The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-03-31
The Commercial, Union City, Tenn.
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1922.
R1vEs NEWS.
Cool, cloudy weather prevails.

Mrs Floys Carter and Miss Flor
ence Bolts are the latest victims OF
the influenza.
Mesdames Laura Hutcherson and
McAdoo Harris were spring shoppers
this week in Union City.
Mrs. Cravens, from Gardner, is a
visitor with Mr. and Mrs H.. H. Cra-
vens.
Miss Margaret Morris, teaching in
Lake County, and Misses Cordie and
Annie Mai Starnes, teachers at Sto-
vatl's across the river, closed their
school Friday
Miss Aletha Bonner came in We'd
nesday from an extended visit TO
points of interest in the Lone Star
State.
Mrs. H. D. Webster spent part of
the week in Union City with Mrs.
w. R. Webster, who is reported very
sick.
The Lyceum Course closed Tues
day night with a varied program of
humor, tragedy and pathos by Miss
Emma Dee Randle, superb artist
in representation. Only a Booth or
Barrett could excel Miss Randle in
portrayal of tragedy. Voice imita-
tion of both masculine and the art
lists own sex in childhood, youth
and old age was performed with an
ease and realism surprising to the
audience. Much praise is due the
management, under stress of finan-
cial conditions, for giving the school
and patrons the privilege of high
class talent.
The Christian Endeavor social
here Friday evening was quite sue
cess. The program included readings
by Misses Leone Callicott and Lois
Kitchell and music, the latter fur
nished by Misses Roscoe Kitchell
and Gus and Plead Callicott In a
Bible contest in which 16 questions
running through last quarter of Sun
day school were asked, Miss Eulne
Cummings was winner of the prize,
nice Bible. Quite bevy of these
young people will go to Newbern the
latter part of the coming week for a
Christian Endeavor convention.
w. B. Phelan & Son, of Trenton,
have been over for consignment of |
mules, selling most of them here.
The Board of Education convened
Monday and returned the same fac
ulty thruout. The present session
now nearing a close completes five
years for w. H. Cravens as principal |,
This years enrolment is the largest
on record. Daily mails bring in in
vitations from ranking colleges and
universities of the South for en-
trance Of our graduates without fur
Their examination. The school prop
9rty has been held intact with added
both of the ground
md equipment. Athletics has proved
l strong feature to keep the young
nen contented and studious.
There was much excitement and
early Saturday morn
ng over town to learn that burglars
or a lone burglary had broken in
our of the main business houses.
first report was that Shore & Phebus
20. had loss Of near three thousand
ollars in cash and securities. For
unately the large batch of notes was
brown down. At T. A. Cummings
o loot was gotten but the safe was II
Immied past opening. The safe at
he drug store, tho ruined by hav-
lg the handle knocked off, proved
urglar proof. Harper & Shore were
urglarized between two and three
clock. Little Miss nellie Woody was
rst cause of the alarm being given.
Lrs. Woody heard the knocking Just
cross the way and called Leslie
bore, one of the proprietors, who,
18th w. H. Cravens, Dolphus Thorne
I'D R. L. Harper, made a hurried adj
ince to the vicinity of the store.
OF knowing number of men inside II
Harper & Shores, it also being II
Try dark, they got in each others HI
ay, thereby losing the best chance III
er to apprehend and possibly lead
discovery of well organized band
thieves that too frequently raid III
r town-in fact, if we were on ii
heels we would no doubt wake up
ne morning to find ourselves rolled
'ay into parts unknown. In the
mt w. H. Cravens succeeded in
unding the arm holding box of
ney, yet checking a loss to the II
n OF near hundred dollars. This Ill
rglar was out for cold cash. His Hi
lscience had no reckoning that tIIII
'se business firms are trying to live Hi
let live in an honest way. The Hill
odhounds were brought up from iii
ersburg Saturday morning. Only Hill
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