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DECISION FOR NEW
BOARD OF ELECTIONS

I Nashville, June 14.-Chancellor AL
lison today rendered his decision in the
injunction proceedings of the state
board of elections against the new
board, appointed under the act of 1909
in favor of the defendants, holding that
the act of 1909 amending the act of 1907
is, as whole, constitutional. He eX-
pressed grave doubts AS to the validity
of the election of the new board by the
general assembly under the act of 1909
but held that, if the heclection wasi in any
manner illegal, the illegality is offset
by the election of the same board by
the secretary of state, comptroller and
treasurer. The temporary injunction
asked for is denied.
The case decided this morning has
been under consideration by Chancellor
Allison since Saturday, June and was
taken under advsement after hard
fought contest by eminent legal lights
on either side.
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ACKLEN
IS CAME
WARDEN
DECISION BY
JOHN ALLISON
UUIW. lnUINT JUN Hrr[hL1
The Case Will Go to The Supreme
Court for Final Decision
by That Tribunal.
COM. THOMPSON APPEALS

Nashville, Tenn, June 14.-Accord-
ing to a decision handed down this
morning by Chancellor John Allison,
Col. J. HI. Acklen, is the rightful game
warden of Tennessee, and Commission
er of Agriculture John Thompson, APP
pointed to the post by the last legisla-
ture has no right to serve, on the
ground that the act passed was uncon-
titutional and void.
In the opinion handed down, no men,
ton was made as to the attacks made
on the act, and the entire opinion was
devoted to the constitutionality of the
act. COl. Aclllen contended that the
legislature had no authority to take
the office from him and vest it in an.
other official without abolishing the
office, which was not done. Commits
sioner Thompson contended that he
was the proper person to look after the
duties of game warden and that he was
properly appointed
Commissioner Thompson will take
the case to the supreme court for fin
al decision.
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A STRONG TESTIMONIAL
FROM SHERIFF UNION co,

Maynardsville, Tenn, Nov. "a, 1908
To whom it may concern:
BE 1t known that my wife was atllict-
ed with intlammatory rheumatism in
both feet for four years. During this
time her feet were swollen SO much that
she could not walk but with great diff
Guilty nor put on her shoes, aud she suf-
fered very much,
| procured for her bottle of {" Rheu-
mathol," and to our surprise and JOY
this one bottle OF medicine with Gods
blessing entirely removed the swelings
of her feet, and relieved the pain. We
are truly thankful for this good medi-
cine and gladly recommend it to our
friends as cure for rheumatism.
FREED BAILEY, Sheriff.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 9ith day of November, 1908.
j. /. MOORE, Clerk Circuit Court
Rheumathol stops the pain and cures
all kinds of rheumatism. Sold by all
druggists In johnson City, Jonesboro
and Elizadethton. 1898
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WHISKY MAY BE SOLD
IN JOHNSON COUNTY.

Bristol, June l4,-There is a spot in
Johnson county, Tenn, where whisky
may be legally sold after July 1. ac-
cording to the best legal authority in
Bristol. 1t is on very large tract cf
timber, consisting of $4,000 acres, and
there is not school house or a build
ing of any kind within six miles of it.
The statewide prohibition law pre-
scribes that whisky shall not be sold
within four miles of any school house,
whether the school be in session or not.
1t merely provides where whisky shall
not be sold. Lawyers here say that q
person could obtain license TO sell IL
quor, under the Tennessee law, and do
a general shipping business from this
spot.
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FOR CITY SCHOOLS
NEXT SESSION
REF F0RMs INAUGURATED
Children Must be Healthy and
Will Drink From Bubbling
Spigots.

The board of education of the city
schools was reorganized last week and
held four meetings at which teachers
for the ensuing years were elected and
business of vital importance was tran
sacted.
The members of the board are: Dr.
f, S. Miller, president; l. A. Bittle,
secretary and Treasurer; ]. T. Brown
ing, j. e. Brading, J. M. Buck and
Harry Parrot.
A resolution was adopted by the
board, the aim of which of which is to
preserve the health of the pupils and
prevent the spread of infections dis
cases.
AT the opening of school each teach
er and pupil will be requested TO un-
dergo medical examination and if any
one is found with a contagious disease
that he shall be excluded from school
until the ailment shall be cured. Also
it was decided by the board that sani-
tary drinking fountains shall beinstall-
ed at all the school buildings before
the opening Of the next session.
The following are the names of the
faculty:
Prof. I. +. Utterback, superintend-
ent; Misses Lena Barton, Tompsie Bax-
ter, Elizabeth Carr, Bonita Cloyd,
Rhoda Compbell, Adeline Deadericl,
Regina Eiseman, Margaret Fain, Floy
Harris, Eva Lyle, Lalla Lyle, Kathe-
rine Owen, Amy Preston, May Reeves,
Lois Reeves, Willie Reeves Bess Pain
ter, Lille Painter, Cordella Tomlinson,
Ella Russel, Sue Rogan, Sara Nugent,
Messrs. T. S. Crouch, M. f. Meadows,
j. III. Miser, J. B. Perry and John f.
Templin.
The following are the teachers for
the colored schools of the city:
j, n. Erwin w. NJ. Banner, Mamie
Hankel, Maria SilVers, Sadie Vim
Bowers, Eugenia Grimes, Julia Yard
and Edith Weems.
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manning in it until a, M. The train
leaves Washington for the west at llO
a. M, but the sleeper will be open at
ten o'clock the night previous.
The Memphis special will be the fast
est and finest train operated by the
Southern Railway on any of its lines.
The equipment will be the most ele-
giant of any train in the south, it is
claimed. 1t is to be made up at the
beginning with an entirely new consist,
all sleepers, coaches, ETC., to be right
out of the shops. The first train will
leave New York for the south and west
at 9:25 p. M, Saturday, June 19, and
will pass through Johnson City at 1891
p. m. Sunday. The first train out of
Memphis for the east will leave that
city at S:l5 p. m. Sunday, June 20, and
passes through Johnson City at l1:3O
a. IN. Monday. The time between
Memphis and Knoxville is shortened
three hours and half and six hours
between Memphis and Washington.
From Memphis to Chattanooga,
trains al and AZ will be discontinued.
From Chattanooga east, there will be
no change for trains Al and AZ.
In addition to the new train, there
will be several schedule changes. Trair
No. A, Knoxville to Bristol, will, effec
tive June 20, leave Knoxville at $50 a
M, arriving in Bristol al 1890 a. m.
Train No. 3, west bound, will leave
Bristol at 4 p. m, and arrive in Knox
vile at $3.50 p. m.
Trains Nos. 81 and 312 between Nor
ristown and Bristol, will be discontin
ued.
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to meet-it may be the last time on
earth--and recall the pictures which
hang in the hall of memory, live again
the moving scence of battle, and re-
peat the stories of the campfire and the
march?
Since Sumpter fell, nigh half cen
tury has passed in the endless process
sion of time, and of the great army
which followed the call of the bugle,
and fought on a thousand battletelds,
your are the remnants, waiting now
for the last call which will come, sound
ing clear and low and unite in the Ely
sian fields beyond-every soldier who
wore the gray.
We pray that your lives may be
spared, but oil our suppliCations will
not avert the darts of time, and the
footballs of death approach, silent as
the falling snow, swift as an eagle in
its flight.
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A good, reliable family remedy some
thing that every member of the family can
use when the occasion requires-is some
thing worth knowing about. Mrs. Murray,
of Muncie, Ind, has had DR.. Caldwell $
Syrup Pepsn in her house for over FIVE
years, and when one bottle is used up she
gets another. 1t is Invaluable in constipa-
ton, indigestion and other stomach, liver
and bowel troubles
1t is absolutely guaranteed to do what is
claimed, and il you would like to try it be-
fore buying, send your address for free
sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co., iI9
Caldwell Bldg, Monticello, ILL., 1t is sold
by all druggists at soc and 81 bottle.
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The Sunrise Of Life.

Infants and children are constantly need
ing laxative. 1t is important to know
what to give them. Their stomach and
bowels are not strong enough for salts,
purgative waters or cathartic pills. powders
or tablets. Give them a mild, pleasant
gentle laxative tonic like DR.. Caldwell's s
Syrup Pepsin. 1t is the one great remedy
for you to have in the house to give children
when they need it.
II is absolutely guaranteed to do what we
claim, and if you want to try it before buy
ing, send your address for a free sample
bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co rI9 Caldwell
Bldg, Monticello, Ill. 1t is sold by all
druggists at soc and 81 bottle.
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Stops for Nos. 25 and rs, in addition
to those mention above: Grand Junct.,
Corinth, Tuscumbia, Decatur, Hunts
vile, Stevenson, Cleveland, Morris
town, Greeneville, Johnson City and
Charlottesville,
The Memphis special will consist of
Pullman drawing room sleeper, Mem
phis to New York, a Pullman drawing
room sleeper Memphis to Washington,
first class coach from Memphis to
Washington, first class combination
coach and baggage, Memphis to Wash
ington, dining car, Chattanooga to
Charlottesville, distance sufficient to
serve all three meals en- route. The
tram shOrtens the time between Mem
phis, Washington and New York six
hours, making the distance in thirty
four hours. The train will arrive in
Washington at 1915 a. m. but occu-
pants of the Memphis Washington
sleeper will have the privilege of re-
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Could Not Be BETTER.

No one has ever made salve, ointment
lotion or balm to compare with Bucklen' S
Arnica Salve. Its the one perfect healer or
cuts, corns, burns, bruises, sores. scalds,
boils, ulcers, eczema, salt rheum. For sore
eyes, cold sores, chapped hands its supreme.
Infallable for piles. Only 25c at H. c.
Miller's.
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miration as fine a type OF man and
soldier as he who was born and bred
beneath these Southern skies.
Beaten, helples and overwhelmed,
there has never been time since he
grounded his arms that the Confeder-
ate was without country and without
a flag, for his country is the union, and
his flag is its starred emblem, symbol
of strength and sovereignty, of liberty
and law.
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INAUGRATED
NEXT SUNDAY
WILL CUT TINE SIX HOURS
To and From East-Several Other
Trains are Also to be Changed
on the Same Date.

In addition to putting on fast
through train between Memphis and
Washingtonnext Sunday, the Southern
Railway will make several schedule
changes.
The train is to be known as the Men,
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ValOr World Famous.

Soon the earth, kind and patient
mother-frOm which all men have
sprung and to which all men shall go
will spread her mantle of green over
the last soldiers grave, and the tenant
less bodies will comminge with her
dust.
Soldiers, there is not nook or cor
ncr of the world where your valor is
not known.
Those with whom you cOntended on
the bloody field, accord you every mar
tial virtue, and in our hearts your
memories are enshrined, and your
deeds of daring will be handed down
to generations yet unborn.
1t is an honor to speak for the great
state of Tennessee on this occasion
but have another greater than any
which kings may bestow-more lasting
than any title which circumstance or
the favor of man may clothe me, for l
am the son of a confederate soldier.
And in the days to come, when l
look down the vista of time, and see
this riven land, bossoming with the
flowers of peace, when science, art and
industry have wrought their wonder
service to man, when millions shall
live ia that golden age of which we
now can only dream, it the midst OF
the wealth and splendor of that won.
derful day, the crowning honor and
consummate glory of it all shall be the
name and heritage of the Confederate
soldier
1t is no tesk for Tennessee to vel.
come you, for there is no state which
can love you more--none TO whom the
service can be more pleasing or more
holy, for she was part of the very
wrap and woof of the old Confederacy
Your trials have been her trials, youl
grief her grief, and the imperishable re
nown you have whom, from fate and
circumstance on crimson fields of glory
is the rightest Jewel in her diadem.
Yes, from the Eastern mountains, or
whose towering SUBMITS first break
the morning rays, to this mighty rivel
which leaves it Western border, anC
beyond whose tawny waves the tireC
god of day sinks to rest in the evening
the earth trembied with the tread o
armed men, every hill shook with The
impace of contending forces, every val
ley and every plain was moist with th,
tears of women and the blood of thei
sons.
Tennessee Loved COnfederaCy.
Did Tennessee love the Confederacy
Go to Shiloh, where a great victory
was turned to ashes before its fruit
were tasted!
Linger on the field at franklin, ant
hear again the shrieck of shell and tn
leaden storm which ragged that awfu
, day!
, Pause at Stones river, whose edge
were red when the battle was over!
) Go to Chickamauga and Missionar,
Ridge and see once more that belt O
| fire and the baleful glare throw
! against the wall of the sky itself!
/ Go look at the man on horseback
5 at Forrest-whose daring rides, swif
: and unerring strokes brought disma,
. to the enemy-whose name and fame
! like some tall cliff when breaking da,
has scattered the mists Of the night
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Bell Did understand you to say
that the dentist overGharged you?
Nell-Yes; he gave me enough gas 10
initiate a balloon. Kansas City Journal.
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phis special and will be run between
New York and Memphis, by way of
Eynchburg, Bristol and Knoxville.
Going east, it will be train No. 26, and
No. % when westbound. The follow
ing is the complete schedule with all
stops, from Memphis to New York;
Train No. rs, east bound:
Central Time.
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81 have been somewhat costive, but
Doans Regulets gave just the results de-
sired. They act mildly and regulate the
bowels perfectly George B. Krause, goo
Walnut Ave, Altoona, Pa.
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CONFEDERATES
MEET IN MEMPHIS
THE GOVERNORS ADDRESS
Captures the Old Boys Who Wore
the Gray as Evidenced by the
Ovation He Received.

The governor was gracefully intro
duced by Maj. Gen. Mcdowell, and
was cheered again rs he stepped forth
TO deliver his address. In the mean
time, however, the chiors in the rear
had created biverson by breaking in
to the rollicking song of "Dixie," a
song that never fails to find Vociferous
response from any American gathering,
North or South.
The solo was rendered by Mrs. Ed
wards, and the instrumental accom-
paniment was given by SaXby's band.
The introduction TO the song was one
of the most picturesque and startling
events of the convention. AT the right
of the soloist, just at the center of the
tiers of seats on the back of the stage
occupied by the chirs, jaunty little
maid in crimson uniform arose and
sunded "assembly" upon the buge. 1t
was Miss Beatrice Bingham of Mem
phis.
Deliberately clearly, with exquisite
ly moduulated cadence, the notes of
the well know call ring out as the choir
with one motion arose in its place. And
before the breathlesS audience could
Suess what was coming next the whole
hundred or so of them had plunged in
TO the soul-stirring challenge of DiXie's
strains. 1t was several minutes before
the applause died down and Gov. Pat
terson was introduced and began his
address.
Gov. Patterson is one of the great
orators of the South. OF commanding
presence and powerful voice, he never
speaks without delivering a message.
There was considerable disorder in the
hall as he began, for the enthusiasm
stirred by the song and by his own ap-
pearance has stirred the people deeply;
but in a few moments the house was
absolutely quiet, and until the perorat
ion with its ringing sentiment swept
them off their feet the great gathering
gave him the most tlatlering aNentior
saving when the feeling evoked by his
sentiments provoked them into stormy
applause, as it frequently did. Gov
Patterson'r address, in full, is givei
here
Gov. PattersOn'S Address.
Old Soldiers--I shall not detain yol
long for, as look upon your faces,
know how poor are words to express
the emotions Of my heart.
How cold and empty does Language
seem compared with the surginl
thoughts which can never be uttered
never beyond the sacred portals of tn
soul.
How tender and pathetic-how full
of grace and inspiration is this reunion
of men who once fought for common
cause, and who now, when the snow
of winter are fallen, meet again in mu
tual exchange of love and recollection
What tie is stronger than that whicl
binds you to the undying past?
What call is higher than that whicl
has summoned you from distant place
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nIsn't he luclky?nis usually exclaim-
ed of the successful man, while what is
really ment is ''isn't he hard mark?'
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If you fear hot weather and bad bow,ls
DIR. fahrney's Te .ehing Syrup is yaui
friend and the baby comfort. ~
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"How old is Belle?''

"Twenty-four her last six birth
days" Boston Transcript.
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who died on the scaffold with a rope
around his neck, most like god!
Search for the mounds that dot her
surface from the highlands to the low
lands, where dust has returned to dust,
and tell me if Tennessee did her duty.
And now in these pulsing days of
peace, never forgetting these high
scenes and cherishing forever these
sacred memories, this peerless COM
monwealth opens her out stretched
arms, and her generous soul breathes a
prayer for every soldier who fell and
giver her royal welcome to ever one
who lives.
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Memories Live Forever.

Memories Live Forever.
Let the memory of the Blue live in
the North, for that of the Gray will
never perish in the South. 1t will not
weaken, but make stronger, the fabric
of the union.
AS two streams coming from two
springs which, in confluence, meet and
together form the rivulet which finds
its way to the see, so the blood of the
Blue and the blood of the Gray have
meet and, in unison, flows on to the il
hmitaqIe ocean of American greatness
and glory.
There are five acts in the immortal
drama you have played.
The first opens in the springtime of
life, when the thrill Of martial music,
under brave banners and tluttering
flags, with hopes as high and pure as
heaven, you went out to fight for home
and native land.
The next was the four years, when
''the sun was turned TO darkness and
the moon to bloodu-when valor met
valor from Manassas to the Wilder.
ness.
The third was when the storm had
passed and immortal Lee surrendered
broken army to his magnanimous
foe.
The fourth when the returning sold
ier, with sublime courage and indomit
able patience took up the work of re
habilitation, and won victory in peace
greater than any his adversary haC
won in war, when he made the whit,
race supreme on every foot of Southern
soil.
The fifth is now upon the boards
when these old soldiers reassembled t.
fight their battles DER and live again
the stirring deeds of other days.
But one by one they make their exit
and are lost TO view, and it will not b
long until the curtain shall fall upon
deserted stage for the last man VIII
wore the gray will soon pass off an,
above the stars reunite with his com
panions who have gone before to pas
in the last grand review before tn
throne of God.
Good Day Goodbye.
This is the day of meeting-it is ais
the day of parting. 1t is the hour G
, joy-it is also the hour of sorrow.
is good-day-it is goodbye.
May health and strength attend yo
here, and your dear ones at home.
May you find fellowship and happi
ness with your old comrades in arms
and when the prating comes, may tn
Father of mercies smooth your pillows
and make easy the way TO the silen
mansions of the dead.
May your last sleep be sound an
sweet beneath these bne and bendin
skies, may the "waters of the inlan
rivero murmur requiem for the brave
| may the Southern song bird find neN
note of sorrow in his throat for tn
passing of the gray, and a new burs
of joy that the old guard has gone to
happier and better land.
: To Him who ordained life or death
we leave the soldier and his country
and trust, like little children, to Hi
justice and love.
Madge-Miss AVordupois is tallin
horseback riding. Has she got OF
any fat?
Dolly-Yes; Off the horse.-Lippir
colts,
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Founded By Republic.

Men will always differ as to the cause
of war which brought on conflict
between people whose joint efforts
had founded mighty republic, whose
destinies appeared to travel the same
plane, whose race, religion, speech and
traditions were the same.
But the war came, and we may trust
and inscrutable Providence that it was
not fought in vain, and leave to the in
dustry and research of students to form
opinions upon which men may differ
without resentment, for it is idle now
to talk of right or wrong-it is treason
to mention treason.
Ispeak for the South, and ! would
have it repeated till the end of time,
that her part in that memorable strug-
gle was just, and was ended in a good
faith which has been the marvel of
mankind.
History has not recorded in all her
annals such an acceptance of the re-
suits of war, but history never before
recordedsuch war, or set down for adj
Putnam patriot., 1909-09-24

trousers had sifnfed up on fnefn- iDrn the Httge riQs cnme over 10 investigate. r.o. ard rubbed their moisf noses on those calves HntiI poor Pap HiIdreth had 10 If bis ie-s again. wilEeh was the signal for another onslaught from tlse raB.
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