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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29
The Enemy at Work.

Certain emissaries of what in rehg-
ious charity might be called the "Un-
progressive Club" are busily engaged
in circulating the report among the
country folk that the East Tennessee
road is to build the Chucky Valley
road and to make it a part Of their
system. In certain portions of the
county, every man, who is opposed to
the issuance CT the bonds, is chock full
of information as to the monopolistic
projects of that fearful octopus-the
East Tennessee system; that is de-
termined to destroy all competition in
its very inciplency, and by the UNI
limited use of millions, coined out OF
the expressions of the people, to absorb
all rival lines as soon as they are pro-
jected. Such assertions discredit the
intelligence, fairness and public spirit
edness of the men who make them.
In the first place, this report is cir
culated to arouse the unfounded pref
udices against the Chucky Valley
road, that, as is we'll known, exist
against the East Tennessee system,
that their avoidance of personal OBJ
legation and patriotic duty may not
have the hue of niggardliness and
want of enterprise. In the next place
they think, as they say, that the road
will be built anyhow without the aid
of the county asked for, and she will
have the profit in the way OF taxes
without the expenditure Of single
dollar. The progressive man, Jealous
for the general upbuilding and i'm
provement of the country, can have
but little patience with such an utter
lack of public spirit on the one hand
and such dishonoring manifestation
| vi gIccu OH Illo OtueI'
II a man will take map of the
country through which the Chucky
Valley road will run and examine the
iron and timber locations and the rail
road connections, North, South, East
and West, he will be convinced that
the projected line will be almost ex
clusively a local road, transporting iron
and timber and supplies for blast fur
naces and the industrial plants which
follow them and for the people who vii
operate them, and can never be
rival, in any sense of the word Will
the East Tennessee road, as it is {
most important line in the great sys
tenn OF through travel and freight be
tween the East and almost the entir,
Sou h and great part of the South
west. Tt occupies commanding posi-
ton in the railway traffic of tn,
country from which it can not b.
elected. 1t has nothing therefore t,
fear from rival lines. All this tall
about the East Tennessee system pu.
ting its rapacious hand upon tn
Chucky Valley road, to the oppres
sion and ruin of the people, is graf
uitous Stiffness and twaddle. If
favors and aids the construction of tn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29

SPENDING the snug sum of three
thousand dollars for schoo,, books,
when the winter has just set in and
the family expenses are increased
manifold, is a proposition at which
that part of the population, who are in
moderate circumstance, stand aghast
Wait until times are more prosperous
and money is more plentiful before
you change the curriculum of the
public schools. The children can gel
along finely with the present text
books. We have our taxes to pay, oui
coal and winter clothing bills to meet
and have to help build two railroads
besides other devouring incidentals tc
dispose of, and all that will take al
the funds that we can spare. Wait
we say.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29
A Big DeaI-Another Iron Plant In the
Near Future.


Near Future.
The boom has started, and "Let her
go, GallagherW
The Cooperative Town Company,
after the vexations of long delay and
the agonies OF long suspense, has To-
Gated at Elizabethton, Gen. John T.
Wilder will soon put his furnace in
blast and people Free Congo with an
army of workingmen. The Embreeville
Company are carrying on their gigan-
tic preparations, There is a well-defned
and semi-authoritative assurance of an
early resumption of work on the Three
C's, and the prospects for the building
of the Cumberland Gap and Chucky
Valley railroads are Frightening every
day, With all these encouraging indi
cations of prosperous times in the near
future, we are glad to chronicle, this
morning, the projection of another inn
portant enterprise, which will assume
the form Of life in a few months.
We get our information from Mr.. S.
A. Moore, of Pulaski county, Va, who
is the agent OF a syndicate of Virginia
capitalists. Mr.. Moore has just COM
pleted the purchase of four tracts of
mountain mineral land, embracing
$500 acres, lying in the First District
of this county and Immediately on the
line of the Chucky Valley railroad.
The iron ore deposits have been care
fully examined and thoroughly tested
with highly satisfactory results. The
quantity is said to be exhaustless and
the quality most excellent, yielding 33
per cent. The varieties found, so far,
are the specula, brown and red hema-
tites.
These tracts are covered by dense
forests of the most valuable timber
chestnut, black and white oak, locust,
cherry, walnut and ash. Streams and
bold springs of ice-cold, freestone wa
ter are abundant.
With a moderate outlay of money
and labor, good roads can he made to
all parts Of this purchase. The north
ern boundary of this purchase runs
along the base of the foothills and
two miles from the Nolachucky river.
The country intervening is beau
tiful stretch of gentle undulations-a
magnificent situation for town-and
the perennially green, pine-clad noun
tains in the background and the fret
ted silver of the Nolachucky in the
front, form picture as lovely and ro-
mantle as any Italian landscape, over
which tourists rave and artists go mad.
Mr.. Moore assures us that this prop
erty will be in the hands of parties
whose settled purpose will be to devel-
op it on a large scale, and who have
ample means to make the extensive
and costly preparations required. This
enterprise will be god-send to that
portion of our county, which has never
as yet felt the stir and impulse of a
boom, though it has an exceeding
wealth Of natural resources. A large
plant will attract other industries, and
large and thrifty town will be the
outcome. The lands in this vicinage
though naturally fertile, have been
worsted by the old, depicting processes
of agriculture, those processes going
on from year to year in raising "hog
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29
For THE COMET.
My Lady Song.

Sing again, 0 lady mine,
Your rare ditty of the Rhine!
Lovely visions rise and float
On the wave of each full note;
silvery daybreaks brighten slow,
Sunsets blush on mountain snow,
Moonlight shiyers on the sea,
Autumn burns in bush and tree,
And a charm lights everything
As l listen and you sing.
Blowing willows bend and sigh
Whisperingly wander by,
Through the pines sweep sea-tones soft,
Sailing rocks shout aloud aloft,
Wild fowl grooming cross the mere,
Throstles in the dawn call clear,
Vanished faces CLEAN aud go,
Silenced voices murmur low,
Gentlest memories come and cling
As listen and you sing.
All repeat the music's tale
Love shall perish not nor fall
forget the fear of death.
Breathe in thought immortal breath,
Ibelieve in broadening truth,
In the generous creeds ofyouth,
In consoling hopes that climb
Up to som e triumphal time,
And a dream of splendor bring
AS listen and you sing,
Truman.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29

1t is said that the projectors of the
Indianapolis, Rockport & Chattanooga
Railroad propose to push the building
of their road as rapidly as possible to
completion. If this is done it will
open to commerce an undeveloped
section of Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29

ant day. With our internal troubles
and menaces Of danger, and with
Europe daily dumping on our shores
its scum and filth, its inhuman savag-
cry and ignorance, the patriot hope
for the enduring stability OF our free
institutions might be higher and more
encouraging
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29

THE legal rate of interest on $50 900
is $4,000 per yeag The East Tennes- i.
nessee system pays Washington county
about $500 year. or $500 more than
the interest on her subscription to the
road. This interest will increase rather
than decrease, and will go on with the
years until the impossibility comes
that there will be no need for
taxes. From business point of view
this is paying investment. This is
a consideration that the citizens should
look at when he votes on the bond
question. He is not voting on
proposition to give away the
public credit and the public money,
but to invest them III enterprises that
can not withhold the dividends. The
taxes received will pay the subscription
in few years, and after that point is
reached, the taxes and dividends ac-
cruing will be clear profit. Ask any
clear headed, successful business man
If what we say is not the unadulteratcd
truth.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-29

An Atchison man who believes in
preparing for trouble builds an addi-
ton to his house every time daugh-
ter gets married.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

1Ncitittfy5r EsssOl;s
And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or 0versyCr.: will is relieved BY taking
Br0aCn'G fFoR B:Het-s. Genuine
has trade mark nd crossed red lines on wrapper.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
Development in Aavartieing

In no department OF the modern
newspaper has there been greater aud
more marked Improvements shoan
than in the field OF advertising
There Is greater display Of taste
and lterry style in the composition,
and an evident effort is made to
appeal to the intelligence and re-
inement Of the reader. There is seen
not only in the advertisements of the
large mercantile establishments,
where trained labor Is employed. bat
as we'll il the three line advertisement
which is written by the advertiser
himself and with. teseness and
directness Of style, can lay claim
TO ereatestsG IiteraY merit. The
development of advertising NAV yet
lead to the establishment of special
courses Of training in business col
leges- Aiready nearly $25,000,00O
are spent annually in the United
States in newspaper advertising,
every dallar of which, if used jud-
lciously, has returoed large inter-
est to the investor ladelphia
Press.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
In The Firelight.

For The Democrat.)
Out of the freight dancing red,
Into shadowy dusk and gloom,
Backward aad forward with steady
tread,
Pacing the sweet little cosy room,
Up and down in her snow white dress,
With its falling ruffles Of fleecy lace,
And look Of tender mother love,
In every curve of the fair young face.
Warm On her breast-in hre snowy robe
Like a white lily--her baby lies,
Softly she sings till the lids drop down,
Oyer the baby's violet eyes;
Softly she sings to her sweetly falls
The "Rock ck-a-bye-baby" cradle song.
Life for the baby has just begun
And hope in The mothers heart is
strong.
Backward and forward with steady
tread,
Pacing the sweet little cosy room,
Out of the freight dancing red,
INTO the shadowy dusk and gloom.
Z. e. A.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
SPECIMEN CASES.

S. H. Clifford, New Cassei, Wis,
was trouble with Neuralgia and
Rheum atism his stomach was dis
ordered, MS Liver was affected to an
alarming desras, appetite fell awas
and he Was terribly reduced ia flesh
aud strength. Tire bottles 81
Electric hltters cnred him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrlsbursh
Ill, had RAINING sore on his leg Of
eight years standing. Used three
notsles Electric Bltters and sever
boxes OF Bucklen' sArulca Salve, anC
his leg is sound aud reli. Johs
Speaker, Cataws'a. O., had five large
Fever sores on bis leg, doctors sale
be was incurable. One bottle Elect
ric Bltters aud one box Bucklen.
Arnica Salvecurta him entirely
Sold tq Z. L. Whitehead & Co..
Drug store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
SCOTLAND NECK, y. G, THURSDAY. FEBRU AIRY % 1891.

Laror. IL f.sof- free casasEe
4ai endorses tie demands ~ tie
= loeis platform. vpon ~tica to-
Peoples Fsrty was founded. il4
nrtuciple h.ovy is the coa~jruct .ou
- tao GoyeEnont of uor.h and
'outa railroads In the we-t. All toe
.paaIag oi money by the GYverucat
10 the farmers II q los rate of
isterest. lis sr,lclc ~ tie ro5un
on the "Defcnsive Movement Of
Farm gave him toe .tuerAl
favor OF TIE faruers. II. u Tie
suthgr OF "Pr,tTr Tariff ManuaI,"
which vas considered a good Repuh-
Iicau csnpai2n document in lSS5.
He also puhhsac suother psmI let
q 1889 ander the tIt;le OF "rnr
Nay Out which embodied his pc
cI!iar ideas of government loans to
farmers.
Judge Ptefer IS SIX Zee, IN height,
Of slender build, wears full black
oeatd and in general appearance is
plain and unpretentlous. He is slow
and metbo:Ical in manner. but IN
addressing an audience he talks
rapidly, earnestly, persisteutly and
As the representive OF the Alliance
hIs whole effort will he devoted TO
8 securing atui .iant cr.ulatiYn OF mon
e and cheaper rates Of transportation.
Judge PIefFer lives quietly and com
in small cattage on FlIl>
more street in Topeka. His tastes
are domestic snd studions, AMI his
home life is devoid Of display or
fas bion. He has a wife and four
children-two girls and two boys
The latter belng practical printers
working IN this city.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
-r9ssT FRY ssEss,

1t will cos you nothing and sarely
do YOU good, if YOU have a Cough
Cold, or any trouble with Throat
Chest or Lungs. Dr.. Kings New
Discovery for Coughs and Colds Is
guaranteed to give relief. or money
will be paid back Suffers from LIS
Grippe found it just the thing and
under it's use had speedy aud per
feet recovery. Try a sample hottie
at our expense learn for yourself
just how good q thing it is. Tria
bottles free at E T. Whitehead &
Co.'s Drugstore. Large size SOC ane
$1.00.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
LIVES THAT ARE WORTH
LIVING.
WE ARE LIKE TIE FOWLS.

|
Throw handfal OF corn into the
ward. and see what fiutter 1t makes
among the ieathared lrite. W hat
greedy creatures they are, To he
sure. Ye. let Us not be too hasty III
our criticisms. Is 1t not much The
same wiLb Us? Let vacancy Occur
in any public Office, to winch
emoluInents are Attached, whetner It
he iaat Of mayor Of city or keeper
Of u b.Iage, aad what scramble
.usues. Let merchant advertise
ior az assistant In any
department of his taslnes,
uod what a5wartn OF applications,
1t Is al part ot tae sane sirug-
sl4 Tor existance. The fowls ask Tor
d,l., food aud "a place u rooot ut
uisnt
oar wants are solneuhat mote cou'
plex. We want palataeie iood ana
t.-h.o,aple clutDs.. com iortaOie
houses and horses ana carriages, and
books and picsures, and concerts ana
a good deal besides. Yet 1t resolves
itself into the came thing st lust'
II It. stops here. Fo- we and they
the men sDd women of the nlpe-
teeath century and the fowls that
strut about oor doors until they arc
large enough to come on our tables,
demand alike, to have our real or fan
sled wants supplied.
With the lower creation, it is q cl1'
Gle that ends where it begins. The
birds gather sticks and build their
nests, aud feed their yonDg in the
same old way ttqt they did when the
creation was rev. The last geners-
tion is no wiser than the drst. They
have learnt no new songs and no
new modes Of architecture. SO far,
, the parallel holds good. If We let
| the end Of existence be existence
an existence that is bound up in the
qualification of our OVID desires, there
> is little difference on TO aim and
motive, in our lives and the lives
OF the birds and the bees, that sing
their songs and make their honey,
according to the blind instinct OF
their being.
1t is only when We make this II ate
rial existence q neaDsrather than az
end, striving to lift our lives ami the
lives around as To q higher plane
that we lay hold upon the dignity
lhat belongs to us. Shall we ther
be content to 1--we for tue sake o
j, living?
The question of subsistence, o
1ecessi.r, ebsorns much Of the tins
and thought. Bat whst avails it e.
if it ends Lere3 1t is only whaa WI
cake our lives serviceable tn th,
lives Of Others that they count 70
anything. The world Is better o
It worse that we have passed througI
e it
5 Every life that has touched upoI
z ours, st any poiEt, has been dragger
e down or lifted up, in some degree
. by what we have said and done
y We cannot nuke our lives WHOLLY
e negative, ii We would. fhls is tat
$ penalty ana the privilege of our be
# ing:
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

Use none. but Kolan, Baking
Powders.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
FUN.

A prominent divine, who was to
officlate st Wedding, finding himself
aud congregation in the church con.
siderably In advance OF the briial
party entered, with the hymn begin
ming, "Cone on, my partners in dis
tress.'
A colored brother once spilled
for license to preach on the ground
that he had seen as q sign II the sky
the lettersF G. 2. c." which ha
regarded as call "Go preach Christ .
But an aged minister assured him
that he had mistaken the revelation;
that it meant: "Go pIow cora,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
Yes. It's he who rides the foam.


ing bllows, and trudges through
trackless paths and desert wastes
He who chooses this vocation from
natural laws can say with the agri.
culturist he has chosen Alright. But
he must ever bear i'll mind, that q
large majority Of those who have
chosen this tempestuOus voyage OF
life, have never anchored in that
peaceful port of success.
He wkn chooses the law as his
profession, must learn the real guilt
or innocence of his client. But.
oh. how hard it must be to pro-
nouce upon q boy the word
"Guilty"! if the judge fails to secure
evidence to the contrary, when
probably the real offender is lurk-
ing away in seeIco ~ some hidden
cave. But he hes chosen the law
as his profession, and So must stetl
his heart to the cries and entrea~
ties OF a mother fer her son.
" by does the sculptor choose
vocatlan that will keep him work
ing so long on one statue? Might
he not have chosen something that
was higher? No, 'tis his art, and
bv his ornamental monuments, all
She intslleetnral attanments of
military and CIVIC virtues of our
far land are commenmorated. This
vocation is a grand one, aue worty
ts be chosen.
4 seemingly humble vocation is
that of the artist, sud &c it is love.
ly. 'Tis he who seeks to elevate
and ennoble our race; and, there
fore, he must charm oar eyes, and
warm our hearts, only By what is
really beautiful and good; and II
need be, he must depict in all Their
truth things which are actually
di eadiui. Moreover. he must be a
true interpreter Of the Yatio1s phe.
nomena of human life and besides,
he must always appeal to the bet
ter and nobler eide Of human na-
ture. Those who have thls sailing,
will do well to choose it as their vo-
cation.
Another noble profession is that
of the doctor. IT'S hs who alIevi-
ates the suffering of humanity, and
none should choose this vocation
unless he can stand to see the
angel of Death slowly hongerlDg a
round the form Of some loved one;
in whom was centered all hopes
and happiness. To minister with
firm decision while yet there is life
and to be able tO tell those who are
watching over the sleeper with
looks of tenderness, "AlI is over,
she Is gone"
All who choose a vocation must
hold fast to it and not be like wan
dering minstrel or some rowing
gypsy.
"Energy and perseverance are
the handmaids of success and the
individual who possesses these re-
guisites has usually the guarantee
of triumph, whatever opposing OBJ
stacles many seem to rise to thwart
his purpose, in whatever vocation
he has chosen.
Scotland Neck, Feb, II, '91,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

What is lacking is truth and con.
fidence. II there were absolute
truth on the oae hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it wouln't
be necessary for the mskers of Dr..
Sage's Catarrh reme3y 10 back u0
plain statement of at hv i $500
guarantee. They saf-!if we cant
cure you (nake it personal, please,
of catarrb in the head, IN any form
or stage, We'll pay you $500 for Your
trouble in making the trial" GA
advertising 2 fake " 900 sav. Funns,
isn't it, ho" son" people prefer sick
ness t. health wnso tn reme,!. i
positive and he guarantee ahsol u,e
Wise men don't put money back of
flakes" And taking doesn't pay.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
TEMPERANCE AND THE TR0P
ICS.

d.. Bessenger, alter exploring the
iuteror Of Luederiliz Lend, the Ger
man portion ot soutG westcrn Africa ,
adds bis Testimony To t0e experisEte
that total Abstinence from stimulant to
would reduce the alleged cilmate
perlls OF the tropics to tue danger
Incident to sand-storms and severe
drougbts. "The Remuneration Of al
cohoij" he says, twill ehsble trav-
eiers in tGis country to walk twenty
miles a dag without danger to their
health, and if the same oigauized on
LcrpIise and the same annaut of
9reasure that have been wasted III
pursuit of the North Pole ehmcra,
had been devoted to the exploration
Of this continent, net AoQntain
range, not river valley OF tropical
Africa would by this time be MISS
Ing fromour Typographical maps"
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26

Maginal little graDules-those nv,
sugar-coated Pellets of DR.. Pierce
scarcely larger than Dustari seeds
yet powerful to cure-ac tive yel
mild in operation. The hest Liver
Pill ever invented. Cure sick heads
ache. dizziness, constipation. Oaea
Js,So
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-07-13
FIFTH EDITION.


Judge Ball presided as usual at this
mornings session OF the Municipal
Court, and disposed Of the following
cases:
Edward Mccartney, charged with
drunkenness was sentenced to pay q
fine of 81 and costs or be imprisoned
at hard labor on tho stone pile for 20
days.
George Fisher, colored. adjudged
guilty of being drunk and disorderly
was sentenced to pay fine OF e3 and
costs or break stone for 20 days.
Charles Jefferson, colored, INDUCED
In plain drunk, which amounted to
81 and costs.
Frank Cisco corner lounger, who
refused to move when ordered to do
SO by the officers was fined $2 and cost
with the alternative Of 10 days on the
stone pile.
James Murray was very drunk yes
terday, and he was ordered To hand
over oil and costs, or assist the stone
breakers for the next 10 days.
Patrick Lannan and Patrick Kelly
drank too much for their own good
| yesterday, and raised disturbance
hear Matlelcy Chapel. They were each
sentenced topay fine OF 80 and costs,
John Hickey, an old man, who has
frequently been before the court, was
charged with drunkenness, and sem
fenced to pay OIL and costs.