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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1911
Page
2
Editor condemns a plan to raise prisoner meal costs from 40 to 60 cents a day as graft. He notes current costs of 20 cents per meal and 2 meals daily, compares to meals for families and laborer boards, cites Gov. Patterson veto and potential action by Gov. Hooper, and urges accountability if a deal underpins the bill.
A critical look at Luke Lee’s Senate victory suggests a bargain with Nashville officials led by Mayor Crump. Rumors claim Crump traded regular Memphis votes to aid Lea, with talk of repealing the whisky tax to protect saloon interests, exposing hypocrisy in political life.
The Comet poses targeted questions to Mr Burbage Mr Suder and Mr Reeves about campaign pledges to ban passes for public officials whether they accepted railroad passes after election and if they would act to enforce such rules The piece then shifts to Johnson City growth and a call to plan ahead envisioning a decade of progress rather than dwelling on the past
Supt Depew the recently elected county superintendent of schools spent Monday in the city en route to Washington College. He will hold a general educational meeting at Matson Institute on the 10th and a teachers meeting in Jonesboro the next day. He is a young energetic educator and his administration is regarded as progressive.
Miss Dora Campbell and L W Oaks wed Sunday at the bride’s residence on Roan and King streets. Dr J A Ruble officiated as the couple, both well regarded, begin a bridal journey east aboard the New York Special.
Bristol January 30 Several mail clerks on the Bristol and Chattanooga run will lose their present positions under Postmaster General Hitchcock’s February order and some have already resigned effective February 1. About 600 clerks nationwide will lose wages as the average daily work time, including layoff, amounts to six and a half hours. Clerks complain fast-train work demands speed equal to local train hours, yet hours differ.
The condition of Dr E S Miller yesterday was not as satisfactory as his family and friends would like. He is regaining his strength slowly and the Comet joins the community in trusting he will soon be fully restored. Johnson City needs him more than the Lord does, according to our knowledge of these matters.
Rev. O R Tarwater at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday night delivered a timely sermon titled The Gospel of the Second Chance. He warned against judging the unsuccessful and highlighted mercy as the Galilean spirit, recalling Mary at the Cross and the woman at the well. The address was described as masterful and one that will live long.
In the late tenth century English prohibitions arose against selling their own children to the Irish as slaves, reflecting a era when moral norms wavered and kingly authority sought limits on child trafficking.
Nashville Jan 30 with forty nine days left in the fifty seventh general assembly the house convened at 11am and the senate at 3pm for bill introduction and review. Tomorrow at 10am the two houses meet in joint session to ballot candidates for state treasurer and comptroller Beau Folk faces DeLong Rice for treasurer and Edward Thomas challenges Frank Dibrell for comptroller. The election is expected to be decided promptly though it may stretch longer.
J B Range died Sunday at his home near Elizabethton aged 784. He was a longtime Christian church member and a prominent farmer. He leaves a widow and eight children, including daughter Mrs Nathan D Shell of this city. Masonic honors accompanied his burial yesterday.
Morristown Jan 31 Rev Henry Spencer Booth, noted for his sensational attacks on Methodism, starts a tour through East Tennessee to promote the insurgent movement he has launched. He will confer with Knoxville friends this week and may proceed to Maryville.
In Washington on January 31 the president summoned Republican Representatives Massey and Austin of Tennessee to the White House. Tennessee political matters were reportedly discussed though both congressmen refused to comment on the purpose of their trip to the executive offices.
Fred Dulaney, a Bristol young man and son of capitalist B. L. Dulaney, runs a wireless station there and communicates with cities hundreds of miles away. Owing to Bristol’s altitude near 2000 feet, wireless links extend to Cape Hatteras and cities like Norfolk, Baltimore, Cleveland, Boston, and Charleston. He has perfected inventions and operates a sub station three miles from home, with several hundred dollars invested in equipment.
The ladies of the M. E. church are offered one half the receipts of B. F. McClain and Co for Wednesday February 1. The funds will support the M. E. church. A variety of ice creams and hot drinks will be served to patrons who come out and support the event.
Flight by J A McCurdy nears the Cuban coast within ten miles of the island but lacks oil. He lands on the water near Key West and is rescued by a destroyer Lauding. McCurdy and his aeroplane reach shore safely amid the mountain of public interest in early aviation.
Nashville January 30 two hundred or more friends of ex Governor Patterson have subscribed to a fund to have his portrait painted and placed in the state library as a gift. The portrait is expected to cost about $500 with over half raised. Miss Ella S Hergsheimer of Nashville will paint the portrait under the management of Hon John Thompson who was chosen by Patterson’s friends to oversee the fund.
Senator Bob Taylor has moved from the back to a front row seat in the senate. He occupies the former seat of Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania, with Senator Root of New York to his left and Senator Johnston of Alabama to his right. The next session will see a Democratic influx reshaping the chamber. Judge Newton Hacker visited from Jonesboro on Monday.
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