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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

The special revival services at the NJ.
E. Church, South, were closed on last
Sunday night. Rev. J, A. Baylor, of
Greeneville, Tenn, had been invited
by the pastor, Rev. Jas. s. Kennedy,
to assist in these services, and for tive
weeks held two services daily. He did
some excellent preaching and showed
himself approved unto God, workman
that noedeth not to be ashamed, right
ly divining the word of truth. He
preached to the people pure and sim
pie gospel, often very strikingly illus
trated, and very practical in its bear
ings.
There was an increasing interest
from beginning to ending on the part
of the members of the church. And
yet it was matter of regret that but
few comparatively among the unsaved
were attendants upon the services.
Many among the intelligent and
thoughtful members OF the church ex-
pressed themselves as delighted and
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A Kindergarten Pnssihle.

Miss Lizzie Lee Wiley, a grand
daughter of DIR. E. E. Wiley, desires
to come to johnson City and open a
Kindergarten. That such school is
badly needed no one will dispute and
we believe Miss Wiley will have no
trouble in getting the required number
of scholars to Justify her coming.
Mesdames J. A. Martin and F. B. St,
John are canvassing the town in her
behalf and meeting with a great deal
OF encouragement. Miss Wiley comes
so highly recommended both as lady
and teacher that the people will make a
mistake, we think, in not securing her
services. The kindergarten is the
proper place for little tots and its time
johnson City had such an institution.
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J. W. Hannah and wife, Of Greene
county, are visiting relatives on the
river this week.
Miss Jessie McFerrin, after o ten
days visit to relatives in this vicinity,
returned to her home in Bristol Mon
day.
Geo. Hannah, of Richmond, Va,
after months vacation with his par
ents and other friends, started en- route
to that city Monday.
James Collins and family returned to
this country last week by private con-
veyance from Florida, after an alb
sence of four years.
Sept. 8. "REPoRTER."
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The Federal Court.

United States court opened ut Knox
vile Tuesday, Judge CLARK, presiding,
The Knoxville Journal reports two
cases from Johnson City;
John s. HUMPHREYS, violation of pen
sion laws. Suspended on payment of
fifty dollars and costs.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Clark
heard the petition of Clerk Henry o.
Ewing, seeking to set aside the petit
ton of @. H. Wolfe, which was recent
ly filed under the provisions of the new
bankruptcy law. The clerk asked that
Mr.. Wolfe be required to deposite q fee
of twenty-five dollars in advance, or
his petition in bankruptcy be disallow-
ed. The court heard the argument by
the attorneys of both parties and it was
finally referred to G. M. Tay Ior, Esq,
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To Fix the Rate.

At the last meeting of the council,
Mayor Mathes appointed a committee
to meet the members of the Watauga
Water company for the purpose of adj
justing the differences which have ex-
listed for the past two years in regard
to the rate charged the city for water
for public buildings. This matter has
gone through the courts and held to be
unconstitutional for the city to Offset
taxes against water rents. Now the
city is willing to establish rate which
will be fair to all concerned. The
committee is composed Of the following
aldermen: J. W. Boring, P. H. Wof
ford and s. A. Bowman.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
Outings.
Shipments of Ore Commenced.

The Cranberry Iron Company has
commenced shipping ore to the En-
breville furnace people. Several car
loads will be shipped to Embreville to
test in the furnace in that place before
the furnace here is put in blast. Ore
is being transferred here daily for ship
ment to Embreville. If the test is sat-
isfactory, and there is no doubt that
it will be, regular daily shipments will
be made to the furnace at this place.
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H, G. Hart was at home Sunday.

H, g. Hart was at home Sunday.
John IT, Hudiburg of Knoxville was
in town Wednesday.
Lit Wood and Frank Taylor spent
Monday afternoon in Jonesboro.
Miss Nettie Shortridge is visiting
her parents at Sheldon, ILL.,, this week.
T. A. Cox has returned from Cloud
land where he spent few days visit
ing.
J. w. Crumley and G. E. Biddle, at
tended court in Bakersville, N. G.,
last week.
Mrs. Lottie White has gone to Eliza
bethton TO spend several months with
relatives.
VIM. Griever travelling salesman for
J. S. Shields & Co., Knoxville, was in
town Tuesday.
J. w. Cure. of the pension Office at
Knoxville, is visiting his family here a
Few days THIS week.
A number from this point took ad-
vantage of the cheap excursion to Gin
cinnati this week.
Mr. and Mrs. David Gump are visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. Eiseman, in
Chicago, this week.
Miss Rowena Bowers has returned
to Bristol after an extended visit to
this city and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. M. Ward have a
new Ward at their house. It's boy
and was born last Saturday.
Mrs, Crowder and Miss Sallie Chand-
Ter spent a few days with Miss Alice
Stuart at Jonesboro last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Carr returned
to the city Wednesday,, after an alb
sence Of several weeks in Middle Tenn.
A IA pound white baby was born to
Brown parents in johnson City last
Friday and Geo. R. is happy because
its boy.
Miss Ada Lynn, who has been the
guest of the Misses Wood for several
days, left for her home in Bristol
Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. J. F. Houston (colored) re-
quests us to announce that there will
be q basket meeting the fourth Sun
day in this month at Free Hill, colored
Methodist church.
Revs. L. B. Caldwell and G. w.
Thompson, Mrs. Hendrix, Mrs. W. L.
James, Mrs. E. J. Long, and Miss Wei
Ter, composed a small excursion party
to Cranberry this morning.
r. L. Bruner, proprietor Of the New
York Racket store, will leave for New
York tomorrow afternoon where he ex-
poets to buy large stock of dry goods
and groceries for the fall trade.
John F. Bowman is very ill with
typhoid fever. He is sick at the home
Of his brother, Ben Bowman. near the
city. He was unable to get home from
the burial of his little grandson last
Saturday.
The Misses Chevis, of Georgia, who
haye been the guests of Miss Mae
Stone for the past week, left Tuesday
morning for Unicoi City, where they
will remain several weeks visiting their
uncle, Col. Chevis, of that place.
J. s. Galliher & Co., have moved
their stock of stoves and tinware to the
building on Main street recently occu.
pied by the Book Store. They have q
new line of heating and cooking stoves,
and offer everything in their line al
moderate prices,
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Musicale.

The musicale" given by the Ep-
worth League, of the M. E. Church, at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. 0. T.
Smith Tuesday evening, was q decided
success from every standpoint. De-
lightful refreshments were served.
The evening was an enjoyable one and
several dollars were taken in by the
ladies who had charge of the affair.
The program for the evening was as
follows:
Vocal Duette-Mrs. Hendricks and
Mrs. Rockwell.
Instrumental Solo-Miss Willie Cox.
instrumental Duette-Mrs. Z. f.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

greatly edited by the preacher
thoughtful and pungent discourses.
Those who failed to wait upon his
ministry have been sadly the loosers.
Whilst the very hot weather and
other untoward circumstances hindered
the work of the meeting, it is hoped
that great and lasting good has come to
the church, and like bread cast upon
the waters, its results for good shall be
seen after many days.
Mr.. Baylor won the esteem and con.
fdence OF all who came int contact
with them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
LOGS WANTED For EXPORT.

I want to buy 50 car loads of Export
Poplar Logs, to be delivered on my
yard at johnson City, and will pay
$40 90 to $1,000 per Thousand feet for
same in round logs, with bark on
Will buy single logs, or more in a lot.
Logs to be 90 inches and up at little
end, 10 to is feet long. Will buy two
or more car load lots at other railroad
stations.
73S-4t JAS. A. MARTIN,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

The "dime" social given at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Painter on last Thursday
evening by the Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the First Presbyterian church,
was financial success, notwithstand-
ing the short time in which they had to
advertise it.
Misses Lena Anderson and Kathline
Reeves, of Jonesboro, have accepted
positions as teachers in the johnson
City high school, and entered upon
their duties Monday morning. Miss
Anderson taught in this school last
year and gave perfect satisfaction
Miss Reeves comes highly recommend
ed also.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
Reduced Rates Via Southern Railway.

On account Of the Military encamp-
ment at Knoxville, Tenn, the South
ern Railway will sell tickets from all
points ON its line, between Bristol and
Chattanooga and Morristown to Paint
Rock, at one fare for the round trip.
These tickets will be sold on Saturday
of each week while the troops are To-
Gated at Knoxville, limited good to re-
turn following Monday. For further
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
SpeciaI Notice.

The ladies of Oak Hill Cemetery As
ISOLATION request that all parties own
ing squares or have friends buried in
the above named cemetery to meet
them there Friday morning, Septem.
Der 9th, at half hast eight o'clock, for
the purpose Of cleaning up the squares
and otherwise improving the cemetery.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

The best -four is Gold Dust.
E. T. Hart returned from New York
Saturday.
You will be satisfied when you get
your salt aud fresh meats at Jackson's.
The best ti''ur is Gold Dust.
F. b. St. John is home from ten
days stay in New York.
Bu> Gold Dust -four.
War tax cuts no figure. Tobacco at
the same old price at Jackson's.
John I. Cox, of Bristol, was in town
Tuesday.
Get your peanuts fresh from the
Rooster at Jacksons.
Gold Dust hour-best made.
Q. J. Stout, of Limestone, was in
town Tuesday.
Gold Dust -four will please the
pest of you.
Mrs. e. s. Wolfe is able to be around
again after o short illness.
Lindsay Bunting, of Bristol, spent
Monday in the city.
Capt. W. H. Nelson, Of Backwoods,
was in town Monday.
The infant son of tho late Miss Cor
die Bowman died last Saturday.
Gen. J. P. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor,
of Clarkson, spent several days in the
city last week with relatives.
You always get the freshest and best
green fruits aud vegetables at
Jackson's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
Shooting ut RogersYille.

Rogersville, Sept. 4.-Last evening
about 8 o'clock Rogersville witnessed
another shooting match, the partici-
pants being Chief of Police Houston
King and Wess Dykes. Dykes inter
fered in the arrest of one Isaac Wolfe,
who, it appears, after having been fined
by the recorder on charge of drunk
enness and disorderly conduct, refused
to pay the fine of $11. King attempt
ed to arrest Dykes for the interference
when the shooting began. King was
slightly wounded in the right shoulder.
Dykes was not hit. The shooting oc-
cured in Watterson's barber shop and
ended on Main street. Excitement is
high and as both men are good grit
trouble is yet feared.
DoN In hou ~
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
The Indies.

The pleasant effect and perfect safe
ty with which ladies may use Syrup OF
Figs, under all conditions, makes it
their favorite remedy. To get the
true and genuine article, look for the
name Of the California Fig Syrup Co.,
printed near the bottom of the package.
Fer sale by all druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
FROM AUSTIN SPRINGS.

There are agoodmany melons on the
river to be marketed yet,
Rev. Hicks filled his regular ap-
pointment at Union Sunday.
The singing school at Union, con-
Quoted by Prof. Smith, was closed last
Friday.
Geo. V. DeVault and wife, of Una
tilla, Fla, are visiting the formers
parents on the Watauga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
Stopped Making Corn Juice.

The distillery of Joe H. Gregg at
Stump Knob has been mustered out of
service for while. It has run continu-
ously for four years and now has such
quantity of corr juice on hand that he
decided to close awhile and let the
drinkers catch up.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
Smith and Miss Weller.

Smith and Miss Weller.
Vocal Solo-Rev. J. r. Herndon.
instrumental Solo-Miss Sue Wood {.
Vocal SoloChas. Cargille.
Recitation Miss Lena Anderson.
The entire programme was we'll rem
dered, but we make special mention of
Mrs. Hendricks, who has an exceed
ingly fine voice and was called back a
number of times. She has a highly
cultured voice which classes high in
the lyric art. Her rendition Of the
"Star Spangled Banner and "Dixie'
was the most pleasing catch of the
evening.
Headache and Neuralgia cured by DIR
MILES PAIN PILLS. zone cent Dose"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
THE x COMET
CITY BARBER SHOP.

Run by rst.class white workmen We want
and are trying to Elevate the Barber Profess
sion in johnson City. Come and see us.
Patronage your own Color
and help those that are deserving of your pat
ronage Yours respectfully,
Russell g. Walden, Prop.
Corner Main and Buffalo Streets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
1t Saves the Children.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
saved the lives of thousands of croupy
children. It is also without an equal
for colds and whooping cough.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
The Comet Johnson City Tennessee Ihusdax September 49,
Keep Quiet

and use Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy for pains of the
stomach and all unnatural looseness of
the bowels. 1t cures.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08
10000 Soldiers in John
son City,

would be good thing Our miniature
photos are also o good thing. Give us
an order and see for yourself. Send
your cabinet photo and 81 cents and we
will mail you one dozen. They are
beauties and just the thing to give your
sweetheart. For 80 cents we will make
them in the latest Platino finish.
Don't compare these with the cheap
ones made by other firms; ours are
guaranteed to last. Address
WALTER J. CARGILIE,
738tf johnson City, Tenn.
NIAAAfAw< c UBAN OIL cures
! aUfssSa SCuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheu.
N, ofiuno opd Coroo Pr;oa Or oanto
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

of Johnson City, who is ordered to
take proof as to Mr.. Wolfes financial
ability to pay this $25. Mr.. Wolfe is
also johnson City man.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

Pain has no show with DIR. Miles Pain Pills.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

R. L. Bruner, proprietor of the New
York Racket store, will leave for New
York tomorrow afternoon where he ex-
poets to buy large stock of dry goods
and groceries for the fall trade.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

J. s. Galliher & Co., have moved
their stock of stoves and tinware to the
building on Main street recently occu-
pied by the Book Store. They have
new line of heating and cooking stoves,
and offer everything in their line at
moderate prices,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK, n
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-09-08

Ladies' Kid Gloves,
This is ood.chanCe at exactly the right time a
Ladies's Kid Glove in sizes to I, a regular roc
glove. They are yours while they last at
Observation-Disclosures. SOC per pair
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

Dear old Dr. Abbott is saying such
dreadful things! He says dancing is
good, with limitations; alcohol is prop
er, with the same proviso; taste in
dress is right, and so as to diamonds;
and if the theatre sends you back to
life refreshed and invigorated, why go
and enjoy yourself. There is a new
Beecher in the old man, though he adj
mits that truth is dangerous; the only
thing that is safe is platitude."
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

In this crisis in our commercial rela-
lions with that vast empire all of our
consuls there, with one unimportant ex-
ception, are green hands, and that at
the legation, where the most delicate
and difficult part of the work must be
done, the only person having knowl-
edge of Chinese language and affairs
is the interpreter or dragoman to the
legation, whose status prevents him
from having any serious influence. And
all this because the American idea" Of
a public office is not something to do,
but something to get.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

A judge says to husbands and wives
live apart for six months and think it
over" If that advice were generally
followed there wouldn't be one divorce
where there are six now. Indeed, the
separated would resume relations with
such avidity that the reunion would be
as good as another honeymoon. One
can do good deal of first-rate think
ing under such circumstances in six
months.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

Every druggist who sells as harmless
a patent medicine containing cocaine
or other dangerous drug that makes
slaves of those who take it should, by
law, be sent to jail and kept there for
at least five years Every villainous
manufacturer of such drugs should be
Jailed for ten years, or, better still, for
life. The whipping post as prelimin-
ary to imprisonment at hard labor
would fit the case of the scoundrel who
for gain fills the land with drug fiends.
The keeper of brothel is more re-
spectacle and less harmful than he.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

The general demand for flour has
been good, and while prices have ruled
considerably higher in sympathy with
wheat, all the markets have responded
in a liberal manner to the advance. The
general fear among flour buyers has,
without doubt, been that Letter held
the key to the situation, and, in con-
sequence, buyers short of flour are in
hurry to get under cover before it
got too late, and bought in freely at
the advanced values.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

Singular, isn't it, how lucky some
people are? John Owens, a liveryman
at Millerton, N. Y, loaned horse to
horses hoofs were balled with snow,
and when the liveryman knocked the
snow out from one of the broken
masses rolled a pocketbook containing
$11 and small key.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

why" asks a writer, edo women
laugh so much more frequently than
men?" The writer is misinformed.
They do not laugh. They giggle. They
have a superficial understanding Of
things that ought to be laughed at,
and it perishes when the giggle does
A solid, comforting, substantial funny
thing that abides with man for days
is to than but the faint tickle of a
fancy that dies as soon as it is born
and that therefore wishes it hadn't
been born at all.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

The lady teacher who dissected live
cat in one of our public schools the
other day has resigned, but the chill
dren and public sentiment against her
are still i'll. If vivisection is allow
able, there is still question with re-
gard to its surroundings. It might be
well to compromise matters by put
ting a butcher shop in every school
that wouldn't shock anybody half as
much; but it is not the purpose of
teaching to make barbarians of chill
dren.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08
M'KINLEY SAYS NO.
THE PRESIDENT REFUSES STAINS
REQUEST FOR RECALL OF LEE.

rhe Suggestion of the Spanish Gov
eminent That Relief Supplies
Should Not Be Sent to Cuba in
Naval Vessels Also Receives a
Negative Answer-The President
Is Entirely Satisfied With Ger.
Lee-Firm Stand by the Admtnis-
tration Is Shown by the Prompt
ness with which President Me-
KinIey Replied.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08
uNHoLY OUTRAGE.
Indian Head Blown Up and Used for
Matchmaking.

New York, March 6.-Indian Head,
the rocky eminence which overhangs
the Hudson at point opposite Fort
George, is to be blown up by means
Of dynamite The rock, which is to
be blown into pieces, weighs about
$4,000 tons, and from 5000 to 5000
pounds of dynamite are distributed
through tunnels and holes that have
been drilled in the rock. The dis
placed rock is to be used in macadam-
ling roads, and thus the picturesque
formation that has overhung the river
for centuries will be crumbled to
particles and distributed over miles of
country.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08
broke HIS Neck

Santa Monica. CAL, March 6. = Ed
ward Fl. Clark, only son of John Clark,
formerly prominent business man
and capitalist of Minneapolis, Mimi,
fell from the roof of the w. G. T. u.
building, breaking his back and kill
ing him instantly.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08

A locomotive factory in Philadelphia
has Just completed four engines on an
order from the British government.
They are to be shipped to South Africa.
The engines were completed thirty-one
days after the order was received. No
such rapid work was ever done before
anywhere in the world. The Philadel-
phia firm received the order because
the British government wanted the en-
gines in a hurry, and no British factory
was able to turn them out as quickly
as they were wanted The incident
seems to call attention to the folly Of
maintaining the protective tariff sys-
TEN in tbs country.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08
RErALIATING ON PRUSSIA.
Sentiment Behind IL California In
surance Prohibition.

suraDce Prohibition.
San Francisco, March 6. - In refer,
ring to the exclusion from California
of another foreign insurance company,
the Examiner says: "It is called the
Magdeburg of New York, but Com
missioner Cluny says it is really the
Magdeburg of Prussia, and, while on
the face of this conclusion he gives
legal reasons for refusing the COM
pany certificate to do business. it is
apparent his object is retaliation on
the Prussian government for declining
to permit an American company to do
business in their country, and for the
hostile attitude Of that government
toward California fruits
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08
DEFENSE CLOSED.
The Lattimer Trial Nearing the Fin
ishing Stages


Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 6,-The de-
Tense in the case of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies closed after recalling
some of the states witnesses to ascer-
tain whether at the preliminary ex-
animation last September they testi-
fed that at the Harwood meeting Of
the strikers they agreed not to carry
clubs or weapons of any kind. The
state was given time to formulate its
rebuttal
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-03-08
STOLEN BY GYPsIEs.
Girl Recovered by Her Lover ana
the Band Pursued.

INC bHIlU I UTS HCV'
Trey, Kan, March 6.-Sugar Mason,
who had followed a gypsy band All
day Yesterday to rescue Gussie
Schwartz, seventeen-year-old girl
whom it is alleged the leader, Valen-
tine Schwartz, had stolen, caught UP
with the band near here and escaped
with the girl to st. Joseph. Schwartz
telephoned the st. Joseph authorities
TO hold the couple, but this they de
clined to do, claiming that Mason and
the girl had eloped. In the meantime
the sheriff and half dozen men start
ed out to arrest the band for the al
legged theft of $500 worth of dry goods
from an Atchison, Kan. firm.