Mount Pleasant journal (May 2, 1907)

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VOL. 34. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907. NO. 18.
SOMEWHAT LIKE
POOR OLD LO
IN THIS COUNTRY
The Only Good Hindu in In-dia
is Also Dead.
I MISSIONARY BOWERS’ FUNNY STREAK
WHEN WRITING HIS LAST LET-TER
TO THIS PAPER.
He is Laboring Among the Bengali
and of all People in That Heathen
Land They are the Least Lovable,
but the Young Mount Pleasant
Reverend Gentleman is Not With-out
Hope that They Will Eventu-ally
Find the Master’s Help and
Get on the Gospel Band Wagon.
BOGRA, INDIA, APRIL 1, 1907.
DEAR EDITOR JOURNAL:—Since coming
to India we have met quite a few types
of people of different nations, but none
of them seem so little lovable as the
Bengali. Of course, we are at work
among them and hope that they will
find help in Christ to uplift; but, it does
not change the fact. Now, of course, I
would never say that there are not some
nice among them. Why, there are some
of the most noble of men among these
same Bengalis; but, I speak of the vast
mass. One of the exceptions was Babu
Kali Chura Baneyi who died recently.
This reminds me of a bit of poetry I
saw in the Warrensburg “Times.” It
told of the man who never told a lie,
etc, "but he's dead” and of the woman
who never gossiped , etc.; but she was
deaf and dumb "and she’s dead." I
don’t mean to say that all the good Ben
galis are dead, for they are not. But
Kali Babu is and all India, and espe-cially
Christian India, has lost a noble
man. I don't want to find fault too
much so will just mention that one of
the most prominent of these traits in the
Bengali is base ingratitude.
Still there are funny things said some-times,
though not often. Did I tell you
ot the court fool who was saying some
things that made the king angry one
day? The king was sitting on a raised
dias and his court was about him. The
fool was sitting on the floor before the
king. His majesty kept getting angrier
and angrier and finally exploded with;
"Fool, what's the difference between you
and an ass?”
Quick as thought, the fool knelt down
and measured the heiglith of the dias
and answered; “twenty-four inches, my
lord."
There are many others of this same
man’s doings and sayings that are really
amusing. But one thing that one of our
preachers said tickled me one day. He
was preaching and I was sitting down to
rest for I had been talking a long time.
Of course I was listening to what he
said, for, it is often necessary to help
the preachers answer hard questions.
He was showing the shortness of life
and the sureness of death. All the crowd
agreed with him that it was so. “Your
bodies are made of earth," said he, and
the crowd nodded. “They are made of
the dust, just you scratch them and see
it come off,” and again the crowd nodded.
We are at the beginning of our hot
season and expect to swelter some be-fore
it is over. Still, it is only a couple
months till the rains and then it is
cooler. A. C. BOWERS.
j SIGN OF THE CROSS.
(Items of Special Interest to Lqcal j Church Goers.
The order of exercises at the Second
Baptist church for Sunday next is: Sun-day
school, R. L. Wilson superintend
ent, 9:30 a. m.; preaching by pastor, Rev.
Carter, 11 a. m. on “God's covenant with
us;" meeting of B. Y. P. U, A. Hicker-son,
president, 6 p. m. and preaching on
“A great wonder in Heaven," 7 p. m.
The baptism oi new members of this
church will take place at 1 p. m. on Sun-day,
May 19, at Bridgeport.
Rev. R. L. Leatherman, the local Lu-theran
pastor, will preach on Sunday
next in town at 10:30 a. m. and at Rufis-dale
at 2:30 p. m. The catechetical class
in town will meet for instructions at
9:30 a. m.
Rev. C. W. Haines will preach at the
First Baptist church Sunday next, in the
morning on "Jacob a Prince with God,"
and at night on “Failure.”
Marriage licenses.
The following marriage licenses have
; been granted for this vicinity during the
past week:
Albert Firmstone and Annie Grosser,
both of Mount Pleasant.
Frank J. Diven and Harriet Miller,
both of Mount Pleasant.
Paul Smith and Lizzie Sofa, both of
Southwest.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gathered During tbe Week.
Miss Viola Kalp was at Uniontown
over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. John
Springer.
S. M. Brinker was at Fairmont, W. Va.,
last week visiting his daughter, Mrs. ,S.
F. Irwin.
Miss Bessie Swartz entertained her
cousin, Miss Nellie Shupe, of Scottdale,
over Sunday.
Miss Lillian Edmunds, of Connells-ville,
was here Sunday as the guest of
Mrs. William Bowers.
Mrs. J. O. Shupe and grandson, Master
Paul Shupe, of New Madison, were here
last week as the guests of Mrs. J. B. F.
Smith.
Dr. J. L. Lichty, of Pittsburg, was here
Thursday paying his respects to his
grandfather by marriage, Henry W.
Stoner.
Prof, and Mrs. R. N. Hay, of Conflu-ence,
were here over Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Schaub.
Dr. Raymond Freed, a resident Pitts-burg
hospital physician, was home over
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Freed.
Hon. W. F. Morrison returned Thurs-day
from Harrisburg where he spent the
forepart of the week with old friends in
the Legislature.
Judge E. H. Reppert, of Uniontown,
was here Tuesday to see his mother
whose recent illness caused her friends
much uneasiness.
Elmer E. Miller, of Pittsburg, spent
Sunday here with his children who are
making their home with their grandpar-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Dulfer.
Henry Fox, of New Stanton, was here
several days last week with his son, J.
Z. Fox. This was his second visit since
he moved away, some 19 years ago.
Lady friends of Miss Sarah Rist, soon
to become the bride of Edward Ritenour,
gave her a generous miscellaneous show-er
Thursday evening at her Vine street
home.
P. J. Malone, late chief clerk at the
Pittsburg Brewing Company’s local
plant, left Monday for Latrobe where he
took charge of the Hotel McHenry yes-terday.
William D. Mullin, the local Demo-cratic
candidate for Director of the Poor,
did his old Ligonier Valley courting
grounds last Saturday and finds his old
friends are as loyal as ever.
Mrs. Bailey, of Nova Scotia, arrived
here yesterday to visit her daughter,
Mrs. D, M. Lyle, who has been ill for
some weeks, but whose condition is im-proved.
As soon as Mrs. Lyle is able to
travel, she will take an extended west-ern
trip.
Henry A. Wentzell, of Greensburg, a
Republican candidate for Director of
the Poor, was here Saturday with old
friends. Mr. Wentzell is a carpenter by
trade and spent six years as a citizen of
this place while employed in the Hus-band
planing mill in the eighties.
Mrs. William Beal and little daughter,
of Juniata, Fayette county, has paid her
sister, Mrs. W. J. Boyer, of this place, a
more extended visit than was intended
owing to the serious illness of her little
daughter who accompanied her and who
is slowly recovering from a severe at-tack
of measles.
House Eefused New Trial.
Judge McConnell at Greensburg Satur-day
refused a new trial to Franklin
Reed House, principal of the Smithfield,
Fayette county, schools, who was con-victed
of assault and battery on Miss
Clarissa V. Baker, a Greensburg sales-woman.
House’s counsel declared that
George Marks, one of the jurymen, after
the trial, became violently insane and
during his delirium asserted House had
been wrongly convicted. An appeal may
be taken to the Superior Court.
Baseball Pitcher Killed.
Leo Ward, aged 25 years, a well-known
former baseball player, was run over
and killed by a West Penn street car
near Vanderbilt, Fayette county, Satur-day
night. He was lying across the
track asleep when the car came upon
him and his body was cut in two. He
was single and resided with his brother
in Vanderbilt.
Hadley’s Moving Pictures.
Hadley with his moving pictures will
be here tomorrow and Saturday nights,
as well as giving a matinee Saturday af-ternoon.
All the pictures are new, em-bracing
North Sea Whale Catching, Idol
Worship in Asia, French Army Move-ments
and in fact everything that is up
to date in this line.
LOCAL ODD FELLOWS DO THE ELEGANT
In Celebrating the Eighty-Eighth Anniversary of the Found-ing
of Their Order, Now a Leading
Fraternal Organization.
WERE SPEECHES, MUSIC, BANQUET AND DANCING
Tlie members of Moss Rose Lodge, No.
350, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
did themselves proud Friday evening in
the celebration of the 88tli anniversary
of founding of Odd Fellowship, hand-somely
entertained not only their broth-ers
from Greensburg, who came down in
a special trolley car, Tarr, Scottdale and
Youngwood, but many Iriends from this
place who made up a goodly company
of four or more hundred people.
The exercises were held in the Grand
Opera House, which was prettily deco-rated
for the occasion, opening with
well put introductory remarks by Rev.
William B. Elliott who acted as chair-man
and who presented Louis K. White,
of Pittsburg, president as well as one of
the founders of the Wayside Inn at
Grove City, Pa., the home for old and
infirm members of the order.
Mr. White reviewed briefly the grand
achievements of the order, showing its
growth until its present membership is
over one and one-half millions, of whom
Pennsylvania has one-tenth in its 1,132
lodges. He also told of the splendid
home, over which he presides and
where his deserving fellows enjoy every
comfort in their declining years, it be-ing
theirs by rights of purchase and
ownership and carrying with it no
thought of charity.
The next speaker was Rev. C. W.
Haines, pastor of Mount Pleasant First
Baptist church, who spoke on the En-campment
branch of the order, which he
fittingly compared to the high school in
rounding out the students of the subor-dinate
lodge. He also drew a striking
word picture of the manly man who was
faithful in “Friendship, Love and
Truth.”
The closing address was made by Mrs.
Carrie Reigh, nee Francis, of Greeus-burg,
a leading Daughter of Rebekah.who
told of the valuable aid given the order
by this branch, in which the fair sex
takes the leading part. Mrs. Reigh, who
eloped a generation ago and was mar-ried
in Mount Pleasant, this being her
first visit since that time, confessed to a
teeling ot weakness about the knees as
it was her maiden effort in speaking
from a public stage. But she did ex-ceedingly
well in relating theRebekahs'
telling work, citing as a practical illus-tration
the fine home for widows and or-phans
at Ben Avon, Pa.
This part of the program was inter-spersed
with music by Busco's orches-tra,
quartette selections by Messrs. H.
W. Giles, J. L. Ruth, Edward Weaver
and Wallace Lowther and a vocal solo
by M. A. Bowman. The banquet follow-ed
in the bank and trust company as-sembly
rooms, donated by the owners,
and good things to eat were there in
abundance. The orchestra was also taken
over there and after the inner man had
been satisfied the younger portion of the
guests danced until a much later hour.
TROUBLE FEARED
At Special Meeting of Beformed Synod at
Irwin May 16.
A lively session is anticipated at the
special meeting of the Pittsburg Synod
of the Reformed Church called for May
16 at Irwin if it presents all the features
that are feared. Some of the older min-isters
of this denominotion think that
unless some compromise is affected that
the discussion will have an eflect on the
future of the local organization.
This special meeting has been called
to act on the resignations of some of the
members of the board of St. Paul's Or-phans’
Home at Butler. There is re-ported
to be a great deal of sentiment
expressed against this special meeting
because the board has the right to accept
the resignations of any of its members
in the interim between the meetings of
the synod, but so many names were
signed to the petition asking for the
special meeting, that the president of
the synod, the Rev. C. M. Hartzel, de-cided
to issue the call. The controversy
is over a new site for the orphans’ home.
INVITATIONS OUT
For the Bryce-Parker Wedding Tuesday
Evening, May 14.
Invitations, issued by the parents of
the bride-to-be, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J.
Parker, of Pittsburg, are out for the mar-riage
of Kenneth Reid Bryce, of this
place, and Miss Edith Harman Parker.
The wedding will be a quiet home affair
on the evening of Tuesday, May 14. The
guests will be limited to the immediate
friends of the two families and the cere-mony
be performed by Rev. Dr. William
L. McEwan, pastor the Pittsburg Third
Presbyterian church.
The bridal party will include two
maids of honor, Miss Mary Helen Park-er,
Miss Parker’s sister, and Miss Anna
Jacqueline Boyd, of Philadelphia. Ge-rard
Bryce, of this place, a cousin of the
groom, will serve as best man, and Kirk
Bryce, also a cousin, will act as usher.
Young Mr. Bryce, who is the only son
of Andrew Bryce, the senior member of
Bryce Brothers Company, the local glass
manufacturers, for whom he travels,will
take his bride to Greensburg where they
will be at home to their friends after
September 1.
Suicide Near Irwin.
William Painter, of Paintertown, an
Irwin suburb, committed suicide by
hanging himself with a clothes line in
the haymow of his small barn Friday.
He had been sick for some time and was
in a melancholly state of mind for sev-eral
days before. He was 62 years of age,
married and had a good Civil war record.
Fatal Fall of Slate.
William Rose, who boarded here on
South Diamond street, was killed in the
Mullin mines last Thursday by a fall of
slate. He was 35 years of age and single.
He came here from Smithfield, Fayette
county.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper's Work in Thia Place
and Vicinity.
Mrs. Adam Croushore, widow of the
late Adam Croushore, died at her home
near Adamsburg Saturday. She was in
her 76th year and was the mother of
twelve children, of whom two sons and
six daughters survive.
John Snyder died of appendicitis at
the hospital here Tuesday afternoon,aged
24 yeaars. He had for some time been
working in a glass factory at Rochester,
Pa., from which place he returned Sun-day,
being very ill at that time, The
doctors at once performed an operation,
but it was then too late for the surgeon's
knife to do any good. “Johnny," as
everybody called him, was a fine, manly
fellow whose death was a great shock to
a host of friends. Funeral services will
be held at his late East Washington street
home this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The 18-month old daugliter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Reed, of Vine street, died
Monday of croup.
QUEER REASON
Given by a Somerset County Horse Thief for
a New Trial.
Henry A. Diveley, of Allegheny town-ship,
Somerset county, who was con-victed
of participation in the theft of
horses from Ambrose Bushey, of Green-castle,
Pa., last February, largely on the
evidence of Harry Sheets, a prisoner in
the Eastern Penitentiary, has made ap-plication
for a new trial.
One reason assigned is that Miss Ray-mond,
a clairvoyant, who appeared there
during the trial, while in a purported
trance, declared that Diveley would be
convicted. This, it is said, had an undue
influence on the minds of the jurors,who
attended Miss Raymond's performance.
Martin 0. Overholt Estate.
The real estate of the late Martin S.
Overholt at West Overton was appraised
last Wednesday at an average of about
$100 an acre. The approval ot the court
will follow in about a month and then,
if none of the heirs cares to take the
place at the appraisment, the farm will
be offered at public sale.
Dog Quarantine at Youngwood.
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
has established a dog quarantine in the
town of Youngwood by order of State
Veterinary Leonard Pearson. This quar-antine
is over the town of Youngwood
and the surrounding territory, including
the entire district within one mile of
the postoffice of Youngwood.
Mnrder Charge.
Francis Patterson died Sunday at the
Uniontown hospital and a charge of
murder has been laid against John J.
Collins. Patterson was the stable boss
at the Footdale mines, and Collins was a
driver. They quarreled the week before
and Collins crushed in Patterson's head
with a rock.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both
Mine and Yard.
The new holders of first grade mine
foreman certificates in the Second Bi-tuminous
district are: .James McGinnis,
Latrobe; Frank O. Nichols, Whitney;
Patrick Murphy, Hannastown; Charles
C. Olson, Forbes Road; Charles Brown,
Goft; John Christner, Herminie; Luke
Savage and George McClain, Adamsburg;
Thomas Page, George Wagner and Harry
Atherson, Greensburg. The new fire
bosses are: Charles Petrosky and John
Gordon, Whitney; William Paton, Hos-tetler;
H. S. Laughlin and Josept T.
Crawford, Luxor; William H. Caslow and
Joseph Murphy, Hannastown; F. C. Mor-row,
Jacob Winebrenner and William
Mayers, Bradenville; William B. Moody,
Martin Malia, John H. Hauser, John
Friend, John Ainscough and W. A. Law-ler,
Jr., Latrobe; Robert W. Dawson,
Greensburg.
J. V. Thompson, of Uniontown, filed
for record at Washington Thursday 10
deeds for Greene county coal, recently
purchased, the consideration aggregating
over $1,500,000.
The new Unity-Connellsville Coke
Company, composed of capita’ists from
Allegheny, Westmoreland and Fayette
counties, has purchased the Murphy,
Rumbaugh, Bates and Easton tracts of
coal land in Unity township, this coun-ty,
for $300,000. The officers are: Presi-dent,
Wade H. Echard, Uniontown;treas-urer,
E. M. Doty, Pittsburg; secretary, T.
R. Winsheimer, Greensburg. The com-pany
will build 150 coke ovens with the
necessary houses for employes.
The little town of Sterling, on the
Monongahela river, near Masontown,
where 15 months ago was farm land,
promises to become the center of the
greatest coke development iu Fayette
county, and will have within the next
year, it is predicted, a population of
3,500. It is to be the center of the Ster-ling,
Virginia and Donald plants of the
Consolidated Connellsville Coke Com-pany
which expects to have 1,200 ovens
in blast by fall.
HANDSOME BUILDINGS
Which the Local Polish People will Dedi-cate
Sunday Next.
The new parochial school and parson-age
connected with the Polish Transfig-uration
church on North Hitchman
street, both very handsome buildings,
will be dedicated on Sunday afternoon
next, May 5, at 3 o'clock.
The exercises will be conducted by
Bishop Canevin’s counsellor, the Very
Rev. John Gorzynski, assisted by the
rector, Rev. Father Siwiec, and many
priests from a distance as well as the
rectors in charge of the other local Cath-olic
churches. Societies here will be
joined by their fraternal brothers from
all over the coke region, it being ex-pected
there will be over 3,000 persons
in the parade. Rev. Father Pawlowski,
of Uniontown, will preach in Polish and
Rev. Father Andrewjeski, of New Cas-tle,
in English.
The school and parsonage were both
built by T. S. Shaw & Sons, of this place,
the former costing $13,000 and the latter
$10,000,
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Two County Monuments.
The Legislature will appropriate $4,500
for a monument to Colonel Henry Bo-quet
whose famous victory over the In-dians
was won in his fight at Bushy
Run, near Harrison City, this county, on
August 5 and 6, 1763.
Through the efforts of Representative
McAdoo, the Legislature will also ap-propriate
$10,000 tor the building of a
monument in memory of Major General
Arthur St. Clair, Westmoreland county’s
pioneer hero. According to the bill the
shaft is to be erected in the public square
at Ligonier, but Greensburg will also
have a bid in for the shaft.
Alleged Black Fiend Arrested.
At Ellsworth near Bellevernon Satur-day
Sergeant Adams, of Troop A, State
police, succeeded in capturing Clarence
Ross, the Bellevernon negro, charged
with the brutal assault on Miss Sarah
Round, 17 years old, the telephone op-erator
at Pricedale, Tuesday night be-fore,
when she was on her way to her
place of employment. It is said the
prisoner was identified by a sore thumb
which Miss Round bit in her struggle to
escape.
Bounding up Bad Men.
Sheriff Keifer, determined to put an
end to the carnival of crime at Repub-lic,
Oric, Fairbanks, Brier Hill and other
new coke towns in Southern Fayette
county, went to Brownsville with Coun-ty
Detective McBeth early Saturday
morning and, with Chiefs of Police Pat-terson
and Cope and other local officers,
arrested 11 negroes as suspicious char-acters.
The prisoners were taken to jail
at Uniontown.
SEVEN MINERS
IMPRISONED BV
RDSB Of WATER
From Old Workings at Frost-well,
Somerset County.
EVERYTHING IN THE WAY OF RESCUE
BEING DONE BY THE BERWIND-WHITK
COAL COMPANY.
Extra Pumps are Rushed into the Pit
in Order to Get the Flood Out and,
While Tappings on the Compress-ed
air Pipes Have Been Heard,
There was Danger of the Victims
Starving to Death Before the Res-cuers
Reached Them Yesterday.
Seven miners, all foreigners, were im-prisoned
Friday by a rush of water from
old workings in the No. 38 pit of the
Berwind-White Coal Company at Frost-well,
Somerset county, and scores of
rescuers were at once put to work with
extra big pumps in an unceasing effort
to reach and save the victims.
The flood was due to the breaking
away of a wall between the north and
south headings off of the first and second
right headings. The south headings off
the first right were all filled with water.
The men had been ordered to make the
opening. The men who set off the ex-plosion
were able to reach safety. Those
on the other side of the chamber were
caught. The men caught were all in the
employ of Michael Boyle, a contractor.
It is pointed out that the men probably
had opportunity to reach high ground
where the water cannot touch them and
that the air in the heading will not be
exhausted for a long time. Between this
point and where the rescuers started to
work was a solid wall of water 400 feet
long.
Mine Inspector J. T. Evans and As-sistant
Superinteiident Delaney stated on
Tuesday that thev had arrived at a so-lution
of a problem which had been puz-zling
them since the imprisoned for-eigners
first started signaling on the air
pipe line. The prisoners sounded four
taps and then seven. This the officials
believe to mean that they are imprison-ed
in the fourth north heading off the
second right heading and that there are
seven of them living. The map of the
mine shows that the overcast in this
fourth north heading, or air course, is
almost two feet above the water level
and that the men are all safe if they
have reached the elevated position men-tioned.
Although they were still alive they were
in danger of starvation. Friday morning
they went to work, it is presumed, with
•full dinner pails, but it is not supposed
this food has been made to last during
their confinement, even if the dinner
pails were not lost in the rush of water.
They were certainly in total darkness.
The oil in their lamps must have become
exhausted and the state mining regula-tions
provide that no matches be carried
into the mine by employes. Mine In-spector
Josiah Foust said Tuesday night
he was not positive the men are alive. He
declared tappings had been heard on
the compressed air pipe.
The imprisoned men were reached
early yesterday morning and taken out
in safety little the worse of their trying
experience.
HERE’S MORE TROUBLE.
Trolley Mail 8ervice Held Up by Lack of
Terminal Handlers.
The West Penn Railways Company
was to begin mail carrying between here
and Tarr yesterday. The outgoing hours
are 7:04 and 9:04 a. m. and 3:04 and 6:04
p. m. and the incoming 8:56 and 10:56 a.
m. and 3:56 and 7:56 p. m. The first and
last arrivals are anything but satisfac-tory.
But late Tuesday night Superintendent
Long notified Postmaster Zuck that his
company wouldn't touch the job until
the government kept its agreement to
provide handlers for the mail at the ter-minals.
The Adams express people and
Liveryman S. M. Brinker were pressed
into temporary service, while Postmas-ter
Zuck kept the telegraph wires to
Washington hot with inquiries.
Jilted Lover 8nes.
Charles H. Good, of Jeannette, insti-tuted
proceedings at Greensburg Monday
against his financee, Miss Mattie E.King,
to recover various articles of furniture
with which they were to begin house-keeping.
Good alleges he purchased and
turned over to his intended bride a
piano, bookcase, rugs, carpets, etc., and
that after she had broken off the engage-ment
she refused to return them. The
jury found for the defendant.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907
BIG CLAINS
AS MADE
By the Three St. Louis Smiths Who,
While From Missouri, do a Little
Showing Themselves.
THEY ARE AFTER BIG CONNELLSVILLE ESTATE m
Claiming to be the sole heirs of the late Berthana R. Smith, of Connells-ville,
who left an estate valued at more than % 100,(XX), lohn R., Charles E.
and Alexander Smith, of St. Louis, Mo., have just presented their claim to
the Fayette court in an appeal from the decision of Register and Recorder
Logan Rusl).
The Smiths claim the property was all given to Mrs. Smith by their
father, Robert Smith. They assert they are children by adoption of Mrs.
Smith. They also claim that their father married Berthana R. Smith during
the lifetime of his first wife, the mother of the claimants, and therefore the
marriage was illegal and upon its terms Mrs. Smith, the second, could have
no legal claim to the property of Robert Smith even in case she did not wish
to return it to them upon her death.
THE BOARD OF ME
Every Town Should Have a Lively
Commercial Club.
NO PLACE TOO SMALL FOR ONE
Modern Conditions Require That Each
Community Must Work Out Its Own
Salvation—Business Men's Organiza-tions
Growing More General.
Nearly every town tlml lms l!s eyes
open lias a lionrd of trade. II may Ir*
vailed a commercial chili fa* a business
men's longue or something of Hint
sort; but, whatever Its mime may lie,
the purposes of the organization are
lo boom the town. The board of truth*
is u modern Idea. It grew out of
modern conditions. Home was pretty
near the whole thing in ancient days
and didn't need a commercial club to
push it along. It had no competitors
to speak of. But that was Home, Italy
• at any rate, what Is now called Italy.
As to Home, tin., and J’arls. Tex., and
Now London, Mo., the case Is quite
different. These towns and all other
towns on the map have competitors
to burn, competitors to compete with.
If they simply drag along at the tail
»*nd of the cart of progress, they won’t
amount to much. Each town must
work out Its own salvation.
The hoard of trade is one means of
town salvation. This organization is
made up of the business men in the
community. The hanker Is in It ami
the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick
maker. The merchants and pro-fessional
men are in it. The preacher
ought to he in it. Everybody ought to
ho In it that lms the Interests of the
community at heart.
During the past few years the town,
hoard of trade or commercial club has
developed surprisingly. Nowadaysthere
are many towns of less than a thou-sand
population, particularly in the
middle west and the far west, which
have active hoards of trade. There,
can he no denial of the good these or-ganizations
do. When properly con-ducted.
ns most of tlipin are. they not
only develop a more neighborly and
friendly feeling among the members
themselves, which always helps a
town, but they reach out and draw
others into the fold. They are really
hoards of public promotion.
The most important officer in the
board of trade is not necessarily the
president. Usually It is tin* secretary,
and for tills office a wise board of
trade selects a man still young enough
to be enthusiastic for progress and
lively enough to jump at a chance
when he sees It coming up the road.
In addition to tills, he should have
enough life lu him to chase around the
bend In the road and look for oppor-tunities
that may he lurking some-where
just waiting to have somebody
turn them up for the benefit of the
town.
But it is by no means wise to depend
altogether upon your secretary or pres-ident.
The officials can (lo little with-out
general co-operation. If a few
men balk and pull back, the team can’t
pull forward as it should. One or two
malcontents ami chronic kickers in a
board of trade or a commercial club
can do more harm than a whole nest
of hornets. Ilurmouy and activity are
the prime essentials.
Every town should have its hoard of
trade. There are many ways in which
the common Interests may he advanced
by organized effort. Let the hoard
agree upon some definite plan of cam
paign, whether it be the locating of a
shoe factory or the promotion of .a res-idence
section, and then get down to
solid work. You can do anything worth
doing if you dig in and hustle. You
can’t do anything worth doing unless
you do. That’s self evident.
The new western and southern towns
know the value of the locul hoard of
trade as a town booming proposition.
Many eastern towns might profit by
their example, and there are older
towns in the west unit south which
could slough off a lot of their dry rot
and perk up amazingly If only some-body
would get to work and organize
the business and professional men for
mutual defense and advancement.
A lively board of trade or club for
town promotion is one of the surest
signs that a town is alive.
TOWN IMPROVEMENT.
The Vines and Shrubs That Give
Beauty to Yards.
If the people of any town or village
would nil take a hand in Improvement
work, doing what they could in tills di-rection,
the result would he surprising
lu n short time. Almost any one can
afford to plant seeds mul beautify the
home and grounds with flowers. Noth-ing
adds more to (he attractiveness of
the home Hum vines, shrubbery and
(lowering plants properly grouped
about the house and lawn. Here are
• i.iie good points on planting by Dr.
I. < ’. Whitten, horticulturist to the Mis-
: >m i cxporluieut station:
In h ■ .inning spring gardening to or-luiiiiem
(lie Iniine vines planted about
Hie house and doorway are one of
tlie first and most effective features.
Vines lend privacy to the porch, ex-clude
the sunlight and soften the form-al
lines of Ihe house. Vines may he
used ns scieens to cover up lmck
fences or to hide outbuildings or other
unsightly objects. The best way to
succeed in the planting of vines is to
have the soil well spaded up ns early
in the spring ns It can ho worked
without being too sticky. This is nec-essary
in order to get a good cover or
screen for the porch or outbuilding.
The spaded area need not be over
eighteen inches wide, just enough to
kill the grass roots hack from the
roots of the vines and prevent their
mingling.
One of the most common mistakes Is
In set the roots too deep in the soil,
i lie sail warms slowly, and the roots
::•■.* liable to Injury If planted too deep.
i examination of H e stem of each
pic nf will show the planter how deep
H:.' vine st vvl naturally In the soil,
It should he planted accordingly.
I’prer.nln! vines should lie trained on
galvanized wires that will not rust
quickly. Horizontal wires about a foot
apart may he attached to the wood-work
of the house or other building
Unit it is desired to screen.
If it is desired to train the vines
laterally above, so 11s to close in, for
example, the opening in u porch, wires
may be placed about a foot apart at
the desired height. Too often woven
wire screens of not more than two
inch mesh are used. These are not
satisfactory, as the vines twine around
the wires so closely that subsequent
pruning is impossible. For tlie annual
vines either wires*or strong cord may
he used.
Among the best ornamental shrubs
for home planting nre the golden bell
or forsythia, Japanese qnfciee, lilac,
bush honeysuckle, mock orange, snow-ball,
barberry, various species of spi-raea,
welgelia, althaea and hardy hy-drangea.
These blossom In the order
named. By selecting the entire list
one can obtain flowers on at least some
of the species from earliest spring till
the frost in nutumn.
improving Their Towns.
There is a decided awakening notice-able
of late among the lesser cities of
southern California, says the Los An-geles
Times. A most unusual number
are planning and planting school and
library grounds, public parks, streets,
etc. Every section has been so gen
orally prosperous during the past year
that all feel like making their city,
town or community reflect it by an im-proved
appearance. There are always
opportunities in plenty on which resi-dents
may expend time and money,
and two of the most important places
to begin are the school grounds and the
streets. Every center of population
has these two problems before it at all
times. See that a zealous, energetic,
co-operative movement is begun to-ward
the uniform planting of streets
with suitable trees, properly planted.
Have the school grounds planned by
some competent authority. Put in the
necessary drives and walks of gravel
or cement. Plant according to the
plan, and your labors will be rewarded
not alone through your own satisfac-tion,
but by thanks of generations yet
unborn, for such improvements gain in
value as the years roll by. Now is
the golden time of all the year. All
tlie really live communities are already
uctive.
Women to Build Town Hall.
At Monrovia, Iud., a little town of
probably 500 inhabitants in the north-west
corner of Morgan county, is a
Utile baud of women associated in an
organization known as (In* Ootmnorcial
club. This town Is like many other
Indiana towns of lls size It has no
place suitable for public gatherings
aside from the churches and school-houses,
and these energetic women
have attempted to remedy this condi-tion,
says the Indianapolis News. With
that purpose In view they are striving
by (>very honorable method to raise
money with which to build a town hull.
The mi mo Commercial club Is usually
applied to a body of men organized
for Hie purpose of obtaining factories
.mil other public Institutions for their
cities, and at first blush It might seem
Inappropriate when applied to a club
of women. Not a train Is permit led to
join.
The School Garden Idea.
Tlie school garden Idea Is steadily
growing, nud In many of the large
cities and towns the work lias succeed-ed
beyond the expectations of even the
most sanguine enthusiast, says the
Home Magazine. In 1005, 889,085 one
cent packages of seed were sold In
Cleveland to children living In all
parts of the city, Including those dis-tricts
where beauty Is almost unknown
ami yards and vacant lots are most un-attractive,
and as n result running
vines soon began to cover ugly fences
and outhouses, common flowers as well
as shrubs beautified the yards, and
potted plaiils decorated porches and
balconies. In one small city Ibe work
began with stereoptlcon lectures, to
which the children sold tickets. The
proceeds were spent for flower seeds,
plants and hardy bulbs, which were
given to the children with the under-standing
that the flower show would
ho In the fall. The entire town be-came
Interested In flower culture, and
the 5,000 nstcr beds became one of the
sights to show strangers, while the ex-hibits
enlisted tho interest and admlra-
“oa of the surrounding country.
No Natter What You Want in Suits,
WE HAVE THEM
Copyright __ b>
Hart SchafFncr tsf Man- [pianos.
The Weaver family of these high-grade
instruments with the Weissel,
Nickel & dross action in five upright |
grand styles.
Two styles of the Livingston E’iano,
the best commercial piano on the mar-ket,
with three sound bridges the only
instrument that will improve with age
Also the Hasbrouck Inward i’leying
Piano, which plays the standard size
music roll any size, 06 noti|f t his
piano has just beon received,
We are selling at present the finest
Weaver Organs ever turned ont, mak
ing a specialty of the piano-eased organ.
1'A octaves, solid cherry case Extra
fine.
We nre also agent for tlie Singer, Do
mestie, Standard nn(l White Sewing
Machines and supplies for the same.
J. B. MYERS, Jr.
311 Maiirst., Mount Pleasant
Pin check, dark and light colors, overplaids in
all colors, blue and black in single and double
breasted You’ll find the Hart, SchafFner &
Mnrx label on a good many of them.
The B. Kuppenheimer Suits are another
good make.
The Griffon Guaranteed Clothing for men
and young men who want to pay only
$10.00 to $15.00
FOR A SUIT.
We positively carry the biggest stock 6f
Clothing, Hats and Gents’ Furnishings in Mount
Pleasant.
SHOES
For Men, Young Men and Boys
Our complete line of Shoes and Oxfords for
Spring and Summer are now in. All styles-and
at all prices.
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Ei fef
Main Street, Mount Pleasant.
Largest Head-to-Foot Outfitter for Men, Boys
and Children.
Stick to the Handle
You get more facts about easy
running right at the crank of a sepa-tor
than by listening to tala. If a
separator turns easily, the crank
tells you so as soon as you touch it.
I am selling the lightest running
cream separator made—and it's the
best every way you look at it. It’s
The Sharpless Tubular.
The Tubular is the cleanest skimming, most durable,
easiest to wash separator made. The waist low can saves
your back—the enclosed gears can’t pinch your fingers—
the self oiling device saves time, uses the oil over and over
and prevents dripping on machine or floor. The Tubular
skimmed 2k to 9 times cleaner than any other in a National Clean
Skimming Contest.
The Tubular is a money-maker and a labor saver—it in-creases
the butter money 25 to 100 per cent, and* lessens the
work of handling milk about one-half. Bring your wife in
to see it. She’ll say it is the easiest to wash. Let me give
you a catalogue with a lot of good things in it.
J. J. HITCHMAIN,
East Main Street, - MOUNT PLEASANT,* PA
JAMES B. HOCTO,
M. AM. SOC. C. E.
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
410 First National Bank Building, Connellsville, Pa.
Development of Coal Properties. Railway Location,
Structures, Surveys. Examinations and Reports. Topo-graphical
Work and the Laying Out of Towns.
EXAMINATIONS OF PROPERTIES FOR INVESTMENT.
DRINK P. B. CO. SPECIAL PUREST BEER BREWED
The Pittsburgh Brewing Company,
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?! 760 West Main street, - - Mount Pleasant, Pa. |
| "On the HUlIi”
■I Embalmers, - funeral Directors. \
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Westmoreland Concrete Works,
Youngwood. Pa.
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Do Not Fail to Attend
If you Wish to Succeed.
You can begin any time. There are no classes.
AMOS TROUT, Propr.,
ARMBRUST, PA.
Manufacturer of
Concrete Building Blocks,
Porch Columns,
Chimneys, Steps,
and Concrete Roofing,
Fireproof Buildings.
Residence ofAttorney J. H. Slatter,
Northampton, Pa.
WINGATE MACHINE—Face
Down Position.
WINGATE MACHINE—Side Face
Position.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY S, 1907.
THOMPSON
FOR SENATOR.
A Harrisburg Correspondent Says
that that Uniontown Millionaire is
Seeking Another Political Plum.
CREDITED ifMING PEHROSE'S SCULP
A Harrisburg correspondent says that Josiah V. Thompson, the Union-town
banker and coal operator, whom Penrose turned down for the Republi-can
nomination for Governor last fall, has become greatly interested in the
attempt to put through the Legislature a bill giving to the voters of the state
the privilege of expressing at the polls their preference for United States senator
Mr. Thompson went to. Harrisburg the other day to look over the situa-tion.
He had a talk with Senator Crow, who owes his election to the coal
operator, and who refused to support the McCord bill, but found it impossi-ble
to drag him away from the Penrose lieutenants. Thompson returned
home with greater determination than ever to take Penrose’s scalp at the first
opportunity. He has become an active candidate to succeed Penrose.
CRUCIFIED GIRL MAD.
Crying That She Is a Martyr, She Goes
to Insane Asylum.
Crying loudly that she was to die a
martyr by crucifixion for the sins of
the world, Miss Jean Mitchell, nineteen
years old, who on Nov. }t last was
found in her home in Pittsburg with
nails driven through her hands, was
taken hopelessly insane to the Clare-mont
asylum.
Miss Mitchell grew In the hallucina-tion
that every person she met was
plotting to crucify her. She was a
cause of much excitement wherever
she went. Frequently in the streets
she would raise her hands and cull at-tention
to the sears of the nails in her
palms as proof of her mission.
Physicians who have observed the
young woman say that her mental con-bridge
and, besides breaking her leg.
narrowly escaped death from an ap-proaching
passenger train.
Mrs. Johnson was accompanied by
her young daughter, Sadie. Not being
able to lift her mother, who was sup-porting
herself with her arms extend-ed,
Iho child sped across the bridge
and. snatching from her neck a red
silken muffler, stood in front of the
oncoming train mid frantically waved
It. The engineer brought the train to
a sudden stop at the approach to the
bridge.
Passengers and crew rushed from
the train and dragged Mrs. Johnson
from her dangerous position. She was
taken to the-station and thence to her
home in a carriage.
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SAVES HER MOTHER.
Bulldog "Talks” Over Phone.
Sport, an Intelligent bull pup owned
by Dr. Charles F. Chandler, a Colum-bia
university instructor, who has a
summer home In New Hartford, held
u conversation with his master over
the telephone between New Hartford
and New York city, a distance of 100
miles. John Fox Smith, nt whose
home In New Hartford Sport is kept
In the winter, and Dr. Chandler first
conversed over the wire, after which
the doctor asked how Sport was. Sport
was placed so he could hear his mas-ter’s
voice and went Into antics of joy,
barking and whining. Mrs. Chandler
also spoke to the dog. and he received
her voice and rent the room with his
barks.
IlEIi HANDS WEltE NAILED TO THE SINK.
dltlon grew steadily worse from the
day she was discovered nailed to the
wooden sink. It was in the kitchen of
the Mitchell family apartment, 2704
Forbes street. Tenants were attracted
by a woman’s shrieks, and a man en-tering
through a window was horrified
to see long wire nails partly driven
into the top of the wooden sink and
the ends protruding above the backs
of the woman’s hands.
A short time ago Miss Mitchell went
to live with her sister, Mrs. Edward
Worley, In 2341 Center avenue. Then
she began to cry frequently In the
night that she was a second Christ and
that she was to be crucified not once,
but many times. Three days ago a
watch was set on her, three detectives
from police headquarters being detail-ed
for the work.
Miss Mitchell has only the one delu-
, slon. She left her home, followed by
l two of the sleuths, and. boarding a
street car, began to chnrge passengers
with a plot to nail her to a cross. The
detectives escorted her hack to the
house, and there she spoke as follows:
“I got on the car, and a man on the
platform Immediately said, ‘Crucify
her!’ It was the same with ull the
others in the cnr. It has been the
same for many days. Every place I
have gone the same man has appeared
before me and said, ‘Crucify her!’ I
cannot esenpe him, but I 'am not alarm-ed,
beenuse I feel I came into the
world to die on the cross.”
Mystery still surrounds the nailing
of the young woman to the sink. At
that time Miss Mitchell said she had
been knocked down by a blunt Instru-ment
in the hands of a man, who then
drove the nails through her hands.
But no evidence tending either to es-tablish
or disprove her statement has
ever been uncovered, and for this rea-son
the police attach more interest to
the present plight of the girl.
FOUGHT 1,000 RATS.
Desperate Battle Between Men and
Rodents In Granary. *
With their lincks against the wnil
and their clubs flying like flails Charles
Wheeler and William West of Wood-bury,
Conn., fought for their lives with
a thousand big gray granary rats.
Wheeler and Wesa killed 200 rats in
the brief Hut deadly combat, which
ended only when other men went to
the rescue.
A horde of greedy rats Infested H. R.
Stone & Co.’s grain warehouse at
Woodbury nud devoured much grain.
Wheeler and Wesa, clerks there, deter-mined
to exterminate the pests. For
days they plugged various rat Holes:
then by sprinkling grain temptingly
they finally lured the rats into a small
room where bran is stored. While the
big drove ran here and there the men
plugged the rat holes in the little room
and attacked the rats with clubs.
But the rats, cornered, did not watt
to bo clubbed. No sooner had Wheeler
and Wesa slammed the door behlpd
them than a great lean rat, squealing,
jumped at Wheeler’s face. Behind it
enrao file rest of the drove. They
writhed at the men’s feet, swarmed
up their legs, bit savagely at their
shoes and sprang high in the air in an
effort to get nt their unprotected hands
and faces.
The men wielded their clubs like
mad and yelled for help, but the
squealing animals only attacked them
the more furiously. One worked his
way Inside Wesa’s trousers leg and tore
savagely at his ankle. Another sank
his teeth Into Wheeler’s hand. The two
might have been eaten alive had not
another employee heard their shouts
and thrown open the door. The rats
scurried out of the building, and the
two executioners dropped exhausted.
One Woman’s Way.
Lola (pensively)—I hope you will In-vite
me to your weddir.g when you get
married.
Jack—Of course I will, and unless
you are present there will be no wed-ding.—
Detroit Tribune.
A Question.
Knieker—This was called a rich man’s
panic because there were no failures.
Bocker — Then is marriage a poor
man’s panic?—New Y’ork Sun,
Child Flags a Train on a Bridge With a
Red Muffler.
Mrs William Johnson, while walk-ing
across a Pennsylvania railroad
bridge near the Mount Holly (N. J.)
station, fell between the ties of the
If you have any
Bath Room
fittings that need a new coat of
Nickel Plate
Send the work to
Crescent Mfg. Co.,
SCOTTDALE. PENNA.
Good Work. Moderate Price.
Iron Bridge
Stock Farm!
The following stallions will be
kept this summer at Iron Bridge
Farm, between Mount Pleasant
and Scottdale, Fayette Co., Pa :
GARTHMYL DUKE
1.2 33J 7 1 - [86001
Imported Brown English Shire, a roy-ally
bred, large, lowdown, heavy boned,
short coupled horse, a perfect draft horse
type. Harold The Great (his grandsire)
was champion shire stallion in England
for three years.
I 6431
Chestnut Hackney, large, handsome,
sound and a first class gentle driver.
These horses are both young, first class
horses, and their breeding is the very
best. We invite all horsemen to call
and see these horses and breed to them.
fee for Either, $15 to Insure a Living loal.
ALBERT TRUXEL,
4 114 Supt.
P. O. Mount Pleasant, Pa. R. F. D. 3.
SHORT TALKS BY
L. T. COOPER.
NERVOUSNESS.
MRS, W. J. SCHAURER.
Nervousness makes people miserable,
blue, and unhappy. They think something
terrible is going to
happen. At night
they toss and worry
nnd are not rested.
They tire easily and
havn’t much en-ergy.
They think
many things are the
matter with them-—
Consumption, Kid-ney
trouble, or
twenty other dis-eases.
It‘8 just
stomach trouble,
nothing else in the
world. Two bottles
of Cooper’s New Discovery will put the
stomach in shape in three weeks. I know
this because I’ve seen it tried a thousand
times. Then all nervousness will disap-pear.
I know this too, because I’ve seen
it happen a thousand times. Here’s a let-ter
I got the other day:
“My system was badly run down and
my stomach and nerves in an awful shape.
I could not digest my food, was always
tired and would often feel faint and dizzy. ”
“I had heard so much of your New
Discovery medicine that I began taking it.
Relief and strength and happiness were
found in the very first bottle and the bene-fit
I have received from it has been truly
wonderful. I am no longer nervous, my
appetite and digestion are good and I eat
everything and sleep well.” Mrs. W. J.
Schaurer, 220 Guthrie St., Louisville, Ky.
We sell Cooper’s New Discovery. It
makes tired, worn out, nervous people
happy.
H. F. Barkley.
THE CORN
certainly is a source of much annoyance
to ns and tends to make life a misery
for those affected bv it. Bnt why wail
and lament? We have a cure that
works. This cure is a enre in more than
just a claim. We know it removes
corns and gives the foot comfort.
OUR CURE
does its work effectively and harmlessly,
and with a fair trial is bound to be suc-cessful.
We have never known it to
fail. The price is 25 eents.
A full line of pure drugs always on
hand and sold at reasonable prices.
Prescription work onrspecialty.
Crystal Pharmacy,
C. F. C0LD8MITH, Propr.
400 Main St Mount Pleasant. Pa
Farmers & nerchants
^NATIONAL BANK>
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
CAPITAL STOCK. - 150,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits, - $30,000.
OFFICERS:
R. K. Hissem. President.
O. E. Mullin, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
B. K. Hissem. W. A . Marsh
Frank D. Barnhart, E. T. Fox,
S. R. Ruff. L. S.Tinstman.
0. E. Zimmerman. O. E. Mullin,
M.M. BYEPS.
Notice.
The aunual meeting of the stockholders of
the Shade Coal Mining Company will be held
at the office of the company, 231 South Church
st reet. Mount Pleasant, Pa.,on Tuesday. May
7th, 1007, at 1 o’clock p. m., at which time and
place the board of directors will be elected
for the ensuing year and such other business
transacted as may come beforo the meeting.
J. W. OvKfmoi/r. Sec’y.
Mount Pleasant, Pa , April 20,1907. 4 28 2t
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OUR NEW STYLES
Before you buy anything for Spring or Summer
come in here and see what we have. Ten to one
we can give you better quality at the same price, or
the same quality at a better price.
This week we offer as a special somo unusually attractive Spring Suits at $15—(a
good picture of the style above.) These are splendid garments, cut and made up in pre-cisely
the same smart style as our finest hand tailored SCHLOSS Clothes. Of course, the
fabrics aren’t quite as good, but they are far better than nine out of ten suits you could
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These are remarkable values and so are our other offerings at $18. $20, $25 and up.
We have all grades—you can suit yourself as t> price, knowing, in every case, you’re
getting the most value your money can buy. Come in—we have everything for fashion-able
men’s Spring wearing.
New Hats. New Shirts. New Neckwear.
Dillon & Sherrick,
Outfitters to Particular People,
Zimmerman Block, Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
DR. GREWER
Medical and Surgical Institute.
210 Harrison Ave., Lonkay Building,
one-half square from P. R R. depot,
GREENSBURG, PA.
DR R 0. fiNLAY, Specialist, Phy-sician
and Surgeon in Chief of the
Institute.
DR. E. GRfWtR. Consulting Physi-cian
and Surgeon.
Their specialties are all Chronic Dis
eases of Men, Women and Children,
Nervous Diseases, Blood Poison, Skin
Diseases, and all wasting Diseases cured
under a guarantee.
He makes a specialty of all forms of
Nervous diseases. Blood Poison, Secret
Diseases, Epileptic fits, Convulsions,
Hysteria, St. Vitus Dance, Wakefulness
cured under guarantee.
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weaknesses of Young Men Cured,
and all Private Diseases.
Varicocele, Hydrocele and Rupture
promptly cured without pain and no
detention from business
He cures the worst cases of Nervous
Prostration, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Old
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Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder.
Itching Piles, Fistula, Stricture, Tu-mors,
Cancers and Goiters cured with-out
cutting.
Special attention paid to the treat-ment
of Nasal Catarrh.
Re will forfeit the sum of $5,000 for
any case of Pits or Epileptic Con-vulsions
that he cannot cure.
Consultation free in English and Ger-man
and strictly confidential. Write
if you cannot call.
Office Hours: From 9 a. m. to 8:80
p. m. On Sundays, 9 to 12 a. m. only.
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A Masterful Collection of
General Merchandise at
Popular Prices.
The Union Supply Company have fitfyeighl general stores
now ready with the greatest line of general merchandise that it
has ever been our pleasure to exhibit. The backward weather
has been no check to our business. The extraordinary nice goods
and the popular prices at which they are being offered have at-tracted
large crowds of buyers.
There is a Great Showing1 of
Women’s arjd Girls’ Wear.
Many very attractive styles in Women's Suits, Girls’ Suits,
unusually dainty Shirt-waists, Skirts, beautiful flower-laden Mil-linery;
we have everything a woman wants. A style for every
type.
We can also fit the Women and Girls out with shoes. Have
enormous stocks of new, desiranle and dependable foot-wear and
are sure that we cannot be undersold.
Men and Boys, ifyou want the Latest
Style and Lowest Prices, Come to Us
The clothing business at the Union Supply Company stores
never showed such growth. Our regular stocks for Spring are
the heaviest and best we ever had.
Then for Men and Boys you will find a great Hat Department,
a Furnishing Goods Department stocked with all the newest and
latest styles of Shirts, Neckwear. Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, etc.
The Shoe Department for Men and Boys is filled with bar-gains,
either Dress Shoes or Working Shoes.
Many very choice things in Boys’ and Children’s Clothing,
and mothers looking for a good place to outfit the boys should go
direct to a Union Supply Company store. They all have bargains
Union Supply Company,
58 Department Stores
Located in Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL,, THURSDAY, MAY 2. 1907.
Clto O
JOHN L. SHIELDS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Subscription, #1,50 a Year, Payable In flduance.
Mount Pleasant has within its borders a population of over
6,000; while more than double that number of people live immedi-ately
around about and for them it is the natural center, as shown by
a postofflce distribution of over 16,000 It has both Pennsylvania
and Baltimore & Ohio railroad branches and will soon be given the
main line of the Coke Region Trolley System. It is completely sur-rounded
by coke plants and has in the town Bryce Brothers Company’s
big tableware glass factory the Mount Pleasant Tool Company. Hus-band
Company’s planing mill, Galley Bros.’ carriage factory, foundry,
brewery, distillery, pop plant, two flouring mills. 13 Protestant and
3 Catholic churches. Mount Pleasant Institute, 2 large Public Schools
and 3 Parochial schools.
There is coal in abundance at the town’s gates and the same is
true of electricity and natural gas for heat, light and power. All of
which things, when taken In connection with the best water system
in Western Pennsylvania, make Mount Pleasant’s numerous manu-facturing
sites ideal.
THURSDAY, May 2. 1907.
STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
The return to a trolley mail service
between Mount Pleasant and Tarr, if it
goes, is a relief to both Postmaster
Zuck and Liveryman Brown, as it saves
the former from paying a dollar a day
out of his own pocket and allows the
latter to throw up a mighty poor-paying
job, and at the sgme time it is an im
provement, although there is room for
more of the same kind.
Connecting trains on the Southwest
railroad are often a few minutes late and
the mail is a half hour late arriving here
if the waiting street car leaves Tarr on
the dot. Of course, we recognize the im-portance
of the trolley people not only
having a schedule but sticking to it; but,
we trust that Superintendent Long will
have his crews give us all benefits of
any time doubts at the Tarr end of the
line. Then, too, we want to see General
Manager brown jolly Uncle Sam along
until we have mails here direct by trol-ley
from Greensburg, hours ahead of the
present arrangement.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Following the booming of hundreds of
great guns from Fortress Monroe and the
visiting warships of the other great na-tions
as well as our own bulldogs of the
sea, President Roosevelt opened the
Jamestown Exposition on Friday last
with one of his characteristic and strik-ing
addresses.
Thus was begun the great show which
will celebrate the three hundredth an-niversary
of the first English settlement
in America, which is designed to dem-onstrate
to the world the progress our
country has made in art and science, in
commerce and invention, since the fol-lowers
of Captain John Smith blazed a
trail through the wilderness and laid
the foundations of the commonwealth of
Virginia.
Other national aftairs of this kind had
“The Midway,” “The Pike” and "The
Trail” and now Tamestown comes for-ward
with “The Warpath” that will
doubtless prove just as attractive as any
of its predecessors in the American free
and easy show line.
WILL COME TO ITS OATS.
, Although the Homsher trolley freight
act, which permits street car companies
to carry express matter and light arti-cles
of freight, has gone into effect, its
provisions will not, it is said, be taken
advantage of by the West Penn Rail-ways
Company at present.
General Manager Moore states that no
plans have as yet been considered re-garding
the matter and, while it is likely
that the line will eventually avail itself
of the opportunity to haul express and
freight matter, nothing will be done at
present. Just now the company has un-usually
heavy passenger traffic to han-dle
and its officials do not care to han-dicap
work in this direction by attempt-ing
to handle freight or express.
There is no reason to doubt, however,
that a big ancj growing concern like the
West Penn company will have need of
eminent domain rights one of these fine
days in extending new lines, and when
that time comes the accompanying com-mon
carrier responsibility will have to
be assumed.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
In deciding the case of Amanda S.
Whitfield, of Kansas, Mo., vs. the Aetna
Life Insurance Company, of Hartford,
Conn., the Supreme Court of the United
States has just construed the Missouri
state law providing that the suicide of
an insured person shall not constitute a
valid defense in resisting payment on
the policy against the company.
The opinion was delivered by Justice
Harlan and reversed the decision of the
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth
circuit, which decision was in favor of
the company. The policy involved was
for $5,000 on the life of James Whitfield,
husband of the plaintiff in this case, and
was taken out in 1900. about 18 months
before his death by suicide.
This decision is important in that it
invalidates the suicide clause found in
life insurance policies and, moreover,
keeps close to the common sense line.
Needy beneficiaries should not be de-prived
of what is theirs by original intent
simply because an impaired mind later
leads the insured to self murder.
THE circus was needed if only to as-sure
us that Spring is really and truly
here.
Moss ROSE LODGE is no slouch, either,
when it comes to a celebration and the
entertainment of its friends.
WE could very easily get in the base
ball swim, having the artists to play the
game. All we need is the enclosed
ground.
REV. MR. BOWERS doesn't say that the
only good Hindu, like the American In-dian,
is dead, but there is, nevertheless,
a striking similarity.
BOULAS BROTHERS, Uniontown fruit
dealers, are strictly business men. They
sold $800 worth of goods Sunday and
paid $27.30 in fines.
MOUNT PLEASANT needs the Greensburg
street car line in its business and is
looking to the Colonels Hufl to make the
necessary extension.
THE commission investigating the state
capitol is evidently waiting for suffi-cient
evidence to hang the grafters be-fore
beginning prosecutions.
THE big local demand for houses to
rent ought to appeal strongly to the
Mount Pleasant capitalist who has the
wherewith to supply it as a first-class
business proposition.
Must Fight on to Win.
Pittsburg Post.
The friends of proper child labor laws
can win out if they will only keep on
fighting.
The Dead Press Muzzier.
Uniontown News Standard.
The Pennypacker press muzzier died
in dishonor, without even a shriek from
Schwenksville.
Mrs. Tight Wad.
Pittsburg Ga-ette Times.
Hetty Green says she receives 1,000
begging letters a day. Think of 365,000
persons waisting their time that way
every year!
That Measly P. 0. D. Offer.
Greensburg Argus.
The. postoffice department offers the
West Penn Railways Company the muni-ficent
sum of $700 for carrying the mails
between Greensburg and Mount Pleas-ant.
Like the railroads, the P. O. D. is
suffering from acute enlargement of the
heart.
Hasten the Day.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It is heard that more information is
coming as to the inside of the Capitol
steal, and the chances for some eminent
statesmen of the boodle variety having
an opportunity to study penitentiary
management are correspondingly in-creased.
The Hand Bill Nuisance.
Oonnellsvelle Courier.
The hand bill nuisance ought to be
suppressed in Connellsville and every
other town. This is the emphatic opin-ion
of every householder who knows
what it is to be disturbed at his meals
or his toilet, or even before he is out of
bed in the morning, by the loud and in-sistent
clamor of the door bell, and goes
full-mouthed or half-clad to the door to
find a bunch of bills stuck around the
handle or under the door or scatterad
over his front porch.
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It prepares for en-trance
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country.
Our course in
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W. LAWRENCE KALP,
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Largest, Oldest and Leading
Jewelry House
h. C. MORRISON,
653 Main Street.
Money—time—labor—worry—all are
saved by coming to this place to buy
anything in my line.
Diamonds
and other precious stones.
Watches
for men and women—best makes.
Jewelry
in most elaborate selections.
Silverware
only most dependable qualities.
Clocks
from the smallest to the largest.
Cut Glass
exquisite and exclusive designs.
China and Bric-a-Brac
The finest imported wares.
Umbrellas and Canes.
H. C. MORRISON,
F, Ac M.Bank Bide. Mount Pleasant
FOURTH
Anniversary Sale
We are now celebrating the Fourth Anniversary of
TFie Flair’s business career. To inaugurate this event we have been pre-paring
for the past six weeks to give you the
Most Sensational Values
ever offered on New, Up-to-Date. Reliable Merchan-dise
atthif timeofthe year. The unsettled weather of early spring has
put many manufacturers in the predicament of being so overstocked that they
were willing to part with their stocks at great price concessions. We, with the
ready cash, have bought their stocks and are now offering them at the same
basis during this ANNIVERSARY SALE. The faithful performance of promi-ses
made during our sales in the past gives you every assurance that the offer-ings
made now will be substantiated by the goods on the counters.
Sec Circulars for Detailed Prices.
625 and €>27
. . Curtain Department on Second Floor. .
NEW PREMIUMS ARRIVING DAILY.
THE LAST DOLLAR IN IDE WORLD.
“If it took the last dollar I had in the world when buying a suit I would in-vest
it in a Collegian or a Brock hand-tailored suit.’’ Thus enthusiastically a trav-eling
man expressed himself in a clothing argument at the hotel the other day.
The above HIT THE NAIL SQUARE ON THE HEAD. There is more comfort,
style and quality in these two makes than in any other makes and it costs no more.
Suits at
$10 to $15
An extra large assortment in all the new plaids,
checks, greys and blues. Can not be equalled any-where
for $5 more.
Suits at $18 and $20
The beauty of these garments cannot be des-cribed
here. It must be seen to be appreciated.
SPECIAL !
$20 Blue Serge Suits for $15.
These suits are made of the very finest serge ob-tainable,
trimmed with the best of trimming, perfect
fitting and shape-holding, guaranteed or a new suit in
its place at any time. Can say no more
Summer Underwear
25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 per garment, all colors, long
and short sleeves and sleeveless, knee length drawers
and coat shape shirts. A complete line.
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907.
For the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned.
LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN
THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST AND
ENTERTAIN
A Department in Which the Local Edltoi
Holds Hifrh Carnival and Works off hie
Surplus Energy In Condensations
That Deal Solely with Matters Relating
to Mount Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. B. Mechling
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a daughter.
William Beil drew the prize in the
gold watch contest at the A. M. E. Zion
church Monday evening.
Justice John W. Hunter had his first
case Monday, an assault and battery
suit between Hecla Italians, which he
dismissed.
Cole Brothers big shows gave two ex-cellent
performances here yesterday.
Cold damp weather, however, cut the
attendance down.
Harry and Edward Stevens, late glass
workers at Rochester, Pa., whose home
is here, have gone into the restaurant
business there.
Geary Myers and William Shields
were over the mountains trout fishing
several days last week. They brought
home some thirty dozen.
T. H. Dalton, who retired yesterday as
proprietor of the Hotel Dalton at Stauffer
in favor of Porter Keefer, of Connells-ville,
will spend the summer in Ireland.
Robert Hood and John M. Lease, both
of this place, have been granted pen
sions dating from February last, the for-mer
for $12 and the latter for $15 per
month.
The Connellsville High School base
ball nine was defeated here Friday by
the Scholastics who, with Hurst and
Hatfield as their battery, had an easy
victory 17 to 4.
The additions being made to the East
End plant have led the Pittsburg Brewing
Company to turn over its custom ice trade
to the Mount Pleasant company at least
for this season.
The police gathered in five foreigners
Sunday afternoon for disorderly con-duct
near the Bohemian Hall. The pris-oners
settled with Mayor Crosby by the
payment of some $20.
Miss Lena, the pretty young daughter
ol Mr. and Mrs. George Holyfield, one
mile south of town, was married to Mr.
Homer B. Boyer, of this place, at Cum-berland
last Wednesday.
Ernst Ruder, the new proprietor of
the Jordan Inn, on Monday evening, lost
his purse containing a goodly sum of
money and valuable papers. He will
pay liberally for its return.
The High School basket ball team
closed the season here Friday evening
at the armory with a defeat at the hands
of the Greensburg Lyceum lads who
scalped the local students 15 to 13.
The special program for the balance of
the week at the Nickelodion in the Cold-smith
block embraces the “Passion Play,”
Sign of the Cross" and "Holy City,” with
beautifully illustrated sacred songs.
The sale of Fairview lots on the old
James Neel farm will begin at 10 o'clock
this morning and a big crowd is expect-ed.
Brown & Bannister, the agents in
charge, are hustlers in the advertising
line.
Jesse Halfhill, while tending masons
on the addition being put to the East
End brewery last Wednesday, fell from
a scaffold, a distance of some fifteen feet.
He was severely stoved up, but no bones
were broken.
The Cecelian Class gave a nice literary
and musical program before a large au-dience
in St. Joseph Hall Tuesday eve-ning.
The program, as published in
these columns last week, was faithfully
carried out.
Two Poles at Standard quarreled Sun-day
evening and one cracked the other
over the head with a beer glass. The
result was a suit before Justice Rhoades
when the defendant settled by the pay-ment
of $17.
H. R. Freed, the well known local
merchant, was confined to his West End
home the better part of the past week
with heart trouble. His friends will be
pleased to learn, however, that he has
about fully recovered.
A dispatch from Huntington, W. Va.,
says that George Washabaugh, of this
place, was shot and killed there Monday.
But that young man is here and all
right, although he says the victim may
be either Elmer or Lloyd Washabaugh,
sons of Norman Washabaugh, of near
the Mud School House, who went to
Huntington some time ago.
Deputy Coroner McMurray was here
Saturday and held an inquest on the re-cent
death of Justice I. J. McWilliams
who was killed by walking in front of a
West Fenn street car. It was found that
death was due purely to an accident.
The Travelers accident people, through
their local agent, Miss Lillie McAdams,
have paid the estate $3,250, that being
the amount of Mr. McWilliams’ policy.
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Awholesome cream of tartar
baking powder. Makes the
lightest, best flavored biscuit,
hot-breads, cake and pastry.
Alum and alum-phosphate
baking powders are In-jurious.
Do not use them.
When buying baking pow-der
be sure the label
specifies cream of tartar.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Subject to the Decision of the Republican
Primary Election June 1, 1907.
FOR CONTROLLER,
JOHN D. HITCHMAN,
Of Mount Pleasant.
FOR SHERIFF.
JOHN E. SHIELDS,
Of New Kensington.
BEN STEELE,
Of Irwin, Pa.
FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR.
JOHN P. WERKMAN,
Of Mount Pleasant.
R. D. WOLFF,
Of Greensburg.
HENRY A. WENTZELL,
Of Greensburg.
W. H. STRICKLER,
Of Scottdale, Pa.
FOR REGISTER OF WILLS.
JOHN A. HAYS,
Of Donegal Borough.
DAVID A. MILLER,
Of Greensburg, Pa.
S. A. LOWE,
Of Scottdale.
FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR.
WILLIAM D. MULLIN,
Of Mount Pleasant.
Subjeet to the decision of the Democratic
Primary Election Saturday, June 1, '07.
ALMOST AS LIGHT AS DAY.
From 7:00 to 9:15 P. M.
Earl Wilkinson, the West Penn elec-trician,
has equipped the Peterson Bus-iness
College at Scottdale for the use of
electric light in all departments. The
great increase in members of night
school made the change from gas to
electric light necessary during the sum-mer
months.
The night school is in session from 7
p. m. to 9:15 p. m. Every person not
situated to attend day school will find
everything for comfort and convenience
in the night school.
North of County Claim.
Friends of J. E. Shields, of New Ken-sington,
candidale for the Republican
nomination for Sheriff, claim that their
man is the most deserving in the race.
As a deputy for the past three years, he
is thoroughly acquainted with the du-ties
of the office, and not only that but
as the only candidate from that section,
the north of the county is entitled to
the plum this time.
FOR RENT:—Large, centrally located
stable. Inquire at this office. 5 2 tf
New Donegal Store.
Harry L. George has just opened anew
general store in Donegal with an entire
new stock of everything in the line of
men's and women's wear at 25 per cent,
less than Mount Pleasant prices. In the
way of groceries Arbuckles coftee sells
at 16 cents; Majestic flour, 60 cents;
whole rice, 7 cents; soup beans, 5 cents
and so on down through the entire de-partment.
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FOR SALE:—I will sell my farm in East
Huntingdon township, up the run from
the Bessemer coke works, as a whole or
in part, ten acres or amount to suit
buyer. I will sell my timber land in
Bullskin township, Fayette county. I
will sell my timber and pasture land in
Mount Pleasant township. Apply to the
undersigned. W. B. NEEL.
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NOTICE:—The partnership heretofore
existing between C. E. Mullin and J
Lloyd Kalp, doing business under the
firm name of Mullin and Kalp, has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent.
The book accounts and agreements have
been left in the hands of C. E. Mullin
for immediate settlement at the Farmers
and Merchants National Bank.
April 3, 1907. C. E. Mullin,
4 18 3 J. Lloyd Kalp.
MissHorstkamp, milliner, second floor,
Swartz block, has everything new and
up to the minute in fashion’s demands.
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UiOUND HD ABOUT.
But Principally Within the
Bounds of This County.
A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS
SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE
EXCHANGES.
How these Articles Appear After They
Have been Boiled Down Into Short
Paragraphs That Speak to the Point
But Briefly of Interesting Events
Transpiring- in the Old Star of the West
Fayette poor directors have advanced
the pay of funeral directors for pauper
interments in that county 30 per cent.
Harry Soisson, of Connellsville, and
Miss Nellie Lane, of Scottdale, eloped
Thursday to Cumberland, where they
were married.
Henry Hedge, a well known citizen of
Webster, mysteriously disappeared last
Tuesday week. His wife and two step-sons
fear for his safety.
The new First Methodist Episcopal
church at Greensburg, which is said to
have cost $103,000, was dedicated Sunday
practically free of debt.
The Republican state convention will
be held in the Lyceum theater, Harris-burg,
Thursday, June 6, to nominate a
candidate for State Treasurer.
Westmoreland Prohibitionists will
meet in Greensburg at 11 a. m. today to
elect officers and make suggestions of
candidates for the various county offices,
Rev. Long was installed pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Pleasant Unity
last Tuesday evening. Rev. G. C. Fisher,
of this place, had charge of the exercises.
Chambers Cochran, 80 years old, was
instantly killed by a train while cross-ing
the Jefferson street bridge of the
Pennsylvania railroad at Lalrobe Friday.
Editor Sam Morgan, of the Greensburg
“Press," and Miss Edna G. Black, of
Parker’s Landing, were married last
Thursday. THE JOURNAL extends best
wishes.
Despite Superintendent Groom's order
forbidding state policemen from marry-ing,
Private G. U. Shaw, of Troop A,
Greensburg, has just taken Miss Carrie
Fait as his bride.
The bi-ennial report of Warden W. M.
Johnston, of the Western Penitentiary,
shows Allegheny county leads with 236
prisoners. Fayette is second with 105
and Westmoreland third with 60.
Blanch Shultz, aged 16 years, commit-ted
suicide Friday night at the West
Bolivar home of her mother by shooting
herself through the heart. No cause is
assigned for the terrible deed.
The Paul H. Hacke property will be
used for a site for Greensburg’s new fed-eral
building. The purchase price was
$26,000, the government giving $25,000
and citizens subscribing the balance.
G. B. Smith, of Pittsburg, who had
been working on a railroad contract
near Donohoe, was arrested last Wednes-day
evening at Jamison No. 2 by state
troopers charged with horse stealing.
The marriage of Mr. Joseph Dewalt
Wentling and Miss Mary Lynch, well
known young Greensburg people, will
be solemnized at the home of the bride-to-
be on Wednesday evening, May 15.
Mrs. John Bosler, of Whitney, is said
to have found $1,000 under the carpet
where it was placed by her late husband
who had no faith in banks. It is thought
he had savings of over $5,000 hidden.
Auditor W. C. Peoples, of Greensburg,
advertises that a final distribution of
funds of the defunct Pool bank at Irwin
will be made June 12. The owners of
the bank, Peter S. Pool & Sons, failed
in 1891.
Edward Wolford, a Pennsylvaniarail-road
engineer, was run pver by his en-gine
and killed in the yards at Young-wood
Tuesday morning. He was 38 years
of age and leaves a wife and five chil-dren
at Youngwood.
The bursting of a bucket of paint Fri-day
evening caused the destruction by
fire of James Stoner’s home near Ran-kin's
school house in East Huntingdon
township. The loss is plaaed at $3,000,
partly covered by insurance.
John A. Sparks, a Uniontown harness
maker convicted on a serious charge
against his young housekeeper at the
March term of criminal court in Fayette
county and who then ran off, has been
brought back fromNiagara Falls, Ontario,
where he was arrested.
A Clean Candidate.
John F. Menoher, of Ligonier, Demo-cratic
candidate for Director of Poor, is
deserving of the kindest treatment at the
hands of his party, in which he has long
been a faithful worker, this being the
first time he has ever asked for a share
of the “loaves and fishers.” His neigh-bors
speak well of him and that is good
evidence that he is a clean candidate.
More Peterson College People in Positions.
W. J. Ramsey is stenographer for the
Westinghouse Electric Co., Wilmcrding.
H. W. Ryan is bookkeeper for the
Frick Coke Co., Baggaley, Pa.
Miss Sara Everett is stenographer for
Dunbar Furnace Co., Dunbar, Pa.
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and a profitable one for all who want
nice fine DTCSS GOOdS. All new Spring
1907 fabrics. Special showing at 25c
to 50c that are 15c per yard under regu-lar
prices.
WHITE WOOLLENS in Henri
ettas, Wool Taffetas, Sicilians, at 35c,
50c and $1.00 per yard.
Never in the life of the store has Pan-amas
been in uich demand. Greys,
blues, browns, greens, blacks, beautiful
goods, 54 ins wide, at $1.25.
WASH GOODS
First shipment of printed Lawns, ‘‘Cordele Mar-quise,”
“Carreaux de Paris,” in the newest designs at
l2^c, 25c and 3.0c, which show the high art in the
new wash materials.
WHITE WASH GOODS
Madras, Swisses, and the popular checks, i5c,
25c and 35c per yard.
LACE CURTAINS
E2very pair this season’s goods. Special values
at 75c, $1.00, $1.50 per pair that will pay you to ex-amine.
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BED SPREADS-Large sized spreads
at $1.00, $1.20 and upward.
TABLE LINEINS—-Better values than
ever at 25c, 5oc, 75c and upward. They’re fine, choice,
splendid goods, strictly fresh and just received. A
critical examination will' prove to you their worth,
and this store welcomes the closest scrutiny.
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Good strong flour sifter, worth 25c, for luc
Large granite stewing pans 10c
Large granite wash basins 10c
Two styles of tin dish pans for 10c
Beautiful pictures, glass and frame, worth more money, for . _10c
Come in and see our special counter of china pieces and glass-ware
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Try Our Teas and Coffees.
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOUBNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907
IMPORTANT
RULING. - \
Judge Kooser Grants an Injunction
Against the Berwind-White Coal
Company in Somerset County.
Judge Kooser, of Somereet, has granted an injunction at the instance of
Amanda Forney, who owns 1,000 acres of land in Paint township, Somerset
county, restraining the Berwind-White Coal Company from removing pillars
of coal that support the surface.
The plaintiff alleged that 58 acres of coal had been removed, and that
under one-fourth of the coal and natural .supports had been removed; that
nothing to protect tha surface had been placed in the mine except wooden
props, which in a short time will break; that by reason of carelessness the
surface has subsided at eight or ten different places; that three springs of
water have been destroyed; that she has already sustained damages to the
amount of $ 10,000.
The injunction directs the Berwind-White company to provide perma-nent
support to the surface where it has been endangered and to pay the
plaintiff the damages she has sustained.
Wife Reads Some of His Gushy
Missives of Long Ago.
HE CALLS THEM FORGERIES.
Incident Breaks Up What Promises to
Be an Evening of Happiness and
Contentment—She Proves He Was
Like Other Swains.
"[Copyright, 1907, by C. H. Sutcliffe.]
The wind was howling and the snow-flakes
flying as the Bowser family sat
down the other evening—he to his ci-gar
and newspaper and Mrs. Bowser
to her hook—and for half an hour the
cat purred in contentment on the
hearth and peace reigned supreme.
Then Mr. Bowser laid aside ills paper
and exclaimed:
“By George, I wish every one In this
world was as happy and contented
as we are tonight! This is home, Mrs.
Bowser, the sort of home every man
pictures to himself when he marries,
but which seldom comes to any man.
We can sit here and have no feeling
of envy or enmity toward any human
being."
“It pleases me to know that you are
ratlslied,” she replied.
“Satisfied? Why, 1 would lie a bar-barian
not to be satisfied. I don’t
think there is another woman in the
kvorld who tries harder to make home
What it ought to be.”
“Thank you, dear.”
“There are times when I kick and
grumble and say things I shouldn't,
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“THIS IS HOME, MRS. BOWSER.”
but don't you forget that all you do is
appreciated to the fullest extent. I
sometimes want to kick myself for be-ing
the old crank I am. Hereafter
when I am in one of my tantrums don’t
pay any attention to what I say.”
Overcome by Remorse.
Mrs. Bowser saw that the conversa-tion
was leading to perilous paths and
wouid have been glad to check or turn
it. Every wife knows that a hus-band
who gets a good fit on is just as
dangerous as when in a fault finding
mood. He is apt to overdo it. She
spoke about the price of meat going up
again without any seeming cause for
at, hut Mr. Bowser didn't care if chuck
:ste»ik went up to a dollar a pound. Be-
\mcrrse was gnawing at his heart, and
!he wanted to set himself right.
“How mean of me to want to take
this cat's life!” he sighed as he bent
over and stroked the animal’s back.
*TIad I succeeded in killing him it
would have been almost as bad as
murder. Bight here und now, Mrs.
Bowser, I promise you never to thirst
for ids gore again.”
“I soe by the papers that Taft says
he will take the presidential nomina-tion
if the people seem to want him
to,” she said in answer.
“I don’t care two brass pins for
Taft and ids ambitions. I’ll take the
nomination myself In the same way.
As a matter of fact. I have been an
old kicker around tills house and am
sorry for It. link a husband any right
to kick about the gas hills? Does his
wife' burn the gas to spite him? Doe?
she burn the coni for tiie same reason?
If a water pipe bursts, is she to blame?
A month ago a boy threw a snowboll
and broke a window. I came home
and fairly howled over it and laid all
the blame on to you. One night two
weeks ago I found a potato on the
front steps. 1 entered the house with
it in my hand unil lectured you for half
an hour on your ^extravagance, and
then it turned out that a boy had hit
the door with the tuber. Mrs. Bowser,
I don’t deserve as good a wife as you
vre.”
“You are simply a little impulsive
and impatient at times.”
"It is sweet and kind and nice of
you to say that, but 1 know and feel
that I am little less than a criminal.
However. I am going to make a com-plete
change in myself. From and aft-er
tills date if I so much ns give you a
cross look I hope the whole neighbor-hood
will turn out to give me a coat
ef tar and feathers.”
Mrs. Bowser wiped away a tear of
ivifely gladness, the cat set up a new
pur of satisfaction, and Mr. Bowser
swallowed at the lump in ids throat
and picked up his paper again. The
calamity might have been averted had
his eye not lighted upon an article that
had escaped his attention before. He
road It over twice and then struck the
stand n blow with his fist und ex-claimed:
“By thunder, that man ought to be
sent up for life!”
“What is it?” asked Mrs. Bowser.
“It’s a man iu Chicago trying to di-vorce
his wife. He says he was hyp-notized
into marrying her, but she
shows over a hundred love letters from
him. By the way, that makes me
think. Did I write you any love let-ters
while we were engaged?”
Her Grave Mistake.
.Mrs. Bowser should have promptly
lied about it and said no. She ought
to. have known that nothing on earth
will provoke a husband, no matter how
good he Is. like the sight of one of
his silly old effusions. Indeed, she did
know it; but, on the .contrary, she had
carefully saved every one and had a
wifely as well as a womuulj' pride in
them. She therefore after a moment’s
hesitation answered:
“I believe you wrote mo two or
three.”
"I hardly think so. I was not one
of the mushy sort. After I had told
you that I loved you and wanted you
to bo my wife that settled things. Did
I gush in any of the brief notes I sent
you?”
“Some of your brief notes were six
page letters.”
“No! Never!”
“I can’t say that you gushed. You
called me au angel and said you could
not live without me.”
Mr. Bowser Hushed up and laughed
without mirth and asked to see any
such letter and added:
“Come, now, let’s see if I was as
had as the rest of them. I’d take my
dying oath that I never wrote a word
of love, but perliaps I’ve forgotten.
Just bring down three or four of the
letters and we will laugh over them.”
“But you’ll—you’ll get mad.”
“Nonsense! Why should I get mad
over something that happened twenty
years ago?”
She went upstairs after the letters,
and Mr. Bowser felt a change taking
place within him. When Mrs. Bow-ser
came down with three or four
letters in her hand he laughed in an
uneasy way and said:
"Behold the proofs in your breach of
promise suit! Now, then, read away."
“And you won’t—won’t”—
“Go ahead.’
0 “Well, here’s a letter beginning ‘My
little darling of a bluebell angel.’
When I got it”—
“I deny that It begins that way!”
shouted Mr. Bowser as the scarlet
came to ids face.
Then Trouble Began.
“But you can read for yourself. 1
don’t see why you should he ashamed
of .lt. Here is one in which you say:
‘Heaven has no angel compared to
thee.. If anything should happen to
you I’d hang myself within an hour,
for life to me would be nothing.’ ”
“By the jumping Jericho, Mrs. Bow-ser,
do you want to make out that I
was the biggest uss in America at
twenty-three ?” ne snouted.
“Of course not. You loved me, and
you talked and wrote like all young
men in love. It was awfully sweet and
nice of you. In this letter here you say
that you have not eaten or slept for
three diiys and nights for thinking of
me. I cried when I read the is.”
“I wrote that mushy stuff. I ?”
“Yes, and here you say that if we
should quarrel and I should look upon
you coldly you would Mow your brains
out."
“Never! Never in this living world
did I write such stuff!”
“But you can see for yourself. You
don’t deny your own handwriting, do
you?"
“I do! t hereby declare these letters
base forgeries!”
“Why, dear, how can you talk that
way? If you were in love with me,
why shouldn’t you write this way?”
“Mrs. Bowser.” lie said as he rose up
in awful majesty. ”1 planned for aa
evening of happiness and contentment.
I felt that you were a true helpmeet,
and I praised you. I praised our home.
It made you envious to see me happy,
and you brought down these forged
letters to make me feel bad. You have
accomplished four base purpose. You
have wrecked my evening. Good night
to you.”
“But where are you going?”
“Never you mind. I have been strick-en
down by the knife of the assassin,
and you can grin and chuckle and en-joy
your triumph.”
And with that he stalked down the
hall, threw on his hat and overcoat
and passed ont into the night and
wnlked away. At the corner a tramp
asked him for 10 cents to pay for lodg-ings,
and a policeman two blocks away
heard a roar, a yell of terror and the
sound of flying feet. lie hastened up,
hut all lie could learn was from a small
boy, who said:
“A bloke come along, and de tramp
asked him for some sugar, and de
bloke roared, and de tramp screamed,
and de way (ley went down I’lum
street beat de subway express all to
squash.” M. QUAD.-
MRS. SARAH J. WINHROM
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL. THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907
THE
PILLAR of
LIGHT
By.
Louis Tracy,
Author of
-The
Wings
of the
Morning*'
Copyright, 1904, by
Edward J. Clode
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[CONTINUED.!
At Inst came a (lay of warm sun-shine
when Enid announced that the
invalid by the doctor’s orders was car-ried
downstairs. .
1 “Has Mr. Brand seen her yet?” ashed
jPyue.
I “No,” replied Enid, with a little
j cloud on her fair face. “He never men-
I tious her. And how we wish he would.
j He is suffering, but keeps silent, anil
( neither Constance nor I can make any
suggestion.”
“But what will be the outcome?'!
“How can I tell? That night after
we left the hotel he told us the story
of his married life. It did not seem to
be utterly Impossible to straighten
matters, but we knew nothing of her
career during so many years. Was she
married again? I have asked my fa-ther.
He believes she was, but is not
Certain.”'
“Father” was Mr. Traill; Brand re-mained
"dad.” Thus did Enid solve
the difficulty.
“Is she aware that Coustauce knows
she is her mother?”
“We think so. Indeed we are sure.
She has been so 111 aud is yet so frag-ile
that we dare not excite her in the
least degree. So Constance has been
very careful, but every look, every syl-lable,
shows that her mother is in no
doubt on that point.”
“It’s a pretty hard nut to crack,” rfaid
Pyne. He blew cigar smoke into rings.
Seemingly the operation aided reflec-tion.
“Say, Enid,' he went on, “if the
weather is line tomorrow do you think
Connie would come out for a drive?”
“I don't know. Certainly she needs
some fresh air. • What between her
anxiety and her mother's illness they
are beginning to look like sisters.”
“Just mention to Connie in her fa-ther's
presence that if the sun shines
at 11 1 will be along in a dogcart.
Mrs. Vausittart will be downstairs by
that time.”
- “l'es.”
“And if Connie comes out with me
you just find an errand In town. Hope
•Tack into the scheme or any old dodge
of that sort. Take care Mr. Brand
knows of it. By the way, send Mrs.
Sheppard out too.”
“What in the world”—
“You’re just too pretty to think hard,
Enid. It causes wrinkles. Do as I ask,
there’s a good girl.”
Enid was delighted to find that
Brand strongly supported the sugges-tion
that Constance should take the
drive. Pyne, sharp on time, drew up a
smart pony in front of the cottage aud
did not twitch a muscle when Con-stance,
veiled aud gloved, ran down
the pathway.
“Excuse me getting down,” said
Pyne. "I dispensed with a groom. I
guess you know the roads round here.”
She climbed to the seat beside him.
“It is very good of you to take this
trouble,” she said, and when he looked
at her a slight color was visible through
the veil.
“How is your mother?” he asked ab-ruptly.
He felt rather than saw her start of
surprise.
She did not expect the relationship to
be acknowledged with such sudden
candor.
“She is much better,” she assured
him.
“That’s all right,” he announced, as
if a load were off his mind, and then,
somewhat to her mystification, he en-tertained
her with the news.
Elsie and Mamie had quitted Pen-zance
the previous evening, an aunt
having traveled from Boston as soon
as the first tidings of the wreck reach-ed
her.
“She was a young, nice looking aunt,
too,” he said cheerfully. “And I was
powerful fond of those two kiddies.”
“The association of ideas might
prove helpful,” she suggested, with a
j touch of her old manner,
j “That is what struck Elsie,” he ad-
/ mitted. “She said she didn’t knowr why
' I couldn’t marry Aunt Louisa right off,
and then we could all live together so-ciably.”
“Oh! And what did the lady say?”
“She thought it was a great joke un-til
I said that unfortunately I had
made other arrangements. • Then she
guessed her nieces hud got a bit out of
hand.”
“Have you seen the poor fellow
whose arm was broken? Enid has not
had a moment to give me details of
events since we landed.”
From that point their conversation
dealt with generalities. Soon the girl
perceived his intent. His sole desire
was to place her at her ease, to make
her realize thaj no matter what trou-bles
life held they could be vanquished
if faced with a smile. She x'esponded
to his mood and enlivened the drivo
with comments on the people they met
and the houses and villages they pass-
) ed. For two hours the world went well
/ because it was forgotten,
i Enid, the conspirator, waited until
I the pair in the dogcart were but of
j sight. Then she went to the little room
I at the back of the cottage where Brand
pretended to be busily engaged In com-piling
a scientific account of his auri-scope.
“I am going out, dad,” she said, try-ing
to appear unconcerned.
“All right,” he answered, laying
■down his pipe.
NICE POINTS
INVOLVED
In the Suit of an Italian Widow whose
Husband was one of the B. 8c O.
Wreck Victims near Dawson,
“I only came to tell you because Mrs.
Sheppard is out too.”
Obviously Enid was determined that
If I’yne's calculations were worth any-thing
they should have fair play.
"Oil," lie commented sharply, “but
the maid is in?”
“Yes. She is such a stupid girl in
some things. If—if our guest rings you
will hear her. Would you mind asking
Mary what it is in case she gets mud-dled?”
lie glanced at her. She was pulling
on her gloves aud vastly bothered by a
refractory button.
“If I hear the bell I will inquire,” he
said, and she escaped, feeling quite
wicked.
When he was alone he did not re-lume
Ills task. In the next room, sepa-rated
from him only by a brick wall,
was his wife. A wall! Why should
there always be a wall between them?
It was not of his building. Had she
made it Impassable during the long
years? Aud what would be the out-come
now that Constance was in dally
communion with her mother? The doc-tor
In kindly ignorance bad told, him
that Mrs. Vansittart was convalescent
and would be able to travel in a few
days. In response to a question the
doctor added that the lady herself
asked when she might be moved.
What was her plan? Mr. Traill that
day had written him a sympathetic let-ter,
mentioning the fact that Mrs. Van-sittart
had voluntarily rescinded her
promise to marry him and indeed,
judged by the light of present knowl-edge,
had determined on that course
since she first knew that her former
husband was living.
Suddenly Brand pushed back his
dial.' from the desk at which he sat.
“The young dog!” he growled. He
had. in fact, followed the exact mental
process which i-yue mapped out lor
him. The letter, the drive, Mrs. Shep-pard's
absence, Enid's uneasy wrig-gling
at the door, were all parts of an
ordered plan. He was to be given an
opportunity of seeing his wife and dis-entangling
the twisted strands of
twenty years, lie rose impatiently and
paced the room quietly withal lest the
woman in the next room should hear
him. A decision had been forced on
him. lie could shirk It uo longer.
“Pyne has contrived tills,” he mut-tered.
“He thinks he can see more
clearly into the future than a man
twice his age. Enid is in the plot too.
And Connie! No, not Conuie. Dear
heart! She is worn with anxiety, yet
she has never once mentioned her
mother to me since she carried her In-to
the house like an ailiug child.”
Back and forth he walked, wrestling
with the problem. See his wife he
must and before she quitted Cornwall.
Was it advisable in her present state
of health to take her by surprise?
Pyne evidently thought so. And (he
doctor! Good heavens! Was the doctor
in the thing too?
At last lie tugged at the bell.
“Mary,” he said, “ask Mrs. Vansit-tart
if she feels able to see Mr. Brand.”
There; it was done.
Mary, rosy cheeked and soft of
speech, dreading only Mrs. Sheppard’s
matronly eye, knocked at the door of
the sittiug room. He heard her deliver
his message. There was no audible
answer. lie was lamenting his folly,
hoping against hope that no ill results
might be forthcoming to the Invalid
thus taken by surprise, when ho caught
Mary’s formal "Yes'm,” and the girl
came to him.
“Please, sir,” she said, “the lady
says she is anxious to see you.”
He walked firmly to the door, opened
it and entered. He had made up his
mind what to say and how to say it.
It would be best to ask his wife to dis-cuss
matters in a friendly spirit and
for their daughter’s sake agree to
some arrangement whereby Constance
should see her occasionally. There
need be no tears, no recriminations, no
painful raking through the dust heaps
of the vanished years. The passion, the
agony, of the old days was dead. Their
secret had been well kept It was
known only to those whom they could
trust, and they might part without
heartburnings, while Constance would
be spared the suffering of knowing
that her mother and she were sepa
rated forever.
These tilings were well ordered in his
brain when he looked at his wife. -She
was seated near the window, and her
beautiful eyes, brilliant as ever, were
fixed on his with harrowing intensity.
They shone with the dumb pain of a
wounded animal.
He walked toward her and held out
hie hand. Her illness had brought out
certain resemblances to Constance.
She looked younger, as some women
do " look after illness. Surely he could
not. even had he harbored the thought,
use cruel words to this wkn, stricken
woman, the wife whom he had loved
and for whom he had suffered.
“Nanette,” he said, with utmost gen
tleness, “do not lie distressed. Indeed
there is no reason why our meeting
should be painful. It is better that we
should have a quiet talk than that we
^Jiould part again in auger aud bitter-ness.”
She caught his hand in both of hers.
Still she said nothing. Her large eyes
gazed up at him as if she sought to
read in his face the thoughts he might
not utter, the memories lie might not
recall. Her lips distended. He saw her
Application has just been made to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
for the allowance of a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States,
in a personal injury case which is based on the interpretation of a treaty be-tween
Italy and the United States, and in which several nice points are in-volved.
The case is that of Maria Guiseppa Roffaelo Maiorana against the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
The plaintiff, a subject of the King of Italy, entered suit to recover for
the death of her husband, Carmine Maiorano, who was killed on thfc night of
December 23, 1903, in the wreck of the Duquesne Limited near Dawson.
The lower court permitted a compulsory non-suit to be entered and an appeal
was taken to the State Sugreme Court where Justice John Stewart confirmed
the lower court.
CASERESTS ON INTERPRETATION OF TREATY
mouth twitching at the corners.
“Nanette," tie said again, though his
voice was not well under control and
something rose in his throat and stifled
him. "1 appeal to you not to give way
to—to emotion. You may—become ill
again—ami i would never forgive my-self."
Still elingiug to his hand, she sa& Oil
her knees by ills side. But there was
no wild burst of tears. Her sorrow
was too deep for such kindly aid.
".Stephen,” she whispered faintly, “1
cannot ask you to forget, but you have
spoken of forgiveness. Cun you for-give?”
He bent over aud would have raised
her She clung to him- with such en-ergy
that he desisted.
"My poor wife,” lie murmured "who
am 1 that I should deny that A; !i !
hope to obtain from my Creator?”
“But,” she panted in that unnerving
whisper, “1 treated you so vilely. I
left you to join the man you had
fought to save me. I deserted iny hus-band
and my child for the sake of the
money lie bequeathed to me. Iu the
lust of wealth I strove to crush you
out of my heart. And now that God
has humbled me I must humble my-self.
Stephen, I am not your wife. I
obtained a divorce”—
“Nanette,” he cried, “I cannot bear
to see. you kneeling at my feet. I ask
uo reielutions. I forgive you any
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wrong you may nave done ine mny
and freely, as I hope to be forgiven.”
She yielded to his pleading and al-lowed
him to raise her. For an instant
she was clasped to his breast.
“It would be happiness to die in your
arms, Stephen,” she said wildly. “I do
not deserve it, I know, but heaven is
merciful.”
The dreadful Idea possessed him that
In her weak state this passionate wish
might be granted.
“Nanette," he cried, “you must con-trol
yourself. If you will not promise
to sit down and talk quietly I will
leave you.”
She obeyed him instantly.
“I don’t care how much you scold
me,” she said, “but you must not go
away. I meant to see you before I left
Penzance. I came here that night. I
looked through the window. I saw my
daughter and her adopted sister listen-ing
to you and weeping because of a
mother’s shame. Then I must have lost
my senses. I ran away. I remember
nothing else until I woke up to find
Constance caring for me—in your
house.”
He tried to break in upon the trend
of her thought. This was by no means
the line he had intended to pursue. His
hope was to soothe aud calm her, to
part from her in amity aud without
giving her cause to deplore a loss of
dignity.
“i am only too pleased that when ill-ness
overtook you you were committed
to* my care and to Constance. Poor
girl! She thought you were dead.”
“Did you toil her that?” '
“No. but 1 allowed it to be assumed,
which is the same tiling.”
•‘YYbeu did she know the truth?”
“Iu the hotel—after you left the
room. I had to say sometlliug. It was
—better—for you—that I should say
you were my wife.”
“So even in that tryiug moment you
strove to shield me from unjust suspi-cions.
Stephen, how could 1 have acted
toward you as I did?”
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
One Consolation.
Give me salmon, give me trout.
Give me oysters (with some stout),
Give me cod that’s flaked with rice
(Which is really very nice!),
Give me flounders, give me soles.
Give mo chowder, too, in bowls.
Give me lobster late at night,
Give me every fish in sight,
For the <■ <eurs all say
That th known as gray
Will hr I by this food,
So in I.ci . .ill be good,
For by Easter my endeavor
Is to be—well, awf'lly clever!
-La Touche Hancock in New York Times.
TRUSSES
Wil t. NOT
CURE
RUPTURE
DR. W1X SAYS: I CURE RUPTURE
PILES FCTUU
Dally at My Office
without a surgical operation,
without loss of time and at
reasonable cost.
Because for years these diseases have
bKeen my sole specialty, I cure them safely, romptly and permanently and many
undreds df cured patients cheerfully
testify to the success of my trentment and
permit me to refer Inquirers to them.
References Furnished on Application.
Illustrated Books Free: No. 1 on fiuptnre:
No. 8 on Piles, Fistula; No. 4, letters from iny
cured patients.
DR. CEO. B. WIX
Suite 201 202, 2d Floor, NIW WERNER bldg, j
631 PENNAVENUE.PITTSBURn.PI',. |
OFFICE HOURS; 9 n. rn. to 4:ro n n\, aud C t< j
8 p. ni. Sundays, 11 > 4 »•. ri J
When you ask for the
BEST COUGH CURE
and do not get
Kemp's Balsam
You aro not getting the bcBt and will
ho disappointed. KEMP’S BALSAM
costs no moro than any other cough
remedy, nnd you are entitled to tlio
best when you ask for it.
Kemp’s Balsam will stop any cough
that can be stopped by any medicine,
and euro coughsthat cannot be curod
by any other medicine.
It is alwnys the Bost Cough Cure.
At all druggists, 25c., 50c. and .$1.
Don’t accept anythin), else.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE,
4*7 MAIN ST.. MOUNT PLEASANT.
NA. OORT,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Second Floor new Bank and Trust building,
Mount Pleasant.
New Laird builcllug, Main at.. Greensburg.
Pictures
Framed!
This is a specialty in my
business and special pains are
taken to please every patron.
You can Save Money
by having me do your fram-ing
and not only that but the
work will be just as good as
that of others who charge
more.
fl Trial will Convince You
Don’t forget the place.
L. M. KARNEY,
750 Main st.. “On the Hill,"
MOUNT PLEASANT.
Sewing machine repairs done
promptly and all supplies
kept in stock.
I. B. Goldsmith,
Headquarters for
Fine China,
China Dinner Sets,
Toilet Sets,
Hanging Lamps,
Stand Lamps,
Etc.
New Spring
Wall Papers
Just In.
Paper Hanging
A SPECIALTY.
McGEARY & HARSH,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
McOausland building. West Ottei man St.,
Greensburg.
J. W. Swartz
New Spring
WALL PAPER,
OILCLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, WINDOW
SHADES, MATTINGS, RUGS, CARPETS,.
ETC., JUST IN.
Distributor of
John Lucas & Co.’s
Ready.Mixed Tinted Gloss Paint, fnlly
guaranteed; also Lucas’s full line of
Paints, Stains, Varnishes, and everv
thing pertaining to the paint business.
, WE DO
First Class Paper Hanging.
George Hitchman has charge of this de-partment.
We carry a full line of Paints, Var-nishes.
Oils, Glass, Bniluing. Roofing
and Carpet paper, Artists' Materials
and Brushes.
Our Own Mixed Paint
ready to use, the best guaranteed paint
on the market. It will stand the sul-phur
atmosphere.
PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER.
We also make a Wall Paper Cleaner
which we claim to be the best thing of
its kind on the market.
Phone 85. J. W. SWARTZ,
Main St., Mount Pleasant.
WARDEN & LIQHTCAP,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building, Greensburg.
Braddocx Block. Mount Pleasant.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building. Greensburg
DR. C. L. SHEPPARD,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
All diseases successfully treated without the
use of knife or drugs.
Special attention given to diseases of the
Nervous System.
Office and residence 443 Main street, Mount
Pleasant, Pa.
J. LLOYD KALP,
(Successor to W. A. Kalp.)
Real Estate and Insurance Agency.
833 East Main street, Mount Pleasant.
L. S. RHOADES,
JUSTICE OFTHE PEACE & I0THT PUBLIC.
A11 kinds of legal papers prepared and exe
cuted. Collecting a specialty.
Office 1109 Main Street. Mount Pleasant
GIRLS,
Listen to ns and take onr advice. When
yon are given money bring it to our
bank to keep for you. We’ll give you
A SAVINGS BANK
PASS BOOK
foryou to keep+rack of what yon de-posit.
When you’re a little older have
a dowry of your own. Ask papa; he’ll
come when you open the account.
The Citizens Savings & Trust Co.
MOUNT PLEASANT. PA.,
ELI CROSBY,
Auc tioneer and Sale Crier,
TARR, PA.
Service the Best. Terms Reasonable
fishell & Kepner,
Contractors and
Builders,
Scottdale and Mount Pleasant.
J, A. STEVENSON & C0„
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
WestMait St., “On the Hill.’'
Buildings of all kinds con-tracted
for and erected.
Estimates furnished on ^hort
notice.
Giwe Us a Call.
JOHN T. FISHELL. JACOB KEPNER.
Hardware,
Farm Imple-ments
and »
Seeds.
Special attention
given to Steam
and Hot "Water
Heating.
Acme Lumber & Supply C«.
Duncan Place, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
DON’T WORRY
about a place to buy Lumber and Building Supplies. We
are meeting with
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
We place the credit for this where it belongs—vi/ith
the people of this town and vicinity. We are
doing the right thing by them, too.
LOOK AT THE LIST:
Good Lumber, Fresh Lime
Wood Lath, New Cement,
Red Brick, Wire Nails,
Hard Plaster, Builders' Hardware,
White Sand. River Sand,
Building Blocks, Cement Blocks
Call us up or come and see us.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907
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HECLA.
Dr. and Mrs. Beacom, of Kccksburg,
were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Walker
Sunday.
Jos. Miller, of Briukerton, spent Sun-day
with Fred Ficthner, of this place.
Verde Harbaugh, of Fairchance, spent
Sunday with his sister, Miss Una, who
is visiting Mrs. T. H. Wright.
C. F. DePriest is suffering with a sore
foot caused by running a nail in that
member.
Miss Monica Lowry, of Blairsville,
visited Miss Margaret Campbell several
days of last week.
Mrs. Charles Sauerwein spent Sunday
with Mammoth friends.
A. D. McIntyre, of Smithfield, was a
Sunday visitor with Superintendent and
Mrs. Austin King.
Perry Farrell and son, James, spent
Sunday with Mrs. McPhail and family,
of this place.
Misses Bertha, Emma and Nell Sauer-wein,
Agnes and Margaret Laird, Anna
and Margaret King, Bess and Margaret
Bailey, Mildred Klink and Bessie Camp-bell
were Mount Pleasant visitors Sat-urday
afternoon.
Miss Ruth Byers, of near Mount Pleas-ant,
called on Miss Martha Stoufter Sun-day
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Jeffrey and daugh-ter,
Mistress Ruth, of Marguerite, were
Sunday visitors with relatives here.
Mrs. D. A. Walker and Miss Lida
Sparks were Greensburg shoppers Mon-day
afternooh.
Chas. Roycroft, Jr., of Irwin, called on
friends here Saturday.
Chas. Mehrman has been made “Chief
of Police" out here. Mr. Mehrman makes
quite an imposing “cop" in his new
uniform.
BROOKVILLE.
The local Sabbath school has started
with excellent prospects.
Mr. and Mrs. James Burkholder, of
Everson, were here visiting the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hoke, the
past week.
Clark Kinneer and sister, Miss Bertha,
spent Sunday last with their brother,
Emerson, near Mount Pleasant.
Jacob Hodgkin, who recently sold his
farm to a foreigner, has moved on the
Isaac Coffman farm.
Miss Blanche Weimer, of Greensburg,
was the past week's guest of her uncle,
Jacob Kuhns.
Mrs. J. B. Stauffer and little daughter,
Helen, of Freed, spent a few days here
the past week with her mother, Mrs. E»
Kreinbrook.
Homer Kinneer thinks of stopping at
Hammondville now instead of going to
Iron Bridge.
Miss Mary Hoke spent Thursday with
her sister, Mrs. M. D. Kreps, of Mount
Pleasant, who is suffering from an ab-cess
on her neck.
Leroy Kreinbrook and Will Bassinger
are both losers of good horses,
Emanuel Neiderhiser, of Moumt Pleas-ant,
was calling on friends here Sunday.
Mrs. C. E. Kreinbrook and Mrs. Oliver
Boyer, of Stauffer, called on the former's
mothcr-in law Monday afternoon.
HAMMONDVILLE
J. George Craig, of Greensburg, was an
over Sunday caller with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Craig.
Miss Sarah Washabaugh is visiting
friends and relatives in Connellsville.
J. Irwin Walker was at the county
seat last Saturday looking after impor-tant
business.
A. J. Miller, of Donegal, is visiting
with his son, W. E. Miller, this week.
Several of our young gallants have be-come
fresh air fiends. They walk and
spark through all kinds of weather and
think nothing of being caught in an
April shower even though the new
spring coats have to suffer. They return
from their long walks with roses on
their cheeks and wearing the smile that
never comes oft.
M. Stewart Pershing has made quite
an improvement on his house on Water
street.
Johnny Hunker is employed with John
Honse at present. As Johnny was fol-lowing
the plow one day last week, he
lost his footing and was dragged several
yards. Mr. Honse makes use of every
opportunity to give the boy good advice
along the line of good morals and gentle
manners.
J. Harry Freed leads in oats sowing.
He has finished and is now harrowing
corn ground.
Mrs. George Mason was calling on
Wooddale residents last Wednesday.
Saturday last was a rare day socially
for a number of our large-hearted moth-ers
and accomplished daughters, when
they congregated at the Mason residence
and walked thence to the Gans house
where they very agreeably surprised
Mrs. Gans with their happy hearts and
will-filled baskets. Her sudden wonder
was soon over and all were welcomed
by her genial manner. At twelve o'clock
an elegant dinner was served. The af-ternoon
was passed in pleasant conver-sation
relating to present happenings
and touching reminiscences of the past.
Many beautiful gifts were received. This
social event marks the sixty-fourth mile
stone of Mis. Gans’ life journey.
Township Auditor Amzi Miner trans-acted
business relative to the roads and
road supervisors here on Saturday.
The festival held by the Independent
Americans was a great success socially
and financially. The proceeds approxi-mated
sixty dollars.
George Armel, Jr., of Greensburg, was
a pleasant guest here last week.
The Hadley moving pictures will be
witnessed by several score of our stal-warts.
"Patty” Chapman is in the employ of
Rev. J. Woodhull.
Walker Stouffer transacted business in
Bridgeport Saturday last.
Wm. Mitchell lost a valuable cow on
Friday. The animal was killed on the
railroad.
Herman Hoke was run down by the
trip in the Mullin mines one day last
week. He sustained painful internal in-juries
and a fractured leg. He will re-cover.
Mrs. Mitchell received a package con-taining
a new and perfectly stringless
variety of beans through the mail. It
was sent by her daughter, Sarah.
PIKE RUN VALLEY.
The farmers are making good use of
these nice days sowing oats and getting
corn ground ready.
Ralph Hostetter visited friends at this
place over Sunday.
Wm. Lemmon was among the fishers at
this place last week, stopping with his
friend, Philip Geary.
Miss Ella Hunter paid Scottdale
friends a flying visit last week.
Misses Hazel Hostetter and Mabel Sol-omon
were Sunday guests of their cousin,
Miss Anna Hostetter.
Mrs. Eli Stout was the guest of Mrs.
Agnes Bowman last week.
Mrs. J. L. Bowman, of Berlin, is visit-ing
friends at this place.
Philip Geary was a business caller in
Mount Pleasant Saturday last.
Mr. and Mrs. George Emerick were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Kalp.
Will Barclay is wearing a broad smile.
He says it’s another boy.
Dr. M. C. Hunter was a business caller
in Pittsburg the past week.
“Uncle Jake” and Philip are still busy
fishing.
Frances, daughter of Samuel and Car-rie
Pritts, died Wednesday evening of
membranous croup, aged three years, 5
months and 15 days. Funeral services
wer^ conducted by Rev. R. N. Nedrow
with the interment at Mt. Nebo.
Another little lamb has gone
To dwell with Him Who gave;
Another little darling child
Is sheltered in the grave.
God needed one more angel child
Amidst his shiding band
And so He bent with loving smile
And clasped our darling’s hand.
JONES MILLS.
Miss Kate Gallentine, of Greensburg,
was here Sunday with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barron, of Laurel-ville,
were here Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. William Ulery.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ferguson, of Scott-dale,
were Sunday guests of the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ferguson.
Morrison Miller spent part of last
week in Greensburg and Pittsburg on
business.
Mrs. Thomas McLain returned Monday
from a visit paid Scottdale friends.
FREED.
John Eutsey called to see friends in
the mountain the past week.
Mrs. Susanna Fulton spent Sunday
last with her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Freed.
James Freed and daughters, Sadie,
Hattie and Eva, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Strawn Richter, of White.
Mrs. Mary Etling spent Sunday last
with Mrs. Sarah Clark.
Mrs. Jacob Hecks is visiting Mrs. Jas.
Stauffer this week.
Mrs. Fulton and Mrs. Freed called to
see Mrs. Jerry Stauffer Monday.
If you wish the latest things in the
millinery line you will find them at
Miss Horstkamp's, second floor Swartz
block. 3 28 tf
Draw Knives are celebrated the world over
for their quality and temper of steel, Every
one has just the right “hang.”
We will sell you a 10 inch KffN KVfffR Draw
Knife for One Dollar.
S. B. COLVIN & CO.,
Center of Town,
MOUNT PLEASANT. - - - PA
bedding ttings
This is a case where quality and
style are the first consideration.
We have just received a consign-ment
of the latest fashionable
shapes in W6ddi(1Q RiHQS—solid
gold rings, graceful in pattern and
rich in appearance.
POSNER, The Jeweler,
Main Street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Opposite United Brethren Church.
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It Pays to Buy
Good Footwear i
For Ladies
We have the famous Sorosis
and Queen Quality at $3, $3.50 and
$4. There is nothing better; few
kinds are as good.
For Men
We make specialties of the Stacy
Adams, Walkover and Hannan at
from $3 to $5. 1 hese are the best
lines, proved by the test of time.
the little ones,
or style they
We can also fit
no matter what size
may require.
Spring and summer stocks are
here. Drop in and look them over.
W. A. PYNE,
711 Main st., Mount Pleasant, Pa.
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Slorc open evenings W C* Store open evenings
Monday & Saturday. J • *5# Ir dllvCr VU* Monday & Saturday.
Spring-time Sale with Very
Special Prices.
The spring season is here, spring goods are in, spring weather is sure to come and
you will need the class of merchandise offered during this sale.
Want you to know what we have for you—want you to see how much better we are
prepared to sell you pretty, fashionable wearing apparel and for how much less money.
Everything listed for this sale is away under regular prices and worth looking into.
J. B. COLDSMITH,
Lessee and Manager.
Friday and Saturday,
May 3 and 4.
Hadley’s
Moving
Pictures.
WITH MATINEE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
The Most Wonderful Exhibition
of the Kmd Ever Given.
A. R. RUMBAUGIt,
(Successor to J. H. Rumbaugh Co.)
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Fresh Meats
Home Cured and Smoked Hams,
Shoulders and Bacon.
616 Main street,
Mount Pleasant, Pa
’Phones—Bell, 70. Tri-State, 119.
Administrator’s Notioe.
Estate of I. J. McWilliams, Deceased
Notice is hereby Riven t hat letters of ad-ministration
on the estate of I. J. McWill-iams
late of Mount Pleasant,Westmoreland
county, deceased, having been granted the
undersigned by the Register of Westmoreland
county, notice Is hereby given to all persons
Indebted to said estate to make Immediate
payment, and those having claims against
the same to present them, properly autnenti
cated, for settlement.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., April 16, 1907.
4 18 6 C. E, Mullin, Adm.
Decided Hits in Millinery
$3.00, $5.00
Products of our own work room
with all the style and quality charac-teristic
of Parker millinery.
$3.00 for ladies’ trimmed hats worth
$5.00 at any time or anywhere.
$5.00 for ladies’ trimmed hats worth
$7.00 at any time or anywhere.
These are the new higher crown
hats, built from leghorn, tnilan and
horse hair; chic little close fitting
toques. Fifty hats, widely different
but each attractive in its color scheme
and posing of the flower trimming.
Child’s Wash Emb'd’y. Hats 50c
The new wire frame wash hats,
from which you can take the embroi
dery cover, wash it and put it back on
yourself—very dressy and dainty.
Finer ones at $1.00 and up to $2.50.
For this sale lot of children’s trim-med
hats underprice.
Special Home furnish-ing
Sale.
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