THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 39.
The Democratic
County Convention.
A Small and Listless G-athering Ratifies the
Machine's Platform and Ticket—Blumle
and Oummings Named.
The gathering in the courthouse on j
Tuesday afternoon, which was recog- j
ni/.ed as theDemocratie county conven- j
tion presented a marked contrast to j
the interest and enthusiasm which |
marked the Republican county con- j
vention last April. August weather i
and other things, seem to be too much j
even for"the unterrifled." County i
Chairman, I. K. Hockley called the
convention to order. In his opening j
address he tried to improve the face '
of the situation by explaining that the j
scant number of delegates to the con- i
vention was due to the fact that very \
few Democratic votes were cast at the I
last election. We predict that he will I
have further explanations of the same
sort to make next year. W. R. Chat- j
ham of Driftwood was chosen asjtem- j
porary secretary.
The following delegates were pres
ent: West Ward—Hogan, Norris, j
Coyle; East Ward—Lysett. Marshall,
Wheaton; Middle Ward—Donovan, j
Klees, Egan; Portage—McDowell, j
Evans; Lumber Smith, Simpson; j
Gibson—Smith, Mason, Fry; Drift
wood—Deny, Chatham; Grove—Smith,
Shafer. No credentials were present
ed from Shippen, but the convention
seated John Lawson and A. J. Inger
sall. It appears that there has been !
some sort of a factional light on in
Lumber township, and the convention,
in order to save trouble, seated both
James Hayes and Ed. McFadden, al
lowing each of them half a vote. We
should not blame them if they should
not give more than half a vote to the
ticket next November.
T. IF. Noma was elected permanent
chairman, and Geo. P. Shater perma
nent secretary. The first thing in the
order of business was the appointment 1
of the committee on resolutions. The
chairman named B. Egan, John E.
Smith and Lawrence Smith. The or
dor of business next called for an ad
journment of ten minutes, ostensibly,
we presume, to give this committee un j
opportunity to get their political ideas •
together and to clothe the same in ap
propriate diction. In reality the ten
minutes is intended to give the chair- :
man of the committee on resolutions j
an opportunity, if he desires it, to j
glance over the machine-made resolu- 1
fcions, prepared by the chairman of the j
county committee, correcting the |
grammar and improving the rhetoric j
when necessary. The committee on {
Part Iron and Part Clay.
The Democratic party can never
hope to win the confidence of the
nation so long a3 it attempts to com
bine within itself such utterly
hostile and incongruous elements as
are represented in its conservative and
radical wings. The party as at pres
ent constituted is like the toes of
Nebuchadnezzar's image, which were
part of potter's clay and part of iron.
Cleveland is the iron; Bryan is the
clay. A very slight jolt will knock
the iron and the clay apart. No one
need envy the excellent gentleman
who has the misfortune to be the
titular leader of this loose-join ted and
discordant host.
The Independent is trying to make
us think that the fragments of iron and
clay are all of one beautiful piece and
texture.
A sudden down pour of rain or a
long continued drizzle will have no ef
fect on the patrons of Hargreaves' Big
Railroad Shows, when it exhibits here
on August 12. The reasons for this
will be apparent to everyone who sees
the huge tents that will be erected
here for the performance. They are all
constructed of 'mercerized' ducking.
This marvelous invention for the
waterproofing of material has been in
use for years for rain coat» but up to
this year has never been used for
tents. People who have used 'memor
ized' cloth know bow it sheds water
and it was the knowledge of this that
caused the proprietors of Hargreaves'
Big Railroad Shows to have all their
tents made out of this material It is
quite a stride in advance of other
shows but it is only in keeping with the
progressiveness of the management of
these shows. Beneath these tents
spectators can sit in comfort and ease
during the heaviest of rains and be as
dry as if in the finest theatre in the
country. This is only one of the many
novelties that have been added to these
shows this season.
i resolutions had no mind to be critical j
; on this occasion, and, forgetting that
I in theory they were supposed to take
: ten minutes to formulate and write out
j the platform themselves, they returned
| almost instantly and indue order of
1 business submitted to the convention
I what Chairman Hockley had put into
! their hands. It is to be hoped that
| the public will not hold the members
i of the committee on resolutions strictly
' responsible for this platform. It is
] Hockley's work, not theirs. Let him
1 have the credit of it.
! The report of this committee was
! not in order until after the nomina
: tions had been made. John Lawson
; nominated F. X. Blumle for Assembly-
I man. The convention accepted the
] nomination by acclamation, but with
! out enthusiasm. B. Egan named
John Cummings for County Treasurer.
J M. W. Whiting was named by John E.
' Smith. A secret ballot resulted in the
| nomination of Cummings by a vote of
| 17A to 7.1. The applause which follow
j the announcement of Cumming's nom
ination was reasonable in its modera
tion, nor was it excessive nor long
continued, at the close of Cummings
brief speech, thanking the convention.
Egan presented the report of the
committee on resolutions. A great in
crease in the Democratic vote was
promised. Promises are easy to make.
Jefferson was patted on the shoulders.
Were he living he would permit no
such familiar liberties from those who
1 play fast and loose with his cherished
principles. Bryan was ignored and
no mention was made of Olevrland. '
Why should these standard bearers be
forgotten, now that they are pulling
neck to neck on the Parker chariot?
1 The platform condemns Republican
militarism, whatever that may mean.
It denounces the failure of Roosevelt's
administration to disband the organi
zations known as trusts, but it is silent j
1 as to the position of the Democratic i
| justices of the Supreme Court in re
gard to the Northern Securities case.
It declares that the money question is
not an issue, but neglects to give
'■ thanks that the free silver proposition
J was voted to death in lS9fi and in 1900.
I Finally the platform pledges support
to Parker and his octogenarian running
j mate and to the state and county
I tickets.
j The convention instructed for C. W.
j Shaffer for Congress
* Through Daylight Train between Buffalo and
Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Beginning July 31, the Day Express
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, leaving
Buffalo daily at 9 a. in., stopping at
principal intermediate stations, and arriv
ing Philadelphia, Broad Street Station,
7.32 p. m., will be run through direct
via the Delaware River Bridge Route
to Atlantic Citj, arriving there at i>.2o
p. m., daily.
A Pullman parlor car and standard
coaches will be attached to this train.
Beginning August 1, train leaving
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, at
\ 8.30 a. iu., for Buffalo and principal in
termediate stations, will start from At
lantic City at (>.55 a. m., weekdays, and
run through to Buffalo without change.
This is the only line by which trains
are run through direct, without change,
to and from Atlantic City, the leading
seashore resort of American.
3243-24-21,
Eye Specialist.
Prof. W. H. Budine, the well known
Eye Specialist, of Bingbamton, N. Y.,
will be at R. H. Hirseh's jewelry
- store, Emporium, Pa., August 12th
and 13th. If you can't see well or have
headache don't fail to call and see Prof.
| Budine, as he guarantees to cure all
such cases. Lenses ground and fitted
in old frames. Eyes tested and ex
amined free. All work guaranteed.
World's Fair Excursions.
Low-rate ten-day coach excursions
via Pennsylvania Railroad, August 3,
10, 17, 24, and 31. Rate $15.95 from
Emporium. Train leaves Emporium
|at 8:10 a. m., connecting with special
train from New York arriving St. |
| Louis 4:15 p. m.,next day. 3230-23-5t
i
For Sale.
A pair of horses weight about 2600;
1 nine years old and sound in every
, particular.
C. W. HALL.
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable.". —WEßSTEß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 11, 1904.
"The Paramount Issue."
We are glad to he informed that the
I Independent regards the defeat of
| Roosevelt as the paramount issue in
j the present campaign. The Republi
! can party desires nothing better than
!to take up the fight on this issue.
Roosevelt's administration has been
strong, positive, progressive and clean.
He is recognized as a man of strong and j
positive convictions, of absolute
honesty and fearlessness, and of rare J
sagacity and good judgment. He is a
man who does things and the people
like that sort of man. The influence
of his administration has been steadily
in the interest of peace, both within
our own borders and in the interna
tional field. The people know Roose
velt; they also admire, love and trust
him. They are going to elect him. j
Judge Parker is a man of ability and j i
of high and fearless integrity; his can- j
didacy reflects credit upon the Demo- i
cratic party, which is slowly but surely
finding its way out of the swamps of
Bryatiism. The people gladly recog
nize the good qualities of Judge 1
Parker, but they will not for a moment 1
endorse the proposal to make him '
President in place of Roosevelt. '
Roosevelt, by native temperament and 1
endowment and through many years '
of active experience, stands before the '
people as the foremost executive of his 1
time; Parker's service and experience 1
has been wholly as a jurist, and that '
not in the national field. Roosevelt 1
stands before the people on the record 1
of his administration; his views on all
vital public questions are well known; '
of Parker's views on public questions !
nothing as yet is known except that he >
regards the gold standard as irrevoc- !
ably established. The strength of his '
view on this question lies in the fact 1
that it is an acceptance of the Republi- '
can position.
Why should the country reject
Roosevelt and elect Parker?
Had Road. j
The road officer who placed the long (
stretch of large stone in the Portage
road between the railroad and creek '
near Four Mile,and called it road niak- I
ing or who allowed it to bo dono ought I
to be compelled to walk over it bare- *
footed and blindfolded ten times every i
day until he could get the idea under i
his hair, that to have a road in that i
shape is a nuisance. The idea of stone :
in the road is all right, but they should 1
be put there of the proper size, in a
proper manner, and have sufficient j
covering over them to fill up at least I
the worse crevices and not compel the j
public to drive over a road that is an j
injury to a horse; to those who ride
over it, especially delicate women, and
that shakes and rattles buggies and
wagons in a terrible manner. Such a
road is a disgrace not only to the man
who put it into such shape but also to
t the community in which it is allowed
to exist.
A DRIVER.
A Sluggard's Device.
There is in town a iazy old rascal
who has contracted the English habit
of reading in bed until slumber dims
the page. The one serious drawback
to this custom is the necessity of step
ping out of bed to extinguish the light,
and of doing this at the very time
when sleep is making its most irresist
ible assults. A number of times has
this person fallen asleep and let the
gas burn all night. Now, however, he
has lashed a piece of heavy wire to the j
I thumb cock of the gas fixture, and to i
j the other end of the wire has attached j
a stout thread which extends to his j
pillow. When ready to stop reading all j
he has to do is to pull the thread, and
out goes the light.
Maccabee Insurance.
A Detroit dispatch states that the Su
j preme Tent, Knights of the Maccabees
| of the World, last Saturday adopted 1
I the new schedule of rates recommend
!ed by the Committee of Laws at j
| Wednesday's session.
Whole life insurance will here-ifter
| be furnished new members at rates
! ranging from 85 ceuts per §I,OOO of in
surance at the age of 18 to $2 75 at the
age of 50.
Present members may re-rate them- j
• selves to the new rate for whole life
| protection, or may continue their in- !
; surance in force at present rates until j
j the age of 55, after which they must
j pay at the rate of $3 per month.
Cholera Infantum.
This disease has lost its terror since !
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr
hoea Remedy came into general use. '
The uniform success which attends the
use of this remedy, in all cases of bowel!
complaints !n children has made it a
favorite whercever its value has become
kuowu. For sale by Jno. 10. Smith,
Sterling Run.
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DEATH'S DOINCiS.
GARDNER.
SILAS GARDNER, aged aboutss years
| died at the home of Delbert Towner,
West Creek, last week Monday, his re
mains being interred in Newton Ceme
tery on Tuesday, Rev. Syplier, pastor
of Circuit M. E. Church officiating.
Gardner, who has been a great suffer
er with asthma, has resided in this sec
tion for many years. He did not seem
to have any relatives. A novel spect
acle presented itself upon this occas
ion —the minister, undertaker and
driver all riding on the hearse. Be it
said to the credit of the young clergy
man, he did not wish to see the un
fortunate man dumped into the
Potter's Field without a christian bur
ial and there not being a carriage in
the neighborhood, he mounted the
hearse and rode thereby through town
to the cemetery.
A Clerical Visitor.
The Rev. William F. Rentz, pastor
of the First English Lutheran Church
of Pottsville, Pa., is visiting his
brother, Mr. F. P. Rentz at his pleas
ant Fourth street home. Mr. Rentz's
church is one of the most important in
his denomination, having a member
ship of 700 with all its departments of
work in active operation. He is also
president of the Schuylkill County
Sunday School Association and is a
recognized leader in this important
field of Christian effort.
Mr. Rentz and Dr. Heilman were
class mates at Williamsport Dickinson
Seminary and that their conversation
should take a reminiscent turn is not
surprising. His friends would like to
hear him preach but prior engage
ments preclude his remaining over
Sunday.
Entertainment and Festival.
On Saturday evening, August, 20th,
the ladies of the M. E., congregation
at Howard Siding will give a high
class entertainment, after which they
Will conduct au ice cream festival.
Those taking part in the exercises of
the evening are gitted with a woderful
talent, and having received special in
structions, the entertainment promises
to be a success. While the success of
the festival depend upon the people
and their "pocketbooks." Do not dis
appoint these ladies and they will not
disappoint you.
Stop! Look! and Listenl
This is no railroad sign only a notice
to railroaders and everyone else to at
tend the festival to be held at West
Creek School House, Saturday evening,
August 13. Gentleman forget that this
is leap year and bring your ladies.
Ladies remember this is leap year and
bring the gentleman. This festival
will be a success if you scream, and I
scream, and we all scream for ice
cream. X
The New I'resbyterian Church.
The debris about the new Presbyter
ian church is being removed and the
grounds putin proper order. The
congregation expects to occupy its
church in a week or two, though the
formal consecration of the edifice will
be defered till September when the
Northumberland Presbytery will meet
here and the event be made doubly in
teresting by the presence of this
notable body of ministers.
The Olean Races.
The August race meeting of the
| Lake Erie circuit in Olean promises to
I eclipse everything ever held on the
i Driving Park. With stakes larger
j than those in any other town in the
' circuit, with the exception of James
j town, the Olean races this year have
; called together a larger entry list than
in former years and the list contains
i some of the well known flyers. The
dates are August 16, 17,18 and 19. The
program is as follows: August 10—
j 2:22 pace; 2:22 trot; 2:12 pace, August
17—2:25 pace: 2:20 trot; 2:15 trot, and
free for all, August 18—2:15 pace, 2:18
! pace; 2:30 trot and for all, August 19—
2:30 pace; 2:18 trot and 2:25 trot.
The Big Four band of Bradford has
been engaged to furnish music each
; day. The driving park is easy to
reach, cars running to the entrance.
The Olean Driving Park track is in ex
cellent condition this year and fine
sport is anticipated.
Warning.
All persons are hereby forbidden from
trespassing upon the property of this
Company without a permit trom this
' office, or the Superintendant at the
works.
KEYSTONE POWDER MFG. CO.
Emporium, Pa., August Ist, 1903. ;
24-tf.
Even the culute of fruit seems to be
largely a matter of graft.
Sunday School Pic-nic.
The Baptist Sunday School Pic-Nic
will be held at Keystone Park to-day.
Baptist Church.
Rev. L. B. Twichell takes for his
subject on Sunday night at the Baptist
Church: "The Psalmist Pursued; or
David's Dash from Danger." Song
Service, 7:30 to 7:45. Public invited.
Touring Car.
Mr. J. M. Beach and family, ofßkig
way, accompanied by Mr. Ellenger;
came over the mountain in their tour
ing auto last Saturday. They dined
with Mr. Herbert Day and family, re
turned home same day.
Pleasant Outing.
Wm. F. Lloyd, Jno. A. Johnston
and family, Mrs. Free, Mrs. S. L. Stod
dard and Miss Hattie Russell passed a
very plesant day, last Thursday, at
Keystone Park. "Billy" Lloyd was
the only one that worried—he feared
the supply of eatibles would run out
before lunch time.
Will Locate at Danville.
Mr. H. R. Manett has purchased a
restaurant in Danville, Pa., and will i
shortly assume charge of the same, ex
pecting to move his household goods
the last of this week. His friends wish ,
him and his wife success in their new j
venture and bespeak a friendly wel- .
come for them from the people of Dan
ville.
Concert August asth
Preparations for the musical to be i
given in the First Methodist Episcopal
Church Thursday evening Aug. 25tb, .
are progressing satisfactorily. A pro- j
gram of vocal and instrumental music
by artists of well known ability gives 1
assurance of a rare treat for all who at
tend. Tickets of admission are 25 cts
and are in the hands of the committee.
Lucky Inventor.
Jno. A. Johnston, himself a good i
printer and former publisher, knowing
the trials and tribulations of the .
country publisher, stepped into the !
PRESS sanctum last Saturday and re
newed his subscription for another |
year. Mr. Johnston has perfected a (
valuable piece of mechanism that will j
no doubt place him on easy street.
He deserves it, having worked long j
and hard. We will give a description
of the machine at the right time.
Their Annual (tame.
The fats and Leans played the first
game of their annual championship
series at Keystone Park last Saturday. (
The game was hotly contested as the
score will show. Rentz was in the j J
box for the fats the first inning, but I ,
captain Ilaupt relieved him and put
in Murphy, and accuses Rentz of sell
ing the game, there being only ten 1
runs made in the first inning. 1
Haupt decided to get him as far out of 1
the game as possible, and stationed 1
him in left field. Joe Lingle was the 1
whole thing on second. Newton
pitched a stiff game for the leans. In
our opinion they all played a very fast
game. The score by innings:
Fats 11 0 1 4 5 0 1 7—20
Leans 10 3 0 3 1 0 4 0 1—22
Niagara Palls Excursions.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has selected the following dates for its
popular ten-day excursions to Niagara
Falls from Washington and Baltimore: 1
July S to 22, August 12 and 26, Sep
tember 9 and 23, and October 14. On
these dates the special train will leave
Washington at 8.0(1 a. m., Baltimore,
9.115 a. m.. York 10.45 a. ni., Harris
burg 11.40 a. ni., Millersburg 12.20 p.
m , Sunbury 12.58 p. in., Williamsport ;
2.30 p. m., Lock Haven 3.08 p. in., Re- ,
novo 3.55 p. tu., Emporium Junction
5.05 p. in., arriving Niagara Falls at 9.35 !,
p. m.
Excursion tickets, good for return pas- j'
sage on any regular train, exclusive of!
limited express trains within ten days j j
will be sold at §IO.OO troni Washington i |
and Baltimore; $9.35 from York; 810.00 j'
from Littlestown; 810.00 from Oxford, I
Pa.; 89.35 from Columbia: 88.50 from :
llarrisburg; 810.00 from Winchester.' 1
Va,; 87.80 from Altoona; 87.40 from i'
! Tyrone; 86.45 from Bellefonte; 95.10 ! j
from llidgway. 80.90 from Sunbury and !
Wilkesbarre; 85.75 from Williamsport; j'
and at proportionate rates from principal j '
points. A stop-over will be allowed at j 1
Buffalo within limit of ticket returning. '
The special trains of Puliman parlor . j
j cars and day coaches will be run with ji
j each excursion running through to Niag- : 112
l ara Falls. An extra charge will be: ]
made for parlor car seats. j 1
An experienced tourist agent and :
chaperon will accompany each excursion.
For descriptive pamphlet, time of con- i
necting trains, and further information >
! apply to nearest ticket agent, or address
| Geo.W. Boyd, Generai Passenger Agent, • }
Bread street Station, Philadelphia.
3178-19-Bt.
TERMS: $2.00 —$1.50 IN ADVANCE
WEATHER REPORT".
(Forecast by T. B. Lloyd 1
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY. Fair.
SUNDAY Fair.
I'olltical Announcement.
Editor Press:
fVnintw%Vfto ° U rlce "'?• narae a candidate for
nil™ Treasurer, subject to the decision of the
Democratic County Convention. U
U DLAM
BRIEF riENTION.
Everybody reads the PRESS
Three horses for sale; one boree
weighing laOO, one team weighing
280 JOHN Rtrra,
East Emporium, Pa.
The Merry-Go-Ronnd has folded its
tent and gone to Galeton, only to bo
replaced by another, it is reported,
beaded this way.
FOR SALE.— Lot on West Sixth 6treet.
Inquire of Mrs. S. J. Knickerbocker,
Port Allegany Pa. 22-4fc.
FOR SALE.—A good farm in Plank
Road Hollow. For particulars inquire
ofMr. Jos. Kinsler, Emporium, Pa.
23-tf.
Why not avail yourself of the oppor
tunity and buy clothing at fair, and
honest prices. That is what yon do
when you buy of N. Seger.
The North ('reek School becoming
vacant by the resignation of Miss
Moon; Miss Cora Barker it is under
stood will take her place.
The summer clothing at N. Seger's
is moving rapidly. Now is the time to
buy. Big stock and must make room
for fall goods. Come in and see us.
The moving picture exhibition on
South Broad St., last Monday night at
tracted a vast throng of people and
the Presbyterian Church for whose
benefit it was given, should have real
ized a handsome sum.
Mr. Geo. J. Laßar is excavating for
an addition to his store property, that
will greatly enhance tho facilities for
dispatching his growing business and
be an important architectural addition
to the town.
If you need anything in the line of
gents lurnishings, hats, caps, shoes,
valises trunks or any thing else in our
line come in and see us. We can sell
you goods as cheap as they can be
bought anywhere. N. SEOER.
WANTED— A lady or gentleman of
fair education to travel for a firm es
tablished 30 years. Salary, §1,072 per
year and expenses, paid weekly. Ad
dress with stamp, H. W. KELLEY, Em
porium, Pa. 24 2t.
The PRESS does not need to lie
awake nights in order to "dish up
something" to make tho Independent
seem ridiculous. The Independent suc
ceeds very well in appearing so with
out any help from the PRESS.
St. Marks Church served ice cream
and cake on its lawn last Saturday
night and had the usual generous pat
ronage. The church expects to install
its new pipe organ in October, and the
formal dedication will no doubt be
made an interesting event in musical
circles.
Hargreaves' Big Railroad Shows
have been aptly called the "wonder"
shows as each year a myriad of novel
ties are produced with that aggregation
that noothershow can duplicate. This
year the management have far sur
passed all previous efforts until this
vast amusement enterprise can safely
lay claim to being the biggest and best
Shows on the road. With a colossal
circus given in two rings on an ele
vated stage, with a menagerie that
cost over a million dollers to
gether, with a mammoth museum in
which strange people and curious
things from all parts of the globe can
be seen and with a real Roman Hippo
drome in which contests like given in
the old amphitheatre of Rome are
faithfully reproduced, there is such a
refreshing novelty about this stupen
dous aggregation that everyone who
visits it becomes infatuated with it.
The lists of artists engaged for the ring
exhibition is as big as the entire work
ing force with many other shows and
they are all undisputed champions in
their respective lines. Hargreaves'
Big Railroad Shows are absolutely
unique and unapproachable and if you
see them when they oxhibit at Em
porium on August 12, you will be a
hearty endorser of these statements.
When thieves fall out each has a foe
man worthy of his steal.
>1 AKHII 1).
BROWN-SAWDEY-At the office of m7^
Larrabee, J. P on Tuesday, Mr. Frederick
Alvia Brown and Miss Arloine Sawdey, both of
Emporium. * | lu UI
NO. 25.