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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
3
A collage of local business offers and social notes. Vendors promote groceries and coal from Jackson, Vines Brading Co, and 8. B. White. theater and Eden Musee updates. remarks on visits, revival meetings, a notable death, and a sidewalk accident lawsuit in Johnson City with city officials named.
The letter asks subscribers to pay dues in farm products if cash is scarce, offering hogs or wood as credit substitutes and promising signed receipts and social respect for those who settle past balances. It ends with satirical, self aware jabs at delinquent readers and a hopeful note for improvement by January.
Chief Re mine acted on a tip about a group of youths targeting stock cars carrying poultry on a Southern road train to Carnegie. Nine carloads were due Saturday night. the plan was to grab a dozen chickens per trip. A boy was arrested, freed after the train left, and a turkey and chicken hides were found near the depot along with a dozen chickens stored earlier. The town is described as having the worst petty theft problem in the country.
Sam Crumley, Lascal attorney, is retained in a strange case involving Sam Ling and Hop Wo, two Chinese laundrymen who gamble on a Cuban lottery. A mysterious contact promised three tickets for $1.50, yielding a $6,000 prize, prompting plans to share the windfall and money missteps.
Chief Remine arrested Chas Pace and John Pace on suspicion of break ins in Asheville North Carolina and bike thefts in Greeneville North Carolina. The brothers aged 18 and 16 were found offering bikes for sale in town for eight dollars each. A telegram confirmed officers had tracked them from Greenville and they were held pending transfer to North Carolina.
Memoriam for William Augustus Darden, longtime East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad official. Born October 2 in Rheatown Georgia, he moved to Johnson City in 1880 and died October 1 1896. The obituary notes his Masonry ties Arcana Lodge No 48 Limestone and Johnson City Lodge No 486, with Masonic funeral honors on October 14 1894, plus a resolution praising his upright character, devotion to family, and service to the community. The lodge committee calls for publishing the tribute and sharing copies with widow and children.
Chancery Court convenes here Monday at 8 30 with Chancellor John P. Smith presiding. About 215 cases on the trial docket and 1 on the appearance docket. Several cases on the likely disposition list include German National Bank vs John I Gos receiver W G Long vs Clark & Collins John Boring vs C J Kogley et al John HB Vanhoy et al vs John B Humphreys et al T B Little vs Willis H Hampton Powers Taylor Drug Co vs P H Wofford Co First National Bank of Chattanooga vs Johnson City Furniture Co Witt & Watkins vs E T & W N C Ry Co et al.
Tennessee newspapers including the Nashville American Brownsville Tribune and Nashville Sun express condolences for Editor Lyle of the Johnson City Comet after the death of his six year old daughter Edith last Thursday morning. The tributes unite the press across the state in condolence.
The city taxes for 1899 are due and in my hands for collection. War rants are receivable for the entire tax, but warrants on any one of the eight city funds are receivable only for the percentage of that land in the whole tax. The percentages listed include various fractional shares and funds, with a December 1, 1800 date noted.
A fire last Friday night totaled a barn owned by Robt. Anderson on Buffalo near Okalona. The blaze claimed several horses and large quantities of hay grain and miscellaneous farm machinery, with insurance and damage totaling about 3000.
On Thanksgiving a turkey walk drew crowds at the hill near the ball ground after a morning church service led by Dr. Kennedy. Races and a price-inflation prank produced lively sport, with Harry Gump and Andy Keys guiding a young runner to a finish as Will Hyder and Loat Jones claimed top scores.
A private letter from Knoxville reports the death of Little Mary, four, daughter of Rev W R Neighbors. Neighbors and family, recently moved to Knoxville to head Broad Street M E church, were well known and beloved. Mary died at 2 pm yesterday after several days of illness. officials note a sudden decline despite signs of improvement.
Weather official Foy W. Dulaney reports tips of a cold season. November marriage licenses issued include L Blevins to L A Clark, Robi Doak to Cleo White, J E Hayes to Edna Shipley, B Barnett to Netlie Garland, Will Leach to A Thornburn, Jones Smith (col) to Nannie Vole (col).
W Hodge displayed a giant turnip this morning measuring 20 inches around and weighing 7 pounds. The vegetable was grown by W P Young of Jonestoro, who serves as clerk and master of the chancery court.
Mrs. Samuel Saylor died last Friday at 8 p.m. after a long fight with consumption. A Baptist Church member, she leaves six children and her husband. At 42 she had recently moved to the area and was well regarded by neighbors.
Marshal Ray and Detective Perry had counterfeiters tried by a commissioner at Hiltewlothdon lost Batuday. Taw was sent to federal court and Skeete released. Nat White was rearrested by Deputy Marshal Limerly on Saturday and his trial left him bound for court. The men could not post bond and remain jailed in Elizabethton.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen enacts taxes to raise funds for sanitary, street, and school bonds. A one dollar and fifty cent tax per one hundred dollars of taxable property is levied within the corporate limits to pay interest on bonds and fund street improvements. The ordinance prohibits revenue diversion and outlines collection rules. The Watauga Lighting and Power Company agreement for lighting at two thousand five hundred seventy six dollars per year is approved for two years starting May 1, 1906, with relocation of three lights at no extra cost.
The Outlook bills itself as a broad weekly review covering industrial and philanthropic movements, religion, home life, literature, and current affairs. It promises humor, crime notes, and entertainment, with monthly illustrated issues and a new counter human interest section. It costs six dollars a year in advance with specimens available.
Pursuant to a decree of the court the clerk and master will sell front of the court house in Idonton City on Towrsday December 18 to satisfy a judgment in favor of the clerk and master for 2785.91 with interest and costs. The property includes Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 31 18 18 14 16 22 28 24 24 26 on a plat on file. Purchaser pays cash in hand with no redemption. October 8 125 W. FP Youss C. O W Haven D.C. & M Bata Printer's fee 12.00.
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