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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
New PRINCIPAL City School.

The city board of education complet-
ed the years work Monday night by
the election of Prof. John H. Pence,
of johnson City, as principal and city
superintendent OF schools.
til said there had been a dozen or
more applicants for the position, most
of whom were from distance, but all
OF which had been carefully considered
by the board, resulting in the final
unanimous election of Prof. Pence.
Prof.. Pence has, for some years past,
been principal OF the high school de.
parsment of the splendid system of
city SCHOOLS of johnson City to which
place he had just been reelected. He
is graduate of Washington college,
is about SO years of age, married and
has grown up in the graded school
work. His recommendations are of
the highest order, including that from
Prof. J. r. Lowry under whose super;
intsndency Prof. Pence has been at
the head Of the school faculty in John
son City.
Prof. Lowry is native of MeMinn
county whose people take pride in the
fact that he himself has reached the
top round in his profession and takes
particular pride in the growth Of the
city schools of the metropolis Of his
native county. Athens Post.
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Approaching NuptiaIS.

Friends of the groom in Johnson
City have received elegantly embossed
invitations as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton B. Cheesman
request the honor of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Beatrice Walker
to
Lieutenant Robert Nelson Campbell
Twenty-ninth United States Infantry
on the evening of Thursday, July the
eighteenth
at half after eight o'clock
st. Paul's Church
Salt Lake City.
Mr.. Sampled is the eldest son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. @. Campbell, of this
city, and spent all the days of his
youth here and has many friends who
will join The Comet in wishing him
and his life partner long and happy
voyage on the matrimonial sea-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

In Chancery Court at Johnson City
Washington County,
Tennessee.
Robert Hornick
VS..
A. NJ. Niettetal, ct al.

Iu obedience to decree of the chan
Gerry court at johnson City, made in
the case OF Robert Hornick VS. A. M
Mettetel, Peyton X Harrison, Charles
Wing and Lillian Wing, | will on Sat
urday, the eth OF July, 1907, at noon,
in front of the Court House door in
Johnson City, sell to the highest and
best bidder, the town lots, in said de
cree described, being lots 80, 80, 81 and
30, in Block n; lots No /, 2, 3 and A,
in Block 81; lots 80 30, 81 and 80 in
Block GG; lots II, IS, 10 aud 30, in Bl)cd
IS; and lot "a in Block 81, all of SAX
lots being in the Carnegie Land aud
Improvement Co s Addition to Johu-
son City
Said sale will be on credit Of six
modths and in bar Of the equity of re
demption. Notes drawing interest
from the day of sale, with good person
al security, will be required of the pur-
chaser; and lien will be retained on
the property sold as fnrlher security.
This the 9th day of June, 1907
f. A. SHIPLEY, @ a VI.
By ] r. G ANDES, d. G & VI,
G. t. LEE, Sol.
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Teachers Urged to Attend Convention

State Supt. Jones will today issue a
circular letter to the city and county
superintendent Of the state calling
their attention to the approaching state
convention of the teachers association
to be held at Knoxville on July 90 and
to continue for three days thereafter.
Supt Jones will very strongly urge
upon the superintendent that they
bring this meeting to the attention OF
teachers and request full attendan ce.
Discussing the coming convention OF
the teachers association yesterday,
Supt. Jones said that every teacher
who could possibly do so ought to at.
tend the convention, and he hoped to
see not less than 1000 present. This
organization is more than thirty years
old. During the time that it has been
10 existence many of its recommends
tions have been written upon the stat
ute books Of the state. Ithas and doel
WELD great influence over the schoo
affairs of the state. Tennessean.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

have both had eyphoid fever, but we
understand both have passed the crisis,
and are improving.
Miss Mamie Wills returned from
school at Hot Springs, y. G., satur-
day, to spend her vacation at home,
Miss Cecil Wills, aud her brother,
Gurley Wills, have had typhoid fever,
but are now convalescent.
Frank Brownlow was fishing here
last week, but admitted something waf
wrong, and he didn't land any.
Miss Mary Havener of Asheville, N
c., is visiting her schoolmate, Mis-
Stevana Lilly.
The German Baptists held their reg
ular (5th) Fifth Sunday service her
last Sunday. d. N. K.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
Fight against Patterson.

The, anti. Patterson men in Tennes-
see appear to be hellbent on another
candidate for governor next year, and
are beating the bushes from Carter to
Shelby in their efforts to find leader
who will again give them chance to
get at at the flesh pots. In the main it
is the same crowd which was beaten
last year, with the addition of q hand
full of former Patterson men who failed
of appointment under the present gov
ernor.
If Patterson had been failure as
governor, if he had done aught to pre-
clude him from enjoying the usual Gus
tom of a second term, if he had driven
the ship of state upon financial rocks,
there would be reason for opposition
But he has done nothing Of the kind
On the contrary he is doing his duty
day in and day out. he is devotinI
his best efforts to the States interests
and giving little or no concern to tn
malcontents who are maligning AM
abusing him and by SO doing keepin
alive factional feeling. While he
conscientiously endeavoring to streng
then the party, of which he is the che
sen state leader, these men are weak
ening it.
But nothing, apparently, will satisf
them except another bitter factions
struggle, and if it must come, tt
. sooner the better. Neither Patterso
nor his friends will decline to accel
the gauge of tle.-American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

The local ball team enjoyed what
was supposed to be a base Dsll game
on the local grounds Tuesday after
noon. After one hour and twenty
minutes of play the score stood 80 to IS
in favor of the Southern Railway yard
crew, captained by "Grizzy Smith"
The playing of Willie Thomas at
short was something bilious, out Of
eighteen chances he succeeded in max
ing one stop and his throwing to first
was enough to arouse the envy OF Err
win.
TheJ. @. Scrubs were captained by
"Windy,, Goodin, who twirled for his
team and only allowed twenty hits, five
of which were over the fence. The
catching for the Railroad boys was
done by little Howard Harris and the
way he handled Smiths lenders was a
revelation to Kelley's johnson City
regular backstep.
The feature OF the game was the home
Dagger of "Happy" hardwood who
circled the BASES six times before ht
could be headed by the umpire.
A large crowd was attracted to thu
scence, the noise causing many t
think that Jones enormous shows had
decided to play return engagem emit
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
FATAL WRECK.
HeadOn Collision and Eight People Killed
Sunday Evening.

HeadOn Collision and Eight People Killed
Sunday Evening.
Sunday evening the east bound yes
thule, No. 40, was wrecked one mile
west of this city while running about
40 miles an hour by colliding with a
freight engine. The freight engine
was going to the Y to turn and the
engineer saw ne danger in time to
reverse his engine and Jump. The en-
CINE had about come to stop when
the accident occurred but was struck
with such force that it was driven back
ward and ran wild through the city to
the Carnegie yards where word had
been wired to side-track it. II ran
aground at the derailing switch at the
lower end of the yards.
The vestibule ran about $50 yards
from where it stauck. The mail, bag
gage and express cars were derailed
and the baggage car was driven back
into the colored compartment of the
day coach, killing six negroes and 80
severely wounding two others that they
died early Monday morning. Several
others were more or less wounded but
not seriously and were taken to a
Knoxville hospital.
Engineer Bush on the vestibule
jumped and had his arm broken and
leg bruised.
Geo. Moore, a s. & W. labor agent,
was in charge of the negroes and was
badly bruised but not dang erously
hurt.
Mail clerks, F. 0. Shipe and A.
Moore were slightly injured.
The dead negroes were Claren CT
Moore, Henry Means, Len and Mach
Allen, Robert Crockett and three un
known.
The wreck was due to the negligence
of the operator at the Carnegie bloch
station. He had been given an ordel
that train AZ would run 1 hour lat
Knoxville to johnson City and 50 min
utes late johnson City to Bristol
When the engineer Of the freight en-
CINE asked the operator how AZ wa
running he was told one hour and fit,
minutes late. This gave him plenty o
time to make the Y aud he pulled out
This point is in the yard limits and un
der the rules the main line must b
clear for first class trains, all other
must enter under full control. Tb
operator didn't wait to get discharge
but left Immediately to avoid prosecu
ton.
The collision was heard in the cit
, by several people, it occurring almos
, Immediately after the signal was blow
/ for Johnson City by the vestibule, an
many persons were soon on the seen
( and the work of rescuing the wounde
started with will. Dr. Alexander
+ from the Soldiers Home, was the frs
physician on the ground and be wa
, soon followed by DR.. Hughes and Di
s West, also from the Home They wen
s to work at once to relieve the suffering
a DIR. E. S. Miller was soon notified an
; the relief crew from Knoxville brougl
!. DR.. s. r. Miller, of Knoxville, an
q DIR. Fox, of Greeneville.
i The injured were taken to to the ho
pital at the Soldiers Home and trea
ed until relief train took them
Knoxville.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

Last week two wheels of the tender
Of an engine pulling freight OF about
20 miles an hour got off the rails just
after it had got over the bridge, and it
made kindling wood of the ties for
about 300 yards and there were several
marrow escapes from flying wood,
stones and pieces Of iron. The vesti-
bule and other trains took the siding
and passed on. 1t was about IL hours
before the man line was cleared. d.
T. Lovegrove, with his extSa gang,
have been repairing the track ever
since.
7, L. Reese, wife, and son, Claude,
arrived Saturday from Palm Beach,
Florida, to spend the summer and
autumn at the old home.
The Oddfellows had an ice cream
supper ct the Watauga Academy last
Saturday night 10 raise funds for their
orphans home. A large and orderly
crowd was present and the net proceeds
were about SOS.
Misses Winnie Smalling of Piney
Flats, and Reba Smalling of Bristol
came down to the ice cream supper,
and to visit relatives.
Gevre Persinger and Oscar Scott
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

We fell asleep in chair at Grand
Junction last Wednesday night on our
way home from Memphis In our usual
soaked condition and let our train leave
us. The hotel clerk tole us to 60 up
stairs and take the room on the right
side OF the hall with a lamp burning
low. He sed he was crowded and we
would have to double up with a man.
We went up and pRlled off our things
and went to bed without waking our
bedfellow, who wuz sleeping sound
with the sheet over his head to keep off
the muskeeters. Before we fell into
the arms of morphine we seen a young
lady and young gent come in and set
down by the wnder. AT first they
talked 80 low we could not hear what
they sed. Finally we heard the little
miss say; "Wallie, amt you slammed
to try to kiss me right here WHARF we
air setting up with a dead persona
We felt awful cureous. We slowly
reached over and touched the nose Of
the man we wuz in bed with, and seen
at glance he was dead alright. We
riz up instantly, and it WIZ a race to a
finish twixt us three fer the bottom oil
the steps. It is useless to say we wuz
furst past the post by two lengths. We
didn't skeer that couple any wurst
than the corpse skeered US. We walk
ed through the country to Bolivar anC
wired for our clothes by express. =
Hardeman Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
In The Law Court at Johnson City,
Washington County,
Tennessee.
A. W. Lotspeich
VS..
Horace Miller, F. s. kirkpatrick, and
ID. S. Howard.

In this case it appearing from the
declaration flied in this case, that the
defendants, T. S. kirkpatrick and D.
II. Howard are non.residents of the
state of Tennessee. 1t is therefore or
dered by me that publication be made
for four successive woeks, as required
by law, in the Comet, newspaper
published in the town of johnson City,
Washington county, Tennessee, com
handing said +. S. Kirkpatrick and
D. H. Howard to appear before the
Judge of the Law Court to be held ~
the courthouse in johnson City on the
third Monday in August, 1907, it being
the 10Th day of said mouth, to make
defense to said bill filed against them,
or It will be proceeded with expAttee
as to them.
This 9th dav of Juue, 1877.
FoY W. DUIANEY. Clerk
REEVES & CRUMLEY, AttSsfor Plaintiff.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

The sensational story in the Chatta-
nooga Times supposed to have been
given cut by member of the train
crew on AZ last Sunday evening that 16
persons were killed in the wreck and
20 injured, and that parts of two white
men had been found in the wreck and
not reported, is the greatest lie that
was ever told in a civilized country.
The Bristol Herald.C Courier believes it
sufficiently to write labored editorial
condemning the Southern for suppress
ing the news. AS a matter of fact both
these modern CD newspapers have a
paid representative here and ne sent
out the news to both papers. DO these
papers pay him for Icing or did he re.
port the facts? He sent true story.
There were SIX killed and two others
died the next morning, all negroes
A few other passengers and some EN-.
ployes were slightly hurt, but not Sc
riously. The Southern made no effor
to suppress the news, never gave it
thought. Only the local officials wer,
on the ground for several hours ant
the news gatherers were enabled to SCI
ell that happened and send out tn
facts as hey were. The Southern die
not have to give out the news am
could not have caused the reporters t.
make false report if it had wanted to
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
Special acknowledgement Dis
trictS Nos. |. 2 and B.

Notice is hereby given that at meet
ing to be held by the Board of Mayor
and Alderman of the town of Johnson
City in the Recorders office on the st
day of August, 1907, at 90 O'Clock p.
m the said Board of Mayor and AL
dermen will proceed to levy the spe-
cial assessments upon abutting proper
ty necessary for paving, sidewalks,
curbings and sewers of Improvement
Districts Nos. /, 2 and 3, comprising
that part of Spring street, lying be-
tween Main street and the Narrow
Gauge railway; Upton street lying be-
tween Spring street and Buffalo Cor
Try street; Buffalo Cor Try street ~
ing between the Public Square and the
Narrow Gauge railway, as District Nc.
/; that part of Market street lying be-
tween the Southern railway and Roam
street, and Roam street lying between
the Narrow Gauge railway and the
Southern railway, as Distrist No. 2;
that part of East Main street lying be
tween Roam aud Division streets, and
East Market street lying between Roam
ard Division streets, as District No.
8 as provided in Chapter 276 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of Ten
nssee of 1907
Il. r. ELLSWOR TT,
Rec order.
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NJ. E. Capps Killed.

NJ. e. Capps, resident of Erwin,
was killed Tuesday morning on the
Southern about one mile west of this
city. He was walking on the passing
track just where the wreck occurred
last Sunday when he was run down by
passenger train No. going west and
so badly mangled that Identification
was almost impossible The remains
we're taken to Jonesboro and sent to
Erwin for burial.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
RnhherrY at EmhreeYille.

Last Friday night the postoffice, de-
pot and company store at Embreeville
were broken into and robbed. E. S.
Wolfe, of this city, was sent for with
his blood hounds but 80 mnny persons
had tramped around the premesis that
the dogs could not get the scent.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
Nonresident Notice.
In Chanoery Court OF Johnson City,
Washington County, Tennessee,
A. w. Lotspeich ct al.
vs.
Horace o. Miller ct al.

happening from the bill filed III
this case, which is sworn to, that the
defendants, It, S. Kirk patrick and d.
H. Howard, are non-residents of the
State of Tennessee. 1t is, therefore,
ordered that said defendants enter
their appearance herein on or before
MONDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1907,
it being Rule Day of this court, aud
plead, answer or demur to complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken fol
confessed as to them and set for hear.
ing ex parte, and that copy of this
order be published for four cQnsecu
tive weeks in The Comet.
This, July 2nd 1907.
E A, SHIPLEY, G. & NJ.
BY J. r GARDNER, d. @. a. M.
Reeves & Crumley, Attorneys.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
400 FREE SCHOLARSHIPS


A water spout at Clark's com missary
on the Narrow Gauge railroad caused
landslide in the gorge Wednesday
evening and it will require several days
to clear the track. Passengers are be-
transferred
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

Thursday morning about 8 O'Clock
the home of l.. Il. Barrons in the third
ward was partly destroyed by fire
The fire originated in a wardrobe aud
the firemen and neighbors saved most
of the furniture. Loss covered by in
surance.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

tits not treason for any one to want
to be governor il that is his ambition,
but il he simply wants to beat some
one then he is not worthy TO be gov
ernor of the great State of Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18

J. L. Marsh died at his home in At
ton last Sunday after lingering ill
ness. He was 90 years OF age and a
chrisbirn gentleman. He was married
to Miss Sue Mathes about eight years
ago who survives him.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-07-18
ROY Hale CAPTURED.

Duputy Sheriff Hart returned Thurs
day afternoon from Atlanta, Ga, with
Roy Hale and he is now i'll Jail at Jones'
boro to await trial on the charge of
killing j. Il. Davis last December.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-20
IDAHO

BOISE, Idaho, Nov 19.-Word has just
been received from Emmett to the effect
that the 10-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ephraim Fergerson, who resided on
Squaw butte near that place, was killed
while he and sister were riding horse
to school at Sweet. The horse stumbled,
throwing both children over his head,
THE boys neck being broken.
RATHDRUM-The first link in the
chain of evidence by which the defense
hopes to establish an alibi for Steve
Adams and acquit him of the charge of
killing Fred Tyler in the Marble Creek
district three years ago was formed when
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Mason and daughter
testified. Positive dates of the move
ments of Steve Adams were fixed by the
witnesses-by Mason of the fact that
about that time both Mr.. and Mrs.
Mason celebrated their birthdays. Al
Mr.. Mason's birthday party Adams was
present. 1t was shown by the defense
that it would have been physically i'm
possible for Adams to have killed Tyler
at the time of the alleged murder, as i
was shown that Adams was sixteen mile,
away from the scene of the crime. Tht
trail leading from where Adams was tt
the Marble Creek district is over g
mountainous country and one which re.
quired at least eight hours to traverse
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-20
NORTH CAROLINA

ASHEvILLE, N. c.. Nov. 19.-Further
particulars of the killing of young Will
liam Rankin at White Rock, N. c., by
Clark Norton. both of whom were MEM
bers of we'll known families, state that
Norton went to the house of George
Franklin, where Elizabeth Gentry, over
whom the killing was about, lived. He
had a marriage license and a revolver.
After killing Franklin, his rival for Miss
Gentry's hand, whom he found at the
house. Norton and Miss Gentry left for
a nearby minister's and We're married
within half an hour afterward. Norton
was not arrested until the following
morning, when he was taken to Jail at
Marshall N. c. He was accompanied
by his bride, who begged to be-allowed
to go to Jail with him, but was refused.
The bride is a pretty 17-year-old girl.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-20
CONNECTICUT

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Nov. 19.-Otto
Schroeder, proprietor of the Union hotel,
dropped dead while walking to his home
on Trumbul! street. His death was
caused by heart disease. He leaves a
widow and one son.
JEWETT CITY, Conn, Nov. 19.-AMrs.
Phoebe L. Wilcox died of heart failure.
She was formerly editor of the Jewett
City Press and for twenty years was
state treasurer of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union. She was II years old.
GREENW1CH-Guide by dog which
had followed it's master, Clifford Bur-
rington, manager of Nathaniel Wither-
ellis estate, who wandNed away from
home, party of searchers are preparing
to drag the American Felt mill pond for
his body. Burlington, who had been act
ing strangely for two days, ran from
the house. Search was made all night,
and the dog was found sitting on the
bank of the mill pond. He would not
leave or touch food offered him.
DANBURY-Mrs. Ray 7. Sipp, 60 years
of age, committed suicide at her home
by drinking carbolic acid. Her husband
has been an invalid for many years and
Mrs. Kipps health has been so poor that
she was unable even to care for hlln'
BRIDGEPORT-Th southerly gale
caused such a high tide that for one
hour beginning at 11:4S p. m. all troiiey
traffic was suspended throughout the city.
The water worked up through the mains
and grounded all cables running from
the power house on Sea View avenue.
WIILIMANTIC-Geo j. Kirby o1
Mansfield Hollow, who has bought tne
automobile in which both Mr.. and MRS
Paul MacCormac were in the fatal acci-
dent at South Norwalk, brought tne
machine here. 1t has been in a garage
at soutii Norwaik undergoing repairs.
1t is said that Mr.. Kirby paid trif1e
over $4O0 for the machine that Wheu new
cost it's owner about $4,000.
NEW HAVEN--John Kenney, yard
conductor employed by the New YORK.,
New Haven & Hartford road, slipped
between the cars of a moving freight
train and both legs were cut Off; lie
was taken to the New Haven hospital. I
wINSTED-Daniel willard, farmer
in Old Lynne, heard commotion in his
cellar where he had hung six dressed
pullets. Upon opening the door in the
house leading to the basement a fox
ran by him through the kitchen and into
his bed room. When Willard reached
the chamber his Irish setter and the fox
were IN battle. The fox, which was ufi-
usually large, lost it's life.
BRIDGEPORT-In accordance with its
usual fall custom the Birdseye-Sommers
company, corset manufacturers, has
closed for two or three days for the
purpose of taking an inventory and max
ing general inspection of machinery
The company has followed this custom
for the past thirty years, so that its
course this year is in now way due to
financial conditions. Representatives OF
the company say 1t has never enjoyed
q larger or more satisfactory business
than at present and that collections are
particularly good