The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-09-22
The Commercial. Union City, Tenn
RIvES NEWS.


week visited the fashion marts o.
Memphis.
Mrs. Lee Vaughn and daughter
Mrs. H. H. Hunt, were recent visitors
in Union City.
Tonight is the Christian Endeavor
Foot Party. Bring your pennies and
get your foot measured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orie Brown and Jas.
Sccggins visited the family OF 81
Pruett Sunday at Clayton.
The schools of Misses Jennie Hol-
loway and Mary nellie Kitchell are
in recess for cotton picking.
Miss Jessie Callicott visited this
week over in Martin, guest of Mes
danes Bowden and Mountjoy.
Lexis Harper, now stationed on
the railroad force at Obion, was in
on a vacation part Of the week.
Don't forget the convention of
county w. G. T. u. tomorrow at
Union City. Go and enjoy the day.
Mrs. Jerry Spikes, down in Kenton
having her rental property improved,
reports very splendid social day
with Mrs. w. C. Stovall.
Mr.. Oscar Cummings, from Leland,
Miss, was a visitor the first of the
week with T. C. Callicott and other
kinspeople in and out of town.
Mrs. Burney Roam, from Number
Ten, was down Wednesday to enter
her son, John ", III school and so
cially visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
II Hand Bittick.
M. C. MCGOWAN Thursday night
of last week had the misfortune to
lose his barn by fire, supposed to be
of incendiary origin. The loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The Senior class has organized
with Miss Gertrude Starnes as presi-
dent and Chester Moss as secretary
and treasurer. If this class completes
the term it will outnumber any pre-
vious class.
In recent election the new officers
of local w. c. T, U. are Mrs. T. P.
Callicott; Pres; Mrs. E. E. Shore,
Recording Sec; Miss Hattie Mai
Clemmons, Cor. Sec; Mrs. Ed Haul
ser, Treas.
We had the pleasure of attending
Chapel exercises Wednesday morn
ing "Rock-a-Bye Baby" by six
little folks VINO are taking vocal les
sons, brought down an encore. The
fifth and sixth grades in Autumn
were splendidly cheered and sang
Golden Rod" in encore. Principal
Cravens addressed the school from
the 9Th chapter of Matthew, espe-
cially stressing that if we value to-
day tomorrow will! take care of it
self. Patrons are especially in
vited to the Wednesday morning pro-
grams.
We now have two copies of H. G.
Wells Outline of History in town.
In this concise and much criticised
volume Mr.. Wells, now ranking as
England's greatest novelist and writ
er of the day, records Jesus, the lowly
Nazarene, Buddha, Anatole, Asurka,
Roger Bacon and Lincoln as six men
VINO have left the greatest i'm
preston on the world. Mr. Wells is
fifty-five years of age and has written
the same number of books. Already
two hundred thousand copies of the
history have been sold in the United
States.
Rives defeated Hornbeak here last
Friday in a baseball game, score IL
to 6. Battery Cor Rivos-Coates,
Jennings and Weatherspoon. For
Hornbeak-Shaw and Griffith. On
the following Saturday Rives Hi Pan
theirs defeated Troy Hi by the one
sided score of 25 to 1. The Panther
were too much for the Troy
twirlers. Battery for the Panthers--
Jennings and Weatherford. For
Troy-Turner and bennett. The
second team returned the game with
Troy Hi Saturday, while the first
team journeyad to Horn eak, wind
ing I'D the baseball season for Rives.