The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-11-24
Local and Personal.

S, G. Williams was in Knoxville
Saturday.
Best Oysters in town at Weems', cor
ner West Main street.
V. NJ. Thomas has moved to his new
cottage on Watauga avenue.
Your phone orders for groceref are
promptly attended to at Grahl's.
Miss Mabel and Earl jackson have
returned from visit to their grand
mother at lama, Iowa.
Oysters, fresh from Norfolk, three
times each week, at Fred Weems' cor
ner West Main street.
Miss Kate Simpson went up to Bristol
Wednesday to remain over Sunday as
the guest of Mrs. Robt. Burrow
Go to Grahl's for everything good to
eat. Large stock of groceries and pro-
duce always on hand.
Miss Ella Burrow was in the city
Saturday a few hours enroute home
from Chucky Valley to her home in
Bristol.
Miss Hattie Hunter and party of
! school mates from Bristol, came down
to spend Thanksgiving at the home of
Miss Hunter.
Mrs f. G. Lyle has returned from
| an extended visit to Ohio and Ken
lucky relatives and will remain in the
city two weeks before going to Bristol.
Mrs. Ed. Hale was in the city from
Boone's Creek Tuesday shopping. Mr..
Hale has sold his home and will soon
move his family to Riverside, CAL, to
reside.
The Exum Furniture Company has
sold handsome bill of goods to New
York dealers. Representatives of the
firm were here this week making the
purchases. &
Nat Taylor came down from Emory
and Henry to spend Thanksgiving
with friends. He has been elected
captain of the college base ball nine
and says he has fine team.
Energy all gone? Headache? Stom-
ach out of order? Simply case of
torpid liver. Burdock Blood Bitters
will make new man or woman of you.
At II. G. Miller's drug store.
r. b. Curry, of Nashville, manager
of the Provident Savings Life Assur-
ance Society of New York for Middle
and East Tennessee, was in the city
this week to establish an agency here.
Fl. w. Pardue is building an addition
to his store room on Main street. He
is extending it back toward Market
street about 40 feet. The increased
room is needed on account of rapidly
growing business.
Mr. j. L. Grant and family have
gone to Nashville where they will
remain for the winter. Grant is an
expert plasterer and will have charge
of the work on the new addition to the
postoffice at Nashville. He will re-
turn here in the spring to plaster the
opera house at the Soldiers Home.
D. q. Jones left Tuesday for Los
Angeles, Cal, where he will reside.
He will stop en- route at st. Louis tc
see the Fair and at kansas City to visit
a sister Mr.. Jones has been a resi-
dent of Johnson City for more than
nrteen years. For half that time he
was the coal and ice man and has beer
a contractor since, He is a good citi
zen, member Of several secret orders
and his departure will be regretted by
the community. The best wishes of a
J number Of friends will follow him to
: his new home.
j Our young friend, Fred w. Hoss
has our thanks fora sketch book o
4 typewriter drawings and 1905 calender
J made by himself that is the handsom
J est thing of the kind we have eve
= seen Fred is IN Atlanta and is one Of
= tie most expert stenographic reporters
and typewriter manipulators in tn,
y South. In his spare moments ht
: writes music and has made quite {
: reputation rs composer We are al
ways proud to hear of the success of {
Johnson City boy and particularly o
one who was formerly connected witt
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