The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-12-22

AT City Grocery Co.
G. w. Carr is at home this week.
Mrs. i, G.. Lyle has returned from a
VISIT to Bristol friends.
John l., Cox came to the city Tues.
day on business for q few hours,
~. o. Phillips of Fish Spring, was
II go city this week on business.
lfrs. S. G. Brown. VITO has been criti.
cal Y Ill for some weeks, is improving.
Lynn Hahn came down from Gran.
berry Tuesday to do Christmas Shop
ping.
Capt. W. Fl. Nelson came down from
Backwoods Tuesday on Christmas
business.
Law Court brought several Eliza.
betb2n and J~onesboro lawyers to the
Cit this week.
john L. Summers, Of Washington.
p -, is in the city to spend the holi.
day 5 with his relations.
u you haven't n scent for Christmas,
call at City Drug Store, we have just
the one you want.
Wade Patton has gone to Atlanta to
take his new run AS mail clerk from At
lanta to Chattanooga.
II. W. Pardue, Main street, next door
to the Racket store, has anything you
want in way OF Groceries, Fruits, &c.
W. J. Exum and little son, Chand-
Ter, have gone to Goldsboro, N. G., to
spend Christmas with Mr.. Exum's
mother.
Prof. Fl. NJ. Evans came down from
Southwest Virginia Institute yester-
day and will spend the holidays with
his sister, Mrs. W. L. James.
Henry Erwin has resigned his posi-
ton at the post-ofice and will go to
Anduver, Mass, to enter school, with q
view to entering Yale, later.
Embree Simcox left Sunday night
for st. Augustine, Fla, to accept a 20
sltlon as machlnist in one of the lead
ing hotels there for the winter.
As you pass down Main street you
must not fail to drop in at the CITY
Grocery Company and see their stock
of China Novelties and Fine Candies.
If ySu are going to make an eggnogg
for Christmas, or need pure goods for
other purposes, the best place In town
to get the nogg is at Mike Dyer's.
Rev. R. G. Warehouse filed the pull
pit at the NJ. E. Chuch, South, last
Sabbath evening and preached an inter-
ostlHg sermon to a large congregation.
il O. Cox has received notice Of his
app intment as suburban mail carrier
at The Knoxville post-ofilce. The place
pars $500 and he will go to work in
January.
g. G. Matthews, late private in the
first District of Columbia volunteers,
nos accepted a position IN the postofice
made vacant by the resignation of Fl.
?. Irwin,
Miss Lizzie Lee Wiley will leave Fri.
las for Washington, d. c., to spend
tho holidays with home folks. She
Will return in time to open the Kinder
gartan on January Sd, $50.
Frank McCorkle, wife and babo are
speeding the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. B. ~. Lyle. They went down t.
Knoxville to-day to spend one day Will
Mr.. HcCorkle'slmother. They will re
turn to New York early in January.
In distributing his gifts this yea
Santa Claus was q little early at th,
hom3 of Dr. Matthews but the young
mar he left there makes the doctor anC
his splended wife very happy and ever
the little brother is pleased with tn,
new arrival,
Q Don't be persuaded into buying pla
ted r because the price is low. Ge
only Rochester" and get it now a
Q Sun mers, Bal ton 4 PARROTS, You
wife wants one Of those beautiful piece
Of silver nick slled ware and why no
' buy one for a Christmas gift.
: 1t has only been a short time sine
!, j. +. Taylor moved to Johnson Cit,
from Jonesboro and opened a grocer,
store, but he is to-day enjoying a lucrs
tive business built and maintained NJ
{ on correct business principles. He oC
cupes his own building at the cOrne
of Vain and Buffalo streets.
: Ii may not haye occurred to you to &
to a hardware store to look for a Chris
mas present for your wife but that's til
place to get useful articles. There al
I. other things but that line Of "Rochef
ter silver nickelled ware at Summers
Barton & PARROTS will please an
housewife on earth as nothing else vi
- do. Go see it and you are q purchase
Our old English friend, Jack Lever
the best black smith that ever made a
anvil ring, came in from Newport New
Virginia, Monday and is visiting h
daughter, Mrs. will Baum. 'Jack
!. lived here a few years ago and ha
: charge of the blacksmith departmer
at he Foundry and Machine Shops
He oas numerous friends here who wi
be clad to see him.
IF you are troubled about the Chris
mas present you want to give your wifi
and want to give ner something usef,
l. as ell as ornamental, go to Summer
70 BIZ on & Parrot, and get a piece
CHICHESTER" Silver Nickeled Ware.
never rusts, chips or breaks. The
have a splendid assortment of usef1
household articles such as tea-kettle