Mount Pleasant journal (May 29, 1907)

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VOL. 34. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY :29, 1907 NO. 22.
WESTMORELAND
CANDIDATES ARE
ALL CONFIDENT
^That They are Going to Get
There on Saturday Next
AFTER THE SIMILITUDE OF OLD ELI
AND AS A RESULT LINES ON WINNERS
ARE HARE TO GET.
A More Hopeful Lot of Aspirants for
Office Never Before Bobbed up in
the ‘‘Star of the West" That are,
These Well Groomed Gentlemen
. who are to be Voted for at the Gen-eral
Primaries and the Wise Man
Will Patiently Wait for the Bal-lots
to be Counted.
One of the most remarkable campaigns
in the history of Westmoreland county
will close Saturday afternoon next when
the primaries for the four parties—Re-publican,
Democratic, Prohibitionist
and Socialist—will be held with the
regular election boards in charge for the
first time under the new law.
A more hopeful lot ol aspirants for of-fice
never came to the front in the “Star
of the West” than are these well groom-ed
gentlemen who are seeking votes
from one end of the county to the other.
Of course, the candidates on all the
tickets except that of the G. O. P., bar-ring
Director of the Poor, are warranted
in feeling that way as they have no op-position.
There are, however, fifteen
candidates, from whom the unterrified
can choose but three for directors and
one of these will likely fall down at the
November polls. '"Billy” Mullin, of this
place, is expected to be one of the trio.
Now, it’s different with the majority
Republicans who have been fighting all
along the line of offices. Controller John
D. Hitchman’s friends say he's a sure
winner of the nomination to succeed
himself; but, if that claim is true, his
opponents—Smith, Hargrave and Ear-nest—
don't know a thing about it. For.
they are all expecting to do the success-ion
act themselves.
For Sherift there are six G. O. P. can-didates—
Steele, Shields, Stevens, Walker,
Meerhoft and Laughrey—and they are all
going some, too. The Seanor people who
are back of Shields predict the New
x Kensington man has a winning lead on
the home stretch. Press Agent George
Miller, of Irwin, says the Seanors’ eyes
are bad; the man they see in front is
Steele, and so it goes with the other four
runners.
If there is one of these political scraps
prettier than another the prize for beauty
must be awarded to the contest between
Miller, Hays and Lowe for the Register
of Wills nomination. Miller's supporters
are dead sure the winner's first name will
be David; the Hays adherents won’t hear
anything but John, while the followers
of Lowe are just as confident it’$ Alex.
Who will be the three Republican can-didates
for Director of the Poor? John
Philip Workman, of this place, is put-ting
up a good fight to be one of them so
are twenty-six other gentlemen and the
wise man will in this instance as well
as in the other contests simply wait for
the returns.
SHOWING GREAT STRENGTH.
Benjamin Steele Looks Like Winner in
Sheriff Fight on Home Stretch.
Benjamin Steele, of Irwin, is making a
/ winning fight for Sheriff on the Repub-lican
ticket before the primaries, Satur-day,
June 1st. Voters are openly show-ing
their preference for Mr. Steele. They
are doing this because he is the most fit
for this important place. He is a native
of this county, and worked his way up
from a laborer in the coal mines until
he attained a commanding position
among his followmen. He is honest, and
will make an ideal Sheriff.
Two Quiet Weddings.
Mr. Clyde Weaver, of this place, and
Miss Retta Grove, one of Johnstown’s
fair daughters, were married at the bride's
home last Wednesday evening, coming
here to reside the next day. Young Mrs.
Weaver was formerly a nurse in the lo-cal
hospital.
Mr. William Dowart, a trimmer in the
big automobile plant at Detroit, Michi-gan,
who was formerly employed here
by Galley Brothers, and Miss Anna Mil-ler
were married here Thursday evening
by Rev. John K. Howe at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F,
Miller. The attendance was limited to
the immediate friends of the family.
After the ceremony a nice spread was
served. “Billy” will take his bride back
W to Detroit to live.
JOHN D. HITCHMAN.
He ia the Logical Candidate for Controller at
Primaries June 1st.
John D. Hitchman, of this place, pres-ent
Controller of Westmoreland county,
is seeking the nomination for a second
term at the primaries on June 1st. Mr
Hitchman is now in the closing year of
his first term, and in the important office
he has made a most excellent record.
The official reports of county expendi-tur
»s show that his sole efforts arc in the
direction of making the place a public
trust. He brought a splendid business
TERRIBLE FATE
Mine Inspector Moliison Killed by Trip in
the Marguerite Pit.
William J. Moliison, of Scottdale, aged
48 years, district mine inspector for the
H. C. Frick Coke Company who formerly
had charge of the Eleventh Bituminous
District, was caught by the trip in the
mines at Marguerite Thursday aftynoom
having both legs crushed and broken in
addition to severe injuries about the
head and dying the same evening at the
Greensburg hospital. He was prominent
in lodge circles, a member of the Pres-
JOHN D. HITCHMAN.
training into the office, and his whole
career as County Con roller has brought
out nothing but the highest praise for
his methods in behalf of taxpayers.
That he should get another term is gen-erally
conceded by the Republicans of
the county, simply because hehasshown
himself to be an excellent public servant.
REGISTERS WILLS.
That David A. Miller will Win is Now
Generally Conceded.
David A. Miller, of Greensburg, candi-date
for Register of Wills, will win out
HENRY HAWKINS
ANOTHER GREAT DRUMMER AND FATHER
OF JAMES HAWKINS.
on June 1st. This is the report that
comes from all parts of the county.
Generally speaking, the people of West-moreland
express their opinion that Mr.
Miller is deserving, and that he is com-petent
to fill the office on account of ex-perience
in the pla^e. On this account
his friends are rallying around him iu
all parts of the county.
REV. E. R. DEATRICK, B. D.,
WHO PREACHED THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERMON
HERE ON SUNDAY.
TWO EXCELLENT SERMONS PREACHED SUNDAY.
The First was by Rev. E. B. Deatrick
at the First Reformed Church .
for the Soldiers.
DEBT OF REVERENCE AND RESPECT.
The Other by Rev R. L. Leatherman
at Re- Union Presbyterian Church
for Public School Graduates.
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
There was a nice audience at the First
Reformed church Sunday afternoon
when the pastor, Rev. E. R. Deatrick,
preached the annual Memorial sermon
for Robert Warden Post, G. A. R., for
whose old members Company E, N. G. I
P., acted as a guard of honor. After j
speaking of the debt this country owes i
these old heroes and telling of his ;
twenty-five years’ residence in the South,
although born in the North, he spoke on
“jChrisfian Manhood" as taken from I
Corinthians 16-13, "Quit you like men."
The three elements of manhood, he said,
are fidelity, heroism and love. The first
is faithfulness to right and truth. He-roism
is the application of fidelity to
the things of life. Love is that which
binds faith and heroism.
“Given these, you have manliness.
Given these, and the person possessing
them will acquit himself like one cre-ated
in the im^ge of God and bearing
His lineaments. In the man Christ they
appear in perfection. Jesus was loyal,
heroic, loving. You need them; I need
them. You can have them, so can I. I
must have them, so must you, if you
would be a man.
“And they are not peculiar to any age.
They were apparent in the days of civil
strife; they were present ag^in when our
youth went forth to fight on behalf of
the oppressed. And they are needed to-day,
as they always will be needed, until
sin shall be destroyed and righteousness
(Continued on eighth page.)
The Mount Pleasant Public School
commencement exercises were held last
night in the Grand Opera House which
was filled with relatives and friends of
the High School Class of '07 who acquit-ted
themselves in full keeping with the
traditions of that institution, another
pleasing feature of the entertainment
being the music furnished by Ketter-ing’s
Greensburg orchestra. The fact
that there were no special honors award-ed
attests to the high standing of the
class as a whole. The full piogram was:
Invocation Rev. .1. K. Howe
Waken. Lords and Ladles Gay...O. E. Whitiug
lilRh School (Jhoi us.
Class Greeting Blanche M. Galley
The Mount Pleasant Public Schools
Fred. VV. Howarth
hives of Great. People Rachel O Galley
Music Selected
Kettering's orchestra.
Bobby Shaftoe Homer Greene
Ruth Miller.
Manufacture of Glass In Mount Pleasant.
Charlotte Miller.
’ oolsteps Charles Arnold Valin
The Lawn Party Charles Lecoeq
High School Chorus
VIy Thoughts Ruth Eiclier
The Enchanted Castle Elrner L. Fox
On the Class Motto LaVerne Keister
Presentation of Diplomas
Dr. M. W Horner. Prest. of Hoard
Serenade Schultz
High School Chorus.
Benediction Rev. D.' , Lyle.
Rev. R. L. Leatherman, the Lutheran
pastor, preached the baccalaureate ser-mon
for the class Sunday evening in the
Re-Union Presbyterian church. There
were no vacant seats from the doors to
the front pew where the graduates sat
with Principal H. D. Hoffman. A very
pleasing musical program was rendered
(Continued on eighth page.)
REV. R. L. LEATHERMAN
WHO PREACHED THE BACCALAUREATE SER-MON
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES.
byterian church and is survived by five
children. The interment took place at
Monongahela City Sunday.
It will never be known just how the
inspector came to be caught. Mine
Foreman Jeffrey was with him, but turn-ed
back for a few minutes to perform
some duty and then couldn’t find Mr.
Moliison whom the trip of 28 loaded
wagons dragged for several hundred feet
along the haulage where, mangled and
unconscious, he was finally found. He
came to at the hospital* but was too
weak to tell anything.
JOHN HAWKINS.
A FAMOUS DRUMMER AND FATHER
OF JOHNS HAWKINS.
Murderer Minney Respited.
Gov. Stuart granted a respite until July
25 to Wilbur Minney, of Fayette county,
who was to have been hanged Saturday
last in order that- Minney’s attorneys
may take his case before the Board of
Pardons on an application for commu-tation
to life imprisonment.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT DRUM CORPS.
The members are, standing, from loft to right—John Bossart, Robert H. Goodman, Abe F. Eicher, James Hawkins, H. J. Jordan, Seated,
left to right—Charley Swartz, Johns Hawkins, William Randolph, George Hitchman.
A FAMOUS OLD
LOCAL MUSICAL
ORGANIZATION
That will take Part in Tomor-row's
Memorial Exercises.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT DRUM CORPS
WHOSE HISTORY DATES BACK
TO BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
Some of the Present Members, of
Whom a Cut is Given Below, Mark-ed
Time When the Boys of Old
Company B Left for the Front in
the Dark Days of’01 and all will
he in Line Tomorrow and do Honor
to the Memory of our Fallen He-roes
as has Always Been Their
Pleasure.
For Mount Pleasant to observe Me-morial
Day without the old Mount Pleas-ant
Drum Corps would.be much like the
play of “Hamlet” minus the melancholy
Dane. But this famous organization, of
which a cut is given below, will be out
and in line bright and early tomorrow
morning just as it has been since the day
was instituted and, indeed, for many
years before whenever its services were
required and that, too, without cost to
any one outside the membership. It has
taken part in many demonstrations in
Pittsburg and neighboring towns, bnt
probably the biggest hit it ever made
was at Canton, Ohio, in the McKinley
presidential campaign, when it led the
big Mount Pleasant delegation that went
there to pay its respects to the Hon.
William McKinley.
Cyrus, better known as Charley, Swartz,
himself a veteran of the Oivil war, is
the dean of the corps. He and Bob
Hitchman, now of Nebraska, but who was
the drummer in the first cornet band the
town had, drummed as far as Philadel-phia
when old Company B, 28th Regi-ment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers, left for
the front in '61. When Robert moved
west his brother, George, took his place
and is still holding it down.
John C. Bossart comes from a family
of titers and, while he is mighty clever,
he says his hat is off to his uncle, Paul
Bossart, of near Pleasant Unity, now
fourscore years of age who is expected
here tomorrow to show John how a fife
should be blown.
The Hawkinses didn't invent drams,
but they have been beating them for
generations. Johns, the veteran hoisting
engineer in the coke region, and James,
present members of the corps, are
cousins, cuts of their fathers also appear-ing
in this issue. Johns has always been,
if anything, steadier than the works of
a clock, while “Tisne" was of the harum-scarum
order until after he got married
when Mrs. James settled him with a
heavy plastering lath.
Robert H. Goodman, the son of a Civil
war veteran, gets more real enjoyment
ont of a drum than probably any other
member. He has had over fifty years of
this fun and as he seems to grow young-er,
Bob's good for the whole century.
Aby Eicher has had charge of the bass
drum for about 25 years and has few
equals in drawing forth the music from
this instrument. When a little fellow he
asked Mrs. J. B. Jordan one day for
threat to sew on a button and “shread"'
was the best he could do. “Uncle Johns’*
dubbed him “Shread," a name that still
sticks to him.
William Randolph and Harry J. Jor-dan
are just good, every day drummers
who are, however, stuck up over the fact
that they belong to this ancient and hon-orable
corps.
One of the fathers of the corps was
Jacob Brier who now resides at Belling-ham,
Washington, where "Jake" and his
boys do all the drumming that little city
needs.
Singers in the Play.
The Singing Circle of the Polish Trans-figuration
church will give a theatrical
performance in the new parish hall Sat-urday
evening next. The piece is a
pretty comedy in the lives of a young
country couple, entitled, “Haughty
Honsewile” and connected with it will
be choruses and vocal solos by the clever
young amateur actors and actresses. The
management is sparing nothing to make
the affair a success.
End of May Criminal Court
William Jones, who was found guilty
of voluntary manslaughter for having
shot and killed Robert Burton, a fellow
colored man at Jeannette, was sent to the
penitentiary for eight years? while J. W.
Mitchell, the Braeburn jnnk dealer, COZM
victed of receiving stolen goods, was
sent to the workhouse for eight months.
The disposition of these cases wound np
the May term of criminal court.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1907
INHUMAN
TREATMENT
Somerset County Parents Pen Their
17-year-old Weak-Minded Daugh-ter
for Weeks in Smokehouse.
INFURIATED NEIGHBORS RESCUE POOR GIRL
One hundred infuriated neighbors one day last week rescued Ethel Hef-fley,
a half-witted girl about 17 years of age, from a smokehouse in which
she had been confined for several weeks by her parents, who reside on a farm
near Berlin, Somerset county, George Hefflev, the father, was arrested and
bound over to court to answer the charge of cruelty.
The smokehouse prison in which the girl was kept was 6x8 feet in size,
with but one window, which had been painted over to present the girl from
being observed by strangers who might be about the premises. When food
was given the prisoner it was thrown in upon the floor. The rescuing party
was composed of the most prominent citizens ot Berlin.
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The Spy and the Girl, j
A WARTIME ROMANCE.
By Captain A. MITCHEL.
Copyright, 1907, by F. A. Mitchel. T
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f7 N 1801 to 1805 I
was a cavalry-man
a 11 <1 a
scout. During
Sherman’s con-tinued
fight 011
his way to At-lanta
the en-emy
would
make a stand,
throw up
breastworks
and thus bring
our forces to a
halt. Then our
cavalry would
push out on
his flank, get
in his rear, and
his retreat would commence again. On
one of these occasions, when we were
on his flank, our cavalry commander
sent me in advance to report on the
position he proposed to occupy. I
went in uniform, which, in case I was
taken, would protect me from the fate
of a spy. After going the first half of
the distance on my horse I picketed
him and walked. I had a map show-ing
the roads over which the Confed-erates
would inarch if they retreated,
and I crossed most of them without
seeing any large bodies of troops. So I
resolved to return and report the fact
to the general.
Passing through a wood just off the
road, I came upon a house, one of
those southern dwellings with an open
space between two parts. In this case
each part was hut a single room. Be
ing concealed by trees, I considered it
a good place for a rest and something
to eat. So I went up to the open door
and knocked,
A girl about eighteen came to an-swer
the summons. When she saw a
r
SHE TUBNED PALE.
strapping young fellow in blue and yel-low,
wltli.a carbine slung over his hack,
she turned pate, But I smiled at her
as pleasantly as I could, which seemed
to reassure her. She was pretty, so
far as u country girl of her station
could be pretty, and, judging from an
ambrotype in the possession of my
irffl
was a flue looking young man. I re-solved
to work my way into her good
graces and kept up a perpetual look of
ndmiratiou for the purpose. I told her
that, though a Yankee, I had no reason
to do her any. harm -and if she would
give me a snack I would consider my-self
eternallv obliged.
Sue gradually gained confidence and
set something to eat before me. We
got on together so well that when I
proposed to depart she contrived ex-cuses
to detain me. It did not occur to
me that there was any purpose in this
except to enjoy my company. I have
seen country girls fall in love with a
likely young fellow in a few- hours, and
Hie girl seemed to ho doing the same
with me.
There was no one in the house except,
the girl and an old woman who kept
herself In one of the rooms. The girl
held me till just before dark. Theu( I
was about to'pull away from her, but
she said if I would wait till she could
find the cow she would fill my canteen
with fresh milk. She took a pail and
went away. I waited nearly half an
hour and was about to leave without,
a goodby or the milk when I heard a
man’s voice order me to throw up my
hands. I was sitting on the porch be-tween
the two parts of the house. My
carbine was resting against a chair. I
had my revolver, hut dare not draw it,
so I put my hands above my head and
waited. A man in butternut advanced
from behind a tree, covering me with
a shotgun, followed by two other men
and lastly the girl. She had gone away
for the purpose of betraying me.
I was disarmed, and the men search-ed
me, finding the map, which they
appropriated. One of them went away
and returned with a Confederate offi
cer and half c. dozen men, all mounted.
The officer looked at the map, then at
me, and said:
“This is spy work. You are in uni-form,
Tut you will be treated as a
spy.”
The girl was standing by, different
expressions flitting across her face. At
times she seemed proud of what she
had done, then very sorry for it. She
asked the officer how a spy was treat-ed,
and when he said “Hanged!” she
turned white as a sheet. The Confed-erates
put a lariat around my neck
and, mounting their horses, started me
off at a run on foot before ^them. I
cast a reproachful glance back at the
girl and saw on her face a look of hor-ror
at what she had done.
We had gone a mile when we met a
troop of cavalry and turned back with
them. Repassing the house we had
left, the officer who had me in charge
told the commander of the troop that
he would await “the general” there,
and I was. permitted to sit on the
porch in charge of two sentinels. Sud-denly
there was a sound of breaking
twigs, and a scattered line of horse-men
tame riding through the wood.
My guards darted ajvay, and when the
newcomers reached me the officer com-manding
them was the captain of my
"wn enmnanv.
My general had received orders tc
push on, which .he had done without
awaiting my return. I told him that
my guards had been awaiting the com-ing
of a general, which meant that
the enemy were again retreating.
As soon as I had recovered from this
sudden reprieve—I had expected to be
hanged—I turned to look at the girl
who had betrayed me. I never saw
such pleading in any* woman’s eyes,
but I was in no mood for it. With a
look of contempt, I turned away from
her and soon after left the house.
Years after while on, a train going
from the west to Atlanta I got off at a
station from which I had started my
scout and drove over to the scene of
my adventure. I found the house, hut
a new family in it. I asked a woman
living there what had become of the
girl.
“Oh, the gal that was livin’ yero in
’64? She’s dead. She betrayed a
Yankee sojer that q^ked her fo’ a
snack. Slic’d fallen in love with him,
but she didn’t know it. He was tuk
back by his own men, and the gal
Dined and died.”
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“The Dawn of Prosperity”
very properlv comes in the springtime
of youth. You cau't except a maid;
she is just as much entitled to her
chance as the man.
A SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT
is the sunrise, that.leads up to the noon
day meridian of full fledged compe-tency.
To open-'the account now is
wiser than at some future time, See
tjs about it and do it now.
The Citizens Savings & Trust Co.
MOUNT PLEASANT. PA.,
FIRST NATIONAL RANK.
OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital Stock $100,000
OFFICERS:
John D. Hltchman, President.
G. W. Stoner, Vice President and Cashier
DIRECTORS.
J. S. Hltchman, J. D. Hltchman,
J. S. Braddock. Wm. B. Neel.
J. C.Crownover, Jos. R. Stauffer.
8. N. Warden. C. >V. Stoner.
Isaac Sherrlck.
Particular attention given w collections, and
proceeds promptly settled.
A 25c. Bottle of
| Hemp's Balsam
Contains
40 DOSES,
And each doso is more effective than
four times the same quantity of any
other cough remedy, however well
advertised and however strongly rec-ommended
that remody may ho.
Remember always that KEMP’S
BALSAM is the
Best Cough Cure.
It lias saved thousands from con-sumption.
It lias saved thousands of lives. *
At all druggists’, 25c., 50c. and $1.
Don’t accept anything else.
Men’s
and
Boys’
Clothing.
& Men’s and
Boys’
Shoes
and
OxfordS.
Bill of Fare
FOR DECORATION DAY.
Suits in blue serge $8.50 to $13.50.
Suits in worsted, light and dark, $7.50 to $15.00
Youths’ Clothing
Suitp ages 14 to 20, in all colors, $5 50 to $15.00.
Trousers
Light and dark, best makes, $1.75 up to $6 00
Shirts
of standard makes, 50c up to $2.50.
Straw Hats
in all styles, 25c to $5.00.
Shoes and Oxfords
The latest tan, patent and plain leathers, $2 00 up to $6.00.
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Main Street, Mount Pleasant.
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Largest Head-to-Foot Outfitter for Men, Boys
and Children.
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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
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The Tubular is the cleanest skimming, most durable,
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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 2i 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. HITCH/WAIN,
East Main Street, MOUNT PLEASANT, PA
JAMES B. HOGG,
M. AM- SOC- C. E.
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
410 First National Bank Building, Connellsville, Pa.
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Structures, Surveys. Examinations and Reports. Topo-graphical
Work and the Laying Out of Towns.
EXAMINATIONS OF PROPERTIES FOR INVESTMENT.
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Northampton, Pa.
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WINGATE MACHINE—Side Face
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOUBNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1907.
GOULDS’
PROMISE
Is That They will Build the Railroad
Between Uniontown, This State,
and Wheeling-, W. Va.
JUST AS SOOH AS MONIY MARKET IMPROVES,
Plans for a railroad between Uniontown and Wheeling are said to have
’been dropped for the present as George J. Gould has promised the promoters
) that he will build the line just as soon as the condition of the money market
/ improves.
The company was organized by Pittsburg and Uniontown capitalists to
build a new line between Uniontown and Wheeling to develop 5 vast amount
of coal property. The Pennsylvania, th£ Baltimore & Ohio and the Van-derbilts
put up a strong fight to get possession of this line to prevent it from
falling into the hands of an independent company. The Gould interests,
however, managed to buy the rights of way and surveys. The owners of coal
lands along the proposed new road threatened to build a parallel line, but gave
up the idea on the Goulds promising to go ahead as soon as the financial out-look
is favorable.
For Grandpas Sake.
MV'
By BERTRAM WELLS.
grandpa went to war long ago.
i never saw him, but they told me
so.
And how, after a battle, sad news came,
Among the missing was my grandpa's
name.
THEY never heard of him again, they
said.
And so we know that grandpa must be
dead.
And when I think of him, so good and
brave,
I wish I knew where he had found a
grave.
y¥fHEN Decoration day comes every
vf year,
I feel so sad and sometimes shed a tear
To see the soldiers’ graves all spread with
flowers.
While grandpa ea^not have one rose of
ours.
SO if some little southern girl should
know
A nameless grave where blossoms never
grow.
I’d love her so if there some flowers
she'd lay.
For grandpa’s sake, this Decoration day.
THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
JN (he making of our banner
Was there meaninjj in each hue?
Was the blood red stripe of courajfe
Meantlo lead the white and blue ?
^ND the white, as si^n of pureness.
There for all the world to view.
Meant to be the guiding pillar
In between the red and blue?
the last, an open promise
That all rulings would be true.
Joining justice to the union;
To the red and white, the blue ?
jyj AKING thus a noble banner
That will lead our columns
through.
Courage, purity and wisdom.
Glorious red, white and blue.
JOHN R.. MAY.
An Animal-Lover’s Ambition.
To be a genuine lover of animals,
end to be able to effect an Improve-ment
In the breed of those which ap-peal
most to one's fancy, is to add a
lresh and lasting source of enloynient
to life.—C«vo,rv 1 •|f°
Lincoln and the Captured Brigadier.
“I remember,” Senator Depew said
recently, “being in, the executive man-sion
at one time and in Mr. Lincoln’s
office when a telegram was handed to
him which gave the information that a
brigadier general, through foolishness
of an extreme sort, had been captured
down in Virginia. In Ids command was
a long train of pack wagons and mules.
Mr. Lincoln read the dispatch. Then he
took up Ids pen and said;
“ ‘With that pen I can make a briga-dier
general in a minute, but I cannot
replace those mules!’ ”
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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The Way of Life.
Elephants are always drawn
than life, but a flea a! a-.s 1, t.
Swift. i
Subject to the Decision of the Republican
Primary Election June 1, 1907.
FOR CONTROLLED,
JOHN D. HITCHMAN,
Of Mount Pleasant.
FOR SHERIFF.
JOHN E. SHIELDS,
Of New Kensington.
BEN STEELE,
Of Irwin, Pa.
GEORGE H. STEVENS,
Of Monessen.
YOUNG MEN’S OPPORTUNITIES.
Greater Chances Today Than Were
Presented Their Fathers When
They Were Young.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 17.—The young
man of today has a hundred more
chances to better his condition than
had his father when he was
a young man — opportunities that
are golden and in which there
is not the least chance of
losing. Any young man who is ambit-ious
can soon rank in the front with
the wealthy men of our day. In nine
cases out of ten the wealthy men you
see or read about made their start on
a few dollars, but they put their few
dollars in a safe Investment, and in
the majority of Instances real estate
was their key to fortune.
Realty is the one tangible Invest-ment.
True, it lacks the spectacular
phases of the stock market. It has
none of the pyrotechnlcal qualities of
mining and plantation schemes and It
does not, as a rule, make a man sud-denly
wealthy. Realty is a commodity
that increases in value as the sur-rounding
territory, or the territory in
which it is located, builds up,, and
with the improvements come the In-crease
in value.
The young men hack in the sixties
and seventies who were wise enough
to see the future of downtown Pitts-burg,
invested a few hundred dollars
In real estate and today the same
realty they bought as low as $400 a
foot front is worth from $15,000 to
$20,000 a foot, or a property that cost
?10,000 then today is worth $300,000
to $500,000, and they had the rent
coming in each year, too.
Pittsburg is the city of golden op-portunities,
and during the past ten
years millions of dollars have been
made In her realty. The young man
of today will find in Pittsburg realty
the opportunity of his life, and his
greatest opportunity is in Arlington
Park. Arlington Park adjoins Wil-irerding,
the great Westinghouse town
where thousands are employed and
where a new addition is being built
that will tive employment to many
more. > East McKeesport adjoins it
and McKeesport, the home of many
Industries, including the National
Tube Plant, to which a $10,000,000 ad-dition
Is being built. When complet-ed
this addition will employ 5,000 ad-ditional
men. So that, roughly esti-mated,
over 7,000 homes will be
needed for the employes of the
two plants mentioned. Arlington
Park is the logical home site for these
—there are no more available build-ing
sites In McKeesport or Wllmer-ding,
and Arlington Park, offering
every convenience of the city, will be
their home site.
The new Highland Grove car line
passes through Arlington Park and
brings all the Westinghouse plants
within a few minutes' ride.
Investors or builders can make
money in Arlington Park. Here acre
lots containing from 10 to 15 city
lots, can bo purchased now for $800
and upwards. $25 secures any lot—
$8 to $25 a month pays for it.
Young man, It's your opportunity.
Write today for booklet—tells all about
this great money-making opportunity,
and hoTV to get a free trip to Pltte-burg.
Address G. M. CYPHER & CO.,
s McKeesoort. 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.
J. W. ARMBRUST,
Of Armbrusf.
REYNOLDS LAUGHL1N,
Of New Kensington.
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.
Subjeet to the decision of the Democratic
Primary Election Saturday, June 1, '07.
WILLIAM D. MULI.IN,
Of Mount Pleasant.
DANIEL BIERER,
Of Hempfield Township.
A
Good Drugs Don’t Grow
on every bush nor are they found in
every drug store. Can be had here,
however. At' little prices, too. Our
goods have won the approval of all dis-criminating
purchasers. Everything
offered is fresh and good Nothing has
a chance to deteriorate becauss goods
move in and out quickly.
These are seasonable medicines at
very small prices.
Prescription work our specialty.
Crystal Pharmacy,
C. F. COLDSMITH, Propr.
466 Main St Mount Pleasant. Pa
J. B. Coldsmith,
Headquarters for
Fine China,
China Dinner Sets,
Toilet Sets,
Hanging Lamps,
Stand Lamps,
Etc.
New Spring Wall Papers
Just In.
Paper Hanging
A SPECIALTY.
TRUSSES
WILL NOT
CURE
RUPTURE.
DR. WIX SAYS: I CURE RUPTURE
PILES FISTIIU
Datly at My Office
without a surgical operation,
without loss of time und at
reasonable cost.
Because for years these diseases have
been my sole specialty, I cure them safely,
ly and permanently and many
td§‘
ty t
iromptlv
undreds of cured patients cheerfully
testify to the success of my treatment and
permit me to refer Inquirers to them.
References Furnished on Application.
Illustrated Books Free: No* 1 on ltuptura;
No. 8 on Piles, Fistula; No. 4, letters from my
cured patients.
DR. CEO. B. WIX
Suite 201 -202. 2d Floor. NEW WERNER Bldg.
631 PENN AVENUE. PITTSBURG, PA.
OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 4:30 p m., and 0 to
8 p. m. Sundays, 1 to 4 p*m
After all, there’s nothing like Blue
Serge for Slimmer—provided it’s
a good Serge and well-made.
That is the only kind we sell=-- jfi
and the picture illustrates one of T
the best sty.les. Three-button, J
broad shoulders, long, graceful /fi
lapels, .semiform-fitting back with- S
out vents—it’s a very handsome j
model. m
Were you ten times a millionaire you could $
be no better dressed than in one of these *
fashionable SCHLOSS Serges. On warm
evenings add a white four-in-hand and a m
straw hat—it gives an extra smart effect. M
DESIGNED BY|M
6CHL05S BROS. «,Cti
iEwe Clothes Makers ’'lf|
fial'lmore and hew Torn-
Furnishings at lowest prices.
Straw Hats 50c to $3.00
Dillon & Sherrick,
Outfitters to Particular People,
3ck, Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa
DR. GREWER
Medical and Surgical Institute.
210 Harrison Ave., Lonkay Building-,
one-half square from P. H. R. depot,
GREENSBURG, PA.
DR. R. 0. FiNLAY, Specialist, Phy-sician
and Surgeon in Chief of the
Institute.
DR. f. GRFWER, 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. Vitns 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
Sores, Blood Poison, and all diseases of
the Skin, Ear, Nose, Throat, Heart,
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.
He will forfeit the sum of $5,000 for
any case of Fits or Epileptic Con-vulsions
that he cannot cure. •
Consnltation free in English and Ger-man
and strictly confidential. Write
if you cannot call.
Office Honrs: From 9 a. m. to 8:80
p. m. On Sundays, 9 to 12 a. m. only.
Union Supply Company.
FIFTY-EIGHT STORES.
Extraordinary Bargains 1
For you Summer sewing we have everything you can
possibly need for the making of Summer garments, from
a packet ot needles in the Notions Section to the latest
improved model sewing machine. Everything from a bit
of braid or embroidery to a bolt of silk, and in every in-stance
at prices sustaining the Union Supply Company's'"
reputation for underselling supremacy. The under-pricing
is general throughout our dry goods stock and staple
fabrics, those most in demand, which include everything
a mother wants to make garments for herself and children.
Wash Goods, Bright New
Spring and Summer Lines.
It will be a good investment of time to purchase this
line now. Wash goods must be bought now and given
into the hands of the Dress Makers if you want to have
something suitable to wear when warm weather comes.
Just at this time we are offering a choice collection of de-signs
and patterns in all popular styles.
If you want to buy Furniture, see ours.
Now is the house furnishing time; almost everybody
wants some new pieces or suits of Furniture and we have
made great preparations for Spring business. -Parlor
Suits, Bed Room Suits, Library Outfits. Dining Room Out-fits,
Noveltiesjin Porch Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, all
kinds of Lace Curtains; great showing in this department.
We can positively save you money. YVe will sell you on
the installmentjplanjif you want to buy that way. Take
time tojvisit our Furniture Department.
SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON !
Youthful Debility, etc.;—only 4 alone cured
for life by the German Treatment. Duly one
ueea no Heronry, othera do. (L7*Loat Vitality £
Manhood reatored; Nervous Debility 4 all effect*
1 of Youthful Indlseretione 4 Folly. All private 4
I speulal dUeavee of Men and Women oured. Drains,
. Losaea, Weakness. Truat none 1 Firat aend for and
read my book ‘‘Truth,” tell* all, exposing all advertlaing quacka,
Prof. G.F.THEELJ. 0. 527 |fthr l£
Philadelphia, Pa. The only graduated UKUMAN Hpe-rlallut
In Amrrlra ( 40 years in praotioe.Q /'There la no better,
the greateet of all (110 matter what othera falsely and deoeltfUlly
a
Union Supply Company,
58 Department Stores
Located in Fayette, Westmoreland and Allegheny C .unties
THE J.MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1907.
jiu. I (? »**»*•«*'«* ^ UUEU
JOHN L. SHIELDS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Subscription, SB I, =50 a Year. Payable In Advance.
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 postoffice 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.
WEDNESDAY, May 29. 1907
TARIFF REVISION IS COMING.
“Uncle Joe" Camion, speaker of the
National House of Representatives and
so long the priest of the tariff “stand
patters," will, it is said, abandon that
attitude as a candidate for the Republi-can
Presidential nomination and come
out for the complete revision of the
present tariff schedules.
Speaker Cannon has been represented
as absolutely opposed to tariff revision,
but it is claimed that he has not denied
that the tremendous industrial develop-ment
of our country has outgrown many
of the rates in the Dingley schedules.
He, however, has maintained that no re-vision
should be attempted unless the
entire schedule were changed.
His position has been that, although
many of the rates had become unjust, it
would work greater harm to tamper with
them without going through the whole
law and adjusting the tariff as a whole.
Mr. Cannon has opposed attempting the
wholesale revision at the end of a pres-idential
term, when the question can be
made a political football.
^American manufacturers, when pro-tected
as they are today, keep prices as
near the top of the tariff wall as foreign
competition will permit. Of course, they
pay high wages; but, the advances given
their employes fall far short of keeping
pace with the increased cost of living
today. Reductions in tariff rates must
come sooner or later and “Uncle Joe” is
wise in advocating them at this time.
STATE ARMORIES COST MONEY.
Until all the subscriptions have been
received for the new state armory at
Connellsville by Captain J. H. Simpson
it will be impossible to advertise for
bids. Money is coming in slow, says
“The Courier.”!
As a site has been selected it is now
up to Connellsville, our esteemed con-temporary
adds, to do the rest and when
the money is subscribed the building
will be erected.
From reports during the preliminary
stages of the proposed new home for
Company D, telling how subscriptions
were piling in, we were led to believe
that Company E’s new armory here
would soon be of the sear and yellow
leaf order; while, completed throughout
by popular subscription, it still stands
the first and only in the Second brigade.
As the good citizens of Brother Snyder’s
town doubtless realize now, new
state armories cost money. Still, we do
not doubt for a minute Connellsville
will do the right and generous thing by
the boys of D.
kill the new^ct, the next session of the
Legislature would in all probability
provide a more drastic measure. The
people of Pennsylvania want a two-cent
rate and are going to get it.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
The (Trim Reaper’s Work in This Plae
and Vicinity.
Mount Pleasant township lost one of
its oldest and most esteemed citizens
early Monday morning last when J.
Smith Lobingierpassed away at his home
east of town with his faithful wife and
all the children gathered about the bed-side.
For about a quarter of a century
he had been a sufferer from asthma, but
it was about a month ago that the heart
became effected seriously, rapidly sap-ping
his strength, although death was
due to a stroke. Funeral services will
be held at the house at 2:30 this after-noon,
the interment to follow at the
Middle Presbyterian churchyard.
Mr. Lobingier, who was a son of the
late John Lobingier and a grandson of
Judge John Lobingier, was born July 24,
1828, on the farm on which he lived and
died. Following a common school edu-cation
and a course at Washington &
Jefferson College, he was married on De-cember
25, 1860, to Miss Mary Jane
Cochran who survives with six of their
eight children, Walter S. and Chauncey,
Pittsburg lawyers, and Charles L.,Arthur
M., Alice I. and Esther L. at home. Ed-ward
and John, two other sons, are dead.
Mr. Lobingier, who was an elder in the
Re-Union Presbyterian church, had an
abundance of this world's goods, but he
left his children a much richer inherit-ance
in his good name.
continuing until June 16. The object of
these meetings is salvation only. The
old-time Gospel will be preached with
the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
The seats are free. All are welcome.
IP
Something to keep yon warm these
chilly evenings at small expense
WILLIAM D. MULLIN
LEADING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
DIRECTOR OF POOR.
aA:AiAcA.A:A: A.JLJU AI©
* ample IReseurces
The ample resour-
4 ces of this bank a5
jj shown by its latest
4 financial statement H
show, its strength
4 and growth. 1 he
H greatest liberality
4 ot treatment sanc-
[j tioned by sound
4 and ] rodent bank-
9 ing principles is
ij extended our de
4 positors.
first National Bank,
MOUNT PLEASANT. PA..
TWO-CENT RATE LITIGATION.
Attorney John G. Johnson, acting for
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
has filed a bill in equity in the common
pleas court against the county of Phila-delphia,
enjoining the defendant from
demanding any penalties for violation of
the two-cent rate law passed by the late
session of the Legislature.
It is set forth in the bill that if the-two-
cent fare bill is enforced, the char-ters
of the several railroads will be sub-stantially
altered by the curtailing and
restricting of their corporate rights in
respect to charges for transportation of
passengers; that it will reduce their rev-enue
from that class of traffic to such an
extent as to render the passenger busi-ness
non-compensative.
It is further set forth that the Penn-sylvania
railroad had previously fixed a
reasonable rate, but that 54 per cent, of
the interp^ssenger business in Pennsyl-vania
is conducted at a rate exceeding
two cents and that an enforcement of
the bill will cause additional reduction
in earnings of $1,000,000.
The Pennsylvania railroad people
claim that the act is unconstitutional,
although it is nassing strange they never
thus attacked practically the same legis
lation in Ohio. But, even should they
succeed in having the courts of this state
Last Night's Fire Alarms.
The public school commencement pro-gram
was carried out last night despite
a fire in-an outbuilding at the rear of the
opera house and a second alarm for a
gas stove blaze at J. C. Bossart’s East
Washington street home, although sev-eral
persons in the audience fainted and
the children in the gallery stampeded.
There is an ugly rumor about the origin
of the first fire that will be investigated
today.
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Items of Special Interest to Local
Church Goers.
Rev. E. R. Deatrick will hold services
in the First Reformed church Sunday,
both morning and evening, and at St.
Johns at 2:30 p. m. The Adult Bible
Class is a feature of the Sunday school
work at the First church, meeting at 9:30
a. m. You are invited.
The local Knights of Malta, as well as
the other members of the large congre-gation,
were greatly pleased with the
sermon their chaplain, Rev. C. E. Stoner,
ot Ruffsdale, preached for them at the
First Reformed church Sunday morning
on “Put on the Christian Armor.” He
gave a history of the order that dates
back to the days of the Crusaders in 1048
and showed how due heed to Paul’s
words made good knights. His forcible
conclusion was the plain statement that
this armor had no protection for the
back.*
The Sunday schools of Westmoreland
Classis will hold their annual conven-tion
in the local First Reformed church,
opening Wednesday evening, June 5, and
closing the next night with an address
by Rev. Dr. J. C. Bowman. At each sess-ion
there will be a devotional study of
the Epistle to the Philippians inter-spersed
with addresses by prominent
workers. C. E. Zimmerman, of this place,
will talk on “The State of the Sunday
Schools” Thursday morning. The public
is cordially invited to attend all the
sessions.
Rev. R. L. Leatherman, the local Lu-theran
pastor, will go to DuBois, Pa., to-day
to attend the meeting of the Pitts-burg
Synod of the Lutheran Church,
which will be in session until June 4.
There will be no services in the local
Lutheran church on. Sunday next. The
services last Sunday at the Middle Lu-theran
church were very interesting and
impressive when twenty-three new mem-bers
were received into the congrega-tion.
There will be a series of revival meet-ings
held in the Free Methodist church
on Silver street, beginning June 2 and
4*4444
•j Oldest Bank in Westmoreland
^ County.
4
w Capital $100,000.00
/I Surplus and Profits over 90,000.00
a©nrTIT
500
Boysand Girls
to take our complete
ACADEMIC Course.
It prepares for en-trance
to any of the
largest colleges or pro-fessional
schools of the
country.
Our course in
Music
is equivalent to the
first three years of any
of the conservatories
of the country and pre-pares
you for study
abroad in any of the
best schoolsofEurope.
When you are start-ing,
start right, and
when you are getting,
get the best.
igsiiiuie.
$7-50 Covert Jackets $4.85
These jackets are of the very best makes, lined throughout
with satin. Special at $4.85.
$6.45 for Jacket Suits wortFi $12 to $15
Odds and ends of suits worth $12* to $15. Only
20 of them. Come early to get your pick at $6.45.
TFie Central Point for Waist Buying
Another 25 dozen of the $1.50 to $1.7*5 waists at 95c- If
you couldn’t find your size last week, come now. All sizes,
all styles, at 95c-
<3.25 and 627
. Curtain Department on Second Floor. .
NEW PREMIUMS ARRIVING DAILY.
W. LAWRENCE KALP,
Act. Prin.
OOLDSTONE & SON
FTave a Cut Price Sale.
of surplus stock accumulated owing the unkind weather.
200 Men’s and Young Men’s Suits that would have been sold hut
for the unkind weather are cut in price $3 and $5 on each suit.
ADLER’S
Collegian Suits,
Brock Union-made, Hand-tailored Suits,
and S. & S. Quality Clothes
» ‘ •
comprise the bulk of the 200 suits. No better cloth-ing
made in America. Every garment guaranteed or
a new one in its place.
$ 8.50 Suits cut in price to $ 5.00
10.00 Suits cut in price to 7.00
12.00 Suits cut in price to 9.00
15.00 Suits cut in price to 10.00
20.00 Suits cut in price to 15.00
We Want You to See These Suits
with the snug-fitting collars, the full, natural shoul-ders
and the graceful long lapel, in all the clever new
checks, fancy cassimeres and worsteds, neat grey,
blue and black, all at cut prices. If you haven’t
bouffht your Spring suit yet ’twill pay you to come
in and try on one of the above suits. You don’t have
to buy, you know.
H. Goldstone & Son,
Clothing, Shoes and Furnishings.
Main street,
National Hotel Block. Mount Pleasant, Pa.
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THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 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 Hifth Carnival and Works off hie
Surplus Energy In Condensations
That Deal Solely with Matters Relating
i to Mount Pleasant
( It didn't freeze yesterday, but the cold
deemed like that of Christmas.
The local postoffice will be closed to-
/morrow except from 11 a. m. until noon.
Ernest Wakefield, the local tailor, is
?ecoverinj< from a mild attack of spinal
meningitis.
The stork brought a ten-pound son
Saturday to the Church street home of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Byerly.
The annual May Festivals for the ben-efit
of St. Joseph’s church began last eve-ning
and will be continued tonight.
The engineers for final location of the
extension of the Greensburg trolley line
to this place and Scottdale will be put
to w<yk next week.
Charter members of the new local
chapter of Loyal Order of Moose will
meet the organizer, D. L. Brooks, in Red
Men’s Hall Friday evening, May 31.
Robert Warden Post, G. A. R., held a
special meeting Saturday evening and
adopted resolutions urging Governor
Stuart to sign the new state soldiers’
pension bill.
Friends of H. R. Freed will be pleased
to learn that he has so far recovered
from a recent illness as to be able to
visit Pittsburg Saturday last with his
son, Charles.
Amos Hoyle, of Quemahoning Junc-tion,
a railroad section foreman, who
was run down and killed by an engine
on May 18, was the father of Mrs. H. L.
Treber, of this place.
Charles Bossart, the local contractor
and builder, has been engaged to super-intend
the sinking of the Frick compa-ny’s
new shaft on the Fisher farm, north
of the Standard works.
Miss Carrie Schaub's music scholars
gave a very pleasing recital from 2 to 5
Saturday afternoon at that lady's East
Main street home. A dainty luncheon
was served after the musicale.
Friends of Miss Edith Guy, of Pitts-burg,
formerly of this place, will be
pleased to learn that she was awarded
the gold medal in a recent piano contest
at the East End Carnegie Library.
James S. Hitchman, of this place, and
Robert Ramsay, superintendent for the
H. C. Frick Coke Company at United,
got new White steamer automobiles
Thursday. Both machines are beauties.
J. B. Myers, Jr., the East End music
man, was so pressed for time in the de-livery
of a new Weaver piano he sold
last week that he telegraphed an order
to the York factory to forward the in-strument
by express.
As will be seen by an advertisement
on another page of this issue, the Hecla
farm of the late James Rumbaugh will
be offered at public sale on Thursday
afternoon, June 6, by the executor, Geo,
S. Rumbaugh, Esq., of Greensburg.
Joe Snyder, engineer in charge at the
Mount Pleasant Ice Company’s plant,
froze a dressed chicken and a lot of
fruit in a big cake Saturday and then,
as a sort of judgment because of the
temptation to steal the display was, had
his hand hurt in the machinery.
Asa Joseph wanted to remove his big
safe from the Church street store room,
which he recently sold to William
Brinkley, but Simon Shemas demanded
rent for it. The local police and consta-bulary
took a hand and Asa at last got
the strongbox by paying $28.50.
ROY/tL
BakingPowder
Absolutelyfute
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.
Marriage Licenses.
The following marriage licenses have
been granted for this vicinity during the
past week:
John S. Trice and Jennie S. Springer,
both of Mount Pleasant township. .
William Dorwart, of Detroit, and Anna
Miller, of Mount Pleasant.
REDUCED RATES TO HARRISBURG
Via Pennsylvania Railroad Account Repub-lican
State Convention.
The Republican State Convention will
beheld at Harrisburg on Thursday, June6.
For this occasion the Pennsylvania
Railroad will sell round trip tickets to
Harrisburg June 1 to 6 good to return
until June 15 inclusive, from all ticket
stations in Pennsylvania, at reduced rates.
This will be an excellent opportunity
to see the New State Capitol which has
been pronounced the handsomest State
building in the United States.
For the fare from your nearest station
apply to the Ticket Agent.
Reduced Rates to Greensburg and Lancaster
via Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the Prohibition State Convention-at
Greensburg, Jane 6 and 7, round trip
tickets to Greensburg will be sold by the
Pennsylvania Railroad June 3 to 6, good
returning until June 9, inclusive, from
all ticket stations in the State of Penn-sy:
ania at reduced rates.
Tickets will also be sold at reduced
rates from ticket stations in Pennsylva-nia
to Lancaster, June 8 to 13, good to
return until June 15, inclusive, on ac-count
of the Great Council of Red Men
of Pennsylvania, which will be held at
Lancaster, June 11 to 13.
For rate from your station consult the
ticket agent.
FOK SALE:—Desirable residence on Col-lege
avenue with all modern convenien-ces.
Also 6-room dwelling on Eagle
street. Inquire of J. W. Hpnter. 5 29 tf
FOR SALE:—Self- inking Excelsior print-ing
press and outfit. Prints a form 5x8
inches. Complete outfit, consisting of
type, leads, brass rule, inks, etc. Cost
$125. Will sell for $40. If interested,
write. P. O. Box 554,
5 29 tf Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Agent for Famous Water.
D. P. Lowe, of this place, has been
given the local agency for the Kecksburg
Artesian Springs Mineral Water. Any
orders sent to him by phone or other-wise
will receive prompt attention.
5 29 2
FOR RENT:—Large, centrally located
stable, suitable for a tin-shop. Inquire
at this office. 5 2 tf
FOR SALE:—Two desirable building
lots, convenient to St. Joseph’s parocial
school and church. Orris Rees. 5 16 6
WANTED:—Carpenters by the Search-light
Manufacturing Company, Mount
Pleasant; wages, $2.50 to $4.00 per day.
NEW SAFETY DEVICE
Now Using Installed by Local Banking
Institutions.
The first Nationsl Bank and Citizens
Saving Sc Trust Company are always
progressive. They are not satisfied they
have one of the most modern and com-plete
new bank buildings in the county
which is equipped with the latest im-proved
vaults and safes, but with all
this to further protect and safeguard
your money, they are installing the
American Bank Protective Electric Sys-tem
against holdups and robbers and the
like.
To give a brief description, the vaults
are now lined with magnetized sheet
steel plates, which are connected with a
switch and battery located in each vault
and three large gongs. One of these
gongs is located on the outside of the
building and one over each vault door.
This system gives an alarm which can
• heard all over the- town. The work-nen
are still busy installing the plant
' which will be completed in a short time
when a public invitation will be given
to call and see the system demonstrated.
Watch THE JOURNAL tor the announce-ment
as these banks wish every citizen
in this community, young or old, rich
or poor, to come in and see it work. It
is a wonder in bank safety devices.
FOR SALE CHEAP:—An excellent one-horse
delivery wagon. Inquire of W. H.
Miller, Church street. 5 16 tf
FOR SALE:—Dwelling house with all
modern improvements and good lot on
East Washington street. Inquire of J.
W. Hunter. ' 5 16 tf
MissHorstkamp, milliner, second floor,
Swartz block, has everything new and
up to the minute in fashion’s demands.
3 28 tf
AROUND AND ABOUT,
But Principally Within the
Bounds of This County.
A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS
SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE
EXCHANGES.
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
What “Billy” Wilson Wants.
Hon. William D. Wilson, of Greens-burg,
who was one of Westmoreland's
representatives in the Legislature a few
years ago, is now one of the Republican
candidates for Director of the Poor and,
while some two dozen of his competitors
will be disappointed, “Billy" feels con-fident
he is going to be one of the lucky
three. His career as a business man
makes him especially well fitted for the
place.
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Miss Rubles to Remain.
Miss Rublee, instrumental teacher at
the Institute, will remain in town during
the summer and receive pup J*
How these Articles Appear After They
Have been Boiled Down Into Short
Paragraphs That Speak to the Point
But Briefly of Interesting EventB
Transpiring in the Old Star of the West
Jeannette business men will, it is said,
build an electric road from that place to
Export.
The Prohibitionists will hold their
state convention at Greensburg on June
6 and 7.
It is said that J. C. Work will get the
appointment as judge of the new or-phans
court in Fayette county.
The contest over the will of the late
Jacob Byers is again up in common pleas
court at Greensburg this week.
John Kabshar, a foreigner miner at
Claridge, while crazed with drink Sun-day,
shot his wife, child and himself.
All three may die.
In a drunken row at the Carbon mines
near Greensburg Sunday Marcell Bufano
and Peter Marian, two Italians, were
perhaps fatally shot.
Mrs. Ida Saxton McKinley, widow of
the late President William McKinley,
died at her Canton, Ohio, home Sunday
of paralysis, aged 60 years.
A big brown bear, that has its lair in
an abandoned coal bank near Beatty, is
killing pigs in that section. Nelson
Hontz has lost two porkers.
Work has been started on the exten-sion
of the Ligonier Valley railroad
from Wilpen to Fort Palmer. It is ex-pected
to have the track finished by fall.
Rev. E. S. Wallace, for eight years
pastor of the Greensburg First Presby-terian
church, resigned Sunday last.
His plans for the future have not been
made.
The Seanor Lumber Company, com-posed
of Westmoreland and Fayette
capitalists, has just closed a deal for
1,500 acres of timber in the Cheat river
district.
Frank W. Otto, said to be from Kings-view,
Pa., was 'arrested at Connellsville
Thursday charged with trying to pass a
check forged on D. M. Bortz, a Greens-burg
hardware man.
It is now said the B. & O. people are
back of the Indian Creek railroad that
will be pushed to a connection with their
Somerset & Cambria branch as well as
into Ligonier Valley.
A fall of roof coal Wednesday morn-ing
at the Atlas mines near Dunbar re-sulted
in the instant death of Steve Rek-nox.
James Warman sustained a broken
leg and four other miners received slight
injuries.
The Board of Pardons has recommen-ded
a pardon for James Swaney, of Fay-ette
county, who was sent to the peni-tentiary
for 14 years for the murder of
William Turner near Haydentown over
four years ago.
As the quartermasters are opposed to
Tipton, near Altoona, as the place for
holding this year’s encampment of the
Second brigade, N. G. P., because of the
low lying ground, another site will
likely be chosen.
The lifeless body of George Motot,
aged 40 years, was found dangling from
the end of aclotheslihe at his home near
the Dunbar furnace Wednesday morning.
He had threatened to take his life. He
leaves a widow and seven children.
Following the election of Richard
Coulter, Jr., as Colonel of the Tenth reg-iment
by the line officers at Pittsburg
last Wednesday night, Captain H. H. El-verson,
of Company B, New Brighton,
was chosen Major of the First battalion.
Frank Austin, a young painter who
leaves a widow and two children at Un-iontown,
committed suicide at Mones-sen
last Wednesday night by jumping
from the third story window at the Du-quesne
Hotel, dashing his brains out on
the pavement.
Sergeant Anthony Lohmiller and Pri-vate
Leonard Andress, of the Greensburg
state troopers, have been held for court
in Allegheny county in $5,000 bail each,
charged with having shot and killed
Robert Carr, a colored crap shooter, at
West Homestead on May 11.
Strickler’s Store.
1854-1907.
c±s
Easy enough Tor a store to get plenty
of Dry Goods that’s just Dry Goods,
but Choice Dry Goods is a different
proposition, and that’s what this store
invites you to investigate. At whatever
price you wish to pay the article sub-mitted
for your inspection is the best at
the price the market offers and we gladly
invite comparison.
WHITE GOODS
Muslin Underwear.
Corset Covers, 30c for 25c
“ 65c for 5oc
Muslin Drawers 25c upward.
White Skirts 50c, 75c, $1.00, upward.
Night Gowns 50c, 75c, $1.00, upward.
White belts 25c and 5oc.
LINENS
White Linens for skirts and suits, yard wide,
25c and 50c per yard.
Large showing of white goods, linen lawns,
India linens, checks, nuns veiling, wool taffeta, mo-hair,
Sicilians, silks.
NOTIONS
♦
New things in Comb Sets, Back Combs, Side
Combs, Hose Supporters, Pins.
TOILET GOODS
Talcum Powder, Soaps, Perfumery. Goods of
merit only offered for sale.
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Main street and Diamond Square, MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
\
C. A.Roshon,
Sight Specialist
AND
Tine Memorial Day Outlook.
With fair weather tomorrow Mount
Pleasant will hold the most impressive
Memorial Day observance in her history,
it being the intention of even the ladies
to turnout. Another feature not men-tioned
in the program published in last
week’s JOURNAL will be the presence of
Greensburg’s Veteran Drum Corps.
Dynamite Lets go at Alverton.
Mount Pleasant was treated to an
earthquake on a small scale Thursday
afternoon, caused by an explosion of
dynamite at Alverton. The Rainey coke
people had eight old boxes of the stuff
which they had a man take out and burn
in a field. No one was hurt, but the good
citizens of the village are still busy re-placing
broken glass. «
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of Johnstown, Pa.,
Desires to inform the people of
this place and vicinity that he
has now located a branch office
at Hotel Albright, Mount Pleas-ant,
Pa.
Eyes Carefully Examined and
Tested at Your Home
on request or by appointment.
Glasses Accurately Fitted when
Required at Reasonable Prices.
Will make professional calls,
give you careful examination of
the eyes and first-class optical
service at your own home if de-sired
and as perfectly satisfac-tory
and cheaply as the same
service can be had any where;
thus
SAVING YOU TIME, TROUBLE AND
MONEY.
Examination of the eyes made
by use of the Ophthalmoscope,
Retinscope, Trial Case and oth-er
up-to-date appliances.
Positively No Drugs nor Drops Used
in Our Eye Tests.
Examination Free.
Call at address below or advise
and I will call on you
C. A. ROSHON,
Sight Specialist,
Hotel Albright,
Mount Pleasant, - Pa.
Special Sale in Our Tea Store!
DON’T MISS IT.
We mention but a few of the many items for this sale;
Large 10-quart tin water pails each 10c
Good strong flour sifter, worth 25c, for 10c
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 chiDa pieces and glass-ware
for table use for only, each lOc
Try Our Teas and Coffees.
We keep four or five grades of coffee, fresh roasted, not the kind
put in packages, but high grade coffee, strictly fresh. Our teas
and coffees are always fresh—they are always coming in and going
out; we don’t let them stay long enough to lose their aroma and
flavor. In Teas we keep Young Hyson, Old Hyson, Gunpowder,
Imperial, basket dried Japan, Green Japan, Oolong, Moyune, As-sam.
English Breakfast and Formosa. If you like mixed tea try
Spring Bud Mixture.
McGEE’S STORES,
East Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa
Ask
v‘-ia
Why Suffer
all'tke worry and anxiety of
baking day in your hot kitch-en,
when we can supply you
with every delicious dainty
in the way of
CAKES AND PIES?
Give us the order for your
Sunday dinner now. Our
good things are an economy
as well as a delight. Bread.
.7, .
THIS MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1907.
BETTER
THAN EVER
Is What the Management Intends to
Make This Year’s County Fair at
Youngwood Sept. 10-13.
NEW FEATURES WILL BE ADDED.
The Westmoreland county fair will be held this year at Youngwood Sep-tember
10-13 and it is the intention of President Barnhart,-Secretary Holtzer
and the other officers and directors of the Westmoreland Agricultural Society
to make the exhibition this year bigger and better than ever. Last year it
surpassed any former efforts and the results were highly satisfactory to the
promoters.
New buildings will be erected this year and additional exhibit and stable
room will be provided. Special features will also be added to the coming ex-hibition
and the races will be the fastest ever held at Youngwood, as the
purses will be larger, which will attract better horses and more of them.
The Medal of Honor.
(J=^ AMERICA’S BADGE ef, COURAGE. <^=0
By ROBERTUS LOVE.
1s
5*
3-
Copyright. 1907, by Robertas Love.
by tile olrciinmfonces under which It
MElllCA'S badge of was received. Comrade Thomas Du
oonrnge Is the
rtiedul of honor.
This Is the med-al
that is confer-red
by congress
upon soldiers and
sailors for con-spicuous
deeds of
bravery In actu-al
fighting. In all
the world there
Is but one other
medal conferred
for just the same
sort of gallantry
and for no other
kind of service.
That is the Vic-toria
Cross of Trent Britain. France’s
Cross of the Legion of Honor, Germa-ny’s
Iron Cross and Russia's Cross of
St. George are usually conferred for
distinguished gallantry in actual bat-'
tie, but not always. The American
medal of honor can be earned In no
other way.
• Iu this country, as a rule, we do not
make much ado over the medal of hon-or.
When the Victoria Cross is con-ferred,
there is much glitter and gold
lace, ceremony and so forth. Now and
then the president of the United States
personally pins the medal upon the
breast of a liero, but more often the
cherished little bronze badge is sent
through the mails, and the recipient
gets a ten line notice in bis local news-paper.
Nevertheless, this is the very
highest honor that can be bestowed by
the government of the United States
upon one of its defenders by land or
s@a.
I11 the conferring of this medal there
is no distinction of rank. The hum-blest
private soldier and the epauleted
major general may receive medals
struck from (ho same die. Thus In the
aristocracy of military courage all men
are equal. It is an aristocracy, for the
medal of honor “set” is very exclusive.
Approximately 2,500,000 men fought
for the United States during the civil
war, and less than 2,000 of them re-ceived
the medal of honor. Congress
voted nearly half of this number to
the members of an entire regiment at
one sitting. Right on the eve of Get-tysburg,
that pivotal battla of the war,
the term of service of the Twenty-sev-enth
Maine volunteer infantry expired.
To a man the brave fellows volunteer-ed
to stay in the army and go Into that
fight. Every survivor received the
medal. Less than twenty medals have
been conferred upon soldiers and sail-ors
who fought in the SpanisU-Atnerl-can
war and perhaps not so many up-on
heroes of the Philippine service.
Many a medal of honor man has
held this official tribute to his bravery
for years and years, all unknown to
his townspeople. Some of our heroes
are too modest to wear their medals
even when they march with their army
post on Memorial day. But until three
years ago the wearing of the medal
of honor would not have disclosed to
the general public the fact that the
veteran possessed it, for unfortunately
the original form of the medal was so
nearly like that of the Grand Army
badge that only by the closest inspec-tion
could the two be distinguished.
Geueral John A. Logan, founder of the
G. A U., recommended for the em-blem
of that body a design which,
though at the time he was unaware of
It, was almost a duplicate of the med-al
of honor. This design was adopted
and Is worn by all the Grand Army
men. Three years ago, in order to
avoid this confusion, a new design for
the medal was adopted. Under the
rules the new medal was to be given
to any holder of the old medal upon
his turning in the old one. Some of
the holders turned in their cherished
tokens and received the new design,
but many preferred to keep the old
medal, which had become endeared to
them by long years of possession or
vis of the Second New York infantry,
to give a particular instance, said that
he never would give up Ills old medal
because it was presented to him by
General Grant in person in the pres-ence
of the regiment for capturing the
battleiing of a Georgia regiment at
Cold Harbor. The new modal has been
patented to protect it against farther
confusion.
The original medal of honor was cre-ated
by act of congress In 1802, the
Idea being suggested by General K. I).
Townsend, adjutant general of the
army during (lie war. General George
THE NEW MEDAL OF HONOR.
L. Gillespie, assistant to the Chief oi
staff of the army, was the designer of
the new medal. It is of bronze, sus-pended
from a hidden liar of the same
metal by a blue silk ribbon stamped
with thirteen white stars. The pend-ent
medal includes a five pointed star,
above which are a bar containing the
word “Valor” and an eagle with wings
outspread. A wreath of laurel is
around the five points of the star. The
star is suspended from the bar. The
ribbon is two inches wide, the eagle’s
wings from tip to tip covering its
width. The old medal has a bronze
star of the same mold, but the ribbon
is a small American Hag, beneath
which is an eagle, with outspread
wings, sitting upon two crossed can-non,
with an inverted pyramid of can-non
balls beneath. This is the army-medal.
The navy medal is suspended
from the ribbon by an anchor instead
of an eagle. On the back of the medal
are inscribed the name of the hero and
a few words regarding the deed of
bravery for which the token is con-ferred.
A few years ago an order called the
Medal of Honor Legion was organized,
which meets annually. Members of
this legion are of two classes, actual
holders of the medal and descendants
of holders. The legion lias about 300
members of the first class.
Volumes would be required to tell
the story of each daring deed for which
congress has voted a medal. For the
present purpose mention may be made
of a few medal of honor men who
have reached high rank. One of these
is Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles.
. As colonel of the Sixty-first New York
volunteers Miles commanded a line of
skirmishers against a strong force at
Chancellorsville. To encourage his
men Miles several times leaped upon
an eminence, calling to his followers
to hold their ground. In this exposed
position the young colonel was finally
wounded seriously. He received the
medal for that particular deed.
The lato General William R. Shatter,
who commanded the United Slates ar
my In Cuba at the Santiago battles,
climbed a tree during the civil war and
won ills medal. General Slmfler was
much leaner and more active then than
lie was at. the time of the Spanish
trouble, wlten lie could not have climb-ed
a tree to save Ills life. Sliaflet' was
wounded In one leg at Hie battle of
Fair Oaks. Seeing a surgeon aiuuofieli
mg, lie knew Hint lie would lie picked
tip and sent to the rear, lie managed
to ellinli a tree, concealing himself In
(lie foliage until the surgeon passed by.
Then lie climbed down and fought all
day on Ids wounded leg.
Arthur MaeArtlmr, who, like Miles,
had been llentennnt general of the ar-my,
earned Ids medal at Gettysburg,
lie was a company officer In a Wiscon-sin
regiment. On the fierce charge up
Missionary Illdge Hie regimental color
bearers were picked off one by one.
MaeArtlmr took Hie colors from the
bands of a wounded sergeant mid bore
them to the crest of the ridge, where
ho planted the stuff.
General ,1. Franklin Hell, the present
chief of staff of Hie army, won Ills
modal In Hie Philippines, whore he
rode far In advance of Ids men In pur-suit
of two Filipino officers and five
privates. He captured a captain and
two privates, scattering the rest of the
little band with revolver shots, while n
large force of Filipinos was firing upon
him from the bamboo thickets.
Executor’s Sale
OF Real Estate!
The undersigned will ofter et public
sale, on the premises, at Hecla, on
Thursday, June 6,1907,
At 2 o’clock p. m., all that
Tract ol Land
Situate iu Mount Pleasant township,
Westinorelrnd county, Pa., adjoining
landsofllie Hecla Coke Company, Mount
Pleasant Coke Company, A. M. Stauffer,
S. It. Kufl and others, containing
194 ACRES,
more or less, excepting and reserving
the Connellsville vein of coal, with such
mining rights as have been conveyed
with the coal; also, excepting land sold
to Sreet Railway Company; having there-on
erected a Large Dwelling House,
Frame Barn and Tenement House;
also, having thereon growing a Good
Orchard.
The farm is located on the Hecla
branch railroad and on the West Penn
Street Railways Company’s main line.
TERMS:—Ten per cent of the pur-chase
money when property is knocked
down; balance of one-half in 30 days,on
delivery of deed; remainder in twoeqnal
annual payments, with interest payable
annually, and io be secured by bond and
mortgage on the premises.
Growing crops reserved. Property
will be sold subject to the rights of the
tenants. Possession given April 1, 1908.
GEO. S. RUMBAUGH,
Executor of James Rumbaugh, dec'd.
SHORT TALKS BY ~
L. T. COOPER.
"HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY.”
111
Miss MIDDLBTON.
"I am not a believer ia too much medi-cine,
Don’t take medicine all the time.
Get a good tonio
and take it until the
old vitality retnrns
then stop. A gen-eral
tonic and sys-tem
renovator
should be taken in
the spring and fall.
For this purpose
there is nothing bet-ter
on earth than
Coaper’s New Dis-covery,
but I advise
no one to take this
medicine or any
other ail year long.
Give nature a chanoe. Establish regularity
in movement of the bowels. Drink plenty
of water but not at meal time. Chew your
food very carefully and eat slowly. Sleep
with the window open, don't be afraid of
iresh air and do not eat a great deal of
grease. Be regular at meals. Go to bed
and get up at the same hour each day if
possible. Take a bottle of Cooper’s New
Discovery twioe a year and your life should
be long and healthy.
Here is what Cooper’a New Discovery
does for run-down people who need a tonic:
‘‘I have been sick for a number of years
with Btomach trouble and also from Dack-aches
and headaches. Sometimes I became
so weak I could not stand on my feet. My
food did not seem to nourish me and I
could not gain strength. I felt tired to
death all the time. Nothing I took helped
me, and hearing so much of the Cooper
medicines I decided to try them.”
"I have taken two bottles of Cooper’s
New Discovery with the moat remarkable
results. I now feel entirely well. My
appetite is fine, I sleep well, have no more
headaches and am quite strong again. I
cannot express my thanks for what these
medicines htve done. ” Sallie Middleton,
1957 Central Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Aak us about these medicines.—Wt
sell them.
H. F. Barkley.
Farmers & flerchants
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Our Shoe department, is increasing for our trade demands it. We do not
keep shoes hut, we sell them Every pair of shoes sokl in our store means an-other
friend added to our list. When you talk dress shoes everybody knowB
that the Edwin C. Hurt Indies’ Shoes and Oxfords, $3.50 find $4.00, are unequal,
ed for style, quality and durability, and we are here to back it with the goods.
The popular dark shade of Tan Oxfords, the new Christie Tie, the Pump, Shoes
and Oxfords with turn sole for tender feet.
Fifty different styles in Babies' Shoes, and we have them all displayed in
our store for you to select from.
Shoes to sell for children and young misseB in plain and patent leather)
all styles and shapes, from 6f»c up to $2.50.
We Sell Shoes, and Everybody Knows It!
Our Ladies’ Furnishings and Jacket Suits are causing comment in Mount
Pleasant and vicinity. We have the goods the people' want and cater to The
People that want our goods.
The Store tor All the Ladies.
The Store All the Ladles are Lor.
623 Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Chas. Pross’ Old Stand.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE,
487 MAIN BT.. MOUNT PLEASANT.
NA. OORT.
• ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Second FloSr new Hank and Trust building,
Mount Pleasant.
New Laird buildiug, Main st.. Greensburg.
McGEARY & HARSH,
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW.
McOausland building. West Otteiman St.,
Greensburg.
WARDEN & L1GHTCAP,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building. Greensburg.
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Banx Block, Mount Pleasant.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW.
B arclay Building, Greensburg
DR. C. L. SHEPPARD,
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
All diseases successfully ireated 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 Irarance Agency
833 East Main street, - Mount Pleasant
L. S. RHOADES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE & NOTARY PUBLIC
A11 kinds of legal papers prepared and exe
cuted. Collecting a specialty.
Office 1109 Main Street. Mount Pleasant
CHAS. F. RUMBAUGH,
Real Estate and Insurance
Room 6, Farmers 4c Merchants National
Bank B’ld’g, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
THERE ARE MANY UPS AND DOWNS IN LIFE
None so marked as those in the
“WONDER”
This up-and-down motion of the cream
is a distinctly new feature in freezing
and enables one to not only freeze cream
easier and quicker, but gives to it a de-licious
and velvety consistency which
none but the WONDER can produce.
We have them in all sizes.
S.B. COLVINS Co.
Center of^Town,
MOUNT PLEASANT. I PENNA.
V,
ELI CROSBY,
Auctioneer and Sale Crier,
Sarvice the Best.
»
TAB.R, PA.
Terms Reasonable
Going to Europe?
Engage your passage jt the
same price the Companies'
New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore offices charge, at
J. REICHMAN'S FOREIGN BANK,
Opera House Block, Mount Pleasant
Represent 16 leading lines.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 89, 1907
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But n Heronm of terror, so shrill and
Mohement that It seemed to he almost
inlrnculous from so frnll » form, froze
<ke vow on Ills lifts.
“Phil, what lire yon shying? Oh, my
on, m.v son. do not break my heart
tefore I die. Kiss me, dearest. I am
•old. I can scarce see you. Come
nearer. Let me look once more Into
your brave eyes. You will be a great
man, Phil. 1 know it. Who should
know your character like your mother?
But you must have faith In Hod al-ways.
I liavo prayed for you, and my
prayers will surely be granted. 1 will
watch over you. If you are in danger,
my spirit will come back to you across
the void. We cannot be parted. Ob.
tied, It Is Impossible! You are the life
of my life. I am not dead while you
still live.”
Even as she spoke her left hand and
nrm, hitherto untouched by the cruel
blight which had mhde her n helpless
Invalid during many weary months, be
came numb and rigid. She was dying
now, not with the struggle against the
king of terrors which often marks the
passing of humanity, but with a slow
torpidity more akin to sleep.
Her brain was clear, but the stock of
nervous force had sunk so low that her
few remaining words wine spoken with
difficulty. They were mostly endearing
expressions, appeals to her loved one
to hope and pray, to trust steadfastly
In the all wise power that would direct
his destiny. With the Iasi flicker of
existence the maternal Instinct became
dominant again, and she asked him not
'to forget her.
The boy could only murmur agonized
appeals to the merciless unseen not to
rob him of the only being he held dear
on earth, but even in that awful mo-ment
he had the strength to cease Ills
frantic protests when they seemed to
•cause her pain, and be forced himself
to Join her in prayer.
When the doctor brought a florae
and some small store of the much
needed delicacies Mrs, Anson was al-ready
unconscious.
The boy, aroused from frenzy by the
steps on the stairs, shrieked incohe-rently:
“1 have killed my mother. See! She
Is dead. I killed her. I made her cry.
You told, me to look after her until you
returned. She cried and screamed be-cause
I spoke so wildly. It Is all my
fault. I”—
“Hush! Your mother Is not dead, but
dying. Not all the skill of man can
save her. Let her die in pence.”
No other words could have checked
the wild torrent of lament that surged
from that wounded heart. So she still
lived. There remained a faint flicker
of life. Not yet bad she passed the
dreadful barrier of eternity. Through
bis blinding tears he thought lie could
discern a smile on the worn face. The
doctor watched Phil more narrowly
than the sunken frame on the bed. It
was best that the paroxysm of grief
should go untrammcled. The nurse, a
young woman unused ns yet to the in-evlta
bioness of death, moved timidly
toward the windows and adjusted the
curtains to admit more light.
At last when. I’hll's strength yielded
to the strain of his sorrow and the
very force of his agony had spent It-self
the doctor leaned over the Inani-mate
form and looked int^ the eyes.
"It has ended, Phil,” lie whispered.
“Your mother Is In heaven!”
Ill heaven! What a tocsin of woe In
a message of faith! The boy suddenly
stood up. Hope was murdered within
him. His tears ceased, and his labored
breathing came under control with a
mighty effort. He stooped and kissed
the pale cheeks twice.
“Goodby, mother,” he said, and the
dull pain in his voice was so heart-rending
that the nurse’s sympathies
mastered her. She burst out crying.
Professional instinct came to the doc-tor's
aid. He sharply reprimanded the
half hysterical woman and sent her off
on an errand to bring those whose duty
it is to render the last services to frail
mortality. The boy he led downstairs.
He was a busy man, with many claims
on his time, but this strange youngster
interested him, and he resolved to turn
the boy’s thoughts forcibly away from
the all absorbing horror of his moth-er's
death.
“Have you a tumbler or a cup?” he
said sharply.
Phil handed him a tumbler. The
doctor poured out some wine taken
from the nurse’s basket, soaked a piece
of bread in the liquor and gave it to
the boy with an imperative command
to eat it instantly.
Somewhat to his surprise, he was
obeyed. While Phil was devouring the
food of which he stood so greatly in
need the doctor reviewed the circum-stances
of this poverty stricken house-hold
so far as They were known to him.
Mr. and Mrs. Anson hnd occupied n
Inirly good position in Dieppe, where
Philip's father was the agent of an old
pStablished London firm of coal ship-
|pers. About two years earlier both
husband and wif« were seriously in-jured
in a motor car accident. Mr. An-
Ison sustained concussion of the brain
laud practically never regained his
senses, though he lingered for some
weeks and was subjected to two op-erations.
Mrs. Anson’s spine was dam-aged,
with the result that she changed
from a bright and vigorous woman in-to
a decrepit invalid doomed to early
lentil rrom slow paralysis.
When (lie great expenses attendant
<m these mishaps wore paid she found
herself not only absolutely poor, but
rendered incapable of (lie slightest ef-fort
to turn her many and varied tnl-
?nts to account In order to earn a live-lihood.
She came to London, where
her late husband's employers gener
ously gave her rent free possession of
the tenement In which she was lying
dead, helped her with funds to furnish
it modestly anil found a clerkship for
Philip with a promise of early promo-tion.
But the cup of sorrow Is seldom left
half tilled. Bnrely laid the widow set-tled
down to a hopeful struggle on be-half
or her beloved son than a quarrel
between partners led to the sale of the
firm's business to a limited liability
company. Economies were effected to
make way for salaried directors. Phil-ip
was dismissed, with several other
Junior employees, and the stable yard
was marked out as a suitable site for
the storage of coal required by the
local factories.
This development took place early
in the new year, and the new company
allowed Mrs. Anson to occupy her tiny
abode until the last day of March. It
was now March r>, and how the widow
and her son had lived during the past
two months the doctor could only guess
from the gradual depletion of their III
tie store of furniture.
It was odd that such an Intelligent
and well bred woman should be so
completely shut off from the rest of
the world, and his first question to
Phil sought to determine this mystery.
"Surely,” he said, “there is some one
to whom you can appeal for help. Your
father and mother must have hnd some
relatives, even distant cousins,, and If
they are written to a friendly hand
may be forthcoming.”
Philip shook ids head. The mere
taste of food laid provoked n ravenous
appetite. lie could not eat fast enough.
The doctor stayed him.
“Better wait a couple of hours, Phil,
and then you can tackle a hearty meal.
That's the thing. I like to see such
prompt obedience, but you certainly
liuve wonderful self control for one so
young. I may tell you, to relieve pres-ent
anxieties, that a few employees of
your father's firm have guaranteed the
expenses of your mother's funeral, and
they also gave me a sovereign to tide
you over the next few days.”
Funeral! The word struck with
sledge hammer force. Phil hnd not
thought of that. He remembered the
dismal pomp of such events In tlds
squalid locality, the loud sobbing of
women, the hard faced agony of men,
the frightened curiosity of children.
Ilis mother, so dear, so tender, so soft
cheeked—the bright,‘•beautiful, laughing
woman of their life in Dieppe—to be
taken away from him forever and per-muted
to fade slowly Into uo'lhingness
in’some dreadful place, hidden from
the sunshine and the (lowers she loved!
For the first time lie understood death.
When ids father was killed, his mother
was left. Anxious tending on her dis-pelled
the horror of the greater trag-edy.
Now all was lost. The tears that
he hated were welling forth again, and
he savagely bit his lip.
“You have been—very good—to us,
doctor,” he forced himself to say. “If
ever—I can repay you”—
“There, there, not a word! Bless my
soul, yours is a difficult case.”
Again the doctor tackled his glove.
He glanced at ills watch.
“Four o'clock. I am an hour late on
my rounds. No, Phil. Don’t go up-stairs.
There are some women coming.
Wait until they have tended your
mother. And—one last word. It will
do you no good to keep vigil by her
side. Best think of her as living, not
dead. You will be grateful for my ad-vice
lu after life.”
The women arrived, coarse but kind-ly
hearted creatures. One of them
gave the boy a packet of letters.
“I found ’em under the dear lydy’s
pillow,” she said. Neither poverty nor
death robbed Mrs. Anson of the re-spect
paid to her by all who came In
contact with her.
Ho sat down, untied a string which
bound the letters together and looked
at the address on the first envelope. It
bore iiis mother’s name and a recent
postmark. Wondering dolefully what,
correspondence she could have had
during these later months that de-manded
such careful preservation, he
took out the letter. Suddenly be hesi-tated.
Perhaps these documents al-luded
to somrthing which ills mother
did not wish him to know. For an in-stant
his impulse was to consign the
packet to the fire. No; that might be
wrong. He would glance at their gen-eral
purport and then commit them to
the flames if be thought fit.
The letter In his hand was headed,
“The Hall, Beltham, Devon,” and dated
about a month earlier. It read:
Dear Madam—I am requested by Sir
Philip Morland to ask you not to trouble
him with further correspc idenec. This
Is the fourth time I have been desired
by him to write in these terms, so please
note that your letters will in future re-main
unanswered. Yours truly,
LOUISA MORLAND.
The curt incivility of the note
brought an angry flush to the boy’s
face. Who was Sir Philip Morland
that he should dare to offer this insult
to a lady? Evidently a relative, and a
near one, for Morland was ids moth-er’s
name, and his own Christian name
suggested n family connection. Yet she
lmd never spoken of any such person.
Three other letters of preceding dates
showed that “Louisa Morland" kept ac-curate
reckoning. There were half a
dozen more, from a firm of solicitors.
Some of these were merely formal ac-knowledgments
of letters received and
forwarded, but one stall'd that they
“were Instructed by Lady Morland to
Inform Mrs, Anson that Kir Philip Mor
land declined either to see or bear
from Her.”
face aflame. He was alone in tii»
house now, alone with Ills dead mother.
He went upstairs, with the letters
crushed In Ills right hand ns I bough lie
would choke a reptile which lmd Htimg
the only being he loved. He bent over
the shrunken form, so placid, so re-signed,
so angelic In the peace of death,
and bis hot tears fell unchecked.
"You poor darling!” he murmured. “1
believe you humbled yourself even to
beg from these people for my sake.
What can I do to show my love for
von?”
fro BE CONTINUED.J
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Of the Borough of Mount Pleasant for
the Year Ending March 5, 1907.
J. M. YOTHERS, COLLECTOR. Duplicate 1904.
To balance March 5, H*0fl $ 508 15 By cash 508 15
J. M. YOTHERS, COLLECTOR. Duplicate 1905.
To balance March 5.1006 $ 1 880 26
#1 880 20
To balance March 5. 1007 $ 002 68
liy cash $ 077 68
By balance 002 68
$ 1 880 26
J. M. YOTHERS, COLLECTOR. Duplicate 1906.
To face of Duplicate $15 188 74
<15 188 74
Balance after 60 flays $ 4 wf09
* 4 667 90
To balance after 6 months 5 8 122 (JO
To 5 per cent, penalty on $2 150 68... 122 58
Net balance due March 5, 1007..
- 8 245 l.:
... $ 2 078 78
By cash 60 days f 0
“ 5 percent, dig. on $10 470 75
“ 2 per cent, commission on $9 047 21
'• balance after 60 days 1
748 27
528 54
IOH 94
667 00
$15 188 74
By cash $ I 468 12
” 5 per cent, commission on fl 545 80 77 27
" balance after 6 months 8 122 (JO
~ * 4 (J67 Oil
By cash 870 72
‘ exonerations 812 70
errors 80 14
'• return taxes 820 04
5 per cent. com. on $2 578 16 128 66
Net balance due March 5, 1007 2 075 78
? 8 245 18
OUTSTANDING TAXES.
.1. M. Vothers, balance on 1005 $ 96268
“ •* “ " 1906 2 078 78
County Treasurer 761 41
$ 8 787 82
To balance March 5, 1006..
W. M. OVERHOLT, Ex-Burgess.
$ I 40 j
S. M. CROSBY, Burgess.
To fines, permits anti licenses $ 1 248 80 By cash.. . $ 1 24s 30
S. C. STEVENSON, Secretary.
GENERAL FUND.
To balance March 5, 1006 $
“ arn’fc from S. M, Crosby, Burgess
.1. M. Yothers. collector, 1004
" - •* 1005
'* " “ *• 1906
" ain't county treus., return taxes
“ " sewer liens. 1004
1005
“ “ “ “ 1006
'• E E. Zuck, College ave. sewer
“ " liquor licenses
*• '* pole tax West Penn R R. Co....
“ *• Light. Co...
“ '• “ •' II. O. Frick Coke Oo....
C. I). A P.Tel. Co
'• Co. Commissioners, rent elec-tion
rooms
“ “ Board of Health
'• •• cost case of .1. A. hoar
“ “ Brick sold
*• “ overdraft
I 422 04
1 248 80
304 80
586 58
6 052 26
167 42
126 00
700 27
67 20
16 08 600 00
01 00
122 50
11 00
58 50
1800
12 25
117 42
807 40
6 581 05
$10 605 06
To amount overdraft $ 6 581 05
By am’t paid police $ | 884 88
“ sewer and street Improvern’t, 5 472 88
*’ \ electric light 2 505 64
'* Mount Pleasant Water Co 1 71*0 46
“ " Solicitor’s salary 15000
“ costs J. A. Loar suit 822 04
“ Secretary’s salary 175 00
Burgess’s salary 250 00
** “ borough engineer 82 00
“ street commissioners 58178
” auditors 87 00
'■ maintaining prisoners 14 05
“ *’ natural gas 80 00
“ “ freight and express 90M HI
“ ' * repai rs 11 re aI a rm 82 75
’• " rent of hose house 60 00
” •' printing 116 08
” " supplies 105 67
“ “ hal. J. S Hheckv pav. con 2 807 65
*• ’* Search for Lindsey 17 84
” " Bossart. it Sisley pav. con 2 8*8 00
“ ” appropriation tire dept 840 00
M “ hal. J. I). Kuhn sewer con 74 8,s
" •• borough constable. 86 75
" “ telephone tolls 3 30
$10 605 06
S. C. STEVENSON, Secretary.
SINKING FUND.
To balance March 5, 100(5 $ 4 333 93
’* am’t.I. M. Yothers taxes 1004 208 27
“ 1005 891 0.5
* “ 1006 1 634 84
*• ** return taxes Ill 61
$ 0 674 70
To balance March 5, 10C7.... $ 5 770 65
By state tax 1003. 1004, 1005
bond No. 2, series 1903.'..
*• Interest
Balance Msrch5.1907.
...$ 686 80
500 00
... 2 717 2T»
... 5 770 05
$ 9 674 70
JAMES S. HITCHMAN, Treasurer.
OENEUAL FUND.
To balance March 5. 100(5
*• am’t from S. C. Stevenson, ser’y
*• ** J. M. Yothers tax 1904-05-00
“ “ county treasurer
“ “ liquor licenses
*' “ overdraft
$18
1 710 08
2 000 82
7 848 73
1(57 42
(500 00
5 306 94
08 90
By orders paid..
By amount of overdraft..
18 708 05*
$1" 70H 99
.$ 5 306 94
OUTSTANDING ORDERS.
No. 1458 S100 00
“• 1462 25 00
" 1583 75
•• 1598 148 04
“ 1616 - 15220
'• 1682 152 20
“ 1718 152 20
“ 1748 152 20
“ 1768 151 21
“ 1788 151 21
Total $1185 01
Raygoi’s Cast) store lews.
Let the Women be the Judges.
When all is said and done, the woman behind the pocket-hook
is the court of last resort. Our Suits aro placed before
her at a great sacrifice. Suits ranging in price from $13.50 to
120.50, your choice for SlO.OO.
Lace Curtains—Good Values.
Ffandsome designs. You can make a selection from over
50 styles In the lot are curtains for every use and at every price.
If you have a curtain need come here.
Table Linen and Napkins.
A beautiful line of table linen and napkins to match. Wo*
are sure we can please you in style and price.
Everyday Petticoats,
for $1 00 to $1.25
Don’t bother making when you can get skirts so well made
as these for so little.
We also carry a nice line of White Petticoats, and if you
want something stylish and dressy come in and take a look.’ It
costs you notiiing and we will gladly show you what we have.
American Lady Corset.
There is but one corset that thoroughly satisfies the ma-jority
of fastidious dressers. It’s the American l.ady Corset,
made for the American lady.
Fine Millinery.
A Beautiful Showing.
Feathers and Mowers make the new hat glorious and these
new late styles ^re particularly rich and handsome as the later
showings always are.
This is the logical place to buy millinery as you see so
many that there is never any question as to choice.. If it is a
special hat you want we’ll gladly make it for you or cii.-.Tvge to
your ideas any hat in stock.
You are always welcome. Take a look, whether you buy
or not.
J. L. RAYGOR’S
CASH STORE.
Cor, Pittsburg and Chestnut Sts., Scot (dale, Pa.
1000
ALife
, PAR
co-
LEECHBURG,PA.
CO'S
1000 Mile Axle Grease
made from cylinder stock of natnral
Franklin oil, is the best lubricant
known for buggies, wagons, coaches
or any other vehicle, because
It Positivejy Will Not bum.
It’s better than other greases, but
costs no more.
Pkgs. I lb. to I bbl l-lb. pkg. 10c.
For sale by
J. J. HITCHnAN,
E Main st. MOUNT PLEASANT.
J. I. STEVENSON 4
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
West Mait St., “On the Hill.”
M
JAMES S. HITCHMAN, Treasurer.
SINKING FUND.
To balauce March 5, 100(5 $
“ am’t frorti J. M. Yothers. taxes 5 220 1*.
“ *• '• county treasurer 11161
$ 9 674 70
To balance March 5. 1007 $ 5 770 65
By orders paid $ 3 904 05
By balance 5 770 65
$ 9 674 70
STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND.
To balance March 5, 1806 8 208 04 Bo orders paid S 208 94
FIRE FUND.
To balance March 5,1906 5 JjjJ®
*' amount from state 110 ot
$ 21814
To balance $ 218 14
LIABILITIES.
To 5 per cent, bonds 1896 WJ 500 00
*• •• - '• 1807 21 000 00
•• 4 •• •• “ 1899 6 400 00
*« 4V4 per cent. “ 11*03 15 000 00
au?t due Bossart & Sisley 1 59200
am’t duo West Penn Lighting Co . jW»
“ *, “ treasurer general fund 6 5810:)
_ .$(58 727 30
Net indebtedness March 5. 1907 ^525552?
- “ March 5. 1906 52 645)1
Incroase of indebtedness 3 909 98
By amount to balance.. ..$ 218 14
$ 21814
RESOURCES.
By return taxes $ <18 41
“ rent due from county com 6 0o
*• balauce assessment sewers 126 35
“ “ “ “ 1905 125 48
" “ “ “ 1006 100 80
“ “ People’s Heating Co 2155
“ “ Citizens Savings & Trust Co.* 32 93
“ ‘ D, B. Millward, brick 30 10
“ I). B. Fisher. ** 10 30
“ “ W. M. Overholt, ex-burgess 1 40
** “ Estate J. M. Yothers. coll. 2 976 41
“ “ in fire fund 218 14
“ " in sinking fund 5 770 65
“ **' due from Oit. Sav. & T. Co.,
street paxing contract 109000
Net indebtedness 56 55569
$68 72730
The undersigned Auditors for the Borough of M*ount Pleasant, Pa., certify
that we have audited the account of the borough officers and that the above is a
just and true account of the borough’s financial condition for the year ending
March 5, 1907. _ x
CHAS. F. STONER, )
C. E. ZIMMERMAN, > Auditors.
M. A. KING, )
J. W. Swartz
New Spring .
WALL PAPER,
OILCLOTHS, LINOLEUMS, WINDOW
SHADES, MATTINGS, RUGS, CARPETS,
• ETC., JUSTIN.
Distributor of
John Lucas & Co.’s
Ready Mixed Tinted Gloss Paint, fully
guaranteed: also Lucas's full line oi
Paints, Stains, Varnishes, and everv
thing pertaining to the paint business
WE DO
First Class Paper Hanging.
George Hitchman has charge of this del
partment.
We carry a full line of Paints, Var-nishes.
Oils, Glass, Building, Rooting
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 35. J. W. SWARTZ,
Main St., Monnt Pleasant.
hardware,
farm imple-ments
and
Seeds.
Special attention
given to Steam,
and Hot Water
Heating.
Look at Me
M
it.
and w rite for catalogue of the
balance of the
Weaver Family.
J. B. MYERS, Jr.
313 Main st., Mount Pleasan Pa.
NOTICE Is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of the Mount
Pleasant Tool Company will be held at the
office of the company at Mount Pleasant on
Friday. July 12. 1907, at 2 o’clock p. m.. for
the purpose of voting for or against a pro-posed
Increase of the bonded indebtedness
from nothing to $25,000 00. •
J. LLOYD KALP, Sec’y.
V
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THK MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 39, 1907
FRIGHTFUL
ACCIDENT.
‘‘Billy” Nixon, While Driving One of
the Pittsburg Brewing Company’s
Teams Yesterday, was Crush-ed
to Death at McClure.
HE WES CAUGHT UNDER I LARRY TRESTLE
William Nixon, of this place, while driving one of the Pittsburg Brewing
Company's teams at McClure yesterday forenoon, gathering up empties, was caught
between his high seat and a coke larry trestle and was crushed to instant death.
'The body was brought to his Bridgeport street home after the Fayette county cor-oner
had viewed the remains. He was 45 years ot age, a member of the United
Presbyterian church and is survived by his second wife and their three children,
a sou and two daughters here, and a daughter of the first union in England.
Everybody liked “Billy" Nixon and was shocked at his cruel fate.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People
Gtathe,redDurlnirtbe Week.
Homer R. Rumbaugh left Friday on a
trip To Los Angeles, California.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Keliar left Friday
on a two weeks’trip to Detroit, Michigan.
Rev. G. C. Wadding, of Indiana, Pa.,
called on a few of his old friends here
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. King left Thurs-day
on a ten days’ visit to Rev. and Mrs.
E. U. Hoenshel at Dayton, Virginia.
Miss Margaret Cunningham returned
Saturday from a visit paid Mrs. Jennie
McDonald, of Juniata, Fayette county.
Mr. and Mrs E. L. Horner, of Lima,
Indiana, are here visiting their cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Myers, and other rela-tives.
Mrs. John Hartigan, of New Kensing-ton,
was here last week visiting her
mother, Mrs. Rush, other relatives and
old friends. JSI ' 1
Miss McCandless, of Bridgeville, and
Miss Fisher, of United, were here the
past week visiting Mrs. McGiffen, of
South Church street.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Simpson of Belling-ham,
Washington, are here visiting the
latter’s mother and sister, Mrs. Mary and
Miss Anna Hutchinson.
James R. Jones, superintendent ot the
Berlin Water Company, and his son,
John J. Jones, of Greensburg, were here
Saturday with old friends.
Mrs. M. W. Horner entertained a few
lady friends at bridge Friday afternoon
at her Main street home. The honors
went to Mrs. Robert Ramsay, of United.
Mrs. Mary Markle and her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Shupe, of West Newton, ac-companied
by her granddaughter, Mis-tress
Marion Jackson, of New York, were
here the past week with relatives and
old friends.
William L. Byers, wife and daughter,
Mistress Margaret, will leave tomorrow
on a three months’ western trip. They
will go direct to Chicago and thence to
California by way Minnesota and the
Northwest.
T. C. Patterson returned Friday from
a six months’ visit in California and the
Northwest. The trip renewed his youth
and put a lot of fat on his bones. Oth-erwise
he is much whiter, due to the loss
of coke smoke from his hair and whiskers.
Mrs. B. F. Schillinger, of Martins Fer-ry,
Ohio, while enroute’ to Lewisburg to
visit her daughter, Miss Edith, teacher
of elocution in Bucknell University,
stopped off here last week with her
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rumbaugh.
Mrs. George St. Clair and family, late
of Scottdale, spent the past week here
with that lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
9. Overholt, while waiting for their house-hold
goods to arrive at Canal Dover,
Ohio, where they will then join Mr. St.
Clair.
Miss Christine Jordan Swensson,daugh-ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Swensson, of
Pittsburg, formerly of this place, will be
graduated at the Ossining School, Ossin-ing-
on-Hudson, on June 4. The talented
young lady’s mother, who was Miss Kate
Jordan, is a graduate of the Western
Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific
Institute.
Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Haines left Mon-day
for Moorestown, N. J., where the
former will help his father in marketing
strawberries for two weeks and where
Mrs. Haines expects to remain for a
month. They were accompanied as far
as Philadelphia by Mrs. J. Lloyd Kalp
who, after a visit paid her sister, Dr.
Mary Wolfe, physician in charge of a
large Norristown hospital, will return
with her mother to Lewisburg and there
he joined by her husband for commence-ment
at Bucknell University.
All Around Hustler Hurt.
Alex Sherrick, the junior member of
Dillon & Sherrick, the Main street cloth-iers,
has a very sore left hand got by
having it pierced by the sharp point of
an iron fence picket while mowing his
lawn.
PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
(Continued from first page.)
by the church choir with Miss Schaub
presiding at the big pipe organ.
■Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore, get wisdom and with all
thy getting get understanding:—Pro-verbs
4-7.
With "Knowledge, Secular and Sacred;
a Means to an End," th<j reverend gen
tleman drew a striking word picture of
King Solomon's wise saying, applying
the injunction first in a purely worldly
sense and then in that higher and far
better way that leads to life eteiyial. To
the members of the class as they rose
and stood before him Rev. Mr. Leather-man
said:
Wo Come Into the roul school life when wo
have left school. Wo are servants one of an-other
and all together servants of the Great
Divine Master, and all service Involves and
Implies duty, and duty is t.wo-fold: duty to
do. and duty to endure,
We have the tasks of the school of life to do,
and the discipline to endure. The more hon-est.
wo are iti the first, the braver shall we be
for the second. Wo have duties to perform.
Not what you do, hut how you do it. Is the
text. Ana small things, done as to the Lord,
and not to men. grow precious and golden
with the stamp of honest stewardship. Our
manhood Is truly developed only as wo make
life real and in proportion ns vre take each
duty, great or small, and make It groat by
principle, and sacred because we do It unto
God.
Nor are these duties of our school life re-stricted
by the bounds of our activities; they
enter into the region of endurance, and chal-lenge
natlence as well as prluclple; the forti-tude
that can bear as well as the courage
that can achieve. Christianity Is tested as
much by the meekness with which the disci-pline
Is borne as by the energy with which
the task Is done. Not In the romance that
awakens the poet's muse, or the adventure
that stirs up a nation’s wonder Is true ltfo
only to he shown; but. rather in the constan-cy
which carries principle along each quiet
path of duty, doing the unnoticed deed for
Christ’s sake only, and carrying the load to
the brink of the grave through weal or woe
in Mis blessed name.
Go then, my young frleuds. Into the sevoral
walks of life prepared for you. Bo upright,
bo courageous, be Humble and persevering
and success must attend your labors. You
are not alone in the world. Others are around
you engaged in the same conflict. From
them you may learn wisdom and receive en-couragement.
God Is with you and Mo will
bless you, His word will direct you. Ills spirit
will comfort you and the Saviour will be nigh
with a sympathizing heart to relievo the ne-cessities
of them that love Him.
St. Luke records of the boy Jesus that He
Increased in wisdom and stature, and In favor
with God and man. May you also increase
in wisdom and stature, ana likewise grow In
favor with God and man. Should this ne your good fortune In life, then, finally, yours shall
e the wreath of Immortality, and the un-fading
crown of eternal life.
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERMON.
(Continued from first page.)
and truth shall prevail in the hearts of
all men.
"Our country is endangered. Liberty
is menaced. It were the sheerest folly
and tlie blindest optimism to deny this.
Unholy greed, grasping tyranny, insidi-ous
unbelief seek to rob us of our homes,
our liberty, our faith. And just because
they do not show their presence with
booming cannon, hissing bullet or flash-ing
sword,- their work is all the more
dangerous and harmful. The far-sighted,
the prophets of our times, have fore-warned
us of our danger. The call for
volunteers has been issued; men are
needed.
“But shall we hesitate because danger
impends and sacrifice is great? No! a
thousand, times no! Following in the
footsteps of the truest, tenderest, most
heroic Man, the manliest Man, inspirited
by the example of those whose memory
we commemorate today, possessing our-selves
the traits of manhood, loyal to
God, the right, our country and ourself,
let us ‘quit like men.’ ”
The singing was led in a very pleasing
manner by the church choir, Miss Lozier
presiding at the organ.
JONES MILLS.
Miss Pearl Barclay and George Holds-worth,
of Mount Pleasant, spent Sunday
here with the former's brother, J. L.
Barclay.
Samuel and Miss Ida Matthews spent
Sunday at Scottdale with their sister,
Mrs. John Harmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ringler, of Mount
Pleasant, are at Kregar making that
lady’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Monticue, a two weeks’ visit.
Mrs. Edward Harman, of Summit
Mines, is here for a few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Sipe.
Harry Griffith, of Youngwood, was
here over Sunday with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. John Griffith.
alcJJiiiq -Mings
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 Wedding Rings -solid
gold rings, graceful in pattern and
rich in appearance.
POSNER, The Jeweler,
Main Street, - - Mount Pleasant, Pa. |
Opposite United Brethren Church.
BANK REPORTS.
|281 806 70
1 018 08
100 000 00
I 750 00
00 500 00
40 000 00
77 00
41 055 84 zm IV
27 057 00
252 47
27 400 30
5 000 00
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST
National Bank of Mount Pleasant, at
Mount Pleasant. In the St-ato of Pennsylva-nia.
at the closo of business. May 20,1007.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts,secured and unsecured
U.H. Bonds to secure circulation
Premiums on (J, 8. Bonds
Bonds, securities, etc
Banking-House, furniture and fix-tures
Duo from National batiks (not re-serve
agents)
Due front state banks and bankers
Due from anproved reserve agents
Checks and other cash Items
Notes of other Nat ional hanks
Fractional paper currency, pickles
and cents
Lawful money reserve In.bank, viz:
Specie $10 400 HO
Legal tender notes 8 000 00
Redemption fund wit h U. S.Treas’r
(5 per cent of circulation)
Total 10*5 441 08
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In $100 000 00
Surplus fund 80 000 00
Undivided profits loss ex ponses and
taxes paid . 111170 54
National bank notes outstanding- 100 000 00
Due to other National Banks
Due to Trust Companies and Sav-ings
Hanks
Dividends unpaid
Individual deposits subject to ch’k
Demand certificates of deposit
Total $835 441 08
State of Pennsylvania. 1
County of YVestmoreland, J
I, (ieo. VV. Stoner, Cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement Is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Geo. W. Stoner, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to- before me this
24th day of May, 1907.
J. Lloyd Kalp, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
S. N. WARDEN. |
Isaac Sherrick, > Directors.
W. B. NF.EL. i
4 921 93
800 00
331 882 08
8 077 53
ID KPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FARMERS
& Merchants National Bank, at Mount
Pleasant. In the State of Pennsylvania, at the
closo of business. May 20, 1907.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $412898 74
Overdrafts,secured and unsecured 19 751 88
U.S. Bonds to secure circulation-... 25 000 00
Premium on U.S. bonds
Bonds, securities, etc 83 000 00
Banking-iiouse, furniture and fix-tures
Other real estate owned
Dua from National Batiks (not re-serve
agents)
Due from approved reserve agents
Checks and other cash items
Notes of other national banks
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents
Lawful money reserve in bank.viz:
Specie..-. 28 585 00
Legal tender notes 18 240 00
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas-urer
(5 per cent, of circulation)-
20 000 00
2 04180
4 241 61
68 025 32
10 621 80
15 585 00
96 91
44 805 00
126000
Total $696 497 44
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $50 (K)0 00
Surplus fund 30 00000
Undivided proflts.lessexpenses and
taxes paid 2 947 87
National bank notes outstanding— 25 000 00
Due to approved reserve agents
Dividends unpaid 378 00
Individual deposits subject to ch’k 582 269 73
Demand certificates of deposit 5 805 33
Certified checks ... 100 51
Cashier’s checks outstanding
Total $898 497 44
8tate of Pennsylvania, \n _
County of Westmoreland, f
I. C. E. Mullin, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement Is true to the best of my knowl-edge
and belief
C. E. Mullin. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th
day of May. 1907.
J. Lloyd Kalp, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
L. S. Tinstman, J
Frank D. Barnhar, > Directors.
0. E. Zlmmermant 1
A. R. RUMBAUGH,
(Successorto 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.
6=5=4 Sweeps Away
ALL
STOVE
TROUBLES
Because It shines Itself and saves work.
It dissolves rust as water does sslt.
One application wears for months.
It Is grease proof, water proof, rust proof
And will not crack, chip or rub oil.
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.
PYNE’S
It Pays to Buy
Good Footwear!
For Ladies
We have the famous Sorosis
and Oueen Quality at $3, $3.50 and
$4. 1 here 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. These are the best
lines, proved by the test of time.
We can also fit the
no matter what size or
may require.
Spring and summer
here. Drop in and look
little ones,
style they
«
stocks are
them over.
W. A. PYNE,
711 Main st., Mount Pleasant, Pa.
$75,000.00. $75,000.00.
J. S. Parker Co.
SCOTTDA. L E, F* A.
$75,000.00.
Mammoth Reorganization Sale
Bona tide Discount of 10 to 25 per cent,
on All Merchandise
MAY 9 TO MAY 31.
A 575,000.000 stock of the best kind of new merchandise has to
be reduced to $40,000.00 in twentystwo days.
Bargains? Yes. everything in Scootdale’s biggest and best store
is on the bargain list, the greatest sale offering Scottdale has ever
seen.
Come early, come often; bring your cash with you and you will
get more good merchandise for your money than you ever did be-fore.
Everything throughout the store is plainly marked and put
on tables and counters where you can easily see what is doing for
this great “Reorganization Sale.” to
EXPLANATORY.
For 34^ years Mr. J. S. Parker has conducted a retail store" m Scottdale;
34% years of successful and honorable business. During this time Scottdale was
going through the crucial days of her life and there was much question as to
whether she would ever amount to more than a village, but now, thanks to the
enterprise of her citizens, Scottdale’s solidity is beyond question.
At the close of the “Reorganization Sale” Mr. J. S. Parker and Mr. G. E.
Parker retire from active management of the business and a new concern, to be
known as the F. R. Parker Co., will take charge.
Scottdale’s acknowledged leading store offers its entire stock of NEW
SPRING MERCHANDISE for the month of May at
10 to 25 per cent under regular price for CASH.