Mount Pleasant journal (September 3, 1913)

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VOL. 37.
MOUNT   PLEASANT,    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY,    PA.     WEDNESDAY,    SEPTEMBER   3,    1913.
No. 36
THE ANDREWS
GATHER AGAIN
ON THURSDAY
At    the   Beautiful    Country
Home of M. M. Byers.
FIVE YEARS HAVING PASSED AWAY
SINCE   THEY   HELD THEIR   FIRST REUNION THERE.
There Were Over 250 of Them on
This Occasion With Stacks of Good
Things to Eat, Sparkling Speeches
and Enjoyable Social Intercourse
in the Cool Shade of the Big Orchard,
on all of Which the Weather Man
Smiled Benignly.
The Andrews held their second family reunion Thursday last in the cool
shade of the orchard on the beautiful
M. M. Byers farm, just north of town,
where they gathered for the first time
five years ago. The day was ideal
and the attendance over 2bO from
points beyond the Mississippi and as
far north as Canada. The long tables
lacked no good thing to eat and the
speeches and social intercourse that
followed formed a most enjoyable
combination.
Dr. Henry Wallace, the veteran Des
Moines, Iowa, publisher, an authority on
agriculture ol worldwide renown and a
lifelong friend of the family who made
one of the addresses, said "You look
good to me," aud the good doctor had
these descendants of that old Irish gentleman, John Andrews, sized up exactly
right.
It seemed odd at first to see the hostess, heretofore a main spoke in the reunion wheel, seated in a big chair with
her left arm in a sling from the broken
collar bone aud bad bumps she received
in town two weeks before when thrown
out of a buggy that collided with an
auto. Of course she was missed from
among the workers, but with three
daughters and a host of fair relatives
who all wore boss cook belts, the splendid dinner service went on just the same.
Following an invocation for divine
blessing by Rev. T. A. Gibson, of Verona, tbe guests made an hour and a
half's spirited attack without apparently
feesing the array of good things.
Samuel Warden, of this place, presided
at the postprandial speechmaking, introducing first Miss fclelle Byers, the hosts'
daughter, who made the day's prettiest
picture as she stood on a chair and read
the family history given below and explained the long outline for the family
tree.
Hon. J. E. Andrews, of LaCrosse, Kansas, was the next speaker and he donated
most of his time to defending his state
from stories regarding the alleged failure
of its corn crop due to dry weather and
grasshoppers. "Jim" admitted a 50-mile
strip across Kansas had suffered some,
but the loss wasn't nearly so great as reported by envious eastern people, and
they had forty million bushels of wheat,
big bank balances and autos too numerous to mention. As a little dig at Dr.
Wallace, he said he first tried Iowa only
to be frozen out.
James Millar, a handsome Irish
bachelor, of Toronto, Canada, was the
next speaker. He was here five years
ago and kept his hearers roaring at the
funny stories he hold.
He was followed by his cousin, Glenn
Andrews, of Chicago, who learned of the
first reunion in The Journal's account
when reprinted in a paper in Ireland.
While from the Windy City, he is a
modest young chap who confined his few
remarks to his father, now living in California, and to expressing his pleasure at
being present.
Dr. Wallace told of the high regard he
had for the Andrews family whose ancestors and his were friends and neighbors in the Emerald Isle and followed
with good fatherly advice to the young
folks when it came to mating (or life.
He also paid his respects to "Jim" Andrews and his tales about Kansas crops
that should, he said, be taken with a
whole lot of salt. _
John Andrews and his wife, Margaret
Sibbit, the ancestors of the family, were
natives of Portglenone, County Antrim,
Ireland, and the parents of five sons and
four daughters. Francis came to this
country about 1795 and is today represented by the Cochrans, Wrays, Gauts,
Painters and Andrews.
His brother, John, followed in 1804
and the Wardens here are his only surviving descendants.
Then Alexander came to this country
to visit his two brothers and was so well
pleased that he didn't go back for his
Sunday clothes which he thought would
President Wilson rend his special message to congress setting forth his Mexican policy.    He notified the world that the United;
States would act strictly neutral toward Mexico and would urge all Americans there to leave until snvh time as it was 80fo for|
them to return.   Many Americans fled from Mexico on trains that were all too unsafe because of the temporary bridges    M- E.
McLoughlin of California won the national tennis championship at Newport, R. I., by defeating R. Norris Williams. 2d, in the
finals. Mr. and Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, sister and brother-in-law of Harry K- Thaw, were at Sherbrooke, Canada. Mayor William J- Uayuor, *oun
Purroy Mltchel and Edward E. McCell entered the New Xork mayoralty fight-   General Nelson A Miles, retired, returned from iJuropo.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
be useless in American wilds. He married Rachel Gaut, the children of Martha
Greenawalt being his descendants.
Elizabeth Andrews married James
Montgomery. They came to this country
and settled near what is now Mercer,
this state. Ol their seven children are
today the Montgomerys, Breckenridges,
Smiths, Loves, Carters and Orrs.
Margaret Andrews, another daughter,
married her brother-in-law's brother,
John Montgomery. Their children were
Margaret Boyd, Ann Clark, Mary Bardoo
and Elizabeth Drips.
James Andrews, another son, who remained in Ireland, was the father of five
sons and two daughters, having the
credit of producing the first minister in
the family who came to Canada where
his son, Rev. William Andrews, succeeded him in the ministry and is located at Toronto, Canada. A daughter, Margaret, married William Millar, who survives in good health at 93. His son,
James, of Toronto, was here Thursday.
The youngest son, William Andrews,
married Nancy Hill and was the father
of seven children. Since the last reunion his son, Frank, has been located
at St. Charles, Illinois, where he raised a
family of six children.
Mary Andrews Carson, another daughter, following her husband's death, came
with her three daughters to Montreal,
Canada, where she died of fever contracted on her arrival. Her daughters
suffered similar attacks, but recovered.
Annie Andrews married James Grier
in Ireland and some of their descendants came to this country and are living
about Pitjsburg, although of them and
the children of Mary Andrews least is
known.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About Prominent   People Gathered During the Week.
Mrs. John A. Bowman left Monday for
Harrisburg to visit her people.
Rev. and Mrs. M. V. DeVaux were the
guests of old Champion friends the past
week.
Rev. E. T. Humpton, wife and family
left Friday for their new home in Chester county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Keller has gone to Pittsburg to reside with her daughter, Mrs.
Caroline Page.
Bob Robertson, now located at Akron,
Ohio, is home with his mother on a two
weeks' vacation.
Mrs. M. A. Bowman, of Steubenville,
Ohio, was here the past week with relatives and old friends.
W. B. Walker, wife and children are
spending ten days with friends at Pitcairn and McKeesport.
Miss Mabel Eshelman, of Franklin, Pa.,
is here visiting her cousin, Mrs. Walter
R. Smith, of College avenue.
Mrs. Schillo and two children, of Sher-
idauville, were here last week with that
lady's sister, Miss Mary O'Donnell.
Miss Susan Hurst, of Washington, Pa.,
was here the past week visiting her
brother, Frank, and many old friends.
Master John McKeown, who spent two
months here with his uncle, Rev. Father
O'Donnell, has returned to his Pittsburg
home.
Ralph Husband and one of his babies,
of Cumberland, were here over Sunday
with that gentleman's father, John Husband.
J. G. Kimmell, wife and daughter, Miss
Edna, of Vandergrift, are here visiting
Mrs. Kimmell's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. J.
L. Myers.
Mrs. William C. Mnllan and son, Tom,
of Uniontown, were here  several   days
last week with that lady's mother and
sister-in-law, Mrs. Sarah and Mrs. Harvey Shupe, both of whom have been on
the sick list for several weeks.
Miss Mary Pryce is home from a very
enjoyable visit paid her sisters, Mrs.
Rowland, of Ohio, and Mrs. Espey, of
Pittsburg.
Rev. and'Mrs. Riley, of West Newton,
who were guests ol Rev. and Mrs. J. L,
Updegraph, called on Mrs. William Ki-
ferd Monday.
John McPhail, wife and family, of
Michigan, are here visiting relatives and
old friends and may decide to again
make this their home.
Miss Christena Jordan returned Friday from a week's visit at Pleasant Unity
with her grandmother and uncle, Mrs. J.
B. and Daniel S. Jordan.
Mrs. George Schilling aud her two
younger children, who were here visiting
relatives and old friends, returned to
their Franklin home Saturday.
Prof, and Mrs. Frank Yotbers, after a
two weeks' visit paid that gentleman's
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Yothers, left Friday for their home at Toledo, Iowa.
O. P. Shupe, Mrs. Virginia Hood, Burgess and Mrs. A. T. Collins and Dr. and
Mrs. B. M. Loar will leave Monday next
to spend a week at Atlantic City.
James White, wife and children, of
Braddock, have returned home after
spending a few days here with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd George, of Pittsburg, are here visiting relatives and old
friends. The former's Millvale store is
being looked after by his brother.Orville.
Charles W. Strickler, with the Joseph
Home Company, Pittsburg, was here
with old friends Sunday returning from a
two weeks' vacation spent at Atlantic
City.
Miss Mary Hitchman, with the car and
chauffeur of her brother James, took her
guest, Mrs. Bernard, of Rochester, N. Y.,
to Gettysburg, leaving here Thursday
and returning to her Markletou summer
home Sunday.
TRIP TO RUSSIA
From Which a Local Merchant Has Just
Returned.
Charles Pross, the young Main street
merchant, returned Thursday from a European trip ot almost two months made
for the sole purpose or visiting his old
blind mother at Lebo, Russia, whom he
had not seen since be left that country
for America twenty-three years ago. He
went by way of Germany and came back
through France, stopping for a week in
Faris.
Mr. Pross would have gone back sooner
had it not been for tbe ban put on Jews
by the Czar but recently suspended for
a time by Russia's ruler out of gratitude
to a famous Jewish physician who
healed his onlv son.
The joy of this good old mother at
having her boy with her can better be
imagined than expressed in cold typei
while other relatives and friends of his
boyhood days made "Charley's" stay a
continuous celebration.
A GREAT GATHERING.
The Keystone Coal & Coke Company's Annual
Clam Bake.
The Keystone Coal & Coke Company's
annual clam bake wasgiven in the woods
near Madison Saturday when some 400
prominent citizens of Greensburg and
difterent points in Western Pennsylvania
were entertained in the most royal manner by that well known county seat corporation, of which Col. Lloyd B. Huff is
president. General Superintendent W.
H. Clingerman, of the H. C. Frick Coke
Company, headed the delegation from
the coke region. The hosts' general manager, Harry Bovard, made an ideal master of ceremonies.
Besides the monster bake, that was in
charge of a famous eastern caterer, there
was a wonderful exhibition of fancy
shooting by two experts, a man and his
wife, a troup of acrobats and music by
an excellent orchestra from Cleveland,
Ohio, whose clever members sang as
well as played, all of which features,
taken with fine weather, made the jolly
occasion a most memorable one.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Given Saturday in Honor of Mrs. William
McMichael.
Friends of Mrs. William McMichael
gave a jolly surprise party at her Smith-
field street home Saturday in honor of
her 55th birthday, bearing her many nice
presents in addition to big baskets from
which a splendid dinner was served.
Social intercourse made up fhe balance
of the pleasant day.
There were present: Mrs. W. E. Zun-
dell and two sons, Fairmont, W. Va.; H.
B. and Mrs. Jane Vough, Alverton; J. C.
Sterrett and J. B. Hough with their wives,
Scottdale; Jerry Morrow and wife, H. C.
Morrow and wife, Mrs. W. H. Morrow
and Zella Morrow, Smithton; J. P. Hellein and wife, Donegal; Joseph Snyder
and wife, Laurelville; Mesdames E. M.
Shaffer and A. B. Rahland Mrs. McGuire
and two sons, Greensburg; Mr. and Mrs.
C. E, Mullin, Mesdames Mary Weaver,
Stephen Briercheck, J. B. Nelson, Mary
Myers and Carrie Shafter, Misses Bessie
Nelson, Ethel Shafter, Pearl Thorn, Edith
and Lillian Zundell, R. H. Goodman and
Ralph Nelson, of this place.
MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.
COKE AND COAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Both Mine
and Yard.
Orders for coke are not as plentiful
this week as they might be and loaded
cars are seen on sidetracks at a number
of works awaiting destination. Water is
also becoming a scarce article in the
north end. Owing to the banking of 100
ovens there, the slope at Standard is being closed down.
The litigation over the sale of the Union coke works at Alverton by the McClure Coke Company in 1896 ended Saturday when Prothonotary Yent paid J.
P. Brennen $18,454.85 as his share in
partition.
With an up-to-date steel tipple just
completed the first coal in three years
was run at the Carnegie Coal Company's
new plant at Charleroi last week. Two
hundred men will be employed at the
outset, but is expected that by the first
of September 800 men will be employed.
The Pittsburg Steam Coal Company, of
which W. D. McGinnis, of Connellsville,
was principal stockholder, and the Stoner
Coal Company have consolidated under
the name of the Connellsville Coal and
Coke Company. The Pittsburg company
operated plants at Montana and Opekis-
ka, W. Va, the Stoner company at Alverton, this county.
William Brinkley, ol Youngwood,who
formerly resided here, is now at McRob-
erts, Kentucky, where he has a contract
to plaster 750 houses for a company that
is developing a 300,000-acre coal field.
Augustine Gosscus has sued the Pittsburg Coal Company for $25,000 damages
for the death of his son who was killed
some time ago in the Tower No. 2 mine
in Rostraver township through alleged
negligence of the defendant company.
Big Democratic Plum.
The appointment of E. Lowry Humes,
of Meadville, Pa., to the United States
District Attorney at Pittsburg, has caused such a storm of opposition from Keystone State Democrats that the nomination sent to the Senate a week ago may
not be confirmed for some time. This is
the office for which former Congressman
C. H. Gregg, of Greensburg, made a hard
but losing fight.
Amended   Street Ordinances Passed Finally
Friday Night.
Council held a continued August meeting Friday evening and filled the First
ward vacancy of its membership, caused
by the resignation of C. F. Stoner, Republican, by the election of Blaine Cold-
smith, a Washington party man, despite
the objection of Councilman Cunningham who wanted a G. O. P. man appointed as did also E. B. Swartz, his colleague.
The amended ordinances for using dollarway instead of brick on Morewood,
East Washington and Depot streets and
Center avenue were passed finally over
the protests of a number of property
owners on both Morewood and Washington street, former Judge John B. Stelle,
of Greensburg, appearing as counsel for
the latter. Messrs. Swartz and Cunningham voted for brick and stone curb on
Morewood street, but they lost out.
There is some talk of getting out an injunction on the contractors, while other
property owners say they will refuse to
pay their assessments.
Council held its regular September
meeting, granting orders to cover August
bills. College avenue citizens got after
the Bell telephone company with a sharp
stick for setting a number of poles on
their street without permission of Council which ordered the unsightly sticks
removed at once.
NICE PRESENT
From Pittsburg Girl Camperi]for Whom Rev.
Mr. Lorimer Preached.
Rev. W. M. Lorimer, the local United
Presbyterian pastor, was both surprised
and delighted Friday last when the express left him a package containing not
only valuable additions to his library
but just what he wanted, thanks to the
advance information given when the
givers quietly consulted his wife. The
books are former British Ambassador
James Bryce's "The American Commonwealth." two volumes, and Charles Jefferson's "Things Fundamental."
On the fly leaf of each book is written
the recipient's name and showing that it
is from the Almono Club, composed of
56 girls of the First Presbyterian church,
Pittsburg, whose camp up at Rogers Mills
was close to that of the reverend gentleman and his family who returned last
Wednesday. He preached seveial times
for them and they took this means of
showing how fully they appreciated his
discourses in the mountain wilds.
JUSTICE LOST
LEADEN HEEL
.   LAST WEEK
At the August Term of County
Criminal Court
WHEN JUDGE COPELAND JOINED HANDS
WITH JUDGES DOTY AND McCONNELL IN
HEARING CASES.
The Latter Justices had Made a Good
Start Before Help Came. The Suits
Were, However, of a Minor Nature
and but Few Contained Anything
of Interest to the People of Mount
Pleasant and Vicinity.
There was nothing leaden about the
heel of justice at last week's opening
session of the August term of criminal
court of this county in Greensburg.
Judge Doty, just home from a European trip, and Judge WcConnell began
disposing of cases right off the reel
Monday and Thursday Judge Cope-
land, of the orphan's court, joined
hands, making three mills in operation.
Vincent Felgar and Sam Hoover were
found guilty on a charge of assault and
battery preferred by Charles I. Roadman.
They were fined $25, given one day in
jail, and ordered to pay the costs. Geo.
Hoover, William Hoover, Charles Smith
and Miles and George Queer were found
not guilty of the same charge. All the
parties live in Donegal and Cook townships.
John Stauftef was found guilty of larceny by bailee. He was charged with
hiring a horse from Thomas L. Hayes, of
Scottdale, and trying to sell it. He was
sentenced to 60 days in jail, the sentence
to start frem June 28, pay a fine of $1
and the costs.
Morris Cohen, a Latrobe junk dealer,
was found guilty of receiving stolen
goods, was fined $1 with costs and sent
to jail for a month.
An attachment was asked for Mrs.
Laura Myers, of Mount Pleasant township, as she failed to appear as prosecutrix in the serious charge she had preferred against George Overly.
John Yoder, a Ligonier township
mountaineer, charged with having criminally assaulted Mary, the 8-year-old
mute daughter of E. H. Enos, was found
not guilty.
In two assault and battery cases sent
up from this section Mike Kaputa was
acquitted, dividing the costs with Frank
Svoloda, the prosecutor, and Frank
Pfeifer was convicted, getting a day in
jail with $25 fine and costs.
One of the most interesting cases was
that brought by the state pure food people against three grocers—J. P. Wilson,
of Manor; M. G. Nessler, of Latrobe, and
Gust Bolin, 'of Irwin. The defendants
were convicted of having sold impure
vinegar although they bought it from
responsible wholesalers for the pure
cider article.
The grand jury's report recommended
that signboards on the public highways
be looked after more carefully, protested
against justices sending petty cases to
cor.;t, called for the early erection of a
hospital for the insane and a more economical administration of county affairs
and found the jail and county home in
good condition.
Marion Munchinski was tried before
Jndge McConnell Monday for the murder
of his nephew, Leon Munchinski, at West
Latrobe in Jane. He was convicted of
second degree murder.
The case against Steve Lorinc, charged
with the murder of Wynn Rurr|as at
Forbes Road in July, was taken at the
same time before Judge Doty. He was
convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
Such rapid progress has been made
that jurors called for next week have
been excused.
Fatal Quarrel of Miners. »
Three young miners, each jealous of
the attentions the other was paying a
girl, had a fatal quarrel at a dance in
Adamsburg Wednesday dight. Frank
Castro attacked Samuel Gray and Samuel
Polano with a club, fracturing their
skulls. Gray died at the Greensburg
hospital and Polano is in a serious condition.    Castro fled.
SPLENDID SHOWING
Shower for Autumn Bride.
Miss Irene Bowers gave a miscellaneous shower at her Main street home
Tuesday last for Miss Sadie Horner who
will become the bride of Dr. Clayton S.
Whitehead, ot Chicago, during the early
autumn.
Made by Pupils   at the Close of the Sewing
School Thursday Last,
The sewing school, conducted during!
the summer in the Church street public
school building under the direction of
the Civic Club, with Mrs. Harry Rumbaugh as teacher, closed Thursday afternoon last with a public exhibition of
work done by the pupils whose average
attendance was over one hundred. The
only regret of the faithful club ladies is
that more people did not turn out to see '
the splendid array of articles made by
these clever children, not a few of which
have been deemed worthy of imitation
by expert needleworkers.
The money made by the school will be
put into Norway maple trees to be planted in Frick Park.