The comet., September 14, 1905, Image 3

About The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916

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If you want to find out about it ask the people who Ujjve uRod it.
Again we Remind You that we SELL
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WATAUGA LODGE, No. 21U.I. 0. O. F.,
moots on Monday cvenlnp of etich week.
I.mlKC'room In ltriibson HutUlm?. Kast Murlcut
Ktrni't. reur of Pout Offlce. Visiting brothers
xmllullv welcomed. WW
Wanted A few first-class table
hoarders. Ilave some nicely furnish
ed rooms. Desirable location and con
venient to business part of the city.
Mns. 0. W. Sharitz.
117 Walnut stroet.
WANTED Girls to operate power
sewing machines, experience not nec
essary, nice work. Wages Bix to eight
dollars weekly. Address
Standard Knitting Mills,
augl7-!lm. Knoxville, Tenn.
FOR SALE One church organ.
Good as new. A bargain. Easy terms.
Organ cau be reon at George Houston's
Furniture Store on Market street.
Lewis and Clarke Exposition, Portland,
Oregon.
Tickets on sale at all principal points
limited 90 days from date of sale and
good for stopover privileges at certain
points. Tickets good for different
routes going aud returning; also to or
one way through San Francisco and
Los Angeles, Cat.
For tickets, literature and complete
information apply to Southern Kail way
agents. W. II. Tayloe, G. P.- A.,
Washington, D. O. ; C. A. Benscoter,
A. G. P. A., Chattanooga, Tenn.; J. L.
Meek, D. P. A., Knoxville, Tenn.
Local and Personal.
Tate L. Earnest has returned from a
pleasant visit to New York.
Fruit jars, pints, quarts and half
gallons at Barton-Nuchols Hardware
Co.
The colored Masons are building a
hall on King street near the colored
Presbyterian ohurch.
American Lady Corset, the
popular Corset.
If jou stop at the Star Restaurant
you will be properly treated and go
away pleased.
Sam Lyle is in the city spending a
few days with rolativos before going to
Panama to work on the ditch.
Fresh meat at Jackson's Saturday. -
The soldiers have returned from
Tracy City and most of the boys are
thinking of entering the Soldiers'
Home.
Guv. John P. Smith is enjoying his
first vacatiou since ho has boen at the
Soldiers' Home by acoompaning Col
Brownlow on a tour of inspection of
the various branch homes.
Capt. Chas. W, Wadsworth has boon
made Kiouteuant-Colouel in thti regu
lar army and will leave the Soldiers'
Home where has served as Adjutant
since it opened.
(Mice Moved.
The J. M. Buck Lumber Coi has
moved its offices to room No. 103 in
Hotel Carnegie,and Mr. Ilaskett Wood
is in control, his father having bought
the interest of Mr. J. M. Buck in the
corporation. This is one of the largest
lumber companies in this section, own
ing a large boundary of timber on the
South & Western and operating a pri
vate railroad through its property.
I'nuka Handle Factory.
The Unaka Handle Company, is the
newest thing in the manufacturing
line for this city. It will make all
kinds of handles of hickory. The
building on Jobe street recently occu
pied by S. II. Sells has been leased
and the machinery is being placed.
The plant will be In operation in a
short time.
lliillon Smith.
On last Sunday at tho home of the
bride's father, Dr. Smith, of Johnson
(ioncnil It. A. Ayero Talks.
General 11. A. Ayers, of Big Stone
Gap, was in the city this week and told
The Comet that he found tho senti
ment of Johnson City strongly in favor
of municipal ownership of tho.wator
plant uud stated that he would be
pleased to meet the citizens and the
board of mayor and aldermen and agree
if possible upon a fair valuation of the
combined plant and lot tho transfer be
made now if it can bo legally done, if
not, let a contract be entered into for
the purchase as soon as bonds can be
issued. Mr. Ayres is in a position to
net for the holders of the Watauga
Water Company, and he says if he says
that if he was a citizen of this city be
would favor municipal owership also
and is not disposed to interfere with
the plane. He believes the plant can
bo bought on a basis that will yield the
city au income now and will steadily
increase. General Ayers will be in the
city next Thursday, Sept. 21st, to meet
a committee of citizens and representa
tives of the board and Commercial
Club.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to humbly thank the kind
friends who came to us at the death,
funeral and burial of onr sister and
sister-in-law, Mrs. A. E. Claiborne.
Respectfully,
MRS. P. C. HILL,
MRS. W. T. HILL.
New Water Proposition.
Board of Mayor and Alderman of the
town of Johnson City, Tennessee:
We, the undersigned citizens and tax
payors cf the town of Johnson City,
Tenn., make to your honorable body
the following proposition for supplying
the town of Johnson City with water
after the date of the expiration of the
twenty year franchise granted hereto
fore to tho Watauga Water Co., which
time we understand will expire about
five years from this date.
If your honorable body will grant to
us, or to a corporation to be organized
by us, the exclusive franchise for a pe
riod of twenty years for supplying
Johnson City and the inhabitants
thereof with water, commencing ts
aforesaid at the date of the expiration
of the twenty year exclusive franchise
granted to the Watauga Water Co., in
manner and form as shown in franchise
now pending, we will, in consideration
therefor, grant unto the town of John
son City without any charges therefor
water for the following purposes:
To any and all publio buildings own
ed by the town of Johnson City, for
municipal purposes and all of the of
fices of the city officials connected
therewith.
To all of the buildings et the town
owned, or occupied and used by them
for educational purposes, also for Oak
MOLES
REMOVED !
Without injury to the SKIN.
r VmRun A I'UliUlJl ILHLiiU lUVUi'AllAilUAl never
known to fail. Sold under an absolute gmrantee. , ,. .
WHY BE DISFIGURED?
For sale in Johuson City by the CITY DRUG STORE, n. C.
MILLER and THE BEE HIVE DRUG STORE.
Order
Jackson.
your steaks
'Phoue 40,
aud roosts from
Hogtt and 1'ign for Sale.
BOO Stock Hogs, Pigs and Sows for
sale. They weigh Tibs to 7001bs each.
Can furnish any size wanted for fatten
ing or filling purposes. 1104-9t
JAS. A. MARTIN.
Hon. W. W. Faw left for his home
in Franklin, He was with his mother
during her last illness and qualified as
administrator before leaving,
The Box Bay Silks will be
in demand. See them.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bowers havo
moved to this city from Boone's Creek
and are occupying the Mrs. W. K.
Martin residence for the winter.
Mrs. J. W. Boring and two children
of Lexington, N. C, are spending sev
eral weeks with relatives in this city
and vicinity.
COMING
The Butterfly
Skirt. Watch
the Butterfly,
WANTED Experienced sorters on
oak veneers. Address
E. M, Henofeb,
1104-21 Knoxville, Tenn.
Wanted Cash paid for wool and
feathers at 180 Market street.
D. Gump.
You get a good meal at the Star Res
taurant for 2a cents every day.
Fruit jars, pints, quarts and half
gallons at Barton-Nuchols Hardware
Co.
Meals served at all hours at the Star
Restaurant at popular prices.
When you are in the city for a day
urop into tne star itestaurant ana ge
a good meal lor 2a cents.
Dr. Hearle B. Gillespie has boen
taken to a hospital at Nashville to be
rreatod for injuries sustained a few
weeks ago by being struck by a street
car. lie is not doing as well as tie
should and his friends are uneasy about
bis condition.
Have you heard about the
Butterfly Skirt?
The Star Restaurant has been thor
oughly renovated throughout and in
vites you to eat aud sleep there while
in the city.
You will always gnd
comfortable beds and
Htar Restaurant,
clean rooms,
good meals at tho
No more high prices for fresh meats,
you can go to Jackson's.
You always
J ackson's.
get the best meats at
DoWitt's Salvo
For Piles. Burns, Sores.
Lawrence Snapp, of the general pas
senger department of the Pittsburg &
Lake Erie, has just returned from
vacation iauut to Chicago and South
Haven. Mich. Mrs. Snapp, who has
been spending the summer at the latter
poiut, will return in a lew weens,
Pittsburgh (Pa.) Dispatch.
The Box Bay Silks are com
ine. Have you heard about
them ?
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1 OCTOBER 111, 11 and 12th, 1905. 1
There will be displayed at the TENNESSEE FURNI-
m TURE & SUPPLY COMPANY'S STORE the finest
exhibit of fancy sewing ever shown in the South, This
e) .exhibit will be attended by
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Miss Gafiney, of Cleveland, 0. m
Who is considered the best operator on Sewing Machine
Art and Fancy Work in the United States, This exhibit
ShirI1 cost the White Sewing Machine Company several thou
sand dolIars,and no lady should miss the chance to see this
wonderful exhibition. This work was done on a
I WHITE SEWING MACHINE 1
g BY THE MOST EXPERT OPERATORS IN AMERICA. S
During these three days, we will not only have Miss Gaffney, but will have
two or three other expert machine operators,who will demonstrate to all visitors
how this Fancy Sewing may be done by yourself with only a few
minutes instruction. It costs you nothing to see this splendid display of Art.
It matters not what kind of a machine you own, or what kind you contemplate
Thoroughbreds For Sale.
30 Choice Barred Plymouth Hock
Cockerels for sale at reasonable prices.
Mail your orders to
G. FEED ARTZ,
Johnson City, Tenn.
Southern Kailvvny Awards Biff Contracts-
The Southern Railway has awarded
to the firm of Sands & Oliver, railroad
contractors of Roanoke. Va.. a millon
dollar contract, which with others let
during the past six months, makes a
total of $2,000,000 which that road pro
poses to Bpend, and is already spend
ing on important and far-reaching im
provements on the Southern lines of
road.
The contract awarded to the Roanoke
firm calls for the double tracking of
the Southern from Morristown to Knox
ville, Tenn., as well as the building of
a line of rood from Chattanooga, Tenn. ,
to Stevenson, Ala.
The new line which tho Southern
now proposes building will cross the
Tennnessee river at Chattanooga and
connects with the Memphis line at
Stevenson, running down the north
west bank of the Tennessee instead of
the southeast, which is occupied by
the N. C. & St. L. tracks. This will
give the boutuern road a line of their
own through the narowest and most
troublesome of tho mountain nuBses
around Chattanooga. It is said that
a contract will soon be let for double
tracking the Southern from Knoxville
to Chattanooga,
C. & 0. and S. & W. Hush for ''Breaks."
Norton, Va., Sept. 8. There is a
great rush on between the Chesapeake
Ohio Railway and the South &
Western as to which shall ocounv the
"Brenks of the Sandy."
The latter road has more than two
hundred hands laboring on its right of
way, and have been there more than a
month. Three squads are on the Ken
tucky side of "the Breaks" going to
wards Pikeville. There was an agree
ment by which the South & Western
was to'have till next January to have
said road completed through "the
Breaks" and down to Elkhorn Cit; ,
eighteen miles above Pikeville. The
South & Western has bought all the
lands through "the Breaks" both on
the Virginia and Kentucky sides.
The officials of the Chesapeake and
Ohio made a rush through Pikeville a
day or two ago on a special to Morrow
bone aud then by rigs and horseback
to "the Breaks." This special con tail.
ed President Stevens and other officials
and contractors.
There will be a trolley road up
Greasy Creek to removo the manufac
tured products that will soon be ready
in great quantities.
Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad.
Under the head of railroad construc
tion the St. Louis Republic of the 11th
says: The Cairo and Tennessee River
road will be 425 miles long, extending
from Wickfifle, Ky., to Bristol, Tenn.,
300 miles of the line being located in
Kentuck and 125 miles in Tennessee.
The route is via Mayfield, Hopkins
yiile, Franklin, Tompkinsville, Albany,
Pine Knot, Jellico and Cumberland
Gap, Ky., and Rogersville, Tenn,
The preliminary survey has been com
pleted from Wickliffe to Cumberland
Gap, Ky., 300 miles, and the line in
being located from Mayfield to Hop
kinsville, Ky., seventy miles. Con
tracts for the section from Wickliffe to
Mayfield will be let about September
15, the location of this part of the line
having already been completed, and it
is expected to begin grading about
October 1. An extension is proposed
from Bristol, Tenn., to Norfolk, Va.,
a distance of 400 miles.
We have noted in one or two papers
criticisms of Congressman Patterson,
candidate for Governor, that are neith
er fair nor justifiable. A newspaper
that through a community of interests
or otherwise supports one Democrat
for office can hardly justify its assaults
on the ground that it is a Democratic
newspaper. Nrshville American.
MffJiHT HI (0.
(INCORPORATED)
HARDWARE. STOVES, TIHWABE and PUTS.
Call on "us for Railroad, Mill and Builders' Sup
plies. Old Hickory and Unaka Wagons.
CHATTANOOGA Plows
purchasing, these samples of
very instructive
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REMEMBER THE PLACE
City Transfer Company
Wo are now ready to do all kinds of hauling.
Why should you worry about moving when you
can get our MOVING r"AR with experienced
men for this work on short notice. We attend
promptly to both large and small jobs. See us
when you want baggage transferred quickly. Of
llco one door east of City Hotel.
f!itv Transfer Cnmnflnv.
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$ 'Phone 183. " R. C WARREN, Manager.
Greeneville and Tusculuni College
O Appeals to You
With its HO years of successful historv;
5 corps of Jniversity trained teachers; va
'a ried departments of istudy; new buildings
and splendid equipments; strong moral
and religious influences; clean athletics .
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And asks that you carefully consider their claims in choosing a College
6 FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 5th, t905.
For further information and catalogue address
O REV. SAVfi A, COILE, D, D PRES.,
Greenevilie, Tenn.
I Tennessee Furniture & Supply Co. 1
Cpj Main Street. JOHNSON CITY, TENN. Two doors from P. O.
1 BUILD Your HOUSE
City, James Britton and Miss Smith
were happily united in marriage. Miss
Smith is a former resident of Bakers-
ville, N. C, having moved to Tennes-
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see some two years ago wuu utsr par
ents. She is a young lady of refine
ment and culture, and her gentle man
ners have made her a favorite wher
ever known. Mr. Britton, tho groom,
is a brother of our fellow-townsman
PoRtmaHter F. E. Britton. and holds a
paying position at the Soldiers' Home.
Mr. and Mrs. Britton came clown to
.Tonesboro Mondav aud a dinner was
given in their honor by Mrs. BrittoD,
the mother of the Brono. e felici
tate the newlv wedded pair. Herald
and Tribune.
Alter Strategic Point.
It is announced from Knoxville that
the Southern is at war at Embreeville
to hold a strategic point along the
river six miles toward Erwin. The
Southern the S. & W. will go via
Embreeville and Limestone from
KingBport.
Mrs.
Mrs. Claiborne Dead.
A. E. Claiborne died last Sat-
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urday of paralysis at the home of her
sister, Mrs. W. T. Hill, after a long
illness. She was the relict of the late
Judge Claiborne, of Virginia. The
funeral services were held at the resi
dence Sunday afternoon by Rev, J. j
Edrauuds Drawn, interment at Uai
Hill.
City Transfer Company
The City Transfer Company has
been organized and is now ready to do
business. It is well equipped to do all
kinds of hauling and will do promptly
and carefully all work entrusted to
it. The office is one door east of City
Hotel and 'phone number 162 and a
call there will always insure dis
patch. It makes a specialty of trans
ferring baggage and rapviug household
good,?,
Mrs, Kaw Dead.
About noon rast Saturday Mrs. Car
rie Faw passed over the river of rest
in tho shade. She was only ill a few
davs with inflamation of the stomach
but being past 74 years of age it im
possible for the best medical attention
to relieve her. For more than half a
century the deceased has resided in
f ohnson City. She was the relict of
T. A. Faw who died in 1888 arid who
was one of the city's most prosperous
business men in the city until a short
time before his death. She was Miss
Carrie Wagner, daughter of one of the
most prominent families of Johnson
oounty, and has a large number of rel
atives in that section. She was a noble,
christian woman and lias reared a
large family that were a blessing to
her in her old age. All were present
when the shadows darkened and did
all that lovidg hands could to adminis
ter to her wants.
The funeral services were held at the
residence Sunday afternoon by Ror.
M. F. Carico and Rev. J. Edmonds
Brown and were largely attended.
The remains were laid to rest in Oak
Hill by tho side of her husband.
Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Remedy.
Never fails. Buy it now. Jt may uvc life.
Hill Cemetery, also one hundred fire
hydrants, all of which are to be free to
the said town of Johnson City and to
be given in consideration of the fran
chise granted us.
Or in tho event the said town of
Johnson City shall prefer we will in
liou of the above give free water to all
the buildings and purposes above
enumerated, except fire hydrants, and
in addition thoreto the sum of $25,030
to be paid in annual installments of
twenty payments beginning with the
date the franchise will go into effect,
and payable annually thereafter during
the said period of twenty years until
the same is paid in full, but we are to
have the right to charge for the use of
water for fire hydrants at a rate not in
excess of the rates, now fixed in the
franchise with the Watauga Water Co.,
and under which it is now furnishing
water to the town of Johnson City, the
rate therein prescribed being adopted
as the maximum rate with the privilege
open to the said city to contract with
us for a less rate, in the event it shall
be found within our power to grant a
better rate.
The above shall be the basis of the
grant of a franchise to us to be at once
drawn aud adopted.
In witness whereof, we have hereun
to set our hands this the Gth day of
September, 1905.
Jas, A. Mabtin,
S. C. Wiluams,
Isaac Hard,
W. J. Extjm.
F. B. St. John,
Robt. Burrow,
Gut L. Smith,
S. S. CitUMLKY,
M. I. GrMP.
Before cold weather, when no man can work.
If you have not time to look after the details we
will do that for you and turn you over the key
when it is completed.
Orders Filled Promptly
We make or carry in stock everything you need
to build with and can save you money. Try our
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If you want something that won't come off.
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O Office and Factory Jobc St. "Phone 90
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Manufactured in Johnson City and
sold by all dealers. Out of town or
ders receive prompt attention .
H. F. WEBB W.
Phone No. 85.
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