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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
1909 THE BANNER YEAR
State Fire Departments Annual
Report Will Disclose Figures
of Very Great Interest.

With net decrease in fire waste OF
nearly $780, 200; a net decrease of nearly
$l50,OO in net losses paid by fire in
surance companies, and net increase OF
over $500, 900 in premiums. collected,
1909 oppears to have been the banner
year for fire insurance companies oper-
ating in Tennessee. The annual report
OF the State INSURANCE Department
will show the following figures:
Gross risks written 1909, $346, ,236,
96l; 1908, 1927, 494, ,3O2. Increase for
1909, $50, ,042,659.
Gross premiums collected-4909, So,
pa, 4S4. 1905, $4,603,60 Increase for
1909, SG4O, 1884.
Net premiums collected 1903, S4,
206, SIS; 1s08 S3,70S,9l9. Increase for
1903, $l97, ,624.
Net losses paid-1909, 81, $40, 404; 1908,
s., 124O16. Decrease for 1869, $I44,6l2.
Premium rate-1909, $1.51; zoos, $l.55.
Decrease for 1909, .04.
Per cent. of losses paid to premium
received 1900, 47.06; 1908, 1921 De
crease for 1909, 1919.
Net amount to risk December 81,
1903 S471, ,639, SOL; 1908, 1928, ,3S6, 500.
Increase for 1909, $43, ,252,962.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
FATAL WRECK ON La N.
Two Freight Trains Collide at
Maybe, KY, and Kill Three
Tranmen IN the Collision.

Lexington, March 22.-Three per-
sons weer killed and twelve others in
jured in a collision between two freight
trains OH the Kentucky Central di-
vision of the Louisville & Nashville
railraid at White station, near Berea,
KY, early today.
The dead:
George Devorse, Richmond KY, fire.
wan.
Russell Storm, Paris, KY, brake
man.
"Buster" Sanford, Paris, KY, engi-
neer.
The trains met head-on and were
piled in heap.
Before the wreck occurred telegraph
operators along the line knew that
someone had blundered and that the
two heavy freight trains were rushing
toward each other at 30-mile an hour
schedule with no hope of any human
agency saving them. The north bound
train should have stopped at Berea,
but was allowed TO pass The wreck
ing train was ordered out even while
the crews of the two fated trains were
running in fancied security. So close
was the pursuit of the wreckers that it
was only a short time after the smash
that the wrecking crew men swung off
their car and ran to the rescue work in
the high piled debris.
AS if in mockery of the mental an
guish of the railroad men who had
Known that the catastrophe was inev.
liable that the place where the two en-
gines met bore the name of Maybe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
WILL INSPECT THE MILITIA
Lieutenant Kendrick, of the Seven.
tenth Infantry, Will Assist
Captain Rogan.

The annual inspection of the organ
ized militia of the state of Tennessee
will be made by First Lieutenant Ken
drick of the Seventeenth Infantry at
the following time and places.
Johnson City, April l, 1910, at 7:3O
p. M, Go. K, Third Infantry.
Hampton, April 2, 1910, p. M, Co,
f, Third Infantry.
The purposeof these inspections is to
enable the war department to deter
mine whether the organized militia OF
this state has complied with federal
requirements and i sufficiently armed
and equipped for field duty.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
ELECTION DISTRICT QUIET
johnson City Votes 635 For the
Big Boss and Associates on
the Ticket.

The primary election held in this
county on Saturday was very quiet
affair. There was no contest, the anti
Brownlow faction refusing to partici-
pate in the election.
Reports of the number of votes cast
in this county are so conflicting that
it is impossible to get the correct fig
ures. A. l.. Shipley, chairman OF the
first congressional executive committee
states that the vote in this county was
approximately 1,600, and that at least
16. 600 votes were polled in the first
congressional district.
There are about l,SOO republican
voters in Washington county, and
about q 900 in this congressional dis
trict. If Mr.. Shipley's estimates are
correct, it would indicate very large
ner cent of the vote. The anti-Brown-
low people claim that not more than
400 or 500 votes were polled in this
county outside of johnson City, and
that there were less than 5000 votes
polled in the entire congressional dis
trict.
The following candidates were nom
mated:
For Congress--W. p. Brownlow.
For .Judge-Dana Harmon,
For Attorney General-D. A. Vines
For Senate, first district-hdward
f. Butler.
For Floater, Unlcoi, Washington
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
saved A Soldiers Life

Facing death from shot and shell in the
civil war was more agreeable to ] A. Stone,
Of Kemp, Texas, than facing it from what
doctors said was consumption. II contract
ed a stubborn cold," he writes, that devel-
oped cough that stuck to me IN spite OF all
remedies for years. My weight ran down
to I3o pounds. Then began to use DR.
Kings New Discovery, which completely y
cured me. | now weigh I7S pounds
For coughs, colds, la grippe, asthma, hem
orrhage, hoarseness, Group, whooPing cough
and lung trouble, it's supreme soc and
ST.. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Fl
c. Miller
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

appointment expired with the retire
ment of Postmaster Warren, who ap-
pointed him. He left the office Satur-
day, turning over the money order de-
partment to Postmaster Fain.
Mr.. Hammer has made an excellent
assistant, and it is said that his rec
ords were in excellent shape. He is a
man of liberal experience, having
served one term as postmaster under
President Harrison.
The matter of his successor had not
been determined Saturday night when
Comet reporter converse with Mr..
Fain.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
How Good News Snreads

Il am 10 years old and travel most of the
time, writes B. F Tolson, of Elizabeth
town, KY Everywhere | go | recon-
mend Electric Bitters, because l owe my
excellent heath and vitality to them. They
effect cure every time. f" Tney never fail
to tone the stomach, regulate the kidneys
and bowels, stimulate the liver, invigorate
the nerves and purify the blood They
work wonders tor weak, rundown men
and women, restoring strength, vigor and
health that's daily JOY. Try them. Only
soc. Satisfaction is positively guaranteed
by H. c. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
PLAN TO CONSOLIDATE
BAPTIST CHURCHES

Plans to consolidate the First and
Roane Street Baptist churches have
many endorsers in both congregations,
aud many of the constituents of both
churches have signed II petition toward
this end. The plan is 10 sell the former
properly valued at $4,000 and the
second, ehich is valued at $4,000, and
lei thos funds 60 towards the erection
cf a $40 0J0 structure. A joint revival
has clos.d recently at these churches,
oa; Of which has grown the proposal
TO consolidate.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
MANY PEOPLE
SEE THE PLANT
FINEST MILL IN THE SOUTH
Johnson City People Extremely
Proud of Plant and Patronize
Ii With Great Pleasure.

Last Saturday was opening day nj
the Model Mill. From O'Clock III
the morning until 10 in the evening
the johnson City people poured into
this mammoth plant and viewed with
wonder and amazeruent the structu e
that has been properly named, Model
Mil
IT Is indeed model in every pa:tlc-
uar. II is practically tire-prooi and is
absolutely vermin proof. 1t is one OF
the largest mills III the south and has
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
TEXTILE WORKERS TO MEET
In Memphis April the 18th to
Consider Matter Relative to
Labor Of Female Children

Gov. NJ. II. Patterson has issued a
call for conference at Memphis on
April IL of representatives of all tex
tile manufacturing interests and all La
bor organizations in the cotton states
to consider matters bearing on child
and female labor. This is the second
conferen ee of this character to be held
under authority of resolution of the
Tennessee legislature.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

and Greene counties E. Burbage.
Representative Washington county
DR.. G. A. Royston.
Il. J. Cox was elected county chair
man of the executive committee and
r. A. L0negrove was elected judicial
committeeman for this county.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koehley are very
much gratified With the young lady
that has just arrived at their home
Fred is member of the Soldiers Home
band and has such smile that he has
TO be watched to keep from swallowing
his horn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
.EX-PREs|DENT's WIDOWS
Bill Granting Pensions Favorably
Reported by theGSenate Com
mittee on Pensions.

Washington, Mar. 22.-The Senate
Committee on Pensions to-day agreed
to report favorabiy bills to grant pen
sions of $1,000 year to Frances Fol-
som Cleveland, widow of ex-President
Cleveland and Mary Lord Harrison,
widow OF ex-President Benjamin Har-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

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.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Medicines that aid nature are always most
succe ,sfuI Chamberlain Cough Remedy
acts on this plan. 1t oosens the caugh, re-
lieves the lungs, opens the secretions and
aids nature in restoring the system to a
healthy condition. Sold by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets invariably bring relief to women suffer-
ing from chronic constipation, headache,
biliousness, dizziness, sallowness of the skin
and dyspepsia. Sold by all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets are safe, sure and reliable, and have
been praised by thousands of women who
have been restored to health through their
gentle aid and curative properties. Sold by
all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

j. l.. Allen has purchased half in
terest in the business of &. G. Bacon
and will have charge of the store dur
ing the absence of Mr.. Bacon from the
city this summer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Capt w. S. Jones, of Abingdon, has
gone to the Elk's Home at Bedford
City to reside. Capt. Jones is well
known in Johnson City, having re
sided here several years ago. He is a
brother of our townsman, w. f. Jones.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

DR.. Fahrneys Teethng Syrup is the only
baby medicine that is always safe Teeth
ing made easy. No bad nights lmh-aPi
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

The friends of Mrs. j. G. Campbell
will regret to learn that she is in a crit.
ical condition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Ficke weather. DR.. Fahrney's Teething
Syrup is always dependable. Doctors pre-
scribe it Write for free sample. ina
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Adam B. Crouch has purchased the
the large stock o general metchandlf G
at Carriers from h. Z. Jones, VINO re-
Gently purchased it from Smpley q
Boyd, of Jonesboro.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

Are you frequently hoarse3 Do you have
that ANNOYING tickling in your throata Does
your cough annoy you at night, and do you
raise mucus in the morning? Do'you want
relief? Ii so, take Chamberlain Cough
Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold y
all dealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

f. M. Parrish, Jr., of Richmond,
was in the city Monday, stopping at
the Pardle.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
EMBREEVlLLE FUR
MACE MAY MOVE
CAPITALISTS ON GROUND
Many Items of Interest from the
Capital of Unicoi County
and Manufacturing Centre
L. M. MEAS, staff Correspondent

l.. NJ MEAS, Staff Correspondent.
The purchase of mineral lands in
Greene county may mean the building
of a railroad from Erwin to the mines
in that county. AS the best grade
could be had from Fmbreeyille to the
properties and already grade is made
from Embreeville to Erwin this would
undoubtedly mean the completion of a
line to Newport, Tenn, and would
traverse one of the richest mineral re-
gions in the south as we'll as one of the
best agricultural sections.
Embreeyilla Iron Furnace to Move to Erwin
1t is is more than an idle rumor that
the Embreeville furnace will be moved
to Erwin at an early date. : The fur
mace is in bad state of repair and the
opposition is to move it to Erwin for
the purpose of working southern ores
and using southwest Virginia coal for
the manufacture of this ore.
Eastern Capitalists in the Field
There is no doubt that there is some
of the richest and most extensive de-
posits of iron ore in this county to be
found in any section of the south which
fact can be proven by the development
of the same. Mineral men are begin
ming to understand the importance of
the favorable indications of rich iron
ore deposits in this county and agents
of large mineral land syndicates have
been in the field of late looking over
the situation.
Athletic Association Organized
The Erwin Athletic Association has
been organized for the purpose of pro-
noting all kinds of athletic sports and
to provide exercises for all those who
are employed in confining business
positions. Baseball teams and tennis
clubs are being organized and il is the
purpose of the organization to train
| and put some of the best players in the
ifield that will be able to compete with
any of our neighboring towns.
Ryburn Bros. have moved into their
new store building on Union street.
| A. r. Brown is building large
warehouse on Depot street.
The Unicoi Construction Co., will
shortly begin work on the building OF
a side track from the g., q. & o. line
to the plant Oh Indian Greek.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

n capacity of 800 barrels of -four day
and $500 bushels of meal Over $780,
600 was spent in its construction.
During the afternoon and evening
Mrs. ]. w. Ring, Mrs. John 1. Mile,
Mrs. j. H. Bates, Mrs. Nelson with
Mr. Charles Kramer, as chief baker,
served the visitors with buttered bis
cults and coffee. The mill is in charge
of J. w. Ring as president;J. Il. Bates,
head miller; j. T. Miller, head mill
wright, S. A. Burnett, second miller.
johnson City is proud Of this insti-
tuition and is showing its appreciation
o! Mr.. Rings efforts to furnish pure
food by universal patronage The
hundreds Of guests who visited the
plant during the day and night left
there enthusiastic boosters for Model
Mill products and nothing was omitted
that would add to the quality OF the
-four produced or reduce the cost OF
production. The automatic machin-
ery was a marvel, almost human III
its operation.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

The Unicoi Construction Co., will
shortly begin work on the building of
side track from the c., q. & o. line
to the plant Oh Indian Creek.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24

A. r. Brown is building large
warehouse on Depot street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-03-24
Athletic Association ORGANIZED

Ryburn Bros. have moved into their
new store building on Union street.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-09
Sport and Morality.

There is much more than a grain of truth in the contention of a Nassau lchusetts woman that athletics will con. duce to healthier and more normal lives for women. The same may be said for men. The men and women who take plenty of exercise in golf. tennis, swimming, baseball or rowing will not be as often heard of in di- vorce courts as those whose leisure is spent in idleness. Healthy bodies and clean minds go oftenest together. That is one reason why sports for young or old are encouraged. It is the reason colleges urge their students to do gym nasium work and join the athletic teams. The recreation centers of large cities. the playgrounds, football and baseball parks, the full swimming beaches and public golf links will all have their beneficent effects on the bodies and minds of the coming gen. eration.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-09
Too Honest for a lawyer.

A noted Philadelphia attorney tells one on himself. He left his native town in Tennessee years ago. and came to this city to practise law. He has been uniformly successful. His brother, upon the other hand. re- mained behind at the family home stead.
 Returning to his native town some time ago, the attorney met an old darky in the road.
 Hello. uncle" he said, but the old man did not recognize the boy he used to know in the prosperous look ing citizen who addressed him.
 We'll asked the lawyer, how are the Blank family?"
 "Oh, they're all right said the old darky. Jim Blank has gone to Phil adelphia. and done made a lot of money. He's a lawyer, sah"
 "Is that so." answered the attor- ney And his brother Tom, how is he, has he made fortune, too?"
 'Lawdy. no." answered the old darky. shaking his head. The ain't no lawyer Marse Tom wouldn't take d dishonest penny from nobody"
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-09
WHY PEOPLE SEE PHAkToMs
HaIIucinations of Famous Characters Due to Abnormal SensibiIity of
 the Nervous System.

A morbid condition of the organs of sense or of delirium, is sufficient to invest our mental conceptions with phantom shape. Our thoughts vary. according to the violence of our emo tions, from faint mental pictures to vivid and almost corporal apparitions. The strength of these sensational in- f1uences is naturally proportionate to the susceptibility of the nervous or ganism.
 A consideration of these facts in conjunction with the acknowledged homeopathic tendencies of genius seems to illume many of the mysteri- ous anecdotes with which the names of great men and women are associ- ated The Authorizations of Mahomet and of Joan of Arc, the appearance of his dying wife to Doctor Dome in Paris and Luther's discontinue of the devil by summary confusion with a missile ink bottle, to mention but a few instances, prosaically resolve into cases of abnormal sensibility of the nervous system. Who would learn with surprise that Lucretius. flaw thorne or Emily Bronte saw ghosts? It should rather be an occasion for wonder that genius is ever free from. the visitations of specters.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-09
CITIES WONDERFUL GROWTH.

It is evident from the returns of the past few weeks that the cities. in the census of 1910, are to make a large proportionate gain on the rural part of the country. Detroit has made a | wonderful gain in the past ten years, having present population of 465, ,766, an increase of 63 per cent over 1900 This is by far the largest growth yet reported in any big city. Houston's s increase was 76 per cent, but Hous- ton is but a small town in the com pa1ison, having only 7S,OO0 people. AL though Pittsburg led Detroit in 1900, and annexed Allegheny since then, De troit is far ahead of it now. In 179O, when the first national census was taken, there were only six tides in the United States of 5000 inhabitants and over This number had advanced to. Al cities in 1S6O It was 545 in 1900 It will probably be close to GOO in 1910.
 In 1790 the cities contained 3.3 per cent of the country's aggregate popu- latfon. They had 16.1 per cent. of it in 1860, and 33.1 per cent. in 1900. The ratio will probably be 35 per cent or more when the figures for this year are made up. The country's aggre- gate increase in inhabitants was a lit tie less than 21 per cent. in the dec ade ending with 1900 Although a far greater number was added to the total by immigration in the past ten years than in the previous decade, the az gregate gain will probably not exceed 2I per cent, and may fall little short of that figure.
 But the gain in the cities will, on the average, be far above that mark. It will probably be above 30 per cent Cincinnati increased only Il per cent in the past ten years, and Albany only 6 per cent Baltimore's gain is not likely to be more than 12 or IA per cent. That of New Orleans will also be small. In the aggregate, however, the cities will make large relative increase over the farming regions
 However, while the increase for the country as a whole will fall far short of the 35 per cent of some previous decades, it will be found that we have added about 25,0O0,00O to our population in the decade, and that, too, without acquiring any new terri tory. This is a larger number of peo- pie than are in Spain and Portugal combined. It is about half as many as are in the entire area of Latin America, from the Rio Grande and the northerly line of the Gulf of Mexico down to Cape Hor
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-09
PLANT THRIvEs ON FLIES
%ittIe Weed, Grown in England, Helps In Work of Kidding Homes
 of Pest.

In England there grows a little red- dish-leaved, odd-looking plant known as sundew. It is but an inconspicu- ous weed. and yet literary and scien- tific honors have been heaped upon 1t
 The leaf is round and flat, and is covered by 9 number of small red glands, which act as the attractive advertisement to the misguided in- sects. Their knobby ends are covered with a glutinous secretion, which glistens like honey in the sunlight, and so gains for the plant its common English name. But the moment Q hapless fly, attracted by hopes of meat or nectar, settles quietly in it's midst. on hospitable thoughts intent, the viscid liquid holds him tight immedi- ately, and clogs his legs and wings. so that he is snared exactly as a sparrow is snared in birdlfme
 Then the leaf closes over him slow 1y but surely. and crushes him by folding its edges inward gradually to- ward the center. The fly often fingers long with intellectual struggles. while the cruel. crawling leaf pours forth a digestive huid-a vegetable gastric juice, as 1t were-and dissolves him alive piecemeal.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-09
The Rlaht to Die.

The man who has killed himself on Monday would on Saturday have wanted to live; but one only kills one's self once. Mans life is made up of past, present and future; so life must be a burden to him, if not for the past, the present and the future. at least for the present and the fu- ture. If it Is only a burden for the present he is sacrificing the future. The evils of one day do not authorize him to sacrifice the life that is ahead of him. Only the man whose life is unhappy and who could have the cer- tainty-which is impossible-that it will always be so, and that conditions and desires will never change, either through modification of circumstances and situations or through habit and the lapse of time-which again is inn possible-only this man would have the right to kill himself.-Napoleon Bonaparte.