Sewickley Herald

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Fear no man, and do justice to all men."
Vol. I.
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1904.
No. 19
Very Little   Interest   Manifested
in the Meeting Held   Last
Saturday Night.
THE     NAMES     SUGGESTED.
The suggestion meeting held on
Saturday evening, January 16, at
'Squire Allewelfs office, was suggestive of the fact that, very little interest was being taken in the present
campaign..
The meeting was anything but a
representative one of the tax payers
and voters of our borough, as there
were but some thirty men present,
and the suggesting was mainly done
by two men, one representing each
ward. It demonstrated the lukowarm
political feeling of our voters. Captain Reno was elected permanent
chairman, and Mr. Edward Day was
named as secretary.
The name of Mr. C. D, Richardson,
was presented for Borough Auditor,
that being the only borough office at-
large   to   be filled.
The Second ward offices were then
taken up, and Mr. C. A. Woods started
the ball rolling, by naming Mr. J. C.
Chaplin, the retiring Councilman,
which was followed by the name of
Mr. Frank Straw, making two names
for council from the Second ward.
For School Director, Mr. H. L. H.
Blair was named.
The names for the other offices
were:
Assessor—John JP. Gaston.
Judge of Election—S. Ague.
Inspectors—Fielding Goff and S. C.
Dally, Jr.
Executive Committee—John Walter,
J. A. Knox, J. G. Chaplin, D. Leet
Neely, Geo. F. Reed.
First Ward. >
Mr, J. N. White, Esq., filled the
chair for the First Ward Committee,
and the suggestions opened with the
name of Mr. R. R. Brown for Council,
followed by that of Mr. Hiram Lake,
for  the  same   office.
For School Director, Mr. S. B. Liggett  was   suggested.
For Assessor the names of James
M. Little and James Buckley were
presented. In this instance appeared
the only hitch of the evening. The
first named gentleman raised a point
regarding the political complexion of
his opponent, but as no vigorous
protest was made, and no motion was
before the committee, the chairman
allowed the name to remain on the
roll. The other officers named are:
Judge of Elections—J. M. K. Abbott.
Inspector—Thos. H. Drynan.
Executive Committee—B. F. Campney, Jr., Jas. S. Gray, Harry A. Sharpe,
George A. Sommerville, H. B. Brush,
Stewart Richardson, Charles A. Rice
and S. Y. McFarland.
The chair read the ruling of the
Executive Committee, and notified
those named that in order to have
their names on the ticket at the primaries, they would have to confer
with the secretary not later than
Tuesday,  Jan. 19.    Adjourned.
The committee met on Tuesday
evening, and enrolled the candidates
on the ticket, with the exception of
Mr. J. C. Chaplin, of the Second ward,
and Mr. Hiram Lake, of the First
Ward,  who   withdrew   their   names.
The primaries will be held thjs
afternqpn from 4 to 7 o'clock.
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Death of Adrian B. Davis.
We regret to announce the death of
Mr. Adrian B. Davis, eldest son of Mr.
E. W. Davis, who was a resident of Sewickley for some time, but who is now
at his former home in Brockport, N, Y.
His son's death occurred at Denver, GoL,
on Saturday, January 9fch, in his 26th
year, The friends of Mr, Davis in this
place will regret his bereavement.
The Borough Safe!
An  Ugly Feeling Being Shown   on Account
of Its Purchase.
SOME     MORE     POINTED    COMMENTS.
.Like Banquo's ghost, the new borough safe will not down. In fact, to
speak figuratively, it has been blown
up a good many times the past week.
Were we to print in detail the expressions of opinion heard, and give
the names of the authors, we wiould
not only rub elbows with the Salus-
Grady libel law, but we would probably alienate life-long friends and
undo some of the work accomplished
by Mr. Rees. However, we will honor
the confidence reposed in us, and not
divulge any secrets.
In, speaking with a business man
on the interview of the Councilmen
in last week's Herald, he expressed
his opinion in tlwio words, which
would not look well in print.
Another gentleman, who stands
close to the powers that be, objected
to having it called a "blue print" safe.
He said that blue prints were not valuable,   but   that   the   original   draw
ings were. We do not deny the truth
of this, but nevertheless the words
"blue prints" were used in the resolution presented to Council.
A prominent member of Council
called us to account for the article.
He made nearly the same line of argument as the one last week, with a
few exceptions. To put his argument
in a nutshell, he thought the procuring of a safe was a matter of supreme importance, but that the property of the people might take care
of itself, with the assistance of the
insurance companies, and the meagre
apparatus in possession of the firemen.
In so far as the purchase of the safe
is concerned, that is a matter of history. The authority for its purchase
has been granted1. The question of
an improvement in the fire service is
one for the future. We shall have
something more to say upon the subject.
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A Worthy Object.
Rev. J. W. Randolph, pastor of
St,. Matthew'8 A. M. E. Zion church,
Thorn and Walnut streets, wishes to
inform the people of this community,
that they are going to build a new
church the coming spring, on the site
of the old one. Within three months'
Mr. Randolph has raised $578.78
among his own people. The congregation will be compelled to build the
culvert back of the church and grade
the lot, which will entail an expense
of about $1,500, and they desire the
assistance of the people of this town.
The following persons have been
authorized to collect subscriptions,
and no others have the righ,t to do So.
The pastor wishes the public to inform him if any others are endeavoring to solicit for the church. They
are: John P. Ward, John Bernard,
Daniel Matthews, James W. Parker
and E. T, Hines, We hope the coiv
gregatioh will succeed in attaining
the desired end,