The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-16

Prof. j. j. Crumley, president of the
Holbrool Normal College, Knoxville,
Tenn, was the guest Of j. w. Crumley
Saturday and Sunday.
Have you seen w. B. Crouch's line
of 81 pants made to order? Well, they
are simply beautiful. Can't be dupli-
Gated in the city under S..
T. T. Crowder, a former merchant
of eur city, but now of Spartanburg,
s. c., spent Tuesday and Wednesday
here mingling with friends.
Henry Lyle, agent for 3. [ f.. Hawkins,
of Jonesboro, has started his campaign
in the agricultural implement business
in several of the upper East Tennessee
counties.
When you go to Summers & Barton
for hardware, stoves or farm imple-
Hments, ask for package of Barker's or
Foutz's horse and cattle powder. 20
cents each.
E. r. Campbell, of Birmingham, Ala,
and John a. Campbell of Asheville, N.
c., are in the city, having been called
here by the death of their father, Maj.
j, G. Campbell,
The United States court at Knoxville
will hereafter be held on the first Mon
days of March and September, the
next term beginning on the first Mon
day of September.
There will be communion service at
the Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning, at II o'clock. The prepara-
tory service will be held on Friday
evening Of this week.
MONEY TO LOAN-Long time. Low
rates. Easy payments. Secured by
first mortgage on improved real estate.
No delay. See or write Tate l.. Ear
nest, Johnson City, Tenn.
The ladies' of the Watauga Avenue
Presbyterian church will give. straw
berry and ice cream festival Tuesday
night, 91st inst The place for holding
festival will be announced later.
Ex-Gov. Bob and A. A. Taylor, after
bDt1lulllS WV NGClAO Nllll IliGlI lttl1llllCps
left this morning for Memphis, where
they will deliver their lecture, yankee
Doodle and Dixie, Friday night.
NJ. Jackson, for a short time only,
will give a can of DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder with every sack of
Biddle & Ellsworth's iio,d nust Flour.
, The best -four and baking powder sold
in the city. GA
Call at Mrs. j. II. Brunner's, on Main
street, and secure some Of her rare bar
/ gains. Trimmed hats selling from 30
cents to $500 and up. She sells for cash
and one price, and solicits your pat
ronage.
w. S. Harrison, of Loudon, was in
the city Saturday en- route to Fish
Y Springs to take charge Of the bonded
warehouse of w. o. Phillips. Mr..
Harrison takes the place of Mr.. Maupin,
who died two weeks ago.
D Mrs. Earnest Young is meeting with
great success in johnson City as yo-
cal and instrumental teacher She has
! class now of about twenty five pupils
4 who are progressing rapidly. She
teaches the method adopted by the best
Conservatives of the country.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley j. Scott, Of
Cherokee, are the happiest people in
, that section just now, being the proud
: possessors Of a bouncing boy baby,
who made his entire into their house
hold on the 18th instant. We extend
Q congratulations to the happy parents.
G. X. Lide has accepted the genera
agency of the Home Life Insurance
q Company Of New York for East anC
. Middle Tennessee, with headquarters
. at johnson City for the present Mr.
Iide is one of our best business mer
. and we bespeak for him success in hi
;, new departure.
There will be graphophone exhibi
ton at the opera house this Thursday
: night. consisting of vocal and instru
= mental music, humorous and patheti
> Rotations, etc, as produced by thu
wonderful talking machine. Tn
- graphophone is supposed to be 0
Z feminine gender because it Away
. % "talks back" when you speak to it.
The dispatches announce that tn
I latest addition to Secretary Thurber
~ ~ household is boy and weighs IA
/ pounds, but the message fails to stat
" that Mr.. Thurber is any happier tina
our townsman, S, w. Wilson, til
le Watauga avenue leader, who is still re
:, ioicing over the birth Of son last Fri
e day. Having left Watauga avenue i
,e the hands of our friends we are please
lie to announce that the trust is bein
n faithfully Reformed and its well earne
reputatioIks not likely to suffer,