davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

LAST Monday the republicans con-
vened in Jonesboro and ratified the
nominations for county offices made by
the primary the Saturday before, with
the exception Of Trustee Bacon, who
failed to ''ratify." He made a bitter
speech denouncing the methods used
by other candidates to secure their
election, claiming that he had been sur
prised. on the morning Of the election,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

Mr.. HARRIS, of Tennessee, no relative
of Mrs. Harris, but real and live per-
son, aud lately the principal competi-
tor of the Hon. Robert Lightsome Tay-
lor, the musical mandarin, who is again
candidate for the democratic nomina-
ton for governor of Tennessee, has
withdrawn from the competition, if
competition there was, and all the riv-
ers and the eternal hills are playing
tunes of JOY twenty-seven hours day.
From under the earth invisible strings
are heard twanging and thrilling with
inefable melodies; and overhead the
sunbeams and the rainbows squeak and
CIRCLE tremendously. The Hon. Rob
ert Lightsome Taylor is candidate
who can not be beaten. Once or twice
in the history of the world there may
have been greater men, but there never
was and probably never will be another
man who can touch SO many hearts in
Tennessee with the magic of his bow
and the sweet enchantment of his fid-
die. Though technically democrat,
he must be regarded as the candidate
of good feeling, and he seems to be feel
ing particularly we'll, as does everybody
else in the state, with the possible ex'
ception of the Hon. Henry Clay Ev'
ans.-New York Sun.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

a majority Of the full membership of
the house was necessary to make q
quorum or whether majority of the
living members was q quorum. In the
fifty-frst congress Mr.. Reed ruled that
the former was necessary. In his last
ruling he reversed himself and declar-
ed that majority of the living mem
bers of the house are a quorum. He
says his first ruling was hurriedly
made. He isn't the first man who has
been on both sides of question.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

IT is no longer o secret that W. G. p.
Breckenridge will again enter the field
for congress, and, whether Or not it be
s'survival of the fittest," there is o
possibility of his being elected, not
withstanding the fact that the ladies
are already organizing against him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
CLERK AND MASTERS SALE OF
LAND.
In Chancery Court az Johnson City
Tennessee.
L. G. Hoss VS.. F. A. Stratton.

Pursuant to the decree Of said court
at its December term. 1898, and rev1v-
ed al its December term, 1895, in the
obove styled cause, | will, on
FRIDAY, MAY 1sT, 1896,
in front of Jobe's opera house door, III
Johnson City, sell, TO the highest bid.
der, for cash in hand, the property
mentioned and described in the plead.
lngs, and said decree aud ordered TO
be sold towit: Lying, and being in
the 9th civil district of Washington
county, Tenn, in thetown OF Johnson
City, beginning at n stake in the turn
of the old road, being about center Ct
Elm street, near an alley, between
Unaka and Holston avenues, known
as Sanders old corner; thence south
571a feet, west 1877 feet to d stake
Whiteside's corner; thence north 81
to the southeast side OF HoIston ave-
nue., thence with said avenue in a
noltheaaterly direction to the centre
OF Elm street, thence with said stree
south 4016 east to the beginning Ia
satisfy q judgment in favor Of clerk
and master, for the sum Of $l120s5,
with interest thereon from December
9th, 1898, and costs, unless said judg.
ment, interest and costs are sooner
paid.
TERMS OF SALE
Said property will be sold for cash
IN hand, and in bar ai the equity Of
redemptiou.
This April 1st, 1896
WI YOUNG. @. IN.
BY G. w. HODGE, d G. an.
g7Adf p@4nfosYa saa - ~
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
mon.y.

The Harrison campaign for the
presidency is under full Roadway in
Indiana. It's q downright shame for
his quondam friends to mar the ex-
presidents blissful honeymoon with
allegorical visions of the white house.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
A Woman Mayor.

CINNAMON, KAs April7 The WON
en- were victorious in the elections here
yesterday. Mrs c. A Curtis was elect
ed mayor by small majority oyer DR.
Lawrence. The election board is com
posed wholly of women who we're out
in full force. Mrs, Curtis is over &C
years Of age. She is woman of z ot
business ability and is quite wealth
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
SHOT HIS DAUGHTER.
Intended to Kill Her Sweetheart and Was
Telling Her So.


RALEIGH, N. c., April 5-Miss
Frances Trextor of G I'D Hill, Rowan
county, was shot last night by her
father. She had sweetheart who
took her to church Her father, who
opposed their courtsbip, secured gun
and awaited their return, intending to
kill her lover.
She returned alone, however. While
her father was telling her how he had
intended to kill her lover if he had re-
turned with her, the gun was dis
charged and the entire load entered
her thigh, tearing it to pieces Some
believe the shooting was not acct
dental,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

Born houses of the Maryland legis-
lature passed bill to protect newspa-
per men from being compelled to di-
vulge either before court or grand
jury the source of any confidential in
formation given them in the course Of
their employment
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

IT is eassy to observe unmistakable
signs of growing nervousness and dis
content under the republican circus
tent, in the great and thrilling attempt
to straddle the money question.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

THE pretended Cuban-Spanish war
news, as furnished daily under Spanish
censorship, has become disgustingly
monotonous. II every report given
out so far as authentic were correct
there would not be patriot left to love
his country.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

at seeing "a seething, bowling mob of
drunken men on the streets of Jones'
boro," and admitted that he returned
to his Office and got fifty silver dol
lars, went ont among this mob, paid
their price and marched them to the
polls and voted them. This was kept
up until he had spent $49.25. Of the
remaining rs cents he paid 10 cents the
following Sunday for the cause of for
eign missions and had 65 cents left. 1t
was clearly evident that he did not take
defeat in that meek and lowly spirit
which charaeterizes the average poll
tician.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

THE marriage of Ex-President Har-
rison and Mrs. Dimmick in New York
City, Monday afternoon, was very
quiet and transformations affair. Only
about thirty guests witnessed the cere-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

We are not given to romance" by
any means, but indications point very
strongly to democratic success next
fall, and unless all signs fail we will
have another democratic president.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
Dyspepsia

Isn't pleasant nor is it necessary. DR.. Hales
Household Tea will cure it. We have great
many testimonials from paople who say it has
absolutely cured them. 1t is pleasant to take,
and costs only 25c and SOC package at any
drug store. 2
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
Money Found

By buying from us. If you want first
class Fruit Trees, Roses, Shrubs, &c,
write us for our 1896 catalogue dc
it now. It's full of all the choice kinds.
GLOBE NURSERY COMPANY,
COY lot Rochester, N. Y.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
Riley Improving.

INDIANAPOLIS, Aprii7 James WHIT.
comb Riley, the Honsier poet, who
has been seriously i'll here, is improv-
ing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

CONSIDERABLE discussion has follow
ed the decision OF Speaker Reed upon
that long aisputsd question Of whether
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Catered at the POstO1ce at Johnson City Tenn, al
Second Class Matter

JAMES A. HARRIS has at last stepped
off the right of way. He has been off
the track some time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

TENNESSEE this year will have one
convention, one candidate for governor
and one old-time victory.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

HARRIS may be lost on the financial
question, but he knows where he is at
in the gubernatorial race.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

HARRIS gracefully yielded to the
inevitable. His ambition was even
more limited than he supposed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
NOTICE

WANT every man and woman in the United
States interested IN the Opium and Whisky
habits to have one OF my books on these dis
eases. Address 3. NJ Woalley Atlanta. Ca.
Box $50 and en0 will be sent ron free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09
NEW YORK.

The Southwestern Limited Solid yesti-
buled Trains. with Combination Library. Buffet
and Smoking Cars, Wagner Sleeping Cars. Ele-
CANT Coaches and Dining Cars landing paggen-
gers IN new York City ct IA Street Depot.
Positively no ferry transfer. - Be sure your
ticket reads via Big Four
E. 0. MCCORMICK, b. b. MARTIN.
Passenger Trafiic Mgr, G. PIT. ACT,
CINCINNATI, Q.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-04-09

Gold Dust flour will please the
best Of you.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05
S7B 26

The Mayors office is about s by F. feet, in the rear of his grocery store, fronting on Pine street and next to the alley. When this "hole in the wall, which no one never visits, and which is usually faced and surrounded by chicken GOODS, hay, produce and such sweet smelling truck, was first fixed up, it was the general opinion that it was for the personal convenience of the Mayor aud that it was in the nature of a compliment to the tax payers gener- ously rendered them by the grate- ful Mayor for his election, but not so. That is, perhaps, the most profitable piece of property in the Mayors possession. For it he col lects the sum of S20 a month from the city as rent. It is reported that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

of Pine Bluff, the city's supplies for fire department were purchased and had been for the past six months. from the Westbrook Grain & Com mission Co. During that time city scrip was worth from 50 to 60 cents. At that time, also, there were five horses ill the employ of the fire de partment. An nyestigation of the records and accounts of the city for the last six months of Mayor Bells administration shows that the total cost of feeds and supplies for the fire department was $250.27, or an average for the six months of $4l.7l per month The average cost per head for feeding the horses of the fire department would be less, there fore, than $S, allowing something for incidental expenses, such as soap. salt, brooms, etc., used in connection with the fire department.
 Immediately after Mayor Gold smith took charge of the city affairs  iii a apfil 1885 1885, all Of this s changed, and without q contract, and in ex- press violation of the statutes Of the State, L. E. Goldsmith & Co.,, furnished all the supplies for the fire department without bids, or any thing of that kind whatsoever, ex- cept the requisition of the Mayor, as chairman of the Board of Public Affairs without bids.
 The accounts filed by L. B. Gold smith X Co.,, against the city of Pine Bluff for supplies for the fire de partment and noted and allowed by the City Council, for months dur ing Mr Goldsmith's administration | arc as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

Grand total supplies for fire
 Department during the ten
 months of Gofdsmith's $ ad-
 ministration .........,.... ......SS95.5l During the ten months of Gold smiths administration there have been s horses in use by the city. The average cost of feed for each horse when L. E. Goldsmith < Co., sell the feed is, therefore, about $ll.20 per head, whereas, under Bells ad- ministration, the cost per head was about $500. In that connection 1t must also be remembered that dur ing Bells administration city scrip was worth from 50 to 60 cents, whereas, under the present ad- ministration, according to the Mayors own statement, city scrip is worth now from 90 to 9 cents.
 The following is copy of one of the Mayors late bills against the city for goods sold without contract and in defiance of law:
 l.. E. GOLDSMITH. ;. STRAUsS.
 PINE BLUFF, ARK, Feb. 29, 1896. Mir. City of Pine Bluff.
 Bought of L.E.GOLDSMITH &CO.
 No. POP W. Barraque st.
 WHOLESALE & RETAIL GRoGERs. Feb. 4, E ton hay En. No. 2.....S 3 8
 4, 681fb oatsM32 'S ...... Sl
 ,, sks branM75, ,En. No. l , 00
 ,, 1921 oatsM32. -. lo 2l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

when the Mayor first made the propo sition to remove the Mayors office to the rear end of the chicken coop department of his grocery that he tendered the use of the same gratis, but since his occupancy of the same for that par tieular purpose. the city records fail to reveal single month for which he failed has to collect rent from the city.
 But that is not all. Not only does the Mayor issue acquisitions on his own house. and fill in prices to suit his own fancy, but practically every part of the city government is made to pay tribute to the grocery estab- ljsment of l.. E. Goldsmith & Co. Policemen with families, and laborers in the employ of the city, are all good customers of l.. k. Goldsmith
 & Co. which trade swells the. aggre- gate profits ofthat firm considerably in years time. - The following is a list of the
 amounts of city scrip for which MT.
 Goldsmith has receiptel for i'll the months mentioned below: | 1sa5
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05
which bears his signature, to make

which bears his signature, to make reply thereto.
 The Lord Mayor refers to our charge of irregularities as .'insinu- ations which involve the honesty of every member of the Council, as well as the City Clerk and myself (the Lord Mayor)
 His grace then proceeds to say:
 ''Gan it be possible that Mir. Adams recognizes that in attempting to blight the good names of honest men he is guilty of q crime the heinOus- ness of which is not OvershadOwed even by murder. It is the only in- heritance a man has to leave his children which time and cireumstan- ces may not destroy. 1 insist that his article of yesterday carried with it reflections upon the character 0f every member of the City Council, the City Clerk and myself, and l damand i'll Their name and my own that he prove his little less than statements or else stand before the people of Pine Bluff a blasphemer and an at tempted robber of man $ most precious possession, his good name. y
 In response to this pyrotechnic the editor of the GRAPHIC desiers to say that he has not attempted to blight the good names Of honest men" nor | has he charged corruption, as the Mayor states in his communication. What the GRAPHIC charged was Irregularities in the administration of the affairs of the city" and not corruption.
 Webster defines an ''irregularity y to mean something mot conforming to a law, method, or usage recog- nized as the general rule" The same authority defines corruption to mean. .sthe act of corrupting or 0i impairing integrity, virtue or moral principle; thestate of beingcorrupted or debased; loss of purity or integri- tS; wiekedness; impurity; bribery. Therefore an "irregularitE8 is not corruption.
 Since the Lord Mayor demands that the editor of the GRAPHIC prove his little less than statements or else stand before the people O Pine Bluff a blasphemer and an at tempted robber of mans most pre- cious possession-his good name,' we at once proceed to substantiate our charge of irregularities in tn administration of the affairs of this city,
 Under the head of Municipal Cor porations" Sandels & Hills Diges provides:
 SEC. 5308. In cities of the first class ther, shall be a Board of Public Affairs. compose of the Mayor. as chairman, and two citizen of the city. elected by the City Council, an at the first election under this act. one shal be elected for the term of two years, an the other for the term of one year. an every year thereafter, as each member term expires, his successor shall be electe for the term of two years. The time for tn election of members on said boardshall be 0 the second Monday after the election ( Aldermen in each year.
 SEC. 53O4. No person shall be eligible membership on the board who is related the Mayor or any Alderman of the city with in the sixth degree of eonsanguiaity or afiii ity under the civil law.
 SEC. 530s. The board shall have the exclu sive power to make purchases of all supple
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

apparatus, materials and other things requi- site for public purposes in such city. and to make all necessary contracts for work or labor to be done, or material or other neces- sary things to be furnished for the benefit of such city, or in carrying out auy work or un~ dertaking of a public nature therein; but where the amount of expenditure involved therein may exceed 330o. said board shall first transmit to the city council an estimate thereof, and an ordinance authorizing such expenditure, with their recommendation in relation thereto and. upon the passage of. such ordinance. it shall be the duty of the
 board to advertise and let the work or con tract to the lowest responsible bidder.
 SEC. 5309. In cases where the amount of expenditure involved may exceed S25, said board shall first give notice to the council of their intention to contract in relation there to, and thereupon. if ordered by the council to advertise for bids in relation thereto, they shall do so and let the work or contract to the lowest responsible bidder. otherwise. and in all other cases said board shall exercise their own best judgment and discretion in the matter of making such contracts. but they shall have no power in any case, ex- cept upon advertisement and to the lowest bidder, to make any contract with any per soa associated iI business with CT related within the sixth degree of eonsanguinity or affinity under the civil law, to any member of said board or member of the city council, and every contract in which any such for bidden person shall have an interest, direct OF indirect, shall be utterly null and void.
 SEC. 531l. All contracts by the board shall be made in the name of the city, and, where the amount to be paid hereunder exceeds s5O, it shall be in writing and signed by the Mayor by order of the board and sealed with the eorborate seal.
 SEC. 53l2, All payments on contracts made by the board, for the benefit of the city shall be upon order of the city council, but no such order shall be made until the person claiming under such contract shall have first filed with the city clerk his statement under oath disclosing the names of all persons directly or indirectly interested in the contract or the proceeds or profits thereof. declaring that no other person than these named, is interest," ed, and that no person forbidden by this act has any interest in the same
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05
Drd of a Years Ad-
 stion-Read and Re Ind Form Your Own conclusions.

Euesday afternoon the zatorially urged upon the Zine Bluff the importance s Aldermen at the coming Election who 'cannot be -6y grasping corporations lave the courage to fight Bd stand up for the inter- shts of the city under all es. :"
 'ation with the race for he GRAPHIC also said;
 etime there have been re- gularities in the admins be affairs of the city, aud @ City Clerk, who is a can
 -election, is known to be dominance of the Mayor
 Therefore. it seems to ry interest of the public
 i'd dictate q change in the Clerk.
 hrial above referred to S the above excerpts are
 d our Lord High Mayor, Honorable L. E. Gold IN into a rage and as g
 eving himself of his pent
 crushed into print ill the
 the Commercial with an
 rtlcle, the authorship oi
 bot yet been leerned bnt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

 During the month of July the Westbrook Grain x Com mission Co.,, were allowed. ...S44 .06 During the period mentioned J. H. Talbot < Co.,, were allowed.........,..,.................. ll.o0
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

Then follows 6 description of the articles wanted.
 It will be observed that this order, nor none of the subsequent orders, has ever been signed by the Secretary of the Board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

The Mayor is ex-offieio chairman of the Beard of Public Affairs. Under all previous administrations, until the peesent Mayor came into power, the policy of former Mayors has been to let contracts, ill eompli- ance with the statutes of the State, for supplies for all departments of the city government, or in the event of no contract, then to issue a requi- sition for the supplies and cause bids to be made on the same.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

At the time L. E. Goldsmith, of the firm of L. E. Goldsmith X Co, Grocers, became Mayor of the city
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

Mayor Goldsmith is a wholesale and retail grocer, and thereby hangs a tale. He is the senior member and chief owner of the grocery establish ment of L. E. Goldsmith & Co.,, and one of his first official acts, after his inauguration a year ago, was to change the policy of his predecessors, and in defiance of the statutes of the State, issue the following order:
 OFFICE OF BOARD OF PUBLIC
 AFFAIRS. PINE BLUFF, ARK, April 9, 1895, J To L. E. Goldsmith & Go.
 You are hereby requested to fur nish to the city of Pine Bluff, deliv- cred at Engine Co. No. l, the articles named below. Please fill out the attached account and file with the City Clerk. with this order.
 By order of Board of Public Affairs.
 l.. E. GOLDSMITH,
 Chairman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

Mayor Goldsmith Well How to Turn a Pnb- |0aice to Private Account.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05
1 H|GH MAYOR, ',,s FOR THE FACTS
 |nrRE THEY ARE.
|rOr Thinks a Public ], private Snap to Be ,,oa For All Ii
 is Worth.

hing Irregularities fn
 Administration of ''city Affairs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

CONTINUED OF FOURTH pAGE.l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

Sec
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-05

Grand total supplies for fire Department during the ten
 -.A1... 4ze ~ T -I
Birmingham state herald., 1896-09-06
Mayberry & Watson for pure paints.
BATTERY D.

All members of Johnston artillery, Bat tery D, are earnestly requested to be present at next Wednesday nights meet ing, which takes place in the Jefferson Volunteers afmory, beginning ats o'clock sharp. Matters will be brought before the battery at this meeting which are of the utmost importance to all the mem bers, and upon the attendance will de- pend to a great extent the future success of the organization
 One of the matters for discussion will be the advsabiity of the battery attend ing the inauguration of Gov. Jossph F. Johnston at Montgomery the first Mon- day in December. It is the desire of Cap tain Gilardoni that a full complement participate in ths event and the individ- ual members will have an opportunity of giving expression to their views on the matter.
 Another matter which will be brought up for discussion Is band. movement has been suggested looking to the organ ization of band of twenty-five pieces. Prof. Fred l.. Grambs has tendered his services at the battery and will be at the meeting Monday night to join in the band discussion.
 The bat attery now has bright prospect for a brilliant future, and 1t is safe to say that within sixty days Johnston ar tilllery, Battery D, will be mustered into the service of the state.