Livest Fight Yet Over Primary With Runoff Feature Defeated
Nashville report describes a tense political scene as a recess until May 3 and a steering committee are formed by Democrats. Mayor Crump aids passage amid talk of a party primary without a runoff, with Governor Rye and Senator Lea opposing runoff while steering committee actions and new tax measures spark rural opposition.
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Nashville
Tenn
House
Dremittee
Crump
Senate
United States
Lea
Stevens
Berator Lea
Committee On Privy Sleges
Messrs. Cartmell
Trigram
Rye
Messrs. Lea and
Wure
Political Edits and Public Notices From the State Legislature
The bill to require poll taxes was rejected, while measures to curb police interference in elections failed. Other actions include authorizing Johnson City market bonds, a fish law in Sullivan County, and a $10,000 appropriation for a Confederate women monument. The Senate created a state printing commission with Jim Southall as secretary, and Representative H P Cash contracted smallpox. A Bible reading requirement for public schools advanced, and Governor Rye dismissed Gus Dyer from the archives post, naming R T Quarles Jr. in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Failare
Axley
Bristol
Campbell County
Johnson City
Sullivan Couity
Worley
Senate
Jim Southall
Rye
H. P. Cash
Tipton County
Hose Education Committee
Nashville A Pla
Gus Dyer
Department of State
R. T. Quarles, Jr
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement From George E B Clark
George E B Clark of Johnson City, a builder and real estate dealer, reports kidney and bladder relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes back pain, dull kidney ache, dizziness, and passing issues improving after taking the remedy. Price 50 cents, available at H C Miller's Drug Store. Ad mentions Foster Milburn Co and teething syrup ads. Try a want ad in the Comet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George EB. Clark
Main St
Johnson City
Doan
Dean
Clark
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Old Ladies Benefit From Tanlac Endorsements
Several elderly residents at the Old Ladies Home on Rutledge Pike report marked health gains after taking Tanlac. Testimonies describe improved appetite, sleep, digestion, and energy, with emphasis on relief from headaches, catarrh, and general weakness. Local distributor endorsements are included.
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Rutledge Pike
Mrs. Goans
Mrs. Fink
Ais. Wallace
Knoxville
East Tennessee
Johnson Cuy
Gregory Drug Co
Jonestioro
B. E
Elizabethton Soloist Mrs Shirley Joins Munsey Memorial Church
Mrs Frank Shirley has accepted the position as soloist at Munsey Memorial Church in Johnson City and attends every Sunday morning. An accomplished musician, she has delighted large congregations during several weeks of services.
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Frank Shirley
Munsey Memorial Church
Johnson City
Banquet attendance and church notices in Jonesboro community
Jonesboro reports attendances at a ceremonial banquet for the Alhambra temple of Shrenra and notes visits by Rev. Shula in Knoxville for the East Tennessee Baptist Men’s convention. It lists local events including a benefit musical comedy Savage Land for Second Presbyterian church, and various social visits, funerals, and society activities with local residents and church groups.
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May
John J, Cox
Mine Tly d. Cox
Austor Retert
Eriol
Alhamra
Shrenra
Shula
First Baptist Church
Knoxville
Savage Land
Second Presbyterian Church
Misseus Eleanor Baxter
Ruth Hate
Frances Hawkins
Carrie
Mary Smith
M. A. Stephenson
Messrs
Paul Fink
Robert McCall
Harold Anderson
Ernest Smith
Elma Mathes
Mesdames
John N. Garrison
J. D. Wright
Margaret Murray
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society
The
Hickey
Schubert
Csub
Kirkpatrick
A. S. Deaderick
Adeline
Anita
G. G. Thomas
Smart
W. E. May
H. B. Whitten
Limestone
Cora Keebler
Sabin
Johnson City
Anita Anderson
Nat Harris
A. Venable
Eva M. Anderson
Louise Rice
Baltimore
Piney Flats School Closes With April Events Program
Preparations for closing the Piney Flats school are underway with a union church sermon by Rev. R Dabney Carson on April 4. A program of music, plays, songs, pantomimes and drills follows on April 6 with Prof S H Thompson delivering an address. Recitation contests April 6 at 10 am, graduating exercises at 1 pm featuring six graduates including Mary Hughes Tisti tute class members. Prof E Hicks to give a literary address. The high school play Winning of Latane dets a two hour romantic showcase at 6 20 pm.
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Union Church
R. Dabney Carson
S. H. Thompson
Mary Hughes Tsti
L. Jones
Myrtle V. Sanders
Gertrude Pord
Hero of the plague era Dr Reynolds Kirby Smith praised
Dr Reynolds Kirby Smith of Sewanee receives recognition as a hero of the plague crisis in Gevgelia Serbia and Saloniki Greece. He led Red Cross efforts against typhus, aiding fellow physicians and nurses, with many reported recovering under his care. He is noted as a brother to Elizabeth Kirby-Smith, Sewanee postmistress.
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Washington
Red Cross
Gevgelia
Serbia
Reynold M. Kirby- Smith
Sewanee
Torn
American Red Cross Society
Gergelin
Kirby-Smith
Pau
France
Ethan Gragg Butler
Directo General
James F. Donnelly
Brooklyn
Butler
Gevgella
Saloniki
Greece
Gulf of Saloniki
H. Hodge
Knoxville
Red Cross Society
Thal
Nish
Salontich
Kirby- Smith
Elizabeth Kirby-Smith
Tnessee
Philippines
Poy Dulaney Pardoned by Governor Rye
Nashville reports that Foy W. Dulaney, jailed since 1911 for embezzlement as Washington county circuit court clerk, received a full pardon from Gov. Rye after nearly five years of a seven year term. The pardon follows prior clemency under Gov. Hooper. Nearby communities express relief, noting Dulaney's strong local ties.
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Nashville
Foy W. Dilaney
Washington County
Rye
Dulaney
Upper Tennessee
Hooper
Complaint Dismissed Against Southern Railway
Washington March 29 The complaint of Union Toning company of Johnson City against Southern Railway that Bristol to Johnson City rates were unreasonable was dismissed before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The tan bark rates in controversy were shipped from Holston valley Virginia to Bristol locally. commission found railroad met all requirements making an order unnecessary. Let your Liver get torpid and you are In for a spell of misery. Every body gets an attack now and then. Thousands keep their Liver active and healthy with Dr King s New Life Pills. Stop dizziness constipation biliousness indigestion clear the blood. Only 25 cents at your Druggist.
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Washington
Union Toning Company
Johnson City
Southern Railway
Bristol
Interstate Commerce Commission
Holston
Virginia
Dr. King
Speaker Hill's New Plan Creates Seven Person State Board
Nashville March 29 Speaker Hill introduced a bill to form the Tennessee board of agriculture with seven members five appointed by the governor the dean of the college of agriculture at the University of Tennessee and the superintendent of public instruction. The measure would replace Capt T F Peck. The senate approved a house bill to fund the Baxt Tennessee normal fight in Johnson City. Local bills dominated the senate and house activity. An archives department resolution authorized a governor appointed official at fifty dollars a month. Gardner offered a Johnson City commission form bill.
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Nashville
Hill
Tennessee Board of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
University of Tennessee
Superintendent of Public Instruction
T. F. Peck
Hooper
Senate
House
Johnson City
Hoskins
Lonsdale
Oakwood
Gardner
Carter
Washington
Archives Department
Tragic North Carolina Tennessee dispute ends in death
John Morgan, 17, struck Gorman Oakes, 20, with a hammer handle near the state line while returning from Cranberry mines. Oakes died Tuesday night from the blow. Morgan, held in Elizabethton, claimed self defense after a Sunday quarrel with Oakes and others.
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Silabetht
John Morgan
Gorman Oakes
North Carolina
Tennessee
Oakes
Morgan
Cranberry
Elizabethton
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Erea
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Dulany
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Jens
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Old Lome
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Sloan
Pas Sage
Poy Dulaney
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