Mercer Dispatch

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flND REPUBLICAN,
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VOL. 24, NO. 26.
MEECER, MERCEB COUNTY, PA.f FBIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1911.
VOL. 70 OLD SEBIES
HOB CREMATES NEGRO.
"Weuntled Murderer Carried from Hospital at Coatesvllle and Burned to Deatli
on His Bed.
Zsobariab Walker, a negro desperado,
was oarried on a oot Irom tbe hospital at
Coatesville, near Philadelphia, Sunday
night and burned to a orisp by a frenzied
mob of men and boys about a half mile
Irom town. The negro, who had shot and
killed a speoial polioeman ot tbe Worth
Iron mills, Saturday night, waa first
dragged to tbe soene of the shooting, begging piteously for meroy. He had been arrested by a posse Sunday afternoon, after a
searoh whiob bad stirred the countryside.
Wben the poBse finally fonnd bim, he waa
biding ta a oherry tree, and with tbe last
bullet la bis revolver, shot himself in the
mouth, tailing from tbe tree. He was removed to the bospital and plaoed under polioe guard.
A few minutes after 8 o'olook 1,000 persons appeared at the hospital. Unable to
gain admission, the leaders smashed the
window frames, aad orawled through tbe
oorridor. Walker wae strapped down in
order to prevent bis esoape. Tbe mob
gathered np bed and man and started for
tbe oount***.
A half mile from tbe hospital tbe orowd
gathered up a pile of dry grass and weeds,
placed tbe bed containing tbeir viotim npon
it, the negro begging piteonsly to be released. A match was plaoed to the pile
and tbe flames shot ap, enshrouding the
soreaming viotim. That not a vestige of
the murderer be left, the mob tore down
the fenoe along tbe road and piled tbe Milt
upon tbe burning negro.
After waiting half an boar, the mob dispersed as qaietly as it had oome. Tbere
were almost as many women in the orowd
as men. The mob was orderly, Boaroely a
mnrmur being beard from the time it began
to congregate on tbe streets until it bad dispersed, lees than sn hoar later.
During the marob from tbe hospital to
tbe soene of the burnipg of the negro, less
tbsn three-qnarters of s mile, not a polioemen was encountered. Even the man on
duty ia the hospital made no effort to stop
tbe mob leaders wbo bad gained admittance
to tbe institution.
Before tbe body of tbe negro had been consumed tbe news spread tbronghont the town
tbat Walker had been lynohed, and while
the rails and bedding were yet smouldering,
the road leading to the soene was alive with
automobiles. It is estimated that nearly
fits hnndred snoh conveyances visited the
soene ot tbe burning before midnight.
W One arrest bas been made ss tbe result of
ths outrage. The authorities ol Chester
oounty, it ia said, possess a list ot about
thirty men, who are alleged to bave been
the ringleaders ot tbe mob. Borough,
oounty and State offioials sre uniting in
efforts to bring the mob leaders to jugtioe,
but it ia alleged that aome of ths leading
oitizens ol the town are involved and arrests will not be hastily made.
Stats offioials, by direotion of Governor
Tener, are keeping to touoh with the situation, and will be prepared to handle any
emergenoy that may ansa. Frequent telephone messages ware exohanged between
Chester oounty offioials and the attorney
general'a offioe Monday, aad the resnlt was
tbe ordering of a detail of nineteen men
from tbe Pottsville barraoks of Iks State
polioe. Tbis was done by Snperintendent
Jobn Os Groome, after dae requisition bad
been made, the authorities at Coatesville
being of tbe opinioa tbat it would be wise
to hava a foroe of men at hand to belp the
looal polioe in tbe event of trouble.
Governor Tener, who has been in New
Talk, has kept ia touoh with oonditions
through Seoretary Gaither ia Philadelphia.
Deputy Attorney General Trinkle is at tbe
Capitol awaiting any oall tor aotion by tba*
legal department. He is ,1a communication with the Chester oounty authorities.
Murderer Escapes from I Asylum.
Fred Fischer, Erie county, wbo was oommitted to tbe North Warren hospital lor insane from Erie oounty, after being found
not guilty on aooonnt of insanity of murdering hia brother-in-law, has esoaped. Disoovery tbat ba was missing waa made Saturday morning and a large posse was formed
bo searoh for him, but the efforts ae far bave
been fruitless. He has esoaped before. . On
a previous oooasion he was found leading a
gang of strike breakers in Kansas and made
snoh a favorable impression upon bia employers tbat they refused to permit him to
be removed from tbe State. Later be returned voluntarily and witbin a short time
bia wife, who bas been unswerving in ber
devotion to bim, bas been making strenuous efforts to have bim legally discharged
from tbs institution. On Satnrday be was
permitted to walk out witb an attendant,
and from bim aeoured permission to go to
tbe bank ot a oreek to piok berries. When
hs was oonoealed among tbe bnshes be
swam ths etream and made off.
lay _'/,**
More Postal Savings Banka.
Enoonraged by the suooessful trial for
two weeks of postal savings systems in tbe
great postoffioes of New York, Cbioago, St.
Louis and Boston, Postmaster General
Hitohoook has deoided to extend the Bystem
rapidly to all the large cities of the oonn-
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MERCER, FA.
CAPITAL*
SURPLUS, .
BESOLBCEg,
1120,000
.   9180,000
•1,000,000
try and on Monday u'/_,nated as postal
savings depositories Pittsburgh, Detroit,
Buffalo, San Franoisoo, Cinoinnati, Kansas
City, Seattle, Indianapolis, Denver and
Portland, Ore. The deposits in New York,
Chioago, St. Louis and Boston for the first
five days of operation amounted to $110,-
000, at wbioh rate the annual deposits for
tbe four oities would amount to abont $7,-
000,000. Tbere ate altogether 426 large
oity postoffices of tha first olass and it is the
pnrpose to have tbem all designated as postal savings depositories before the first of
the year. With few exoeptions the post offices of tbe second class, of whiob there are
about 1,600, already bave been designated
and very shortly the designation of third-
class offioes will begin.
TAFT OSES VETO POWER.
BIG PAIR AT BDTLER.
Next Week's Exhibition Promises To Be
tke Best in the History of Neighborlng
Assoclation.
Butler county's fair will be held next
week, and all arrangements for holding
this annnal reunion have been oompleted.
Tbe entries to the live stook department
(obiokens exoepted) bave olosed, and what
has been expeoted, predioted and promised
ia now an assured faot. Tbe borse show
will be larger, better aad more representative tban ever before. Ia tbe oattle department will be seen numbers ot reoently imported and domestio bred prize winners.
The Butler Fair Assooiation has never
had oooasion to apologize for the oattle show,
and from assurances reoeived, a larger and
better exhibit tban ever before is promised
tbis year. There will be shown herds of
oattle, the different breeds seleoted for their
individuality and breeding, asking no odds
from any souroe, bat ready and Willing to
compete with the finest in tbe land. Ia
the sheep and swine department will bs
seen selected specimens of both imported
and domestio sheep. Breeds never seen in
this part ot tbe oonntry will be here tor
inspection. We urge onr farmers to see
tbis animal exhibit. It pays to own good
stook; You will have an opportunity to
see and decide whioh will suit yonr pur*
pose best.
Tbe machinery department will be replete witb latest labor saving, oost reducing
appliances on tbe market. The Floral Hall
will be full of specimens of woman's art
and handiwork.
Butler ia conceded to have tbe best one-
balf mile traok ia Pennsylvania, and the
purees offered—the John G. Jennings purse
ot $1,000 and nnmerons $400 purses, will
insnre exoiting exhibitions of speed and
real racing.
tot the entertainment of patrons of the
fair tba management bas seoured, as speoial
free attraction, tbe famous aviator, Walter
Johnston, wbo will make daily flights in a
"Thomas headless" areoplsae equipped
with a fifty horse power Kirkham engine.
Tblt ia the highest olass, most expensive attraction before the American people to-day,
and this will be tbe firat opportunity the
people ot Western Pennsylvania will bave
of seeing a real aeroplane aad a real fair at
a popular prioe. This attraction in itself
ie worth going miles to aee.
Tbe famons Germania band, eaoh member sn artist, bas been seoured. There will
be melodious musio, loads ot fnn and
amusement, something to do aad something to see all ths time. Not one dull mo
ment during tbe entire fair.
Special trains and exonrsion rates on all
lines ot travel.
Don't miss tbia Mr; yonr neighbors aad
frienda will expect to see yoa there.
Fredonia Institnte.
The year of 1010*11 baa been the most
successful year tbe sobool has ever enjoyed.
The attendanoe by terms for the year waa
over 400. A commodious gymnasium was
ereoted. Tbe fnture outlook ia bright.
Fredonia Inatitute is the only sohool ot ita
kind in this seotion having employed at
all times a snffioient number ot oollege
graduates to bave tbem bave tbe work to
wbiob they are best fitted. Tbe standing
of the sobool at tbe surrounding colleges
pnts it in a olass by itself. Expenses are
low, but efficiency bas never been sacrificed
to oheapness. Taking all tbs advantages,
tbs tuition should bs doable its present
amonnt, but tbe tuition of $10 will be
maintained. All branohes for preparation
lor teaobing and all preparatory atndies
will be tangbt throngh tbe year and to addition a snffioient number of oollege studies
are tought to prepare the student for any
vocatioa to life not requiring an advanoed
oonrse of study. Before deciding where
you will attend sohool tbia year investigate
the advantages of Fredonia Inatitute. Tbe
fall term begins Sept. 96.
25tf F. A. Fkuit, Prinoipal.
School Board Files Appeal.
The Meroer Sobool Board at a reoent
meeting deoided to take an appeal from tbe
deoision of Jndge A. W. Williams in the
case of tbe Free Methodist ohurob of Meroer
vs. the Meroer Sohool Board. Several
weekB ago Judge Williams banded down a
deoision awarding tbe plaintiffs $1,100,
with interest from 1906. Tbe aotion was
the result of tbe sale of tbe old sohool property on East Butler atreet. Tbis property
WM pnrobased by the Free Methodist
congregation and it was disoovered later
that inasmuob as tbe sohool distriot had
abandoned the property it reverted to the
original owners, from wbom it was seoured
by condemnation proceedings. Snit wm
bronght to reoover the amount paid to tbe
sohool distriot, the distriot defending on
the ground that it sold only snob title as it
held and tbat the plaintiffs purchased with
this understanding. Only three weeks waa
allowed for an appeal and tbia was taken
last week. However, a settlement may be
reached before tbe matter oomes to trial.
President Denies Statehood to Arizona
nnd Mew Mexico—Honse Pasties Wool
Tarifi' Measure.
President Taft, to a speoial message to
tbe House of Representatives Tuesday, vetoed tbe joint resolution providing for the
admission of New Mexioo and Arizona to
statehood. His reason for tbe veto WM
based on his tborongh disapproval of tbe
reoall-of-jndges clause to the Arizona constitution.
Tbe faot that New Mexico's statehood
was bound np witb that of Arizona meted
out to bar the same fate, and neither Territory can oome into the Union at tbis time
unless friends of tbe joint resolution in Congress oan muster the two-thirds vote neoessary to pass the resolution over the President's veto.   This may be attempted.
The President did not spare words in condemning tbe reoall feature of the Arizona
constitution, whiob, be said, wonld oompel
jndges to make tbeir decisions "under legalized terrorism." Mnoh of the message was
devoted to a disonssion of the fnnotions of
the oourts under tbe constitution. The
President dwelt at considerable length on
the necessity for freeing the judioiary as
muoh m possible from politios or popular
influenoe.
The tariff revisionists made considerable
progress in Congress Monday. Tbe Honse,
by a vote of 206 to 90, over a two-tbirds
vote, without a Demoorat breaking the
party alignment, adopted the oonferenoe
report on the wool tariff revision bill and
rushed it over to the Senate, wbeie it was
hnng up on the oalendar. On Tuesday tbe
bill passed the Senate by a vote of 38 to 28.
For thia measure, whioh imposes a flat
ad valorem dnty of 29 per oent. on all raw
wools, with corresponding rednoed rates on
woolen manufactures, the other two tariff
measures were sidetracked to give wool
right of way to tbe White House for the
expeoted veto. On the veto depends the
farther program ot tbe House Demoorats
and the Senate Demoorats and progressive
Republicans, inolnding tbe formulation ot
plans for a speedy adjournment.
Tbe most important event ia Washington
during the past week was the amendment
by the Senate of tbe President's treaties of
arbitration with Great Britain and Franoe
in such a way as to anility tbose agreements and probably give the arbitration
movement a setback from whioh it may not
recover for many yeara. Despite the faot
that President Taft wired to the Committee
on Foreign Relatione prior to its meeting,
requesting that if tbere was a disposition to
amend tbe treaties they be pnt over until
the regular session of Congress in Deoember,
tbe Senators did not hesitate to strike out
of tbem tbeir most important provision.
Ia tbeir amended form it la not oonsidered
likely tbat the President will demand
aotion at tbis session.
Reoent events have made an early adjonrnment likely, but the olose oi the session depends upon tbe attitude of Senator
LaFollette and Representative Underwood,
particularly the former, on the qnestion of
whether more bil la, inolnding oot ton rednotion, shonld be pnt up to the President for
bis veto. It la not thought likely that adjournment will be before Augnst 27, and it
may be considerably later. An agreement
has been reached npon tbe bill providing
for oampaign expenditures and tbe President will sign tbe measure before tbe end
of tbe week.
Jobn Yesko, et 103, Vine street. The physioian responsible for tbe warning is not giving the advice for notoriety, for be refuses
to allow his name to be used. He tells of
oonditions merely tbat the health authorities may wage an effeotive oampaign against
the spread of tbe disease. Physioians are
aocused being negligent in reporting oases
of the fever. It is stated that oases of soar-
letins and searlet rash are numerous in tbe
oity, bat tbat no report is made of tbem.
In the opinion of one dootor, at least, tbese
diseases are jest as bad as tbe real fever and
the viotims sbonld be closely watched and
quarantined. The dootor states tbat soarlet
fever germs will lie dormant for aa long as
twenty years before tbey begin to get aotive.
He oites this as a reason wby every oare
should be exeroised ia treating tbe disease
and oombatting it.
ABOUT TOWH.
SCHOOL TEACHERS, ATTENTION!
$7,500,000 tor Public Schools.
Payment of the big pnblio sohool appropriations began Tuesday, wben State Treasurer Cbarles F. Wright sent ont the first
oheoks oil aooonnt of seven and a bait mil-
lion dollars due tbe pnblio sohools of the
State tot tbe year. Warrants were Bent
from the Department of Pnblio Instruction
to tbe State Treasury Monday for $37,000
for twenty-five sobool districts, aad aay*
ment waa made oa these tbe following day.
Other distriots wiU follow at tbe rate of
about fifty a day.
—There's nothing so good for sore throat
M Dr. Thomas' Eoleotio Oil.   Cures it to a
few hours.    Relieves any pain to any part.
      ang
—For Sale — Thoroughbred     Shetland
pony, 3 years old, perfectly gentle.
20tf 3?D. Whitemah.
Government Jobs to Be Filled.
Tbe United States Oivil Servioe Commission will bold an examination at Sharon
on Ootober 16 for tbe following positions:
Clerk, departments and offioes at Washington, D. C; apprentice map-engraver,
apprentice plate printer, eleotrotyper
finisher, eleotrotyper molder, elevator conductor, press feeder, stenographer and typewriter for tbe departments at Washington,
tbe field, Isthmian Canal and Philippine
Islands. Tbe Commission reports tbat
stenographers and typewriters are in demand, and tbat tbose that are oompetent
have an exoellent ohanoe for appointment.
Tbe olerk examination has never been held
in Sharon. It offers opportunity for thoae
who wish to enter tbe Government aervioe
withont the teohnioal training required for
some of tbe otber positions. All those
positions under tbe Government are
attraotive becanse of tbeir permanence, tbe
vaoation and siok leave allowances and tbe
promotion in the service. Persona wishing
to take any of tbese examinations should
address Ernest P. Dresoh, the looal
seoretary, at tbe Sharon post offioe, stating
tbe examination they wteb to take.
Murderer Found In Italy.
John Costanza, an Italian, wbo fled from
Pardoe May 16, 1909, after shooting Car-
mello Bombaoo, a fellow oonntryman,
through tbe heart, has been looated in
Italy by DiBtriot Attorney Lininger.
Costanza walked to tbe bome of Bombaoa
at Pardoe, and after oall ing him outside,
drew hia revolver and fired three shots.
Bombaoa died instantly. Reloading his
revolver and brandishing it at a group of
miners attraoted by tbe shooting, Costanza
made hia esoape. No trace of the murderer
waa fonnd nntil recently, when he wm
looated at bia old bome ia Italy. Tbe
distriot attorney learned that tbe murdered
man's wife bad returned to —her native
oountry and that Costanza had made settlement witb bar for killing her hnsband by
the payment of $1,600. The shooting WM
the result of bad feeling between the two
men. Costanza cannot be brought to tbis
oountry for trial and tbere ia little probability of ever being punished for his crime.
State Takes Over Road.
Notioe was served by State Highway
Commissioner E. M. Bigelow Friday on the
commissioners of Cumberland, York snd
Adams oonnties that be had taken over
the old Gettysburg and Harrisbnrg pike for
State road purposes. This is the first road
to be taken by tbe State under tbe speoial
highway aot. Engineers are already at
work making surveys and the commissioner
expects soon to begin tbe oonstrnotion of s
first olass highway between the Capital aad
the famons battlefield.
Epidemic Threatens Sharon.
That tbe precautions properly to placard
houses containing soarlet fever oases and
keep tbe viotims segregated from others is
a faroe, end that unless something radical
is done Sbaron will bo to tbe throes of an
epidemio ot tbe dread disease, ia the declaration of a prominent physioian. The remark wm oooasioned wben it beoame known
tbat another death had resulted from tbe
disease Saturday nigbt, the viotim being
Annie Yeeko,  egad thirteen,  daughter of
—The W. C. T. U. will meet to the
Seoond U. P. oburoh tbia (Mils) afternoon at 3 o'olook. Important matters are
to be oonsidered and all members are urged
to be present.
—Hr. Frank Foelkner and Miss Bessie
Taylor were married at the bome of tbe
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Taylor,
on Wednesday. Tbe oeremony was performed by Rev. George Taylor, Jr.
—Miss Julia Baker entertained a small
party of young friends at Exposition Park
on Tnesday and Wednesday to honor of her
guest, Mies Mabel Higby, aad her cousin,
Benjamin Pardoe, botb of Franklin. Tbe
onting took tbe form of a slumber party,
with a breakfast at noon on Wednesday.
Her mother, Mrs. J. R. W. Baker, obape-
roned tbe party.
—Daring a dispute among tbe foreigners
living at Meroer Junotion on Tnesday evening Jim Stoop was shot in tke arm by
Charley White. Tbe men quarrelled over a
woman and White drew a revolver and put
a bullet tbrongh Stoop's arm between the
elbow and wrist. Tbe wound ie a painfnl
one, but no serions results are anticipated.
Tbe men, though no one would suspect it
from tbeir names, are Italians.
—Tbree games of tbe Town Baseball
Leagne soheduie were played the past
week, tbe resnlt being that tbe Walkovers
materially improved their standing in the
race for tbe obampionship. Tbey bad little
trouble winning two contests, one from the
Big Fours aad one from tbe Rexalls, tbe
scores being 10 to 5 and 12 to 5. In the
other game tbe Rexalls and Reznors got a
draw, the score at tbe end of tbe seventh
inning being 5 to 5. Darkness ended tbe
straggle.
—Tbe looal milk dealers against whom
oharges reoently were made by a representative of the State Dairy aad Pore Food Bureau, have deoided to fight against the payment of tbe fines prescribed in oases snoh as
theirs. Tbe oharge against them was selling
milk or oream deficient ia batter fat. At tbe
bearing before a justioe ot tbe peaoe evidence was offered Which proved conclusively that not one of tbe defendants wm aware
that be wM handling an artiole not ap
to lawful standard, and it is believed that
the Dairy and Food Commissioner will eon*
sent to a withdrawal of tho oases. . If he
declines to do so, it is likely tbey.will be
appealed Is oourt.
—Tbe great Amerioan game, baseha'I,
waa tbe oause of a fight Friday afternoon
that might bave had serious results. As it
Is, It has started tronble tbat likely will be
aired in oonrt. Wbile a orowd of small
boys were at play on tbe old Academy
gronnds two of them, Heazlett Caldwell
and Charles Hnte, got Into an alteroation
whiob culminated when Caldwell strnok
Hate over the bead with a pieoe of a fenoe
paling. The injured lad was taken to Us
home and given medical attention. At first
it was believed, and ao reported, that be
wm fatally hurt, bnt tbia fortunately
proved to be untrue and he ia now able te
be around.
—The annual oonvention of tbe Woman's
Christian Temperanoe Union of Meroer
oonnty will be held in Meroer on Friday,
Angust 25. There will be day and evening
sessions, to whiob all women of tbe oounty
will ba made weloome, whether tbey are
members of tbe organization or not. A
matrons' gold medal oontest is sohednled
for the evening session, and there will be a
leotnre by Miss Lillian M. Phelps, one of
the ablest temperanoe advocates in tbe
oonntry. Miss Pbelps ia an educated, refined, cultured, Christian woman and an
able, eloquent and oonvinoiog speaker.
The press of the oonntry speaks of ber in tbe
hightest terms and it is hoped she will bs
favored with a large andienoe.
—The Demooratio oonnty oommittee held
a meeting in the assembly room of tbe conrt
house on Wednesday. As at the informal
meeting at Greenville last week, the attendanoe was large aud tbe proceedings harmonious. A proposition to fues with the Keystone party was made, but after some discussion it was laid on the table. The sentiment of a large majority of tbose present
was tbat tbe Democrats sbonld put a full
tioket in tbe field and leave the fusion
question to the Keystoners for settlement.
It was agreed tbat if any or all of the Demooratio candidates should prove acceptable to
tbs third party people no objection would
be filed to an endorsement, though no binding agreement would be entered into.
—Dr. Loyd O. Thompson and Miss
Corinne Scull were married at the Firat
Methodist ohnroh at 9 o'olook Wednesday
evening. Ot, Tbompson is from Pennsylvania, oat has been in Uttle Rook for some
time and iB a suooessful young physician.
Miss Sonll ia desoended from tbe old
ariatrooraoy of Arkansas and ia a yonng
woman of oharming personality and bas
many accomplishments. She is the dangbter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Sonll and ia popular with a large oirole of friends.—[Arkansas Gazette, llr. Thompson and bis bride
are expeoted ta Meroer on Satnrday. The
oity oonnoil of Uttle Rock, on Tuesday
evening, passed an ordinanoe establishing
a oity laboratory and eleoted Dr. Thompson city pathologist. Tbii carries witb it
a montb or six weeks of speoial laboratory work at tbe Marine Hospital, of Washington, D. C.
"List of Letters
Remaining in the postoffioe at Meroer, Pa.,
Aug. 17,1911,    Persona sailing for letters
will please say "advertised,"  as one oeut
extra will be charged.
Mrs. Mary Dennison, Mra. W. P. Funok,
Roy Hnnter, E. E. Randall, Jos. Spiker,
Mra. Jeeepbine Tanner, Mra. Harriett
Vaughn. D. L. Babton, P. M.
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Oonnty Snperintendent Advises Teachers
to Get Ready in Advance tor New Year's
Work.
To the Teachers, School Boards
and Patrons of Mercer County: In a
few days the variona pnblio sobools of oar
oonnty will begin tbe work ot another year,
at wbiob time hundreds of obildren will assemble. Eaob year marks an epooh, as it
were, in the life of every boy and girl for a
higher or lower standard of civilization.
Just at tbe beginning of a year it il fitting
and beooming eaob and every teacher, direotor. parent and oitizen to panse and oonsider tbe urgent and all important neoessity
of getting a right start, plaoing ourselves in
tbe right attitude toward the school and all
for whioh it stands. I make tbe following
requests: Give your friendly influence, en-
oouragement and belp to tbe teaobers, pnpils and board of direotors. See tbat your
sobools are supplied with a snllioient number of books and supplies, ready for nse tbe
first day; also see tbat the buildings have
been properly oleaned and renovated, tbe
yards well kept and the windows provided
with shades. Also Bee that the seats are
comfortable and tbe rooms well lighted,
heated and ventilated. Tbe above counts
so moob.
Tbe Satnrday before yoar sobool opens
get your reoord book, look np tbe names of
yonr pupils and the grades in wbiob tbey
are plaoed. Diatribnte your books and supplies, place yonr lesson program on the
board. Have yonr pnpils' seats seleoted
for tbem, seated by grades. Look after
each detail of tbe work io a business and
systematic way. There is no reason why
you oannot begin your regular work witbin
ten minutes after sohool oalls. Ton will
save time, confusion, worry and tronble.
Yonr pupils will look npon you as a person
who knows bil or ber business. Do not
give yoar school a ohanoe to beoome demoralized tbe first day for the want of taot,
forethought and system. The reason so
many teaobers fail il tbat tbey have no
denite formulated plans. As a snooessfnl general plans bil battles before tbey are fonght,
ao does a suooessful teacher plan ber work
before the day for action.
During tbe past two years my predeoessor
instituted a movement for better spelling
in the oonnty. Tba results bave been very
gratify i ng and will be felt for y mis. It ia our
intention to start a orusade against poor
reading and writing, two very important
subjects. Teaobers are requested and expeoted to give tbese snbjeots speoial attention and stndy. To do this, sohool boards
will have to do their part. Ia order to get
good results in reading, you malt supply
yonr teaohers with more tban one text for
eaoh grade; supplementary reading will be
□eoessary,and besides the regnlar oopy book,
praotioe paper will be needed for movement
exeroiaM. Reading aad Writing must be
taught daily. In teaobing writing do not
aim to seoure tbe alow laborious hand, but
aim for ewe of movement, legibility and
rapidity. In reading, teach the pupil to
acquire a thoughtful, graceful aad forceful
style) j ^§f£KS^tW^.-
Tbe department of pnblio instruction has
prepared a oonrse of stndy whioh was used
to some extent last year. This year it is
hoped aad expeoted tbat every rural baud,'
at least, will adopt tbis oonrse and aee tbat
it ia carried out to tbe letter. Teachers are
expeoted to follow this oonrse as olosely as
possible. There should be a oopy left la
yonr desk by the last year's teaoher; it
there is not, write to the department at
Harrisburg for a oopy. Your standing as a
teaoher will be judged by tbe way you adapt
and oonform yourself to the work that is
laid ont for you to do. There oan be no
good results unless we aot in harmony. We
trnst tbat tbere will be nnion of effort.
Very respeotfnlly submitted,
H. E. McConnell,
Snpt. of Meroer Connty Sobools.
Church Notes.
Rev. L. K. Peaoock, of Sharon, 'will address a meeting in the M. E. obnroh at
tbree o'olook next Sabbatb and in the evening will speak at seven o'olook on tbe
School Honse lawn. These meetings will
be under tbe direotion of tbe Personal
Workers' League of Meroer, and the members of tbe different oboirs are cordially in*
vited to be present and sing. A male
quartet and a mixed quartet will sing
several selections at botb services. Tbe
publio is cordially invited to tbese servioes
and all members of tbe Leagne of Meroer,
Blaoktown, Fredonia, Big Bend, Pardoe
and otber places are nrged to attend.
Rev. and Mn. Austin J. Rinker have retnrned from a two weeks' outing at Cbantauqua, and Rev. Rinker will occupy tbe
pnlpit of tba Methodiat oburoh Sunday
morning.
injured, Tuesday afternoon, when tbey fell
from a scaffold wbile working on tbe roof
of tbe Reformed cburob at Ellwood City.
Mr. Lenigan was working on tbe apex of
tbe roof wben tbe scaffold broke. The two
men slid twenty-five feet to the edge of tbe
roof and plnnged to tbe ground. Mr. Lenigan died an hour later. Mr. Fox esoaped
witb slight injuries. Mr. Lenigan was
prominent in politics, and served several
terms as a oounoilman. His wife and one
daughter survive. He formerly lived to
Mercer, <moving to Ellwood City about
twenty years ago.
RECENT DEATBS.
Special Train Servioe
To East Liverpool via Pennaylvania Lines
Angnst 22, aooonnt of Meroer ooanty day at
Rook Springs Park. Leave Meroer 7:47 and
8:05 a. m.        lt
Former Meroer Oitizen Killed.
Jamea Lenigan, aged sixty, a tinner and
slater, was fatally injnred, and hia helper,
Andrew Fox, thirty years old, was slightly ' dealers
ENOCH _. FILKB.
Eooob L. Filer, a son ot tbe late Enoob
Filer and a well known ooal operator, died
at his home to Greenville last Tbnrsday
evening, after a brief illness. Deatb was
oansed by an affeotion of the liver. He was
fifty years ot age, was born in Hiokory
township and Bpent bia entire life in Meroer oounty. Sinoe his boyhood he has been
in tbe ooal business in this oonnty, in partnership with his father and brothers, and
at the time of bis death was associated witb
tbe Westerman-Filer Ooal Co., tbe Pardoe
Coal Co. and tbe Pardoe Supply Co. For
a number of years be resided at Pardoe and
bad oharge of bis interests there, hot daring
reoent years hM made bia home in Greenville. He wm a member of Episoopal
ohuroh and tbe Greenville lodge B. P. O.E.
He is survived by hii wife and six children,
as follows: Mrs. Asbbury, of Cleveland;
Mrs. Ray Stone, Mary, Paul, Carl and
Enoob, aU of Greenville. Hia mother,
Mra. Elizabeth Filer, of Sbaron; one sister,
Mrs. Talbot E. Pieroe, of Cleveland, and the
following brothers also are living: Jobn F.,
of Grove City; Frank P., ot Meroer; Harry
J., of Sharps, and Walter, of New York.
Fnneral services were held at bome Sunday
atternoon.
SABAH AGNES MOTJBER.
Miss Sarah Agnes Mourer died St her
home on East Bntler street Monday morning.
Death was oaused by tuberoulosis and terminated an illness of a year's duration.
Sbe wm a daughter of the late David J.
and Matilda MoBurney Mourer, was bora to ,
1860 and spent ber entire life in Meroer.
A woman of unusually bappy disposition
and pleasant and oonrteous manners, she
readily made friends and was beloved by
all wbo knew ber. Tbe announcement of
her deatb, though it wm known ahe was
fatally ill, was a shook and oansed deep
Borrow in tbe community. Sbe was a faithful Christian and sinoe ohildhood bad been
a member of the Second United Presbyterian ohurob of Meroer. One sister, Miss
Minnie, survives. Funeral services were
held at tbe home on Wednesday at 2 p. m.,
oonduoted by her pastor, Rev. W. H. MoPeak, and interment was made in Meroer
oemetery.
JOSEPH REDMOND.
Joseph Redmond, late of Springfield
townabip, died August 4 at tbe Cottage
State Hospital, Meroer, aged sixty-five
years. He wm a son of Isaac Redmond,
wm boftrla Mercer snd spent bis early life
here. He left to survive blm two song, residing in Grove City, and two daughters,
one living in Lawrenoe connty and the
other, Esther Redmond, in Meroer. He
wm well known by tbe older resident!' Of
the town. Funeral servioes were held from .
the residenoe of hia sister, Mra. James „
Mnrphy, and interment took plaoe to
Woodlawn oemetery, Grove City.
Mercer Flowers Appreciated.
Sometime ago residents of Meroer contributed a quantity of flowers whiob were sent
to Pittsburgh for distribntion by tbe Playgrounds Association among the poor obildren of tbe oity. Tbat tbey would be appreciated was a foregone conclusion. How
mueh good they did, tbe following letter
trom an offioer ol the assooiation will tell :
"Pittsburgh, Pa., Ang. 10, 1911.
"Miss Jane Treffinger,
"Mereer, Pa.
"Dear Miss Tbeffingeb :—
"In bebalf ot the Pittsburgh Playground
Assooiation, and espeoially the ohildren of
the orowd ed distriots of the oity, I wish to
ask you to extend onr heartiest thanks to
yonr frienda and fellow oitizens in Meroer
for tbe beautiful flowers whiob you Bent ua.
If yon oould have walked throngh some of
tbe alleys and seen tbe little bouquets, in
tin cans in lien of more ornamental vases,
to the windowi of tbe hot tenement!, yon
wonld have realized how the flowers were
oherisbed aod how mnob tbey did to brighten the homes. Owing to the shortage of
flowsra thia summer, tbe contribution from
Meroer was doubly weloome, and we hope
that next year we may have the same kind
remembranoes.
"With best wishes, I am,
"Sinoerely yours,
"Jennie Bradley Roessing,
"Treasurer."
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