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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

THE COMET was the first newspaper
in the state to mention the fact that
Governor Patterson was the ablest gov
srner Tennessee has had since the war
and the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
laughed at us. Now hear what it says
eff asked the secret of Gov. Patter.
sons success over his able competitor,
we should say it was the result of his
daring courage coupled with unusual
ability. Mo one questions that he is Q
brainy man, one of the brainiest in this
state since the war. That he was sup
ported by all who are opposed to pro
hibition is doubtless the truth; but ht
had the support also of some who art
not opposed to prohibition. Not few
gave him their support on account o.
the party custom of giving governor
a second term. And it is but fair t
saw, because it is the truth, old-timG
democracy, favored local self-govern
ment and therefore local option.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

II the state executive committee
changed the plan of selecting delegates
to the convention they did so in self
defense, as it were. Carmack and his
fool advisers had made concerted eff
fort to have every county they could
control send Carmack delegates, re-
CARELESS Of the fact that Patterson had
carried the county. The plan was
really not changed but the county com
mittees were instructed to select the
delegates from lists supplied by the
member of the returning board repre-
senting the candidate that carried the
county. That was the spirit of the
original plan but the Carmack people
would not obey it and they had to be
made be good,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
The Merry Go ROHnd.

The Merry Go Round. big music
al comedy, will be the next offering
of the Earnest h Fox players
The play, NJ ito name implies, con
lists 81 mixture OF brilliant comedy,
c,tchy music q d cit ver lances and
enlists the services OF thirty ptoplr.
The Merry Go Round will be given
at Memorial Theatre, Tuesday and
Wednesday, July 14th aud 18th,
Messrs. Earnest and Fox have been
rehearsing the company for the past
two weeks and big success is assur-
ed.
The sale OF seats opsrs on Saturday
morning at Mill'r's drug store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
The Remedy That Dees.

CDR. Kings New Discovery is the
remedy that does the healing others
promise but fail to perform, says Mrs.
Il. r. Pierson, of Auburn Centre, Pa.
"It is curing me of throat and lung
trouble of long standing, that other
treatments relieved only temporarily.
New Discovery is doing me so much
good that feel confident its continued
use for a reasonable length of time will
restore me to perfect health" This re-
nowned cough and cold remedy and
throat and lung healer is sold at H. O..
Miller's drug store. 5Oc and 81. Trial
bottle freq
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
Equalization Board AdiOurnS.

The Equalization Board, which has
been in session here some time, I'D
journed Tuesday. The assessed valua.
ton of Washington county property, as
found by the board, amounts to 50, 825.
5tO Before adjournment the board
notified Mr.. Ed Rogan, tax assessor OF
this district, that no changes had been
found necessary in his assessment.
Mr.. Rogsn is very thorough in his
work and this is a deserved compli-
ment.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
PATTERSON DELEGATES.
Selected by the Executive
Committee of Wash
ington County.


of Washington county met at Jones'
boro last Tuesday to select delegates
to the gubernatorial convention next
Tuesday. Chairman W. N. Walker
presided and James Humphreys was
elected secretary. The meeting was
exceedingly harmonious. The dele
gates were inftructed to vote as a unit
upon all questions. A motion was car
ried unanimously endorsing the candi-
dacy of Il. G. jackson for trustee and
Ed Rogan for assessor.
In accordance with instructions OF
the state committee the delegates were
named by J. 8. Pritchett, the Patter-
son member of the returning board in
this county and only Patterson men
were selected.
The following delegates were APP
pointed:
l district-Wm. Copp, Wiley Paint
err, B. X. Moore, John Graham, james
Bailey.
2 district VIM. Odell, Bird Ball,
r. L. Gillespie, A. J. Mackey, james
Henley, ]. P. Snapp, Herbert Wad-
dill.
district. l.. Ferguson, J. @.
Glaze, Sam McCracken, VIM. Broyles,
Ross Mauk, s. Fl. Ford.
4 DISTRICT. J. Brown, VIM. Deak-
ems, Kyle Austin.
District-R. L. Patton, J, L.
Humphrey, Guy Bacon, ChaS. Fipps,
Russell Hilbert, James Sliger, New
ton Kyker, Barton Cloyd, Walter May,
J. X. Byerly, Oscar Connolly, VIM.
Glaze, F. @. Byerly.
district Edward Archer, r. E.
Treadway, James Love, d. 0. Wood
fin.
district--John Hopper, Thomas
Baines.
district-Eli Sweringer, Russell
Fine, Jacob Love, David Fine, Ken
meth Fine, Frank Scott, Will Leach.
district-Dr. Fl. Il. Carr, Isaac
Harr, G.. T. Lee, h. H. Dyer, G. F.
Campbell, Cy. Il. Lyle, Henry De-
Almond, J. r. G. Lewis, M. Jackson,
r. G. Warren, J. T. Linville, DR.. E,
| s. Miller, Jr., G. Il. Shoun, F. R.
Weems, Marion McMackin, @. P
Faw, Fl. F. Webb, S. W. Wilson, ].
W. Cardwell, J. P. Summers, DIR. Da
vid Trigg, E. Fl. Miller, o. E. Miller,
G. E. Burchfeld, DIR. J. P. Metzger
Geo. BaSsons, F. s. Henderson, Paul
B. Carr, L. T. Duke, DIR. G. A. Nc
CLAIM, T. ]. May, M. P. Dyer, F. s.
Miller, M. l. Gump, R. .. Lusk, F
P. Baxter, G. E. Bolton, j. M. Curtis
Clyde Campbell, Il. W. Lyle, Il. d
Gump, Geo. 3. Allen, A. @. Bowers
10 district VIM. Brummett, VIM
Melvin, Robert johnson, J. D. Thorn
as, John Taylor, @. Y. Bailey, Alone
Stout.
II district Robert Bowman, r. N
Galloway, John Snyder, R. L. Gallo
way, James Susong, Robert Crouch
w. A. McFall.
10 district-Black Sam Hall, r. d
Chase, VIM. Moore, h. G. Tilson.
10 djstrict-L. Gibson, E. Fl. Hunt
Newton Whelock, Landon Jackson.
Il. district--R. l.. Keefauver, Will
son Bacon.
10 district-EHgene Gillespie, J. s
Pritchett, W. Fl. Correll, Alden Gray
DIR. N. N. Warlick, A. s, Murray, @
b. Thomas, E. J. Baxter, s. j. Kirk
patrick.
10 district-Joseph Campbell, Ma
Campbell, Faystte Conley, Sidne.
Campbell, P. A. Miller.
II district Reese Burleson, Aikel
Squibb, Sidney Miller, Hugh Carson
Courtney Carson.
1s district-W. N. Walker, E. D
Henley, J. P. Council, Ohas Gillespis
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

In Maury, the home county of Sena-
tor Carmack, Patterson carried IA pre-.
cincts out Of 80 and in Columbia Pat.
terson carried one of the two precincts
by 145. This was running some in
Carmack's bailiwick.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

Carmack seems to think his defeat
entirely personal and that Patterson
could pull a state wide prohibition
plank through. Every sane temper
ance man knows the prohibition
plank was defeated with Ned
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

The Carmack delegates from Bedford
and Franklin counties, selected in
spite of the state committees inetruc-
tons, stand about as much chance Of
getting in the convention as they do Of
ascending in chariot of fire.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

Hons. Bert Upton and Cy Lyle
ought to console Hon. Parks Worley-
the first two carried their counties for
Patterson while the latter lost his
county and also his district. -Tennes-
see Tomahawk.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
STATE OF ONO. CIpW OF TOLEDO,

4
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior
partner OF the firm of f. J. Cheney L. Co., doing
business in the City Of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm viii pay the sun
OF ONE HUNERD DOLLARS for each and eve
ry case of Catarrah that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK j.
CHENEY.
Sworn to before me md subscribed in nv pres
ence, this 9th day of December, A. d. 1885
tSEAIA A w. GLEASON
NTARY PUBLIC
Halls CataTrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
of the system. Send for testimonials free
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

II w. R. Hamilton's job depends
upon statewide prohibition in Ten
nessee next year he had just as well
look out for other work.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

Perhaps resolution of pleasure
upon the death of that grandest Of
democrats, Grover Cleveland, would
have suited Waterson ct ais best.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

Cy Lyle has grown set of white
wings which he will display in Nash
vile next Tuesday, Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

We must congratulate Cy Lyle of
the johnson City Comet, on his Pat
terson victory in Washington county.
Montgomery Vindicator.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

Mr.. and MIS- H. B Mercereaux We're
called to New York this week on nc
count of the accidental death % :
father of Mr.. Merceresux
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
FOR TAX ASSESSOR

/ hereby announce myself a candi-
date for tax assessor and promise that
ii elected / will be just to all.
Ed. ROGAN.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09

Major Chas. Evans is released from
any obligation to play return engage.
ment here as a Fourth of July orator.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
FOR TRUSTEE
II. G. JACKSON

Announces Himself for Reelection to the
Office Of Trustee.
| hereby announce myself to the
voters of Washington county as a can.
didate for reelection to the office of
Trustee. This April II, 1908.
H. @. JACKSON.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-07-09
The more they fight the greater be-
GENES Pattersons victory.
There h no rule of right or iustiot
that all the CarMack men will obey.

Bolivar, the home of the Hardeman
Free Press, gave Patterson 90 majority
in spite of Jack Reaves.
Free press., 1908-03-14
District Court at Hays.

In the Asst case the court held: "a
tax deed which has been issued and re-
corded for more than five years is not
void upon its face for the reason that
1T does not recite the amount for which
the county treasurer bid in the land
for the county at the tax sale when the
deed does recite that the treasurer did,
nearly three years thereafter, assign a
tax certificate thereon "for the sum
of sixty-one dollars and seventy eight
cents, being equal to the cost of the
redemption at that time" the 10Th day
of August, 1897, and the deed further
recites the amonnt of the delinquent
taxes for each year; the amount for
which the treasurer bid off the land is,
then, matter of simple computation.
And in the Thurston case the court de-
cided: while a person indicted or in
formed against for felony has the right
to be personally present at every step
of the trial On such charge, he may
waive the right and if, while at liberty
on bond, he is voluntary absent, with
out having been excused by the court,
when the jury is brought into court,
at its request, after it has retired to
consider the verdict, and the court then
permits a portion of the evidence,
which has been delivered in the pre-
sence of the defendant, to be read
from the stenographer' notes, he will
be deemed to have waived such right
and new trial will not be granted by
reason of the absence of the defendant
during such reading. All the Justices
concurring.
Free press., 1908-03-14
Forty Years With U. p.

Travellers on the railroad all know
conductor Lightcap. The Topeka Jour
nal has this which ali will appreciate;
81 have been IN the service of the
Union Pacific railroad for forty years,
said Samuel B. Lightcap Us his train
pulled into Ellis Tuesday night He
commenced as brakeman for this com
pany on the 10th day of March, 1863
He is now 50 years old and appears as
spry as a kitten. He is now and has
been for many years day passenger
conductor on the Union Pacific between
Kansas City and Ellis. Mr.. Lightcap
has never been in a serious railroad
accident IN his forty years railroading
on this road. When asked if he hadn I
rather be on the Union Pacific's retired
list ana draw the pension that comp any
gives to old employees, Mr. Lightcap
replied that his health is good, and that
he perferred to remain in active service
of the Union Pacific than be on the re-
tired pension list. lie is one of the
most faithful conductors to his emp .oy-
crs on the system, as well as courte )us
to the travelling public. He is rail
road man who few can say, If any, that
they ever heard him make kick When
his train is climbing up the Harker Hill
grade or running smoothly over the
level prairies of western Kansas, 1t Is
all the same 10 Conductor Lightcap.
May he live many more years, enjoy
good health and continue to run is the
wish of his host of friends
Free press., 1908-03-14
An Opportunity for Girls.

The Agricultural College Industrial
ist says: 'It is plain to see that OPP
portunity DOES COME more than once to
people and is coming continually, fast
er than it can be realized and grasped.
Science and invention has done so
much, has multiplied opportunities for
every one and has not omitted the
farmer. 1t is evident that the next
generation of farmers will have taken
many steps in advance of this if they
take advantage of the helps and op-
portunities offered. The agricultural
colleges in the various states are doing
much for the farmer and his family.
Contests of various kinds that have
been carried on have prompted interest,
and stimulated effort TO excel in agri-
cultural pursuits. Country boys and
girls are being urged to accept some Of
the opportunities that are at their
doors, and not only urged but offered
compensation.
In Kansas the Agricultural College is
promoting ard directing these contests
all over the State and greater effort
is being made than ever to make a
success and to interest the boys and
girls in them in every county. About
five thousand boys and girls have enter
ed these contests in the last two years.
In Iowa they have girls cooking con-
test every year at the state fair
grounds. The contest is for girls from
Is to Il years and each one to mix and
bake one dozen baking powder biscuits
and must cook one steak, and give the
recipe for making the biscuits and the
time of baking and reasons for the
same; and the same for the beefsteak.
They are allowed an hour for the work,
and half hour for writing recipes and
reasons. When the opportunity comes
to the Kansas girl to enter contest
along any of these industrial and edu-
cational lines she will not let it pass
her if at all within her power.
Free press., 1908-03-14

Editor Brettle and viii Gerken OF
Ellis visited Russell this week to attend
the revival meetings being held there.
A letter from our former Smokey
Hill resident, Mrs. Geo. Troth, tells
that she and family are doing nicely
in their Nebraska home.
We regret to announce the death last
Sunday of the baby girl of Mr. and
Mrs. Haas. The burial took place in
their family lot at Collyer.
Giuseppe ALA. the man who shot and
killed the priest lately in Denver at the
altar, has been tried, found guilty of
murder and sentenced to be hanged.
The announcement of the coming to
our theatre of Mr.. Bert j Royce and
his company of musicians and Swiss
Bell Ringers in the new Swede comedy
OLE is a guarantee of clean. refined
and artistic entertainment. Mr.. Royce
as fun maker has few equals. At the
G. A. r. Hall Wednesday evening, Mar.
25th. Prices 10, % and 30 cents
Free press., 1908-03-14
Political Announcements

The Great Bend Tribune says (and
it is the same with the Free Press:
The longer candidate delays before
announcing himself for county Office
the more chance be is giving the other
fellow to get his work in privately. You
may be thinking of becoming candi-
date and when you start to see your
friends, find that someone else has been
ahead of you. There is one way to get
on an equal footing. Let your friends
know you are in the race. You may do
this by letter writing or by getting out
cards. No matter how you do it the
best thing you can do is to get public
ity. In some counties the candidates
have already announced themselves and
are getting their icks in. =
The Tribune has taken this stand.
It will cost a candidate $5 for his
announcement, the same to run in the
paper from the time it is put in until
the primary election in August. With
the first notice there will naturally be
a complimentary notice. The longer
your notice is in the paper the more
often it will be seen and discussed. The
people want to know if you are can
didate, and they will discuss your can
didacy. Candidates will be treated
with the same fairness and consider
alton. If our space is worth anything
to them in exploiting. their fitness for
office they must pay for it in the same
manner as any other advertiser does
and in no instance will we permit the
use of the columns of this paper for the
waging of a personal or abusive cam
paign."
Free press., 1908-03-14
VOL. XVI.
A Break Down.

Just as we were printing the two in
side pages of this weeks paper on
Thursday afternoon our press broke
down and this weeks issue is therefore
coming to you a dav late for which we
must apologize. No mechanic could he
secured on Friday TO repair the broken
parts and hence we were rot able TO
get out on schedule time. We promise
our readers it shall not happen again
after next week as we have ordered a
new press and we hope to be using it
inside of couple weeks. We shall
then get out on Friday afternoon.
Free press., 1908-03-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

News comes of the serious illness of
Hon. James H. Reeder in Topeka.
Mrs. Wheatcroft was taking photo
graphic views at Yocemento on Thurs
day.
Miss Mary HaffanIer has gone back
TO her work at Russell after week S
visit here.
On Thursday Brownlow Hopper sold
his cottage in the northwest part of
town for $1,000, to Nick Gassman.
The new stone Baptist church on the
Saline near father Kings will be 90 by
80 feet and rock is being hauled daily.
Friday morning Mrs Alois gissing
and children went TO their new home
at Frankfort, Kansas. Miss Mary will
remain and complete her studies at the
State Normal
Don't preach about home trade and
at the same time send your orders for
job printing out of town. Your home
printer can do your work just as good,
and in nine cases out of ten he can
beat the city mans prices, because he
pays much less for running expenses.
By sending your next printing order to
THIS Office you'll be better satisfied all
around, and you'll be keeping the mon
ey at home.
Free press., 1908-03-14

The ladies of the Presbyterian Aid
Society met with Miss Freese on Thurs
day.
George Riedel is placing a neat ee-
ment curbing around his amily lot at
at the cemetery.
]. H. Spratt has received his first
shipment of sporting goods and has
them on display at his store.
The Methodist conference this year
is the week March 25th, and Rev. Mum
ford leaves that day to attend.
E. S. Beach left Thursday for a two
weeks trip to Connecticut to help set
tie up the estate of his mother, who
died lately.
Farmers tell that the wheat fields
are in far better condition now than
last year at this time and the ground
is full of moisture.
Mrs Geo, Philip will entertain the
following guests at family dinner
this Friday evening: Mr.. and Mrs. J.
H. Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Philip,
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Philip.
The lovely weather this week has
set many to gardening. Birds have re-
turned and every sign of Spring is
here, but it was later than this las
year that we had ''quite some winter.
Free press., 1908-03-14
LOCAL NEWS.


Philip Zerfus has bought $50 acre.
farm in Hamilton township.
Jeweler Hickman has rented the Ad-
kins cottage on East Juniata Street.
This week H. C. Freese secured a
pension for Mrs. James Mains of Pfeif-
fer.
Andrew Schoenfelt returned Tuesday
from Kansas City, where he has been
working.
Mrs Mumford and children have gone
on visit to her parents in southern
Osborne County.
Call at Spratt's store for regulation
sporting goods. Our stock is best in
quality and variety. 18-tf
Charlie Binder has completed the
city water plant in the court house and
it is proving very convenient.
John Troth deputy rustler for the A
o. U. W., has been doing good work
for his lodge at Assaria He is now
working at Gypsum City where he is
taking in number of new members.
Free press., 1908-03-14
Gid Joy is down from Trego County
on visit to friends.

Gid Joy is down from Trego County
on visit to friends.
Nice canvas awnings are being hung
in front of the George Grass and
Nickles' stores.
Farmer Eliho Stout is now nicely
located in his new home on East Junia-
ia Street and enjoying life in his old
age.
Quite number of Russian farmers
have gone west on an inspection tour
of the various farming projects offered
in Colorado.
Mrs. Peter P. Smith has purchased
the four lots on Normal Avenue lying
between her home and the Arnold stone
residence of Mr.. Loyet of st. Louis.
Since the fire and terrible loss of life
at the school near Cleveland occurred,
schools all over the country are put
ting in fire escapes and are training the
children in fire drills. Our public school
should do so.
If you are going TO marry girl that
doesn't know how to cook take lesson
from. COLE" at the G A r. Hall We'd
nesdav. March 20 He does. and his
troubles are many Popular prices, Is,
% and 80 cents.
Parties are circulating petition TO
locate road across the Geo. Palmer
farm. If said petition Is granted it
would cause Mr.. Palmer much damage
and costly litigation, with the tax paw
ers to pay the bill or even heavy road
damages.
Mrs. A. D Colliver, assisted by Mrs.
West, Miss Ward and NJ iss Pestana,
received, in honor of "The Stations"
new bride. Mrs c. X McClelland.
Thursday afternoon between and 5.
Hays Society turned out well notwith-
standing the dlsagrceable day.
Clarkson's got the contract for the
seven low-water bridges along the Sa-
line river, to be located, one at the Bar
| ney Martin crossing, one at the GardeL
place, one at David Sites. two at An
drew Meirs place, one at Ed Wasson's,
one southeast OF Codeh.
Lucas Sentinel: Ed Glennon of Plain
vile has accepted position with Raj
fety Bros. as dry goods and clothing
salesman to take the place Of Charles
Bloyd whose time expired March 1.
Mr. Glennon is man of many years
experience and comes highly recon-
meEded.
Easter comes very late this year,
April 19, within one week of the latest
date upon which it can come. Easter
can come as early as the twenty-second
of March, and as late as the twenty
fifth of April, but it usually comes
either the last of March or early in
April.
The battIeships have reached their
port and are now safely anchored In
the bay of southern California. They
viii spent month in target practice
and other naval work, awaiting the
torpedo boats, that are stopping along
the way.
Free press., 1908-03-14

Hon. J. w. Berry of Jewell Coanty,
who was one of the active and pro-
gressive Regents of the Experiment
Station here and who built the main
Normal School building is candidate
for and very apt to be elected as State
Senator from that county. Thisswill
be pleasing news to our people as our
State Institutions will have, inshin, a
good friend in the Senate the next -four
years and he is qualified in every re-
spect to make a good representative
for the interests of the whole state.
Free press., 1908-03-14

The supreme court last Saturday af-
firmed the decision of this court in the
case of Charles E. Gibson against Adam
E. Asst. Also affirmed the decision of
this court in the case of Frank Thurs
ton and his brothers in the Finch chick
en- house case. Also affirmed the de-
cision of this court in the case of E..
F. Madden against the Cheshire Provi-
dent Institution for possession or dam
ages in the Brunswick Hotel case.