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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01
ON-RESIOEkT NOTICE
In the law court at Johnson City,
Tenn, Washington county. Tenn.
W. S. Oliver
vs..
Carrie Oliver.

In this case it appearing from the
of Complaintant's bill which
ia sworn to, that the defendant, Carrie
Oliver, is non resident of the state of
Tennessee: 1t is therefore ordered
by me that publication be made for
four successive weeks, as required by
law, in The Comet, a newspaper pnb.
lished in johnson City, in said county,
commanding said Carrie Oliver to ap-
pear before the Judge of the J aw Court
10 be held at the court house, in
johnson City, Tenness' on the
third Monday of August 1863, it being
the sixteenth day Of .nid month to
make defense TO said h'l fled against
her or it will be taken for confessed
and proceeded with ex partee as to her.
This June 14tb, 1909
Foy W. Dulaney, Clerk.
Vines and Price attorneys for plaintiff.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01
Nomestic Finance

Domestic Finance.
First Landlady-If you allow tipping
it reduces wages.
Second Landlady-1 but the
boarders get TOO much 10 eat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01

GLOW do you propose to use your
"Well," replied the Cuban
th0ughtfuIly, ~ haven't felt at liberty
to start Il revolution for some time.
Probably do something in that line.
Freedoms great, isn't it?'-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01
To Water Consumers

Water rents for the quarter ending
Sept. 30, 1909, are now due and
payable at the office of the Watauga
Water Co. on Spring street If not
paid on or before July Is the service
will be discontinued without further
notice. July /, 1909
Oh Watanga Water Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01

"Your boy threw rock at my dog
and almost hit him. "My boy?"
CHATS what / said " "And missed
the dog?" Eyes, barely missed him. -
'That wasn't my boy" = Louisville
Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01
His Course.

The Missionary-And what course
Go you intend to take with me?
The Savage Chief-Oh, the ordinary
one; you'll follow the fish.-Sketch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01

What has become of that lively
friend of yours l met some time ago?
| never see him with you now"
mo, alas! He has joined the great
silent majority"
"Ah! he is dead?"
"No; married"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01

Mr.. Meek Did you trump my ace?
Mrs. M. Yes! What OF it?
Mr.. NJ. Nothing, my dear. I'm glad
it was you. If one of our opponents
had done it, we'd have lost the trick. -
Cleveland Leader.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-01
Notice tOCreditOrS
To the Creditors Of N. D. Shell.
Faucette- ? eavler Shoe Company
VS.
N. D. Shell, ct al
aud
T. s. Crouch, Trustee
vs.
N. d. Shell, ct al

In obedience to an order made by
Hon. Hal n. Haynes, Chancellor, at
chambers, on the 3Oth day of June,
1909, IN the above styled causes, In the
Cbancery Court at johnson City. Ten
nessee. by which order SAID causes are
Consolidated, the creditors OF said N.
D. Shell are hereby notified to have
themselves made parties to this cause
by petition, and to file aud prove their
claims against tie defendant, \ =,
Shell, on or before the lst day of Oct.
1909, or they may be excluded from the
benefits of SAID suit, aud from sharing
III the assets OF said Shell.
Snid creditors and claimants are also
hereby notified that by the order of
said court, in said cause, they, and
each Of them, are eDjOined from instl-
tuting any suit against said N. b, Shell,
otherwise than by petition in said pend
ing cause. This July LIST, 1909.
j. W. CASS, Clerk and Master
G.. T. Lee and Cox and Sells, Soils.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26
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worked day and night with voice by letter and tee
gram to bring about the ends that they desired The
manufacturers many of them least maintained that
the law proposed altogether too drastic, while
those who took the view opposed that of the
factures declared that the law could not be made
severe
During the title of the consideration of the pure
law in the of the committee interstate and
egn !he most powerful lobbyist that appeared
behalf of the the center table.
collection of prepared foods gathered from various
parts of the country and which did live up to the
labels that the outside of the packages There
are, and were plenty of proper foods the market
but the foods which the committee had assembled if
foods they might be called Of the kind that nobody
would want eats Representative Mann Of Illinois was
the display that made the committee look like
grocery shop Mr.: Mann had fruit Jelly or jam on
exhibition that marked being the pure product
In reality the stuff composed some sticky sub
stance sweetened and then colored with dye There
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

they had great lobby at distance and the lobbyists
succeeded in doing their good work.
Recently there to Washington matter
connected with the rights of certain Indians formerly
the Rosebud reservation, Indian whose originally
Quick Bear but who now is known Reuben Quick
Bear Some time it proposed by syndicate that
it buy large tract of land from the Indians at IS
Aterward the land doubled in value Reuben Quick Bear
feared that. when the reservation closed Uncle
would not allow right proper price for the
holdings which the Indians to give up. Reuben
began lobby behalf of his brethren. He wrote
letter. thereby showing that he knew something the
ways of certain class of white men,
"A shyster lawyer named - is in Washington stat
ing that land is not worth more than $3.50
He lives in and has been sent by the people there to
help beat in this land, deal" > '.' ;:":
1t is conceded in Washington that the most effective
kind of lobbying is that which is done by the people by
means of letters and kilograms. OF course, the
munications must come in such numbers convince
the congressmen IN that the whole country is aroused
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

resent that interest the capitol argument and
not money and he depends strength of his argument
largely upon the fact that laws passed to regulate the
business which he represents possibly have bad
eject upon the commercial life of the specific district
which the member approached represents. 1t is true
that dinners given at times to members congress
by the lobbyists behalf of special interests, It Is
doubted if these dinners the pleading words which
pass between the after coffee have any
particular weight The ordinary congressman who wants
to stay In realizes that he has duty to his
constituents and that he doesn't do it he probably will
have to stay at home instead of buying ticket every
winter for the national capitol
some time ago there established in Washington
What was called "The Peoples Lobby" There were
several active men who behalf of this organization
watched legislation and kept the country Informed
what In their opinion was good bad that had
been proposed for passage. This peoples lobby vrtu
ally has passed out of existence but there greater
peoples lobby which has been in existence since
the country was founded, which in existence
day, and which probably will last long democracy
lasts This lobby is public sentiment dozen times
within the last few it has overrdden the arts
the peafngs the arguments and the threats of the in
dividual lobbyists who have sought to thwar it. An
experience Of some years in Washington to show
that the OF the people in the
are honest and that the will of the country out
weighs with them any Influence any money that can
be brought to bear used by the lobbyist who work
ing for selfish ends.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26


there women lobbyists The particular kind of wom-
lobbyists which has been pictured many times has no
existence, If she exists she keeps herself we'll In
hiding that remains unknown to the whose
duty it is to write the and the comment of
the day. There other women lobbyists, however,
women who moved to lobby by what they think is
right though admittedly thousands of their counrymen
and their country disagree with them in specific
cases in which they have exercised their activities.
The woman lobbyist rule is moved by high moral
considerations she views them influence legisla
tion Take the of the canteen in the posts
of the country for example 1t the woman lobbyist
who abolished the canteen. The women who worked to
this end did not do oneenth of their lobbying in
Washington. It done largely at home. The women
thought that the canteen present tempta-
tion to the soldier to drunkenness, and while it is true
that most of the congressman at heart disagreed with
the contention the carried the day can
teen was abolished
The persons who were instrumental in securing tho
passage of the law which of light wines
and beer at army posts, moved they by high
moral if possibly mistaken impulse, were lobby
lists just much the who strive check leg
isation that is going to hurt their pocketbooks while
is going to do good to the country large The inen
on is only to show that lobbyis is necessarily
word Of contempt: :.:
The food law when it in process considera-
ton productive of the greatest lobbying activities
possibly ever known in congress. The lobbyists were
present and at distance, but present absent they
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

hams Vegetable COmpOundlS Is the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and I feel that II can
never praise it enough. Mrs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, KY. -.
The Changeof Life is the stcritical
period of a woman's existence, and
neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
medicine that will so osuccessfully carry
women through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years it has been curing
women from the worst forms of female
ills-inflammation, ulceration, dis
placements, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a conf1den:
tjal letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

everybody under the table, and their
immunity to drunkenness was attrib.
uted to copious draughts of olive oil
before sitting down to banquet: Rear
Admiral - says: 1T was mostly a
fake. We learned something on the
cruise. A high-toned Chinese official
told me just before we sat down to a
banquet: Take two grains of opiu :,
it will enable you to withstand a much
greater quantity of liquor. Here, just
an hour, before joining a festival, we
take 4 grain; OF two, and we are never
drunk "-New York Press.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

years ago it was stated that there was
an active crater on: the top OF an Al
pine peak. The. burning shaft pro-
duced highly creditable imitation Of
an active volcano, great heavy clouds
of black smoke rising from it, and a
fine, warm dust falling on the sur
rounding houses and fields, followed
by flames, and stones raineds on the
dwellings,. 49,: .'''. = '-'''i
"The Inhabitants in terror took
fight; but an investigation proved that
the <pseudo-volcanic eruption had been
caused by an explosion of f1redamp In
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

lightning or fire set by campers may
have started the combustion. In any.
case the phenomenon is accounted for
easily, without recourse to the theo-
ry of volcanic eruption. Reports OF
similar incidents in this region have.
been traced to- fires in oil-bearing
strata. No serious harm has resulted
from the fires, as the nearest oil-pro-
ducing wells are at least ten miles
away.
Recently there were accounts in
some French papers Of an eruption in
an abandoned mine shaft and some
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26
,NEEDs CAUSE. LITTLE ALARM

city of; Los Angeles. Here sulphurous
smoke rises from a littletmound of mi
ocene shale and a few! inches below
the surface the ground is red hot, char
ring or even setting fire to stick thrust
into it, The. Scientific American says
of the phenomenon: '..Throughout
this region oil-bearing shales are
found near the surface and the soil
is Soaked with petroleum. The shale
may have ignited spontaneously;
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26
How to; Keep Sober.

We shall pick up. many interesting
bits of information from our returned
globe-circlers, the officers and crews
Of the battle fleet. One Of the former
now Of high rank, whom + knew i've
years ago as q lieutenant, told wondear
full tales about the; ability 81 tie Eli: 81:
glish navy men at Hong Kong to drink
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26
Eruption of Miniature Volcanoes Eas.
rir' y ily' Accounted For.

Recently reports were printed in va
rious California newspapers to the ef-
feet that volcano had burst forth in
one of the canyons of the Santa Mon
ica'mountains near Los Angeles. The
point at which the pseudo-volcano
''btokelout Is; laboht 200 yards from the
Pacific ocean and II miles from the
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

was not trace Of real fruit In its composition The dye
that was In the mixture colored ndeliby great piece
OF cotton cloth which was STEPPED in small quantity Of
the jelly mixture with water
IN the committee there "honey" which no
bee ever had gathered There pepper corns made
wholly OF tapioca and amblack, and there were many
other things Of curious mixture masquerang under the
names of legitimate food producs The manufacturers
and the packers Of perfectly goods admitted that
the proved fact that Of their brethren not
honest was the stumbling block of their hopes that the
pure food bill should not be passed in too drastic FORM
In other words, lobby that was mute and could not
write letters send kilograms did the major share of
the work in securing the of the national pure
food law. -. - '~~*'~ q
In the department of agriculture there is subdepar
ment called the biological 1t is the duty OF the
officials OF the survey who scientists, do what
they can to engh the country concerning the habits
or BIRDS mammals and insects to lets it beknown just
what creatures are benefit and just what are menace
to the farmer the market gardener and engaged
in soil pursuits generally. -" - =
work of the survey has been recognized for it's
excellence for years. At time the house committee
on agriculture decided in framing the agricultural
preparation bill that it would omit all mention of the
biological survey and thus by failure to appropriate
money would wipe the survey out of existence. 1t is
said that there were personal for the attempt to
end the uSe1uness Of this bureau of the but
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

It is not the intentiOn
to attempt to discuss the.
rights or wrongs of any
specific pieces Of. legis-s
lation which have passed.
congress, but tie lobby
ing attempts pro and
con that have been made
to prevent or 20 secure
the enactment of nation
al laws may be recount
ed without prejudice.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

BEST
REMEDY
For Women-Lydia E. Pink.
m'sVegetable Compound
Noah, Ky.-"Iwas passing through
the Change of Life and suffered from

headaches, nervous
prostration, and
hemorrhages.
Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compoundnademe
well and strong, so
that lean do all my
housework, and at
tend to the store
anbpost-oMce, and
1feel muchyounger
than I really am.
HIVdia f. Pink.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

the shaft. The basis for the story Of
an active volcano Ion the Alpine peak
was a forest fire ON a lower noun
tain.' >:: -.. Il q
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26
W
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1T is supposed will rebound the public
the hotels of this city is matter pick the in
dvda Of one species lobbyist They marks of
their business said marks
dnariy is in of sleek prosperity impossible
the individuals other lobbyist
happen be the keenes kind judge of
In instances SECOND class of lobbyists has the unak
able of the phanthropst while their
Jon lobbyists look like ordinary everyday American c
ehs of and men of the professions and in many
cases 'hol '''' '''" - *
No lobbyist however wrongful BE his in coming
uh the somewhat widespread idea of whose
pockets with showing
order tempt member ofcongrss his his
constituents his country much matter
than unfortunately believe The
lobbyist who would make direct offer
get might hap
pen to possess. - 4
lobbyist corporate
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-03-26

SHINGTON.-Whenev the statement is
made that during the sessions of congress
Washington is full of lobbyists, it seems
that the general impression created is that
a horde OF men bent on preventing the pas
sage of good legislation has descended up
on the capitol. The word lobbyists seeming
ly has com le to mean only one thing In
truth lobbyists are of two kinds, the kind
that wants to prevent the passage of legis-
la1ion that is inimical to private interest,
and the kind that wants to secure the pas
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-06-16

The local lodge of Odd Fellows
attended religious services at the
Ceredo NJ. r. church last Sunday
evening where memorial exercises
we're conducted. Rev. w. F..
Sheppard, pastor of the church,
preached an excellent as we'll as
very appropriate sermon, which
was sttentively listened TO by a
large audience. The choir render
ed some very beautiful muisc. The
solo of Harold Compton of Iron
ton, Ohio, entitled "Hymns Of the
Old Church Choir" was greatly
appreciated by those present. The
solo included parts Of several old
hymns and MIR. Compton certainly
did himself proud by his exception
ally splendid singing. He proved
himself master of his task and il
undoubtedly young man of great
promise. The Ceredo Male Quar-
tette also rendered an inspiring
piece entitled "My Jesus Love
Thee" 1t is needless to say thai
this was listened to by the congre
CATION with rapt attention.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-06-16
Women who Are Enyled.

Those attractive women who are love.
ly in face, form and temper are the envy
Of many who might be like them. A
weak, sickly woman will be nervous and
irritable. Constipation or kidney poisons
show in pimples, blotches, skin erup.
tions and a wretched complexion. For
all such, Electric Bitters work wonders.
They regulate stomach, liver and kid.
neys, purify the blood give strong
nerves, bright eyes, pure breath, smooth,
velvety skin, lovely complexion. Many
charming women owe their health and
beauty to them. SOC at the Bloss Drug
Store, Ceredo, and X. Ney Williams,
Kenova.
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The astonishing extent to which
Asbestos nowadays is being utilized
for commercial, manufacturing and
domestic purposes, is scarcely
realized by those who look upon
Asbestos only as some mysterious
firc.proof substance from which
theater curtains are made.
OF the hundreds of different
Asbestos products in daily use
everywhere, probably few are bet.
ter known and more widely used
than JIM ASBESTOS ROOFING
Made from pure Asbestos felts and
best Asphalts obtainable, this roof.
ing is so proof against fire, acid,
water and time, that it is popular.
ly called "The Everlasting Roof
ing"
We have received a sample of
Four-ply Heavy Brooks Brand
showing the manner in which this
roofing is made. One can readily
appreciate why many people re.
gard this as the best roofing money
can buy. Besides, its price is mod
crate; and as it requires no paint
log nor coating, it costs nothing to
keep up, and certainly ought to be
he ideal roofing for all purposes.
Any reader of this paper who
wishes TO know more about JIM
ASBESTOS ROOFING, can sc
cure n free sample and further in
formation by addressing the II. w.
Johns Manville Co., Cleveland,
Ohio, and mentioning this paper.
This is something which every.
body ought to do, for the know
ledge thus gained is sure to come
in handy, sooner or later.
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DARING ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.
Jos. Newman Shot at from
Ambush While Return
ing Home.

1t has just come to light that one
OF the most daring and dastardly
attempts at holdup and murder
that has occurred in this section OF
the country for long time, was
made on Camp creek, four miles
south of this city, on last Saturday
night.
Joseph Newman, q prom,nen,
farmer and huckster of Lavalet,e.
was the prospective victim ard il
was only through very clever ruse
that he escaped being robbed aud
murdered.
Mr.. Newman makes regular peri.
odical visits to tie city with his
produce and he is said to usually
have good sum of money on his
return trip home. Heretofore he
had never been suspicious or afraid
that any one would molest him, but
since the occurrences of Saturday
right he will exercise neces sary pre-.
caution lest he be held up.
On Saturday he remained in the
city little longer than usual and
when he had reached point near
the mouth Of Camp creek where a
tree had fallen across the public
road he was startled by some one
shooting at him from a place of
concealment only few feet away.
His team became frightened and
Mr.. Newman, having no serious
objections to getting out of the i'm
mediate locality as rapidly as posi-
BILE, gave his team a loose line and
touch of the whip and was soon
In the darkness where the robber
could not see to shoot again, had he
charges in his gun. However, it is
believed the shooting was done with
the old style muzzle loading rifle
and that the would be murderer
was unable to reload the gun in
time to do any more shooting be-
fore Mr.. Newman had gotten out of
the way.
The affair has been KEEP. quiet,
only few of Mr.. Newman's friends
having been told of it and they have
been working the case with view
TO landing the ontlaw.
A very good clue was soon oh
tanned and it is being worked to
conclusion and those who are post
cd In the matter say that an arrest
may be made at any time. They
claim that well known young man
In that neighborhood, who haa been
acting In way to create suspicion
tat he is not altogether right, has
been followed up and there is evi-
dence that he was out the night the
shooting occurred, having a gun in
his possession.
Mr.. Newman is highly exem-
plary citizen and the attempt to
murder him has created furor of
mitigation among his relatives and
friends, who are many, and who
have resolved to do everything pos
sIble to run the wou be robber to
justice. - Huntington Herald.Dis-
patch, June o.
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CEREDo, WAYNE CO.. W. VA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE IS 1go9
showed that he was more than FOND
OF our junior senator"

showed that he was more than fond
of our junior senator"
Hon. Elliott Nor,hco.t, the new
minister 10 Colombia, has been busy
making his final arrangements for
bis Journey to his new Office. Dur
ing the week he spent couple of
days at the state department with
bis predecessor Hon. Thomas e..
Dawson of Iowa. After meeting
AMI talking with that gentleman
MIR. Northcott Is more than ever
pleased with the outlook. He left
for home in the middle Of the week
to settle up his business affairs az
Secretary of the Board of Rege uts
Of the State Normal Schools and to
attend a banquet rendered him by
the Bar of Huntington. He re
turns next week bringing his family
will be here for a few days, will
then go to New York and alter q
dav or 40 spent IN shopping will
sail for South America.
Mr.. Grant Summers and Mr..
Marques of West Union, were
visitors at the Cspitol. They were
interested In some tariff matters
and called on both of the senators.
They expressed the opinion that
the people Of West Virginia, at
least, were very anxious for the
long drawn out debate TO close SO
that business could 20 ahead.
READER.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-06-16
Trouble Makers ousted.

When sufferer from stomach trouble
takes DIR Kings New Life Pills he's
mighty glad to see his dyspt psia and in
digestion fly; but more-he's tickled
over his new, fine appetite, strong
nerves, healthy vigor, all because stom-
ach, liver and kidneys now work right.
25c at the Bloss Drug Store, Ceredo, and
R..Ney Williams, Kenova.