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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
3
The Clinchfield Route between Dante South Carolina and Spartanburg South Carolina goes into effect December 11, 1909 in Eastern Standard Time. Through train service daily connects Dante with Spartanburg and all points north east west and south.
Announcement for a Scottish Rite Masons banquet on Thursday March 24 1910 at Maxonia Hall with a Maundy Thursday ceremony at 7 20 pm and a banquet at 8 20 pm. Relighting lights will occur at 8 40 am Easter Sunday March 27 1910. Attendance requires informing the entertainment committee by March 1 and wearing the Scottish Rite cap. Committee members listed.
Resolutions from the Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies of the Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church Johnson City Tennessee lament the death of Mrs M W Dickey. They praise her as a Christian worker wife and mother and extend sympathy to bereaved families. A copy is sent to town papers and inscribed in minutes. Dated March 14 1910. H B Carriger and John M Barton bought the livery stables of W F Smith who had purchased from Kid McClain.
Revival under State Evangelist Rev Geo H Crutcher and Geo Freeman closed Sunday with many professions. Petition signs indicate potential union of First Baptist on Main Street valued 16 000 and Roan Street valued 10 000. New combined church would house an edifice estimated at over 40 000.
Palm Sunday services at Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church feature floral decorations and music with a sermon titled A Man's Lord or The Earthly Crowning of the Christ at 7 p.m. A congregational meeting follows the morning service. Other hours include 9 80 a m Sunday School 3 p m junior church 6 p m. The Greenwood Sun district school taught by Prof FL W Stepp and Miss Cor Brummitt closed Friday with an entertainment and Cherokee band provided music.
A collage of want ads seeking calves and cattle buyers, ore loading labor at Cranberry Mines, and sealed bids for a Mountain Branch dry cleaning setup. Notices invite bids, property for sale or rent, real estate agents, and listings for stenos and farm space with contact details and office locations.
Local and personal news items from Bristol and nearby towns list residents visiting, returning, or ill. Names include Mason of Jonesboro, Jacob M Range, Prof Paul Warley of Hoones Creek, Dr Fred D Kershner, and Mrs J A Slagle among many others. Several moves, visits, and small occurrences fill the column with community detail.
The Southern Railway has restored the ticket collector system on the Knoxville division after several months of using conductors to handle fares. Younger ticket collectors will now accompany trains while conductors resume only operating the trains.
The first meeting of the proposed Authors Club was held at Motel Pardue last Friday evening. A committee was appointed to craft rules and report next month. The all male club allows guests, with a rich program of vocal and instrumental music, recitations by Miss Fairlow of Milligan College, and a supper with six courses. Members listed include Walter H. Robertson, H. G. Morison, J. F. Crumley, Geo W. Hardin and others. the next gathering will feature Shakespeare with Dr. Kershner as guest lecturer.
Dr James A Ruble, chaplain at Mountain Branch Soldiers Home, became suddenly ill Saturday with pneumonia. A beloved minister in East Tennessee, he has served the ministry for over forty years, guiding church and community leaders.
On Thursday night the B P O Elks Lodge elected all officers for the coming year. Pr Mateger was named exalted ruler HL Prowner leading knight W W Milles royal knight Hogais lecturing knight B I Hart ruler Tate Earnest treasurer W Ty Clark secretary and 4 G Mbenk trustee. A supper followed with a large attendance and a fine time reported.
The Dominion Tron Works incorporation purchased the foundry building at King Street and the Virginia and Southern railway from Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harris for 7,210 dollars. Harris built and started the foundry years ago, now run by the Dominion company which also operates a foundry at Johnson City.
The Sells woodwork plant is being expanded with brick dry kilns 10 by 44 feet erected. Senator Bam KR Selle serves as manager of the firm, a leading area woodwork operation that has grown from a small factory to its current size.
Secretary of State Hallam W. Goodloe grants a charter to Unaka Chemical Corporation of Washington County with capital of 10,000. Incorporators include H. S. McMonigle Si P. Dyer Hy man Abtunnon and W. Price D. A. Vines. Also contains old advertising text for Cheney's remedies and miscellaneous local references.
Mrs Hessie Carr of Johnson City Tenn and C H Loop of Morristown Tenn were quietly married Tuesday night at Rev A E Lansburn’s residence. Both have long newspaper careers and are praised for enterprise. The Comet notes the event and hopes it is their first of many.
Bristol March 18 Postmaster J A Warren responded to conflicting statements about his alleged shortage. He says discrepancies in two or three accounts total under 50 dollars and have been settled. Inspectors reported a 115.69 shortage, but Warren argues errors by inspectors negate that amount. He asserts no embezzlement and cites routine variances in a high volume office. He faulted inspectors for harsh treatment of subordinates and a hostile environment.
A. T. Markwood, inventor of the power developing machine that bears his name, has bought the shop of D. M. Setzer and son on Mite lard street. He plans to enlarge the building and fit up a new office. The machine now in the White Elephant building will move to the new plant for continued work until the model is ready for shipment to Washington for patent notice.
Plans and specifications for the Kress & Co store on Main Street are out to several contractors for bids. The two story building will front Main and Market streets, sit on the lot belonging to I B St John, and cost about 25000 dollars.
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