THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 42. Ex-Commissioner English Dead. Ex-County Commissioner Jacob F. English, affectionately called by those who knew him best "Uncle Jake," passed peacefully away at his residence in Benezett township, this county, on Monday afternoon, August 10, at 2 o'clock, after a long and tidious illness. Funeral services in honor of the de ceased were held in the M. E. Church at Grantonia, on Wednesday, August 12, 1908. Mr. English was born December 1, 1831, in what was then Gibson town ship, Clearlield county, but as that portion of Clearfield was taken to form a part of this county as its for mation in 1853. Mr. English has ever since that time been a citizen of Bene zette township Elk county. He was one of a family of seven boys and two girls; all the boys reached manhood before any of them died and five of thtm served faithfully in the Union army during the great rebellion and were honorably discharged. Mr. English's parents were John 8., and Jane (Hicks) English who settled in this county over 87 years ago, when the county roundabout was nothing but a wilderness. In these days there were no roads, but little paths along the creeks and mountains, and all their supplies had to be brought up the river from Lock Haven in canoes. When yet a mere boy Mr. English as sisted in several of these canoeing ex peditions. Mr. English has always lived upon the farm where he was born. He was a kind and dutiful son, and cared for his parents during their old age in a most kind and affectionate manner. In June 1869, Mr. English was mar ried to Miss Harriet J. Mason, and their union was blessed with six child ren, four daughters and two sons, all of whom with the mother survive the kind and loving father. Mr. English was a staunch Ilepubli- j can all his life, and he served his party for nine years, three successive | terms, in the office of County Com missioner, being elected in 1887. Mr. Euglife' engaged for many years in lumbering along with his farming, which was really his life occupation- He bad been in poor health for a number of years, but seemed better during the earlier part of this year. Hosts of friends of "Uncle Jake" will join with this paper in extending their sincere sympathy to the be reaved family on the death of their husband and father.--Ridgway Daily Record. "Uncle Jake," who was a brother of our respected subscriber, Mr. J. M. English, of Driftwood, was well and favorably known in this county. We had known the deceased for many years and greatly respected him. Is It Alive or Dead. A friend banded us a printed copy of Borough Ordinance, No. 21, enacted April 2d, 1883, with tie request to find whether the ordinance was still in force and if BO why it remains a dead letter. For the information of all we publish the ordinance, which we learn is still in force: Section 1. Any person 1 und intoxicated on ! any of the streets and alley-, or in any public house or place, or within th< view of the public, within the limits of the Borough ot'Kmporium, shall for every offense, upon conviction thereof before the Burgess of said Enough or any Jus tice of the J'eaee of the same, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding filly dollars and costs of prosecution, or to undergi an imprisonment in lockup, not exceeding I rty-eiglit hours, or either, or both, at the discretion of said officer. Section 2. Any person actii gin a disorderly manner, within the limitß 112 said Borough of Emporium, shall for every ucli offense, upon conviction thereof, before t ie Rurgess of said borough, or any justice of the peace of the same, be sentenced to pay a tine not exceeding fifty dollars and costs of prosecution,or undergo an imprisonment not exceeding forty-eight hours in the borough lock up, or either, or both at the discretion of said officer. Section 3. Whenever it shell come to the knowledge of any constable of police officer of i the Borough of Emporium, tint any person has violated either the first or s -cond sections of this ordinance, it shall be the duty of said con stable or police officer to arrest -aid person forth with and take him before th; Burgess, or any justice of the peace of said borough, to be dealt with according to law. Section 5. Ail fines collected for violations of this ordinance shall be n»id >y the Burgess or justice of the peace collect ng the same to the Borough Treasurer, at the end of each month. Section 5. This ordinance sh II take effect on ed day of April, A. D., 1S8". Adopted this sth day of March A. IJ., 1881). W. C. CLi RK, Burgess. Attest:— H. H. MULLIN, Sec'y. The Fate of Delinquents. A newspaper publisher recently brought suit against forty-five men who would not pay their subscriptions, obtaining judgment in <ach claim. Twenty-eight of them made affidavit that they owned n» more than the law allowed, thus preventing at tachment. Then, under the decision of the Supreme Court they were ar rested for petit larceny and bound over in the sum of S3OO each. All but six gave bail and they wint to jail. The new postal law make* it larceny to take a paper and refuie to pay for it For Salt*. A sixteen inch watertnotor fan; used only six weeks; for sale cheap. Apply to Ed. Blinzler,Emporiam, Pa. 24-tf DEATH S DOINGS QBE CAMPBELL. In silent sorrow, her many, many friends gathered 'round the blossom- j strewn bier of aged Miss Susan Camp bell at St. Leo's Cathedral this morn ing to witness the last sad offices for her earthly remains. The service was a tender touching tribute to the beauty of her life, and none could but feel that in her death the parish has but a source of sweetest inspiration. Although she leaves no family to mourn her end; havinf ipent her life in noble sacrifice, amoug those who knew her well, she will be missed as one of the dearest of friends. It was a beautiful impressive service in which she was bade farewell forever on earth by five loved priests of the great church to which she belonged. Solemn requiem and high mass were performed with the Very Reverend Dean Coonau of Bradford as celebrant. Reverend Father Raycroft of Erie act ed as deacon, Revered Fatner Mc- Givany of Dußois as sub-deacon and Reverend J. W. MnrphyofNew Beth lehem as master of ceremonies. At the close, Reverend Father Meagher of Ridgway, in the service of whom she has given many of her best years, hav ing been with him when he first began to come here in 1874 and taking charge of his home when he was established here in 1876, performed the sacred cere mony of absolution. As a mark of the greatest respect to ' the nobility of her life Rev. Father Meagher gave for her interifaent a crypt in his private Mausoleum in St. Leo's Cemetery. Ridgway Daily Rec ord. Miss Campbell was well and favor ably known by many of our town's people and held in the highest esteem, having lived here when Father Meagher was Priest in charge of this parish. Mrs. M. C. Tulis of this place attended the funeral, which was held in Ridg way last Thursday morning. ... ST'LIAL'T. Mr. George Sehaut, another one of j the old and highly respected citizens of St. Marys, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. B.Lion. Deceas ed was 82 years of age, having been born 1826 in Germany. He was a car penter by trade and operated the plan- j ing mill for some years which is now in the charge of his sons under the firm of Schaut Bro's. The funeral was held from St. Marys Church last Fri day morning and Mass was read by Father Kuntz, of Erie, a nephew of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs. R. Seger, of this place, attended the funeral. Mr. Joseph Meyers, of Erie, returned home with Mr. and Mrs. Seger and spent Fri day evening as their guest. Mr. Meyer's father and the Segora came ! from tne same town in Germany. DECKEK. George Decker, aged 66 years, died at his homo on Third street, Tuesday morning. Mr. Decker had been ailing for some time and his death was duo to to a complication of diseases. Deceas j e.d was a veteran of the Civil War and had resided in Emporium for some time, coming here from McKean coun ty. The x'uneral will be held this after noon from the residence. Base Bali. Last Saturday afternoon our base ball fans were treated to a very excit ing game between Port Allegany and Emporium teams, which lasted eleven innings. Overturf did the pitching for our boys and showed up in old time form, and also had his eye on the ball 1 making a two base hit, bringing in two runs. Fisher on third played a good game and made the hit that scored the winning run. Our boys all played good ball and seemed to have re covered from the symptoms of "stage fright," apparent in their two former contests. They cannot be expectod to win all. Now that they are again ] going turn out and "root." The score ! was 7 to 6. j The Boys' Brigade ball team defeat i ed the second nine of Austin last Sat urday by the score of 15 to 1. The "Israelites" of Ridgway were ! twice defeated last week, once at Re ! novo by that club, and again by the i St. Marys club in a game for "blood" I played at Johnsonburg. The lemon | handed to the Rigway sports at this 1 game was certainly a heart breaker. Extensive Contract. Mr. Chas. D. Knight, of this place, was awarded the contract of painting all school houses in Shippen township, j about eighteen in number. He has I commenced on the work. John Sell I weikart of Four Milt?, was awarded the 1 ! contract of making all carpenter re j pairs. We have not learned the pricee paid, from an official source. "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. EMPORIUM, PA.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908. How It Is Done. A Kansas exchange says: "Now and then some cheerful individual remarks to us: "Well, now that the paper is out I suppose that you can take it easy for three or four days." Yes, how de lighted it is that the country editor lias nothing at all to do between press days. Business runs along automati cally. When paper bills come due money drops off the trees with which to pay them. Subscribers view with each other to see who can pay the fatb est in advance. Advertisers beg for additional space and tho way news hunts up the editor is also pleasant to contemplate. There is something really strange about tho way news items act. When the paper is out the edtior simply goes to his desk, leans back in his easy chair, looks wise and then waits for the next week's press day. The day before press day the people line up before the office door and then file past his desk and tell him all the news of the week. He writes it up in about fifteen or twenty minutes, then takes it back and hangs it on the copy hook. The compositors take the copy, shake it over the type cases, say a few mystic words, the type flies into place, and after a few passes by the foreman the forms are ready for the press again. And the editor goes downjand deposits some more money in the bank. It is the greatest snap in the cata logue. Now if the editor could only do away with press day his joy would be complete. We Have Similar Case. For years the enterprising people of this city have been clamoring for pub lic sewers. They realized that a town without a general and comprehensive system of pubtfc sewers is generally considered a dead one. It is, there fore, a little strange to hear that the knockers are at work finding fault Some think wo did not need sewers at all. Others imagine that the sewers should have been built without any in crease in taxes. Still others claim that the sewer is too small, while quite a few knock just to hear themselves talk. It is no credit to a man to try to belittle any public work which tends to improve his home town. The • sewer now being constructed is the j most beneficial public work ever at- I tempted in St. Marys, and every good j citizen should realize this and squelch the knocker whenever he displays a desire to find fault.—St. Marys Gazette. While our people have some fault to find with our sewer, which is at no time over half full, and they blame the sewer every time, the water backs up from the creek. This no doubt will be remedied at tho out let. The kick now comes because we are to pave our main street at one third cost to the property owners on each side. The Borough council can, if they desired levy the entire cost on the property owners but will not do so, on the con trary agreeing to pay one-third of the cost. Of course some have kicked and now a few, very few, will attempt to prevent the work and force the Coun cil to resort to the other measure—put all on the property owner. However, our citizens do not believe an intelli gent court will rule against the ma jority. An exchange prints the following, which will, no doubt, interest many of our readers: Do you know that you can write your name on the metal of your farm tools? You can. Just take a little tallow or wax, melt it and spread it over the place on which you want your name; write your name down through the wax with a big needle or awl and pour a few drops of nitric acid over the letters you have | made. Leave a few miuutes. Then [ wipe off the wax and your name will | be on the iron. More graduates of the Lock Haven State Normal School are teaching in the valley of tho west branch of the j Susquehanna and in the central part i of the state than from all other schools ! combined. It is in a highly prosper | ous condition. The great scarcity of j teachers assures splendid positions to its graduates. An early application i for rooms will be necessary for those | who expect to enter for the Fall term I which begins Sept. 7th. Write for its i handsome catalogue. Service of Sacred Music. On next Sunday evening, August 23, a service of sacred music, will be rend j ered at the Methodist Episcopal ! Church, which will consist of pipe i organ, cornet and vocal solos and anthems by the choir and male quar j tette. Every one interested in music, will enjoy attending this service. A i cordial invitation is extended to all. Wanted. A woman to do general housework. Middle aged woman preferred. DR. HEILMAN. Nice Home. Martin Foster, last week purchased the handsome home of J. S. Hauber on Fifth street and expects to take posses sion about the first of September. Ball Game Saturday. The St. Marys base ball team will play at Keystone Park next Saturday, at 3:30 o'clock. This should prove an interesting game. Turn out and see it. Mason Family Reunion. The Mason family reunion will be held at Tunnel Hill picnic ground, Tuesday, Aug. 25th. All relatives come and bring your baskets. Trains will stop at picnic grounds. Ice Cream Social. Fisk's Juvenile Band will hold an ice cream festival on the lawn at the Presbyterian church Friday evening. Everybody is cordially invited to at tend and help the boys along. Close Call. While at work with the block and tackle hoist at the furnace on Tuesday, George Extine was severeiy cut about the head by the chain breaking, It was a narrow escape as the tackle is a very heavy iron one. Church Notice. The children's chorus will sing again at the Baptist Church next Sunday evening. Those who have heard these children have been very much pleased with them. Tho sermon will be the third of a series on the Christian Char acter, the subject of this sermon being The Inward Reach of the Christian Character. A most cordial invitation 1 is extended to all who are not regular I attendants at other churches. Gun Club. At a meeting of Gun Club held Aug. j 13, the following officers were elected j to serve for coming year: Pres., Jos. j Fisher; Vice Pres., 11. C. Kenley; See'y j and Treas., H. S. Falk; Captain, W. i W. Wyman. It was proposed to hold a two day shoot at fair and the following commit tee was appointed to attend to prizes and handicaps, W. W. Wyman, J. Wright, and Frank Pearsall. Commit tee on bylaws was appointed as follows, W. W. Wyman, E. E. Forbes and H. S. Falk. Meeting adjourned to meet again on August 22ud at 8:30 P. M. Roycroft Philosophy. Loyalty! If you work for a man, in Heaven's name work for him. If ho pays you wages that supply you bread and butter, work for him; speak well of him; stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify condemn, and eternally dispar age, why resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your hearts content. But as long as you are a part of the institution do not con demn it If you do, you are loosening the tendrils that hold you to the in stitution, and the first high wind that comes along, you will be up-rooted and blown away, and probably you will never know why.—Elbert Hub bard. The County Fair. The County Fair will be held this year on September 15th, 16th, 17tli and 18th. It is hoped to make this meeting a greater success than former years and it is earnestly requested that alj citizens will lend a helping hand and bring something iu the line of an ex. hibit. The committee in charge of the arrangements are endeavoring . to | make the week beginning Sept. 14tli one jolly round of pleasure for our ! people and hope they will all make I their plans to attend this meeting and ! meet old friends and acquaintances. | You all need a little recreation and | you can have this by attending the j fair. Bring your baskets and lay j aside your labors a few days and see how much good can be derived from a little rest. Watchmen will be on hand to look alter exhibits, so you need not fear to bring anything you | may have. Particulars can be had | by applying to F. G. Judd, Emporium. Birthday Pic-Nic. j Mrs. Jas. Creigton, of Sixth street, j entertained about twenty young ladies j and gentlemen, at a pic nic last Tues i day, at Sizerville, in honor of Miss | Marion Brady, who on that day, cele i brated the twelfth anniversary of her | birth. Miss Marion was well remem -1 bered by her many friends by receiv- I ing several gifts. Mrs. Creighton was j assisted by the Misses Minnie Bauergelt | and Elizabeth Mulcahy. All present report a good time. A Week's Outing at Crosby. Last Thursday morning the elite among the fair sex of Emporium em barked on Pennsylvania train bound for Crosby, McKean Co., to spend a week in the woods, where they were to bo guests at "St. Nicholas Inn," situat ed outside the village about a kilo metre and just in the edge of the woods. At Larrabee they were obliged to change cars and while engaged in this delightful experience, they also took occasion to indulge in the inno cent pastime of exchanging greetings with the railroad employees about the place, shaking some of them by the hand, and others by tho neck, meanwhile asking amusing and irrel evant questions of the station agent and conductor, as, of course only lad ies will. Immediately upon arriving at Crosby they were delighted to see a magnificent large red automobile whiz itself around a bend in the road, and continue its course, without stopping onto Clermont, whence it was bound from Smethport. The ladies all being good pedestrians however, they soon kicked behind them the three quarters of a mile separating Crosby from the "Inn" where they were smilingly met by the Olean ladies--at whose instance they had come—and requested to reg ister. This of course was a very long and tiresome journey for many of the lad ies, who had never traveled so far, and the balance of the day was practically spent in rest and eating, delightful sensations to many of them not accus tomed to these luxuries. This is not intended to be a detailed account of their experiences in camp, but is hereby intended to get them safely to their destination, without being run over or anything so their husbands will not worry. The loca tion is an ideal one for a week's out ing, and the scenery picturesque in the extreme. Tho "Inn" is large and com modious and affords every kind of comfort that one may wish for, as it is equipped with nearly every modern convenience, wood, gas, coal and electricity, for heat and light; bath room supplied with hot and cold and other kinds of water; electric, fire, din ner and other kinds of belles, and in fact everything that the heart could de sire for pastime, comfort and amuse ment, excepting men, and they were at a premium after leaving Larrabee. The country at this place affords every opportunity for outdoor amusement for ladies, and it is said they indulged in every known sport, walking, riding, hunting, fishing, rowing, bathing, mountain eliming, a foot and by rail, picking berries, loading cord wood on the cars, and the wilder pastime of aerial navigation. Killing snakes oc cupied no small portion of the ladies time, the snakes being both thick and large there. Mrs. Logan had the mis fortune to be bitten by a large rattler, but the reptile was found to have been killed the week before by some girls who had been staying at the "Inn," and they had thoughtlessly removed its rattles, consequently the incident was robbed of its most dangerous fea ture. This was the unfortunate part of it. When they got good and hungry for a square meal, some of tho ladies walk ed over the mountain to Port Allegany —a distance of only six or eight miles —and bought a good meal at the hotel, while others of tho party repaired to Smethport for the same purpose, it being a half mile or so nearer. Altogether, it was the event of their lives and their experiences will boubt less never be forgotten by some of them. Mrs. Hockley, it is said, espec ially enjoyed the days of peace and quiet in camp—so different from her home life—with none to molest or make her afraid. A few of the ladies for whom life at the "Inn," was too strenuous, returned home Saturday night, but tho balance of the party remained until the first of the week, even then reluctantly leav ing the scene of all their festivities and amusements of romp and ramble. The party was composed of Mes dames J. D. Logan, Geo. Metzger, Jr., j 11. S. Lloyd, C. J. Goodnough, W. E. | Jackson, C. H. Seger, C. W. Shaffer, F. j G. Judd, R. C. Dodson, I. K. Hockley, j G. S. Allen, Sallie Felt, Lizzie Hinkle. i Miss Nellie O'Day, of Kane, also ! graced the occasion with her genial i presence and greatly aided in the gen j eral good time enjoyed by all. Nell, I is still looking for a husband, but is in no hurry, being determined to take her time. Mrs. Douglas and Mrs. Swain, of ! Olean, acted as chaperons and were | greatly pleased at the manner in which I the young ladies behaved themselves. XX Local news on every page. TERMS: $2.00 —$1.501N ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. FRIDAY Pair. SATURDAY Fair. SUNDAY Showers ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM, PA. At the close of business August 19, 1908, $769,393.79 LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE. We accept your proposition to deposit money in your bank, because it will be absolutely safe from loss by robbers, fire or accident. INTEREST PAID ON CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. DR. LEON REX FELT, DENTIST. Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa. DR. H. W. MITCIIKI.L, DENTIST, (Successor to Dr. A. B. Mead.) Office over A. F. Vogt's Shoe Store, Emporium, Pa 12y TOWN IMPROVEMENTS. Lin this Department we desire all readers to re port improvements to residences aud streets, stone or cement walks, etc. Remember that every improvement adds to the value of your property.]—EDlTOß . Judge B. W Green, after putting bis residence and premises in first-class order, re painting and slating all build ings. He now has one of the finest private residences in the county, with every convenience. He has now turn ed his attention to his property adjoin ing the High Sbhool and bas contract ed with Geo. Wright to slate the roof and repaint the residence now occupied by Mr. Jos. Burnett and family. The Judge has the right idea, keep up your property in first-class manner, thereby saving expense. We wish our citizens would aid us in securing .reliable information for this department; If you or your ueighbor make Improvements send or tell us the fact*. \ v, $ " >-• "\ Yc Editor had occasion to visit on West Allegany Avenue last Thursday evening and found the sidewalks in a deplorable condition and the Borough authorities should look into tho matter or some poor unfortunate pedestrian may fall and be injured, therefore caus ing heavy damage suits. Some places are absolutely dangerous and is almost impossible to walk tliero with safety at night. Property owners in that sec tion wake up and do some repairing or you will be compelled to assume a heavy damage claim. The walks are not in line, some up and others down; some in too far and others out. There must be a regular line some place. What encouragement to those property owners who have gone to the expense of laying substantial concrete walks? There is also urgent need of the Board of Health there, for at ono point we actually had to press our nose on ac count of the stench. Killed Eleven Rattlers. Wm. Schneider, who works on John L. Johnson's farm,(known as tho Jack son farm) last Thursday killed eleven rattlers on the farm. In other words he killed a three foot black rattler and upon cutting it open to secure the fat, he found none, but ho did find ten sacks, each containing a live snake. He exhibited them in town Friday evening but at last account had not succeeded in giving them away. Wrist Broken. Harold Robinson while playing ball at Junior park last Friday afternoon I had the misfortune to fall, breaking his right wrist. Dr. H. S. Falk reduc |ed the fracture. Harold says he will be out of the game the remainder of j the season. Tom Thumb Wedding. The presence of your company is re i (jested to attend the wedding of Tom j Thumb and Minnie Warren at the Pres ! byterian Church, Friday evening, Aug i ust 28. Admission, 35 cents; children, 25 cents. Has Resigned. We are informed that Chas. Grandell j lias resigned as manager of the base i ball team and hereafter Wm. Farrell j of the Cottage hotel will look after the j business. Roomers Wanted. Two furnished rooms with privilege ! of bath, on East Allegany Ave. | Gentlemen preferred. Apply at resi | dence. MRS. S. L. STODDARD, | The hardest laborers are those who try to work other folks. NO. 27.
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