IHE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 41. Gross Misuse of Office. Mu. EDITOR: — Fjw people realize that it is immoral to submit to injustice. Fewer still are suf- > ficiently courageous, manly, anil christian- j like to help right a neighbor's wrongs. They pmter to sec the helpless oppressed to the annoyance and trouble ot working tor a general betterment. Thus every branch of polities lias become corrupt, and a misuse of the public funds has be- \ eon>e the rule, instead of the exception. I t is just as criminal to make unjust assessments • as it is to obtain money in any other dishonest way: yet this shame ful fraud goes on from year to year, with out any determined effort being made to cheek it. To emphasize the crying nec-s-ity for reform in Cameron county, I will cite an experience of my own. viz: In the year 1900 I-disposed of a build ing on Fourth street. Emporium, but I j was assessed just as much the following j year as if 1 still owned it. Naturally ; I remonstrated and. upon investigation, it was admitted that two persons were as | sessed for the same building. The com missioners were very courteous, and proved their inclination to be fair by re ducing my assessment for that year. But the assessor raised my valuation *.">o the j following year, so as to make my taxes j keep up to the high water mark. Again j I protested, but it was useless. The a<-! scssor had entered his figures and they ! were now legally entitled to it. Subse- ! ijueutly I sold a house property at a sac- | rifice. because I felt 1 could no longer en- j dure the burden of taxation in Emporium. J But the taxes on my remaining property j are rapidly climbing, to make up the de- | ficiency. Is this right? Is it just? Is it wise? j Is it not time to have the local assess- j uicnts published, as a means of curbing j unfair discrimination? Assessors are I quite as human as other people, and they j are no more likely to see that county of- j ficials 'honestly expend the money' that they are to conscientiously appraise prop erty values. They are effective instruments in rais ing money to pay the running expenses of a town, county, or state; but you want to keep your eyes on them, and not let them trifle with the assessments. It is a bad habit—that of theft. Nor arc the leaders iu the public thought blameless. Every time there is to be a vote cast for expenditures of the pub lic funds, the voters are assured that the debt is decreasing—has. in tact, become a mere bagatelle. Yet year by year the taxes continue to soar. Now there must be a drop somewhere that will cause the people's endurance to everfiow. Taxes are trust funds, and the county officials who expend th»» public money extravagantly or dishonestly ought to be indited tor embezzlement. How much louger are we to submit to be overburdened by taxes out of all pro portion with our incomes? In New York city where rentals are enormous, j tlm taxes are only a little over a cent and a half (1.51). Where in Emporium where rentals are low, I paid over seven times that amount this year for taxes. Perhaps you may claim that property is assessed at its actual value in New York city; but I know from painful ex perience that the so-called "actual value is preferable to the Empotium assessment. From a purely expedient viewpoint it is not wise to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. People in the city are learning not to over tax themselves, but to find sufficient revenue in municipal ownership of street railways, and other profitable investments. When Emporium officials condescend to consider the com mercial interests of its taxpayers, instead, of putting money in the pockets of a few. we can turn on the electric fan and rest easy. It is significant that public senti ment is clamoring to have the local as sessments published. That is a step in the right direction. Let us go further and insist that, those running for office >hall pledge themselves to have this done. No misuse of the public money can long continue if the voters do their duty. And the meu who shirk their duties are not absolved from moral responsibility. The devil is quite as much where things arc "left undone" as where crimes are com mitted. Bet the voters watchword this fall be KH2FORM irrespective of party lines. A TAXPAYER. Bronco Buster. Bronco Buster gave entire satisfaction at the opera house last evening and it hat boon one of the best melo-dramas that has been here for years. The cast i- very strong. The same company with the same play will fie at the opera house djjuiri to-night.— Shamokin Dispatch. At Kuiporium Opera House, Sept. liitii WANTED:— At once, two girls to work in Hospital Laundry. Permanent posi tions. Wages $1(5.00 per month, For particulars, apply to Miss Adah Graf rtuis, Ass't. Supt., Elk County General Hospital, Ridgway, Pa. 28-tf. One nicely furnished room to iet. Inquire of Mrs. Biirdwell. Sunny Skies Brighten Veterans Annual Picnic Large Crowd Spends Delightful Day in the Grove at Agars Park—Judge B. W. Green's Address. . M?Z < : , aMRISJMr « :<W Jftw? : w § 112 *i *IHK J|| / * v'' iSlil I. ' W 112 J ■ ' >- >v* 1 • Jffyl I.Oci; lim'Ell Lai > ! NJUKS Au«. Sjtli. The 13:h annua! meeting and picnic j of the Clinton County Veterans A - i 6oeiation was held it Agars park, ne; r this city, to d iv and tliero was a got d j attendance of valor MM and others. A session of the association was heid at! 10:30 a m , and it wis called to order by W. F. .Mover, th ; president The Logantoa band was i t attendance and played several salejtious. Tile waarhd.' Was 1-vi.j'i ful and after the di.iner li inr th-i trolley <: irs began to take pasple 11 tn ■» p irk t • fr itern iz) with the old s»1 fiers an I li sar the . speeches. The chief spjaker was Hon B.W. G - a3!i, the president judgi of the Twenty-filth Judicial district. Judge Green was a stranger to many of the veterans, but all w .-re favorably im pressed with his kin lly and unaasuin ing manners, and a'.si with his splend id patriotic address. We present this address in full, as follows: Mr. Chairman, Merabersof the Veteran Association, Lidiesand Gentlemen: ' I am under many obligations to the committee of the Veteran Association ofClinton county for this opportunity to be present and join in the ceremonies of this event.l can assure you that it is with hestitanoy that I under take to-day tj oil the place allotted to me, as I am aware thaton former occas ions of this character it has been your privilege to listen to some of the best orators this state affords. Yet if a hearty end rsement of the patriotic object of this meeting and sympathy with the noble cause, you represent will solicit your approval, 1 wi 1 have your atten tion from the beginning Weil do I recall as a boy the stirring events of the spring of 1861, where in a neighboring county we heard the music of the life) and drum, and the brave men and boys from the farms, work shop and homes from every part of Pennsylvania were putting down their names with a determined hand upon the enlistment roll; and you hold the proud distinction .to be among the number. You were formed into ranks, drilled for a day on the village green, then these valiarit sons of Clin ton county took their places in the companies of the valley of the West Branch, the regiments of the Keystone state, and the armies of the great loyal north. Days and weeks of intense anxiety would follow waiting for news j from the front, then would come tid j ings that a great battle had been fought, : a victory won or a defeat suffered, j Then would the effect be brought closer i home with the sad fact that some be loved one from yo«r immediate vicin ity had fallen, one more fireside in sor row at the altar of their country. A dear relative, friend or acquaintance, and to you a companion in arms had been sacrificed to pay the debt of liberty. I I was in the city of Charleston a few i months ago, and as I passed along the ' sea wall in full view of Port Sumpter— I now a battered ruin—l could not help i recalling some of the great events and ' changes that have occurred in our I country's history in the 45 years that i had just passed since the firing from ! that point upon the Stars and Stripes and fortifications of the United States ion Friday, April 12, 1861. The sound ! of cannon had not died away in that ! harbor on that unfortunate Friday be fore their echoes were heard from these mountain tops, and the fire of true patriotism was lighted as if by magic upon every hill and within every dale, north of the Mason and Dixon line. It was the beginning on that bright spring day of the harvest of death and desolation that was to continue for four long years. Nor more than two squares from the water's edge where those first sounds of war were heard, I saw a monument erected in honor of a coinnany of artill erymen, which the inscription inform- J ed me were recruited in that city, and "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1906. as the ohisled words recorded m m.v of I whom fell in defence of their native j state, '"in a war between the states." i No word* of condemnation have 1 to j offer against the spirit which promoted ! the erection of this monument i.. honor of their brave sons. I cannot, however, accept a-> trua the senti nent of the last part of that inscription. Ii was not a war between states, but, an unjust re- j be'iion upon the national government, { without cause, that had for its object j the division ol this union or its absolute ! destruction, and the upholding of t ! ie ; Southern Confederacy, with hum- ■ slavery as its cornersti i»a. But toe god of battles was not with them. It was not to be so. A regenerated union was to bo the final result. To d.iv we find factories and the hum of industry upon the spot where were located Libby PrU >.i an 1 the stockade at Salis bury. Northern capital and industry joined with the south, working in har mony in the upbuilding and improve ment of that, favored section of our country. The people are gradually but surely solving the great problems of the past and the result is a government stable and patriotic in all its parts. It is not my purpose to follow the for tunes of these years of conflict. Words cannot express the thoughts that come to mind of those days General Grant, the great commander, has well said that "there were thousands of instances during the rebellion of individual, com pany, regimental and brigade deeds of heroism which deserved special ment ion." It las been my fortur.e recently to see some of the battlefields of the south, the long line of trenches and breastworks at Richmond, Petersburg, and all over Virginia and the south, now in many places covered with trees of the forest. Thus marking the victories of time as well as war. Near at hand can be seen the National ceme teries with their miles of headstones, each a monument to the heroic deeds of a union soldier. "We were in peril, they breasted the danger; the Republic called, they answered with their blood " Precious things command large values the world over, and it is equally true that the living principles of our constitution and law, placed in the corner stone of this great national edi flee by its illustrious founders has been dearly maintained No nation ever paid more, ft was not merely the billions of dollars of treasure, nor was it only devasted homes, towns, vil lages and cities, but the price demand ed and paid in full was far more—to make a comparison would not be pos sible. It was the hundreds of thous ands, the brave, the loyal, the true, yes, the very flower of the land who yielded uptheir lives at Fredericksburg, Vicks burg, Gettysburg, the Wildorness and upon hundreds of other well fought fields, to pay a fitting tribute to these nobledefenders of our country is among the impossibilites of speech, and be yond the power of expression. The pen fails aud the tongue is siient, not only their noble deeds but those oftheir companions in arms, those who return ed with maimed bodies and ruined health, will surely live after them, and give life and freedom to the genera tions yet to come, peace and prosper ity within our borders. The time is now ripe when the veter ans of the Civil war should all receive more substantial aid than mere praise. It is not sufficient that the few should I be granted invalid, disability or depen dent pensions but there should be a universal service pension framed along i liberal lines. As the pension list has j decreased more than ten thousand 1 during the last year with a correspond ing decrease of many millions of dol lars, why not? It can not be successfully contradicted that to the preservation of the union and for the greatest nation of the twentieth century we are indebt ed to them. The advancements that have been made since that historic event is without parallel in the world's history. Six states at ttte present time exceed the population of the United States in -1860, and the population south of Mason and Dixon's line is nearly equal to all of the states on that date; and when we consider the devel opment of the country and the wonder ful increase of wealth and the general prosperity, comparison cannot be made. The young man of 25 years of age who became one of the army of volunteers in 1861, now is three score and ten, the life allotted toman. It is high time this debt of gratitude should be paid for in a few more years it will be everlastingly too late. It ia appropriate that the veterans of the good county ofClinton should have an association aud hold annual meetings and as much oftener as possible and renew their comradeship. And as the evening star of life descends toward the western horizon they can see the in signia of "Victory" emblazoned in the heavens with a jeweled setting of the years 1861 and 1865, and then recall anew American valor that will ever bo a record of great deeds upon the pages of our history. I thank you for your kind attention. The Lock Haven Democrat in an ex tended account of the pic-nic, speaks pleasantly of Judge Green's address, viz: "Judge Green made a stirring ad dress to the people present, enduing his remarks to reminiscences of the soldier life, in which he proved hi'mse 112 to be a pleasant speaker aud held the closest attention of the vast audience. The Campaign. This is the campaign of j;oo'l will and good sense; no man can have good sense without good will. Anger, meali ness and narrowness all work against good sense and good judgment. The Re publican Party this year stands more fully upon this pat form than ever and we .say to the voters of this county, and more particular)' of this Judicial and Con- j gressional district, that if we cannot win oti this platform we do not wish to win at all. Fair play and a square deal, court the j widest publicity and in the confidence of intelligent criticism wc court your good will, good sense and good judgment in I voting for the good men Cameron county I presents as candidates. "Of the people,! by the people and for the people" they stand without any strings tied to them, upoti their own merits for a constitutional government of law, order, justice and progressive industry, with fair play to all j and favoritism to nine. Captain Barclay staiting out as a sold ier boy sixteen years of age, fought his J way through the war and kept on in his j business career through two periods of i hard times, winning hi- way honestly to ! the present high standing he and his j brother hold in the business world. ' Judge Greeu starting out as a farmer' boy, ]ias grown mentally, physically and | modestly into one of the leading attorneys j in this Judicial district. Confidence in 1 his progressiveness, his integrity and his ! good judgment was shown two years ago by our leading citizens iu choosing him to . succeed the late Geo. A. Walker as Presi dent of the First National Bank, and his j appointment by the Governor to succeed , Judge Mayer, was only a just recognition j ot his legal ability and manly uprightness i as a citizen. Judge Green and Captain Barclay will botli receive a trernenous vote in this i county where they are well so known,and trust that the voters of the other coun- ! ties will pet better acquainted with them \ and with record which is open to the ! public, both here and in their native j comities of I'otter and Tioga. Come and see! "Come in the evening or, Corac in the morning; Conic when you are looked for or, Come without warning." We want you to know these men and we appeal to your good will, jour good sense and your good judgment to vote for these good men, that they may render you independent, trustworthy, and cap able service in the high offices for which they are nominated. Lumber Township's Grand Old Man. While stopping at the Valley House in (Jameron recently we had the pleasure of meeting our old and highly esteemed friend William 11. Smith. Lumber town | ship has produced many men that have j been and are highly respectedby all i her citizens, but there is none that stands I higher in the estimation of all than Mr. i Smith. At preseut he is serving as tax I collector, a position which he is filling j with credit to hunsrlf and to his friends. | He war born and raised in this township ; and is in every sense of the word a model j man. TRAVELER. No one would buy a sailboat with sails that could not be reefed. There isalwavs that possibility of a little too much wind that makes a cautions man afraid togo unprovided. The thinking man, whose stomach sometimes goes back on him. provides for his stomach by keeping a bottle of Kodol for Dyspepsia within reach. Kodol digests what you eat and restores the stomach to the condition to properly perform its functions. Sold by It. C. Dodson. To Parents, Pupils and Teachers. I The public schools will open on Mori- ! day, Sept. lOtli. Pupils who have been j in the schools are requested to take their j report cards to the room to which they I were assigned for the coming term. The schools are open to al! persons, be- i twecn the ages of six and twenty-one. but ' children who will reach the age oi six '■ before January Ist, should be st at red at I the opening of the term. All beginners, as well as those who ! have never attended school iti Emporium, 1 will be required to present to the teacher j a certificate of successful vaccination. ) l'upils who "have moved from other j districts arc requested to meet the prin- ' cipal at bis office on Saturday, Sept. Bth, ! between 0 and lid a in., so that they may be assigned to the proper room before the opening of school. This ap plies only to those who were not enrolled in our schools last term. The daily sessions will open at 0:U0 a. • m , and 1:15 p. in. Pupils are exj.-.-cted to be regular and prompt in-their attend- { anee. Tardiness and irregularity of at- j tendance are great hindrances in school ! work. Pareuts and all 112 riend.-- of educatiou are cordially invit. ! to vi.-it the -i-boo;s i Teachers and pupils will be oD'/ouruged ' by their presence. Only through hearty j cooperation will i! < l -t r suits i>t* at tained in school wi'ik. TK.U'II l.!;s' M Ki.'l I No. The teachers are ivquiMi -I to m- ■* tin ; the High School lion • I>;I Friday noon, Sept. 7 at 2:(M) unlock. Very le.-pcetfully. C. E. Pl-ASTKttEK, Principal. A Jolly "Weary Willie" Coming. The happy-go-lucky ' Weary Willie" will be a new exponent on the stage, when Manager IT.1 T . D. Newell presents E. E. Kidder's strikingly original comedy drama, "A Jolly American Tramp at the Emporium Opera House on Saturday evening, Sept. 8. This piece is said to be more strikingly intense than the same author's other plays, "Peaceful Vailey" and "Poor Relation," that he wrote for Sol Smith Russell. In "A Jolly Ani , crican Tramp" he holds the attention of his audience by the quality of his wit, the deep touches of pathos that he has interwoven in its interesting plot, and i the convincing comedy with which it is inteisperscd. Of course despised | tramp turns out to be a hero in rags, and ' the supposed millionaire whose greed for i trold leads him to commit felony, simply docs what all his ilk in the big trusts . arc doing every day. There are many i scenes aud incidents portrayed that will ' be'worth witnessing in that it shows how the rights of many are ruthlessly brushed : aside by the few, but in the end the wronged tiiumph, and justice gets the ; reward. The cast that is to unfold this interestiug story contains the names of ; many of this country's best players, j among them being Jack Allen, Grace j Euler, Juliette Newell, Lillian S. White, ! Vera Wilson, W. S. Ely and others. | Much attention has been paid, too, to the ; costuming, each presenting the exact 1 prototype of the original from which the ; talented author took his conception. Prices 50. 3i> and 25. I Barnes-Taggart. ' Mr. Geo. 0. Taggart, son of Hon. and Mrs. L. Taggart, surprised his friends by ! returning home last Saturday from Buf ■ falo accompnnied by his bride, who was formerly Miss Gertrude Barnes of l ort Huron, Mich. The lady resided in Em porium about two years ago, then being in the employ of Miss Raymond. Their ! friends cordially congratulate them. The ! groom has been a druggist for several years and is employed in his father's store. ! The wedding took place a Buffalo, Aug. I 30th, Rev. Coleman Banon, Rector of First St. James Episcopal church officiat ing. The PRESS extends its best wishes and hopes prosperity and happiness may j ever surround them. Bronco Buster. Demiug News:l hear Buster wrote i a play and is out on the road. He calls it"The Rrnco Buster." Y'ou don't say, So he's an actor now? Yep. I'd hate to be the galoot that plays the villian. Why so? Buster's liable to forget and think he's the sheriff again aud fill that gazabo full of holes. That was a bad habit he had. From"The Bronco Buster," at Empori um. Sept. 13th. X-Ray Picture. Dr. V. Iv. Corbett, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Bertha, visited in Em porium last Saturday. Miss Corbett had the misfortune to break her left arm some time ago, by falling. The Dr. wanted to be dead sure that he had mads a good job of the resetting the badly f'rncured elbow and brought the young lady up to have Dr. Heilmao make an X-ray pic ture of the fracture. The picture, which we were permitcd to see, showed very plainly the break in the bone. TERMS; $2.00 —$1.50 1N ADVANCE, I THEWEATHER. j FRIDAY. Fair SATURDAY,F; it SUNDAY, Showers ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At tti- 'tos:? of business Sept 5, 1006. 5743.148.12. 1 A Natii'ii Bauk is alwa.m a aa(i hunk. Go*. J ernment MIJK rvision makes it so. This week the I Government shows its confidence in this bank j by ile|Mi.-i;ii .• another (2.1,000, public money. -• - | DR. L::O.\ RKX FKLT, DENTIST. 1 Rockvve!: Block, Emporium, Pa. HORSE SALE. Johnson Bros. Will dispone ol' •"><• head of choice Western horses at the bam of J. W. XORRIS, Kmporium. I'a.. TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1906 These excellent horses will he disposed of at Auction. Don't for get the date. Married. On the Mrd (if July at the Free Meth odist parsonage, Emporium, Mr. Fred Solveson and Mrs. Llewella B. Moore were quietly united in the bonds of holy matrimony, by the Rev. J. Nelson Ben nett. We extend congratulations and wish theui prosperity and a long happr journey through life. Two of our Young People WeddfeA Miss Alice Irene Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.I). Robinson and Mr. Ira Theodore Good, both of Empo rium, were married at Buffalo, Wed nesday, Aug. 29th. The bride is one of our popular young ladies and ha* many friends through the county, as well as in Emporium. The groom is an up to date cigar maker and hrw worked here some time. The PHRAS extends congratulations. Baptist Association. THE following Emporium Baptist! attended the meeting of the Allegany River Baptists Association, at Port Allegany last Tuesday and Wednesday Rev. E. Calvin, Mrs. Mary Beers. Mias Itachael Day, Miss Elisabeth CrandelL Mr. Bertram Olmsted. Eye Specialist. Prof. W. H. Buaine, the well known Eye Specialist, of Binghamton, N. Y., will be at R. H. Hirsch's jewelry store, Emporium, Pa , September 15th If you can't see well or have headache don't fail to call and see Prot Budine, as he guarantees to cure al! such cases. Lenses ground and fitted , in old frames. Eyes tested and ex amined free. All work guaranteed. Shoes Some time ago a pair of "new shoe* were left in the Bank. Owner can have same by proving ownership and paying for this notice. Low Rate Niagara Falls Excursion. Popular ten-day excursions to Niagara Fallt will be run by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany on Fridays, September 7, 21, and October 12. Special trains of parlor cars, coaches and dining car will start from Philadelphia an* Washington. Niagara Falls, Niagara Gorge, the Whirlpool and Rapids never lose their absorbing interest ta the American people. For illustrated booklet and full information apply to nearest ticket agent. Sep. 6 to 27 The Laxative effect of Chamberlain a Stomach and Liver Tablets is so agree able and so natural you can hardly realize that it is produced by a medicine. These tablets also cure indigestion and bilious ness. l'riee 25 cents. Samples tree ;n L. Taggart s; J. E. Smith, Sterling Run Crum Bros., Sinnamahoning. For Sale Cheap. One slightly used hijjh clns- piano. For further particulars inquire at this office. NO. 2f».
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