The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-04-30

J. d. Brading had business In Bris.
toll last Friday.
Lehr- Williams Comedy Company at
the opera house all next week.
Chas, l.. Martin, hardware man from
Columbus, Ohio, is in the city.
John w. Boring is over from Lex
ington, N, c., oil business trip.
DIR. Il. f. Hunter was down from
Elixabethton few hours Tuesday.
A. d. Hughes and wife have returned
from an extended trip to Nashville.
Billy Lehr and his excellent company
OF players at the opera house all next
week.
Miss Elsie Hickman is in from Flour
vile visiting relatives and friends for
few days.
Miss Bertoleth, OF Portsmouth, Ohio,
is the charming guest of Mrs. r. H.
Sweetser, on Watauga, avenue.
H. P. King, Mrs. King and baby
came down from Bristol Wednesday to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. f. Lyle.
Tate L. Jr., and Margaret Earnest
have returned from Bickley's Mills,
Va, where they have been in school.
DIR. J. H. Preas and DIR. J. H. Den
ton are building an office on the lot
they recently purchased ON Main street.
The place of registration for voters
of the first ward has been changed from
The COMET office to d. A. Vines law
office.
Col. W. P. Brownlow was in the city
several days this week on private bust
ness and was the guest of Judge j. P.
Smith.
N. E. Harris and wife came up from
Macon, Ga, last week to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Harris sister, Mrs.
Emma Miller, at Elizabethton.
Frank e. Williams and his wife, of
Carter county, are both very ill with
typhoid and pneumonia fever and
there is very little hope for their re-
covery.
The ever popular Lehr & Williams
Company in repertoire of all the
latest dramatic and comedy successes,
will entertain our citizens at the opera
next week.
A house occupied by Jas. Thomas in
Carnegie was destroyed by fire early
Thursday morning. All the house
hold goods of Thomas were destroyed.
No insurance.
The Nashville American says Gov.
Frazier has appointed Harkle Rood
Coal Oil Inspector at Bristol to sue
coed G. d. Caldwell, resigned. 1t is
presumed this means A. 9. Harkle-
road.
r. G. Hunter bas returned from
Baltimore where he has been for sew
eral weeks in the hospital being treat
ed for stomache trouble. That he is
very much improved in health will be
good news to his many friends.
The Bristol Courier of the Goth says:
"Miss Bessie Ball, the beautiful daugh-
ter of j. w. Ball, the Sixth street mer-
chant, was welded to Mr.. Arthur B.
Maxwell" Mr.. Ball lived in Johnson
City few years ago and Miss Bessie
has many friends here who extend con-
CALCULATIONS and best wishes.
j. @. Newsom, Jr., representing the
Coca Cola Co., of Atlanta, was in the
city this week supplying the soda
founts with this delightful beverage.
He left good taste in The COMETS
mouth, and if you drink Coca-Cola you
will feel better and be better. 1t is
the best advertised drink on the mar
ket and is for sale at all fountains.
Mrs. A. G. Weatherby and children
have moved to johnson City from Mag
netic City, N. c., and are living on
Watauga avenue near Roam street. A
married daughter, Mrs. H. H. Subtle
of Knoxville, is her guest at present.
Mrs. Weatherby is the widow of the
late A. G.. Weatherby, mineralogist
of prominence and a gentleman with a
wide circle of friends in this city. 1t
is real pleasure to announce that this
estimable family will reside in john
son City.