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n. M. DULANEY . r :, -'i-"5.'--;-S;- INSURANCE r A Tf TPn- 'tfZ?- Xr-"ff- Xrtt&iTw WANT The little "Want Ads" in The Comet pay larger dividends to the users than any other kind of small advertisement. Try one in the Classified Columns and then watch for the results. You next? ADS. PAY 0 Twenty-Sixth Year. JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909. Whole Number 1289 C Armbrust-bmith BldR. spring M. J II 11.41 '"f l' ii'iU'1. A-l i -'"li - : f,. II ill H RAILROADS FOR SOUTH THIRTY-FOUR HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED T Three Are in Tennessee and One Each in Alabama and Ken ' tucky Issue Bonds. Bince the first of the year thirty-four railroad enterprises have been organiz ed or incorporated in the south and southwest, ten in Texas, four in North Carolina, four in Missouri, three in Ar kansas, three in Tennessee, two in Ok lahoma, two in Louisiana and one each in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Ma ryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Commenting upon this the Manufac turers' Record says: It is only necessary to allude to such remarkable enterprises as the Virginian Railway, the main line of which is practically completed, or the Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio, that is rapidly being hmsnea, to remind one 01 some of the great opportunities for railroad- ins: which are presented in the south, hupdreds of which are attracting atten tion looking to their development. Texas leads the rest of the southern slates in the number and size of its new railroad projects. The rapid influx of settlers upon the unoccupied lands of that state has created a vigorous de mand for transportation facilities in regions where the population was hitherto satisfied if a railroad could be found within twenty-five or thirty miles, although not a few localities had no railways at all and still did not grumble, because, no doubt, the popu lation was not large enough to- be heard- The Panhandle of Texas and various counties immediately south thereof is now a favorite field of the railroad projector, who finds clamorous demands for tracks and equipment, where not so long ago the maps pictur ed a high tableland, desolate and arid, under the names of " Piano Estacado, or Staked Plain." It was apparently a forbidding country, yet now we hear of it as a land of much availability, at tractive to settlers from our own and foreign lands. While Oklahoma is not, strictly sjieaking, part of the south, reference to railroad building in Texas would hardly be sufficiently complete unless some mention were made of the erst while Indian Territory. In many parts of Oklahoma the call for railroads is being heard for the first time, although ever since the western part of the state was opened to settlers railroad compa nies have been building there and also in the eastern half, which was reserved until recently for the Indian tribes. Louisiana and Arkansas are close be hind Texas and Oklahoma in Activity for new railroads. Each has several proposed lines of importance, and some will doubtless be put under construc tion by summer. There are large sec tions in each of these states where the means of transportation by rail are pressingly required, and as soon as fin anciers can be interested in new rail road enterprises there, traks will speed ily go down. East of the Mississippi each state has one or more railroad plans of import ance awaiting fulfillment, and there are others under constrution, among the latter being the Atlanta, Birming ham and Atlantic Railway, in Georgia and Alabama; the Florida East Coast extension in Florida; the Georgia and Florida, in the two states named in its title; the Knoxville, Sevierville and Eastern in Tennessee; the Norfolk and Southern, in Virginia and North Caro lina, and the Asheville and East Ten nessee, which thus far proposes to con fine its operations to North Carolina, although it may extend to Tennessee later on. There are several more new roads here and there, on some of which IT REINFORCE THE SAGE OF VINELAND BELIEVES IN THE PRODUCT And Writes Entertainingly of the Cement Age and the Many Uses it Can be Put To. Editor Comet: I address you this, and through The Comet, to the city's Commercial Club mainly because of ,5H5H53SHS25HSaS2S2SHsHSa5352S2SHSH5HEBSaSHSSSH5H5F i If You Are Not A customer of ours let us add your name S to our already large list of satisfied ones. ft w f l .... f: !,Li ci.ir.i! In yt c iduuuci yuur mien rigiu. oausiacuon guaranteed. Give us a trial. Home Laundry Co. Telephone 431 West Main Street WATCH FOR THE YELLOW WAGON construction has begnn, but hasbeen suspended for some time on account of pecuniary difficulties resulting from the panic. Upon some of these it is hoped that work will soon be resumed, while none of them fail to anticipate carrying out their plans in good season. aub k Guaranteed Article. Many things are advertised many promise! are made, but it is not always that these promises are made in good faith nor can they always de kept. With laxative remedy like Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, it is different. Tbis remedy will care oonstipatioD, in digestion, liver trouble, flatulency, heartburn, Bourstomache, and all other diseases of the stomachs, liver and bowels, in old or yoiiDsr. A rioh comp any is behind every statement made, It is absolutely guaranteed to do what we claim, and if yon want to try it before buyine, send yonr address for a free sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co , 119 Caldwell Bide., Monticello, 111. It is Bold by all druggists at 50o and $1 a bottle. Mother Frankie, are yon teaching that parrot to swear? Frankie No, mother; I'm just tell ing it what it mustn't say. Tit-Bits. ruaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaag fl) ... .. 1 ...... . 1 ATE 1,. EARNEST, Casllltr Adam B. Crouch, Ass't Cashier ru ft ft rj S C. Williams, President Jno. D. Cox, Vice Pres. the Watauga river, and it can be com paratively cheaply built by construct ing what I call a "stand-pipe" reser voir of reinforced cement concrete and its mains to the city and branching out over its area to be made on the plan suggested ; therefore, Mr. Brown or some one else will find a large and valuable local business, and such busi ness to be first on reasonably low rates to the city, and second, with good-paying profits to the manufacturer, re quires that a cement I)lnnt should be established at or near the city. As it is, freight is paid for more than one hundred miles on a grade of cement lower than that whioh can be manu factured in the suburbs of the city, and looking to the facts first, that the Black Oak ridge ledge of rock, 97 per cent, pure, is within three miles of the city; second, that the C, C. & O. road can deliver coal directly to the plant at lower rates than other plants can ob tain it; and third, I am very sure that electric horse-power can be supplied here for driving the machinery of a plant cheaper than at any nearby plant, and much cheaper than steam power. F or that purpose the present electric plant at Johnson City might be enlarged, but the owning company or another one can better afford to build a water electric plant on the Wa tauga river. lo look solely to the present and prospective interests of Johnson City, strong force may be given to the farits I state, and it occurs to me that the city's Commercial Club needs only to find a capitalist or capitalists with funds t(T invest and communicate the facts and immediate affirmative action will follow. N. A. PATTERSON. P. S. With the advantages a plant would have, located in "the suburbs of Johnson City, a high grade of cement can be manufactured from 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than the rates now pre vailing, p. TRH AR Pi 10 FALLEN CHIEF 113 Ha Johnson City Tennessee Depositors in this bank are protected by our Capital, Surplus and Stockholders Liability of more than a I) DIB TEE HIUIOH 8011111$" Fire or the burglar are liable to visit your home or office at any time. Our Safe-Deposit Boxes afford you pro tection against both We Want YOUR Business ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ruaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaj if. S Ui-.Ul.w.-. r' A A.' V;i AT Av A , E. CROUCH BOOKSELLER and STATIONER Peloubets Notes on the Sunday School Lessons Hagerstown 1909 Almanacks All the Latest Copyright Books. World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1909 just received. Price, 25c. M 219 East Main Street Johnson City Tennetace the report in your issue of 11 instant of H. R. Brown's address before the club referring to his contemplated location at Johnson City of a branch of his bus iness now conducted at Greeneville the products of his factory being sewer pipe, tiling, shingles, posts, columns and building blocks. First, excuse me in making this per sonal reference. Nearly four years ago when my attention was first attracted to the cement question, after becoming convinced that East Tennessee was well supplied with cement rock, and much of it of very high grade, I looked carefully into the modes of cement manufacture, and being satisfied that soon two or , more plants would bees tablised in East Tennessee, and further, that the demand for cement would largely increase, I risked two separate predictions: The first was, that cement concrete would soon be largely used for sidewalks and street paving purinwes, and that buildings, inpart or entire, would be of cement, and that even en closing walls would be of cement in stead of wood and iron as material. That prediction was speedily proven true. My second prediction was, that cement would soon become the basis of railroad beds, telegraph and telephone posts, and that at early date the roofs of our public and private buildinirs would be of reinforced cement, and suggested that the formation would be closely woven wire cloth coated with cement As to railroad beds, since the prediction, eighteen miles of such road bed has been laid on the Canadian Pacific, and now we have here and in the adjoining county of Greene cement articles formed as predicted and more, as sewer pining, tilinir and shincles are added. As to ' shingles," I can only guess that the process is what is called "reinforced." That is, wire cloth coated with uement, but I will make this suggestion to Mr. Brown: The plan (and why not it be yours ?) will be to form the roofs in the manner I have stated. The foregoing is but preliminary to what I have to say. Johnson City is now large enough, and soon is to be enough larger, to require a local cement plant of good average capacity that is, oi z,uuu oarreis per uay. i am very favorably impressed with the plan of making se wer thtics of cement cement concrete, I presume that is, the mould is filled with a mixture of cement mor tar and finely crushed rock. That, however, suggests the formation of wa ter mains of reinforced cement woven wire wound spirally around the case of the mould, after which the cement mortar is filled in. A water pipe thus formed will lie as strong as if moulded of iron and will remain serviceable af- tet that of iron has rusted to dust. I believe I can not be in error when I say that quite soon Johnson City will have a population of 75,000 or more. In addition to its present water works u will neea a waier system many times larger bringing its supply from Near Death In Big Pond. "v- It waB a thrilling experience to Mrs. Ida aoper to face death. "For years severe lunjr trouble gave me intense Buttering, she writes, "ane several times nearly caused my deate. All re medies failed aud the doctors said I was incurable. Then Dr. King's New Discovery broueht quick relief and a care bo permanent that I have not been troubled in twelve veare Mrs. Soper hveB in Big Pond. Pa. It worKs wonders in Cough and Colds. Ci 1" T-r ' ooreuunars, nemorrages, jjatirippp. Asthma, Cronp, Whooping Congh anc Brohnical affections. 50o and $1.00, Trial bottle free. Guaranteed bv H. Miller. To Restrain State From Enforcing Prohibition Laws Matter to be Decided in Court. The prohibition laws will be tested in the courts. The seeming quiet and resignation to circumstances on the part of the liquor people since the passage of the state wide laws is bnt the calm before the storm, and instead of having given up they are catching their second wind to renew the fight. Desperate efforts were made to defeat the passage of the bills, and at the proper time just as strenu ous a fight will be made in the courts, The fight will be concentrated first on the manufacturer's law relative to its constitutionality. In case of defeat in the lower courts the fight will be carried to the highest Federal courts, Hint will be filed liefore July 1 and the lest legal talent, including repre sentatives of the New York bar, will be engaged by the liquor interests. The purpose is to file an injunction in the district court to restrain the state au thorities from enforcing the law. The state-wide law will be tested in the same manner. Nashvile Banner. The Lorid Uluw Ot Doom was seen in the red face, hands and body of the little son of II. M. Adams, of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight from eczema had, for five years, defied all remedies aud baffied the best doctors, who said poisoned blood bad affected his lungs and nothing could save him, "But," writes bis mother, seven "bot ties of Electrio Bitters completely cured turn." tor irruptions, Eczema, salt Kbeum, Mores and blood Disord era aud Rheumatism Electrio Bitters is supreme. Ouly 50o, Guaranteed by rt i , I n. kj. miner. HONOR MEMORY OF CLEVELAND MOST BRILLIANT AUDIENCE Seventy Second Birthday Anniver sary Observed by Democrats and Republicans. New York, March 19 Tributes in poem, song and speech were rendered yesterday in honor of the seventy sec- birtnuay anniversary or the late ond greeted with applause. Mr. Taft was compelled repeatedly to bow his thanks. After playing of the Beethoven over ture from "Coriolan" by the Philhar monic Orchestra, Edward M. Bhepard, who acted as Master of Ceremonies, presented Mayor McClellan. TheMayor paid eloquent tribute to the memory of the former President. Senator Root was the next speaker. He laid particular stress upon the per sonal character of Grover Cleveland as a man. "Cleveland's convictions once set tled," said Mr. Root, "he was immov able in them." "He risked and lost re-election by the tariff message which he issued against the warning of those politicians whose touch on the public pulse was surest. We may differ from him as to his views on the doctrine of protection, but it is impossible not to rind inspiration in the example of a man who would not wait for a safe re-election to do what he believed was right" Judge George Gray of Delaware, fol lowed Mr. Root in an address. Gov. Hughes failed to appear and Mayor McClellan announced that he had been instructed to declare the meet ing adjourned. A minute or two thereafter, while the audience wag slowly dispersing, Gov. Hughes came in. Mayor Mc- This Store Grows in Favor. WHY? Because we carry in stock the goods you need. We give prompt and polite at tention and the prices are right. Bring Us Yuur Prescriptions GREY-8PROWL DRUG COMPANY Formerly Patton Drug Company Hot and Cold Drinks, Iluyler's Candles, Wall Paper, Cut Flowers "It's curious,"said Uncle Eben,"dat a lot o' folks will dardlv notice speeches of he country's brainiest men, an' dat dey'll read every word of what an ex-ehampion of prize fightin' has to say!" Washington Btar. It Saved HU Ug. "All thought I'd lose my leg," writes J. A. BwensoD, Watertown, Wis., "Ten years of eczema, that 15 doctors could not cure, had at last laid me np. Ihen Backlen'a Arnica Salve cured it sound and well." Infallible for Skin Er nptions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Boiies, Fever Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and Piles. 25o at H. C. Miller's. "There's no fool like an old fool " unless it's a young woman who tries to get a No. 7 foot into a No. 8 shoe. President Grover Cleveland at memo rial exercises in which President Taft, Gov. Hughes, Chief Justice Fuller and Mayor McClellan made addresses and several hundred of New York's most prominent citizens attended. Mrs. Cleveland with a party of friends oc cupied a box in Carnegie Hall, where the memorial was held. A second me morial was held last night at the col lege of the City of New York, at which speeches were made by Gov. Hughes, Senator Root, Mayor McClellan, Judge .Gray of Delaware, W. B. Hornblower and Edward M. Bhepard. Carnegie Hall was tastefully decorated with palms, French smilax, which was set along the front of the stage, and pots of roses and daisies, while from the tiers of boxes were festooned large silk A mer- ican flags. The brilliant audience tendered a hearty cheer when President Taft, Gov. Hughes, Chief Justice Fuller, Mayor McClellan, together with former Sec retary of State Richard Olney, Judge Gray, President Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Carnegie, Dr. Lyman Abbott and men, prominent in the city took their places on the stage. President Taft was introduced by Mayor McClel lan, who called upon the audience to rise and be presented to the President. The President spoke with unusual fervor in his eulogies of Mr. Cleveland and frequently the course of hisaddress was broken by applause. Gov. Hughes declared that the fame of Grover Cleveland was assured be cause of his inflexible character and for the service that he had rendered this stale and the nation. Chief Justice Fuller, who administrated the oath of office to Mr. Cleveland on his inaugu ration and to all his successors, spoke of Mr. Cleveland's greatness and told of his power in the nation. The audi ence frequently cheered the Jhief Jus tice as he delivered his speech. Former President Roosevelt sent a letter to Francis Lynde Hetetson, Chairman of the Cleveland MemorLnl Committee in which the former Presi dent told of his personal relations with Mr; Cleveland and praised the late Chief Magistrate as a man of earnest purpose and high courage in the face of opposition and attack. A poem written in honor of Mr. Cleveland by Riceard Watson Gilder and read by him, was a feature of the exercises. The New York Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Walter Damrosch and the German Leiderkrans, played and sang the musical numbers of the exercises. Fully four thousand persons crowded into the chapel of the College of theCiy of New York at the exercises held there last night. President Taft, Sena tor Root, Mayor McClellan, Judge Geo. Gray, Richard Watson Gilder and President Finlay of the City College, were among those seated on the plat form, where wvre also the members of the United German Bi lging societies of New York City, who sang between the speeches. The arrivii of the President was Clellan immediately reopened the meet ing and the Governor delivered an ad dress. Dr. Fahrney's Teething Syrnp is the only baby medicine that is always safe. Teething made easy. No bad nights. DICKENSON Fllll U. S. PRESIDENT PREDICTION OF WM. E. CURTIS TT Regards the Present Secretary of War as One of the Leading; Men of the Nation. Nashville, March 19. Judge Jacob McGavock Dickenson, now secretary or war, for president eight years hence. This prediction is made by William E. Curtis, a noted Washington corres pondent who is in Nashville today, aid who was a visitor at the criminal com I room. Mr. Curtis came to Nashville, Judge Dickenson's home, for the pur pose of getting up data for a sketch i f the distinguished Tennessean. He r gards Judge Dickenson as one of the leading men of the nation, and declares unhesitatingly that eight years hence, Judge Dickenson will have the backing of the Taft administration for president. Mr. Curtis is dean of the correspond ents at Washington, and is regarded probably as the foremost political writer of this country. Much significance is being attached here lo his prediction. Feel languid, weak, run down ? Head ache? Stomaobe "off"? Just a plain ease of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bit ters tones liver and atomache, promo tes digestion, purifies the blood, There's a lot in modern science, Sure's you're born. Did yon ever try deep breathing For a corn? ru fU ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru rj ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ft ru ru ru ru ru ru rj ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru ru eu saaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaa A Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Made Remember this, and put your money in the Savings Department of The Bank sf Commerce and watch it GROW. We pay 4 per cent compounded semi-annually. We ds a General Banking Business Remember the place, Spring Street, Arm-brust-Smith Building. Open Saturday Evenings Frem 5 ta 6:30 DIRECTORS Jas. A. Summers, Guy L. Smith, II. C. Jackson, T. V. McOown. H. R. Shipley, Jas. M. Gaunt,. J. 0. Campbell, S. E. Mill-. F. S. Browb, G. W. Swingle, E. A. Long, Frank Taylor, O. K. Marshall, W. H. Nelson, F. K. Monntcastle. S. I. SELLS, PrnMnt JOMI r. RHEA, Vice President CHAS. T. HAVWARO, Sec. t Tress Sis Lii & m , s Incorporated Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers HARDWOOD1 FINISH A SPECIALTY We are fully equipped to execute all orders for plain and ornamental mill work, employing skillful workmen and modern machinery Estimates furnished Orders Respectfully Solicited MILL-EAST CARNEGIE Office and Warehouse .... Jobe Street JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE