The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-07-20
Nashville this week to be in attend
ance at teh Estes trial.
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Sth district, was shopping in the city
on Wednesday of this week.
Paul Jones has returned to Detroit,
Mich, after visit here with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs r. II. Jones.
r. H. Hays, a progressive merchant
of Unicoi, was looking after business
interests here Tuesday.
Prof. S. l.. Rollins has returned to
his home in Newport, after attending
the State Normal here.
Mr.. and Mrs j. NJ. Lambert, of
Seattle, Wash, have been visiting in
the city the past several days.
Col. Jas. P. Taylor and family, of
Chuckey Valley, have as their guests
Jas. A. Pouder and family of this
place.
s. W. Bowel, republican candidate
for tax assessor, was working the city
this week in the interest of his can
didacy.
Prof. d. S. Burleson attended a
business meeting of he officers of the
East Tennessee Educational associa-
ton in Knoxville Wednesday.
Please bear in mind that S. X. Tay-
lor wants you to vote for him in the
August election. See his announce !
ment elsewhere in this issue. |
G. W. Pratt, financial agent of the
Southern Mining and Zinc company,
of New York, has been inspecting the
company's property at Fall Branch
this week.
C. l.. Tucker of Lexington, Ky, is
in charge fthe local office of the
Western Union in the absence of j.
r. Henry, who is off ON his annual
vacation.
President S. G. Gilbreath of State
Normal, is touring some of the lower
East Tennessee counties in the inter
est of institute work. He addressed
the Summer School of the South while
in Knoxville on Wednesday of this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. II. Lee and son,
Robert, of Florence, S. c., after visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. r.
Cadieu, for a few days, left Mond y
for their home. Mr. Lee is one of
the Atlantic Coast Lines engineers
and a prominent Shriner in South
Carolna
Max Shipley who has been chief
dispenser of soft drinks at Halls pop
ular res ort for a period of several
months, has rendered his resignation
to accept a similar position with the
Huffman Drug Co., of Knoxville. Mr..
Shipley is an expert in his line and is
noted for his speed and accuracy and
his friends predict for him success
full career in his chosen profession.
John r. Henry, the genial and eff
hcient local manager fthe Western
Union Telegraph Co., is now taking
his am ual vacation of two weeks,
Mr.. Henry, together with his wife and
child are visiting friends in Knoxville
and Jellico and other points. The
Western Union deserves commenda-
ton for the way in which they treat
their employees. Managers and OPP
orators alike are allowed two weeks
off each year on full pay, in addi-
ton to furnishing relief managers and
operators during their absence.
YOUR BOWELS SHOULD MOVE
ONCE A DAY.
free easy movement of the bow
els every day is a sign of good |
health. Dr.. Kings New Life Pills |
will give you a gentle laxative effect |
without gripping and free your sys-
tenn of blood poisons. purify yourj
blood, overcome constipation and
have an excellent tonic effect on theI
entire system. Makes you feel like
living. Only 25c at druggists
SUBTERRANEAN WIRELESS
TELEPHONE Is ANNOUNCED |
San Francisco, July 17.-Dr. II. |
Barringer-Cox announced here today
that he had perfected subterranean
wirless telephone and that incident
ally he had discovered new law of
| physics-that electrical energy can
be transmitted over single conduc-
tor. For the last five months DR.. Cox
has beer working at Los Olives, Cal,
with the United States forest service
in an effort to perfect system of
wireless signals for forest fires.
While so engaged he made the dis
covery