The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-12-09
RIvEs NEWS.


in Memphis to walk, Sunday last
stood the trip home splendidly.
Me5dames Floys Carter, Moss Fish
er. Laura HGtcherson, T. P. CALI
colt, Allen Wade and Miss A. NJ. Bon
ner were among our Xmas shoppers
this week to Union City.
M. " Wilson, a retired farmer OF
the Newbern vicinity, has been up
looking over some property with in
tention of locating in town to be near
his daughter, Mrs. E. Scoggins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Maneese and
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Maneese were
immediate kinspeople from this vi
cinity attending the burial of the lit
tie son of Mr.. and Mrs c. Council
at Union City Tuesday.
Our goods box informants no long
er catch fish; such stories now state
the amount of ducks our sportsmen
are bringing in. Messrs. Geo. Bolts,
McAdoo Harris and Claud Bolts have
the blue ribbon in daily bagging of
this toothsome game found feeding
on the river confines in unprecedent-
ed numbers.
Water and lights for the school
building meets the approval of pa
irons of the school. To-uuy gifts of
fat hens were sent in to the commit
tee at Shore-Phebus Co. will keep the
ball rolling. Get in the van, hold the
lines tight, pop. your whip and help
this needed improvement. To-mor-
row is bazaar opening day and will
also be held at the Shore-Phebus de-
partment store. You may find gifts
here to save you time and worry.
Our new minister, Rev. Erhardt,
will be here Sunday with the M. E.
congregation. We have the informa-
tion that Rev. Erhardt is self
made man, well educated, with SPLEEN
did recommendations as a minister.
In early ministerial affiliations in
one of the closely related, in other
words, sistcrly churches, not finding |
an opening to pursue his calling, he
placed his services in the Methodist |
denomination with results I
that cause our citizens to welcome I
Rev. Erhardt to this location.
Monday was pork making day. |
Several hundred hogs in Number
Four were slaughtered. By night by
products of spareribs, backDones and
were making neighborly en-
frances thru the back door. Smoke
houses lonesomely empty are 1un-
ming over with winter warmth. Hog
and hominy and good dodger bread
full of juicy cracknels defy hard
Times with it's hydra-headed taxation
ally to get under cover and keep
quiet well, till after the holidays,
anyway.
We must confess we near lost our
head in witnessing our first game of
basket ball, which our boys very
spiritedly played with Hornbeak on
the home ground. For the life. of
is we could hardly keep from help
ing put the ball thru. 1t is a very
exciting sport, giving as it does so
much exercise for the boys. There
S some objection to the uniforms,
out If such knockers in arctics and
,vercoats would try this fierce con-
est we believe they would change
heir opinion and in the same breath
,all for the electric fans to be turned
IN. Athletics give the boys chance
o stand eight years of schooling
hat often in the unnatural environ
nent for this clement causes a nerv-
Jus breakdown, T. t., or just tired
md quit.
AS member of the Book Club we
lave rung the changes on main
street," by Lewis, and Her Fathers
by. Gene s. Porter. The
irst we found unique and modern to
point in a restless circle of events
n organizations of uplift for the
'rogress of small towns. No doubt
ur clubs, circles, societies, lodges
nd chapters are overlapping till we
re like train on curve, liable to
meet ourselves coming back on va
ious propositions. Be this as it may,
ur intentions are measured by our
christian citizenship. Can we be far
wrong? Yet the plot of Main
treet," applicable to any small
own, is long drawn out, covering, If
Je remember correctly, four hundred
nd fifty pages. "Her Fathers
laughter" begins exceedingly well,
nd, while interlined thruout with
ature's heartsease, depicts more
ragedy than any of this popular
uthor's novels. Linda, the heroine,
ssociate of her father in exploring
he canyons of our western slope, is
daringly independent and lovable
haracter. Too candid and truthful,
erhaps, for us people of the East
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