McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-01-07

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G. F. Dickey Of Finger vas I
business caller this week.
Miss Ercie Hamilton Of Adams,
vile has accepted a position ii
4 the office of her brother, Trustee
F. 0. Hamilton.
Houston Meeks and John Hous.
ton, Selmer High School students,
spent the holidays with home.
folks at Guys.
r. L. Steadman, who is attend.
ing an accountants school in
Memphis, has been visiting home.
folks for several days.
A. A. McNeill, one Of the hus-
ting merchants of McNairy called
in to see us last week and sub
scribed for the Independent.
Mrs. 7. Q. Naylor and daugh-
tiers, Pearl and Alta, and son,
Earl, of Corinth, were visiting
friends and relatives in Selmer
last week.
John w. Hamilton, cashier of
one of the prosperous Adams
vile banks, and who has served
time in a print shop, was the
weekend guest of his brother,
Trustee F. @. Hamilton.
Tully Hamilton has been in
Kansas City this week to meet
the bosses ola large coffee house
with whom he holds a good pos
ition as travelling salesman in
Tennessee and Mississippi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wilson
were with homefolks in Selmer
during the holidays. Floyd is a
postal employee in Memphis, and
Mrs. Wilson is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Alexander of
Selmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lain of
Murphysboro, ILL.,, were the hol-
iday guests of Selmer relatives.
John has been an engineman on
the st. Louis division of the M.
& 0. for number of years, and
is a very popular employee.
DR.. ]. Hugh Carter spent a
part of the holidays with friends
and relatives in Selmer. He is
one of the prominent physicians
and surgeons of Memphis, and
a son of the late DR.. J. S. Carter,
whom all our citizens knew and
loved.
Roy Higgins of Gravelhill was
recently delivering some of the
finest lot of dressed pork hogs to
Selmer patrons we ever saw. In
and around Gravelhill, the folks
all raise enough of the neces-
sites Of life for home consump-
ton and some to spare.
Sam Summers, theexpert chair
maker from near Gravelhill, was
in Selmer recently to deliver a
lot of chairs which had been or
dered for use in the Union Uni
versity at Jackson. Sam reports
a good time enjoyed by all his
neighbors during the holidays.
Rev. Olus Hamilton and wife
of Leitchfield, KY, were in Sell
mer a short time on their way to
spend the holidays with relatives
at Adamsville, where Rev. Ham
ilton grew" up. and where his
parents yet reside, as well as
other relatives and friends.
Prof. Custer Taylor and wife
of Paris, Tenn, spent a short
time during the holidays enroute
to visit relatives at Adamsville.
Prof. Taylor is a member of the
Groves High School at Paris, and
is we'll and favorably known as
an educator in this county where
he taught for number of years.
Col. ]. W. Purviance, founder
of the Independent, spent a most
delightful Christmas at home, al
though he received numerous
invitations to dine out" Col.
Purviance, though well advanced
in years, does not show his age"
and is still capable of doing a
davis work Of the kind that
would exhaust many men years
Younger than he. He devotes
most of his time looking after
agricultural interests, and can
still keep up his end OF a con-
versation on most any subject
ever heard of.