The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-07-12
RIVES.


Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Hughes, of Hub
bard, Texas, were end of the week
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Mitch
ell.
H. L. Lanieve and wife, of Mem
phis, were welcome visitors here the
past week with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lanieve were travelling
thru in their car with full supplies
for camping at Tate Springs. While
in this vicinity Mr.. Lanieve was Civ
en- an outing on the river, which re-
suited in a fine catch of fish and
bag of squirrels A gypsy tea was
given in honor of Mrs. ,Lanieve out
in the lovely woods lot of Mrs. Jane
Wade. Some fifty guests enjoyed the
occasion. ~.
Mrs. Dave Hooper, at the sugges-
ton of her family physician, has
been a visitor of one of the dental
parlors of Union City the past few
days, seeking relief from rheuma-
tism by having her teeth removed.
Messrs. Geo. Bowden and Will
Mountjoy, of Martin, relatives OF
Mrs. T. P. Callicott, passed thru to
Reelfoot Lake for a few days outing.
Mrs. A. l.. Brevard and Misses
Gerald Steele and Vallie Field, of
Union City, were late social visitors
with Mrs. w. ]. Caldwell. Mrs. Cald-
we'll tells us her son, Capt. w. B.
Caldwell, now in overseas duty, re-
ports France a country worth fight
ing for.
+. The families of Will and Tom
Starnes visited in the county seat
Friday to see a nephew, Tom
Starnes, of Obion, leaving for a
training camp.
Thanks to the Lord, l am 2I
years old to-day" was a witty truth
of an old lady , her eighties, who
the past week in Texas had her first
authoritative visit at the voting
poles in primary election.
Miss Ola Petty is in the middle
part of the State visiting relatives in
Pinewood and Waverly.
Archie Ship, of Camp Gordon,
writes home that the length and
breadth of his camp is twelve miles
and that already there are 10000
men there with more arriving daily;
also that splendid repast was
served on the Fourth.
The women have boarded the
"slow train thru Arkansas" and now
may show their citizens by voting.
E. r. Mitchell and family gave
their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes, of
Texas, an outing to Hickman and
Reelfoot Lake.
Quite a few of the younger set
gathered in the home of o. H. Glenn
mons Thursday evening to give the
son of the home, John F., who was
leaving the following day for navy
service, a farewell call.
The toll of totally blind soldiers
reach large percentage in this the
world war. Thru the sanction of
Congress there is an auxiliary fund
for the purpose of teaching the re-
turned blinded soldiers a vocation.
Therefore take notice that Saturday
afternoon you will have the privi-
lege of bidding for a thorobred white
embden gander the proceeds of
which goes for this purpose. The
auction will be held on business
front about 3 o'clock. Keep an out
look and loose purse string.
1t is not generally known that each
person in a family is allowed three
pounds of sugar per month. This
is about three pints and should prove
ample for a Wartime appetite.
Subscribers to Every Week." a
delightful weekly visitor, after the
order of the American Magazine, and
published by the same company, re-
greet, owing to the zone system, it is
discontinued.
w. L. Womack spent the end of
the week in Nashville to be with his
brother who is entering the service.
Mrs. Ellie Brown, of Mountain
Grove, Mo-, is the guest of her moth
er, Mrs. Jane Wade.
Threshing of wheat will be fin
ished in this locality this week. The
sample is said to be fairly good. For
want of storage a lot of the wheat is
already on the market.
R. L. Ship and wife and Mrs.
Clarence Bryson visited in the home
of Tillman Shipp Sabbath, over in
Number Thirteen, west of the coun-
-ty seat.
Mrs. ]. M. Howard, of Trenton, is
visitor this week in the homes of
w. j. Caldwell and w. w. Agnew.