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No local inserted for less than 75 cts. per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Jobbing Department of the PRESS is com plete and a't'ords facilities tor doing the best class ol work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO Law Printing. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub- Usher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid for in advance. *#"No advertisements will be accepted at less than the price for fifteen words, if Religious notices free. REPUBLICAN TICKET. For President, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, of Ohio. For Vice President, JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN, of New York. For Congressman, CHARLES P. BARCLAY, of Sinnamahoning, Pa. For Assembly, JOSIAH HOWARD, of Emporium. For Associate Judge, JOHN A. WYKOFF, of Grove. For Sheriff, FRANK G. JUDO, of Emporium. For County Commissioners. S. P, KREIDER, of Driftwood. J. W. LEWIS, of Shippen. For County Auditors, T. E. FULTON, of Grove. GEO. A. WALKER, JR., of Emporium. Tatt's Religion, As the outcome of attempts to injure Taft's candidacy by charg ing that he was an atheist the Am erican people learned last week what had not been generally known in the past, that Secretary Taft is a ( nitarian. lie comes of a Uni tarian family, his father and mother, like himself, belonging to the Unitarian Church. In"Wash ington he attends (lie I nitarian Church at Fourteenth and L sti'i els. lint the Secretary is very far from being adenoininationalist, lie sometimes goes to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, which his wife attends, and is much interested in the Union Chapel of the Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches at Murray Ray, where iie spends his summers. No who one heard Mr. Taft's speech on work of missions in the East but knows that the Secretary of War is in true sympathy with mission ary work, regardless of denomina tion. Three Presidents of the I nited States have been Unitar ians, tlie two Adamses and Millard Fillmore, although John Adams might be regarded as a Congrega tionalist since the Unitarians and Trinitarians had not divided in his time. Seven Presidents, Wash ington, Madison, Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor and Arthur, were Episcopalians. Jackson, Rtichanan, and Benjamin Harrison were Presbyterians. Lin coln attended a Presbyterian church, as did Cleveland, whose father was a Presbyterian minister. Johnson, also, attended the Pres byterian church occasionally. Mc kinley and Hayes were Meth odists. Polk, on his death-bed, was baptized by a Methodist minis ter, and Grant regularly attended a Methodist church, although he was not a church member. Roose velt, true to his ancestry, is Dutch Reformed, as was Van Buren. The Congregationalists beside John Adams, are represented by Franklin Pierce, Garfield belonged to the Disciples' Church, of which he had once been a preacher. Jef ferson has been accused of being an atheist. Randall, however, says that he was a believer in Christianity. Jefferson was broad ly tolerant. If Mr. Taft is elected, the seven Presidents from Garfield on will have.been connected with six different denominations, a com mentary on the religious situation iii America. If Bryan is elected the number of denominations will bo only five, as Brvan is a Presby terian. —Christian Work and Evan gelist. Letters from tlie People. All communications under this head must ha accompanied by the writer's name. We will not he held responsible for any expression in this department — EDITOR. HON. L. TAGOART AGAIN OBJECTS. Emporium, Pa., July Bth, 1908. EDITOR PRESS:— Dear Sir: —Of all that lias been writ ten or said on the paving question, tlio letter ofC.VV.Shafer in this week's issue of the PRESS, contains more good common serreo than all the talk and writing I have heard or seen; and it should be carefully read and studied by every citizen of our town and es pecially the Town Council, and more especially by a very few wise men whose names I could give but will not I trust and hope that anything I may say in this short letter will not give offense to any one, for I certainly do not so intend it, but that every citizen should have the right to give expres. sion to their views on all questions af fecting the public cannot be gainsaid and friends should be careful and not misjudge. So in giving vent to my views in re gard to the law, which as I understand, it requires the citizens living along a certain piece of paving, providing two thirds of them favor it; to pave or re build said street or highway in such distanco as said two-thirds may dictate i and the said one-third of the people, must provide one-third of the money | required for said work, and material whether they are able to do so, or not. 1 believe it to be a disgrace to any town, county or state to permit such a law to stand on its statute books, and no man in our town or county, who will not under his own signature say he will use every effort possible for its repeal need look for my vote. I don't believe in placing the poor man ab solutely in the hands of the rich. Now, to illustrate, let us take any section of street in our Borough along which there are living thirty-one people (property holders) and let us suppose twenty one of these people are abund antly able to pave, or do any other work, that their fancy would dictate, the other ten are poor, or comparative ly so, simply under good times able by strict economy to find food and cloth ing and care for themselves and little ones. But the twenty-one are rich and they say "let us have the street paved with pure gold and their families cloth ed in flue linen," but, says the ten poor, "we are not able to pay our share of this work"; away with you then you have no business here—let some one have your property, even at a sacrifice, who can and will pave. I can't be lieve it to be so, but was told that two of our Borough officials made smiliar remarks about those who are living along Fourth street, where they aro agitating the paving question, and just in this connection, 1 desire to call at tention to the fact that it has been re ported to me that a number of the people living along the highway, where the paving question is being agitated, have bei n offered help quite sufficient to pay their share of the paving, if they would withdraw their opposition. Gentlemen, I don't say you have done this, but I do say that you can't afford to <lo it, and incase don't. Now, gentlemen, 1 desire to say as regards myself, that while I have near ly twice as much to pave as any one along the line that I could possibly furnish iny share and still remain out side of the poor house so long as 1 live, which I don't expect will be very long, but kindly let me say to you just here that I myself have in property a few thousand dollars, every dollar of which has come to me as the result of filty-five years of honest, upright toil. I say fifty Ave years for I was less than ten years old when left to care for my self, and now to be called onto furnish one-third of the cost of building and maintaining the highway in front of my property, as I view it, is the most unjust demand that could possibly be made. No! No! don't let it go out that this Borough has asked individuals to build her roads, but let the Borough officials look carefully into the matter and if then they think it proper to pave any part of our streets let there be a tax levied sufficient to do so. Go about it in a business way and pave. Hon. Josiah Howard called on me a few days ago, evidently to point out to ine my duty in regard to paving and in a very few words will give to the people the only reason he gave to me as to why we shonld pave. He said to me, Mr. Taggart you know we should join hands and do all in our power to keep the industries we have at work, and now he says "Mr. Taggart, you know if we would pave this street it would furnish ten days work for our brick factory." If I ever had anything come near taking my breath, this was it. What, I said, to myself, you ask me to appropriate some six hundred hard earned (for the little money I have was not handed down to me) dol lars simply to keep the brick plant running. So excited waß I that I did not even ask him how much stock he had in the brick plant or asked him to call again, for I think it the first and only call he ever made me, but before he left he straightened up and said with a voice unmistakeable "but I hope they won't pave in front of my house." Then it was that I came so near call ing out at the top of my voice Hip! Hip! Horray! And now in closing I will asic in all kindness for our council and people to read carefully Mr. Shafer's letter for every word he has written is a good business view of the matter. Truly, L. TAGGART, The PRESS regrets that Hon. L. Tag gart makes the above reference to Hon. Josiah Howard, because we have reason to know that he is laboring un der a mistaken illusion. No one, or fifty,citizens has done more or donated as much to improve and build up our town and county. When he personal ly bore hundreds of dollars expense in improving our town no one objected, but now that others are asked by a majority of the property owners be- CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1908 tween Odd Fellows block and Wood street, up jumps objectors and resort to all kinds of schemes to defeat the will of a majority, llight will prevail. ANOTHER NEW YORKER ON DECK. Editor Prcßtt: The discussion in the Emporium papers relative to the paving of Fourth street appears to have reached a point wherein personalities are indulged. This question, as every other affecting the interests of an entire community, should be freely and fully discussed, but in an impersonal manner. At the outset, it is certainly of the greatest wisdom to view the subject as an eco nomical question solely, entirely re lieved of any feeling of sentiment or pride. The cost of paving the suggest ed portion of the street will largely fall upon widows and meu in the late years of their lives, many of whom can ill afford the expense. It is argued that such paving will add to the value of the abutting properties To whom does such additional value accrue? Certainly not to the prospective pur chaser, and if not to a purchaser, it does not extend to the owner. The value of real estate is based upon its earning or saving properties. It is an indisputable fact that Emporium real estate has been bringing the utmost that can be obtained from rentals. A paved street adjoining a business property in your borough will not command for that property any high er rent. Neither will a man or body of men looking for a location for a new industry consent the quicker to establish a business within your town because of a paved Fourth street. To one still interested in the welfare of the Borough and its citizens, it occurs that before any paving is done, a proper and sufficient drainage system should be installed. Your town is ad mirably situated to have complete and efficient drainage of surface water by other means than a sewer. The rail road being built along about the middle line between the stream and the base of the mountain, and being several feet higher than the streets immediate ly north, is a constant obstruction to perfect drainage. Proper openings under the railroad track and guttering over all the town should be built at once to take all surface waters into the stream. By this means many of the wet and unsanitary holes in the town will become real estate in fact as well as in name. Without such drainage that portion of the town lying between Fifth street and the railroad will con tinue to be, as now, the cesspool of the side hill portion, and any paved por tions will be continually covered with filth and mud. • That paved streets which are not al ways kept clean are very unsanitary, cannot be successfully contended. With animal offal being constantly placed thereon and allowed to remain, and drying quickly because of the heat retained by the brick or other paying materials, the dangerous particles are carried by each wind to the human body, many times far away from the contaminated - point. Thus to avoid such unsanitary conditions, every city employs a large body of street clean ers who constantly sweep and remove all refuse, leaving the surface as clean as possible. Even with such attention at times of high wind the dust storms are often much worse in the cities than are experienced in your borough. This condition is not so aggravated where the streets are macadamized or built in the ordinary way, for the base readily absorbs the offensive matter which quickly assimilates with the soil. The agitation for the paving of town streets is a laudable effort under some circumstances, but in the present case is ill advist d, because of the lack of proper surface drainage, the inability of the borough officials to create the expense of properly clearing the sur face so paved, and the unnecessary and heavy burden it wili be upon the owners of real estate along the propos ed section, without adequate return to the entiire community. Emporium has greater municipal ills than the unpaved Fourth street. In stead of creating dissension over such a subject which leaves a sting, the citi zens should endeavor by closer com munion to induce outside capital to be come interested in industries to be es tablished within your town or county. There are a number of good indus tries that might be started, either with home or foreign capital. A few sug gestions recently made in your papers are not at all practical. Furthermore the good name of the town is well ad vertised when its citizens and officers extend equal justice to all, as well to the taxpayers and citizens, as to the owners of an enterprise When the business is built up upon that substantial basis, then can be argued the increase in value of real estate, because the price of real prop erty is also governed by that old law of supply and demand, and paving alone will not create the required de mand. Therefore, the investing of a like amount of money proposed as neces sary for the suggested paving in a good industry will bring a greater good to a greater number. Let not your pride carry you to the extent of spending your neighbors, money. Respectfully, C. W. SHAFFER. New York, June 27, 1908. One application of Man Zan Pile Remedy for all forms of piles, relieves pain, soothes, reduces iuflamma tioo, soreness and itching. Price 50c. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. Sold at R. C. Dodson's drug store. 3m Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts eently upon the bowels and thereby drives the cold out of the system. Sold by R. C. Dodson. Pineules for the kidneys. 30 day's trial 81.00 Guaranteed. Act directly on the kidneys and bring relief in the first dose, for backache, rheumatic pains, kidney and bladder trouble. Invigorate the entire system. Sold at R. 0. Dod son's drug store. 3m Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers pleasiut little pills that are easy to take Sold by R. C. Dodson. Council Proceedings. Regular meeting Borough Council, Emporium, July 6, 1906. Present: Messrs. Marshall, Friendel, Norris, White, Hamilton, Goodnough, Cummings, Mumford and Rishell. Absent:—None. Minutes of last regular and special meetings read and approved. The Committee appointed to confer with Water Co., was continued until next regular meeting of Council. The bills were read, and on motion by Mr. Marshall, seconded by Mr. Hamilton, the following bills were ordered paid: John Welch, Work on streets $ '23 62 Jas. Murray, do 23 62 Jas. Davin, do 10 50 Michael Mulcaliy, do 14 87 Owen Diniuney, do 20 00 Thos. Quinn, do 1 50 C. C. Ritchie; Police service 2 00 Oust Whitmcr, Police service 2 Oo John Metzger, Work on streets 54 St. Mayrs Gas Co., Gas for May and June 35 70 Emporium Machine Co., Invoice (2) 10 18 Novelty Incandescent Lamp Co., Invoice 40 E. D. White, Treas., Paid freight bills 2 48 Kobertson Electric Co., Invoice 11 90 Struthers Wells Co., Invoice 34 00 Emporium Water Co., Water Jan. to July 500 00 Geo. A. Walker, Jr., Borough Auditor 1907 19 00 Grant S. Allen, do 19 00 I. K. Hockley, do 10 00 Treasurer's report read and ordered filed; receipts for June $142.50; ex penditures $1,606 50, balance on hand 12,158.86. Moved by Mr. Marshall, seconded by Mr. Norris, shat communication from Mr. Leet regarding injuries sus tained by Arthur Bellows be laid over until next regular meeting, and that President of Council confer with prop er parties in regard to injuries sustain ed by said party. Carried. Moved by Mr. Goodnough, seconded by Mr. Mumford, that matter of side walk for Mr. Larrabee be referred to Street Committee. Carried. Moved by Mr. Rishell, seconded by Goodnough, that petition in regard to speed of automobiles in Emporium Borougn be referred to President of Council, who will confer with proper authority in regard to the law on this question. Carried. Moved by Mr. Marshall, seconded by Mr. Cummings, that matter of Sewage Disposal Plant be referred to Sewer Committee, who will have this ques tion taken up with Commissioner of Health, Harrisburg, Pa., in regard to extension of time for said plant. Car ried. Moved by Mr. Goodncugli, seconded by Mr. Norris, that sidewalk in front ou Mrs. Haley's property on Second street and crossing on Greenwood street, be referred to Street Commit tee. Carried. Moved by Mr. Mumford, seconded by Mr. Norris, that Borough Council meet on Tuesday night, July 7th, at 7 o'clock, togo in a body to inspect street and sidewalks on Fifth Street Extension. Carried. Moved by Mr. Hamilton, seconded by Mr.Norris,that ditch in front of Mr. Norris' property on Chestnut street be repaired by Borough. A vote was taken and the Councilmen voted as follows: Ayes:—Messrs. , Goodnough, Cummings, Norris, Marshall, Hamil ton and Mumford.—6. Navs:—Messrs. Friendel aud Rishell. The motion was declared carried. Moved by Mr. Mumford, seconded by Mr. Marshall, that the usual notices be served on property owners to repair or rebuild their sidewalks. Carried. Moved by Mr. Mumford, seconded by Mr. Rishell that Council adjourn to meet Wednesday night, July Bth, at 8 o'clock. R. C. MOORE, Sec'y. NATURE TELLS YOU. Asflany an Emporium Reader Knows Too Well. When the kidneys are sick, Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature's calendar. Infrequent or too frequent action; Any urinary trouble teils of kidney ills. Emporium people testify to this. Mrs. E. L. Kent, living on Fifth St., Emporium, l J a., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills have been of great benefit to me. I suffered with a disordered condition of the kidneys for years and the secretions were irregular and painlul in passsage. I suffered with constant backache and pains through my loins aud was unable to rest at night on account of these annoyances. When I learned of Doan's Kidney Pills I obtained a box from L. Taggart, the druggist. This remedy gave me almost immediate relief. My back does not ache aDy more, I am able to sleep well at nights and the other symptoms have dis appeared. I obtained more relief in a shorter time from Doan's Kidney Pills that from anything I ever used. This remedy has my hearty endorsement." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburu Co., Ruffalo, New York, sol" agents for the United States. Re nifcmtipr the name—Doan's—and take no ot t.«.. Operation for piles will not be neces sary if you use Man Zan Pile Remedy. Put up ready to use. Guaranteed. Price 50c. Try it. Sold at R. C. Dod son's drug store. 3m CASCASWEET, the well knowu remedy for babies and children, will quiet the : little out; in a Mioitu.m-. The ingre dients are printed on the bottle. Con tains no opiates. Sold by R. C. Dodson. Bucknell University. John Howard Harris, Ph. !>., L. L. IX, President. Fall Term opens Sept. 17. 1908. A Twentieth Century Institution. Fixed and working capital over one million dollars. Fifteen buildings, modern facilities. I College: Courses in Arts, Philoso j phy, Jurisprudence, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Civil and Electrical En gineering. Women's College comprises College, Institute, Music, and Art courses. Academy for young men and boys. For catalogue, etc., address the Registrar, Wm. C. Gretzinger, Lewis burg, Pa. 21 6t. Bill to Build More Big Roads to be Drawn. A bill for the construction of high j ways between the county seats will be presented to the next Legislature ; and it is expected that it will carry out the road plan of Governor Stuart without encountering any constitu tional objections such as might arise should a bill be presented for the re building of the old State road alone. A bill designating a single road would be claesed as special legisla tion. The Governor's plan, however, could be carried out by the passage of a bill authorizing construction of roads between county seats and mak ing a substantial appropriation there for. The old State road of which he spoke in his Philadelphia address ran from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. None of the state roads touched Harrisburg or Carlisle until later, when a change in line was made run ning from Lancaster to Harrisburg by way of Middletown, following a road which was built before the Revolu tion and used by people who wanted to bring merchandise from Philadel phia and Lancaster to reach Carlisle and other towns. They crossed the Susquehanna at Harris Ferry, the en terprise which led to the founding of the State Capital in 1785 by John Harris, the younger son of John Har ris, the settler ou the banks of the Susquehanna. The republican state platform is committed to the reconstruction of roads, a plank calling for the build ing of sections between the county seats having been adopted with a hur rah. This project would not only cause the reconstruction of almost the entire, length of the old State road but would give a vast stimulus to road building all over the common wealth, besides enlisting the inter est and aid of many counties which have been demanding just such im provements. It is believed that a bill for roads between county seats would go through the Legislature easily, es pecially if the Governor was known to be favorable of it. Help for Those Who Have Stomach Trouble. After doctoring for about twelve years for a bad stomach trouble, and spending nearly five hundred dollars for medicine and doctor's fees, 1 purchased my wife one box of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which did her so much good that she continued to use them and they have done her more good than ail of the medicine I bought before.—Samuel Boyer, Folsom, lowa. This medicine is for sale hy L. Taggart. Samples free. It Can't be Beat. The best of all teachers is experience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, North Carolina, says: '-I find Electric Bitters does ail that's claimed for it. For Stom ach. Liver and Kidney troubles it can t be beat. I have tried it and find it a most excellent medicine." .Mr. Harden is right, it's the best of all medicines also for weakness, lame back, and all run down condition. Best too for chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at all drug stores. soc. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup recom mended by mothers for young and old is prompt relief for coughs, colds, croup, hoarseness, whooping cough. Gently laxative and pleasant to take. Guaran teed. Should be kept in every household. Sold at R. C. Dodson's drug store. 3m Latest Popular Music. Miss May Gould, teacher of piano forte has received a full line of the lat est and most popular sheet music. All j the popular airs. Popular and class- I ical music. Prices reasonable. 44-tf. I English Spavin Liniment removed Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses; also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifles, Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc. Save SSO by use of one bottle. A wonderful Blemish Cure. Sold by L.Taggart, druggist. 32-lyr A number of rooms, with use of bath or rent. Apply to Frank F. Dav. 41 tf. Executor*' Xoticc. Estate of JENNIE P. WEBSTER, late of Em- I ])orium, Pa., Deceattca. NOTICE is hereby given that letters testa mentary upon the estate of said decedent have been granted to the undersigned, All per- 1 sons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having: claims or de mands against the same will make them known without delay, 10 CHARLES L, JONKS, AUSTIN H. .IONEH, Executois. I F. D. Attorney. Emporium, Pa., Jane 22, 1908.- 21 4t. Catarrh Cannot be Cured. With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, a 8 I they cannot reach the Beat of the dis- I ease. Catarrh is a blood or constitu i tional disease, and to cure it you must j take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh ' Cure 18 taken internally, and acts i directly on the blood and mucous sur j face. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a j quack medicine. It is prescribed by | one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular pre- I scription. It is composed of the best j tonics known, combined with the best I blood purifiers, acting directly on the | mucous surfaces. The perfect combi ! nation of the two ingredients is what prodces such wonderful results in cur ; ing Catarrh. Send for testimonials j free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O | Sold by druggists, 75c, Take Hatl's j Family Pills for constipation. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Would Have Saved Him*siOO.OO. "In 1902 I had a very severe attack of diarrhoea," says 11. N. Farrar, of Cat Island. La. "For several weeks I was unable to do anything. On March 18, 1907, I had a sitniliar attack, and took Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr hoea Remedy which gave me prompt re lief. I consider it one of the best medi cines ©tits kind in the world, and had I used it in 1902 believe it would have saved mo a hundred dollar doctor's bill." Sold by L. Taggart. DeWitt's Which Hazel Salve is espec ially good for piles. Recommended and sold by 11. C. Dodson. I Merchant y■ i ■ t Tailoring 1 I have a large amount of I Summer Suiting on hand yet, which I will sell I during the mouths ol July and August at Less Than Cost I Some are heavy enough for I ; I fall. Come and look u ; H them over. 1 Theo. Haberstock I \\ V N N \ \ \ \ \ y ! < m SECOND TO NONE ' ADAM, ✓ MELDRUM & ; / < ; ANDERSON Co. % / 396-408 Main Street, I 'BUFFALO, N. Y. % / ■ P GREAT i June Ssles I Notf in Progress % % \ % | / The greatest sale of the $ year is now in progress. y All the new summer goods are on display at special \ . prices and extraordinary * / bargains are offered in the - f< seasons latest. % I / SUITS, COATS, DRESSES, \ | SKIRTS, WAISTS AND | SUMMER APPAREL. < % % > Wash Goods 112 < White Goods | £ Our recent purchase of p A the stock of the Arnold % A Print Go's Wash Goods en- p £ ables us to offer the best £ materials made at wonder- '% ■/, fully low prices. '/■ I WRITE FOR SAMPLES. | 5 | | We Refund your Railroad Fares I % $ |> In connection with the Cham- g ber of Commerce we refund you % . railroad fares according to the >*< ' amount of your purchase. '% ADAM, MELDRUM & ; ANDERSON CO. G American Block, Buffalo, N.Y. VJ&.\ \ \ \. \ \ \ \ \ Ni
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