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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
3
Do you contemplate going west the item suggests. It mentions Tf 40 T will be glad to quote rates and schedules and furnish maps and information free. Several locals are named with Knoxville references and a note about rebuilding a mill site after a fire.
The column lists assorted local items including citizens winning events in Knoxville and home, business trips, marriages and anniversaries, theater notices for The Pawnmakers, upcoming fashion displays, a serious accident near the cotton mill, and the funeral of Edward Crouch of Boone's Creek with many relatives attending in Johnson City.
An advertisement touts Cas carets Candy Cathartic for bowel relief. A farmer William Stepp, aged about fifty, died after a fall from a barn loft causing a fatal injury. A travel party of twenty five left for Washington under agents Meeck and Borglum, detailing the route from the South to Grand Junction, Illinois Central to St. Louis, then Union Pacific to Washington. Additional notices mention kidney and poisoning remedies in old-style copy.
A scrambled OCR item mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets, local social visits to Prof. McQloud’s farm, and a sermon by Rev Francisco. It also notes an Easter fair at Tomahawk Opera House, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic ads, and political chatter about Judge Campbell. The piece references Morristown Republican notes on housing plans, a city horse for the hose cart, Alf Taylor’s lecture, and various local events and opinions.
Civil service examinations will be held in Knoxville on April 23 and 2th for stenography and typewriter tests. Write to the U S Civil Service Commission Washington DC for the Manual of Examination with full instructions. Respectfully Simnax Newton See Portal Hoard Civ Serv Ex
Citizens of Jobu county gathered at the courthouse to push a line extension from Maymead to Mountain City. A private subscription raised 3500 dollars to grade the route and place crossties while the railway would supply rails and operate the line if approved. A committee was named to negotiate with the Virginia and Southwestern Railway officials.
The Virginia Tron, Coal and Coke Co and the Virginia and Southwestern Railroad will relocate their headquarters to Johnson City. A top official said leases are nearly arranged for the Wilder block in Carnegie, chosen to escape Bristol’s high rents. The three story brick building offers ample light, ventilation, and office space with large first floor store rooms for central purchasing.
Federal proceedings began at nine this morning to remove Referee J B Cox of Johnson City. Prosecution witnesses, including Cy H Lyle and John H Bowman, testified to obscene language by Cox. Cox has fiftee n days to present his defense before Special Master Henry O Ewing, with Judge Clark to decide this term.
A. N. Molesworth, chief engineer of the O B C Railway, visiting Johnson City, sought to secure freight cars from the Southern. Ewing of the Southern indicated it could spare 200 more cars on the division, but emphasized the need to serve Care itself. Molesworth noted the O B C line’s extension into Mitchell County North Carolina and described new bridge work, a hotel under construction at Unaka Springs, and Unaka’s emergence as a summer resort. He cited rapid Southern track expansion straining car availability and reported good business on his line as plans proceed to build nine miles of track to connect with the V. & S. W. and boost Bristol-Knoxville rail facilities.
A. N. Molesworth, general superintendent of the Ohio River and Charleston railway, says rapid line expansion by the Southern has strained car availability, affecting shipments from Johnson City. He notes business on his line. plan R. R. & C unites with Virginia and Southwestern to build from Carnegie to near Bluff City and provide rail access to Bristol.
MacMillin stated no applications have been received for the prison commission seat held by Nixon, with term ending in June, and he will not consider vacancies until then. He also postponed action on registering commissioners across counties for several weeks to clear routine duties. The governor, recently recovered, plans to tackle legislative matters when the session opens next Monday.
Washington dispatch says Commissioner H. Clay Evans will not stay at the pension office through Mr McKinley’s second term. He is expected to resign soon and may receive a diplomatic post as a reward for services. The Star asserts the announcement is authentic and longstanding retirement has been anticipated.
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