The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-07-25
NASHVILLE LETTER.
TGnneSSte's Centennial Will be Celebrated
on q Magnificent Scale.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
The centennial celebration of Tennes-
paramount topic and thought Even
the silver question pales its Intellectual
fires and politics are waived, 1t may be
surely set down as thing of certain ac-
complishment on magnificent scale.
Its effects are already noticeable. Men
step quicker and people are already on
the lookout for investments and business
enterprises. Even the talk about it has
attracted notice abroad and men are al-
ready inquiring about us. Nashville
and Tennessee are to be greatly bene-
fitted. If your county, or any county,
wants its proportion of the benefit it
must come after it. 1t must blow its
own horn. Those parts of the State and
those industries are to be benefited in
exactly the proportion that they show
themselves here.
Nashville is the only city OF its size in
the universe that know of that is with
out public park within the city limits,
and it is hoped that this will give 1t to
her. If the centennial managers decide
to run the show in the interest of the
street car companies the site will be Sc
lected away out, but If it is to be deter
mined by care for the convenience and
comfort of the patrons and with an eye
to largest gate receipts 1t will be in the
river bottom right in the middle of the
city. am afraid the street car inter-
ests are on top.
Everybody has been out of town, (the
nobodys remain) but they are beginning
to come in, as hot and early as it is, to
see what this big furry is about and to
begin to make arrangements for it. Did
you notice how stock speculation is pick
ing up? Not speculation but Investment.
Things are going to be worth something
again and money is hunting good things.
There is considerable building in pro-
gress and real estate is beginning to
peep out again. From now on the hum
will increase and it will be hurricane
of business and work by spring.
| asked an architect yesterday II there
was much scramble after the peniten.
tiary job and he told me that he knew
of no one who wanted it. The chances
are that the men who figure In it run
the risk of having their characters blast
ed, unjustly again, and many are shy
They say that with the money the work
as designed can not be done we'll and
creditably. The commissioners gave
bidders only two weeks to figure in ant
they can not do 1t in that time.
1t is a great pity that before all thi,
money is spent our penal system can no
be reformed by some kind OF tribuna
that has spark Of proper conception
and sense. Crime is as much a disease
as consumption. The penal code shoult
not be addressed wholly to providing
measures for punishment, but for cure
Within the past few years this subjec
has had the first thought of wise mel
and humanitarians, and prisons every
where are being built and managed will
view Of curing and restoring criminal
I. rather than crushing them. When TIN
new and wise system comes into use il
. Tennessee, as it will soon, we will no
have use for such large prison. 1t i
too late to talk about this now, however
Lord Roseberry is to be in Nashville
soon. / don't know what his lordshi
wants, but he can have it II I've got II
Did you see what Old Pete said abou
Bob Taylor the other day? He wa
asked about the succession and he men
: toned Bob Taylor as the only man talk
ed about for nomination. The old gen
tleman seemed to be ticklcd that he ha
, not pleased the ofiice-grabbers. He ca
afford to aggravate the gang now tina
he has used them for all he wants q
: will ever get. What mistake tn at h
left the bench,
Some one has mentioned Col. Josia
Patterson for governor. He has ga
!. enough to apply for the vacant thron
6 of Bulgravia and about an equal chanc
to get it.
J, Nashville is perhaps the only place
Tennessee where the negro rapists frol
another county can find safe asylum
, We have two here now from Henderso
county and not a word yet about lyncl
ing them. There a,re not two opinion
= among men whose opinions are entitle
to respect upon the justifiableness |
/, lynch law in such cases. Courts an
high moral sentiment deprecate It b
cause they have to,
do not know how much of humbl
all the balance of these alleged wage
: raising reports are that our gold-holle
friends are screaming about, but {
know OF one that has been paraded ov,
" the country that is most arrant frau'
The Spathite Ore Co., of Florence,
weak or two ago raised the wages OF /