Mercer Dispatch

              VOL. 24, NO. 1.
0ND REPUBLICAN.
MEBCEB, MEBCEB COUNTY, PA., FBIDAY, FEBBUABY 24, 1911.
VOL. 70 OLD SEBIES
HAPPENINGS AT HARBISBDRG.
' *M11 to Repeal Corrupt Practices Act Introduced in -Legislature—Election Code
Hay Be Delayed.
• Legislation repealing the corrupt practices aot ot 3906 and offering a weak substitute has been presented by Representative Joseph A. Sohofleld, ot Warren.
Under his bill a oandidate would meet tbe
requirements of tbe law by simply making
affidavit tbat, for bis nomination or eleotion, be had not expended more tban $750
in any one ooanty. It wipes out all requirements about the aooounting for the
expenditures. Tbe candidate does not
need to tell bow be spent the money or
give any details whatever. So long as the
expenditures are kept down to $750 for a
county, the eash oan be doled out for any
purpose.
Tbe present law provides for an audit of
expense accounts. For tbis andit tbe Sohofleld bill substitutes a oourt trial. Tbe aot
now in foioe allows tbe filing of a petition
for an examination of tbe aooonnt twenty
days after tbe last day it was filed. Tbe proposed legislation outs to ten days the time
in wbioh five eleotors are to file a petition
olaiming that tbe affidavit of tbe oandidate
is false.
Tbe deoision ot tbe oourt is snbjeot to
appeal. It tbe judge deoides that the
affidavit is false and illegal expenditures
havebeen incurred, ba mnst certify tbe
oase to tbe Attorney General and a writ of
quo warranto will issue. If nnder these
proceedings the finding ot the oonrt Is sustained, tbe eleotion is deolared void and
the offioe vaoant.
Cases involving members of tbe Legislature are certified to the president of tbe
Senate or Speaker of the House, and those
oonoerning Congressmen go to tbe Governor
and be transmits them to tbe Speaker Of
the National House. Tbe judge must also
certify to tba distriot attorney of the proper oounty, wbo will institate criminal
proceedings. Tbere is a fine of from $50
to $1,000, or from one montb to two years'
imprisonment for violation ot tbe law.
Of all bills presented at tbis session tbe
Sproul publio highways measure has created tbe most general interest and comment.
The main purpose of the proposed legislation is to have uniformity in road construction and maintenance. The present system
has proved a failure, in that the oounties
and townships bave not been oarefnl of tbe
highways atter tbe State expended large
Bums of money in constructing them under
modern ideas of oonstrnotion.
The bill will entirely reorganize tbe
State Highway Department, in tbat it will
empower tbe department to take under its
direot oontrol oertain existing Highways in
every part of the State. The roads will be
classified and divided into districts with
engineers under oontrol of tbe State Highway Department in obarge. The State is
praotioally divided into fifty road distriots,
witb 200 routes laid out under tbe direction of engineers of tbe department. The
following positions are oreated: State
highway commissioner, $8,000; first deputy,
$6,000; seoond deputy, $5,000; oivil engineer, $4,000; bridge engineer, $3,600; fifty
assistant engineers, $1,500 eaob; six road
engineers, $2,400 eaob; ohief draftsman,
$2,400; assistant draftsman, $1,800; stenographers, two, $1,200; two bookkeepers,
91,900 eaob; any additional olerks required
whose salary shall not exceed $1,000.
The prinoipal bill provides for a net work
of trunk lines connecting the ooanty seats
throughout the State and bi-seoting each
district so that every town of importanoe
and all of tbe market oenters will bave a
oommeroial benefit, in tbat tbe arterial
highways will be olassfied and oonstrnoted
with the end in view of promoting inter-
county traffio. Under a separate bill,
wbiob follows tbe first measure in importance,-ooanty commissioners and township
supervisors may apply to the department
for aid in constructing and maintaining
roads which are olassed as State aid roads.
In order to reoeive tbis assistance tbe
oounty and township authorities must first
enter into an agreement with tbe department authorizing the authorities to subsequently maintain tbe roads and to obarge
one-half tbe oost to tbe oounty or township, whiobever is tba joint owner. Tbe
-purpose of this feature is to prevent negleot
and destruction after tbe work ot bnilding
bas been oompleted.
Tba eleotion oode, wbioh it was expeoted
would be presented this session to straighten oat the kinks in the eleotion laws and to
meet many of the demands for ohanges
whioh have arisen sinoe 1906, may not be
completed for tbe present Legislature and
tbere is a possibility tbat tbe General Assembly may be asked to oontinne it for two
years. The commissioners now say tbat it
will take almost a month to finish the tour
bills tbey bave outlined and from all accounts tbey are by no means settled in regard to provisions.   Tbe suggestions bave
pourev -r/m *he committee from all quarters and c ' e of them have muoh merit, requiring study.
A bill bas been introduoed in the Legislature providing that all railroads must
install safety gates at grade crossings in
oities and towns in tbe State. The penalty
for failure to provide tbese applianoes is
$500. They must oover the full width of
the roadway and be olosed when trains approaoh within 100 feet of the orossing. For
failnre to operate tbem properly the bill
provides for a fine of $50.
NEWS FROM NATION S CAPITAL.
WATER COMPANIES SUSTAINED.
OU Companies   Must Cease Operations  iff
They Pollute    Streams—Public    Bealth
-paramount.
The rights of a water oompany to obtain
its supply for oenters of population by constructing storage dams along streams are
paramount to tbe rights of owners of property on the watershed supplying the
stream to drill and operate Oil wells if the
salt water disoharged from tbe walls pollutes tbe water was tbe deoision ot Judge
George S. Crisswell, of Venango oounty,
filed at Butler Satnrday evening in tbe oase
of T. H. Hen ratty at si. versus the Butler
Water Company.
Henratty and other oil produoers in the
Oakland and Center township oil fields
sought an injunotion against tbe Bntler
Water Company, restraining the corporation from bnilding a large reservoir in tbe
Connoqnenessiog valley, at Oneida, on the
ground tbat they would be compelled to
abandon their properties, entailing a total
loss, beoanse salt water, wbioh these wells
disoharge in large quantities in daily operation, had been deolared a souroe of pollution.
Tbe oil men set forth tbat they oould not
operate the wells and' pre.vi.nt the salt
water from flowing into the streams, and
henoe their rights to develop tbeii properties, and oarry on their operations oo suoh
properties were interfered witb. Tbey also
alleged that the water oompany had no
riparian rights, and that the rights of the
land owners were paramount to those of a
corporation collecting water trom tbe
streams by means ot servioe reservoirs.
Tbe oil producers will appeal.
Census Figures For County Towns.
Tbe Census Bnreau on Saturday made
pnblio figures showing tbe population of all
Pennsylvania towns of less tban 5,000.
Tbe offioial oonnt shows that Meroer has
2026 inhabitants, as oompared witb 1604 in
1890, a gain of 222ot 12 3 per oent. Tbe
population of all towns in the ooanty, not
previously annonnoed, follows, the figures
in tbe first column representing tbe oensns
of 1910 and those in tbe seoond the 1900
oensns:
Clarksville     216
Fredonia    443
Grove City 8871
Jamestown    822
Mercer 2026
New Lebanon     164
Sandy Lake    639
Sharpsville 8884
Sbi aklcyville    126
Stoneboro ...1074
West Middlesex 1167!
Whi-atlaiid .'.    955
Witb four exceptions all of tbe boroughs
show a gain and the total loss in these fonr
cases is Only 76. The most remarkable
increase & reoorded in Grove City, wbere
tbe figures compiled last year exoeed those
of 1900 by 139 76 per oent. Grove City is
now tbe fourth town in tbe ooanty, having
passed botb Sharpsville and Meroer during
tbe last deoade.
220
487
1599
884
1804
188
682
29:0
164
1061
930
655
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Strange Fatality at Coohranton.
Miss Bessie Mary Pieroe, aged 21, was
found dead in a field a half mile from her
home in Coohranton Tuesday morning.
She had apparently fallen and died from
exhaustion some time Monday evening.
Sbe left bome abont 3 p. m. Monday to go
to a camping ground along French Creek,
where tbe family owned a summer oottage
On ber way back she took a short out aoross
an open field. Some tbin ioe bad formed
over two or tbree inobes of water, an overflow from tbe oreek. Sbe broke through
and her body wben found was nearly all
under tbe ioe. Tbe surroundings showed
evidenoes of ber struggles wbioh bad been
oontinned until she was overcome by tbe
oold. Wben sbe failed to return Monday
night a party was formed wbioh searched
throughout tbe night. Coroner Byham, of
Meadville, was notified, but deoided tbat
there was no neoessity for an inquest.
Ohurob Notes.
Johnston will preaoh tn the
ohuroh  next  Sunday  at   11
Dr. W. P
Covenanter
o'olook.
Regular servioes will be oonduoted at the
Methodist Episoopal oburoh Sunday morning. Daring the service tbose wbo signed
a oard expressing tbeir intention of uniting
with tbis denomination will be reoeived to
membership.
At a oonferenoe of tbe ministers Thursday morning it was deoided to oontinne the
special meetings being beld in the assembly
room of tbe oourt bouse over Sunday and
Bev. Peaoook has been prevailed upon to
remain and oondnot the servioes. The interest manifested in tbe meetings is so great
tbat it was oonsidered inadvisable to olose
tbem this evening. Over 100 bave been
forward. A meeting for tbe sohool ohildren
will be held this afternoon at 3 o'olook.
Woman Freed of Murder Charge.
Nat gnilty, on tbe grounds of insanity,
was tbe verdiot returned Tuesday in tbe
Erie county oourts by tbe Jnry in tbe oase
against Mrs. Graoe Knapp Vogt, the Union
City woman oharged with murdering ber
busband wbile he lay asleep in bis bed.
The Jnry was out one hoar. Tbe Court
bad informed the jury that the defense bad
failed to show either self-defense or insanity and that if they believed the evidenoe
of tbe Commonwealth tbey must find a verdiot of wilful and deliberate murder. Tbe
Court remanded tbe woman to tbe county
jail, bnt her attorneys will take steps at
onoe to get her freed.
No Respite for Hover.
A message was reoeived in Erie Friday
nigbt giving tbe offioial statement of Governor John E. Tener to the efleot that be
refuses to interfere in tbe oase of Alton V.
Hover, tbe oonvioted wife murderer. The
Governor refused to appoint a commission
te lunacy. Erie newspapers bave been
making strenuous efforts toward bringing
abont a reprieve in the case of Hover, who
is sentenced to bang on February 33.
—Call and see  as  before baying
.   *f)l*6U,Wiy I olover and timotby seed.
11,000,00 0'    52tl    L J. Pizob & Son, Meroer, Pa,
your
Danger of Extra Session Worries Congrexa-
men—House Adopts "Gag" Bale to Expedite BnnineiiB.
Gossip at tbe Capitol these days has to do
with the possibility of an extra session of
Congress. President Taft has given ont the
information that unless the Senate takes
favorable action on tbe Canadian reciprocity
measure an extra session oertainly will be
oalled. Whether or not aotion is taken on
this bill depends entirely on tbe whims of
tbe members ot tbe upper branch. The
session is rapidly drawing to a olose and tbe
oalendar is very fall, but tbere is still time
to dispose of all matters of importance. As
the extra session idea is not popular, many
of the best informed men about the Capitol
believe the neoessity for it will be removed
before adjournment is taken on Maroh 4.
Apart from the question of the reoiprooity
agreement with Canada, tbe real oanse tor
tbe situation in Congress threatening an extra session is deolared by tbe leaders in tbe
House to be the ohange tn tbe rules made
by tbe reform element in the House io the
last session and the want of leadership te
the Senate.
In tbe Senate tbe congestion ot business
makes it probable tbat even tbe slightest
consideration given to the reoiprooity agreement will result in defeating necessary appropriation bills. Senator Aldrioh is absent in Florida, and bis guiding hand is
missed at this time. Senator Hale, long
an able band te the affairs of tbe Senate,
bas been ill for tbe past week and all the
appropriation bills wbioh oome from bis
oommittee are reoeiving no consideration.
The aspirants for Senate leadership, Senators Cummins, of Iowa, and Borah, of
I-iabo, are giving no attention to tbe really
neoessary business of tbe Senate, bnt devote tbeir time to the resolution regarding
the eleotion of Senators by tbe people or to
tbe Lorimer oase. During the past tbree
weeks these Senators have been praotioally
in obarge of the business of the Senate,
witb tbe result that no important legislation has been pending before tbat body.
Counting today, tbere remain only eight
more working days so far as tbe Senate is
oonoerned. Tbe program tbat must be disposed of in* those eight days is as follows :
All but one ot tbe big appropriation
bills, inolnding the one providing for the
maintenance of tbe Postoffioe Depaitment
tor tbe ooming fisoal year, witb ite ''rider"
increasing tbe postage charges on magazines.
Tbe direot eleotion ot Senators witb tbe
Sutberland amendment.
Tbe resolution to unseat Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, on the ground tbat bis
eleotion was brought about by bribery.
The Sul lo way bill to inorease pensions
$45,000,000.
The bill oreating a permanent tariff
board.
Many reports from oonferenoe committees
appointed by tbe two branohes of Congress.
Nearly one thousand patriots at tbe Capitol are awaiting with deep anxiety tbe deoision as to an extra cession ot Congress
Tbey are Republioan office holders, most ot
whom have been on the Government pay
roll so long tbey have oome to consider
themselves fixtures tbere. If President
Taft does not oall Congress to meet in extra
session every Republioan offioe bolder in
tbe House organization will bold his place
nntil next Deoember, wben the Demoorats
will reorganize that bod/. Tben the Demoorats will bave at tbeir disposal some of
tbe highest salaried aud most desirable positions in tbe Government servioe. Tbe
salaries range from that of tbe Clerk of the
House, 36,500 a year, down to the wages of
tbe laborer on tbe "temporary roll." With
the ohange in tbe politioal oomplexion of
tbe House, Pennsylvania will lose the offioe
of olerk, whiob for 36 years has been filled
by a Pennsylvaoian.
Administration measures to inorease the
officers of the regular army tbat trained instructors might be assigned to tbe State
militia and inoreasi Dg tbe salary of tbe seoretary to the President trom $6,000 to $10,-
000 a year were defeated last Thursday in
the House during consideration of oonferenoe reports. General Wood, obief of staff
of the army, reoommended 612 additional
regular officers if assignments to the militia were to be made, 30 of the new offioers
to be allotted to tbe Quartermaster's Department. Tbe House out down the number of additional offioers to 300. No increase in tbe salary of the President's seoretary was authorized.
Filibustering in tbe lower branoh ot Congress during tbis session became a thing ot
the past Monday wben the House voted by
a large majority for a rnle wbiob, wben invoked by a two-thirds vote, as to any impending measure, forthwith rednoes the
time ot debate to forty minutes and cuts
off all amendments. Cbaraterized as a
"gag" by some ot Its opponents, the rule
adopted oan only be bronght into play
wben two-thirds of the House desire it,
and even tben (be passage of a bill under
tbe suspension provided for can only be aooomplished by a two-thirds vote. In the
Rules Committee it was proposed at first to
allow a majority to invoke tbe role. Tbe
Demoorats objected to this and the two-
thirds provision was inserted.
oonoerning tbe operations of the Bureau of
Census during tbe years 1909-1$. tt it
shown that the entire oost of tbe field work
on population and agriculture in continental United States for the thirteenth oensus
was about $5,855,500. In 1900 tbe oost
was $4,267,394. The original estimate of
$14,117,000 as tbe total oost of the deoen
niai oensus, inolnding the other work of
tbe bureau during the oensus period, the
direotor now believes too low, and be
thinks, in view of the additional work required by Congress and for otber reasons,
it will reaoh tally $14,600,000.
FARMERS' WEEK AT GREENVILLE.
SIBLET TRIAL DEFERRED.
Principals' Olub to Meet.
The Principals' dab of Meroer county,
whiob is composed of sobool superintendents and principals and High sohool teaobers, will hold its next meeting in West
Middlesex on Saturday, Marob 4, at 10 a.
m. Tbe program follows :
"The Essentials of Geography,"....	
 Superintendent F. F. Foltz, Mercer
Di£cusslon..Principal J. B. Edwards, Sandy Lake
"Departmental   Work   in the Seventh  and
Eighth Grades,"	
....Superintendent G. B. Gerberich, Greenville
Discussion..Principal C. B. Bmathera, Grove City
"How Can a Principal Inorease His Usefulness?"	
 Superintendent L. A. Eckles, South Sbaron
Discussion Principal 8. 11. Craig, Mercer
Botany in the High School "
Fall Program oi Meetings to be Conducted
Next Week by National and State Educators.
Next week   will   be farmers'  week in
(Greenville.    For four full  days, beginning
Monday evening and closing Friday afternoon, tbe officials of tbe sobool of Agriculture and   the   United  States Experiment
Station of tbe Pennsylvania State College
will bold  there meetings for the benefit of
tbe farmers of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Authorities in all branohes of farm work
will be present aud  deliver leotures on a
large number of topics ot vital importanoe
to tbe men  engaged in agricultural par-
suits.    Practical farming, stook raising and
trait oulture will be discussed in all tbeir
phases and    frequent  demonstrations  in
stook judging will be given.    Sessions will
be beld   morning, afternoon and evening
and those  ot  tbe  morning  and  afternoon
will ba divided into two  periods eaob for
tor the greater convenience of   tbose who
may be interested in some particular line
ot work.    Tbe  day time sessions will be
beld in tbe High sobool auditorium and
P. H. C. ball and tbe live  stook jodging
will   take   plaoe   in   Bell   &   Westman's
stables.    In tbe evenings all wbo attend
will be brought together in one big ball for
leotures.      The  complete   program   is as
follows:
MONOAY EVENING.
Greeting—Hon. James Sbeakly.
Response—M. S. McDowell.
"Profitable Horse Production"—W. A. Cocbel.
TUESDAY MORNIHO
" fertilizer Requirements"   M. S McDowell.
"Does tbe Dairy Cow Pay?"—H. S. VanNor
man.
"Loss of Soil Fertility and How to Prevent' —
C. F Shaw.
■Judging Beef Cattle"—W. A. Cochei.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
"Buying Plant Food"—M S. MoDowell.
"Judging Dalrv Cattle*'—H. E  VanNorman.
"Tiding Over Drought"—C F. Shaw
"Cost of Producing a Pound of Beef "—W. A.
Cocbel.
TUESDAY EVENING.
"Successful Poultry Farms*' -H. 'W. Jackson,
"What Pennsylvania Orchards Show"—H.J.
Wilder.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
"Soil and C>op Adaptation"— U. J. Wilder.
"Judging Horses"—W A Cocbel.
- "ijime and Its Uses"—Alva Agee.
"Farm Pouliry"—H. W. Jaokson.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
"How to Know Your Soil"—H. J. Wilder.
"Feeding Hogs"—W. A. Cochei.
"Drainage"—Alva Agee
' Raising Chicks"—U. W. Jackson.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
"College Extension"—Alva Agee.
"Home Notable Truck Farms"—it. L. Watts.
THURSDAY MORNIN!!
"Farm Manure. Preservation and Field Results"—Alfred Vivian.
"Judging Hogs"— W. A. Cochei.
"Allalfa"- F. D. Gardner.
"Celery and Asparagus"—B. I/. Watts.
T11UKSDAY AFTERNOON.
"Organic Matter, tbe Keystone of Soil Fertility"—Alfred Vivian.
"Fruit Soils"—H. J. Wilder.
''Computing Dairy Rations"—H. E. Van
Norman.
"Lime Sulphur Spray'—J. F Stewart.
THURSDAY EVENING.
■Plant Study for the Farm"—H. R. Fulton.
"Farm Manure, Value  and  Losses"—Allied
Vivian.
FRIDAY MORNING. <
"Potato Blight"—U   R. Fulton.
"Intensive    Vegetable   Gardening"—B
Watts.
"Corn"—F. D. Gardner.
"Planting an Orchard"—J P. Stewart.
FRIDAY  AFTERNOON.
"Orchard Manag ment"—J. P. Stewart.
"Computing   .Dairy    Rations"—H.    K.
Norman.
Illness of Franklin Man Cannes Another
Postponement of Proceedings In Warren County.
The trial of former Congressman Joseph
C. Sibley, of Franklin; bis seoretary,
Frank H. Taylor, of OU 0%; Charles D.
Crandall. David II. Howard and George B.
Munn, Mr. Sibley's Warren county managers in bis campaign tor nomination to Congress from tbe Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania
distriot, wbo are charged with violating
the primary eleotion laws at tbe primaries
last Jnne, whioh was to bave been begun on Monday, Maroh 6, was on Monday
put over to tbe June term of Quarter Sessions Court by Judge Hinokley upon application of tbe attorneys for the defendants.
Tbe attorneys presented physioians' certificates setting forth tbat Mr. Sibley's
physical and mental oondition was suoh
that he oould not at this time come to Warren and undergo the ordeal of the trial
without endangering bis life. Tbe Court
granted tbe petition and tben the otber defendants made a request for a postponement of tbeir Mais on the ground tbat they
oonld not go to trial without tbe presenoe
of Mr. Sibley, wbo is to be a material witness for eaoh of tbem.
unless prevented by parliamentary procedure. Tbe committee also fell upon the
Walton bill, wbioh prohibits taking minors
into plaoes where liquor is sold. While
the intent of the author was, ao doubt, to
keep minors out of saloons, provisions of
the bill are so general-that it would have
applied to hotels, oafes, Pullman oars, in
fact any "plaoe" in wbiob liquor ll sold.
Aotion on the bill was indefinitely postponed.
RECENT DEATHS.
Maine Will Vote on Prohibition.
Whether tbe prohibition of tbe manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor sball
oontinne under tbe Constitution of the
State of Maine is to be determined by tbo
voters of tbe State at a speoial eleotion next
September. By a vote of 105 to 40 the
House of Representatives* on Saturday
passed the Senate resolution re-submitting
to popnlar vote tbe Constitutional prohibitory amendment adopted in 1884. As both
branohes bave sanctioned tbe measure, all
that remains is tbe signature of Governor
Plaisted, wbo was eleoted on a platform
pledging re-submission.
Court House Motes
The following marriage licenses were
issued: LeRoy Young and Mary L. Rioe,
Greenville; Chester E. Collier and Roberta
Tbompson, Youngstown; Mahlon Bell and
Maud Wallaoe, Sbaron; Lyle Miller and
Candaoe Gilmore, New York City; O. J
Kashner and Anna E. Marshall, Sharon;
John N Hughes and Estella Sunday,
Sharon; Jobn Downing, Sharpsville, and
Bertba B. Davis, Jefferson township; Wallace L. Meroer and Emma C. Lay oook,
Sharpsville.
Tbese wills were filed for probate: Amos
Rnblman, late of Perry township, deoeased;
Jonathan Rnblman, exeoutor. Mary M.
Jones, late of Worth township, deoeased;
Vernie Baker, exeoutrix. Margaret J.
Dean, late ot Fredonia, deoeased; J. W.
MoCormiok, exeoutor. H. N. Sbrom, late
of Greenville, deoeased; E. S. Templeton,
exeoutor. Mary Nelson, late of West
Salem township, deoeased; E. L. Nelson
and H. L. Keok, exeontors. B. A. Kribbs,
late of Greenville, deoeased; Annabelle
Kribbs, exeoutrix.
Letters of administration were granted
on the following estates:   Mary MoKnight,   ducted bv Rev.
'ate  of   Liberty   township,   deoeased,   to  ment was made in Amsterdam oemetery.
Eliza J. MoKnight; W. W. Servioe, late of | Tbe family desire to thank  their friends
MBS. BACHEL WILLIAMS.
Mrs. Kaobel Williams,  widow at Riley
Williams, mother of Judge A. W. Williams
and the oldest native resident of Sbaron,
died at tbe bome of her granddaughter,
Mrs. Gerald C. Dixon, in tbat plaoe Tuesday evening, aged 79 years.    Abont tbree
months ago she suffered a general breakdown, due to nervous exhaustion, aad sinoe
that time had failed steadily.    Throughout
bar illness sbe retained fall  possession of
ber mental faoulties and waa oonsoious until a few  minutes  before tbo end oame.
Mra. Williams bad lived to see Sbaron grow
from a mere village.   She had  a remarkable memory, and recalled many interesting
events of tbe early days of tbe oommunity.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Porter and was born  on May 5, 1832.
She obtained ber eduoation in the Sharon
sohools.   In November, 1849, she was married to Riley Williams.   Tbey   took   up
their residenoe iu Ohio, wbere Judge Williams was born.   A few years later they returned to Sharon and for many years lived
in the bouse that stood on the site of the
Morgan   Grand   theatre.    It   was at this
place tbat her busband died in Ootober,
1865.   In ber ohuroh affiliations sbe was a
Baptist.   Sbe united with the congregation
of tbe First Baptist oburoh  wben a young
girl and was the oldest communicant of tbo
ohurob in Sbaron.   Tbree obildren are loft
to mourn ber death.    They are Judge A.
W. Williams, of Meroer; W. M. Williams,
of San Franoisoo, and Mrs. Julia Naylor, of
Corry.   Tbere are also fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren,   Tbe funeral servioes will be beld this afternoon at
2 o'olook from tbe Dixon home on Sontb
Main street and Rev. Dr. J. L. Jaokson, of
the First Baptist ohuroh, will officiate.  Interment will be private and will take plaoe
in Oakwood oemetery.   r-•• ■■■'
JOHN M. WINGABD.
Jobn M. Wingard died at his bome in
Findley township Thursday morning, February 16 aged 75 years. Death was oaused
by cancer of tbe stomaoh. He was a veteran of tbe Civil. war, having enlisted la
tbe Roundheads in 1861 and served until
tbe olose of tbe war. He was married in
1859 to Miss Nanoy Grimm, of Volant, who
preceded bim to the grave eleven years ago.
He is lurvivcd by one daughter, Mrs. Jobn
Wimer, of Findley township; tbree grandchildren, Wm. Perry, of Findley; Walter
Perry, of South Sbaron, and Jesse L. Parry,
ot Cbioago, and one great grandobild,
Claude Perry. Funeral servioes were bold
at bis bome on Saturday at 1 o'olook, oon-
John 8,  Dnnoan.    Inter
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Reception for Bride and Groom.
Tbe reoeption given last Tbursday evening at the Sooial Oirole Parlors by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank P. Filer for tbeir son and bis
bride, Mr. and Mrs. Enoob William Filer,
was one ot the largest sooial affairs in Meroer for some time. Over two hundred
guests were entertained in- a delightful
manner Tbe formal reoeption, from 8:00
until 9*00, was followed by danoing from
9:00 nntil 9:00. Supper was served in tbe
dining room about 9 o'olook fur tbe older
guests and later for the dancers. Tbe ball
was extensively decorated witb Amerioan
flags and each gnest on arriving was given
a beautiful carnation, either red or pink,
the colors of tbese being used to distinguish
the early diners from those who passed to
the dining room later in tbe evening. A
feature of tbe after-dinner dance was a ger-
man led by Mr. and Mrs. Enoob Filer. A
great many out-of-town guests were present, among them being two of tbe young
girls who bad been attendants at tbe Zinn-
Filer wedding, Miss Rodgers, of Brilliant,
O., and Miss Sawtelle, of Wheeling. Others were Mr. and Mrs. Talbot E. Pieroe, of
Cleveland; Mr. Walter Filer, of New York;
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Seidel, Mrs. Blackburn and Harold Seidel, Ellwood City; Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Treadwell and J. Norman
Martin, Jr., of New Castle; Mr. and Mrs.
C. P. Parker and Mrs. Joseph Holzheimer,
of Pittsbarg; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Keok
and Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Crossan, ot Greenville; Hon. aod Mrs. H. K. Daugherty,
Mrs. W. T. McBurney, Barney De Franoe
and Weir Ketler, of Grove City; Cbas. E.
Gibson, of Sbaroo; Miss Corinda Sterling,
of Brooklyn; Miss Fanny Siggins, ot West
Hiokory, and Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Montgomery, of Fredonia.
Bogus Paper Money.
Counterfeit one-dollar bills are said to be
I in oiroulation in this part ot tbe State.
| Tbe bills are United States silver oertifl-
| oates and are marked as of tbe issue of 1894.
,,.-• •;;•',""n*;;*A;;*AoV:S5Sf*?„_?• B*neI' Sha™,n They  bear tbe  number of- two different
Discussion .Principal Wm. Johnson, Sharpsville        • .   .   .       _ „»„,„-_»      _ .T"^„,
Subject to Call— ™,-»i>>"i«  series, ore being R-95912192 and the other
one R-295951219.   Tbey may ba deteoted
by holding them up to a strong light, wbioh
reveals tbe faot that they do not have the
heavy thread or grains soattered through
them as tbe ordinary one-dollar bill bas ; in
faot, it appears tbat ink has been used in
tbe   making  of   these  lines.   It  oan be
noticed tbat they have been  easily worn.
Furthermore, tbe engraving of the words
"Silver Certificate," aod in some oases the
heads of Linooln and Grant,is rather poorly
done.
Value of School Libraries,
"How Determine the Worth of a School ? "
"Are We Neglecting the Fundamentals tn Our
Sobools for Fads?"
"The Principal's Attitude Toward His Teachers,"
'.'Qualifications to be Looked for In a Teacher." 	
Lint of Letters
Remaining ia tbe postoffioe at Meroer, Pa.,
Febrnary 23, 1911.   Persons   calling   tor
letters wUl please say "advertised," as one
oent extra will bo oharged :
J. K. O'Dell, Robert Piracy.
D. L. Babton, P. M.
Census Costs $5,855,500.
Direotor E Dana Durand bas submitted
to Seoretary Nagel, of tbe Department of
Commeroe and Labor,  his annnal report
—Stops earaobe in two minutes; tooth-
aohe or pain of born or soald in five minutes; hoarseness, one boar; musole ache,
two boors; sore throat, twelve hours—Dr.
Thomas' Eoleotio Oil, monarch over pain.
fob
Sharon, deoeased, to C. M. Ashton; Jaokson
MoCoy, late of Fine township, deoeased, to
Isabella MoCoy; Leah Thompson, late ot
Laokawannook township, deoeased, to
Margaret Hello.
Sheep olaims were filed as follows: C.
E. Perrine, Sandy Lake township, tbree
injured, $15; Job Buokley, Sandy Lake
township, two killed and two wounded,
918; A. C. Vath, Sandy Lake township,
one killed $8.50; Matbias Hoovler, Lackawannook township, one killed, $10.60; Jobn
Weaver, Sandy Lake township, four killed
and two wounded, $26 50; D. P. Armour,
East Laokawannook township, four killed
and one wonnded, $23.
Avoid Frauds.
A paint fraud is paint tbat looks fair tor
a year or so, and tben makes repainting
neoessary.
Don't waste your money and injure yoar
property.
Tbe L. & M. Paint bas been in nse for
thirty-five years.
You make one-balf ot it by adding ;j of a
gallon of Linseed Oil to eaob gallon. It
then oosts about $160 per gallon, and is
tbe best paint that oan be made.
Oar sales agent is J. R. Good.
Setback Por Local Option.
By a vote of 11 to 7 tbe Committee on
Law and Order of tbe lower branoh of tbe
State Legislature on Tuesday afternoon deoided to negatively report the Boyd looal
option bill. Tbe committee did not give a
bearing on tbe measure, taking tbe position
tbat the issue was thoroughly debated two
and four years ago and is now familiar to
all interested, within or without tbe Legislature. Mrs Boyd was present. He said
he would ask for a joint hearing two weeks
from now. He olaims tbat hearings are
granted on all otber bills, regardless of
their importanoe, so why not his measure.
Next Monday nigbt Mr. Boyd will present
a resolution asking tbat his bill be plaoed
on tbe oalendar, notwithstanding tbe ad*
verse aotion. Under tba rules this will lie
over a week, wboa a test vote will be taken
and neighbors for tbeir kindness and assistance during Mr. Wingard's sioknesB and
after his deatb.
MBS. MABY AXE.
Mrs. Mary Axe, aged 86, died at the
home of ber son, Tyson Axe, at New Wilmington, Monday of last week, after a long
illness, Sbe bad been a resident of tbat locality for nearly 65 years and was one of
tbe oharter members of the Wienbenarian
oburoh of Fay, wbioh was organized about
1850, and wbioh later beoame tbe Fay Lutheran obnrob. She is survived by five
sons : Jobn, ot Neshannook Falls; Reuben,
of Blairsville; James W.,' of Corning, Kas.;
Tyson and George, of New Wilmington.
Tbe funeral was heid on Thursday at 9 p.
m. Servioes were oonduoted by the former
pastor of the Fay obnrob, Rev. 0. G. Leath-
erman. Interment took plaoe at the Fay
oemetery.
ISAAC   RAYEN.
Isaao Rayen, tbe aged West Middlesex
man in whose house a large sum of money
was found by the poor authorities wben
tbey wen t to remove him and his wife to
tbe alms bouse, died at tbat institution
Tuesday morning. He was 84 years of age,
bad been a resident of West Middlesex 65
years and at one time was a prominent and
prosperons business man. Some time ago
lie and bis wife, on aooonnt ot tbeir age
and failing health, beoame pnblio oharges.
Mr. Rayen is survived by his wife and
three sons: Frank, of St. Louis; Charles, of
New York, and Myron, of the United States
army. Tbe body was taken to West Middlesex for interment.
—Make a note now to get Ely's Cream
Balm it yon are troubled with nasal oatarrh,
hay fever or oold in tbe head. It is purifying and soothing to tbe sensitive membrane
tbat lines tbe air-passages. It is made to
overoome tbe disease, not to fool the patient
by a short, deceptive relief. There is no
cocaine or meronry in it. Do not be
talked into taking a substitute for Ely's
Cream Balm. All druggists sell it. Prioe
50 oents. Mailed by Ely Bros., 56 Warren
street, New York.
Your Best Asset
A bank account with the Fanners and Mechanics National Bank is
your most valuable asset.
Just think of the many advantages of having an account with this
strong bank, and paying your bills by check. It will give you absolute security for your funds, a good financial standing and will be a much appreciated convenience.
3%
INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS OF $1.00 AND  UP.
Mercer, Pa.
CAPITAL, $80,000.00 PROFITS, $40,000-00