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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
2
Long column sketches Tennessee political maneuvering with references to Gov. Patterson Carmack and Worley. Debates, appointments, and possible gubernatorial race discussed amid local editorials praising Patterson while considering Carmack’s viability. Local notes on Erwin land talks, Johnson City and Carter plans, and East Tennessee appointments.
Park City secures Prof J R Lowry of Johnson City to lead the city schools as superintendent. A Knoxvillian returning home, he is famed for Johnson City’s excellent system and aligns with Supt Myn ders methods, promising fraternal cooperation between city schools.
A party of business leaders returned from Washington pleased after securing support from Mr. Ackert of the Southern for a joint one third share depot build in Johnson City. The dispute centers on depot location with two factions urging Carter site versus current site, while union is broadly supported.
Washington June 11 United States Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama died at his home at 11 15 pm after a long illness. A Democrat born 1824 in Athens Georgia he long served in the Senate and held posts including Hawaiian laws commission and Bering Sea arbitrator. Funeral will be in Selma Alabama with his daughters and secretary present.
The piece notes her pleasant character and numerous friends in Knoxville while she plans to settle elsewhere. It also mentions Mr. Brown, son of John G Brown of North Fourthowus, formerly at the University of Tennessee lab, now with Grandury Purones in Johnson City, known as a capable, respected young man with many supporters.
The Erwin area in Wiseot County emerges as a planned hub for South and Western railroad expansion. Prominent real estate deals, extensive yard construction, and large land purchases signal the town’s anticipated rise as a major railicenter, with estimates near $100,000 in value and new railroad facilities planned.
Last Saturday afternoon five o'clock at the bride's Spring Street home Miss Lula Lena Johnson married Mr. James Power Hart with Rev J A Moore officiating. The couple's reception showed sweet peas honey suckle and trailing vines plus a lover's knot of flowers. The bride wore blue voile with matching hat and gloves and carried a bouquet. Best man Geo E Barbage and sister Mrs William McCain sang the wedding march. The couple will spend a week at Nova Tenn then a house party with Mrs McCain before a trip east. Guests included numerous local residents and several out of town guests.
Col M Lasy and wife petition the Recorder for the establishment of an Improvement District under the act to widen Tipton Street near Hilo Street. They seek notices to heirs and residents, require appearance to contest land condemnation, and warn ex parte action if not informed. The order directs publication in The Comet weekly for four weeks starting January 4, 1907.
At high noon Wednesday Misa Con stance Malone wand Me. W, BH, Brown were married at the home of the bride in Knoxville. Mr. Brown is assistant chemist at the Cranberry furnace in this city and has many friends here who congratulate him upon his good fortune. After a bridal tour of two weeks the couple will be at home in Johnsay City. The Knoxville Sentinel notes the widespread interest across Tennessee in this marriage and highlights Mrs. Brown, Const ance Malone, eldest daughter of Eva Williams Malone, whose literary work has attracted attention nationwide.
The bill indicates defendant W. E. Simcox is a non-resident of Tennessee. He must appear and plead by July 1, 1907, or the bill will be taken as confessed and heard ex parte. A copy of the order will run four consecutive weeks in the Comet. May 30, 1907.
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