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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14

everIldelivered since his location in
johnson City. Although the day was
cold, and the cold was penetrating, yet
a large audience was in attendance
and paid marked attention to the ser
mon.
Rev. Vaught, with the assistance of
the evangelist singer, j. w. Ramsey,
has been conducting series of meet
ings day and night, in evangelical
work, trying to persuade the people to
better living, to be better christians,
and to bring the hayward into the
fold
His sermon on Sunday was a power
full arraignment of sin and the devil,
and a strong and pathetic plea for the
people to come to Christ.
In voice choked with emotion he
said: For myself l do not care the
snap of my finger, but for you, your
welfare, there is a burden on me so
heavy, so expressing, feel that | can
hardly bear it,
He implored his hearers with i'm
pressive pleadings to think of the ques-
ton of their future.
After the sermon Mr.. Ramsey sang a
solo so full of pathos and pleading, SO
solemn and sweet that many were
moved to tears.
These services will continue during
this week, and people of all faiths will
find warm welcome in this beautiful
house of God.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
NEW FIRM.

r. &. Warren, owner of the City
Transfer Company, and Ed McClain,
proprietor of McClain's Livery Stables,
have formed a partnership in both the
livery and transfer business.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14

'Your husband says that when be is
angry he always counts ten before he
speaks, said one woman. Eyes, ans.
yered the other. Il wish he'd stop it.
Since he got dyspepsia, home seems
nothing but 4 cIsss ip srithmetic,"~-
Tit Bits.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
ALL BANKS ELECT OFFICERS.
And Directors for Ensuing Year.
Dividends Declared and Salts
factory Business Reported.

factory BUSINESS REPORTED.
The three banks of the city held di-
rectors' meetings for the purpose of
electing officers and directors and to
transact other affairs, such as declar-
ingdividends, apportioning surplus, etc.
, The Unaka National Bank reelected
all of the former officers: s. G. Will
liams, president; John d. Cox, vice
president; Tate l.. Earnest, cashier,
and Adam b. Crouch, assistant cashier.
The report of the cashier for past year
was very satisfactory, showing gain
over 1907 500, 600 in deposits. The reg
ular Semi-annual dividend was declar-
ed and nice sum was passed to the
surplus and undivided profits account.
The Out-Of-town directors present were:
John ID. Cox and NJ. S. Elsea, Jones'
boro, j. B. Franklin, Talbot. The old
board of directors we all reelected.
During the past year much improve
ment has been, made, "a new vault and
safety deposit boxes have been added,
the offices enlarged and facilities con-
siderably improved. This bank is the
strongest in this section, its resources
reaching nearly milling dollars.
City National Bank.
At the meeting Of the City National
Bank J. Fred Johnson was elected
president; G. N. Brown, vice-president;
Sam T. Millard, cashier, and w. H.
Swadley, assistant cashier. The bank
reports one of the most enthusiastic
and harmonious meetings ever held.
Good dividends were declared and a
nice surplus and undivided profits were
added to the banks resources. All the
old board of directors was reelected,
and Thad A, Cox was elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
j. NJ. Gaunt.
Since the beginning of the new yeal
there has been large increase in new
business, exceeding S25, 900 in deposits
The bank has made most excellent
showing and bids fair to become one Of
the foremost banks in East Tennessee
Bank of Commerce.
The Bank. of Commerce held thei
first regular meeting in the new yea
on Tuesday afternoon. The election o
officers Wits held and J. NJ. Gaunt sue
ceeded to the presidency from his shor
term election of week ago, when HI
was elected to succeed II. &. Jackson
of JonesbOro, resigned. DR.. +. A. Ions
was elected first vice-president; III. G
Jackson, second vice president; H. r
Shipley, cashier; w. b. Miller, assist
ami cashier. J. NJ. Gaunt and w. A
Maloney were added to the board o
directors and all of the old board wa
reelected. A satisfactory report o
business was made and some surDlu
was added to the bank s resources. Tn
bank is in thriving condition an,
prospects of growth are very encourag
ing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14
To Water Consumers

Water rents for the quarter ending
March 81, 1900, are now due and
payable st the Office Of the Watanga
Water Co. on Spring street. il not
paid on or before Jan IS the ser VICE
will be discontinued without further
notice. January /, 1909.
. 70 1Watauga Water Co.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14

The Analer-Is this public water,
my man?
The Inhabitsnt-Ay.
The AHgler-Then il WON'T be q
crime II ! land g fish?
The Inhsbitsnt-Noi it'll be q miracle
Sketch.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14

Madge-Miss Avoirdupois is taking
horseback riding. Has she got off
any fat2
4 Dolly-Yes; or the horse,-Lippln.
colts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-01-14

Rev. d. Emory Hawk, of Bluefeld,
w. Va, is assisting Rev. Vaught in
his revival work. He is stirring the
people up.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-09-30
Hope Has An
other Big Fire
Buildings are Destroyed
Postoffice, Restaurant, Attorney Ship.
py's Office, Smiths Bros. Barber
Shop, and Hammer &. Bemis'
Auto Garage go up in Smoke.

About 6:45 this evening fire broke
out over the post Office building in the
rooms occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. E..
M. Peterson. The fire was caused by
the overturning of an oil stove. The
family were away from home except
Peterson who was undertaking to get
his supper. The room was filled with
flame so quickly that he had but time
to get out and lost everything. Some
trouble was experienced in getting the
fire engine started and when the water
was turned on the post Office building
with the Mcmahon building was be-
You'd control. In spite of all that the
tiremen could do the flames spread to
Attorney Shippy's office and to Smith
Bros. barber shop. 1t was held here
for some time, but the Farris building
caught and then there vas some fire.
On the north side of Steele Ave. the
roofs were covered with people wetting
down the shingles and extinguishing
sparks and small flames that kept
springing up here and there where the
sparks fell in a shower. 1t looked fol-
a while as though the whole business
section was doomed, but the firemen
we're able to hold it to the corner an6
let it burn itself out. The ladies die
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-09-30

their share helping to.con6ne the fire
by pumping and carrying water to the
hire fighters on the roofs.
Willing hands helped the people oc-
cupying the burned buildings to get
their goods to places of safety. The
post Office and Attorney Shippy's Of
flee were the irsttsmptied of their con-
tents. Then the restaurant in the
Mcmahon building was moved into
the street. Peterson's and MUNYON'S
lost all of their household effects on
account of the flames. The Lockwood
family have again been robbed of their
home by fire, but this time they saved
all OF their effects. This is the second
time within a year that this family has
been turned out by fire.
The loss from the fire is estimated
to be between ten and fifteen thousand
dollars, but to the appearance of the
city the loss is much greater. We are
unable to say at present how much OF
the burned district will be rebuilt.
The First National Bank building
was wrapped in flame on two sides, but
was not damaged to any great extent
on the outside and none inside except
where the heat radiated through the
upper windows and blistered the fur.
niture in the Offices on the second
floor. The heat changed the color o1
the paint on the store fronts across
from the fire.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-09-30
LOCALS.

Childrens' School Caps at big
reduction at Mrs. Bowen's.
Chi1drens' School Caps at re
duced prices at Mrs. Bowen's.
Attorney Shippv spent Sun.
day with Mrs. Shippy at Fargo.
Bargain Day specials every
day at Mrs. Bowen's Millinery
store.
I will takea limited number of
stock to winter. Hay furnished.
Address Box 914, Hope, n. D..
Say, Doc. Bout time for
something to be doing at the
opera house, 'eh, what you tink.
There are always a good many
people who keep the balance of
the community busy wondering
how they live so well.
The garage is busy place all
of the time. AS soon as one set
of cars are repaired and run out,
another set is taken in.
Wilbur Wood of Spokane paid
the PIONEER a very pleasant Wis
it yesterday and ordered the pa
per for another year.
O. G.. Major went to Missouri
last week and returned with a
fine bunch Of young horses. He
has them on sale at his barn at
Hope.
J. D. Parkman was operated
upon for appendicitis Tuesday
morning at DR.. Holdings hos.
pital. The operation was a sue
cess and the patient is doing
nicely.
Jas. Mccain, who has beer
working in a barber shop at Page
came up to Hope Monday morn
ing leaving on. the evening train
for Ayr where he has accepted
similar position.
Mrs. A. M. Mclaughlin was
operated upon in st. Johns hos
pital, Fargo, yesterday. 4
phone message stated that sht
had recovered the operation ant
was getting along nicely.
Mrs. Rood Of Fargo was Thrown
from her buggy while driving
out west of town and sustained
compound fracture of the leg
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-09-30
THE LATE Gov
ERNOR JOHNSON
A POPULAR ADVOCATE OF THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
EQUITY.

The lamentable death of Governor
Johnson, of Minnesota, recalls many
OF his homely sayings, and the excel
lent advice that he has from time to
time given the people. Speaking one
day to a friend he said of the move
ment Of the producers to free them
selves from the domination of the
grain gamblers and the eleyatortrusts,
that the teachings of the American
Society of Equity were sound and
logical, that while scientific c~ultiva-
ton of the soil was inevitable, the Sc
curing of an equitable price for farm
products was of great Importance, and
that the plan of pooling the grain as
proposed by the society of equity and
selling it. only as needed. seemed to
him the real solution of the problem
of securing a fair price for the pro-
Queer, with such a plan in operation,
the farmers would soonput the board
of trade out of business, for his part
he believed it to be the duty of every
Q farmer to join the society, and use his
power for the common good"
Certainly this is sound advice, and
will likely be followed by many who
revere the memory of the Governor
for the many kindly acts that have
made him beloved by all of the PEG.
Pile.
Society of equity has been pushing
the work of education with all the
energy possible, considering the
means at its command, the results OBJ.
tanned are in excess of the most san.
quine hopes OF the leaders, who have
made great personal sacrifices tc
carry on the work. Such leaders as
Theodore G.: Nelson, Charles S. Pier
son and A. v. Swanson, in this state
are ina large easur entitled to the
credit for the results obtained.
The members of the society are un
der great obligations to their loca
papers, for the support they have Civ
en- the cause, in publishing the grea;
truths of equity, and it is the duty o
every member to support their loca
paper, providing it gives supper
to the noble cause.
The grain growers are, as never be
fore, holding their grain for sale un
der the plan adopted by the Farg,
convention, which fixed a minimum
price for wheat at $1.15 termina
points, those who hold their wheat &C
cording to agreement will reap a bet
ter price than those who feel that the
must sell now.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-09-30
Money To Loan On Real Estate
NIB cASSEL.L& CO sherebrooke

n.Ea slrhl-a- LEftfa
Her horse became frightened at
Peter Browns live stock rack
in which was a pig and COW on
the way to town and while en-
deavoring to get out Of the rig
Mrs. Rood was thrown with the
above result. DR.: Hedding took
care Of the lady and advised her
to go to her home at Fargo where
she could get better care and
treatment than here. Mrs. Rood
was visiting her daughter, who
is teaching school west of town,
when the accident happened.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-09-30

Life Insurance Statisticians
tell us that the first period of q
mans life, that is, to the age of
twenty, is the egotistical age,
when the son thinks he knows
more than his father.
From thirty to forty-ive is q
mans accommodating period. In
this period either success or
failure is settled. BY the time a
man is forty-five, he is either on
the high road to fortune or has
lost all.
Above the age of fifty statis-
tics show that only one in five
thousand can recover his finan-
cial footing of lost.
After sixty, ninety-ive per
cent are dependent upon their
daily earnings, or their child
ren's, for support,
Provide for old age and also
make provision for those who
are dependent upon you for sup
port, while you are in your years
of usefulndss and earning pow
! er. Our policies have contain
! ed within them all of these fea-
! lures.
! Let us get together and look
! them over. Now is the time to
! insure.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-11
STREET CAR IMPROVEMENTS.

Reviewing the work of the Ogden Rapid Transit Com
Pay we tee constrained to say that the record is one of
excellence and that the men who have been hack Of the
company are deserving of praise Going back fewvear the
people Ogden can recall the deporabIe condition of the
car system lhe cars in operation were ramshackle and
maze le noise OF quartz mill as the flat wheels thumped
'oe e faS. On holidays the extra passengers in car
caused the system to break down. On stormy davs cars
ere as nirequent as angel visits. When snow fell th
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-11

bench was without car service because the grade off Wash
ngton avenue could not be negotiated The mule service
prior 10 eectrlflcaton of the road far more reliable
me car that Numbered down TWentyfh street was so
'o'ouug aS 10 serve as warning to visitors that if they
entered the city, they left all hope behind
Immediately following the change of ownership. the
system began to improve On May 10TH I9oo the Ogden
Rapid transit company took the old system and COM
menced operation with N c. Fygae superintendent At
that time only two cars were operated the road one on
washington avenue and the other TWenty-fh street.
lhe other cars were all unfit for service The COMPANY ran
along during that summer without any additional eouD-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-11
HERE is A CHANCE FOR THE EXAMINER

tbs me Examiner this morning says that the figures
Sndd Paper published on the grocers combine were
.oalu i,t @ neS: Now then we Will wager the Examiner
~ 1e @ any sum from Soo to S. that any and all figures
" ea pceS published by this paper were furnished by
civ =, m 'Ge grocery stores in Ogden, Bountu Salt Lake
~ o nunSVle, Just as stated the time of pubicaton
ms paper does not intend to handy epithets with the
dfen even stoop to personalities. If the kids cannot
u'e'r % own affair and their great misfortune '''' %
vid ho he prices were published by this paper we in
io .e wholesale and retail dealers to make correC-
he al ~ aly errors appearing Among the prices quoted
cg cs Cu,eGten offered was in the number of packages
case, WHICH of course would affect the price Der naS
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-11

age For instance one store gave the price of case of
two dozen packages which should have been case of 20
Packages Other than such errors the prices were abso
utey correct Ihe prices are republished todav
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Continued on Page SKI
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

dreaded prison are Plastered with staring notice
What is left to-day Of The Rastille AMI its eight
Towers Nothing or next to nothing SIX Years
rolitin built The s1catation- brought 70 IiEht
right IN the middle Of the Rue SAINT Antoine. be
under The tootpath. Ga. fouudati the Tour I.
IA ILbcrte- The Municipal Council a'crecd iha;
49, historic remains should J." pT'f'rt"d ana re-
moved 90 ia" Cuai des CslrstiHs Bordering Tn.
river. "hfTc i.'s public can Inspect Them at This
The suhstructions Of Tho other Tower are TO t.
and the boulevard Henri ~ or arc marked on the
surface or the place ttsel bi lines 81 biar r,in~
stones. A few n.agrc lines traced ,ct syecr
the hagstones. eutangi"t among the tramv@iy rails
nat is an that remains Of the IeeAraiSd tort resq
Latude himself could not identify The To-
\ part Of tho ancient iuclosng wall of the
fortress can still b. forming the back of the
cpncierge's lodge ~ Il narrow house in IA, neigh
b0rhood. Some relics arr preserved IN the
carnavalet- among them I.atudo's rope ladder
and tho cover of the box of domuos made for
the Dauphin by patriot PaIIoy out Of bits Of
coIored marbles taken from the ruins \ for
NAL deputation with musicians al It's head came
to offer the toy to the poor little prince who
WAS so soon to be plunged into an abyss of SUI
fering "of these hoTrid dungeons" runs tho
inscription on the cover the terror OF the
French, you So" the remains transformed into
Tlayttings. May they. serving for the diversion
Of your childhood, prove 10 YOU the affection and
power Of tho people" When the palace was
plllaged on the memorable Tenth Of August this
practical piece of satire was smashed. only tAc
cover surviving.
NJ. Gains gorge rises at the wanton d.sccra-
uon Of the most tragic remnant or the R,yolu-
uon-the grim little courtyard OF the Palsrs de
Justice, through which passed to death those
destined to tn" guotine. II has been turned
into the vestbuc OF cheap eating hous.:
The whole thing IS vulgar. ugly. odious. gone
the narrow easements Lighting the left hand the
Dtlcc OF Registry and tho right the turukry's
lodge, that ant"-shamb'r OF death where 50 many
human beings have known the agony Of impending
dissolution thrown on the scrap heap the bars
grated doors to which many Iliustriuus victims
hive chung; destroyed the door of the famous
prison, the chief Eaol Of the great RcVuiltiun the
door where the Queen felt keen a stab OF pain
when she caught sight Of the tumbri ard it, whit"
horses when her pride had expected the grace Of
being carried TO her death In the coach Of Louis
XVI-the door where Madame Roland dres.
caught. Now renewed and re-paintcd. with var
nished panels and inlet mirrors. II opens upon
commonplace cafe restaurant. duly prov Ided with
telephone, drinking bal and deJeuners ii TriA f>".
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

risk of their lives A beautiful reminder of
the fifteenth century is the Hotel de Sens
wherein Queen Margot once lived. 1t is splendid
yet in its decay. 1t has seen many yicissltudes
since the days of MaTgot-it has even been
coach office, it is said-and from its courtyard
went the unhappy Lesurques upon his journey
to Lyons. big mansion in the same quarter
is that Hotel Aubray wherein the vile Marquise
de Brinvilliers committed her many crimes
The old house, the rooms themselves, the lovely
garden, are unaltered-so too, is the great fire
place whence Sainte- CroiX emerged prepared to
kill at madame's desire the hidden Secretary
Briancourt One of NJ Gains most effective
chapters is devoted to the Place de la Bastllle
and the famous prison which fell on July ii a
hundred and twenty years ago. The scenes or
ferocity witnessed that day-can one who has
seen it ever forget that terrible sketch Of Giro
det's, of the head of Delaunay, the governor,
carried on pike not seem to make much
Of an impression on the Parisians
All the world goes in merry bands to watch the
demolition OF the Bastne. II Is the fashionable
thing do 1t is considered modish TO take
ones turn at the pick, and the most elegant ladies'
90 All along the moat. under the Old walls of
the fortress, drinking booths opened: the wine
flows freely, the iddlers sCrape ropes of ColUred
lamps light up the scene and the ruins Of the
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

away in their improvements great number 81
the old streets and buildings in and around
which history was made in the centuries that
went before. Others are even being trans
formed Yet there are still fine old houses sur
yivng in streets which seem to modern eyes
little more than dark damp alleys. one Of these
is the dwelling in the Rue Nisconti IN which
Racine came 10 live in 1893. Still 10 be seen IS
the great salon with the polished oak floor
wherein the poet entertained his admiring guests,
In this same house lived Adrienne Lccouvrcur.
and il thence she was carried Coffness 10
her grave on a dark March night She had died
suddenly before she had had time TO declare her
remuneration OF the stage. and she might not
rest in consecrated ground a hackney coach
was her hearse two rough street porters the
undertakers. A hole was hurTicdly dug in the
yve1 earth Of piece Of waste land and the pack
age placed in il" What is left Of the beautiful
actress lies under the pavement cf a coach
house and the slab of stone that covered her IS
preserved in the attics. Another old house IL a
narrow street, not far away is that, almost un-
changed in which Condorcet hid when outlawcd
A good woman sheltered him there. and for long
months he lived a secluded life in two small
rooms on the first floor looking into the court
yard-a little, dismal court bordering wooden
sta rrc.,se the echoing footsteps which must
often have set MN SHuHd'IlIiE Il was '4'N
until q doniciIiary visit threatened his kind
hostess that the philosopher hed-to death This
is one Of the surviving houses in which lived
victims Of the Revolutionary guillotine- The
relic seeker may still sit at the windows where
Madame Roland sat and watched the Seine; he
NAV still climb the gloomy staircase Of the mean
little house wherein Andre Chtnier wrote the
satirical verses that broueb him to the scafold;
he NAV still Ioiter in the old bookshop where
the arniable DR.. Guillotine experimental in 1890
with his invention, the "philanthropic machine
for beheading"
There are older buildings yet Of which NJ
Cain discourses. From the Gothic tower Of the
fifteenth century, the Tour Dagobert, in the
Rue Chanoinesse, the visitor gets wonderful
view Of Notre Dame: and a short walk will
bring him to the ruins OF the Chapclle Saint
Afghan, which was founded in the twelfth CEN
turv and in which St. Bernard once preached
They say that throughout the Terror priests
disguised as workingmen said mass there at the
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
BE4TTY ROHTRATT.
~ GEoRGE MEREDITH

:
What 5s The name Of King Ringang's daughter
Rohtraut. Beauty Rohtraut;
and what does she DO the llYelong day
since she dare not knit and spin Away
a. hunting and fishing is even her play
And height that her huntsman ! might be
ID hunt and FISH right merrIy.
Ee silent, heart.
and i chanced that after this some time
Rohtraut. Beauty Rohtraut-
Tie boy in the Castle has gained access,
And a horse he has got and huEtsmans dress
TO hunt afd 30 fish with the merry Princess;
And. Oh, that a. Kings son might be
I5,a-tv Roltralt ] love 50 tendeTly,
Hush hush my heart
Under a grey old oak they sat
Beauty. Beauty RohtraUt-
She laughs: Why look you 50 silly al me-
# VOC have heart enough, come kiss me.
cried the breathless boy. Kiss thee
but ne thinks, Kind fortune has favored my
youth
And thTice he has kissed Beauty Rohtraut's
mouth
Down. down, mad heart.
Then slowly and silently they rode home-
RLErraut. Beauty Eohtraut-
The boy was lost n his delight:
And vert thou empress this very night
would not heed or feel the blight;
Y.- thousand leaves Of the wild wood wIst
Iiovy Beauty Rohtraut's mouth ] kissed.
Hush, hush. wild heart