The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
For high class goods Jackson leads.


"The best is the cheapest" Go to
X. p. Jones & Co., corner Buffalo and
Cherry streets, for material for your
new house, barn or fence.
T. H. O'Brien of Johnson City, Ten
nessee, is here on visit to his brother
and sister, ]. H. O'Brien and Mrs. q,
G., Jones. Big Springs ITex,) Enter
prise.
You ought to have electric lights in
your residence. The Watauga Light
ing and Power Co. will make you some
interesting figures and convince you
that good light is the cheapest.
Best materials and lowest prices at
retail lumber yard, corner Buffalo and
Cherry Framing, flooring, siding,
ceiling, shingles, laths, &c.
There will be preaching at the Meth
odist Episcopal church each evening
this week except Saturday, at7:15. You
are most cordially invited to attend.
Col H. De Almond came down from
Satan's Monastery Monday and has
been spending the week with his friends
in this city. He is always welcome
visitor.
Mrs. Il. S. Lingingfelter has return.
ed from the Presbyterian hospital in
New York, where she went for special
treatment. She is not entirely well
but has been greatly benfted.
The sign was in "the twins" las
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r
Miller. It's q boy and a girl, and in
creases the happy family from seven tc
nine children. Here's our congratula
tions, Jake.
Shingles, long leaf yellow pine, ant
other grades flooring, best framing, al
we'll as the cheaper grades, in all kind
of lumber and building material, at X
=. Jones & Cos, one square from depot
beside the "Big Spring"
The East Tennessee BrlcA Co. ha
moved its two brick machines to thu
new yard near the furnace and will
soon have the new plant going. Sever
al thousand dollors' worth of new ma
chinery has been installed.
X. P. Jones & Co., retail dealers il
all kinds of lumber and building mate
rial, offer special inducements to out O
town buyers. Office and yards on
square from depot, corner Buffalo an
Cherry streets.
| Mrs. Granville Haun is very low wit
appendicitis. An operation was per
formed Wednesday, but there is littl
hope that she will recover. Mr.. an
Mrs. Haun recently moved here fror
Indiana and purchased the W. S. Mitch
ell home in the Jonesboro addition.
Contractors and builders will find ey
erything in their line at the retail lun
Der yard of X. p. Jones & Co., corne
Buffalo and Cherry streets. Floorine
siding and ceiling specialties. +. l
Baxter, manager.
The Verona Stock Company playe
to packed house at Elizabethton as
night Thursday and the large aud
dience went away completely satisfied
This company will.appear in Greene
vile one night next week and we assur
our neighbor friends that they will Sc
very satisfactory performance.
J. j. White was in from Embrevill
Monday to visit his son, Charlie White
an employee at the furnace here. Fl
says the Southern has stopped work o
the temporary bridge at Embrevill
and has purchased the cars belongin
to the furnace company rather tina
build bridge and get them out. Th
indications now are that the Embrevil
furnace will not go in blast again yer
soon.
The class of 1902, johnson City Pull
lie Schools, picnicked last Wednesda
: at the Rock House and captured I'll
9 city on their return. The party was
charge of that princess of chaperone
Miss Frances Bolton, and include
Misses lena Barton, Nell Wade, O.
Boyd, Lora Hickey, Ella Burrow, Ne
Cannon and Regina Eiseman; Ma
tiers Charles Bullock, Walter Hodg
!, Walter Miller, Ira Matson, Bob Mite
ell, James Beals, Harry Miller, Jol
Wood, and Viril Slaughter.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cur
constipation, Sold by druggists.