The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-11-28

Rev. j. w. Repass, of Martha Wash
ington College, filled the pulpit at the
NJ. Il. Church, South, last Sabbath, in
the absence Of the pastor, Rev. A. N
jackson.
DIR. w. II. Price and Prof. Goshaun
returned Wednesday from a profitable
lecturing tour In the north. While ab.
sent the Doctor lectured ct Yale and
received many compliments upon his
discourse,
A fellow, stranger In the city, tried
to hold up Bruce Chinowth few nights
ago. After going through him thor
oughly the would-be robber gave Bruce
q quarter and sent him on his way
home rejoicing.
Call on z. S. Mcclure, optician, at
his Office in the Greenwood Hotel in
johnson City, November 30 80 and
Dec. 2 and have specticles or eye
glasses fitted to your eyes that will be
easy on your eyes.
Charlie Orumley, the 1S-year-old son
Of Mrs. Sallie @. Crumley, died last
Friday night at the home OF relatives
in Atlanta, Ga. The remains were
brought home Sunday and inferred in
Oak Grove on Monday.
Mayor Summers, e. d. Houston and
W. b. johnson attended an amateur
theatrical entertainment at Elizabeth
ton Wednesday night. They contem-
plate financing the aggregation and
putting it on the road-no, not to walk.
DR.. H. W. Brown, the specialist, is
having q large practice at Knoxville
and spends great deal OF his time at
the imperial in that city. He makes
johnson City his headquarters, howev-
er, and runs up here almost every week.
The Southern changed the schedule
OF trains 10 and 10 last Sunday. No. is
now goes west at 7:10 a. m. instead of
6:10, and No. 10 goes east at S:22 u. m,
instead Of 9.1S. This is the old sched-
ule aud is much more desirable than
the old one.
The granolithic sidewalk on Main
street from Roam street to Hotel Carlisle
is completed and in use and the Bristol
Paving Co. is now at work on the north
side Of Watauga Avenue from Boone to
Roam street. Gradually we are getting
paYements and good ones. =
Miss Belle Lacy, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Lacy, died at her home
on Judge Smiths farm last Wednesday.
She was 10 years Of age and o devout
member of the Christian church. The
funeral services were conducted at the
home by Rev. A. A. Ferguson.
The Continental Plant Co., Kittr ell,
N. O., offer all the leading shipping
and fancy garden varieties OF strawber.
ry plants NEARLY 100 Varieties.) Their
practical 1870 page Manual tells how to
grow all berry fruits with success and
profit. 1t is free to buyers of plants.
A series of meetings have been in
progress at the M. L. church, South,
this week. The pastor, Rev. s. Z. SEN
ter, is being assisted by Rev. A. N.
Jackson, of johnson City, who arrived
here Monday evening. Rev. Jackson
has been occupying the pulpit and is
preaching earnest, plain and practical
sermons.-Tomahawk.
A little six-year old girl of Kelly
Range, living near EliZabethton, was
horribly burned last week and died
from the effects Wednesday of this
week. The child's clothing caught
from fire built in the yard where Mr..
Range had been killing hogs. No
member Of the family was present at
the time. Daniel Grow was passing on
a wagon and ran to the child's rescure,
but not before the flames had horribly
burned the child.
We have just received from the Car
bo-graph Co., Peoria, I'LL, their latest
invention, the Carbo-graph Tracing
Frame, for making pictures in colors.
1t is one of the most interesting and
instructive devices we have ever seen,
and the possibilities for making bean
tiful pictures in colors from plain black
prints that may be taken from the
newspapers, or other sources, seems to
be almost unlimited. No family should
be without them, as they afford splen.
did evening entertainment for both
old and young. They oan be had oil
the manufacturers, prepaid, for 20 cts
! for the No. /, and IS cts. for the No. 2.
The company wants dealer in. every
town. Write them for particulars. Oh
Thanksgiving Dance.