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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13
V. IS. W. FORMALLY ANNOUNCED.
Purchased by Southern Railway Company
for $l,000,0OO.

Ava VA,VVU,uVus
Now York, Sept. 19.-Tho Times to-
day says:
The purchase of the Virginia &c South
western railway by the Southern Rail-
way COMPANY, of which rumors have
been current, was confirmed yesterday.
From one of the stockholders of the
Virginia & Southwestern it was learned
that the Southern railway has acquired
all the Virginia & Southwestern stock,
paying therefor $500 share or total
of "a, OO0,O 900.
A committee consisting of Oliver H.
Payne, Grant J. Schley and Henry X.
McHarg, acting in behalf of the Vir-
ginia Iron, Coal & Coke company,
which owns majority of the Virginia
& Southwestern stock, as we'll as in be-
half of the individual stockholders,
some time ago obtained the deposit of
all the stock on the Bank of Manhat-
tan company.
1t was through this committee that
the sale was made to the Southern Rail
way company. The first payment on
account of the purchase price of the
Virginia & Southwestern stock, amount
ing to 81 100000, was made on June 10
last, the balance, amounting G3, 100000
is to be paid in installments.
In explanation of the high price
paid for the Virginia & Southwestern,
it was pointed out yesterday that the
large earnings of the road and the fact
that it will give the Southern railway O
foothold in the Virginia coal fields
makes the acquisition valuable one.
The gross earnings of the Virginia &
Southwestern for the year ended June
80 last, were $l,OOO,O and the net
earnings about $40O, 900.
The annual report of the Virgins
Iron, Coal & Coke company, which will
be published within a week. is ex
pected to set forth !the details of the
sale, and to show the extent to which
the coal and coke company has tn
creased its cash resources as a result
The report will show that the Virgins
Iron, Coal & Coke company last yea
decreased its outstanding bonds from
Sc, 6S6, 900 to So, 400, 900.
Henry X. McHarg is president o
the Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke com
pany, as we'll as of the Virginia
Southwestern. 1t was said yesterda,
that Mr.. McHarg is likely to remain
president of the railway for some time
Notwithstanding the fact that the roa,
has been sold to the Southwestern rail
WaV
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13
Democratic Ticket
TO CORRECT A STATEMENT.

With compassion only for q reporter
in his effort to "get story" but with
greater love for the truth, we are COM
PEELED to deny in the most emphatic
terms possible the statement sent out
from Bulls Gap last Wednesday to the
Knoxville Sentinel and Journal and
Tribune that we were openly charging
that the nomination of Hon. John II.
Caldwell was Cox Brownlow trick,
would oppose his nomination on the
floor of the convention and that the
presence of Maj Paul Devine was evil
dence that Brownlow wanted Caldwell
made the nominee. These statements
do Mr. Caldwell great injustice, and
we are at loss to understand why
they should be attributed to us. 1t is
true Mr.. Caldwell was not our per.
sonal choice, We were for Capt. A. s.
Deaderick and were instructed by our
county to vote for him first, last and
all the time. We have never fought
Mr.. Caldwell in his aspirations for this
nomination further than to prefer an
other, and did not do this because of
any personal objections to him.
Instead of believing that the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Caldwell would be in
the interest of Mr.. Brownlow, we have
always entertained the opposite view,
and have unhesitatingly said, and SC
stated at Bulls Gap to the Sentinel re.
porter, that if Cox intended to helr
Brownlow by nominating Caldwell he
was badly fooled in the effect it would
have, as it was our opinion that Cald
we'll would take more Cox democrats
from Brownlow than any other person
could hope to do. CY II. LYLE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

pardonably untrue. There was not a
shadow of excuse for making them.
However, their Stiffness and absolute
lack of foundation prevented any of
them from having any weight. But to
give the generals Authorizations the
proper weight and to further show Just
how ridiculous they are, it is necessary
to consider his attitude and conduct in
the last gubernatorial race He has
been violent and furious Cox man
since the governor pardoned his first
cousin out of the penitentiary for muir
dering an innocent man. 1t was he
who called primary election in Shelby
county to select delegates-Cox dele
gates-to the gubernatorial convention.
He held no Office in the democratic or
ganization and had no more right to
call the election than the Sultan of
Turkey. Yet he called it. He had his
ballot boxes place in buggies and car
ried to any one, white or black, who
would vote Cox ticket. He took this
delegation to Nashville, claiming it to
be the one true and regular delegation,
and sought to have the committee on
credentials seat it over the Patterson
delegation. The attempted steal was
80 palpably outrageous that it was new
er given respectable consideration even
by Cox'S most partisan advocates But
it had the effect of keeping Shelby out
of the temporary organization. In all
of this Gen. Cockroft was the leading
light. He was defeated in his deviltry
at every point, and now he comes out
accusing others of corrupt combina
tions, and at the same time pirates Of
his own civic virtues. He is a man Of
pitifully small caliber, and it is a shame
that such an one has been appointed,al
democratic election commissioner il
the most important county in the state
Brownsville States Graphic
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

Democrats may not agree that the
state executive committee had a right
to name a candidate for railroad COM
missioner, but there is no ground for
dispute as to who has the best right to
the track between Avant and Mcclure.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

Gen. Cockroft, of Memphis, has been
having visions, dreams and Nightmares.
In long article in the News-Seimitar
about which reference was made last,
he tried to throw the mask off of some.
thing or somebody, and the,only reve.
lation he disclosed was his own assinu.
ity. Most of his statements were un
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13
PROGRAM.
Devotional exercises, $50 a. m.
New business.

Devotional exercises, 9:30 a. m.
New business.
Primary Plans Misses Daisy Bore
ing, Vertie M. Devault, Hattie Crouch,
Matte Hale.
How to Make the School Room At
tractive-Misses Sadie Crunley, Mary
Smith, Annie Guthrie.
The Necessity of Library in Each
School-James P. Gray, l.. A. Leach,
H. J. Depew, r. D. Haworth.
The Relation of the District School
to the County High School,. H.
Summit, G.. s. Chase, Eugene Barnes,
@. B. Armentraut.
s. g. BEARD,
J. p. GRAY,
Miss HATTIE CROUCH,
Committee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13
Tennessee State Fair, Oct. 8-l3
The Texas Wonder

Cures oil kidney, bladder and rhenmat-
ic troubles. Sold by all druggists, or
two months treatment by mail for 81,
DIR. E. W. Hall, 1926 Olive street, st,
Louis, Mo. Send for Tennessee testi-
monials. l1Si-ly
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

The johnson City Comet has been
fighting democrats so long time that
it has become second nature to the poor
animal who edits that tiim-ham sheet.
When even mugwump deceives
enough democrats and republicans to
get nomination or elected to office
the Comet animal points one ear to the
sun, the other to the moon, and brays
for Joy that reaches from the tip of his
nose to hoofs,> but when a democrat
opens his mouth to denounce fraud in
mugwumps and hypocrits, this same
animal brays SANDER from his mouth
and nostrils and paws and kicks the
earth until some of his ilk think he,
with his vile epithets, has caused the
earth to cease to revolve and the sun
to hold still and the moon to hide its
pale face, and the republicans tickle
him in the ribsand says, sic him, Cy,
you have the whole democratic party
on your shoulders and yoa must take
good care of it. Gro it, old boy, you
are the pure stuff. 49, Hardeman Free
Press.
Chamberlaln'S Cough Remedy
Cures Colds, Group and Whooping Cough.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

Senator Frazier has written Chair
man Morrow that he will make some
speeches during the campaign. Hur-
rah for Jeems
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13
Educational Meeting in JOneshOrO.

The Washington County Teachers
Association meets in Jonesboro, Sat
urday, Sept. %, 1905. Important bust
ness matters are to be discussed, and a
full attendance of teachers is desired.
s. A. ESTES,
Pres. W. 9. T. A.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

Clay Evans will flock to himself, but
that will not keep Patterson from tax
ing up his trail and running him to
cover before the November election
Gazette. News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-13

The Hermitage Democrat seems to
have declared itself Bryan paper for
the purpose of sugar coating poison.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09
EDITOR
NOVEMBER 9.
GEORGES LATEST.

but desperate George DAVIS mind
"A Republican,
sofs
and
in
Democrats
dndepe Republ outo Tuesdays
but isn't he
would matter
The Republicans who
County
They
supply all they for 1906
the County
would be much under the
would seek thorough redress
al Washington
to
of
then he come in on
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09
THE LATE ELECTION.

it has been
That
polls by is argued would seem
When
its face
has been
justify boaing.
in
had and matured in Hawaii
A
mainland, had lost its weight
public mind, which
n
considered, is undoubtedly much
bully the
majri The of civil
H.
Republican intelligent
O.
wi the mach
deration
perhaps
vndcated
to
accessibility bribes
selection of Tuesday
whose
grossly and wanony asaled by the machine
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

| of the Editorial Association; Warren
Wilson and M. G. Doolittle made brief
explanations of the great need for such
a line, which, in the opinion of experts,
would be paying proposition from the
start
The trip could be reduced to a TWEEN
ty-day run at a price that would appeal
to thousands of tourists who come to
Southern California during the winter
months. Honolulu citizens are crying
for better freight. facilities Should
this line be established said Mr. Doo-
little 'it would bring that immense
trade to Los Angeles"
During Mr.. Woods stay in the States
he will visit the other Coast cities. but
he is in favor of the Los Angeles direct
line. and comes to this city first.
The matter was referred to the
Chamber of Commerce and will be TAX
en- up in more definite manner. Dur
ing Mr.. Woods visit he will be rendered
a banquet at which representative men
will discuss the proposed line
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09
PERSONAL TO HEARST.

defeat him not
interior he had
metropolis
Of Mr.
Republican and potent
The failure Hearst and the possible of the ticket
head the existence political dsatis
American voter and then me-" Vlndaon OF American S'
William R. Hearst His father
of homely
and of California Federal
been
Blu election
of the
the of nothing
waseve
he made
especially Mckinley
Chicago
America and
When Mckinley asinated
of the three mentioned least of two them
specifically charged with being before the The list
OF
California but all the Union oycotd
filled whole places the ban
hasn benem
of Congress That he has avhy
destiny, Napoleon
n
but
of Aiears.
Mckinley.
in
emo OF ms ana PRESIDENTIAL aspirations whether or no he Will
reaPpear in other connection problem of the future
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

In that the from
payroll had
o
overlooked
Chairman
band been here has been needs To
be There May
in
OF a police appropriation?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

There need be special the defeat of the County
Federation,
o the
which
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

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the Hawaii doesn oth to lose
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

Tafoud play of ''Ion'' that
William
Randolph Hearst
p a new vocation
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

8 of
own W a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

Having
of the calmly
The Bulletin ha
Brown NJ IS 40 nean
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-09

Evidently the Bulletin thinking with its sweebreads
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
THE AMATEUR LOBBYISTS.

warmly interested in
described the Peoples Lobby, and il
intimated that he consulted about the makeup of the
which among other includes those
OF Francis Heney San Francisco Benjamin Id Wheeler of the
California Samuel l. Clemens Mark Twain
got his California, belongs the whole world
As might be supposed this committee representing the people
altogether popular official Washington It's members hold
the whip peadventue will be trowers of missile with
Congressmen targets 1t is terrifying contemplate the official
will follow the delivery adverse Judgment These
original lobbyists declare the first place their
of guile They have grind patronage seek
advertising be gained Their guiding the
public good Further they insist that they fill ngt
This aching void and threatens to swallow and engul the
when big involving the business OF great
corporations Congress-
during the last session OF Congress the railroad and the
the of the Powerful
yelpaid
people had lobby present the side of public interest
All the disposed to
much effort We have stronger belief in
the efficiency OF the hired
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD.

THE specific purpose and policy Of the National and State gov
the suit that recently eliminated at Fndlay O. in verdict of
prosecuting the Standard Oil and other
erse defined by Attorney General Ellis of Ohio who directed
conviction involving heavy fines. We quote
doing
this We their business enterprise,
development Ohio
that viii abandon property
All that while they
shall
he public policy o OF
be
independent
cealed weapon destroy competition
This very instructive illustrating the policy
initiated by President Roosevelt and followed by the State
OF Ohio Missouri and other conmonwealths We
given practical illustration the policy California
Federal brought dissolve the
We had this city half dozen elevator ostensby
doing business competition AS matter of fact they
firms doing business single The
the dissolution OF the and put end the spurious compe
1t ntmated that similar will be pursued with
oil industry Of this State There Caforna three
oil which merely disguises for the Standard Cali
fona has State law against trusts and time that followed
the example Of Ohio Missouri Texas and other States this
In the meantime the facts developed the report Com
Garfield concerning the oil business California will probably
be made the basis of Federal prosecutions.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
Americans Work Out Designs for Rugs
That Are Woven on the Looms of India.

! females engaged in spinning and the
other half on the hand looms.
Practically all of the rugs made by
this firm are manufactured on designs
that were worked out in the United
States, and are intended to meet the
American demand The co1ors used are
indigenous, purely vegetable, and are
prepared upon formulas that have been
handed down for centuries from father
TO son. This firm would be glad to do
their manufacturing In the United
States, but 1t has been found to be
impossible to induce any considerable
number of expert rug makers to emil
crate TO the United States even II there
were no legal difficulties in the wav.
and it is impossible to induce Ameri-
cans TO engage in making rugs bv hand
as they are made in India. so thar n
should be a matter OF genuine pride 10
Americans TO know that their country
men are leading in the enterprise OF
rug making in India and are the first
to enter the domain of Thibet to engage
in manufacturing
While the rugs are not OF purely
Oriental design, yet to a cultivated
taste they are much more artistic than
the Oriental rugs. This firm. however
is able to Initiate the antique Oriental
Design SO perfectly that the only diff
ference discernible to the average per-
son would be possibly the higher hnisb
OF the limitations There would be the
same number of knots to the SQUARE
inch. the same colors, prepared Of the
same ingredients. and the same designs
and the work would be done ureciseIv
in the same way that the Oldest rugs
were made.
The rugs for the United States trade
are mostly made on designs prenareS
by American artists The carpets ara
rugs sent TO the United KINGDOM arc
made by natives. who sell to brokers
for export Some Of these goods AMI
their way through London into tbe
American market, and are offered for
sale as superior Indian rugs. which
they are not. AS a matter If fsct tI,,-
class of goods has greatly injured tbs
reputation or Indian rugs. than which
when made under the scrutinv ~
american superintendents. and as the
Indian rug makers delight to roaI<a
them, no finer or more durable ones
are made anywhere
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
HEARsTs BIG BLUNDER IN NEW YORK

MONG important that contributed to Hears de-
in New York the filthy abuse that the candidate and
heaped of consequence who
eriy oppose the Democratic nominee IN public
Glider editor of the Century Magazine was
of the men lampooned and vhd in the Hearst ed
seriously injured Hearst in place where he
strong A Ri whose phanthopic work in New
familiar with conditions and sentiment among the
poor of that city, has this say the subject
made the fatuou blunder Of his life The three
Watson
children their chance of life by checking
had been dark who throled the worst
Health itself;
only
parks and recreation who
that
peril of midnight fires; who the head
House
other for the reforms that reduced the
of thousand eighteen
of annually 1900 babyles
fighting through
mere boy naked OF the
Mr. Hearst will what
welned New York tor all time
citv will
moreun unselhsh champion OF their cause
Mr. R the attack insult to the people OF
New York Well appears have resented it. Such
tactics invite their punishment
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
NOVEMBER II. 1906
Evolution of a Hoodlum
BY Edward r. Ca1il1.

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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
People on the Island of
Guam Exceeding Lazy.
rHE island of Guam. possession
/ of the United States in mid-Pa-
l cific, is the subject of letter.

"NHE 1Sland OIL 0udiH, d possosoioii
of the United States in mid-Pa-
cif1c, is the subject of letter
from Agana. the capital, to the
Charlotte, N c., Chronicle Guam has
an area of 200 square miles. on which
are 5000 people. Statistics give eighteen
schools on the island and state that
nine -tenths of the islanders can read
and write. Yet the letter says that the
people will not work. The shipments
of merchandise from the States to
Guam amounted in value to $1o1.9oo in
1904 and only ss10 in 1905.
The writer states that the only farm
ing implement used in Guam is a hoe
used like the scuff1ing hoe in the
States, plows being unknown. Guam
is said to be thickly wooded, well wa
tered and fertile producing tropical
fruits abundantly. There is also good
harbor. The article concludes that If
the American people wish to help Guam
they can do it quickly and efficiently
by teaching the people improved agri-
culture. If the agricultural possibiH-
ties of Guam were developed the people
would not have to depend on Japanese
traders for their sustenance."
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
ANNUAL SLAUGHTER OF quail.

The vacations of great army of
Americans these days are devoted to
ruthless slaughter When the quail
season opens in the various States it
means vast expenditure for powder,
shot and she'll, a continual lombard
ment OF field and wood by reckless boys
and foolish men, whose sole ambition
is to Kill more birds than any one else.
The law protects game not for protec-
tion's sake, but for butchers to destroy.
A few years ago you could buy dozen
live, fat quail for so cents in the back
country. Five dollars dozen for shot
riddled dead ones is not now an un-
usual price. Time was, and not SO very
far ago, when you could bag dozen
quail in an hours walk Now you may
have to tramp a hundred miles for so
many in certain parts of the country
New York Press.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
Answers to Queries :.

Cincinnati, at which time she attempt
ed to break 5000 glass balls in one day,
loading the guns herself. She used
three guns, firing at fifteen yards rise,
the balls being thrown from traps. She
broke 4772 balls out of the 5000. Miss
Oakley. who married Frank Butler. a
champion shot, died during a tour in
South America in 1891.
THE MOON-F. NJ. s.. Alameda. Cal
The moon completes her circuit around
the earth In period whose mean or
average length is 81 days, hours. 43
minutes and 2 seconds, but in conse-
quence of her motion in common with
the earth around the sun the mean du-
ration of the lunar month, that is the
time from the new moon to the new
moon, is 29 days. II hours. A min
utes and 5 seconds. which is called the
moons synodical period. In this rota-
tion the full moon appears every twen-
ty-nine days. and occasionally it oc-
ours that there are two full moons in
the same month, as was the case dur
ing October of this year. Take this as
a. basis of. reckoning. count backward.
and you will discover when before
there were two full moons the same
month.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-11
FAIRGROUNDS FOR THE BOYS.

should be encouraged and given official support and recognition
This city badly needs Fairgrounds for the youngsters
Something OF the kind has been Golden
and done well far But the big park
from the homes Of the benehcare 1t dime get
and back and the boys have much pocket money
What they and what the city should provide centrally
Gated and Fairgrounds If the small parks
throughout the city available for purposes
be found to supply the
There be no better investment than spent keeping
the boys OF the streets and finding pleasant occupations
minds and bodies The fact that Rev. D. O. Crowley of the
Youths Directory ardent supporter the Boys Athletic
League is sufficient testimony to its worth