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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1892
Page
3
Johnson City locals report numerous visits and returns from Greeneville, Bristol, Elizabethton, Knoxville, and Unicoi City. Visitors include J P Baxter, W W Kirkpatrick, H B Cromley, and Maj A Cantwell. new schedules, improvements, and a cave discovery near Embreeville noted. The First M E church supper clears over 70 dollars. several marriages, divorces, and relocations recorded. a Cranberry furnace restart anticipated and law court term set.
Policeman Scalf arrested Andy Correll on Friday for stealing two pairs of shoes from Evans Grossman and Co and jailed him at Jonesboro.
The Washington county teachers institute will convene at Washington College next Friday and Saturday with many educators from across the county in attendance. Two new churches are under construction in Okolona, one Protestant Methodist and the other M E Church, with several additional buildings also rising.
Miss A B Sparks died Wednesday at her Jonesboro home after a protracted illness. She was sister to W A Sparks of this city, foreman of the Comer job rooms, and a member of the M B E Church South. Funeral services will be held today and burial will be in Jonesboro cemetery.
J H McDowell and Governor Buchanan will travel to the Land of Flowers to fish and hunt for a few days, returning to Nashville. In town, McDowell viewed the Knoxville Tribune’s account of Jo J Ivins letters on the Ivins Hill McDowell Houk sell out, but he would not discuss the matter.
A young couple from Johnson City Tenn Mr Harry W Lyle and his wife Margie Miller were married in a Baptist church there and spent their honeymoon visiting Cincinnati Chicago and other Western cities. Lyle is described as of high character and his wife as among Tennessee's best and most intelligent ladies. May fortune and sunshine smile on them.
High Sheriff Joe Varney brought a large batch of sentenced prisoners to the Nashville penitentiary on Wednesday. Among them is James Hickey the murderer of Noyella Crumley who receives 17 years and Charles Holt a horse thief who gets 10 years. Both are from this county and Hickey appears nervous as his long confinement begins to tell on him.
The handle factory began operations yesterday with a daily capacity of two to three thousand hammer handles. It will produce additional kinds of handles and employ fifteen workers.
Esquire James Booker and his son, noted farmers, traveled from Sullivan County to the city yesterday chasing a man who bought a fine cow, gave a $20 note, and then vanished. The civil docket opened in Jonesboro circuit court Tuesday with Johnson City cases continued. Policeman George Campbell was fined $5 and costs for an earlier assault. Jim Hinkle’s cave is now on trial.
Rev. W. B. Laird of Nicklasville Kentucky received a unanimous call to the First Presbyterian church in Bristol at a Sunday church board meeting. Rev. Geo. A. Caldwell, formerly Bristol's pastor, currently aiding evangelical work across the South, traveled through Johnson City en route to Newport for a protracted meeting.
Mr. Frank Phillips has taken charge of the business department of Tim Comet, succeeding Barney Burleson who has resigned. He is described as timid, a common trait in newspaper men, yet any orders or favors shown him during rounds of solicitation will be appreciated by Tue Comer.
Johnson City plans two new houses of worship the Episcopal and Second Presbyterian churches. The Episcopal church foundation is laid at Fifth Avenue and Fair Street with cost estimates from 5000 to 4000 dollars. The Second Presbyterian church will rise at Watauga Avenue and New Street with work starting in spring and costs from 9000 to 47000 dollars. The First M. B. church will be repaired with pews and improvements costing 500 to 400 dollars.
Rev J G McFerrin pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Morris town rode through the city returning from Erwin where he helped in a revival meeting. He reports over twenty conversions and eleven accessions to the church.
B E N C Ry Receiver B L Dulaney, from Bristol, returned Monday from Philadelphia where he worked to advance the road. Officials expect the line to reach Asheville in early spring, restoring the original terminal this line aimed for.
B T Conway and BR B Edmunde of the Kentucky Hotel Co. Lebanon Ky owners of the Carlisle Hotel on Main Street are in town to oversee the Hale sale advertised to occur tomorrow. They are also in correspondence with a Mr Lawrence of
Hallowa Falla Vermont reports potential buyers visiting to decide whether to rent or buy the hotel with plans to extend the electric street railway for guest access. If Mr Lawrence rents, the property will not be offered for sale. otherwise the advertised sale proceeds.
Isaac Murray a plasterer from Elizabethton left for Greeneville to face pension examiners. On the way in Johnson City he drank heavily and was jailed for intoxication. Recorder Gump fined him seven dollars. unable to pay, W D Hunter covered the amount. Murray’s worried wife fetched him home aboard the narrow gauge train, keeping watch until departure.
Col D B McIntyre president of the Citizens Bank spearheaded a visit by Northern capitalists Col Wy N Colgar and wife and Police Commissioner Mac Lean and wife of New York City. They toured the Carnegie furnace Cranberry mines and Embreeville to evaluate gas mineral wealth and Southern climate with a view to relocating capital and inviting further inspection of the New South’s wealth.
For two weeks a local sale displays various Christmas gifts including large vase lamps with porcelain shades. Commencing Monday December 12 the dealer offers a lot of elegant lamps valued at 5.00 priced at 2.50 until Christmas, highlighting rare bargains.
A local store announces a fresh shipment of tea sets chamber sets and rose bowls in assorted colors along with many other goods for the holiday trade.
DRY GOODS announces a fresh stock of tall wool dress fabrics 36 inches wide. The sale price is 25 cents per yard.
In groceries we lead with a fill stock of Thurber’s celebrated fancy goods. Mention Thurber’s maple syrup made from pure sugar. Look through our stock before you purchase your Christmas goods. we are sure to please you.
Walter Ragadale, splitting time between Chattanooga and Troan Mountain, advances elaborate resort improvements. Gen Wilder, owner of the property, leases to Ragadale with option to buy. Wilder collaborates on plans. An incline right of way is cleared to connect to base roads. work on a short route to the toy begins when weather allows. Architect Foote proposes a 250 room mammoth hotel of Roane Mountain granite in Norman style with a water tower and adjoining leisure facilities. project cost slated around 000, with opening anticipated July 1.
A dense roll of individuals including Florence Beckner Myrtle Minten Milligan Grace Kittell May Kleinknecht Maxie Cox Henrieth Shaner Bersie Harr Edith Lyle Maude Chase Edea Farr Emma Taylor Ethel Shell Fannie Bolton Mana Chase Milli Leone Wagner Linnie Henley Deassie Hickey Mary Lide Stella McLeod Jennie Keen Clira Johnson Katharine Wilson Mary Pierce Bessie Male Free Hill Abbie Cartright Nannie Humphreys Minnie Morrell Lizzie Johnson Nellie Wade Bliss Amos Fannie Kilby Julia Brockwell Bessie Williams Claude Pritchett Bessie Jones Orestie South Lena Leach May Leach Maggie Broyles Clara Reeves Grace Stevens Lula Angel VOR GVITAR Mrs H C Hart Bell Hylton Blizzard Miss Maggie Taylor Milligan Miss Vandelia Fuqua Mrs W W DeVault Lydia Boucher Ida Simcox Mary Booth Hattie Cooper Julia Hughes.
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