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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
2
A compilation from The Comet after wna Owner reprints remarks from The Chattanooga Times Nashville American Knoxville Journal and Tribune noting Patterson as a leading governor since the Civil War and contrasting views on governance and editors in Tennessee.
Attorney Thomas D. Lawler reports growing support for Governor Patterson in east and middle Tennessee towns including Bristol Elizabethton Mountain City Knoxville Chattanooga Nashville Lebanon and others. He says Democrats at all levels favor a second term and endorse Patterson’s record and decisive leadership.
Rev J A Burrow, seven years editor of the Midland Methodist of Nashville, will resign at the next M E Church South conference and likely transfer to pastoral work. Under his editorship circulation rose about three thousand. He will be succeeded by Rev T C Shaler, formerly at Mary Street Bristol.
Governor Patterson announced a full official staff selection of twenty seven members including twenty colonels and seven brigadiers. Tully Brown remains chief of staff with rank of brigadier general and Harvey Alexander as colonel. Appointments include several aides and officers from Nashville Chattanooga Memphis and other towns, amid political maneuvering for future elections.
A political quip from the Chattanooga Times and other papers notes Cy Lyle's promotion as colonel under Governor Patterson. The Baltimore San and Staten Islander papers comment on the move, with jokes about Patterson being Tennessee’s only governor and Lyle’s silence on remarks.
The state and eastern Tennessee counties reached a settlement with Standard Oil to pay back ad valorem taxes for four years totaling about 160 000 in property, plus 15 percent revenue agent commissions and interest. The agreement ends litigation over taxes on oil held in tanks and depots across about twenty eastern counties and could raise overall state revenue by roughly 150 000 annually. The deal follows similarly settled taxes in west Tennessee with more actions pending in the middle division.
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