Notice of Discount System for City Water Department
The DISCOUNT SYSTEM is adopted for City Water Department effective October 1 1912. Flat rates rise 50 cents per consumer and meter rates rise 11 percent with cash discounts for timely payments. A 50 cent discount applies to flat rate bills paid within 15 days after January April July and October 1 for the quarter. a 10 percent discount applies to the meterage portion paid within 15 days after the first of each month for the prior month. No service cutoffs until 25 days after due date. Residence rates shown below.
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City Water Department
Hub dealer hires fall goods from the east
J A Parsons returns from the east with fall goods for The Hub. Louther Pardue celebrates the birth of his first child, a son, with rightful pride. Mrs Bergin returns to New York after a pleasant visit. Charles Y Denderick at the Soldiers Home and Frank St John and family visit relatives. J D Crough of Flourville visits the Comet office and presents fares with a watermelon. J M Barker travels from Bristol on business. new hardware store planned to open about the 15th. Soldiers defeat Bluefield 6 to 0. 28 men see Sam Hall. C C Walker becomes manager of both Cumberland Telephone and Western Union Telegraph offices after consolidation. Pardue's promotes three for bread at three cents per loaf.
Captain D G Coy Again In Charge At Salvation Army
Johnson City welcomes Captain D G Coy and wife back in charge of the Salvation Army arriving from Cincinnati last week and now at Salvation Army headquarters. Captain Coy and his wife are highly popular and have been a steady force in the city’s war against poverty and need.
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Johnson City
DG. Coy
Salvation Army
Cincinnati
Gavid
Nashville
Coy
Sam Sells Jr. Has Dangerous Fall
Sam Sells Jr., eight-year-old son of Congressman Betts, rode a bicycle down Cy H. Lyle’s hill when he lost control and fell, injuring his face and eyelid. Jackson Lyle aided, and a physician treated the boy at once.
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Sam Sells Jp
Congressman Betts
Cy H. Lyle
Little Sam
Tke
Ile
Jackson Lyle
Eon
City Transfer Co Hauling Services Offered at Reasonable Prices
City Transfer Co provides heavy and light hauling with careful handling. Trunks picked up and delivered within half a mile of the station for 25 and 35 cents. Phone 196 for prompt service.
Johnson City Ordinance Protects Asphalt Streets
An early 20th century Johnson City Tennessee ordinance prohibits moving motorized vehicles with broken tires over asphalt streets and bars dragging posts or tying rails. Violations incur fines from one dollar to ninety dollars. The measure requires posted notices on current and future asphalt streets.
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Johnson City
Tennessean
Belt
W. A. Dickinson
Pouder
Plans Made for the New Depot
Revised passenger station plans by the Southern railway have been sent to the Commercial club for review and are shown by Pres. Gump at Gump Bros. A butterfly umbrella shed from Market to Roan Street will span 725 feet. The white waiting room measures 87 by 51 feet and contains private space for gentlemen and ladies. A separate ticket telegraph office and a negro waiting area with running toilets are planned.
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Southern Railway
Commercial Club
Pres. Gump
Gump Bros
Market
Roan Street
Wemer
Deputy Sheriffs Appointed for Washington County
Deputy sheriffs for Washington County are elected to assist in local enforcement. Brownlow Seaton of the ninth district, P. T. Crotley of the ih district, Mr. Mapwood of the fifteenth, J. Boninist of the thirteenth, J. W. Barat of the sixteenth, and J. M. Garvin of the fifteenth district are named. Three more deputies will be appointed later.
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Washington County
Willams
Brownlow
Special Service Next Sunday Evening at Wontaga Avenue Church
The Wontaga Avenue Presbyterian Church hosts a Sunday evening service on September 15, 1912. Prof. David Thurleson from the State Normal School will address the board of education and teachers on prayer for the school. Miss Rankin will lead special music. all are invited.
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Johnson City Tenn
Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Theo. DeHon, Jr
D.P. A
South Carolina
Spartansburg
S. C
Wontaga Avenue Presbyterian Chuch
P.m
San Septembber
David Sane Oletr Thurleson
Font Secly
Eduarion
Normal and ‘Oy
Bite School
Miss Rankin
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Ward & Friberg
Water Department
Tenn
Fred S. Miler
F. McDonald
Wilmington, N. C. Seashore
VIA
And
Seaboard Air Line
W. Hedge
Memphis
Lila Taylor
J. A. Parsons
Hidtktts
Louther Pardue
Frank St. John
Jas. A. Carrigen
Morristown
Gueathe
J.D. Crough
Flourville
J. M. Barker
Mristol
Bluefield
Vale
Sam Hall
Shaw
C. C. Walker
Cumberland Telephone Office
Western Union ‘Telegraph Office
Pardue'st
Ab Pandue's
D. G. Coy
Sam Sells Jr
Tadian
Thos. B. Matson, Jr
Burke
Coho Hamilton
Soldiers’ Home
Dove
7Th Avenue
Will Eail
C. FP
Dickinson
General del
Knoxville
Tenn, Tost
J.B. Worley
Martha Washington
City Transfer Co
City Transi
Morristown, Hamblin Co
Fair Ass'n
Morristown, Tenn
London Hippodrome Co
J. F. Goodson
R. F. Taylor
White City Laundry Co
J. E. Coleman
Mar
W. L. Harwood
W. Main St
Johnson City, Tenn
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, Inc
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