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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following is a partial list
of real estate transfers in Wash
ington county for December, 1910:
A. r. Johnson eft .ux to w. F.
Carter, e undivided interest in
259 acres, near Johnson City,
S., 100.
A. J. Tyler ct Tx to ]. B. Cox,
IL interest in Austin Springs
property, 10th district, $685. 80.
Mrs. Judeth D. Hewitt ct al to
H. D. and L. D. Gump, lots, 9th
district, S118.75.
]. F. Johnson and ]. F. John
son, ex. and admir-, to John A.
Swadley, 46 acres, 10th district,
ST, 800.
w. A. Hunter ct ux to Hattie
X. Hunter, lot, 9th district, $500.
Walter ]. Hunter to w. A.
Hunter, lot, 9th district, $500.
D. R, Smalling and ]. H. Small
ing to Rooner Booher, lot, 9th
district, $50.
J. B. Cox to Rooner Booher,
lot. 9th district. SIS.
w. A. Cornell ct Tx to J. B.
Cox, tract, 9th district, $25.
J. W. Crumley to Sells Lumber
and Mfg Co., lot, 9th district,
$500.
w. B. Franklin ct ux to Samuel
Litchtenstine, lot, 9th district,
$3.50.
Isaac Harr ct Tx to r. J. Lusk,
lots, 9th district $500.
M. T. Silvers ct Tx to Joseph
Jackson, lot, 9th district, $500.
D. w. Williams ct ux to James
Caesar, lot, 9th district, $500.
Harrison Osborne ct Tx to J.O.
Allison, 80 acres, 9th district,
$1,650.
W. J. Barton ct Tx to J. D.
Painter ct Tx, Is acres, 9Th dis
trict, $500.
Mrs. Matte Foreman ct al to
D. L. Slower, 4 acres, Oh district,
81, 400.
John Sanders to w. D. Gray,
lots, 9th district, $275.
W. F. Kearney to G. W, Rurk-
head, lot, 9th district, $50.
G. W. Burkhead to Ida Upton,
lot, 9th district, $50.
David L. Lovegrove ct Tx to S.
E. n. Moore, tracts, 9Th district,
81, 900.
c. G. Hannah ct TX to 7. V.
lot, 9th district, $500.
J. M. Micon ct Tx to Mrs. Chas. |
K. Lucas, lot, 9th district, $500.
Mrs. E. M. Cooper to Thos. A.
Young, lot, 9th district, SIS.
Roy L. Barron to G.. L. Smith
ct al, lot, 9th district, $500.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
TYPICAL STREET SCENES
FOR LESLIE'S WEEKLY

The board of trade is in receipt of a
letter from the Leslie-Ju Judge company
expressing thanks for the three Nash.
vile street scenes sent upon request for
publication in Leslie's Weekly. One
of the scenes is Court Square including
the courthouse, the market house and
city hall with the hundreds of wagons
that surround them every morning.
Another is the wholesale district of
Second avenue, between Broadway and
Union, and the third is the retail shop
ping district of Fifth avenue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
17-YEAR LOCUST SWARM
Is DUE THIS YEAR

New York, Jan. I8.-This is the
year for the 17-year locusts to APP
pear. They are due along the At
lantic seaboard from Virginia to
New York, but Or. Raymond L.
Ditmars, curator of the Bronx zoo,
said that he believed the Hudson
river would check the pest.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
He CONDEMNS PROHIBITION
Recommends Repeal of "Manu-
factufcrs' Bill" and Wants
Saloons IN the Cities

Nashville, January I8.-Governol
Patterson in his annual message to
the general assembly today recon-.
mends liberal appropriations for the
maintenance of the state normal
schools recently established by act Of
the legislature. Three of these
schools are for whites and one, To-
Gated at Nashville, for colored peo-
pie. He also recommends the state
fair to the favorable attention of the
legislature and urges the establish
ment of an agricultural experiment
station for the middle division of the
state, the western and eastern divis-
ions already being thus provided,
He recommends a woman factory
Inspector, a juvenile reformatory,
tuberculosis hospitals and in regard
to the criminal laws urges a parole
system and indeterminate sentence.
He directs attention to the COM
mendable management " of the pen
itentiary and shows by the treasurer's
report that for the year 1909 the ex-
cess of income over disbursements
was $98,I55.I2, and for the year
1910 SII8,355.58, making a total
for the two years of $2I6, $40. 10
clear profit to the state. Deducting
disbursements for betterments the
state prison has actually made $780,
o52 clear profit.
Governor Patterson recommends
the repeal of the present election
law of the state on the
ground that it is partial
in its operation. He states that in
his opinion this law was designed
for fraud and that there has not
been an honest general election in
Tennessee since its enactment.
He recommends the adoption of
constitutional amendments so as to
make the secretary of the state,
state treasurer, state comptroller
and state encouragement elective
by the people and to make the term
of the governor four years instead of
two.
Governor Patterson in his message
strongly condemns prohibition, pro-
nouncing it fundamentally and
profoundly wrong as governmental
policy, and in a country where the
largest measure of freedom of action
is accorded the individual, it becomes
intolerable."
He recommends " high license,
strict regulation and forfeiture of
license for violation of law"
The governor recommends the
repeal of what is known as the
bill and SO much of
the four mile law as will restore the
right of local self-government to
those citizens that are not permitted
% vote upon the question.
In closing paragraphs he asks that
10 friend of his embarass Governor
Hooper in the discharge of his
luties.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
TAX ASSESSOR IS
HARD AT WORK

Tax Assessor J. w. Weeks has begun
his work assessing the real and per-
sonal property of Washington county.
If you desire to have your valuation
increased the matter may be arranged
by calling his attention TO it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
COMPLIMENT TIC FOWLER
1t is Expected That the Decisive
Vote Will Be Taken
Today at Noon.

Nashville, Jan. 18.-When the
joint convention convened at noon
today for the purpose of taking
the seventh Ballot for United
States senator, the name of JAS
B. Frazier, fusionist democrat,
was withdrawn and B. A. Enloe,
independent democrat and rail-
road commissioner for West Ten
nessee, was placed in nomination.
James A. Fowler, of Knoxville,
was placed in nomination by the
republicans. Two ballots were
taken today, the last resulting as
follows:
McMillin, democrat, "a.
Enloe, independent, 90.
Fowler, republican, 3.
Necessary to a choice 90. No
election.
Senators John c. Houk and ].
P. Davis and Representative
Brwn, of Campbell county, refus-
ing to vote for Hon. B. A. Enloe
for senator prevented his election
today by the combined forces of
the independents and republicans.
Two ballots were taken and
Representative Williams, of Ham
ilton county, and Cross, of Roane,
who have been voting for Senator
Frazier, cast their ballots for Nc
Milliu, giving him sixty-four
votes on first ballot. Mr.. Eploe
had sixty-two. Representative
Farmer voted with the three in
surgent republicans on the first
ballot for Jas. A. Fowler. On the
second ballot Mr.. Farmer chang
ed his vote to Enloe, thus giving
him sixty-three votes.
Senator Houk then got busy
and male a motion to adjourn.
He received the support of the
McMillin forces.
Under the rule of the gavel, af-
ter taking the aye vote, president
of the caucus Nat Baxter, jr., de-
clared the joint convention adj
journed.
Mr.. Enloe's name again will be
presented.
1t is probable that dark horse
will be put out for feeler. Some
are now suggesting that if Nc
Millin can not secure the sixty
six votes, his support go to K. D.
Mcclellan, of Memphis.
Eugene H. Williams, of Hamil-
ten county, withdrew the name of
Senator Frazier, stating Frazier
had run as democrat and receiv-
ed the votes of democrats, but
could not secure the votes of re-
DublicarS because he was a dem
)crat.
Wild excitement prevailed in
he joint session of the legisla-
lure today when the last of two
ballots saw only one vote separat-
ng McMillin and Enloe in the |
ace for the United States senate,
NJ cMillan with the sixty-four and
Gnloe with the sixty-three. The
friends of each man claim he will
De elected on tomorrow and
greater throng than was on hand
oday may be expected, if the hall
will hold any more.
The republicans today held the
balance of power and could have
elected either man had they gone
o him. On the first ballot four
# them threw off on j. \ Fowler.
On the second ballot three voted
or Mr.. Fowler.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
Beware Of AvaricH.

The more wealth increases the more
men set their hearts upon it. 1t is
tyranny that weighs the soul down
to the earth.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
TO OPEN HOTEL
AT BRISTOL

Bristol, Jan. I8.-C. 7. Alexander,
of Chattanooga, is here arranging for
the opening of the new Hotel Bristol,
now being erected at cost Of $125, 600.
1t will open between April and May
i. lie left today for New York TO
purchase furnishings.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19
NEW POSTMASTER IS
NAMED FOR ST. CLAIR

Washington, Jan. fisherman
Davis has been appointed postmaster
at Saint Clair, Hawkins county,
wee J. w. Portum, resigned.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-01-19

Chairman Hensley spent yesterday
in Jonesboro on business connected
with the county court.
Isaac Harr and Deputy Circuit Court
Clerk Barnes were attending court in
Bristol yesterday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05
Firebug Working
 At Cosey Beach
Two Cottages Destroyed and Settlement Threatened by
 Another Blaze

Famed by strong autumnal wind, fire which is believed to have been of incendiary origin, completely de- stroyed, last night, two cottages at Cosey Beach a short distance west of the scene of the big Momauguin fire last summer, and threatened to spread to quite cluster of cottages all along the shore. This latter misfortune was prevented by the prompt work of the cottagers. who formed bucket brigades and wet down the roofs of the other houses, in this way holding the flames in check until the arrival of the East Haven fire department, which was soon reinforced by the automobile engine from company 14, of the, New Haven department. This fire coming so soon after the one that destroyed the Momauguin hotel and Hoyt's pa vilion, which are but a short distance away from where the fire occurred last night, is accepted by many of the cottagers as proof that there is a fire bug at work in that section
 The cottages destroyed were owned respectively by Frederick Smith of North Haven, and by Mrs. Lewis of New Haven. The total damage was about s4.O00.
 The two cottages which were burn ed had not been occupied for several weeks. The Lewis cottage vas occu- pied during the summer by Attorney Prentice w. Chase and his family.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05
Democratic Gain
 Claimed in State
Acting Secretary De Vicq Esti. mates B Per Cent in
 Connecticut

Acting Secretary John DeVicq, at the State Democratic headquarters in New Haven, last night, said that the outcome of the. New Haven city elec- tion, while the result seemed to fla vor the Republicans, had no bearing on the general result looked for in the presidential, congressional and state and gubernatorial ticket battles which are coming on next fall. The opinion On the Democratic situation is just what MT. DeVicq has been stationed there for by the Democratic State Central committee.
 He said that the outcome of the vote in New Haven was simply of To- cal interest. It would have no effect upon the general work of the party.
 ''The whole work in the state shows that there was about a B per cent inl crease in the Democratic vote through all of the small towns" He went on to say: Even where. Republican ma jorities have been returned 1t is found that they have fallen off so that it is noticeable that the Democratic idea is constantly growing"
 ''The slogan for Democratic control is carrying through all the towns of Connecticut he said, 'as witQess the fact that although New. Haven has gone partially Republican,, Torrington 0dS Just cut QOWll d TSSPuOiiCdH ludJOi ity of 200 of two years ago to less than "a this fall" In Willimantic he said the Democrats had carried prac- tically all of the nominations on the ticket-which showed great increase in the Democratic vote there; Hart ford is Democratic, as is Waterbury. Norwich. New London, South Norwalk, Meriden and Bristol-the result in this latter place after a hard fight with the Socialists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05
Bad Mixup Over
 Girls Bracelet
Yale Chinese Students Have Quite an Experience Mail
 ing it to Hong Kong

K. P. Tsai of the senior class at Yale, son of the governor of Tien- Tsin, China, winner of several prizes, had a chance to display his forensic ability to the advantage of his friend, .C. w. S. Along, also 1912, yesterday before the custom officials at New York city.
 bracelet that MT. Along wished to send to Miss Iris Young of Hong Kong.
 MT. Along is the grandson of Ah Fong, the Chinese millionaire of Hon. olulu, who went back to China after accommodating fortune and providing for his Hawaiian wife and 13 daugh- ters who were known as the hand somest on the island and married Americans of more or less distinction. Young Along can count as his rela- tives Rear Admiral W. H. Whiting. U. S. N.; Captain A. J. Dougherty, U. s. A., and James w ~. Brewster of Elizabeth, N J. But his elaboration on pedigrees does not come to the part the bracelet played in the almost tragedy
 Yale by way of the Trans-Siberian railway and stopped off a few days in Moscow. There MT. Along secured the trinket he thought would please Miss Iris. He. carefully packed the bracelet and gave it to a fat steward on the Kronprinz. tlfe steamer .supon which he arrived, to mail. To make sure that the package would reach Hong Kong without delay the emis- sary decided to post it in Hoboken in- stead of on the ships post office
 Custom officials saw the package protruding from the stewards pocket and ordered him held for examination by the deputy surveyor in charge. The deputy hearing the explanation sent for young Along, who tried to straighten out matters.
 It was here that MT. Tsafs persua- sive eloauence stood in good stead for his friend. He argued for an hour, after which it was decided that the parcel must be mailed by MT. Along in Hoboken in the presence of the customs inspectors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05
Forest Fire Warning
State Warden Spring Issues Notices to Hunters

In connection with the opening of the hunting season, State Forest Fire Warden s. N. Spring yesterday is sued notice to every person hunting in this state, asking cooperation in pre- venting forest fires. The notice af- ter asking cooperation, continues:
 There are losses each year from fires started by the careless dropping of lighted matches, cigar or cigarette butts by persons passing through the woods. Such carelessness is pun lshable by fine and Imprisonment. and this and other fire laws are being en- forced
 From Sept. Is to Nov. Is fires in or near woodland must not be kin dled without permit from the local warden, nor is it lawful to kintne hres on public or private land witf1- out permission from the owner
 Other New England states have a law by which the governor can close the hunting season if drought woods is careful we need no suchl law in this state in order to prevent fires in our woodland.
 One ought to be more careful about Throwing down lighted match es or cigar and cigarette stubs in the woods than he is in his own home. Don't knock out the @heef' of your pipe into the dry leaves. Connecticut has plenty of bare flat rocks, and it or cigarette butt down there and stamp out the fire in it.
 If any one comes across a fire let him notify the nearest fire war, den or, much better, get help him self and put it out.'' =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05
SUES FOR ALIENATION
$2,OOO Asked by One Woman in Ac-
 tiOn Against Polo Players Wife.

New Haven, Oct. 5-A suit for alien- ation of affections, in which $2,ooO damages are claimed, was brought yesterday in the Superior court by F1tzGerald and Walsh, in behalf of Mrs. Julia O'Connor, against Mrs Carrie Mallory, the wife of Harry Mallory, a well known polo player.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05
Notice

For forty-lfve years we have been conductdng business at the same old streets Bridgeport, Conn. and our E11vate Bank has been establisheo there continuously. We have received and paid out on demand without nO- hce millions of dollars of money de- pos1ted with us and we continue eO receive money subject to depositOr's check at sight, on which we allow three per cent. per annum, creo1!eu b each account monthly. We solicft tho accounts of individuals, business men, 6rms and corporations, and all who want c bank account where they and leave it for one day, ,one week, one month or ono year, and draw interest on it for any time 1t Is left with us: WO give to the business our careful personal attention as the oldest hrm Of private bankers in this state.
 : tR F. wA TonH Air0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-05

Quimper FTance-Boucher's master piece. the painting Neptune and Am phitrite'' was. stolen from the Munici- pad Museum here in exactly the same way as the Mona Lisa" was made away with.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19
TheGood, the Bad, the Otherwise
And Few Laconics ByLAL
By L. A. l..

~ ~
Madero feels safe enough on the
job of President of Mexico to name
his cabinet, but he evidently did it
with one hand on his gun.
In the meanwhile, as the coast to
coast ALTAR line seems to be out of
commission, the railroads continue
to sell the usual humber Of tickets.
Pays to shampoo your own hair"
writes beauty expert: sure, but
What'l the poor sisters do who have
to wear other folks s hair?
Farmers get more money, says dis
patch from Washington, but it must
have gotten lost in the shuttle. as few
OF the Southern farmers can locate
any.
The thing that jars newspaper
folk about the shop early for Oh rist-
mas idea fs-there are so many firsts
Of the month between now and the
Giving Day.
The newest thing in womens' fads
is a walking stick with a search-light
IN the handle; handy for the Suffra-
gettes to locate the key-hole after a.
strenuous session at the club
Now that aviation is becoming poD-
ular, the question is raised: who
owns the air? If we're not careful
John u. or Morgan will claim it, as
they have most of the earth.
Here's one that takes the palm
from the Atlanta post Office: a let
ter mailed over 100 years ago to a
man in England has just been re-
celved by his descendants.
Bob Taylor Of Tennessee is no
sooner ont Of one excitement than
he's in another: he is getting him
self in bad now trying to tell the peo-
pie Of Nashville what to do in a local
election.
It's a hard thing to realize in the
South, but it is trle: there are
Southern statesmen who bitterly Cd
pose the eradication Of the tariff, and
it will only be by this eradication
that the South will come into her
own, industrially.
=
Speaking of moving: man in
New York hospital is having one of
his ribs moved to the place formerly
occupied by hs upper jaw-bone:
mother man is having a finger moved
to take the place Of his nose, and
Science is watching both moves with
interest.
It's an off-day when New York
can't grow madly excited about some
thing: baseball fans to the number
of 10000 spent strenuous night try
ing to get tickets for the world S
series games. Twelve dollars was
paid for single ticket, in more than
one instance.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-10-19

lions has resulted, or been
made possible largely through the
aid OF the pioneer women, they view
things with broader and more toll
Grant sense than the East or the
South could do.
In the hearC-breaking days of the
pioneer, camp Of men was little
better than one of savages, until the
wives and mothers came out to make
homes.
Good women were worshipped;
there was nothing the men would not
do for them, and the women found
no time to spare from the duties Of
heme-making to devote to anything
else. But in every sense they were
the partners Of the men whose des-
TIMES they were helping to shape;
as the towns grew and became in
dustrial centers, the women voiced,
through their men-folk, their choice
for the Offices, and it is known that
the woTnens' opinion Of a mans fit
ness Or unfitness bore great weight.
1t isn't hard TO realize that the
tests put to a man in those days of
hardship, priyation and temptation
brought out the best, or the worst in
him. The women who came in daily
contact with them, who watched
them grow from the early camp-life
days to the days Of the duly charter
ed town, knew the stuff every man
was made Of, and by the woman logic
which had saved man a family from
despair, she gagged a mans fitness
or unitness for public Office.
A great deal Of this spirit is still
alive in the middle and far West.
The women are self-reliant to a de-
gree hard to realize, if one has not
met them, and self-assertive to a de-
gree which is, unfortunately, too
often their undofng.
But it seems the men Of the sec
ton have. Bot kept pace with the wo-
men in the matter OF civic develop
ment: Kanas has been torn by more
political discord than any Of the other
States and it is in this State
that women have become a dominant
influence in the affairs Of the State.
HunDeWel, Kansas, was a town of
no special Importance until the grant
ing Of the suffrage to women; when
this was done the bars were let down
for all sorts Of trouble for Hume
well, and there is scarcely a day that
the little town does not figure in the
public prints.
After the election Of woman may
or, g woman marshal, q woman city
clerk and a few other minor officials,
the town Of HEnnewell sat up and
began to take note.
A male council was the greatest
draw back the woman mayor had TO
face, and the council baked every
move the woman mayor made, for
Improvement.
The greater part of HunnewelI's
history from that time on is well
known; but there is another side
not SO we'll known and it has only
begun to be made public.
1t has not been charged that the
women officials have made any dras-
tic changes, nor would the town
have derived anything but benefit if
the proposed plans had been peace
ably carried out. The women officials
wanted a "clean" town, and they
wanted to do away with graft.
Furthermore, they wanted Sunday
to be strictly observed; while none
of them lay any claim to being spec
tally religious, they set worthy eX-
ample by attending Divine worship
once on Sunday. This brought about
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