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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
1
Hooper criticizes Hastings policies amid debate over state debt and fiscal management. He argues budget choices ignore long term liabilities while urging residents to demand accountability and transparent reporting from local authorities.
Special correspondence from Nashville notes Governor Hooper’s speaking tour sparking criticism of debt reduction failures and growing state payroll costs. The column accuses him of seeking removal powers, favors to allies, and a path to a Republican Senate bid, highlighting educational costs and political attacks.
A fragmented reminiscence outlines Rudyard Kipling’s push to publish with Mr Custis and Mr Houle, detailing editorial battles, financial strain, and a vow of absolute honesty guiding his work. The piece notes persistence, self reliance, and a journalistic ethic shaping the publishing world as history.
Mothers and friends of Columbus Powell students gathered in the main hall to view a large vegetables and flowers exhibit. Prize lists name many winners such as Summers Parrott, Sidney Baldwin, Ruth Cloyd, Horace Miller, Frank Taylor, and Miss Alexander for various vegetables fruits and flowers. The improvement association offered bulbs to contestants and special mentions received bulbs.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as an instant remedy for lumbago and rheumatism with claims of rapid penetration to sore joints and back pain. It urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle from any druggist and promises a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Knoxville reports Sergeant H F Johan of Erwin won the state individual match at Camp John Sevier rifle range with 303 points. Second was Sergeant Boring of Maryville with 294 and Lieut W P Scoby of Memphis had 288. Johan also won the Irby Bennett match with 126, Ogle was second with 121, and Lieut McDonald was third with 120. Saturday marks the tournament's final day.
The 1914 proclamation designates an upcoming Sunday as a day of prayer and supplication for peace. It urges all worshippers to seek divine guidance, confess sins, and pray for healing and concord among nations during wartime. The Johnson City churches will observe the request next Sunday morning.
Elizabethton notes Sept 28 report a birth in Johnson City of James Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Bi M Wolfe while moving a large safe for Hart and Houston. The new paper Carter County Daily will be edited by Fitzsimmons Uri owners of Mountaineer with long Tennessee weekly roots. Baptist church women’s missionary society held annual meeting electing officers. Mutual Improvement Club hosted by Mrs Dayton Hunter. Dr H Hibbs from Murfreesboro served as financial agent of Tennessee College and preached at the Baptist church.
Dr. A J Edwards and James Carter of Johnson City Tennessee return from Europe with J Norment Powell chief counsel for the Carolina Clinchfield and Oho Railway. Edwards describes Berlin experiences during the war and notes German courtesy to Americans and belief in Germany's early success and military readiness.
The Tennessee rifle team for the interstate tournament at Jacksonville Florida next month was selected at Camp John Sevier. Twelve marksmen will compete with several alternates. Captain Major Fred H. Phillips leads the squad with Coach Stetson Gleason and officers from Nashville Knoxville Maryville and Chattanooga. The team prepared at Camp John Sevier and will stay on range until the Jacksonville event opens in October.
Knoxville Journal reports teams from all nine states in the ninth and tenth militia divisions plus regular army units stationed there and any mature commands or battleship teams present in the waters of these divisions.
In Louisville nine of twelve counties held local option elections dry while Henderson Fayette and Anderson stayed wet with majorities of 1053 3264 and 64 respectively. Dry counties include Carroll Montgomery Mason Bell Boone Clark Shelby Bourbon and Scott with Daviss McCracken and Christian recently voting wet. Lexington sits in Fayette which went wet.
The piece recalls a September 25 event in Johnson City with praise for Gen. Rye Tennessee's upcoming governor and Independents leader Gen Charlen T. Cates. It mentions community visits, a Union ice cream supper, Confederate veteran support shifts, and local figures like D. E. Fine and Henry Jackson. It notes a police chief Campbell death and hopes for justice.
President Wilson directs secretary Tumulty to inform New Jersey Democrats that he should not seek their endorsement for a second term. The letter to Edward H. Grosscup explains appealing to personal friends could appear self serving, and notes his home state ties.
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