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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
1
Tennessee judge advocates criminal law reforms as legislature nears session. He argues to apply bowie knife penalties to pistols, seeks stricter measures on threats to kill, change venue, reduce appeals delays, and create a state jury commission to improve trial speed and sentencing consistency.
Bristol Tenn Nov 29 The Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio railway the first modern high class coal carrying line in the south will be completed between St Paul Va and Marion N C around January 1. Regular freight and passenger service will begin linking Clinchfield district with the Carolinas. The line excludes the Holston river steel bridge at Kingsport Tenn while bridge work proceeds. New engines passenger coaches steel coal cars and rolling stock have been ordered with some due soon. The road aims for the lowest grade at any cost, spending about 50000000 on construction and follows mountains and high terrain over steel bridges.
A southern railroad features hundred foot high grades and long tunnel sections including a mile long bore through solid rock near Clinchport Virginia. Steel bridges replace trestles on major streams while smaller crossings use concrete arches. The line aims to deliver coal to Pacific points via the Isthmian canal and extend north to the Great Lakes with links to Cincinnati and Chicago.
City reports fifteen indictments from the Reel Foot Lake night rider investigation. Named among those jailed in Nashville are Bob Huffman Hob Lee Sam Applewhite J Alour Tom Johnson Garrett Johnson Jesse Carter and Dan Ransom. Mach faces the murder of Captain Quentin Runlein and Tom Johnson is charged with capital assault with a deadly weapon on Ifred Burdick and Walter Pleasant. Thirty nine more indictments will follow.
The Hicks Almanac for 1908 promises best ever edition with colored covers and Prof Hicks portrait. The "Hicks Weather Forecasts" claim reliability and the almanac sells by mail and on stands for 3 cents, with discounts for bulk orders. Agents sought by Word and Works Pub Co of St. Louis.
The witness described Capt Quentin Rankin's death after night riders dragged him up by a rope then offered five minutes to pray. He refused both for himself and then for his attackers, saying he would give the time to them, and they shot him after a second rope maneuver.
The article outlines festive table settings with holly wreaths, red ribbons, crystal can, tall candles, wedge boxes filled with fruit cake, rosebuds, mistletoe in center, star candle holders, place cards, crisp napkin bread rotes, damask cloth, and glassware. Centerpieces include grape and holly wreaths, silver candlesticks, red candles, and pine cone stars with pine needle fans. A battery lit red bulb decorates intersections, holly sprigs at each cover, and colorful bonbons and menu accents complete the theme.
Militiamen in Tennessee reported an attack by a band of armed men at a location not fully legible. Details remain unclear, with no confirmed casualties or motives available in the readable text.
A Civil War era dispatch from Memphis reports an overnight attack on militiamen at the Gleason mill near Samburg Tennessee. About thirty attackers fired on guard details, wounding one soldier. fifty shots exchanged, then a midnight blaze and dispersed assailants. Reinforcements arrived from Camp Rankin but could not locate the band. A later crossing attempt was shot at as the encampment was warned the mill could be burned if operations continued.
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