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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15
ONCE A MORTAL SIN
HOW OUR ANCESTORS DlscoUR.
AGED PERJURY.
Fearful Punishments Threatened
Failed to Deter Sinful Men from
the Crime-some Quaint
Folklore oaths.

During one of the occasional out.
groupings of pure thought with which
the recent Ruef trial in Judge Ca.
baniss' court in San Francisco was il
Eliminated, it was stated by a distin-
guished prosecutor that perjury has
become the greatest crime of the age
Perhaps the trouble is that perjury
does not entail such dire calamities
nowadays as it once did. Delying into
the subject with the spur of curiosity,
we learn that two or three centuries
ago it cost something to swear falsely.
Then it was a mortal sin rather than a
simple crime, and some Of the domestic
troubles which followed We're d curse
running to the seventh generation,
death from a lingering disease within
II months, or being turned into a
stone, swallowed up by the earth and
ever afterward crawling about as a
vampire.
Those punishments which deferred,
if one believed them. AS a matter OF
fact, few did, and people committed
perjury as merrily in the good old
seventeenth century as in the TWEEN,
tieth. Then, as now, the moral man
spoke the truth for practical moral
reasons and the immoral man lied for
immoral reasons
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15
STATE LAWS
Continued from page u

Sec. I. Be it further enacted, That
the county road supervisor shall be ex-
officio chairman of said board or boards,
and that there shall be kept full min
uteS of all the proceedings thereof, i'm
Guiding all bids made and all estimates
rendered and paid in a well-bound rec
ord book to be kept in the office of the
county court clerk open To- inspection
by any taxpayer of the county at all
times, and bids shall not be opened or
acted upon otherwise than in open
meeting, with all members of the par
ticular board present. The concurrence
of two of the three members of the
board shall govern in such meeting
The compensation of the chairman o.
the county court and of the road com
missioner for all services performed
under this act may be fixed by The
county court, not to exceed, however
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15

tion laws enacted before the Reforma-
ton, Mr., Folk is a beneficiary of q
superior officer elected bya Legislature
which was chosen under the old laws.
Is it possible that either of these
gentlemen believes that he was elected
under dishonest election laws?
For thirty years and more the De-
mocracy has controlled administra-
tons in Tennessee. In all these years
there has been but one break, and that
was due to democratic discussions.
Every election enactment inthe thirty
odd years has been 10y Legislatures
dominated by Democrats,
Has the work of these various Legis-
lative bodies been dishonest?
Were Bullock, and Kinney, and
White, and Enloe, and Folk the bene-
ficiaries of dishonest election laws? Is
the Hon. Carey Folk the appointee OF
a man elected by Legislature?
No, gentlemen. With your preten-
sions of temperance we have no quar-
rel. If you are for this policy now,
none can deny you the right to youl
opinions or expressions. This is a free
county, and The American would not
sanction abridgement of your rights
and privileges.
But when, inferentially, ifnot direct
ly, you impugn the integrity of thous
ands of Demoerats-some of them dead
and gone--who enacted the election
laws of Tennessee, you trench upon
dangerous ground.
Honesty is the best policy-honesty
in politics and in expression ms well as
in private life. When men, benef
Charles of the laws enacted by Demo
Gratis, cloak the designs under attempt,
to assail the method by which they
gained fame and fortune they neet
not be surprised if their honesty ant
sincerity are questioned. Play The
temperance string out if it profits, b1l'
do not be ungrateful to the party-re
membering that it is an unclean birC
which befouls its own nest.--NashvilC
American.
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kwo dollars day for twenty-five days;
provided, that such compensation shall
be paid by warrant Us aforesaid for
only days Of actual service under this
act returned under oath in writing for
record to the board aforesaid.
Sec. s. BE it further enacted, That
progress payments may be made by
warrant as aforesaid to contractors on
estimates signed by the county road
supervisor, final settlement to be made
and payment ordered in and by the
board in session as aforesaid.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
all county prisoners subject to labor
shall be employed upon such roads UNI
der the county road supervisor, when
in his judgment their number and con-
dition warrant such use. A guard or
guards. not TO exceed one for each ten
prisoners, may be employed by the SUI
pervisor, payable by said board out OF
funds of the district where said prison.
ers are at labor.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That
the purpose of this act is the creation
of special fund or funds for the &C
quirement of new routes, the grading
or improvement by macadamiEing OF
roads or parts Of roads so acquired OF
now in existence as public roads, and
the same shall not be construed to be
in lieu of the highway tax provided by
the general road law to be levied on all
taxable values of the county, and that
the provisions of this act shall apply
to incorporated towns and cities, and
that the said general highway tax may
be expended lin whole or in part in
ard or supplement of the roads herein
provided for, or not, as may be deter
mined by the authorities charged 10y
law with the expenditure of the gener,
al highway tax.
Sec. II. BE it further enacted, That
all laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this act, inclusive of act of 1903
chapter 27l, passed April s, 1903, be
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec IL, Be it further enacted, Thai
this act take effect from and after iii
passage, the public welfare requiring it
Passed April rs, 1909.
NJ. HILLSMAN TAYLOR,
Speaker House of Representatives
WILLIAM KINNEY,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved April 2S, 1909.
MALCOLM r.. PATTERSON,
] Governor
A true 0opy--Attest;
: iALLUN w. COOLIDGE,
Secretary Of State.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15
OFFICERS INSTALLED

Last Monday night the officers Of
Watauga Lodge, No. 2l9, l. o, 0, r.
were installed by District Deputy
Grand Master, G. S. GaIliher, as fol-
lows; $, 81. Stonecipher, n, G.; S. w.
Price Y. G.; IF. II. Gillian, r. $; W.
l. Hart F. s.; G. S. Galliher, Treas.
Fred Talley, r. S. n. g.; &. s. CALI
her, L. 5. n. G.; Berry Wilson, Warden
w. Il. O'Brien, Con-; Chas. Jenkins,
r. ;. S; JAS Henry, l.. ;. S; d. G.
King, |. G; Sam Boiling, O. G; J. T..
White, Chap; w. J. Bellamy, ItosL
George Hobson, r. S. V. G; W. T.
Fogleman, L. S. V. G.; d, A. Vine,
was elected representative 90 the Crane
Lodge for two years.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15
Why Sperry Was Wrong

Rear Admiral Spery, whose I'M
rufIled dignity and legal trend Of
thought has given him the reputation
of a just officer, far removed from
wardroom jokes, was watching with
interest a party of children who were
being shown over the flagship Con
necticut while the feet was here nc
a lieutenant who stood by his side he
remarked on the intelligence the chill.
dren evinced in the questions they
were asking
Eyes, sir" 1.-THE lieutenant replied.
"They will tell their fathers and
mothers about this for months to
come" the rear admiral went on, un.
bending a little in his interest In the
children,
NO, sir" replied the lieutenant
II say they will tell their paren.c
about this when they get home" IA
pested the admiral
mo, sir, they won't do that, "srepiie,
the lieutenant
What do you mean?" asked the at
miral, turning ab.Eg,rPson the youn
officer.
Beg PARDON sig@ Ethese are o.
phans. San Frar.asco Chronicle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15

In the course of debate on the tariff
question the other day the brilliant
senator, Bob Taylor, of Tennessee, said
that "the vulture of protection is
soaring from the Dingley minimum to
the blue cerulean of the Aldrich-Pay
maximum with the American farmer
hanging by the seat of his pants in its
taons.n That's what we call pictur'
esque truth, "-Tama, Iowa, Democrat
Editor A. f. Jackson is brother Of
our townsman, NJ. Jackson.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15

Why not change the name of the
Rhode Island senator to Allrich?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15

II now transpires that the late de-
mented legislature has abolished capt.
tai punishment by passing an uncon-
stitutional bill and prisoners sentenced
to be hanged can not be legally eXecut-
ed-but they are not kicking.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15
To Water Consumers

Water rents for the querter ending
Sept. 30, 1893. are now due and
payable at the office of the Watauga
Water Co. on Spring street. If not
paid on or before July 10 the service
will be discontinued without further
notice, July !, 1909.
W Watanga Water Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15

Mrs. I. h, Bectner and the Misses
Carr enterlam&N Wednesday, afternoon
in honor OF Nrs belong Rice,0f Nash
vile, at tha home OF Mrs Beckner on
Unala Avenue.
Invitations have been ISSUED by Miss
Katherine Wilson to an entertainment
at High Point South ON next Monday
evening III honor Of her guest, Mis-,
katherine Wall.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15
COMMFRCIAL-AP-
PEAL NOTES,

PEAL NOTES,
Over in Turkey there is harem out
of a job.
ayes, " said Cy Lyle, when he return
ed to Johnson City, 81 nutsundaed in
Chattanooga
Judge Hart, of Nashville, evidently
has his doubts about beerine's being an
Intoxicating liquor.
Nobody but squaw democrat would
think of drinking enough near beer TO
get intoxicated.
Somebody sent Cy Lyle a bottle
marked "Old Taylor and Cy is taking
it internally as an antiseptic.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-07-15

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-11-08
N0TAS ! uOT|c|AS

-segdn informes obtenidos de-
gobernador Cotton, Sc prepare rea
liar un vlaje a la isla, dentro de un
plazo de 10 a - dias.
Entire los delegados a la Camara
que concurrieron a Ia toma de pose
sion del nuevo gobernador, el sabado
estaba nuestro compatrlota el LIDO.
Cay Coll-Cuchy-. De la camara con
currieron 7 delegados Y el secretario
segun lnformamos aver.
La Importation de Estados Uni
dosde Filipinas assemble en- el mesde
Setlembre dltimo S21.O36 por 81
613.976 en- igual mes del pasado ano.
En- el expresado mes fue que comen
aaron a regir las nuevas tarifas aran
celanas aprobadas ultimamente por
el Congreso norteamericano.
Ell sabado estuvieron paseando
en- coche por Santurce, el goberna-
dor Cotton y su distinguida hermana
-Debldamente autorlzado por las
"junta de defnsade las clases obreras
afllladas la Union de P. Rico ha
dado cuenta su de constitution uno
Gle sus miembros & inciadores a Ia
junta central de Ia Union de P. Rico
-Ha estado en- San Juan con mo
two de Ia llegada del nuevo gober
nador, el fiscal de la corte de distrito
de Guayama Lido. Mestre, que regre
sa hoy su residencia en- aquella ciu
dad.
El sabado despues de las - estu-
vo en- Ia Mansion Ejecutiva el jefe
del partido republicano Lido, Guz-
man Benitez, acompanado de los
Sres. que en- representation de los
comite locales Gle dicha colectivi-
dad respondieron a la invitacion
del expresado jefe. Segtin informes
concurrieron a San Juan 270 perso-
mas pertenecientes a los referidos CO.
mites. La vista segun Sc informa |
fue corta y Sc rcdujo a un canbio
Gle cortesias entire el nuevo gDber-
nador Y sus visitantes.
Una mesa para despacho del ayu
dante del gobernador Coltol, ST.. |
Parra-Capo, ha sido colocada en- el |
'"salon del trono" de la Mansion FL
cutiva al lado de la del secletario
particular. Todavia mole han ido fl
ladas al ayudante las horas De ofici- !
ma; pero porahora acompalnra en-
toda salida al gobernado. en- su
calidad deayudante.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-11-08
COMO Sc CAE DE UN NIDO.

Ell organo incor porodo Sc decide
en- SUI edici6n del sabado, q pregun
ia:
.dQue hcieron los gobiernos de
Puerto Rico del couddl immense de
s'mpdtios que los puertorriquehos
dtesorobdn hacia los americdnoso
Deducciones: que habia un caudal
immense de simpatias por los ameri
I canos;que ese caudal Sc ha perdido
y no 10 encuentra "El Tempo; que
los goblernos de Puerto Rico hciie
ron con esa simpatia algo que dicho
dlar.o desea saber.
Buen maestro el tempo ;verdad9
Esos caballeros llamaban 4 slls her
manos decididos defcnsores dc nues
tros dercchos. anti amer1canos,
\ ahora ;quien 10 creyera! ahora an
dan buseando que Sc han hecho las
lnmensas simpatias.
Pues NADIA; va Sc sabe que auien
debe contestar al contemporaneo
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-11-08

aquel respectable. Es muy oportuno
que todos los o6ciales de Ia admins
TRACTION, Sc muestren proplclos a ia
cilitar information de sus actos, co
pias de documentos de los archives,
notas estadisticas, detalles de Ia
marcha interior de sus oflcinas, T..
Hay muchos errores que es necesa
rio desvanecer He aqul someramen
te casos PRACTICES. Sc comete un cri
men, y como no sea por lnformes de
los corresponsales que tienen los pc
riodicos en- la isla, aparte de la notl
cia no hay information Official Sc
consldera que NADIA debe saberse has
ia que no Sc celebre la vista. Esto no
Sc We mas que en- esta isla. Cuando
un jefe de policia, un juez instructor
8 un fiscal, ,estan investigando un de
Ito, pueden y deben informar al pu
bllco del estado de sus gestlones. 81
de las gestiones Sc derlva que la pu
blicidad puede perturbar una pista
8 facilitar la fuga de persona sobre
la cual recaen sospechas entonces
deben aquellos funcionarios callar,
porque Ia publicidad podria poner
en- peligro el buen exito de su traba
10. Pero inmedlatamente que esa
circumstance transitoria desapare
ce, pueden y deben lnformar de to
dos sus actos, con copla de docu
mentos y procedimientos llevados
a la practica. In chino Sc sospecha
que mato no hece mucho en- New
York a la joven Elsie Llegel y ola
por dfa, hora por hora, ochenta mi
Homes de almas conocieron los mas
pequenos detalles del trabajo de la
justicia.
.Aqui un detective parece ternblar
cuando le lnterroga un perlodlsta;
un policia considera una falta infor
mar 4 la prensa de un suceso.
Todo ESQ necesita rectihcacion.
Tiene este pals un pleito en- Scran
ton Pa. Signifca esa question Ia su
ma de 100000. La legislature ha
votado creditos para pleitar. iY no
es possible, no obstante haber pasa
do meses Y meses, conocer ell estado
en- que Sc halla el celebre plelto que
fue producido por la incuria y el nal
regimen de los oticiales del gobierno
que 10 causaron
Este diario trabaja hace tempo
por obtener y ofrecer al publico esa
information, y nj aun ha podido sa
berse el nombre del abogado que Sc
encarg6 de defender los intereses de
nuestro pals.
ESQ no es justo. Nuestro pueblo
debe ser informado de todo 10 que
lie concierne Y debera acabar con la
que rodea a importantes
asuntos cuya information y docu
mentos no fueron Facilitates a la
prensa.
Pero ahora despues de Ia entire
vista a que aludimos, hay que espe
rar que el sistema Gamble. Sin du
da el gobernador Cotton dispondra
que Ell todos los dep artamentos del
gobierno Sc obre en- consonancla con
sus disposiciones al afecto.
La Correspondence" aprecia la
eortesfa que con SUI representante
Sc sirvio tener el gobernador Cotton,
en- la entrevista con los periodistas.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-11-08
CASA GE|GEL.,

Ei establecimiento mas moderno
de San Juan.
La CASA GEIGEL invita- 4 su
numerosa y distinguida cuenteia
y al p1biico en- general, a que exa-
mine el surtido de articuios de la mas
alta novedad recientementte impor-
tado de Estados Unidos. En- ei vapor
que condujo al nuevo gobernador
vinieron preciosidades en- adornos
para trajes de solree, teatro y paseo;
pi piumas para sombreros y adornos de
cabeza iindislmos; encajes VaIen-
clennes superiores a cuanto Sc habia
traldo a Puerto Rico hasta ahora;
tiras bordadas encantadoras, apli-
caclones en- Vaienciennes, bordadosf
seda, crochet, etc. BLUSAS DE HI
LO finisimas, faidas de Chiffon
Panama, Ultima moda, TRAJES
HECHOS para Bale, Teatro 8 REU
MON, de una confeccion irrepro-
chabie, hechos por una de las mods
tas mas renombradas de Ia Quinta
Avenida de New York. Los adornl
para trajes que acaban de iiegar son
de los mas finos Y elegantes que Sc
lmportan en- Estados unidos de
Paris. Esperanse SOMBREROS PA
RA SENORAS, de Ultima moda.
4 proposito de sombreros: Ia CASA
GElGEL no copia slls mode,os; los
vende inmediatamente despues de
reciblrios, protegiendo a su distin-
sulda c,lenteia de las copias enojosas
Una vez que se>haya recibido to-
dos los articuIos de novedades, Ia
CASA GEIGEL ce,ebrara una gran
fiesta en- commemoraci6n de su
APERTURE OFFICIAL.
La CASA GEIGEL es hoy indu-
dabiemente el establecimiento me-
jor montado de Ia Isia; con una Or
ganlzacl6nco mpietamente moderna.
Il local es ei mas bonito de San Juan
sus propletarios no descansan en- SUI
de ACADIA + con ei reinado de
.os saidos, trayen do siempre mercan
cla fresca, conforme a los preceptos
de Ia m oda imperante.
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CONFERENCIA CON
LOS PERIODISTAS.

La entrevista del gobernador Col
ton con los periodistas fue muy cor
dial Y cortts.
LA Correspondence" confia mu
cho en- que las dotes de gobierno del
Sr. Cotton, merezcan siempre la a
probaci6n, y el auxiio de la prensa
peri6dioa, para dar el mas pronto
termino 8 Ia situaci6n de que este
pals esta descontento.
Las afables insinuaciones del 60
bernador 4 los periodistas, pusieron
aver en- contacto dos fuerzas: Ia fuer
"a del gobierno, resistente cuando
actua dentro de la justicia y de la
ley, y la fuerza de Ia prensa, ener
gno poder dentro de la cultura del
siglo Xxx, y avanzada, cada cual en-
su pueblo, de la patria en- que Sc ha
tenido el honor de nacer.
FL gobenador estuvo muy galan
te con los periodistas. Estos le mere
cieron rehexivas indicaciones, y com
prendieron que 10 que ellos dijo el
Sr. Cotton, es 10 nlismo que hubiera
dicho Il Herald, Journal American,
World, EVENING Post, Sun, g., y
81 hubiera ado electo gobernador del
estado de New York. Y como aque
Hos grandes diarios pensarian en- tai
case, los periodistas de Puerto Rico
piensan tambien, pareciendoles muy
de apreaar el interes que el goberna
dor mostro en- Ia conferencia por me
jorar las adversas e injustas circuns
tancias que han rodeado en- la isla
s las fuentes de information de esa
Prensa.
LA Correspo ndencia" considera
que el mejor ser vicio es el de la yer
dad. Y afrma, en- tai concepto, que
los gobiernos de la isla, hablando en-
general, no han tenido para la prem
sa toda la cortesfa y respeto que de
bieron.
Con exception de algunos funcio
narios de la administration Y con
exception tambien de los gobernado
res civlles que, mas 8 menos, mostra
ron siempre deferencia para los ser
vicios de information, puede asegu
rarse que la administration ha sido
un muro contra el cual Sc estrello
siempre Ia necesidad de informar a
nuestro pueblo de los actos del go
bierno. Huho oficinas muy corteses
que dijeron hacer cuanto pudieron,
pero no fue nlucho 10 que hicieron.
Llegose q Greer en- el pafs, que Sc anna
ba 9 Sc necesitaba el secreto. Como,
segun la Unpopular ley impuesta 4
este pats, los jefes de departsmentos
solo tienen que dar cuenta de sus ac
tos a otros jefes de departamentos
del gobierno de Washington, muchos
llegaon 4 Greer que al gobierno de
la isla importabale POGO que ella es
tuvlera Q no enterada de sus asun
tos. Esto fue causa de descontento.
Tratose veces de asuntos que afec
taban un interes politico, y como es
te pueblo es eminentemente politico
como todo pueblo que lucha contra
la OPPRESSION, v el lucha por sus liber
tades hace mas de cincuenta amos,
aquelladihcultad de obtener in forma
ci6n producfa perplejidad y DISCUS
to en- nuestros centres politicos Y
sociales. Otras veces eran asuntos
economics los que despertaba n in
teres, Y como el dinero de los puer
torriquenos no esta administrado
por ellos sino que el Congreso nos
ienvia administrators para regirle,
una grsndisima curiosidad tenian
nuestros economists y fnancieros
y concentrates y agricultores in
dustnales, L., por conocer noticias
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curioso que con tanta elegancia y
y serafIco talante 6eseiende de su
nldo, son los gobiernos de la isla.
Gobiernos como Ia ley que los en-
gendra, muy ontiamereanos 5ver
dad2
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CABLES.

A la hora de entrar en- prem
sa nuestra edici0n de hoy
q D. M no hemos recihido los
cables de nuestro servicio Ca
blegrafico.
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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-27

Senator Carter of Moptana was the principal speaker. His subject was Conservation, but he devoted most of his time to telling of the work be- ing done by the national congress to aid the farmer. Senator Carter held out but little hope of a federal appro- priation for the benefit of the Dry Farming Congress, though the experl- ments will be continued. Dr. L. J.. Briggs of the physical labratory of the department of agriculture spoke upon "Rainfall and Evaporation in Dry Farming Sections of the United States
 The bureau of plant industry of Washington was represented by J. w. Westgate, who spoke of "Forage Plants for Dry Lands.
 E. l.. Moody of Spokane spoke up on Progress of Dry Farming In the Inland Empire"
 Other addresses were delivered by George A. Day, state land commissioner for Idaho; Professor c. S. Knight, of the University of Nevada; Dr. w. X, Sudduth of Broadwater, Mont, and Professor Fred Merrill of Utah.