Mount Pleasant journal (June 24, 1909)

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MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909. NO 24.
PIETS#
GETS PAVING
CONTRACT HERE
Being the Lowest Bidder by
Almost $900 00.
HE COMES FROM MORGANTOWN, W VA
AND IS SAID TO BE WELL EQUIPPED TO
DO THE WORK.
Three Members of Council Voted
Against the Award on Personal
Grounds, Messrs. Benford. Spence
and Painter. That Body is Also
Very Much Divided on the Ques-tion
of Brick for Both the New Mu-nicipal
Hall and the Streets.
Thoney Pietro, a Morgantown, W.
Va., contractor, was given the con-tract
for the sewering and paving of
Eagle and West Walnut streets and
College avenue by Council at its con-tinued
meeting Friday evening. Of
the 16 bidders he was the low man by
nearly $900, his offer being $22,296.-
75. Messrs. Benford, Spence and Pain-ter
voted against the award on perso-nal
grounds.
Mr. Pietro expects to have his bond
ready today to sign up for the work, for
which he is said to be well equipped.
Council held a continued meeting
Monday evening when the Hammond
people agreed to ship a better grade of
blue gray brick for the new municipal
building than the carload already here.
Sixteen samples from as many manu-facturers
of paving brick were examined,
but no selection has as yet been made.
While Council favors a 6x26-inch
curbing that for College avenue, at the
request of residents, was changed to
5x22 inch which is 3 cents a foot cheaper.
MORE GOOD MEN
Whose Names Now Appear as Local Hos-pital
Directors.
Monday evening W. H. Clingerman,
E. A. Humphreys, A. L. Keister and Dr.
E. P. Weddell, all of Scottdale, were
elected members of the local hospital's
board of directors which then organized
by electing J. McD. Bryce president. Dr.
F. L. Marsh, vice president, S. K. Eber-sole
secretary and J. S. Braddock treas-urer.
Samuel Neel, D. M. Pigman and
T. N. Seaton were made the executive
committee.
The Justice Dispensary officers are:
Captain J. A. Loar president, Dr. J. W.
Hunter vice president, J. S. Braddock
secretary and G. W. Stoner treasurer;
executive committee, C. M. Galley, C. L-Kuhn
and Dr. F. L. Marsh.
Miss Henneberger was re-elected su-perintendent
of the hospital with Miss
Muffly, of Philadelphia, as head nurse.
Fifty Happy Wedded Years.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mellinger, es-teemed
East End citizens, had their chil-dren—
George and William Mellinger
and Mrs. Jacob Schwartzendruber, of
Scottdale, and Mrs. C. L. Kuhn, Harvey
and Miss Rachel Mellinger, of this place
—give them a most enjoyable surprise
iarty Saturday afternoon in honor of
uieir golden wedding. The goodly
iompany numbered some fifty hand-somely
entertained people, of whom
(those from a distance were: Eli Crouse,
jof Nebraska; Captain and Mrs. Daniel
’Wilkins, of Wilkinsburg, and Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Kuhn, of Scottdale. The well
preserved celebrants were the recipients
of numerous nice presents. Mr. Mel-linger
is 71 years of age and his wife 67.
School Tax Levy.
As was expected, the Mount Pleasant
Board of Education, at its continued
meeting Friday evening, fixed the local
school tax at 10 mills, the same as last
year. The vacancies on the corps of
teachers were filled by the election of
two Mount Pleasant young men—Nor-man
Hays, principal and teacher of
Grade 6, Church street building; Orrin
W. Albert, teacher of mathematics in the
Ifligh School. Mr. Hays has a profess-ional
certificate and has had five years’
Experience, while Mr. Albert was grad-ated
this year at Otterbein University.
Bike Run Club Open.
The Pike Run club house and grounds
on Laurel Hill mountain, above Jones
Mills, were opened Monday for the en-tertainment
of members and their friends.
Those who enjoyed the club’s hospital-ity
last year will be pleased to learn
that John J. Cox, steward of the Elm
Club at Princeton College, is back in
charge with his chef and other help.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent People Gath-ered
During the Week.
Mrs. A. F. Eichar and little son are
visiting Donegal relatives.
Miss Alice Ramsay spent Sunday with
normal school friends at Indiana.
Misses Sadie and Hazel Gunder are
spending ten days with Ligonier rela-tives.
Miss Cora Gisbert returned Sunday
from a short visit paid Pittsburg rela-tives.
Mrs. W. M. McMichael spent the past
week at Smithton visiting her sister,
Mrs. Clark Morrow.
Isaac Coftman, one of THE JOURNAL’S
oldest subscribers at Acme, paid this of-fice
a pleasant call Friday.
J. R. Zuck was at Altoona Thursday
attending a convention of his fellow
Pennsylvania postmasters.
Mrs. M. W. Horner and daughter, Mis-tress
Sarah, are spending two weeks with
friends at Clarksburg. W. Va.
Dr. W. A. Marsh, wife and little daugh-ters,
Jean and Rebecca, returned Satur-day
from their Atlantic City trip.
Mrs. Harry Hurst and son, Master Jo-seph,
ot Sewickley, are here visiting
that lady’s sister, Mrs. Nevin A. Cort.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Huffman and Miss
Linda Brinker, of Latrobe, spent Sunday
here with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry B. Myers.
Miss Lena Myers, a student in the
kindergarten school at Oberlin, 01iioi
returned Saturday for the summer vaca-tion.
Mrs. Carl Graul, of Joliet, Illinois, was
here part of last week visiting her par-ents-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Charles A.
Graul.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hitchman and daugh-ters,
Misses Mary and Alice, have just
opened up their summer home at Mar
kleton.
William Ruder, an electrical engineer
employed at Schenectady, N. Y., is here
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst
Ruder.
Ex-Councilman Clark Walker and
Charles Penn spent the past week bass
fishing on the Great Capon river in West
Virginia.
Mrs. Anna Whitehill and daughter,
Mrs. W. L. Elder, of Chicago, arrived
here yesterday on a visit to relatives
and old friends.
Will K. Miller, of York, Pa., is ex-pected
here today to join his wife and
two children who are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. B, F. Miller, Sr.
Among the other Findlay, Ohio, col-lege
students from this section home are
Misses Marie Rumbaugh, Della Leeper,
Grace Loucks and Charles Yahn. Miss
Rumbaugh graduated in art this year.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Myers lett Saturday
for Fostoria, Ohio, where they are visit-ing
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Stoner. "Jake" just had
to go as Mrs. Stoner’s cherry potpies are
ripe.
County Controller John D. Hitchman,
wife and son, Master William, motored
over the mountains and spent Sunday
with Somerset relatives. Mrs. Fred Bei-secker,
Mrs. Hitchman’s sister, came
back along.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stoner got
home last week from an extended west-ern
visit, accompanied by their daugh-ter,
Miss Anna, a graduate of Findlay
College, and son, Howard, a student at
the same school.
Mrs. Will Murphy, of Pittsburg, and
Mrs. Webster Parker, of Somerset, were
here the past week with their sister.
Miss Grace Jordan, and their lather,
Captain W. M. Jordan, whose fractured
and dislocated hip will, it is feared,
confine him to bed for some time.
S. K. Ebersole, one of Mount Pleasant’s
veteran merchants who recently dispos-ed
of his Main street dry goods store,
will take the summer easy, having left
yesterday with his wife for Mount Ver-non,
Iowa, where they will spend two or
three months with their sons, Prof. Will
and Dr. Frank Ebersole.
Samuel Wolfersberger, B. & O. train-master
at New Castle, wife and son, Sid-ney;
Clarence Chambers, wife and son,
Clarence, Jr., of Pleasant Unity, and El-mer
S. Wolfersberger, chief clerk for the
Thompson-Connellsville Coke Company
near New Salem, Pa., had a quiet family
reunion Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. P. S.
Wolfersberger. The two visiting ladies
are still here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stevenson stopped
oft here Friday with Mrs. Stevenson’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Braddock,
while enroute to attend commencement
at Lewisburg, intending to return this
week and complete their Mount Pleas-ant
visit. Mr. and Mrs. Braddock also
have with them their older sou, Homer,
a Boston chemist, who began his vaca-tion
by taking in the commencement at
State College.
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THOMAS MIFFLIN—1790-1799.
Thomas Mifflin was the first governor of Pennsylvania. Although of
Quaker descent, ho was imbued with the martial spirit of his time and be-came
the first ahl-de-eamp of Washington. lie afterward became quarter-master
general, then brigadier general and again quartermaster general. He
was elected to congress In 1783 and became (lie presiding officer of tliat body,
and as such It fell to Ills lot to receive the resignation of General Washington.
He was a member of the United States constitutional convention of 1787 and
was one of the signers of the constitution ns adopted. The constitution of
1790 was adopted by n convention over which he presided. lie was governor
for three terms of three years each, the constitutional limit. His administra-tion
ns president of the council and governor of the commonwealth was the
longest In the history of the state. lie was afterward elected to the assembly,
but died shortly afterward.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
Exercises Given in Connection With the Graduation ot the
Class of 1909 at St. Joseph s Parochial School.
FULL PROGRAM AS RENDERED LAST FRIDAY EVENING.
The exercises attendant upon the sixth annual commencement at St. Jo-seph’s
Parochial School drew a large and exceedingly well pleased audience
to St. Joseph’s Hall Friday evening. The Class of 1909 acquitted itself with
credit alike to its faithful and efficient teachers, the Sisters, and its individual
members. The full and nicely arranged program was:
EDNA BYRNE, PIANIST.
Greeting Song.
Summer (Chorus) ...
Recitation
Naughty Butterfly ..
Fairy Play ...
Over the Meadow (Chorus)
(a) A Streamlet Full of Flowers
(b) The Song the Angels Sang
Recitation
(a) Daffodils
(b) In Dreamland
Scarf Drill
(a) The Flag We Love } No 6 Bovs
(b) The Sailor’s Dance j °’ ys
Forget Me Not (Song) Vocal Class
Recitation No. 8 Girls
Tableau—“Free America" No. 10 Class
(a) Ho! Hilly Ho 1 ,
(b) Coming Home
Voices of the Woods (Song) No. 10
Recitation . Margaret Kirk
Oration—"Commodore Barry” John Murtha
Oration—“Phil. Sheridan” Milton Neelson
Graduation Ode—Annie Kelly, Mary Hanse, Stella Harhager, Catherine
Kirk, Eleanor Murphy and Mary Steiner.
Distribution of Diplomas and Premiums.
Address Rev. M. A. Lambing
Song “Forth We Go!”
PREMIUMS.
No. 3
M. Girod
. . . No. 3 Girls
,. No. 10 Girls
No. 8
Junior Choir.
. No. 8 Boys
j No. 6 Girls
. No. 10 Girls
J No. 8 Boys
Grade 8—Highest Average—Exaequo
Mary Hanse.
Grade 7—Highest Average
Mary Madden.
Grade 6—Highest Average
Patrick Madden.
Grade 5—Highest Average
Marjorie Bowen. Agnes Muriav.
Grades 3 and 4—Highest Average
Mary Toole. Adaline Murtha.
Grades 1 and 2—Highest Average
Matilda Grosser. Owen Morgan.
GOLD MEDALS.
John Murtha—Christian Doctrine.
Joseph Heib—Christian Doctrine.
Catherine Kirk—Deportment.
SILVER MEDAL.
Theodore Minster—Christian Doctrine.
Ladies Turn Merchants.
In order to give the Home Missionary
Society of the local Methodist Episcopal
church a chance to make up a financial
shortage, L. M. Karney will on Saturday
next turn over his West Main street
store to these ladies, giving them 10 per
cent, on all sales they make. In addi-tion
to Mr. Karney’s big stock they will
serve ice cream and strawberries all day.
The general public is cordially invited
to attend.
A Lively Run Off.
A horse belonging to the H. C. Frick
Coke Company at Morewood and attach-ed
to a buggy scared at an automobile at
the postoffice Monday noon, got away
from Davy Burgess, the colored driver
and ran into the Adams express wagon
at North alley, leaving the smashed
buggy laid up against a telegraph pole.
The animal, whose nose was severely
cut, was caught before reaching the head
of town.
COKE AND COAL.
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine
and Yard.
The coke trade held its own this week
with the advance noted last week,
James Devlin, the retired coke super-intendent,
will sail from New York
Wednesday for a tour of the British Isles.
"Uncle Jimmy" was born in the north of
Ireland and expects to spend three or
four months abroad. He will find trouble
on his return if THE JOURNAL doesn't
receive several letters from him descrip-tive
of his travels.
The $7,500,000 mortgage, given by the
Merchants Coal Company to the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, has just been
recorded at Somerset. It covers 500
tvpewritten pages and embraces all the
mortgagor's holdings, some 25,000 acres
of coal, machinery and the like.
The Westmoreland Gas Coal Company
is preparing to open up a new mine near
the new Sewickley township town of
Yukon where the Osborne-Sager people
have a twin plant on the David Baer
farm. The Pennsylvania railroad is now
giving this section a passenger service.
The appraisers of the plants that are
going into t^ie new $60,000,000 indepen-dent
coke merger have about finished
their work.
The Jones and Laughlin Steel Com-pany,
of Pittsburg, has, it is said, at a
cost of $4,000,000, added 5,500 acres of
land to its Washington county coal hold-ings
that now total some 20,000 acres.
The Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal
Company has also about 16,000 acres in
the same county.
The Keystone Coal & Coke Company
has resumed operation at its Poverty
mine, idle for 18 months.
The Darr mine, near West Newton,
idle since the fatal gas explosion on De-cember
17, 1907, will, it is said, resume
operation July 1st.
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Items of Special Interest to the Local
Church Ooers.
Rev. S. E. Cormany preached for the
Reformed people at Youngwood Sunday
morning and at Old Stanton in the after-noon,
attending a United Brethren com-munion
service at Scottdale in the eve-ning.
In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Dr.
Yahn, there will be no preaching ser-vices
at the Church of God next Sabbath
morning. In the evening at 7:30 a can-tata,
"Pilgrim’s Progress," will be given
by members ot the Sabbath school, under
the direction of Miss Irene Bowers.
Robert Warden Post, 165, G. A. R,, has
accepted an invitation to accompany the
Patriotic Order Sons of America to di-vine
service at the United Brethren
church on Sunday, July 4th, at 7:30 p.
m. Comrades and Ladies of the G. A. R.
are requested by Commander J. A. Loar
and Adjutant J. A. Stevenson to assem-ble
at Post Room at 7:15 p. m. sharp.
Children’s Day exercises will be held
Sunday next, both morning and evening,
at the A. M. E. Zion church.
Rev. R. L. Leatherman, the local Lu-theran
pastor, will preach on Sunday
next in town at 10:30 a. m. and at Rufts-dale
at 2:30 p. m. The Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper will be observed at both
places at the above appointed time for
service. The preparatory services will
be held in connection with the regular
services.
Engagement Announced.
Mrs. Rachel Baer, of Pittsburg, an-nounces
the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Celia Baer, to William Rakusin,
the enterprising young proprietor of the
local Leader store. While the date for
the marriage has not yet been determin
ed upon, the happy event will likely
take place in the early fall.
Republicans Line Up.
At a meeting of the Republican county
committee held in Greensburg Saturday
District Attorney John F. Wentling, Jr.,
was elected chairman and W. S. Rial and
P. K. Shaner, secretaries. Charles C.
Crowell, the party’s judicial nominee
and retiring chairman, made a neat ad
dress.
MONTH 01 HOSES
KEEPS HP RECORD
ON NUPTIAL KNOTS
The Number That Was Tied
the Past Week was Large.
MASTER DANIEL CUPID KEPT BUSY
BY YOUNO PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL
KNOWN HERE.
Tennis Tournament.
The Westmoreland Outing Club held a
tennis tournament Tuesday on the West
End grounds, the members supping at
the new South Side home of the Misses
Evans. Will Carpenter and Miss Nelle
Byers, the club's matchmakers, carried
ofl the honors.
Boy Badly Hurt.
Seely, the youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Pigman, was hit on the head
by a falling pipe at the Hayes brick
plant fire yesterday forenoon and is
still partially unconscious,
Miss Drais, an Institute Teacher, Be-comes
a Bride at Her Gettysburg
Home to Frank Layman, a Young
New Kensington Business Man.
Thomas H. Hurst, the Local Adams
Express Agent, and Miss Besse
Roush, a Fair North Side, Pitts-burg
Maiden, Made Man and Wife.
Principals in Others Equally Joy-ous
Affairs of the Heart.
June, the month of roses, is well
upholding its record for marriages in
this section as the following list of
nuptial knots tied during the past week
for well known young people will
show.
Layman-Drais.
Frank Layman, a prominent young
New Kensington business man, and Miss
Bess M. Drais, late a member of the Fac-ulty
at the Mount Pleasant Institute,
were married early Tuesday morning at
the Gettysburg home of the bride’s par-ents,
the guests being limited to imme-diate
family members. Young Mr. and
and Mrs. Layman, who will reside at
New Kensington, were both graduated
with honors from Pennsylvania College
in the class of 1904,
Hurst-Ronsb.
Thomas H. Hurst, the local agent for
the Adams Express Company whose
father is a Presbyterian minister at Nash-ville,
Tennessee, and Miss Bessie A.
Roush were married at 2:30 o’clock Tues-day
afternoon at the North Side, Pitts-burg,
home of the bride’s mother, Mrs.
Martha J. Roush. Rev. James H. Mc-
Cormick, pastor of the Central Presby-teoian
church, officiated in the presence
of a large number of relatives and friends
of the young principals at 1219 Boyle
street. The short wedding trip will end
here Saturday next when Mr. and Mrs.
Hurst expect to arrive here and go to
housekeeping at 1000 West Washington
street.
Bruner-Miller.
G. Lucinda Miller, of Jones Mills, were
married last Wednesday at the Lutheran
parsonage, New Stanton, by Rev. J. O.
Glenn.
West-Weinburg.
John D. West, Jr., a Mount Pleasant
boy and son of John West, Sr., of this
place, and Miss Pauline Weinbnrg were
married on June 15th at the bride's Gales-burg,
Illinois, home, where the groom is
employed on the Chicago, Burlington A
Quincy railroad.
Shirey-Stoner.
William Shirey and his bride, Miss
Mary Stoner, second daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Stoner, of near Ligonier, where
the wedding was quietly solemnized by
Rev. Sanner, pastor of the Ligonier
Methodist Episcopal church, were here,
at Tarr, Alverton and Scottdale on a
wedding trip, returning Saturday to Lig-onier
where they were given a rousing
reception that evening. The young cou-ple
will reside in Pittsburg where the
groom is employed in one of the big
steel mills.
Soles-Brooks.
The wedding of Thomas F. Soles and
Miss Teressa Brooks was a swell Mc-
Keesport affair celebrated Thursday eve-ning
at the home of the bride’s mother,
Mrs. Rose Brooks, formerly of this place.
The maids of honor were the bride’s
twin cousins, Misses Pearl and Iva
Cochran, of Knoxville, Tennessee, who
are here on a short visit. Mrs. W. J.
Boyer, of this place, was a guest.
Kornig-Haffman..
Frederick W. H. Kornig, of near Greens-burg,
and Miss Carrie A. Huffman were
quietly wedded at noon yesterday by
Rev. Dr. T. N. Eaton at the East End home
of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Hullman.
In the Festival Line.
The young Middle Presbyterian ladies
will hold a lawn fate this evening on
the grounds about their church. Regu-lar
50-cent suppers will be served from
5 o'clock. Strawberries, ice cream and
cake will come in on the side.
The First Reformed ladies will hold a
strawberry and ice cream social -in the
lecture room of their church tomorrow
(Friday) evening. Everybody will be
welcome.
The Ladies of the Grand Army will
hold a festival in the vacant storeroom
in the National Hotel block Tuesday
evening next, June 29th.
THE MOUNT PHEASANT JOURNAI, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909.
BUY MORE
COAL LANDS
The Jamison People, ot Greensburg,
Invest Some Two Millions in a
West Virginia Field.
THE NEW HOLIES EMBRACE Ml ACRES,
The Jamison Coal & Coke Company, of Greensburg, has just closed a
deal for the purchase of 7,000 acres of coal land near Fairmont, W. Va.,
from the Barracksville Coal Company and the Philadelphia & Reading Rail-road
Company. The consideration is about $2,000,000. The tract contains
an eight-foot vein of gas coal and is accessible by the Baltimore & Ohio rail-road
and the Monongahela river.
* The Jamison Coal and Coke Company is capitalized at $4,000,000 and
is controlled by Senator John M. Jamison, of Greensburg, its president. Its
last year’s output was 2,500,000 tons of coal.
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By EUGENE HOLMES BURT.
[Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-ciation.]
Mrs. Ketchum was seated at her es-critoire
in a dainty morning gown, pale
blue to suit her hair and complexion,
attending to her correspondence, when
the postman arrived and left a letter
for her husband. She took it up,
looked at the postmark over the stamp
giving the date of mailing, then at the
postmark on the back giving date of
reception, examined the handwriting
carefully and mused:
“I wonder who—I mean whom—it is
from.”
The handwriting was unfamiliar to
her, but she had not seen much of
the writing of any of her husband's
friends, since his letters were usually
addressed to him at his office.
“He won't bo at home before 0
o’clock, she continued, thinking, “and
If it contains anything that requires
attention it might be too late and
cause no end of trouble. Then I would
be blamed, nnd justly blamed. Be-sides,
I don’t object to Alan’s opening
my letters, though for some reason or
other he never does. I’m going to do
what I think right and take the con-sequences.”
However, to guard against contin-gencies
she pried open the envelope
with a hairpin and without tearing the
paper. She took out the letter and
read:
Dear Ketchum—I have no objection to
going to Chicago to close the deal, but
my wife always objects to my going away
anywhere, especially when I don't take
her with me. When I do I have to leave
her all day in a hotel In a strange city,
which is worse for her than staying at
home. I shall keep my departure a se-cret,
telegraphing her from Chicago that
I was called away suddenly. I give you
this that you may write me about the
matter at the house, for she opens all my
letters. Otherwise she Is a model wife,
and this Is the only fault I have to find
with her. But I believe it is a commos
falling with women. I congratulate you
on having a wife who respects your pri-vate
correspondence. She is an exception
to the rule.
Now, Mrs. Ketchum was no fool.
She saw In this letter a covert lecture
addressed to herself for opening her
husband’s mail. Again she studied the
address, also the letter, gradually com-ing
to see an excellent disguise of her
husband’s chirography. She folded the
decoy and was about to replace it in
its envelope when there was a howl
from the nursery. Dropping both let-ter
and envelope on the desk, she ran
to the nursery and picked up her dar-ling
Tommy, aged five, who in trying
-to climb on a chiffonier had fallen on
the back of his head.
When Mrs. Ketchum returned to her
escritoire she was agitated. She had
heard that children who fall on the
back of their heads are liable to in-jure
the base of the brain and thereby
be crippled for life. She hurriedly
picked up the decoy letter, placed it in
the envelope, wet what mucilage re-mained
and rubbed the flap down with
the palm of her hand. This done, she
set the letter up on the mantel, brush-ed
her own unfinished correspondence
into a drawer and went back to coddle
her boy.
When Alan Ketchum came home to
dinner his wife was still worrying
about Tommy, who had a headache
and was feverish. The father looked
at the boy, then went into his wife’s
room, where he saw the letter on the
mantel.
“Hello!” he exclaimed. “That's from
Steve Britton. I wonder if he’s going
to Chicago. If he doesn’t I shall have
to go myself.”
“I wonder,” said the wife, “you don’t
have your letters addressed to your of-fice.
You are always complaining of
my interfering with your private af-fnirs.
It occurred to me that there
might be something requiring atten-tion,
but you’re so particular about my
opening your letters that I wouldn’t
have opened It for a farm. Some day
an Important matter will need to be
attended to for you and you’ll wish
you hadn’t been so”—
The reason she failed to finish the
sentence was a peculiar expression on
her husband’s face. Her heart began
to heat like a kettledrum. Something
had gone wrong. Mr. Ketchum read
aloud:
Madam—I am sorry that I cannot get
any stuff to match your pink silk. I
have been to every store in the city and
have found nothing that will be suitable.
»»in you piease instruct me what to do?
Respectfully yours,
ELISE CORBIER.
By the time the husband had finished
reading his wife was looking for an
avenue of escape. He saw her inten-tion
and sauntered to the door.
“What in the world does it mean?”
he asked. “A letter from your dress-maker
in an envelope addressed in
Steve Britton’s handwriting? Is it
Steve Britton’s or somebody in Mme.
Corbler’s Shop?”
“It may be that,” said the wife in a
faint voice.
“Singular! I would have sworn
Steve wrote that. But now I look at it
I see the first letter of the address, A,
isn’t Steve’s. He makes most of his
capitals big little ones. This A is a
real capital.”
Hope was beginning to rise in Mrs.
Ketchum’s breast when her husband’s
eye was turned to a wastebasket be-side
the desk in which there was but
one single piece of paper. He took it
out, exclaiming:
“Hello! Here’s something from Steve,
after all. What the dickens does it all
mean?”
If this were a story of young lovers
the lady would wilt, the lover would
forgive and there would be a lovely
scene. Mrs. Ketchum arose and swept
out of the room, saying:
“That comes of not trusting your
wife.”
Western Pennsylvania
Classical and Scien-tific
Institute.
Thirty-seventh Year be-gins
Sept. 5,1909.
Prepare for all the
Leading Colleges.
Classical.
Scientific.
Literary.
Special.
Piano.
Vocal.
Mandolin
and Guitar.
Elocution.
Now’s the time
to decide on at-tendance
and be
ready for the fall
opening.
For Further Informa-tion
Inquire of
W. LAWRENCE KALP, A. B.,
Principal.
The Whole Family
has an interest in the savings bank book.
It is, in fact, an insurance policy that
saves the family from waut. Yotf insure
your property against fire. Why not in-sure
your loved ones agains poverty ?
Open an account at
«
The Citizens Savings & Trust Co.
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Drop a little into it every week and
you will be surprised how rapidly the
amount will accumulate.
When you come to
J. B. Myers, Jr.’s
Music Store
He will show you a full line of
Weaver Pianos, ^
York Pianos,
York Inward
Players. Tji-vtJVER
Livingston Piano ^
Weaver Organs,
A lot of Second-Hand Organs,
The new Improved White Sewing Ma-chine,
The High Arm Singer Sewing Machine
and all standard makes of Sewing Ma-chines,
The new Combination Edison Grapho-opbone
and full catalogue of Records,
A similar line of Victors,
Sheet Music and Music Books.
Leave orders here for Piano Tuning and
Piano Varnish.
We move pianos; charges, fa.00.
J. B. Myers, Jr.
311-313 Main st., Mount Pleasant I
YOU MEN WHO PUT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US
in this matter of clothes are entitled to know the truth
about what you buy here; and we’re glad to have you
know it; there’s nothing here that we’re afraid to tell the
truth about. I
Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes are all-wool; and alii
wool is the only real, full value in clothes. We have some
clothes that are not all-wool; we’ll tell you so if you se-lect
any of them. We don’t advise you to buy cotton-mixed
goods; they’re mostly disappointing, and that’s
bad for us as well as for you. We have them here to sell
to men who are not yet wise enough to insist on all-wool
•
We’ll try to persuade you to buy Hart Schaffner &
Marx all-wool clothes; they’ll cost more because they’re
worth more.
John B. Stetson Co. Hats.
Just Wright Shoes and Oxfords.
Banister, Crawford’s, Crossett’s===the best Shoes and
Oxfords in the United States.
Main Street, Mount Pleasant.
Largest Head-to-Foot Outfitter for Men, Boys and Children.
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ier Main and St. Clair Streets,
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le of the finest hotels in Western
rsylvania, being new and with every
ern convenience.
BATES, $2.00 PER DAY.
Take your Best Girl
To the Best Ice Cream Parlor
Dr the Best Ice Cream & Lunch
"he Meyers Restaurant
103 E. Main St., Mount Pleasant.
Executor’s Sale.
Notice Is hereby Riven that the undersigned
will offer at public sale on the premises on
Saturday, July 10, 1909,
AT 1 O'CLOCK P. M.,
A certain tract of land situate In Mount
Pleasant township. Westmoreland County,
Pa., bounded by lauds of Jacob Carey, James
Newlll’s heirs, John P. Crise, Elizabeth Bit-ter,
B. F. Kuhn and H. O. Myers, containing
69 Acres, more or less,
having thereon erected a two-story log house
and outbuildings.
The above premises are situated about one
and one-half miles southwest of Kecksburg
and about two miles northeast of Laurel-vllle,
and was late the property of George
Long, 8r.. deceased.
TERMS OF SALE:-One-tlurd of the
purchase money to be paid when the property
Is knocked down ; one-third in ono year there-after.
and the remaining one-third lu two
years thereafter; deferred payments to be
secured by the purchase money, bond and
mortgage; mortgage to contain a 30 day Scl.
Fa. clause for default In payment of debt or
interest.
GEORGE L- PORE,
Executor of George Long, Sr,, dec’d.
(110 it
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an ordinance, of which the
following is a copy, was duly enacted by. the Council of the Bor-ough
of Mount Pleasant, on the 7th day of June, A. D., 1909, ap-proved
by A. T. Collins, Chief Burgess, on the 8th day of June,
A. D., 1909, that a petition for the improvement of the Street as
therein described, was signed by the majority in interest and num-ber
of the owners of the property abutting on the line of the pro-posed
improvement, as therein described. Any person interested
and denying the fact that said petition was so signed may appeal
to the Court of Common Pleas within sixty (60) days from the
date of the approval of said Ordinance, for the purpose of deter-mining
whether said improvement was petitioned for by a requis-ite
majority. A. T. COLLINS, Chief Burgess.
Attest:
M. A. KING, Secretary of Council.
AN ORDINANCE.
Authorizing the Grading, Curbing, and
Paving of South Diamond St., between
Main Street and the boundary limits
of the Borough of Mount Pleasant on
the South in said Borough of Mount
Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Penn-sylvania;
directing the Borough En-gineer
and Street Committee to pre-pare
Plans and Specifications; direct-ing
the Chief Burgess and Secretary of
Council to advertise for proposals for
said improvement, and providing for
the cost and expense of the same.
WHEREAS, it appears by Petition and
Affidavit on tile wltn the Secretary of Coun-cil
that a majority in interest and number of
owners of property abutting upon the line of
South Diamond St., between Main Street and
the Borough limits on the South, having pe-titioned
the Town Council of the Borough of
Mount Pleasant to grade, curb, and pave said
South Diamond Street, between the points
aforesaid, and to assess and collect the costs
and expenses of said Improvement according
to law.
NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAINED
AND ENACTED by the Borough of Mount
Pleasant in Council assembled and it is here-by
ordained and enacted by authority of the
same.
SECTION 1:—That South Diamond St., be
tween Main Street and the limits of the Bor-ough
on the South, be and the same Is hereby
required to be graded, curbed, and pavea
with vitrified brick, according to the Plans
and Specifications to he prepared by the Bor-ough
Engineer and Street Committee, and
approved by Council.
SECTION 2:--The Chief Burgess and Sec-retary
of Council are hereby authorized tteid
directed to advertise for proposals for tjhe
grading, curbing, and paving of said BouNth
Diamond Street.between the points aforesaid,
and to execute and deliver for and on behalf
of said Borough, proper contracts and agree-ments
for the making of improvements upop
such terms and with such contractors as tlxe
Council shall approve and direct. i
SECTION 3:—The costs and expenses elf
the grading,curbing, and paving of said Soutlh
Diamond Street, between the points afore*
said, shall be assessed and collected in ac-'-
cordance with the provisions of the Act off
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penusy IJ-vania.
in such cases made and provided. v
SECTION 4:—All Ordinances, or parts of
Ordinances, inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted in Council assem-bled
this 7th day of Juno A. D.. 1909.
W. O. STFLLWAGON,
President of Council.
Attest:
M. A. KING.
Secretary of Council.
Examined and approved this 8th day of
June, A. D., 1909.
A. T. COLLINS.
Chief Burgess.
Attest:
M. A. KING.
Secretary of Council.
ECZEMA IS NOW CURABLE.
ZEMO, a clean liquid for external use, stops
itching Instantly and permanently cures Ec-zema
and every form of Itching skin or scalp
disease. Mr. Bowman, the druggist, says he
has been shown positive proof of many re-markable
cures made by ZEMO and that he
endorses and recommends it and believes ZE-MO
will do all that Is claimed for it.
Bowman’s Pharmacy, 753 Main st.. on the
hill. Ask for samples, 5 0 ly
Do Not Fail to Attend
If you Wish to Succeed.
You can begin any time. There are no classes
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 34, 1909.
FORGER
SENT UP. I
| *
Arthur Glenn Gets a Dose of Fayette
I County Justice From Judge
j Van Swearingen.
'SENT TO PEHITEHTim FOIE 30 MONTHS.
Arthur Glenn, who stirred up the boroughs of Connellsville, Masontown,
Brownsville and one or two others a few months ago with a chain of for-geries,
has been sentenced by Judge J. Q. Van Swearingen to two years and
six months in the Western Penitentiary, with the additional admonition' that
missteps after he left the penitentiary would mean further sentence.
Glenn pleaded guilty to 10 charges of forgery and one charge of ab-sconding
from a boarding house. The court imposed the costs in the latter
charge and sentenced Glenn upon two cases of forgery, each being for two
years, six months, but running concurrently. The court also ordered Glenn
to pay the costs in the remaining eight cases of forgery upon which condition
sentence would be deferred for the present.
First Lets Wife Into Secret of His
Latest Plan to Win Renown.
PROCEEDS TO EXPERIMENT.
Is Arrested by the Police, and Mrs.
Bowser Makes a Statement After the
Excitement Is All Over—Sheds Bitter
Tears Over His Failure.
{Copyright, 1909, by the McClure Newspa-per
Syndicate.]
HEN Mr. Bowser came up
from the office the other
evening he left a package
In the vestibule instead of
carrying it into the house, and all
through the dinner hour Mrs. Bowser
was in complete ignorance that some-thing
was going to happen later on.
Mr. Bowser was so good nntured and
talkative that she finally dared to ask
him for a dollar to invest in stockings.
While he didn’t stand aghast, ns usual,
and refer to the poorhouse, he didn’t
hand it over, but went on talking as
If he had not heard the request. Like
a wise woman, she left the subject of
the stockings until she should find a
dollar in the road, and the cook re-marked
as they went upstairs that
such balminess on the part of Mr.
Bowser meant nothing less than that
some one would be crippled before
morning. Five minutes later he was
saying to Mrs. Bowser:
“X did think last night that we would
take in a theater this evening, but I
find that I have something else on
hand.”
“Going to one of your clubs?” she
queried.
“No.”
“Are you thinking of writing a poem
or a play?”
“Nothing of the kind. What I have
on my mind contains such tremendous
“SHE DROPPED THE DISHPAN AND MADE
A BUSH FOB HEB BOOM.’’
possibilities for good or evil that I al-most
hesitate to state the ease to you.”
“You are not going to build a coop
and buy chickens?”
“There you go with your sarcasm,
same as you always have! By jinks,
but I wonder if there is another wife
like you in America! Coop! Chickens!
Do I talk and act like an idiot? Why
don’t you ask me if I’m going to build
a stall up in the garret and keep a
giraffe there?”
“Forgive me, dear, but 1 happened
to be thinking of chickens Just as you
spoke. There are tremendous possi-bilities
for good or evil In chickens,
are/n't there?”
"Tremendous nonsense!” snorted Mr.
Bciwser, and he turned in disgust and
wimt upstairs to chew the rag. He
dijUn’t mean to come down for two
hours, but he had something on his
nnlnd he must get off or perish, and
ureter ten minutes he was back again.
( “Won’t you please tell me what it
s?” asked Mrs. Bowser.
“It's a scientific matter, and you
wouldn’t understand it. Science is all
Greek to any woman.”
“But I’ll try my hardest. Perhaps
I can understand a little bit of it.”
Mr. Bowser looked at her to see 11
-!,e was guyimr him. and. heinit. satis-fied
py her demure countenance and
attitude that she was uot, he melted
and said:
“Well, you know what rain is, ol
course?”
“Yes; I have seen it rain several
times in my life.”
“And you know what a drought is?”
“Y’es; we had one last summer. A
drought is caused by the absence of
rain.”
“You know more than I thought for,
hut don’t get giddy over it. The
drought we had last summer caused
this country a loss of a hundred mil-lion
dollars. A rainstorm at intervals
would have saved all that money. If
we can get rain any time we want it
the farmer is sure of big crops.”
“I begin to see,” said Mrs. Bowser.
“Y’ou are going to turn rainmaker. I
have rend of them in the papers, but I
thought they were not a success.”
“There Is the whole thing in a nut-shell,
Mrs. Bowser. More than a
dozen so called savttnts have set out
to make rain when wnnted, but all
have been miserable fnilures. They
had the Idea all right, but they
couldn’t deliver the goods. They
might as well have tried to bring down
the moon.”
His Mode of Rainmaking.
“But you—you can mnke It rain?”
“Not the slightest doubt of it. Just
wait a minute.”
He went down the hall and opened
the front door and returned with the
package he had left in the vestibule.
When the contents were exposed they
seemed to consist of five roman can-dles.
“The necessary powders and liquids
to bring about n gathering of the
clouds and produce a precipitation are
contained in these,” ho explained as
he handled one of them with great rev-erence.
The professor has been work-ing
for thirty years on the idea, and”—
“Oh, there's a professor In it, eh?”
she interrupted.
“Well, yes. He was hard up, and he
came to me as one scientific man
comes to another. He wanted to he
kept in the background, however. I
am to reap nil the glory of the discov-ery.
What are you looking at me that
way for?”
“Mr. Bowser, you’ve been worked
again!”
“I deny it! I deny it!” he shouted as
he waved the candle around ills head.
“I’ve got the greatest invention of the
century, aud you are jealous of me!”
“What professor is it?”
“Never you mind.”
“How much did you pay him?”
“That’s my business.”
“Very well. I have nothing more to
say. If I want a dollar for stock-ings”—
“You can have ten, a hundred, a
thousand, but for heaven’s sake have
a little common sense. This is a sure
thing. It’s bound to bring in millions.
You can wait a day or two without its
killing you. In a week you can buy
out all the stocking factories In the
United States. I am going to bring
rain within two hours.”
“Do you think you can?”
“Think! Why, I know I can! This is
a frosty night, and there’s an inch of
snow on the ground. I’ll fire these can-dles
into the air, and you watch the
results. In half an hour the air will be
balmy; In an hour the snow will be
gone; in another hour we will be hav-ing
an April shower.”
“But it has always been a failure,"
said Mrs. Bowser even as she tried to
look hopeful.
“Yes, and why? Why? Becnuse
Bowser was not In It, because the so
called savants were fakers. They
might as well have shot Into treetops
to bring down rabbits. Now, not an-other
word from you, I have always
succeeded and shall this time. I’ll go
right out and begin the performance.
Just sit tight and wait for the April
shower.”
Like Fourth of July.
As he went downstairs and passed
through the kitchen on his way to the
back yard the cook caught sight of the
candles, and with a yell she dropped
the dishpan and made u rush for her
room at the top of the house, where
she could jump into bed und cover up
her head. Five minutes later he was
whirling a blazing torch In his hand,
and bails of fire were shooting heuven-ward.
By the time the last ball had
ascended there seemed to be thirty
men and boys in the alley. Mrs. Bow-ser
was at a rear window, and as
tne second cancne was ready to no
lighted Mr. Bowser called to her:
“It’s great! It’s a success! The
thermometer has risen 20 degrees al-ready!”
The second caudle increased the
crowd, a portion of which invaded the
yard, and one man had the Impudence
to say to Mr. Bowser;
“Say, old man, what’s your brand?
This is no Fourth of July.”
The third candle muy be said to
have closed the performance. It went
off to the neeompnnlmeut of cheers and
yells and whoops, and that April show-er
was only a few miles away and
coming like an express train when
two policemen grabbed the savant
and announced In chorus;
"Come along with us, you blamed
lunatic!”
As announced above, I was at a rear
window looking on.
I saw the crowd and heard the
whoops.
I realized that something was bound
to happen, but I was powerless to
prevent It.
I saw the arrival of the police.
I saw Mr. Bowser led struggling
away.
I saw that coming April shower halt
and turn back.
All the rest of the night I sat up
waiting for Mr. Bowser’s return, but
he did not appear.
It was only at 10 o’clock next fore-noon,
after he had been arraigned in
court and fined $10, that he came scuf-fling
home.
“Well, did it rain where you were?”
I asked, but was sorry a second later.
Mr. Bowser never said a word nbout
divorce or my going home to mother,
but sat down on the lounge and shed
tears—real tears—and murmured that
the world was “agin” him. Poor man!
MRS. BOWSER.
Per M. Quad.
On Their Minds.
“I’ve got something on my mind
that I've got to get rid of,” said the
author, bursting in and seizing a pad
and pencil. “And when you have got-ten
rid of it and have received a
cheek for it, there is something down
in the milliner’s window that T want
to get on my mind,” said the au-thor's
wife, picking up his hat, coat
and mnW'a
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MOUNT PLEASANT BREWERY.
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been stopping, or not running
satisfactorily. It may have
an expensive movement which
is not acting as it should. If
you are having any trouble
with your watch, bring it to
us. We will repair it and
make it run properly.
GIVE US A TRIAL.
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The Jeweler,
Mount Pleasant, - Pa.
Opposite United Brethren Church.
Uncle Ezra Says:
“Chickens come home to roost, sure
enough, but their princerpul reason
fur cornin' home is to git somethin’ to
eat.”
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SPECIAL EXCURSIONS
TO PITTSBURGH
Sundays, July 4 and 18, 1909.
Round Trip Train
Rate leaves
Uniontown $1.25 8:00 A. M.
Dnlibar 1.15 8:17
NewHavenl 1.00 8:23
Connellsville 1.00 8:20
Everson 1.00 8:41
Scottdale 1.00 8:44
Round Trip Train
Rate leaves
Alverton $1,00 8:51 A, M.
Tarr 1.00 8:50 “
New Stanton 1.00 9:00 “
Youngwood 1.00 9:12 “
Pittsburgh Ar 10:25 “
Train will also stop at WILMERDTNG 0:55 A. M., EAST PITTSBURG II 0:50 A. M.“
BRADDOCK 10:03 A. M„ WILKINSBURG 10:10 A. M„ and EAST LIBERTY 10:16 A. »I
Returning, tickets will be accepted ONLY ON SPECIAL TRAIN, ON DATE OP
SALE, leaving Pittsburgh. Union Station, 7:15 P. M.. East Liberty. 7:25 P. M.. IVlIktns-burg
7:20 P. M,. Braddock 7r36 P. M., East Pittsburgh 7:40 P. M., and Wllmerdlng
7:44 P. M.
NO HALF-FARE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD.
The excursion rate will not he accepted on the trains, and passengers not provided
with tickots will beeharged the REGULAR FULL FARE.
J. R. WOOD,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
GEO. W. BOYD.
General Passenger Agent.
Largest, Oldest and Leading
Jewelry (louse
H. C. MORRISON,
658 Main Street.
Money—time—labor—worry—all are
saved by coming to this place to buy
anything in my line.
Diamonds
and other precious stones.
Watches
for men and women—best makes.
Jewelry
in most elaborate selections.
Silverware
only most dependable qualities.
Clocks
from the smallest to the largest.
Cut Glass
exquisite and exclusive designs.
China and Bric-a-Brac
The finest imported wares.
Umbrellas and Canes.
H. C. MORRISON,
F. & M. Bank Block, Mount Pleasant.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
or MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Capital StocK $100,000
OFFICERS:
John D. Hltchman, President.
S. N. Warden. Vice President.
G. W. Stoner. Cashier
DIRECTORS.
J. 8. Hltchman. J. D. Hltchman,
J. 8. Braddock. Wm. B. Neel.
J. O.Orownover, Jos. R. Stauffer.
8. N. Warden. C. W. Stoner.
Isaac Sherrick.
F articular attention given to collections, and
proceeds promptly settled.
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McCurdy & Cunningham, Attorneys.
Executor's Notice.
Letters testamentary on the estate of Wili-am
H. Smith, late of Mount Pleasant Bor-ough,
Westmorelaud Co., Pa., deceased, hav-ing
been grauted to the underslgued by the
Register of Westmoreland County, notice Is
hereby given to all persons Indebted to said
estate to make Immediate payment, and to
those havtug claims against the same to pre-sent
them to the underslgued, duly authen-ticated,
for settlement.
Dr. M. W. Horner,
8. C. Stevenson,
Executors.
5 20 6t Mount Pleasant Pa.
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HOW TO CURE SKIN DISEASES.
The germs and their poisons which cause the
disease must be drawn to the surface of the
skin and destroyed.
Zemo. a scientific preparation for external
use, will do this ana will positively cure Ec-zema,
Pimples. Dandruff, and every form of
skin or scalp disease. See photos of many re-markable
cures and show csise or window dis-play
at Bowman’s drug store, 753 Main st.. on
the hill. Ask for samples. 5 6 ly
C. M. METZ,
Slate and Tin Roofing.
Hot Air Heating a Specialty.
13 E. Main^St., Mount Pleasant, Pa.
810
Estate of Margaret Hout, deceased.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that letters of ad-ministration
on the estate oflMargpret Mont,
late of East Huntingdon Twp., Westmore-land
county, deceased, having been granted
to the undersigned by the Register of said
county, notice Is hereby given to all persons
indebted to said estate to make immediate
payment, aud to those having claims against
the same to presont them to the undersigned
duly authenticate for settlement.
NEVIN A. COUT, Administrator
Mount Pleasant, Pa. 0 3 0t
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909.
JOHN L. SHIELDS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
Subscription, tfil.'SO a Yeur, I •nv<Ui|
I- In AduHnce
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, ns 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, Acme Lumber and Supply Company,
Anchor Glass Factory, Searchlight Manufacturing Company’s stove
plant, the Mount Pleasant Tool Company. Husband Company’s plan-ing
mill, Galley Bros.’ carriage factory, foundry, brewery, distillery,
pop plant, two flouring mills, 13 Protestant and 3 Catholic churches,
Mount Pleasant Institute, 2 large Public Schools and 3 Parochial
schools.
There is coal in abundance at the town’s gates and the same is
true of electricity and natural gas for heat, light and power. All of
which things, when taken In connection with the best water system
in Western Pennsylvania, make Mount Pleasant’s numerous manu-facturing
sites ideal.
THURSDAY, June 24, 1909.
A MISTAKEN CONTEMPORARY.
The Scotldale “Observer" says that THE
JOURNAL crowed over the defeat of Mr.
Cunningham for the Republican judicial
nomination at the hands of the liquor
people of this county. But our esteemed
contemporary is entirely mistaken, as
we deeply regretted that gentleman’s
failure to make the riffle, especially be-cause
he is a Mount Pleasant boy.
What this paper did say in comment-ing
(on the result of the late primary
election was that Mr. Cunningham didn't
show expected good political judgment
in going out of his way to stir up the
liquor people, who, it must not be for-gotten,
are engaged in a legitimate busi-ness
and are privileged to defend them-selves
and their interests when attacked.
When Mr. Cunningham thus antagon-ized
them, they did turn in against him,
helping in no small way to make Mr.
Crowell the nominee.
We also said that Mr. Cunningham
lost considerable political prestige in
Westmoreland county during the cam-paign
and are still of that opinion, de-spite
the fact that since that time he has
been advanced to Deputy Attorney Gen-eral
by Governor Stuart.
COUNCIL could do better work for the
borough if it pulled together as a body.
A GOOD 8IGN.
The largest single contract for railroad
equipment ever placed in the United
States, involving from $20,000,000 to
$35,000,000, will, it is said, be awarded
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
within a few days.
Most of these cars will be built in the
Pittsburg district, and thousands of me-chanics
will be assured steady employ-ment
for many months. President James
McCrea and other officials of the Penn-sylvania
have authorized the purchase of
the new rolling stock, and it is under-stood
that the large car-building con-cerns
have already been notified of the
aumberpf cars to be built at their plants.
There is no better sign of returning
prosperity than this action on the part
of one of the greatest and best managed
corporations in the world.
of miners or of unscrupulous craft and
greed in the head of some great, wealthy
corporation.
THE TOWN THAT
PUSH BUILT
III.—The Wide Awake Butcher
THE councilman who cannot lay aside
his personal feeling in the discharge of
his duty is not in the best class of pub-lic
servants.
MORE GOOD FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
Ex-President Roosevelt, who is still
in Africa hunting with his son, Kermit,
has an interesting article in the current
number of “The Outlook" under the
caption, “The Thralldom of Names. It
is an appeal to the American people to
‘‘wrest the control of the government
out of the hands of rich men, who use
it for unhealthy purposes.” In part, Mr.
Roosevelt says:
“We urge control and supervision by
the Nation as an antidote to the move-ment
for state socialism. Those who ad-vocate
total lack of regulation, those who
advocate lawlessness in the business
world, themselves give the strongest im-pulse
to what I believe would be the
deadening movement toward state so-cialism.
“There must be law to control the big
men, and therefore especially the big
corporations, in the industrial democra-cy
of today. The law must be efficient,
and therefore it must be administered
by exclusive officers, and not by law-suits
in the courts."
We must draw the line, as Mr. Roose-velt
says in closing, not on wealth nor
on poverty, but on conduct. We must
stand for the good citizen, because he is
a good citizen, whether he be rich or
whether he be poor, and we must merci-lessly
attack the man who does evil,
wholly without regard to whether the
evil is done in high or low places,
whether it takes the form of homicidal
violence among members of a federation
HERE is the butcher who, having
cash,
To the dry goods merchant's made a
dash,
For he saw an ad. of a special sale
Of things that people order by mail,
And he paid for all the things he
bought
With the selfsame money he had got
From the grocer who had settlement
made
With the money the honest workman
paid.
P. S.—The local dealer who's up to snuff
Will always advertise his stuff.
Wc Guess Yes.
Oonnellsvllle Courier.
If some people had all that was coming
to them they would have a great deal
more than they wanted.
They Got all Right.
Pittsburg Post.
Watch the insurgents from the Pen-rose
standard get back into the fold
when they find they are beaten.
Has Prohibition, Too.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Forest fires in Maine convey an inti-mation
that Maine must have had a very
different weather than has prevailed in
this neck of woods for the past lew
weeks.
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Tribute From Auto Hater,
Greensburg Argus.
The autoists who ran over a New Ken-sington
boy and afterward took him to
a hospital are entirely too ethereal for
this vale of fears. Go up higher, please.
Now, How’s This?
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
A Toledo attorney declares thre is no
such thing as the Black Hand Society.
If he is right, what a lot of apologizing
the detectives will have to do to the
public.
Singular Explanation. ,
Monessen News.
There would likely be more suicides
if a great many people did not attend to
others' business as they have too little
of their own, owing to this very meddle-some
disposition.
DEATHS OF THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper’s Work iu This Place and
Vicinity.
Mrs. Mary Thornton, wife of George
Thornton, died at the West Penn Hos-pital,
Pittsburg, Friday, after undergoing
an operation for appendicitis. The body
was removed to the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Behanna, at River-view,
near Monongahela. Divine ser-vices
were conducted Sunday afternoon
by Elders Armbrust and Fedderer, of
the Church of Jesus Christ, the inter-ment
following in the Monongahela
cemetery.
Every
Depositor
Protected.
The strength, accommo-dation,
facilities and courtesy
which this institution affords,
should appeal to all, espe-cially
on account of its being
a National Banking Institu-tion,
under the direct super-vision
of the United States
Government.
Hvery precaution possible
being taken for the protection
of the depositors.
Your account and banking
business very cordially invited.
Iflrst
IHational IBank,
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Established 1863.
Oldest National Bank in West-moreland
county.
Capital ----- $100,000
Surplus & Profits over $100,000
Hot Weather Wearing Apparel at
Money-Saving Prices.
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SANITARY PLUMBING
means more than a red cross sign and
an ability to make out big bills. It
means a trained knowledge of plumb-ing
methods that will preserve the
family health.
WE KNOW PLUMBING
as far as it can be known today. If you
desire real sanitary work in your home
you will do well to consult with us for
the sake of your health and pocket.
J. A. STEVENSON & CO.,
763 Main St., Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Fine Millinery
A call will convince you
that I can save you money
when it comes to buying your
Spring Hat.
All I ask of you is a chance
to prove it.
MRS. J. J. HITCHMAN,
No, 337 East Main Street.
MOUNT PLEASANT, - PENNA.
Clean Up!
The wise citizen always
does this of his own account,
not waiting until Council eith.
er compels him to do the work
or does it for him with a per-centage
added to the cost.
Night Soiling
I make a specialty of this
work and am prepared to do
it quickly and at a reasonable
price.
Call on or address
John Hanse,
310 Smithfield St,
BELL PHONE 133,
$4.00 Jumpers made of beautiful lawn
.00 Wash Dresses, Jumpers and Suits
$1.7
$3.7
Princess trimming of dainty lace and embroidery, attractive de-signs
in the very latest out, waists are plain tailored with hand
embroidery collars and cuffs, blues, white and tans. They are
wonderful money-savers for you, but remember be early as they
are selling fast - $3.75
$2,00 Wash Skirts made of splendid quality duck in white, tan
and blue - 98C
Sale of trimmed hats at less than 50c on the dollar.
Hats at $2,00 that are wonders.
Hats trimmed beautifully. None of them worth less than $4.00.
All Men’s and Ladies’ and Children’s Oxfords 10 per cent. off.
20
per cent,
off on all
Men’s and
Ladys Suits
K0BACKER5
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All
Muslin
Underwear
Reduced.
MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Largest Complete Outfitters for Men, Women and Children.
Greater Energy and Vigor
put in the few remaining days of our
Double=Header Sale !
MEN’S DEPARTMENT.
The above are actual facts, no boasting or paper talk. Put us to the test and
we’ll prove to you the truthfulness of our claim. Collegian and Brock suits in plenty
among these,
WOMEN’S DEPARTMENT.
H. GOLDSTONE & SON,
605-607 MAIN ST., MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
Clothing, Shoes and Furnishings for Man, Woman and Child.
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1009.
HAPPENINGS IT HOME
For the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned.
TTTLE TALK OF THE TOWN
THAT WILL BOTH INTKRR8T AND
ENTERTAIN
A Department In WHICH the Local Bditot
Holdn High Carnival and Works off lile
'Surplus Energy In Condensations
That Deal Solely with Matters Relating
to Mount Pleasant
Friends of Mrs. Dule Sherrick, of Kast
Main street, will regret to learn of her
serious illness.
Monday was not only the longest but
by long odds the hottest day of the year,
being over 90 in the shade.
Charles C. Bossart, of this place, is
one of the brick contractors on the new
Scottdale high school building.
Burgess Collins announces that the
dog muzzle ordinance will be strictly
enforced until September 1st.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the hospital
Tuesday afternoon next, June 211, at 3
o'clock.
The reported engagement of Miss Eliz-abeth
Eberliart, announced in these col-umns
last week, proves to have been the
mistake of a correspondent.
Collector D. C. Rumbaugh got in over
$15,000 of borough faxes within the first
sixty days which is looked upon as an
exceptionally good showing.
The local hospital is full and over-flowing
with patients, to look after whom
the management has been compelled to
put the second bed in private rooms.
Mrs. Minnie Grafl, of Scottdale, while
here and crossing the street to take a car
for home late Friday evening, fell and
broke her leg. She was taken to the
hospital.
Fred Howarth. a former Mount Pleas-ant
boy now residing with his parents
at Monongahela, has been elected cap-tain
of the track team at State College.
He has developed into quite a sprinter.
John and Samuel Pyle, of Jones Mills,
gave $500 bail for court before Justice
Rhoades here Friday evening on a charge
of aggravated assault and battery pre-ferred
by Ida Christopher, of Jeannette.
Jeannette Reformed people refused
to accept the resignation of Rev. J. N.
Bauman who has been their pastor for
the past 16 years. This popular shep-herd’s
wife is a sister of Frank D. Barn-hart,
of this place.
Fire destroyed the long idle Hayes
brick plant in the East End, starting
about 10 o'clock Tuesday night. Excel-lent
work of the firemen kept the flames
from spreading to the nearby oil and
gasoline storehouses.
Frank Pool, of Ruflsdale, has the ex-cavation
made for a double 12-room
brick tenement house on West Main
street, adjoining the Cooper saddlery.
Being a stone mason, he will do the
foundation work himself.
The Mount Pleasant baseball fans are
preparing to attend the opening of the
new National League grounds in Pitts-burg
on Wednesday next. Some are sat-isfied
with reserved seats, while others
have taken private boxes.
Sneak thieves Monday night robbed
the larders at the Eagle street residences
of Robert Russell and Louis Glick. City
Mail Carrier Hugh Russell thought he
was shy his best P. O. D. coat until he
found it at the postoffice the next day.
( Charles F. Rumbaugh, while at his
Three Springs summer home last week,
caught a rattlesnake that is fourteen
'ears old, having eleven rattles and a
lutton, and is three and one-half feet
long. The old fellow will be exhibited
in a window at Barkley’s pharmacy.
Rain didn’t prevent the Protected
Home.Circle people from having a good
time at their Oakford Park outing Thurs-day
last. The Jeannette ladies, however,
did defeat their fair Mount Pleasant sis-ters
at baseball despite the fine battery
work of Misses Brickley and Sauerwein.
Herman Groetzinger, serving a 30- day
sentence in jail at Greensburg, being
unable to pay the $20 fine imposed by
Burgess Collins for having sent in false
fire alarms, was brought down Monday
for a hearing before Justice Hunter who
remanded the young man to prison as
Groetzinger again confessed his guilt.
Rev. Dr. E. U. Hoenshel, principal of
the Shenendoah Institute, Dayton, Vir-ginia,
will lecture in the United Breth-ren
church on Monday evening, July 12,
under the auspices of the Alpha Young
Radies Sabbath School Class on the
(‘Passion Play,” which he witnessed in
1900 at Oberammergau.
Young Scientific Farmer.
Claud Byers, younger son of Mr. and
Mrs. William L. Byers, of this place, who
graduated this year at State College,
made a specialty of studies relating to
farming. He has successfully passed the
civil service examination and expects
an appointment in the National Agri-cultural
Department. He will spend his
vacation showing his daddy the proper
way to raise alfalfa.
Owes Clemency to Youth.
Andy Miller, the Bnllskin township
boy, convicted of having broken into W.
F. Coughenour's home near Wooddale,
was called for sentence in tbe Fayette
county criminal court last Wednesday.
Judge R. E. Umbel lold him he had
thought of giving him the maximum
sentence, 10 years to the penitentiary,
but on account of his youth had decided
to send him to Huntingdon.
Two Boys Drowned.
Hurst, the 9-year-old son of Edward
McCormick, of Connellsvillc, was drown-ed
Friday while bathing in tlie Sodom
swimming hole. The body was recover-ed
Tuesday.
Luther, the 4-year-old son of Calvin
Price, an Indian Creek sawmill employe,
fell into Indian Creek Sunday and was
drowned. The body was recovered.
Big Time Promised.
The local Knights of St. George will
hold a big euchre party in St. Joseph’s
Hall on Monday evening, June 28, with
admission tickets 50 cents. There will
be in all five prizes given, that for the
head lady a silk umbrella and for the
leading gentleman a clock. The Knights
are anxious to make $200 to help out
with the celebration this fall of the 25th
anniversary of the founding of St. Jo-seph's
church.
FOR SALE:—'/( acre with good garden,
fruit, stable, spring house, chicken yard
and a 7 room brick house, small store,
lunch, fruit, confectionery, etc.; situated
at Donegal, Pa. All for less than one
thousand dollars. Good living for a
couple. Address or call on H. L. George,
Donegal, Pa. 6 24 tf
FERNCLIFF HOTEL.
OHIOPYLE, PA.
Those who would flee to the moun-tains
need not go farther than the famous
Western Pennsylvania Outing Resort,
"Fernclifl Hotel,” Ohiopyle, Pa., located
on the B. & O. railroad, 75 miles east of
Pittsburg in the Allegheny mountains
on the banks of the Youghiogheny river
with only a short walk to the famous
Ohiopyle Falls and the Cucumber Falls.
Mountain spring water running all
through the hotel. This hotel resort is
located in the center of 100 acres of
wooded scenery and beautiful grounds.
We wish to announce to the public that
this hotel opened for summer board-ers
and picknickers on June 12th. By
special arrangements all fast trains stop
here. For further information apply to
Chas. S. Pew, manager, or B. & O. ticket
agents. 6 17 2
FOR SALE:—Second-hand stationery
boiler and engine. Inquire of Lowe &
Haller, Youngwood, Pa. 6 17 2
NOTICE:—The school board of Mount
Pleasant township will meet Saturday,
June 26th, 1909, at 2 o'clock p. m. at
Hurst’s school house for the purpose of
electing a principal of schools and pur-chasing
of school room furniture and
black boards; will also meet Saturday,
July 10th, 1909, at 9 o’clock, a. m., at
same place for the purpose of electing
forty-three (43) teachers for common
schools and two (2) high schoolteachers.
Board will also receive bids until Sat-urday,
July 10th, 1909, for cleaning of
closets, removing of waste matter from
off grounds, depositing lime in vaults,
scrubbing and whitewashing interior of
buildings. G. M. Hartzell, President'
A. A. Beacom, Sec. 6 17 4
New Harness Shop.
When you want your harness repaired
or a new set of harness don't forget to
call on W. C. Burry, Mullin avenue,
Mount Pleasant, Pa. 6 17 4t
FOR SALE:—Good second-hand trap;
seats four people. Inquire of N. A.
Cort. 617
FOR RENT:—7-roomed house. Inquire
of H. B. Pershing. 6 10 tf
NOT IN A TRUST:—The fire insurance
companies represented by Cal. W. Glaus.
Call and see him about rates at No. 19
Main street, East End, Mount Pleasant.
11 12 ly
FOR SALE:—Big Bohemian Hall, corner
of Quarry and Spring streets, Mount
Pleasant. For all further particulars
call on or address the secretary, Charles
Ship. 5 27 tf
Great Music Offer.
Send us the names of three or more
performers on the piano or organ and
twenty-five cents in silver or postage
and we will mail you postpaid our latest
Popular Music Roll containing 20 pages
full Sheet Music, consisting of popular
Songs, Marches and Waltzes arranged for
the piano or organ including Rud.
Knauer's famous “Flight of the Butter-flies,”
“March Manila” and the latest
popular song, “The Girl I’ve Seen.”
POPULAR MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1 28 tf Indianapolis, Ind.
NOTICE—Orders for fresh country apple
butter left at No. 502 Main street will be
promptly filled and delivered.
3 1 tf FRANK STAUFFER.
AROUND AND ABOUT,
But Principally Within the
Bounds of This County.
A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWB
SECURED FROM THE FADES OK RE
LIABLE EXCHANGES.
How those Articles Appear After They
Have been Boiled Down Into Short
Paragraphs That Speak to the Point
But Briefly of Interesting Events
Trunsplrinir in he Old Star of tho West
Fifteen of the 17 steel mills at Scotl-dale
are now running.
Dr. T. B. Echard is preparing to build
a $10,000 private hospital on Porter
avenue, Connellsville.
Greensburg firemen are preparing to
hold an old-fashioned carnival the first
of August with all home-talent attrac-tions.
Unioiilown's principal of the high
school, Prof. F. W. Wright, has had his
salary increased from $1,400 to $1,800 a
year.
Somerset, having come to the front
witli $3,500 for expenses, will gel Ihe
Second brigade encampment for week
beginning July 27.
Charles Princeler, a Greensburg coal
miner, was caught Wednesday by a fall
of slate, but when dug out was all right
with the exception of a broken arm.
The Westmoreland County Christian
Endeavor Union will hold its sixteenth
annual session in the First Lutheran
church of New Kensington today and
tomorrow.
The Fayette Fuel Gas Company, con-trolled
by the Fayette County Gas Com-pany,
has purchased the stock of the
Marietfa-Sfillwagon Gas Company in
Fayette county,
Bacause of alleged blunders they com-mitted
in not capturing the robbers who
recently looted the Yough House bar,
Burgess Evans suspended Policemen
Stillwagon and O'Brien at Connellsville.
The West Penn Railways Company
has begun to carry light freight in an
experimental way on its McKeesport
division, a car for that purpose making
three round trips daily between that
place and Scott Haven.
In court at Uniontown last Wednesday
Jacob Kamrock was acquitted of the
murder of lgnafz Yarnick by direction
of Judge Umbel, who said the court
could never impose sentence upon the
testimony adduced by the Common-wealth.
Sparks from a sfeam road roller owned
by Contractor P. F. McCann, of Greens-burg,
arc believed to have been the
origin of a fire which last, Wednesday
destroyed the large barn on the Josiah
Shetler farm, near Feightner’s school
house, on Ihe road between here and
Greensburg. Mr, Shetler had no insur-ance.
FREED.
Miss Mary Ankney, of Wooddale, is
the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeremiah Stauffer.
Mrs. Susanna Fulton spent Sunday
here with her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Freed.
Miss Pearl Staufler spent Sunday with
her mountain friends.
Misses Eva Freed and Eva Etling
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sfrawn
Richter Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Weimer, of Greensburg, is
spending some time here with Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus Swain.
Thomas McKean spent several days
last week with friends in the mountains.
Mrs. Hannah Weimer is spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Freed.
Mrs. Cyrus Swain is very ill at this
writing.
J. L. Freed was a Scottdale caller Tues-day
last.
JONES MILES.
On Thursday, June 10, Mr. L, K. Mil-ler,
one of Donegal township's leading
farmers, as noted in last week’s JOURNAL,
raised one of the largest barns in this
vicinity, it being 40x80 feet. There were
almost 200 people there, including the
women who helped Mrs. Miller with the
sumptuous dinner. Mr. Miller killed
the fatted calf and had it done up to the
queen's taste and served to his host of
friends who had assembled to help him
set his bam on pins. And of all the
other good things that were there to eat
the writer will not attempt to describe!
just ask some one who was there.
Henry Sufall, of near Mount Pleasant,
was the clever carpenter who did the
framing. Mr. Miller is having the build-ing
finished with worked lumber and,
when complete, it will be one of the
finest and best equipped barns in this
vicinity. Despite the wet day, which
caused tbe men to seek shelter several
times during the day, not an accident of
note happened.
LOST:—A good silk umbrella with a
gold handle engraved “E. R, F.” A lib-eral
reward will be paid for its return
to this office.
A DROP OF MEDICINE
of flic right kind may save a life. Don't
be without remedies for the more com-mon
ailments of life. The time taken to
reach a drug .store may be precious
moments lost, j, Many of the
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
we sell will retain their efficiency in-definitely.
Others for a very long time.
Keep on hand at least a small quantity
ofthese excellent medicines.
Crystal Pharmacy,
The Up To Now Druggist,
C. F. COLDSMITH
646 Main Street, Mount Pleasant, Pa.
E. A. WALKER,
Manufacturer of
All Kinds of Ice Cream,
Brick Cream,
and Ices.
Both Wholesale and Retail.
Special Attention given to Weddings
and Social Gatherings.
Bell Phone 69.
Brnddouk B1 ock, Mount Pleasant.
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Real fipwers bring that exquisite odor
to our floral perfumes. Try a bottle of
your favorite and be delighted with the
more natural fragrance of it.
OUR DRUGS ARE DIFFERENT
in a somewhat similar way. They are
the real, not the adulterated or imita-tion.
That makes his pharmacy a safe
one at which to procure the medicines
upon which health, even life, may de-pend.
BARKLEY’S PHARMACY,
Lorenzo G. Nail, Ph. G., Mgr.
068 Main St., - Mount Pleasant, Pa.
Local Phone 22. Bell Phone 88.
Star Brick Company etal vs. Acme Lum-ber
& Supply Company.
In the Court of Common Pleas. No. 689
in Equity. Westmoreland County.
Receiver’s Sale.
Robbins & Kunkle, Shirey Attorneys.
PUBLIC SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the under-signed
as Receiver of the Acme Lumber
and Supply Company will expose to
public sale on Saturday, the 17th day of
July, 1909, at 10 o’clock a. m., on the
premises, all the real estate and personal
property yet unsold of the Acme Lum-ber
and Supply Company. Said real es-tate
being located in the Duncan Plan
of lots adjoining Mount Pleasant Bor-ough,
Westmoreland County, Pa., con-sisting
of the following, viz:
Lots numbered 190 and 191 on the
northern side of Liberty street, each hav-ing
thereon erected a two-story frame
double dwelling house of ten rooms and
other improvements. Said houses being
in good condition and repair.
Also one hundred building lots.
Also the northern parts of factory
sites three and four, having thereon
erected a one and one-half story office
building.
Also factory site No. 13, having there-on
erected a dwelling house and good
frame stable,
TERMS OF SALE:—Ten per cent, of
the purchase price will be required when
the property is knocked down. One-half
when the sale is confirmed by the
Court, and the remaining one-half in six
months, or all cash if the purchaser de-sires.
Purchaser will be required to give sat-isfactory
security to receiver within five
days after sale that the the balance of the
purchase money will be paid according
to terms of sale; otherwise the property
may be resold at the consent, cost and
risk of the defaulting bidder.
E. R. SHIREY, Receiver.
Greensburg, Pa., June 8, 1909. 6 10 6t
Llghtcap& Warden, Attorneys.
Estute of L .S. Tlnstman, deceased.
Administrator's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that letters of ad-ministration
on theestate of L. S. Tinsttnan.
late of Mount Pleasant Borough, Westm’dCo.,
deceased, having been granted to the under-signed
by the Register of Westmoreland
county, notice Is hereby given to all persons
Indebted to said estate to make immediate
payment, and those having claims against
the same will present them properly authen-ticated
for settlement.
M?i™Tlnstm,‘a}A<lm”- C-T'A-
5 27 6t P. O. address. Mount Pleasant, Pa
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cutlery, razors, pocket knives, table cutlery, etc. An unusual opportunity to
obtain the best at reasonable prices.
For sale* toy
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Center of Town. Mount Pleasant, Pa.
NOW’S THE TIME
To make your selection of Spring Wall Paper
at our store. The stock, which is the biggest
and right up to date, is just coming in, afford-ing
a royal opportunity to get what you want.
Experienced Workmen will Put It On.
You should always remember that we have a
splendid stock of
Chinaware, Paints Oils, Window Blinds
and the likeatthe lowest prices consistent
with dependable goods,
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•‘ON THE HILL,” - - - MOUNT PLEASANT, PA
For News of the
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ANNIVERSARY
SALE.
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THK MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 04, 1009
IN MEMORY
OF BRADDOCK
Fayette County Citizens Raise Money
to Buy Land About British
General’s Grave.
THIT COUNTY WILL ERECT I II
Patriotic citizens of Fayette county, headed by W. C. McCormick, John
Hadden, Frank M. Seamans, Jr., H S. Hackney and Indue I. C. Work,
have succeeded in raising; $1,250 with which to purchase several acres of
mountain land in the center of which lie the remains of < »en. Braddock, who
was wounded in the battle of Braddock’s Field and carried hack into the
mountains seven miles cast ol IJiiiontown, wheic he died and was burkd,
1 de resting place of the British general was originally marked by an oak
tree, but this W;L broken oil by a storm in 1858, and Josiah King, then ed-itor'of
“ I lie Pittsburg Commercial < ia/.ette” had the fence, now surrounding
the grave, built, l ayette county will erect a monument over the spot.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On the Sunday School Lesson by
Rev. Dr. Llnscott For the In-ternational
Newspaper Bible
8tudy Club.
June 27th, 1909.
(Copyright, loss, tiy li. v T. S. T.lnscott, 0.0.)
Temporiinco Lesson. Ruin, xlll:
8:14.
Golden Text Put yo on Elio Lord
•TORUS (111rlnl Uom. xlll: 14.
Verso S. IH II always sinful to uo
Into debt, when yon have no vlslbln
moans of paying; It?
Is II right, or wrong, to go Into dobt
when you hnvo nothing; to pay with.
If your creditor knows your olreum-etanoes?
Is n tiuslnoss man who hns lionostly
failed In IIIIRIIIORS ntul given up alt ho
tins to IIIH creditors, under moral ob-ligation
to pay the balance of I ho
debt, If he mnkes enough money to do
eo out of future business?
Under modern business conditions,
and the law of love and righteousness,
when wholesalers HOII on time, or give
an adequate discount for cash to re-tailors,
why are not the debts of an
honest bankrupt retailor, the legiti-mate
loss of Ills creditors In common
with himself?
Wherein consists the folly and sin
of a wage-earner In constant work,
getting Into debt?
Is It the duly of everybody to love
everybody, the Imd and tho good, ene-mies
and friends?
What Is the advantage of loving
everybody, to ourselves, and to thoso
whom we love?
Verses 9-10—Give reasons, outside
of the Bible, that will cover all cir-cumstances,
why it Is always wrong to
disobey these five moral prohibitions.
(This question must be answered In
writing by members of the club.)
Must, all such acts, as are here for-bidden,
contravene the law of love to
make them sinful; for example, If
yon had to kill a man who was about
to kill ono of your loved ones, would
that, bo sinful?
Can an act ho wrong that works
out for the good of all parties?
Verses 11-12 If you knew you had
to die InRidc of a month, what effect
would that have upon your Intentions
and actions, so far as God is con-cerned;
and if It would change those
in the least, does that not, prove that
you are now living wrong and are in
danger?
Most people are morally and spirit-ually
asleep, and many are far into
tho night; what are the conditions
which should suddenly startle such
into full consciousness, as to their
danger, and their duty?
Verse 13—How Is it that the night
is the time selected for so many bad
deeds?
Should a man ever do a thing which
he is ashamed for Ills best friends and
neighbors to know?
Does tho popular conscience gener-ally,
or always represent God's atti-tude
to a thing; or are there some
things God may bo pleased with which
the community would condemn as
wrong, or vice versa?
How is it that barrooms are gener-ally
screened off from the public gaze?
Why Is It a crime for a man to get
drunk?
Why do most drunkards get drunk
In tho night, or away from public
gaze?
Does the drink habit generally lead
to the other four grave evils mention-ed
in verse thirteen?
Verse 14—What Is the sure remedy
for the drink habit, and all kindred
•evils of the flesh?
Does putting on Jesus, always
mean putting on strength so we can
control all the passions of the body,
and the ambitions of the soul?
Lesson for Sunday, July 4th, 1909.
Paul's Second Missionary Journey—
Antioch to Philippi. Acts xv:36 to
An Investigation Into the cost of
eggs shipped from the Mississippi val-ley
farm to the consumer In New York
shows those who lake loll In handling
and the amount exacted to ho ns fol-lows;
• touts.
Paid to tho farmer 10
Profit of tlin country store u
Gross profit of till! sldppor. .75
(freight to New York 1.5
ttroHH profit to receiver 5
Gross profit to Jobber 1.28
Loss from candling 1.5
Gross profit or retailor 4.5
Cost tit consumer 25
A glance at the Heins would seem to
Indicate Hint llm retailer might well
divide it hit with tho country sloro-kooper
mid tho farmer mid consumer
he no worse off.
A friend who has a pair of red squir-rels
making headquarters on Ills prom
Iscs pul u handful of peanuts OH the
porch the other day nod retired to see
w lmt would Itllppeu. Hoop one of them
appeared and after a survey of the sit-uation
made nlT with Hie nuts one by
one, burying each In a hole by Itself,
Inking pains lo pack the soil down
firmly so as not to arouse the suspicion
of the passerby. It was also noticed
that the only nuts that were eaten on
the spot wore those of which the RIICII
was cracked mid would spoil quickly.
The gray squirrel, found so often In
native limber lots, follows n different
plan front the one noted, usually hid-ing
the nuts which lie garners In the
fall In holes In slumps or depressions
at tho roots of trees, often half it bush-el
or more In n plnce.
Tito husband who weathers (lie
houseclennlug period without losing
Ills church standing and who Is fairly
attentive to llm summer garden when
there tiro periodical baseball games In
tho neighborhood should be put down
»s n pretty decent sort of fellow.
Weeds, like bad habits, aro most eas-ily
and effectively eradicated when
they are Just getting started. In both
cases it means less grief Inter on.
tempos Balsam
Will stop nny rough Hint
can be stopped by any
medicine and cure coughs
Hint cannot be cured by any
oilier medicine.
It Is nlways the best
cough cure. You ciinnot
nilord to take chances on
any other kind.
KEMP’S BALSAM cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis,
grip, asthma and consump-tion
In llrst stages.
It does not contain alco-hol,
opium, morphine, or
any other narcotic, poison-ous
or harmful drug.
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KINGiHElCHIttX EKINGIrPFICHMAN
UNDERTAKERS fj UNDERTAKER,
The mission which countless billions
of earthworms perform in working
soil over, mellowing and enriching it
and in reducing raw natural fertilizers
and decaying vegetable matter into a
homogeneous nnd usable soil mass can
scarcely bo estimated. The use of
them for the small boy’s fish bait nnd
as a food supply for bird life is a minor
aspect of their value.
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See what $10
will do if you
are looking for
a fine tailor-made
suit.
MILLER’S,
THE BIO STORE.
defining up all our
I tidies’ Tailored
Suits for Ic8s than
cost of raw materi-al.
1‘lcnty to select
from.
Ladies’ Wash Suits.
Handsome English Repp Suits in white, champagne and blue, beauti-fully
tailored, long style coats ol approved fashion and suits that will give
satisfaction, linen shrunk before making, value $12.50,
at
Parasols
ot the newest col-orings
are being
sold at bargain
prices. A manu-facturer’s
sample
lot, no two alike,
for children and
misses, silk and
cotton.
Wash Skirts, lace trimmed, very attractive styles,
white and tan English Repp, at $2.98.
Wash Lingerie dresses of the finest quality, very elaborately
trimmed, combination of fine laces and eyelet embroidery, at
$6.50 and $8.00, former prices $10 and $12 50.
We show this week the new Dutch collar waist, not the
cheap kind, hut the better grade, at $2.50 and $2.75.
Lower priced waists, 89c to $1.39, that look a whole lot
better than the usual waists at that price.
New summer face veiling, real fine quality, featLier weight, at 25c and 39c, yd.
See the new auto head scarf, hemstitched, 2/ yds long, at 95c, all shades.
HAIR DEPARTMENT'. We always show all the new things in hair, switches
and puffs. Can match your hair perfectly. Switches 22 in. long, natural hair, $1.69.
MILLER’S,
THE BIG STORE. SCOTTDALE, PA.
BOTH PHONES.
760 West Main Street,
“ON THE HILL.”
MOUNT PLEASANT. - PENNA.
Great Clothing Bargains
At 63 Stores.
The Union Supply Company are cloning out their en-tire
stock of Men’s Ready-made Clothing. Every store in
the entire system is pushing a Clearance Sale, a Closing-out,
Sale of Men’s Clothing. The prices are reduced one-half
from the original prices, in some instances more than one-half.
They are, without any question, the greatest clothing
bargains ever offered in the coke region. Thousands of
men throughout the coke region and farming districts have
taken advantage of this great sale. We have an ample sup-ply
for many more.
If you have money to spend it is a great opportunity
to buy first-class, stylish ready-made clothing at one-half
its value.
There are Great Bargains in the Shoe Dep’ts
We have already contracted for our supply of Fall and
Winter Shoes and in order to have our stocks clean before
the arrival of these new Fall stocks we are also pushing vig-orously
a great Shoe Sale. Owing to the depressed condi-tion
of business for the last year or more, our stocks are too
heavy, and in order to close them out and get them down to
a normal point the “cut price” system is inaugurated. Shoes
for Men, Women and Children, stylish guaranteed goods at
one-half price. Take advantage of this great sale.
You May Want to Buy Furniture
The Union Supply Company Furniture Departments
are unequalled in Fayette or Westmoreland Counties. The
prices are reasonable; the variety is great. Anything you
may want, from a fine Parlor Suit down to a Kitchen Outfit,
We can furnish you with the most expensive Carpets
and Rugs, or the commoner variety of Rugs and Carpets if
you want them.
Linoleums, Oilcloths and other floor coverings.
Choice and handsome lines of Lace Curtains.
We have everything you want to completely outfit the
house. If you want to make a purchase in these lines we
recommend that you visit a Union Supply Company store.
They are convenient to every town. If you do not live in
the immediate neighborhood you can reach the stores by
trolley line. We guarantee you a saving in money. Goods
delivered to any point free.
Union Supply Company.
63 Department Stores.
Located in Westmoreland, Fayette & Allegheny Counties.
Ask
your
Grocer
What You Want,
and what we have to sell are
identical. You are looking for
thoroughly good
BREAD, CAKES and PIES
and we have them. Our baked
goods recommend themselves
and win their way on their merit.
Try some of our products and
be convinced.
People Will Talk
They tell each other
that 5A Horse Blankets
and 5A Lap Robes are
superior to all others in
warmth and strength and
wear, and that they al-ways
ask for 5 A,
- NC'e Sell Them
THE MOUNT PLEABANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909.
PICTURE'S
JST
COfYKIQHT /90G 7Y/g
c3Y
GEORGE
HORTON
SODfiS-SIFKKIU. COMPANY
“If Mils hnd happened In Russia,
now, where every man is suspected
of being an anarchist or a spy, t
shouldn't have wondered at it. But
we Americans have begun to look on
you Japanese as civilized people. We
call you the Yank,—hello, what’s
that?”
They had taken from his overcoat
pocket a bundle of papers, which they
opened under the electric bulb hang-ing
from a wire in the middle of the
room and began to examine. Hardy
stepped forward briskly, out of curi-osity,
but one of them threw out an
arm as rigid ns a liar of steel and
pushed him back ns easily as If he
were a child. As nearly as he could
tell from the distance maintained, the
paper seemed to be covered with
drawings and plans of some kind.
“I never saw that before!” lie ex-claimed,
much wondering. They went
out together nod left him in the mid-dle
of the room. Having nothing bet-ter
to do, he lighted a cigarette nml
attempted to study it all out, standing
there with his hands In his pockets.
“I only hope they don't keep this
farce up till I miss my train," he
mused: "1 have bought my ticket."
lie was not kept walling long. The
general himself came in to s >o hint.
“Of what am I accused?" asked liar
dy, "and why am I subjected to lliese
Indignities?”
The general also spoke English. He
had shrewd, fearless, penetrating
eyes, nml nil absolutely dispassionate
businesslike air.
“You can not brazen the matter,"
he replied. “The papers found on your
person leave little doubt as to the
nature of your mission In this coun-try."
"I should like lo see those papers,"
said Hardy. “I can not imagine what
they are. that you should be interest
ed In them. 1 didn’t know that I had
any papers In my overcoat pocket."
The general smiled.
“We shall be under the necessity of
detaining you," he said, “and of ex
amining you more at our leisure."
He pushed a button in the wall. Two
soldiers entered. "You will go with
these men.”
“But you are making some great
mistake, that will get you all Into trou-ble.
I am a well-known American cit-izen,
now on my way to Russia. I ar-rived
only this morning, direct from
my country. I demand to be taken be-fore
the American consul—or, better,
I will send for him.”
"You say you arrived this morn-ing?*'
asked the general. Hardy's
earnestness wns so great that it was
almost convincing. Besides, the Jap-anese
had no desire to alienate Amer-ican
sympathy.
“Come out into my office and wait
a while," he said; “I will telephone to
your consul."
Hardy found Neville still waiting in
the office, smoking a cigar and ap-pearing
quite cheerful, under the cir-cumstances.
"Oh, this Is good of you to wait for
me,” said the American, sitting down.
“Couldn't help It, my dear fellow,"
replied Neville. “They haven't let me
go yet.”
“But what do they suspect me of?
What have I—what have we done?
Hjave you any idea what those papers
wfere that they found in my overcoat
racket?”
J “Not the least in the world, but I
Suspect. You see, these people are
stjmply spoiling for a fight with Rus-sia.
They talk and think of nothing
«lse. Japan is a volcano of war, ready
tfo erupt at any moment. Consequent-ly,
they axe suspicious df foreigners.
•They probably take you for a French-
(man or a Russian—a spy, in fact.”
J Neville spoke quite loud, so that it
was possible for any of the officials
standing near to hear him. Hardy
admired his imperturbability. The
consul soon arrived, a forceful man
who understood his business. Hardy
produced his passport, a card, and sev-eral
letters.
“I am on my way to Russia," he
said, “to take a place with the Ameri-can
Trading Company at Stryetensk.
I have bought my ticket, and must get
off in the morning.”
The consul led him to one side.
“Those papers found on you are
plans and specifications of the fortifi-cations
here,” he whispered. “The au-thorities
were rendered suspicious of
youi to-day through finding you in the
act ! of photographing the harbor de-fenses.
They have developed your
filfns and they find a very good pic-ture
of the fort» and the approach to
ttyem by sea.”
Hardy laughed.
"I do seem to be a deep and dark
llain, don’t X? Yet, I assure you I
as only taking an innocent view of
he town.”
“But how did you come by the plans
and drawings?”
“I haven’t the least idea in the
world. I didn’t even know there were
any fortifications here.”
“I believe you,” said the consul.
“Somebody, hard-pressed by the po-lice,
must have unloaded on you.
What do you know about this—what’s
...<J name, WUO IS WHO you? Wtl<?<_
have you been?”
“This man with me? Why, he's Ne-ville,
an Englishman. Everybody
knows him and nil about him. He’s a
gentleman. We’ve been taking In the
sights together in a jin—by Jove, I
linve it. In that place where we were
arrested there was a most offensive
chap who Insisted on rubbing up
against me. Ills face was covered
with whiskers. Ho was a Russian, of
course. He’s the man!"
The consul held a long conference
with the general nml the latter held
one with his subordinates. An a re-sult,
the two men were allowed to go,
the Japanese so overwhelming them
with courtesy on their departure that
Hardy, on the whole, wns rather
pleased than otherwise at bin strange
adventure.
“The bowhlskered gentleman nt the
cafe chantant, or whatever you call it,
wns the man who put the papers in
my pocket.” laughed Hardy to Neville,
as he bade him good night at the
Grand. “But why doesn't he disguise
himself? Anybody would know that
he was a Russian with those whiskers.
If there ever was a man who looked
the part, lie’s the one."
“Perhaps the whiskers were arti-ficial,”
suggested Neville.
“Perhaps they were,” mused Hardy.
And that, too, seemed probable.
CHAPTER III.
The Queen of Fairy-Land.
They were off for Aomori, at the
north end of Nippon, in the early
mortning, leaving Yokohama on a toy
train that started at 6:45. All day
they traveled through a country tilled
like a garden, a country of vivid
green, with many brawling streams
of water clear as crystal, and hillsides
thickly wooded. The Bky was dark
blue, reminding one of the excess of
color used sometimes by impressionist
artists, and seemed ever low and near.
Objects evidently close by appeared
far off, an effect sometimes attained
in skillful landscape gardening, or per-haps
in fairy-land. The frequent
farmhouses were built of bamboo set
on end, and were thatched with straw.
As Hardy and his companion gazed
from the window, they were enter-tained
by the running comment of
their guide or dragoman, Masatsura
Tsuchlya, whom they had picked up at
Yokohama. This young Japanese had
spent several years in New York,
1 v
negiocs. NO, I can't get lip any o.«-
thuslasm over your Jap girl's beauty.”
“Well, to me, she’s about the dainti-est.
and most exquisite creation my
eyes ever rested on," persisted the
American. "If there's any yellow in
her cheeks, it's a slight tinge of moon-light,
or, perhaps, one might fancy
a little gold dust mingled with the
mortal clay of which she Is made. Him
is as dainty as a March lilac blossom,
her lips nre as red ns cherries, and
he blood that shines through her
hecks, like—like firelight through a
delicately-stained window — is as
warmly red as if she were Anglo-
Saxon. I can understand now how
foreigners, like your own Edwin Ar-nold,
for instance, have married Jap-anese
women. Is it true that they do
not kiss? Such lips as those were
ntended by an all-wise and merciful
Providence for kissing."
“You'll jolly well change all those
ideas after you’d been here a while.”
They Find a Very Good Picture of the
Fort^
knew English, and was bright and
officious to the verge of pertness.
When a Japanese merchant and a
pretty young woman boarded the
train about the middle of the day, it
was Masatsura who acted as intro-ducer
and apologist.
“This is a Japanese silk merchant,"
he explained, “and he is going with
his daughter to Hakodate. If the hon-orable
gentlemen do not object, he
will bring his daughter in with us. I
have explained that such is the cus-tom
in England and America.”
“Bring her in, of course,” said
Hardy, rising and making one of his
most graceful bows. "We shall be de-lighted
to have the lady's society.”
This was translated to Mr. Sano, the
merchant, who executed a series of
supple obeisances, and to the daugh
ter, who arose and courtesied demure-ly
in Japanese style.
“She’s quite an acquisition, eh, Ne-ville?"
observed Hardy. “By the way"
—turning to Masatsura—"does either
of them speak English?”
“Not a word," replied the guide.
“She’s positively beautiful, don’t
you think so, Neville?" Hardy in-quired
of the Englishman.
“No,” replied the latter, “I can’t say
that I do. There's something sicken-ing
in their beastly yellow skin to me;
and those slits of eyes, pitched at that
angle strike as deformed, or, as
physicians would say, monstrous. All
foreigners living in Japan regard the
natives as an offensive, inferior lot,
somewhat as your southerners look on
lilt
d
He Sat Down by Her.
replied Neville. “You grow sick of
yellow people nfter living with them.
As far ns I’m concerned, I’d as soon
kiss a rat as a Japanese girl."
’Well,” said Hardy, to whom the
conversation was becoming distaste-ful,
“it’s not the thing to discuss a
lady, even if we are in a foreign
country and observing and discussing
everything. I must Insist, however,
that I should weary of people like our
little friend opposite very slowly."
An idea occurred to Hardy—Neville
was so disagreeable, he would talk to
Miss Sano. He proposed the matter
to Masatsura, who informed hirn that
the young lady would be Incredibly
honored. Masatsura addressed a few
words to her and she smiled on Hardy
by way of assent and comprehension.
He sat down by her, and Masatsura,
standing before them, acted as in-terpreter.
She was not the least em-barrassed
or silly. Her manner com-bined
the most deferential interest
and a quaint suggestion of roguishness.
When night came on, Aisome—Ah-e-so-
me, so she was called—left the
compartment for the women's quar-ters
and Hardy and Neville lay down
on the benches, which ran around the
sides of the car like the seats in a
Turkish house, instead of across it.
They all slept soundly, but the
American was troubled with an un-pleasant
dream during the night.
"It amounted almost to a night-mare,"
he explained to Neville. "I
thought that Aisome came in with two
Japanese and they searched us as if
we had been thieves. Aisome was still
beautiful, but she did not look child-ish
any more. I was positively afraid
of her in my dream. The girl held
the lantern and spoke once or twice,
sharp and quick, as if giving com-mands.
Her eyes were hard and
eager, like those of a ferret. I oould
feel the man’s hand running rapidly
over my person, going into my pock-etc,
crumpling up my shirt. They
opened the valises, and even felt in
our shoes. Then they all stole out
again, closing the sliding door noise-lessly.”
“The Japs are all thieves,” replied
Neville. "Perhaps you were half-awake.
We’d better look and see if
anything has been taken.”
The Englishman did not appear
greatly perturbed, yet he went careful-ly
through his pockets and his va-lise.
Hardy followed his example^
saying after he had finished:
“It was a dream right enough. Had
it been anything else, I should have
waked."
“But, sir, It Is the custom of the
country,” explained Masatsura, defer-entially.
"Better take ’em off, old man," pro-tested
Hardy, who was trying to be
civil, but. had begun to weary of his
companion. “They may think It posi-tively
Indecent to go into a dining
room with shoes on."
After some opposition, on tho
ground that it made him feel like a
fool to go about In his stocking feet,
Neville removed his shoes and started
up the stairs with them in his hand.
"Bettor bring your shoes, too,” he
explained to Hardy, “They'll prob-ably
steal them if you leave them
down there.”
They all squatted about a low
table, whose legs were not over a foot
high, and waited for dinner. Their
room, which had been enlarged to milt
the size of the party by simply sliding
togethor a partition, looked out, on a
jourt. Diners In other rooms on the
opposite side of tho court could be
seen, also squatting about tables. In
less than five minutes Hardy had bo-oine
most uncomfortable, but Aisome
and her father sat there on their toes
*s easily as If they were reclining on
couches. They ordered of the pretty
girl who came to serve them, and
waited perhaps 15 minutes, when Ne-ville
exclaimed: “Where are my
shoes?" in such a tone that Aisome
looked up inquiringly, and her father
evidently asked Masatsura what the
trouble was.
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Not Born to Die by Accident.
James Kreiger, aged 15 years, of
Shnmnkin, Pa., tumbled down a 200-foot
mine breach until he struck a project-ing
post 50 feet from tbe surface.
Ho clung to ft, when n rope was low-ered
and he wns hauled to the sur-face,
with only a few f>niisep.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
McGEARY & HARSH,
ATTORNEYS-AT-I.AW,
MoGausland building. WentOt.teiman St.,
Qreensburg.
A. OORT,
N. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Second Floor new Rank and Trust building,
Mount. Pleasant.
New Laird bulldlug, Main st... Orconsburg.
GREGG & POTTS.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Barclay Building* Greensburg
CHAS. F. RUMI5AUGH,
Notary Public.
Real Estate and insurance
Room 6, F'armers & Merchants National
Bank Bld’g Mount Pleasant, Pa.
J. LLOYD KALP,
(Successor to W. A. Kaip.)
Real Estate and Insurance Agency-
833 East Main street, Mount Pleasant.
S. C. Stevenson,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE
4X7 MAIN 8T„ MOUNT PLEASANT.
CHAPTER IV.
One Fond Kiss.
They all took dinner together. Aiso-me,
Mr. Sano, Neville and Hardy, at
the Aomori restaurant. Neville ob-jected
strenuously to this arrange-ment.
“They aren’t quite human, you
know,” he said. "Englishmen think
they lose caste when they dine with
coolies, and so they don’t do it, don't
you know.”
“Well, we shan’t lose any caste by
dining with this little woman,” re-plied
Hardy, warmly, “any more than
if we were to dine with the queen of
fairy land. Personally, I shall feel
honored to sit at tbe same table with
so much grace and beauty. We shan’t
need a bouquet with her there. Real-ly,
I consider her about as rare and
exquisite a feminine creation as I
have ever seen, and 1 shall think you
mean to be disagreeable, if you do
not show more respect for my feel-ings
in the matter.”
“Oh, all right!” growled Neville;
but he could not help adding: “Most
fellows feel as you do when they first
come to this bally country.”
They all started up the steps to-gether,
but Neville was detained. H-had
refused hotly to take off his
WARDEN & LIGHTCAP,
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW.
Barclay Building, Greensburg.
Farmers & Merchants Nat. Uanx Block,
Monnt Pleasant.
L. S. RHOADES,
JUSTICEDFTHE PEACES. NOTARY PUBLIC.
A11 kinds of legal papers prepared and exe
cuted. Collecting a specialty.
Office il09 Main Street. Mcunt Pleasant
Prices Talk.
They have always talked
but at no time right out in
meeting as they do now. We
are making them say some
things, too.
Groceries.
Here are some figures on
Groceries that make our com-petitors
sit up and take notice
3-lb. cans Pineapple, 3 for 25c
3-lb. cans Tomatoes, 3 for 25c
3-lb. cans Peas, ... 3 for 25c
3-lb. cans Peaches, 3 for 25c
3-lb. cans Baked Beans 3 “ 25c
Dates, 4 lbs. for 25c
25-lb. sack of Mountain
Buckwheat Flour for 70c
L. M. KARNEY,
750 Main st.. “On the Hill,”
MOUNT PLEASANT. PA.
Mr. Bowman is pleased to annouuce to his
customers that he has secured the agency for
Zemo, the best known remedy for tbe positive
and permanent cure of Eczema. Pimples, Dan-druff,
Blackhends. Piles and every form of
Skin or Scalp disease. Zemo gives instant re-lief
aud cures by destroying the germ that
causes the disease, leaving a clean, healthy
skin. See display and photos of cures made
’s Pharmacy, 753 Main st.
W. A. HITCHMAN. WM, BERTHED, Manager. L, J, CULLIS
When you are in need of
Sanitary Plumbing, Steam or Hot
Water Heating, Gas fitting,
or, in fact, anything in this line,
Ititchman, Cullis & Co.
can supply it at the lowest possible prices consistent
with first-class workmanship.
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED.
Bell Phone 87. Office and Shop, 324 E. Washington St.
Mount Pleasant, Pa.
THE
PeoplesNationalBank
OF MOUNT PLEASANT. PA.
Capital and Surplus .... $75,000.00.
't his bank places at the command of its customers every modern
banking facility, and assures prompt and efficient service.
4 1’er Cent. Interest Paid on Savings Accounts. 4
OFFICERS.
CHARLES II. FBRNEK. Prest. CHAS. A. GKAUL, Vice ['rest. W. E. HnOPE. Cashier.
Charles R, Ferner,
Cecil E. I feller.
DIRECTORS,
•L P. Keller. Rev. Alexander Slwlec. M. F. Byers.
M.Kennedy. Chas. A. Grant. F. L. Marsh.
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The ideal Oil for either air-cooled
or water-cooled Ma-chines.
Distilled from Penn-sylvania
Crude Oil—light in
color, which means absolute
freedom from carbon.
WAVERLY SPEC!AT* id
n thin oil, foods freely through
nny style lubricator, and will riot
congeal in the coldest weather.
If you have any difficulty in
obtaining
Waverly Special
from your dealer or garage, com-municate
with us at o .ce c »d we
w.il F.C* that you arc supplied.
4
* Perfect fabric;’ '.ion with*
out carbon deposit.”
Waverly Oil WoxKs Co.
Indopcndont Rotlnort
Pittsburg, I'n.
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Has Full Lines of
Shades.
PYNE,
711 Main st., Mount Pleasant, Pa.
by Zemo at Bowman
on tbehlll Ask for samples. 5 6 ly
THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909
NEWS EROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
RODNEY.
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Hauger, of Stalils-iown,
were visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Neffie Dill, over Sunday.
David O. Miller has his seed buck-wheat.
Next is a wife to help eat the
cakes when the snow flakes begin to fly.
William Albert was in town on busi-ness
Saturday.
James Kantorik is a frequent visitor
down at Weltytown. Hisjbesl Rirl must
be in that neighborhood.
W. T. McLane had several good lambs
stolen last week.
Mrs. Nancy Freeman Swas),’visiting
iriends in Pittsburg the past week.
W. M. Kounkle has purchased the
Smith McLane farm.
Mrs. Lydia Dell is home from a visit
paid her daughter, Mrs. G. G. Albert, of
Uniontown.
Dempsey Stairs was in Mount Pleasant
the past week with his sister, Mrs. Witt,
and old friends.
F. C. Dell has presented his daughters,
Misses Hazel and Urilda, with a fine new
organ.
M. D. Hoyman’s little daughters, Mis-tresses
Andry, Helen and Lujean, aie
home for a week’s visit paid their aunts,
Mesdan e* Boyer and Harrison, in Mount
Pleasant.
Monday night's warmth made the corn
crack.
'PARK.
A lawn fete will be held here Mon-day,
July Sth, afternoon and evening,
for the benefit of the lodges of the
Knights of Pythias and the Golden
Eagle. Music will be furnished by Hen-derson’s
orchestra.
Several new autos will be purchased
here in the near future.
This is quite a hustling place since
the 8 o’clock morning train doesn't stop
at Ruflsdale, especially for the dairymen.
Quite a few of our young people at-tended
the Children’s Day exercises at
the Methodist Episcopal church at New
Stanton Sunday and report an excellent
program.
Roy and Frank, sons of Jesse Stoner,
of Markleton, returned home Monday
after spending a few days with friends
here and the surrounding vicinity with
their mother, who had undergone an
operation last week at the Mount Pleas-ant
hospital.
Charles Lowstetter, of Baggaley, is
spending several months here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lowstetter.
Marion Fox, of Seanor, and Jacob Phael
and family, of Hunker, spent Sunday
with relatives here.-
Miss Ida Hickernell is expected home
next week after finishing a successful
term of school at Ft. Scott, Kansas.
Miss Ida Miller, of Greensburg, is
spending her six weeks’ vacation at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Miller.
1IAMMONDVILLE
Many of our Sunday school workers
attended the convention held at Con-nellsville
last Wednesday and covered
themselves with glory and reflected, more
than words can tell, the great good be-ing
done in Fayette county.
Children's Day will be observed at the
Paradise Evangelical church on next
Sunday evening, June 27th. A program
of songs and recitations which will be
given by the children has been prepared.
Some of our alert citizens are prone
to believe the giving of free libraries by
rich men is likely to be overdone if the
fashion be not abated. In the libraries
are shelves upon shelves of idle books
waiting for the time to come when the
people shall have leisure to read them.
Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Miller entertain-ed
friends from Scottdale Friday last.
“Gint" Jones has gone to McKeesport
where he will play with the All Jones
ball team. His many friends think he
will be the means of scoring a howling
success for the team. Mr. Jones was the
star twirier for Hammondville last year.
The necessity of earning a livelihood,
and in most cases a bare livelihood,
prevents half the children of the coun-try
from obtaining even a public school
education. John Ruskin has truly said,
“Sure good is first in feeding -people,
then in dressing people, then in lodging
people, and lastly, in rightly pleasing
people with arts and sciences.”
Prof. Robert Felgar, of Fairmont, W.
Va., was a welcome guest at the W. S.
Cochran residence last week.
The Bridgeport Independent Board of
Education met Saturday evening and
elected Prof. Homer Wright principal
of the high school. All the other last
year’s teachers were employed. Salaries
and term remain the same. The last
Monday of August was set for opening.
J. B. Honse thinks the great fault of
the American people and the main cause
of hard times is extravagant living and
believes lessons in domestic economy
should be taught in all schools.
J. Porter Keller purchased a 1909 model
buggy of the Groton Carriage Company
recently. It is guaranteed to carry any
three of the heaviest men in Bridgeport.
Mr. Kefler is planning to give it a hun-dred
mile test this week.
Charles Gans and family, of Union-town,
were guests with his parents last
week.
IjAURBIiTlDLiE.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fliger and daugh-ter,
Miss Eva, of Youngwood, visited
Sunday and Monday with Dylmore
Sheets and family.
Mr. and Mrs. John McCurdy, of Rea-gantown,
were guests of Robert Smith
and family Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Ulery and
little daughter, of White, Pa., visited
that lady's brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Jonathan Brown, Sunday.
Miss Eva Barnhart, who has spent the
past two years in Knoxville, Tennessee,
arrived home to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Simon Barnhart, Sunday.
The local Union Sunday School most
fittingly observed Children's Day Sab-bath
afternoon last. The excellent pro-gram
rendered was:
Song—"With Glad Hosannas".. . .School
Scripture Reading.
Store opens
at 9 o’clock
Monday.
Parker’s,
SCOTTDALE.
Store opens
at 9 o’clock
Monday.
One Week of f amous Selling,
Monday, June 28, to Saturday, July 3.
A Great Price-Break All Through the Store. The Big Independence Day Sale.
This is really the big midsummer clean-up sale started several weeks earlier than
usual. That is the Parker style and what is bringing the crowds our way.
“Do as others would like to do but do it first,” with apologies to David Harum.
We introduce a new feature at this time by showing novel fall style silks underpriced
as much as the clean-up lines.
F. B. Myers
Invocation L Levi Weible
Song—“Full of Music” By Sehool
Recitation—“Children’s Day”
Edna Sheets
Exercise—“What They Stood For"...
.. Ida Zufall, Eflie Hoke, Llomie Sheets
Vocal Solo—‘‘You and I”. . . .Ada Sheets
Recitation—“A Legend of the Rose".
Hattie Stahl
Recitation—“God Plans Each Day". . .
Mary Zufall
Recitation—"Children’s Day”
Orpha Overly
Song—“Every One's Day" ..Primary Class
Exercise—"Little Red Clover”
Red Clover, Little Girl,
Bessie Zufall. Ada Zufall.
Recitation—“Thoughts and Words".. .
Hilda Sheets
Vocal Solo—“Birdies’ Lullaby"
Cappie Brown
Recitation—“In Land of Darkness"...
Ella Zufall
Exercise—“Summer Sunshine"
By Twelve Girls
Recitation Emanuel Neiderheiser
Vocal Solo—“Adoration"
Mrs. W. C. Hamel
Recitation—“The Flowers' Conversa-tion”
Ada Zufall
Song—"Out in God's Sunshine,"
By School
Address to School Rev. Hobliston
Recitation—"Water Lillies" Nettie Zufall
Song—“Our Father Dear". Primary Class
Recitation—“OurOffering”. .Lilly Zufall
Children’s Day Offering and Announce-ment
Song—“Scatter Words of Cheer"
By School
Close, repeating the Lord’s Prayer.
ARMBRUST.
Mrs. Tillie Markle, Borlz and Miss
Marie Maxwell, of Greensburg, called
here on Mrs. J. L. Armbrust one day last
week.
Mrs. Emma L. Miller, of Radebaugh,
was in Youngwood over Sunday.
J. L. Armbrust has contracted for a
Haynes auto runabout which will be
two machines for Armbrust. Mr. Frank
Hudskin has a Black recently purchased.
The reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ will hold its quarterly confer-ence
at Youngwood, commencing on
Saturday, July 3, at 2 p. m. with Sunday
meetings at 10 a. m. and 2 and 7 p. m.
All lovers of truth are idvited to these
meetings. Members from Monongahela
and other points are expected to be
present.
Mrs. E. F. Wilkins, of Rodney, was
calling on her friends at this place the
past week.
Pastor G. J. Gongaware, of the Sf.
John's Evangelical Lutheran church, of
Pittsburg, was calling on friends at this
place and Youngwood Friday.
Surveyors have been at work through
this place on the public highway, prob-ably
for a new state road.
J. L. Armbrust and W. T. Maxwell, of
Greensburg, attended a funeral in Mon-ongahela
Sunday, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Abe Behanna.
Mrs. Mary I. Armbrust arrived at Ra-cine
all safe but is somewhat afflicted.
Her friends hope for her speedy recovery.
HECLA.
Mrs. August Sauerwein spent last
week with Boswell and Somerset friends.
Mrs. George Householder and little
niece, Bessie Anderson, of Toronto, O.,
are visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Harry Hurst and little son, Joe,
of Sewickley, visited Hecla relatives
Sunday.
Mrs. Hugh McWhirter is visiting re-latives
at Star Junction, Pa.
Jos. Smith was injured in No. 3 mine
Monday afternoon by a wagon passing
over him. He was taken to the Mount
Pleasant hospital.
Mrs. John Cline, of Greensburg, spent
Friday here with her mother, Mrs. Forbes.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Wright, of Greens-burg,
spent Sunday here.
Hecla was well represented at the St.
Joseph school commencement Friday
evening.
Disposal of Fine Millinery
$1.00, $1.50, $2.00.
These are hats of finer quality than the price
indicates—they were originally $3, $4, $5.
Now to move them out quickly we mark
them $1, $1.50, $2.
Children’s hats to be closed and the prices
are proportionately small.
Disposal of Women’s Fine
White Dresses and two-piece
Wash Suits
at a loss to us but a gain to you of $150. They
are exquisitely tailored in every line and stitch—
beautiful fabrics - styles that are the fashion to-day
and not shown elsewhere as you will see no
duplicates.
Satin Foulard dresses—one each of lavender,
old rose and Copenhagen—$25 dresses for.. .. $12
Beautiful Direcloire Messaline Gowns—black,
old rose, Copenhagen, lavender—some lace yokes and
button trimmed, $15 and $16 dresses for $10
Soft finish Tafleta dresses, two each of navy and
brown, 34, 36, 38, $12.50 values for $8.50
Light weight woolen (chiflon batiste) dresses,
not too heavy for wear right now, Directorie, daintily
trimmed, $15 kinds, brown and navy, 34, 36, 38, 40,
for this sale $8.00
Blue or brown striped two piece wash suits, ef-fective
styles, well made, instead of $4.50 $2,95
Fine wash suits in white, natural linen, laven-der,
also in stripes and others plain lace trimmed—
are kinds that sell for $6, $7, $8—for this sale $4.50
Magnificent white lace or embloidery trimmed
lingerie dresses, sizes 34 to 40, no two alike; perfect
lines, dainty materials—$19 to $22.50 dresses $13,50
Fine white Princess dresses, val lace embroidery
trimmed, for this sale $4.50
Beautiful while linen dresses, Directoire effect
plain lace trimmed, perfectly tailored—two $24
dresses for the Independence sale S15.00
Evening Dresses to Close.
One white Messaline evening dress, size 36,
Dutch neck, short sleeves and neck of line white,
net, $25 kind $|8.50
One black Messaline, size 38, same style as
the white and same price $I8.50
One imported black lace dress over white
taffeta and black chilton—trimming of gold em-broidery
and velvet ribbon a $100 Empire gown,
s'« 38, for $33.00
Sensational Curtain Prices.
Just listen to this:
$1.25 per pair is all we ask for the good curtains
that sold for $2.00 pr.
$2.00 per pair is all we ask for $3 and $4curtains
of all kinds of lace—white, cream, ecru.
200 lace curtain samples at 25c each.
A grand clearance of tine $5 pr. portiers—
solid color or stripes and borders—any of the $5
portiers $3.25
40c Ribbons 20c yd.
Very wide soft finish taffeta or weightier rib-bons
for bows, all colors and shades and pompa-dour
ribbons—5 to 7 ins. wide.
Ladies’ Lisle Gloves 18c.
Silk Gloves 35c,
Black or white or colored lisle gloves, two
clasp, instead of 25c pair |gc
White two clasp silk gloves, instead of 50c
Per pair 35c
Lot elbow length silk gloves at $1.00 per pr.
instead of $1.25 and $1.50.
Lot $1.00 short black silk gloves at 70c pr.,
the cheapest in the long run.
Special Under Clothes
A large proportion of them skirts, just what
women need most.
Plenty of night gowns, too, good ones at a
low price.
Corset Covers and Chemise, prices i less
than usual.
Great Embroidery and Lace Values
This lot just received especially for the Inde-pendence
Day Sale beats anything we have ever
shown and Parkers always have" pretty I aces and
embroideries. /
5c yd. for Swiss or Nainsook edges and in-sertings
worth 10c, 15c, 20c yd; 2,000 yards to
select from.
34c yd. for torchon edges and insertings
worth 8c and 10c yd—a big new lot just received.
Dollars Saved on Dress Silks and
Dress Cottons
The liveliest store in the two counties for
dress materials. An unusual number of new fall
silks on sale, too.
33c for 50c Satin Jacqnard, evening shades too.
33c for 50c Shantung Anglais, desirable dark col-orings.
33c for 50c Hand loom silks (fall style) a lus-trous,
non-wrinkling silk in pretty colors.
40c yd. for Cheney’s 75c Foulards—dots and fig-ures
for all the year round wear.
Eleven Day
Midsummer Clearance Sale
OF ALL OUR READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS FOR LADIES, MISSES
AND CHILDREN, DRESS GOODS, DRY GOODS and NOTIONS,
Begins Saturday, June 19, till Wednesday, June 30
Thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise is placed on this sale at
sacrificed prices. No expense nor labor has been spared to make this the
most successful sale we ever had \
One $20.00 Jacket Suit Free
to the party making the largest amount of purchase at one time during thi
sale. This prize to be given away on July ist. Try to win this $20 prize o
your neighbor will. Why not you?
Every pair of Shoes is to be sold at this sale. Edwin C. Burt $4.00
Shoes, sale price $1.98.
Hundreds of items are placed at your disposal,
read every item carefully, and win the $20 prize,
covered up so you cannot help but find the place.
Watch for our bills and
Our store front will be
Car fare paid
within a radius
of ten miles on
every purchase
of $5 and over.
'A
WM. RAKUSIN.
623 Main Street, MOUNT PLEASANT, PA
Sale opens
Saturday
Morning
At 8:30.