in Kenton few days past. Mr.. Glenn
mons came back converted to putting
in several acres in strawberries. At one
time, some two years past, Mayor Nc
Neill worked up quite an interest in
this crop and numbers of acres were
promised, However, when spring
opened the same old habit of routine
overlook our farmers and Beck and
Lige travelled up and down the rows of
corn. There is another disastrous thing
about corn crop. Once the crop is
begun it proves so magnetizingly fas-
that the garden is neglected,
the potato patch and tomato patch and
cabbage patch and other things that
could be raised to make cooking a de-
dight to the farmers wife and give the
family we'll balanced diet are never
planted. Life on the farm will never
be what it should be until this plan of ,
cropping is changed.
One thing brings on another. So
speaking of diversi6cation of crops {
brings up the terrible war, daily con-
Stunning thousands of Industrious peo- q
pie. We have not followed the war
to take sides, yet we have known :,
quite few Germans and German Dutch
Their stolid indifference as to the labor
of task and the ease with E
which they can make two blades of +
grass grow where one grew before makes
us lament the loss OF so much vigur to t
a country financially effete. t
Old things have become new. The
second old-time quilting bee of the week
was given Wednesday in the beautiful
home of Mrs. 7. P. CaIlicott. Those
we're Mes1ames Allan Wade,
L. P. Palmer, and Misses Martha Wade, n
Aletha Bonner and Cora Benedict. The G
latter was honoree. An elaborate lunch a
con was served at high noon. In the 4
afternoon the needles flew and glib :,
speech rivaled this domestic article. r
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