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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
2
Local notices urge neighbors to attend the Johnson City Fair and Carnival as merchants display fonts. A bright meteor was seen Monday night near the city, while Gov. Benton McMillin plans a Washington County address next Monday on democracy.
The Washington City Times lauds Ed ward W. Carmack of Memphis as a brilliant and promising figure in Tennessee politics. It notes his six years in politics, two terms in Congress, a third term nearing, and his shift from law to journalism shaping a notable national profile.
Reports cite mayoral estimates of five thousand dead and ten thousand shelterless residents. militia force work crews at bayonet point while bodies are dumped at sea or buried where found. urgent needs include water lime candles and kerosene. nationwide aid pours in from Houston trains and city networks to Gov Sayers and local committees.
Johnson City selects Miss Gordon Henderson as carnival queen with maids of honor Eva Carr Willie Cox Sama Biddle Fannie Bolton Lizzie Carr Mae Jones Nell Rains, and outriders Mosars Will Johnson Frank Miller Andy Spencer Will Harris Bob Martin Horace Miller Sam Millard Jas Summers. Hon. A. A. Taylor to crown. A public noon ceremony precedes parade and a masquerade ball follows at the opera house with Greencville band providing music.
In Johnson City the Carnival Queen is chosen by a committee of young men who fund and design the parade float. The practice last year drew broad approval, and no alternative method has been proposed. The article notes merchants and escorts also select seven maids of honor, with Johnson City’s Carnival funded by individual merchants and participants rather than a city grant.
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