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®b* mown asan vnvtml * VOL. 46. MOUNT PLEASANT. WESTMORELAND COUNTY. PA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1921. NO. 5. E KENDALL IS SOME FIGHTER When It Comes to Having His Official Toes Tramped On. AMPS ON TRAIL OF THE STORY THAT THE H&BKLBTON 8ANIT0RIUM WASN'T FIT FOB A DOG. He Has Himself Re-elected by Trim ming Hon. Bruce Sterling Finds that F. W. Galbraith, Jr., National Commander of the American Legion, Never Made the Derogatory Statement Regarding that Institution and has the Present Public Health Service Management on the Defensive. Hon. S. A Kendall, who represents the Fayette-Somerset district in Congress, is some tighter when it comes to having his official toes tramped on as they were last fall when he went to make a personal investigation of the story that "the Markleton Sanitorium wasn't fit for a dog" and was ordered oft the ground by the present Public Health Service officer in charge, Colonel F. C. Smith, against whom he filed charges of gross mismanagement at Washington Monday last. Congressman Kendall's whirl was at the November polls where be was reelected by trimming Hon. Brace Sterling. He then camped on the trail of the derogatory statement regarding the institution credited to F. W. Galbraith, Natto nal Commander of the American Legion, and widely circulated through the pub lie press. The result was a personal letter from the commander who says he made no such statement, adding that he has no objection to publishing his letter. Then David J. Davis, Commander of the Pennsylvania Department, American Legion, appointed a special committee to visit the Markleton hospital and report its condition. The committee's report, a copy of which has been forwarded the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C, recommends the retention of the hospital but demands a complete change of management. Readers of The Journal will doubtless recall that the War Department some three years ago took over this sanitorium, in which a number of Mount Pleasant people are financially interested, as a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers, turning it back to the owners after sixteen months of pretty rough usage. Four months later the Public Service people leased the property and have since conducted it as a hospital for soldiers suffering from tuberculosis. COOL FIRE BUG. Robert Atkinson, Llgonier Boy, Confeaaea to Burning Two Barns. Robert Atkinson, 17-year old Ligonier boy, arrested by County Detective Paul Feightner and in jail at Greensburg, is said to have burned two Ligonier township barns, that of Isaiah Rhodes on the night of December 27 and that of his uncle, Marcellus Rhodes, on the night of January 10. The contents of both buildings were destroyed, but in both instances the stock was gotten out. Atkinson claims he was sent from the Isaiah Rhodes home to the Marcellus Rhodes home with sauerkraut and popcorn and gives as an excuse for burning the barn at that place that it was too far away from the house and he wanted it removed to the place of the owner's father. He set the match to the barn and went on to the house. He gave no excuse for burning the first barn. NICE CARD PARTY Given by the St. Joaeph 8odality Friday Evening Last. There were sixteen tables at the card party given by the St. Joseph Sodality in the St. Joseph Anditorinm Friday evening- The first prize for five hundred, a beautiful hand painted picture, was carried oH by Rev. John Hackett, the rector, but he had to cut for it with Mrs. F. R. Mellon. . Miss Margaret Conde was awarded the second prize for this game. The head euchre prize, a box of due stationery, went to Lieutenant Crosby Thompson, Mrs. James McGee taking second honors. The chance cake was won by John Franey. Soccer Team of Diplomats in Washington The English game of soccer Invaded Washington during the holidays with the result that bruises and sore muscles are being nursed along diplomatic row. The picture shows the team of the British embassy attaches-, winners lof the first game, played with an allied team from four other embassies and legations. The Englishmen won the game, 5 to 2, even though they loaned three men to the allied team. COMERS ANIMJOERS. Paragraphs About Prominent People Gathered Daring the Week. Miss Edith Brinker and Lloyd Fin- frock spent Sunday hf.e with the former's sister. Mrs. Eugene Warden entertained the Fortnightly Club at her South Side home Friday evening Mrs. C. A. Sherrick and little daughter, Mary Drucilla, spent last week with Pittsburg friends. Miss Helen White and Byers Beanner spent Sunday at Star Junction as the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew White. Sister of Charity Mary Carmel, now stationed at McKees Rocks, spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Hanse. Merritt A. King was at New Kensington Sunday, returning with bis wife who spent the week there with their son and his wife, Mr, and Mrs. Fred King. The H. C. Frick Coke Company sent Elmer S. Wolfersberger on Monday last to look after United States Steel Corporation coal interests in West Virginia and Kentucky. Nelson Poorbaugh, Carl B. Sbupe, Frank Piper, Charles Lobingier and Edward L. Rose represented this section at last week's Farm Product Show in Har- risburg. The last named gentleman gave an interesting talk on growing hogs on corn. Mrs. Virginia Hood and daughter, Miss Sara, will leave Friday of next week for New York whence they will sail Saturday for Bermuda for an indefinite stay for the benefit of Miss Hood's health, she having been threatened with a nervous breakdown. Superintendent and Mrs. J. S. Mack and daughter, Miss Jean, left Thursday on an extended trip to Florida. "Jim's" prohibition friends are considerably exercised over the temptation to which he will be exposed when the little lamily party runs over to "wet" Cuba. James J. Rebanek, now an attorney at law with an office in Augusta, Georgia, where he also has a wife and baby daughter, spent last week here with his mother, other relatives and old friends. "Jim" enlisted soon after this country went to war with Germany. But, having had military experience, he was kept in training camps on this side until the armistice was signed when he was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. I BOROUGH AUDITORS' REPORT. The auditors submitted their report of the borough's finances for the past year to Council at a special meeting last Tuesday, paying a high compliment to Frank Overly for the excellent condition in which they found his secretary's books. As Council will have hard work to make financial ends meet this year, the only publication of the report will be by typewritten notices sufficient to comply with the law. Fait Grande' Convention. The Past Grands Association of Odd Fellows, embracing some 400 members in this county, will bold a convention here this evening in Odd Fellows Hall. An excellent program bas been arranged. The local members will go to the limit in entertaining their visiting brothers. BRONZE TABLET FOR COUNTY'S FALLEN HEROES The Matthews Company, of Pittsburg, is at work on a bronze tablet, eight by four aud one-half -feet in size, on which will be inscribed the names of the 390 Westmoreland county boys who fell in the World War. It will be a present from Mrs. George F. Hufl, of Greensburg, whose son, Lieutenant Burrell Huff, died in France, and will be erected in the court house. It is planned to dedicate the tablet on Memorial Day. The Honor Roll Committee wishes to have the correct name of every fallen hero. SIGN OF THE CROSS. EVANGELIST JAILED At CanyoD, Texas, for Alleged Contempt of Local Court. Canyon, Texas, was thrown into a frenzy of excitement the other day over the arrest and imprisonment of Rev. Morgan Lee Starke, D. D., general evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, New York, upon order of Justice of the Peace H. E. Moreland, for alleged contempt of court. According to information received, the trouble grew out ot a statement made by Dr. Starke, who has oeen conducting a series of evangelistic meetings in the Methodist Episcopal church, assisted by the pastor, Dr. Simeon Shaw, Sr., that on Sunday he had seen Canyon citizens playing at a game of dice. The statement was made from the pulpit Sunday evening and the next day inquiry was begun, and notification was served on the evangelist to come into court and testify. Failing to do this, officers took the distinguished divine into custody and escorted him into the presence of the court. Dr. Starke, claiming that only the spirit of the Sabbath had been disregarded, declined to testify and was then locked up in jail where hundreds of his friends soon gathered and engaged in prayer and songs of praise, No mention of other names is made, but is presumed that John Vetest, formerly of this place and a good M. E, took part in the jail meeting. APPEAL TAKEN From the Appriacment of the Frick Estate in Allegheny County. An appeal has been taken in the orphans' court of Allegheny county by Helen C. Frick, daughter, and the executors of the Henry Clay Frick estate from the appraisement made by Register of Wills William Connor for assessment of the collateral inheritance tax. The impellants claim that items of property amounting to millions of dollars have been improperly included in the appraisement, aud that the valuations placed on the Frick real estate holdings in Pittsburg are excessive. It also contended that the 151-acre tract of land donated to the city for park purposes and the fund of $2,000,000 placed in trust to maintain the park should be exempt from taxation entirely. 8ilver Wedding Celebration. A goodly number of relatives and friends gave Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Haas, of the West End, a most enjoyable surprise party last Saturday evening in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary, bearing the celebrants a chest of silver and many other beautiful gifts. A toothsome luncheon was served. Among the guests were Mrs. Josephine Myers and Miss Marie Kachel, of Cincinati, Ohio. Items of Special Interest to Local Church Goers. District Four of the Westmoreland County Sabbath School Association will bold a convention in the Mount Pleasant Township High School Auditorium on tbe alternoon of Sunday, March 6. Lieutenant Governor Beidleman will be one of the speakers. Dr. Samuel Hamilton, head of tbe Allegheny county schools, was also invited to make an address. Rev. John A. Erbe, the pastor, has just secured Rev. Harrold Strathearn and his talented wife, of Johnson, New York, to hold a series of evangelistic meetings in the local First Baptist chnrcb, opening March 9 and continuing uuti| Easter. Mrs. Strathearn is a fine vocalist. The revival meeting conducted in the Methodist Episcapal church at Madison by tbe pastor, Rev. H. G. Trimmer, has closed with a total of 53 conversions. A community prayermeeting, to be conducted by the missionary societies of tbe town, will be held iu the United Brethren church at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening, February 18. A revival service was begun in the United Brethren church Sunday evening conducted by tbe pastor, Rev. C. W. Hendrickson. Rev. T. C. Harper will head a delegation of bis new Latrobe people to be here Friday evening to assist in the good work. Rev. Ri L Leatberman, the local Lutheran pastor, will preach on Sunday next in town at 10:30 a. m. and at 7 p. m. In tbe evening stereopticon views will be shown upon the screen, consisting of some thirty new slides. Tbe subject will be "Starlight and Sunlight or tbe Light of Galilee." There will be special music at both services. The public is hereby extended a most cordial invitation to be present. The good meetings at the Free Methodist church will continue this week with Rev. A, L. Duncan preaching. County Taxes Up a Hill. Tbe commissioners, meeting at their Greensburg office Thursday, fixed county taxes at nine mills, five for general purposes, three for roads and one for building. This is an increase of one mill for roads, said to be necessary on acconnt of the increased cost of materials and general repair work. VIRTUALLY LIFE SENTENCE FOR FAYETTE FIRLBUG Albert Smith, the 19-year-old Fairhope boy in jail at Uuiontown, reiterating his confession that he started many of the recent fires in Fayette county, was on Saturday last virtually sentenced to tbe penitentiary for life by Judge Van Sweariogen. He pleaded guilty to thirteen charges ot arson, and was given a minimum term of three years' imprisonment on each, or a total of forty-two years with eighty-five years as the maximum. graining School Commencement. The Board of Directors of the Mount Pleasant Memorial Hospital is sending out invitations for the annual commencement of the Narses Training School Class of Nineteen Twenty-one, to be held in the bank assembly rooms Thursday evening, February 17. The graduates are Misses Margaret Stafford, Margaret Emily Bair and Emma S. Fields. COKE AND COAL. Itema of Intereat Gathered from Both Hint and Yard There is little change in the coke business this week, the Frick company continuing, as a rule, to make but five days by laying off Thursday. William C. Reynolds, of Connellsville, aged 60 years, for years a prominent coke superintendent in the coke region, died last Wednesday morning at the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg. He leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter. DEATHS OF THE WEEK. The Grim Reaper's Work ir Thi» Place and Vicinity Mrs Nancy J. Thomas. Mrs. Nancy J. Dillon Thomas, a sister of Mrs. Kate Thomas, of this place; Mrs. Wesley Whipkey, now of Riverside, California, and J. S. Dillon, of Jackson Center, Pa,, died suddenly of acute indigestion at the East End home of her grandson, Ray Dsvenport, aged 69 years. The interment took place Monday afternoon in tbe Church of the Brethren cemetery following divine services conducted by the pastor, Rev. Sylvester Fulmer, in the Church of God where she was able to attend a revival meeting the evening before she died. There survive three sons, Edward, C. W. and J. R., all of this place, and one daughter, Mrs. H. H. Smiley, of Elm Grove, twenty-six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Blchard Fulton. Richard Fulton, an older brother of Dr. R. E. Fulton, of this place, died at his Hunker home Monday evening, aged 83 years. County Supervisors' Convention, The Westmoreland County Township Road Supervisors Association held its annual convention in the Greensburg Y, M. C. A. Tuesday. State Highway Commissioner Sadler and County Road Engineer Muse spoke of road building at the morning session, The afternoon speakers were Congressman-elect Wyant and Attorney Crowell. FRANK SIMPSON ROBBED OF $200 WHILE HE SLEEPS Councilman Frank Simpson, who owns and runs the store at the Peanut coke works, had nearly $200 stolen from his clothes Thursday night while he and his wife were sleeping with the room door locked at their North Diamond street home. The bold thief broke into the house through a rear window, crawled into tbe bedroom over the transom, took the purse, went out through a communicating room and departed, leaving tbe front door ajar, all without waking anyone. ^ a e* Generous Sacred Singers. The local Lutheran choir gave a mighty nice spread in that chnrcb Friday evening for those who took part in its recent cantata. Following there was a shower of silver and aluminum ware, fine linen and the like for Mrs. Edward Dorow, a local bride whose husband is a member of tbe choir. These handsome gifts were from members of both the congregation and choir and were presented in their bebalt by the pastor, Rev. R. L. Leatherman. Jeannette Policeman Murdered Joseph Bossard, a Jeannette policeman, aged 45 years, and who leaves a widow and tour sons, was shot through tbe heart and killed while on duty early Saturday morning near the home of James Marshall, a colored man, who gave himself up and, with his wife and another Negro, Charles Hunter, is in jail at Greensburg. While the body of tbe dead officer was found sixty yards from tbe Marshall home, Marshall says he fired but one shot and that through tbe door. Grateful Jewish Women. Mount Pleasant Section, Council of Jewish Women, wishes The Journal to express its gratitude to the public tor the liberal patronage at its late entertainment in the bank assembly rooms. The receipts will euable the section to adopt two war orphans of Eastern Europe, to clothe and feed whom for a year costs one hundred dollars each. EASTER GOMES. THIS YEAR ON MARCH 27TH And with it an Old Irish Good Friday Prophecy EORETELLING OE AN ENGLISH MISHAP WHEN THE LATTEB FALLS ON OUR LADY'S DAY. That is When Our Lord Dies in Our Lady's Lad England May Expect a Mishap. The Last Time Good Friday Came on March 25 the Boer was Making Trouble for John Bull in Africa. Redemptorist Father to Benew Mission Work in St. Joseph Church Here the First two Weeks of Lent. The six weeks of Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday, February 9, bringing an early Easter on Sunday, March 27. The fact that Good Friday comes this year on Our Lady's or Enunciation Day, March 25, recalls a famous prophecy made in Ireland many years ago. It is: "When Our Lord dies in Our Lady's lap, England may expect a mishap." The last time Good Friday fell on this day was during the late nineties when tbe Boer was making all sorts of trouble for John Bull in South Africa. The Irish Republicans, who have great faith in this prediction, point to England's internal troubles at this time, and are not slow to express the belief that when Good Friday comes on Our Lady's Day the next time, eleven years hence, the empire will have gone to sticks. Preparations have been made for Lent at the local St. Joseph church where two weeks will be devoted to mission work in charge of Father Holman, C s. s. R., the esteemed Pittsburg Redemptorist. The meetings from the 13th to the 20th will be for women and the week following for men. Father Holman gave mission here a year ago and made many friends outside the church by his plain but forceful manner of speech, and news of his intention to renew the local mission will be pleasing to many people of this place and vicinity. Rev. John Hackett, tbe rector, extends through The Journal a cordial invitation to all nonCatbalics as well as the people of bis faith to attend these mission services. Baaketball Notes. The local high school basketball boys played their fellow students at Jeannette Friday evening. They bad a good time although outclassed aud defeated 59-21. Coach Ralph Nelson took .sis Superiors over to Latrobo Friday evening when, by playing an excellent game, they defeated the fast American Legion five 28-18 The attendance at the armory Monday evening, wben the Superiors lost a close game to the Connellsville Knights of Columbus, was so poor that the local management bas canceled next week's game. West Newton Han in Trouble. W. M. Franklin, of West Newton, aged 54 years, was arrested at Yonngstown, Ohio, last Thursday and will be brought back for trial on a charge of having violated the Mann white slave act. He is said to have induced Sophia Kamerling, Mary Antone and Edward Troup, all in their teens, to leave West Newton recently and make a trip to Niagara Falls and other points. The Antone girl deserted the party and is with an aunt at Newburgh, N. Y. Franklin induced the other youngsters to get married at Sbar- ron. County Boya Win Honors. The first prize in the corn judging contest, held in connection with last week's annual farm products show at Harris- burg, was won by Amos Fox, a Young- wood high school student. He and Joseph Jones, of West Newton, took second honors as a team. Young Fox will be given a medal. Ribbons were the second prizes. , Harried and Gone Weat. It will still be news to many friends of Miss Mary Eicher, a Mount Pleasant girl, to learn that she became the bride of Charles Holmey, of Pittsburg, just before Christmas. The yonng couple now reside at Los Angeles, California. Happy Little Tots, Some thirty-five little girl friends gathered at the West Main street home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvy Shaw Saturday to celebrate the eighth birthday of their daughtei, Evelyn. There were games, music, drills and toothsome refreshments. The decorations were red, white and blue.
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Title | Mount Pleasant journal (February 3, 1921) |
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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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.) |
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Place of Publication | Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. |
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Full Text | ®b* mown asan vnvtml * VOL. 46. MOUNT PLEASANT. WESTMORELAND COUNTY. PA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1921. NO. 5. E KENDALL IS SOME FIGHTER When It Comes to Having His Official Toes Tramped On. AMPS ON TRAIL OF THE STORY THAT THE H&BKLBTON 8ANIT0RIUM WASN'T FIT FOB A DOG. He Has Himself Re-elected by Trim ming Hon. Bruce Sterling Finds that F. W. Galbraith, Jr., National Commander of the American Legion, Never Made the Derogatory Statement Regarding that Institution and has the Present Public Health Service Management on the Defensive. Hon. S. A Kendall, who represents the Fayette-Somerset district in Congress, is some tighter when it comes to having his official toes tramped on as they were last fall when he went to make a personal investigation of the story that "the Markleton Sanitorium wasn't fit for a dog" and was ordered oft the ground by the present Public Health Service officer in charge, Colonel F. C. Smith, against whom he filed charges of gross mismanagement at Washington Monday last. Congressman Kendall's whirl was at the November polls where be was reelected by trimming Hon. Brace Sterling. He then camped on the trail of the derogatory statement regarding the institution credited to F. W. Galbraith, Natto nal Commander of the American Legion, and widely circulated through the pub lie press. The result was a personal letter from the commander who says he made no such statement, adding that he has no objection to publishing his letter. Then David J. Davis, Commander of the Pennsylvania Department, American Legion, appointed a special committee to visit the Markleton hospital and report its condition. The committee's report, a copy of which has been forwarded the Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service, Washington, D. C, recommends the retention of the hospital but demands a complete change of management. Readers of The Journal will doubtless recall that the War Department some three years ago took over this sanitorium, in which a number of Mount Pleasant people are financially interested, as a hospital for sick and wounded soldiers, turning it back to the owners after sixteen months of pretty rough usage. Four months later the Public Service people leased the property and have since conducted it as a hospital for soldiers suffering from tuberculosis. COOL FIRE BUG. Robert Atkinson, Llgonier Boy, Confeaaea to Burning Two Barns. Robert Atkinson, 17-year old Ligonier boy, arrested by County Detective Paul Feightner and in jail at Greensburg, is said to have burned two Ligonier township barns, that of Isaiah Rhodes on the night of December 27 and that of his uncle, Marcellus Rhodes, on the night of January 10. The contents of both buildings were destroyed, but in both instances the stock was gotten out. Atkinson claims he was sent from the Isaiah Rhodes home to the Marcellus Rhodes home with sauerkraut and popcorn and gives as an excuse for burning the barn at that place that it was too far away from the house and he wanted it removed to the place of the owner's father. He set the match to the barn and went on to the house. He gave no excuse for burning the first barn. NICE CARD PARTY Given by the St. Joaeph 8odality Friday Evening Last. There were sixteen tables at the card party given by the St. Joseph Sodality in the St. Joseph Anditorinm Friday evening- The first prize for five hundred, a beautiful hand painted picture, was carried oH by Rev. John Hackett, the rector, but he had to cut for it with Mrs. F. R. Mellon. . Miss Margaret Conde was awarded the second prize for this game. The head euchre prize, a box of due stationery, went to Lieutenant Crosby Thompson, Mrs. James McGee taking second honors. The chance cake was won by John Franey. Soccer Team of Diplomats in Washington The English game of soccer Invaded Washington during the holidays with the result that bruises and sore muscles are being nursed along diplomatic row. The picture shows the team of the British embassy attaches-, winners lof the first game, played with an allied team from four other embassies and legations. The Englishmen won the game, 5 to 2, even though they loaned three men to the allied team. COMERS ANIMJOERS. Paragraphs About Prominent People Gathered Daring the Week. Miss Edith Brinker and Lloyd Fin- frock spent Sunday hf.e with the former's sister. Mrs. Eugene Warden entertained the Fortnightly Club at her South Side home Friday evening Mrs. C. A. Sherrick and little daughter, Mary Drucilla, spent last week with Pittsburg friends. Miss Helen White and Byers Beanner spent Sunday at Star Junction as the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew White. Sister of Charity Mary Carmel, now stationed at McKees Rocks, spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Hanse. Merritt A. King was at New Kensington Sunday, returning with bis wife who spent the week there with their son and his wife, Mr, and Mrs. Fred King. The H. C. Frick Coke Company sent Elmer S. Wolfersberger on Monday last to look after United States Steel Corporation coal interests in West Virginia and Kentucky. Nelson Poorbaugh, Carl B. Sbupe, Frank Piper, Charles Lobingier and Edward L. Rose represented this section at last week's Farm Product Show in Har- risburg. The last named gentleman gave an interesting talk on growing hogs on corn. Mrs. Virginia Hood and daughter, Miss Sara, will leave Friday of next week for New York whence they will sail Saturday for Bermuda for an indefinite stay for the benefit of Miss Hood's health, she having been threatened with a nervous breakdown. Superintendent and Mrs. J. S. Mack and daughter, Miss Jean, left Thursday on an extended trip to Florida. "Jim's" prohibition friends are considerably exercised over the temptation to which he will be exposed when the little lamily party runs over to "wet" Cuba. James J. Rebanek, now an attorney at law with an office in Augusta, Georgia, where he also has a wife and baby daughter, spent last week here with his mother, other relatives and old friends. "Jim" enlisted soon after this country went to war with Germany. But, having had military experience, he was kept in training camps on this side until the armistice was signed when he was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. I BOROUGH AUDITORS' REPORT. The auditors submitted their report of the borough's finances for the past year to Council at a special meeting last Tuesday, paying a high compliment to Frank Overly for the excellent condition in which they found his secretary's books. As Council will have hard work to make financial ends meet this year, the only publication of the report will be by typewritten notices sufficient to comply with the law. Fait Grande' Convention. The Past Grands Association of Odd Fellows, embracing some 400 members in this county, will bold a convention here this evening in Odd Fellows Hall. An excellent program bas been arranged. The local members will go to the limit in entertaining their visiting brothers. BRONZE TABLET FOR COUNTY'S FALLEN HEROES The Matthews Company, of Pittsburg, is at work on a bronze tablet, eight by four aud one-half -feet in size, on which will be inscribed the names of the 390 Westmoreland county boys who fell in the World War. It will be a present from Mrs. George F. Hufl, of Greensburg, whose son, Lieutenant Burrell Huff, died in France, and will be erected in the court house. It is planned to dedicate the tablet on Memorial Day. The Honor Roll Committee wishes to have the correct name of every fallen hero. SIGN OF THE CROSS. EVANGELIST JAILED At CanyoD, Texas, for Alleged Contempt of Local Court. Canyon, Texas, was thrown into a frenzy of excitement the other day over the arrest and imprisonment of Rev. Morgan Lee Starke, D. D., general evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, New York, upon order of Justice of the Peace H. E. Moreland, for alleged contempt of court. According to information received, the trouble grew out ot a statement made by Dr. Starke, who has oeen conducting a series of evangelistic meetings in the Methodist Episcopal church, assisted by the pastor, Dr. Simeon Shaw, Sr., that on Sunday he had seen Canyon citizens playing at a game of dice. The statement was made from the pulpit Sunday evening and the next day inquiry was begun, and notification was served on the evangelist to come into court and testify. Failing to do this, officers took the distinguished divine into custody and escorted him into the presence of the court. Dr. Starke, claiming that only the spirit of the Sabbath had been disregarded, declined to testify and was then locked up in jail where hundreds of his friends soon gathered and engaged in prayer and songs of praise, No mention of other names is made, but is presumed that John Vetest, formerly of this place and a good M. E, took part in the jail meeting. APPEAL TAKEN From the Appriacment of the Frick Estate in Allegheny County. An appeal has been taken in the orphans' court of Allegheny county by Helen C. Frick, daughter, and the executors of the Henry Clay Frick estate from the appraisement made by Register of Wills William Connor for assessment of the collateral inheritance tax. The impellants claim that items of property amounting to millions of dollars have been improperly included in the appraisement, aud that the valuations placed on the Frick real estate holdings in Pittsburg are excessive. It also contended that the 151-acre tract of land donated to the city for park purposes and the fund of $2,000,000 placed in trust to maintain the park should be exempt from taxation entirely. 8ilver Wedding Celebration. A goodly number of relatives and friends gave Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Haas, of the West End, a most enjoyable surprise party last Saturday evening in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary, bearing the celebrants a chest of silver and many other beautiful gifts. A toothsome luncheon was served. Among the guests were Mrs. Josephine Myers and Miss Marie Kachel, of Cincinati, Ohio. Items of Special Interest to Local Church Goers. District Four of the Westmoreland County Sabbath School Association will bold a convention in the Mount Pleasant Township High School Auditorium on tbe alternoon of Sunday, March 6. Lieutenant Governor Beidleman will be one of the speakers. Dr. Samuel Hamilton, head of tbe Allegheny county schools, was also invited to make an address. Rev. John A. Erbe, the pastor, has just secured Rev. Harrold Strathearn and his talented wife, of Johnson, New York, to hold a series of evangelistic meetings in the local First Baptist chnrcb, opening March 9 and continuing uuti| Easter. Mrs. Strathearn is a fine vocalist. The revival meeting conducted in the Methodist Episcapal church at Madison by tbe pastor, Rev. H. G. Trimmer, has closed with a total of 53 conversions. A community prayermeeting, to be conducted by the missionary societies of tbe town, will be held iu the United Brethren church at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening, February 18. A revival service was begun in the United Brethren church Sunday evening conducted by tbe pastor, Rev. C. W. Hendrickson. Rev. T. C. Harper will head a delegation of bis new Latrobe people to be here Friday evening to assist in the good work. Rev. Ri L Leatberman, the local Lutheran pastor, will preach on Sunday next in town at 10:30 a. m. and at 7 p. m. In tbe evening stereopticon views will be shown upon the screen, consisting of some thirty new slides. Tbe subject will be "Starlight and Sunlight or tbe Light of Galilee." There will be special music at both services. The public is hereby extended a most cordial invitation to be present. The good meetings at the Free Methodist church will continue this week with Rev. A, L. Duncan preaching. County Taxes Up a Hill. Tbe commissioners, meeting at their Greensburg office Thursday, fixed county taxes at nine mills, five for general purposes, three for roads and one for building. This is an increase of one mill for roads, said to be necessary on acconnt of the increased cost of materials and general repair work. VIRTUALLY LIFE SENTENCE FOR FAYETTE FIRLBUG Albert Smith, the 19-year-old Fairhope boy in jail at Uuiontown, reiterating his confession that he started many of the recent fires in Fayette county, was on Saturday last virtually sentenced to tbe penitentiary for life by Judge Van Sweariogen. He pleaded guilty to thirteen charges ot arson, and was given a minimum term of three years' imprisonment on each, or a total of forty-two years with eighty-five years as the maximum. graining School Commencement. The Board of Directors of the Mount Pleasant Memorial Hospital is sending out invitations for the annual commencement of the Narses Training School Class of Nineteen Twenty-one, to be held in the bank assembly rooms Thursday evening, February 17. The graduates are Misses Margaret Stafford, Margaret Emily Bair and Emma S. Fields. COKE AND COAL. Itema of Intereat Gathered from Both Hint and Yard There is little change in the coke business this week, the Frick company continuing, as a rule, to make but five days by laying off Thursday. William C. Reynolds, of Connellsville, aged 60 years, for years a prominent coke superintendent in the coke region, died last Wednesday morning at the Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg. He leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter. DEATHS OF THE WEEK. The Grim Reaper's Work ir Thi» Place and Vicinity Mrs Nancy J. Thomas. Mrs. Nancy J. Dillon Thomas, a sister of Mrs. Kate Thomas, of this place; Mrs. Wesley Whipkey, now of Riverside, California, and J. S. Dillon, of Jackson Center, Pa,, died suddenly of acute indigestion at the East End home of her grandson, Ray Dsvenport, aged 69 years. The interment took place Monday afternoon in tbe Church of the Brethren cemetery following divine services conducted by the pastor, Rev. Sylvester Fulmer, in the Church of God where she was able to attend a revival meeting the evening before she died. There survive three sons, Edward, C. W. and J. R., all of this place, and one daughter, Mrs. H. H. Smiley, of Elm Grove, twenty-six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Blchard Fulton. Richard Fulton, an older brother of Dr. R. E. Fulton, of this place, died at his Hunker home Monday evening, aged 83 years. County Supervisors' Convention, The Westmoreland County Township Road Supervisors Association held its annual convention in the Greensburg Y, M. C. A. Tuesday. State Highway Commissioner Sadler and County Road Engineer Muse spoke of road building at the morning session, The afternoon speakers were Congressman-elect Wyant and Attorney Crowell. FRANK SIMPSON ROBBED OF $200 WHILE HE SLEEPS Councilman Frank Simpson, who owns and runs the store at the Peanut coke works, had nearly $200 stolen from his clothes Thursday night while he and his wife were sleeping with the room door locked at their North Diamond street home. The bold thief broke into the house through a rear window, crawled into tbe bedroom over the transom, took the purse, went out through a communicating room and departed, leaving tbe front door ajar, all without waking anyone. ^ a e* Generous Sacred Singers. The local Lutheran choir gave a mighty nice spread in that chnrcb Friday evening for those who took part in its recent cantata. Following there was a shower of silver and aluminum ware, fine linen and the like for Mrs. Edward Dorow, a local bride whose husband is a member of tbe choir. These handsome gifts were from members of both the congregation and choir and were presented in their bebalt by the pastor, Rev. R. L. Leatherman. Jeannette Policeman Murdered Joseph Bossard, a Jeannette policeman, aged 45 years, and who leaves a widow and tour sons, was shot through tbe heart and killed while on duty early Saturday morning near the home of James Marshall, a colored man, who gave himself up and, with his wife and another Negro, Charles Hunter, is in jail at Greensburg. While the body of tbe dead officer was found sixty yards from tbe Marshall home, Marshall says he fired but one shot and that through tbe door. Grateful Jewish Women. Mount Pleasant Section, Council of Jewish Women, wishes The Journal to express its gratitude to the public tor the liberal patronage at its late entertainment in the bank assembly rooms. The receipts will euable the section to adopt two war orphans of Eastern Europe, to clothe and feed whom for a year costs one hundred dollars each. EASTER GOMES. THIS YEAR ON MARCH 27TH And with it an Old Irish Good Friday Prophecy EORETELLING OE AN ENGLISH MISHAP WHEN THE LATTEB FALLS ON OUR LADY'S DAY. That is When Our Lord Dies in Our Lady's Lad England May Expect a Mishap. The Last Time Good Friday Came on March 25 the Boer was Making Trouble for John Bull in Africa. Redemptorist Father to Benew Mission Work in St. Joseph Church Here the First two Weeks of Lent. The six weeks of Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday, February 9, bringing an early Easter on Sunday, March 27. The fact that Good Friday comes this year on Our Lady's or Enunciation Day, March 25, recalls a famous prophecy made in Ireland many years ago. It is: "When Our Lord dies in Our Lady's lap, England may expect a mishap." The last time Good Friday fell on this day was during the late nineties when tbe Boer was making all sorts of trouble for John Bull in South Africa. The Irish Republicans, who have great faith in this prediction, point to England's internal troubles at this time, and are not slow to express the belief that when Good Friday comes on Our Lady's Day the next time, eleven years hence, the empire will have gone to sticks. Preparations have been made for Lent at the local St. Joseph church where two weeks will be devoted to mission work in charge of Father Holman, C s. s. R., the esteemed Pittsburg Redemptorist. The meetings from the 13th to the 20th will be for women and the week following for men. Father Holman gave mission here a year ago and made many friends outside the church by his plain but forceful manner of speech, and news of his intention to renew the local mission will be pleasing to many people of this place and vicinity. Rev. John Hackett, tbe rector, extends through The Journal a cordial invitation to all nonCatbalics as well as the people of bis faith to attend these mission services. Baaketball Notes. The local high school basketball boys played their fellow students at Jeannette Friday evening. They bad a good time although outclassed aud defeated 59-21. Coach Ralph Nelson took .sis Superiors over to Latrobo Friday evening when, by playing an excellent game, they defeated the fast American Legion five 28-18 The attendance at the armory Monday evening, wben the Superiors lost a close game to the Connellsville Knights of Columbus, was so poor that the local management bas canceled next week's game. West Newton Han in Trouble. W. M. Franklin, of West Newton, aged 54 years, was arrested at Yonngstown, Ohio, last Thursday and will be brought back for trial on a charge of having violated the Mann white slave act. He is said to have induced Sophia Kamerling, Mary Antone and Edward Troup, all in their teens, to leave West Newton recently and make a trip to Niagara Falls and other points. The Antone girl deserted the party and is with an aunt at Newburgh, N. Y. Franklin induced the other youngsters to get married at Sbar- ron. County Boya Win Honors. The first prize in the corn judging contest, held in connection with last week's annual farm products show at Harris- burg, was won by Amos Fox, a Young- wood high school student. He and Joseph Jones, of West Newton, took second honors as a team. Young Fox will be given a medal. Ribbons were the second prizes. , Harried and Gone Weat. It will still be news to many friends of Miss Mary Eicher, a Mount Pleasant girl, to learn that she became the bride of Charles Holmey, of Pittsburg, just before Christmas. The yonng couple now reside at Los Angeles, California. Happy Little Tots, Some thirty-five little girl friends gathered at the West Main street home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvy Shaw Saturday to celebrate the eighth birthday of their daughtei, Evelyn. There were games, music, drills and toothsome refreshments. The decorations were red, white and blue. |
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