The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-01-25

The many friends in Union City re-
greet the serious illness of Col. Adams
Semones, who is now in Nashville in
the care of special medical attention.
Mrs. Semones, Mr.. John Semones,
Mrs. Prieto and Miss Lou Trautwein
have been present with the patient.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cowden have
returned from two months stay at
Rochester, Mimi, where Mrs. Cowden
received surgical treatment at the
Mayo Bros. infirmary. Friends are
indeed glad to lear that Mrs. Cow
den's health is very much improved
w. S. Word writes us from Cen
| terVille, Miss, to forward his paper
for another year. The boil wevil
scare is about over and times are
looking up in the South. The pros
poets are that land in the South will
increase very rapidly in value. Good
| luck to Mr. Word.
Capt. H. E. Prather and Lieut.. p.
B. Curtin were guests of honor at a
farewell supper" Monday evening,
given by the Masonic fraternity Of
Hickman. Two better fellows never
put on the U. s. uniform.-Hickman
Courier.
The many friends of Mr.. Hunter
Elan, cashier of that fine banking
house, The Third National Bank, are
glad indeed to hear that, after an
illness of a week or more, he is some
what improved. Mr.. Elan has been
suffering with light type of pneu-
monia.
Drs. H. e. Prather and P. B. Curtin
left last night for Fort Oglethorpe in
response to call from the war de-
partment to report there for duty.
| The prayers and good wiohes of their
many friends follow these two gem
tlemen in their new and patriotic
field of duty.-Hickman Courier.
After long, hard struggle, we
understand that Mr.. Charley Everett
is recovering from an illness of a
month or more. Mr.. Everett 10 one
of our leading farmers and stock
men. He was very i'll, but never lost
courage and hope in the fact that he
would get well. We trust to see him
out again when the weather is fav-
orable.
]. c. Pruett, president of the Ten
nessee State Florists Association,
goes to Nashville next week to attend
| the annual convention, which is to
be held at the Hermitage Hotel Jan.
20, 80, 81 and Feb. 1, 1918. The
opening address will be delivered by
Mr.. Pruett and the program is long
one, covering the various subjects
connected with horticulture.
viii A. Pursley, one of the most
prosperous and respected negroes of
all this section, was in this Office
Wednesday and informed us of the
death of a daughter, Rarriet Van
dalia, on the 10th inst. He lost a
son and a daughter last year-Will
t. in February and Matte in Sep
TENDER. OF the thirteen children
born to him and his wife ten are now
dead Pursley operates the fame IS
| Garrigan farm, works hard and has
gathered around him a goodly share
of this worlds goods.
Mrs. Henry Mayors, of Chicago,
is a guest III the home of Judge and
Mrs. w. II. Swiggart this week. For
long number of years the Mayors
family was numbered among Union
City's most popular and substa ntial
citizens and their visits are always
the occasion of much genuine JOY
among their friends here. Mrs.
Mayors had been to Trenton for a
visit with her mother, Mrs. Shackle-
ford, and is en- route home. Last
Wednesday, in Mrs. Mayors honor,
Mrs. Stuttgart entertained from to
p. M, friends of Mrs. Mayors be-
ing the invited guests.