The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-10-15

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nothing now left but Crouch" and
few hangers on, who are disgruntled
and disappointed Office seekers, with
very bad sore toes, and cannot be com
forted. Two years from now Theodore
Roosevelt and his personal party will
be everlastingly extinguished and the
country will rejoice in the passing OF
the charlatan and his political coun-
terfeits and glaring shame
Col. Hoss and family of Bristol
spent a few days here recently with
his mother-in-law, Mrs. John T. Par
ker.
Alf Parker, engineer on the L. & N
railroad with headquarters in Knox
vile, Tenn, spent few days vacation
with his mother here last week and
returned to his post of duty thereafter.
Mr.. Worley, democratic candidate
for representative, addressed good
sized audience in the high school
auditorium, Friday night last. Demo-
cratic voters are scarce in this dis
trict, but not as scarce by long sight
as the Jim Cox contingent is going to
be November 3rd.
If candidate Lyle will promise the
residents of the two Cherokee creeks
to have law passed in congress to
have our water courses dredged and
made navigable for small sized boats
we will guarantee him large vote
from the two voting places. He has
only to make the promise, for we all
know he will make his promise good
as soon as he takes his seat in con-
gress (0.
Pap" Cox is still making the well
kin ring with his musical voice, but
we understand that is all he is doing
He is somewhat like an old fellow
dead now, like Cox living here for
many years and was a perpetual can
didate for district office, any thing
from school director to magistrate,
and who always thoroughly canvassed
the district from "end to end" and
who honestly believed that every man
who would speak to him or shake
hands with him, and not spit in his
face, was going to vote for him. OF
this he was cocksure, and when cleo
ton day came on he was early on hand
and labored increasingly and remain
ed until the last vote was counted
and his vote always run from to IL,
the latter being the highest he ever
received, but he never was daunted
and two years later would be on
hands again. Jim Cox is going to be
fooled about as badly November 3rd as
the perpetual candidate in this dis
trict was. Mentally, in comparison to
Sells or Lyle. he is in the ratio of a
gad fly to an elephant, and we will let
it go at that for the present
The chairman of the Bull Moose"
contingent in this congressional dis
trict must be very busy man. In
to his law business (if he has
any and running his party campaign,
he undertook the job of running some
of the newspapers by debating what
they should publish or not publish. |
But if he is no more successful in run
ming his campaign than he has been,
50 far, in having our articles sup
pressed he certainly is playing los
ing game. No sir, Mr.. Chairman, If |
your candidate cannot stand the |
blessed sunlight of publicity" you,
md your little bunch of would be |
eaders and dictators, should have |
nominated less thin skinned man
who could. Most of us know the poll
ical history of your candidate, and
We know it to be as crooked as a bar
eel of snakes, and we want the bal
lnce of the people to know it too. No,
dr. Chairman, if you didn't want your
title tin god exposed in all his politi-
al deformity, you should not have
rotted him out. The political acts of
,ublic men are public property and
will be and should be exposed to the
,ublic, and this we shall do to the
,est of our ability.
Mrs. Jas. l.. Mafkwood, Of Washing
on College, is here on visit to rela-
ives and friends and will remain a
ew days.
Mrs. Martha Miller, who has been
ill with gall stones is
apidly convalescing.
Farmers are making slow prepara-
ion for wheat sowing on account of
he soil being too dry to make good
eed bed. All are hoping for a good
ain.
Local items are scarce with us this
yeek. Hope something will be doing
efore our next budget is sent in.
[ANY TURKEYS PRODUCED
IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The turkey, the national Thanks
living bird, has thrived well in Wash ,
lgton county this season. Dry wealth {
r prevailed during April, May and !
une, and this was favorable to the ,