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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
IN THE
LEGISLATURE
IN BEHALF OF REGULARS
Name of Knoxville Woman As
ISOLATED With Maxwell House
Report-Tennessean's Story

Nashville, Jan. 2.-Today's
Tennesseau aud Am rican prints
a story in which it specifically
states that two republican mem
bers of the legislature were offer
ed money last night at the Max
we'll house, the consideration be-
ing that they were to vote for
the administration candidate for
speaker, and if they stuck all
along the line in regard to whis-
ky and other Legislation, the
amount was to be largely in
creased.
Just when the point of naming
the sum to one of the men was
reached friend Of his battered
on the door with such vehemence
that the door was opened by a
person who admitted that the
legislator was in the room, but
said that he was not ready to go.
The friend insisted and led the
legislator from the room.
To the other legislator, who
was an old acquaintance, the Of
fer of $500 was said to have been
made with $4,000 more if he
" stuck through the whole
fight. The offer was indignant
ly spurned.
The alleged interview is said
to have been in the room of Mrs.
E. A. Wilson, of Knoxville, ac-
cording to the Tenpessean and
American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
Chancery Sale of Land.

In obedience to a decree of the chan.
Gerry court at Johnson City, Tennessee
| in the case of the city of johnson City
VS., Mamie Rhea Erwin ct al, will, on
Tuesday, January "a, 1911, at 10 O'Clock
a. m, in front of the court house door,
in johnson City, on Spring street, sell
to the highest and best bidder, the lots
in said decree described, being situated
in the city of johnson City, Washington
county, Tennessee. Said property will
be sold to satisfy the city taxes on same
for the year 1908, and subsequent years,
being the following lots:
Richard Emerson, lot, Love addition.
Jacob Jones, lot Sc, block l, Crandall
addition,
G. w, Jones, part lot ?, block 4, Gran
dali addition.
Shields & Rogan, ~ acres, Carnegie
addition.
w. A. and Sallie Kite, lot 3, block 3,
Henry addition.
f.. y. Kirkpatrick, lot :, block 10,
Carnegie addition.
J. N. Kelley, lot % to 32, block 10,
Carnegie addition.
Mark Miller, lots 1876, block 81, E..
Park addition.
A. N. MOlesworth, lots to IA, block
25, East Carnegie addition.
A. N. Wordsworth, lots 16 to 20, block
20, East Carnegie addition.
Nc. Mcconnell, lot Z, in block Al, Car
negie addition.
Said sale will be on a credit of six
months and free from the right of the
equity of redemption. Notes drawing
interest from the day of sale, with good
personal security, will be required of
the purchaser, and lien will be re-
tanned on the property sold, as further
security.
This December %, 1910.
j. w. CASS,
sat239-245-251-257 Clerk and Master.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
LEGISLATURE CONvENES;;
The SENATE WAS ORGAN| FED
TWO FIRES IN THE
CITY LASL NIGHT

About o'clock last night resi-
denee belonging to Thomas Graft on
Lamont street was discovered to be on
fire, but the damage was confined to
a closet, the department responding
promptly. Later in the night another
alarm was turned in ON account of a
fire near the north gate of the Soldiers
Home. 1t proved to be the round
house owned by Conrad Dove and was
occupied and run as a restaurant.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
.LONGMIRE'S FRUIT STAND
IS VISITED BY ROBBERS

The fruit stand of John Longmire
was entered Sunday night by.burglars,
who attempted to break open the safe
with an axe, but finding it too hard
to crack abandoned it and took the
loose change out of the cash drawer
and such articles of fruit and candy as
they desired. 1t is predicted the Off
GERS will have "sweet" time captur-
ing the robbers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
Senate Organized.

The senate organized without
anything of interest transporting
all the officers nominated by the
regular caucus being duly elected
An adjournment was then taker
until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
The senate selected:
Hon. Nat Baxter, jr., of David
sou county, for speaker.
w. D. Scruggs, now private
secretary to Gov. Patterson, Of
Fayette county, for chief clerk,
over George Crockett, of Dickson
county.
Thos. Hunter, of Henry county,
for assistant clerk.
Miss Lucy Webster, of Maury
county, for engrossing clerk.
Allen S. Mason, of Carroll coun.
ty, for sergeant-at-arms.
Arthur Brode, of Shelby county,
and Charles Handley, of DAVIDSON
county, pages.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
.HOOPER'S
ACTIVITY
EFFORT ! b E3EByyEE
TO KEEP HIM OUT
Of THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
MaS0ssfxr so Too,sr1a A,,ao CosI a.
Favor Plan to Have Senate
Majority IN Legislature SAID to
to Deter Inauguration.


Nashville, Jan. 2-When Gov. =
elect Hooper stood over twenty
one republicans in the Stahlman
building Saturday night with
party lash in hand, making the
last Que of them sigu an agree
ment to support A. M. Leach, of
Montgomery, an independent DEM
ocrat, for speaker of the house,
he got himself into a peck of
trouble, if the movements of the
democrats mean anything. The
sentiment is not only strong, but
move nent is actually afoot to
see that his political aspirations
are never realized. This adverse
sentiment sprung up like a mush-
room last night when his active
part in the republican caucus be-
came known. Up to that time,
according to the Legislators, his
political bark was sailing smooth
ly toward the executive chamber,
and there was no disposition on
the part of any of the democrats
to refuse to seat him, but that
disposition has changed its COM
plexion like a flash. In taking
the reins of the republican caucus,
which they say should have been
presided over by member of the
body; in passing the papers of
agreement himself, which, it is
said, he did, and in making a
speech urging the republican
members to affiliate with the in
dependents, thus antagonizing
the democrats in the organization
of a democratic Legislature, the
majority party think he has taxi
en- step too far,
The democratic leaders in the
legislature claim that in dicker-
ing with the organization of the
lawmaking body to that extent a
very good opening is given them
to refuse to seat him as chief ex-
ecutive of the state.
According to their plans this
step is an easy one. Before the
governor can be inaugurated the
vote of the entire state must first
be canvassed by the senate. That
body is democratic, 10 to Ia. The
nineteen democratic members
could sign an agreement to defer
the canvass Of the vote for the
candidates for governor in the
November election, thus post
poning the Inauguration indefin-
itely.
Whether this will be done or
not is a matter of the future, but
the sentiment tonight strongly
favors it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
OPEN FOR BUSINESS

The only postal savings bank in Ten
nessee will be opened today in Johnson
City for business. Tomorrow The Comet
will publish detailed instructions of its
operations, but you will have to man.
age to find the money to save.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
OUR NEW COUN-
TY CHAIRMAN

Attorney L. b. Hensley was yester-
day elected chairman of the Washing
ton county court.
Judge Hensley is native of the old
North State, but for many years he hes
been resident of Johnson City. He is
lawyer by profession and is a man
who has worked his way through diff
culties to his present position.
Mr.. Hensley is practical business
man and is well suited for the posi-
ton to which he has been elected.
Washington county has been fortu-
nate in the selection of her men to pre-
side over the county court, and there is
no doubt but that our new chairman
Will keep the record spotless.
A New Proverb.
No man is a hero to his own alarm
clock.-Harvard Lampoon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
WASHINGTON COUNTY
LOSES MANY LAWS

Resulting from the changes inpop.
ulation shown by the recent census,
a large number of legislative act, so
framed as to apply to counties having
a certain population, are now APP
plicable to different counties than in
tended, are no longer laws of the
state, says the Nashville Tenneessan
and American.
During the last decade the practice
of making what are really special laws
has greatly increased, though for two
decades the practice has been going
on to a limited extent, in fact ever
since a decision of the supreme court
in a case involving the question.
In some instances so narrow have
been the population limits that not
more than ten votes have stood be-
tween the high and low, making it
almost impossible for another county,
in the nature of the case, to get in
side the requirements of population.
No decision has ever been handed
down by the supreme court of the
state as to whether or not the acts
still apply to the counties, or wheth-
er, when the counties fall outside
the population limits, that the acts
cease to be in effect. The usual
phraseology is having a population
of n ore than-and less than-inhab-
itants by the federal census of 1900,
or that may have that number by
any subsequent federal census"
At first glance, it might seem that
the counties gained under the law,
having once passed the census re-
quirement, and that the only change
was when another county got inside |
the limit But the weight of legal
opinion is that the law, to be even
technically general, can cover only
counties that have the population re-
CURED at the last census. For that
reason the acts intended to apply to
certain counties are no longer opera
tive in case the county has gone
above or below the original figures.
The following East Tennessee
counties objected.
Sullivan-Loses board of jury com
misioners.
Washington-Loses road law.
Unicoi-LoSes live stock law.
Washington-Loses lawful fence
aw.
Washington-Loses road improve
ment law, but Bedford gets in.
Washington-Loses stock law.
Unicoi-Loses law providing that
railroads may cross streets and high
ways.
Sullivan-Losses exemption from
general insurance law.
Hawkins-Loses road improve
nent law.
Sullivan-Loses road improvement
aw
Carter, Unicoi, Washington
Lose compulsory school attendance
aw.
Johnson-Loses compulsory schoo
aw.
Carter-Loses compulsory school
aW.
q |
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
AUSPICIOUS OPENING.

The Week of Prayer opened last
night with services in all the churches,
in spite of the Indictment weather. The
meetings were all largely attended and
a great deal of interest was manifested.
The meetings will continue throughout
the week, the ministers alternating
each night.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
HARTMAN SHOWS LOSS
OF $751; IN POPULATION

Washington, Jan. 3.-The census
bureau announces the population of
the following Tennessee cities:
Hartman, 1901, compared with 81
442 in 1900, loss of 3Sl.
Murfreesboro, 4,679, compared with
3, 999, gain of $50.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
COUNTY COURT IN
QUARTERLY SESSION

The Washington county court met
yesterday in quarterly session. E. B.
Hensley, of this city, was elected chair
man after spirited contest. Esquires
Chas. Carson, f. B. Hensley, both
democrats, and Walker, republican,
were placed in nomination and three
ballots resulted in no election. Walker
then withdrew and w. s. Squib was
nominated, but he also withdrew after
one ballot, he getting only the Walker
vote. Or the fifth ballot Hensley de.
feated Carson 10 to %. d. s. DePew
was elected county superintendent OF
public instruction and Geo. q. Sells
was reelected county attorney.
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the mysterious sea answer back :
No help IN me- This, l have
sometimes thought, was what
the wild waves are always saying
as they break in hollow moan on
the brown sands of the shore,
whose message little Paul could
never exactly make out as the
current of the swift river bore
him on to the ocean.
Humanity hung its harp on
the willows and sat down by the
waters of The river of Despair and
wept y: cause it had no continuing
city; but while it wept there fell
upon its ear voice sweeter than
the music of an angelic choir,
more tender than a mothers love
for her frstborn, full of hope and
full of promise: L am the resur-
rection and the life; he that be-
lieveth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live again.
And the long dark night, unillu-
mined by a single star, at last
was over, hope rose exultaut upon
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
where the Camel Elunk,.

A camers bite proved fatal to an
Ohioan. The moral of which is. chill
dren, that although a camel may go
seven days without drink II must
have a bite now and then.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
TRIBUTE To JUDGE BEARD


= Paris bar, called to take suitable
action on the death of Justic,
w. D. Beard of the suprem,
court, Judge w. W. Farabaugh
who is now sitting as a member
of the court of civil appeals, paic
! the following beautiful tribute tc
the dead jurist:
"My friends: We have me-
today, as it were, in session Of
sorrow, to give public expressions
to what we feel in Our hearts, to
speak of the value of that life
which has gone out from among
us. Judge Beard was born about
the third hour Of the nineteenth,
the mightiest century of all the
past, and lived until its close and
a decade into the new, then the
silver cord snapped and the
pitcher was broken at the foun-
tain and the wheel broken at the
cistern.' It is we'll for us to
sometimes pause in onr busy pur-
suits to give consideration to the
issues involved in life and death,
AT the mystery of life we marvel,
at the mystery of death we stand
appalled,. Today the bright eye
flashes with the light of intel
ligence, the lips speak words of
sympathy and love, the hands
clasp in warm honest friendship,
and the heart feels the melody of
music as it whispers hope to the
fleshencumbered soul.
This we call life. Tonight
that eye dims into darkness,
though the lids stand ajar; those
lips become voiceless and still,
the hands freeze into purple pal
euess, and the heart forgets its
restless beating as it stops to
listen to the flight of that soul in
its passing. This we call death.
And you say with me, Oh, life,
to what strange land art thou
fed? Oh, death, what bleak
shore is thy home, where come
thy phantom ships, sailing like
birds of sable plumage over chill
ly waters, freighted with thy
cargoes of dead humanity; but no
voice comes from the echoless
shore, only silence, deep, vast
and impenetrable-only silence,
nothing more.
Death is relentless, inexor-
able and impartial. The aged
pilgrim with his staff, innocent
childhood with its happy laugh,
strong young manhood full of
promise and full of hope, fall
alike at the whitening touch of
its frosty hand. No cline is free,
no age exempt. In the very
morning of time death set its
seal upon Abel and its brand up
on Cain, and it may be tracked
down through the cycle of the
centuries, by its trail of tombs.
We ask the philosopher who
has drunk deep at the fountains
of wisdom, and who has searched
into the hidden things of earth,
if he can discover no tailsnlan /
which can turn death aside, and
he makes answer as he expires,
no, no. In our despair we turn
to the traveller who has explored |
distant shores and sunny climes !
and implore of him if there is
not somewhere in the far-off
islands of the sea a fountain !,
whose waters will restore per-
petual youth, and he makes reply:
oh, foolish man, the fountain /
of which you inquire is only an
idle fable of a vanished age, and |
was never but the ashes of the !
dead sea fruit of hope in the
breast of desire-only a mirage
in the desert Of despair; for / de-
clare unto you there are not
fountains that flow, there are no
breezes that blow which are able
to dismount the rider of the pale
horse The majestic mountains, |
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
"It's all a Huge Joke" Declares
Mrs. Wilson.

Nashville, Jan. 2.-When seen
today Mrs. Wilson said
cts all joke; huge joke;
it's much a do about nothing"
This is the way in which Mrs.
E. A. Wilson, of Knoxville, a
handsome and fascinating woman
registered at the Maxwell house,
dismissed the story of the Ten
nessean.
"All my talk in regard to leg
islative matters was just in fun, "
she continued" it was all a joke.
Those boys (meaning the Davis
boys) are relatives of mine. We
were raised in the same part of
the country, raised in the same
neighborhood. The hotel was so
crowded that / asked the clerk
for permission to take what COM
pany l wanted to see to my room.
My friends have all treated it as
a Joke also.
8 l came here on private busi-
ness of my own. [ leave shortly
to join my husband and son in
Layti. My husband, contractor,
has large contracts there"
With one of her exquisite and
significant smiles, in which she
showed two rows of pretty teeth
she repealed to inquiries. Il be-
long to two societies up home.
I'm president of both of them.
One is called Know Nothing
the other is Show Me. >"
In regard to the suggestion
that the story was incomplete, as
it was now being talked without
her giving names and incidents
she replied: " Incomplete-if
they published anything that is
complete about the legislature
they'd have Johnny of a time.
Mrs. Wilson is Well Known IN
Knoxville.
Knoxville. Jan. Mrs. E. A.
Wilson is we'll known in Knox
willie and she has many friends
here. where she has resided for a
number of years. Previous to
her marriage to Maj. Wilson she
was Mrs. Sue VI. Murray.
PLEASANTLY REMEMBERED
AS token of esteem the employees
In the Hart & Houston Store presented
MFR. L. T. Hart with a beautiful gold
watch, chain and charm for Christmas.
Mr.. Hart accepted the gift in a short
talk and plainly showed his emotion
caused by the impulse that prompted
he gift.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05

County court is in session today at
Jonesboro, and q number of the John
son City men are in attendance.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05

Cost of Crime In Britain.
Crime in the United Kingdom costs
the state about $30,000,000 a year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
Hose Proceedings.

Failing to get enough sigma
lures for successful caucus, the
house REGULARS absented them
selves almost to man this morn
ing from the opening session of
the house to break quorum. AS
the combined forces of the indie
pendents and republicans number
but fifty-three, this plan was a
success, and temporary organiza-
tion can only be effected, and the
sergeant-at-arms will be directed
to bring in absent members. The
house adjourned at Las until 3
o'clock.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-05
HOUSE HAS
NO QUORUM
OFFICERS WON
BY CIRCULARS"
HOUSE ENCOUNTERS DELAY
Nat Baxter, Jr, is Speaker, and
w. D. Scruggs is Chief Clerk.
Caucues Yesterday Morning

Nashville, Jan. 1.-The fifty
seventh general assembly of the
state of Tennessee convened at
the state capital here at noon to-
day. The regular democrats or
gained the senate.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-28

one offices authorized to receive de- posits. Now there are 1.lj1. For many years there was a fairly steady increase in the number of depositors and in deposits. The record in de- posts was reached in 1908, when Sl2.- 293. .544 was received, there being then I65. .69l actual accounts open. Last year the deposits received amounted open being l47.47S.
 Since 1909 the withdrawals have exceeded the deposits. As al result
 although the amount of interest cred itcd to depositors has for the last four years exceeded $l.250.001 the total amount of deposits has de clined from $l1.564. .000 in 1908 to S43,- 3@0 0G0 in 1911
 This change is not due to any fault of the postal service. Though the rate oi interest allowed has been re- duced. first from to 3ia and then tn 9 per cent. the last-namcd rate is
 the same as the chartered banks gen orally allow to their small dcpositors.
 The chartered banks. however. have of late been more active in seeking deposits. and as in the matter of withdrawals they do their business more ,Npeditiously than the postoff!ce. They are gathering. apparently. much of the business that would otherwise go to swell the total of the postal
 bank Tn meet the situation thus created an order in council was passed in February. 1911, increasing the amount receivable from de-
 positor in one year from $i.00o iu earlier years il was $30J to $1,5O0, and the maximum of one account from $3.OOo to S5,00o.
 The other branch of banking ac- ticity. the remission of money by postal order and note, showed un-
 usually 'ar6e figures Though th" express companies as well as the
 banks are active competitors for this business. the Tostoriice in this con ucctinn in the fiscal year l9l0-1 re- ceived .7,2S0000 which was rather more than double the figure of l9h". The postal note has been found hardy for the transmission Of small sums. as is Indicated by the fact that fast year 3.i3l.667 of them were is
 sued tho lowest being for 20 cents and the highest for Sl0. Money or ucrs Were issued to the number of 4.Si0.S96. for $70,6lI,N62, and Wer" paid to the number of 3.164.l40. fof' S5i.297.GIS. Ir the case of the United
 States and Canada trade conditions help to make the transactions large. The orders issued in Canada and pay able in the States amounted to sS.442. .O01. while those from the United States paid in the Dominion aggrc gated $G.G47. 7.000.-Montrcal Ga zettc
Arizona republican., 1911-12-28
cANApA'S POSTAL SERVICE.

The report for the fiscal year 1910-11 of the postmaSter-Sen "i Canada gives data indicative of the development of the Dominion. or in- stance. at the end of the official year 1901 there were in operation 9,Si3 rostorfices. at the close of 1911 the number was 13.32I In ten years the addition was 3.i90. or more than one for every working day.
 The gross revenue of the service m 1Oi0-ii was sI2.eI2 .959: the net reve- nuc. S9,I46.999. which latter figure eN- cceded the departmental expenditure of S7.954.2I0 by $1,192. 729. This is the largest apparent surplus in the record of the department, being more than double the surplus of l909-l0. The years work included the carriage O! 50a 233. .000 ordinary letters. nearly 50. .00O. .00O postcards. 1l.5S4.00e regis tered letters. 1G.3S2. GOO free letters. lO6iS. 900 second class. S5.l65.000 third class and 1.Gl2 900 fourth class pack cts. and lS0,O00 closed parcels for the United Kingdom. The increase over 19O9-1O in the number of letters car ried was estimated at 4S.000.0Oo
 The pOstoffice in Canada. as in other countries. has grown somewhat extensively into the bankers business The savings bank department goes back to 1868. when there were eighty