The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-01
KINGSPORT, TENN, NEWS ITEMS


! Several from this place went t,
Bristol Thursday to hear William ]
Bryan speak.
Mrs. l. S. Letton spent week
with her mother at Marion, Va, re
turning last Saturday.
Misses Beulah and Grace Isley
were the guests of Mrs. Dave Dish
ner Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lena Gaut will have her clos
ing recital for this term Friday af
ternoon, June I'd.
FOR SALE-No. 16 Star we'll drill
outfit, new and ready for work.
Kingsport Furniture Co.
Henry Johnson was called to Rome,
Ga, Monday, on account of the sud
den death of his father.
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johnson City High School will give
the play Better Than Gold" at the
theatre here Tuesday evening.
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Mr.. Collins, manager of the Strand
Theatre, gave the Kingsport people
a rare treat Tuesday evening.
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Misses Felicia Russell and Kittie
Bryor of Knoxville were guests of
Mrs. j. c. Kinzer Tuesday.
M. NJ. Malone, an expert photogra-
pher, had his tent blown down Mon
day evening but soon adjusted it and
will soon be in permanent building.
After remaining some time with
her sister, Mrs. l.. A. KinZer, Miss
Mamie Ashburne returned this week
to her home in Eastern Virginia.
Miss Birdie Lynn Brior superin-
tendent of the State Hospital at Ha-
zleton, Pa, returned to her work
last Saturday after a visit to DR..
and Mrs. c. S. Kriger.
Our merchants are offering some
genuine bargains in this issue of
The Times and a visit to their places
of business will convince you that
we have stated nothing but facts.
All the new business houses in
course of erection are being pushed
with all available force and many
will soon be completed and about one
hundred residences are now being
built.
The Strand management thinks he
will be able to procure for his next
Serial Picture the best of all serials,
j. e., THE Girl and the Came" They |
hope to start in next two or three
weeks.
TENNESSEE FARMS FOR SALE
Call or write Swap Trade Land Co.,
Tenn, r. D. Kinkead,
Mgr. We also have valuable city
for sale in many East Ten
nessee towns. P. o. Box 511.
Hundreds of people would gladly
visit Kingsport July 4th. Will the
citizens of Kingsport prepare for the
of those hundreds or
will they stand idly by and lose a
golden opportunity to show Kings
BORT to the public?
Elmer Brim, formerly of the Bald
win Fets Detective Agency, has pur-
chased a car and is safe and eX-
pert driver, and says that while he
,nows all the hustling towns from
he Atlantic to the Pacific Kingsport
them ALL
Rev. John V. Stephenson, Jr., of
o., preached two able
ermons Sunday in the Academy to
arge audiences. Mr.. Stephenson is
lere to remain through the summer
n the interest of the Presbyterian
hurch.
Mr.. ]. X. Callihan of Roanoke, Va,
as been in town for a week, and in
edition to a number of valuable city
DTS, is adding to the number and he
avs CnaC IAlnSSpOTL oilers greater
to capitalists than any
own in the South.
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Mrs. Margaret Ketron of Bloom,
1gdale, formerly of California, rem
cred valuable service in The Times
flee last week. and is delighted
18th the growing city. The Kings
ort Times gives Mrs. Ketron hear
Y welcome to this magic city of the
olunteer State.
You can rely on the merchant who
dvertises his goods. The advertis-
lg merchant is a conscientious bus
less man who would not attempt to
iscuss his patrons. When he has
,me special bargains to offer he no.
fies his customers of the fact
trough the press. We have no hes
lncy in recommending our adVertis- :
IS to the public.
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