Local and Personal Notes From Erwin Area
Local items list residents visiting relatives and returning from trips across Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina. People mentioned include L Armbrust Leslie Wilbourne Col Reeves Mrs Whisman Mrs Sanders J Fred Powell Mabel Mason BG Lyle Hugh Hall and many others with visits to Bristol Nashville Knoxville and Johnson City along with civic notes on church property and a bank designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BG. Lyle
Bristol
City
Hugh Hall
Young
Virginia
Estes Grocery Co
Market Street
Clinchfield Hotel Planned at West Main and SouthernRailway
H W Pardue plans a three story Clinchfield hotel at West Main street and Southern Railway with 100 by 109 feet frontage. The 50 000 dollar project will feature tile floors electric elevators and steam heat. A. D. McKee proprietor Planters has leased and will operate the high class hostelry with completion expected by early fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Pardue
West Mainstreet
Southern Railway
West Main Street
Clinchfield
A. D. McKee
Brilliant Reception at Orchard Place
Mrs William Pond Harris and Mrs George Torrey Wolford hosted a large afternoon reception at Orchard Place, the Harris home. About 200 ladies attended as the Jackson Orchestra played, with guests served coffee, ices, cakes, and a central peony centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pond Harris
George Torrey Wolford
Orchard Place
Harris
Mrs. Crowder
Miss Barton
Mesdames Smith
C. Q O. Biddle
Angeline Wofford
Marion IriBerg
Jackson Orchestra
Committee Appointed to Work for Normal Location
At a Commercial Club meeting a plan to secure the State Normal School to be located in East Tennessee was approved. President Jas A Summers appointed two committees to lead the effort. The county group includes J J Brading as chairman and several members. The city panel is led by J Bracing with a slate of members. They will seek Washington County and Johnson City to provide 50 000 in bonds each to back the project and locate the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
State Normal School
East Tennessee
Jas. A. Summers
J. J. Brading
Cy H. Lyle
M. I. Gump
A. R. Johnson
C. Williams
Guy L. Smith
P. J. Wofford
J. Bracing
R. Sells
Geo
F. Buringe
Ta, Cox
HG Morrison
Isaac Hart
Geo. T. Wolford
W. J. Miller
Washington County
Johnson City
Local concern to bore for oil in Washington county
A charter granted by Secretary of State H. W. Godlee to Pioneer Oil and Gas Company of Washington county with capital stock $20,000 lists incorporators M. L. Fox W. H. Martin M. Fox Chas A. Martin and E. N. Moore. The concern will bore for oil and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becre
Tury
H. W. Godlee
Pioneer Oil and Gas Company
Washington County
Capital
M. L. Fox
W. HE. Martin
Fox
Chas
A. Martin
EN. Moore
Quiet Home Wedding in Johnson City Married Beulah Lee
At the bride’s home in the city Wednesday morning Miss Beulah Lee wed Mr. Wiley Eaton formerly of Radford Virginia now with the A A in this city. Rev. T G Davis officiated in the presence of a few family friends. The couple departed on No 41 for a bridal trip south and will reside in Johnson City.
C C and O Directors Review Line Interests
Mr J J Blair a director of the C C and O Railway traveled from New York last week to inspect the line and observe operations at the office for potential interests and improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Blair
C. C. & O. Railway
New York
George Smith Shot Dead Near Woolwine School
George Smith was found dead near the Woolwine school building Sunday night with a bullet wound through the heart. The slayer was not known but suspects include Coon Jones. a preliminary hearing was held before P.Q. Miller and charges will be addressed at the next Circuit Court term. A $500 bond was posted for the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Woolwine
Coon Jones
P.Q. Miller
Hell
City council condemns old West Main site building
At Thursday night’s city council meeting an advance was passed condemning the old restaurant building on West Main Street and Southern Railway property, ordering owner H. W. Pardue to remove it within 20 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Main St
Southern Railway
H.W. Pardue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxfords
D.armstrong & Co
John Kelly & Co
Krippendorf-Dittman & Co
John Cramer & Son
E.p.reed & Co
Jeroleman-Oliver & Co
Thomas Bros
Tennessee
Brading & Marshall Lumber Co
L. Armbrust
Charlotte
N.C
Leslie Wilbourne
Lebanon, Va
Col
B.C. Reeves
Texas
J. R. Whisman
Mrs. G. C. Sanders
Butler, Tenn
J. Fred Powell
Wytheville
Mabel Mason
Jonesboro
A. P. Mathes
Nesboro
Harry Weller
Farmer
A. Rowman
Fatlporis
Knoxville
J. A. Kirkpatrick
Boones Creek
Kirkpatrick
Alf Markwoot
W. Ee
Nashville
K. of
Mra. Stanley
St. Louis
Alien Harris
Unaka Avenue
Chas. W. Brown
Armour Did
Estes Bargain House
Mm. Robt. Brooks
Lee-Eaton
Hens Bottke
Atter & Pleasant Eee
Tsane Maw
St. Paul
Johnson, Ewald
Go. J. L. Davis
James McBarker
Patterson
State Board of Education
Tusculum
B. White
Ruby Baxter
Edith Barton
Vines
G. Hannah
W. A. Jewel
First Baptist Church
Walnut and
Sevier Streets
Btn Barton
Kcates
Madeline Russell
Greeneville Grocery Co
Town
Estes! Bargain House
W. FL. Nelson
Backwoods
Harriman
GALR
Tion
W. P. Brownlow
Miss Hacker
Washington
The
Soldiers’ Home
Mrs. Brownlow
Mra. W
Hope
Cincinnati
Galloway+Pease Lumber Co
That City
Don Parsons
Messrs
Parsons Bros
N. T. Tucker
Erwin Magnet
Ey National Bank
Armour and Co
North Carolina
A. T. Karest
Geo. Porter Smith
Hippodrome
Chas. F. Carson
Embreville
Alabama
John Q. Tilson
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
J. C. Campbell
Erwin
UC. C. Crowder
Watauga Avenue
W. J. Exum
Crowder
Roma Eiseman
China
Litteeneuve
Trinidad
Colorado
ATLL
Cardus
Wiley & Degroat
Build’g
Memphis, Tenn
J. E. Sl
Npley, D.P.A
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