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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-06
Our Foolish AIphabet.

Why. think of it! We've not even a
reputable alphabet. The letters are all
tangled up. is when it isn't Y, and
more than half the time Y is doing
duty for |. S is sometimes 2. G is ].
and poor c Is always either S or X.
We've got four distinct ways to ex-
press the \ sOund-gn. pm. KIN and n:
four ways to write the terminal syIla-
bic "er-er. ar. or and ir: FIVE ways to
sound the letters ''ouSh"-uff. awf, ow.
90 and o. And there are no rules.
Each Of the myriad cases must be sep
arately hammered into a students
head And this is work for babes!-
Mary Bronson Hartt in Woman's Home
Companion.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-06

my mother has suddenly been
made Young at 20. Twenty years OF
intense suffering from dyspepsia had
entirely disabled her, until six months
ago. when she began taking Electric
Bitters, which have completely cured
her and restored the strength and
activity she had in the prime Of life. %
writes Mrs. w. L. Gilpatriek of
Danforth, Ne. Greatest restorative
medicine on the globe. Sets Stomach,
Liver and Kidneys right, purifies the
blood, and cures Malaria, Biliousness
and Weakness. Wonderful Nerve
Tonic. Price soc. Guaranteed by
Barclay & Grower Drug Store.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-06
hank Nete Paper.

The nine kinds Of notes printed by
the Bank OF England are all on thin,
white. crisp paper, The ink used is
black, hard. dry preparation, said
to b made from naphtha smoke. A
pec@iarity Of the English notes is that
the engraving is simple and old fash
Ioned, In contrast to the notes Of other
countrie& which are most deliberately
engraved by complicated machinery,
the designs being difficult Of Imita-
ton by hand and the lathes and ruling
engines being so costly as to discourage
eOunterfeiterS. The English paper is
made by private cOncern. as Is that
In use in the United States, the pulp Of
the latter being a mixture of linen, cot
ton and silk, the silk threads coming
into prominence after the printing. The
French bank note paper is Of similar
texture, hair being used with the pulp
Instead Of silk threads. Over $4,000
notes are issued by the Bank Of Eng
land daily of an average valBe Of f20.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-06
Blood Poisoning

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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-10-06
oRDrNANoE no. s..

An ordinance to provide for the
levy Of taxes for the year A. D. 1906,
for Municipal purposes for the City
OF Live Oak, Florida. and to provide
a sinking fund and for the annual
interests on the 100000 bonded
Indebtedness of said City.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
the City Council of the City of Live
Oak, Florida:
Section 1. For the purpose of Sc
curing an equal and uniform rate Of
taxation and to pay the current ex-
penses of the City of Live Oak, Flor
ida, for the ensuing tax year, there
shall be levied and collected upon
and out Of the real and personal
property within the incorporate lin
its of the City of Live Oak, Florida.
for the year A. D. 1906, the tax of z
mills on the dollar.
Sec. 2. For providing a sinking
fund and paying the annual interest
on the 100000 bonded indebted
ness of the City of Live Oak, Florida,
dated February 2Sth, 1906, there
shall be levied and collected upon
and out of the real and personal
property within the corporate limits
II the City of Live Oak, Florida for
the year A. D. 1906, a tax of 1-3 of
one mill on the dollar.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall go
into effect Immediately upon its pas
sage by the Council and approved by
the Mayor.
Introduced by ]. L. White, member
of the City Council and passed by the
City Council this 18th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D., 1906.
Attest:
CHAS. H. BROWN,
Prest. Of City Council.
S. P. MAYS, City Clerk.
/. S. P. Mays, City Clerk of the
City of Live Oak, Florida, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing
ordinance was duly and regularly
passed by the City Council of the City
of Live Oak, Florida, on the 18th
day Of September, A. D. 1906, and
the same is hereby certified to the
Mayor for his approval.
Witness my hand and the seal of
Oh said City this 18th day of Septem-
Der, A. D. 1906.
(Seal)
s. P. MAYS, City Clerk.
Examined and approved by me this
September 18th, 1906.
NJ. E. BRoOME, Mayor.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26

It will connect with the Virginia and
Southwestern in Moccasin Gap through
a short line of road which is now under
way from the V. & s. ". to Yuma, Va
Its western terminus will connect with
the Rogersville branch of the Southern
railway, about six miles from Rogers.
vile, between that town and Bulls Gap.
One tunnel will be constructed on
the line, near Arnett's creek, aud the
road will bridge the Holston river at
Miller's island. The route definitely
decided on is from Persia to Miller
island, where it crosses the Holston
river 1t follows the Holston river tC
Arnett's creek, thence turns up Arnett'f
creek to Carter's valley, and runt
through this valley to Moccasin Gap
Knoxville Sentinel.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26

distinguished and representative as
semblage will from this day occupy a
foremost position among his country
men. he won this high prize against
heavy odds, without utilizing the usual
methods of canvassing, without estab
lishiDg a corps of workers, without leav-
ing the city of his residence or min
Cling with his fellows, without solicit
ing any organized support or seeking
to rally his friends; without any species
of manipulation, not even in attendance
on the convention which was to rule
upon his fortunes, young man oppos-
ed by gentlemen of high intellectual
merit, honored and trusted partisans,
active, ambitious and alert, his friends
Altogether unorganized, even at the
hour of entering the council chamber,
he was borne forward on an irresistible
wave of popular favor to become the
standard bearer of his party. No man
of his years has ever IN the history of
Tennessee achieved such tribute. He
possessed his soul with patience, and
with malice toward none awaited the
verdict.
I" The unselfish nature of the man
can be seen at glance III tue following
telegram sent yesterday from Knoxville
to warm friend here after the conven.
tion had adjourned for dinner. He was
informed of the situation, and at once
replied with dispatch, which read as
follows:
90" Knoxville, Tenn, Aug 12.-J.
L. Peavey; Don't let my friends be
rash. Do not let my candidacy inter
fere with good feeling aud harmony
DO not hold me on to defeat anv other
candidate. Tell the hoys to be COO
, aud conservative. | do not want the
nomination at the expense of bitterness
and bad blood RoBT l.. TAYLOR.
"tIs it strange that the high stand
ard OF manhood and patriotism which
this method breathes should have bound
to the possessor with hooks of steel thl
men who supported him Bob faylo
was the candidate of the democracy o
the state at large. His nomination wa
: not the result of intrigue, but was tn
: necessary consequence of superior gen
! eral strength.
: "Thus out Of his own paper acqui
q myself of his charge.
? "My competitor makes another falls
4 eharge-that chose as my chief frien
+ in my race for congress an old Yanke
e bushwhacker, and afterward rewarde
him with an Office over an old ConfeC
crate soldier. I was a boy running fl
i congress in the mountains where tt
: bitterness of the war still fingered.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
Fashions in New York.

NewYork modistes are Just now up to
their ears in work, preparing trousseaux
and gowns for spring weddings, says
Helen Berkeley Lloyd in the May De-
lineator. All the newest bridal gowns
are cut in princess lines, but distinc-
tive feature is the abbreviation of the
princess as we have known it, into the
"bHby princess" The skirt, with the
addition of Vatican plait in the back
opens out into train, and is the newest
effect in wedding gowns. The Vatican
plait is not essential but as it adds Dig
nifty aud grace, and helps hold the veil
in position, its use is advisable. Silk
aud cotton raiahs, muslins and linens
have prominent place in the trousseau
Linen has particularly strong vogue,
and is used for morning frocks in white
aud colVrs in sheerest quality and deli
cate tints for the afternoon gowns lhe
new parasols this season are simply
beautiful, but not beautifully simple.
They are made to match the afternoon
gowns and show the same trimming.
One finds them Of hand painted chiffon,
bordered aud inserted with duchess
lace, aud of the sherest Persian lawn
wrought IN the daintiest lingerie effects
Many of the handles are expensively
ieweled. The sticks are delicately en-
ameled, but some are extra long anC
have a hinge near the catch that the!
may be folded when out of service.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
HOLSTON RIVER RAILWAY IS STARTED
Callahan Construction Company Begins
Work Near Persia, Tenn.


The construction of the Holston river
railroad, between Persia, Tenn, and
Yuma, Va, distance of forty-one or
more miles, was begun today in the vi
cinity of Persia, Tenn +, by the Callahan
Construction company, railroad con-
tractors, of this city. The company
has been making preparations for the
last few weeks for the contract, such as
advertising for men aud arranging for
new outfits. All the preliminary work
having been consummated, George W.
Callahan, senior member OF the firm,
who has been in the upper eastern part
of the state, and who is at present on
his way to Washington, D. g., tele-
phoned his Knoxville office that work
had begun on the contract.
Very little work was done today, as it
was impossible for the construction
company to get much of the line cover
ed. However, by the last of the month
the entire forty-two or more miles, it is
said, will be covered with men, outfits
and teams and contract will be rapidly
pushed to completion.
A representative of the Callahan Con-
struction company said that the work
was heavy and would require a large
number of outfits and men. The COM
pany has secured a large number of
outfits which have been used in the up
per eastern part of the state, and these
have been sent to the work.
The Holston River railway is a line
recently incorporated by the local at
torneys for the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, of which James B; Wright, OF
this city, is president. The line is gen
orally supposed to be a project of the
Virginia and Southwestern railroad.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
BIG LAND DEAL Is REPORTED.
Five Thousand Five Hundred Acres Sold fol
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.

Kingsport, Tenn, April 9O.-Tt is re-
ported here that Capt. II. B. Clay, one
OF the largest property owners of the
eastern part of Hawkins county, has
sold his entire estate, including $500
acres of land for the consideration Of
$500, 900.
The efforts of the Courier's cores
pondent to verify the report have been
unavailing. If true, this is one of the
most important deals that has been en-
gineered in this locality in years and
with the building of the Holston River
railroad it will eventually give wide
scope OF Hawkins county a roseate fu-
tnre
Tue land included in the reported
deal embraces farming land along Hol
rtou river and several tracts of noun
tainous timber and grazing ranges ly
ing within q few miles Of Kingsport
Il is stated that the Unaka Corporation
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
DAN ELLIS EPISODE.

my chief advisers and friends in
that campaign were five Confederate
soldiers-Wm. d. Haynes, Chas. j. st.
John, John Allison, s. j. Kirkpatrick
and ObiOn @. King. Judge Allison is
now your chancellor and can attest the
truth | now assert VIM. d. Haynes
was chairman of the said committee.
The first named two Of these gentlemen
went themselves to Dan Ellis, an ex-
Federal soldier noted for his desperate
courage, a man who had piloted some
1900 men through the Confederate
lines to join the Federal army, and
they made an agreement with him that
If he would accompany me and see that
l had hearing aud fair play, and that
il he would work for the democratic
party and try to induce his comrades
to vote the democratic ticket, when it
was over they would see that he got an
office if / was elected. And when it
Wuo ONCI IuO50 bWO Olu OOuicuoTHbo bOl'
diers went with me to Washington and
went direct to Senator Harris and Gen.
Dibrell and told them the facts, and
then Senator Harris and Gen. Dibrell
went themselves to Gen. Field, the
doorkeeper of the house, another old
Confederate soldier, and told him the
facts, and thus it was that these old
COnfederates did the very thing he
charges upon me as a crime. And thus
it is that my competitor again maligns
the memory of that grand old veteran,
Geo. G. Dibrell, who has gone to- his
rich reward with no stain upon as fair
character as ever blessed q brave and
chivalrous gentleman.
"My competitor grows irritable and
peevish because he himself made a rec
ord of enmity against the farmers of
Tennessee, and have dared to mention
it. He himself made the bed in which
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Acquires Two New Roads in Tennessee
Excellent Territory Will Be
Penetrated.


The Southern Railway Co. has ac-
quired the charter and right of way of
the Ohio River and Gulf Railroad Co,
which was organized about year ago
by stockholders of the Tennessee Land
and Coal Co., to build line from
Johnson's Stand, on the Tennessee
Central division of the Southern, in
Cumberland county, Tenn, to james.
town, in Fentress county.
The Southern has also purchased the
Kentucky and Tennessee Railroad Co.,
another new concern which has already
constructed about i've miles OF road in q
southwesterly direction from Stearns,
Whitley county, KY. This line will be
extended by the Southern to James.
town, where it will connect with the
northern terminus of the Ohio River
and Gulf Railroad. This will give the
Southern direct line between its Ten
nessee Central division at Johnson's,
Tenn, and its Queen and Crescent
route at Stearns. Ky.
The new line will be about sixty miles
in length, an besides affording con-
eiderably shorter route for the Southern
between Cincinnati and Nashville, will
penetrate an undeveloped coal territory
which will produce heavy tonnage as
the result of the exploitation which
may be expected to follow. Grading
has been commenced on the Ohio River
and Gulf end of the new route, and, al
stated above, construction work on the
Kentucky and Tennessee division il
under way.
The territory to be penetrated il
largely level, so that construction cost
will be comparatively light and work car
be pushed rapidly. 1t is said tina
trains may be running over the cut-of
before the end of the present year. Thi
is considered very important addition
to the Southern system in Tennessee. :
Wall Street Journal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26

he finds the cruel thorns. He says that
/ still give currency to the charge that
he said that the leaders of the Alliance
movement were 'viler than the meanest
reptile beneath the mud-sills of hell,
and he bitterly denies it and says no
respectable papers have charged it
Fellow citizens, didn't originate this
charge, but I find it in a newspaper in
his own congressioDa, district, the Gov
ington Leader, and here it is and Tread
it:
"'The greatest trouble with Carmack
is that he talks too mnch-has always
talked too much. TheCovington Lead
er resurrects speech at Covington
during the old alliance days, when
populism was in process of incubation,
in which he described the advocates of
! free silver and fat money as being like
mules, without pride of ancestry or
hope of posterity, and denounced the
leaders of the alliance movement as
'viler than the vilest reptile beneath
the mud. stills of hell 1t is still fresh
in the minds of many how, in 1896, he
became one of the Tennessee leaders In
that he, etical movement; so is the
vindictive language he aimed at Grover
Cleveland. Still fresher in the minds
of the workingmen of the state is the
scurrilous and abusive language he
used concerning Mr. Hearst. Nor have
the Bryan democrats so soon forgotten
his abusive treatment of and language
to Mr.. Bryan in the national convention
of 1904. And some of the older voters
remember how eighteen years ago he
was pleading for personal liberty and
denouncing the Temperance cranks. :
States Graphic.
"I saw the same thing in the Dyers
burg State Gazette and in the Browns
Vile Graphic. have been repeatedly
; informed that he did use such languag,
that he used it in speech in Ten
Davis grove near Lewisburg. He com
! plains that | give currency to it after i
: is denied and without proof. These ar
the proofs and he has not yet convinced
t many people of the faIsity of it. Their
is not a man living who knows the sen
9 ator's rampant style of rapid dfire abus
who does not recognize in this at leas
9 a strong res N b blanee.-Nashvill
d American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
Nonresident Notice.
In Chancery Court at Johnson City,
Washington County,
Tennessee.
Mrs. Gertrude M. Gardner, complt.
vs.
Lewis s. Gardner, defendant.

1t appearing from the bill filed in
this cause, which is sworn to, that the
defendant, Lewis s. Gardner, is non
resident of the State of Tennessee, il
is therefore ordered that said defendant
enter his appearance herein on or before
the first Monday in May, next, 1906,
it being Rule Day, and plead, answer
or demur to complainant's bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as to
him and set for hearing ex-parte. and
that copy of this order be published
for four consecutive weeks in the
Comet.
This, April 9th, 1906.
Il. A. SHIPLEY, g. and M.
BY S. i MILLER, ID. @. and M.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26

sought to acquire this estate some
months ago.
Other reports of impending deals are
current, but the spirit of speculation in
the Kingsport section has been such
factor in the news columns for the past
few months that this correspondent
will seek authentic information before
further publication.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
i" First Assistant SecretarY.

1t will surprise truth loving Ten.
nesseans further to learn that receiv-
ed the first telegram announcing my
appointment from Senator Harris him
self, stating that he had just called on
the president and he had appointed me,
and warmly congratulating me.
DENIES TREACHERY CHARGE.
"Was | treacherous to Gen Dibrell? +?
Did step in between him and the gov.
ernorship and send him broken hearted
to his grave? That is most cruelty
unwarranted charge made to array his
gallant comrades against me and turn
the hearts of his sons from me. There
are thousands of men living who know
that did favor Gen. Dibrell's nomina;
tion, and that l steadily refused to be
a candidate for the place. But do not
rely wholly upon my own solemn dis
claimer and upon the knowledge of
those thousands who know that | did
not want it and refused to stand for it,
but I turn to the American for proof.
Was Mr. Carmack it's editor then? Hear
what the Nashville American said of me
the morning after my nomination:
"'The man who was crowned with
the highest honor in the gift of that
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
Bids for Painting.

For the next thirty days the under
signed committee will receive bids for
painting county property, consisting Of
Jail, Jackson bridge aud Glaze bridge.
For particulars call on committee. S.
s. Kirkpatrick, G. +. Clark, G. W.
Simpson. April 10, 1906. 35-4t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
DIR. CaldWell'S
(LGxGtiUe)
Syrup PepSin

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Your money will be refunded if it
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26

Cord, Secretary to Gov. Taylor, Nash
vile, Tenn. Dear Sir: / have received
by reference from the presidents sec
setary your letter of the 18th instant,
asking ior the names of all senators and
representatives in congress who recon
mended Robt l.. Taylor for the position
of pension agent at Knoxville, to which
he was appointed by President Cleve-
land. In reply / have to informed You
that there are on file in this department
letters recommending him for the posi-
tion named from Senators Isham G
Harris, Howell E. Jackson, and from
Representatives James D. Richardson,
J. r. Neal and John NJ. Taylor
Every respectfully,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26

DIR. Fahrney's Teething Syrup is alb
soIuts.y harmless to the youngest babe.
You can get a sample by asking for 1t.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-04-26
DIBRELL INCIDENT.

After reciting the statements of Sen
ator Carmack, made in his recent
speech at the Ryman auditorium, that
Coy. Taylor had been treacherous to
Gen. Dibrell after soliciting his aid in
his application for the pension agency
at Knoxville in 1885, that he had appli-
ed successively to Senators Harris and
Jackson, who both we're cold, and after
failing to get sufficient Endorsement
elsewhere he had appealed to Gen. Dib-
rell, who "procured his appointment, "
and that after that he had treacherously
defeated Gen. Dibrell in his aspirations
for the gubernatorial nomination and
'sent him with broken heart to an
untimely grave" Gov. Taylor spoke in
substance as follows:
1.-THE statements of Senator Carmack
with respect to my appointment as pen
sion agent are untrue in every essential
particular. That grand old man was
my friend to the day of his death, and
if he ever thought l betrayed him he
never gave it utterance so far as / ever
heard, aud his sons have been among
my warm mest and most valued adberents
cit will surprise Tennesseaus who
are used to hearing truth proceed from
the mouth of a United States senator tt
know now that Gen. Dibrell was no
even member of congress when | wal
appointed pension agent, and that
was recommended for the place by Hon
John r, Neal, Gen. Dibrel's successo
in congress Mr.. Carmack represent
the entire Tennessee delegation turn
ing their backs upon me, that Senate
Harris was cold and tLatsSenator Jack
son held aloof. 1t will surprise Ten
nesseans who are used to hearing trut
when read letter from assistant sec
retary of the interior in response to a
inquiry l caused to be made, shown
Z that both the senators and several {
; the memb bers had filed letters in my bC
half. I want to tell in addition that th
entire democratic delegation indorse
me heartily and actively:
Department of the Interior, Wasl
|. ington, April IA, 1905. Laps d. M,