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(!!)* Muunt Mtnmni gunvnm lit. 35. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., WEDNE8DAH, NOVEMBER 1, 1911 NO 44 IT MUCH f NOR FEATHERS IS BEING MADE rer the Election that Comes on Next Tuesday. A RESULT IT'S HARD TO GET LINE THE PROBABLE RESULT OF THE CONTESTS. I Would Seem, However, That the >emocrats are Centering Their Greatest Effort to Make Truxal 3heriff, Although the Republicans Appear Confident of Landing Steele \n that Office. The Commissioner fight is Very Much Mixed. "Jim" lulvehill would Like to Get Boyd's 3calp, hut Berkey is Not Liable to Jose it. The Local Campaign is 7ery Quiet. |The election comes on Tuesday Ixt, but there is not much fuss being lade by either the Republicans or ;mocrats, making the campaign a |ry quiet one and therefore one to |t a line on which is largely guess jrk. As the G. O. P. followers have Imajority to start with they are natu- llly more confident. |The unterrified seem to have centered leir greatest effort to make Truxal lerift and there is no denying the fact lat the Greensburg Squire is a good liooth vote getter, better, in fact, than leel, his Republican opponent. But, Bends of the Irwin man express confi- fcnce iu his election. |A big hubbub has been raised by the ate hotel men's association butting in |ith a view to defeat Boyd, Republican trainee for county treasurer. There are Lose who profess to see the fine hand of rim" Mulvehill in this job as it is laimed that lames still remembers how erkey upset his Arnold calculations at le last legislative election in this punty. People who are in a position judge say that this attack on the Honorable B. H. will only increase his ma- prity. The hotel association's actions is reputed by many members throughout le county and there is good reason to lelieve that the Westmoreland liquor leople are fighting shy in the campaign. It least M. J. Kennedy, of Scottdale, |istrict manager for the Pittsburgh Brew- ag Company, when seen Thursday by a jurnal representative, said his people [ere attending strictly to their own bus- less and had no intention of meddling politics when they had nothing at [take. He added that, while he was a Democrat, his local pride made him de- lirous of seeing fair play given his dis- knguished fellow townsman, Mr. Boyd. The fight for commissioner is very lucb mixed up between Reamer and thields, Republicans, Hamel and Brech pill, Democrats, and Lauffer, Democratic lember of the present board who is run- king for re-election on the Keystone ticket. Laufler, who was defeated by Brechbill for renomination by but three /otes, is recognized as an honest and competent official and is sure to poll lore than the Keystone vote. This lakes one element of uncertainty. Another is furnished by Shields for whom pome Republicans won't vote and some Democrats will. What the number of kither is will be learned only when the (•eturns are in; for, the voters have little Dr nothing to say. The local campaign is also a very quiet ane. Interests centers on Council in the ?irst and Third wards. In the former E. Swartz defeated Charles Evans for the Republican nomination and then the latter accepted the nomination on tbe Democratic ticket. Down in the Third f'Tom" Tighe, Democrat, and "Pete" Mullen, Republican, are both going some. A Narrow Escape. In avoiding a horse and buggy the auto rjf Dr. W. W. Miller, of Jeannette, colluded with Col. E. M. Gross' car in front lof the latter's country home near Greens- ■burg Sunday and then was smashed to [pieces by striking the fence. Mrs. B. M. I Loar, of this place, was seated in the ■Gross car with Mrs. Gross, her aunt, and Ithe latter's son, but none of the occu- I pants in either machine was hurt. Important Meeting. An important meeting of the Board of [Trade will be held at Municipal Hall [tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:30 lo'clock. A full attendance of the mem- I bership is requested as officers for the Iensuing year will be elected in addition I to discussing further steps looking to Ithe proposed extension of the Pennsylvania railroad's Mount Pleasant branch. >l>> ritfhl American Press Association. The Philadelphia Athletics won the world's baseball championship by defeating the New York Giants. Bender, the Philadelphia star, easily outpitohed Mathewsou, on whom the New York fans had pinned their hope. General Caneva, In charge of the Italian land forces In Africa, was attacked by a band of Arabs and lost nearly 200 men. The Italian government formally announced the acquisition of Tripoli. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Instigator and financier of the Chinese rebellion, proclaimed a republic ami named General I.i Huan Hong as the first president The United States government filed a suit to dissolve the steel corporation. Morgan. Carnegie and Rockefeller headed the long list of defendants. News Snapshots Of the Week COMERS AND GOERS. Paragraphs About Prominent People Gathered Daring the Week. Miss Helen Ramsay was a shopper in Pittsburg Saturday. Rev. M. V. B. DeVaux spent several days in Erie last week. Miss Sarah Neel is at Harrisburg visiting Miss Effie McCaleb. Mrs. Will Murphy was at Somerset Friday with her sister, Mrs. Webster Parker. Mrs. 'David Stull and little son, Frank, were guests ot relatives in Scottdale, Sunday. Leo Keller returned Sunday fat and hearty after a three months' stay at Globe, Arizona. Bert Mullen will be married today to Miss Blanche Klinger at the bride's home at Shamokin, Pa. Mrs. Lide Wolte, of Sea Girt, N. J., called here Thursday on her cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews. Miss Ora Shaw returned Thursday from Pittsburg where she had spent several days with relatives. Mrs. Arthur McGueggan, of Jeannette, was here the past week visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hood. Rev. Lawrence Athey and wife, of New Mexico, visited at the Smithfield street home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sturtz last week. Mr. and Mrs. William Brinkley spent part of last week here looking after improvements being made to their Church street property. D. P. Wadsworth, wife and daughter, Miss Dora, of Sandusky, Michigan, are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mc- Michael. Mrs. Wadsworth is Mr. Mc- Michael's sister. W. E. Shope, cashier of the Peoples National Bank, and Howard Stoner left yesterday for a week's hunt at the former's Huntingdon county farm. The Journal expects at least one wild turkey. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keller gave a quiet but nicely appointed dinner Sunday at the Hotel Keller in honor of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward Keller, of Indianapolis, Indiana, who is spending a week here with relatives. Mrs. Howard S. Wilson spent several days here last week with her father, Rev. S E. Cormany, and old friends, preparatory to leaving with her husband for York, Pa., where he recently accepted a call to the United Presbyterian pastorate. H. E. Baldwin, a manufacturer and importer of optical goods at Philadelphia, and Henry N. Way, president of the First National Bank of that city, spent several days here last week with James S. Braddock, accompaning their host to the Knights of Honor meeting in Pittsburg Wednesday when Mr. Braddock was re-elected a state representative to next year's convention of that order's Supreme Lodge at Louisville, Kentucky. Ugly Italian Quarrel. Sam Sicko and Gemica Nicholet, two Dices Extension Italians, fought Sunday over 15 cents, The former was cut on the arm and the latter severely kicked about the face. The police gathered both scrappers iu, Burgess Collins making it $10 fine and costs tor each. Sicko had to be taken to the hospital. Oaa to be Shut OS. In order to repair main line the gas will be shut off Sunday next at 9 a. m. Real Estate Sales. L. C. Carey, of Mount Pleasant township, has bought the East Main street residence of Ernest Wakefield, the local tailor, who intends moving with hiswife and little son to Marietta, Ohio. Mr. Carey and family will take possession as soon as the property is vacated. Abe P. Myers has bought the Benford Hotel property near the B. & O. station from Harry Benford for somothing less than $4,000. The public sale of the Brechbill property on Thursday last was continued, Agent S. C. Stevenson not accepting the $2,750 bid. A Dastardly Trick. Last Wednesday night a miscreant daubed tar all over the peddling horse of W. F. Barkley, of Mount Pleasant township, while the animal was in pasture. The owner, who spent two days in getting the mess off, proposes to hunt down the guilty party and make him pay dearly for the dastardly tr ick. Clark ComeB November 21. Hon. Champ Clark will positively be here and open the local lecture course on Tuesday evening, November 21. The Dr. Ott lecture, set for November 17, has been postponed until next May. PARTING WORDS REGARDING A FEW CANDIDATES. CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. What Republican County Chairman Sensenich Says on Eve of Election. With the election of Tuesday, November 7, only a few days off, the outlook is for a glorious victory for the Republican ticket. Chairman C. D. Sensenich, of the Republican County Committee, has had reports from practically every district and estimates that the majority for the Republican candidates will be from at least 3,000 for the lowest up to 6,000 for the highest. Chairman Sensenich has conducted a clean, vigorous campaign, assisted by the workers under him at headquarters. Members of the County Committee in their various locations have also done good work which will be continued until the polls close on Tuesday evening. The ticket is a good one, and has previously been pointed out. At the head stands Judge John B. Steele for Orphans Court Judge. The man and his record on the bench make him an ideal candidate and his big majority that is sure to be rolled up will bear oat the statement. Berkey H. Boyd, for Treasurer, is sure to have a rousing majority on account of the high regard in which he is held. Honest Ben Steele, for Sheriff, is another man who is a credit to the party and ticket, and people are rallying around him to such an extent that his election is assured. David A. Miller, for Register of Wills, Dr. L. C. Thomas, for Recorder, and Dr. H. A. McMurray, for Coroner, have made such good records during their terms just drawing to a close that the people of Westmoreland county want no change in these important offices. John S. Sell, for Controller, pleases the people. He is a business man of the best type and just the kind of a man required for the business place. Burgess Ross, for Surveyor, and W. Dick Reamer and John E. Shields, for Commissioners, round out the ticket that will win out according to leaders in touch with the various sections of Westmoreland. JUDGE JOHN B. STEEL. A Word About his Ten Years' Service on the Bench. Judge Steele is a man among men. His ten years of experience in this county as Orphans' Court judge have won to his side thousands of friends of all parties. That he has been a public benefactor in more ways than one no one will question. Judge Steele has an open heart, he has an open pocketbook, he has that sweet-spirited disposition that commends him and wins him friends. When Judge Doty ran for office and signally won out, he did so not because of strength of the Democratic party, but because of the many friends he had made in other parties. So with Judge Steele, he is a good man, honest and upright. A man who has served the people so well no newspaper could keep from the public kind words such as are due. Judge Steele's candidacy for the Orphan's Court to succeed himself was not brought about for his own personal aggrandizement, but because of the adjudication of the masses, with whom he has done business for and with, and without any question of equivocation. This paper fearlessly says, his re-election to this important office will be hailed with delight all over this county. Judge Steele is not a politician. He is a learned man of the law and pays little, if any, attention to practical politics. This shonld be the attitude cf those in judicial positions, and we are proud to say Judge Steel steers clear ol politics and has always been elected on his merits as a man and an unbiased judge of the people at large. BERKEY il. BOYD IS A FIGHTER. COKE AND COAL. Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine and Yard. The coke output will drop oft this week as the Frick plants dropped back to five days. Many operators and miners from the region were at Pittsburg yesterday to witness the mine demonstration and hear President Taft speak at Forbes Field. A deed was filed in Register and Recorder Arthur Griffith's office at Ebensburg Thursday transferring the properties of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company from Clarence Ballantine, as master in chancery, to the committee of bondholders who represent the new control of the vast property that embraces titles to mining and other properties aggregating 100,000 acres lying in Cambria, Indiana, Blair and Clearfield. It is said that the New York Central railroad people are back of the transfer. Although the Pennsylvania railroad officials assert that they expect no trouble when the agreement between the coal companies and the miners expires next April, there seems to be a disposition to avoid any possibility of running short of fuel. For three weeks the company has been storing coal in large quantities at various places along the lines. Abstractors representing the Pittsburg Title and Trust Company are looking up titles in Register and Recorder J. Blair Sutton's office at Indiana to coal lands adjoining the field of the Ebensburg Coal Company, which recently started the new town of Colver. Everthing indicates that another big development will follow in the Blacklick district. Berkey H. Boyd, says the Greensburg Review yesterday, is a good example o a man who will fight to the finish for what he believes to be right. The finish is usually victory for Boyd. His arch enemies, the wholesale liquor dealers of this state, are determined on his political ruin and be has never flinched, always standing their fire without faltering. His victory at the primaries will, without a doubt, be repeated at the election, and there is every reason to believe that Mount Pleasant will help along with the good work. A Word to Voters. Mr. Voter: I am a candidate for School Director on the Republican ticket for the 6-year term. My endeavor has been to treat every person having business with the office with courtesy and fairness, and if re-elected, shall continue my efforts to render efficient service. If my administration during my first term just ending has been satisfactory, your influence and support are earnestly solicited. Hoping to be able to see you personally, I remain. Sincerely yours, U. G. Weimer. Fitted to Fill the Office. A ballot cast for Herman Hamel for county commissioner at the election on Tuesday next means a vote for a man fitted in every way to fill that office. He has been tried in the conduct of county afiairs and found to be both honest and competent. What more could the taxpayers of Westmoreland ask of their hired servants? Wants the Office for Himself. M. F. McCulIy, the Republican candidate for high constable of the town, authorizes The Journal to deny the silly rumor about him wishing to win out in order to resign in favor of some friend. He says he wants it all for himself. MEANS MUCH HERE. The Tri State Telephone Troubles are Near an End. To end the litigation between the old Tri-State Telephone Company and its successor, against the will of many of the old stoekholders, the American Union Telephone Company, is in sight, According to a statement made Wednesday by Attorney E. C. Higbee, of Union- town, the long-drawn conflict is about at an end and the work of re organizing a new company will be undertaken. With this end in view, application will be made to Governor Tener on November 14 for a charter for the Tri-State Telegraph and Telephone Company, the object ol which is the maintenance of the present lines of the Tri-State and their extension. The settlement will greatly help the Mount Pleasant Mutual Telephone Company which has connection with the Tri-State as the latter has just completed a new trunk system from Scottdale to Morewood where the Mutual people will connect with additional new lines now under construction. PLEASANT SURPRISE Given a Popular Young Teacher by Her Pnpils. The pupils of Fairview school gave their teacher, Miss Delia DeVaux, a very cleverly arranged surprise in the way of an afternoon lunch which was served immediately following the dismissal of school Monday evening. The boys and girls had baskets hidden all along the road from the many homes and filled with good eatables that the good farmers of Mount Pleasant township are capable of producing. Magical music and other pleasant games closed the function after which the pupils all bade their teacher a hearty adieu. SOCIAL EVENTS THAT MARKED HALLOWE'EN And Made the Past Week More Enjoyable Here. THE M. E. GIRLS AID SOCIETY LED OFF WITH A MASQUERADE ON THURSDAY EVENING. The Mount Pleasant High School Scholars Followed with Their Thirds Annual Banquet in the Armoryr Friday Night. On Monday Evening the Young Presbyterian People Held Forth With a Pumpkin Pie and Game Function, while the Firemen Capped the Climax With a Big Fantastic Parade and Dance Last Night. The local Hallowe'en gayeties, begun last Thursday evening by the Methodist Episcopal Girls Aid Society, had their enjoyable climax capped by the big fantastic parade and dance given last night through the clever management of F. M. Carson and under the auspices of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department. Lots of Fun for Little Money. The fair M. E. young ladies' entertainment, which was held at the St. Clair street home of Mrs. N. M. Crusan, was most successfully bossed by Mrs. Clyde C. Weaver who also made an ideal fortune teller. The guests, who came masked, were received by ghostly figures who relieved each caller of ten cents. Masks were removed at 10:30 when a nice lunch was served. Doubtless no one of the fortunate large number in attendance ever had such good fun lor a dime, to say nothing of the refreshments. Annual High School Banquet. Some 250 delighted people witnessed the third annual banquet given by the Mount Pleasant High School Friday evening in the armory that had been prettily decorated by Paul Doncaster, Arthur McCloy, Frank McLain and James Cowan, Jr. Misses Emma Gelsthorpe, Hazel Cunningham, Gertrude Jordan, Verna Schindel, Velma Myers and Lulu Brinker, the committee in charge, were paid many well deserved compliments upon the success that marked every feature of the enjoyable function, for which Meyers orchestra furnished excellent music. The costumes were all unique and those of the ladies pretty as pictures. The prize winners were John Bowers, "A Dutch Sailor," and Blanche Cox, "A Bohemian Girl." The judges were members of the Faculty, Profs. Gordy, Bricker, Gillispie and Baker and Misses Anna Yothers and Blanche Galley. Missionaries Make Merry. The MacMillan Home Missionary Society held a Hallowe'en social in the lecture rooms of the Re-Union Presbyterian church Monday evening with palate-tickling pumpkin pies to eat and games to amuse the guests, of whom the younger portion appeared as masqne- raders. This was another entertainment worth many times the ten cents charged for admittance. Firemen and Fun. By the Mount Pleasant firemen going down and helping their Scottdale brother flame fighters out with a parade Monday evening and winning the $10.00 second prize, the Scottdale laddies came np and returned the compliment last night when the local department gave a big- fantastic parade that was followed by at dance iu the armory. The street showing was one of the biggest affairs of tha kind in the old town's history. And when it comes down to cases om outlandish outfits they were all in the parade and then some, and no one could envy the judges who had to decide the winners of the fifty prizes hung up by by local business people embracing about everything from edibles to tooth brushes.. The five dollar gold pieces were won by August Robenslaw, a six foot two blushing bride in white messaline with long veil, and Miss Mary Steiner, a mighty pretty white winter. Miss Blanch Gibbony, as an Indian maid, won one of the two and a half gold pieces, while Bab Goodman, as a big Indian chief, took the other. Bather Expensive. A young son of Street Commissioner Mathias was run over in the East End Saturday by a buggy whose occupants were Curt Brown and Harry Wagner, of near Acme, both of whom were arrested and taken before Justice Rhoades. It cost Brown some $14.
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Title | Mount Pleasant journal (November 1, 1911) |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Westmoreland County -- Mount Pleasant ; Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Mount Pleasant |
Description | Publishers: John L. Shields, [Jan. 10, 1923]; Howard M. Stoner and Clark Queer, 1923-1963; H. Ralph Hernley, 1963-. |
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Date | 1873- |
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Description
Title | Mount Pleasant journal |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Westmoreland County -- Mount Pleasant ; Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Mount Pleasant |
Description | Publishers: John L. Shields, [Jan. 10, 1923]; Howard M. Stoner and Clark Queer, 1923-1963; H. Ralph Hernley, 1963-. |
Creator | Mount Pleasant journal (Mount Pleasant, Pa.) |
Publisher | |
Place of Publication | Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. |
Contributors | Mt. Pleasant Pub. Co. |
Date | 1873- |
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Full Text | (!!)* Muunt Mtnmni gunvnm lit. 35. MOUNT PLEASANT, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA., WEDNE8DAH, NOVEMBER 1, 1911 NO 44 IT MUCH f NOR FEATHERS IS BEING MADE rer the Election that Comes on Next Tuesday. A RESULT IT'S HARD TO GET LINE THE PROBABLE RESULT OF THE CONTESTS. I Would Seem, However, That the >emocrats are Centering Their Greatest Effort to Make Truxal 3heriff, Although the Republicans Appear Confident of Landing Steele \n that Office. The Commissioner fight is Very Much Mixed. "Jim" lulvehill would Like to Get Boyd's 3calp, hut Berkey is Not Liable to Jose it. The Local Campaign is 7ery Quiet. |The election comes on Tuesday Ixt, but there is not much fuss being lade by either the Republicans or ;mocrats, making the campaign a |ry quiet one and therefore one to |t a line on which is largely guess jrk. As the G. O. P. followers have Imajority to start with they are natu- llly more confident. |The unterrified seem to have centered leir greatest effort to make Truxal lerift and there is no denying the fact lat the Greensburg Squire is a good liooth vote getter, better, in fact, than leel, his Republican opponent. But, Bends of the Irwin man express confi- fcnce iu his election. |A big hubbub has been raised by the ate hotel men's association butting in |ith a view to defeat Boyd, Republican trainee for county treasurer. There are Lose who profess to see the fine hand of rim" Mulvehill in this job as it is laimed that lames still remembers how erkey upset his Arnold calculations at le last legislative election in this punty. People who are in a position judge say that this attack on the Honorable B. H. will only increase his ma- prity. The hotel association's actions is reputed by many members throughout le county and there is good reason to lelieve that the Westmoreland liquor leople are fighting shy in the campaign. It least M. J. Kennedy, of Scottdale, |istrict manager for the Pittsburgh Brew- ag Company, when seen Thursday by a jurnal representative, said his people [ere attending strictly to their own bus- less and had no intention of meddling politics when they had nothing at [take. He added that, while he was a Democrat, his local pride made him de- lirous of seeing fair play given his dis- knguished fellow townsman, Mr. Boyd. The fight for commissioner is very lucb mixed up between Reamer and thields, Republicans, Hamel and Brech pill, Democrats, and Lauffer, Democratic lember of the present board who is run- king for re-election on the Keystone ticket. Laufler, who was defeated by Brechbill for renomination by but three /otes, is recognized as an honest and competent official and is sure to poll lore than the Keystone vote. This lakes one element of uncertainty. Another is furnished by Shields for whom pome Republicans won't vote and some Democrats will. What the number of kither is will be learned only when the (•eturns are in; for, the voters have little Dr nothing to say. The local campaign is also a very quiet ane. Interests centers on Council in the ?irst and Third wards. In the former E. Swartz defeated Charles Evans for the Republican nomination and then the latter accepted the nomination on tbe Democratic ticket. Down in the Third f'Tom" Tighe, Democrat, and "Pete" Mullen, Republican, are both going some. A Narrow Escape. In avoiding a horse and buggy the auto rjf Dr. W. W. Miller, of Jeannette, colluded with Col. E. M. Gross' car in front lof the latter's country home near Greens- ■burg Sunday and then was smashed to [pieces by striking the fence. Mrs. B. M. I Loar, of this place, was seated in the ■Gross car with Mrs. Gross, her aunt, and Ithe latter's son, but none of the occu- I pants in either machine was hurt. Important Meeting. An important meeting of the Board of [Trade will be held at Municipal Hall [tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 7:30 lo'clock. A full attendance of the mem- I bership is requested as officers for the Iensuing year will be elected in addition I to discussing further steps looking to Ithe proposed extension of the Pennsylvania railroad's Mount Pleasant branch. >l>> ritfhl American Press Association. The Philadelphia Athletics won the world's baseball championship by defeating the New York Giants. Bender, the Philadelphia star, easily outpitohed Mathewsou, on whom the New York fans had pinned their hope. General Caneva, In charge of the Italian land forces In Africa, was attacked by a band of Arabs and lost nearly 200 men. The Italian government formally announced the acquisition of Tripoli. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Instigator and financier of the Chinese rebellion, proclaimed a republic ami named General I.i Huan Hong as the first president The United States government filed a suit to dissolve the steel corporation. Morgan. Carnegie and Rockefeller headed the long list of defendants. News Snapshots Of the Week COMERS AND GOERS. Paragraphs About Prominent People Gathered Daring the Week. Miss Helen Ramsay was a shopper in Pittsburg Saturday. Rev. M. V. B. DeVaux spent several days in Erie last week. Miss Sarah Neel is at Harrisburg visiting Miss Effie McCaleb. Mrs. Will Murphy was at Somerset Friday with her sister, Mrs. Webster Parker. Mrs. 'David Stull and little son, Frank, were guests ot relatives in Scottdale, Sunday. Leo Keller returned Sunday fat and hearty after a three months' stay at Globe, Arizona. Bert Mullen will be married today to Miss Blanche Klinger at the bride's home at Shamokin, Pa. Mrs. Lide Wolte, of Sea Girt, N. J., called here Thursday on her cousin, Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews. Miss Ora Shaw returned Thursday from Pittsburg where she had spent several days with relatives. Mrs. Arthur McGueggan, of Jeannette, was here the past week visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hood. Rev. Lawrence Athey and wife, of New Mexico, visited at the Smithfield street home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sturtz last week. Mr. and Mrs. William Brinkley spent part of last week here looking after improvements being made to their Church street property. D. P. Wadsworth, wife and daughter, Miss Dora, of Sandusky, Michigan, are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mc- Michael. Mrs. Wadsworth is Mr. Mc- Michael's sister. W. E. Shope, cashier of the Peoples National Bank, and Howard Stoner left yesterday for a week's hunt at the former's Huntingdon county farm. The Journal expects at least one wild turkey. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keller gave a quiet but nicely appointed dinner Sunday at the Hotel Keller in honor of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward Keller, of Indianapolis, Indiana, who is spending a week here with relatives. Mrs. Howard S. Wilson spent several days here last week with her father, Rev. S E. Cormany, and old friends, preparatory to leaving with her husband for York, Pa., where he recently accepted a call to the United Presbyterian pastorate. H. E. Baldwin, a manufacturer and importer of optical goods at Philadelphia, and Henry N. Way, president of the First National Bank of that city, spent several days here last week with James S. Braddock, accompaning their host to the Knights of Honor meeting in Pittsburg Wednesday when Mr. Braddock was re-elected a state representative to next year's convention of that order's Supreme Lodge at Louisville, Kentucky. Ugly Italian Quarrel. Sam Sicko and Gemica Nicholet, two Dices Extension Italians, fought Sunday over 15 cents, The former was cut on the arm and the latter severely kicked about the face. The police gathered both scrappers iu, Burgess Collins making it $10 fine and costs tor each. Sicko had to be taken to the hospital. Oaa to be Shut OS. In order to repair main line the gas will be shut off Sunday next at 9 a. m. Real Estate Sales. L. C. Carey, of Mount Pleasant township, has bought the East Main street residence of Ernest Wakefield, the local tailor, who intends moving with hiswife and little son to Marietta, Ohio. Mr. Carey and family will take possession as soon as the property is vacated. Abe P. Myers has bought the Benford Hotel property near the B. & O. station from Harry Benford for somothing less than $4,000. The public sale of the Brechbill property on Thursday last was continued, Agent S. C. Stevenson not accepting the $2,750 bid. A Dastardly Trick. Last Wednesday night a miscreant daubed tar all over the peddling horse of W. F. Barkley, of Mount Pleasant township, while the animal was in pasture. The owner, who spent two days in getting the mess off, proposes to hunt down the guilty party and make him pay dearly for the dastardly tr ick. Clark ComeB November 21. Hon. Champ Clark will positively be here and open the local lecture course on Tuesday evening, November 21. The Dr. Ott lecture, set for November 17, has been postponed until next May. PARTING WORDS REGARDING A FEW CANDIDATES. CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. What Republican County Chairman Sensenich Says on Eve of Election. With the election of Tuesday, November 7, only a few days off, the outlook is for a glorious victory for the Republican ticket. Chairman C. D. Sensenich, of the Republican County Committee, has had reports from practically every district and estimates that the majority for the Republican candidates will be from at least 3,000 for the lowest up to 6,000 for the highest. Chairman Sensenich has conducted a clean, vigorous campaign, assisted by the workers under him at headquarters. Members of the County Committee in their various locations have also done good work which will be continued until the polls close on Tuesday evening. The ticket is a good one, and has previously been pointed out. At the head stands Judge John B. Steele for Orphans Court Judge. The man and his record on the bench make him an ideal candidate and his big majority that is sure to be rolled up will bear oat the statement. Berkey H. Boyd, for Treasurer, is sure to have a rousing majority on account of the high regard in which he is held. Honest Ben Steele, for Sheriff, is another man who is a credit to the party and ticket, and people are rallying around him to such an extent that his election is assured. David A. Miller, for Register of Wills, Dr. L. C. Thomas, for Recorder, and Dr. H. A. McMurray, for Coroner, have made such good records during their terms just drawing to a close that the people of Westmoreland county want no change in these important offices. John S. Sell, for Controller, pleases the people. He is a business man of the best type and just the kind of a man required for the business place. Burgess Ross, for Surveyor, and W. Dick Reamer and John E. Shields, for Commissioners, round out the ticket that will win out according to leaders in touch with the various sections of Westmoreland. JUDGE JOHN B. STEEL. A Word About his Ten Years' Service on the Bench. Judge Steele is a man among men. His ten years of experience in this county as Orphans' Court judge have won to his side thousands of friends of all parties. That he has been a public benefactor in more ways than one no one will question. Judge Steele has an open heart, he has an open pocketbook, he has that sweet-spirited disposition that commends him and wins him friends. When Judge Doty ran for office and signally won out, he did so not because of strength of the Democratic party, but because of the many friends he had made in other parties. So with Judge Steele, he is a good man, honest and upright. A man who has served the people so well no newspaper could keep from the public kind words such as are due. Judge Steele's candidacy for the Orphan's Court to succeed himself was not brought about for his own personal aggrandizement, but because of the adjudication of the masses, with whom he has done business for and with, and without any question of equivocation. This paper fearlessly says, his re-election to this important office will be hailed with delight all over this county. Judge Steele is not a politician. He is a learned man of the law and pays little, if any, attention to practical politics. This shonld be the attitude cf those in judicial positions, and we are proud to say Judge Steel steers clear ol politics and has always been elected on his merits as a man and an unbiased judge of the people at large. BERKEY il. BOYD IS A FIGHTER. COKE AND COAL. Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine and Yard. The coke output will drop oft this week as the Frick plants dropped back to five days. Many operators and miners from the region were at Pittsburg yesterday to witness the mine demonstration and hear President Taft speak at Forbes Field. A deed was filed in Register and Recorder Arthur Griffith's office at Ebensburg Thursday transferring the properties of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company from Clarence Ballantine, as master in chancery, to the committee of bondholders who represent the new control of the vast property that embraces titles to mining and other properties aggregating 100,000 acres lying in Cambria, Indiana, Blair and Clearfield. It is said that the New York Central railroad people are back of the transfer. Although the Pennsylvania railroad officials assert that they expect no trouble when the agreement between the coal companies and the miners expires next April, there seems to be a disposition to avoid any possibility of running short of fuel. For three weeks the company has been storing coal in large quantities at various places along the lines. Abstractors representing the Pittsburg Title and Trust Company are looking up titles in Register and Recorder J. Blair Sutton's office at Indiana to coal lands adjoining the field of the Ebensburg Coal Company, which recently started the new town of Colver. Everthing indicates that another big development will follow in the Blacklick district. Berkey H. Boyd, says the Greensburg Review yesterday, is a good example o a man who will fight to the finish for what he believes to be right. The finish is usually victory for Boyd. His arch enemies, the wholesale liquor dealers of this state, are determined on his political ruin and be has never flinched, always standing their fire without faltering. His victory at the primaries will, without a doubt, be repeated at the election, and there is every reason to believe that Mount Pleasant will help along with the good work. A Word to Voters. Mr. Voter: I am a candidate for School Director on the Republican ticket for the 6-year term. My endeavor has been to treat every person having business with the office with courtesy and fairness, and if re-elected, shall continue my efforts to render efficient service. If my administration during my first term just ending has been satisfactory, your influence and support are earnestly solicited. Hoping to be able to see you personally, I remain. Sincerely yours, U. G. Weimer. Fitted to Fill the Office. A ballot cast for Herman Hamel for county commissioner at the election on Tuesday next means a vote for a man fitted in every way to fill that office. He has been tried in the conduct of county afiairs and found to be both honest and competent. What more could the taxpayers of Westmoreland ask of their hired servants? Wants the Office for Himself. M. F. McCulIy, the Republican candidate for high constable of the town, authorizes The Journal to deny the silly rumor about him wishing to win out in order to resign in favor of some friend. He says he wants it all for himself. MEANS MUCH HERE. The Tri State Telephone Troubles are Near an End. To end the litigation between the old Tri-State Telephone Company and its successor, against the will of many of the old stoekholders, the American Union Telephone Company, is in sight, According to a statement made Wednesday by Attorney E. C. Higbee, of Union- town, the long-drawn conflict is about at an end and the work of re organizing a new company will be undertaken. With this end in view, application will be made to Governor Tener on November 14 for a charter for the Tri-State Telegraph and Telephone Company, the object ol which is the maintenance of the present lines of the Tri-State and their extension. The settlement will greatly help the Mount Pleasant Mutual Telephone Company which has connection with the Tri-State as the latter has just completed a new trunk system from Scottdale to Morewood where the Mutual people will connect with additional new lines now under construction. PLEASANT SURPRISE Given a Popular Young Teacher by Her Pnpils. The pupils of Fairview school gave their teacher, Miss Delia DeVaux, a very cleverly arranged surprise in the way of an afternoon lunch which was served immediately following the dismissal of school Monday evening. The boys and girls had baskets hidden all along the road from the many homes and filled with good eatables that the good farmers of Mount Pleasant township are capable of producing. Magical music and other pleasant games closed the function after which the pupils all bade their teacher a hearty adieu. SOCIAL EVENTS THAT MARKED HALLOWE'EN And Made the Past Week More Enjoyable Here. THE M. E. GIRLS AID SOCIETY LED OFF WITH A MASQUERADE ON THURSDAY EVENING. The Mount Pleasant High School Scholars Followed with Their Thirds Annual Banquet in the Armoryr Friday Night. On Monday Evening the Young Presbyterian People Held Forth With a Pumpkin Pie and Game Function, while the Firemen Capped the Climax With a Big Fantastic Parade and Dance Last Night. The local Hallowe'en gayeties, begun last Thursday evening by the Methodist Episcopal Girls Aid Society, had their enjoyable climax capped by the big fantastic parade and dance given last night through the clever management of F. M. Carson and under the auspices of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department. Lots of Fun for Little Money. The fair M. E. young ladies' entertainment, which was held at the St. Clair street home of Mrs. N. M. Crusan, was most successfully bossed by Mrs. Clyde C. Weaver who also made an ideal fortune teller. The guests, who came masked, were received by ghostly figures who relieved each caller of ten cents. Masks were removed at 10:30 when a nice lunch was served. Doubtless no one of the fortunate large number in attendance ever had such good fun lor a dime, to say nothing of the refreshments. Annual High School Banquet. Some 250 delighted people witnessed the third annual banquet given by the Mount Pleasant High School Friday evening in the armory that had been prettily decorated by Paul Doncaster, Arthur McCloy, Frank McLain and James Cowan, Jr. Misses Emma Gelsthorpe, Hazel Cunningham, Gertrude Jordan, Verna Schindel, Velma Myers and Lulu Brinker, the committee in charge, were paid many well deserved compliments upon the success that marked every feature of the enjoyable function, for which Meyers orchestra furnished excellent music. The costumes were all unique and those of the ladies pretty as pictures. The prize winners were John Bowers, "A Dutch Sailor," and Blanche Cox, "A Bohemian Girl." The judges were members of the Faculty, Profs. Gordy, Bricker, Gillispie and Baker and Misses Anna Yothers and Blanche Galley. Missionaries Make Merry. The MacMillan Home Missionary Society held a Hallowe'en social in the lecture rooms of the Re-Union Presbyterian church Monday evening with palate-tickling pumpkin pies to eat and games to amuse the guests, of whom the younger portion appeared as masqne- raders. This was another entertainment worth many times the ten cents charged for admittance. Firemen and Fun. By the Mount Pleasant firemen going down and helping their Scottdale brother flame fighters out with a parade Monday evening and winning the $10.00 second prize, the Scottdale laddies came np and returned the compliment last night when the local department gave a big- fantastic parade that was followed by at dance iu the armory. The street showing was one of the biggest affairs of tha kind in the old town's history. And when it comes down to cases om outlandish outfits they were all in the parade and then some, and no one could envy the judges who had to decide the winners of the fifty prizes hung up by by local business people embracing about everything from edibles to tooth brushes.. The five dollar gold pieces were won by August Robenslaw, a six foot two blushing bride in white messaline with long veil, and Miss Mary Steiner, a mighty pretty white winter. Miss Blanch Gibbony, as an Indian maid, won one of the two and a half gold pieces, while Bab Goodman, as a big Indian chief, took the other. Bather Expensive. A young son of Street Commissioner Mathias was run over in the East End Saturday by a buggy whose occupants were Curt Brown and Harry Wagner, of near Acme, both of whom were arrested and taken before Justice Rhoades. It cost Brown some $14. |
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