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private property Of those who have pro-
vided the funds for their construction
and operation, but in a very real sense,
they are your railways. They are as
essential to your prosperity and progress
as are your industrial establishments.
They are the veins and arteries of your
commercial and industrial system, and,
just as bodily health is dependent on the
unobstructed circulation of the blood, so
the ability of your railways efficiently to
handle your commerce is essential to
your industrial and commercial we'll
being. You can not afford, therefore,
to stand apart from your railways, or to
be indifferent to the economic conditions
which surround them. Healthy pros
perity for them means enlarged oppor-
tunities in every field of human activity
in your locality.
A new railway has recently been
opened for traffic from your city to the
Carolinas. 1t is destined TO be an i'm.
portant factor in your future prosperity
You are dependent on it and it is de.
pendent on you. Out of this mutual
dependence grow reciprocal obligations
The obligation rests upon it to give you
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trunk line of the Carolina, Clinchfield
and Ohio is an event full of meaning
to the central south. The ownership
and control of that line of railway and
the control of an immese acreage Of
coal lands Immediately north Of us is
now, and for the first time, closely cor
related. There will never be a di-
vorcement of the one from the other.
This coal field is unsurpassed as to eX-
tent and character of coal-deposits, and
the railway is so constructed as to
grade, curvature and cross-ridge and
cross-mountain reach to the Sonth At
lantic seaports, as TO be without paral-
lei, in the south at least.
The honor of this epoch-making en-
terprise (for such it will prove to be-
must be accorded to two gentlemen
here present--Gen. John T. Wilder
and Mr.. Geo. l.. Carter The one was
the pioneer, who years ago blazed the
way in the coal fields of Virginia and
Kentucky, and in the beginning, in a
comprehensive way, of the railway
saytem. The other, by his genius in
industrial development, by his capaci.
ty for hard work, organization and
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mine, or the factory to put labor and
capital into the production of commodi-
ties which can not be transported to
market with reasonable dispatch.
What the commission thus said of the
United States as whole applies with
particular force to this section. Great
as has been your progress in the past,
when we consider the vast extent and
variety of your natural resources, it
may truthfully be said that the develop
ment of this region has only fairly been
commenced, As it continues, with the
bringing in of additional population and
additional capital the volume of your
products will be greatly increased and
your need of transportation facilities
will grow at the same ratio,
In this section of Tennessee, as have
already pointed out, the opportunities
for Industrial development are very
great. Your winters are not rigorous:
your summers are not enervating, and
climatic conditions throughout The year
are favorable to physical comfort and
to the efficiency of labor Those eco
nomic laws which tend to concentrate
manufacturing in proximity to suppl, 5
of raw material and to sources Of power
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depot on the site of the old out-grown
and out-worn one?
What shall bar the location here of
cotton mills, with cheap coal, and
cheap and abundant labor at hand, to
manufacture raw cotton from the cot
ton fields to the south of us? Whycan
not this cotton be brought here on
minimum rate in coal cars, otherwise
to return as 'empties?o
Mr. Toastmaster: Towns and cities,
as. well as individuals, have aspirations.
The chance for upward reach andclimb
may not, under the genius of our insli-
tutions, be denied to any man or city,
Who has or may set the bounds of
growth, or impose "a pent-up Utica,"
except the Almighty and ourselves?
Now here about me is body OF
young men composing the Commercial
Club of Johnson City, playing the host
for night, who are determined that SO
far as in them lies there shall arise
among the foothills of these Southern
mountains a city not unworthy of those
who have toiled for them, of those who
have worked and may work with them,
and of those who have in passing hailed
and spoken them Godspeed.
In their behalf, as their chosen
spokesman on this occasion, | bid you
of the railways, you of the board Of
managers and you of the congress, wei
come.
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THE COMPLETION OF CAROLINA CLNCF1FTELD
AND OHIO RAILROAD FROM COAL TO COAST

the most efficient transportation service
in its power, without unjust discrimna-
tion between individuals, localities, or
commodities, and ut rates that are no
unreasonable when when measured by
the service performed. The obligation
rests upon you to support il with an in
telligent and constructive public opinion
which will insure the protection of its
property and its rights. The same me-
cesity tor the support of an intelligent
and helpful public opinion applies to all
the railways by which you are served.
When the census of 1900 was taken
Johnson City had population of 4,645.
A recent estimate places the population
at between 10000 and 1l,000 Your
natural resources are such as to warrant
your expectation that this rate of growth
will continue. If it is to do so your de-
mand for transportation service will in
crease at approximately the same ratio
1t is the duty of those charged with the
management of your railways to supply
facilities for meeting this demand, so
far as their resources will permit. The
degree to which they can do. so will de-
pend, in large measure, upon the extent
to which their property, their rights,
and their earning capacity are protect
ed by the public opinion of yourselves
and your fellow citizens throughout the
United States.
Referring to the need of increased
railway facilities, the Interstate Com
merce Commission, in its report for 1907,
after ascribing the then existing trans
portation conditions to the fact that the
facilities of the carriers had not kept
pace with the commercial growth of the
country, said:
During the past decade the CONNER.
cial condition of the country has been
one OF increasing prosperity. If busi-
ness undertakings proportonately in
crease during future years, the railroads
OF the country must add to their tracks.
cars and other facilities to an extent diff.
ficult to estimate. The ability of the
carriers to transport traffic measures
the profitable production of this vast
country, with its ninety millions of peo,
Pile, abundant capital, and practically
unlimited resources. Manifestly, it is
} an economic waste for the farm, the
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present session, has granted the munich
pality new charter, in which ii is de-
clared to be, and is given the powers of
a city, and we might well call this oc-
casion a christening party for the young
city. We have invited and have with
us this evening the presidents of the
three railways that concenter here;
President Finley, of the Southern;
President Carter, of the Carolina,
Clinchtield and Ohio, and President
Howe, of the East Tennessee & Western
North Carolina, along with represen.
tatives from their respective cabinets.
May we not ask that these three presi.
dents do us the honor of standing, in
some sense at least, as god fathers OF
the newborn city?
The citizens of Johnson City are
aware of the potential part these rail
way systems have played in her up
building, and they appreciate that the
best results can only be obtained by co
operation on the part of the railways
and the community served by them
The future Of the city is linked almost
diss'iub!y with ihese carrier-system
The completion and operation as {
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JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY APRIL is, 1909.

are constantly working in your favor.
They are tending to draw to your sec
tion, In increasing numbers, those indus
tries which will use your iron, your
wood and your other primary products
as their raw materials. They are tend
ing to draw raw materials, such MS cot
ton, from other localities to this region
Of abundant power possibilities,
This is, in truth, Mr.. Toastmaster, a
region of opportunity, inhabited by a
people whose past achievements have
shown what they can do hereafter.
You may look forward with confidence,
therefore, TO a future of unexccllcd
prosperity in which your mines, your
forests and your soil will yield constant.
ly increasing measure of wealth as a
reward for your industry and energy
and in which your railways will be fac.
tors of increasing Importance in the
creation of value.
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command of cOntributory capital, has
builded better than the other dreamed
in his seer-yision.
Another potent and stable fator in
our past and future uplift is that great
institution located just beyond our
western border-the Mountain Branch
of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers, the managing
board and officers of which we have
pleasure in greeting as guests of this
board. Before them and the world we
desire to acknowledge our gratitude to
Walter p. Brownlow for the location
of this the finest institution of the kind
in the world.
We, of Johnson City, know that l
have not even summarized what these
three men-Wilder, Carter and Brown
loW-haVe wrought in this communi-
tvs benaIf; but ! can assure even you
of Johnson City that each of these men
has in his own time and way, in sea-
son and out Of season, contributed of
his influence and powers to our welfare
in ways yon wot not Of
In any celebration of the emergence
of the town into cityhood, TO withhold
from these three this need or to give
il grudgingly or with stint, would be
to mark ourselves ingrates.
Johnson City enters upon the race as
a lusty infant- nt-sound-limbed and we'll
lunged. Its population of u, OOOis well
intermiXed; ;one-third of eastern, north
ern and western birth and training,
and two-thirds of southern, but all har-
monious and animated by one purpose
when the city welfare is at stake
The business interests are dominated
by the young MANS per cent. of the
controlling factors in our commmercial
life are men under fifty years of age.
We, first of all Tennessee cities, have
adopted the commission form of mu-
nicipal government.
We, first of all Tennessee cities, threw
off the handicap of the open saloon,
and the infant starts off seif-dedicated
to sobriety There is not even trace
of desire or purpose to wayer from the
course.
Nature has marked this as the gate.
way TO the Appalachian Park, soon tc
be established by the congress- Nc
less than four lines of railway diyerg(
from this place into that domain.
Situated between coal fields and iron
ore deposits, with our timber belts be
ing opened up, and all that these facts
mean, johnson City is scheduled by
destiny TO arrive, and that, too, or
schedule time, guaranteed.
We bespeak the attention of the rail
way managements here represented tt
that fact. May we hot ask that yol
gentlemen-from the premier Southern
/ system on to those of our own and fa
yoFed narrow-gauge-" sit up and tallt
notice ?0 That you of large affairs by
J example lead us from "two-by-four
: isms into fuller grasp of what cor
porate betterment and city building is
That to this end, the physical mani
festations of the presence Of your cor
J poratons among us, such as termina
and depot facilities, may not memort
alize our former villagehood, but exem
plify our title to eityhood? Wha
| stands in the wsry of an adequate uniol
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15
MIR. FINLEY SPEAKS.

Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen;
Your railways are creators of value
You have at johnson City a plant man
ufaeturing special grade of pig iron
If neither pig iron nor articles manufac-
tared from It could be carried away
from this locality, and this plant should
continue in operation, pig iron would
soon become one of the least valuable
articles in your city. II would become
literally, as cheap as dirt. or course
under Such conditions the plant would
not be run. Under such conditions, an
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been started. But there exists in other
localities an active demand for the pro-
duet of the Cranberry furnace. Ability
to have this iron carried to the places
where it is in demand is, therefore, a
very important element in its value.
What is true of pig iron IN this respect
is true of every other product of human
industry. When any commodity is pro-
duced in greater value than is required
for local consumption it is ability to
move the surplus to markets in other
] localities that enables that part of the
product which is consumed locally, as
well as that part which is shipped away,
to be sold .proftaby.
This section of Tennessee is rich in
natural resources and industrial p0tcn-
tialitieS. With iron ore, coal and lime
stone in close proximity, the futnre OF
your iron-maIting industry is assured
and the foundation is laid for wide
range Of industries using iron and steel
as raw materials. Other minerals, mar
bIes and building stones, and excellent
clays for brick making abound in this
section. Fertile valleys attract the far
mer, insuring the success Of staple field
crops. fruits, vegetables and live stock.
Wooded hills and mountains provide
timber for shipment to other sections
and for use in local furniture factories
and other Woodworking industries One
of the peculiar advantages of your sec
tion for the location Of industrial estab-
lishments is the availability of power
You have, close at hand, coal supplies
sufficient to last for centuries to come.
Your coal is supplemented by the
streams that tiow from your mountains
and that are capable of generating pow
er to be carried by the hydro-electrc
engineer to industries throughout this
entire region
The advantages of this favored region
are not all agricultural and industrial.
1t is an ideal place to live Your beau
tiful valleys, watered by sparkling
streams and dotted with busy towns and
wel-till farms, are surrounded by noun
tain ranges lifting their tree-covered
SUBMITS to the clouds in quiet grandeur,
With a climate inviting to outdoor life,
with health-giving springs and inyigor.
ating mountain air, this region is des,
tined to become, moro and more, not
only one of business activity, but a place
J of vacation homes and resort for tour,
lists. 1t was a full appreciation of the
: material richness of this region, of its
S healthlulness, that led the founders OF
e one of your neighboring villages to name
> it I" Happy Valley" and who that has
listened to your gifted senator, Rober
l.. Taylor. native of that place, has
not been charmed by his eloquence, in
spired by memories of his boyhood litC
}. in its beautiful surroundings? But, a.
+ | am neither poet nor painter, ear
!. not hope, Mr.. Toastmaster, to do justice
: TO the scenic splendors of this region
y and must return to the more prosai'
d topic which you have assigned me.
u You produce in this part of TENNESSEE
e a large number of commodities in quan
J, titles far in excess of your local demand
:, The abundance Of your raw material
d and the availability of practically un
n limited power will multiply the variet!
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and the industrial capabilities Of its
people, the capacity of its carriers
should always be reasonably greater
than the existing demand for their serv-
ice, so as to enable them efficiently to
handle successive increases in the vol
ume of traffic.
This gives to each. individual in this
community a vital interest in the rail.
ways by which it is served. They are
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FINLEY, CARTER AND HOWE
Presidents of the Three Great Rail
road Systems Occupy Seats at
the Banquet Table.

johnson City'S dream, Gen. j L. VIII
der's ambition and George L, Carter's
handiwork is now reality.
The great trunk line following the
buffalo trail from coal to coast is COM
pleted through the mountains and is
rapidly pushing forward over the low
lands to deep water,
johnson City, the child of mountains
pregnant with wealth sufficient to main
tain it forever, officially launched this
great enterprise last night with ban
quet at Hotel Carnegie in honor of the
presidents of the three great railway
systems entering the city, w w. Finley,
of the Southern; Geo. l.. Carter, of the
Carolina, Clinchfeld and Ohio; f. p.
Howe, of the East Tennessee and West
ern North Carolina. 1t was a notable
event and many prominent persons were
present as guests of the Commercial
Club.
Hotel Carnegie, the scene of the fes-
tiyities, one of the largest hotels in East
Tennessee, had been beautifully deco
rated for the occasion with ferns and
potted plants, the color scheme of green
and white being carried out in the dim
ing room draperies. A clever conceit
was the SC, c. g. O." monogram in
green with white background and green
border, on the wall opposite the entrance
to the dining room. The credit for the
success of the banquet is due the clubs
committee, AMI Smith. Tate l.. Earn
est, ]. p. Summers, j, W. Hunter,
At the long tables that filled the room
were seated over 200 persons, and it was
fine looking body OF men
Hon. w. p. Brownlow presided as
toastmaster in his characteristic manner
and acquitted himself with honor. The
speakers of the evening. President Fin
lev, NJ. ]. Caples, j. Norment Powell
Gen. J II. Wilder, Col. w. A. Hcndcr
son and S. c. Williams, were seated OF
MS right and left.
The guests were seated at $40 anC
for three hours discussed in an appreci
ative way the following eight course
menu that was perfectly served;
Oyster Cocktail
Soup ell "SoRy" de Creme
Olives Radishes Celer!
Roast Turkey
"Cranberry" Sauce French Peas
Asparagus Patties Saratoga ohlp
Tomatoes-Mayonhaise Dressing
Chicken Salad
Marasquino Cherry Ice
Ice Crem a la Clinch6eld"
Cake Fruit Candies
Sailed Nuts
Toasted Crackers Cheese
Black Coffee
Cigars
Following this came the mental feas
and Toastmaster Brownlow said TIL
Commercial Club had done its part nob
in preparing the feast and the guest
had given practical example of rec
proeity, In a few well chosen remark
he introduced President Finley, of tn
southern, who responded to the toast
"Our Railroads. He said in part:
wxD r.INTr r7Xy CDEAYC
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After Years of Waitfmg Trains
Are R0llfmg Our Wayo
w Z@Ye .

of your industries and increse the vol
ume of their output 1t is the function
of your railways to give value to your
products by carrying such as can not be
consumed here to markets where they
are in demand, Your ability profitably
to produce commodities in excess of
your local demand is, therefore, meas
ured by the carrying capacity of your
railways. If any region is to develop
its production to the utmost and make
the most profitable use of its resources
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to the toast, "Johnson City-The Host

to The toast, "JOhnsOn City-The Host"
Mr.. Williams spoke as follows:
We are met this evening under the
auspices of our chief civic body, the
Commercial Club, to celebrate the pass
ing of johnson City into the rank of
Tennessee cities, and more Immediately,
that event which has made that transi-
ton possible-the completion to point
of operation of the Carolina, Clinchfield
q Ohio Railway, with headquarters
and administration offices established
at this place.
The legislature of Tennessee, at its
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-04-15
BANQUET TORA|LROAD OFF|CALSOF L|NESENTERINGHERE
HOTEL CARNEGIE SCENE OF FESTVlTY;
MANY PROMINENT GUESTS PRESENT

iron.making industry at this point on
any considerable scale would never have
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-11-24
Refused Kiss; Took Bite.

Refusing her steady company,
Antonio Dorando of Nicetown,
Pa, a kiss when he came to pay
his weekly visit, Rosie Punceno,
80 years old, of Philadelphia, Pa. 4,
a progressing Italian girl, for
refusing the boon. is now in the
Samaritan hospital with a portion
Of her right cheek badly bitten
and Dorando is wanted by the
police on the charge of mayhem.
'Dorando loved me dearly for
over a year," Miss Rosie stated
last night, but | always told
him no man should kiss me but a
husband. He came to my home
on Thursday and was very ar
dent in his caresses and wanted
a kiss. When | pushed him away
he gathered me in his arms and
against my will showered kisses
all over my face. When | struck
him in the face it made him an
CRY. Then he bit me and ran
from the house. A nice lover to
marry. No, indeedp"
DR.. Hewitt, who attended the
girl, placed several stitches in
the wound to prevent disfguring
of her face.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-11-24
The Irish. Legend.
American

Why is an old horseshoe sup
posed to bring good luck to the
owner if hung in the hall or be-
hind the door? Horseshoes were
at one time nailed up as pro-
lection against witches. Many
houses in the West End of Lon
don had one of these emblems of
superstition on the threshold,
and in Monmouth street there
were seventeen in 1913 and sew
en- so late as 1885 Lord Nelson
had horseshoe nailed to the
mast of his ship, Victory and our
forefathers loved to nail one on
their house door.
St. Dunstan was an Irishman,
not an Englishman, as the Brit
ishers claim. He was recognized
as the best blacksmith in what
was then the kingdom of Kerry.
He had his forge on the Bay of
Dingle and people from all over
Ireland came to have their horses
shod and to drink in wisdom
from the Kerry Oow." The
legend has it that the devil was
among the pilgrims to the forge
of St. Dunstan. He asked the
the Dingle blacksmith to shoe
his single hoof.
Knowing who his customer was
st. Dunstan tied him tightly to the
walland proceeded with his job,
but purposely put the devil into
so much pain that he roared for
mercy. 1t was not until he promis-
edthat he would never again enter
a place where he saw a horseshoe
displayed that ST. Dunstan would
release his captive. Ky. Irish
American.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-11-24
The Oldest Love Letter.

Of course, love is as old as hui
mainly itself, but love letters are
of much later origin.
A recent discovery in Chaldea
discloses that at least four thous-
and years ago clay and papyrus
were used by separated lovers to
convey tender messages to each
other.
A billet doux written in clay
and dating as far back as 220
B. C. has been found and has
been translated as follows:
ITO the Lady Kashbuya little
ewe) says Girpil Marduk (the ia
vorite of Morodach) this; May
the sun of God of Marduk afford
you eternal life. | write wishing
that l may know how your health
is, Oh, send me message about
it. l live in Babylon and have
not seen you, and for this reason
l am very anxious. Send me a
measure that will tell me when
you will come to me, so that l
may be happy. Come in Mar
chesvan. May you live long for
my sake"
The invitation to come in
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-11-24
Proper Horse Shoeing.

Rider and Driver publishes the
following rules for properly at
tending to horses feet:
Cd The reduction of the wall
to its proper proportions, such as
wonld have occurred through
friction had no shoe been worn.
GU Fitting the shoe accurately
to the outline of the foot, not al
tering the latter to fit the shoe.
Pasping away the crust to fit
the shoe not only renders the
horn brittle but is so much loss of
bearing surface. 60 Leaving
the wall intact, so far as it's var
nishlike layer is concerned. The
practice of rasping the wall for
appearance sake destroys the
horn tube and allows of so much
evaporation from the surface of
the foot that the wall becomes
brittle. (4) The sole not to be
touched with the knife; it cannot
be too thick, it is there for the
purpose of protection. 60 The
bars not to be cut away; they are
part of the wall and intended to
carry weight. Co The frog to
be uncut and left to attain its
full growth.