The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-05-28
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, MAY 2s, 1920.

| mas. w. II. JdChSOu, VI memphis
was a visitor this week in the city
among the many old-time friends.
Mr.. Grady Tisdale, of Park Field
was here this week visiting home
folks and other friends in the city.
DIR. H. w. Qualls attended the
meeting of the West Tennessee Med
ical Association at Jackson last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Bryan, who
have been spending a few weeks at
Hot Springs, Ark, returned home
this week.
Mrs. Bonnie Maxwell, of Troy, is
in the city this week attending COM
mencement exercises of the Union
City Training School.
Mr.. and Mrs, w. A. Forester at
tended the marriage of Mr.. Stanley
Ward and Miss Ophelia Beard at
Obion Thursday night, the 21st
inst, at o'clock, at the home of
Mr.. Sam Beard.
Mr.. Harry Robinson leaves next
week for the Canvas Decoy Co. to
travel in his former territory. Mr..
Robinson will be out of the Morgan
Verhine Co. store for few weeks,
but will return to work there when
he has completed his circuit.
Among those who attended the
Sunday services of the General AS
sembly at Mckenzie last Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. McCaw, w.
E. Shropshire and daughter, Miss
Vieva Roper, Miss White, Messrs.
w. E.. Hudgins, Warren Reeves, ].
E. McLesky, G. w. Tucker, Sam E.
Wade.
G.. L. Waddell, of Osceola, Ark,
was here this week visiting relatives
and others of his old-time friends in
Union City. Mr.. Waddell is one of
the foremost real estate dealers in
Arkansas. He lives in a beautiful
home of his own in Osceola and is
one of the leading men of his county
and community.
Mr.. Merritt Taylor, who has been
located at Crenshaw, Miss, is here
this week. Mr.. Taylor was at Lin
den, Tenn, few days ago attending
the funeral of his mother. He was
there during his mothers illness. She
died at the age of 70. She was the
wife of VIM. Taylor and woman of
sainted memory and character. Mr..
Merritt Taylor is the only child. We
extend the kindest sympathy.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. McMurry, of
Kentucky, in the vicinity of Mount
Zion, were in the city this week.
Mr.. McMurTy tells us that the Syl-
van Shade school closed fine term
last week with six girl graduates in
the high school. This is one of the
best county high schools in Fulton
County, with T. W. Potts as prin-
cipal, Miss Jessie Beckham Miss San
ders and Miss Brown as assistants.
The enrolment Is altogether 1875
and the work reaches and includes
the twelfth grade. The children's
exercises take place at Mount Zion
Sunday night.
Miss Louise Harris, who has been
studying music at the Cincinnati
Conservatory, returns home this
week. While there Miss Harris dis
herself in art. About six |
weeks ago the pupils were requested
to make posters advertising memo
rial chorus to be given in honor of |
Miss Clara Bauer, the foundress of
the conservatory Miss Harris made |
two, both of which we're accepted,
one being placed in the conserva-
tory, the other in the leading music |
store where the tickets were sold.
The posters received much favorable
comment from the faculty and at
.racted the attention of a Cincinnati
artist, who visited Miss Harris and
had her make pencil sketches for
him, and told her she was very tai
snted in art and should make it
Itudy which she will possibly do in
with music if she returns
% Cincinnati this fall. She was
sgain called upon to make posters
or the grand opera which was put
IN by the conservatory last Tuesday
hight. Friends of the young lady