The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-04-23
N0RTHslDE.

The season OF spring has advanced
very rapidly. Two weeks OF dry. mic
weather has been very beneficial to tn
farmers who are very busy planting |
very large crop Of corn.
Mr.. Ike Carmack deserves desery
ing compliment for having the earlies
garden and truck patch. He has water
melon plants well advanced in growth.
! Mr.. and Mrs. James McLeskey. Of
Southside, visited Mrs. W. s. Long re.
Gently. Oh, how sweet to meet old
4 friends.
/ Grandma Whitesell, who makes her
home with her daughter in the city, is
visiting her son here this week.
/ Miss Cora Benedict was the guest Of
\ Col. and Mrs. Whitesell last week..
Miss Halle B. Reeves spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. Bob Caruthers.
Mr.. Bob Caruthers, with his wife and
the latter's sister. attended church at
Bethlehem Sunday last and visited the
family of Mr.. John Reeves near State
Line.
DR.. E. M. Long visited his parents
here Sunday last.
Mrs. E. M. Long, with her little girls,
spent the day with Mrs. w. s. Long and
visited Mrs. Jas. Caruthers Friday last.
Willie Wright, OF Dyersburg, visited
friends and relatives here recently.
Miss Birdie Caruthers, OF Memphis,
was the guest of her parents on Easter
Sunday. She told the writer that she
had enjoyed the very best of health dur
ing the long and dreary winter.
Elihu Long, OF Amorilla, Tex, writes
that he often meets old friends and &C.
quaintances from Tennessee. He was
more than agreeably surprised to meet
last week face to face Mr.. and Mrs. HI.
A. Haley, formerly of Obion, but now
residents Of New Mexico. They were
visiting in Amorilla. Both we're enjoy
ing splendid health and were looking
remarkably we'll.
Dewitt Caruthers, the genial accom-
modating express messenger on the
M. & O. r. R., is at his mothers home
very much indisposed. His friends hope
for speedy recovery.
Mr.. John Cavanaugh, one of the re-
naming Avalanchers, was recent guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Walker here.
Communications OF very recent date
state that Mrs. P. w. Mahen, of Cot
tage Grove, with her two babies, Grace
and Howard Harper, will visit her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Long, here
at an early date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Caruthers enter
tanned quite number of relatives and
friends on Easter Sunday. Those pres
eut were Mrs. Fannie Caruthers and
family, including Mrs. Lawson Caruth-
ers and baby; Mr.. and Mrs. Dock Ca
ruthers and SOD, Paul; Miss Birdie Ca
ruthers, Of Memphis; Willie Wright,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Caruthers, Mr.. De-
Witt Caruthers, with his friend, Mr..
Humphrey, who was the guest Of honor.
At high noon sumptuous dinner was
served which was very much enjoyed
by all. The afternoon was spent in So
,ial conversation interspersed with rare
music.
The writer very much enjoys reminis-
,ences of the past. The clipping from
he Troy paper printed in 1860, which
appeared in a late issue OF The Com
nercial, gave us thrill of old-time
pleasure We were at the fair, saw H.
v. Head (now DIR. Henry Head, of
ride for the bouquet and re-
GIVE the blue ribbon. He was pre-
ented with beautiful bouquet of rare
lowers from Miss Mary Meacham, who
fterward married Mr.. Davidson. +.
We remember hearing the appropriate
peeches. Regret that I can't remem-
er all Of it. 1t was beautiful, especially
7here he spope Of the dreariness of the
andy Sahara Desert where few or no
eautiful flowers ever bloomed. I
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