The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-10-14
Local and Personal

Mrs. w. V. Default is visiting Bris-
tol friends.
Don Parsons, of Erwin, spent Tues
day in the city.
The grading of West Maple street is
nicely.
Maj. G, T. Lee spent day in Erwin
last week on business.
II. V. McCown is in Nashville on a
business trip this week.
T. p. Crow, of Erwin, was in the
city Monday on business.
Miss Mary Stuart was visitor to
the city Monday from JOnesboro.
r. M. May, of Jonesboro, was a bus
mess visitor to the city yesterday.
Mrs. John w. Boring and little son,
Of North Carolina, are visiting relatives
in the city.
Miss Bessie Lyle spent Tuesday in
the country with her cousin, Miss
nellie Lyle.
j. H. Rangeley, Jr., and George s.
Hannah have returned from business
trip to Erwin.
Mrs. Lora ellis and Miss Kate Til
son, of Erwin, spent last Saturday in
the city shopping.
Miss Marion Friberg will leave to-
for visit to New York and
other eastern cities.
e. A. Davidson has moved from his
old home on Pine street to corner Buff
falO and Ashe streets.
Gen. w. w. Faw came up from
Saturday and remained I'M
Til Monday with relatives.
The Home Mission society will meet
on Friday afternoon, October 10Th, at 2
O'Clock in the Munsey club room.
Col Chas. H. Slack and Mrs. Slack,
of Nashville, were in the city Tuesday
en- route from Bristol to Nashville.
Hon. Robt. Burr0w came down from
Bristol Sunday to hear Bishop Hoss
preach at Munsey Memorial church.
G. f. Lands, special deputy of the
knights of Honor, is spending some
time in the city in the interest of the
order.
Geo. T. Wofford will deliver an ad-
dress to Baraca class of the Baptist
church Sunday school at Erwin next
Sunday.
The work of remodeling Whisman
Bros store will soon be completed and
will add great deal to the blocks APP
pearance.
Misses Alma and Bernice Rhodes, of
this city, are visiting Misses Beatrice
and Elizabeth Fleenor at their suburb
an home, Fernmount.
The Arlington hotel has changed
hands. r. d. Parsons, the proprietor,
has sold out to Capt. w. A. Dickerson,
Of whom Mr.. Parsons purchased it.
The plans for the new Kress q Co.
stores have been completed and the
building may be constructed and ready
for occupancy by the first Of January.
1t is understood that another bank
has been organized at Erwin and a
charter applied for The new organiza-
ton is said to have strong financial
backing.
Judge B. ID. Bell, member of the su.
pTeme court and Mrs. Bell came up
from Knoxville Saturday afternoon
and remained until Sunday afternoon
to hear Bishop Hoss preach.
Dr. J. j. Robinette, pastor of the M.
E. church, who has been spending the
summer in Europe, Asia and the Holy
Land, arrived home on the New York
Memphis special Tuesday afternoon.
S. G. Williams, James A. Summers,
Dr. Fl. III. Carr, Geo. +. Campbell and
Cy III. Lyle went to Nashville yester-
day to look after Johnson City's inter-
ests in the normal for East Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Starritt went to
Bristol yesterday, and after spending
the day with friends there, left at
o'clock over the Norfolk and Western
for pleasure trip to Pittsburg, Phila-
delphia and New York.
Work on the new postoffice has been
resumed, after several weeks of idleness
from lack of material. f. r. Soaring,
superintendent, has just returned from
New York, where he superintendent
the loading of the needed material.
Blaud Ballard has accepted a posi-
tionfwith the Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio railroad here, i'm the office of J. j.
Campion, traffic manager, and will
move his family to this city at once
Mr.. Ballard is well known railroad
employe.
This week will see the roof going on
the new Model mill. 1t is to be of
Spanish tile, The interior work will
be rushed, but with the length of time
it will take to install the machinery, it
is not expected to start operations be-
fore January or February.
The largest crowd of people that ever
was in johnson City was here last Fri
day to see Barnum & Bailey's circus.
1t was estimated that over $1,000 visit
ors were here. Six excursions were
run by the railroads coming into the
city, and they were crowded,
Charles Cunningham is the latest
arrival at the Mountain Branch Home.
He is direct from the National Home,
Dayton, 0. He is greatly astonished
at the growth of johnson City. He
left here five years ago, He was one
of the first Yahks here and saw the
first brick laid on the hospital group.
He says there will be good many
come from the Dayton Home, as the
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