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IP1 Union City Monday. Esci. II. C. 'Corlev made a business Get trip to Union Cuy Monday. J. 11. Ellington and family, of Born beak, ware here last week shopping. Miss Annie Laurie Griffin, of Unioii City, is the guest of Miss Edith Nichols. Mrs. T. T. Russell, of Eives, visited Mrs. L. L. Townsley Saturday and Sun day. J. M. Campbell, of Union City, visit ed his daughter, Mrs. J. 0. Beaird, this At the Red Cross t of for You ! week. M iss Bessie Gr ish am spen t th e Than k s giving holidays with relatives at Mc-Kenzie. OBION. G. W. Rued tnadq a business trip to the Our selection of the many practical gifts in holiday dress will delight your eye and you will appreciate their usefulness, as well as beauty. HANDSOME TOILET CASES in Parisian Ivory, Silver and fancy mounted pieces. FINE STATIONERY Beautiful combination cabinets and boxes10c to $5.00 EXQUISITE PERFUME Toilet Water and Sachets the finest. In cut glass and fancy packages. CIGARS, PIPES, Cigar Cases, Shaving Sets, Pocket Books KODAKS AND FOUNTAIN PENS Christmas Cards, Tags, Seals, Holly Boxes, Booklets, Santa Claus Letters and Decorations. SAVE OUR CASH CHECKS and get a nice Doll for the little girl or Watch for the boy FREE ! Oliver's - Drug store B. C. Bradford, of Union City, at tended the Forester-Morris wedding here Sundav. Attys. E. J. Green and T. O. Morris attended to legal business iu Union City Monday. G. W. Forester and daughter, Mrs. Paul Crockett, visited in Union . City Monday. L. H. Couch, of Rutherford, was the guest of Mrs. J. M. Baird the first of the week. K. W. Mahon and wife spent Satur day and Sunday with H. Z. Bagsdale and family near town. Miss Lillian Clemmons and Miss Eunice Shore, of Eives, visited friends and relatives here last week. Mrs. Jas. I. Milner and little son re turned to their home in Fulton Monday I after a week s visit to relatives here. Miss Amy Ward, who is teaching school at Pleasant Valley, spent Thanks giving holidays with homefolkshere last week. Mrs. J. A. Jenkins left Saturday night for licr home in Jeffersonville, Ind. after a two weeks s'viy with her parents near lrov. Mis. 11. C. Holloway returned home Sunday night after a two weeks stay with her daughter, Mis. Buinette Dick ey, at Iceland, Miss. Prof. Wilbur Dent and Miss Lula Mathews, members of the facultv of . MeFerrin School, Martin, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with If. L. Jones and family. Gooc yt riir KENTON. visited relatives in Elmer Glisson CAMPGROUND. Cuite a number in this community are suffering with colds. Mrs. J. A. Jenkins returned home Saturday night after a stay of several weeks with her parents here. Messrs. Douglas Barnes, Herman uillen and Misses Beulah Stoe and Ellene Barnes were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barnes, near Obion, Thanksgiving night. Mrs. W. II. Uamsley visited Mrs. Ellen Farrior Sunday. Mrs. M. A. Quiilen was in Troy Mon day shopping. J. W. Barnes and Mrs. M. J. Oliver visited near Crystal Sunday. Mr. Cecil Howell left Tuesday for Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stone spent Tues day with Mrs. Stone's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Luker. Miss Beulah Stone spent Saturday night with Misses Grace and Christine Clanton. ROGERS SCHOOL. Work is being done on the telephone this week and we hope that the new switchboard will soon bo in operation at Clayton. Mr. Claud Council, of Troy, has been spending a few days with friends near uere. Mr. Calvin Eives spent Saturday and Sunday nigutsl with old-time friends near Hickman. J. B. Bruer and sons carried a nice herd of swine to market Thanksgiving. Mr. Theo Lippard spent Sunday night at the home of Mr. Lippard 's father near Elbridge. Messrs. Bob and Jack Cook, of Obion, are spending a few days with their cousin, Mr. Ace Elks, near here. Miss Georgia Council and her little brother, William, are spending the week in Union City, the latter having his eyes treated. Little Miss Jettie Glover spent Sunday night with her niece, Eowena Kirk, at Crescent. Mr. Felix Lippard, of Elbridge, has been spending a few days with his father, Mr. Theo. Lippard. H. II. Hogan is speuding a few days with his brother in Union City. We are glad to report that Mrs. Ella Eskew, who has been very low with pneumonia, is much better. Mrs. Josie Elgin spent the latter part of last week with Mrs. Florence McCain at Crescent. Reporter. OTB We have opened up an entirely new stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries and Fresli Heats with a full line of Christmas Candies, Fruits, Nuts, etc. in the Godwin Bros, old stand, on Main Street Give us your orders. We can give you quick service and guarautee satisfaction. Respectfully, Mr. Eobt. Glisson iibson Sunday. Born to Mr. and Mrs ist Tuesday, a fine boy. Mrs. A. H. McLeod visited her son, Vester McLeod, in Jackson Sunday. C. 1. Arnold, cashier of the Peoples Bank, was a business visitor in Tren ton Monday. Miss Annie Lou Saine, of Union City visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Same, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Handley, of Nashville are visiting their sisters, Mesdames Day ton and Enochs. Miss Mozelle Wade is visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beadles in Cairo this week. Mrs. C. A. Hudson returned home Saturday from a six weeks' visit with relatives in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Howell, of Un ion City, visited Mr. Howell's mother, Mrs. Ann Howell, Sunday. Mrs. Ann Howell and daughter. Miss Callie, returned Sunday from Tipton- ,'ine, wliere tliey visited relatives for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flowers and lit-1 le daughter, Miss Sarah Ellinor, are isiting Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Eeed in Obion this week. Mr. Elmer Connell returned to Meni his Sunday after a week's visit with lis parents, Mr. and Mis. J. W. Con lell, and friends. Note Our prices are the same and vill be till the market changes. Car er's Economy Store, Price makers. Main Street Store Telephone 197 NORTHS IDE. M rs. Clarence Cloys and baby returned from Jackson last week. Mrs. Williams has recovered from a severe illness. Mrs. Pickering, of Fulton, is visitins relatives and friends in this community. JHrs. James JUcUskey. of Itives. ac companied by her sister, Miss Davis Shropshire, visited Mrs. W. S. Long here last Monday. Mrs. Dock Carter, whom we reported convalescent, took a relapse and has been suffering with acute neuralgia. Letters of recent date state thatElihu Long, who went to the far West about a year ago, will spend Christmas with relatives and friends in Obion County. The friends of Miss Birdie Caruthers will be pleased to know that she will spend Christmas with her parents and other relatives on Northside. Mr. Willie Wright, the accommodat ing young express agent, while assist ing with some heavy express matter, had the misfortune to get his right hand painfully injured. NUMBER SEVEN. Miss Allie Vee Carlton, of Dresden, was the week-end guest of Miss Ira FielJs. Miss Lee Lundoii, of Kenton, is the guerst of Miss Ethel Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Walker were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shipp Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Key and . Hurt, of Eipley, made a s-ial call on the Misses Bryan Sunday afternoon. . Mr.Hci inuii Carter is ill of pneumonia. Mr. John Blake Carlton, of Dresden, was the week-end guest of Mr. Lacey Avery. Miss Opal Shipp was the Sunday guest of Mrs. Hogan at Eives. Thanksgiving services at Berea were conducted by Eld. John K. Williams. We regret to hear of the death of Mrs. John Blake. Mr. and Mrs. Pressley, of Sharon, motored over Thanksgiving to attend services at Berea. Daisies. Rub-My-Tisni will cure you. I to Eat II pnnnp mih r it iKz34srzr nmn ifu ...u..u .vu i yVraFREr ti umuir unj m run supply for I Christmes I Barn Burned. Dr. D. M. Pearce lost a barn by fire on his fine farm near Gibbs last Friday night. The barn was stocked with hay and corn, and six good mules were stabled there. There was no insurance and the total loss amounted to hundreds of dollars. Origin of tiro in doubt. ' W. C. T. U. The president of the W. C. 'JVU. has appointed a committee to secure from the police docket the names of parties who have been fined for selling whiskey. The W. C. T. U. most earnestly protest against the illegal sale of liquor in our town am! petition the ministers, the Union City bar and the Board of Alder men to co-operate with our Mayor 'in getting rid of this evil. A Member. FOR SALE A practufrily new Oli ver Typewriter No. 5. Call on or ad dress A. W. Harpole, E. F. 1). No. 5, Union City Tenn. 38-1 f. WW Santa Claus Will Have His Old Headquarters at Book Store Where he has been for the past twenty years And every year he brings a greater variety for everybody to select from. He will come to our store in person and take yodr name, so you will not be forgotten. The children will find Tiny Dolls, Big Dolls, Dressed Dolls, Undress ed Dolls and Dolls that won't break. Trains, Engines, Wagons and Automobiles for all the boys. Fine gifts for your sweetheart, your mother and he still remembers father with special gifts We will have a fine line of Novelty Pictures. They will please you. Our stock of Books is the latest and bast ever brought to this city all sold at publishers' prices. Send your children. Theywill be treated like grown-up people, and get the best goods at right prices; We have had a prosperous year and wish you all a Merry Christmas. Come and see us as often as vou can. , IPo Ga Santa Glaus Headquarters, Washington Avenue Store Telephone 393