April 12, 1884: The Comet opined, âNow that every religious denomination represented in our town, has a comfortable church house in which to worship God, âwhere none dare to molest or make afraid,â attention ought to be turned to the next greatest thing of importance, the education of our children. Let every good citizen join in the work of building up first class schools in Johnson City. They will enhance the value of property and build up the wealth, the intelligence, and the morals of the whole community.â
April 12, 1888: The Comet brought welcomed news regarding the railroads. âMr. H.T. McDaniel, of the C.C. & C. engineer corps, was in the city Sunday and showed The Comet a letter from Gen. Rosser to him authorizing him to begin the final location of the C.C. & C. road at once. The line indicated in the letter will do away with the Iron Mountain turn as it follows the Chucky river (sic) down to Unaka then it runs through Erwin and on down to Johnson City