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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
3
The notice alerts of the Clinchfield Route in effect September 26 1909 under Eastern Standard Time plus an advertisement for a Salma pool room offering three titles and a bargain sale at one. Apply at Comet of fee, Str.
Local brief lists residents and visitors including Dick Berry in fron, C. K. Morgan nursing, Harris family in Bristol, Mrs. Charles Gray visiting Johnson City, W. Pierce returning on the Memphis Special from Pittsburg, Wofford's visit with brothers, Mrs. Silas Cooper from Jonesboro, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lee with family on DuttilCreeks, Walter Rybury's wedding to Antoinette Winter, Mrs. Josephine Bates and Mrs. Thos Dickinson visiting Jonesboro, alfalfa fertilizer ad, hotel for sale near union depot, annual A. M. conference at Zion church in Bristol, Rev. L A Patrick returning to Johnson City for a second year.
Notice reports lost stock certificate for one share of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company originator T Jobe of Carter County seeking renewal. Sworn affidavit presents loss of certificate dated March 24 140L and September 6 19. Journal item also notes local undertaker company incorporation and Baptist convention return with meeting plans for Johnson City next year plus Kentucky stock sale advertisement and a found keys note.
KT Shell, a row Mountain lumber dealer, has closed a large tract timber at Gray's station on the CO and K&O. A large force will be set to work at once to cut all the timber.
A fragmented classified page offers farm land near Knoxville Tennessee with acres in cultivation and timber, a two story frame dwelling, barns, springs, near the Tennessee river, plus multiple real estate listings in Cleveland and Kenova. Also requesting catalogues and offerings for fertilizer, houses, vacant lots, and rental rooms. Listings include W. Kite & Co, R. Warren & Co, Dermey Burleson, and others.
In the chancery court at Dutison Civ Tenn, Standard Computing Scale Company creditors are ordered to file claims by April 1, 1018 or risk exclusion from assets. The order prohibits further suits except by petition and names Cass, Belts, and Vinvs as solicitors.
In Johnson City district court Rod Reynolds Co et al versus Staples Dyer and Anaka Chemical Co and Standard Computing Scale Co involves creditors of Staples Dyer who are made parties to aid the consolidated suit. They are notified to join by April 19, 1910 or be excluded from benefits and assets. The court enjoins them from pursuing any separate action against the parties and further suits by others against these parties are stayed pending judgment. October 19, 1909. JW Cass Clerk and Master.
A writ of attachment has been issued against J. C. Ayres in Johnson County. The defendant, a non-resident of Wisconsin, must appear before Justice P. Q. Miller on November 10 to answer claims involving four pairs of shoes. Publication is ordered for four successive weeks in the Johnson City Comet.
Widespread zeal for public school libraries grows as Tennessee enacts a bill allocating one percent of state revenue to libraries. Counties expect multiple libraries by January 1, 2010 with state matching grants of up to twenty dollars per community per year.
Hotel Pardue opened to the public on Tuesday afternoon with supper being the first served. Everything is new and Mine Host Meee has reason to be proud of the fresh quarter and the good patronage it is receiving.
Non-resident defendants W B Coon and Hessity My Coon must appear by the first Monday in November per court rule day. They must plead to the complainant’s bill or face a default. An order copy is to be published in The Comet of Johnson City Tennessee for four consecutive weeks. September 10, 1909. J W Cass Clerk. Ed Vaught and Genet Sells, solicitors.
On Tuesday October 20 the Elippodrome stages the play Tagan Hearts featuring a strong company. The story follows Tom Logan unjustly jailed for murder and his wife Joanne who leaves for New York with another lover. Grace, their child, becomes central to a dramatic pursuit of justice and redemption.
Miss Adelaide Stevens leads the company in the classical comedy Between the Acts at the Hippodrome on Monday night. The troupe features Miss Marigecer Rennert and Clarence J. Griffin among a lineup of performers well suited to their roles, with songs and dances announced as part of the program.
Sam Vaughn of Knox Creek faced two charges after a Saturday trial over his threat to murder W F Carter following a dispute about buying two mules. Witnesses testified Vaughn warned Carter to move on or be killed, leading to a six month peace bond set at 750 dollars.
A city council meeting reviewed options secured by Attorney E K B Hensley on riparian rights and water line rights from Unicoi county springs to Johnson City. Costs for Garber Tagran and Blue springs systems were estimated at 250 000 to 275 000 dollars with extensive mains and hydrants. a Watauga Water offer to sell their distribution system at 210 000 dollars was noted. The council approved recording the riparian rights options in Unicoi County.
Mrs Angelina J Mason widow of A Mason died at her Jonesboro home Sunday October 17 at age eighty. Survived by seven children including Rev Jas G Mason DOD Metuchen and Rev Edgar Mason Newark, a brother S K Cosson, a sister Mrs Mary Harris Morristown, and many grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM in Second Presbyterian Church conducted by Prof Chas Dillworth, a longtime friend.
Obituary notes the sudden death of C W Guthrie cashier of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railway after a two week illness with typhoid fever. He leaves a widow and three children. Remains shipped to Basie City Vik for interment.
A Nashville delegation reported satisfactory conditions for locating the East Tennessee normal school in Johnson City. The decision will be delayed two to three weeks while offers are reviewed. Johnson City seeks the site and believes it has much to gain from the investigation.
Mr and Mrs John L Davis returned from an extended western tour. Their son John J Davis Jr accompanied them to Paso Texas where he entered a military school. They visited Mesion the Pacific coast Los Angeles San Francisco and Seattle before returning to Knoxville via Yellowstone Park Denver and Chicago.
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