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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
sla0-Reward-s1O0.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased TO
that science has been able to cure la all its
stages. and that is Catarrh. all's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
ttonal disease. requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the pa :
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
propriators have so much faith in its curative
powers that they oifer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address:
F. CAENEY & Co, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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drama.

If the Nashville Banner can name
one man in Tennessee capable of lead
ing the liquor interests as a candidate
for governor, even with an unlimited
campaign fund, we will agree that
there is still reason for fusion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

That was happy inspiration of Col.
Reeves when introducing Gov. Patter-
son he compared him to Napoleon's
dashing cavalier, Marshal Murat. The
Colonel was never more in earnest and
never more forceful and pleasing in all
his long and useful carear, and his
ability to weave the English language
into garland of beauty was never so
manifest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Constipation POiSOnS You.

If you are constipated, your entire system
TEN is poisoned by the waste matter kept in
the body-serious results often follow. Use
DR.. Kings New Life Pills and you will
soon get rid of constipation, headache and
other troubles. 25c at druggists or by mail,
H. F. Bucklen & Co, Philadelphia and
ST. Louis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

We would like to ask the Nashville
Banner, in all seriousness, if it objects
to the democratic party electing an alb
soIutely dry democrat governor. Flu
sion based on principle is one thing,
but fusion based on eXpediency is quite
a different thing.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

Gov. Hooper has appointed Hon.
W. r. Turner to sit as special judge
on the supreme bench to hear the
Vanderbilt case, Judge Williams hav-
ing certified his incompetency.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

After hearing Gov. Patterson de-
liver his temperance speech we are
firmly convinced that he is only play
ing a part-but it is the leading part
in the great nationwide prohibition
drama
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

Our thanks are due Congressman X.
d. Mcclellan for copy of his great
speech on the currency question. In
spite of his eloquence and logic he has
not been able to convince us that we
can get through Christmas on cash
basis and make any purchases.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

Gov. Patterson had not been in
johnson City an hour last Saturday
evening until the fire department had
to be called out to wet the town. 1t
had gotten so dry it caught fire.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

Dear Santa-will you please bring
me a cat that hobs its head rocking
chair candy walnuts dates grapes or
anges ribbons and dresses for dolls large
doll washssand bible spring wheel
broom for dolly pencil little safe dresser
sideboard table ehais china dishes
horse and buggy story books about
cats dogs fairy tales Yours truly Bow.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

After the speech the speaker was
forced to hold an informal reception
and permit his admirers to express
their pleasure and congratulate HIM
upon his effort. 1t was great ova-
ton and was participated in by repre-
sentatives of all parties and creeds.
The Governor remained in the city
until the Memphis Special Monday
and during the day James A. Martin
placed his car at his service with
"Irish McNabb at the wheel and
with DR.. Hamilton, Col. Reeves and
Cy H. Lyle he was driven over the
city, visited the Normal, the product
of his handlwork, and took another
look at the Soldiers Home later during
the day with party of friends. He
was truly amazed at the growth and
improvement in Johnson City since his
last visit and just as greatly pleased.
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SANTA CLAUS LETTERS

Dear Santa-I an little boy six
years old | go to school every day. |
am going to tell you what ! want you
to bring me for Xmas 1 want Indian
suit and a drum and little pistol
horn and l would like to have nice
story book and any thing else that you
can bring me. good by Santa Your lit
tie friend Harold Cant.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

HOUSE 10 RENT-Six room cottage on
East Market street Apply to James
F. Crumley. 1897
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Society : Personals

Miss Mary Nell Dosser is at home
from school for the holidays.
Miss Hattie Bushong, of Bristol, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. III. PFeas.
Mrs. w. H. Cox and children and
Mis-. E. G. Lyle motored to Johnson
City Tuesday and returned in the aft
ernoon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
CRUSADE
WORTHY
Of ALL
Continued from page one.

ers; TO the state and to my country!
l hate it with every fibre of my being
with every passion of my soul!
hate it for the tears it has caused to
flow, for the blood it has shed, for the
homes and happiness it has wrecked,
for the men and women it has ruined!
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

Babies don't mind cold or take cold it
kept well with DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syr-
up, Get il anywhere. Sample free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

Dear Santa Claus-We want you to
bring us some candy and nuts, some
big red apples, two nice dolls, little sis
ter pair of red shoes, just bring us
anything you have on hand and we
will he so thankful to you. Your little
friends, Edna and Celia Lewis.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Liquor Slavery.

The contest now is against slavery
of another and more dangerous form.
Shackles may encircle limbs, shut the
coil of the liquor still holds in its
crushing embrace more human forms
than the slave mart ever held, and
| alcohol is a fiercer and more heartless
task master than any slave driver who
ever cracked whip over black and
writhing back. To free this country
from intoxicating drink is crusade
worthy of all the Richards and Ivan
hoes of modern chivalry.
Will it not be a mighty victory of
peace-the return of greater blessing
than the north conferred upon us when
she freed the slaves-when the south
asserting the old manhood of the race
girds on the armor of truth, and full
panoplied in righteousness, leads a
successful assault upon the intrenched
citadels of intemperance in the north?
The south from Arkansas to the
Carolinas, from Tennessee to Texas,
has freed herself, and now turns her
face to the north and east, and pro-
claims that she has no Missouri COM
promise to offer on the slavery of the
liquor traffic, for ga house divided
against itself can not stand" and this
nation can not exist half slave and
half free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
The Great Contest.

The great contest will soon be on,
and the one that ought to come, for the
government to divorce itself from all
connection with, and participation in,
the liquor traffic, and to destroy it by
any method that will most effectually
accomplish the result.
There have been many reform that
stand as the milestones of humanity IS
onward course; but the greatest and
from which all others have come is
found in the life of Him, which began
in the manger and ended on the cross.
Jesus Christ stands at the beginning of
modern civilization, and when He is
forgotten, modern civilization will end.
When He came upon earth Rome had
reached the zenith of her splendor and
was fast approaching the nadir of de-
cay. The Romans had built the Coils
cum and had absorbed the learning and
the arts of Egypt and of Greece. All
the past contributed to the spIendor of
the imperial city and the lap of every
nation has poured its treasures into her
Golfers. Its far-reaching grasp and
power, the grandeur Of its laws, its I'M
bounded success surpassed all others,
and her eagles stretched their wings
over every known sea and stood guard
on every known land. But licentious-
ness in grossest form pervaded her
whole social system. Women were
subject to dishonor and indignities be-
fore a degraded populace. Human
bodies were fed to animals in the am
pitheatre, and as the smoke arose from
torn and bloody entrails, as fragrant
odors to fierce nostrils, the cry of 'kill''
was heard and mercy found no voice.
The ancients had builded their temples
carved in stone and worked in brass,
had walked in the groves and COM
muned in the the temples, but in all
their beautiful and significant mythol-
ogies, there@was no hope beyond the
grave. AS the invisible germ of an egg
will remain dorment and finally die,
unless the forces of heat spring it into
life, so the soul of man, unsatisfied
with learning, power and sensualism,
was waiting for the advent of Christ
and the glow of his love to break the
shell of splendid materialiSm.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18
Reformation of Love.

Jesus Christ appealed to man him
self, and the awakening came. The
germ developed, the shell was broken.
The new life began, and from that day
on the truths which, this man and Son
of God taught have never died, but
have grown and spread from age to
age, from continent to continent. They
do not belong to any sect or church,
but are the property of all mankinG
Their power is greater than all the
eagles of Rome, stronger than every
spoken word of every tongue and every
thought of all the worlds princes in
the realm of mind. They are above
change and superior to time itself.
This is the great reformation which
love and mercy have wrought upon
the world,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1913-12-18

The American revolution was the
greatest political reform the world has
known; and the greatest reform which
has been accomplished by the republic
itself was that of the freedom slaves:
and it came after the country had been
rocked to its very center, after millions
of treasure had been spent and rivers
of blood had been shed.
We who live in the south have in
herited some of the prejudices and be-
lieve many of the splendid virtue of
our forefathers which made our Sec
ton distinguished and great above the
rest;-but we had canker eating into
the heart of splendid civilization, and
il was the institution of human slavery.
Once we thought of men who inveigh-
ed against it as the wilful destruction
lists of vested rights, and characterized
them as intolerants and intermediates;
but the tide of public opinion had set
in, and its waters were running swift,
strong and irresistible in their might.
All questions of whether the north was
responsible, who had sold the slaves
to the south, of local self-government,
property rights and personal liberty
were swept aside. The figure of Lin
con, majestic and towering, arose
one of the grandest that ever stood
against the horizon, and he uttered
the words:
ga house divided against itself can
not stand. believe this government
can not endure permanently half slave
and half Free"
The conflict came. War with all its
horrors was upon us. The country
was tossed and rocked in the storm of
shot and shell, and the end came when
valor could no longer cope with valor.
The fife and drum were still. A bat
tered flag, the proudest and bravest
that ever led hope, was furled, but
not dishonored, and the south stood in
the ashes of her woe, like Niobe all in
tears and drank the bitter cup of sor-
row TO the dregs. But the slaves were
freed. We did not despair, and we
have splendidly redeemed our land,
and today there is not one to be found
anywhere on southern soil who would |
want if he could, to revive the insti-
tuition of human slavery.
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copyright. 1919. International News
ght. 1918. international News seryice)
tRegistered United States Pstenr ofhc.

Maybe you'd like money order
this morning. Foreign or domestic.
we have very elegant assortment
No, certainly not
Post cards, sir? We've just got
in a fresh lot Very latest fall styles.
sir
law. no, What's eatin' you? And,
with this resort to the vernacular, the
patron jerked his arm loose and
angrily retired.
The manager who happened along
just then, took the employe to task.
WHO was that man? And what
did you insult him for? the manager
demanded.
81 didn't insult him. said the en-
ploye. You see. he's barber. and
every time he shaves me he tries to
stick me for a SINCE, shampoo. mas
sage, haircut, tonic and dear knows
what l thought I'd turn the tables
on him and see how he liked it,
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
TIT FOR TAT

"A case of tit for tat" said Repre-
sentative Cordell Hull, apropos of an
income tax dispute. 1T reminds me
of the postoffice employe.
"A man bought of this employe two
two cent stamps, then turned to go,
but the employe. laying a persuasive
hand on his arm, cooed:
"a few stamped envelopes this
morning, sir? We have all shapes and
sizes.
. No, thank you. none this morn
ing, said the other coldly. and he
gave start of surprise.
:" If, then, sir. you'll step around to
the left, I'll show you our choice col
lection of lock boxes. They come very
cheap by the year, and
mo. no; thank YOU
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
A SURE REMEDY

A traveller called at roadside inn
in Cheshire for refreshment and rest.
Bring me quart of beer" he said,
and a bit of bead and cheese"
They were brought to him.
What is the damage, landlord?"
Eighteen pence" was the reply OF
the innkeeper, who was a greedy.
grasping man.
While the traveller was enjoying his
repast the landlord happened to COM
plain about being pestered with rats
and the havoc they caused.
Said the traveller:
Il can tell you how to get rid of
them"
Il should be very grateful to you if
you would" replied the landlord.
'Oh, it's easy enough" said the
traveller. First catch one alive; give
him quart of beer and a bit of bread
and cheese, charge him is pence and
then let him loose among the others.
He'll tell his pals and you'll never
be plagued with rats again.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

try againl We, all of us. have skele-
tons in our cupboards. dear. But as
Sarah Harding says, we can, at least,
shut the door on them. Let's do it
and forgetT
Il can't, you see said Ken pa
tiently. He must explain. He must
make his mother understand the
grim impossibility of doing what she
asked ~ can't forget. i have only
he said / should. L HAVE so MUCH
TO REMEMBER. You can't forget
that's the worst of it! Not until you
have paid.r
But don't you see
Il don't want you to think / am
rude, mother said Kenneth, stepping
away from her with a pitiful show of
grave courtesy. But | must co.
''Wait!' implored Emily Nelson.
Nor
''Kennethv' she caught at him,
clutching wildly for the physical as
surance of the mere feel of the tex
ture of his rough tweed sleeve.
II can't let you go. Ken! One min
ute. June one
Wild sobs were struggling In her
throat. Here eyes burned. The con-
test was so pitifuIIy uneven! She had
that could make no impression ON this
tortured young mind to whom love
was only a snare-a vision-a mirage
Ia Fata Morgana.
"Why-one minute?" asked Ken
with cold impatience.
She felt how helpless she was to
bridge the gulf between-and reach
her SON. She could not penetrate the
mist of suffering and touch his heart
II want to ask you something.
Forgive met / am sorry-and if
if you ever see-him-father--t
him"
The boys voice broke Here was
an emotion at lasti
yes cried the mothers heart
eagerly.
THAT I know / am not worth an
other chance! just tell him that
love him-thats all-just as / used
to when / was little. He will under
standi
Would the father be in time? Gould
he save the boy. whose only living
emotion seemed to be love for his
father? Emily Nelson's tortured
brain could only ponder--and pray.
The mother--frantic with fear and
hope-suspense and longing. seized
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

father would never know how the
blow on his cheek had scared it's red
path of torture into the heart of the
son who had struck him.
Good bless you. mother-and good
bye.'
With one last scourging of her will
Emily Nelson cried out-she strug
gled for her boys life and her own
, sanity
NO, KEN. NO, CHARLIE!
CHARLIE."
In the hour of death she called the
name of the man she had loved-her
boys father-the man to whom she
was bound by .fetter's past prides
breaking-the man she must always
love now.
Relentlessly Kenneth went of his
self-appointed way - to the blood
atonement. He could not face life
and the long days and hours. Death
was but one moment - and then
oblivion.
He stumbled to the dOor-wrenched
1t open-and there In the portal stood
Charles Nelson.
"Charliew cried the mother. Then
Nature exacted her duties of outworn
| nerves and aching heart Quickly so
that the two men brought face to face
did not know she had succumbed to
emotion, Emily Nelson slipped back In
her chair--swooning.
Father" cried the son in a broken
voice of mingled JOY and pain. In his
eyes was the dawning light of sanity
| --of new day.
Il have been waiting for long
| time, Ken." said the man with tender
strength in voice and earnest eyes.
He opened his arms. Kenneth
/ stumbled forward into his father's 8
welcome embrace. He had found his
refuge.
X
And the family skeleton skunk from
the room abashed, defeated by the
deathless power of forgiving love.
In sordid Bohemian hotel there
was the glow of twilight calm--of
peace. In Emily Nelson's apartment
near by stood Mary Burk. waiting
| waiting for the Homecoming of which
her loyal heart felt strangely well as
| sured.
| Sunset-and sunrisel For In Ken
| meth Nelson's room a boy was kneel-
| ing at his fathers feet, while man
| and woman came again into their
| kingdom-the Kingdom of Love. And
| perhaps one day Kenneth would find
his kingdom, too, III the rose garden
! of Msry's love.
THE END
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
THE FAMILY CUPBOARD Dramatic Story Of High
romO Boadw Society Lie IN New YORK
A Dramatic Story of High
Society Life in New York.

the boy in her clasp at last. With
trembling arms she enfolded him and
held him close. close to her pulsing
heart
Let me go. mother, Pleaser
Not yet. dear boy. Waitl'
Il must! Mother! ! can't stand 1t.
1 mustr'
He struggled frantically against the
pitiless. pitiful soft clasp of those en-
folding arms. Tighter, tighter, Emily
Nelson drew her boy. Could she hold
him? Or would he use his mans
strength and break from the soft
fetters?
Dear! Dear boy! I am your mother
-aoldlng you-my arms about you,
Just as they were when you were a
baby"
Her voice broke. when he was a
baby" And the pitiful years be-
tween! The burning tears would no
longer be forbidden--they flooded her
eyes.
"My hoy: My Ken. 1 am holding
you safe. You cant GO! / was n good
mother then. I never let you get hurt
If all of my strength could hold you.
guarded you, just ms 1 am doing
now"
loves magnetism-had held him for a
moment, but he must go now.
No, Ken! mol No, You can't gor'
'Pleasei Don't let me hurt you! Let
me be gentle, but l can't stay. 4 can't
bear any more.v
He loosened her clinging arms, sor-
rowfluly almost, as one impelled by a
force too great for himself. He held
her hands in his cold ones for a mo-
ment and looked at her in pity.
JUST IN TIME
There, dear-there. Forgive me-"
He half led half carried her to q
chair and placed her in it as If she
had been helpless child. And, indeed
Emily Nelson was almost helpless
now. Half fainting, sobbing, collapse
imminent, she fell away from his
arms. She had fought for the life OF
her first born-and lost.
God bless you, mother" The boys
voice was tender now. He was speak
ing his farewell--his final farewell
After all he had once loved his beau
tiful young mother-and he would
never see her again. And never again
would he see his father, who had
given him life--the father he had es-
tranged past all forgiveness. His
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

There was deep subtlety in that.
''Marys troubles.'
The boy came back to his mothers s
side.
yes But it doesn't matter She
says she is going to leave me. Since /
gave up the house there is really moth
ing for her to do, and she knows 1
can't afford to keep her. But 1t will be
hard for Mary to hunt"
"She will be all right. She would be
all right anywhere. Mary is strong
and fine and clean. The Nelson's never
did anything for her. She is no waster
she knows how to stick. | wish l
could see her again before / CO. But
I cant-Ive no right. Say goodby to
Mary for me, mother
He turned toward the door.
Il kissed her that day. Perhaps I
meant it, after all Tell her-teH her
I'm glad l knew her-and good byl"
Ken! Dear"
KEN" Her cry stopped him. In
IT was all of a mothers agonized
love. One minute. Ken"
He turned reluctantly. What is
it?"
MY business affairs. They are in a
dreadful state"
"Darnton Is a good lawyer
"Yes-oh, yes-but after all''-
Surely. you don't want my advicel
After the way / have muddled my
own affairs?"
Why not?"
Emily Nelson stepped to her sons
side. She must dare all now-physi-
cal force, monstration-reven, If
need be. she must confess openly that
she knew where he was going.
You are my boy. my sou-a man
nowi A grown man. who should
help me II not you, Ken? Gomez
She threw her arms around him.
"All of us have made mistakes. Ken,
dear. all Of usl Mine has been the
greatest-let's forget them-All! Let's
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
Tomorrow:
Hurrah! Kristmas!
A Useful Book

Mrs. smith was very fond Of read
ing. and. while on Yist 10 MIS-
Grown one afternoon, she started a
look talk with view of discovering
what particular work her hostess
liked best.
.-ou have quite a number of books,
: see" remarked the visitor glanclng
round the room. Wnlch 90 you
thing is the most helpful TO you!
.sNntfa1ps Dictionary, without a
donbt." was the prompt response OF
Mrs Brown.
you don't really mean it!' ex-
chained the visitor May l ask IN
what particular way?"
~certianly," was the obliging reply.
THE baby sits on it at the table. and
AZ saves the price of high chair
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24

To travel the entire length of the
Atlantic cable a message takes ap-
proximately three seconds.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-24
NOVELIZED BY
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Us Boys

(From Owen Davis play now being presented
at the Playhouse by William A. Brady
Copyrighted. 1913 by International Sews
kervice.J
Continued from Yesterday
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-02-10
SCHOOL SEATS LODGE
High School Basket Ball Team De.
fests That of Moose Lodge
Friday Night

In one of the most fiercely con-
tested games OF basket ball this sea-
son the Aberdeen high school team
defeated the Moose team Friday night
by a score of % to 20.
While the spunky team brought
out by the Moose lodge has lost the
majority of games during the series,
it is at least gratifying to the play
ers to know that in each game they
have bested their opponents during
the last part of the game, and this
would indicate that they just began
to warm up when the game was
ended. The end of the first half
found the school team leading by a
score of IS to ). During the last half
the Moosers played rings around the
students and came within three points
of breaking even on the score.
The Moose team anticipates great
finish in the series for the reason
that Blackwell the star football
player of the Oregon Agricultural
College, who made the All Northwest
team last year, will be in Aberdeen
several days and will take active
charge of the team.