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New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
PRAISES MEN In RANkS
President Also Speaks 44ppreciatire
U-ords Of !. II. c. 4. Work.

washington. Dec 17--President Roosevelt paid
ssEnaI compliment % the enlisted men Of the
80 sTa navy bv attending dinner given IN their
--,c- tonight bv the local Young Mems Christian
.s,-fs-io- The President declared in q post
---5fai speech. rhst the soldier sailor who per
s,-,es his duty well entitled a double
--,.z of praise that never could be obtained by a
--4,-z+s citizen. He also took occasion 70 praise
= -r,-z being done ny the Young Mems Christian
Association
o. hundred uniformed men from the ranks, es-
--s-r= chosen from different branches IF the ser
= ss deserving the honor. were present the
z.--.- = vas memorable occasion for the SOL
- .-5 sailors Among the notable persons pres
- besides -he President were Ma3or General J.
--z-.r7- Bel chief Of staff Of the army. Colonel
. re-@erd I a. Major General George r
-r---- Lieutenant Commander .. 4. R,Irrage, and
- 2 Nactz-lznd. district commissioner.
.z=zes s1S introduced the President who spoke
as to-Iovs
Azs s2ss sZ72sThy fo7 re ,. SopRg .557g. Men Es
e1.<- n --e sf~eren- branches Of that work; for
no1e Ic =5-e z-orC The enlisted men Of the army
s. -z-7 feel thst you who wear the uniform
----4- q -es0onsihilirv for TIE honor and inter
e. r. --e country which. on tne one hano; I'm =
S.---5 r---- 70 other class - our citizens. and
= - ---=- rand entities YOU measure of re
-e-- z-5 -@Ez-d such we have for no other class
n - - ~ -ezsons Why have 50 strong = feel
,-r - TIE Young Mems Christian Association IS
- .-----~ mischief Is give him. when
: [ss work. thing do that Is not mis-
- - person - be good and a. the same
80 provide him nothing excepting the means
a----- be bad Is ap- 10 be z wasting Of
-,CE =--+-e The Young Mems Christian Associa-
- 60 kindred institutions Offer 10 the Young
- a ne -ou-rr- the chance. while leading de
-e-- Ives have healthy amusement 70 benefit
mind and IN body and - enjoy the
pIeas--es --s- add ro- instead % take away from.
r-oz character.
--er q -re army and navy have 4 peculiarly
--z---l- zeI particularly responsible task
- zve-z citizen has got 70 take care OF himself
---- and @-6s that difficult enough. You have got
= take care q yourselves and TIE nation too i
- "a short YOUR duty YOU ara not 70 be ex-
c-sa= nerzuse you disc-ed.r not only upon
Uniform. hU- upon the whole country II YOU
-l-<---- zoL- duty Vel double need - honor
s-rs--rs y1--. z need OF honor that can never
:. r--z5-Zz the citizen II private life, because
E---Tzs- ard most -QHatlC sense YOU who DO
vo-- s-.-- Geze-ve well ot the entire republic
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
:. J. SARGENT WEEDS MRS. DE. MONT

Mrs. Rose de Horri With the stage name of
RozaHe Dup-e who signs herself Countess de Nonti
was married IN the city Hail yesterday afternoon
~ Frederick John Sargent Both were with Ot-s
SINNERS company last year in The Honor Of the
Fa-1ily.' The bride divorced in July, 1903.
She said she vas born Rose Deacon and that she
married Paul Maurice Montague de san Savtn0.
Count Dc Monti- -Ridol7. on December .. lsa7 and
vas divorced in London She has been living at the
Felix Hotel No - West 25-h street. NJ Sargent
i an ErzfiSnna1.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
,,mE HOMER TO SING.

,,,i=e Homer will sing az the musical
=, viii rrecedc the annual breakfast Of the
f5,,rr.r7 Philharmonic Society. 10 be given on
-. "A At the WaIdorfAstoria Yesterday the
let gave It's regular monthly musical and the
-.- ,r, contributed 20 the programme were
r7,-rr,6elI Z5izIer pianist, Daniel Beddoe
- ard Ward stephens accompanist
rl,o,e on the reception committee we're Mrs Ar'hur
-tnueu Mrs Berkley r MerwIn, Mrs John A
- Nr. Richard R LvtIe. Mrs John Howard
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
PRINCES ART OBJECTS BRING s19.499 so.

4 --vzL SiIa- Hu-dts-zu carpet from the Prince
vz.1sS N1u-s6 shah-1fir collection brought $500
- --= r~--r Avenue Ar Galleries YESTERDAY
lanes r-zra-, the purchaser The total re
-e--z from yesterdays sale vas Slos== 50 making
re ---z- - date Sa zas 81 : Wetore paid s925 for
Persian six palace carpet said 70 be Two hun
z-e- ~ez-s Old and for Rorai FIereke "Fabrtks-l-
z---z------ imperial silk rug. representing Con
-s--- sultan Aehrred- Of the Turkish Empire sur
----5e5 by his bodyEuar6s and musicians. E Post
-zs5 s-sL 4 ROYAL ke---anslah palace rug with
= s--- z-t-e ground went for $50 70 E Chester.
z-= z similar carpet vas obtained BY L a Lewis
<-~ z- Ire sale continues to-day a. 80 D n On
ss--5z- evening there viii he sale Of high class
Hr7ss re---Et-E u several estates. John D Grim
---s Ms II = Morgan Mrs a. : Burden. Nine
S--g- Y a Walker and J Z Carpenter were
e---- -esrer6sv-s purchaser
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
FRANCE HoNoRs WASHINGTON WOMAN,

z-=zE--z-o- Dec 11.-As reward for heC ser
---as ~ connection with the treaty Of Paris be
--7.e- he United States and Spain and for her
---- s- connection with tle promotion ot interest
n --= French language and literature n TINS coc-
- Mss Marie NzcNauEhron- OF this city, has re-
s--s= ---- -ne department. Of public instruction OF
--z--e re diploma and insignia Of officer d'Aca-
-z---= NJ lie Academic Palms The insignia rep
--ze-- re double pains chased and orna-lentec
---- r-z--c-6s and -ubles-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
EMPIRE THEATRE SALE JANUARY T..

The Empire Theatre property. at Broadway and
+r1 street, he sold n partition proceedings by
Joseph P. Esv TauIs~y n The Real Estate
Exchange SalesTo0nos Nos. = and It Eesey street
The En-pi7e Theatre and Office building vas built
By Frank Il. Sanger and Al Haynan n 1892.
SanEe-.s estate
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
M0FFlT. YARD 3 GOKplEf new TuaE

many branches throughout the United States and
in foreign countries Will deliver address sun
day evening az o'clock al the North P-ssbyrsrta1
Church. 155th street between Broadway and An
sterda-1 avenue the Rev Dr. John r Maczzy pas
tor The subject OF the address IS From Despes<
Depths 20 Highest Heights"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
P, F. MCGOWAN HONORED
HIS Portrait Presented to WaSh'ng-
ton irving High School.

The gres test compliment ever paid ne III ny
,;sa. vas what Patrick F. MCGOWAN, presluenI %
the BOARD Of Aldermen. called the ceremonies " ~
which the girls Of the Washington irving IIs
School Association presented portrait OF vi :
C-ovan 20 the Washington Irving Hlgh oChoo., -
the great hall Of Cooper Union yesterday az
noon Mavor Mcclellan enthusiastically anhoul'eN
from the pla form al the end OF the celeoraIio
that TO borrow the words Of President HooSe'7I'
I have had bully time ,,
The girls Of the Washington Irving Hlgh 0clOoi
+vve1tv-four hundred strong. filed the oody OF 'le
hall. On the platform, grouped around Ile 20 20
trait Il ere Nj and Mrs MCGOWAN. Mayor Va
Ian Egerron l. winthrop president OF tIle Do a "
Of Education and many members OF the ooaIu. ~
Darlington president OF the Board u heal'H NI-7s
Marguerite CTebhardi Of the Students Assoclal
who rresided. Miss Hedwig Shultz VINO tolo 'ti7
..l+r+IA story" Of how Father MCGOWAN as Ili7
girls called him worked for their new ou-ull-7'
which +hev have wanted so long. Miss 5adle holo-
witty who was decorated with the Princeton colol
T., honor Of Mayor Mcclellan, and VINO leo tHe
princeton College yell" the Washington irving
High School yeT and other yeLs- also ola7r VIZ
tors and schoolgirls William McAndre~' pIll-i
nal Of the Washington Irving High scnool' stay -
in the BACKGROUND and left the visible manas el7ill
Of the whole thing to the girls
= was kaleidoscope Of color. The climax came
5a, a1-ar, girl in the hau Joined IN song ~rlIleH
f0r The occasion:
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
The TRIBUNE PATTERN.

The zhort-vaisrad coat Is always becoming 20
little gi-'s and the height o. present styles
This model includes also novel and effective ccl-
lar and big da-fng cuffs that exceedingly smart
II the illustration it is made q dark I'D cloth ~tn
trimming Of velvet. out the mixed cloths are Jus.
as much used as the plain For the collar either
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
Pretty C6risfmaS Gifts

spools of thread. and needles. scissors &c -c--
nactIy packed away 50 they cant get ti-pIac-d
but easy 10 get when a stitch must % taken IN
hurry Round boxes for collars = and Up
ward
Handmade Arabian lace bed Sers II several e.
signs be used colo-s. may - found IN ore
"f the Sixth avenue shops for - %
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

AbeeI Mrs Charles H Bogert. Mrs. Henry @ Ro-
maine Mrs Frank Stone Mrs Paul Gerlt Mrs
Alexander Reed Mrs. Frank H Daniels ana MS
J. Frank Wheeler The ushers we're MISS 0elde7, -
Miss LytIe and the Misses Johnson Mrs Idl-A
LittIefeId IS president Of the society
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
WEST 77TF STREET HOUSE SOLD.

- =-z-E ?. Fisher Company has sold fer Marie
-r-Ez-7e- -he i've story American basement
-~-s= No 80 West 77-h street 9-c3 This house
- --.-- ~ Y Y 3 = N Hall
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

-, Who believes the libel that santa claus
- -,,f-- IN a motor car this year had better g 70
..-.air Ffrrr avenue toy shop and md out his o.
=, r,iz+ake Santa Claus is there in d nice. caPa-
Cio,,s sleigh drawn by reindeer and nothing else
- .ba whole toy is not big for child 20 hug
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
ROY NORTON.
Concho Curly at the Opera

Th- fantastic experiences OF COWBOY II
he plans of Texas a. theatrical 2Foanot
u Chicago By
EDGAR BFECHER BRONSON
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

.,-,.- ,- . r,-as5a7 ribbon Christmas All manner
- ,f,-re are made OF or covered with this ma
- one of the dalutiesr fer present IS the
na54ed perfuued coat hanger. These coat hang
srs are very cheap. some cr them though eiaoo-
rare ones may cost a good deal
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

No more unusual present could b@ found tAah one
Of the real old Japanese prints. The colors are
charming Genuine prints by celebrated artists Of
the FIowerv ningd,m II a hundred years ago or
50 may be purchased at from s. 70 so sinal
modern prints are - cents.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

rr.5,.-,llrbt brass articles are surprisingly
r5sso Fape- knives are only % cents Hatpins
and quaint little backs for pads 10 take NOES 'I
. - 80 from & - up. according 20 design The
80 &C. touched here and there with green paint.
-..s, t atrned in and the effect Is quite antique
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

or people Of Scotch procIvities' nice present
travelling clock, not more than TWO lnches 7qaaT'
.irrased in neat Caledonian pla!ds-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

There Is nothing. apparently. that doesn't come
IN leather Long boxes for gloves and square boxes
for bsndkerchiefs are 8 %. For women-Or men
.,bar for that rnatter-who travel a good deal
there IS the handy sewing box. with spikes for the
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
The Thirteen

- s--z-re club founded By hunters
= - 5svs and rs wcl-dly interesting MS
- = - -5-ish. decades later. By the wei
- ----e- - -~-r0-.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

MAS. WHITTEMORE TO SPEAK.
Mrs 2 NJ Whirrerncre. well known as the
founder OF the Door q Hope which now mas
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
.. Nv Next Imitation

--rsry vaDdtZlls n = = = S+'tT7 To3so8 y
- s5-lS----=s --+ + q E-----~ NJ Z. wilkins
- S--e-s x touched upon. By
r1hNKLIN P ADAMS.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
Sudden fortunes

--r-e~-,o-7 q tales about the T71de-tr!
,o,-gs - -e,-lv r-cf persons, from the days or
=. Fs-es-sei-ri Bubble n thc present -
HENRY MARSH
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18
The Rine and the Man
O1r Old Friend, Zoe Jefferson

-. -e--1Ie-tio1s . ne ta-rols acIOt ~
--,-~-z--s / = full II the spirit OF the
- y r-s Trend q hall century
1OHN 5 WISE.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-18

a. z--7-1e that exu6es The hoAcay sP-rll sP Il
.--e-- paragraph and contains many q F-0'-'
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24

nearest market is Stratford. 1t has
one thousand inhabitants as fine and
clever as any one would wish to meet.
There are three churches, fine school
house, two banks, elevator, one hun
dred and twenty-five barrel Touring
mill, and some fine dwellings. The
country is smooth prairie, slightly roll
ing. 1t is one of the finest views any
eastern man could imagine; thousands
of acres without stumps, stone or brush,
nothing but mesquite grass. Cattle and
horses graise on the plains all winter
The climate is fine and healthy. There
are no swamps nearer than the Missis-
sippi They have no consumption, rheu-
matism, catarrh or chills and fever.
The climate is death to catarrh. There
are cases where consumptives have
gone there and are now strong and
healthy. They have the finest of soft
drinking water, the entire country is
underlaid with water sheet. All il
costs to get an unfailing supply is drill
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24
LARGEST AMOUNT
DISTRIBUTED IN
HISTORY Or THE STATE.
Comptroller Dibrell will Issee War
rants for the Largest Sum Ever
Appropriated on Jan. :.

On the first day of January State
Comptroller Frank Dibrell will issue
warrants for the largest aggregate sum
ever appropriated to the public school
system Of Tennessee. On that date,
according to the law of the state, o. to-
tai of $701,0O0 will be distributed TO
the ninety-six counties of the state in
proportion to the scholastic population.
The largest portion of the aggregate
will be distributed under the provisiols
of the Chestnut law; some will be dia-
tributed from the general school fund,
and still more will be distributed under
the provisions of the Toilet law.
Under the act Of 1907, known as the
Chesnutt law, IL was provided that on
January 1, 1908, there should be dis
tributed from the state treasury an ag-
gregate sum equaling so cents per capita
for every child of school age in Tennes-
see. 1t further provided that on Janu-
ary /, 1909, the sum of rs cents per
capita should be distributed, and this
will be done.
The sum to be distributed to the
public schools under the general school
law, being the interest on the public
school fund, will amount to about $685.
600. The sum to be turned over to the
State Board Of Education to be expend-
ed in equalizing the terms of the
public schools will amount TO $4,000.
And the amount to be distributed un-
der the provisions of the Chesnutt law,
being the Is cents per capita, will
amount to little over $5S2,00O, max
ing grand total of about $701, 200.
Under the law that prevailed in 1903
it was provided that all the surplus
remaining in the treasury after the
state had met All its obligations at the
end OF the year should be passed to the
credit Of the public school fund. In
1905 this law was so amended that the
total surplus so disbursed should not
exceed 100000. Under this provision
the total money disbursed by the state
in 1906 for school purposes was $48O, 900
and 1907 it was $436,0O In 1908 it was
$500, 600, and now it is $701, 900.
A special committee of the State
Board of Education is now preparing
the figures that will control in the dis
tribution of the special $4,000 appro-
pFiated by the Toilet law to equalize
the terms of the public schools. The
law provides that before county shall
participate in this distribution certain
county taxes must have been levied.
This fund, however, is not usually in
cluded in the public fund, which this
year amounts to $650,000 and more,
larger than ever in the states history.
The interest on the public school fund
accrued October l, but warrants will
not be issued until January l, at which
time the total appropriations will be
disbursed. Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24
WILL BEGIN AT
AN EARLY DATE
SPARTANBURG TO COAST
Arrangements Have Been Com
pleted for Finishing the &reat
Coal Carrying Railroad

Dame rumOr has it, and the report
seems we'll founded-since there are no
denials-that arrangements have just
been completed whereby work will be-
gin at an early date to finish the line
of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio
Railroad from Spartanburg, S. G., to
the southeast Atlantic coast.
In the very beginning of its con-
struction its ultimate aim was to
reach the seaboard and to build some
where along the coast large terminal
yards for handling and shipping the
output of the great Clinchfield coal
mines, that they might be distributed
to all parts of the world; hence the
finishing of its lines to the coast is but
to realize its pre-destinatlon.
That portion of the line now build
ing from Bostic, n. c., to Spartan
burg, s. c., is progressing so favorably
and rapidly-assuring its finish by
early summer-that the officials felt
that they could well undertake The
last stretch without fear of hitch Of
hindrance.
The building of long line and cost
ly railroad involves SO much response
bility and such vast expenditures o
money that building must necessarily
be done in sections; and while we have
believed all along that the road would
be finished to the coast, yet the very
reality of it, so near at hand, comes a.
a pleasing assurance that this grea
road will soon be in operation its en-
tire length.
Two hundred and ten miles of tn,
road have already been finished, from
Dante, Va, to Bostic, N. c., costing
approximately $780, 900 mile, making
the total expenditures to date abon
$42, ,OOO,O 900.
Who thought three years ago, ye
even two years ago, that such vas
, hordes of wealth would be poured int
; this section for its development?
Many were the skeptics, who witt
pessimistic prophecy and qualms Q
} fear, doubted the probability of tn
early finishing of SO great an undertak
ing. And but few people have eve
realized the great genius and wealtl
) back of this enterprise.
When one talked of millions an
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24

kaffer corn and milo maise the binder
also. There is the greatest opening in
the Panhandle for a man of small cap
ital that | ever saw. Many buy on
time and pay for their land from the
proceeds of the first crop. You can
buy choice farming land for ten to
twenty dollars per acre, but would
advise any one thinking Of going there
to buy to do so at once, as land values
are advancing fast. There are two
kinds of soil in Panhandle, the light
sandy and the tight black land. The
former is best adapted to corn and veg
etables, the latter for general farming,
and there are two classes of land for
sale, school and railroad. The school
land has a claim of ninety-seven cents
per acre on land, so be careful about
titles, etc., when buying. Now, dear
friends, this is best i can give you and
if it flies into the basket ] won't be to
blame. Your friend,
G. r. MEITETAL.
Jonesboro, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24

ing we'll, the depth ranging from
seventy to two hundred feet, according
to elevation. You can put up tower
and have your water pumped into your
house or stable. The next thingis al
titude and rainfall. The altitude is
thirty-six hundred, and the August
temperature is 76.5 and January 36.3.
The coldest known temperature is l6 in
February, 1899, and the hottest 9S in
August, 1895, and you will feel COM
Portable. There is always q fine coast
breeze. They claim there is no such
thing as cyclones, no wind in the
northern Panhandle. 1 can't answer
as to that. But / saw some fine two
and one-half story houses, and only
saw one dugout and that was at depot
The average rainfall is twenty-five
inches. That beats the leading wheat
growing countries Of the United States.
Now to the products. 1t is a fine
country for small grains. They raise
from thirty to forty bushels of wheat,
thirty to eighty bushels Of oats, forty
to fifty bushels of rye or barley, twenty
five to fifty bushels kaffer corn and
maise, besides four to five tons Of fod.
der, alfalfa from two to four tons pei
acre. Now this is from sod land, first
plowing. They use the steam plow
mostly. They plow and harrow from
twenty to thirty-five acres per day, al
two dollars per acre. A great many
use the sulky plows. You can ploW
from four to six acres per day with
them. You never see man walking
and farming. They ride all the time
For harvesting wheat they use thu
header, and corn the row binder, anc
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24
AGk HALE IN THE PEN.
Asks That He Be Assigned to the
Same Cell as His Brother, but
the Request Not Granted.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 90 --Ack Hale,
charged with the murder of his sweet
heart Lille Davis, in Bristol cemetery
in 1905, arrived at the state prison today
and began his life sentence. His first
request was that he might be placed in
the cell with his brother, Roy, who is
serving twenty year sentence for the
murder Of the girls brother Irby. 1t
was impossible to grant the request at
present, but Warden Rice promised to
do so if the boys obeyed the rules. Ii
has not yet been decided what Ack Hall
will be put to doing at the prison.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24

Wear Pure Law Shoes. 73-4t
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24

The little "NVant Ads" in The
Comet pay larger dividends to
the users than any other kind of
small advertisement. Try one in
the Classified Columns and then
watch for the results. You next?
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-12-24

You should read all the advertise
ments that appear in The Comet,
for the Business Men of Johnson
City use its columns to tell the
people where they can buy the
best cheapest. You get on next !!