The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-08-14
Vote, vote, vote,
Vote with care
Vote for the schools
And the thoroughiare.


And the thoroughiare.
There was young lawyer in Jonesborough,
Whose knowledge of Blackstone was not thor
ough.
When the Judge read decree
In his favor, you sec,
He rose up and entered demurrough.
W. ], Graham is having a new glass
front put in his grocery store. 1t is
great improvement.
The date line, johnson City," APP
pearing daily in the Knoxville Journal
is worth $500 per day as an adver.
tisment to this place.
The practice the Roanoke team
got at Bristol did not seem to be of
the proper kind. In II inning
contest at Knoxville yesterday, the
score stood 4 to in favor of the
home team.
The Proctor Land Company have
engineers at work surveying for their
dummy line. The route is from Pub
lie Square up Main to Roam, and out
Roam street to the top of the ridge and
on to "The Oogalista."
On the 10th of this month you
will have an opportunity to vote fol
the children of Johnson City Will
you vote that they shall grow up in
ignorance, or will you vote for the
bonds that they may have the ad
vantage of an education2 BE care.
full Of your ballot.
THE COMET force is under obliga
tions to w. W. Devault for the finest
watermelon of the season. It was
raised on his farm near this place
Mr.. Devault intends opening a fruit
stand in the Harr & Burrow building
on Spring street in few days and will
supply the city with fresh melons every
day.
Major Huger has only twenty
three days in which to commence
work on the new depot he has
promised to begin in 80 days, and
there is not particle of material on
the ground yet, and no excavating
done. Hurry up, Major, and do
not let the chestnut burrs grow up
on this last promise, lest our peo-
pie begin to think that "nothing
good can come out of the E. T V.
Il G. r. r. Co."
Col. Manning had his road out yes.
terday expanding under the glorious
sunshine. The Colonel says: / don't
propose to give any internal Yankee a
chance to steal my road, you know. l
know EN-.
The Courier has reference to the
Danville and East Tennessee railroad
in the above paragraph. Col. Manning
put a few hands to work on it last week
in order to hold the subscription of
$4,000 voted by Bristol.
A Pleasant party of young peg
pie chaperoned by Mrs. r. "A.
Wood, spent yesterday at Gran
berry They were the guests of
our popular and genial townsman,
J. D. Faucette. The following oom-
posed the party: Mrs. R. A. Wood,
Mrs. A. A. Cooper, Misses Eau
cette, Nellie Bridges, Augusta
Abby, Ella Touzlin, Laura Wilson,
Matte Henderson, Sue Wood and
Edith Whiteside. Messrs. Wat,
II. w. Lyle, L. w. Wood, ]. D.
Faucette.
A new firm from Lynchburg, Va,
will open up clothing store on Main
street about the first of October. 1t
will be $4,000 stock. This will be
by far the largest clothing emporium
in this section of the State. These
gentlemen will come with wide and
extended experience as clothiers and
propose to please the people with the
quality of their goods. They will also
turn their goods loose upon the
market at the lowest possible price
above cost. Johnson City welcomes
all such enterprises and shall await
with no little impotence the coming
of the new Lynchburg firm.