The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-07-07
JOHNSON CITY VICTORIOUS IN
MANY CLOSE CONTESTS.
"OaklAnds' Delighted the Numerous
Visitors.
The Electric Cars We're the Chlei
Attraotlon--The Record OF .
the Day as Gathered by
The Comet.

The morning OF the Fourth of July,
1892, in johnson City, opened with a
cloudless sky over a muddy earth, but
the hot sun and the ceaseless tramp of
the thousands soon reduced slop to
solid earth.
BY 6 o'clock the streets we're
thronged with people from the imme.
date neighborhood. The influx vas
continued until about the middle Of
the day. Every train ON all the roads
came in loaded. No. 5, from Bristol,
had seven coaches crowded to suffoca-
ton, the crowd being estimated by the
conductor at $50. This train, how
ever, did MT furnish accommodation
for all who wanted to come from Bris-
toll, and No. l brought about 300 more
and gathered up the fragments at the
way-stations until it was crowded.
Train No. 4 from the West on the E.
T. V. & G., brought four extra cars
crowded from as far down as Morris
town, but was not able to bring all
who wanted to come.
The narrow gauge contained sixteen
cars and carried about 1000 people.
The ]. G. & @. road run two trains,
z carr eacn and both were crowded to
their utmost capacity.
The Three C's train brought in
about 500 from Unicoi and Garter.
Every family in Washington, Cart !
and Unicoi counties were represented
in most instances by the entire family
North Carolina was represented by
delegations from Yancy, Mitchell ant
other counties and rs q result about
5000 men, women and children cele
brated the nutorius birthday in thu
Queen City Of the central South.
1t was a great occasion and the larg
crowd seemed good humored and j
was not necessary for the police t
make more than four or five arrests.
The people who have been in tn
habit of "doing" the town on such oC
casions have learned that "the wa
of the transgressor is hard" +:
johnson City and have learned I
don't.
DECORATION.
The city presented a gay appea
ance. The merchants had made Ii
eral use OF bunting and small flags an
every store in the city was appropi
ately decorated with the "stars an
stripes" Several large flags wei
strung across Main street at interval
It was a large holiday and the either
stopped business long enough to nal
"our guests" feel at home.
THE PROGRAMME.
The exercises of the day were a
nounced in the extra COMET, al
opened with a match game OF ba
ball between Bristol and the hon
team, at baseball park at 8 o'cloC
the grounds being too wet to beg
earlier. The game wal witnessed
a large crowd, and was closely conte
ed, being anybody's game up to t
eighth inning, when the home tea
got in two runs that made them ed
winners. Dulaney was put in the b
by Bristol, hut the boys found h
and pounded him numerically, 6
ting seven across the plate. On I
second Carrico began twirling, a
our boys only scored in the second a
eighth, a total Of five, making
grand total of twelve. The Bris
boys punched their hits in the sil
and pounded out four runs, but CO
not get a man nearer than third al
that. Anderson did some good w
for Bristol behind the bat. Jobe 1
Williams occupied the points for Jo
son City, alternating. The score
innings follows:
johnson City .73O0O0O2-
Bristol /. . 20102400 0
THE PARADE.
During the ball game the street
rade, in charge of Chief Marshal D.
inson, and a number Of able assista
formed on Buffalo and Locust STR
and marched over the city. The
cession was headed by a detachn