The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-02-08
C0MMERCIAL-APPEAL NOTES.

Club.
The Brownlow- Cox combination will
hardly be allowed t9nominate a demo-
cratic candidate for governor.
Brownlow thinks that Cox is the best
man for the democrats to nominate.
Brownlow is the republican boss of
Tennessee.
We have been sued by skate fer $50
damages fer libel If he gets a verdict
we will allow him $25 and then divide
what he gets from us. -Hardeman
Free Press.
Sigh Lyle refuses to act as Judge in
our snake story competition on the
ground that there air some things that
ought not to be mentioned in polite
sassiety. -Hardeman Free Press.
"Mr. Cox is my personal friend,
says Republican Boss Brownlow, "and
l don't want to be placed in the atti-
tude of criticising him." And he
straightway proceeds to put the lid on
the Jonesboro Herald and Tribune.
Memphis air live town this week
The theaters are full of dansouses who
can kick mans plug hat off at forty
PAGES; and they air going to have dog
show, where our registered yaller dog,
"Snap," will be on exhibition. Hard
eman Free Press.
In order to awaken an interest in
matters Of this here kind, We air going
to offer a years subscription to the
! Free Press to any of our readers who
will tell the best snake story that is not
too warm to publish. The lists are
open to all. Now is the time to dig up
your snake stories. - Hardemau Free
Press.
When we git through with our snake
story competition we air going to give
: snake banquet to all the competitor
and we promises to have on hand plen
ty Of the stuff that produces snakes il
the Silly watches of the night. Al
our reptile contemporaries will be in
vited to send representatives. -Harde
man Free Press.
Sigh lyle has attacted us fer playiDI
faverites because we air fighting Han
Patterson fer guynor because he take
drink, aud we air supporting Me-
Carmack fer the senate because b
takes drink That does look a littl
inconsistent, but we guess we mus
have been sober when we done it,
} Hardeman Free Press.
. This here Col. Mann of Town Topic
9 is man after our heart. He borrowe
q $15O,0O0 from J. Purpont Morgan, "
@. Whitney, Jim Keene, W, X. Van
i. derbilt and other high Ikes, and b
amt never paid it back. AS our frien
q Squire Andy Gump says, base is til
+. slave what rays. Col. Mann weren
no slave. Hardeman Free Press.
8 Our dog "Snap2 didn't git no priz
+ at the dog show. He got loose som
# way and made straight fer basket {
: eggs a country had set to one side
and he had broken the shells and lar
e ped up about half the eggs when h
o was pulled off. After that when som
2 rats was turned loose "Snap" wante
to play with 'em. He has come HON
in disguise, Hardeman Free Press.
Fer the life of us we can't see wha
objection there was to the course pun
sued by Town Topics. Fer years W
have been roasting the saloons tina
= wouldn't give us credit aud the candi
b dates that didn't advertise with us, an
s we air going to continue the same poll
: cy. Whenever we don't see mans a,
] in our paper, we air going to exscorch
/ late him. A word to the gum head i
r sufficient. -Hardeman Free Press.
We have been asst by the philianthrop
lists who air building a new brewer,
I down to Memphis to send our pictur Il
be put in the cornerstone. We hay
complicated with the request and sen
: our tirtype along with our best wishes
We air in hopes the gentlemen will re
ciprocate by sending rs the first keg o
beer turned out. We : ir entitled to i
because our countenance will make am
beer famous. r Hardeman Free Press.
Squire Smith Btters who air goins
to run agin rs fer the legislator ali
/, spreading a lot of reports about us
which we wouldn't mind if they WASH
true. He is trying to git the anti lick
er men down on us, because we useC
to run q dive in the back part of oul
sanctum, and he says he has saw III
+ handing out whisky to niggers from
behind the bar ourself. It's darne(
outrage to revive things like this on
man what is trying to con the mora
reform element and make his enemies
quit drinking Ticker. - Hardeman Free
Press
We always cellybrate the Fourth o
Jnlv down To Memphis. and so NJ,