The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-11-08
RIVES.

Ca, arrived Saturday as visitors in
the homes of Mrs. Jane Wade and
Hon. T. ]. Bonner. Mr.. Wade left
Thursday for Washington City,
where he is to know his status in
the engineer corps for either home
or foreign duty.
Messrs. Woosc Womack and Pres
ton Shore are on the convalescent
list, each of q several days illness.
Burt Hooper has been in on ten
days furlough.
Leo Bean, stationed at Camp Cor
don, is now q sergeant.
Miss Lizzie Stitt, of Union City,
was an end of the week visitor with
Miss Martha Wade.
Mesdames Leland Hardin, of Troy,
Laura Hutcherson, Nan Tucker and
Johnny Head, of Obion, and Mes3rs.
Homer White and Thurman Phebus,
of Union City, were here Monday for
the obsequies of Horace Thorne.
While visiting in the home Of May
or Shropshire this week Mrs. Laura
Hutcherson received the distressing
news that her nephew, Felan Kill
gore, had received shrapnel wound
that had pierced his body thru and
thru yet had touched no vital parts;
also the favorable information that
he was being removed to base hos
pital. Tho Fclan while on a visit
to his father some three years past in
Arlington, Texas, enlisted for border
duty in the late Mexican trouble,
he is one of our boys. He was reared
here in the home of his late grand
parents and pioneers of this locality,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Dickey. Our COM
munity extends sympathy to his
nearest relatives, Mesdames Alice
Mcdonald and Laura Hutcherson,
now residents of Obion vicinity.
Personally we want people to come
back and drop in often as in days
of yore and again enjoy with us the
current magazines and we with him
the comic page of the daily paper.
He has the rare talent of digging up
the funny side of life.
o. E. S. meets Wednesday next at
2 o'clock. The years work closes
next month, necessitating several
items of business peculiar to the or
der to be transacted. Members re-
quested to be present and on time.
The Rives Hunting Club returned
Tuesday from the lake. w. H. Crav-
ems was an end of the week guest of
the club.
Miss Hattie Mai Starnes was re-
cent visitor of Mrs. Ed Miller near
the county seat.
The Wade home west of town is
being wired for Delco lights.
Mesdames J. S. Bean, Jas. May and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Overcast were in
town Monday. Mr.. Overcast was at
tending to a duty of filing his ques-
tionnaire.
Austin Carter, of Louisville, KY,
was recent visitor with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. V. Carter.
In mass meeting next Sabbath
afternoon in the school auditorium
Lawyer Tom Morris will present the
elasticity of the number seven, as APP |
piled to recreative work among the |
soldiers and sailors. There will be
some special music by local talent.
Master XII Wade Lindsay Monday |
returned to his home in Memphis.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Callicott spent |
the weekend in Newbern.
Mr.. Wiltse Allan writes home of
his safe arrival in France.
Sabbath last Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh |
Harris, of Union City, were down as
guests of Mrs M. C. Harris south of
town.
Have a heart and don't burn up
the leaves entirely from your lawn.
Leave d lew W DlduhGJ JuS GRASS uS |
surplus leaves can be used for COM
pact or for poultry houses or cow
barns.
Mesdames Press Callicott,. Dave
Hooper and M. G. Underwood were
in town Monday.
The c. P. Missionary Society meets
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Claude Woody Monday had a
of the demise of DR.. Ray
mer, a resident of Kenton, who at
the time of his death with influenza
was visiting in Martin.
Since there were only ia votes
polled Tuesday there seems to be
slackers in more than bond buying.
John F. Clemmons came in Tues
day from the Great Lakes Naval
Station to register his vote
for the Wilson administration. John
F., son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Glenn
mons, is in the marine reserves, a
l;na 80 Tho carxy;oo that woro aiming |