Mercer Dispatch

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fIND REPUBLICAN.
YOL. 23, NO. 25
MEBCBB, MEBCEB COUNTY, PAM FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, MHO.
VOL. 69 OLD SEBIBS
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CLEANING UP
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OXFORDS
AND-
Low-Cut Shoes
Prom now on you can buy any Oxford or
Low-Cut Shoe at the following prices. None
on approval, none charged and none taken back,
so come prepared to be fitted. These prices are
for both men and women.
All $4.50 Oxfords now $3.10
All $4.00 Oxfords now $2.90
All $3.50 Oxfords now $2.50
All $3.00 Oxfords now $1.90
All $2.50 Oxfords now $1.60
All $2.00 Oxfords now $1.35
All Boys', Girls' and Children's Oxfords and Low-
Cuts at a straight reduction of twenty-five per cent.
Remember you still have at least nine weeks to
wear low shoes, and this is a chance you very seldom
get. Walk-Overs, Dorothy Dodds, Patricians, Gold
Medal and Keek's Specials are in this salt,
Malts Keck, Mercer, Pa.
ANNUAL PICNIC!
OF MERCER
 AT	
Exposition Parl^
CONNEAUT LAKE, PA.,
TUESDAY, AUG. 16,1910
Special Train via Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Will leave Mercer, 8:30 A. M.; Cool Spring, 8:40 A. M.
Train will stop at Mercer Water Tank going and returning.
RETURNING—Leave the Park at 6:35 and U:00
P.M.
FARE FOR ROUND TRIP:—Adults, 60 cents;
Children, 30 cents.
The new up-to-the-minute dancing pavilion, size
106x194 feet, must be seen and tried to be appreciated.
Music by Nirella's Orchestra, of Pittsburg, is all that
could be desired.
AMU3EEM_Ersi'
Scenic Railroad, Touring Car, Mystic River, Sea Wave, Boating, Aerial Swing, Theatorium, Dancing, Roller Coaster, Bathing, Merry-go-Round, Roller Skating, House of Nonsense 'or
Giggle-Giggle.
Two Ball Games between Teams of the Mercer Church League.
EVERYBODY INVITED!
A Wonderful Discovery for Pimples
It is surprising bow qniokly and easily
pimples and blaokbeads oan be oured Willi
the following prescription, wbioh was made
known to the publio a short time ago by a
oelebrated specialist on akin diseases, now
retired, wbo used it in a long and suooessful praotioe with wonderful results. To
nse bis own words : "There is nothing yet
disoovered tbat oan compare with it tor
promptly removing pimples, eczema, blaokbeads, blotches, red faoes and noses, and in
faot any disease of the skin ; it also destroys the germ that causes the disease and
makes the oure permanent." Following is
the prescription, whioh oan be prepared at
any reliable drng store at a small oost:
Clearola, one-hall onnoe; Ether, one onnoe;
Aloobol, seven ounoes. Mix, shake well
and apply to tbe parts affeoted night and
morning, letting it remain on the faoe te
ten or fifteen minutes, then it oan ba wiped
off. Do not use any soap ; nse inetead a
little oatmeal tied np in a oheeseoloth
bag.
BRIEF TERM OF COURT.
Sesflion Held Monday Devoted to the Transaction of Routine Business—Motions and
Petitions.
A brief session ot Motion and Argument
Court was beld Monday, Jndge A. W. Williams presiding. Only routine bnsiness
was transacted, the following matters being
disposed of:
In the oase of Morris Neuman vs. tbe
Borongh of Sonth Sbaron tba Conrt ap
pointed M. W. Jenkins, C. A. Asbton and
H. D. Bell, ot Sbaron; James Bayney, of
Sharpsville, and John F. Hope, of Hiokory
township, viewers to assess damages to
plaintiff's property oaused by a change of
grade ot Idaho street, in said borongh.
Frank Gilbert filed a supplementary report as auditor ot the estate of Wm. G.
Hill, deceased, whioh was ooniirmed nisi.
George Shell was appointed guardian ot
Mrs. Henry Shell, a person of weak mind.
John S. Leslie and Charles C. Irwin won
appointed to appraise tbe property of Edgar
Peok, deceased, te the benefit of the
widow.
A. H. MoElrath presented his report as
auditor of the estate ot Hayes E. Ann-
strong, deoeased, wbioh was oonfirmed nisi.
In the divoroe oaaa of Jane MoCann vs.
Thomas MoCann a pinnae, subpoena was
awarded. In the oase ot Mary E. Titns vs.
John Y. Titns an alias subpoena was
awarded.
James A. Stranahan, Jr., was appointed
an auditor to distribute the funds in tbe
bands of the accountant in the estate of
Henry M. Kirk, deceased.
In the divoroe case of Edward L. MoEl-
wain vs. Anna MoElwain the Court filed
an opinion dismissing the libel.
In tbe oase of John H. Kohlmeyer vs.
the Pennsylvania Fuel Company a new
trial was refused.
In the oase of the Commonwealth va.
Wm. Milsop, Wm. McKay and Joseph Fer-
dinando the deoision of Justice MoClain
was reversed.
The report of 3. R. W. Baker, auditor of
tbe estate ot John T. Wall, deoeased, was
filed and oonfirmed nisi.
In the oase of George H. Fowler te.
Mattie R. and M. W. Forte the Conrt or*
dered the appellant to perfeot the appeal by
filing recognizance within ten days. If tbis
is not done the rule will be discharged.
In the oase of Wm. F. Vankirk vs. Fred
Hoelzle a bearing was held on a rnle to
show cause why an appeal shonld not be
strioken off. The rule was made absolute.
In the matter of a publio road in Fair-
view township a hearing was held on a rule
to show cause and the report ot the viewers
on the review was made absolute.
A petition asking for a oitation on an ex-
eontion in the estate of Hiram Wheeler, deoeased, Was presented and a rule to show
canse was granted, returnable to tbe first
Monday of September.
Tba report ot tbe viewers appointed to
view land taken by the school board of Pymatuning township for the ereotion of a
sobool honse was filed and oonfirmed nisi
and will be oonfirmed absolutely unless exceptions are filed within ten days.
Rose MoMahon was appointed guardian
of Graoe Honser, a minor.
In tbo aase of Timothy Drisooll and
Charles MoCanley, doing bnsiness aa Drisooll & MoCauley, ia. the Union Heat and
Light Company an amendment to the statement of olaim was allowed.
J. R. W. Baker was appointed auditor to
make a distribution of tbe fnnds in the
hands ot the master in tbe case of Susan
and Caroline Bell et al. vs. R. A. and John
Bell et al. and was directed to fix fees of
the master and attorney.
AN OLD MTSTERT SOLVED.
Mercer County Boy Finds Remains of
—ost Explorer in Mountain Region of
California.
About two weeks ago the daily papers all
over the oountry published a story telling
of the discovery ot the body of Kenneth
Arobbald, a young man of Boston, wbo bad
disappeared two years ago while doing
mountain-climbing in California as a member of tba Sierra Club. Over sixty soouts
and Indian runners were sent out, urge rewards were offered and after a year's diligent search all hope of ever finding him was
given up. He left an estate ot $100,000
and in June, 1909, he was deolared legally
dead. Tha following extraot from a letter
to relatives here from Joseph H. Barnes, a
son of Samnel Barnes, ot Findley, and an
Old Meroer sohool boy, who is witb tbe
Sierra Clob in California tbis summer, ia interesting:
" • * » Yonr letter waa forwarded
and reached me last night when I got baok
from my nine-day 'bike' over Goat Mountain, Mounts Pirjohotand Rixford and Avalanche Peaks. On these knapsaok trips
you bave to carry bed, food and cooking
equipment all on your baok and take it
from me there is some 'peohin' aa' grunt-
in' ' on the high places ! I bars not been
at tbe main camp one whole day since I
came—out on side trips ot my own all the
time. It was my disagreeable experience,
on one of my solitary scrambles, to discover
the trousers of a fellow who Was lost on the
Sierra outing two years ago. He, at the
time, bad started alone, announoing that
he intended to aooomplish in one day tbe
unheard-of trip from Kanawyher over Glen
Pass and away aronnd baok again—abont
forty miles ia all. Ha never returned, and
never was seen again. Rewards were offered and various search parties bunted for
him long, hut found nothing. A week ago
Tuesday I was on my way up Rixford,
near Rae Lakes, when I noticed a blaok rag
whioh proved to be the waistband ot a pair
ot trousers, the rest of tha garment having
disappeared completely. In the fob pooket
was a silver watoh, still able to go when
wound up, and on tbe rooks nearby $19,70
in cash, an address book, three neaps, a
stamp book and a small pooket book bearing the name 'Kenneth Arohbald, 30 Montgomery St.' I beaded a scouting party to
the plaoe next day and further discovered a
tin oup and about enough small bones to
fill it—that waa all. Various oonjeotures
were and are afloat, but no one will probably ever know how he met his death. It
will be some relief to bio people to know
something definite abont bim—gruesome as
it may be. It waa an 'eerie' find and I'd
forego tbe notoriety not to find suoh another. Tha San Franoisco members went
home to-day and we of the South go Satnrday, reaching Los Angeles on tbe 4th, It
has been a rare outing.   *   *   *   "
PURE FOOD LAW WORKS WONDERS.
Milk, Eggs and Other Dairy products are
Brought to a High Standard by Vigilance of State Officials.
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust
states that since January 1, 1910, there
have been three hundred and thirty-two
oases terminated under the several food
aots: One hundred and eighty-eight under
tbe oleomargareine aot tor the illegal sale
of oleomargarine, twenty-one for the illegal
sale of ioe oream, three for the illegal sale
of milk containing formaldehyde, nineteen
for the sale ot milk and cream otherwise
adulterated, twenty for the sale of rotten
eggs and eighty-one other oases under the
general and other special food laws.
Tbe results of the work tor tbe year thus
tar have shown a marked improvement in
the pnrity and in tbe labeling ot food products, especially tbe oondition of the market
milk as to preservatives is greatly improved,
so that to-day tbe use of preservatives is extremely rare. Likewise, the pop drinks
whiob until reoently were sweetened largely with sacoharin, are now rarely found to
oontain tbat coal tar preparation. In ioe
oream the ohief point of failure to conform
with the State law has been due to deficiency in butter fat.
V   Greenville Harvest Home Flans.
All committees' for the big Greenville
Harvest Home oelebration are working
quietly, and indications are that the third
annnal meeting, to be held on the old fair
grounds Thursday, Angnst 18, will be the
greatest in the history of the assooiation.
The amusement oommittee has not been
idle, and among the numerous attractions
will be a big merry-go-round, wbioh will be
free to tba publio and wUl delight the
hearts of the little ones. Tbe meeting this
year will be mora in tbe nature ot a big
pionio, an especial effort being made to
bring tbe people closer together and generate a more fraternal spirit among residents
of the town and the surrounding oountry.
Tbe prizes will again be offered for the biggest load from any one looality, and the
musio feature will be an interesting one,
with the famous Independent band on tbe
grounds during the entire day. Everybody
invited. Don't forget the date—Thursday,
August 18.
—Dysentery is a dangerous disease, but it
oan be oured. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy bas been successfully used in nine epidemics of dysentery.
It has never been known to fail. It is
equally valuable for children and adults,
and when reduced with water and sweetened, it is pleasant to take. Sold by J. R.
Good's Pharmaoy, Meroer, and J. L. Griffin, Fredonia and Greenville. aug
Camp Meeting at Stoneboro.
Arrangements have been about oompleted
for the tenth annnal oamp meeting of the
Stoneboro Wesleyan Methodist Camp Meet-
i_g Association'which will open at the
grounds west of Stoneboro next Tnesday,
Angnst 16, to oontinue for ten days. Sinoe
tbese annnal meetings were started ten
years ago tbe attendance bas grown steadily
nntil tbe event bas beoome one of the most
important of its kind in Western Pennsylvania. Its growth may be attributed
partly to the faot tbat tbe meeting is
merged with the annnal oamp of the Allegheny conference of tbo Wesleyan Methodist ohuroh and together they attract great
orowds eaoh year. The workers seoured
for this year's meeting are evangelists H.
O. Hubbard, ot Kewanee, 111., and C. B.
Whitaker, of Syracuse, N. Y., assisted by
the ministers of the assooiation and conference. Missionaries J. S. Frenoh, Vanus
Smith and Miss Emma Oates will be present. The grounds are looated one-half
mile from the station, in a fine grove overlooking the lake, giving a beautiful view
and pure air.' Meetings are bald in the
large slate-roofed auditorium every day and
night without annoyanoe from rain. The
following servioes will be beld daily ; 6 a.
m., prayer meeting; 9 a. m., testimony
meeting: 10:30 a. _., preaobing; 10:30 a.
m., children's meeting; 2 p. m., preaching;
6:30 p. m., ring meeting; 7:30 p. m.,
preaobing.
"In the Shadow ot the Chair."
A man who was tried for hia life has
written a powerful story ot wbioh the above
is the title. Only two men living know
who wrote it, so carefully has the author
conoealed his identity, and yet in telling of
hia terrible ordeal he gives a pioture so
vivid that one feels he has held back nothing. It is a wonderful story and you
should not fail to read it in the beautiful
monthly magazine whioh is free with Tbo
Pittsburg Dispatoh Sunday, August 14.
The stories in this handsome magazine are
all by the best writers of the day. Some of
the other good ones are: "Tbe Breach,"
by Mabel ' Herbert Urner; "The Discoverer," by Charles Belmont Davis; "Cinderella ot the Stage Door," by Graoe Sartwell
Mason; "Johnny McDonald, the Two ot
Him," by Dave King; "Tbe Man in Blaok"
is the title of a strong serial, the first Installment of wbiob will be in tbe issue of
Augnst 14. It will be oontinned in the
regular edition of the paper. Ton will like
the magazine. It's tree, but to be sure of
getting it leave yonr order with tbe newsdealer early te The Dispatoh of August 14.
Going to Conneaut Lake.
We, the undersigned, merchants of Meroer, do hereby agree to olose our places of
bnsiness August 16, on aooonnt ot pionio to
be held at Exposition Pork, on Conneaut
Lake:
NOW LISTEN!
Let me tell you something', neighbor.
I used to carry money "around with me,
and pay bills promiscuously in currency, bat I fonnd it did not pay.
Now, I have an account in the First
National Bank, pay my bills by check
which I find a great deal more satisfactory.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MERCER, PA.
CAPITAL, |      .      $120,000
8URPLU9, .
RESOURCES,
.   91-0,000
91,900.000
W. a, Boston,
Jas. M. Graham,
Leech Maskrey,
-race B. Redmond,
Carter Bros.,
J. C. Moore,
Norris Huey,
Rummel Bros.,
D. M. Kigby,
B. H. Buckley,
C.-S. Hinkley,
Frank Steawrt
Geo. O. Ayer,
Earl C. Miller,
G. Ii. Lindsey,
Herman Frankel Co.,
Miss B. Mills,
Kllis Anderson,
J. R. Good,
W.   Ii. Montgomery
Sons,
G. W. Myers,
Mlnner Bros.,
J. W. Byera.
List or Letters
Remaining in the postoffioe at Meroer, Pa.,
Angust if, 1810.   Persons tailing for letters will please say "advertised,'' as on*
oent extra will be obarged:
0. B. Ellis, Mm. G. C. Harper, Marie
Hbllingswortb, Mra. 0. W. Jaokson, Mar-
garetta MoMillin, John Maloney, Mrs. Ed
Stroebele, Stifjenyinok Tiszteletell.
D. lb Barton, P. M.
Coming Reunions.
The twenty-seventh annnal reunion of
the survivors of the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers will be held at
Greenville, Augnst 18. The business meeting will oocnr at 1 p. m. in the Grand
Army post room, to be followed with a
oamp fire on the Harvest Home grounds.
The annnal reunion ot the MoDougall
family will be held at the home ot Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Shaner, Findley township, an
Thursday, August 25. Every member of
the family is urged to attend and all neighbors and friends will be made welcome.
Survivors ot the Roundhead regiment,
tbe One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, will hold their annual reunion fa
New Castle on Wednesday, Angust 17.
Veterans from Lawrenoe, Beaver, Meroer
and Washington counties will attend. Last
year the reunion was held at Washington.
The regiment participated in. many ot the
most important battles of tbe Civil war.
Several family reunions are sohednled
te Alan's grove, Greenville, tbis month.
The Mowry and Gruber families pionio
there on Augnst 16, the Callahans on August 17 and the Fisher reunion occurs August 31.
The Borland olans will hold their twenty-seventh annual reunion at tbe bome of
Adam C. Borland, fonr miles from Sandy
Lake, Meroer oounty, Pa., on Wednesday,
August 17. All ot tbe name and Ida invited. Headquarters at hotel, Sandy Lake,
where conveyances will be in waiting.
The annual gathering of the Orr family
will be held this year at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. David P. Orr, near Blaoktown,
on Wednesday, Angust 17. It hi hoped
tbat all the relatives and friends of the
family will oome and enjoy a day ot reunion and fellowship.
The thirty-second annual reunion of the
Stevenson family will be held in the grove
of Elmer Stevenson, at Kennard, Satnrday,
Augnst 18. All relatives and friends are
cordially invited.
Tbe third annual reunion of tbe former
teachers and scholars of Hiokory township
sohool No. 6 will be held at that building
on Satnrday, August 13, at 10 a. m. All
are invited.
The third annual reunion ot MoConnell
family will be held at the home of Frank
P. MoConnell, two miles east ot Clarksville,
in Jefferson township, on Thursday, Angust 25. All friends, relatives and neighbors are invited to attend.
The Miller-Montgomery families will
hold their annual reunion at the home of
Mr. Thomas C. Miller, two and one-half
miles southwest of town, Thursday, August 18.   All interested remember tbis date.
The twenty-third Perry Central Harvest
Home pionio will be held in Jonathan
Rublman's grove Saturday, Augnst 27
Bids for the grocery stand, musio stand and
pioture gallery will be reoeived until August 13. All bids must be sent to Jonathan Rnhlman, Route 35, Hadley.
The fifteenth annual Jaokson Harvest
Home will be held in Orr's Grove, near
Jaokson Center, on Satnrday, August 20.
The oommittee is preparing an exoellent
program and bas seoured a number of
speakers, among them being William J.
Breene, ot Oil City; Hon. Joseph C. Sibley,
at Franklin; Benjamin Jarrett, of South
Sharon; Charles E. MoConkey, of Grove
City, and Emmett W. MoArthur, at Meadville. The musio will be furnished by the
Grove City Cornet Band. A ball game has
been arranged and there will be a number
of different sports. As usual, tbe ooffee for
the ocoasion will be furnished by P. D.
Branum, of Sewiokley, and everybody is
expeoted to bring a tin oup along.
—A free tioket will be given to all ohildren attending Meroer merchants' pionio at
Conneaut Lake, August 16, for a ride on
roller ooaster and merry-go-round.
RECENT DEATHS.
—For
tile, etc.,
lime,  cement, sewer
see Crill A MoCoy.
pipe, drain
22w4
MRS. ELIZABETH PRINGLE.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pringle, one of the oldest
residents of Meroer oonnty, and one who
has many friends and relatives throughout
this seotion ot Western Pennsylvania, died
at the bome of her son, W. C. Pringle, in
Milledgeville, Tnesday morning. Although
in her 87tb year she had been remarkably
free from serious illness. On the morning
of the day her death ocourred she ate a good
breakfast and seemed to good health for a
a woman of her age, but became siok shortly afterwards and died within a tew hours.
Her maiden name was Ann Eliza Neely,
and sbe was born hi oonnty Donegal, Ireland, Ootobat 7, 1834. She oame to this
oountry in 1840, aad Wat married to Robt.
Pringle, June 2, 1851, at North Liberty.
Her husband died ia 1900 at tbe age of 84.
Tbe following children survive ber: Mrs.
Hugh McGorr, Sandy Lake; Mra. D. G.
Smith and Mrs. Jobn Miller, at Meadville;
R. N. Pringle, Sharon; 3. N. and W. C.
Pringle, Milledgeville. She is also survived
by twenty-five grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren. Sbe was an almost lifelong member of tbe Methodist Episoopal
church and during her long residenoe in
Milledgeville was a member of the Deer
Creek ohnroh, of that faith. She was devoted to ber ohildren and the yonnger generation of her family, a sympathetic, kindly
friend and neighbor and possessed a oharaoter so gentle and uplifting that bar death
brings with it the sense of a personal be-
leavement to tbe entire oommnnity hi wbioh
be bad te so many yean made her home.
MRS.  JOSEPH ANDERSON.
Mrs. Joseph Anderson died Tuesday of
last week at her home in Wilmington
township, Lawrenoe oonnty, aged 60 years.
Death terminated a long illness and was
oaused by a complication of diseases. Her
maiden name was Thompson and she waa
bom and spent praotioally all ber life on
tbe farm on which she died. She was a
woman ot fine oharaoter and exoellent
traits and was loved by all wbo knew her.
Since childhood she had been a member ot
Nethannook Presbyterian ohnroh, New Wilmington. Sbe is survived by her husband
and one son, W. C, of New Castle, and two
brothers, Prof. G. C. Thompson, of New
Castle, and J. H. Thompson, of Pulaski.
Funeral servioes were oonduoted at the
home by her pastor, Ber. S. A. Kirkbride,
ea Thursday and interment waa made in
Neshannook oemetery.
JENNIE MASTERS.
Miss Jennie Masters, a daughter of the
late Joseph Masters, of Springfield township, died Thursday morning at the home
of her sister, Mrs. J. L. Keith, on East
Bntler street, from dropsical affection. She
had been afflioted for several months, bnt
her death oame suddenly and was a great
surprise to those acquainted with bar oondition. Sbe is survived by fonr brothers—
William, of Springfield township; James,
of New Castle, Joseph, of Clyde, Ohio, and
Andrew, of Hotohkiss, Colorado. The time
te the funeral hat not been determined,
bnt will take ..lace from the -Keith re sidenoe
Saturday afternoon, dim likely at oae o' —
dlook.   Interment at Carpenter oemetery.
Mercer Fair to be a Hummer.
The management of the Meroer fair is
planning for its annnal exhibition, whioh
this year will be held September 5 to 8,
something in advance of the high standard
maintained in former year?. A new exhibition hall has been ereoted that is muoh
larger and more conveniently arranged than
the one destroyed by fire during tbe winter,
and a hog barn 130 feet long is being ereoted and will ba oompleted before the olose
of the month. It will provide ample room
te the Swine Department and should
please tbe breeders who have fine porkers
to exhibit. Premiums in nearly all olasses
have been materially inoreased, and the 10
per oent. entrance fee te live stook has
been removed. An additional premium
has been provided in all grade horse olasses.
Heretofore all animals over four years of
age were judged together, bnt hereafter
tbey will be fat two divisions—five years
old and over and four years old and not
five. The advantage of these ohanges to
exhibitors oan readily be seen. Tbe premium list is now being distributed. Copies may be had by calling at Robert Orr's
offioe or addressing tbe seoretary,  John P.
Orr.       	
Church Notes.
Dr. E. M. MoFadden will preaoh in the
First United Presbyterian ohuroh next Sabbath morning and at the Cottage M. E.
ohnroh at 3 p. m. His subject Sabbath
morning will be "The Voioes of •Niagara."
The usual services will be held in tha
First Presbyterian ohnroh next Sabbath
morning.
Rev. J. M. Coleman will preaoh on "Tba'
Raoe Problem" ia the Methodist ohuroh
next Sunday evening.
There will be servioes in the Seoond
United Presbyterian ohnroh next Sunday
morning. Ber. Robert B. Miller, of Butler, will preaoh.	
—If you think our oream separator is not
the best and as oheap as any on the market
bring it baok after a fair and fall trial.
24 tf Jones Bros.
—Ten-inoh musio on both sides diso
phonograph records, 65c, at Crill & Mo
Coy's. 22w4
fl Dollar in the Pocket
Soon dwindles away—but when it is deposited with
the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, it steadily increases.
We invite your account and pay
3%
INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS OP $1.00 AND UP.
Farmers and Mechanics
National Bank,
Mercer, Pa.
CAPITAL, $80,000.00
PROFITS, $40,000.00