The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-10-22
THE * COMET.
Local News Notes.
Try Jackson's pure Java.

III you want fresh groceries go to
Jackson.
Fresh oysters at 7. j. Cox's tomor-
row (Friday.)
Beautiful lamps at S. B. Whites.
Prices will surprise you.
High quality and low prices are the
ruling cond itions at M. JacksOns.
Remember s. B. White will save you
money on heaters and cook stoves.
Miss Ida Simcox left Tuesday for o
two months visit to relatives in Knox
vile.
All styles and sizes of heating stoves
at s. B. Whites, and prices lower than
ever.
Buy your stove pipe from S. B. White.
You can get any size and kind you
want.
Mrs. w. A, Sparks and Miss Sophia
Sparks made visit to Jonesboro last
Thursday.
Mrs, James Arnett died Monday and
was buried Tuesday in the Love
graveyard.
When you use canned goods you
want them of first quality and fresh.
Buy them of M. Jackson.
Miss Snider, of Washington Terri
tory, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. lobe
Hoss on Watauga avenue.
When you buy of M. Jackson you
know you are getting a good article,
and his stock is always fresh
Prof. Will Swadley is teaching q
very successful school at Hodges
schoolhouse, near Flourville.
James Ball is back from Embreeville
and is going to preside over the fresh
meat department of W. /. Burgess
WANTED-A man to sell oils and
grease through this section. Address
the Beacon Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
Coffee drinkers will find in Chase &
Sanborn's high grade Mocha and Java
the very articles they need. At Jack
sons.
Miss Lucille Young, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. G. W. Hodge,
returned to her home in Jonesboro
Monday.
Mrs. G. ID. Friberg, president, asks
us to say that during the winter months
the public library will be open from 2
till o'clock.
The "Pearl Top" Klear Krystal,"
"Lebastie," Student, in fact greatest
assortment of lamp chimneys in town,
at S. B. Whites.
Mrs. E. G. Ryan has returned to her
home in Abingdon, Va, after visiting
a week with her niece, Mrs. Jennie M.
Cooper, on Unaka avenue.
In the Demorests medal contest last
Friday night at Bonnes Creek semi
nary, Miss Lora Crouch, of Flourville,
won the medal over five opponents.
Mrs. Harry Lyle whose illness has
been mentioned in these columns, is
much better, we are gland to announce,
and is now regarded as out of danger
The ladies of the M. e. church
south, gave an oyster supper for the
benefit of the church last Monday
night in the opera house. About $40
was raised.
W. B. Crouch has been giving away
his best suits this week to show his APP
probation OF the little boy that came to
live with him and Mrs. Crouch last
Friday night.
Joe Archer, who has been guarding
convicts at Petros for SOME time, is
back. He says he came back to vote
for Bryan and Bob Taylor and will re-
main till after the election,
The "gude housewife" appreciates
the fact that if she buys at Jackson's
she does not have to personally inspect
an article before purchasing, as Jack
son always handles the best of every
thing in his line.
The report comes from Unicoi, a
strong republican county, through Mr.,
w. H. Arnett, who has traversed the
entire county in the interest of Capt
Nelson's candidacy, that the old soldier
will sweep the county.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of DIR. J. w. G. Willoughby, Of
Washington College, to Miss Willie
Rankin at $3.50 a. M Wednesday, 2Sth.
The bride and groom have both been
connected with the institution for
several years,
Miss Frank Mitchell returned from a
two months stay in Jonesboro, where
she completed q course of instructions
in guitar music under Mrs. J. B.
Shipley. Miss Frank is an accom-
plished player on this very sweet in
strument and will give instructions to
others.
The election returns will be received
in the opera house on the night of the
election. The Western Union Tele-
graph Company will put an instrument
in the hall and the Telephone Company
will have phone, thus receiving
telegraph bulletins from abroad and
telephone news from this and adjacent
counties.