JIHE- CJ a M EiiO NCoU NT Y PilE^S. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866 VOL. 37. IMPORTANT^PURCHASE. \V. D. Johnson Secures Timber for Fifteen Years. Cameron county's prominent lumber man, W. D. Johnson, lias closed the contract with the Pennsylvania Joint Land and Lumber Company for timber on a large tract of land, estimated at seventy-five thousand acres, sufficient to keep his mills active for fifteen years to come. It is Mr. Johnson's in tention to erect a large mill at Sterling Run and Cameron. This purchase means much to Cameron county in the future. J. L. Wheeler Burned Out. J. L. Wheeler's store and stock at Rural Valley, Pa., was destroyed by lire last week, Monday ni;*ht. His less is §2.800; insurance £-!,100 Burglary. Will Lyon's residence was entered by burglars last Saturday night stealing $23 00 cash and Mrs. Lyon's go d watch. Tne same chap attempted to enter Rev. O. S. Metzlcr's residence. BRIEF fIEISTJON. Trout April 15th. Arrest all violators of the law. Mrs. A. C. Blum visited her sister at Portland Mills over Sunday. Miss Dora Sizer, of Sizerviilo, lias the thanks of ye editor for u cake of deli cious home-made maple sugar. It is reported that Hall & Kaul have purchased the Dußois & Van Tassel 1 lands located in Cameron and Elk counties. Alb >rfc T. Patrick, tried for the murder of the aged millionaire, W. M. Rice, was yesterday evening delared guilty of murder. The Pennsylvania R. R. Company are doing considerable surveying in this section nr present, especially on Buffalo division. Hemlock hi Liber is said to have advanced ono dollar per one-thousand feet during the past few days, ou ac count of the lotis to the mil! men by the recent floods. Master Howard Bingeman is the happiest lad in Emporium, having re ceived from his uncle Adam Bingeman, of Treverio:\ Pa.., a real live goat. His goatship Icing veil trained Warner Judd will havel > pir. his stepper in training if he wants to retain his record. L2OOAL FOR SALE on easy terms, a dwelling house on east Sixth street. Apply to W. J. Hughes. In most cas-es, pay me the same price for border that you did last year and I will throw the paper in. L. Taggart. 2inc and Grinding Make Devoe Lead and Zinc Paint wear twice sa long as lead and oil mixed by hand. ti Never has there been such a variety of paints, oils, varnishes, enamels and varnish stains brought to town as you will find at Taggart's. EASTER OPENING— An exhibit of pat tern hats and novelties—mourning goods a specialty—March 25 and 26. B. E. AND E. L LUDLAM. The man who s peaks his mind to your face is the man to trust. Buy your wall paper at Taggart's, who sells you border for about the same price as the paper Tapestry curtains and lace curtains. A fine new line Just received. Can't be beat for quality and prices. Call and have a look. GEO. J. LABAR. Miss Shaw, of Cleveland, an exper ienced Trimmer, has arrived and is now in the employ of B. E. & E. L. Lud lam. Miss Shaw comes highly reco mended. PASTURE:—I have good pasture on Big Run for about 100 head of cattle Apply to, MRS. AMANDA R. NYIIART, Beechwood, Pa. 4-4t. SHAW'S PURE MALT.-Its value in sickness has IK en tried and proved. In the home it is not safe to be with it. Absolutely pure. Sold By 30-17-ly F. X. BLUMLE. Cr.rpets! Carpets! Carpets! A finer line of carpet than over, now on tap at Laßar's. Will meet all competion and go ono better. Costs you nothing lo call and see them. Come one come all. GEO. J. LA BAH. Order at Once. | All persons wishing ice cream, ices or fancy baking for Easter should leave their orders early at City Baker Mr. Schmidt will see that you are suited, promptly. The Easter Ball. Don't fail to attend the Easter Ball by Citizens Hose Company, Tuesday evening, April Ist. The boys are busy preparing for the event and a good time is assured. Seriously 111. Michael Murphy, proprietor of Com mercial Hotel, has been very seriously ill for several days, suffering with erysipelas in the face. At the time of going to press he is some better, under Dr. Smith's treatment. Returns from Hospital. Chas. E. Colson returned 'ast Friday from University Hospita' where he underwent an operatior for the re moval of a tumor from 'ile right side |of his face. The oper.tion was suc- I cessful. Better Than Ever. Miss 11. L. Raymond's display of | good at her remarkable variety store j is especially attractive at this time. I While her stock always consists of j the beautiful and useful her large line ! of goods just displayed excells all her J former efforts. You will save money j by first calling on Miss Raymond. First in the Field. S. R. Dresser, of Bradford, candidate for Republican nomination for Con gress, visited Emporium yesterday acd met many of our Republicans. Mr. j Dresser, who is an oil producer and manufacturer, made a very favorable j impression here. AH counties now have a candidate, except Centre and j Cameron. Two Hrc Alarms. Emporium is surely becoming me j tropolition. Yesterday about noon,two lire alarms were given at one ! being on the roof of James Creaton's , billiard and ten pin alley, the other being Wm. Robinson's residence, near | the.juntion. A few pails of water soon 1 extinguished the flames. It in reported I that three other small iires were start | ed the same day—A.F. Andrews' barn, I R.J. Lloyd's hotel and Ed. BlinzlerV ! barn. Dime Sociak j The Presbyterian Sunday-school will ; hold a dime social at the home of Charles Felt, Friday evening, the 28th ! The following young ladies will favor I us with some piano selections: The i Misses Taggart, Verena llerlig, Bei:e 1 Husted, Edna Cruise and Nadine Mor j gan. The male quartette will also en ; tertain us with some of their best j pieces. During the evening there will Ibe a flower contest, Come and try for | the bouquet. Will be Returned. Rev. O. S. Motzler, who is attending | Conference at Bellefonte, will undoubt ! edly be returned to Emporium station for another year. Rev. Metzler, who is greatly respected by all classes, has succeeded in building up a largo and influential congregation, is public | spirited, charitable to a fault and popu ; lar with all our people. His return to I Emporium will please our people, re ! gardless of creed. Upholstering and Recovering. 112 Couches, lounges, chairs, baby carriages, etc. Mattresses remade, chairs and furniture of all kinds repair , ed and refinished, sewing machines ! cleaned, repaired and parts furnished. Cane, reed and veneered seating, reed and rattan repairing. Please call early and see our large line of samples, as we are here for a short time only. All furniture called for and delivered. N.Y. UPHOLSTERING Co., Ea3t Emporium. The Star Course. The Copley Square Trio Coneer; Company of Boston, at the Court House Thursday evening April 3, will close the present series of popular entertain ments. Advices from those who have heard this attraction justify the predic tion, that it will not be the least enjoy able of the splendid treats afforded the patrons of the Star Course the past winter. The following are among numerous recent testimonials. Gentlemen's night at the Woman's Club of Ipswich on January 1", 1901, was one of the smartest functions in the club's history. Two hundred guests were present. The enjoyable enter tainment which followed the reception was furnished by the Copley Square Trio of Boston. Although the Trio ap- I peared in Ipswich for the first time, they won the hearts of the audience at once by the charm of their modest manner and the unexceptional ex cellence or their music.—Gazette, j Salem, Mass. Miss Blanch Sears made a decided i hit with her violin solos, being ob iged | to respond to several prolonged en cores Seldom do we have the pleas ! uro of listening to so through an artist, : her playing being about the best ever j heard in this city.—Daily News, Ban- I B or - The Copley Square Trio delighted a large audience in the Yarmouth In stitute Course last evening, each number being encored. Judge F. O. Swift, President of Yarmouth Institute Course, Yarmouth, Mass., January 23, 1901. Dre.w Patterns, Waist Patterns and j White Goods, in all the popular styles, I now displayed at B. E. & E. L. Lud-j ' lam's Millinery and Fancy Goods Store, two doors from Bank. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTKß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 27.1902. Emporium Methodists Are Joyously Happy. After Years of Hard Struggle They Are Free From. Debt—Rev. O. S. Metzler Aided by the Noble Bands Deserve Great Credit. VALUABLE PROPERTY—WORTH $20,000 r """ j" I ' I I'/ftSr METHODIST ETISCuPAL CHURCH. emporium, PA. i.... i ' IT WAS NOT ALL IN VAIN" th -.t onr I Methodist Episcopal friends h.v'.ti :i | Jubilee service Wednesday ev ."li-ig, March 13th, 1902, to celebrate the wip ing out of the last dollar of th.;irCh i;-.li I indebtedness, which like a bl ick >•' > il. | had hung over tlaom so long. "I. is all ! in vain," exclaimed one of the o irliost | Methodist Circuit Preachers, as recor 1- j ed in the "History of the West Branch j Valley," while holding divine services. During the services, some hounds | brought a large deer into the stream I near the house. The baying o!" the hounds awakened all the frontier in stinct, for the chase in the congrdjji tion and at once overcame all prudence and desire for religious instruction, j and men, women and children rushed IBHB' WmJ REV. O. S. METZLER, Pastor. I out to participate in the chase, leaving ! only the pracher and one old man by | the name of Overturf, who could not j follow by reason of an attack of rlieu ! matism. The preacher, thinking of j the weakness of human nature, sighed ■ and exclaimed," "It is all in vain," when Mr. Overturf, his mind following ; the chase, and thinking that the preacher's mind was r inning i t the same channel, promptly replied im mediately, "Oh! Perchance thoy mty ' catch him yet" With equal zjal and ardour oar Methodist brethren have chase 1 after J the means to pay off the indebtedness on their beautiful church property, which was erected during the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Rue during the year I-'-', it a, cost of about $15,000. They have finally succeeded isi running it to the earth, and at the Jubilee services i; 11 1 l it We Inesday evening the last mortgage and judgement were burned :n the presence of a large and grateful congregation, composed of the mem bf.r.i and friends of the Church, amid groat rejoicings, and accompanied by music, both instrumental and vocal. After t!io services refreshments were served by the ladies of the Church. At the meeting of the Central Penn sylvania Conference held at Hazelton, Us v. O. S. Met/.ler, formerly pastor at , Ash and, Pa., was appointed pastor of | Emporium Church. Finding the J church burdened with an indebtedness o:'si,800, lie went to work at once to j reduce the principal, his aim being to • pay off§l,soo during the coming year. : To assist in this laudable undertaking, | ho organized the People's Star Course, ! which furnished the community, dur ' ing the winter months, with a very high grade of intellectual and musical entertainments at the remarkable low ' prico of §1.50 for five attractions. The ! interest paying societies, composed of i the ladies of the Church, which had been organized in 1897, were continued ! under the leadership of Mrs. P. P. I Stray er, and the Pastor, solicited sub [ scriptions. At the end of the year the | result showed, that §1,925.00 of the • church debt had been paid. At the beginning of the second year, 1 of Mr. Metzler's pastorate, it was do | cided by the official board of the church, to make an effort during the coining year to wipe out the entire in debtedness. Work was continued ' along these lines, and the magnificent I results achieved show, that the work was "Not all in Vain." As stated before, the Ladies Interest Paying Society was organized during the year 1597, and Mrs. J. S. Douglas was elected the first President. ' Siie leaving town shortly alterward Mrs. C. M Thomas was elected President in her stead, and at the end of that year she had the satisfaction of turning over t > the Trustees tne sum of §1'17.0:! Mrs. M. Terwilliger, the President during the jear 1898, succeeded in i Electing §303.71, and Mrs. L. K. Huntingdon, succeeding Mrs. Terwilli ger during the year 1899 raised the sum jof $636.20. In 1900 Mrs. F. P. Strayer | watf elected President, and gathered in the sum of §1,200. Against her wishes she was re-elected President for 1901, and the sum raised during that year ~ ~ | / m FRED JULIAN, ESQ., Chairman Board of Trustee.?. was §1,900. The nnvmnts revived dur ing the past two v aw as follows: 1900 1901 By the Pastor, Subscription.'- £l.' '">•'> $1,423 G5 By Star Course, fair i '• 620 20 By Mr. Fred Julian iu ire when called for) 525 00 By Miscellaneous Col!ec; i- -is.. ... 160 60 By Mrs. Jones' Baud 153 50....321 70 By Mrs. Heiltnnn's li.in . .... 110 00 .. .250 00 By Mrs. Rentz's Band 10", 00....208 00 Bv Mrs. Huntington's Hand V 5 00—321 70 By Mrs. Blum's Ji.md 17 28.... 125 19 By Mrs. Walkei's Band J i 77 235 00 By Mrs. Band... .. '>! 00 52 00 By Mrs. Downey's* Band -i* i~> .. By Mrs. L.irrahee's S. S. Chit*.... . .32 00 By Mrs. Morrison v Band .*..75 00 By Prayer Meetings Band ....68 15 $2,20?} *»; $'3,848 65 Or a grand total during t'i last tw > yea s of ! $6,057.15. It is needless to say, that the above j results represent great self-denials 01 the part of the membership and friends j of the Church, and an immense amount i of labor by those instrumental in bring ing it about, and the pastor and the ; ladies of the church certain y are en- j titled to, and do receive great credit j for their labor, which was not "In Vain." The following comparison bot-.voen the statistics of the church in IS9I, i prior to the erection of the new build ing, and the present year are.-u:b:«iu .d: 1891 19.12 Increase, j Church Membership— $l5O $290 sl-10 Sunday School 190 880 200 j ( Missionary contri) utioos 134 3 0 <226 Pastor's Salary 900 1200 300 The church pi "DCrty is valued at $20,000. , ; Early Methodism, iik'j tli ■ early in | li ibitants of the Valley of the Sinna- j ' mahoning, had many difli 'uhk i to j contend with. The first Methodist \ Circuit Rider or Preacher, the Iter. | j T. IS. LL >l7). ESQ , Superintendent Sabbath School. Jaa. B. Roach, was appointed by the Genessee Conference in 1823. In order to cover his circuit, he had to make a trip on horse back of 247 miles, com mencing at Coudersport, Pa., thence 18 miles down the Allegany River to the Canoe Place, (now called Port Allegany,) thence up Allegany Port age 10 miles to the dividing ridge; thence 14 miles down the Sinnamahon ing Portage to its confluence with the main creek, to Portage settlement, being an unbroken wilderness of 24 miles with the exception of the homes I of Hiram Sizer and Brewster Freeman, j j about six miles up the Portage, at a j j point near the present village of Sizer- j | ville. The road was a very rough one, j j with 27 fordinga, some of them very j j troublesome, when the water was high. , ! Wild animals roamed the forest in j abundance, and it was not an uneom ! • mon occurrence to meet with a pacl: ' | of hungry wolves inclose pursuit of a I tired deer, or to find tlie carcass of a ' deer slain by a panther and half buried I under the leaves for a future meal. ! From the Portage the trail ran thro • miles to the mouth of North Creek: i ) thence back two miles to the mouth of j 1 j West Creek; thence by a bridle pat h ! i seven miles up West Creek to th< TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCJ WEATHER REPORT. (Forecast by T. B. Lloyd.) FRIDAY. Rain. SATURDAY, Clearing. SUNDAY, Fair. mouth of Big Run. Thence by another bridle path 23 miles over the mountain to the Kersey settlement (now called Centerville), making 30 miles of a bridle path through an unbroken wild erness of forest; thence 12 miles to Brockway's settlement near Bennett's Branch; thence 23 miles to the con fluence of Bennett's Branch with the Driftwood; thence 16 miles to the mouth of the Sinnamahoning; thence 15 miles to Youngwomanstown (North Point;) thence 31 miles returning to the con- I fluence of Bennett's and Dr.ftwood | (now Driftwood); thence up the Drift wood 18 miles to the Portage settle ment (now Emporium;) thence by North Creek, by a bridle path, 17 miles to Portage Creek; thence 10 miles to | Smethport, and over the mountains 10 I miles to the Canoe Place; thence back to Coudersport, the place of beginning. 18 miles. The mountains arc high steep and rocky, the roads were rough and not graded, the fordings over the streams many and difficult, the- valleys narrow, and the people rough and un cultured, but of kindly dispositions and respectful toward religion, often leav ing their business on weekdays and traveling many miles to attend servi ces, at which they were attentive list eners. Meeting with this encourage ment on the part of the people, the preacher gladly braved the dangers of forest and stream, making the rounds of this circuit about once in two weeks and with such regularity, that during the first three years disappointments were unknown. Services being over the Preacher led the Class, and invited all serious persons to remain for same. In the interim of these ministerial visits it was the custom to hold prayer meetings at many of the preaching places, al't -r the manner of our present class meetings, hut no regular organiz ed classes with leaders were held in the Valley of (ho Sinnamahoning, until they were formed in 1837 by Samuel Pitt. During 1821 thecircuit rider was Rev. James Hazen, and in 1825 Rev. Nathaniel Mills was appointed by the Baltimore Conference. ' As he was an old man, ordained by Bishop Asbury, he was unable to endure the hardships and exposure of hia appointment, and Rev. John Berien supplied the circuit during the balance of that year. Prom 1826 to 1856 with the exception <>f three or four years, regular appoint ments were made, about 40 dilVerent preachers traveling Iho circuii during that period, and as the work increased two pastors were appointed i o do a year's work. Shippen Circuit was formed in 1356, and comprised Shippen, Portage and Lumber Townships. In 1865 th; name of the Circuit was Anally changed to Emporium, and G. \V\ C. VanFossen appointed pastor. The same year a parsonage was builton the ground now occupied by the residence ef William Hackenberg. In 1860 Rev. W. 11. Stevens was ap pointed, to be followed during 1867 and 1868 by Rev. James Mullin, father of Hon. H. 11. Mullin, editor of the Cameron County Press. During 186' Cameron was relinquished, and the charge now consisted of five appoint ments, Emporium, Sizerville, Rich Valley, West Creek and Beechwood. Rev. M. L. Drum was pastor during during 1869. 1870 and 1881. He was fol lowed by Rev. A. B. Hooven, who served during the years 1872 a>.