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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
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BIC COTTON MILL BANQUET
Planned For Near Future For the Pur.
pose OF Raising $l5O.OO0 Stock In
Big Industry Looking this Way.

The chamber of commerce held a
very important meeting when the ques
tions of better freight rates for John
son, City and the location of cotton
mill here were considered.
=, 1t was agreed to empios an expert
rate man to. go before the interstate
commerce comm,;sim and demand
the same rates :5. Johnson city thai
Bristol has. A
II was the opisi0l of the members
of the chamber that johnson City
should take $t5G ~ stock in the Cot
ton mill which aa, been proposed to
be erected here ~ South Carolina
capitalists. Mesrs. Thad A. Cox, J.
Fred Johnson, G. l.. Marshal, Adam
B.. Crouch and Fl D. Grump should be
appointde committee to so,Li! stock
for the proposed cotton mill.
The chamber agreed to hold cot
ton mill banquet at the Windsor hotel
within the next ten days,
A resolution was passed demanding
that the legislature would not repeal
the vital statistics law.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
NEW CABINET ROMANCE
McREYNOLDS MAY WE'D

Washington, Feb. 2.--Persistent re-
ports have been in circulation recent
ly that Miss Lucy Burleson, Oldest
daughter of the postmaster general,
is engaged to marry Associate Justice
James G. McReynolds, of the United
States supreme court. Miss Burleson
only 21 years old, is still taking course
in private school. She denies the
rumor, but friends assert she is wear
ing what to all appearances is an en-
gagement ring. Justice McReynolds
is SO years old. He was chosen attor-
ney general in the Wilson cabinet and
was recently promoted to the bench.
He is bachelor
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
PHIL TAYLOR WANTS
TO SUCCEED PECK

The many friends of Phil s. Taylor,
of the famous Chucky River section,
are earnestly pushing his candidacy
for commissioner of agriculture, un-
der Gov. Rye. Mr. Taylor is making
a strong and aggressive fight and the
indications are good that If he does
not win, he will make winner feel
that he has been in the running.
Mr.. Taylor would make fine man
for this place. as his agricultural
training and practical farming knowl-
edge makes him especially qualified'
He has been connected with the
Farmers Unio nof Washington coun-
ty. and has made number of cam
paigns in various sections Of the
state in the interest of the farmers.
The endorsements Of Mr.. Taylor
come from every section Of the state
and from practically every walk in
life. His prospects are excellent for
y yis..ag This very important position
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04

lhe small amount that they alone could
produce. We. have shown too much
indifference aboUt the condition of our
products when taken to market, and
The small quantities have cut the
prices receiyedinhalf,
The farmers of Tennessee have be-
fore. them Il period of great prosperi-
duce quantity and quality to meet
market demands Now is the ime o
get together and plan the coming year
production. The demand for the
right crops is going to be great. We
have all the conditions favorable for
supplying the demands if we will do
our pat aud use the energy and intelli-
gence God has given us. We will be
untrue to Him, to our families and
ourselves il we let this golden oppor-
tunity so. by unimproved.
In some portions of the State cotton
has been the one crop as it has been
in practically all the southern states.
A large crop was raised last year. The
war in Europe has temporarily cut
off The demand TO our export cotton.
running the price for the time. r
last crop grown, has done so already,
but he can avoid recurrence of such
a condition If he will plan first to raise
on his farm at least what he consumes
of food for; himself and his livestock
and plan for his cotton to be a surplus
that he can afford to hold for salts
factory prices. Then his surplus crop
will command prices that will put him
ahead and Independent instead of be-
ing slave TO the old one crop system.
When farmers get more cohesion to
work to gether. when they plan first
to produce at, home what is consumed
at home and have their surplus crops
SO diversified that there will be pro-
.dnction enough of each to supply quan-
tity and quality TO attact a market and
not produce all of one crop to glut
he. market with that commodity, the
products attractively marketed, then,
and not until then, will the farmers
enter upon he full measure Of pros
perity possible for them to enjoy,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
RYE APPROVES PLANS
OF STATE PRISON PROBE

Nashville, Feb. Gov. Rye put
his approval on the plans of the legis-
lative committee appointed to inevsti-
gate the reports of the alarming pre-
yauance at conference this morning.
The committee will be gina thorough
probe of the alleged insanitary condi-
ton of the prison tomorrow morning.
Senator ]. J. Murray, of Lewisburg,
was the spokesman of the committee
that called on the governor today. He
was accompanied by Representative
Davis. of Nashville, several other rep
resentatives, DIR. R. @. Lillard and DR..
H. H. Shoulders, of the state board of
health, and DR.. William Litterer, state
bacteriologist.
The physicians explained that they
proposed to have 1900 blank forms
printed for every personal examination
of every convict in the prison. The
blanks will ask for information lead
ing to a scientific and thorough in
vestigation of the sanitary condition.
Information on the blanks will be such
as the length of the convict confine-
ment, how long it took him ii acquire
tuberculosis and kindred information.
1t is said that the investigation will
show that between 60 and rs per cent.
of the convicts at the prison have con-
sumption in some stage, and that a
large percentage of them acquire the
disease after being confined as long
as two years.
The result of the. committees work
will be the recommendation of suitable
legislation to the legislature after re-
cess.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
MAY RESULT in CUTTING
!, .E.y% OFF SOME PENSIONS.

/ Washington, Jan. 3O.--The pension
bureau has promised the house ap-
preparation committee to ascertain
how many persons drawing pensions
in ofreign countries are still American
citizens. and whether there are any
pensioners who are citizens or sub
jects of the countries in which they
reside.
/. Il am SO thoroughly American"
Commissioner Saltzgaber. told the com
mittee, I" that / believe man who
adjures his allegiance to this country
ought not to receive any reward from
it.
The commissioner added that more
pension money was paid out to per-
sons living abroad than ever before.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
STATES DEFICIT AMOUNTS
TO MILLION, SAYS MURRAY

Nashville, Feb. 1.-The special COM
mittee to ascertain the exact amount
of the deficit under Hooper's adminis-
tratfon will meet at the capitol to NOR
row morning to complete plans for
procedure. The committee has two
expert accountants at work who will
have a partial report to render.
Senator Murray, secreatry of the
committee, intimated this moning that
the deficit would reach as much as
million dollars. He sal dthat the only
way out was for the state to borrow
that amount of money to tide her over.
Representative Stanton, chairman of
his committee, will reach Nashville to.
morrow for the meeting.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
Senator Lea Enters Denial.


Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 31.--Senator
Luke Lea, in a statement today denies
that he has been in Nashville since last
Tuesday. He said he arrived here
Thursday at five o'clock p. M, on the
Dixie Flyer from Chattanooga after
the custer bill had been passed both
the senate and house. He said he did
not know the custer bill was before
the house until he arrived in Chatta-
nooga.
u came to Nashville for two days
visit on personal business" he said,
"and not on a political mission" He
denied that he had tried to influence
any member of the legislature or any
body else against the custer bill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
SUCCESSFUL MEN
THOMAS ALvA EDISON

my own experience" says Edison. SIS
that II you get something for nothing, you
may be sure yon are on the wrong road.
II you get the result without strenuous
effort, there is only one rule, apparently,
to follow, and that Is to cast 1t aside and
begin all over again" And to accomplish
what he has II has been necessary for
him to practice what he breaches. All Of
his life he has been strenuous not only
with his head but with his hand.
AS a nevsboy at twelve, telegraph
operator at fifteen. and then an inventor,
he attributes all of his great achieve
ments to his unceasing labor. The car
bonized bamboo which finally made the
incandescent electric light success. was
the result of years of research and ex-
perimenting with other materials.
The phonograph was perfected at
equally as great an expenditure of labor.
TO the uninitiated his great workshop
and laboratory in East Orange, N. j., the
greatest In the world, Is temple of mys-
terry where magicians turn everything
into gold, but to Edison 1t Is simply
place of work.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
ELIzABETHTON's POST
MASTER RESIGNS

Elizabethton, Tenn, Jan. 31.--E. Il.
Hathaway, postmaster at this place,
has rendered his resignation effective
Tuesday of this wee'. Mr.. Hathaway
is republican, and was appointed
two years ago to succeed e. G. Alex.
ander Mr. Hathawty resigned to be-
come superintendent of the Monarch
Flour mills at Elizabethton. There
will be several applicants for the place
in fact the fight is already on. The
Office is worth about $500 per year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
GBATIFIE5
SENATOR
SHELLS
PASSAGE OF THE
..l:.. ELKINs ArsTER BILL
BY THE HOUSE UNANENDED
By the House Unawarded. He says
This Act Sustains His Prediction
OF the Keeping OF Platform
Pledges.

= Washington D.: q, Jan: 80 Senator
John X. Shields was greatly gratifed
today at the news from Nashville to
the effect that the lower house of the
Tennessee legislature had acted favor
ably on the Elkins custer bill in the
form in which it came from the senate
and without the amendments recom-
mended by the house Judiciary commit
tee ~
Ii Is Nic opinion OF seeator Shields
that one of these amendments would
have jeopardized the constitutionality
OF the act.
The senator also expressed his grati3
iication at the action OF the lower
house in passing the custer bill un-
amended, as il sustains his prediction
that Gov. Rye and the present general
assembly will keep the platform
pledges of their parts upon which they
were elected by the enactment of
proper law enforcement measupes,
There is no sefio,is. obiectionl to the
provision that authorizes ten citizens
to bring the custer suit, 'ssaid Senator
Shields. 1T has. long been the law of
Tennessee, last announced in Mayor
l1eiskelPs case in 1912. That one ci4ti-
zen can contest an election and WHY
should not ten be- allowed to proceed
against an officer FOR failffo to do his
duty. b. <s.,e: ......s
The senator said that from What he
has learned of tlle Ellins .hiIf through
the newspapers. it is wholesome and
conservative in its provisions and will
bring about an efficient enforcement of
The laws of the state and that he would
have beeh tempted to aid in it's passage
but for his opinion that it is improper,
while holding his present position, to
Fstatesseso "A state legislation and be-
eaatse, Of the absolute necessity of his
remaining IN Washington to support
\. the shipping bill, one of teh most i'm
I 'asispUrtant administration measures that
,'+has been before the senate, and which
the republicans are making desper-
ate effort to defeat.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
70 THE FARMERi.I
r. si.
OF TENNESSEE
BY CAPT. T. f. PEGkY It
Commissioned Of AgricMAufe.s
DlyEgSIFICTION OF CROPS

Just now while the weather is bad
g I'd the farmers have some leisure
time, they will employ it to a good
advantage il they will take. stock of
resent day conditions and plan an
:3t5ustment OF their farm operations
|or the coming year TO suit conditions.
farmers have drifted too much into
tlie; one crop method of farming, and
because of that fact have to buy for
hrmes consumption, so many things
their fathers produced at home. Ii
any farmer will take the trouble to
find .ona The amount of potatoes, fruits,
end canhed goods that are imported
,iato Tennessee, the amount of money
l 'lItat has gone out of the State that
a4,tiould have remained here, and when
IT, 3. realizes that we can produce as
sood4 as. the rest, and he looks over
rl,is farm and finds land idle that
eyyfiti have produced that which he has
bought, and recalled y the time lost
ti4at could have been%better employed
growing those things. lie cannot fail
70 realize that he is largely to blame
f9.5r his balance at the bank beiif5 so
itiiuoh smaller than it should be.
1. While he has found it somethiny Of
/. burdento pay for the things he could
have raised, if he plans this. years
crop afong the same lines he will find
himself i'll. very much worse shape
a .year, hence than at the present time.
f.r,tfhe war. in Europe has brought
about many changes. The majority
| Potable bodied men in those. countries
are bearing arms. fighting instead of
farming. They are not producing
| [foodstuffs, but the armies must be fed
asi well as their, families. This is go
ling to- create great demand for food
iSsiT5deNts sat Increased prices. Much
Of. oRgs fruits and. canned goods will be
eMpbitod% @ff:seilf+farmers depend on
| Ehs.SIi f,sg.4 st6ats1of raising SUCH pro-
EI'tffii eits; on their own. farms, they may
kpaaza up their minds to pay fancy
| FfsFFees Ii ihatwill'eat up the profits from
their peneral crop. u;
!. .yEoiia il NOT be.good business fore
| tjight In the abnormal demand and high
prices. to plan how to produce at
home not oniy.what is consumed at
homo but help supply the demand
! from abroad that is going to be enor-
NOUS? Would it not be wise for conf
munitias to get together and plan
their crops so that they would produce
variety and at the same time guam
tity and quality. to attract buyers at
the fancy prices that will prevail
where quantity and quality can be
! found?
1t has been the custom of farmers
to act independent of their neighbors
and grow crops Z y were most con-
venient for themg1osing sight of mar
ket demands and the fact that what
they would produce taken alone would
justify those in the market hunting up
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
Deafness Can Not Be Cared

by local applications as they can not reach the
diseased portion of the car. There is only one
way to cure deafness, aud that is by constitU-
tIonai remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
eustachian tube. When this tube is infamed
you have q Tumbliug tohnd or imperfect hear
ing, and whom it is entirely closed. DEAFNESS is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
cnidition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
men cases out of ten ore caused by catarrh.
which Is nothing but an inilamed condition Of
toe mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF deafness fcaEsed by catarrh) that can
not he cured by HallN Catarrh Cure. Send for
c'rculars free. =. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists s5c
AXE Iall's Family Pills for constipon
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
lain wesley Dulaney.

John Wesley Dulaney, age 81 years
died at his home on Cherokee Monday
at IL o'clock( following an illness
from a complication of diseases. Fo
many years he was a leading farmer OF
the Cherokee valley. He was a mem
her Of the Methodist church. The de-
ceased is survived by widow and two
daughters, also by FIVE brothers,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04

To insure a company you do not
know is like lending money to a
stranger. 1 represent the Aetna In
surance Company, known since 119
as the company that settles every hon
est loss promptly B. F. Stafford,
Harr Building.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04

Rural school Hon. PhEEs Taylor, Pres
ident Of tfe County Farmers Union,
] 4 .shiiig ,5a County; Professor. f. W.
:Alc&aa der. state Normal School.
ST CsrrclStf5n 6f Industrial Work With
.Fiie 0lher Subjects in One-Room
isehooll Is Nettie 3d. Armstrong,
sat4 cher cf Domestic Science. East
sfisesnncssee state Normal School.
u T'hurSdaF.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
Lions Destruction Decreed.

Every mans hand is against the
lion. His destruction is encouraged
by all the governments of Africa;
and the occupation of most parts OF
the continent by the white race ID
likely. before a great many years, to
close his history except In few re-
gions.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04

Exports Of American Fruit.
The sale of American fruit abroad
has amounted to about s16.000,00O as.
Audky for the last several years
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-02-04
fFRoFfa,S u l5, MAR SO. aieAETEEN.


FtRoFfla,S o'itl VAR !: Il: So, aStealETEFN. aSeal
a w6nderfni prup4let or Eaa9lce
Wa$.able TO piqhhesy 4 F&$
Three hundred ReaFs asopsss.::::
"of a time. when 1nen Nssgn fly
Twelve Kings weuld go to SEar
TIE marc at;it albright" ~ ~
And two more spunkyfellSas|
Are spelling for a fights ~:
In Snabia theapeople sing r.,
when Germany shalts9k&atest be
Then her greatest fall shall como,
W'avss Of; bloody 'sytsF lI:sss" li.is, T" -'-''-s
The horses of the Cosaclts drink
In the Elbe and the Rhine
Ten prophesies have been fcretold
We see fulfillment of the aine,
:-.E
A week ago at Armentiefs:,..
The German soldiers threw
TO the British cake of chocolate
With note tied on it tco =
Which said our captains, birthday !;
we wish you to attend
From half past seven TO half past eight.
And hostilities suspend. Z" X
II you'll honor us with your company
Please wrap this note around
All the tobacco you can spare 4
And your heads arc. safe! and sound
Aboue your trenches when you see
,oiir f6otlight candles light
You do The same and we'll begin
/ Our concert for the night OH 4
The word passed up and down the line
The feetlihts lit on times ''--'' t' /. .
Asdeuble row of whislered. heads =.
/, Shot. up in song sublime. 1F'..
Come init.as: inter.der chorus I. y
Oh nixy God forbid! .
Wed rather. die than sing German" :.
1t would kill US if you did
One BY one the lights went out
And as heavy clouds began Ss;@ -
Hiding. the. slarsgtwo rows of men
\ Sank in their graves again '>,@
with nloistehed eyes and bullets sang
| AS good nights passed across otffe'
space +:'E ~:
How there, thad9 been on the fighting
Ia France an hour of peace.
I In three days battle Of Kara Hfgan
The Rusians gained the day Z, a:.
The eleventh corps of Turks defeated
And trying to ruin away >:
Roads were lost in the$terrible snow
With Russians on their path
j Nine thousand Turks with'riaes
In hand all frozen to DEATH
The trail of destruction in Poland
Out rivals the Russian fame
For anything barbaric
/ An earthquake might be tame
Where houses, bridges, dams and trees
Dykes, roads, trenches and banks
Are burnt or plowed up and the men
Forced into the German ranks.
A Zeppelin raid on Norfolk
Has caused a stir in the air
And eighty bombs on Dunkirk
Made the Frenchmen swear
Artillery stops swearing
| wish some kind of bombs
Could stop the hell of profanity
Heard in soldiers homes.
Across the, mighty Atlantic
Still comes the suffering cry
Some child hath need of thee"
The Master is passing by
With heart of infinite pity
For Belgium over the sea
Says inasmuch as We help them
Ye have done it unto me.
The tide of battle ebbs and flows
Uncertainty ON land and sea
Who kills the most nobody knows
LONDON and Berlin don't agree
The Kaiser's troops are massing
For a combat in Alsace
And there is no herald angel
To sing down Of peace
BY H. S. Fish.
PHIL TAYLOR WANTS
TO SUCCEED PECK
The many friends of Phil s. Taylor,
of the famous Chucky River section,
are earnestly pushing his candidacy
for commissioner of agriculture, un-
der Gov. Rye. Mr.. Taylor is making
a strong and aggressive fight and the
L.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-12-25
White Pine Also Quarantin6S
Against Foreign Sheep

The authorities of White Pine
County have reported TO Governor
Boyle that they have decided to place
a quarantine on all sheep being driv-
en- into the county. They claim that
this action has been found necessary
on account of the numerous cases of
rabies among the sheep and because
the coyotes follow the bands of sheep
into the county and insome cases be-
come so bold that they enter the
towns. They state that all sheep
that are driven into White Pine Coun-
ty from the northern part of the
State should be turned back and not
allowed to enter the county.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-12-25
QUARANTINE AGAINST TRAVEL
ING BANDS OF SHEEP
Nye County Places Deputy Sheriffs to
keep Out Idaho and Elko
Sheep

Tonopah Times: Acting on an or
der issued by the Board of County
Commissioners at its December
meeting, Sheriff Charles Slavin has
appointed three deputies to patrol
places on the boundary line of Nye
County where bands of sheep are
likely to enter for grazing purposes
from and across other counties.
This order was made by the board
for the purpose of keeping out of this
county, sheep that have been ex-
posed to coyotes infected with rabies
in other counties. To date there
have been none of the rabid animals
killed in southern Nevada, but it is
believed that as the coyotes follow
bands of sheep about the State, they
will 500 reach this section, as it is
the custom for large bands of sheep
to be herded in this way for Winter
grazing.
Rabid coyotes are endangering
lives and the livestock industry else
where in Nevada, and the order by
the commissioners will undoubtedly
check a spread of rabies in southern
Nevada.
Sheriff Slavin has had placards of
the order printed and distributed all
over the county. He announces
that the provisions of the order will
be rigidly enforced.