r ___ iJttW** 8 . 1 HE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 42. ANNOUNCEMENT. Bditor P*p.as: Please announce that I am a candidate for re election to the position of Supt. of Public Schools of Cameron county, subject to the decision of the convention of School Directors of Cameron county, held on the first Tuesdav in May, 1908. M ATT IE M. COLLINS. Emporium, Pa., Jan, Ist, 1908. 16tf Editor Pre Hit:— Please announce that I am a candidate for the position of Superintendent of Public Schools of Cameron county, subject to the decision of the convention of School Directors of Cameron county, held on the first Tuesdav in Ma v. 1908. JOHN SCHWAB. Lumber, Pa., Jan. 4th, 1908. 17 Bdttor /Vrs.s; Your are requested to announce my name as a a candidate for the office of Supt. of the Public Schools of Cameron county, subject to the decis ion of the school directors in convention assem bled on the first Tuesdav in Mav, 1908 D B. PKTKRSON. Lumber, Pa., Jan. 20th, 1908. -tc. WASHINGTON LETTER. I From our Regular Correspondent.] Washington, April 18, 19UN." A most interesting and animated party of visitors are in Washington, this week, guests of the Asahi Shimbun, and a representative ofthat newspaper accompanies them The group is mak ing a tour of the world, sightseeing, gathering information, and making observations inspired with the ambi tion to aid in making Japan one of the world's great powers and with a desire to contribute to the general welfare of the nation. There are about seventy in the party, representing the scienti fic, commercial and financial life of Japan, including three dainty little women, wives of members of the dele gation but of these three only one Mme. Nomura, wore her native garb with straw sandals and no head cover ing. With the exception of the for eign sounding names and their yellow pevil complexions there was nothing to indicate that the tourists were not of this country. Their attire is Europ ean and their traveling appurtenances of the most up-to-date design and of the best material, bearing in plain Eng lish letters the names of their owners. The visitors were received by the Presi dent at the White House and after "doing" Washington in three or four days departed for th P i r further vnl which will include visits to London, Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg. Secretary Taft denies the story print ed in the East recently- to the effect that it is his intention to retire from the Cabinet at the close of the present ses sion of Congress in order to be unre stricted in the prosecution of his Presi dential canvass. It is the Secretary's purpose, and has been for some time, to resign if he is nominated at Chicago next June, and the propriety of such a course will commend itself to all. The Secretary has felt it to be his duty not to relinguish his portfolio because of certain legislative matters affecting his department and the Philippines which demanded his attention and in order to bring to a termination certain impor- i tant questions of administration. President Roosevelt is confident that Secretary Taft will be nominated by the Republican convention two months hence and it is understood that he is 'giving the succession to the War port folio some consideration. It is not un likely that the appointment will take the form of a personal compliment to some one of the assistant secretaries who has done well in his present posi tion. It is strongly rumored that As sistant Secretary of State Bacon stands, a better chance for this expression of regard and appreciation on the part of the President than does Assistant Sec retary of War Oliver, Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury Winthrop, or Charles E. Magoon, provisional gov ernor of Cuba, though each of these men has qualities which commend themselves to the President, and each has been talked of as a likely successor to Secretary Taft in July. Free Dispensary for Tuberculosis. The following is report of Dispen sary No. 8, at Emporium, Pa., for month ending April 20, 1908: Number patients first of month 9 Number patients dischargedduring month l Number patients admitted during month .1 Number patients remaining todate 11 Total number treated at dispensary, 10 Number patients showing increased weight... 7 Number patients showing no change.,.,. 3 Number patients showing loss 1 Amount of milk furnished free to patients, 186 qts Dispensary is open every Tuesday and Friday from 1 to 4 p. m. H. S. FALK, M. D., County Medical Inspector. Girl Wanted. A good girl for general house work. Enquire at PRESS office. 9. "For the Lands Sake." Use Bowker's Fertilizer, they enrich the earth and those that till it. For sale by 8-2t. EMPORIUM MACHINE CO. Senator Knox's Solid Vote. WASHINGTON, APRIL 18— (Special)— That Senator Knox will have the 68 votes of Pennsylvania solid in the Chi cago convention was shown beyond any question when the returns were in from (he primaries held on April 11. Sixty-four of these delegates were selected in the districts on that date and every one of them is a strong Knox supporter. Wherecver an anti- Knox candidate was running for dele gate he was beaten by a big majority. The Pennsylvania Republican state convention will be held at Ilarriaburg on April 29, when a resolution will be adopted pledging the support of the state to Knox and instructing the dele gates-at-large to vote for him. Gov. Stuart, James Elverson, publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Col. Charles A. Ilook, publisher of the Pitts burgh Dispatch, will be three of the "Big Pour" from this state. The fourth man has not yi.t been decided upon. These men will all be enthus iastic Knox boomers who will stand by him to the end. Tho report that Congressman John Dalzell had been defeated for national delegate from the Thirtieth district was found, upon a count of the ballots to be incorrect. Instead of being defeat ed, Mr. Dalzell led* the ticket in that district. He says the entire delegation from Pennsylvania will goto Chicago with a determination to secure tho nomination of Knox and that there will not bo a single vote missing. Some weeks ago Mr. Dalzell made some complimentary remarks at a Yale ban quet in this city, concerning Secretary Taft, which were twisted into an en dorsement of Taft. Mr. Dalzell em phatically denied the statements attri buted to him, but the report has been spread by the Taft supporters. Mr. Dalzell will be one of the most promi nent Knox boomers at Chicago and doubtless will be the Pennsylvania member of the committee on resolu tions. Smith's Last Log Drive. Smith's drive reached this city at about 0 luesciay evening, una rursome time worked about the island where many logs were stranded. There are in the crew about lifty men and four teams at present and the greater portion of the time all are compelled to wade in the water. Two large arks and a bateau comprise the remainder of the outfit. Pour times a day the men are fed with good, wholesome food, properly prepared by a good cook and several assistants. Although those employed on the drive must work every hour of daylight and are subjected to many hardships they are paid four dollars a day in addition to board and lodging. It appeared on Tuesday that the drive would be held up in this city but the heavy rains during the night and also to-day made a sufficient flood that they proceeded and this afternoon reached the dam. Hundreds of logs that were left high and dry by the re cent flood were rolled into the river and are on their way to the William sport boom.—Lock Haven Express, April 15th. Special Bargains in Portiers and Table Covers. Do you want to buy swell Portiers Table Covers for less | than wliolGflalo cost? We are going to close out our entire stock of these goods much under cost. Here is a chance for you to save money. $6.00 Heavy Green or Red Portiers, per pair, §4.29. $5.00 Heavy Green or Red Portiers, per pair, $3.49. $4.00 Heavy Green or Red Portiers, j per pair, $2.73. $3.00 Heavy Green or Red Portiers, i per pair, $2.29. And here are the fringed Tapestry Table Covers, $3 50 kind at $2.29, the $2.00 kind at $1.39. i R. KUEHNE, Emporium's Largest and Finest Dry Goods Store. Paris, the Rhine and Switzerland, j Prof. Aubrey M. Hammers has been j secured to give one of his finely illus \ trated lectures in the Court House, I Friday evening, May 1, 1808 at 8:00 | o'clock. Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh, Sup't of j Philadelphia schools, says:"The 'Re | alistic Rambles' of Prof. Hammers are as beautiful, instructive, and interest i ing as any lectures of their kind on the platform to-day. His illustrations are superb; his lectures rich in thought, spicy in method, and satisfactory to an eniment degree." The lecture is given under the aus j pices of the Junior Class, of the Em ; porium High School, for the benefit of j the Physics Apparatus Fund. Admis ! sion2s and 15 cents. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable."— WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1908. Valuable Horse Dead. Our popular drayman, Mr. Rob ert Clark, had the misfortune to loose a valuable horse by death, j yesterday noon. While Mr. Clark ' was driving into the mill yard of i C. B. Howard Co., the horse step ped on a scantling, tilting it so the end was driven into the poor horse's stomach, making a twelve inch wound. The horse was valued at 8225.00. A Hustler. 1 hos. 11. Norris, the hustling ; member of the firm of Thompkins ; & Norris, East Ward, made us a I short visit yesterday. He is an active member of (he Hoard of Trade and believes in "doing things.'' DEATHS DOINGS MOT MOWEHY. | Mrs. John Mowery of Emporium, ' : died at the home of Mrs. Billingsley on i | Chestnut street, yesterday morning . after an operation by ]>r'n McGranor j i and Cook on Wednesday. Mrs. Mow- I ! cry was brought here from Emporium j i the fore part of the week, too ill to j j he moved, in the hope that an opera- j I tion by these widely-known physicians j j might save her lifo The ease was too 1 far developed, and her constitution w.ts HO far impairad that she couldn't ' survive the shock and scarcely recov- ' ered from the effects of the nnacsthet- 1 ics. Her family were with her when the end came. The remains were tak en toEmporium to-day—Port Allegany Reporter of 17th. Undertaker Laßar took charge of the remains and brought them to the family residence, Spring I street, Emporium. After short relig- ' ious services at this place, on Saturday, 1 the relatives took the remains to j Reynoldsville for interment. Deceas- I ed is very highly spoken of by our citi- ! zens. Messrs John and Thos. Cum mingy and Jos Kinsler have contracted for cement walks on their South Broad street properties. Let others follow at once before some one is injured. Boy Wonders. The attraction at the opera house next Saturday evening, April 25th, will be the Boy Wonders on Skates, one be ing a child only six years old. This unique attraction will draw a large crowd. Don't miss it. Getting Better. The PRESS is pleased to receive in formation from Harrisburg, where Mrs. Dan'l Downey went for treat ment at the hospital, that she is im proving and will soon be able tore turn home. Pleasant Party to a Pleasant Young Lady. A number of the young girls and boys of Sinnamahoning gave a wel come party for Miss Anna Chase, who has just returned from Laquin, where she has spent the winter. The young folks had a delightful time and are very glad Miss Chase has returned to Wyside. Judge Green and Family. ! Judge and Mrs. B. W. Green and ; niece, Miss Alice Montgomery, have j returned fVom Florida, where they spent several weeks basking in the sunshine and eating oranges. They had an enjoyable visit, meeting many Emporiumites sojourning in the south, !as well as former residents of this j county. The Commercial Hotel ! Mr. Frederick Levicke, proprietor of i of Commercial Hotel, Broad street, was I genial a PRESS visitor on Monday and | expressed himself well satisfied with the business bestowed upon the Coui i mercial. Mr. Levicke is a quiet law abiding citizen and conducts a very orderly as well as first class house. His meals are highly* commended— | plenty to eat and well cooked. Daddy of Them All. Mr. Thos. Gallagher, Pennsy R. R. | acent at this place since May Ist, 1873 ! —35 years—was a business caller at the ! PRESS office last Thursday, and always . being a busy man and always plenty io! woek in that pesky office, he did : not Btop to tell any yarns.' Mr. Galla gher is one of our best citizens and has I grown up in the service ot the Pennsy from a mere boy until now he is the i oldest, in line of service, ticket and freight agent between Erie and Phila delphia. Theo. Haberstock, the tailor, will oc cupy the Blinzlers shop when vacated. DEDICATION OF BUCKTAIL MONUMENT.^ PROGRAM. Monday, April 27, 1908. Sunrise Salute, Comrade II.E. Coleman's Battery 9:00 a. in.—Concert by Bands at Headquarters. 10:C0 a. m.—Parade and Review, Bucktail Cadets Comrade E. Smith Guthrie, Commanding. 2:80 p. m.—Dedication of Monument. 7:30 p. m —Camp Fire in Opera House. TUESDAY, APRIL 28. 10:00 a. m.—Annual Business Meeting of Buck tails and election of Officers. Reception Committee will meet all incoming trains. Headquarters at Commercial Hotel will open Monday morning. DEDICATION EXERCISES, MONDAY, APRIL 27, AT 2:3<> P. M. Selections Dedicatory Prayer,.. Rev. Leonard M.Gardner Music. Special Choir oenl Miss Margaret Arber Kirk Written by Frank L. Bt-eby. Salute of 13 Guns,.. .Comrade Coleman's Battery UNVEILING OF MONUMENT. Miss Margaret Barton Feurer. Presentation of Monument Col. A. E. Irvin Acceptance of Monument, . .Hon. C. F. Barclay Oration ~Hon. Emerson Collins M,,sio Special Choir Benediction. Patriotic Airs Band Ball Association. The Base Ball enthusiasts of the West Ward have organized an association called the West Ward Base Ball Asso ciation. There has been n good deal of interest displayed in the organiza tion and it is the hope of many that a Borough organization may be effected and each ward put a team in the field. The association is not composed of pro fftPWWSAiVfijjfo'i'Vlie"'Assoeiatfoil Friday evening, tit t&e-Reading Room at which time all interested in base ball are requested to be in attendance. Just Arrived. At Emporium's Leading Dry Goods Store. Beautiful White Lingerie and Tailor made Wash Suits, price $5.00 to §8 50. Extra fine quality Black Taffeta Silk Petticoats the §6.00 at $-5.00 each. The very latest in Striped Feather Pet ticoats in Tan, Copenhagen and black and white stripes, §2.50 each. New Merry Widow Sailor Hats in all colors. Equisite large size Silk Roses with fol iage, worth $1 00 our price 50c, all col ors. New Hair Rats, 25 to 50c. Lad ies and Children's Spring Coats at very reasonable prices. New Neckwear and Lace Coat Sets. We carry a full line of Colgates Soaps, and Toilet Pre parations at lowest prices. R. KUEHNE. Bucktail Monument Dedication. Col. E. A. Irvin, Corporal F. Kirk and Sergeant W. H. Rauch, commis sioners appointed by the governor will have charge of the dedication of the Bucktail monument, recently erected at Driftwood, on April 27th, 1008. An appropriate program has been prepar ed. It was mainly through the person al efforts of Hon. Josiah Howard, our energetic Representative, that an ap propriation was awarded by the state of Pennsylvania for the erection of this beautiful monument, a fitting trib lite to the bravery of our Bucktail boys. Let every loyal resident of this county turn out on Monday next. Theatorium Dance. The public are cordially invited to attend the dance to be giveu at the Theatorium Friday evening. Tickets 50c; ladies free. Good order and ex cellent music. Bicycle Repairing. Alfred Searfoss will continue his 1 , Bicycle repairing business at Empori- j ' um Machine Co's coal yard office, j where he has appliances for all kinds | of work, especially bicycles. Also lock ! repairing, etc. J 10tf ALFRED SEARFOSS. Alumni Meeting, i There will be a meeting of the Alum ni at the Reading Room, Monday, April 27th. All members are request ed to be present. A Summer Normal School Will be conducted in the Emporium | High School from May 18 to June 26, For information address C. E. PLASTERER, 9 4t. Emporium, Pa. SINNAMAHONING. Fish stories are bigger than the fish this season so far. W. C. Bonman, of Lock Haven, was fishing in WykofT Run Tuesday. S. B. Weikel fished in Round Island Run last Friday. One of the Lock Haven fishermen was fishing Wykoff Run Tuesday morning, with overcoat and mittens on. Wm. Harripon, of Mix Run, was a visitor in town Tuesday. Josiah Berfield is visiting at Hicks Run this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dice, of Laquin, visited friends here this week. Olive McCracken and Anna Chase are visiting here. W. 1. Greenhoe, of Beaver Falls, is visiting friends in town this week. V. A. Brooks spent Easter with his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Piper, in Galeton, Pa. Miss Myrtle Shafer, forelady of the dynamite plant, spent Sunday and Monday in Emporium. Miss Charlotte Brooks is visiting friends in Williamsport. Douglas McColl and Milford Krebs have returned from Watogo, W. Va Mrs. Mollie Baird is visiting in Ridg way and Johnsonburg this week. Milford Krebs in moving into the house recently vacated by Earnest Linebaugh. Evangeline Brooks returned Monday from a visit in St. Marys, Ridgway and Kane. The Ladies Aid will hold an ice cream social at the M. E. parsonage, Satur day night. Capt. Barr, ofTunnell Hill, brought in another raft of logs last week for the Star Box mill. Commissioner Bailey was at the county seat Tuesday. Jos. Cannon and Philip Moyer, of Reading, were callers Tuesday. John Shafer visited his best girl at Westport on Sunday. Mrs. A. P Floyd, Miss Nellie Floyd, Asburg Summerson and Earl Foultz took iu - juwi^iiicrniig. Onto Driftwood, April 27, to' the Buuktail reunion. Big day for the old veterans. The L. C., held an extra session Mon day night, with Past Grand Anannias Frank Dico in chair. There was a full house as Pap had hinted around through the day that the D. D., of Lock Haven would be present, the 32 degree was confered on Al. Losey and Law rence Smith as they had both told a true fish story. One member reported catching a small trout which said let me die as this makes five times I have been caught to-day. Another report ed getting hold of a big one and it got under the ice along the shore and broke the hook and left. The two last ones were held over for proof as no degrees will be confered on anything but facts. W. C. No. 136, P. O. S. of A., will hold a phonograph entertainment in their hall Wednesday evening, April 29; SandlOcents. Everybody come and have a good time. Ice cream and cake will be served to those who enjoy that luxury. O. L. Bailey has a crew of men and teams banking the timber for the Star Box mill. DEBSE. STERLING RUN. Dr. W. H. Mitchell, Dentist, Empori um, Pa. Over Vogt's shoe store. William Berry is reported very ill at this writing. John Furlong returned to Pittsburg Sunday evening, having spent Easter with his mother. Mrs. P. O'Sullivan, of Driftwood, visited her daughter Mrß. Dorsey Spangler the past week. Mrs. J. R. Strawbridge and Mrs. Win. Stephens were Emporium visitors Tuesday. Mrs. T. S. Fulton and children, of Sinnamahoning, are the guests of their parents Joseph Kissel and wife. Whiting Herrick, of St. Marys, visit ed his grand mother, Mrs. P. H. Her rick the past week. Mrs. Jessie B. Lewis and Delia Lord were Emporium visitors Wednesday. Miss Minnie Furlong was detained a few days from her work at Pittsburg on account of the illness of her mother Mrs. M. A. Furlong. Lloyd Spence is very poorly at this writing. John Wade, of Meadville, is visiting his parents Owen Wade and wife of this plßce. The Fulton Brothers, of Sinnama honing, were in town the past week, doing some papering for Ed. Whiting. Little Alfred Neenan is imported quite ill at this writing. Mrs. Bibiana Spangler attended the commencement of the Driftwood High School, Tuesday evening. Her sister I KRMS: $2.00 —$1.501N ADVANCE, THR WEATHER. FRIDAY, Showers. SATURDAY, showers. SUNDAY, Fair. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business April 22,1908. $785,476.08 START NOW. Creating a reserve is not difficult once you start to deposit your money in this Bank system atically. But if you ever expect to be indepen financially through your own efforts you must make a start. INTEREST PAID ON CERTIFICATES OP DEPOSIT. Miss Nora O'Sullivan graduating from that class. Miss Nettie Kissel returned homo the past week from visiting relatives in Renovo and Sinnamalioning. Mrs. L. C. Surnmerson and Mrs. Neenan were Emporium visitors Satur day. The M. E. Sunday School had an Easter Entertainment at the M. E. Church Sunday. It was well attended.' Mrs. Wm. Stephens aud daughter Mabel returned homo Sunday from a visit with relatives at Sunbury. Mrs. Jeunie Mason visited at St. Marys Monday. John May is repairing one cf their buildings which will make quite an improvement. Mills the Wizard held an entertain ment in tho school house last Friday evening. He was a wizard alright as the audience departed through the windows. BLUE BELL. NEW TO-DAY. Geo. J. Laßar—New adv. J. H. Day—New adv. Ludlams—New adv. Rexall Remedies—New adv. Royal Baking Powder-New adv First National Bank—New adv R. Kuehne—Locals. Pennsyjvania jta^lroad—Nam a,i.. Delineator—HalF column local. T. W. Welsh—Change. God's Children—Give Them a Chance. How far does the influence of hered ity extend when contrasted with en vironment? This much-mooted ques tion is discussed by Jacob Riis in the May Delineator and his conclusion with regard to the advisability of receiving in one's household a child whose an tecedents are unknown may be regard ed as one solution of this problem. "The truth is, we are children of God. That is our heredity. Backed by that, what is there of His work and His world that we can not do? "Heredity is a factor, but not an in vincible one. We can do with the soul what we did with the body. It is just a question of effort, and of the right remedy. The effort is worth making; for the civic death-rate, looking at it from that point of view, is even worse than the baby mortality. Every time a boy goe3 to jail a citizen dies. The remedy we know; it is the home where the law of love rufes. Of all the forces in God's world it is the strongest, for it is His own law, His eery being. Evil is conquered with good. "These are my personal beliefs and convictions in this matter of heredity, sometimes preached as a doctrine of despair. I cannot see where the de spair corues in. For twenty-five years as a police reporter in New York, i saw all the wickedness of depraved human nature T saw a seemingly unending succession of young rascals—so the police had stamped them and the rec ord on the station-house blotters bore them out—going from the slums through the wicket-gate of the tombs to the prison and to the gallows, and it was a eight to discourage any one whose horizon was limited by our earth-life. Tho chill of it abides with me yet. But behind it all I made ont also what it was that depraved their poor human nature, and that letthe re sponsibility lay with us who it be,- whose neglect of the neighbor that had fallen among thieves was to blame for it all. The world is no worse than we make it We also can make it good. 1 should not be afraid of taking a little child into my home, whatever its an I cestry, if I feltable and ready to take the responsibility for bringing it up, ! and I should not be in doubt about the result if I did; for I should know that I I was doing God's work with His child, ; and that He would attend to the out j come." Sudden Death. Mr. James R. Butcher, aged 86 years, ! died suddenly this morning, in fact his j daughter found him dead when she | went to call him. Deceased has resid ed in Emporium for very many years and was respected by all who knew him. He leaves five children. The funeral wili take place either Saturday i or Sunday afternoon, possibly from M. Church. NO. 10.
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