The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-09-29
Eighth District Notes.

Miss Bertha Vines, will enter school
at JonesbOro.
Mrs. Cbas. Oliver, of Knoxville, is
visiting relatives in this district.
Elias Vines will soon occupy his new
residence near Bells school house.
Barney Hufline visited the city of
the "hOly Of the hOlies" last Saturday.
Fay Andes is building n new house,
and will move in it as soon as finished.
There will be an ice cream supper at
Antioch next Saturday night. All
come.
Rev. Anthoney Ferguson, of Johnson
City, will preach at Union next Satur-
day and Sunday
After November the republicans will
exclaim as job did The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away"
MIR. and Mrs. George Oliver, who
have been visiting their daughter at
Piney Flats, have returned home.
There will be q picnic and an old
time singing at Lone Oak the first
Sunday in Oct. Everybody invited.
Rev. John Cross filled his last ap.
pointment at Spledwell last Sunday
night, preaching an interesting sermon
to large audience.
Remer Fine is recovering from bad
kick received from the heels of mule.
Remer says it won't pay to fool around
q Baalam's heels.
Ice cream suppers are still the rage
in this district. We think when Jack
Frost makes his appearance, he will
nip them in the bud.
Your scribe was in Jonesboro last
Thursday and heard the Hon. F. J.
Garret speak. He is an excellent
speaker and good democrat.
Miss Ina Nunley, of Glade Springs,
Va, who has been visiting relatives
here the past two weeks, has returned
home, much to the regret Of her many
friends.
Mrs. j. Z. Simmerman, Mrs. W. r.
Fine and Miss Maggie Simmerman,
who have been visiting relatives at
Bluff City and Stoney Greek, returned
home last Wednesday.
A good rain would be gladly received
now, as the weather has been very dry
for the past few weeks. The turnip
crop will be short in this district this
year owing to the dry weather.
Mrs. Peoples, wife of the late David
Peoples, who has been in declining
health fer the past few years, q sufferer
from rheumatism, il reported as being
very i'll, much to theregret Of her many
friends.
The health of our district neighbors
is very good, with a few exceptions.
Mrs. Gentry, who has been on the sick
list for some time, is slowly improving.
Noah Vines, who has been very i'll with
catarrh OF the stomach, is some better.
John Mead suffered several serious
bruises while returning home from
Johnson City one day last week, his
horse becoming scared at some pigs
that were in fodder shock by the
road. 1t might have been serious af-
fair. Mr.. Mead is slowly recovering.
Quarterly meeting, which was con-
Quoted at Eden last Saturday and Sun
day, was we'll attended. Rev. J. A..
Ruble preached on Saturday, while on
Saturday night and Sunday, the pulpit
was occupied by the Presiding Elder,
Rev. G.. T. Francisco, who preached
two excellent sermons to large and at
tentive congregations. This quarterly
meeting closed the work for the con-
ference year 1904.
The Sunday school picnic at Nc
Kinley on last Friday was we'll attend
ed. The exercises were very good,
consisting of speeches, songs, recita.
tions, etc. Rev. ]. A. Ruble, of John
son City, made an excellent speech in
the morning on the subject: "The
great importance of getting others to
attend Sunday school," His speech
was loudly applauded. Following his
address came the announcement OF
dinner, which to many was the greatest
event Of all. Dinner was served on
the grounds and everybody was merry.
After the multitude had been fed, more
than twelve baskets full! of fragments
were taken up. In the afternoon Rev.
Preston White made o splendid ad-
dress, which was we'll listened to.
Some very appropriate recitations were
given by the Sunday school scholars.
The day will be long remembered as
we'll spent. The courting fraternity
was on hands in great punches, J
there being almost score of widowers,
old and young, trying to get some one
to call them Darling" not to say
anything about the large number Of
young folks who were counting, like
they meant business, and maybe they
did. CRACKERJACK.