The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-05-10
RIVES.

Washington City and then after we
have done our duty in their pur-
chase they make the return trip.
A rainy season is with US, stop
ping farm preparations in the corn
crop. Those that planted early are
having to replant, in fact there is
very small acreage that was not
ruined by the cool weather.
Mr.. Will Lotion. of Oklahoma
City, is here in the interest of his
oil wells.
Ollie Dickey, of Memphis, has been
in on a visit with relatives and old
friends.
Mesdames Ella Griffin and Boyse
Howse, of Union City, were recent
guests for the day of Mrs. Claude
Bolts
Since the first of the week an in
FAINT daughter, Rachel Ramona, is
the welcome house guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bliss Callicott.
Mesdames Cothon Bonner, Horace
Thorne, r. L. Phobus and w. L.
Clemmons were recent shoppers to
Union City.
w. A. McNeill is in Louisville
this week.
Mesdames Knox Harper, Leslie
Hooper, and Messrs. w. A. McNeill
and Clinton Callicott were over in
the county seat Monday for the Red
Cross meeting.
During the sitting of Presbytery
of the A. r. P. Church Reverends
Johnston and Strong visited the
school.
Mrs. Tom Overcast was called to
Nashville Monday to attend the bed
side of her brother, Mr.. Will Hart,
i'll with leakage of the heart.
Clifford Witherspoon, little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Witherspoon, is
suffering with broken arm, caused
from fall from a tree.
Mr.. Pink Hutcherson, of Cleburne,
Texas, is in on business and pleas
ure trip. Mr.. Hutcherson is placing
his farm, just south of town, on the
market.
Postmaster Cotton reports his
father still improving. Mr.. Cotton
and DIR. Callicott, the latter profess
sionally, were late visitors with Mr..
Joe Cotton in Covington.
Mrs. Will Witherspoon visited at
Waverly the past week and attended
church at Bethberry Sunday, an
nual foot washing day.
We are requested to state that
there is a box at Bonner & Sons for
contributions to the fund for SOL
diers blinded in the war.
There is to be an auction Satur-
day here on the street for the bene-
fit of the Red Cross. Mrs. J. w.
Caldwell has donated pair of thoro-
bred white plymouth rock fowls,
and Mr.. Caldwell donates a pig.
Major Shropshire will cry the sale.
The corporation has purchased ten
lots just south of the school campus,
owned by T. J. Bonner & Son and
Ernest Shropshire. This will throw
the campus open to the street on the
south and add quite a number of
shade trees.
Mr.. D. e. Tucker, in st. Thomas
Hospital, Nashville, is rapidly i'm
proving and will be in home soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. F. Bolts have
come in from Dawson Springs. Mr.
Bolts is able to be at his place of
business.
Mrs. Ed Houser was in town
Thursday.
The initial function of the closing
season of the school was given this
week in the home of Mrs. Jerry
Spikes with Miss Sarah Taylor as
charming hostess to the freshmen
class. Croquet was enjoyed in the
wait for the clouds to turn their
silvery lining inside out for suitable
kodak exposure. The class was in
high glee and just how the pictures
will look remains to be seen. The
young ladies told their fortunes with
rose leaves, which, so far as we
know, is the fashion just as often as
the return of spring and it's fragrant
roses. If roses tell true, everyone
was no stranger to cupid. An invi-
tation to the dining room was her
aided by Miss Juna Reynolds, who
with Miss Irene Boyle, assisted Miss
Taylor in receiving. Miss Reynolds,
by devious and intricate maneuvers,
la military, at last marshaled the
class into the we'll appointed dining
room, where refreshments of straw
berries and cake were served. The
class visitors exhibited appreciation
and patriotism in their leave-taking
by singing America. The members
of this interesting class, who late
ly were given the test in English
history thru a vanderbilt examina-