The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-10-27
Eighth District Notes.

Schools are all progressing nicely in
this district.
L. A. Leach has moved back to the
Eighth from Rheatown.
Mrs. Peoples who has been very ill
with rheumatism is no better.
Mrs. w. r. Fine spent q few days
with Mrs. ID. e. Fine last week.
Miss Carrie Dulaney says of all the
fruits she loves 'simmon the best.
AS the election draws near the roos-
ters are beginning to crow for Parker
and Davis.
Ralph Boring returned from Ashe.
vile last Tuesday, where he had been
visiting relatives.
Miss Belle Weems had as her guests
last Sunday Miss Ida Clark and brother
Frank, of Jonesboro.
Mrs. J. P. Dulaney, who has been
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with tonsilits, is convalescent.
Our farmers have been busy sowing
wheat the past week; some are done
and some are preparing to SOW.
Since the return of the soldier boys
some of our girls are wearing smiles
that are almost angelic.
W. s. Huffine, better known as
Barney" spent Saturday night in
Johnson City seeing the "sights."
]. D. johnson and family have
moved to Boone's Greek. We hope
John will still remain democrat.
John Laws and Will Scott have re-
turned home after spending the past
three years in the service of Uncle
Sam.
d. A. Vines, whom we reported in
our last communication as being very
i'll with typhoid fever, is slowly i'm
proving.
Owing to sickness in his family Rev.
Peyton, of Jonesboro, failed to fill his
appointment at Eden last Sunday eve
ming.
Miss Neal Campbell of johnson City,
who has been the guest of Miss Mae
Leach for few days, has returned
home.
Misses Maud and Leila Bright, OF
Washington College, have been visit.
ing their cousin, Mrs. A. J. Warren,
for few days.
Walter Fine, after spending few
days with his uncle, Martin A. Fine,
chief of police at Jellico, returned home
last Monday.
Bridge" Baxter is making clean
canvass of the county, and if all signs
fail not he will knock the persimmon
on the Sth.
There will be singing at Eden The
fifth Sunday eve, at 8 O'Clock p, m
by Prof. DAVID Smith Of Sullivan coun.
ty. Everybody invited.
' Henry Mathes and John Mead arr
preparing to build q fur factory il
Neadmore. The fur will be produced
from the great number 0f rabbits wfici
\ are running 'loose" near the village.
\ "Dock" Royston has been filling
some dates throughout the county tn
past few weeks with some great( ?
speeches. He spoke OF Waterloo las
Tuesday night to small audience.
R. NJ. Hufine, formerly assistan
postmaster at Jonesboro, but now
mailing clerk on the Virginia & South
western Railway, and Ed. Boyd, o
Jonesboro, we're visiting Mr.. Huffine'
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hufiine, las
I. Sunday.
The first quarterly meeting on tn
Jonesboro circuit in the conferenc
year 1904-5, was conducted at McKin
ley, in this district, last Saturday AM
q Sunday. Rev. G. W. Matney, pastor
: and Rev. Hazen Oaks, presiding elder
t ofiiciated. Large crowds were presen
ct each service.
= The Eighth district was represented
a at Jonesboro last Tuesday by the writ
! er and d. E. Fine. While we wer
disappointed by the speakers not com
!, ing we feel that we were we'll paid, TO
\ the reason that it was our good FORUM
to meet the next congressman from th
=" First district the Hon. r. Il. Styll,
man whose shoes Boss Brownlow is NO
+ worthy to tie.
CRACKERJACK.
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