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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at office of Treasurer, Mountain
Branch, N. II. d. V. s., National Sol
diers' Home, Tenn, until 12 O'Clock
M, November 81, 1908, and then opened,
for furnishing and delivery OF House
hold and Hospital Supplies; until 70
o'clock m, November 30, 1908, and
then opened, for furnishing aud deliv-
cry of Farm Supplies; until ~ o'clock
M, December A, 1903, and then opened
for furnishing and delivery of Repairs
Supplies; until 10 o'clock M, December
Z, 1908, and then opened, for furnishing
and delivery of Current Expenses and
Clothing Supplies, in accordance with
instructions and specifications, copies
of which, with blank proposals and
other information may be had upon up-
pication to Paul e Divine, Treasurer.
126S-4t
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HOME MARRIAGE.

A marriage of interest to large cir
Gle of friends was solemnized at the
home of the bride, on Spring street. at
800 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon,
when Miss Mettye Waddell became the
bride of Mr.. Fred f. Laughon, of Ports
mouth, Va. The bride is Il daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Il. Waddell and is very
popular. The bridegroom is prominent
ly connected with the Seaboard Air
lime railway at Portsmouth, Va.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
SEALED P1nHnSALS.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at office of Treasurer, Mountain
Branch, N. Fl. D. V. s., National Sol
diers' Home, until 10 o'clock m, No
vember 10, 1908, and then opened, for
furnishing and delivery of s, 200 square
feet Sheet Copper Flooring, LAID in
place; until 10 o'clock M, November
II, 1908, and then opened, for furnish
ing and delivery of repairs supplies,
Hardware, Pipe Coverings, Paints,
Brick, Cement, Crushed Stone, ETC.,
in accordance with instructions, copies
of which, with blank proposals and
other information may be had upon
application to Paul e. Divine, Treas
urer 66-4t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
COL. ING. ". Upton DEAD.
Was a Well Known and Prominent
Upper East Tennessee Lawyer
for Years at Elizabethton.

Elizabethton, Tenn, Nov 4.--COl, j.
w. Upton, one of the most prominent
and best known lawyers in upper East
Tennessee, died at his home this
morning at o'clock, from a complica-
ton of diseases, though his immediate
death was caused by heart failure. Mr..
Upton was related to many of the
prominent families in Tennessee, and
has been a noted lawyer for many years
in all this section. He leaves a wife,
two sons, A. H. and John II. Upton,
and one daughter, Mrs. Lee f. Miller,
and one sister, Mrs. John NJ, Jones, of
Sweetwater, Tenn.
The funeral will occur tomorrow, but
arrangements are not yet complete.
Mr., Upton was born and raised in
Elizabethton, and at the time of his
death he occupied the old Upton home.
stead.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

A few days ago at Watauga two boys
were standing on the Southern depot
platform near an empty gasoline bar
rel. One of the lads lighted cigarette
and tipped the lighted match toward
the barrel and it dropped through the
open bung hole. The barrel exploded
and tore off corner of the roof over
the platform and frightfully wounded
Jack Dempsy, 16-year-old boy, who
was standing nearby. His nose was
torn off and one eye put out, but he is
recovering. e
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
DAVE MOSER GETS
HIS NOSE BROKEN

David Moser is wearing a foot ball
badge upon his face in the form of a
broken nose. He was injured last Fri
day afternoon in practicega game while
getting ready to defeat the Bristol elev-
en-. The nose will get well but his am
bition to play the game is incurable.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
Special Assessments
Improvement Dis
triCt No. 5.

Notice is hereby given that at Il
meeting to be held by the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of
Johnson City, in the Recorders Office,
ON the 10Th day of November, 1908, the
said Board of Mayor and Aldermen will
proceed to levy the special assessments
upon abutting property for the paving
and curbing of Improvement District
No >, comprising that part of the Pub
lie Square fronting Westward and lying
between Main and Market streets, rs
provided in Chapter 276 of the Acts of
The General Assembly of the state Of
Tennessee of 1907.
f. f. ELLSWORTH,
Nov. 18th, 1908. Recorder
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Success Magazine requires
the services Of man in johnson City
to look after expiring subscriptions and
to secure new business by means of
special methods unusually effective;
position permanent; prefer one with
experience, but would consider any APP
plicant with good natural qualifica-
lions; salary $3.50 per day, with com
mission option. Address, with refer
ences, r. G. Peacock, Room l02, Success
Magazine Bldg, New York. 67-2t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

SALES AGENTS WANTED-$36, 90
per week or 400 per cent. profit We
want one permanent agent in this To-
cality for the largest picture and frame
house in America. Experience unnec-
essary. We instyuct you how to sell
our goods and furnish the capital. If
you want permanent, honorable and
profitable position, write us today for
particulars, catalogue and samples.
Frank w. Williams Company, 1914 W.
TAYLOR ST., Chicago, Ill. 6S-4t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Bristol, Nov. 1.-The sudden death
of John w. Upton, at Elizabethton
this morning, removes one of the oldest
lawyers in East Tennessee. He was
about seventy. He was member of
the first bar association in East Tennes-
see, and there are only two surviving
members of that bar, Judge S. J.. Kirk
patrick and Judge Newton Hacker, of
JOneShOro.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

"Whom did you support during the
last campaign ?" Z" A wife, two child
rem and a mother-in-law and kept up
my life insurance at the same time. y
Puck.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
EXTENDING SWITCH.

The Johnson City Traction Co. is ex-
tending the switch on Watauga avenue
about seventy-fve feet so that three
cars can pass easily.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
W. B. HARRISON
ELECTED ALDERMAN

AT recent meeting of the city coun
Gil w. b. Harrison was elected an al
derman from the Second ward to fill
out the uneXpired time of f. c. Bald
win, who removed from the ward
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
Killeu, Ala, Sept. 10, 1908.
! Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co.,
/ Florence, Ala
Gentlemen :

This year I planted some oats, using
200 pounds of your special wheat ferti-
lizer to the acre, apd it yielded me 60
bushels to the acre. Also, / used it
under wheat, and the yield was more
than doubled.
| am a firm believer in the merit of
your fertilizer, and will buy from your
company this fall. Yours truly,
q. G. HAYGooD.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
SEWER WORK
PROGRESSING.

The trunk sewer on Buffalo street is
about completed and the Panama can
alette will soon be closed
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

There is always satisfaction in know
ing you have the best--so use Red
Band Pure Scotch Snuff Go st
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

TABLE BOAKDERS WANTED-A
few table boarders will be taken at q
reasonable rate. Apply to Mrs. Fan
ME Orumley, King street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Have your repairing done or shoes
made by W. @. Pierce, three doors from
railroad, on West Market street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
Miscellaneous

For sale or trade for COW or farm pro-
ducts, almost new bicycle. Enquire
at Kite & Co., No. 1877 Spring st. ('6S
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Ask your merchant for Red Band
Pure Scotch Snuff. 65-5t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

The best steel range sold in the
town for the money is the "Uneeda"
sold by S. B. White.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
FOR SALE or RENI-Aosses, Lots, Farms

If you have property for sale or rent,
list it with W. A. Kite & Co, 1877
Spring St. We will find customers. (6S
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
LOST and FOUND

LOST-A gentleman's Ring with OBJ
long moss agate set Finder can leave
at Comet office and receive reward. @.
III. L. G6
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Buy groceries at less price at Jackson
Grocery Company's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05
BOarderS

Red Band Pure Scotch Snuff. IS st
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

FOR SALE. "A 14-syrup all marble
soda fountain, cost $1,000 new. Will
sell or trade at bargain. Write for
particulars. The Comet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Prompt delivery at Jackson Grocery
Co.'S.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Shoemaking and repairing neatly
and promptly done by VIC. Pierce,
on West Market street., doors from
railroad.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-11-05

Use Red Band Pure Scotch Snuff. IS st
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Theodore N. Price
 Has Been Indicted

Harst News Special to the Graphic.
 New York, May 29.-Theodore II. Price, the cotton broker, was indicted 'tcday on charges of conspiracy to de- fraud and bribery in connection with the leakage of cotton statistics from tic Department of Agriculture in 1905. Tonight he declared thar the charges against him were a matter of revenge on the part of the New York Cotton Exchange against which he brought an injunction suit some time since. He said the whole thing vas nothing but bitter trade war and l." has no fear of the result. Price Was released on $10,0O0 bail
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Many Hurt in
 Gar Collision

Earst News Special to the Graphic
 Birmingham, Ala, May 29.-Over a score were hurt this afternoon when a street car, bearing crowds from the baseball park, got beyond control of the motorman, ran down hill and crashed into a car in front. Both cars were practically demolished, People on the second car, seeing that a collision was inevitable, jumped off and the street was lined with injured The most seriously hurt are Mrs Bibb Carves, wife of adiutant general of the State; Miss Edith Myers and Rev. J. o. Noble, all of Birmingham.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Corn Oats, Wheat
 Corners Closed

Harst News Special TO the Graphic.
 Chicago, H., May 29.-Amid scenes
 unparalleled in the history of the Chicago Board of Trade three great corners in May corn, oats and wheat, were closed out today James A. Pat ten, who engineered the corn corner. but whose corner in May oats ended disastrously, cleaned up approximate ly $2,000,000. He lost in his deal in oats s750,o0o. Other big winners were William H. Bartlett, sSOO,0OO; George Patten, $3OOO0O; William Long. $150,O00; James Condon, s25O.- GOO; Jack" Allen, s100,00O; J. Ogden Armour was $5OO,OOO loser in corn deal but won $75oo0o in wheat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Hot Fight Made
 on Currency Bill

Fiarst News Special to the Graphic.
 Washington, May 29.-"I will keep tAis bill before the Senate until March l, il necessary" said Senator Aldrich today, and T will talk for six weeks t necessary to defeat the bill" said Senator La Toilette. |. d Toilette be @2r to speak at 80 D. m. on the cur- rencN bill in the Senate today and in- sisted on q roll call 10 secure q quorum every twenty minutes. The Republican leaders announce q detor- mlnation To yield nothing. and it is anticipated that the Senate will re- main in session indefinitely. There is no apparent disposition on the part et Democrats as a whole to aid the Wisconsin Senator. but Senator Stone of Missouri has promised assistance and the two will fight 1t out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
The BANK OF PINE BLUFF
Confederate Flags
 al Half N ast

larst News Special to the Graphic.
 Columbus. Miss, May 29.-Under orders from President Roosevelt, the first time that an order was ever sly- en for Confederate flags on Federal buildings at Columbus, Vicksburg and Jackson will be half masted tomor- row afternoon when the funeral of General stephen D. Lee will be held. Tic body of General Lee arrived this afternoon under military escort from Vicksburg. Numbers Of promi- nent Confederates were escorts and hundreds of citizens paid their last respects to the great man
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
J JAMES A. COARD "'' DEAD AT SAN DIEGO

The San Diego (California) Sun has a notice of the death of James A. Coard, former resident of Pine Bluff. The Coard family are we'll known in this city, having formerly lived at No' 5O2 West Barraque street. The notice in the Sun follows:
 COARD-In this city, May 19, 1908. at the family residence, 743 Ninth street, James A. Coard, leaves to mourn his loss, wife and two daugh- ters, Miss Josephine F. Coard and Mrs, Matte F. Hay of this city; a native Of New Brunswick, aged 75 years, ii months and 3 days
 Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services at Brad Icy X Woolman's chapel Thursday, May 2l, al 10 o'clock a. m. Rev. H.
 5. Jordan will ojciate. Interment at Mounte Hope cemetery
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
I criminal Company
 In Receivers Hands

Farst News Special to the Graphic.
 New York, May 29-F. H. Skelding, president of the First National Bank of Pittsburg, and H. w. McMasters were appointed receivers this after loon of the Wabash -Pittsburg Termi- ral Company by the United States court at Pittsburg. Bond was fixed at $1Oo,ooO.
 In New York protective commit tee was formed in behalf of holders Of first mortgage four per cent bonds, composed of J. N. Wallace, Paul Mor- ton. Haley Fisk, Harry Brenner. Cor con Abbott, Myron T. Herrick and George P. Butler. The default of in- ttreSt on these bonds forced the re-
 ceiverShip. The terminal company is controlled by the Goulds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

Board, and others are working like beavers to prevent break in that ievee. If the leyee breaks in that sec ton the loss will reach thousands of dollars.
 It Was reported ill this city last night that information had been re- ceived from Oklahoma to the effect that another eight inch rise was com ing down the Arkansas river. The river is falling fast at Fort Smith and ought to reach a stand here by mid night tonight. Evidences of the ap- preaching crest of the rise was pre- sented by the raging river yesterday, when 1t was almost free of driffwood and other rubbish, so common when the water is rising.
 When the ievee gave way af Will ]iamette yesterday the plantations of l.. ". Williams at English. J. W. Bunch ard J. VI. Gracie's Mud Lake" place were flooded
 Hundreds of sight seers lined the river bank in this city all day vester- day, wat tchin@ the treacherous river as il loaned and roared toward the Mis- sissippi. On the opposite side of the river. on what remains in view of the Boyd place, could be seen many head of stock, hud1led together on a little island. which was getting small et and smaller every hour. The ris- lH@ waters apparently forced the eat tie to seek the little island as a place ul safety. If the river continues t0 rise today the cattle may perish. It would mean certain death for any one to attempt to rescue them.
 The lake bed just south of Sixth avenue is flooded and many houses are partially hidden from view. most of them being formerly occupied by negroes, who moved out when the flood warnings were posted several days ago. The FrenchtoWn leyee be- tow this city, and the Plum Bayou leVee. above this city. remain firm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Dreyfus' Store Talk
 A Suit and a Hat For the Price of a Suit

That's the warm proposition we're offering you at present. Cant say how long it's going to last but it's yours while it's going on.
 How does that strike you-the choice of any hat in the house free, excepting Panamas, when you make a cash purchase of a suit of clothes coSting $20 or over. And such clothes, tlpe choicest designs of Hart, Schaff- per and Marx, also of Stein4Bloch Co.,. tn the coolest, airiest of light weight hummer fabrics, yet tailored so scien- (ifically that they will stand up and hold their shape as well as the heay- Her weaves.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Son Benefits
 Mrs. Shell Hopeful

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
 Clinton, Ills, May 29.-Deprived of ap annuity of $1,2Oo left her by the late Colonel Shell, Mabelle Shell Nc Namara, writer of the Soul Mate" let ters, will try to have the verdict set aside of breaking the milionaire's will in an appeal to the supreme court
 Richard Shell gets $750,0O0 and con- trol of his fathers estate. instead of 9S cents day left him in the will.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

Not in a hit or miss sort of way but steadily week by week, and you'u soon be in a position to live in your own home, go into business or lose all dread of hard times.
 Saving dollars is not for the rich alone, but for all who would be rich secure your Dollars by depositing them at our Savings Department to- day and start them earning per cent interest.
 I per cent interest paid on Time Deposits of one year or longer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Alton B. Parker
 on Resolutions

Harst News Special to the Graphic,
 New York, May 29.-Judge Alton B. Parker will be chairman of the con- mittee on resolutions in the Demo cratic national convention. He said ho is already at work on the first draft of the platform and that the dozni- nant note is conservative.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

Edgar Brewster, circuit clerk and member of the State Democratic Gen. t'al Committee, will go to Little Rock this morning to attend a meet ing of the special committee appointed to hear the two senatorial contests that have been referred to it by Chair man Rutherford.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

crest and fall is not moving ill this direction as rapidly as expected. Late teiegrams from Oklahoma state that rain is falling there and that there has been over an inch at some places.
 While We do not receive or give |out reports of damage either to pro- perty or crops, private adyices of loss eS up to this time are heavy, and with a further rise in the river in this im- mediate section there is bound to be more loss We are receiving reports regularly and are sending out any and all information for the benefit of planters and others who have proper- ty in danger of loss. I do not now look for the river to come to A stand- still at Little Rck before Saturday af- ternoon, probably Saturday evening. he river will probaly reach a stage ot 26.3 or 26.5 at Little Rock before it begins to fall"
 Crop Damage Increases.
 Reports from up and down the river Friday were to the effect that the Hood water is spreading over a great CT section with every fraction of an inch the river rises The flood has now reached point where the rise is measured and estimated by fractions Of an inch instead of by feet. In many sections an additional inch of rise means the flooding of thousands of acres, while in other localities the danger to levees is guaged by inches of additional flood water in the stream.
 In some sections the levees which are in danger have up to this time pro- tected thousands and thousands of acres of valuable crops and break in them means millions of loss.
 Two Levees Give Way.
 At least two levees broke Friday One at English below this city, which protected the river front and safe guarded about F miles of farm lands. Since that time the flood water has been running rapidly through the break, has cut away about 150 wards Of the levee and more than 5000 acres aIe now under water.
 John M. Oracle, who ceased his ef- !orts ill that section when the levee broke and went to New Gascony to cndeavor to save the plantations at h1t nnint at noon Friday that not more than 1000 of the 5000 acres in the big Han Eaberry plantation could be saved. All the lower portion of the Hanna berry plantation and much of the north side is under water. The town of Reydell, which is the terminus Of the short line railway, is under Is inches of water.
 The Gap Creek leyee near Morril. ton broke during Thursday night and thousands of acres of bottom land was flooded.
 At l D. m. Friday the river stage at Little Rock was 26.2. The following was issued by the observer at that hour: The Arkansas will fall slight ly at Dardanelle during next 24 hours: will probably come to stand at Lit tie Rock by Saturday evening, with a stage of about 26.3 to 26.5 feet: will come to a stand at Pine Bluff by Sunday night or Monday, with a stage of 2S.0 to 2S.5 feet. The upper White will not change much The lower White will fall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

sS The crest of the flood is due here this afternoon and the piver is expect ed to hover about the 2S-foot stage at thaAmtime, which is three feet above tloodNide.
 Millions of dollars will be lost to the state this year through the overflow ing of the bottom lands, as it is pos ltiye that some of the levees cannot hold against the strain which they will De subjected to before tomorrow night.
 There are a number of weak places in the levees where previous high wat CTS of this spring have caused cave-ins or breaks, and it is at these places that the most danger is anticipated.
 One of these is just above the state farm, near Cummins, and here about 250 convcts are battling with the rag ing torrents
 Across the river, John M Oracle, the largest planter in the state, is working hundreds of laborers night and day to save his thousands of acres of growing cotton.
 The same condition exists on to the mouth of the river, and there is little encouragement to the plantation owners of success
 The worst element in the situation ~is the high waters in the Mississippi. which have backed the waters of the Arkansas up for about 100 miles. making the water higher there than it would be under ordinary circum- stances.
 Stage of Twenty-Eight Feet Here.
 With stage of 2S feet at , o'clock Friday afternoon and the river still rising, levees broken both up and down the river and overhowed at many points, heavy rains at this point, Dardanelle, Morrilton, Fort Smith and out into Oklahoma this forenoon. and rains between Morrill, ton and Little Rock, the likelihood that the Arkansas river will cause still greater floods is freely predicted and expected.
 The condition yesterday as viewed from the Weather Bureau standpoint. was not very encouraging. The river was steadily but slowly, rising be- tween Dardanelle and Pine Bluff, and the expected crest of the flood, which was due at Dardanele last night, will likely be delayed almost another day, and at Little Rock it is not expected until tonight.
 Conditions Not Encouraging.
 ''The rise has been greater than expected said Observer Taylor at Little Rock last night Rains in Ok lahoma, Fort Smith and other points up the river have delayed the expected fall in the river at points below Fort Smith. The river is falling rapidly at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Every Man Needs One

An extra pair of pants. If you want stylish trousers have them made by Eisenkremer the Tailor, over Citi- zens Bank, Second avenue, corner Pine street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
LEvEES ARE GIVING WAY
 RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE

Mud Lake, Plantation of John M Oracle Is Sub merged Another Rise Said to Be Coming From Oklahoma-River Now 279 Feet Here-Predicted That It Will Come to Stand Here by Midnight Flood More Disastrous Than at First Expected Heavy Rain Yesterday Weakens Levees
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Flood
Leyee Breaks at English.

J. M. Oracle yesterday sent word here that the ne wlevee which had been constructed near English 10 re-
 place the one washed away two years ago, had broken and that the flood water was pouring over thousands of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

Nothing but stories of added loss come from the river districts and the section of the state which will be the most damaged will not be reached by the crest of the flood before Saturday