The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-09-06

J. M. Range and wife have returned
from Greeneville and will reside in
johnson City.
Jack Lever, the best blacksmith that
ever struck an anvil, has returned TO
the city with his wife.
Mrs. S. H. l.. Cooper and Miss Mae
Fuqua, of Jonesboro, are the guests OF
Miss Dora Cargille this week.
Emil Rahm has been suffering for
several days with badly lacerated i'm
ger but it is now improving.
Harry Weller has returned from Gin
cinnati where he went to have an OPP
Grafton performed upon his face.
Misses Make and Hattie Cox will go
to school Ibis year at Martha Washing
ton. They left yesterday for that in
stitution.
Misses Mamie and Dorothy Wood
have returned to their home in Indiana
after an extended visit to Mrs. X. A.
Wood.
After a brief visit to Mrs. r. L.
Bruner, Mrs. II. NJ. Neil and Mrs. W.
L. Hodson have returned to their
homes at Charleston.
Stanley Boring has accepted q situa-
ton with large manufacturing estab-
lishment in West Virginia, and has
gone to assume his duties.
Miss Matte Bullock has been select.
ed to teach in the public schools to fill
the vacancy made by the election of
Prof Crouch to fill Prof. Browns place.
J. w. Cure has gone to Embreville to
take an inventory of the furnace prop
erty there. He now has charge of the
furnace at this place and Embreville.
Sam Simcox and Mrs Simcox have
returned from Elk Park to put their
children, Lottie and Clyde in school.
They will board with Mrs. Eugene
Pitts.
Geo. Hannah has sold his store at
Austin Springs and will leave for Mar
tinsville, Va, in few days TO go into
the clothing business with Robt. De-
Vault.
O. st. John was down from Bris-
toll Tuesday. Charlie IS now bloated
bondholder having put to good use the
money he made while he run The
COMET back in those good old days,
Robt. Martin has returned from
Huntdale, N. c., and will remain in
the city. Bob has been convinced that
the snake in the society grass is not
nearly so dangerous q varmint as the
RATHER in the mountain laurels.
r. T.. Bruner is now in the eastern
markets buying the fall and winter
stock for Bruner, Hurst & Co. He will
buy more extensively this fall than
usual and the Big Store will have
many attractions this season,
J. w. Cardwell has moved his family
back to Johnson City from Micaville,
N. G., where they have been for the
summer. Mr.. Cardwell has put in a
new sawmill in Carnegie on the site OF
the one he moved to North Carolina.
Miss Sailie Barrette. of Charleston,
has returned home and with her goes
the happiness of at least one of our So
ciety young men. She isa very charm
ing young lady and numbers her
friends here by her acquaintance.
Miss Lettie Jones left Thursday for
her home in Roanoke, Va, after spend
inc several weeks with her cousins,
Misses Matte and Gordon Henderson.
She is one of Virginia's most amiable
and beautiful girls and has become ex-
ceedingly popular in johnson City SO
ciety.
Rev. r. D. Haymore will be guest
OF Rev. DR.. Davidson, and will occupy
the pulpit of the First Baptist church
next Lords day, September 9th. He
is well-known in Tennessee, and his
many friends, as we'll as the general
public, will be glad to hear him.
Will Long has grown the Creates
curiosity we have seen so far in water.
melons. 1t is pair of twin melons
The melon or melons are connected to
gether the entire length on the inside
but the outer sides round off i'll natura
shape. There is but one stem in thu
center of the connecting link.
CIV Lyle, editor of the johnson City
COMET, was in the city Monday nego
tiating with the Yosts for vehicle. I
is understood Editor Lyle contemplate
operating hack line from johnson
City proper out to "Biltless" for th,
accommodation Of his newspape
friends. -Greeneyille Democrat.
Miss Quinn, Of New York, has 10
turned to the city and again has charg,
of the millinery department at Har
& Houstons dry goods emporium
She became very popular last season
and easily impressed the ladies witt
her artistic ability as milliner. Sh
will be ably assisted this season agail
by Misses Gertrude Taylor and Mar,
Lee Hayes.
On last Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. W. E
Reese entertained number of friend
at dinner. Those present we're: Mr.
and Mrs. U. L. Fackenthall and daugh
ters, Misses Susie and Julia, and Mrs
M. @. Rucker, Of Elizabethton; Mise
Ethel Reese and Ethel Plummer, @
| Watauga; Misses Birdie Lusk and Biz
die RemiDe and Mrs. John S. Webb, c