The comet., June 10, 1909, Image 3

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

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Brading & Marshall Lumber Co.
Can meet your requirements for
WiNDOW
PLATE and
fANCY
At unusually low prices on account of the depression
in the glass business.
WANTS ADS.
KUfi 8ALK: A new pair of Standard
Computing scales for sale on easy
terms. Latest improved pattern und
coast $95. Will be sold at bargain
J. U. WOltliKY
see
NOTICE: Cull and get your watchos
or they will be sold for repairs.
V. T. HILL.
The in vest meat feature of The Standard
Home (Jo's Contract is very attrac
tive; pays a n ice i nte rest on you r money
v for those who do not want u ban. Call
and have t liisexplained to you. Rooms
D and ti, llrown building.
If you waut auy concrete work done
cull on Geo. li. lirown. tf.
Local and Personal
Mrs. J. V. Watson is is iniek at her
home on poplar street.
If. M. Deaderick was down from
Unaku Springs Monday.
John Barton and Walter Hodge
spent last Sunday in Jonesboro.
Henry Patton, of Jonesboro, was the
guest of K. 10. Ellsworth last week.
Mrs. R. It. Bntenian. of KlkPark.N.
C, is the guest of Mrs, J. K. Vance.
Everything good to eat at the Estes
Grocery Co., Market street, phone 474.
I. A. 1 'little was called to Montvale
Springs this week by the illness of his
wife.
Call in to hear the latest records on
the Victor Talking Machines at Wm.
Silver & Co.
Miss Hazel Shown, of Greeneville, is
the pleasant guest of, Mrs. G. 11. Shown
on UnaUa Avenue,
See the ladies fine tailored shirt waists
that the Estes ISargain House is selling
. this week tor only OKc.
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Mcsiiames Guy L. Hmilh and L.
i Arnibust have returned from a visit to
j relatives in Middle Tennessee.
Mrs. John llaggnrdy of Knoxville,
; is the charming and very attractive
guest of Miss Sallie Collette, of this
' city.
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1 Cat). W. A. Dickinson.CaptThorne,
Ed K(.".;itn and J. W. Lee are attending
the Confederate reunion, at Memphis,
this week.
J. li. Roithner, expert watch, clock
and jeweler repairer, can be found at
210 Main street. All work guaranteed.
Engraving h specialty
J. A. Slaughter is again with the
Bummers-rarrott Hardware Co., and
is greeting his many friends with the
smile that wont come oil.
J. A. Bummers is in Pittsburg, Pa.,
this week attending the annual meet
ing of the National Hardware Dealers.
He is billed for a speech at the ban
quet. Misses Opie Pierce and Fannie Per
kins, of Kentucky and Miss :Nora
Graves, of Texas, are the delightful
guests of the Misses Gildersleeve on
East Market street.
I Mrs. Itobt. M. Watkins of this city,
is visiting in Knoxville, as the guest
of her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
H. Galbraith, at their beautiful subur
ban home, "Island Home farm."
T. T. Reese and wife, of Palm Beach,
Fla., are accupying a cottage on Pine
street for the summer. Mr. Iteese is a
brother of our townsman, W. E. Reese
and h s resided in Florida for several
years and has made good, both finaa
cially and matrimonially.
Excursion to Ashiville, round trip
$1.75. by the Southern Railway. Train
will leave Johnson City at 8:35 a. m.
Thursday morning, leaving June 17th,
returning train will leave Asheville at
6 p. m. Friday June 18th. AccomodB'
lions for both white and colored.
Jack Russell, the great auctioneer
and salesman of Johnson City, was out
visiting his cousin, Don Parson, the
latter part of last week. Erwin Mag
net. Jack Russell is the most versatile
and talented salesmen this city has
ever known, one has a great deal, of
trouble keeping oil the lecture plat
form. He lias several lectures already
written and may make a few appoint
ments this summer and tall.
FOB SALE or BEN 1 -toes, lot;, Farmi
If you have prmmrty for cale or rent,
lint it, with W. A. Kite & Co., 127
Spring St. We will Had cuntonierB. (fig
Ouit navinir rent. The Standard Home
Co. wrill lend you money to buy or
build at 5 per cent, per annumon small
monthly payments. Rooms 5 and (,
liiowu building.
FOR BALI'.: 1 have three Hue fresh
cows and will sell two. You can
take your choice. Prices right. Ap
ply to R. C. Varren.- lit.
For sale, denirable furros iu laree oi
small tracts. Also trucK gurdeu lum'
the city. VV. A. Ivito & Co., No 11: i
8 or i n g street. fi8-t
For sale, houses aud lots ui'd vacant
lots iu every part of the ody. W. A i
Kitfl A Oo., 127 Bpnoe -t ' . H8 it
Antiseptic Barber Shop,
W. B. REYNOLDS, Proprietor.
Hot and Cold Baths 25c.
AT All HOURS
Phillips Building :: Buffalo Street
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We have secured
the agency of
National Surety Co., cf
New York City
and are
position
Fidelity, Court Contract,
Internal Revenue,
Judicial, Contract
Bonds, Burglar In
surance and all kinds
of Liability Insurance.
T, L list
Real Estate
and Insurance
Room B k G.Brown Bldg
Phone 890
Rev. T. E. Utterbeck will preach at
the First Presbyterian church no next
Hunday.
A very attractive window display of
claywood vases and jardeniers at Vvm.
Silver & Co.
If you have watches, clocks or Jewelry
to be repaired it will be correctly and
cheaply done by J. J3. ttoithner, at
No. 210 Main street
Mrs. j. Norment Powel was taken to
a sanitarium in Minnesota last Monday
by Dr. W. J. Miller, accompanied by
Mr. Powell. If an operation is found
neccessary there is every reason to be
lieve mat it will be successful and her
many menus none to see her rullv re
stored to health soon.
Dr. Len Q. liroughton, the aeeres
sive lorceful and brilliant Preacher.
lecturer aud Auther will be heard in
his humorous lecture. "Down In The
Dumps" at the Hippodrome. Wednes
day niirni, June 2i. This opportunity
to near Dr. liroughton will be annre-
ciaieu Dy trie people of this section who
recognize in Dr. Uroughton one of the
greatest men in the Houth, whose ora
tory, corrage and earnestness have won
tor him a national reputation.
OLD BUILDING TORN AWAY
The brick building opposite the Arl
ingion, on west wain street, was
wrecked Monday to get it out of the
way of the new hotel being erected by
II. W. Pardue. Work on the new
building is progressing rapidly.
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MYSTERIOUSLY DROWNED
WHILE HE WAS FISHING.
A searching party of 100 men have
been engaged in dragging the Nola
chucky river, near Lost Cove, at the
Tennessee-North Carolina state line,
for several days, in search of the body
of Randolph Kent, 22 years old, and
an employe of tire Carolina, Clinchfield
& Ohio railroad.
Kent was fishing at Lost Cove,
when he was mysteriously drowned.
He was a relative of John Skelton,
Williams, of Richmond, and John
Harris, of the supreme court of Virgin
ia. A BABY ICAMEL
The Mighty Ilaag Railroad Shows
have the youngest living baby camel
in captivity today, having been born
in winter quarters at bnreveport, prior
to the shows leaving there. The baby
without doubt is the finest specimanof
Siberian camel that can be found in
America today. The camel has been
named after General Lee and bids fair
to hava as tender a spot in the amuse
ment going people as did its namesake
in the American public. When visit
ing The Mighty Haag Railroad Shows
which exhibit at Johnson City on June
16 don't miss seeing the baby camel.
COMING 2
COMING !
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J0HHS0H CITY, WEDNESDAY
Afternoon and Evoning
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DON'T MISS SEEING
The Only Living Bounlypsis. The Marvelous Musical Elephants. The Racing Camels.
The Bit) Grand Free Street Parade. 51,111 Spot in Parade Fete Ike.
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It costs you nothing to guess. There
will be three KODAKS given away.
NOTICE OUR WINDOW.
see Wiley & Degroat, JfitSS&r
"The Kodak Store."
A Beautiful Assortment
OF LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
-PARASOLS-
Now on Display at Our Store. Let us show you
OUR BIG line of FANS ALL PRICES. X
W HAVE SOME SPECIAL VALUES
in Lawns; Dimities and other wash f abrics. You
will need these'for the HOT SUMMER DAYS.
Now is the time to buy. Reduced Prices on all
LADIES' VOILE AND PANAMA SKIRTS
LIMESTONE HAS AROUSED
The citizens of Limestone and vicin
ity met in mass convention on last
Tuesday evening and organized a board
of trade by electing Dr. J. F. Arnold,
president; J. II. Tipton, treasurer, and
S. A. Bovell, secretary and C. S. Camp
bell, assistant secretary.
The necessary committees to carry
forward the work were appointed.
J. J. PAUL ASSIGNS
J. J. Paul, the tailor, made a general
assignment Monday for the 'benefit of
his creditors. K J. Vaught was made
assignee. The liabilities amount to
about 1 1,500 and-it is expected that the
assets will pay about 50 cents on the
dollar of the indebtedness. Mr. Taul
has been in business here for a year or
more and had built up a good trade
and the announcement of his failure
came as a surprise to the public.
C C & O. TO STOP
AT SPARTANBURG.
Information is given out now that
the (. C. & O. is not going to build bu
yoml Spartanburg for some time to
come, but will use other lines from
Spartanburg to the' coast. That is prob
ably correct and the C. & W. C will
probably be used to Laurens and from
Laurens to Augusta and Port Koyal,
and the C, N & L. to Columbia.
Newberry (S. C.) Herald and News.
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Exchange Hotel
Fritts and Whalen, Proprietors
Under New. Management
Starting with a determination to
make this Hotel and Restaurant
just what the Traveling Public
wants it to be. Everything New.
Open all the time "We never sleep X
Adjoining Ution Depot and Business Center 11
Johnson City . Tennessee X
U ROYAL MERIiti
Johnson Gty Meets the Cotton Mill
Capitalists and Shows Them
Around the Gty.
The cotton mill men from Augusta,
Ga., and Charleston and Greeneville,
H. C.; Wilmington and Charleston, iN.
C fifty in number, arrived in Johnson
Citv Friday at 4 p. m. Besides the
cotton kings the party included Col. J.
C. Hemnhille. editor of the unariesion
News and Courier; W. K Gougales, of
the Columbia Htate and Jno It. Hoss,
of the Charlotte Observer; John ti.
Wynders, president of the Clinchtield
Coal Corporation; M. J. Caplen, gener
al manager of the C. C. & O. railway,
and J. J. Campion, traffic manger of
the C. C. & O., were chaieroning the
the parly.
When the special carrying the rarty
arrived at Johnson City, the Commer
cial club was at the station, and the
visitors were escorted to the street cars
and were taken to the Soldiers' Home.
After the home had been inspected,
the party were given a ride to Carne
ge Hotel.
The party was delighted with the
magnitude,)! the Soldiers' Home, and
was surprised to find such a town as
Johnson City on the line of the L. C.
& O. rail w ay.
After spending two hours here, the
special, consisting of a baggage car,
three private cars and a Pullman, left
for Dante, Va., where a banquet was
served in honor of the cotton mill men.
Johnson City and the C. C. & O. are
offering large inducements to those cot
ton kings in order that they may be in
fluenced to locate cotton mills here.
JOHNSON CITY POST
OFFICE INCREASES.
Under the annual re-adjustment of
salaries of the postmasters of Johnson
City is raised from $2,000 to $2,700 and
Jonesboro drojw from J 1,800 to $1,700.
DANCE AT HOTEL CANEGffi.
A delightful dance was given at Ho
tel Carnegie last Tuesday night in hon
or of Misses Opie Tierce and Fannie
Perkins, of Kentucky, and Miss Nora
Graves, of Texas, and Miss Hazel
Shown, of Greeneville. Music by Jack.
son orchestra.
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Succeed when everything else fails.
In nervous prostration and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
remedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY. LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the best medicine ever sold
over a druggist's counter.
To buy that matting you need to make the
room look cheerfuh We have the '
Largest
Stock
and greatest variety you have ever had the
opportunity of seeing The Sensational Sale
is still on Think of
arid other grades in same proportion
Come now
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