Sewickley Herald

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JOCT 14   1903
"Pear no man, and do fustice to all men."1
Vol. Ill SEWICKEY, PA.S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1905 No. 5
IS INCREASING.
The Sewickley Valley Business Men's
Association Adding Desirable
Names to Its Roster.
WILL   BE   A   BENEFIT   TO    ALL.
The Sewickley Valley Business
, Men's Association held a. meeting
in Gray's Hall on Monday evening,
.with about 30 members present.
Some six or seven prominent business men of the Valley "added their
names to the roster, and it will not
be long until the entire Valley will
be thoroughly canvassed. The impression that this association is
merely a collection bureau is erroneous, and far from the facts of the
case. While it is true that a legal
and collection department will be
put into active operation, it does
not necessarily follow that that is
what the association was founded
on—far from it. ' The above department will throw a safeguard
around the merchant concerning
the extension of credit, and will
■place the chronic dead beat in his
proper class.' It will not be a detriment to any. honest person—for
every merchant in the Valley will
know of. his honesty and recognize it.
The principles of the association are broader ones and will have
to do with things that will be of
material benefit to the community,
as it is from this community that
the business men are drawing their
pitronage.
It is not the intention of the association to dabble in politics, but
it will take a decisive stand in
civic matters when it becomes
ne6essary to rectify an evil or to
combat such abuses as the "tip"' or
graft system. This practice is
nothing shore ol robbery. In the
main it consists of butlers, coachmen arid even the house help demanding toll from tl,e   merchant
SEWIGKLEY
GOON HUNTING CLUB'S GAMP.
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FRANKFORT SPRINGS HOTEL, Recently Purchased by Messrs.
,    Merz, Ghallis & Christman, of this Place.
for favoring him with their employer's trade. It is gratifying to know
however, that few of our merchants have become parties to
this ''hold-up" scheme. The modus operandi of this class of thievery is for the butler or coachman to
approach a business man whom he
has been patronizing with his employer's trade and ask for a couple
of dollars, at the same time re-
markingj "just charge this up as
merchandise,'"   This is tha most
contemptible kind of robbery, and
any merchant who makes himself a
party to a transaction like the one
stated above does not deserve to
be in business. When a business
man is confronted with a proposition of this kind it is his bounden
duty to at once notify the employer
of the existing facts. If he does
we are quite sure he will not lose
anything by the   transaction, and
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'DAY.
Sewickley Coon Hunting Club Entertained Over One Hundred .Visitors Last Sunday.
SERVED  A  PINE  GAME   DINNER.
The Sewickley Goon Hunting
Club, which has been in camp at
Frankfort Springs for two weeks,
observed "Visitors' Day" last Sunday in its camp. More than one
hundred guests were served with a
game diuner and the feast was
greatly relished. The visitors were
mostly Sewickley people and it was
impossible to get a conveyance at
any price last Sunday. The boys
have an elaborate layout and all
facilities for entertaining company.
It is stated that this year's camp
exceeded any former outing the
club has held. The boys will break
camp to-day. Mr. George Muegge,
to whom we are indebted for the
above illustrations, took quite a
number of views of the camp
Fine music was furnished by Sewickley Troop Band; also by A.
Merz's large graphaphone, which
was part of the camp's outfit.
Messrs. Merz, Ghallis & Ghristman are to be congratulated on
havimg taken hold of this property,
as they are all young business men
who know how to push a good
thing. Vast improvements will
transform the place into a verv
dasirable spot.
There are nine different mineral
springs on the property and the
chemical analysis shows them to be
of a high standard. While the
hotel is able to accommodate gussts
at any season of the year, it is
expected that Frankfort Springs
will be the mecca for thousands
iduring the summer season.
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