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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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| 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.
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