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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
THE BEE HIVE.

Messrs. P. M. Ward and c. D.
Friberg are not only operating
the largest and mist complete de-
partment store in this part of the
state, but their stock is always
more up-to-date and better assort-
ed than you will find elsewhere,
while their prices in nearly every
case will be found to be lower
than other stores. In this store
will be found drygoods and no.
tons of all descriptions, milli-
merry of which the styles are the
latest in vogue and are selected
from the leading fashion mar
ketS. A vast and varied stock of
drugs are carried including every
thing in the line of pure drugs,
proprietary medicines, toilet arti-
cles, perfumery, ETC., etc. This
department is in charge of a reg
istered pharmacist. In the gro
Gerry department will be found
staple and fancy groceries of all
kinds, and in addition to the lines
mentioned above they carry a
large stock of carpets, rugs, mat
ting, wall paper, window shades,
glassware, trunks, bags, suit ca
SEES, ETC., etc,
The Bee Hive is located at POI
and 200 Main street in modern
three-story building and gives
employment to twenty people.
Messrs. Ward & Friberg estab-
lished their business here in 1890.
They are we'll known for sterling
business principles and high-class
treatment of their patrons. They
are public spirited men, and are
always to be found behind move
ments that add to the future
wealth and prosperity of the city
and community.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30

and various publications of our
state and country, and it is a
pleasure to be able to mention
the name of a man who can al
ways be found with a complete
stock of these in addition to books
of all kinds, stationery, a beauti-
full line of souvenir post cards
giving views of Johnson City and
surrounding country. A full line
of pipes, cigars and candies; also
school and Office supplies, and
among these will be found Moore's
Modern Methods, loose cap ledg-
ers, binders aud filters.
Mr.. O'Brien, the proprietor of
the above company, has fine
location for a work of this nature
and his stock of goods will be
found adequate for all demands
which may be made on it. The
most careful and attentive SER
vice is rendered all who call on
them. They are to be found
among our most able business
men, always keeping their eyes
open for new improvements that
will tend in any way to advance
the status of their business.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
THE STERCHI
FURNITURE COMPANY

Furniture has been one of the
keynotes of civilization. Since
time immemorial, when a nation
began to get civilized, the cook
ing of their foods and the fur
nishing of their huts or homes
have been the fundamental cor
ner-stone on which they have
hung their future greatness, so it
is not amiss to say something of
the furniture houses which we
have in this city and which are
among the best to be found in
this portion of the state. We will
make special reference to the
Sterchi Furniture Company. This
firm does a wholesale and retail
business and they occupy four
floors I00x250 in the Slaughter
building on Main street. The
above company bought the Ten
nessee Furniture and Supply Com
pany out April Doth, 1908, and
opened for business May 1st, 1908,
This corporation was capitalized
at the start for $4,000 and in a
short time increased their stock
to $4,000, which reflects great
credit on the men who are oper-
ating it and on the future of John
son City which is able to support
a firm of this size. Mr.. J. G,
Sterchi of Knoxville, Tenn, was
elected president, Mr.. F. S. Hen
derson, secretary aud treasurer,
also general manager. Mr.. Hen
derson is Johnson City boy and
is one of our most able and we'll
known business men and the posi-
tiou he has always held with the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30

wool, all wool and cotton, w.
b. corsets, La France shoes.
They occupy two floors in the
Martin & Williams building, Main
street, No. 259. The fixtures and
furnishings of this beautiful store
are the most up-to-date in the
city. The firm is composed of
E. S. Pidego, L. W. Cakes, J. T..
Hall and ]. w. B. Jamison. They
have always shown themselves
men of decided modern tastes and
methods and are numbered among
our most prominent and able bust
ness men. They give the best
cash prices and most cordially in
vite all to call and inspect their
handsome fall stock.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
COLONIAL HOTEL.

All the industrial and CONNER
cial interests of city may we'll
be looked on as his browning fea-
lures, but if the hotels are not
developed as they should be his
visitors will get but a poor
idea of the commercial or indus
trial value of the city as a place
for future residence, as it depends
a great deal on the accommoda-
tons which are afforded a person
how the city is colored to their
eyes.
The Colonial Hotel, which was
opened to the travelling public on
the. fifteenth of July, is most
modern three-story structure with
thirty-six we'll furnished, light
and airy rooms. The house is
newly furnished throughout and
has all the latest equipments to
be found in a house of this char
acter. 1t has electriclights, steam
heat, private baths, each bed
room is supplied with hot and
cold running water, phones in
each room, in fact every comfort
that could be given travellers will
be found in this modern hotel,
and we want to say the beds can
not be excelled in any hotel, the
mattresses new made by home
industry by special order and are
the best. Every room an outside
room, fire escapes and standpipes
on each floor. The dining-room
is large and we'll ventilated, fin
ished in green and white. The
halls, parlors and lobby are very
commodious. The large sample
rooms in connection with the ho-
tel are very private and up-to-
date. This beautiful hotel is sit
uated on East Market street, while
in quiet section two blocks from
the depot it is close to the bust
ness center of town. There is
100 feet veranda space, givin G one
of the grandest views of the
mountains in the city.
Mr.. N. L. Murrill, who is the
genial proprietor and manager,
has been in the hotel business for
a number of years and was pro-
prietor of Cloudland; also built
the Lynwood at Elizabethtown,
and is one of the most popular
aud perhaps the best known Ca
terers to the travelling and resi-
dent public.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
GNCHFIELD HOTEL.

This hotel is under the careful
supervision of Mr.. McMonigle,
who came here from Pennsylva-
mia. He has spent the most of
his life in the hotel business and
fully knows how to fill the wants
of his patrons. The house has
been newly furnished throughout
and has all modern improvements
to be found in a house of this
character. The house being To-
Gated so near the Southern depot
makes it very convenient for in
coming and outgoing trains. Mr..
McMonigle will always be found
ready to support any movement
which has the advancement of
our city behind it.
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several years has been filled with
the greatest honor and ability.
and he is always to be found be-
business people of our city for
hind movements which tend in
any way to add materially to the
future wealth and prosperity of
our community. The stock han
died is very complete, everything
being found here which a modern
and high-claSs business establish
ment of this character is supposed
to handle, and it comprises so
many things that simple list of
them even would take up more
room than we are enabled to allot
to their firm. Suffice to say that
everything can be found here for
the entire Quitting of a cottage
or a mansion and all is of the best
grades. In conclusion we will
say these gentlemen have also in
connection with their large furni-
ture business, one of the best
equippe d undertaking depart
ments in the city. Mr.. w. F. Kip
ping, of Carrolltown, KY, has
charge of this department and we
may well consider ourselves ia
vored in haying this gentleman
located here. The art of under
taking is one requiring special
tact and fitness for things which
it is beyond the power of the
average mortal to assume, and
we dare say that all who have
had dealings with the above men
toned gentleman will agree with
us when we state that he is one
who is always tasteful and COLI
siderate of the feelings of the ag-
grieved. His funerals pass off
with that smoothness which does
so much for those left behind.
This department furnishes the
most up-to-date funeral car IN
East Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
HOME STEAM LAUNDRY.

The evolution which the steam
laundry has worked in the handling
of clothing has been one of the
wonders of the of the world. 1t
has halved the work, has halved
the price, has halved the time we
wait for our laundry, and has made
the wash goods last longer than ever
before. The Home Steam Laundry
in the one year it has been located
here has kept steady pace with the
growth of the community and we
all owe Mr.. Frank S. Lee, the man.
ager and treasurer, debt of graft
tude for the able manner in which
he has attended to our wants in this
line of work. Wagons call every
morning at the principal hotels and
residences throughout the city and
work can be called for in the morn.
ing and delivered the same eveninn,
which has been of great convenience
to the travelling men. This laundry
is located on West Main street, and
no less than twenty experienced
workmen and women are to be found
engaged in the work at all times
throughout the year.
The building occupied is we'll
adapted for a work of this character,
and it has nothing but the most mod
ern laundry machinery installed. Es-
pecially has care been taken to get
machinery that will do the work in
a fine and up-to-date manner and
also leave few traces of wear on the
clothes. Either the much desired
dull finish, or the older and equally
neat looking gloss finish can be put
on collars and cuffs. Our people
have found it safe to trust the most
valuable and dainty articles of gen.
tlemen and ladies wearing apparel to
Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Lee has many sgen-
cies in this section of the country and
openings for otheas.
No pains are spared to make this
laundry a complete business success,
and how we'll they have succeeded is
to be seen from the large patronage
which they have gained since they
first saw the light of business COM
petition. They have always been
numbered among our most public
spirited gentlemen and be relied on
to do their best for the development
of the country in which they are so
much interested.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
BRADING MARSHALL
LUMBER COMPANY

The greatness of this state is
unqueStionatle and it is to firms
OF the magnitude of the above
that we owe this position. Lum-
Der has come to be one of the
standard and most required COM
modities in the world, and these
gentlemen have filled a large
place in the general amount of
business done here in their lines.
The officers of the company are
Messrs. ]. E. Brading, president;
c. L. Marshall, vice president,
and 5. L. Browder, secretary and
treasurer. This institution was
established in 1904, incorporated
January 1st, 1909, for $4,000.
They own their own building,
one of the largest and most COM
plete for their business, and are
located on Main street, Nos. 112,
ia, 10. This company ham
dies all kinds of building mate
rial that goes in the construction
OF house from foundation to
roof. All kinds of dressed and
rough lumber, windows and doors,
lime, cement, paint, sewer pipe,
tile, CRATES, etc. Members of the
firm are deeply interested in the
welfare of our growing city, and
are continually showing their
public spirit by the attention they
give to development of the city,
and they can be relied upon to
Use the best judgment at all times
for the advancement of such in
terest as they are identified with.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30

streets. The experience Mr.. Hurst
has had in this line of work places
him in an exceptionally fine position
to afford his patrons the best and
most reliable information concerning
the city and adjacent territory. He
has under his control, for sale and for
rent, large and small tracts of tim
bered land in Tennessee and western
North Carolina, forming lands, wa
ter powers, factory and mill sites,
business and dwelling property, SUI
burbun property for subdivisions and
is exclusive agent for the West Park
addition, which enables him to sell
you a beautiful lot for either an in
vestment, permanent or SUNNI er
home. He is also agent for some of
the strongest fire and life insurance
companies in the world.
Mr.. Hurst is a man of sterling
business and personal honor and has
always adhered to the strictest lines
Of integrity in the representation of
his lines with the natural result that
he has won the esteem and confidence
Of all with whom he has come in
contact. He has built his business
lite on a solid foundation and bids
fair to increase the prosperity and
wealth of the city as the years go by.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
CITY NATIONAL BANK
unexcelled BY that of any other

unexcelled by that OF any other
city of its size in the South.
The Johnson City Traction COM
pany operates four miles of track
and its cars are run to and from
the business portion of the city,
the Soldiers Home and Carnegie.
The regular schedule requires the
operation of three cars, but this
number is increased during rush
hours aud whenever the volumn
of traffic requires it. The ade-
quacy of the company's power
house and car sheds is complete
for its entire plant, is thoroughly
ap-to-date in every particular,
being equipped with the very
latest appliances and improve
ments required by the best mod
ern practice of electric street car
operation.
1t has ever been the aim of the
Johnson City Traction company
to give to the public the very best
service of which it is capable.
The company believes that the
success of its business and the
rendering of the best service to
the public depends largely upon
the cooperation of employer and
employees, and in accordance with
this belief only'the most compe-
tent and faithful men are en-
ployed, and they are we'll paved
for their service and receive due
consideration from the manage
ment of the company. This CO.
operation have and will continue
to keep pace with the marvellous
development of the city by ex-
pending large amounts of money
in extending and improving the
service. Plans and arrangements
are now under way for an extern
sion of the line to the Carter edi-
ton located in this west end of
the city, and if the Normal school
for the eastern district of Ten
nessee locates in Johnson CITY
and the chances are it will be.
the company will also extend its
lines to this site.
The new extensions will reach
out to one or more sections of the
city and its suburbs, which al
though most desirable for resi-
dence purposes are at the present
time not easily accessible, and this
new service will enable many who
desire to live in the suburbs and
still be within easy reach of the
city and their place of business.
1t will be a great boon to the
home-seekes and will greatly en-
hance the value of land in the
outlying districts and on the out
skirts of the city.
This corporation is Differed
as follows: Hon. W. P. Brown
low, M. c., president; Messrs.
S. c. Williams, vice-president and
treasurer; AMI Smith, secrs-
tary and general manager; G. C.
Sanders, superintendent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
r. E. HURST.
Real Estate and Loans.

No class Of men have done more
for this city and State than the realty
men, and it is with this in mind that
we wish to mention the prominent
part which Mr.. T. z. Hurst has had
in the advancement eff our city. He
has been with US two and a half
years in this lins Of business, and is
at present located in the Brown build
ing at the corner Of Main and Spring
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
JOHNSON CITY
TRACTION COMPANY

OF all the institutions which
go to make up a thriving. mod
ern city, there is probably none
so closely allied with its growth
and prosperity as are its street
car lines, In this connection
it is interesting to note that
the city of Johnson City, which is
an acknowledged leader in civic
progress and prosperity, has an
electric street car system that is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-09-30
O'BRIEN & COMPANY.

Newspaper and periodicals
have come to take a very import
ant position among the annals
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-02-19
announcement

r, ne Voter. Of Prince Eirrd
CYuaty.-
wish % taae thi, opportunity t0
announce Co the voters ~ Prince Ed
ward county thal am q candidate
for the Legislature of Virginia. subject
0f course 90 the
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
wish 10 say that [ ana 10 the race
90 win ihi- election 0y all fair and
honorable means at my disposal. be-
cause / would appreciate most highly
the hOu0r Of representing old Prince
Edward in the General Assembly oi
Virginia. While / was not born with
in the county, il l. my home by pre-
ference and adoption, aud all ques-
lions of a public nature that effect the
best interest of Prince Edward, have
now and will ever have my most
hearty and unselfi>h support and CO.
operatiOn There are some local mat
ters that now command The attention
of our citizens. and " hich viii receive
full attention and public discussion
before the people of the county a.
the campaign progresses, 30 that IN
case of my selection oy our voters, /
will be Informed in advancs a. to
what our people desire in legislation,
and can lend ms best efforts toward
that end. IL Is useless TO say that one
, of the most important matters 10 be
protected by legislation in the next
legislature l. the magnificent inrtitu'
p ton of learning in our midst the
r state Normal my best efforts viii o'
given toward increasing the state ap
preparation for this great school LIKE
matters of great importance could %
mentioned. Dut the necessary breylt,
OF this announcement prevents tina
enumeration here. should 1 be 81
fortunate a. TO be the choice OF on
:. voters for this honor, | pledge my be-
; endeavors 10 serve the people OF Oh
~ Prince Edward in every way that ca
= promote her best interests.
- Very Respectfully,
e feb ST J. TAYLOR THOMPSON.
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RalsIna RurIeY Tobacco.

The attention 0i the Virginia toDac-
.o planter is Being attracted 20 the
cultivation OF Kentucky Bur'ey Jobac-
CO. I'm this State Several experiments
have already been tried notable one
In Orange county where a 1000
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Must Buy the Home Paper.

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,ssw want Of Intelligence and that ne
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immunity.
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