THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOUI.D, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 41. Mr. Howard Answers Mr. Brooks. MR. V. E. BUOOKS. All honest men court publicity and arc j not afraid of criticism, and us 1 try to be j honest I am very much obliged for your j open criticism of the new road law, and 112 j partially appreciate your manly and open J spirit in signing your name to the i article. When a bill is up for second reading ! in the Legislature each paragraph is j voted on separately, and then all thesep- | a rate items that are agreed to are putin- J to the whole bill and are voted upon as j one whole bill at third reading; and you j must admit there is so mnch good in | the new road law that you would not vote I to kill the whole bill because you did not like one clause in it, as all such clauses can be amended at the next Legislature. Keally I did not notice this parti cular dollar clause in the road bill, and did not know that it would tax a poor widow a dollar road tax and am willing to vote to change it next year. I also think it was a mistake not to allow the road supervisors any pay and will vote that they be paid a regular fixed amount each year. This bill did not have a single vote j against it and was voted by all the demo- j •cratic members who were present at the j time. The following copy of the speech on this bill of the democratic leader who is now the democratic candidate for State Auditor General explains itself. Mr. Creasy said: ''l would like to call the attention of the House to the bill that is up for final passage. The bill repre sents a great deal of work on the part of the Iload Committee. And I would like to call attention to the changes we have made. This bill is practically a bill of evolution. This bill has been before the House for at least fifteen years, and we think we have fixed it in such a manner I that it will suit the agricultural interests of the State. ,It gives a very wide lati tude. It provides for ihc election of three township supervisors to act in a capacity somewhat similar to a school board. They are to have no pay. The object of not paying them is for the pur pose of getting better men. men who are not looking after the pecuniary end of the position, and men who will accept the position for the best interests of the town ship. It provides further that any town ship may by a majority vote of the elect ors thereof at the February municipal election after thirty days prior notice thereof change the system of taxation. There is also a proviso in the bill copied from the old law in section two which say.-: Provided, That before is- ] suing the duplicate and warrant for the collection of road taxes it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of every township that has not abolished the work tax to give notice to all persons rated for j such taxes, by advertisement or other- ; wise, to a.'end at such times and places as | such super isors may direct so as to give ! such persons full opportunity to work out J their respective taxes. This is copjed exactly from the old law. so it will not require many changes for those who wish to continue the work tax. In addition to this we have had a i feature copied from the New York State law that wherever a township abolished the work lax the State shall put up ftft teen per centum of the amount ol road tax collected in said township. The State of New York puts up fifty per centum tor every dollar collected, and in the last fiscal year in New York there was paid out something like 8395,000. Hut even it this does become a law there willl be money taken from the State Treasurv be fore 1907, because this matter must be voted on at the general election in JOOG, and returns must be returned not later than March sth, IJ#O7, so that no money can be taken from the State Treasury be fore the meeting of the next Legislature, and in my opinion, looking as the work ings of the law in the State of New York, the first year the amount required by the State Treasury will be a very small amount. As I said, in section seven we have taken out the pay of these road eommissiooers, and I think that is o»e of the strongest features of this bill, because we want the roads of the State of Penn sylvania under a system and this fifteen per centum that is appropriated by tiae State, If the system works well I have no doubt the appreciation will be increas ed fium time to time, following the ex ample of the State of New York. So far as I have heard from the country members, from the taxpayers, I have heard no objection to tliis bill, and I think it should receive the support of every member of this House." Respectfully Yours. JOSIAH HOWAKD. W ANTED: —At once, two gi rls to work in Hospital Laundry. Permanent posi tions. Wages SHi.OO per month, For particulars, apply to Miss Adah Graf fiuia, Ass't. Supt., Elk County General Hospital, Ridgway, Pa. 28-tf. One nicely furnished room to iet- Incjuiie of Mrs. Bardwell. At Erie. We are in receipt of a copy of the Erie j Times of the 21st containing an account if the meeting of the Business Men's Association in that city on that date, con taining a picture of Mr. Clias. Diehl, of i Emporium, who is representing this 1 county at the meeting. Foot Amputated. I W. P. Whitehou.se, extra baggage > master and conductor, who resides at j East Emporium, had his right foot so j badly mashed, on Saturday at Keating that the. member had to be amputated i and lie was taken to Itidgwny hospital j where the operation was performed. Molasses a Dead Loss. Practically all the molasses and syrup ! sold in Pennsylvania are made up of; glucose and grocers nearly all over the j state have been notified not to sell the j sweet stuff. Retailers are also said to be j hiding their trust made jams and jellies lest they be heavily lined for selling the glucose laden stuffs. Kural Free Delivery. The post office department has issued | the following: "Postmaster of rural de-i livery officers are directed to inform rural j delivery carriers that they must not carry, ! as a favor, any article or package weigh- [ ing four pounds or under which is mail- j able. And carriers will inform patrons j that such packages can only be delivered ' by them after the required postage shall j have been affixed to such package." H. A. Hall Nominated. Hon. Harry Alvan Hall.of Elk county, j was on Tuesday nominated for president judge of thfc Twenty-fifth judicial district i by the Democrats. The conference was j held at Lock Haven. As ''bossistu," • "smacks of bossism," ''gang," "ring," "organization," and other rot seems to j be the only thunder thus far advanced j by the Democratic "ring" pipers, any j Democratic nominee from Klk county I will, it there is anything in their predic | tions, certainly <ro down to defeat.— j Driftwood Gazette. A Pitiful Case. The McK can county commissioners j found recently in Ceres township in a j most, pitiable state of poverty, William Griffith and his wife, a child two vears old and an infant just born. There had been no physician called; there were no food; no medicine: no clothing for the baby; no sheets or bed clothing and the hovel was devoid of furniture. The hus band made a "living" principally by digging woodchucks. The (Sriffithscame from Potter county and the McKeao officials, after giving aid for immediate needs, asked the Potter commissioners to give the case their attention. I Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys." Mr. Clias. Hoyt has ever wielded a ! keen but kindly pen in satirizing the fads. Jof eveay day life, but in uoue of them j has he been happier than in the satire of i I hotel life, in this comedy from the entrance | of the Harutn Scaruna Teddy to the final , curtain, he displays his keen wit and plays !on the many eccentricities seen in the daily hotel life. The company present | ing most successful comedy, is one of tfce j best that has ever been seen in it, uwd j the management promises the engagement to be the (aughing erent of the season at Emporium Opera House, Tuesday, S».*»t. 4th. Prices 75, sft, 35; children *25. Appreciated Courtesy. Now is the tinse when the couictry ! newspaper men are receiving letters from | men the}' do not know, and possibly i never heard of, suiting the writer i-s a | candidate for some state office and any I aid the editor can l>sstow wiil be greatly | appreciated. Yes, »o doubt it would. 'On ! the other hand any aid these politicians i can bestow on the editor to recompense I hi in for space used in his paper woul<i be | appreciated. If politicians want to ad vertise their business why in the dickins ' don't they include a ekeck as evidence of I good faith, for the attountof advertising j they desire and send along copy properly | signed, for advertising? Talk ab&ut i business. If there is any business in a i newspaper man giving away his space aey more than a merchant giving away kbs ; goods we are unable to see where it conies in.—Galeton Leader-Dispatch. Successful Year. The Lock Haven State Normal School closed the most successful year in it« history. Its new catalog containing 12-2 pages, beautifully illustrated, is now ready for distribution. This is one of the greatest schools of our state and affords the best available advant ages for training of teachers, fitting for College or Business. Its depart ment«of music and elocution are also largely patronized and thoroughly equipped. The fall term begins Sept. 10th. Address for catalog, the Prin cipal. j J. R. FU< KINfiER, 2<i:4t Lock Haven, Pa. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTKß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1906. Give the People the Information. Public sentiment is rapidly rising to the necessity of publishing the local tax assessments, the tax-payers, being entitled to the information. Again, by this means J it will soon equalize taxation. It has long been a well known fact that assess ment. valuations in Cameron county have long been ina deplorable condition. Glancing at the assessment books will ! surprise our readers and solve the problem ; why Emporium cannot raise sufficient ! tax to make public improvements, provide the necessary and comfortable aeeommo- ; dations for sell ;ls. What exists in Etn- j porium extends all over the county, j Elect our best met). Assessors, see that j officials honestly expend the money, assess 1 the property at actual value, then you , and 1 would not be paying our neighbors I tax. This legal plan would make ali | taxes lower and equal and result to the j betterment of the county. In Mast on, the Argus has taken up the cry for assessment publicity, not | only on the ground that the taxpayers are entitled to this information, but that it will be the quickest, safest and most economical method of insuring equality in | the valuation of properties. Says the ] Argus: "The sentiment in favor of having the j lists of the city assessors published i-> growing steadiy throughout the State. | It is held by those who favor the plan that the information of the taxpayers and the public in general of the valuations placed by the assessors on all properties would be the quickest and safest way in which to bring about an equalization of assess ment valuations." In like manner newspapers in various cities are uiging the adoption ot this method. It means the elimination of un fairness and discrimination and is altogether in line with the spirit of the times. Political Pointers. This connty owes "Handsome Harry Hall" nothing but the double cross, why not give it to him. Let us vote this year for Cameron county, first, last and all the time. Work for Josiah Howard and prosperity. Work tor Captain Barclay, and Cam eron county. Every man in this county 21 years old ought to vote for .ludge Green and purity of the judiciary. By all the rules of fairness and justice Mr. Howard is entitled to another term in the Legislature on Itis record. For a first term member Mr. Howard was one of the best men in Harrisburg last session. Honest and conscientious, and a true | friend of the right at all times Mr. i Howard is one of the very best friends Cameron county can send to the Legis lature. Not to return him would he a grievous error. All that his opponents can say against the Hon. Josiah Howard, is that he is a Republican, *nd surely that is no crime ! it"the voters wish to support the policy of i the ablest executive since the formal ion of i the Republic, * * Sabbath School Association. A business meeting of the Cameron County .School Association was held at tne Heading Room in Emporium, Aug ust with Hon. Josiah Howard, vice president of the association, presiding of ficer. Rev. W. H. Allen was appointed to fill tike vacancy in the Executive Com j niittee occasioned by the death of the | late Rev. McCaslin. The next annual ciwsvention of Caue ! eron county, will be hetd in the M. E. Church of Emporium, Sept. tith aud 7th. Tho committee on program and enter tainment are as follows: Reverends Allen, Johuson, Robertson, Calvin stexj Cleaver, aud such help as they may select from their several churches. E. RRIHIKS, Ass't Sec y. i A Wise Cihoice. "By unanimous vote Homer E. <"-a>»t'W., ! Esq., Pitttsburg, was choosen to lend j the Prohibitionists of Pennsylvania by | the state committee, which met at Harris | burg, Pennsylvania, ou the 7th iustaut. j Lewis Emery, Jr., by his startliug public ' admission of being a free and easy drinker j of intoxicants, or habitually serving alcoh i olio liquarsiu his own koine, aud ot being | so utterly ignorant and indifferent iu re j L'ard to tfce temperance reform as to nut breweries into the sxoie class with ; churhes a&d public Behoofs. has astonish : ed the whoJe Christian citizenship of the state and hits placed, it is now freely as serted, insurmountable obstacles in the way of his own election iu November. : That tens of thousands of Christian tem- I perancc voters ot the commonwealth of Peunsylvenia will refuse to support a beer I drinker and brewery patron for the high , est office in the gift of the people is now widely pcrdicted.—The Free Methodist. Latest Popular Music. Miss May Gould, teacher of piano forte has received a full line of the lat est and most popular sheet muse. Ali the popular airs. Popular and class ical music. Prices reasonaWe. 44-tf. "Shall There be a Duty on Hides." Is the title of the third document of the Congressional campaign of 1900, is sued by tho American Protective Tariff League. The pamphlet is a reproduction of the speech of Hon. Francis E. Warren, U.S. Senator of Wyoming before tho U. S. Senate. Send postal card requast for free copy. Ask for Document No. Bfi. ! Address W. F. Wakeinan, Secy., 330 ! Broadway, N. Y. Fair and Races. fhe McKcan County Fair and Races, to be held at Sinethport, Sept. 4th to 7th promises to be one of the best meets ever held in that county. The horse races will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Lewis Emery, Jr., and Wn>. J. ' Creasy, Democratic-Lincoln party candi- j dates and Homer Castle, Prohibition can- ' didate for Governor, will be in attend | a nee. Large stock and poultry exhibit. A larire list of attractions. Excursion rates on all railroads- Admission 35 ceuts. Season tickets $ 1.00. Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys." There are more pretty girls with pretty faces in Manager Bothner's presentation of "A Bunch of Keys - ' than have been projected into theatrical vision in many a j day. If the performance possessed no | other attraction it would be notable in ! this because the en'.ire group ol women arc young and unconventional, and they look so much fresher and brighter than the usual crowuing farce-couiedy. "A Bunch of Keys" will be at Empovium Opera House, Tuesday evening, Sept, 4th. Prices 75, 50, 35; children 25. j Where Did They Come From. Wm. Knickerbocker who was employ ed to take charge of our electric light plant last week, at once began to renovate the place and put it in a sanitary and healthful condition. The cause of the terrible stench was disclosed under the floor when a hole was opened which contain ed feathers and other refuse of a number of chickens. There is some question how tlii> was placed there. A number of our j people have been complaining of losing chickens, aud the supposition is that they t'ji'iV t have been carried there by a j "sior a "ground-hog" C!j Wife Deserts Home. Jacob Lehman, a well-to-do farmer, re siding near Olmsted, went to Coudersport one day last week, to enlist help to re cover his wife and child, who, nearly a ! week before, left home early One morning. I ostensibly to attend a Sunday school pic nic a few miles away. Lehman on Wednesday got a letter ; from his wife postmarked Adrian. Mich., i in which she said that she aud the child were well ami happy, but that they would never return home. Lehman then looked in a purse, which he and his wife always j kept in a secret place, and in which he had $1,200. Fifty dollars was gone and in its place he found this note: T have lived with \ you 24 years and have tried to make a j happy home for you, but have failed, j Now I am going where you cannot find I me, so do not look for me." | Lehman says the morning his wife left | she put her arms about his neck, kissed I Itim and said: "Good-bye, Jake" but he ; thought she was only goinii to the picuic. A Profitable Business. It seems strange indeed that so many j people should fail to understand the pos j nihilities there are in the poultry business. ! Some will even go as far as to say that i hens will not pay for their keeping. If there should be any such »»■ .'sons read this article, we would suggest, that they visit the Keystone Poultry Farm, at Cam eron, owned and managed by Isaac Wykott aud sow. A visit to Keystone* Poultry Farm will convince the most skepticol person that the managers are progressive, up-to-date poultry men, j knowing the business from A to and i that there is big money to be tuade in j poultry right kere at our own homes. Mr. Wykoff keeps a ('lily record of all expenses, time employed aud eggs pro duced. This tecord shews that a flock i of two hundred and ten liens have laid ' over twenty tkree thousand eggs since ■ Feb. 14, or an average of about j 120 eggs a day. making in ail about one I thousand nine hundred and sixteen dozens, i which at only twenty cents a dozen would ! n/nount to three hundred and eighty-three j dollars aud twenty cents. Eggs have I not sold for less than twenty cents and ! last winter they brought froui 30c to 40c. | By these figures we can readily see that this flock of hens has been made to pro duce about five hundred dollars worth of ; eggs since the middle ot February. Til K Tit AVKI.KKS. keduced kttas to Bonkville Fair. For the Fair to he held ut Brooltville, Pa., September I to 7, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell round trjp ticket* from Pitts burgh, Oil Olty, Driftwood. Johiisonliurg, Falls Creek, intermediate stations, to tiroolcvilte on September 4, ft, r, and 7, good to return until Septembers, inclusive, at reduced rates (mini mum rate 2ft cents). Consult nearest ticket agent. SB-lt. C. B. Howard & Co., have received from the Pacific Coast what is perhaps the finest lot of RED CEDAR shingles that ever came to Cameron county. A Place Worth Visiting. The average country hotel, to the most of persons, is a picture of old fashion ed dingy walls, low ceilings and loneli ness. Having this picture well in mind we were most agreeahly surprised recent ly when we visited Cameron and were guests of Robert Graham at the Valley House. Upon inspection we found ,t hotel that is modern and strictly up to date in ever respee. The rooms ate large and beautiful, while the table is of the very best. These things together with the courteous treatment at the hands of the genial proprietor make it the ideal country hotel. A place that we shall long remember and visit often. THE TRAVELERS. Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys." This season Manager Bothuer will have an entirely new production from the fact that every act is new, and a much stronger cast and new songs, than has ever been seen in this funny play. New specialties, new dances, have been written for this popular farce comedy. The com pany is composed of a number of the most clever artist- appearing in any farce comedy of the present age. "A Bunch of Keys" comes to Emporium Opera House, Tuesday ev.-ning, Sept. 4th. i Prices 75, 50, 35; children 25. Letter to Jos. Lechner, Emporium, Pa. Dear Sir: How did you get your bnsiness? we'll tell you how we got ours. You sell shoes, we make paint; perhaps we can do a good turn to ourselves, you and we, by swapping experiences. We began 152 years auo, iu a little shop a lew minutes walk irom where we are now; a great many tilings have happened, we don't remember them all We made as good paint as we could and learned to make better We are the oldest now. we don t kuow whether we had any teacher or not; it's so long ago; if we had, he's gone and forgotten. We should have been forgotten, if we hadn't made good paint and friends. You buy your shoes; you have an advantage in that; if you make a mis take. you can stop it quick; if you make a bit, you can pu«h it quick. We've had togo slow, it's bald top' out one's own mistakes, and nothin;' but fun to correct the mistakes of others. You know where togo for leather that keeps it shape, feels good; looks new, aud wears a long time. What a comfort it is to be comfortable from making one's customers comfortable! We also have a unique advantage— unique, you know, means that nobody else has anything like it. We make a strong paint that takes less gallons, saves half the cost of painting your house, and it's like that leather of yours for wear. It is all paint and the strong est of punt. Paint is usually adultered and weak. We're very old, but we make young paint! one gallon is better than two. if it has the stuff iu it. Yours truly, F. W. DEVOE & Co., New York. NOTES OF INTEREST. Because it i.s paying some of its teachers less than §35 a month, Bingham township. Potter county, forfeited its appropriation from the state. Charles Bell, a negro aged 50 years, was discovered in a vacant house in Rock Run, a mile north |of Coatesvillo, in a critical condi ! tion with rheumatism, where he had | been for fifteen days without food j or water. A new plan has been thought of |to keep prisoners from escaping I from jail. Warden Chas. Rogers, : who is a Rutgers college man, is ' said to have originated the plan. | A pole is being erected in the yard | of the New Brunswick. N. J., jail, | from which an electric light will be ; suspended. The wires applying • the arc will run from the interior of : the jail out to the roof, where tliey i will run about in a close meshed : maze over the entire top. If a ; prisoner starts to cut through the j roof of his cell two things will hap en. First the prisoner will drop back, then the arc light will go out and the guard will know just what has happened. School Opens Sept. 10th. The School Hoard have changed ; the date of opening the schools i from Sept. 3rd to Sept. loth. j WANTED—GirI to do general housework audi one who will stay at her own home at nights Apply at Pmiss olllce. 17tf_ i J KRMS: $2.00 —$1.501N ADVANCE. TDEWFIATHER. FRIDAY. Fair SATUKIMY. Sho.vcrs SUNDAY, Fair. ASSETS Fir? c National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business Angus'. 20, 1906. $760,584.21. A National Bank is always a safe bin it. Gcv erninent supervision makes It so. This wee* the Government shows its confidence in thisbanfc by depositing another $25,000, public money. DR. LEON REX FELT, DENTIST. Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa. THE CAMPAIGN PRESS. As has been ou' custom for more than forty years we shall send the PRESS from Aug. Ist until Nov. Bth, 1906—15 weeks—for twenty five cents, payable strictly in ad vance. Send in your orders early. No paper sent unless the money accompanies the order. accination. All chilis-en must be vaccinated 39- fore the opening of school. By order of the Bo:ird of Health. Lost. A red cow belonging to John Brlent. (Janoeßun. Has been gone two weeks. Had a rope with bell attached when last seen. Base Ball. The Emporium team went to Drift wood on Tuesday and defeated the Driftwood boys to the tune of 12 to 3. * * * Driftwood played a game with the Autos of Lock Haven one day last week. The Lock Haven boys won by a score of 6 to 5. Big Time at Cameron. There will be two games of ball at Cameron on Labor day. The first game is between Driftwood and Cameron, and the second. Emporium va Car - .- eron. Also a datioe'iii the evening at K. G. E. Hall. Will Wed at Buffalo. Mr. William Brady, one of our indus trious and upright colored citizens will be married at Buffalo next Wednesday morning, Sept. 5, at nine o'clock, to Miss Ella Bellmont, of that place. The ceremony will take place at the home of Mrs. W. E. Crandal, with whom the lady has made her home. After a wed ding breakfast, served by Mrs. Crandal, the couple will visit Toroiito and other cities of interest before their return to Emporium. They will reside on Fourth street. Although a little prev ious the PRESS extends congratulations and wish them prosperity and happi ness. Sabbath School Convention. The following is the program of the Cameron County Sabbatli School Convention, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6th and 7th, in the First M. F. Church, Emporium, Pa.: PROGRAM. Evening Session, Sept. 6tli. 7:3o—Devotional service, Rev. J. M. Robertson, D. D. B:oo—Address of Welcome,... Rev. X. E. Cleaver B:ls—Annual Address, Mr. Josiali Howard Vice-president of the Association. • B:3o—Address,"Three Cardinal virtues in the Suc cessful Teacher, Rev. Charles F. Irwin State Field Worker. Morning Session, September Ttls, 9:3o—Devotional Services. Rev. J. E. Calvin 9:ls—Busines of the Convention. I—Reports from Delegates present. 2—Reports from (1) Secretary, 2) Treasurer 3—Election of Association Officers. 4—Electlou of Representative to Slate Con vention. 10:15—"How shall the Sabbatth School show its interest in missions? First address, Rev. J. M. Robertson, D.D Second address,. Rtv. J. Nelson Bennett General discussion. " 11:00—Address Miss Erniina V. Lincoln. Afternoon fjfwkrn, 2:3o—Devotional services, Rev. Geo. H. Johnston, Ph. rf 2:4s—Address, "The Successful Teacher" Rev. W. H. Allen 3:oo—Address, "Making the Truth Plain" Rev. Geo. H. Johnston, Ph., 1) B:ls—Address, "The great Teacher in the midst of his Class" Rev Charles P. Irwin Evening Session. 7:3o—Devational service, The President of the Association 7:4s—Address, "The Bible in the light of modern Scholarship" Bev. J. E. Calvin 8:00 Address, Miss Ermina C. Lincoln B:3o—Address, "The Divine Imperative" Rev. Charles F. Irwin Closing remarks.... _ The President For Rent. Desirable house for rent. Inquire of it. Seger. Teachers' Examination. Teachers' examination will be held in the liiiih school building on Fridav \ u -31, h For Sale Cheap. One slightly used high -lass piano. l 1 or further particulars inquire at this office. NO. 28.
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