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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

This paragraph from the pen of Col.
Lake Erie Holiday in the Gleason
Searchlight makes us wonder all the
more why he was not named Lake
Superior;
Away over in East Tennessee there
is a paper that should be in the hands
of every man, woman and child in the
whole commonwealth of Tennessee. 1t
is democratic to the core, full of good
and wholesome editorials that show to
the great unbelieving world that they
are carefully and prayerfully prepared
by genius with religious turn Of
mind. We refer without comment tC
the Johnson City Comet, owned, edited
and published by Col. Cy Lyle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
MRS. E. C. REEVES
IS LAID TO REST

AT 1890 o'clock last Friday morning
the first funeral service ever held in
Munsey Memorial Church was CON
Quoted over the remains of Mrs. Alice
Robson Reeves, wife of Col. +. c.
Reeves, who died on Wednesday before,
after short illness. The church Was
filled with the sorrowing friends and
relatives of the deceased, and as the
tiowerwreathed casket bearing the
mortal remains of Johnson City's no
blest christian spirit was slowly wheel
ed TO the altar, where she has so loved
TO worship for nearly half century,
and from which she has received many
fervent and devout prayers at the
throne of the God she has 80 faithfully
served, there was not dry eye in the
congregation and the few moments
silence rested upon the throng like
benediction.
Rev. s. b. Naught was assisted in
the service by Rev, r. T. Mcdowell, If
Elizabethton; Rev. J. ]. Robinette, DR..
7. b. RUSSELL Rev. J. A. Ruble, OF this
city, and Rev. X. &. Atkins, of Bristol.
Nearer, My God, TO Thee" was rev
erentIy rendered by the choir, and MIS-.
Boring sang "Face TO Face" with great
pathos.
Nofuneral sermon was preached, hat
the short talks by Rev. Atkins, Rev.
Ruble and Dr. Russell were beautiful
tributes to the memory of a noble Wo-
man, full of consideration TO the he
reave1 and inspiration to the living
The deceased had just passed her 57lh
birthday and since eight years of age
, has been member of the M. Il. Church,
, South. She has resided here for nearly
twenty-five years and in that time
Johnson City has not known more
ardent church worker, nor one who
: has been SO effective for good. She
was the embodiment of christianity
and her daily walk was an inspiration
and made one reverence religion as eX
emplified- by her, She carried be-
christianity with so much grace ana
equanimity that her very presence wa
a blessing. The bereaved husband
t daughter and three sons have cause /,
feel that they have been peculiarly
fortunate in living in the atmosphgr
of such a character, and mourn only i.
those who have certain knowledge tina
wife and mother has gone to that HON,
not built with hands, eternal in TN
skies.
The remains were laid to rest in Oal
9 Hill cemetery, six members Of he
> Sunday-school class acting as pal
If bearers, and the mound of earth wa
:, transformed by loving friends into
n bank of flowers and decorated wit
e beautiful floral designs. Thus ended
l. noble, christian life, for which tn
|. community in which she lived wa
Ii made brighter and better.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

cy, and the friends of the Coopers had
acquitted them on the grounds Of self
defense.
1t was u hard struggle to secure a
jury, and during the progress OF this
trial the broadest latitude was permit
ted in the hearing of evidence and the
speakers on either side roamed wherev
er they wished within or without the
record.
1t must be said, however, that the
trial Judge seemed to be as fair to one
side as the other, and if he erred in his
charge the errors did not strike the
laymen as grave.
No lawsuit probably ever excited
greater interest in this state, and none
was ever filled with more dramatic i'm
cidents. In it there was a cross current
of politics, personal animosities and OPP
posing factions.
There were two warning camps i'll the
state before November 8, and this trag'
e.Iy made the breaches between them
wider.
Ii will remain for the supreme court
finally TO decide if the verdict OF this
Jury measured out even and exact jus
tice to the defendants. That tribuna
will not pass upon this case for seVera
months.
In the meantime the ends Of justice
will not be better served 10y a trial anC
+ retrial of the case in the newspapers, il
law offices and in cross-road stores
, Of course, the attorneys for the de
PENDANTS will use every legal effort t
overthrow Saturdays verdict, which /
their right, and the attorneys for tn
o state will combat them at every point
q which is their duty.
Tennessee has suffered much becaus
of the disorder within the state durin
the last year.
: We have had night-rider trials, mul
Z der trials, political fights on the stun
and in the legislature. The bitterness
4 of men toward one another has been
n such a character as to foster the splr
q of lawlessnesS.
We have done little toward characte
s building or toward increasing the pro-
perity of the state or making life an
n property more safe.
The Cooper case has gone beyond
i Jury of their peers to higher court;
have the night-rider cases.
1t is now time for the people to cali
4 down to enthrone judgment and char
4 ty in their souls, where they have Il
the last year placed passion and poll
ical hatred. 1t is the time for 10
- ward move toward a better and high
plane of citizenship, in which man Wi
hold the law to be above all things A.
above all men, and look to it rath
than to knife or pistol as the supren
arbiter of personal differences that mf
arise.
Let us restore and make stronger Il
rule of the law, both in the courts al
in the hearts of the people of Tennessee
-Commercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
THE COMMERCIAL
CLUBS BANQUET

The committee from the Commercial
Club, Messrs. Tate l.. Earnest, Anna
Smith, J. w. Hunter and j. p. Sum-
mers, went to Knoxville last week to
arrange for a chef TO serve the banquet
that will be given in honor of the rail-
road officials at Hotel Carnegie, April
IA. This is to be of the most elabo-
rate banquets ever served here and
covers will be laid for l5O guests.
President Finley, of the Southern,
President Carter, of the g., G. 4 o.,
President Howe, of the L. I. & w. n.
O., and other officers of the three roads,
and many other distinguished gentle
men, including the Board Of Managers
of the Soldiers Home, will be present.
The intellectual program will call for
responses to toasts by several famous
after dinner speakers. The committee
is doing its work we'll.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

The statement has been published
that at the last meeting of the city
council Alderman Warren made motion
that "the sum of $50 be given the min
isters association to be used for Sani-
tary purposes 1t seems to us that if
the association is in this condition it
should be guaranteed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Just as we expected. Brown Il Son
of Greeneville, have decided to locate
the cement tile and shingle plant IN
johnson City, u site having been Sc
cured in the Southwest addition. All
we have to do is to get prospeeIors to
look the town over and we land them,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Col. Brownlow has introduced bills
to provide for public buildings at Eliza
bethton and Rogersville, but the people
in those towns will continue to cult
vate the site as well as the hope that
the bills will be passed
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
M. ]. CAPLES
INSPECTING CARS

NJ. J, Caples, General Manager of
the G. G. & o. Ry., left Saturday,
accompanied by Mrs. Caples, for
Wilmington, Del, to inspect some
passenger coaches that are under con-
struction for the G. g. d o. road.
From there he and Mrs. Caples will
go to Cuba for a short vacation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

When. the city council gets ready to
elect a city commissioner under the
new charter only thoroughly competent
men should be considered. Any other
result will make farce of the charter
and its appeal will be Immediately de-
manded.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Since the attorneys for the state are
satisfied with the verdict in the Cooper
case and the other side has to be, it is
well to let the supreme court have its
inning, and let the self-appointed judges
of the law and facts take the field.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
WILL DELIVER
MEMORIAL ADDRESS

Hon. w. A. ROdenburg, Of East st.
Louis, a member of the house of repre-
sentatives, has accepted an invitation
to deliver the memorial address at the
Soldiers Home May 80
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

A member of the Soldiers Home
wanted Chancellor Haynes to grant
him a divorce from his nonresident
wife, but the Chancellor held that as
neither party was a resident of the
state of Tennessee he had no jurisdic-
ton over their state of infelicity.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
COMMERCIAL
APPEAL PERTS

Why don't the Anti-Saloon League
buy Reelfoot Lake and donate it to the
state?
The Chicago women say that stock
ings are too high. "Show me, " says
wicked old Missouri.
AS we understand it, Cy Lyle is will
ing that stockings should come down
or off or any old thing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Carnegie's hero medals had better be
abolished if one is not awarded to Col.
Cy Lyle, who has been running the
Johnson City Comet for twenty-four
wears, and that after "Bob" Taylor had
loaded it down with the biggest list OF
deadhead subscribers ever carried by a
paper in this state. Nashville Ameri-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Congratulations TO the Johnson City
Comet, which has just entered upon
the twenty-fifth year of its existence
Bristol Herald-Courier.
1t happens, however, that we have
already completed the quarter-century.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

The Comet contemplates sending a
party of popular young ladies to heaven
as soon as they prepare themselves for
the journey by reading The Comet and
we can arrange for the return trip.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Col. Brownlow has again introduced
the Appalachian Forest Reserve bill,
Notwithstanding the published fact
that this bill became a law at the last
session.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

The Southern officials were here again
few days ago TO make further inves-
tigations about a new passenger station
for this city, but so far the new depot
is still out of site.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

The Johnson City Comet has attained
to the age of twenty-five. Its editor
and owner, Cy Lyle, is some years old
er, but not old enough to be venerable
or to lack the zest and ardor of youth
Nashville Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
COX HAT COMPANY
PURCHASE STOCK

The Cox Hat Company, of Bristol,
has bought the bankrupt stock Of the
Richard Evans Co. and will move it TO
Bristol. The stock invoiced AT about
$4,000.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

At least Senator Mansfield has found
something he wants. He will try to
get Jim Penland's job as district attor-
ney for East Tennessee,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

April 10 has been designated by
Mayor Smith as clean up day-an I'M
lucky day for dirt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Perhaps that Missouri minister who
shot and killed brother minister only
wanted to show him heaven.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25

Entered at the PoStoffics at johnson City, Ten
nessee Second Glass Matter,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07
Hunting for Microbes,

Monthly psychological tests OF
Mile Laos water will be conducted
by the Minneapolis health department
in connection with the work already
started with the Mississippi river
water. Lewis Bernhagen, recently
appointed assistant to DR.. j. Frank
Corbett, city bacteriologist, has been
examining samples taken daily from
the river with a view to determining
to what kind of filtration treatment
the water will most easily yield, as
we'll as to determine what amount OF
bacteria is in the water every day OF
the year.
It is proposed, in order that the
entire water question may be salts
factorily solved, to do practically the
same work with Mile Laos water.
Samples will be taken from the lake
several times each month and these
samples examined. The results. with
the river and Mile Laos water will be
submitted to whomsoever is appointed
as expert to advise the councils
special water committee on the kind OF
filtration plant to use, if filtration be
adopted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

A general uprising is threatened in
Finland and the despotic government
of Russia is responsible. 1t appears
that the Finnish parliament had
agreed that the country should con-
tribute 100000 annually toward the
fund for the defense of the Russian
empire and that Russia accepted the
proposition. The Russian cabinet
now demands that this amount be
doubled and the Films have refused to
accede to the extortionate request.
An armed uprising would, however,
avail these oppressed people naught.
They constitute but mere handful
compared with the hordes which
Russia could pour into their little
country in the event of hostilities.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

After carefully reading the various
versions of the most noted astrono-
mers anent the antics which old Hal
ley's comet will cut up we have ar
rived at the conclusion that mortals
need have no apprehension for their
safety when the tailed star reaches it's
nearest points,, 900, 900 miles dis
tant from the earth. That will be on
May 10 of next year, and at that time
the comet will scoot across the face
of the earth, making a sky rocket like
noise which is inaudible to the most
intent listener. It's tail may be plain
~ seen, however, without the aid of a
telescope, and directly after it's pas
sage you will be able to scoop hand
,fuls Of star dust from terra irma
which it dropped on it's way. This
star dust may be worth money and
may not. We don't know. Further
Information regarding this comet will
be published if the astronomers dis
cover anything new regarding it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07
From st. Louis to st. C,oud

Flying from st. Louis to northern
Minnesota, passing over the twin
cities in the night, the balloon ST.
Louis III, with S. L. Won Phul of St.
Louis as pilot, probably has won the
Lahm cup for the longest flight.
The cup was held by Captain C. de
Forest Chandler of the United States
army, but when Won Phul passed over
St. Cloud, Mimi, early yesterday he
had exceeded by about sixty miles the
distance sailed by the present holder
OF the trophy. St. Cloud is over SOC
miles from ST. Louis as the crow flies.
Captain Chandler won the cup in
October, 1907, by voyaging from St.
Louis to Walton, W. Va, 474.8 miles.
The st. Louis III. started from St.
Louis Monday at 4:3O p. M, in race
that was one of the features Of the St.
Louis centennial celebration.
The balloon Indiana also reached
into Minnesota, landing near ST.
Cloud, where the occupants we're
thrown out and slightly injured.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

The Rock Island Railway company
is engaged in the formulation of a
comprehensive pension system for it's
employees which is commendable.
The basis of the system is somewhat
different from that of other roads
which are paying pensions. Elective
retirement will occur at the age of IS
years and compulsory retirement at
TO, and to be entitled to participation
in the benefits of the pension fund the
employe must have been with the road
for at least twenty-five years. The
amounts to be paid the pensioners
have not yet been determined, but it
is announced that they will be suffi-
cient to enable them to live in COM
parative comfort.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

There is considerable newspaper
twaddle anent the dedicate and diff.
cult position Gov. Eberhart has to
fl]," etc. There is nothing delicate
or difficult about the position. II
some ofice-holder dies or resigns(?)
he will have to fill the vacancy, be
will be called upon to afix his sigma.
ture to a land patent or other official
paper occasionally, he ought to visit
the state institutions once in a while,
he must not overlook the university
football games, receive visitors grace
fully and draw his salary regularly.
If his private secretary and executive
clerk are worth their salt he can
absent himself from the Office for a
week or a month-as some of his pre-.
decessors have done-and the affairs
of state will not come to a standstill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

One James D. Wood of St. Paul, in
an article published in the Pioneer
Press, attempts to prove that the
gallant old First Minnesota did not
render any especially meritorious
service at Gettysburg, in fact he
doubts if General Hancock ordered
the regiment to charge the enemy IS
assaulting column. The officers and
men OF the First Minnesota who, par
ticipated in the second days fight
ought to know more about the work
performed by the regiment than
Captain Wood who, according to his
own admission, was an assistant
adjutant general of different
brigade than that to which the First
Minnesota was attached. That the
First Minnesota did, under the direct
order of General Hancock, charge the
Confederate assaulting column and
hold it in check until reinforcements
arrived and gap in the Union lines
was closed is we'll authenticated by
history, and by participants in the
fight who are still alive. Captain
Woods paper is predicated on sur
misses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07
A Canny Minister.

A newly appointed Scottish minister
on his first Sunday of office hac
reason to complain of the poorness O.
the collection.
''Mon,' replied one of the elders
"they are close-vera close. But. ,
conidentially, "the auld meenister be
put three or four saxpance into the
plate hissel', just to gle them start
OF course he took the saxpence ava
with him afterwards.
The new minister tried the same
plan, but the next Sunday he again
had to report dismal failure. The
total collection was not only small,
but he was grieved to find that his
own sixpences we're missing.
eye may be better preacher than
the auld meenister," exclaimed the
elder, "but if ye had half the
knowledge o. the world, an o. yer air
flock in particular, ye'd ha' done
what he did an glued the sixpences tc
the plate. dundee Advertiser,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

The libel suit of Theodore Roose-
welt ct al. against Delavan and Chas.
r. Williams, proprietors of the In
dianapolis News, in the Panama pur-
chase matter will come on for hearing
at Indianapolis on October IL, Judge
Anderson of the United States district
court having refused an application
from the department of justice for a
recontinuance. This case has been
dragging along for many months and
in justice to the defendants, who have
been put to considerable expense, it
is only fair that it be disposed Of.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

District Attorney jerome Of New
York, who is making single-handed
fight for reelection, characterizes
Judge William J. Taylor, Tammany's
nominee for the mayoralty, as "a
political charlatan' and as that
most abhorrent product, a political
judge whose so-called personal liberty
decisions have served as protection
to law breakers. Did Mr.. jerome
expect that Tammany would nominate
a saint?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

The department. of agriculture has
opened an alcohol school at Washing
ton and is giving free instructions in
the manufacture of the stuff and the
method of it's standardization. Waste
OF time, Mr.. Wilson. People will re.
fuse to manufacture denatured alec.
hol until you demonstrate that it can
be produced at less cost than gasoline
can be bought for.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07
Tries the Kerosene Route.

Guy Larson, who, with his mother,
lives on the Woodman farm IN the
town OF Baldwin, on Saturday night
attempted suicide by pouring kerosene
over his clothes and applying a
match. Before the flames could be
extlnguished Larson received serious
burns on the body and arms. On the
previous day, it is said, he was
about to take paris green, but his
mother prevented him. DR.. Armitage
is attending the man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

President Taft has eaten opossum,
broiled coon, fried muskrat and
grilled alligator tail, but when a
greasy Igorrote at the Seattle exposi.
ton offered him boiled dog leg on
a forked stick he begged to be excused
and remarked, "My dear chief, you
have mistaken me for Mr.. Roosevelt,
He is a great lover of dogs"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

j. NJ. Boies, the distinguished
French writer, predicts that hundred
years from now people will travel
through the air on bicycles. Con-
sidering the rapid strides in aero
nautics which the past few years have
made manifest it would not surprise
US if aerial bicycles came into general
use within the next quarter of a
century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07
Ben Hass to wrestle McAllister.

On Tuesday night next Ben Hass
Will wrestle Hugh McAllister,
champion welterweight of the Pacific
coast and challenger of the world, at
the armory in this Village. McAllister
mas defeated some of the best men in
5ne country while Hass is proving
nlmself a wrestler of remarkable
ability. McAllister is going through
MS daily training under Frank Grit,
the .well-known Milwaukee boxing and
mat promoter.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

Edwin CHM, the Boston publisher,
proposes to esta blish what he calls an
international school of peace, which
he will literally endow and contrib
ute. in addition, $4,000 annually for
its maintenance. Mr.. Ginn's ambi-
ton is to promulgate universal peace.
and if he succeeds in his purpose he
will have accomplished more than the
Hague tribunal or all the peace con.
crosses which ever met.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

=. q. CLAWS, who was recently dis
charged from his position as field
chief in the division Of the general
land Office, now threatens to lay
charges against the interior depart
ment before the country. The people
-or some of them-would no doubt
read his story, but they would take it
with a grain of salt. It would look
to them like a case OF revenge.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

A contemporary thinks that "Min.
nesOta is entitled to have the head OF
one of it's great men printed on a
series of postage stamps" It is, and
we suggest that the head of that noble
parsonage, Samuel Roosevelt Van
SAINT, be selected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07

A deal, says press dispatch, has
been effected by the harvester trust
with the sisal growers Of Yucatan
whereby it will virtually control the
output of the material. In that event
the independent binder Irvine manu-
facturers, including the state prisons,
will be compelled to close down their
plants. All the sisal used in the
manufacture Of binder Irvine is grown
in Yucatan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-10-07
Boat For Sale.

| will sell my boat with all the out
IT. sails, paddles, spars and rigging
for one-third the value and less than
the cost of the raw material, namely
soo. Better built than by regula,
boat builders. Will make fas,
launch because of very light draught
Oars can be fitted instead of paddles
She carries eight with ease and
have taken twelve. Yet she is ligh,
enough for two men to handle. Cal
before Saturday or address J. W
Heard, Princeton, MINI.