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fOrmance OF the contract, according to
plans and specifications; Provided fur
ther, that plans and specifications for
said building, equipment and additions
to other buildings, shall be drawn up
and adopted, and such advertisements
made for bids as said Board may deter
mine, before said contract is let.
SEC. 10.-Be it.further enacted, That
the said Board may employ some capa-
BILE and disinterested resident and citi-
zen of johnson City, and fix his COM
pensation in advance, whose duties it
shall be to inspect said building from
time to time, have general supervision
over the work and construction of the
same, and who shall see thatsaid build
ing is erected according to the plans
and specifications, and who shall ap-
prove all bills and accounts before they
are paid, and make report thereof to
the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen,
after which, if said bills and accounts
are approved by said building commit
tee, then the same may be paid as
above provided; Provided, that such
party, when employed, shall execute a
bond in an amount to be fixed by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen before
ectering upon his duties.
SEQ. 11.-Be it further en- acted,
That the Board of Mayor and Alder
men of said town shall annually levy
and collect q special tax to pay interest
on the bonds issued hereunder, and
also to provide sinking fund with
which to liquidate said indebtedness,
and any and all funds collected under
said levies shall be used only to pay
interest upon, or liquidate. the bonded
Indebtedness of said town.
SEC. 12.-Be it further enacted, That
some person, peIsons, or trust COM
pany, who or which shall execute q
bond in amount and terms approved by
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen OF
said town, may be chosen as the trus-
tee or trustees to invest the sinking
fund, and it is hereby made the duty
of said trustee or trustees to invest said
fund only in manner and form pro-
vided by the laws of Tennessee for the
investment of the funds of ward by
his guardian or used in the discretion
of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
and the trustee or trustees in the pur-
chase of bonds issued hereunder, OF
other outstanding valid bonds of the
Town of Johnson City.
Sec. 13.-That this Act take effect
from and after its passage, the public
welfare requiring it.
Passed April 5, 1905.
w. X. ABERNATHY,
Speaker of the H. of r.
E. RICE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved.
JOHN I. Cox,
Governor.
A true copy Attest;
Jso. w. MORTON, Sec'y of State.
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BLANKS NOT PREPARED.

Special Examiner Moses states that
the blank forms for widow pensions
have not yet been made up and will
not be until the board meeting May 2,
aud that it will be June before the
blanks are distributed. 1t is stated,
Also by the examiner that no applica-
tion can be considered until the board
meets again in August
A large number of inquiries have
been made as to the pensions of Wild
ows, and Examiner Moses is anxious
that the law be fully and clearly under
stood. At present any confederate
veteran in the state, no matter for
what state he saw service, is pension
able; but widow, on the other hand,
must be a resident widow of deceased
confedesate soldier who served in a
Tennessee regiment. Knoxville SEN
tinel.
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on Cherokee, Saturday and Sunday.

on Cherokee, Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. Joe and Walter Leach and
Frank Carrier left recently for Waynes-
boro, Penn.
Miss Fannie Carr is still believing
in the old adage, that "blrd in the
hand is worth two in the bush" We
believe that she has got him almost-in
the hand.
Miss Mary Miller is visiting relatives
in Bristol.
Kenneth Fine and Elmer Dulaney
attended commencement exercises of
Tollicoffe Institute, at Bluff City the
Goth and 2lst. While in the city they
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. N.
Peters.
April has come and gone, and with it
the happy Eastertime, leaving with us,
as usual, long train of memories.
Miss Alice Stover, who has been in
school at Carson and Newman, for the
past few months, returned home re-
Gently, and has accepted a position as
stenographer with Deadrick aud Epps,
lawyers, at Jonesboro.
l. N. Walter and daughter, Miss
Viola, attended !. 0. o. T. memorial
services at Johnson City last Sunday.
May, the month of flowers, has
come, and with it has come touch of
the "good old Summer time"
The fitty-fourth general assembly of
Tennessee has adjourned and the tax
payers ought to be glad of it. While
it enacted but few moral laws, let us
be thankful that it did not repeal some
that we already had in force. Shame
on such legislation.
Messrs. J. w. Thornburg and l. N.
Walter attended quarterly conference
at Asbury last Saturday.
Barney Hufiine and John Scott are
now expert carpenters, and they in
form us that they will take contract
on a government building in the near
future.
Since Brady, of the Soldiers Home,
answered "Dock" Royston's speech
which he made before the legislature in
regard to the Home, ETC., we think the
"tooth- -pullin representative e of
Washington county has decided that he
is not the statesman that he thought he
was. And he amt
In spite of the very cold weather of
April, the fruit prospects in this baili-
wick are very good.
Crop prospects still continue good.
Wheat is showing up well, although
we have heard some talk about "hy"
in some sections. Winter oats are look
ing yer ihin. A large acreage of spring
oats was sown here, and if the season
continues good a heavy crop may be
expected. Farmers are all about done
planting corn.
Elmer Dulaney and Barney Hufine
took a pleasant trip to the Soldiers
Home last Sunday afternoon.
If we cant report wedding soon, we
will begin to think that there is moth
ing in "signs.
J. W. Ball is wearing a smile, which
has been pronounced "gracious' its a
dishwasher.
A Sunday-school has been organized
at Matson, with D. S. Miller, Supt. ;
Miss Hattie Vines, secretary, and G..
W. Miller, choieter. With an excel
lent corps of teachers, the school prom
ises to be one of great interest
II this communication finds its way
to the columns Of The COMET, we will
come again and give the readers d few
items in regard to the Old Maids and
Bachelors convention, which is tc
come off at Neadmore soon.
What has become of "Susan ~ II
we were betting on her whereabo uts,
cot, our biggest wager would be- 9
three-cent piece to gidger cake, tllat
she is in love.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-05-11

CHAPTER 227.-HoUsE BILL NO. 491.
IN ACT to authorize the Town of
johnson City, Tennessee, to issue
coupon bonds to the amount of thirty
five thousand dollars ($35, 0OO), the
proceeds to be used in the purchase
of a si9e, and the erection thereon, Of
high school building within said
town, and for the purpose of furnish
ing and equipping the same; and
also for the purpose of making addi-
tions to the other school buildings.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-05-11

The work of constructing the tunnel
through Lookout Mountain will soon
begin. All the necessary deeds to the
right Of way for approaches have been
signed aud other preliminaries ar
ranged.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-05-11
In A Pinch. use Aliens Foot. Ense.

y tHFEV11 1-tN"''
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t cures Corns, Bun-
ions, Painful, Smarting, Hot Swollen
feet. At all druggists and shoe stores,
25 cents. 413-6t
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WIDOW PENSION LAW.

WIDOW FENblON LA ",
The other new law which has been
enacted is known as "chapter 202,
house bill No. 205," an is entitled "an
act to provide for the dependent and
INDECENT widows of soldiers who served
in the civil war between the states by
granting them pension, providing
for an appropriation for the payment
of the same.
The act provides that all widows of
deceased Tennessee soldiers OF the civil
war between the states are declared to
be pensionable in the sum of Sc per
month, payable quarterly; provided the
soldier was killed or died while in ac-
tive service and she has not remarked
since the death of said soldier husband
and who are not drawing pension for
some other cause. 1t is also set out in
the bill that the widow must be in
digent, and must make proof of this.
This is regarded, or termed, the "frst
class" of widows, and this means that
$72 per annum is the sum that such
widow can receive at the hands of the
state through the board.
APPROPRIATION FOR WIDOWS.
The appropriation for widows is $685.
O60 per Gnnum, and it may be that the
money that is set aside for this class
will be exhausted, and that there will
be no residue for the others, after this
has been paid. In other words, the
widows on the rolls OF the first class
must be paid before the others of the
second class can receive anything.
But the pensioning of the widows of
the second clasc is unimportant, and
the consideration Of the legislature in
looking after their interests and needs
is regarded as commendable. The act
provides relative to the widows of the
second class that widows of deceased
soldiers who we're married to soldiers
prior to the year 1870, shall be pension
able and shall receive SIS per month,
paid quarterly, provided the husband
Of said widow had an honorable record
and would be pensionable if living, and
she has not married since the death of
said soldier husband, and that she is
now INDECENT. 1t is further provided,
that no widow of this class shall be
pensionable under this section unless
there shall remain surplus of the ap-
probriation made. It is also provided
that the marriage of a widow forfeits
her Teusion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-05-11

Fortify baby's constitution for hot
weather by using DIR. Fahrney's Teeth
ing Syrup. 1t prevents cholera in
fantum. rrice 25 cents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-05-11

witness to an applicant is made per-
jury and is punishable as such, the
sentence being one to five years in the
state penitentiary. These cases are to
be looked into by the special pension
examiner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-05-11
81 AM WELL PLEASED :"

That's what we hear every day from
our customers. If you have not been
well treated by some Laundry give us
a trial. From the initial dip in water
to- the final touch of the iron, nothing
is permitted to Touch the clothes but
the purest soap and finest starch, etc.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
Women and Jewels.

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that is the order of woman's pref
erences. Jewels form a magnetic
mighty power to the average wo,
man. Zen that greatest of all
Jewels, health, is often ruined in
the strenuous effort to save the
money to purchase them. If a
woman will risk her health to get
a coveted gem, then let her for
tify herself against the insiduous
consequences of coughs, colds
and bronchial affections by regu-
lar use of DR.. Boschee's German
Syrup. 1t will promptly arrest
consumption in its early stages
and heal the affected lungs and
bronchial tubes and drive the
dread disease from the system. 1t
is not a cure-all, but it is a certain
cure for coughs, colds and all
bronchial troubles. You can get
DIR. Green's reliable remedies at
D. A. Memberships.
Get irsen special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
Dyspepsia From
Two Viewpoints

The physician knows that pep
sin introduced into the stomach
will aid digestion, and continue to
do so until the amount introduced
artifcially is exhausted. Supply
ing the deficiency, however, does
not encourage the natural produc-
ton of pepsin. Indeed, it still
further checks its normal prepar-
alton and secretion.
The Psychologist knows that
such deficiency is due to an I'M
proper innovation (nerve life
and blood supply to the glands
whose function is to manufacture
pepsin. .,
The Osteopathist agrees with
the Psychologist. He knows also
where and how to reach the nerve
sense from which arise the nerves
presiding over the functions or
these glands, proper manipula-
ton of which causes the normal
production of pepsin and its In
PRODUCTION into the stomach IN a
naural way as a product of Ma
lures Chemist.
The Osteopathist prefers the in
PRODUCTION of pepsin into the
stomach by these glands-and
pepsin, too, which is the product
of Natures Chemist rather than
the artificial product of the Med
zeal Doctors laboratory. Dyspep-
tics may reason this out and
choose for themselves between
the two methods.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
Alaska Tin.

Stream tin was discovered In
Alaska last year, and now it is re-
ported that great lodges OF tir ore
have been found at Cape York, on
Boring sea. Numerous individual
placer miners are reported to have
made small fortunes during the past
summer, two men, for example, hav-
ing taken twenty-five tons of stream
tin from claims along one OF the
creeks in the Cape York region,
using the crudest hand methods
Hydraulic machinery will be taker
into the district next season, when
The extent and value of the tin de-
posits will be ascertained.-New
York Engineering News
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
Stomach Troubles
and Constipation.

"Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets are the best thing
for stomach troubles and cOnSti-
patton l have ever sold," says j.
R. Cullman, a druggist of Potter
Vile, Mich. "They are easy to
take and always give satisfaction.
l tell my customers to try them
and if not satisfactory to come
back and get their money, but
have never had a complaint. "
For sale by Hill Bros.
An agreeable movement OF the
bowels without any unpleasant EFF.
feet is produced by Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
To- s...e 5j LIZ. DrUS.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
The Valley of the Nile

Is no richer than the fertile coun-
try traversed by the Illinois Cen.
trail railroad in the States OF
Tennessee, Mississippi and Lou
isiana. Northern farmers have
awakened to this fact and are
rapidly settling here, for they ap-
preciate the fact that the soil,
crops, climate, water, markets,
etc., are all that could be desired
and they are buying land while
the prices are yet very low. Write
the undersigned for free illustra-
ted literature and find out for
yourself. E. A. Richter, Pass. and
Land Agent, Illinois Central rail
road, GIT Bessemer building,
Pittsburg, Pa. 7,26-tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
a TYPICAL Whitman Story,

Here is an incident which, if no
true, is good enough to be. The
scene was Fowler & Wells office in
New York, where believers in phre-
zoology went to have their bumps
examined. Whitman has derided
bumps in the Eagle, yet in his
poems he shows a half belief in the
so called science, and he Familiarity
haunted the little shop with its
charts, its busts and it's cranks. One
day a friend found Whitman there
IN his SLOUGH hat, corduroy trou-
sers, black silk tie and flannel shirt,
leaning against one of the book
counters and looking with sort OF
infantile surprise and perplexity aft,
er a figure that had just stamped
out in a tempest of wrath. whats
the matter, Whitman" asked the
newcomer.
Walt replied: "Did you notice
that fellow who passed you at the
door? Well, he was fool enough to
lend me $500, and now he,is darned
fool enough to think I can pay il"
Charles NJ. Skinner in Atlantic.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
DIR. J. r. FINK,
sIsTERsVILLE, w. VA.
Phone 1891.
Hours: 9 to II a. M. | to : p. N.
Brain Food Nonsense.

Another ridiculous food fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis
covered the silly notion that enc
kind of food is needed for brain
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, but will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, it's nutrl-
ment is destroyed by Indigestion
or dyspepsia. You must prepare
for their appearance or prevent
their coming by taking regular
doses of Green's August Flower,
the favorite medicine of the
healthy millions. A few doses
aids digestion, stimulates the liver
to healthy action, purifes the
blood and makes you feel buoyant
and vigorous. You can get DR..
Green's reliable remedies at D. A.
Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
The 1905 Worlds Almanac for
sale at McCoy's Book store.
Chanlberlain's Cough Rem
edy the Best Made

"In my opinion Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the best made
for cclds," says Mrs. Cora Walk
er of Porterville, Cal. There is
no doubt about it's being the best.
No other will cure cold so quick
ly. No other is so sure a proven
tive of pneumonia No other is so
pleasant and safe to take. These
are good reasons why it should
be preferred to any other. The
fact is that few people are salts
fled with any other after having
once used this remedy. For sale
by Hill Bros.
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1,16-tf
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Didn't Eat Pork.

It happened in crowded railway
carriage. A very fat and bump.
tious man was making a general
nuisance of himself to the other oc-
cupants of the carriage, explaining
in a loud voice his cuteness and sue
cess in most things. Some of the
people in the carriage smiled pity
ingly, some merely looked bored,
but one solemn individual eyed the
fat boaster with a stony and immov-
able stare. The latter at last be-
came uneasy under this unwi4king
scrutiny and, turning to the man,
said blusteringly:
"Well, what yer looking at me
like that for? Want to eat me"
no" was the crushing rejoindeT
pm q Hnhrow - nnhon Answer
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
Coughs and Colds.

All coughs, colds and pulmon-
airy complaints that are durable
are quickly cured by One Minute
Cough Cure. Clears the phlegm,
draws out inflammation and heals
and soothes the affected parts,
strengthens the lungs, wards off
pneumonia. Harmless and pleas
ant to take. Sold by Opera House
Drrs Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
2O6 Acres; This Farm
Is In Ohio; $4,000

By the price U would think it
elsewhere: 7-room dwelling: @0x
60 barn: orchard; 80 to 40 acres
common timber; we'll watered, no
waste land; possession soon; I
miles to railroad; limestone soil;
near school; only $1,000 cash need
ed. Write w. F. Richmond,
GAINESVILLE, 0. l,23
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
NOTICE.

ALI persons are hereby notified
to refrain from entering or leav-
ing a house under quarantine.
Anyone violating this order will
be dealt with according to the
City Ordinance.
v. Fl. DYE,
1,16-tf City Health Officer.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-24
FIRE. LIFE, ACCIDENT
INSURANCE,

Leading companies are
Represented in my agency,
and the patrons have every
assurance of reliability and
up-ts-date methods.
Insure your property in
the Phoenix of Hartford,
Conn, one of the best COM
psnies in the world; the
Teutonia Of New Orleans, or
the Camden of Camden, N. j.
) Insure your life in the Fl
deity Mutual Of Philadel-
phia. This company's 20
year elective life policy,
with disability annuity, is
one Of the most attractive
propositions in life insur-
ance. -
Insure your health and
liability to accident in the
North American Accident
Insurance company.
Properties of all kinds
bought, sold, rented and
managed.
Conveyancing and collec-
tions.
Notarial work.
LYNN KIRKLAND,
Office: City Building,
Sistersville, =: w. Va.
><>$%>$S
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Sistersville and Mid
dlebourne Turnpike company will
be held at their office in the Nc
Cormick & Morrison building on
Diamond street, in the City of
Sistersville, West Virginia, on the
third Wednesday in January to-
wit: January IS, 1905, to elect
officers and transact any other
business that may come before the
stockholders.
Given under our hands the Goth
day Of December, 1904.
JOHN DAVIS, Pres.
E. j. MILLER, Sec. 12.20-1m
kodos DysrepsFsT Sure
A.ssS.-tx an. A.. Y.
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road, spent Sunday in the city
with his sister, Mrs. w. H. Noll,
of Main street.
Don't forget the "Our New
Minister" date at the Auditor
ium on Thursday, January 26.
All the old favorites are in the
cast. l,l9-t
The towboat Helen White pass
ed up today at II o'clock with
tow of empties. This fine steamer
was built opposite this city by
White Bros.
Mccoy & Church have moved
their office from the First Ma
tional bank building to the Offices
in the Masonic Temple recently
vacated by the Central Oil COM
pany. l2,lo-t1
The reason that coughs and
colds produce constipation and
weaken the lungs is because they
interfere with all digestion. That
new discovery known as Kenne-
dy's Laxative Honey and Tar
cures all Coughs, Group, Whoop-
ing Cough and assists in expelling
colds from the system by gently
moving the bowels. 1t is pleasant
to take and contains no opiates.
Sold ty Opera House Drug Store.
James Henaghan, district depu-
ty grand excited ruler for West
Virginia of the B. P. 0. Elks, will
attend reception on February
Is to be given by New York lodge
No. | to Grand Exalted Ruler
O'Brien at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The affair will commemorate the
thirty-seventh anniversary OF the
New York lodge and Of the order.
WANTED-$S to $12 weekly
easily earned by either sex knit
ting seamless hosiery for the wes-
tern market; our improved ma
chine with ribbing attachment
furnished worthy families who do
not own a machine on easy pay
ment plan; write at once for full
particulars and commence max
ing money; on experience requir-
ed. United States Wooden Co.,
Detroit, Mich. l2,5-tt
John w. Smith of Frew, Frank
G.. Locke of Locke, Frank Il. Ry-
mer of MiddlebOurne, j. l.. Mcln-
tyre of Pursley and Nathan Sal
isbury of this city, commissioners
who were recently appointed by
the County court to assess the
damage to the land Of Henry W.
Mccoy at the foot of Main street
for the right-of-way through the
same of the Ohio Valley Electric
Railroad company, viewed the
route today for the purpose OF
ascertaining the damage and
making report to the court.
The industrial city of Sisters
vile has appreciably frightened
with the purchase by progressive
local capitalists of the 444 acres
comprising the Barney Wells
farm, less than a mile south of
this city. The land will be sold
to - industries and for residence
purposes at very reasonable
! prices. and the result will be a
| lifting of the leased ground han
dicap which has operated to the
great detriment of the city since
the inception of the oil excite
ment. The B. & O., by its right
of way contract, has to make a
stop on the Wells farm if demand
ed, and the new line of the Park
ersburg & Ohio Valley Electric
Railway company will traverse
the farm its entire length
Wheeling Register.