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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
Yours truly,

| .rA hODL. burrOW.
This brilliant Bristolian was born
an Elizabethtonian. Here his infantile
ears were first enraptured by the lilt-
ing melodies of a mothers lullaby in
the earliest era Of earthly existence as
he lay doing and dreaming in rock
ing cradle, waking to the wonders of
the world, as the bud slowly burbeons
into bloom. And here, too, he roamd
and rambled along the banks of the
dashing Doe and the beautiful Wa
tauga, and fished and frolicked and
gamboled in boyhood's golden, glad
some days, never failing in the exuber-
ance of boyish bravery to make fear
less torays into nearby apple orchards,
and after stuffing his shirt bosom and
pantaloon pockets full of the mellow
sun-kissed fruit, feeling far happier
than Hercules when he had slain the
dragon and stood in the dazzling sun
set glow. holding in his hero-hands the
golden apples that grew on the glitter
ing trees of the Hesperian gardens,a and
now as he struggles amid the storms of
manhood's blazing meridian, he doubt
less pauses at times along the toilsome
way, and relapsing into reminiscential
mood, drifts dreamily back to the days
long agone when life was free from
carling cares and brimming full of
jewellsd joys.
There is no place like the old place
where you and were born!
Wher we lifted first our eye-lids on
tht splendors of the morn,
From the milk-white ,treast that
warmed us, from the clinging
arms that bore.
Where the dear eyes glistened DER
us that will look on us no more"
Hon. Robt. Burrow is a man OF
whom Tennessee may welr be proud
lie has been exceedingly and pre-
sminently successful. in his practice Of
he law and he is regarded as one OF
he brainiest and most brilliant barris-
'ers Of the State. His record is I'M
ibnmed and unblemished by dirty anf
iishonorable deeds and we confidentl,
predict he will yet achieve and veal
he stainless ermine of a supreme
1udgeship.- Carter County Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
ELECTRIC LINE PLANNED
CONNECT SMALLER TOWNS

Falls Branch, Dec. S.--Since the
last agitation over an electric line
ceased, another very favorable plan
has been formulated.
The proposed line will connect Otto
way, Greeneville. Fall Branch, and
Kingsport.
Officers of the company were here
recently soliciting subscriptions from
private individuals and quite large
amount was subscribed. The promo
ters feel sure the road will be built.
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nearly cloudless that the prophets OF
bad weather have little upon which
to base their predictions. The new
federal banking system makes the
money reserves mobile as never be-
fore and extension of credit is now
possible, without the veto power re-
naming in the hands of small
group of big men. Still another rea-
son for belief in business betterment
is the recognition, now becoming wide
spread, of the general interdependence
of big business and the general public.
On the one side, the people are realiz-
ing that they are and have been in
really the silent pardner in big busi-
ness, and now that there has come
the promise of some regulation that
will in large part prevent monopolis-
tic Capitalization, the people are inter-
ested in getting their share of returns
that can come only with operation at
profit. On the other hand, the manag-
ers of the large corporations, the trus-
tees of the investing public, are begin
ming to see that certain financial Sc
curity goes with public confidence.
and that the attitude to the public sc
tersely expressed 80 years ago by a
pioneer in railroad financing does not
pay dividends today.
Of course optimism is apt to go to
extremes. Already we are having
such expressions as trade BOOM" OF
opportunity unparalleled in history"
and avalanche of prosperity" and
even hardheaded business men are
quoted as thus characterizing the pre-
sent situation. All this kind of talk
indicates that period of overstimula-
tion may threaten us, condition that
is somewhat symptomatic of the Amer
ican temperament, The four months
record, however, can be summarized
thus: While European countries have
been mobilizing their armies and cal
ling to the field of battle their reserves
Of soldiers, America has mobolized its
credit and begun to send forward tc
the market place its vast reserves OF
and mineral products.
Secretary Redfield recognizes three
periods of business condition as nat
urally following the declaration OF
war on August / last--those of shock
stimulation and readjustment. These
three must be expected to affect il
the same order all branches of Ameri
can business, though the transition
from one period to the next day ma,
not be simultaneous In all branches
Thus for several weeks OTTER war was
declared, the expectation of wheat fell |
The shock and thousands of car loads |
accumulated at Eastern ports. Will |
cotton the period of shock has been
longer, but stimulation of export has
now begun. With copper the resump-
lion of sales to Europe seems slow |
N coming, but come it must, for in the |
modern world, whether at war or at
peace, the red metal is necessary OF |
life.
AS we look toward the south we
lind that our commerce with South |
America for the last four years has
,een oae-sided to the extent of an un-
ayorable annual trade balance aver
aging more than 80 millions Of dollars,
The fact that the balance of trade is
,gainst the United States in two of the
hree "A b c" countries should be
AIKEN only as an invitation to export
nore and that 80 millions suggests
he chance for further development
If trade relations. We need meat and
lides from Argentina, tin ore from
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
Children Coughs -ChiIdren's Colds
Roth Are Serions.

When one Of your little ones shows
symptoms of an approaching Cold, give
it DR.. Bells Pine-Honey-Tar at once.
II acts quickly, and prevents the Cold
growing worse. Very healing -soothes
the Lungs, loosens the mucous.
strengthens the system. It's guaran-
teed. Only 25c. at your Druggist.
Buy bottle today. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve for Sores
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
HELP THE STARVING BELGINs !
A CHRISTMAS APPEAL

K To the Editor.
K Dear Sir:
Christmas approaches and to
x quote the Presidents Thanks
K giving Proclamation "it has
K been vouchsafed to us to remain
K at peace with honor" The duty
< and the privilege remain of a
K verting starvation amongst the
< Belgian refugees this winter
< and for this special purpose the
< Dollar Christmas Fund has
< been organized.
< 1t is estimated to date that
< all the help subscribed in Amer
< ica-and it has been very liber-
< al-including the aid of the
( wealthy Rockefeller Foundation
< does not average more than
( few cents for each destitute
( Belgian-enough to buy food for
( few days.
( The Dollar Christmas Fund
( has one great ambition-to see
( that every man, woman and
( child this Christmas shall have
( food, clothing, shelter This
( great achievement is happily
( still possible and to this end we
I are working with the Christmas
I Fund of London which has col
, lected for the same purpose
, nearly 100000. The coopera-
, tion of the two organizations
!, has many decided advantages.
, 1t provides a safeguard against
waste from overlapping. 1t en-
, ,ables our Fund to enjoy the
guidance of members of the Bel
gian Government as regards the
distribution of relief. All our
workers are voluntary and ev-
cry cent subscribed, after de-
Quoting the cost of stamps and
stationery, goes direct to the
Belgians.
Even if you have given to, ey-
cry other fund we beg you in
the name of humanity to assist
the Christmas Fund for which |
appeal as Treasurer. Help to
send a Christmas gift worthy of
America tribute Of sympathy
from one people to another
whose needs and sorrows are
immeasureable.
If you realize that millions
are literally faced with starva-
ton, that children are still cry
ing for food, shelterless women
dragging their weary way to
help, that aged men are home
less and shiyering and this de-
spite all that is being done-you
will give before Christmas and
give literally.
England has received 100000
of the refugees but there are
unnumbered thousands still
wandering in France and Hol-
land besides those stricken Bel
gium.
A fresh Inspiration to our
own peaceful Christmas in A.
merica will be lent if we relieve
now the sufferings of innocent
littlec hildren unoffending wom-
en- and aged men and you may
rest assured that no mans
Christmas Day will be the less
happy because in some cases
the gift may entail some meas
ure of personal sacrifice.
Let us remember at this crisis
that ITO pity distress is but hui
man; to Relieve it is Godlike.'
All contributions entrusted to
me as Treasurer will be prompt
ly and thankfully acknowledged.
Send along your dollar-more If
you can.
Very truly yours,
HENRY CLEWS. .
Treasurer, Dollar Christmas
Fund for Homeless. Deeiigg;ans ,
Broad Street, New York. ,
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fluence. He will address the voters
in Johnson City on the good road sub
ject Friday night at o. clock on the
water wagon at Fountain Square or at
the court House.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
HAVE Youf

We have never heard of anybody
who succeeded in making surliness or
incivility pay.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10

DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup con-
forms to the Pure Food and Drug
Law; every bottle guaranteed. Sam
pie free.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
SUCCESSFUL MEN
CYRUS H. K. CURTIS.

A passage IN story Rudyard Kipling
was writing for Mr.. Curtis referred to
the hero. in his excitement and despair,
gulping down q glass Of brandy. As
Mr.. Curtis objects to any reference to In
toxicating liquors In his publications, he
telegraphed to Mr.. Kipling asking him
to change the passage. He received the
following reply. "Strike out brandy
and insert Mellins Food"
Curtis first adventure In the publishing
business was made on borrowed capital.
but his determination to push ahead and
ability to hold on soon enabled him to get
out Of debt and place his magazine
His ability to build is clearly shown In
his efforts with the Saturday Evening
Post. When he purchased 1t, II was in
a deplorable condition with q circulation
not over hundred and scarcely no ad-
vertising. One editor was all It could
boast but through his untiring efforts and
shrewd business management 1t now
boasts thirty editors and . million and
a half cirenlation
TIe is determined. enterprising, and
thoroughly seiferelient Absolute honesty
In all things Is his motto.
The protertion OF his readers in the
nefarious advertisements Is q matter Of
history In the publishing world.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10

wafer wagon at Fountain Square or a.
the court House.
EUROPEAN WAR NO. 12.
10 the papers! the papers!
OF the European war
How they bother us to understand
Like a military. sea-saw
Whether the Russian wedge or Ger
man
Is driven the hardest in
Six war prophets have prophesied
They may all get fooled like sin.
The Germans licked the Russians
Great guns and war supplies
And forty thousand prisoners
Taken by surprise;
The Russian fooled the Germans
And let them in gap,
Caught sixty thousand prisoners
And wounded in a trap.
The Germans have five thousand dogs
To bring the wounded in
From the battle field to be healed
So they can fight again.
The French and English have them
For guard and scout and gun,
And the dogs know more than papers
About what the war has done.
Fritz Kreisler the great violinist
Went to fight and got shot,
He went three days without eating
And the weather wasn't hot;
He licked the dew from the grass
Boiled out the trench with his hat,
Went into his hole like ground hog
And laid in the water at that.
There's been great battle in Poland
So the papers say,
Both sides won a victory
And carried the honors away;
Many thousand prisoners taken
And yet I fail to see
AS everybody was hurt or killed
But don't know how it could be.
One day German officer
Came over to the French line
With a rag on his sword for a flag
And brought bottle of wine
70 trade for bread, and they gave him
Some pieces of mildewed stuff
All they could spare but for that
He was glad and thankful enough.
Var has unspeakable horrors
But does not fail to unfold
The finest flowers of humanity
When in the ranks enrolled;
A poor weay Australian soldier
Will hand crust of bread
To hungry Russian prisoner
Friendly to living or dead.
And the battle cry of Won Hindenburg
For God and King and Fatherland
Is drowned by the cry of Belgium
For Gods almighty hand
To stay the crimson slaughter
Lest her rivers run with blood
And the suffering people perish
For want of homes and food.
King George and Kaiser have gone
To the front to drive another wedge,
And IL looks by the papers now
The Germans are ready to hedge.
they tried three ways of Sunday
Tostrike knock out blow
And do what Napoleon couldn't
One hundred years ago.
With thirty-sfx great zeppelins
And torpedoes eight feet long
Germany wouldn't sail over London
And hurt them at the throng
Along the Strand and Fleet street
And in Trofolga Square.
But England has aerial cannon
And viii fight them in the air.
70 famine stricken nation
Has ever called in vain
FOR us he't sladenaroiosies
Have gone across the Main,
treat hearted Christian Columbia
Friend of the poor and oppressed
IAN feed the whole of Europe
And trust in God for the rest
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
BOB BURROW.

Bristol, Tenn. 11-25-14.
Hon. w. R. Fitzsimmons.
Elizabethton. Tenn.
Dear Will:--
/ have received copies of the
Banner" and like it. Keep on send
ing it. l enclose check for subscrip-
ton. It brings back memories of the
days long agone to read of the doings
on the Watauga and the Doe.
Yours truly,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-12-10
One day a German officer

Came over to the French line
With rag on his sword for flag
And brought bottle of wine
70 trade for bread. and they gave him
Some pieces of mildewed stuff
All they could spare but for that
He was glad and thankful enough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
THE SPLINTER SACRIFICED TO
THE PRINCE.

lie is perhaps most Keen and at
his best when running behind the
Magdalen and New College Beagles,
a form of sport that involves a sprint
of some eight or ten miles over the
hills Of Oxfordshire The trainers
say that if his royal highness were
not a prince ne could be one of the
best long distance runners in the
university
When not beagling the prince is
often seen going around Cowley
links-the public course of the Uni
versity Golf Club-and one Of the
most badly kept courses in England.
Like his friends, he always carries
his bag of clubs under his arm and
"starves the caddies.Y on the links,
as elsewhere, he represents the type
of considerate English sportsman,
and ne was heard saying to another
single when stopped at an approach
by the bad putting of the party
ahead: Those fellows in front are
bloody slow but Of course, the greens
are frozen" Though he is not as
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JUST WHO THE SMALL OF
FICIAL" WAS.

En- PEASANT an undergraduate
when he read the story remarked
that the princes mother had given
him the buckets and considered them
essential to his royal comfort, SO that
most people would quail at the
phrase, small court official"
The undergraduates have sympa-
thized with the-prince in his desire
TO be one of them, though there are,
of course, some who think that il
scarcely becomes royalty to be so
little notorious. and would gladly fol-
low the royal lead i'm any freak that
might distinguish him from the SEN
sible oxford man. 1t is true that he
was elected and became member Oh
the Bullingdon-one of the fashion
able. yet democratic, wine clubs OF
the university-and the story is told
Of night last spring when the Bull
kingdoms had a more "lurid hinge
than usual, which brought notoriety
10 the ancient organization so that
the story appeared in the press. His
royal highness Immediately re-
signed, and appears no more at per-
formances of Gilbert and Sullivan
with the red and green dress coat
collar wherewith the Burlington
Club distinguishes it's sons.
Before the princes matriculation
there was much discussion as to
which college he would select Christ
Church was considered, because it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
WHEN PRINCE HENRY WAS
ENTERTAINED IN THE HALL.

Besides these famous commonors
Magdalen has been often recognized
by royalty before the present Prince
took up his abode there. Henry vi
was a great benefactor, and sent his
son, Prince Arthur, 70 lodge with Dr.
Mayhem, who was then president OF
the college. There is also the story
of a later Prince Henry, eldest son
of James ], who at the age of twelve
was entertained by the scholars IN
the hall. with royal tact he graci-
ously ordered them TO put on their
square caps, and then, seizing a cup
foaming with generous wine. add
dressed the scholars comprehen-
sively i'm a loud voice and drank TO
their health, and he was wont after
ward to call Magdalen his own col
lege and to say that he would ever
be mindful Of j."
50 there is much history and tradi-
ton to inspire the undergraduate
days of the present Prince Of Wales,
He has evidently protited by II, as his
return for a second year proves but
the question that ranks In junior
common rooms with speculations as
to the outcome Of the varsity boat
race is whether the prince will over
turn tradition still further and spend
the regular three years at OXFORD.
His friends say that he expects to go
down" this summer, but they hope
that he will find the life so congenial
that he will come back for another
wear
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NOT AN ADVOCATE OF SPECIAL
PRIVILEGE.

Ile King and queen ana Ihe young
prince himself DECIDED thal ne shoulu'
60 in for everything that makes the
life OF the Undergraduate rean'y oi'
}s Dr i. Herbert warren 'he pi
dent OF Masdalen ana the Onl'e'
sity professor or poetry salu last
June IN delivering the CreWlah IRA
ion i'm Latin The has SHOWN MS
wish to- take his stand On merit ana
not on privilege. ana mas pIeleIIeu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
MAGDALEN BREAKS ANOTHER
TRADITION.

In Hall" that evening, where he
dined with the other undergraduates
Of his college, Mr.. Horsfall, who has
since become an international figure
as an oarsman. was put at the head
OF the freshers' table TO give the
prince some first hand tips on those
things that are not done by fresh
men, For a second year man thus
20 converse with fresher was
glaring breach Of disciplinary tradi-
ton, but it was the last that Magda-
Ten committed for her most Illus
trious undergraduate Thereafter the
prince was put on his own ana ms
dinners I'm the great Magdalen HAL
with its lofty. heavily -beamed ceiling
and oak -panelled walls covered with
the pictures Of famous sons ana
benefactcrs, are nightly the meals OF
the other hundred and ninety-eight'
eaten as are theirs beneath the be-
nign indifference Of the "dons' at the
high table.
The tutor, II. z. Hansell. lives on
the first floor, Immediately under the
princes room and on the same
stairway. He requires the prince to
map out his day so that one of the
detectives may keep him out OF the
hands Of the sufragettes and other
wild things" Of he British Isles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-15
FRIENDS OF THE PRINCE WHO
HAVE DONE THINGS.

Bertram Pawle, master of the
beagles; T. y. Horsfall, famous ION
the river. Eric G. Dunstan, who has
q choir scholarship; j. c. Paterson,
of the Magdalen Soccer Club. These
men. with Lord Stanley, II. l.. Far
auhar j. w. Horne, 3. A. and Il. +.
Bridges. son Of the poet laureate
arc among the most representative
men OF the college and fair illus
tration of the type OF men with whom
the prince associates. To these men
his royal hiehnecs is Eddie" and
so he signs himself on the menus of
Bump Suppers," after a Magdalen
day on the river" or at Twenty
frsters." as the college anniversary
celebrations are called.
He spent the long vac" last sum
mer i'm tour OF Germany under the
guardianship of DR.. Fielder, Taylor
ian Professor of German Language
and Literature. His friends say,
however that he still prefers France,
probably because he speaks French
huently and has been dubbed by that
nation the charming prince" He
was very much interested i'm the
military ability OF the Kaiser's sub
jects, and the prince has the making
Of a very good soldier.
He is an enthusiastic member of
the Oxford branch of the Officers
Training Corps and one Of the best
rifle shots in his company. He is
not vet 50 good as his father, who is
considered one Of the best marks
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IN the Cloister Quadrangle of
Magdalen College, oxford, are
the rooms of His Royal High
ness the Prince of Wales and 'future
king Edward VIII of England.
The heir apparent is being educated
Don no unprincely surroundings; Mag
dalen is one of the oldest and most
fashionable of oxford colleges; and
the rooms of the prince overlook the
shaded beauty of Addison's Walk and
the classic Cherwen
Two detectives patrol the quad
rangle beneath the windows Of the
royal suite. because the peaceful Sc
cluslon Of the green natural cloister
of our Academe" is continually upset
by the throng of future subjects and
others who come to see how and
where the young prince lives. But it
is much more from the stranger than
from oxford that it is the duty of
the guardians of the heir apparent
TO protect him
I'M Burke's Peerage and court cir
clcs the slender fair-haired boy of
nineteen within these guarded win
dows is Edward Albert Christian
George Andrew Patrick David, Prince
of Wales. Earl of Chester Duke Of
Cornwall. Duke Of Rothsea, Knight
of the Garter, etc. etc; but in OK
ford he is also "Pragger Wager
and an excellent golfer who is not
above carrying his own clubs.
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good at golf as at running, his handi-
cap is usually in the neighborhood OF
eight.
Besides being one of Magdalens
best beagers, the prince is ION the
soccer club and plays in all the
games for the second string Al
though his size and weight prevent
his being an oarsman. he is an en-
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Aside from the Fact That the Prince Of
Wales Must Map Out His Day in Ad-
vance So That Detectives May Guard
Him from Sufragettes and Other
Peri's, He Forms Only an Atom
in the College Body

His royal highness does" a roll
call. or roller" at $ o'clock; then he
has breakfast with the other under
graduates i'm the Junior Common
Room. and as one of his fellow stu
dents put it: His college bills are
often less than those of some of the
Nuts" During the morning the
prince reads with his tutor and at
tends the lectures of c. Grant Rob
ertson, NJ A., Fellow of All Souls,
and \. L. Smith, NJ. A.. Dean of Bal
liol. He is not reading for a degree.
but his work both jim lectures and
with his tutor is mapped out along
the lines of English military and po-
ltical history and economics, as these
subjects are considered most useful
and inspiring for a future king.
He divides his afternoons among
many forms of sport, and it is only
fair to say that as a type the prince
is more "a sportsman than a student.
Although he is still a boy of nineteen,
in height about feet inches
and weighing less than one hundred
and thirty pounds, he has become
identified with many Of his college
athletic teams
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thusiastic fan" and some Of his most
characteristic photographs have been
snapped while ne was running III
sweater and shorts along the tow
path encouraging the Magdalen eight
He keeps his own motor acts as MS
own chauffeur and shows in his driV-
ing touch Of speed mania. Indeed
the casual oxford visitor has his