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ply, for they affect the party whose
credentials you hold.
You and your supporters in your
supporters in your senatorial plans
have laid much stress upon the excel-
lent character of your administration
as reason why you should be elected
to the senate. / give you full credit
for the excellence of your administra-
ton, and, if you had been a candidate
for the senate, aud for that Office alone,
it would have been q powerful argu-
ment in your favor. If you thought
that you had earned the senatorship,
why hadn't you confidence enough in
the people to believe that they would
reward you according to your deserts? !?
Why didn't you boldly announce your
self candidate for the Office you really
wanted and gave the people an oppor-
tunity to select some other man for the
office you did not want? By choosing
to become a candidate for reelection as
governor, you made it impossible for
the people to send you to the senate
without sacrificing their own interests.
The very argument based upon the ex-
cellence of your administration must
how tell with crushing effect against
your candidacy for the senate. The
course you have adopted has converted
a strong argument in your favor into
an unanswerable argument against you.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07

state committee, Is it not fact that
this committee is largely composed of
men who are giving their attention al
most exclusively to your senatorial
campaign? Thus, the very weapons
placed in your hands to be used against
your party enemies are being employed
to wage a bitter civil war inside the
democratic party May again re-
spectfully, ond earnestly, remind you
that you are charged with q duty and
responsibility as the chosen head of
the party to preserve harmony and
unity within its ranks? Yet, you are
actively prosecuting a campaign against
brother democrats in every part of the
state and stirring up antagonisms and
resentments in almost every neighbor-
hood. Do you think that you can thus
prosecute a bitter war inside your par
ty, and do your duty as your party's
leader? Can you consistently be the
candidate Of democratic faction, and,
at the same time time, the candidate
of united and harmonious demo-
cracy?
If you have finally and beyond hope
of reconsideration committed yourself
to this double candidacy, you will, of
course, present the matter plainly and
candidly to the people. You will tell
them in so many words that you are a
candidate, as the democratic nominee,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07

then go to whoever happens to he
speaker of the senate. Will this be
some man of character, strength and
dignity, or will it be some little cheap
John politician who will rattle around
in the Office for two years, making him
self and the state ridiculous? We only
know that it will be some man not
chosen by the people, and the chances
are that it will be some man who could
not have carried county in the state
if he had openly sought the Office at
their hands. The people do elect the
speaker of the state senote, and they
have no means of knowing in advance
who that distinguished functionary
will be. In the election of speaker, we
may expect all manner of trading and
traflicing, of bargain and intrigue.
What an opportunity it would present
for the pernicious lobbies that swarm
about the state capital to slip one of
their secret henchmen in the speaker s
chair, thence to be translated into the
governors office. What sort of a
speaker and what sort of a governor
would come out of this mess, no man
can prophecy. We may well look for
ward with fear and trembling to a state
of affairs that might reek with scandal
and cover the proud state of Tennessee
with humiliation and shame.
Indeed, according to the programme
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07

for the Office of governor, and at the
same time candidate, upon your own
responsibility, for the senate. You
will explain to them that, though you
expect them to elect you to the office of
governor for the constitutional term of
two years, you only expect to hold the
Office for few weeks. AS the ques-
tion will be asked you again and again
during the campaign, |, therefore,
PROFOUND it now that You may care
fully prepare your answer: why do you
seek an Office you do not intend to hold?
Why do you ask the people to entrust
you with duties which you do not in
tend to perform? Why do you ask
them to give you position which you
do not want? If these were questions
which alone were asking, they might
be brushed aside as comparatively in
significant, but, beg to assure you,
they have arisen in the minds of the
masses of the democracy, and, as such,
are worthy your consideration and re-
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Whole No. S9l
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governor of the volunteer state. There
is one precedent on your side, but that
one | am sure. will not be cited by
your unwise friends. 1t was the case
of the Hon. Bill Stokes, the only man
in Tennessee who ever ran for the office
of governor and senator at the same
time-with the result that he was de-
feated for BOTH In conclusion, let me
say again that | sincerely regret that
you have made it impossible for me to
give you my humble support for the
United States senate. | can hardly
hope that my weak voice will reach
you through the throng of office-hol-
ders and fatterers by whom you are
surrounded; but trust that something
short of bitter and disastrous exper-
fence will yet convince you that you
are being led into serious blunder,
from the consequences of which it will
be difficult to recover. am
Very sincerely yours,
GEO. H. ARMIsTEAD.
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marked out for you, your whole guber-
material camyaign will be roaring
farce. There will be stump speeches
aud joint debates. There will be bar
becues and torch-light professions; the
party workers will rally the boys from
the hills and hollows, and two or three
hundred thousand voters will swarm to
the polls to decide the great question
OF who shall be governor of Tennessee.
But, If your programme works out as
you intend, all this tumult and excite
ment of election, this thunder of the
captains and shouting of cohorts, will
have been as vain as sounding brass
and tinkling cymbal. The candidates
for governor might as we'll have stayed
at home. The multitude of voters
might as we'll have gone fishing and
the ballots put in the box might as
well have been deposited in the stove.
For at the last, the question of who
shall be governor of Tennessee would
not be decided by the people at the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07

Giving you credit for all, or even ma
terial part, of what is claimed for your
administration, it only serves to en-
phasize the importance of having a
good and capable man IN the governors
office. If a man less strong and intelli-
gent than yourself had been governor
fol the past two years, we could not
have had the clean and wholesome ad-
ministration which we have enjoyed.
But if your present plan of campaign
works out to your own satisfaction,
who, and what sort of a man will fill
your place? You ask the people to
elect you governor, but, to be candid,
you must tell them at the same time,
that you do not intend to be governor,
if elected. You simply mean to tarry
in the Office long enough to kiss the
bible, take a solemn oath to perform
the duties developed upon you, per-
haps, dispense little patronage here
and there, and then HE away to the
United States senate. The office will
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07

CITY BARBER SHOP.
Run by frst-class white workmen. We want
and are trying to Elevate the Barber Profes
sion In johnson City Come and see us.
Patronlze your own Color
and help those that are deserving Of your pat
ronage. Yours respectfully
Russell g. Walden, Prop.
Corner Main and Buffalo Streets.
The American Barber Shop,
located two doors south of Hotel Pied
mont and in front of Southern depot,
IN. P. Brewers old stand, Gu. Long.
lev, the handsome Manager, and MAJ
Hyder, the congenial and accommo
dating BARRIERS, will be found as assis
tants.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07
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Halls Family Pills are the best.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-06-07
Seventeenth Year.

If troubled with rheumatism, give
Ch9mberlain's Pain Balm trial. 1t
will not cost you cent if it does no
good. One application will relieve the
pain. 1t also cures sprains and bruises
in one-third the time required by any
other treatment. Cuts, burns, frost
bites, quinsey, pains in the side and
chest, glandular and other swellings
are quickly cured by applying it. Ev-
cry bottle warranted. Price 90 and 90
cents. City Drug Store
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Send for circular, also our catalog Of Mantels
from $40 up, ALCorT, Ross & SCULLY Co.,
2922 N, Broad ST., Philadelphia, Pa,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-11-16
About Secret Societies.

The position of the Mormon
church on the secret society ques-
tion was "made clear" with trim
mings Sunday at two separate meet
ings, prelimlnaries to the second
annual Sunday school conference.
elder Jos. w. Summerhays broach-
ed the subject and declared that no
Mormon could afford to join any
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-11-16
HOWELL WINS OUT.
HIS 4 MAJORITY OF 5 VOTES,
Bryon Also Carries the County by
SO Rojority. Republicans
Get Three Offices.


The board Of county commission
ers met Monday .as a c&nyassing
board. After figuring Up all the re
turns it was found thaS Emmett J,
Howell had defeated Bishop Clark
For the Legislature, and that Bryan
had carried the county by 80 votes.
The following are the officers
elected for the ensuing two years:
State senator, E. N. Pugmire,
democrat.
Representatives, }. e. Brennan
and K. ]. Howell, democrats.
Commissioners, Nels Nelson, Jr.
and II. II. Hoff, democrats, and z.
Lindsay, republican.
Sheuf, Thos. F. Sparks, republi-
can.
Treasurer, Louisa A. Cole, repub-
ican.
Assessor, James X. Kart, demo-
crat.
Probate judge, James Fl. Hart,
democrat.
Attorney, ALI Bulge, republican,
no opposition,
superintendent of schools, J. II.
Miles, dem ocrat.
Surveyor. r. A. Birch, democrat.
Coroner, Henry Bolton, demo-
crat.
The EXzmf4+ER extends congratu-
lations to these parties on their
election, and we have faith enough
IN them to believe that they will
conduct their Offices in the best pos
sIble manner.
TO Messrs. Webster, Transtrum,
Robson, Shepherd, Hitler, Mrs.
Osmond and D. G. Stuart the Ex-
AMINER extends the belief that they
have made good officials and retire
to private life conscious in the fact
that the county has not suffered by
reason of their encumbency of Of
flee.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-11-16

"We heard this morning ofa cat
tie thief who was in one order, and
a good, moral man who could not
bring him to justice because of an
oath he had taken. Another man
will tell us he cannot go on a mis-
sion because it takes all the spare
money he can earn to pay his dues
to the various lodges he belongs to.
He is slave, bound under oath.
Another tells us he can't pay tithing
for the same reason. Another says
he cannotgo to meeting, because it's
lodge night.
"Now, I'll tell you what the
church has done about this. We
have passed resolution that men
who are identified with these secret
organizations shall not be preferred
as bishops or sought for as counsel
ors. The same when it comes to Sc
lecting M. !. A. officers. The men
who have done this have disqualified
themselves and are not fit to hold
these offices.
'.On my own responsibility will
say that any man who is member
of one of these organizations ought
not to be allowed. the privileges or
blessings of the gospel, No man
man who observes the law of chas-
tity as revealed to this people can
consistently join an oath-bound soci~
ETY., where anchastity Is permissible.
Could | associate with o band of
drunkards? Could ] associate with
a crowd of thieves? No. | hope
that God will keep his people from
that.
'.Therc isno organization in which
the law Of chastity is so persistent
ly taught and practiced as in the
Latterday Saints church. That
God may keep US in the straight and
narrow way and lead us not into
these snares is my prayer"
Apostle Brigham Young was the
next speaker. He first asked the
Sunday school teachers to see that
they were fit to teach before they
did any teaching, and then spoke OF
the proposition of the, reorganized
church coming into the Mormon
church, saying there was but one
way they could come in, which was
through the door, On the secret
society question, he said, sarcasti-
cally:
.'They say we Woodmen of
the World have the sweetest little
organization, won't you come imp
Now, am not picking out the
Wdodmcn in particular, only that
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oath-bound order, CHASING them
generally as menace to religion
and saying there were members Of
all of them immoral, to a greater
or lesser extent.
This was at the meeting of the
visiting stake superintendent and
delegates in the theatre Sunday
forenoon. At the afternoon taber-
nacle services, Elder Summerhays'
address was endorsed by President
Joseph F. Smith and Apostles Brig
ham Young and George Teasdale,
all of whom took occasion to add
to what had been said concerning
secret orders, and in similar vein,
Elder SummerhaYs was then called
upon. He warned the congregation
that nething was coming when
he began by saying that it was not
his lnteAtion to make q "war" or
secret Societies. There are trades
unions, he said, dating from Johr
the ,Babtist, about which he haG
nothing to say.
"But there are secret organiza
tions," he continued, "that l wan
you to avoid or they will sap th'
foundation of your work. W.
want you to remember that we hav'
made covenants with God TO max
Latter-day Saints of our children
When you join secret society yo'
place one hand on q Bible and tax,
an oath to protect the interests 0
that lodge and its members. Whel
a Latter-day Saint does that he |
trying to carry water on both shoul
ders by trying to serve God anc
man.
'tSome of the information tha
comes to us about these societies i
startling. One brother we hear,
of Joined an order in which ther,
were anumber of cowboys. Befor
long he found these men were steal
ing his brothers cattle, but h,
could say nothing because of th'
oath he had took. In a simila
case, a lot of our enemies took tn
bishop of this Latter-day Sain
member out of the town and bea
him almost to death. The authori
ties tried to find out who did 1t
but this member had TO keep hi
mouth shut under the oath he ha,
taken.
ssWe learned of a certain bishol
who belonged to one and got anoth
er brother to join. Soon that bro
ther died and the bishop had to la,
aside his bishops robes to wear tn,
regalia of the order at the funeral
Unless he was permitted to do thi
they said his wife would not be CIV
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en- the insurance. This was an in
suit to Almighty God.
Sunday school supcrintendents
and teachers have often gone to
their schools with the badges of
their orders on. We want you to
stop it, whether you are Odd Eel
lows, Woodmen, Workmen or Mac
cabees. Leave them at home. We
don't want that sort of thing in
Sunday school.
"What good are these orders to
you? A man goes to lodge and
when lie gets back he invariably
smells like a saloon. Why? Be,
cause there are men there who
smoke, men who drink, wen who
commit adultery and men who are
in all sorts of evil. We want you
to quit teaching our young men
that secret societies are 'all right.
"There are men out in many ot
the wards of Zion trying to ge
them into lodges. Don't let thelr
do It. When young man gets il
one of them, he doesn't want to q
on mission or serve God or wea
the robes of this church.
eff you want life insurance, yov
can get plenty of it without taking
a covenant with man."
President Joseph Smith thel
spoke, urging the necessity of keep
ing records of the church in al! de
partments, and going on into dis
cussion of the secret society quct
ton.
81 want to indorse what was sai,
this morning." said President Smitl
concerning the very pertinent sub
iect of oath-bonnd societies. The,
have as an object not the build;nI
up of the kingdom of God, but tn
drawing from the substance of thos
connected with them to give per
haps pittance to the widow O
acme dead memher.
"There have been great man,
circumstances to show us the ur
wisdom of Latter-day Saints ident
flying themselves with secret order
unless it is under the inspiration
End direction of tho holy pries
hood. No man among us, ! cor
tend, is exempt from blame for dil
regarding his faith as to join hin
self by an OATH to any of thes
orders. We heard some reason
this morning, and there are man
more. Think of the fallacics an
wlckedness in the people doing THU
They are bound to hold secret q
that transpires and to defend thei
members whether they are doini
right or wrong.
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
The .stor Butcher Trust.

From the northern end Of chatham
square starts the Bowery, and re"
steps from it's commencement IS tue
building now used as Germen lnea-
for which was once the Old Bowery.
Before the Bowery theater and prevl-
ous to the Revolution the same site
occupied by q building which has q
place in history because Washington
slept in it. This was the Bulls Head
tavern. Being close by the city slaugh-
ter houses, all the butchers who came
to town stopped at this inn, making 1t
the first commercial inn Of its day.
During the Revolution Henry Astor,
brother Of John Jacob Astor, owned
the Bulls Head tavern. He leased it
to Richard varian. But Varian went
prirateering and left the inn to be
conducted by his wife
Astor was g butcher and conducted
bis business in the Fly market in
Maiden lane. He incurred the enmity
Of all the butchers in the town by con-
ceiying the brilliant idea Of riding far
out along the Bowery lane, meeting
the drovers as they brought their cat
tie to town and buying their stock,
which he sold to the other butchers at
his own price. AS the lane was really
the only road to the city, Astor in this
way formed O trust and prospered for
many years. The inn, too, prospered
until 1926, when it gave place to the
RoWery theater.-Home Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
Turkish Police Justice.

A trifing dispute between a kurd
and an Armenian on street in Con-
stantinople the other day led to an
amusing instance Of justice as it is dis
pensed by the Turkish police.
A tobacco box was found on the pave
ment, as alleged. by kurd. An Ar
menian claimed the box as his own
Neither would give in, and the dispute
waxed warm. From words they were
near coming to blows when a police
man came up, but he could not decide
the question Of ownership.
At last the Armenian suggested that
the policeman ask what was in the box.
Tobacco and cigarette paper" said
the Kurd promptly.
''The box contains nothing but 10
piasters," said the Armenian, smiling.
The officer opened the box and, hnd-
ing the Armenian was right. settled the
dispute by giving him the box.
'The Armenian is the owner OF the
box" he said. The Kurd is a liar
Here he smote the Kurd over the
head. "Allah be praised! For my trou-
BILE in deciding this complicated AFFAIR
I will keep the 10 piastres."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
He Let Him Out.

The king Of Naples, in the plenitude
Of bis absolutism, paid one day visit
to the Neapolitan prisons in order to
see for himself what sort Of men his
criminals were and whether they really
deserved the punishments they were
undergoing.
"What is your sentence:" he said to
one. Fifteen years, your majesty"
"And what had you done" Nothing
whatever" "Quite innocent?' EN-
tirely so. your majesty" "And you?'
he asked another. Thirty years, sire.
Victim Of false accusation" "And
you?" to third. "Ir for life, my
king" "And what had you done?'
Everything you can think of, my king;
theft, burglary, highway robbery, man
slaughter, murder. only wonder they
did not sentence me to death" What
is your name?" asked the king. "My
name" replied the first class criminal,
'since I have been here has been 9l2.'
After finishing his tour Of inspection
the king said to the governor: "All the
prisoners here seem to be perfectly in
nocent. There is only one bad mau
among them, No. 912. You had better
let him out, lest he corrupt the others" ="
-Argonaut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26

The wage earners at the North
are having a tussle with the mine
owners, and as a consequence
the strike among the miners is
the largest ever known; some
compromises have been effected,
and about sixty thousand labor
ers who have been out of work
since June have started back to
work. These clashes between
organized capital and labor, are
a great Ill to any country, and
the consumers of their products
are the innocent sufferers. For
tunately for the South we are
troubled very little with these
strikes, but our day is coming; as
we advance in industrial pursuits
we bring among US an element,
the same as now operate in the
mines and factories of the North
and West, and when they get
among US we will find them or
ganizing, to protect themselves
from the. grindings of organized
capital.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
We'veCOne through

This stores stock and put light
ming prices on all goods that don't
move fast enough to suit us--given
them the farewell, good-by push that'll
send em out of sight quickly. The
quality of every item is all right, bat
! for some unaccountable reason they
have not sold rapidly enough to please
us. and we've put them at prices that
will make them 60 quickly. We men
tion the following:
lib. cans Clipped Dried Beef at 20c
can: regular price 25c. lib. cans
Brawn. 1Oc can: regular price 12!c.
lib. cans Vienna Sausage, 7c can;
regular price 10c. Armours' Deviled
Ham. small cans. &c can: 45c dozen.
LIB. cans Sliced Breakfast Bacon,
lOc can: 81 dozen. lib cans Atmore's
Plum Pudding, lSc Irregular 25c.) 2-lb.
cans n. Y. State Pears &c can, Irregular
10c.l lib. cans Cocktail Pineapple
(chunks) best quality, at l0c: worth
l2:c. 2-lb. cans Sliced Pineapple, good
quality. at l2tc. Fine n. Y. packed
Green Corn at 81 doz Cheap at Sl.20.)
Choice new Evaporated Apples at l0c
h.: regular l2!c. Choicest Sliced Dried
Apples at Sc b.; regular l0c. Best
Sliced Peeled Dried Peaches at l53c ID.
Crushed Oatmeal at &c ID: 10 lbs for 81.
/; Fry's Sweet Chocolate at 23c lb. Me-
niers' Vanilla Chocolate at 40c ID; reg
ular SOC. Meniers' Plain Chocolate at
Soc: regular 40c. Richardson & Rob
bins Chicken Soup, quart cans, 20c.
Emery'S Tomato Soup, quart cans at
10c. Wheeler's Irish Ginger Ale at 81
doz., import cost.
Ask for our Bargain Price-List. 1t is
full of surprises.