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tlnued for many months to sell it to this young m;
deuded companions
During the time which these defendants were sun
drug to young man he became a yarabond an "a,
mend and criminal: undutiful to his mother worm,
set and dangerous to the community. The Jury W
concluding that all this the result OF the Illicit fra
on oy these defendants and that they should be n,
and his mother. ~ e'aie
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The Drug Store of G. 3
New York, Where Your

Tearfully he begged Bal
Barry gave him the doild
Desiring to secure evid
ton that he intended TAX
TO Amsterdam and returnt
a freight car. On his ret
pills were found In his /
fenced to ninety days ii!
was his first experience Il
When he was received d
z, 1914. DR.. Ullman, thej
Rooney and found that Id
the heroin habit. The DO!
Whenever the doctor cab
clothing and begged thatI
was not possible entirely
ment the dose was grad :
minished Rooney became
pered and insolent.
After his release from
his mother, Leo continual
fered from persistent /
sought to, cure him, but
craving for the drug led |
One night he broke intoA
which is nearly oppositeS
sterdam, and stole a qna
after this the boys cousia
Rooney's home.
Physicians were ca1leE
Ing from drug poisoning
consciousness, and the al
learn where he secured d
arrested. Although conyi
Aiken store, he was. rega
Of his misfortune and Il
sentence. Shortly aftervl
for violating his parole.
accorded him another eli
he was arrested in Schs
was turned over to the
Fonda. On April 8, 1911
sentenced him to ElmiltJ
formatory April Is.
Heartsick and despaA y
Attorney Barry to see dfa
to prevent druggists fto9
sale OF drugs. Attor1leJ
moralizat!on Of the Roo,
the results of the crimt
by mercenary druggists.
resented hut one OF innp
throughout the country
olous vnlainy. While Z
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heroin, and In the face of their con.
slant daily observation Of the actual
deadly effects upon the victim whom
they were supplying with 1t, these de.
tendants, actuated only by greed. con.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
RY TWENTY OF THE YOUNGER
MEN OF JOHNSON CITY
WHO WILL
GIVE THEIR FIRST CON-
CERT IN THE MAJESTIC
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY
TWENTY-FOURTH

A few days ago twenty of the
younger men of the city met and Or
ganized themselves with the idea of
promoting much needed brass band
for Johnson City. A greater number
of the organization have had some
little experience in band work and
much enthusiasm was manifested, at
tended with the raising of 100000 by
he members of the organization.
The people of Johnson City as a
whole are thoroughly in accord with
the movement to give to the city
iirst class band and the citizens and
business men who have been ap"
preached thus far have given loyal
support to the undertaking. The
Johnson City Band will be an incor-
,lorated institution thereby insuring
The city a good musical Organization
Of it's kind for many years On Mon
day evening. January oath, the band
will give concert in connection
with feature pictures at the Majestic
Theatre and every one who is inter
ested in the success of good brass
band for the city is cordially invited
to attend the concert. Twenty years
ago, when Johnson City was about
the size of Bluff City, we had band
that was credit to the town. Why
have we lately had to go to Bluff
City and other places to secure the
services of a band when the material
at hand was more than sufficient to
have an organization that would re-
feet credit on Johnson City at the
present time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
NIRGINIA'S CANDIDATE
FOR SUPREME BENCH

Bristol, Tenn, Jan. 9.-Harry H..
Shelton will head Bristol specia!
committee that will call on Presiden
Wilson in Washington in the mex;
few days in the interest of Judge 10
seph L. Kelly, in connection with tn.
vacancy on the bench cf the United
States Supreme court, occasioned BY
the death of Justice Lamar The be
lief here is that Judge Kelly will re
ceve the support of the entire state
of Virginia, and the state having
not been represented on the Supreme
court bench in 65 years will make a
strong appeal to the President.
Judge Kelly who is 4S years old.
is eminently qualified for the posi-
ton, and would undoubtedly reflect
hish credit upon his state should he
be honored with the position. TIL
Virginians are expected to make az
earnest effort to secure the appoint
ment of Judge Kelly, who is now a
member of the Supreme court of Vir-
ginia.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
WILL BE SELECTED AT NEXT
MEETING OF THE CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE.
LEADING CITIZENS Of
TWELVE COUNTIES
HAVE ENDORSED THE MOVEMENT
AND STARTED ORGANIZATION

Although the preliminary cam
paign inaugurated by the East Ten
nessee Association of Commercial
Executives has been running for on
ly few weeks, the East Tennessee
Home Coming Week movement has
already been endorsed by twelve OF
the thirty-four counties in this
grand division of the state and in
quiries have been received by the
committee from several of the re-
manning counties, indicating that To-
cal organizations will be started in
the near future.
The campaign committee, compos-
ed of F. r. Miller of the Morristown
Board of Trade, n. B. Remine of the
Bristol Board of Trade, j. L. Tweed
of the Maryville Board of Trade, and
ID. S. Martin of the Sweetwater
Board of Trade, will meet in Knox
vile during the latter part of this
month for the purpose of finally Sc
lecting the dates for East Tennessee
Home Coming Week and perfecting
the organization for the general cam
paign.
Before the meeting of the commit
tee it is hoped that the movement
will be endorsed by all of the remain
ing counties in East Tennessee. Com
mercial organizations, farmers clubs,
immigration boards, women's clubs,
school, church and college societies
and fraternal orders are being urged
to take action at once in order that
their towns and counties may be
enrolled and their recommendations
as to dates and general plans may
receive due consideration when the
committee meets this month.
A certain week in this year, prob
ably in midsummer or early fall,
will be designated as Home Coming
Week in East Tennessee and adver'
tised throughout the world.
During that week Homecoming
celebration will be held in every
town and county participating. The
local campaigns and local celebra.
tions will be entirely in the hands OF
local organizations, the general COM
mittee conducting the general cam
paign and cooperating with the local
organizations in directing publicity
work, securing speakers, railroad
rates, and giving suggestions from
time to time roncerning the various
departments of the campaign.-Mor
ristown Republican.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
MEASURE PASSED BY TENNESSEE
LEGISLATURE is VALID
STATUTE.
GOV. RYE HELD BILL TOO
LONG BEFORE vETO|NG
MAYOR CRUMP OUT OF OFFICE
UNTIL CASE Is DECIDED

NASHVILLE, TENN, Jan. s.-The
supreme court, speaking through JUS
tice Buchanan, this morning handed
down unanimous opinion which In
effect means that the Bowers anti
capital punishment law, enacted by
the last legislature and later vetoed
by Gov. Rye, is a valid statute of the
state OF Tennessee. Gov. Rye held
the bill on his desk for more than
five days before he vetoed it, accord
ing to the point of law decided today.
The case decided, which also con-
trolls the Bowers bill matter, was
that of the city of Johnson City VS..
the Tennessee Eastern Electric Co.,
in which the constitutionality of
house bill No. 10, passed about the
same time and vetoed under the
same circumstances as the Bowers
bill, was involved.
House bill No 10 authorizes the
state to pay for lighting the East
Tennessee normal school.
The supreme court held that a re-
cess of the legislature is not an ad-
iournment, and that Gov. Rye should
have filed his veto message with the
clerk of the body in which the bill
originated or the chairman OF the
committee on enrolled bills during the
recess.
The court this morning also speak
ing through Justice Buchanan re-
fused to vacate it's order by which
former Mayor Crump and Commits
sioner Utley of Memphis were en-
ioined from taking their seats as Of
ficials of Memphis for the new term
to which they were elected last April
and which began January l. The
court was divided. Chief Justice
Neil and Judge Williams holding with
Judge Buchanan and Justice Fancher
and Green dissenting.
The opinion of the majority in the
case was that all matters growing
out of the Memphis custer contro-
versy should be preserved in statu
quo until the court should pass upon
It at final hearing 1t was held that
the court had appellate jurisdiction
in the matter.
Under the opinion Crump and Utley
will not be allowed to assume office
Judge Fancher. in stating orally
the dissent of himself and Judge
Green, indicated that they did not
think the custer proceedings should
go into the new term of Crump ano
Utley.
Crump and Utley were suspended
from office November last on theil
illegal admission" of charges made
in custer proceedings, based chiefly
.on the alleged non-enforcement of the
statewide prohibition law
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
WILL LOOK INTO BUYING
OF NEW ROAD MACHINERY
Although No Bonds Are Issued,
Washington County Takes
Action.

The Washington County Court,
which met at Jonesboro last week,
although no road bond issues were
up for consideration, took action
looking to the purchase of road ma
chinery. with a view to macadamiz-
ing roads that have already been
graded, including it's section of the
Bristol.to-Memphis highway and the
road from Jonesboro to Fall Branch,
Tenn. The county has about twenty
two miles of road to macadamize.
Eight of this is on the translate
road and the remainder on the Fall
Branch road.
The Jonesboro Herald and Tribune
gives the following as in part the
proceedings of the county court:
The court canvassed the returns of
the county road bond election held
on December 1S, 1915, and found the
following results: For bonds, 1,729;
against bonds, 1,S47; majority against
bonds, 11S.
]. w. Crumley, Frank Haws, E. S.
Adams. ]. B. Moore and w. F. Reed
were appointed to locate routes from
Jonesboro to adjoining county sites
on which the revenue derived from
the auto tax shall be used named the
following routes: From Jonesboro
TO Rogersville via Fall Branch, to
Erwin via Embreeville, to Blountville
via Fordtown, to Elizabethton via
Johnson City, to Greeneville via the
Memphis to Bristol highway.
This revenue will amount from
81, 500 to $4,000 per year and will in,
crease each year.
The court by unanimous vote adopt
ed a petition asking for a committee
to be appointed to consider the cost
and advisability of constructing q
bridge over Nolachucky river neal
Bailey's store The committee will
report at the April term of court.
The tax levy for 1916 was fixed as
follows: State tax 35c. county taS
20c. school tax SOC, workhouse 75c
high school 10c, court house 10c
Memphis to Bristol highway 10c, Nor
NAL School, 10c, district roads, 10c
! making total of $3.50 per 800 tax
able valuation.
The county superintendent ant
the various standing committees re
ports were heard and adopted.
Resolutions were adopted relativ,
! to the lives and deaths of DR.. Georg,
r. Duncan and Lafayette Conley, de
ceased. Short and appropriate ad
dresses were made on the resolu
tions.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
ORDERED FOR MARCH THE FIRST
TO RAISE MONEY FOR PUB
Lie ROADS.
PROPOSING AN ISSUE
OF s325,000.0O
PAYABLE IN THIRTY-FIVE. FOR
TY AND FORTY.FVE YEARS.

The County Court. at the close of
it's regular session late Tuesday even
ing. and by vote of ten to four,
ordered another bond election for
March l. A petition containing about
one thousand names was presented
to the court asking for the election
to be called on the date named, and
under the Acts of 1918 it was ques
tionable whether the court had any
options in the matter but to order
the election.
The proposition is to vote $325,OOO
in 35, 40, and As year bonds for the
purpose of macadamizing about so
miles of the main roads and the
grading of about the same amount
of new roads in the county.-Sweet
water Telephone.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK
ON PREPAREDNESS

Washington, Jan. 10.-President
Wilson possibly may put the ques-
tion of national defense before the
country in a series of speeches as
one means of getting the necessary
legislation through congress.
The President today received sew
eral invitations to speak at banquets
or meetings here, at Baltimore and
New York within the next month.
officials intimated that the President
might take advantage of the invita-
tions to lay the administration plan
for national defense directly before
the people. AS soon as the subma.
rine controversy is entirely cleared
up the President intends to devote
his whole attention to getting the ma
tional defense through congress.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE
TO TRUSTS Is OUTLINED

Washington, D. c., Jan. 10.-Reas-
surances to the business men of the
country regarding the policy of the
department of justice in enforcing
the Sherman antitrust laws are be-
lieved here to be conveyed in a state
ment of Attcrney-General Gregory
published today in which he outlines
this policy.
The statement, issued through the
chamber of commerce of the United
States, was in response to a sugges-
tion that an expression from the at
torney- general as to the govern
ment's attitude in future antitrust
prosecutions might be regarded as
reassuring to the public mind" and
might dispel some of the uncertain
ty which heretofore existed" The
information on the subject as well as
the relationship that might be estab-
lished between the federal trade
commission and the department had
been sought by business men
through the chamber.
In announcing the departments
policy in enforcing the law in adj
mittedly doubtful cases, the attorney
general said that where the depart
ment was assured of the good faith
of the parties to a transaction it
would not be necessary to involve
methods of extreme penalty.
I'm such a case said Mr.. Gre
CORY, "the department would consider
that the just and appropriate and the
quickest way of enforcing the law
would be by a civil proceeding in
which the question involved would be
contested or a consent decree en-
tered, according as the defendant de
sired, or by a notice to the parties
of the departments conclusions with
opportunity to abandon or modify
the transaction
Discussing the means adopted by
the department to guard against un-
Just prosecutions. Mr. Gregory de-
tion against which complaints are
made, unless it has already declared
its attitude is given full opportunity
to submit it's defense before any ac-
tion is taken"
Regarding the departments policy
in cases where it and the federal
trade commission are both charged
with enforcing the law Mr.. Gregory
said that the department would, in
general, be guided by the principle
which governs the federal and the
state courts in cases where they
have concurrent jurisdiction.
While admitting that there was
some doubt as to the application of
the Sherman law in certain cases,
the attorney general declared that it
was no more so than of other laws
and added that such doubt as exists
would be greatly decreased by decis-
ions now pending in courts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
in HISTORY OF COUNTRY: such
HAS BEEN DEVELOPMENT
AND GROWTH
Of NATIONAL BANKS
Of UNITED STATES
SAYS COMPTROLLER WILLIAMS
IN HIS REPORT

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 10.-
Development and growth never par
alleled in the financial history of any
country" is the way John SHELTON
Williams, comptroller of the curren
cy, describes in his annual report TO
congress, the operation of the ma
tional banks under his charge, during
the period from October, 1914, to No
vember, 1915, the first year under
the federal reserve system. The re-
port was today presented to congress.
Mr.. Williams gives a comparative
statement of the condition of the ma
tional banks to back up his state
ment. He shows that net resources
of the banks increased in the yeaI
$1743, ,b7S,64S, that deposits increased
81, ,0S1 ,530,164, and that loans and dis
counts increased $917 ,45O,5O2. Avail
able cash increased in the same pc
riod 1862 100000 and on November
10, 1915, the reporting national banks
had excess reserves of 1891 ,O00,O
Tables show the comparative condi'
ton of banks in 1895 and 1915. IN
September 1895, there were 3,712 re
porting banks with net deposits o
81, ,9S9, 300, 900 and loans and discounts
of $2,059, ,4OS. .4o2, while in November.
1915, there were 1917 reportin'
banks with net deposits of $9.O79,741,-
447, loans and discounts of $7,2S3
92S,973.
THE reserve held by the nationa
banks November 10, 1915. says tn
report, exceeded by $5S7 100000 tn
greatest of the federal reserve ac
Loans and discounts amounted tp
more than the total loans and dis
counts of all banks, including M
| tional, state, savings and private
banks and loan and trust companies
as late as the year 1902
Mr.. Williams says that the "banh
ing power" of the United States
the capital, surplus. circulation do
posits, etc.-of all reporting bank
national and otherwise, with an estl
mate of the figures for non-report
ing banks, amounted in June, 1915.
$25 1897 100000, an increase in a yea
of about $1,057 100000.
Savings bank depositors Increase
to 1926 during the year endin"
last June with total deposits of 81
997 706 ,013, an increase of $61 ia, 1G@.
The average deposit, however, dc
creased from $444.36 to $3.50, Will
the number of banks increased from
2,100 to 2,159.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
ROOSEVELT REFUSES
TO HAVE HIS NAME
FILED IN PRIMARIES

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 8.--Wm,
T. Coe. of Minneapolis, announced at
meeting of local progressives to
day the receipt of the following let
ter from Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt in reply to a question whether
the colonel would agree to his name
being placed on the Minnesota pres
idential ballot:
~ cannot consent to have my name
filed in any primaries. What / am
trying to do is to fight for straight
out Americanism. am not con-
cerned whatever with any individual
myself or any one else"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
ALL BUSINESS FORCES
MAKING FOR GREATER
ACTIVITIES IN TRADE

Since December the wages of
more than 100000 employees in the
United States have been ordered in
creased. although some of these in
creaseS, as in the case of the EN-
ployes of the United States Steel cor
poration, will not be effective until
February !.
The great majority of these in
creases was voluntary recognition
by managers of the fact that better
business justiies higher wages of the
workers, and this should result in
cordial relations between labor and
capital and it undoubtedly shows
clearer understanding of mutually
of interests as between employers
and employees.
These increases will add millions
of dollars weekly to the purchasing
power of the people affected by them,
and this purchasing power. diffused
as it will be, through every branch of
trade which distributes to the ulti-
mate consumers of this country,
makes for greater sales by the shop
keeper and the merchants. greater
tonnages in freight traffic for trans
ger outputs in many lines of manu-
facture.
While it is estimated that these in
creases have been granted to fully
100000 persons, there is much rea-
son to believe that before April next
double that number will be receiving
similar advances in pay, and this
will exercise a most potent influence
upon business affairs in every State
in the Union.
The very first effects and the long
continued benefits of these wage in
creases these additions to the pur-
chasing power of the workers of the
country, will be felt by the merchants
of the United States. who will be
called upon to meet the demands of
customers now able to buy and pay
for commodities that limited incomes
have forbidden them to purchase dur
ing the past six years of dull times.
With the opening of the spring con
struction work in this country will
commence upon a scale that has not
been approximated since the panic
of 1907. and the workingmen and the
trades related to that class of work
will become powerful factors in pro-
noting the activities of general busi-
ness as well as in those of their own
direct lines.
The improvement in demand for
Offices, stores, shops, factories. apart
ments, dwellings for rent has already
resulted in marked Improvement in
values of realty throughout New En-
gland and the great belt of the CEN
trail States of the country, and the
ease in obtaining mortgage money is
giving a stimulus to building projects
that is sure to make 1916 a record
breaking year in construction work.
The States of Maryland. Virginia.
West Virginia and North and South
Carolina and the District of Columbia
are entering a year of business which
in number of transactions. volume
and value of these transactions will
be far beyond the record of any year
in the past. To their people condi'
tions forecast the highest degree of
prosperity Washington Post.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1916-01-13
WINTER TERM OF
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

The winter term at the East Ten
nessee State Normal School has
opened with a large increase in en-
rollment. Almost without exception
all the students who were in attend
ance during the fall term returned.
Among the many new students who
nave registered are the following:
Judd Acuff, Knox county; Jesse
Andes, Washington county; Dave l..
Blake, Morgan county; Horace +.
Blankenship, Unicoi county; Mollie
l., Boyd. Carter county; Georgia A.
Boyer, Hawkins county; Alfred E.
Brown, Bledsoe county; Besse b.
Brown, Washington county; James
E. Brown, Bledsoe county; Clyde 5.
Bruan, Cooke county; Cornelius b.
CABBAGE. Granger county; Rosa M.
Chestnut, Hawkins county; Beula II.
Christenberry, Roane county; Emma
Cooper, McMinn county; Laura A.
Curtis, Monroe county; Charles B. F.
Davis, Union county; Estella Easter
ly, Greene county; Eula V. Easterly,
Greene county; Ethel M. Edwards.
Claiborne county; David C. Ellis, Car
ter county; Fay Eskew, Knox coun-
ty; Stella Tanning, Greene county;
Ira Pearl Ford, Washington county;
Elisha N. Fortner, Claiborne county ,
Luna o. Gass, Meigs county; Mildred
Gilbreath, Washington county; Mae
Hale, Cooke county; Ruth L. Hale,
Cooke county; Flossie M. Hall, Nc
MINI county; Della Mae Hartsell,
Cooke county Dicie j. Hartsell,
Cooke county; Mollie NJ. Hicks, Sui
livan county; Myrtle d. Hinkle, John
son county; Bonnie Robert Howard,
Johnson county; Bryan M. Hyder,
Carter county; Ralph Hyder, Carter
county; Thomas J. Hyder, Carter
county; VIM. S. Ivy, Hamblen coun-
ty; Alonzo w. Johnson, Carter coun-
ty: Margaret A. Jones, Cooke coun;
lty; Arch M. Kincaid, Meigs county;
]. Bryan King, Hawkins county; Ho-
wa j. Kirkpatrick, Hawkins county;
Floy A. Lambert, Claiborne county;
Clarence l.. Lavender, Rhea county;
Daniel NJ. Laws, Johnson county;
Inez Lowry. Monroe county; Roscoe
| C, McAndrews, Jefferson county; Geo
! C. Mckenzie, Meigs county; Thasia
M. MdyeS, I1dWhlho SOuhAJ CiJ
E. Herrick, Loudon county; Virgil ID
Milligan, Hamblen county; Geneva A
Moore. Washington county; Juanita
MouIton. Washington county; Carrie
t. Murphy, Hamilton county; James
II. Nuchols, Blount county; VIM. Os-
car Oaks, Carter. county; Edgar H
Ogle, Blount county; Minnie Ousley
Union county; Samuel c. Patton
Rhea county; Luella Payne, Roant
county; Essie Pennington, Monroe
county: Anna Laura Powell, Meig'
county; Alline f. Ray, Jefferson
county; Hancil w. Ring, Washington
county; Carl Sans, Unicoi county
Fanny B. Scott, Hamblen county; De
lila Sizer. Sullivan county; Ida G. 81
ger. Sullivan county; Ira T. Sliger
McMinn county; Flora r. Strock
Hamilton county; Beulah L. Tarver
Knox county; Nola NJ. Taylor, An
derson county: VIM. Claude Terry
tScott county; David e. Thurman
Hawkins county; Lou Venie Wagner
Johnson county; Nora B. Wagner
Johnson county; Timmie A. Walker
Hawkins county; Eloise Williams
Morgan county: John J. Yates. Grain
ger county. and Silas York, Scot
county.