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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
WOrlsy for Snsaksrshin

Bristol, Tenn, Dec. 22.-'T am 60
ing to make an active fight for the
speakership of the@next house, !" said
late Representative J. Parks Morley,
Of Sullivan county. who was in the
city yesterday, to The Tennesseean
correspondent. Some of the most
prominent party leaders in the State
have pledged me their support in the
race and l believe that 1 can easily
land the place.
Mr.. Morley will, however. have
strong opposition at home unless he
can turn away the wrath of the tenn
perance people. They have declared
against him on account of his opposi-
ton to temperance measures before
the last general assembly, and James
A. Millard, young business man of
Bristol, whom Worley narrowly de
feated in the last race, although he
had only been in the field a few days,
is slated for the place.
1t is reported here that in the event
the fight is made too strong against
Worley, he may oppose Cox for the
Senate since the latter's friends are
urging him to make the race. The
prohib:tionists will also bitterly oppose
Cox on account of his temperance re-
cord.
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GOV. JOHNSON

Gov. John johnson OF Minnesota.
attended gridiroE dinner In Wash
ington recently, and imme diately
thereafter johnson stock went away
up. Gov. Johnson, 1t will be remem-
bered, is, or was, the mysterious dark
horse Mr.. Watterson had everybody
Guessing about some six months ago.
He made speech at the Gridiron din.
nor, and captuIed his auditors.
Speeches at these dinners are never
reported, for there the bride 10 taken
Of, and most potent. grave and rev.
erend seniors speak freely, and even
the President is mimicked before his
fase. The Gridiron Club is composed
Of newspaper men. Writing to his
paper. tne Baltimore News. Mr.. Chas.
b. aGrasty, the publisher, says of
JohnsOn's appearance ct the dinner:
He attended the Gridiron dinner.
He made speech. A barnyard rOOst-
or never goes through that experience
without losing his tail feathers. A
mere prairie pnsRcnsnon would have
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
SWAMP LANDS ARE VALUABLE.
II Reclaimed by Country, Would Pay
National Debt Twice Over

Washington.-It Is estimated that
there are 100000 acres of swamp
lands In the eastern portion of the
United States that can be reclaimed
and made fit for cultivation by the
building Of simple engineering struc-
lures. Collected in one body they
would make an empire as large as
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
or as large as the New England states
plus New York and half of New Jer-
sey. They would make a strip of land
1873 miles wide reaching from New
York to Chicago. Every state in the
union east of line drawn through
North Dakota and Texas has a share
of this unreclaimed region.
The present value of this unre-
claimed swamp land is reckoned by
government experts at eight dollars
an acre, or $616O0O,O00 for the whole.
Estimating the cost of drainage at SIS
an acre, the total cost would be ST.
771,OOOOOO. After drainage is COM
pleted the government experts figure
the value of the land would jump al,
most Immediately to $50 an acre,
making the total value of the 77O00,-
900 acres when improved $4,620, 000,.
900, leaving a net increase in value Of
$2,S49, 10000
If the government should take these
lands from the persons who own them
at the rate of six dollars an acre, i'm
prove them at cost of SIS an acre
and sell them again for $50 an acre
the profit would pay off the national
debt twice over and leave enough to
run the government for a year without
the expenditure of a cent of the rev.
enue now coming into the treasury.
This balance would also complete the
Panama canal and build the lakes-gulf
waterway down the Mississippi if the
usual revenue were used to pay the
expenses Of the government instead.
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EATS NUTS; HAS FINE HEALTH.
Squirrels Fare and Water Year
Around Sylvester's Only Diet.

Boston.-George B. Sylvester, of
Roxbury, eats nuts and nothing else
the year round, doesn't drink tea, cot.
fee or stinidlants, the only liquid that
Mr.. Sylvester drinks is warm water
that is taken after half Of his meal
of nuts is consumed.
Mr.. Sylvester is a bachelor and
lodges at ~ Montrose street, Roxbury.
He is 81 years of age, and began to
live on nuts two and half years ago,
finding it a cheaper way of living, and
enjoys the best of health since he
stopped eating other food.
Mr.. Sylvester wanted some nutri.
ment to take the place of meat, which
was harmful to him in hot weather
and didn't seem to agree with him in
winter, so he decided to live on nuts,
AAding as much and more nutriment
In them than meat. Peanuts, chest
nuts and all other nuts in their sea.
son are eaten by Mr.. Sylvester. The
only time, he breaks his diet IL Christ.
mas and Thanksgiving.
"Mastication is the most important
thing in living on nuts" said Mr. Syl-
vester to the reporter; III the nuts
are chewed until no taste remains then
swallowed, they are the healthiest
and best thing for a man to live on.
They don't make you good looking,
as you can see by me. that's why you
can't have my picture. but for a man
81 years old I'm as healthy as can be
found in Boston" Judging from Mr..
Sylvesters looks his statement 10
right.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

For paper that admitted that it
contributed no positive aid" to the
success Of the Democratic ticket in
this State year ago, the Chattanooga
Times is right lippy about the plans,
policies and prospect i've procedure of
the party. It's principal Office seems
to be to malign those whom the people
elect and NEEDLE with matters which
concern Democrats who support and
vote the ticket whether or not they
get their choice in the nominating
convention. The Times ought to &C,
quire some standing for regularity be-
fore presuming to boss the Democra.
sy OF Tennessee or even hamper it
with gratutious suggestions. Nash.
vile American.
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GOVERNORS VIEWS

Gov. Patterson has spoken. On the
subject Of primary he said:
Yes, I am In favor Of q guber Material
primary. 1t places the power Of Sc
lection in the hands Of the people
where that power belongs and when
the people have spoken there can be
no complaint at this action. I have
always believed in the people and in
primaries, and whenever the primary
system becomes established as o mode
of nominating all candidates. it will
60 long ways toward putting an end
to corruption in elections and party
strife will be thing of the past. No
man who has faith in the people can
oppose gubernatorial primary.
We are pleased to see our governor
on record for popular nominations.
He believed In the people. "When
they have spoken there can be no
complaint" How's thatP When did
he say it? o, this was an interview
with Gov. Patterson in the 19O8I cam
paign. -Knoxville Sentinel.
Certainly, and Mr.. Patterson said
this when the Sentinel, the rottedest
limb on the Democratic tree in Ten
nessee, was opposing primary IN its
puerile manner, and when Mr.. Car
mack was likewise opposed to primar-
les, having bolted them all his politi-
cal life. The Sentinel makes the mis-
take Of Judging Gov. Patterson by its
own miserable and wayering attitude.
1t has never associated with such men
In the political world as Gov. Patter-
son, and, of course, cannot under
stand O man who remains steadfast
and true to principle as the needle to
the pole. How often would the Sem
tinel have to be told what the Govern
or tavors? AS often as John I. Cox
said he was going to quit the race in
the last campaign? Gov. Patterson 10
NO trimmer and does not change With
every political breeze. He believes in
the steady currents Of democracy, and
having captured the Old Ship OF State
In turbulent sea, he has piloted il
safely through the political reefs and
vhirlpools and the citizenship aboard
are pleased with his stewardship and
will keep him at the helm for another
cruise. We could write q sermon on
the Sentinel's incspacity to under.
stand the situation and iis inability to
correctly state 1t, but the subject 10
not worth the lead used In the pencil.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
City Church Directory
THE PUBLIC ALWAYS WELCOME

First Baptist Church-E Main Street. Rev.
Clarence Hodge. Pastor; Pastorium III
Harris Avenue. Sunday School - 9;l5 o. IN. /:
Preaching-l0:3O a. NJ. and 7:30 p. m. B, Y. p.
U.-63O p. m; Prayer Meeting-W edneSday,
1902. m.
Christian Church-E Main Street. Rev ] .
Lem Keevil. Pastor; Residence. 200 Buffalo
Sermon-lO:30 a. m; Y. p. s. c. E--8:30 p. m. ;
Preachingn7:3O p, m; Prayer Meeting We'd
nesday, 1880 p. m.
St. Johns Church (EpiscopaD Street
and Myrtle Avenue. Rector, Rev. W. H. Os-
borne. Rectory, 208 Unaka Ave. Services
Friday, ZOO p. M, Litany and Brief address:
Friday, 1880 p. M, choir practice; Sunday
s:l5 a. m. Sunday School, 1890 a. m, morning
prayer and sermon, 700 p. m, St. Andrews
brotherhood, The womans guild meets Thurs
day at p. m. weekly. Seats free and greet
ing for all corners.
First Methodist Episcopal Church-Corner OF
Main and Roam StreetS-kev. A. S. Beaman
Pastor; Parsonage, 100 s Roam Street. Sunday
School-9 a. m; Preaching-10:30 a. M; Ep-
worth League-6:30 p. m. Preacting-7:90 p.
M; Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 1880 p. m,
Market Street M. E Church, South-Rev. M.
P. Carrico, D. D., Pastor; Parsonage. Corner
Market and Roam Streets. Preaching-10:30 a.
m. and 1880 p m; Sunday School-9 o. m; Ep-
worth League meets % minutes before evening
preaching; Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 1880
p. m,
First Presbyterian Church-Corner Main and
Humboldt Streets. Rev. J. Edmunds Brown
Pastor; Manse, ll6 Watauga Avenue. Sunday
School-9:l5 a. m: Preaching 30 a. IN and
1870 p. m @, E.-6:45 p. m; Prayer Meeting
Wednesday, 7;3O p, m.
United Brethren in Christ-Church and Par
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Southern Ry. Clergy Permits for 1908

Commencing January LIST, 1908, Cler-
gy permits good over the Southern
Railway and various other roads in the
territory south OF the Ohio and Poto-
mac and east of the Mississippi rivers,
known as the Southeastern Clergy
Permit, will be issued on application
to Mr.. Joseph Richardson, chairman,
Southeastern Clergy Bureau, 729,
Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga, and
ministers desiring such permits can
obtain application blanks from agents
OF the Southern Railway giving COM
plete information concerning the man
ner in which permits are to be Obtain
ed. J. L. MEEK, D. P. A.,
Knoxville, Tenn.
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been exploded. A demagogue would
have been found out. Any word of
buncombe would have made the grid
iron sizzle.
A new man has arrived. Cannon
saw him aud jumped across the table
to greet him. Foraker wrung his
hand. Harry New, Republican Chair
man that he is, ran to meet the man
coming from Minnesota to greater
things. Roosevelt-Taft editors, like
Nelson, Of Kansas City, pressed
around him. And as for Democrats
men groaning under the Bryan yoke
and looking for deliverance-they
fairly went wild.
Here is Democrat without dema.
gogy. A leader whose head is not in
the clouds. A sober thinker with the
saving grace of humor. A right doer
whose temperature is perfectly nor
NAL. A man Of action without strenu-
osity, A young man of seasoned indg-
ment. A man of the people who looks
we'll in evening clothes. The posses.
sOr OF that greatest gift of the gods
sense-which means judgment and
taste-but all the while virile son of
the West with every red corpuscle in
tact.
This is not one mans enthusiasm; it
is the unanimous verdict OF set of
men trained to size up other men and
cold blooded to the poing of cynicism.
The Supreme Bench of the United
States is not less subject to emotion
than these singed cats of journalism.
II is something to be a Democrat who
is two times winner in strong Re-
publican State, but that does not mat
ter 80 much to them. They run ell
bows and sit at meat with President,
Cabinet Members, Ambassadors and
ell the rest. But John johnson, mod
est, self-poised, keen-witted, clear
minded and good to look looming
to Washington with an official record
behind him without a flaw at a time
when every eye is straining for Demo-
cratic timber--well, they all think he
will do.
John A. johnson was born in 1861
in st. Peter, MINI, where he has al
ways lived. His parents were born in
Sweden. At the age of twelve the
care of the family devolved upon him,
and the triumph Of his early life is an
inspiration in that region. He enter
ed printing Office, learned the trade,
became an editor and is one yet, with
q leave of absence serving as Governor.
Essler 4 Johnson publish the st. Pc
ter Herald, weekly in a town about
the size of Murfreesboro. Gov. John
son has served seven years in the Ma
tional Guard, and attained the rank of
OAptaln. In 1914 ne was elected Gov
ernor by over 5000 plurality while the
Republican plurality for President was
181, 900. In 1906 he was reelected by
q plurality of over 10000. This in
State in which ordinarily the Repub-
lican maiorities run from 10000 to a
100, 900. He is Presbyterian, knows
nothing of sectionalism, and is not
filed with ambition to reform the uni
verse. Though Yon Yonson he is
thorough American, and would be
more apt to carry two or three North
western States, Minnesota and Wis
consin especially, than any other Dem
ocrat that could be med,-Nashville
American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

For the arrest and delivery of one JAMES
S. HOLMAN. to the High Sheriff of Mitchell
County, N. c. Holman is a white man, less
than the average size. weight about 1875 to
1870. height about 5 feet or 6 inches. dark
complexion. black or very dark hair. black or
very dark sparkling eyes, fattish face, rather
sharp chin. Wore Cor 8 IL shoe. quick step,
quick spoken, erect square shoulders. Wore
dark mustache, short, very light. Age 80 to
35 years. Was a merchandise clerk and
mica cutter.
He is wanted in Mitchell County, N. c.. for
the murder of ]. c. (BilD Connolly at Penland
on October goth, 1907.
$4,000 reward is offered by the Governor
of North Carolina and $4,000 by Wesley B.
Connolly, brother of the deceased.
The $4,000 is on deposit in the Mitchell
County Bank. BakersvilIe. N.C., for this purpose.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
Store Robbed.

Christmas night the store of E. d.
Akard on Second avenue was broken
into and several dollars worth of shoes,
overalls, etc, were taken. The blood >
hounds Of E. s. Wolfe were put on the
track early Thursday morning but no
arrests were made. One pair of shoes
was recovered that had been sold by q
cOlored fellow. The theory is that the
robbers went to Bluff City and over
the V. q 8. W. 10 the coalGslds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

One back assessment that will meet
with popular favor 10 the attempt now
being made to make the Pullman
Company pay an advalorem tax for
four years. This company has always
svaded this tax by some means. The
amount sued for is $4,000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

The Taft Club organized at Nash
vile last week elected John Gardner
of johnson City, vice pr esident for the
First congressional district. This
honor must have been intended for
our Bob" Gardner, who is always
Johnny on the spot in the Republican
party.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Before The Comet reaches you again
another year will be upon us. We hope
that you may see the dawning of many
succeeding years and that each may
bestow upon you the blessings you
most desire,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
Here's Good Advice

o. 8. Woolever, one of the be IT
merchants of LIE Raysville, N. Y, says
IF you are ever troubled with piles,
apply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 1t cur-
ed me of them for good 20 years ago. "
Guaranteed for sores, wounds, burns
or abrasions, Csc at Fl. @. Miller's drug
store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Washington county will receive
81, 1Ol from the $4,000 appropriated
by the last legislature to make school
terms more uniform.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

An evening lamp, a mellow open
fire, a book, bottle aud good old
briar; little wife who doesn't mind
the smoke, and doesn't talk-could
Paradise come higher? Boston Globe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Winter or summer collie is unknown
when you give the baby DR.. Fahrney's
Teething Syrup. You can get sample
if you write.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Cleveland and Johnson would make
O presidential ticket that no power on
earth could keep from winning.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Statesmen WANTED-To sell
Wrought Iron Ranges to the farmers.
Salary and commission and expenses.
Apply 81. E. GAIN, Chatham, Ontario,
Canada. 1885,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

If Senator Taylor is to act as referee
In the coming gubernatorial fight the
appointment should be announced.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Shoemaking and repairing neatly
and promptly done by W. G. Pierce,
on West Market street, doors from
railroad.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Bricks can absorb Is ounces of alco-
hoT, says news item. Lots of men
can beat bricks to FRAGILE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
PUBLIsHED EVERY THURSDAY

II Santa Claus did not send Car
mack an air pump his campaign will
soon suffer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

When you want crushed rock for
concrete work phone 1874.
Geo. r. Brown.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Imperial Flavoring Extracts-made
in johnson City-used everywhere.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bags and
burlsp; any kind, any quantity, any.
where; we pay freight. RICHMOND
BAG CO., Richmond, Va. 1925
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

WANTED-A good country girl or
woman for general homework. Easy
job and good pay for proper Isrty
Apply to or address r. G. Warren,
Johnson City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26
Winter Tourist Tickets Via Southern
Railway.

Round trip winter tourist tickets at
low rates may be purchased daily until
April 30th 1908, to winter resorts in
Florida, Cuba, Georgia, North and
South Caroline, Alabama, Mississippi
and Texas, limited May Slst 1908.
All year tourist tickets on sale daily
to Los Angeles. San Francisco, Port
land, Seattle, Spokane, Mexico, Hot
Springs, Ark, and ell other year re-
sorts.
Gall on Southern Railway agents for
tickets and complete information.
J.L. MEEK, d. P, A,
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WANTED

WANTED-A few first class table
hoarders. Have some nicely furnish
ed rooms. Desirable location and con-
venient to business part of the city.
MRS. 9. W. SHARITz.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

Have your repairing done, or shoes
made by w. @. Pierce, 3 doors from
railroad on West Market street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

III Walnut street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

First Baptist Church-E Main Street. Rev.
Clarence Hodge. PASTOR Pastorium, III
Harris Avenue. Sunday School - 9;l5 a. IN. /:
a. m. and 7:3O p. m; B,Y.P.
U.-6:SO p. m. Prayer Meeting-WedneSday
I; 80 d, m,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

First Presbyterian Church-Corner Main and
Humboldt Streets. Rev, ]. Edmunds Brown,
Pastor; Manse. 118 Watauga Avenue. Sunday
School-9:l5 a. m: Preaching--10;30 a. IN and
1880 p. m G. E.-645 p. m. Prayer Meeting
Wednesday,. 7.30 ID m.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1907-12-26

United Brethren In Christ-Church and Par
sonage, corner Roam Street and Watauga Ave-
nue., Rev. G. II Berry, Pastor Sunday School
9;l5 a, m; Preaching--103 80 a. IN. and Z: 80 D. m.
Y. p S. c. ESQ p m; Prayer and Bible
Study-Wednesday 1880 H. M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

Morton, opened at the Hackett Theatre
in New York last week. The title is
not quite as suggestive az It might
be. The story deals with people whose
one aim is to move IN fashionable
society. Dorothy Donnelly PLAYS the
principal role. Whether this play viii!
please Broadway remains TO be seen.
The question of selecting title
Of Z play is often a serious matter IN
voIying sometimes the success or FAM
ure of the piece. Many z play has gone
10 the shelf after a few weeks on the
road. simply because there was noihins
in the title 10 attract the nqtlce oil
the public, or even suggest the nature
OF the drama. "A good title is "cFth
money 70 the production. George Ade
has written for Ezra Kendall pay
which liz called The Land OF Dollars.
THIS ,itle may make the locality
I somewhat vague but 1t is striking
! one, nevertheless, 3ir. AIDE had intfnd-
4 ed to cali the piece The Second Time
| ON Earth" but found that he was sec
| ond in his application 70 copyright q
| MAY of that title There seems litt!e
! choice between the two, however. and
! with tie names OF Ezra Kendall and
4 George AIDE both on the autographs.
X VIII no doubt be found that the
/ entire territory embraced IN lhe ioute
of the new piece IS the Land OF Dol
lars"
a. II. WOODS. who has been Ill for
about a month. is on the road 70 re-
covery. Indeed. he rs 80 far on the
road that he Is due in New York to-
/ morrow, an0 perhaps by tho following
day. IL he still has his usual speed
he will have turned out another neio-
,isau3a 10 adj 10 his long list Mr.
i Woods belongs 10 the order OF thrill
4 lers. and is one OF its most prominent
members.
sIeIodrama would sustain seriou
loss were he stricken down. for at hi
present rate, II he is allowed the usua
years allotted 10 man. he may adj
, something like n thousand melodrama
to the literature of The stage
There seems 10 have been an un
seemly scramble 20 gain possession o
the stage property OF the late Richar
!; Mansfield. It Ia true, the manager
/. anG play brokers did walt until III
r actors body was placed in tho tom
before oyertures were made 20 secnr
i the valuable property he had left, bu
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

this season in "Zira," has penchant
for digging up the exact and true
meanings of words in the dictionary.
II has become fad with her, and
good deal OF amusement. Most OF
the latter is at the expense of other
people.
Among one OF her most intimate
became bride, and who had the habit
of referring to her young husband as
a model man." Whenever the two
met, and in all her letters to Miss
Montgomery the young bride was con-
tinually remarking. MY husband Is
such a model man." or '.in all the
world there Is not another man who
is such a model husband as mine"
The continued reiteration of the viz
tue of the young lady's husband be-
came tiresome to Miss Montgomery,
and she decided to fall back upon the
weapon her fad availed her of. and in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

The mans cement. Messrs. Mlttenthal
Brothers,, have furnished production
complete In every detail. and a COM
pany Of thirty players present the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
Settled.

During a high-browed discussion at
the Players Club In New York the
other day. friend asked Raymond
Hitchcock to define the difference be-
tween a tragedian and comedian to
which the Yankee Tourist" star re-
Piled: We'll I hate TO talk about
my self. but haye come to believe
that a comedian is simply an actor
with blond hair. while a traged!an Is a
brunette who thinks he is an actor"
..How about the brunette comedians
and the blond tragedians?"
They're nature -fakirs." - Harper's
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

form the young lady how Webster de-
fpaI a