The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-18
Local and Personal
G. Il. Faw spent Monday in Erw

&. Il. Faw spent Monday in Erwin.
j. &, Love ran out to Erwin last Fri
day.
Mrs. Il. N, Dosser spent Monday in
Jonesboro.
Mrs. Charles Walden spent Monday
visiting in Erwin.
Mrs, M. b. Martin has returned from
a visit to Texas relatives.
Miss May White has returned from
a visit to Erwin relatives.
Mrs, Hugh Morrison and children are
visiting homefolSs in Bristol.
j. A. Slaughter and wife have re-
turned from a visit to Bristol.
Attorney Harry Shelton, of Bristol,
was down on business Monday,
J. Y. Newman, Of Knoxville, visited
his brother T. w. Newman Sunday.
Miss King, of Bristol, was visiting
friends here last Friday and Saturday.
John X, Miller, of Piney Flats, is a
civilian employee at the soldiers home,
Mrs, j. G, McFerrin, of Bristol, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. T.. M. Han
nah,
Mr., j. II. Harris, of Bristol, was in
town Saturday shaking hands with
friends.
Col. and Mrs. Ii. Gildersleeve will
return from an extended eastern trip
this week.
Miss Gertrude Kennedy, of Des
Moines, Iowa, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. h. e. Ellsworth.
Miss Annie May Greenfield, of Men,
phis, is in the city visiting her sister,
Miss Josie, who is sick.
G. l.. Marshall returned from Hick-
Dry, n, c., where he went TO visit his
family, who are visiting homefolks.
Geo. T. Wollord will be absent sew
eral days attending the dedication OF
the Masonic temple in Memphis this
week.
Fred Dulaney, of the Bristol Gas d
Electric Co., was visitor here Satur-
day enroute home from visit to Knox
vile friends,
Richard Horner, of the firm of Lowry
Il Homer Co., wholesale fruit dealers
of Bristol, visited their branch house
here Saturday.
Rev. f. L. Moore, of California,
preached at the First Presbyterian
church to large and appreciative au-
dience last Sunday.
J. 9, Lipscombe, of the construction
department on the G. c. & o., has re-
turned to the city after a fifteen days
visit to homefolks in Gaff'ney, s. &.
Melvin A Hays, who has been man
ager of the soldiers home hotel, left
today, the 16, for his home in Bristol.
He has made no detinate plans for the
future.
The ladies of the NJ. f. Church will
have their annual turkey dinner in the
basement of the church Thursday,
December 2. The public is cordially
invited.
w. +. Kent, of Bristol, has rented a
house from Mr.. J. p Summers and
will move with his family to this city
at once, He is employed by the e. G..
" o. railway.
The friends of Andy J. Shipley will
regret to learn that his mind has be-
come so affected that he has had to be
confined in the county Jail, and hope
he will soon be restored to perfect
health.
Major w. NJ. Dunlap, city commits.
sioner, has returned from a trip to
Lexington, Va, where he went to at
tend the funeral of his brother. While
away he visited Lynchburg and exam
ined the water pipe manufactured
there.
Capt. j. A. Blevins happened to quite
serious accident by falling down a
fight of stairs. The stairway was
dark and the captain missed his foot.
ling and fell considerable distance,
cutting his head above the right eye
quite badly and spraining his right
hand and wrist.
The G. G. q 0. is employing large
force of men putting down track be
tween their main line and Cherry
street on Buffalo. The object is to gel
the crossings put down so that the
Johnson City Traction Company car
begin laying tracks to and through the
Carter addition.
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