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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
LETTER FROM VINELAND
Judge Patterson Writes Entertainingly of
This Section from a Rich Fund
of Information.

Cy H. Lyle:
/ cannot avoid wishing that l was,
pro tempore, "business man" OF
Johnson City, so as to have a place
at the dinner table soon to be spread
at Hotel Carnegie.
AS Toastmaster, | presume you'll
make short prelude speech, if so, it is
sure to be good, "as far as it goes;''
and, those assigned to make regular
"after-dinner speeches, " if not crippled
by the "Adams Law" are sure to
touch on the vital interests of what l
call "our peculiar Watauga area"
l note with continuous sharp interest
all that is said, suggested, guessed at
or printed touching railroad construc-
tion especially that of the South &
Western.
Should you, as Toastmaster, reserve
enough time to refer to that road, pos
sibly, you may be disposed to take
what l now say, as a text. ! believe 1
once wrote for the Comet what | felt
sure, that coming road and the Electric
Roads extension out from the city
would do for manufacturing and indus
trial interests along Washington coun-
tvs Watauga front, and the leading
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
Woman.

Nations differ in nothing more than
in their women.
You will never know what woman
is unless you suffer very much.
Women do not love Napoleons; they
love mere middle-class mediocrities.
Men who want to found empires do
not want the higher development OF
woman.
You will in vain search history for O
great man who has not been influenced
by great woman.
In America the woman governs the
man absolutely. In certain sense tht
last man that came to America wa,
Christopher Columbus.
The American woman lives for wha
she calls ''a good time" Her interes
is not man nor what is noblest in maj
paternity. Her ambition is to stud,
spiritualism, then Buddhism, thel
wireless telegraphy, and then the nov
ell of Marie Corelli. DIR. Emil Reich
in London Lecture.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04

valleys ending at that front. Then as
nov, speak from the standpoint of an
engineer not practical one, but from
knowledge acquired over so years ago,
all of which l have not forgotten.
When saw it stated that the South
& estern would be located on a
direct line from Kingsport to or about
Limestone Depot on the Southern;
looking to the map and knowing what
| do of the ground to be traversed, [
said to several friends That will be a
probable saving of from four to six
miles as compared with the old Three
C's survey via Johnson City, but the
cost of grading will be excessively
great in getting across what | call the
! "Bridge high ground extending from
the Appalachian foothills centrally
through our county to the Holston
river. The Southern passes over the
crest of that 'bridge, at Miller's cross
ing about one-half of the way from
Jonesboro to Johnson City, and it is
the highest elevation Of the track be-
tween Knoxville and Bristol-a pipe
laid from that point would carry water
briskly to Bristol-but | remarked, il
the South & Western does not also
build line over the old Three O's
grade to johnson City, but abandons
it, the Southern is tolerably sure to con
struct a branch Of its road from John
son City to Kingsport, and if it does
not, then the johnson City Traction
Company is sure to extend its rails
over the ground and very large profit:
will be realized from the investment
Why? land the why applies TO all three
of the corporations stated For tn,
reason that all along that chilly
Watauga waterfront are the best loca
tions in all East Tennessee for furnaces
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
A Grim Tragedy

is daily enacted, in thousands of homes,
as death claims, in each one, another
victim of consumption or pneumonia.
But when coughs and colds are proper
ly treated, the tragedy is averted. +.
G.. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind, writes
"My wife had consumption, and three
doctors gave her mp. Finally she took
DR.. Kings New Discovery for consump
tion, coughs and colds, which cured
her, and today she is we'll and Gtrong.
1t kills the germs of all diseases. Ont
dose relieves. Guaranteed at SOC anC
81 by Il. G. Miller, druggist. Tris
bottle free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04

and manufacturing plants, and where
ores, coal and timber can be brought
together on easy down grades and
where ground cheaply purchased is
liable to the payment of State and
county taxes, avoiding that of city
corporation.
The cumulative advantages to John
son City would be great as it would be
the distributing point for the manu-
factured products.
Very Truly,
N. A. PATTERSON.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
MATAHGA MITES.

Died, at her home here December 90,
at 1925 p. M, Mrs. Anna NJ. Reece,
wife OF D. N. Reece, of organic heart
disease, aged SO years and 10 days. She
had suffered greatly for about two
years, and all that medical skill and
good nursing could do to restore her
to health was done, but without avail.
Her remains we're inferred Christmas
day in Highland cemetery at Elizabeth
ton in soil that had belonged to hel
ancestors for over 100 years. She was
followed to her last resting place by {
large concourseof relatives and friends
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Absolutely
Harmless.

The fault of giving children medicine
containing injurious substances, is
sometimes more disastrous than the
disease from which they are suffering.
Every mother should know that Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is perfectly
safe for children to take. It contains
nothing harmful, and for coughs, colds
and Group is unsurpassed. For sale by
n. @. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04

The funeral service was conducted b,
her pastor, the Rev. j. ]. Cash, assist
ed by the Presbyterian minister, Rev
Mr.. Bartlett. The floral decorationl
were beautiful and costly. She leaves
besides her husband three sons anC
one daughter to mourn their loss, hel
Oldest son, T. T. Reese, of Palm Beach
Fla, G.. A. Reese, of Chicago, W. E.
Reese, of Johnson City, and Mrs. W. B.
Reynolds, who lived with her and car.
ed for her until her death.
John Butterworth, of Pocahontas,
was here to spend Christmas with his
three sisters, Mrs. Geo. W. Thompson,
Mrs. Andrew Cara and Mrs. W. B.
Gibson, and his aunt, Mrs. Mary An
gel, and other relatives.
Bert Smalling, who has been work
ing with bridge crew in Kentucky on
the Clear Fork of the Cumberland,
came back to spend Christmas with
homefolks.
Christmas passed off very quietly
here. There seemed be very little
drinking and no bad conduct as far as
I know.
Jos. Bowman, of Colfax, Wash, came
home to spend Christmas with his faith
or, Hewy X. Bowman, and other rela-
tives.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04

eccentric that puts in motion and keeps
active the giant wheels of progress and
industry give it patronage that will
justify the realization Of your ambrosial
anticipations, and I say unto you, the
press will be as the dew unto Israel; its
doctrine shall drop as the small rain
upon the tender herb and as the
pleasant showers upon the grass
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
Dragging to Death

A miserable invalid suffering from
disorded female functions, monthly
pains, nervousness, falling feelings,
dizziness, indigestion, biliousness, con
stipation, etc, will find relief in Wine
OF Cardui and Thedford's Black
Draught, two of the most valuable,
reliable, scientific, curative medicines
known for the treatment of sick women.
They are sold at all drug stores, and
should be in every home. Try them.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04

Brooks-My dear fellow, you needn't
thank me SO profusely for a mere box
of Christmas cigars.
Rivers Oh, but you gave me box
of matches with them, you remember,
and they we're the best matches I ever
used.- Chicago Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
SiCkeninp ShiverinU Fife

OF ague and malaria can berelieved and
cured with Electric Bitters. This is a
pure tonic medicine, of especial benefit
IN malaria, for it exerts true curative
influence on the disease, driving it en-.
tlrely out of the system 1t is much to
be preferred to qu4u.ne. having none of
this drugs bad after effects. E. S. Mum
day, of Henrietta, Texas, writes: "My
brother was very low with malarial fe.
yer and Jaundice, till he took Electric
Bltters, which saved his life" AtH.
G. Miller's drug store, price so cents,
guaranteed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04

"Are you going to get the automo.
bile which the doctor ordered for your
wife?"
Cant afford il, but we have almost
the real thing. She puts on a pair of
gasoline. cleaned gloves, takes long,
long ride on the front seat of trolley
car and walks back. Life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
Baking Powder
Patient to Pretty Nnrse-Will ro,

Patient to Pretty Nurse-Will YOU
be my wife when I recover?
P. N Certainly.
P.-Then you love me?
7. N.-Oh, no; that's merely a part
OF the treatment. Imust keep my pa.
tlents cheerful. promised this morn
ing to run away with married man
who had lost both his legs. Houston
Post.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
DIR. CaldWelI'S
(LaEdtiUe)
Syrup PepSin

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ings in order.
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One trial of this wonderful preparation
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DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin can be
otained in both dollar and half-dollar
zes from all druggists.
Your money will be refunded If it
oes not benefit you.
Your postal card request will bring by return
all our new booklet, "DR. CAI,DWELL'S
OOK OF WONDERS" and free sample to
ose, who have never tried this wonderful
mcdy. Send for it today.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the Bes
Made.

'In my opinion Chamberlain's G Cough
Remedy is the best made for colds, ="
says Mrs. Dora Walker, of Poterville,
Cal. There is no doubt about its being
the best. No other will cure cold so
quickly. No other is so sure a preven-
tive Of Pneumonia. No other is so
pleasant and safe to take. These are
good reasons why it should be prefer
red to any other. The fact is that few
people are satisfied with any other after
having once used this remedy. For
sale by Fl. @. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-01-04
Cured His Mother Of Rheumatism.

"My mother has been a sufferer for
many years from rheumatism, says
W. III. Howard, of Husband, Pa. "At
times she was unable to move at all,
while at all times walking was painful.
| presented her with bottle of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm aud after few ap-
plications she deci led it was the most
wonderful pain reliever she had ever
tried, in fact, she is never without it
now and is at all times able to walk.
An occ sional application of Pain Balm
keeps away the pain that she was for
merly troubled with" For sale by H..
G. Miller.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16

The Wheeling Intelligencer !fps
pears to have taken exception to tie
ITelegram's saving it was claimed
that it would be best to change the
date of the congressional convention
in order to give tile counties other
than Ohio more time. The word
'iclaim" certainly did not implg
that the Telegram wanted. It chahe-
ed. The fact fs7the telegram dos
not sec just why there should Re any
change. and here inquiries why Ohio
should be called upon To be the iNlge
of the : contest hetwean Gabtain
Dovener and Hon. ". p. Hubbard
1t Should be remembered there are
seven other counties in th9 digtrFef
and most any one of them has az
much right to say who the nominee
Shall be as Ohio has. Tt might BE
well for Ohio county to let the Other
fellows say any way, since that coun-
BY appears t5IBe furnishing the can
didates. Why noe exercise idsels
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16
LIQT;IDATB THE DEBT. )

The Telegram understands lot
Of work is being mapped out by the
street committee for the present
year. This paper docs not criticize
the street committee or object to i'm
prWementsy buta there was "a hue and
cry, but asmonth ot,se pageo because
the city had incurreda debt for
street improvements For instance,
but a few years ago there was not a
single foot Of street paving The
streets we're largely grown up with
grass. even in7tiie very middle Then
came the day of paving. There was
no, money for the4 purpose The
Ictty was bonded and the funds there
from we're used. Then it came to
the point where other streets we're
paved. Some of this. was done upon
petition of prominent citizens-bana-
ers and others withrthei understand
ing that the same citizens would car.
nv the debt, and some of them did.
TherwoTk was urgent and 1T is we'll
it was done, but it created a debt.
This debt was a bone of contention
but a short, time age, riotwithstand-
| ing the fact that The Telegram IG-
Ipcatedly asked for its liquidation;
ithesanie as IT isnow asking, not only
asking but demanding, and, for the
welfare of the taxpayers, this paper
again asks that the city council pro!
vide for the payment OF the entire
debt before any thing is done for
further improvement. There is no
good reason why Clarksburg should
not get ont of debt. The people by
,thcir vote have seemingly demands
led it. just as the Telegramtalf along
asked. There-slteHld net be single
improvement this year, dntiTE the
debt is provided for. But, If i'm
provemcnfs are to be made, the Tele-
gram insists that Hewes street be-
tween Fourth and Third be paved
and that Third from Hewes to Pike
also be paved. 10 away with the
congestion atnthe corner Of Pike and
Fourth and the dan ger as twelhHTHt
people should insist on this. =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16
harrisburg, W. Va May 10, 1906.
BOARD OF TRADE.

go ffrFtff tft.r 700 49, X s.sr'rs- (,
Unless, more interest is manifest
than, at last nights meeting, the
movement to organize a. board of
trade will be "A complete lizzle.. The
Telegram supposed the matter wa.
well in hand and about all that, led
up. tosit in the public prints, was
written by one efrthe editors of the
Telegram, thinking all was, in readi-
ness. But such proved not the case
Some may take exception to this
Statement, but there is no reason
under the sun why an editor should
boost things that apparently have
no better. foundation than the pro-
posed movement, and certainly no
reason why he should hold it up to
the public in different light. from
what it really is, The truth is there
was no. enthusiasm in the meeting
last night and the only cheer was
started BY a newspaper man at the
mention. Of the name Of one who was
elected secretary of board of trade
once existing in tho atty, and after
it is all through what has been done:
Nothing! ~ ii i'm -r,a,- ,.r-i
There is money proposition
about board of trade. It,must be
run on business principles, and .husi-
ness means money to start with.
There was not even an expression
that any one would give a dollar for
the purpose. Boards of trade are
not organized on popular vote. They
are organized by men whose business
interests and civic pride lead them
to form a financed organization.
Such movement was undertaken
several months ago and personal
solicitations were made, but the re-
spouse did not justify. That is the
only way to do it. There should be
subscribers who pay and not merely
promise to pay. 1t ought to be an
organization largely like bank, out
not for the purpose OF making
money, but rather to pay expenses
and promote interests in general.
and not created for the purpose of
providingra position for anyone in
particular, or advance any particu-
lar interest as against. another.
What the present movement may
develop into can not-be definitely
stated, but deferred and irregular
action viii, not be. conducive, nor
will the matter of. temporizing with
the needful to finance it help the
movement along. A mere nucleus
would have been good starter, but
there is really. nothing as yet and
viii not be for two weeks, and when
that comes around what have YOU
Nothing but committee reporting
TO temporary organization. That
report can not be regularly received
nor can the constitution and bv-
laws be adopted and made effective,
until after persons plank down the
cash or agree to do so. And there
YOU are. How many will do SO ?
Come, give us your names that we
may forestall difficulties that must
arise, at the next meeting, unless
subscriptions are ready Do that
and the board of trade viii prac-
tically be organized by the next
meeting or at least all will be in
readiness for it. E ,te
There il something else IN This.
board of trade business that should
be thoroughly guarded against and
that is advancing certain interests as
against other interests, that il, fl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16
JoHs B. SMITH, General Manager.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES. q.
By carrier .,........r.. .1Oc per week
BY carrier. .4Oc per month
By mail (incopnty) ;. .25c per mo.
By mail lou. Of county, .& per yr.
The Daily Telegram can be found
.sTsr on sale at:r'ar RI ii7
Pike News Co., Pike street. mi ia;
Rone's News STAND, Pike street. .
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DAILY Telegram should Be handed
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16

such a Board is to be popularity
financed, no class Of trade or enter
prise. should be Overlooked Every
interest should receive the same con-
siderati6n, and above all the motive
for organizing a board Of trade
should be void Of all seIfshnesss.
which, the Telegram trusts in this
,;,ls,I,S,,, IL ov;ss+ arTrail .wNtrvet ~ I
'ii fi.'stf sAsH Z g-r;ma > s-f-el,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16

Fifth lint also in the Fourth where
lie l. not paved; ,and .ihdidentaiiY 6ak
street onghtto be paved. aqiSoihe' ask
why,3 aIhcdTGmplafs can 'IteFhgous
the Shriners icanrdej 50, rtoo. so can
Those. who .$crpr patriotic enough the
last Fourth of 'Julyrr7tu'get,9lHid n
parade. Any ether marching or
'ganizatidn can aIsb tell, and Certain
'ly the Transfers can, verify thisswith-
out telling i falseRood. ss
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16

Thirty-fye hundred dollars a year
to runH'bDarl of itradTafgft Is be
raised easllyig eh6ugiiu ih,ii'Isuch a
wealthy city lis Clarkstnifg, bit how
many are willing TO put tp 1.-THE
Dough- Comets Start ztheoiigt, We
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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-16
THE Daley TELEGRAM
AsREPUBMeAN NEWSPAPER.
- Published by the
CLARKsBURe TELEGRAM COMPANY,
Clarksburg, W. Va.

Entered at the postofiee of
claFksburg, West Virginia, as, seq
ond1class mail matter, ~ ..,.,i.,,, i.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-15

when he Is a Moor. Iago can easily be
found In the midst of our everyday
life and he wears, doubtless, black
moustache.. Nor is he less sinister or
less repugnant than of old. Again,
does King Lear inspire more SYM
pathetic pity than Balzac's Father;
Goriot"? could keep on multiply
ing examples II more were needed. In
all my plays, woman has always the
finest role, and she usually possesses
the qualities admire most in women
common sense, tenderness and de-
votion. say nothing about my young
girls, but they form a collection of
which am proud. With the excep-
ton of one or two Americans and the
BenOitOns, one would marry them all,
and that is not the least compliment
one could pay them. do not know
how my colleagues conceive their
dramatic ideas. but with me the pro-
cess never varies. My ideas for plays
appear in the form of philosophical
problems, of which / seek the solution.
For example, in "Patrie," the prob
lem was: what is the greatest
sacrifice a man will make for love of
his country" In my other play.
La Haine," the problem was: Under
what circumstances will woman's,
natural goodness of heart show itself
in striking. way? After great diff
f1culty l found this solution: When
victim of an outrage worse than death,
she will feel for the man who wronged
her such feeling of pity that she is
impelled to flee to his help.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-15
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
JUNE Is

1215-Magna Charta signed by King
John.
1ss1-Wat Tyler, insurgent. slain at
Smithtield.
1467-Philip the Good of Burgundy,
died.
16O5-Thomas Randolph, English
poet, born.
1775-Title of Twelve Confederate
Colonies" adopted.
1SOS-Siege of Saragossa begun by
the French.
1S26-Rebellion and massacre of the
Janissaries at Constantinople.
1836-Arkansas admitted to the
Union.
1S46-Treaty of Washington for set
Element of the Oregon boundary.
1S49-James K. Polk, eleventh
president of U. S.. died. Born Nov.
2, 1895.
Observation-Disclosures captured Win
chester, Va.
1S77-Nez Perces Indian war broke
out in Idaho.
18S4-Grand Duke Sergius and
Princess Elizabeth of Hesse. married
1SS5-Prince Frederick Charles of
Prussia, died. Born March 20, 1928.
1SS6-City of Vancouver. B. c., near
ly destroyed by fire.
1SSS-Miss Mary NJ. Prescott, au-
thoress, died.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-15
HOW SARDOU WRITES HIS
PLAYS.

Victorien Sardou, the famous French
dramatist, in an article printed in the
May issue of the fheater Magazine,
tells how he writes his plays and lets
the public into the secrets of his liter
airy Workshop:
The general idea once found, or
rather the principal situation con-
ceived-for, on the stage, the whole
idea must always be incarnate in a
single big situation around which
everything else revolves-I begin to
collect material. This material is in
the form of little slips of paper, which,
added to day after day, week after
week, and month after month, becomes
the dossier or docket Each little slip
of paper is covered with hieroglyphics
to which hold the key. Sometimes
they take an entire year to accumu-
late, but, always, there comes the day
when they take on the form of life, so
to speak, when the material is suffici-
ent, and the play, therefore, is begun.
But even then it Is only the play in
embryo. The idea is there. the
development also, but there is yet to
be determined the time, the epoch,
what personages best fit the idea, and
what costumes. These are not in the
dossier; the heroes are yet nameless.
A, B, c, perhaps, represent a woman,
the husband, and the lover; and from
these three have evolved the capital
situation, the situation which is the
heart, the core of the intrigue. My
first thought of play always comes
in this way. Afterward, search the
causes which produce such a situa-
ton, and deduce the inevitable results.
1t is only after this third process
that find the names and the costumes
for my characters, the country, and
the time most likely to produce such
a situation.
l find that my first idea is never
altered by the development, for human
truth is Independent of names, cos
tunes and epochs; or, rather, notwith-
standing epochs, costumes, and names,
the truth remains. Take Shake
speare, for instance; there is not one
of his plays, except those in which
fairies are the dramatis personae,
which could not be played in ordinary
dress and in modern times-for ex-
ample, young man returns home
from abroad; he finds his mother mar
ried to another man; this second hus-
band proves to be the murderer of his
father. That is Hamlet And is it the
less tragic because modern? And the
articles employed by. the poet for di-
verting the suspicion of the SON
leaving out the ghost scene-could
be laid as well in Paris as at Elsinore.
The annals of the criminal courts
furnish plenty of Othellos; and sure
ly that terrible passion of jealousy
is as interesting when it's victim is a
man of our time and civilization as