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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
WATAUGA NEWS ITEMS

Watauga, Tenn, Nov. 1.-William
Taylor died at his home near here last
Thursday from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis, following spell of pneu,
monia, at the age of rs years. In the
absence of minister DR.. J.W. Wallace
conducted funeral service at the
home Friday, after which the remains
were taken to the Barnes cemetery and
inferred. He was a member of the
Missionary Baptist church and good
citizen and neighbor and leaves wife
and three sons and many relatives and
friends to mourn his death.
w. G. Donaho, of McMinnville, was
here last week on business.
Miss Cleo McColum, who has been
visiting relatives here, left for her home
at Limestone Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie Chiles and her three
children, who has been visiting her
father and other relatives, returned to
her home at Hartman Sunday.
A. G. Bailey has sold his home in
Turkeytown and has bought and is
moving into the Frank Love property
in the Wataaga Flats.
ID, p. Little, deputy sheriff, has been
selling out the stock of goods of Barter
& Co. this week.
II. &. Hendrix and family moved to
Piney Flats Monday, where he has
position in the depot.
DR.. II. l.. Campbell, Of Straw Plains,
the sale of the Barter & Go.
goods and bought part of the stock.
Eugene Peck, of the Soldiers Home,
was visiting friends here Monday.
j, e. Rumly is moving into the prop
erty vacated by II. G. Hendrix. He is
depot agent.
w. f. Morrell went to Bristol Mon
day to lay in goods for his Turkeytown
store
Rev. J. Z. Bass filled the pulpit of
the Christian church Sunday in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. Roy Gentry.
w. b. Hendrix and Hugh Holly re-
turned from Bristol Saturday, where
they had been doing some carpenter
work for d. M. Cooper, manager of the
Watauga Tanning Co
Mr.. and Mrs. Carr went to Bristol
last week to lay in their winter stock
Of goods for their store here.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
REASON FOR ACT UNKNOWN
Two Daughters Who Survive
Made Their Escape, With
Family During the Day

Lawreneeville, Ga, Nov. L.
Joe Wallace, a prominent mer.
chant of this place, shot and kill
cd his wife and thirteen-year-old
boy, drove two daughters away
from his home and then turned
the revolver on himself, ending
his own life, at his home here
last night. No cause has been
given for the deed.
1t is thought that Wallace's at
tack on his family had not been
thought of until he reached home
last night. He and members of
his family were on the streets du-
ring the day and he seemed in
the best of humor. He reached
home after the family had re-
tired last night and is believed to
have gone to bed. About l
o'clock his daughter says he
awoke, and fired two bullets into
the body of his wife who was
probably asleep, killing her in
stantly. Then he dressed and
went to his store, where he re-
loaded his revolver. Returning
home he fired another shot into
the body of his wife and then
turned his fire on his son Clyue
whom he shot twice, the boy fall
ing dead. AS FELTON,, the other
son, rushed towards his father,
the frenzied man exclaimed, "I'll
clean you up too" a shot follow
ed the words and the youth fell
with bullet through his lungs.
in the midst of the car
mage he had wrought, lay on the
floor beside the bed on which lay
his murdered wife, crossed his
legs and sent bullet into his
own brain. Meanwhile the girls
lad fled to a neighbours house,
giving the alarm, but assistance
,ame too late.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

|
Earl Miller, was out driving with
his best girl Sunday afternoon, and
stopped at the Soldiers Home to take
in the concert, hitching his horse up
near the laundry. He left very fine
laprobe costing so, in the buggy, and
when he returned some one had APP
propriated it for his own use. This is
pretty bold stealing, and an effort is
being made to apprehend the culprit,
and if he is, he will be prosecuted to
the limit.
Rev. Fogleman, of Tate Syringe, was
visiting in the city yesterday.
Chancellor Hal HI. Haynes held
court in Johnson City Tuesday.
VIM. Payne, of the Clinchfield Coal
Corporation, is spending few days in
Virginia.
J. Norment Powell, chief counsel
of the O., q. & G. r. R., has returned
after an absence of several weeks.
While gone he attended a meeting of
Portsmouth N. H., of representatives
of the various railroads to consider
questions of state importance to the
railroads at this time, such as increase
In rates, &c.
A. r. Brown, president of the First
National Bank of Erwin, spent the
day in the city yesterday.
Elder w. s. Buchanan made flying
trip to Bristol yesterday.
R. H. Bradshaw, former cashier of
the Bank of Erwin, was in the city
yesterday.
J. p. Bales, cashier of the Mosheim
Banking Co., at Mosheim, Tenn, was
a business visitor in the city yesterday.
The Martha Wilder improvement
association will hold its regular meet
ing at the school building at p. m. this
afternoon.
The G. w. b. M. of the Christian
church held very interesting meeting
at the home of Mrs. M. g. Curtis on
Roam street yesterday afternoon.
Attorney Geo. N. Boren addressed
the voters of the 4th district at Lamor
Tuesday night.
r. q. Thomas, of Jonesboro, spent
yesterday in johnson City.
Charley Mason, the popular ex-coun-
ty official, was up from Jonesbo yester-
day.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable, For great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to be con-
stitutional disease and therefore requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo,
Ohio taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucuous surfaces of the system They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails
to cure. Send for circulars ahd testimonials.
Address f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

Second Districts as "a mad mob
of ruffians.''
After that fight, Brownlow
said he would never appoint an
other man to office when he knew
he could not trust him. Hooper
and Sells were the two men of
prominence in his district for
whom he had unmeasured con-
tempt. He had appointed both
of them to office; they had de-
serted him and joined his enc
mics. Now that he is dead, one
of them is to carry his old dis
trict as the republican nominee
for Governor, the other to sue
coed him in congress. Verify,
the way of the politicians is
strange and politics makes GU
r1ouS bed fellows!
But Sells will not stay in Con-
gress if he is elected by the
strange and unnatural combina-
ton of circumstances which fav-
ored him in this campaign. His
election will cause new orgaui-
cation and a new alignment. He
is not popular with the people.
He is riding a wave and when it
strikes the party breakers Sells
will be lost in the froth an foam.
He may get ride on that wave
for one term, but that is all. He
has no staying qualities and the
fact that he was a leading fu-
sionist in the last General AS
sembly, that fact alone hassgiven
him his present shove in the race
he is making.
1t would be a curious sight to
The old Jonesboro leader, the
the leader who for nearly two
decades was the unquestioned
leader of the people in this dis
trict, if he could return from the
Great Beyond" and witness the
end of the present campaign; if
1e could see some of his old COM
manders following the colors of
Sam Sells; if he could see others
If them boosting Ben Hooper, and
declaring that he is a great lead
.r; if he could see the treaehery
Of politicians and the tragedy of
politics, Walter Brownlow would
no doubt wonder why the great
est part of his life was given to
his party and his people in the
public service.
A. NJ. ANUPARTEE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
DELEGATES TO ATTEND
WATERWAY CONVENTION

Nashville, Nov. 1.-The lakes-to-the-
gulf deep waterways convention has
received the attention of Gov. Patter-
son, who has named the following del
egates to the convention that is to be
held at ST. Louis November Is and 26:
s. M. Nicely, Memphis; Hon. Rice
A. Pierce, Union City; Judge r. r.
Spraggins, Jackson; Hon. G. w. Tur-
ner, Waverly; Congressman 10 w.
Byrns, Nashville; Judge II. f. Palmer,
Murfreesboro; Hon. E. G. Toilette,
Crossville; Congressman John A. Moon,
Chattanooga; William M. Epps, Knox,
vile; Cy H. Lyle, johnson City.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

Washington, Oct. 31-A fourth cab
met officer has been ordered to Ohio to
help the republican ticket. Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson's dates in New
York state have been curtailed to ena-
BILE him to speak in some of the rural
districts of President Taft's state on
Friday and Saturday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
s@Ns

Group is most prevalent during the dry
cold weather of the early winter months.
Parents of young children should be prepar-
ed for it. All that is needed is bottle of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. Many
mothers are never without it in their homes
and it has never disappointed them. Sold
by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

The old, old story, told times without
number, and repeated over and over again
for the last 36 years, but it is always a wei
come story to those in search of health.
There is nothing in the world that cures
coughs and colds as quickly asChamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Sold by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
SHAFT Wemen Vote?

Ifthey did, millions would vote DR.. Kings
New Life Pills the true remedy for women,
For banishng dull, tagged feelings back
ache or headache, constipation, dispeIling
colds, imparting colds, imparting appetite
and toning up the system, they're unequal
ed. Easy, safe, sure. 2sc at II. c. Miller's.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

When a cold becomes settled in the sys-
TEN, il will take several days treatment to
cure it, and the best remedy to use is Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. 1t will cure
quicker than any other, and also leaves the
ystem in a natural and healthy condition.
old BY all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
BETRAYED BY
BEN HOOPER
THE TRAGEDY OF POLITICS
How the Men Who Fought the
First District Chief'an Have
Taken the Lead

Bristol, Tenn, Oct. s, 1910
Prior to January l, 1909, if any
man had predicted that in 1910
Sam Sells would be elected to
Congress in the First district and
that Ben Hooper would carry the
district as the Republican nomi-
nee for Governor, there would
have been great meraiment in
the Brownlow camp. Members
of the "old guard" would have
been convu1sed with laughter,
and contempt and ridicule would
have visited upon the head of
the man who should forecast
such a thing. Yet that is just
what the treachery and the trag-
edy of politics have made prob
able, almost certain.
Walter Rrownlow probably did
not have in the state two more
bitter enemies in his own party
than Sam Sells and Ben Hooper.
For the former, Sells, he had an
increasing and righteous con-
tempt, and of Hooper, he Often
said: He is as contemplate as
it is possible for man of his
ability and experience to be.
Yet Sells is to succeed him in
Congress, and Hooper is TO get
the vote of the "old guard" in
the old leaders, district for Gov
ernor. ,
And while this comic political
tragedy is being enacted, Daniel
Cooper Swab, Joseph w. How
ard, George Mcclellan Hender-
son, VIM. D. Kenner, Judge
Dana Harmon, Alonzo j. Tyler,
David A. Vines, John A. Alton,
Eli Warren, Crawford Alexan-
der, 2. c. Massey, George E. Bo.
rem, Edward E. Butler, w. +. F.
Milburn, George E. Rurbage and
a number of other leading
and influenti al members of the
"old Brownlow guard" are (some
of them standing idly by with
folded arms and (others of them
actually aiding in the cleo ion Of
Sells to Congress before the sod
on the lamentCd Brownlow's |
grave had begun to grow.
In Brownie VS. lifetime Sells |
could not get to be delegate to
a state or district convention |
without boiling. Years ago hel
and Brownlow were friends, and |
the Congressman had Sells ap-
pointed to a position in Wash
ington. He lost the position on
account of a difficulty with the
conductor Of an elevator in the
building where he was engaged,
and because Brownlow could not
or would not have him appoint
ed to another place, Sells became
bitter toward the First District
leader and was constantly saying
mean things about him nutil
death.
Just prior to Brownlow's last
illness Sells attacked him for
holding the position of local
manager of the National Sol
diers' home, on institution which
Brownlow worked for years to
have constructed. and which was
really the pride of his congress
ional work.
Sells became pet of Sanders
some time after he deserted the
Brownlow camp, and was one of
the men who tried to seat San
ders by force in the Nashville
in 1908, when the
First and Second district men
rcvolted against the boss ship of
The Chattanooga contingent.
Brownlow did not sreak 10
Sells except when occasion de-
nanGed it. He did not trust him
in any way. In 1908, when
George Newton Tillman was
for G overnor, in COM
pany of Sells he visited the SOL
Tiers home and called on Con-
gresham Brownlow. who was in
his quarters there. To illustrate .
he contempt in which the big
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03
POST OFFICE WILL
BE MOVED SOON

Tho new post office will be ready for
occupancy in few weeks, and will be
occupied early in December. The fur
niture and fixtures are being installed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

Many school children suffer from consti-
patton, which is often the cause of seeming
stupidity at lessons. Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets are an ideal medicine
to give child, for they are mild and gentle
in their effect, and will cure even chronic
constipation. Sold by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

Charley Mason, the popular ex-coun-
ty official, was up from Jonesbo yester-
day.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

r. q. Thomas, of Jonesboro, spent
yesterday in johnson City.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-11-03

Attorney Geo. N. Boren addressed
the voters of the 4th district at Lamor
Tuesday night.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-02-25

The chairman of the committee, Supervisor Shattuck,
presented report the proposed salary OF the county
drain commissioner. A motion made by Supervisor
Benedict seconded by Supervisor Conway that the mat
ter be made special order of business for tomorrow at
10 o'clock a. m. Carried.
Your committee finance submit the following report
all to be spread the several townships and
wards rolls of the county of Van Buren, for the ensuing
year:
G. S. SHAEFER,
A. G. BENEDICT
MILAN D. WIGGINS.
JOHN GAULT
j. @. KENNEDY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
PERMIT BURIAL
Of TRANCE VICTIM
Harrisonbarg Girl, Supposedly
Stricken Through Mental Sug-
gestion Finally Declared Dead.
RESUSCITATIoN TRIED
Parents Watch vsiniy Beside Cof-
fin for Signs Of Returning
Life.
TRIED
Especial to The Richmond vireinian. }

Especial to The Richmond Virglnian.)
HARRlsoNBURG. VA, May L.
Miss Priscilla koogler. II years old.
who 1eli into a supposed trance at le
o'clock last Wednesday night was
pronounced dead Saturday BY two
medical experts and Sunday morning
with her burial in the quiet little
country church yard at Pleasant
Grove, Rockingham county. Harrison
burgs mystery and sensation came
TO an END
Miss Koogler. who was suffer
from nervous disorders became sud-
denly Ill Wednesday afternoon. A ply
sician's examination disclosed the fact
that save for nervousness, her eondi-
;ion YVES absolutely normal.
As the doctors worked over her her
father. who was watching, suddenly
exclaimed: Doctor, believe my
4 daughter is passing away"
Instantly Miss koogler fell back.
J her eyes rolled horribly. and in an
other instant all signs OF life had
Vanished
The bsffied physicians at once began
TO work upon the theory of trance
and not willing to take any chances
ordered the body to be kept in q warm
room. Nurses rubbed the body while
the nerve-racked parents watched and
hoped for signs Of returning life.
Late the next day the body was
placed in a coffin and removed to the
Koogicr home ten miles away. Along
tho country road, the stiff body of the
girl lay In the open CONN while the
parents kept constant vigil as the
horses slowly drew the wagon over the
Rawiey pike Upon reaching home
some persons imagined that they
noticed signs Of life In the muscles OF
one side and the parents took hope
again.
Finally Friday and Saturday signs
of discoloration began to become
visible about the girls face, Two ex-
perts were called In and after a care
ful examination pronounced the girl
dead. The parents at last consented
to burial.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
PENSIONERS URGED TO
ENTERTAIN DELEGATES
Fully $50 Are to be Cared for
During Diocesan Council
This Month.

Ciergymen in several Episcopal pull
pits called attention Sunday to the facI
that 100 lay and clerical delegates are
to be entertained during the ap-
preaching diocesan council, which
meets here May IS. and in more than
one instance the fact was emphasized
that offers 10 entertain the delegates
were not coming In as rapidly as they
should.
Rev. DIR. ], Y. bowman declared
from the pulpit OF ALI Saints that
persons In his church had so far vol
unteered to take care OF only seven
delegates although It was FULLY ex-
pected that each Of the larger Epis-
copal churches should make provision
for at least twenty delegates DIR.
bowman felt sure, however, that his
parishiQners as well as those in other
churches would do their full duty in
THIS respect
The first session of the council will
be held in Old ST. Johns church in
commemoration of the 12bth anniver-
sary of the organization of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church in what now
constitutes the diocese in Virginia.
The remaining session of the diocese
will be held In Holy Trinity church.
with Bishop Gibson presiding.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
COL. J. B. RICHMOND
CALLED BY DEATH
Confederate Veteran, Once Promi.
nent Politician, and Financier
Dies in Baltimore.

GATE CITY. VA, May THE
body of Colonel James Il. Richmond,
brilliant warrior, for many years
one OF the most Prominent and con-
-sotcunas 1>ehfuriAns in the State, and
president OF the Peoples National
Bank. arrived here Monday. Funeral
services will be held here Tuesday at
ternoon. Many Confederate veterans
and old politicians, as well as scores
Of those OF to-day, will attend the SER
vices.
= Colonel Richmond was sxty-eight
years old and was born in the south
west part of the State. While In i'm
paired health several weeks ago he
fell to the ground near the bank and
received severe internal injuries and
fracture OF his left hip bone. Because
OF the seriousness of the intestinal in
5uries and the broken hip bone he was
taken 10 Johns Hopkins Hospital in
Baltimore for an operation at the
hands of the famous specialist and
surgeon. DIR. Hugh II. Young. Colonel
Richmond grew steadily weaker each
day, and the operation was not per-
formed. He died Saturday night at 10
o'clock.
Colonel Richmond commanded the
dashtng Sixty-fourth Virginia regi-
menI which rendered effective SER
vice during the war between the
service as iiutenant but won rapid
promotion by his bravery and sterling
soldieriy qualities.
Al the close of the war he entered
the financial field and was highly
successful Later he engaged Ia
politics and became conspicuous
figure In State affairs. In 1879, after
a spirited and close campaign, he
was successful In his contest for con-
gress. and represented the Ninth dis
trict until the close of the year 1859.
During the last constitutional conven-
ton Colonel Richmond's influence was
strongly felt. and hts counsel sought
and followed.
He IL survived by his widow, one
daughter and son AS the president
OF the local bank. and holder OF many
blocks of mining and other stock,
Colonel Richmond accumulated a for
tune o. considerable proportions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
CLERGYMAN FACED OUT
As RESULT Of LONG TRIP
Rev. L. r. Mason is Subjected to
Many Delays En- Route Home
From Mobile.

Instead of getting back home SAT-
urday morning, according to the
schedule he had mapped out. Rev.
Landon K. Mason, rector of Grace
Episcopal church, did not reach Rich
mond until late Sunday night from
Mobile, where he attended the Con-
federate reunion.
The first hitch in the clergyman's
plans occurred at Mobile, when he
boarded the wrong train, and was
subjected to a delay OF nearly twelve
hours as result. Next, the South
ern railway train, which took him
out on the right track, soon came upon
the debris of wreck that held him
up for some hours.
At Greensboro the Grace church
rector failed to make connection, and
was again deiayed-this time for ten
hours. Arriving at Danville, he miss
ed another connection, and had to
wait there nearly twelve hours.
On his arrival home Sunday night
the veteran clergyman was pretty well
tagged out.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
SEASON IS OVER
REST FOR TONGERS
No More Oysters to be Taken
Until Another II. Month
Comes.
Lay away the tongs, Bill,
Let's pole in the smack;
Aprils come and gone, Bill.
business now Is slack.

Tidewater tongers, like the Arabs
of old. have folded their tents and
silently stole away" for the last month
of spring with an r." In II has fallen
under the reaper OF time, and the
oyster industry will be in a state of
lethargy until the blooming of the
harvest moon OF September.
Perhaps the tongers will not fare
60 we'll now that the oyster season
has closed. Mayhap their cup of glad
ness does not overflow, but In the
State there is at least one happy man
who has had to do with oysters full
many year. He IL Captain w. Nc
Donald Lee. commissioner of tishe-
ries. for whom. so he says, the tong
ers have made nights hideous to him;
nights during which a Strengthened
Baylor survey filled his dreams.
The end OF April marked the close
OF the greatest oyster season in the
history Of the State, the public treas
ury ing been greatly swelled by
the contributions made by Commits
sioner Lee, and the tongers having
realized more money than during any
previous year. -a-----a.-r
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
ZBYSzkO AND ROGERS
WILL WRESTLE FRIDAY

BALTIMORE, May 2.--Zbyszko.
the famous wrestler from Poland and
Yankee Rogers the Buffalo giant, are
to meet In a finish match at the
Fourth Regiment Armory Friday
night Manager Herford, of the Eu-
reka Athletic Club. who will promote
the. contest arranged al details fer
the coming event with Jack Herman,
was In New York the other night for
his grapple with Mart Henderson, the
Irish champion. Zbysxko. who has
been touring the country and win
ming from all the foremost American
heavyweight wrsstlers, will not have
an easy time with Rogers. who IL re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
DID NOT INTEND TO
DO THE BOY INJURY
Father Heavily Cru city Son Declares He Had No
Intention Of Be ing too Severe.

j. NJ. Campbell, whose alleged cruel
whipping OF his tnirreen-year-oid boy
resulted in the imposition OF severe
punishment by Justice Crutchfield In
police court Saturday. has not as yet
employed counsel to defend him when
he faces q jury on the appeal that ne
neted. He Is living with his family
and the child IL ct his home. The
little fellows back was photographed
Saturday afternoon by officers at the
request OF Commonwealth's Attorney
Minitree Folkes Campbell Ia bond
ed In the sum of $500. with Mr. A.
Briggs as surety. He went to his
work as usual Monday morning.
AS has teen his custom on sun
DAY evenings, MIR. Campbell stood In
the street near where the Salvation
Army was holding services. but he
took no part In the worship. Asked