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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
In Chancery Court at Johnson City,
Tennessee.

Pursuant to the decree rendered on
the 9th day of May, 1896, in the above
styled consolidated causes, / will, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 1896,
in front of Jobe's opera house door iu
johnson city, sell to the highest and
best bidder, the property mentioned
and described in the pleading and said
decree and ordered to be sold towit :
A certain tract oil land conveyed by
John L Davis and vile to the Iron
Belt Land company, situated in John
son city, washington county. Teunes-
see, known as Highland Park" more
particularly described az taliows
Beginning at the corner q; Dunlap's
lot on the line of the %annia Riley
tract of land, thence with said line
south GO deg east 2jO feet tn u stone,
corner OF the lot soii TOD W Clumley
fr )m said tract, thence with the line OF
said lot, south 45 Il, G. west 436 feet to
a stone in the I'D road in the Riley
and Chrietley Cfnmley line, thence
with said line north Ga deg. east sos
feet to a native rock ON the south side
of said road, thence with the said
Christey crumley line north 20 deg
west 423 feet to stone the common
corner OF Crumley, Riley and Miller,
thence north GA deg. west 108 feet to y
planted stone, H. Fl. carr's corner
thence with Cilmer's line north 46
deg east 2l4l9 feet to stake, whele
once stake was planted the Naunit
Riley corner, thence north Ga deg.
west 272 ieet to plante stone. thence
north 4619 deg, east 1303la feet to a
stake in the west side of the road
thence 564 deg. east 26l15 feet to y
planted stone on said s de of said road
thence south 5619 deg. easl7S41 feet 10
stake, corner to the 0 Sinner lot,
thence south 401a deg. west l06 feet to
his corner, thence nth 49, deg.
east 175 feet to Gilmer's corner, thence
north 4015 deg. east 1877 feet to stake
in the original Hampton line, thence
with the same south 56la east
crossing Ivy street 70 > feet to stake,
thence south As Sc west 400 feet to a
planted stone, wiley's corner, thence
with his line north 49, deg west
1929 to a planted stone, his corner,
thence with his line and that of Gam
mon and others south ID 4.6 deg.
west 724 TO the beginning, and con.
tanning 80 % acres, to satisfy the de
cree of cross complainant John L.
Davis in the sum oil $36750 with in
terest from March Goth, 1896, and the
costs Of the cause, unless said debt,
interest and costs are sooner paid.
TERMS OF SALE
Said land will be sold on a credit Of
six and twelve months and in bar Of
the equity of redemption. The
purchaser will be required to give In
terest bearing notes with good per-
sonal security relieving a lien on said
land for purchase money until fully
paid
This July 18th, 1896.
W. F. YOUNG, G. 4 M.
BY G. w. HoDGE, i. c. & M.
500 At. Printers fee SIG 90.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

"THE look-to-congress" wave has
been started but it does not bid fair to
do much engulfing business this sea-
son, As soon as a gold bug congress
sional candidate sees the handwriting
of defeat on the wall he declines, like
Joe Washington, and says that the
Chicago platform is so out of joint
with his views that he won't run. The
trouble is that his views are not in har-
mony with his constituency and he
gracefully gets offbefore he is knocked
off
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
The Comet johnson City, Tennessee Thursday August g. 1896

lican ticket, What has happened since
then ? He thinks it impossible for
such change to come. If Mr.. Reed
will just compare the popularity of his
name in connection with the presiden-
cy at the opening of the Fifty-Third
congress with the vote he got at the
st. Louis convention, he will be i'm
pressed that great deal can happen in
very short time
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

NOTWITHSTANDING the extraordinary
efforts which are being made to hold
them back by talking of nominating a
gold democratic ticket, q great many
democrats who do not approve of the
financial plank Of the platform are an
nouncing their intention to vote for
Bryan and Sewall instead of throwing
their votes away or casting them for
Mckinley, and there will be great
many more of them before the campaign
gets fairly started.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
For Representative
w. W. DEVAULT.
MCKINLEY ON SILVER.

from speech in the house of representatives,
June "a, 0.-Congressional Record, Vol 2l.
Page g. AL
~ am for the largest use of silver
In the currency of the country. J
would not dIshonor 1t; would give
1t equal credit and honor with gold.
| would make no discrimination. !
would utilize both metals as money
and dlscredlt neither. want the
double standard"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
Some folks look out for number one,
That all may be quite true.
But when it is widow she
Looks out for number two.
Off for Texas.

The Memphis and Charleston Rail-
road will sell excursion tickets to
Arkansas and Texas OF nearly half fare
on July 21st, 1896. Tickets will be
good for return passage within 81 days
from date of sale. This is your chance
to go cheap. Write to or call on
HI. E. ALLEN, Passenger Agent,
Morristown, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

THE republican committee has be-
come encouraged by the frequent calls
for tariff literature from the south
There is no accounting for what the ig-
norant and office-seeking republicans
oil ''Dixie" will do in order to be in line
with Canton and the pie counter. McKin-
ley will get the southern republican
vote if it has to send for literature and
infant baptism.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

MCKINLEY has crawled down from
his tariff perch and has sought safety
i'll climbing the financial pole, but
Bryan and the people went up ahead
of him and CREASED the pole.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

A STRONG republican Bryan free sill
yer club has been organized at Canton,
Ohio, the home of Maj, Mckinley, and
a wealthy manufactures and prominent
republican was elected chairman. Nc
kinney has not yet sent in his applica-
ton for membership,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

The opposition to Bryan is evidently
weakning. A clergyman has taken him
to task and charges him with sacrelige
for his reference to "a crown of thorns
and cross of gold" This clergyman
must possess a bright mind indeed to
indulge in such twaddle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

GOLD is the most dishonest dollar
for the poor man. A man is poor from
lack of work lack of work comes from
a contracted currency; gold can not
supply the demand, hence is dishonest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

This year of bolts has been wind
fall for the unheard-of paper. All it
has to do is to bolt the Chicago ticket,
it's name will be hearlded over the
country as "a prominent journal. ;"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

WHITNEY's calling Hanna to arms
will have about as disastrous effect on
the Hanna fleet as that which resulted
from the heterophemious command of
the gentleman responsible for the sink
ing of the Victoria by the Camperdown.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

MICHIGAN republicans are holding
their state convention while the ther-
mometer registers ninety in the shade.
But they should not complain now, for
ninety degrees won't serve as marker
next November.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

REV. MACARTHUR, of New York, in an
inAammatory sermon against Bryan,
said that no anarchist could be presi-
dent. 1t would be source of great
pleasure to the real christians of this
land if such anarchists as Rev. Near
thur were forbidden to preach. If the
field of the ministry is becoming bar.
rem to such men it ought to be barren
of them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
Call it q winner

WHILE a member of congress w. J.
Bryan done Bourke Cochran one in the
tariff debate of '73, and now Bourke is
trying to do Nominee Bryan one.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

isreally amusing to read the Knox
vile Journals headlines to the article
giving the result of the Alabama cleo
tion. It's another case of hit dog.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

LET the populists vote for Watson if
they want to; we can't expect to get
everything. 1t will be vote indirect
ly for Sewall.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

WHAT shall we call this great aggre-
cation of silver forces wall Street
Howler.
Call it winner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
Clerk and Masters Sale Of Land

OF Iron Belt Land Company
Holston National Bank ct al
VS..
John /. Davis ct al,
and
Iron Belt Land Company
John H. Davis ct al,
and
Frank D. Love
VS..
Iron Belt Land Company ct al,
and
Rowland & Cooper
VS..
Iron Belt Land Company ct al.
CONSOLIDATED CAUSES.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

A THIRD ticket would attract about
as much serious attention as negro
woman in bloomers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

Tom REED says the best men are de-
sorting the democratic party-the best
for republican use, yes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

l HAVE just returned from England
and am opposed to Bryan. -Bourke
Cochran.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
ALL honor to Alabama

MCKINLEY may blunder, but he is
determined never to make slip of the
tongue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

Or all the cheap notoriety ever OBJ
tanned the shoddiest is. disguised with
the platform. "
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
For Governor :
ROBERT l.. TAYLOR.
For Electors by Districts

For Electors by Districts
First-W. A. OWENS.
Second-H. HANNAH, of Roane.
Third-E. B. MADISON, of McMinn
Fourth ROBERT MCMILLAN, Of
Wilson.
Fifth. J. BEAN, of Moore.
SIXTH. W. RICE, of Stewart.
Seventh-E. e. ELSICK, of Giles.
Eighth. r. GILBERT, of Carol.
NINTH. Z. JONES, of Weakley.
Tenth-N. W. BAPTIST, of Upton.
For Representative:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

Tom REED has madea big speech and
in it he says that two months ago every
body conceded the election ofthe repnb-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
{ >ODSuHlDtiOD
AND IT'S CURE

" Al AND IT'S CURE
A@ To THE EDITOR:-l have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands Of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured, So proof-poSitive am |
of its power that consider it my duty to
send tyco bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and poStofice address, Sincerely,
7. A, SLCCUF, II. c., I03 Pearl ST., New York.
rsr- The Editorial and Business Management Of
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

For SALE-Three thousand acres of
mountain lands in Carter county.
Finely timbered. Can be bought cheap.
BURROW Bros.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
Here's What Mr.. Gray Has 10 Say.
BROWNSVILLE. Tenn. June L

BROWNSVILLE, TENN, June 10.
| can not too strongly recommend
"0wen's Pink Mixture" for teething
children, and never expect 20 do
without it, while the children are sut.
fering with the dreaded summer COM
plant while teething. JOHN I GRAY.
Sold by all dealers, % and so cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

Use DR.. Miles NERVE pIAsrERs for EpINAL
WEAKNESS. All druggists sell sem for 2sc,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Forty Yeai- the STANDARD.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06
NOTICE.

WANT every man and woman in the United
states interested in the Opium aud Whisky
habits TO have one OF my books on these dis
eases. Address d. NJ Wooiley, Atlanta, Ca,
Box 8S2, and one will be sent yon free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

d.. Mleal paIa PIIIs cure NearaIgIa.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-08-06

Pursuant to the decree rendered on
the 9th day of May, 1896, in the above
styled consolidated causes, | will, on
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17

The New York Sun which pro-
fessed a few weeks ago to be full of
suspicion, and doubt as to McKin-
ley's position ON the money question
and was one of the bitterest, and
most persistent and perhaps the alb
lest in opposition TO him now says
"the Presidential candidate of every
Democrat who favors honest money
and who still hopes to crush the
enemies of the fundamental princi-
Piles he was bred in should be with
out hesitation, evasion or sop to
prejudice William Mckinley.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17
FARM PRODUCTS.

Prices Have Fallen because OF Increased
Production In All Parts of the World.
Q. Is It true that the price of wheat
and many other farm products has fallen
heavilyS A II Ia
@ How are such declines, in wheat,
for instance, 70 be explained? A. BY
the enormously rapid increase in grain
growing area throughout the world
Q. Has this increase been especially
rapid since 1872 A. The increase in
grain growing area in this period. espe-
cially in North America, South America
and Asia, has never been approached In
any equal period In the history of the
world.
O. How do we judge of actual COM
petition in the sale Of wheat2 A. By
the supplies thrown annually on the
worlds great distributing markets.
@ What market In particular? A
England, where most Of the buying
nations go to purchase their grain.
O. What are the figures? A. AS re-
Gently as 1880 Great Britain imported
for consumption and re-export, 90, 261,-
924 hundredweight Of wheat--a large
increase over the preceding annual aver
age. In 1896 it imported 81, 749, ,955
hundredweight
Q. What has made possible this re-
markable increase in wheat production?
A. The exceedingly rapid development
of transportation facilities in newly cul-
tivated grain countries among them
India, Russia and the Argentine Re-
public
Q. Has there been an increase in the
United States itself? A. An enormous
increase.
Q. How larger A. In 1875 there
were 96, ,961 ,6l9 acres Of wheat culti-
waited In this country; in 1891 there
were SO, 916, ,697, an increase of 80 per
cent The yield in 1875 was 800, 1885,
900 bushels, heavy increase over pre-
ceding years. In 1891 the yield was
Gil, $50, 900. Even last year, with a
greatly reduced acreage and a partial
crop failure, the yield was 467, 100, 900
bushels.
@. Has the yield of other crops in
creased correspondingly? A It has.
Q. Give instances. A. The cultivated
area of corn in the United States in
1871 was 34,O91, 1877 acres; in 1891 1t
was 76, sO4, 515; increase, 1874 per cent
The yield Of corn last year was more
than double that Of any year prior to
1875. Both the acreage and the average
annual yield Of oats have doubled since
1871. Our cotton crop in 1894 was so
per cent greater than in any year prior
to 1887.
Q. Was a decline in grain and cotton
prices under such conditions inevitable9
A. AS inevitable as a decline in the
price of clothing or furniture or books
or steel rails or pins when competition
In their manufacture has extended enoR-
mously.
Q. Would free coinage help the pro-
ducers of grain to large profit under
such conditions? A. Not in the least.
Q. Why not? A. Because if the NOM
fnal price Of grain were to rise through
initiation Of the currency the price OF
everything else would rise also and the
farmer would be relatively no better on
than he was before. New York Even
ing Post.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17
Coin Harvey,s .scIentlncn Money.

"Out Of the wisdom Of man came the
use of two metals for use as money,
these metals to be coined into money at
a ratio in weight of 10 to /, or in the
ratio provided from time to time. The
option was given by law for the people
to use money made from either metal,
neither redeemable in the other, but
each of itself money. The option was
with the debtor, the person getting the
money in motion. The debtor thus con-
trolled the demand, and as demand
gives value, the supply being limited,
this option to the debtor shifted the de-
mand from gold TO silver or silver to
gold as each increased or decreased in
quantity. The debtor used the one most
accessible; so If silver became cheaper
the demand was shifted TO it, and this
brought II back to a parity with gold,
and vice versa"
bow ridiculousl The idea that we can
have scientific or just system Of money
which gives debtors the option of pay
ing in two or more metals at hxed ratiosl
The chief work Of money is TO facilitate
exchanges. Who prefers to make con-
tracts in uncertain terms? What mer-
chant would care to give farmers credit
and to give them the option of paying
in wheat at so cents, corn at 40 cents.
oats at 90 cents or potatoes at 10 cents
per bushelp And who but the farmers
themselves would pay for the risks and
uncertainties If a merchant were COM
PEELED by law to give credit only in this
Way2
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17

platform and candidates. It is diff
ficult to speak in a temperate man.
ner of the proceedings or the re-
suit, but It Is not at all necessary for
Republicans to characterize the diff
ferent and warning elements which
composed controlled and dominated
its deliberations. After reading the
vituperative speeches of its orators
there remains absolutely nothing
for the friends of good government
and sound money TO say, in con-
domination of the party, If it Is On.
titled to be called by such digni.
fed appellation. From the plat.
form of that convention anathemas
were hurled opproblous epithets
banded, jeers, sarcasns, wrang-
lings, profanity and abuse illumin-
ated the speeches, and all aimed not
at the common and vigorous foe of
Democracy the Republican party
but at the so called Democracy It.
self.
Looking at the scene and reading
the oratory dispassionately, 1t was
pitiable. That party which in the
past has claimed an adherence to
principle and dignified itself to some
extent by an adherence to the land
marks of its founders, should be
torn from its time-honored moor
ings, its traditions tossed to the
winds, its principles trampled in the
mire of dissension, its ranks decim-
ated by the shot of its leaders, and
the routed fragments covered with
obloquy and scorn, is, indeed a sad
but striking commentary on the
danger which turks behind any
party which is willing for the sake of
a temporary political gain to enter
into affiliation with any element
which promises aid, and which will
abandon principle for the sake of
preferment.
The Democratic party coquetted
with Populism, it invited the free
silver caresses, it coddled with the
Anarchists, it smiled on Socialism
and now these heterogeneous ele-
ments have combined and swathed
the party in their crazy quilt and
stifed its cries with q discordant roar
of triumph. 1t is in the tolls and
its efforts at release like the fly in
the spiders web only render its en-
tanglement more complete. The
Democratic party has sown the wind
and is now reaping the whirlwind of
discontinue and dissolution.
1t has gone through the slaughter
house to the open grave.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17

The roads were badly washed in
many places during the heavy
storms last week. At Conashaugh
hill the culvert was insufficient to
carry off the water, and it cut across
rendering the road impossible un-
til repaired. This is all another les
son for supervisors to look well to
the places where water is taken
across road and to have the cutters
alongside large enough to carry off
the water. The damage results
from neglect to properly attend to
these requisites.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17
Editorial.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

In 1879 Mr.. Nasby wrote from
Baltimore where he was a delegate
to the Democratic National Conven-
tion which nominated Greedy as fol.
lows;
"Wot a blessing is Greeley With
Greeley we shell hev reform and
piece, with Greeley ther will be nc
lawlisness on the part of the ex-
Rebels the Ku-Klux will be put
down by the power of the military
and the negroes will be proteckled
in their rites. 1 know this for ]
hev it from his committee. Take
suthin.
There was one mae proudly sport
ing a Greeley and repudiashun
badge, another with Greeley and
payment of the debt in gold, and
every one of them was jubilants at
the prospect of having his ideas car
ried out for every one of 'em said he
had full and positive assurances
from his committee.
] speet / shell have to take the
stump this fall for Greeley. 1 do it
gladly without any assoorances
from his committee, for, of course,
he'll have to take care of his sup
porters, and bein' cared for is just
now my principle business. But ]
shell try to conf1ne myself to one
seckhun.
Eff the national committee take me
over much territory / want to
know exactly what that territory is
and shel make map of it, and shell
write on the margin of each seek
shun precisely wot the leading in
terest of its inhabitants is, and to
wot pertikeler policy it will be ne
cessary to pledge the party.
The note will run thus
Pennsylvania, high tariff on iron,
coal and sech-Protection strong
danger of importations-drain OF
gold to pay for foreign manufac-
tures-would you have our horny
handed laborers reduced to the level
of pauper labor 4? Never.
nlinois-Broad wheat fields, corn
and cattle on thousand hills. Ag-
riculture our material. Wood you
tax the tax the sweat of the honest
farmer to build up the purse proud
austocratic manufacturer of Penn
sylvania I? Never.
Moo England. Tariff on cotton
goods and proteckshun to the negro
Of the south, and the execution OF
the laws even il military has to bs
used.
South KAroliny. Free trade al.
ways and so on. Even with such
preparation it will be close anc
judgmatical work bnt ] can do it
Besides them patriots which expect
to be postmasters and such will al
ways be on hand to post me so thai
/ can't make any serious mistakes
p. V. Massey,
wich wuz postmaster.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17
son, jackson and the fathers bf the
party should be maintained, should
subscribe for the PREss.

Our space prevents givillg the
names of Democrats of pro1k knence
who have declared that they annot
support the Chicago ticket, al h will
support Mckinley.
The list of leading Deme ecratic
newspapers in the East, WdIt and
South which refuse aid anda com
fort to the party platform and Inomi-
nees includes nearly every piper OF
prominence ana large circulation.
The only leading New York paper
which swallows the pill is the Jour
nal. In Pennsylvania the Times,
Record and Patriot, are all arrayed
against the party and its platform
Poor old Miss Democracy She
is a misfit in the midst of misfor-
tunes.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17

Can Pennsylvania Democrats logi-
Cally refuse their support to the
Chicago platform and ticket ? They
were in it to the finish voting for
their favorite son. This would seem
to bind the party here to free silver
and all the platform represents.
Shades of jefferson and Randall, to
what state has the mighty fallen.
I" The worst of all knaves are those
who can mimic their former hon
esty.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17
OF EsPE CIAL IMPORTANCE.

Now that the hot days are here
and vegetable matter decays most
rapidly, every householder in the
Borough should have an especial
care that there is no accumulation.
All refuse and waste of any kind,
whatever, should be so disposed of
that it may not become offensive,
and breed disease germs. Closets,
cesspools and pig pens should re-
ceive immediate attention by being
kept clean and a sufficient supply of
disinfectants and deodorizers used
to prevent gases arising. A good
sanitary condition of the town is in
dispensable to the health and COM
fort of the citizens and the encour-
agement of city people to sojourn
here during the heated term.