White Burley Tobacco Growers Meeting Announced
Local farmers are urged to attend a Saturday meeting in the Commercial Chair room on Loan Street called by J Bernard from Greeneville. J M Gaunt will speak on profitability and a warehouse may be erected if 150 acres are planted, with seeds provided free to interested growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ueath
Loan Street
J. Bernard
Creeneville
Sueomastul
Fast Tennersee
Tod
J. M. Gaunt
Kentucky
Washington County
H. Ponder
Lyle and Thomas Couple Wed in City Ceremony
Miss Bessie Thomas and Summers Lyle wed at the home of Mrs. John S. Thomas with Rev. H. B. Vaught officiating. Only a few friends attended. The couple reside in the southwest addition and receive many congratulations on their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Thomas
Bessie Thomas
Summers Lyle
Mr. Lyle
Joe P. Lyle
Mrs. Lyle
Southwest Addition
Barn Fire Destroys Isaac Hart's Colonial Wa thuga Home Barn
At noon a fire destroyed Isaac Hart's barn on Wa thuga avenue. the blaze was under way before an alarm, leaving the structure a total loss and partly covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Hart
Wathuga Avenue
Bristol Telephone Company Expands Cable Network
The Bristol Telephone Company adds about one mile of 10-ply cable to improve service and says the system will be ready for use in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Telephone Company
Death of Dr. Kirkpatrick a prominent Washing ton county physician
Dr. dA Kirkpatrick a leading physician in the county died after months with Bright’s disease. Born June 20 1815 in Jefferson County he served in the Confederate army and practiced medicine for thirty years. He is survived by his wife two children two brothers and a half sister. Funeral held at Boones Creek Baptist Church with burial near the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
da. Kirkpatrick
Washington County
Jefferson County
John B. Gordon
Howena Bowers
Boones Creek
Kirkpatrick
Governor Jakemson Invited to Taft White House Dinner
Governor Patterson of Tennessee received a telegram from President Taft inviting him to dine at the White House on Wednesday January 19 at six o'clock. Patterson said urgent duties prevent his attendance. A conference of governors is planned in Washington that week which he will also miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Patterson
Taft
Jakemson Yesterlay
White House
Malcolm R. Patterson
Nash Ville
Tom
White Cure
William H. Taft
the American
Washington
Nashville American
Mrs Milburn Dead After Lingering Illness
Mrs. Mia E F Milburn died at the Soldiers Home after a lingering illness at age 61. Wife of Capt. W E F Milburn, she leaves three children, with funeral services conducted by Rev J A Rublem and interment in Greeneville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.E. F. Milburn
Soldiers’ Home
W. EF. Milburn
M. &. Church
Ralph Miller
Greeneville
Paul &, Divine
Blaine Milburn
J. A. Ruble
John P. Smith
O. L. Hicks
J. C. Butler
Kyle M. King
C. Y. Deaderick
Milburn
Retail Merchants Organize In Town
J. C. Lewis was elected secretary of the Retail Merchants Association and told to organize immediately. The group has about 86 members and aims to include every merchant and business man in town before spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Lewis
Retail Merchants’ Association
Scarcity prompts New Orleans style Lynchburg commission prices
Established 1568 Lee & Company warns of tight supplies of pork products, butter, eggs, beans, raisins, apples, and potatoes. They urge ship shipments while demand stays strong, list current prices for bacon, pork, beans, buckwheat, flour, lard, and produce, and call for dressed fowls and various meats. They note high demand and price fluctuations and urge prompt shipments of all available goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee & Company
Virginia
Tennessee
Death of Miss Gertrude Pierce
Miss Gertrude Pierce daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Pierce died last night at the family home on Fairview avenue age two was a faithful member of the Watauga Avenue Presbyterian church The funeral will be Friday at one o clock at the home conducted by Rev Dayton A Dobbs burial in Monte Vista cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Pierce
J. A. Pierce
Fairview Avenue
Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church
Dayton A. Dobbs
Monte Vista Cemetery
Mrs Edward Dinkle Dies After Long Illness At 28
Mrs Edward Dinkle died Wednesday night after a lingering illness of tuberculosis. She was a member of East Park M F Church South and known as a devoted Christian. Funeral services were led by Rev Karl Thurn day and she was laid to rest in her old home at Okalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Dinkle
East Park
Do They Want Coal Fields
The Bluefield Telegraph reports that prominent businessmen returning from New York or Philadelphia say United States Steel Company aims to own the local coal lands to secure coke. Steel interests reportedly hire money and may seek control of the Pocahontas Tug River Thacker Clinch Virginia fields, with railroads and land firms under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Telegraph
New York
Phildelphia
United States Steel Company
Philadelphia
Steel Trust
Railroois
Pocahontas
Tug River
Thacker
Clinch Valley
Virginia
Hearing for the Coopers postponed to February first
The Tennessee Supreme Court hearing in the State vs Col Duncan B Cooper and Robin Cooper for the murder of Senator I W Carmack, fixed for November 9, 1908, in Nashville, was postponed to February 1 after defense counsel and the Attorney General agreed to the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Supreme Court
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
I. W. Carmack
J. M. Anderson
O.T. Cates, Jr
Social Notes From Mrs Hurt and Mrs Deadorick Gatherings
Mrs Hurt hosted an afternoon at Holston avenue with games and refreshments. Mrs Deadorick celebrated at the soldiers' home with honoree Fulton Smith, assisted by Miss Lorena Denderick and others from Bristol. A foral guessing contest crowned Mrs Geo Sells, and a salad course with tea and mint followed. Out-of-town guests included Mrs Earnest of St Paul Virginia and several Bristol residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hurt
Holston Avenue
Charles ¥. Deadorick
Soldiers' Home
Fulton Smith
Lorena Denderick
Mesdames Smith
State Horticultural Society Meeting Set in Nashville
The fifth annual gathering of the State Horticultural Society and the Tennessee State Nurserymen's Association will occur January 26 and 27 at the Tulane Hotel in Nashville. Open to all fruit and truck growers and nursery men, with $1 annual membership. Railroads offer a special round trip rate aligned with the Masonic Grand Lodge session. A program includes a paper on First Steps in Commercial Orcharding by T. W. McCown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Horticultural Society
Tennessee State Nurserymen's Association
Tulane Hotel
Nashville
Maxonic Grand Lodge
T. W. McCown
Tranum Bros. Clothiers Chief Takes Florida Vacation
Robert Tranum, senior partner of Tranum Bros., clothiers, is spending a month in Florida. For ten years he has been closely tied to business, and this marks his first outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tranum
Tranum Bros., Clothiers
Florida
Tranum
Census Supervisor Seeks Applicants for Enumerators
Thompson of Chuckey Tennessee has received blank census enumerator applications. The deadline was extended to January 41 from January 25. Tests will be February 5. Applications require full personal, residency, citizenship, language, education, occupation, and prior census work details, plus two endorsements from unrelated community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Chuckey
Tenn
Census Bureau
United States
Exch
Return of residents to Armbrast Smith building after fire
The occupants of the Armbrast Smith building, displaced by a recent fire, are moving back into their quarters after temporary relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armbrast- Smith
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Brading- Marshall Lumber Co
East Main Street
Big Shed
Dobe Street
White Burley Tobacco Growers
Cardus
Knox Collis Kennels
Knoxville
J. J. McLaughlin
Bristol
George and
Mins Hattle Baker
Jonesboro
Samuel Ar. Ris
Grace Anderson
Jonathan Tithe
Hin Ber
Belle Miller
Susie Remine
Cte. Bolton
Samuel Ryburn
Jackson Crumley
Robert W. Blair
King College
Jno
Cox
Elsen
Unaka National Hank
Chae
Travis
Federal
Marshall W. A. Dunlop
Ruth Lyle
Sullins College
Jackson Cromley
John H. Bowman and Sons
Billie and
Luck
Coronado
Whca
Delong Rice
Friends
Enrouu
W. & Bacon
Morning Star
J. B. Worley
Main St
Mike Ticcio
State Street
Norfolk
Fountain Square
Johnson City, Tennessee
DR. Kirkpatrick
Boones Creek Church
LEE & Company Commission Merchants
Lynchburg, Va
Mrs. Edward
Dinkle
THE
Coopers
PRT
State Horticulural Society
MR. Tranum
Conner Bros. Furniture Company
Complete House Furnishers
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