The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-12-26
PERSONAL MENTION
And Local News of the Town and vi.
cinity Briefly Told.

clniiy Briefly Told.
j. W. Cure is in New York on bust
ness.
Alex Farnsworth was up from Lees
burg yesterday.
Miss Isadore Briscoe, of Bristol, is
visiting the Misses Wood.
N. B. Remine, of the Courier staff
was in this city Christmas day.
Miss Matte Kincannon is visiting
j. w. Hunter during the holidays.
Customers can find anything they de-
sire in the way of groceries and meats
at Jackson's.
Miss Lucy Sells, an attractive young
lady, of Bristol, Tenn, is visiting Miss
Jennie Crumley.
INCEST line of lamp and coal basins
in town at S. b. Whites. See them
and you will buy.
Frank d. Love is slowly recovering
from severe attack of rheumatism at
his Happy Valley home.
Robert Martin came home from the
Davis Military School at Winston,
n c., to spend the holidays.
Mike Dyer presented his friends with
o nice sample bottle of puritan Rye
Whisky" Christmas morning.
Rev. j. G. Cowan and Mrs. Cowan,
of Morristown, have been in the city
for several days visiting friends.
The always-complete stock at Jack
sons has been greatly enlarged for the
holiday trade. Give him call.
You can find nothing nicer than
beautiful lamp to give for Christmas.
YOu can get what you want at S. B.
Whites.
J. M. King, who resides one mile
north of the city, butchered a hog last
week that was six months old weigh
ing 200 pounds, net.
Buford Mathes, Robert Collins and
Will Gildersleeve, university boys, are
up fcom Knoxville spending the holi-
days with homefolks.
Mrs. Judge John P. Smith, of John
son City, is visiting Mrs. Jos. r. An
derson for few days on Anderson
street. Bristol News.
A big lot of Pilot stoves, cheap box
stoves, step-stoves and wood heating
stoves, of all sizes, just received at S. B.
Whites. Prices right.
Miss Retta Lyle left last week for st.
Louis, Mo-, to visit relatives. She was
accompanied by ner aunt, Miss Sue
Deakins, who will visit other points in
Missouri.
M. Jackson, the popular grocer, sur
prised and delighted his patrons Christ
mas by presenting them with his com
pliments q large bottle of Heinz's
Mixed Pickles. The bottle had been
specially prepared for the occasion at
the factory. and was appropriately la
beled.
James Lyle, the eldest son of Joe P.
Lyle, left last week for Roseburg, Ore
I gon, to try his luck accommodating west
ern wealth. He has promised himself
that he will try it for five years without
! returning, therefore we confidently ex-
pect to see him back in the early spring
in time to eat the roasting ears Joe
! will have made by that time.
W. J. Barton, one of the popular
! members of the hardware firm of Sum-
mers & Barton, which, by the way, is
Z one of the largest hardware houses in
Z East Tennessee, has our thanks for a
substantial Christmas present. May
he and the firm have q merry Christ
7 mas and prosperous New Year.
Charlie Odom, the midget travelling
) salesman, spent Christmas in the city
! to the delight of his numerous &C.
! quaintances here. He is at once the
] least man and the biggest salesman on
} the road, and if there is Knight of
J the Grip more popular or more in the
} habit of counting pretty girls Gin this
} city, than he it has not been our pleas
} ure to meet him.
Rev. S. B. Hillock handed in his re-
! signation as pastor Of the NJ E. church
7 last Sabbath. He explained his action
I in lengthy talk in which he said he
Z found he was mistaken in the creed
: and could not bring himself to fully
believe in it. This is the second time
: he has left the church. He was first an
Episcopalian pastor and joined the
I M. 4. church, but soon returned to his
first choice. He went back to the M.
E. church after time, however, and
: has again resigned. It is not known
whether he will return to the Episco.
z pal church or not.