THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.,
ISSTABIJSHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 3«.
NO PKESS NEXT WEEK.
We shall not issue tho Pauss next
week, reserving tho oldAime right to
enjoy a week's vacation. The office
will remain open for the transaction of
business and job printing, as well as
receiving new subscribers for the com
ing year.
New Money.
The First National Bank of Empori
um, always up-to-date and studying
how to please their patrons, have
adopted the unique idea of paying over
their couuter only new money, both
gold, silver and paper, during the
week. We bad the pleasure viewing
the handsome sight—sl,ooo gold certi
ficates down to ?IPO.
Big riortgage
A mortgage for §9,000,000, given by
the Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad
Company in favor of the States
Trust Company, ot New York, was re
cently filed in the Register and Record
er's office for recording. Register
Goodnough is busy recording the
lengthy document, and, as the printer
would say, it is a "fat take."
A Great Sufferer.
Mrs. A. J. Siefried, who has baea a
great sufferer for several months, was
brought from Cameron last Thursday
and taken to the home of her sister,
Mrs. Chas. Hout, West Sixth st., that
her attending physician, Dr H. W.
Good, might give tiio sufferer closer at
tention. Mr. Seifried, her husband,
is doing everything within his power
ta restore his help-mate to health.
Senator Harrison l>;ad.
State Sonator John T Harrison who
was nominated by the Bapuhlioans for i
Receiver of Taxes of Philadelphia, !
die iat his hotna last Friday Ms wis
ill only a short tinvj
John T Harrison was born in Eng
land in 1949, ao.l v/n b/ongtis to thlj
country while still an i'st'ant. He I
served throughout th Civil war ia tho I
!
Eleventh Maryland volunteers and !
later engaged in them inafaoture of ;
hosiery. Mr. Harrison was a member ]
of the State House of Representatives I
in IS 11, 1893, 1393 and 190), and wa« j
elected to the Senate in 1902.
We knew the deceased intimately
and greatly respected kim. Philadel
phia and the Republican party loses a
valuable citizen.
An Instructive Lecture.
The lecture last Friday evening, by
Mr Harvey Graeme Furbay in the
People's Star Course was, despite some 1
irrelevant jibes at the audience and
some futile attempts sit- humor, full of
thoughtful and instructive matter.
The lecturer is familiar with the facts
of history which ha interprets in the
of scientific and Christian con- |
cepts Our civilization, ha said, is a
develop::.ont which aw us its peculiar |
character and thought to the power of j
Christian ideals. In the Christian con
ception of human brotherhood we iind
the historic germ of a great democrat,
ical nation. Tho truths pro-jlaiuaei
by Christ prepared tho way for M igna
Chart 1, the Declaration of Rights and
the Declaration of Independence.
In conclusion tho lecturer pointed to
some elements of danger and disturb
ance in our present conditions. The
proper time on which to approach the
solution of the race, trust, and labor
problems, is by keeping true to tho
ideal and spirit of Christian brother
hood, which has been the guide of our
progress in the past, and must be the
star that will lead us through present
perplexity to better things in the fu
ture.
Thirty-Five Years on Judicial Bench.
At the October election, 1863, Hon.
C. A. Mayer was elected president
judge of this district, then composed of
Centre, Clearfield and Clinton counties
and presided over his first court at the
December term of the same year.
Since that time Centre and Clearfield
counties have become separate judical
districts and Clinton county has been
added to Cameron and Elk counties
forming the Twenty-fifth judical dis
trict, over which Judge Mayer now
presides. Tuesday, December 15 he
oou'd be seen sitting upon the bench in
the courthouse in this city, disposing
of legal points with his usual dispatch
and quietly celebrating the 73rd anni
versary of his birth and at the same
time celebrating the thirty-fifth anni
versary of his service on the bench.
This is the longest consecutive term
any judge of any district in the State
has served. Judge Mayer has five
years of his present term yet to serve
and judging from his appearance he
will serve out that time and have sev
eral years to spare to caper with the
young fellows after he has rounded out
his forty years on the bench.—Clinton
Democrat.
Pennsylvania's Prosperous rinances.
There is 110 State In the Union with
a financial condition in any way com
parable to that of Pennsylvania. New
York shows larger transactions in a
year but it is heavily burdened with
debt, while this State has practically
none, the sinking fund being equal to
all obligations. There remained in the
Treasury Monday night the extraordi
nary sum of $15,818,559, almost $12,-
000,000 of which was in the general
fund, applicable to the payment of ap
propriations. The total receipts for
the year were §21,000,000 including loss
than §400,000, for the sinking fund, and
there was a balance carried over from
the previous year of nearly $13,000,000
the not gain for tho year being almost
$:5,ou0,000, nearly all of which is from
the general fund. This is an astonish
ing statement when it is remembered
that the balance in 13!)9 was less than
§5,000,000, which was the average for
ten years previous.
This immense sum has been raised
entirely without any resort to direct
taxation on real estate. The receipts
come from various sources,largely from
corporations and corporate stock.
There is no State where the burdens of
taxation are less felt, not even in New
Jersey, where the people live off the
taxation of the trusts. The balance
now in the State Treasury is drawing
interest, and the sinking fund will this
year have a net balance to its credit be
yond the total obligations of the Com
monwealth. This is a condition which
no other State can equal, and it cer
tainly is a justification of the policy of
the Republican party, which has paid
off a debt of more than $40,();j0,000 and
has increased the revenues from less
than $4,000,000 to the present magnifi
cent total. This State spends nearly
§0,000,000 :i year on the public schools,
and is now building oat of current re-
Capitol in the country, a v.i rk of art
as well as a useful structure.
Large as were the appropriations by
the last Legislature, it .is ev'.-J • r. t i it
there will be a handsome surplus wi; a
it meets again, and there will l>o many
agencies for good which it can estab
lish without danger of a deficit.—Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
Farmers' Institute.
The attention of our farmers is called
to the list of institutes, to be held in
this county this winter, by the State
Department of Agriculture, assisted by
the local board of institute manager*
for the county. These meetings are in
tho interest of all our farmers, and
opas to all. The expenses of conduct
ing them is bore by the State. No col
lections are allowed or 'ha advertising
of atiy business. Tho discussions are
upon farm topics for the benefit of
farmers. Arrange vour business HO as
to attend to take part in the exercises.
All class-as of citizens are welcome, and
interesting programmes have been pre
pared.
The county chairman is W. H. How
ard, of Emporium, Pa., who will b*
glad to send programmes or informa
tion to any one who will make tiie re
quest.
The State Speakers who will be pre
sent are: Ilobt S. Seeds, of Birming
ham, Huntingdon, Co., Pa., and C. I).
Northrop, of Elkland, Tioga, Co., Pa.
The institutes will be held at tho fol
lowing dates and places: Jan. 19th
and 20th, 1904, at Emporium, and Jan.
21st at Driftwood. Come out to these
meetings and bring your families and
friends.
James Hundy Dead,
James Mundy, aged about 43 years
died at ths Austin Hospital this (Thurs
day) morning about ten o'clock.
De»th was caused by pneumonia. Be
fore being taken down with his fatal
illness Mr. Munday met with on acci
dent from the effects of which he had
not fully recovered at the time of his
death. In his home at Hulls where he
ran a hotel, in starting down stairs he
tripped and fell the fnll length of the
staircase and was quite seriously in
?ured.
Mr. Mundy was born in Emporum
and was u worker in the woods in thie
vicinity before Austin existed as any
thing but timberland.
In the early days of Austin he work
ed on the log and spike trains, but of
later years he has been engaged in the
hotel business. He was married Au
gust 25, 1890 to Miss Esther Boyington,
of Wellsville. He was probably one
of the best known men in this part of
Potter.
Mr. Mundy leaves a widow and two
brothers, John and Charles, and Mary
Ellen, of Emporium. —Austin Republi
can.
Pipes, briar and mereschaum, suit
able for Holiday presents at John
Cruice's Cigar Store. <
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1903.
■ The years are going by with a
steady, resistless sweep that no
human power, whether of brain or
hand, has ever been able to check
or stay. There is a final period set
to the continuance of all sublunary
things, and sooner or later the point
3s reached at which our places, our
plans and' our positions become the
legitimate subjects of a change as
invincible as the diameter of a
sphere.
Since it is true that our stay in
this world is limited, and our op
portunities for doing good are pass
ing and will not tarry to sidt our
convenience or our moods, it is
therefore just as true that we
should live above that selfishness
which refuses to others that meas
ure of kindness that makes life's
pathway smooth and the sky bright.
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Latest Popular Music
Miss May Gould, teacher of piano- j
forte, has received a fail line of the lat
est and most popular sheet music All
the popular airs. Prices reasonable.
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Dance Christmas Evening.
T. L. Wheaton wishes to announce to
the public that he will give a public
dance at Sizerville Hotel, Ohrisuias
evening, Dec. 25th The public cord- j
ially invited. Dunce ticket#, ten cents, j
License Court.
License court was held at Empori-,
um on Monday, Judges Mayer and As
sociates Walker and McDonald presid
ing. All licenses were granted, except
the following: Wm. Hathaway, re
fused; Jas. B. Hayes, Harry McGee,
Dan'l McCormic* and Peter Shoup
held for future decision. Tije Judge
delivered himself in plain language
to those applicants to whom the court
granted licenses warning them (as has
been done many times before) that
violations would be severely dealt
with.
Christmas Greeting.
1 j AH seasons are alike propitious
» for doing good, because all seasons
"| have their sufferings; but there are
| special times when it is, indeed,
"More blessed togivethan receive."
The. season of Christinas festivities j
will have dawned upon us before I
another issue of the PKI:SS shall
have come to your homes. Permit j
; us, then, to express our gratitude -
, for the many acts of kindness which
the old paper has received from the
I people in the very many years of j
toil and struggle and triumphs j
through which it has passed to the!
present, now.
We do not intend to weary you j
with a long article, as we certainly
should were we to write what is in |
our heart to-night. We will leave
that part of the work for others, j
; and confine ourself to tho perform-1
Severely Burned.
Mr. Daniel Ericsson, chemist employ-1
ed at Keystone Powder works, met |
with a serious and painful accident, j
Monday morning. Whilecarrying two i
glass jarsof acid he attempted to cross a '
small stream of water on a plank or slab. ]
The s'ab rolled, throwing him to the'
ground. Bome of the acid entered his :
left eye and onto his hands, causing
great pain. Supt. Geo. W. Van Wert
hurried the chemist to Dr Good's of
fice for treatment. While his eye is In
a very serious condition it is hoped the ;
] sight may be saved.
Ex-Congressman Dead.
Hon. ft. J. C. Walker, died at Phila
delphia last Friday, aged 85 years, j
When a resident af Williamsport he
represented the old 18th district in Con-1
gress. He leaves a wife.
Choice line of Ave and ten cent !
Cigars, especially for our Holiday
trade. Leave orders early. Union j
mode.
JOHN CRUICS.
i anee of a plain and important duty.
Let us not forget, in the midst of
unnumbered blessings, those who
are less favored than we have been
since the Christmas bells were rung
i one year ago, and let us, as far as
! we are able, endeavor to make some
! heart and home brighter and hap
pier by our helping hands. The
1 fact that wo have made some bur
den lighter and some path a little
; smoother will make our Christmas
! dinner taste better.
We hope that every tabic in Em
porium and Cameron county, in
J fact every PKUSS reader, will be
supplied with one brown, tender
j and juicy turkey, and that every
I little stockingand big stomach will
Ibe filled to repletion. To the pat
! Rons of the PUKSS, and all others,
Iwe wish a Merry Christmas and
I Happy New Year.
I Finger Pinched.
Julius Skinner, a lad fifteen years of
I age, while working at a shell machine
j in Climax shell room, lost the tip end
of the index finger of left hand. Dr.
j Good dressed the injury and the young
! man can now view the shop windows
1 until after Christmas.
Special Jury Court.
There will be a special jury court for
Cameron county, to be held Monday,
Feb. 22d. This will be the first jury
j court convened in over twenty months,
j although the attorneys claim they have
suffered by the lack of same. Four
prisoners and, we understand, several
important cases await trial.
Baptist Church.
Morning Subject: "The Infantile
j Telegraph of Love." In the evening
the Pastor will preach from a text in a
! way descriptive of Emporium, and in
closing will ring out the patriotism it
contains Public most cordially in
j vited to attend the services.
I Colored paper, suitable for Ohrist
maa chains at Pases office.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT
THURSDArFuir t . byT - B - L,oyd - )
FRIDAY, Fair
SATURDAY, Rain and Snow.
20 PAGES"
BRIEF fIENTION.
Everybody reads the PRESS.
MeClure, Phillips & Co , will pub
lish, during the month, a boot: on
"The Lyceum and Henry Irving," by
Außtin Bereton.
The moat welcome Christmas present
to yoor absent friends would b a. re
ceipt for a year's subscription to the
PRESS. Drop ns a postal—we'll do the
rest.
People who care to know how a prac
tical naturalist lives and works should
1 read "Our Naturalist at Home," which
is the story of the daily life of a lover
of animals and birds, and appears in
the Woman's Home Cnmpanion for
January.
Juiy Ist William Weeks, of Jersey
Shore, had his right foot nearly sever
ed, causing lockjaw and eventually
death. Five weeks later the wife died
of blood poisoning and last week their
infant child died from of an operation
for spinal trouble.
Mr. Henry Irving has himself taken
a keen peronal interest in the book,
and has lent the use of a great part of
his valuable collection af Iyc?tim
momentos. An edition de luxe will be
painted on Japan vellum, and wil! c c
t:iin the original au'ograph of Sir
Henry Irving and Ellen r< rry.
Noah was the first man to advertise.
Ho advertised the ft . 1 and if. enia atl
right. The fellows who 1:>I: ; -IH lat
the advertising got drowned and it
served them right. Ever since Noah's
time the advertiser has been prosper
ous, while the other fellow has b. in
swallowed up in the flood of dii-a ler.
--[Ex.
Win. Murray, another member > (he
Bennett Moulton Stock Company, died
at the Bradford hospital Thursday.
This is the second death from typhoid
fever in the company. The disease
was contracted while the company was
playing at Butler a few weeks .ago.
Three of their members were stricken
while playing in Bradford, two of
them dying, and two more were
stricken at Titusville.
Mr. Bereton is one of the best auth
orities on the history of the English
stage, and also a close friend of Henry
Irving. He has been able to unearth
matters of great interest, and his his
tory of the "Lyceum" will contain
much that is unknown and heretofore
unpublished. It will be a cum[ 'ete
history of the theatre from its earlii st
phrases up to the timi of the last ap
pearance of Henry Irving, and it will
be illustrated with unique ii rtr iit i>f
the actoisin their variou co*: <ru
etc.
A plainer truth was never told: Ac
unlimited credit system is demoralis
ing to all kinds of business. When die
merchants and all others insist upon
frequent settlements the hard times
complaint will not be so frequently
heard in the land. When the business
man gives unlimited credit to Torn,
Dick and Harry they are not only
damaging their ovn business standing,
but they are crippling all allied bnsi
ness to a more or less degree. An un
limited credit system is the bane of any
community.
Christmas at the Churches.
M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Christmas Exercises at M. E. Church
Christmas night at 6.30 o'clock:
PROGRAM.
Voluntary, - - . Orchestra.
Singing,
■"Message of Christmas Time," Pg. 166,
School.
Prayer, .... Pastor.
Singing,
"The King of Glory," Pg. 58,
School.
Recitation, "Santa Clause,"
Fred Strayer.
Duet, "Because He Loves Us,"
Grace Halderman, Olive Ellis.
Recitation,
"When Christmas Bells Ring Out,"
Kate Metzger.
Solo, "The First Christmas Eve,"
Helen Welsh
Singing, "The Little Christ Asleep,"
Primary Dept.
Recitation, "Stolen Stockings,"
Cbas Cummerford.
Chorus, "Santa Clause is Coming,"
Recitation, "Letter to Santa,"
Mark Ellis.
Recitation, "Through the Telephone,"
Clark Metzger.
Chorus, "Hunting for Santa."
Fine line of smoking tobacco as
well as popular brands of chewing, at
Croice'a Cigar Store.
NO. 44.