The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-09-19
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revival in Alline, Oklahoma.
Nearly year since the signing of the
armistice and the warfare continues
on this side of the waters, fostering
labor strikes, profiteering and political
supremacy.
Miss Mai Ward, of Rocky Ford, Col
orado, is the guest of Mrs. Tom Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. McLeskey were
down from Union City Friday, seeing
their visitors, Mrs. WILEY Forbes and
grandmother Forbes Of Memphis, off
on homebound train. Mrs. Forbes
is sister of Mrs. McLeskey.
Mrs. Dave Hooper is at home from a
visit to her son, Burt, in Paducah.
The literary society of the high
school department reorganization elect
ed Miss Euline Cummings president
and Miss Annie Mai Starnes secretary.
The society will meet twice each school
month.
Four great men of the hour are Pres
ident Wilson, Samuel Gompers, Her
bert G. Hoover and Gen. Pershing.
These four are unqualifedly for the
league of nations, and early ratification
OF the same. We won't name the
small men, one OF whom is following
the president on his arduous but bril-
liant trip across the continent and back
to our own state. Suffice it to say this
congressman from California is hasten
ing his own Waterloo.
Some thirty odd car loads OF hogs
have, in the past ten days, been shipped
from this point, the consignors being
Claude Bolts, B. ]. Wade, Somers
Carrot and Mrs. Maymie Phebus. Mrs.
Phebus was so fortunate as to get top
price for her shipment. Messrs. Bolts
and Garrett, while in st. Louis, pur-
chased fine bunch OF feeder bovines.
1t was far from our intentions, in the
news of last week, to place our efficient
pedagogue of Harpers Valley in the
benedict class.
Miss Margaret Morris was an endof-
the-week visitor in the county seat,
guest of Mrs. Homer Craver and Miss
Della Knox.
Newly elected officers for the ensuing
year in the local w. G. T. U. are Mrs.
Frances Elam, pres; Mrs. Cothon
Bonner, cor. sec.; Miss Hattie Mai
Clemmons, treas. with Mrs. Knox
Harper reelected as cor. sec.
After an illness OF only few days,
caused from malnutrition, the older
daughter of Mrs. Totty, resident OF
North Rives, passed away. The re-
mains rest in Rutherford cemetery.
Though this family is little known here,
it was sad death to the community,
in view OF the fact that only short
while past the father, railroad en-
ployee, had abandoned his wife and four
children, two of the three remaining
being on the disability list. The little
girl has dropsy and the youngest boy is
crippled, using peg-leg. The family
is on the bounty OF the town.
T. G. Callicott will represent this G.
P. congregation in session OF the
Obion Presbytery next week at Union
Grove, near Newbern. Mesdames T.
G. Callicott and Maymie Phebus are
delegates to represent the Missionary
Society in the Presbyterial meeting.
The Metropolitan Glee Club comes
to us Saturday evening as the first num-
Der OF the Lyceum course Of three num-
bers. This entertainment has been
called symphony in music and
laughter" To say many towns have
booked this quartette as return fea-
ture to the third time is enough said.
Buy your tickets from pupils OF the
school or at the door.
Mason Hall was over Saturday cross
ing bats. The score gave the home
team the victory. We are told the
game proved very exciting at times.
Rives plays Mason Hall Saturday. Our
team won signal score over Troy two
weeks mast.