I IIE UAMEKON COUNTY PRESS; " ESTABLISHED BV C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 41. FINE TRIBUTE TO REV. MR. METZLER. He Is Praised for his Earnest Work as a Pulpit Orator and a Paster. By unanimous action of the official board of the Mulberry Street Metho dist Episcopal church in their fourth regular meeting held last evening a minute was adopted commending the work of their pastor, the Rev. O. S. Metzler, in which he was praised for his earnest work as a pulpit orator, as a pastor and as an administrator dur ing the past year of his work. The following minute was adopted: "At that, the fourth quarterly meet ing of the official board of the Mul berry Street Methodist Episcopal church we, the members thereof, desir ing to pay tribute to the work, and the worth of our beloved pastor, Rev. Oliver S. Metzler, make this minute " \s a pulpit orator, his work during the past year hat; been fully equal to that of the best among the many good preachers of the city of Williamsport; and what has especially commended his sermons to his large congrega tions is the l'acb that at all times he hii; preached the living gospei of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the complete ex clusion of subjects of mere poltica! or sociological value. Through this work, he his excited an interest in our people and congregation that for years has been lacking. "As an administrator his success is attested by the fact that our mourtgage indebtedness has been reduced by §I,OOO, extensive and expensive re pairs upon the church edifice are be ing made, the cost of which is largely provided for; and our general church finances are in excellent condition. •'As a pastor, he has been tactful ; and affectionate and spiritually help- j ful. and the membership has grown in grace and in the knowledge of our Heavenly Master. "In a word, his work in the short time that he has been with us has wonderfully built up this church, and under his direction it is rapidly re gaining the position which it once oc cupied as one of the great bulwarks of Methodist in Northern Central Penn sylvania. But his work is only begun, and we, therefore, regard his continu ance with us as of vital necessity to this church. "We, therefore, cordially invite him tor turn to us, and we urge his re appointment upon the conference; pledging to him our hearty and enthu siastic support for the new year." This action of the board shows how thoroughly the Kev Mr. Metzler has endeared himself to his congregation, winning their esteem and affection, His coming here is looked upon as a distinct acquisition to the city and it is the hope of his entire membership that the general conference which meets in March will return him to this charge. The .numerous Cameron county ad mirers and friends of Rev. Mr. Metzler extend their congratulations and wish a continuous prosperous career for the eloquent divine. Rw. MezSler don't have tot ike a back seat for any plat form orator in the State. The PRISTS, especially is glad to know that Wii liamsport appreciates the fact that they have the best. Foolish spending is the father of poverty. Do not be ashamed of hard work, says an exchange. Work for the best salary or wages you can get but work for half price rather than be idle. Be your own master, and do not let society or fashion swallow vou individ ually—hat, coat and boots. Do not eat up or wear out all you can earn Coin pf:l your selfish body to spare some thing for profits saved. Be stingy to your appetites, but merciful to others' necessities. Help others, and ask no help for yourself. See that you are proud, too! Let that; pride be of the right kind. Be too good to be lazy; too proud to give up without conquering every difficulty; too proud to wear a coat you cannot afford to buy; too proud to be in company that you can not keep up with in expense; too ptoiul to be stingy. _ Elaborate Banquet. At a meeting of the Modern Wood mil if America held on Friday, J in. 18th in which several new members were initiated a banquet was given at Wm. McDonald's cnte, which was an elaborate affair While a little late in our announcement of this occasion, thos" present speak very highly of the lay out. The tollowingis the menu: Potato Puree Fricassee Chicken Fried Oysters Potato S.ih.d with Mayonnaise dressing Cabbage Salad Sliced Ham Olives Pickles Kusks Cake Sherbet Coffee Tea Big Reductions. During the next sixty days I will make a large redu< tion on all clothing purchased at my establishment Ail the latest styles now in stock. 48-flt. TIIICO If ABEK6TOCK "The Lion and the Mouse." A play of genuine merit and one which has probably met with the great est success of any drama prodaoed in America during the past ten years is "The Lion and the Mouse" which Henry B. Harris will produce here on Feb. 14th. The play is by Charles Klein and deals with a widely discussed phase of American life of to-day—that of the in fluence exerted by the moneyed inter ests upon the politics of the country, and while the drama is serious in its aspect it is said to have many illumi nating episodes of humor. Indeed, the play is said to sparkle with wit and brilliancy and its theme being one of wide spread interest it can scareely fail to interest all classes of theatregoers. The engagement is fir Thursday, Feb, 14th. The neat sale beirg an nounced for Feb. 11th. Installation of Officers. The Ladies of tho Maccabees of this place held their annual installation of officers, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Mrs. Ohas. Butler, of Port Allegany iustalled ihe officers for the ensuing year. After the installing of the officers a beautiful piece of cut glass was presented to Mrs. Butler in behaif of the order Mrs. I. K. Hockley, who has served so many successful terms as Lady Com mander was presented with a beauti ful hand painted plate. Mrs. M. J. Swartz who has tilled so faithfully the the office as Lady Lieu. Commander received a beautiful vase. Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Dean, of Port Allegany made a brief address after which a bountiful feast was served to sixty-five Lady '3ees. MABEL I. HEMPHILL, R, K. Senator Alger's Funeral Imposing. DETROIT, MICH., Jan. 28.—The fun eral of Senator It. A. Alger toon place ibis afternoon from his home on Fort street, West. The service was brief and was conducted by Rev. E. II Pence, pastor of the Fort Street Presbyterian church, which the senator attended. There was an imposing military es cort, in addition to committees from the United States Ssnate, the House of Representatives, the State Legislature, the State officials and Governor War ner's staff, the judiciary of the city and county, Federal officials and the commanders and past commanders of the G. A. R. and Loyal Legion. The military escort was comprised of the Seventh regiment, the First, regi ment, Michigan National Guard and tho Battalion of Michigan Naval re serves. Interment was iu Elmwood eemetery. Emporium Opera House. Theatregoers are no doubt looking forward with very keen interest to tho presentation here on Thursday, Feb. 14th, of Henry B. Harris' produc tion of"The Lion and the Mouse," Charles Klein's greatest i. lay. The drama deals with a widely discussed topic of the hour—that of the influ ence wielded by the money power in American politics. "The Lion and tho Mouse" should prove of wide appeal for there is no subject of the present day more widely discussed. The seat is announced for Feb. 11th. I NOTES OF INTEREST. Subscribe for the PRESS, and read the county news. William B. Gray's beautiful drama on New England life entitled "Tho Village Organist," will bo presented at the opera house, Feb. 6th. Don't miss it. The powder works at Gibbstowu, N J., is rushed with orders and the em ployes have been put on night and Sunday work. Shipments are so rapid that the West Jersey & Seashoro road | cannot move them with expedition, ! and cars of dynamite stand on sidings ;in Woodbury. Some of tho residents j and passengers on tho electric trains ! are wondering what would he left of | ihe city if one of these carloads should j be hit by an electric flyer or get a spark ; from the third rail. Patrick Sweeney, Died at his hoinein Tidioute Wednes ; day morning from a general breaking ' down of his system, aged »>8 years. For • forty-oii " years he had been a resident : of Tidioute, going in and out ,imr>ng our people in his quiet, unostentatious way, a ways ranking as a good citizen I ai.d friend. lie leaves, besides a wife, three sons: John, Edward and William S , all re •siding here, and well known in inanu faeturing circles. The funeral will be held Friday morning from Kt. John's Catholic ; church.—Tidioute News Mr F, 'l'. Wells, of this place, who is a nephew of Mr. Sweeney, attended tli«" funeral, accompanied by hls> wife and children. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1907. THE POWDER TRUST. Serious Complaint Made to the President. Serious complaint against the powd er trast—known as the DuPont Inter national Smokeless Powder Company — WH< entered with President Roose velt to-day, and inquiry was made as to why the government has not yet availed itself of an appropriation of the last session of Congress for the es tablishment of a government powder factory. The President directed itis callers to consult Navy and War Department of ficials and lay their case before At torney General Bonaparte who will be asked to enter suit in the Unietd States courts against the trust, charged with holding the government up for im mense profits, which it uses as a basis to cut prices against independent powder manufacturers and run them out <:f business. Representative I.afeau introduced the delegation to the President. It represented about thirty five indepen dent powder concerns, mostly located i-i Pennsylvania, and they declare that the powder trust is cutting prices on them to run them out of business, not withstanding it has practically a mono poly on the powder business of the United States at this time. Thomas J. Reese, E. Metzger, W I. Rahn, C. W. Shaffer, \V. C. Georgia, R S. NVaddell, H. B. Lindsey, W. I. Roller, R. J. Watters and R. S. Waddell, president of the Buckeye Powder Company of Peoria, 111., were members of the dele gation. INVENTED BY NAVAL OFFICERS. The assertion was made to the Presi dent that the smokeless powder used by the Navy Department was invented by naval officers after the government had spent a million dollars in ex periments and furnisned the time of naval officers for years to do the work; that the experiments resulted in the adoption of gelatinized gun cotton by the Navy Department; that after the government had made the discovery, a.id spent money in the work, mostly at Indian Head, two of the naval offi cers who had been detailed for tho work applied for and received personal patents; that the officers were provided with government money, apparatus, materials and supplies; that during all the time they were paid salaries by the government sold their patents in 1899, and that these patents passed into the hands of the powder trust, although license was granted to the government to manufacture the powder for its own use. It is declared that the discoveries and developments having been produc e.J under the direction of United States officers for the governinenl.the sole use and benefit should inure to the govern, meut and not be supplied to a concern which is charged with selling powder to foreign governments; with the pat ents id its possession the powder trust has a monopoly of the business of furn ishing tho government ammunition it uses for the navy; that its last bid to the government all the competing com panies making the same bid, was 09 cents a pound; that the powder can easily be made for 34 cents a pound; and that the net profit to the trust from its last bid, together with other con tracts to the government, of the same kind, is fully §2,000,000. Ihe independent powder companies charge that they placed the matter be fore the Department of Justice last Ad just, and print a copy of a letter re ceiveed in October last from Milton D. Purdy, acting attorney general, in | which he states that sufficient evidence has not been produced upon which the j government can proceed for cancella | tion of tho patents. "It does not ap j pear," said Mr. Purdy, "that these offl- I cers perpetuated any frauds whatever | in precuring the patents." AN APPROPRIATION BY CONGRESS, j The President was informed that j Congress made an appropriation of §105,000 at the last session to establish a | powder factory for the War Depart ment, bat that nothing had been done. The delegation urged that the govern ment appropriate $3,000,000 for the es tablishment of three powder factories in different parts of tho country to make its own powder, and that the De partment of Justice institute proceed ings against the trust under the anti i trust laws of the country. Senator DuPont of Delaware, who was recently elected to the senate from that state is at the head of one of the largest companies constituting the trust, and is understood to be one of the principal stockholders in the trust. The declaration is made that the powder trust his eon traced for plans to build a plant in Brazil to furnish (he Brazilian government with the came , powder used by the United States ' government. -Washington, D.C., Stir Equalize Taxes. We notice that the tax-payers of Elk, Clinton and other couties are up in arms over the unequal valuations plac ed upon real estate and efforts are being put forward by public meetings, in Look Haven, and committees ap pointed to call upon the County Com missioners and urge that the assess ments be equalized. The same com plaint has been made in Cameron county for years. The increase of valuations during the past ten or fif teen years has been slight, while the school tax io some districts is insuffi cient to furnish adequate school funds especially in Emporium and Driftwood. This being Triennial year all valuations must stand for three years. It is up to the people. What think ye? Letter from Minnesota. MR. EDlTOH: —Please grant me a few lines space in your paper, as Empori um was my birth place. I went to the war from Sterling Run, enlisted in Penn'a Reg. 211 th Vol, in Co. P. If any of my old school mates, or any of my relatives will wright me I will gladly reply. Would be glad to hear from any old friends. A. M. BURFIELD Pine River, Minn. [Mr. Burfield, like all former Cam eron county men, is a PRESS subscrib er.]— ED. PRESS. Funeral Notice. The funeral services of the late Isaac Wible, who died, Wednesday, January 23, at Emporium, will be held Satur day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Win. Schneider, in Chestnut street, corner of McKean. Mr. Wible is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Wible and six children viz: Edward, of Pittsburg, Wm. R., of this place, Mrs. G. A. Drake, of Pittsburg, Mrs. Clara Garvin, of Emporium, Mrs. Smith Barnett, of Youngstown, O , and Mrs. Florence Schneider, of Kit tanning. The interment will be in tiie Kittanni ng.—Kittaning News A Woman's Plea. To School Directors and Tax-Payers of Shippen: I come to enter a plea that I hope the Shippen School Board will notice; scop, think and consider well before acting upon the subject of itch and ex pelling pupils for the same. I know it is contagious, but not malignant. Now I wish to lay before the school board, and tax payers in general, this one thing: The one who started the disection last year, and also this, is an alien, who does not pay one cent of tax and wants his children educated by the parents of the ones who have the itch. If all tho people in U. S., were like him there wouldn't be one day of school in this country; for there would be no money to keep up expenses or pay a teacher. The party has been heard to say, "They done as I wanted them to last year and I will not send my children one day till those others are turned out." Now last sea son one of this man's children was a fright to look at, for his face was one swollen, distorted mass of flesh. ! When school commenced this year we did not know there was a particle of itch in the neighborhood, and now one of the alien's children has it the worst of any of tho children in school, whether tho other children took it from him, or he from them is a question. As soon as the patrons found out that their children had it they com menced to doctor, and they are better and hope soon to be entirely well. We all hate to have our childreu miss school. Please do not let the petition pass out of your minds without one mo ment's thought, but consider it as a Woman's Plea. XXX, Visited Bradford. A number of Emporium K. of C., visited Bradford last Sunday as the ■ guests of Bradford Knights. They re [ port a pleasant session. Ice Cream Social and Oyster Supper. The Epworth League, of Sterling ! Run, will have an ice cream social and I oyster supper at Brooks' Hall, Friday night, February Ist, 1907. All are cordially invited to attend. Proceeds for tho benefit of the .VI. E. Church. "The Volunteer Organist." Those who expect to see a barn yard play when "The Volunteer Organ ist" is presented here at the opera house, Feb. 6th, will be disappointed, as all the scenes are laid in the village of Cambridge, Vt., and the characters instead of being country yokels, are real village folks, who actually get and read the city papers daily. For Kent or Sale. A highly productive farm. *> 4FC. R. p. HEILMAN. Sudden Death. Singleton M. Lupoid, who moved to Olean some months ago from Empori um was taken sick a few days ago with pneumonia and continued to grow worse until Tuesday when he passed away at the home of his brother-in-law, Mr. John Weisman, in his 33rd year. Mr. Lupoid was married to Miss Rose Bair of this place, one year ago last Christmas. He was a quiet, industrious young man and his death is deeply de plored. Many of our citizens will re" member the young man as the son of the late Samuel Lupoid and was born inEmporinm. His wife gave birth to a daughter one week ago and her pre carious condition necessitates the post ponement of the funeral until next Monday. His remains will be brought i to Emporium on Saturday and tho fun eral will possibly be held on Monday from tne residence of Mrs. Lupole's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Bair, Fifth street. The sad death is a great shock to the relatives and friends of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Bair were with their daughter before the death of Mr. Lupoid. Mrs. Henry Catlin ofPhila j delphia, mother of deceased, arrived at ! Olean on Wednesday. Mrs. Rose Lupoid went to Olean after the death of her sister, Mrs. Min nie Weisman, to care for the mother less children and remained there after her marriage to Mr Lupoid. Our town folks deeply sympathize with the family. House Burned. Last Thursday morning, about 10:30 o'clock, a dwelling house, situated near the Portage bridge, owned by Mrs. Mary Winfleld, was destroyed by fire, Loss about S7OO, covered by insurance, j The house was occupied by Elden j Lewis ami family, who lost part of their I furniture. Puperhanging. j I have just received my 1907 sample I books, which I will be pleased to show i to any one desiring papering to be | done. These samples are as fine a lot !as the market Affords. < Jiv rw, an | early can as this promises to be a very busy season. j 50-4 I '. CLIFTON S. LARRAHEE. Election of Officers. Tho following officers were elected by Cameron Castle, No. 257, K. G. E., for the ensuing six months: P. C., W. 11. Morse; N. C., J. R. Strawbridge; V. C., S. S. Hicks; 11. P. Robert Boyd; S. H., Samuel J. T. Barr; C. of E., D. C. Lininger; K. of E., C. B. Potter; M.of R., Edward Schwab; V. H., A E. Lord; Trustee for 18 months, D. C Lininger; Rep, to Grand Castle, Samuel J. Tilden j Barr. EDWARD SCHWAB, M. ofR. CANOE RUN. ' Mlitor Cameron County Press: Kindly allow me a small space to re ply to an article that appeared in the East Emporium Independent of a re cent date, relative to school facilities at Canoe Run. The writer puts up the claim that Lumber school directors are not dealing justly by the people of Canoe Run by not giving the children a school. Well, it is only one and a half miles to the Cameron school with a good township road to travel. It is two and a half miles from Cameron to the Caldor brick works and the people there are not putting up a cry against walking to Cameron. There is as much school tax paid by Calder peo ple as there are from Canoe Run Coal Company and if the writer puts up a cry for one locality, why not for both? There arc as many voters at Calder as at Canoe Run, whi o at the latter place most of the children are Polish Slavs, their parents not being citizens, pay l not one cent into tho township school | treasury for school purposes. Our ; township has an efficient board of | school directors, none better in tho county, and are looking j to the welfare of the tax-payers of the \ township, economizing in every way, j endeavoriug to get out of debt. We have better schools than ever before. Let those who do the kicking go down . into their pockets and make the school district a good sized donation that will j enable us to build school houses at every cross road. TAX PAYER. For Sale. Ten thorough-bred Black Laugshan Cockrels; also litter of thorough bred Scotch Collie dogs. W. W. WEIMAN. C. B. Howard & Co., have the only large stock of shingles in tho county at the present time. RED CEDAR from the Pacific Coast and WHITE CEDAR from Wisconsin. You can get all kinds of good cedar shingles at C. B. Howard & Co.. TERMS: $2.00—51.50 1N ADVANCE. THEJWEATHER. FRIDAY, Snow. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Fair. ABSETB First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. J At the close of business Jan. 39, 190". $787,545.00. The mere fact of a person's having a bank ac count, although small, creates within liim aspiril of independence and moral strength obtainable in no other way. DR. IVIION REX FELT, DENTIST. Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa. Opera House, THE FATAL SCAR SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 2 Prices, 50c and 35c; Children, 25c. Seats on sale at H. S. Lloyd's. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 6 W^WSsM P |*f , "I W.W. NEWCOMER OFFERS Wm, B. Gray's beautiful pastoral Drama the Volunteer Organist A play that makes you think. Prices: 25, 35, 50c and SI.OO. Chas. W. Shaffer Resigns. Mr. C. W. Shaffer, who has energeti cally and successfully filled the posi tion of Secretary of Emppriam Powdor Co., has resigned to accept the position of Secretary and General Manager ol National Powder Company, with of!V ces in New York city, handling tho output of the Emporium plant east of Emporium, including the foreign trade. Mr. Shafler left yesterday morning to assume his new position. His wife will accompany him to Npw. York next week their intention bain# to make New York their home, but. will not move their furniture untile spring. Mr Shaffer has worked lia/d to build up their trade and we hope liia» new purchase will reap a big wad ol money. Breathing of Gas Causes Tonsilitis. A very slight escape of gas, ineofH cient to cause a smell in the room, is enough to cause constant headache, ulcerated throat and general il! hcn'th to those living or sleeping in the room. One of the direct causes of tonsilitis, now so common, is the breathing c 112 gas. You might go all through tho house with matches and be unable to ignite even the loosest burner, bait enough of the poisonous material es capes to produce violent diseases. Pain is felt along tho Eustachain tnbo toward the ear, and there are tender ness and swelling in the neck aboul the angle of tho jaw on the affect ) side, the glands in the side of the nrr'< being often hard and enlarged.— 7 few York Press. For Sale. A limited number of Andalnoiaii Cockrels, also White Wyandotte eggu for hatching. 48-4t. J. T. HE.A Rooms to Let. Two nicely furnished rooms t . Heat and light. Box 14, Eas"" Em porium. NO. 50.
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