The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-12-12

one of the most progressive, and at
the same time one of the most unas-
suming. real estate men in the city is
X. Ernest Comegys. who, after ten
years of hard industry and strict at
tention to business. has built UP one of
the best paying agencies in this city.
Mr.. Comegys is IL native of Mary
land. and traces his ancestry back to
the English colonists. who settled
Maryland in the first half of the seven
teenth century, under the leadership OF
Cecil Calvert, sometimes known as
Lord Baltimore One of his ancestors
was governor of Delaware for II num-
ber of years MIR. Comcgys came to
Scranton IL little over II dozen years
ago. and after several ventures in vari-
Gus kinds of business. decided that sue
cess for him lay in the real estate line,
and so he opened an Office and put all
the enthusiasm and energy of his
young manhood into the enterprise. He
has wrought out for himself Il career,
and that he has done so Is largely due
to the fact that he has appreciated the
real value of advertising. 1.-The real
estate man who doesn't advertise"
said he, has no business in the field"
and so he advertised and created 4
business.
The phenomenal success which has
attended the fair of Washington camp,
No. ITS, Patriotic Order Sons Of Amer
lea, in West Scranton during the past
two weeks. is in Il measure attributed
to the able management of Clarence
NJ. Florey, the senior member of the
firm of Florey & Brooks. and the as
sistance given the undertaking by
| friends. business men, mem.ers of the
camp and order In general. and the
| representatives. of the city press in par
| ticular
The attendance and receipts of the
| fair far exceed the expectations of the
promoters, and as a result the building
| fund has been substantially increased
| The camp building stands as a monu-
ment to the enterprise of Camp ITS.
| Patriotic Order Sons of America, and
| is the initial home of patriotism in
| Northeastern Pennsylvania.
| But to Mr.. Florey is due great credit
| for his untiring energy, business abil-
| ity and farsightedness in the conduct
| of the fair. and he Is receiving the
| heartiest congratulations of his fellow
| workers and friends on the success Of
such an uncertain undertaking.
John NJ Edwards. who was recently
| appointed stenographer of the new or
| phans court, is a West Scranton boy.
| who has earned the position he has
been elevated to by strict application
to duty and to his employer.
He entered the office of Congressman
| Connell as Il stenographer after leaving
| the Scranton business college, and has
| been with him for several years. Some
| time ago Mr.. Edwards announced him
self as a candidate for the Office OF
| school controller TO succeed Elias Il.
| Evans from the Fifteenth ward.
When a railroad man is taken from
| the ranks and placed in position of
| extraordinary responsibility, his fellow
| workmen along the line naturally man.
| fest much interest in his promotion
| and follow his career with pleasure or
| regret as the case may be.
In the promotion of j. J. McCann
from conductor to trainmaster on the
Lackawanna railroad, his friends have
| followed his career with pride, and
| point to the fact that he has "made
good" beyond expectation. His famil-
| iarity with the road and popularity
| among all classes of railroad men
makes him one of the most valued at
taches of Superintendent Rine's staff.