THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. TABUSHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL, 44 DEATH'S DOINGS. WELLS. E. THOMAS WELLS, a much respected | citizen of Emporium, died at the Ridg- j way Hospital last Thursday evening at I twenty-five minutes past six o'clock. The subject of this sketch was boru at Tidioute, Pa., September 28lh, 1871 and at the age of nineteen years com pleted his apprenticeship as telegraph operator and since that time has beeu one of the most trusted employees of the road. On September Ist, 1897 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary i Quinn, of this place, and to this union j two children were born For the past ; eleven years he has been employed as i operator at JN tower, at East Empori um. On Wednesday,« August 24th, he was stricken with typhoid fever and the following Sunday he was taken to the hospital at Ridgway. He wan ac companied by his wife and Mrs. Thomas Quinn. During his entire sickness he retained consciousness even unto the end just before his death he bade his wife and two brothers the Messrs. Frank and George Wells fare well. The remains were brought to Emporium on the evening train on Thursday and were met at the station by a delegation of the K. of O. He was taken to the undertaking rooms of Mr. Bernard Egan where they were prepared for burial. On Friday after noon they were removed to the late home on East Allegany Avenue. De ceased was a member of the O. R. T. and also a member of Emporium Coun cil, Knights of Columbus, being.one of the charter members of the above order. He is survived by his widow and two children, the Misses Zita and Twila, three brothers and one sister Messrs. Frank, of Lewis Run, Pa., Joseph, of Pittsburg, George, of War ren and Miss Elizabeth also of Warren. He was a loving husb ind and a kind and devoted father, a good neighbor and citizen. In his early life Mr. Wells had the misfortune to fall from a small bo* and injured his hip which made him a cripple for life, yet he never complained and bore his Buffer ing)} with the fortitude of a true chris tian. The widow and children have the sincere sympathy of the entire community in this their sad hour of trial and affliction. He was always happy in the company of his faithful wife and obedient children. THE KL'NERAL. The funeral of Mr. Wells proceeded from his late home on East Allegany Avenue to St. Mark's Catholic Church last Monday morning at nine o'clock, where High Mass was celebrated, and the Rev. Father T. B. Downey, Hector of the church officiated. The members of the Knights of Columbus and a dele gation of the O. R. T., attended the funeral. The large edifice of St. Marks was nearly full of friends and relatives of the deceased, showing the high re gard in which he was held. After the celebration of High Mass the remains were taken to the parish cemetery, where interment was made. NOKHIB. I.iwt Friday evening at 8:15 o'clock, the watchers at the bedside of Mrs. Alida Fay Morris saw the spark of life flicker out aud death came peace fully. Mrs. NorriH has been iH failing health for the pant two years and al though her death was expected, yet it is a severe blow to tier devoted hua band and little son. Deceased was born at Wellsviile, N. Y , December 2H, 1 ■».)•> and was in her 52nd year. She was the ouly daughter of C. C. aud Christina Vanoruum Fay, who settled in Emporium when Mrs. NorrU was but a child of one year of *«e De ceased wc-» married Uj dr. Thoiu ■■ " Nurr*" ikn 2*l h day of M •»', mtai Wdl'illtM Union on# em * hi.in, who is now in bi« 10th jfe»r, w*» an hit al chrM.an latlv and anything she was euih-d i.piiii to ilo In thin wmk, • lie did faithfully, tlm was s 'fin* flic ti aud kiinl hearted to all Fur ui .iiy year* she was Treasurer of He Child rail 1 * Aid Sm let y and in thi* irrvitw befriended many ehil n i In need of help ami sympathy Nfee a re iched ail eaotdlclit wr ill'. n lalil s Ila text, "Bitsncd are tin ill d Ih.U di» I;, the Lurd, for they •h iII rut from I heir labors and their works will follow Hit.in." A choir uuaipuaed of the following rendered the musle, alugiiig three favorite hyiulia of the deceased, Mies liaiel Floyd, of ilieau, N. Y,, Mies Elizabeth t 'ralideli, Mrs. lieuuett UulM, Mrs. tiny H. I nil, Moors, t has, E. i.uulie and W H fiteruer. Ihu casket l*ear MIS weie Messrs. I'wtof Murray, Will Mar dibauk, Jobit I'rebsv ether, John lie her, Gamin. Alien slid I. D White. The | nal liming- were ktnuUM I iiteiiui nl was in tde: in tha Wllay An net of the Sua toll tViuelcf) Wt.ikineli ill lUa dnl'onl i'oadvf i LLI. .B SAD I-ADDER T'OMPAUY AND SUY EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1910. eral railroad men attended the funeral. ATTENDED FU NERAL. Following are the friends and rela tives who attended the funeral of the late R. C. Moore lHst Tuesday af ternoon. Mrs. Maude Rooney, of Buf falo, N. Y., Mrs. Henry Cummings, of Allegany, Pa., Mrs. Nellie Bond, of Port Deposit, Md., Messrs. Thomas and Harry Moore, of Youngsville and Keating Summit, Pa., respectively. The above were sisters and brothers of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs Thos. lvtullen and Mr. Jacob Slaigle, of Shef field, Pa., Mr. M. J. Burnes, of Lan caster, Pa., Mrs. M. M. Comey and Miss Mary Hayes, of Renovo, Mrs. Robert House, of St. Marys, and Mr. J. C Gallagher, of Buffalo, N. Y. ••• CATON. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Caton are mourn the loss of their infant son Frank W., whose death occurred last Monday morning at 11 o'clock. The baby had not been well since its birtb July 13,1910, although everything was done that medical care and good nursing could do to spare the little life, yet it waver ed and finally ebbed away. The fu neral was held from the family home on East Allegany Avenue, on Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. The Rev. R. H Bent, pastor of the Presbyterian Church officiated. Interment was made in the Newton-Wiley cemetery. ••• DEVLING. Mr. Robert Devling, aged 57 years, died at the hospital at Knoxville, Tenti., last Thursday, the cause of his death being iutestinal trouble. The remains were prepared for burial and were brought to Sterling Run Monday afternoon. They were taken to the home of his sinter, Mrs. Nancy Taylor, from which place the funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon. In terment was made in the Devling pri vate burial plot on the old farm. W. E. Devling, of Sterling Run,is a broth er of the deceased. He was an un cle of Mrs. Asa Murray of this place. .*. SPEAKER. Albert Speaker, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Speaker, died at the home of his parents at Calder last Monday evening at ten o'clock. The cause of his death Has cholera infantum. This bright and iuteresting baby was born June 12th, 1909 and was therefore just fifteen months old. The funeral ser vices will be conducted at the heme on Thursday afternoon after which the funeral will proceed to Emporium, and interment will be made in the New. ton-Wiley Cemetery. Visiting in Town. Mesrs. Ed. Eochhach and Frank Eckstein, two former Emporium boys, who have been residing in Depew, N. Y., for the past several months are visiting relatives aud friends in town. Ed., has been playing ball with the PtillmaiiH, of Buffalo, and Frank has been with the Depew Industrials, of Depew, N. Y., both these teams are playing seml-profesaionul base ball and are considered among the fuatest teams in Western New York. This speaks well of their ability in the art of bane ball, anil here's hoping to see them in faster company nextHeason. The boy a are expected to be Been playing their old positions on the Emporium team at the Fair this week. Cave us a Treat. Mr. O. B Tanner, of Maaon Hill, Oiine up on Wednesday to atteud the Fair and called at the I'UMS office aud made us happy with a fine basket of choice apples. Mr. Tauuer ha* oue of the finest orchards iu this section and we unilerittand he will have a crop thia year. Thanki friend Tanner. Choir Members Notice. All luenitiera uf the Choir of Km rnauuel Episcopal Church are urgent ly requested to be preeeut at the church ou Friday evening at «:16 a'ciock Special music must be pre pared fur the institution service, New Leaves. Holm tiling unusual for this time of the year to see new leaves coining out ou trees On two uf the trees at Mt ■Mark's Catholic Church, witivh were set out some lime ago by the Hon F X. liluutle, are shooting out new bran clies and they uuutain new leave*, and several inula Chicken* lor Nalu. A Hue Itouk of I'Ju chickens, young and old Inquire at Ihu 1., tl fuuk latin, '*l address, M liloe, Fuipuriuitt, k*«. Alt lbe uhMiue Ifutts Ol |be smmuu Hsu be found at our store, flM.l ii d| Cii Ml' Hil, W%wuii Ah girl, at I .ud 1*1*44 "Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WEßSTEß. International Tuberculosis Con gressv Official announcement of the Seventh International Congress on Tuberculo sis was made today from the Ameri can headquarters by the National As sociation for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis. The Congress will be held in Rome in 1911 from September 24th to 30th. This gather ing, which meets every three years, and was last held in Washington, D. C., in 1908, will be under the direct patronage of the King and Queen of Italy. The Secretary-General is Prof. Vittorio Ascoli, and the President Pro fessor Guido Baccelli. It is expected that an American Committee of One Hundred will be ap pointed as the official body represent ing the United States. Estimating on the present rate of increase, the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis announces that the American Committee will be able to give a most flattering report at the Congress. They will be able to an nounce that the number of tuberculos is agencies in this country has been tripled in the three years since the last Internatiogal Congress, and that more than twice as much money is being spent in the fight against consumption by private societies and institutions, and also that the appropriations for tuberculosis work by federal, state, municipal, and county authorities hare quadrupled. The Congress at Rome will be in three sections, that on etiology and tuberculosis; on pathology and thera peutics, both medical and surgical; and on the social defence against tubercu losis. The names of the presidents of these sections will be announced in the near future. Battle Between Cat and Rattle snake. Samuel Keish, of Pleasant Gap, Cen tre county, recently witnessed a uni que battle between a cat aud a four foot rattlesnake, in which the cat came out tbe unharmed victor. He was pas sing along a country road when he saw the cat at one side, much excited- Then he heard tbe unmistakable rattle. He tied his horse and went back to see the fun. The around and made a leap into the bushes. It came out in a moment with the rattler between its teeth, holding the snake by the back of tbe neck. The cat managed to keep the reptile from writhing around it and soon the snake lay dead in the road. At Emporium Opera House. The approaching engagement of Gorton's Minstrels at Emporium Opera House, two nights, Sept. 15th and 18th, is looked forward to with pleasure by all lovers of this popular form of amusement. Gorton's Minstrels have long been regarded as one of the stand ard attractions which may always be depended upon to more than fulfil! all promises, and the addition this season of many new and important features insures a performance of unusual ex cellent*. A street parade, unrivaled in its magnificient and costly equip ment, will he given at the noon hour. The Poatoffice Department has no titled postmasters at offices having ru ral carrier service that "hereafter in addition to the officers now authorized to administer oaths in such cases rural free delivery carriers of the l'ulted States are hereby required, empower ed and authorised to admiuisler any and all oaths required to bu made by pensioner* itud their w ituesses in the execution of their vouchers with like elt'ect and force as officers havlug a seal, ami they are authorised to charge and receive for each voucher nut ex C» ••ding -■'> euuta, to be paid by the pen- J aioner," The order is intended to save . pensioners the trouble of goiug to the ; ofltee of suine official to have their j Vouchers executed, as it cau now be : done by the carrier at their homes. : -"*• _ ..... Home ol the papers are statlug that the proposed constitutional amend . luents now runuiug in the proas of the State are to be voted ou thia fall This is erroueuus, They are published at this lime, aa provided by the const!- j tutlou, lu order to give ample uotiee to the electoral# uf the Slat* as to what may be expected lu the future. The legislature next winter will cou * aider Hie aiweudmaut* aud, II acted ou favorably, thuy will agaiu be published a year lieuca, aud theu the voteis will, by their ballot*, either adopt uf reject the soiuuduicut*. If rat iltvd by a lua jority vote, they las owe a part uf the • oastitutiou uf the HUIc litllcluos wool drill** phoapUatea, MM.au 4 i "Mi tm Will Institute Rector. ' Plans are being made for tbe near future when, the newly chosen Rector, the Rev. Martin Lather Tate, will be instituted as Rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The Rev. Mr. Rad cliffe, of Ridgway, the Arch Deacon, of Erie will be the the Insiitutor. Sev eral visiting priests from various ■ ions parishes will be present to assist in the services. A special choir will i be formed for the occasion and will be under the direction of Mrs. E. Mead Floyd and W. Scott Sterner. The first service of the day will be an early cel ebration of the Holy Eucharist (time to be announced later) and this will be followed by Morning Prayer, the ser , vice starting at ten o'clock, followed | by tbe institution services and a cele bration of the Holy Eucharist by the newly Instituted Rector, assisted by the visiting Priest*. These services are all very impressive. Every one is cordially invited to be present at all these services. A reception will be tendered the Arch Deacon and other visiting clergymen on the evening proceeding the Institution services. Surprise Party. Last Friday evening the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Leutze was the scene of much merry making. The oc casion was the 19th anniversary of the birth of their son Robert. He is in the employ of the Novelty Incandescent Lamp Company and it was under the auspices of several of the young ladies ! of the factory that the happy time was consummated. Those present were the Misses Regina Blinzler, Mary Burns, Mollie Sullivan, Mary Orr, Lucy Bertield, Edna Johnson, Laura Hout, Clara Zwald, Lizzie Zwald, Mary Jessop, Eva Burns, Mary Normany, Jessie Fowler, Emma Stribler and Muriel Beattie and Messrs. Howard Pepperman, Alfred Kriner, Ted Viner, Joseph Zimmet, Joseph Wortman, Mablon Ramarge, Ray Waddington, Fred Metzger, Leo Ross and Elmer Piper. Gorton's Famous Minstrels. Gorton's Minstrels with an excellent company of comedians, singers, danc ers, and vaudeville artists, will appear at the Emporium Opera House, two nights, Sept. 15th and 16th bearing the stamp of popular approval for nearly a half century, this lavorite organiza tion iB fully sustaining its best reputa tion, by providing its patrons with only the very beat features of min strelsy. The high standard of excellence which has always characterized their performance in the past, will again prevail the present season. Tbe man agement guarauteea a program posi tively free from stale, time-worn acts, everything being new, original and up to-date while every attention has been given to the many details necessary to a high class, entertaining, bright and merry minstrel performance. An attractive parade will be given by the entire company at the noon hour. Girl Still Missing. All efforts to locate Miss Matilda Scott, the miseing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott, of this place, who disap peared from her home Just a week ago, has proved a failure. A report came from (Mean that she was seen on the at that place. The family are at present investigating the report. Mrs. Hoot I is nearly prostrated over the disappearance of her daughter. Friday Evening Service at fcm mannuel Church. The boys and girls hetwe«ti the ages oft ami IH, who constitute the choir for the Friday Kvelilng Service, The Service consists of the l.itauy, a Lea son I'roui the New Testament. Sever al 11 yin us and a short address by tbe Hector The subject Friday evening will be "Our Words." W. C. T. U. Native. The Woman's t'hriatiau Temperance I'll 101 l of Hits place will hultl a business IIK etilig, Saturday, Sept ITth, at the hoiue uf Mrs. F, P. Stray wr uu l-aat Allegheny Ave., at sou u'clo« k All are requested to be present as tins is the election uf officers for the coiutug year. t►. F iU.iuM a, Heti'y. Washing Silk l*love». Always dry white silk gloves or sto« klugs lu Ike ilarlt if one would uot liavwtheiu turu yellow Ou this ac ouunt uiaoy wash those articles at ulgbt, to they tusy dry before day light Ptoperlv lui Male A property ou Weat Fourth street I lor sale luquire ol titi' itaaau I. . new tuww 11 v page { TERMS: $ 2.00 —$1.501N ADVANCE. THE WEATHER. FRIDAY, Fair. SATURDAY, Fair. SUNDAY, Rain. ASSETS First National Bank, EMPORIUM,PA. At the close of business, Sept. 14, 1910, $970,890-80. The Opportunity To save a dollar is gone as soon as you spend it for any commodity. Why not save as many op portunities as you possibly can by saving the dollars? Remember that you are saving for greater opportunities in the future, and that they come to those who save for them. SI.OO Starts an Account. 3o INTEREST PAID ON SAVINd BOOK o ACCOUNTS AND CERTIFICATES OP DEPOSIT. DR. LEON REX FELT, DENTIST. Rockwell Block, Emporium, Pa. DR. H. W. MITCHELL, DENTIST, Office over A. F. Vogt's Shoe Store Emporium, Pa 12y GORTON'S FAMOUS MINSTRELS Eight Expert Dancers, Jolly Comed ians, Accomplished Vocalists—Six Big Specialties—Elegmit Scenic and Electrical Effects—Gorton's Cele brated Band of Solo Superb Coucerta noon and evenings —Uraud Street Parade. AT Emporium Opera House TWO NIGHTS Sept. 15 and 16th A Good Position. Can be bad by ambitious young men and ladies in the field of "Wireless" or Railway telegraphy. Since the 8-hour law became effective, and since the Wireless companies are establishing stations throughout the country there is a great shortage of telegraphers. Positions pay beginners from |7O to fiflO per month, with good chance of ad vancement. The National Telegraph Institue operates six otticial institutes in America, j under supervision of R, K., and Wireless Officials aud places all graduates into positions. It will pay you to write them lor full de tails at Cincinnati, ()., or Philadelphia, Pa. *** [lnjured Arm. * l.ast Saturday afternoon Mr. Fred J. Keiiu, Jr., manager of the Kmporium l>rug Company's store had the misfor tune to fall while coming up out of the cellar of the store and cut his right arm mar the wrist aud nearly severed the branch of the artery. Or S. X Smith was called and It required four stitches to close the wound, it is a very paiu ful injury aud Mr. Kcim will not have the use of his arm for a few we* ks. Neturned to fcmporiuirt. Mias Jean t'alincs, of i-'nntoria, Ohio, has again accepted the piMltlou as head milliner in the store of Mrs. K. S. Cop persmith. 'I his will be the third sea sou that Miss Caliues in., Km IHirium aud|her mau>;irioutUare much pleaded to.ltnuw that she to tills plat e. Ilwvtrlu Witiuy. See l.ltin Kleclrn al Hpeciaitv Co., of Si. Slur)*, Pa . ior.electrUi wiring aud lustalation)work, autwiuuhile repairing aud rebuilding, etc 31 tf Mm»u Uuan> Nciumed. turumr sehulsra in u>u»iu, tit airing to llmhuim llmhuim call du »a l»> tailing 4t my mhium or uotii').ug uie and I will ua I at >uur lutiues |u ti rang* dates fur Uwumh, iu> umw pupils wiabitig u» native liwlrtn tnuta, IJwill »•« | to'i ail and make lb* Muywwwi ) arraug> u*»nt ■ •Ml *. ;« - VI i »|m Ht 1,1 Imrii g I lit i owing u> u r »« ««Mtt we Mill fc»(»"ffr«ftd •»tW. j,| M , u mi •4y Is*. NO. 31.