The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-03-30
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Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Reeves OF
; Wheatland left on Monday to visit
T their children, Rev. and Mrs. R. p
, Shuler and Mr. Murphy Reeves at
Dallas, Texas, and their son, DR..
Rollin Reeves of Salinas, California.
j. NJ. DeVault, an agreeable tray
cling salesman of Bristol, was in the
city on Monday.
Rev. Thos. Sexton, the noted evan
gelist, or better known as the black
smith preacher, after the close of a
very successful revival at Kings
port, spent Sunday night in the city
en- route to his home in Knoxville.
V. l., Hardy stopped off here on
last Saturday and was the guest of
friends here over Sunday. Mr.. Har-
dy was en- route from Wytheville,
Va, to Lenoir City, where he has ac-
cepted position with the Lenoir City
Press.
! Attorney Guy S. Chase was looking
after legal business in Greenevillc
the first of the week.
l.. C. Hurd, of Erwin, was visitor
here on last Sunday.
Guy Maloney of Telford was here on
Monday of this week.
B. f. Childress, of Washington, D.
c., was in the city the first of the
week. Mr.. Childress was at one time
resident of the city.
w. NJ. Hyder, our efficient deputy
marshal, returned the first of the
week from Johnson county. where he
was looking after official business.
c. E. Worley. of Bluff City, was
here on Monday of this week.
J. l.. Humphreys, a progressive
merchant of Telford, was in the city
Saturday night.
r. R. Runell, of Greeneville, was
| here on business the first of the
week.
John r. Henry our efficient local
manager of the Western Union Tele
graph company, returned from Nash
vile Monday after attending a man
ayers convention of the fourth dis
trict which met in Nashville on last
Friday. Mr.. Henry reports a great
lime and says these meetings are
very beneficial to all who attend as
many important matters are dis
cussed by some of the older heads.
John Parsons, a student Of the Uni
versity of Tennessee, was here over
Sunday with his parents, Mr., and
Mrs. Chas. Parsons.
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G. NJ. Ellis and D. c, Boylin, two
prominent railroad men of Knoxville,
were in the city the first of the week.
Hon. s. w. Sheriff., state superin-
tendent of public instruction with
headquarters in Nashville, is in the
city to attend the Country School and
Country Church Conference, to be
held at. the East Tennessee State
Normal School, on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week.
Alex Patterson, who handles the
Underwood Typewriter in this sec
ton, was looking after business in
torests in Kingsport on Tuesday of
this week. !
e. w. Sears, prominent railroad ,
man, of Jacksonville, Fla, was here
on business Tuesday. I
Attorney w. N. Lewis was looking
after legal business in Kingsport on
Tuesday of this week. /
e. c. Jarman, of Elizabethton, was
a visitor here Tuesday
Chas. Richards was looking after
business matters at Yorktown Tues
day.
DR.. r. B. Hughes, a prominent
physician of Alton, was here Tues
day.
U. G. Beard, progressive farmer
of Boone's Creek, was here Tuesday. I
Jas. A. Martin has been in North
Carolina this week on business.
Mayor N. T. Tucker. of Erwin, was
a business visitor in the city Tues
day.
John Young, of the 4th district, was
here on Tuesday of this week.
There was sudden drop in the