"V N , rou Protection AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE? You cannot atl'onl to tnke your own rink against loss by lire. Heinember that we represent 14 OF THE REST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, and will be glad to call on you when you want fire Insurance Hint roally protects. Drop uh a car.) and we'll (In the rent. We are wcenta In thin county lor the TITLE GUARANTY AND TRUST CO., and can furnish security for County officials, bsnk olllclals, eto. C. I All k SMI, TIONESTA andKKLLKTTVIIiLE.PA. Telegraphy Our class starts January 6th, 1913, conducted by an experienced operator in actual railroad and commercial work.. This is a special department in our college. Typewriting and all commercial branches are at the disposal of students. Warren IluIiiei College, C. W. Smith, President, Warren, Pa. . J ' LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. NEW ADVKRTINKiMKNTH. Levi A Co. Ad. , hammers. Ad. Tbe PrlntiCo. Ad. Bogus A Buhl. Al. rti Klnter Ho. Ad. Oil City Trust Co. Ad. Smart Silherborg. Ad. Forest Co. Nat. Hank. Ad. OH jliarket closed at f-' 05. Ih your subscription paid? You can get It at Hopkins' store, tf --K K. Lanson aella oleotnargerine. -Adv. tf Special Grand Concert Co., of Itbaca, N. Y., at Hie court houHe, Jan. 2!UU. Ranges anil cook stoves, wood, pas . and oil beaters, at 8. S. Slgwortb'a.-adv. Communion sorvlees will beheld at the M. K. church, Tionesta, next Sunday mornlug at 11 o'clock. WiNTi-n. Railroad Cross Ties. We buy all kinds and pay cMb. The Berry Co.. Oil City, Pa. adv L. A. Davis, Agt., Tionesta, Pa. -S. II. Lusher Is greatly Improving bis dwelling house at the foot of H Hands Blreel by the addition of a new veranda extending around two aides of the build ing A meeting of special interest will be held at the M. E. cburoii, Cropp II ill, ' next Sunday at 3 p. in. An Invitation Is xtnmld to all regardless of cburcb atllHatlons. . Rev. W. S. Burton baa been holding a aeries of successful special meetings at the Nebraska M. E. church, last week n,l this week, which will close next Sunday night. Oleoinargrine always fresb, always the same price and making new friends each day, at 20o per pound In nine pound lota, at the Salmon Creek Mercantile Co., " Kellettville, Pa. adv Ths C.srion Republican says new postmasters have been appointed at Fry burg, where Theodore Selel succeeds F, Dltx. and at Marblo where W. Hsgen rader is succeeded by Emma 8cbmader. Committee No. 3 of the Ladles! Aid Society of the Presbyterian oliurcb will serves boiled dinner in the dining room of the church at noon on Saturday, Jan ll tli. at the oomilar prioe of 25 cents, Everybody cordially invited. Why pay an agent six or seven dol lars for a National Vacuum carpet cleaner when vou can oet one for four dollars with a year's subscription to the be - paper published In Forest county thrown . , Into fh bfVUl The Ladles- Aid society of the M. E. church will serve their annual Dutch Supper rrlday evening, Jan. 17th. The ladles extend a special invllaliou to all and bop for a good patronage. The menu will be giveu next week. -Another lilt in the price if Pennsyl vania oil Monday b-lugs price up to $2 05 the barrel. Adding to this the lf cents premium which the Wllburiue ' .,.,., in ntvtnir msaes the neat of 2 20, which many oi tn, this section are getting. ars in Wanted.-' rKB tract of land, 1,0(10 to 2 000 acres.' Must fronton AH'ny ' ' 1 ..i.l ll.titti.- rami River and p"' " ie.Cuh purposes. Minerals unin Fishlng- CtltlltlPi 'I and some timber. Must be land. No aiteuta, owners. Address deal only with .Jf'ORKsT KKl'UBUCAN, Tlonesta, .-Adv. -A large English setter dog, black and wbUe, strayed into tbe ciuict precincts of 'C'ewtown Mills a few days ago, and is be p Lg cared for at the home of W. O. Hauser, where the owner can get him. And should be leave a suitable reward for Mr. BlBUser's son who has taken good ' (fare of the lonesome canine there will be no oblection. . Tho Men's Brotherhood Class of the - M. E. church held its annual election ol dicers in the class roo ti on Weduesday ' A'wininir. Jau. I. 1013. The following ollloers were re-elected: President, J. A. Adams; secretary and' treasurer, J. C. Ueist; teacher, F, ll. LanHon.a enjoy able feature of the ocial hour which fol lowed Hie business session waa the ex cellent oyster supper tendered the class. Secretary Frajy '''' Warren county j0Ug ports that all lndJB(t. show of the ar success. Then 17th, am' ' ;: 1-eH ' 1 or !, 1 &. With the Allegheny river running bank lull at a lO-tnllnan-hour gait, It would be interesting to have a dozen or more members of the Pittsburgh flood commission on the ground to te'.l us how to "Impound" this deluge so as to pre vent the flooding of the cellars In the down town districts of that city. With such a torrential flood in a river the size of (he Allegheny Isn't it the height of damphoolery to talk abont "holding il back" with impounding dams? Christmastlde brought Geo. F. Whit- mer, Wra. Dayton of Clarion, and Joa. Clark of Tlonesta, a little good luck In an oil well drilled in on the J. A. Shriver farm, out beyond Strobleton, on the For est county side of the county line, which started oil at about ten barrels. The oompany in which these gentlemen are iuterested have about live hundred acrea under lease and their last well makes eleven producers. It looks as If tbey bad plenty of room to spread, Clarion Dem ocrat. If It Is true, as the old saw has it, that "a January fog will freeze a dog," then we may look out for some snappy winter weather right away, Monday and yesterday were about as foggy and misty as tbey make 'em, so dense in fact as to make artificial lighting indoors almost a constant neceaslty. Most all of the heavy fall of snow has disappeared, but the icy road beds are still intact, aud w.lb a little more of the "beautiful" the sleighing will be belter than at any time this wiuler. Acknowledgment of subscription re newals Is msde as follows, with thanks: R. Z. Gillespie, Gallon, O ; Kev. Paul D. Sobillinger, Greenville, O.j U. C.Yarnel Stewart Uun, Pa. (Joseph Wuerze, Whig Hill, Pa.; Hon. J. P. Wbllla, Sharon, Pa ; Hon. C. W. Stone, (estate), Warren, Pa ; Foley Bros., Olean, N. Y.; A. Gordon, Elkhart, Ind ; K. L. Haugh, Frank Combs, N. G. Cole, Nebraska, Pa.; J. A. Adams, Mrs, Sule H. May Sharpe, J. O. Carson, Geo. Wilson, U. II. Craig, Ray mond Cbilds, O. H. Klllmer, C. A. Rau dall, Tlonesta. Since the dedication of the handsome new Presbyterian cburcb of this place, three years ago, a debt of $2,200 baa bung over it like a dead weiirht. A abort time before the holidays the members of the congregation took it into their heads to make themselves a Christmas gift in tbe form Ofa wiping out of this irksome in cubus, and in a remsrkably hort lime they had the satisfaction of seeing this debt cancelletJ by liberal subscriptions. And now the edifice stands clear of debt of anv sort, and the conaregation is doubtless much happier. Adjutant General 8tewart is receiv ing letters from all over tbe country from veteran soldiers who fought in Pennsyl vania regiments at Gettysburg, asking for information regarding tbe celebraliou of tbe fiftieth anniversary of the greet Imttle. These letters come from as lar west as California, and are from men whose ff res test nride Is that they took part in what Is now called the "high water mark" or deciding battle or the Rebellion. The attendance of old soldiers at the anniversary will be exceedingly large, and every resourne will be tsxed to tbe utmost to care for the veterans, It Is expected at this session of tbe legislature that the game and fish laws, iu which local people are much inter ested, will be greatly ameuded. A hunters, license may be among the re quiremontol a new bill that will come up for consideration. A law forbidding gunners to bunt except in counties where tbey reside would, perhaps, be ss good law as could he framed. This would put an end to city gunners aud tbe business of tbeir ' guides."-Tilusville Herald. Sj it would, to, but tbe city gunuers will see to It that no such law works itself into the statute books, it is likely. It Is expected In a short time, per bapswlthh the next two weeks, to be oln operations on the deep well which company of capitalists is going to drill In this immediate vicinity, and ol which J. G. Richards, formerly of Mayluig, Is aiovlct ."Ol'it. John R. KeiK, the win known Braiii,.rJ contractor baa taken the contract lor drilling the well, and already baa partof the niaohipery on tbe ty to begin operations, and it is said the ven ture will be located along the German Hill road, near tbe watering trough, and within i tie borough limits. Tbe well will not be less than 3500 feet deep and possi by a thousand or more leet deeper, de nfTlrfiug on the appearance of things as the drill shall show. -In wrHiug to have his subscription rot'ewod, Squire K. Z Gillespie, a former .(resident of Kellettville, says: "I have j. reside V' n i gone from Forest Co., Pa for 13 SHU there are ties that bind me the old home. I am Interested In tue rawfor.t Lumber Co., at Gallon, Ala bama, and ain running the saw mill at this 6lace. 1 like the country and peo ple fairly well. We are having a tine winter; puts me in mind of May in Penn sylvania. Except for an occasional breete from tbe north we would thiuk It was summer. The farmers have tbeir cotton picked, rice gathered, and oats sows. We only await tbe coming of 8 ring to bear the plantation horn calling the aolored gentlemen to activity. Re gards to you and the other friends." -On Monday the Supreme court of IL'b state, sitting in Philadelphia, handed rn a decision in ine case oi jaoirs r(ton and F. W. Redtield vs tbe South Am Oil company which will doubtU I of interest to oil men. By tbe t the South Penu company hp, which has been ban! PERSONAL. WIIIO. Fuellhart of Endeavor waa a Tlonesta visitor Friday. G. W. Robinson is improving from a severe attack of grip, frieuda will be pleased to learn. N. P. Wheeler Jr. and Frank Wither- ell, of Endeavor, were business visitors in town Saturday. Charles Harvey, of tbe Mapea ma chine simp, is doing some boiler repair ing at Glade tbia week. Mrs. G. A. Scott, who was visiting heraiiter, Mrs, A. A, Pease, left Friday night for her home in Cygnet, Ohio. K, L. Haugb, engineer on the Ne braska mill, was a Tlonesta visitor Satur day and gave us a pleasant call while here. Mr. and Mr. Ernest Sibble returned Satuiday Irom a pleasant ten day visit lib Will Sibble at Lima, Ohio, where their sou, Howard, is also employed. Hon. A. R. M editing was a visitor In town over Friday night, leaving Vn. tbe Saturday evening train for Harrlsbtirg to assume bis duties as representative In the general assembly. W. T. Hart, formerly of Msrieuvllle, has been seriously ill at bis borne in SbefDeld, but bia many friends will be p'eased to know that be was somewhat improved according to last reports. -Mrs. James D. Davis, of Tlonesta, was in Warren today enroule home from a visit with her son at Anuspolis Naval Academy, and visited her cousin, Mrs. W. 8. Peirce.-Warren Times, Tuesday. -On tbe 1st insl., at the otlice of Pro- thonotary Maxwell, Squire D. W. Clark performed the ceremony which united in marriage Archie Franklin Wallers, of Redely He. and Miss Lottie Cochran, of Gllfoyle, Forest county. Mr. and Mrs. George Joy, of Kiii.na, are guests at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Issao McCoy, lo remain three weeks, after which they will go to Jollet, 111 . to spend tbe winter with tbeir daughter, Mrs. Bernard Vaughn. Raymond Child, sawyer on I lie Jamieson mill located on a branch of Hemlock creek, was laid off a few days of the past week with a painfully sore eye which bad become Irritated and Inflamed hvdust from au emery wheel used In dressing up tbe circular saw. Frank Leech left here Sunday for a winter's solium io Florida after a brief visit at the borne ol bia aunt, Mrs. J. E, Wenk. Enronte be will stop a day with his father at Cameron, W. Va. It tie pends on how be finds things to bis lik Iiib ss to the lenetb of bis stay in tbe Eyerglade state. From Bridgeport, III., comet tbe belated news that an eight-pound son waa born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stroup, on December 21, 1012. Aud the happy graniftiads, A. W. Stroup and Wm H Harrison, are stepping around Just I little epryer over tbe advent of the first grandchild In tbeir families. nnuntv Auditors A. C. Gregg, of Brookston, and G, H. Warden, of En deavor, with D. W. Clark aa tbeir clerk, started on the annual audit of tbe county accounts Monday. Auditor Van Shields, of Claringlon, waa unable to meet with tbe board when It organized, owing to the serious Illness of bis mother, Mrs, W. D. Shields. We had a pleasant call yesterday from our old friend, N. G. Cole, of Nebraska, who left with us, as he claimed, bis last dollar in renewal of bis subscription We hated to take the money under tbe olroutustaucea, but when It dawned on us that Nelson was after all getting much tbe best of tbe bargain, we pulled it over without a grimace. -Mr. sod Mrs. Robert HeBth, of Cocb ranton. Pa., were guests of Sheriff and Mrs. W.il. Hood over Sunday, enjoying a brief wedding trip. They were married- at Ihe home of tbe groom's brother, 8. A. Heath, iu Franklin, Jan. 1st, Rev rharlHs DeWoodv oiHoiatinir. The bride wsa Miss Gladys Thompson, of Utlca and she is a cousiu of Mr. Hood. Phil Ekas, John Wilson and ('apt. J J. Haiiiht left Wednesday evening for New York. On Saturdsy Mr. F.kss leaves that oity with some friends for an oceau trip to Porto Rico, and after seeing the sights or the metropolis Messrs. Wil son and Haight will teturn borne George 8. Hunter bought the first par cel post stamp and mailed the first pack age at this oHice. Shellleld Observer. R. D. Berlin, who has been a mem ber of the Warren police force lor several years, bss resigned aud contemplates leaving soon for points in Oklahoma to engage in tbe oil busiuess. Mr. Berlin severed bis connection with tbe force with the death of tbe old year and bis place will be filled by a special officer until bis successor is elected by council Warten Mirror. Mr. Berlin was former resident of Whig Hill, this county Frank Combs' of Nebraska was caller Monday. He reports his young son, Roy, who is receiving surgical treat ment at the Warren hospital forta bad cut In tbe knee, a slowly Improving ' bad case of blood poist.ninr be has suffered severely the hospital. His r bring the boy out leg, but says tb' slow one Jurors For February Court UHAHD JUKOHS. Brown, Ja,s. E., supt., Kingslcy. Brenniin. Elmer, luborcr, Hickory. Barnes, I. W jobber, Hickory. Clark, Joseph, clerk, Tionesta Borough. Cochran, David, laborer, Jenks. Dodge, William, farmer, Jcnks. Dunklc, Elmer, laborer, Burnett. Fiscus, Peter, farmer, Hickory. Grove, S. J., driller, Tionesta Borough. Glassncr, Fred., laborer, Tionesta Boro. Harp, M. J., barber, Jenks. Hall, J. H., farmer, Burnett. Hottcl, T.' F., laborer, Burnett. Hunter, Sam., laborer, Hickory. Jones, C. M., laborer, Green. Klinestivcr, Harry, printer, Borough. Killnier, George, merchant, Borough. OsU-n, John, farmer, Harmony. Olson, Charles, farmer, Jcnks. Paul, George, butcher, Kingslcy. Patterson, Henry, farmer, Kingslcy. Rudolph, Burt, laborer, Hickory. Bissoii, George, laborer, Hickory. Weller, B. J farmer, Kingslcy. PETIT JURORS. Amiberger, Henry, farnier.Tionota Twp. Archer, L. S., laborer, Harmony, Bell, W. B., producer, Howe. Bremicman, R. M., laborer, Burnett. Burgerstock, II. L., laborer. Burnett. Carlston, Gust., laborer, Howe. Carlson, J. J., blacksmith, Jcnks. Carlson, Charles, barber, Tionesta Twp. Childs, Raymond, luborcr, TionestaTwp. Cook, Ralph, laborer, Tionesta Borough. Cole, William, laborer, Jenks. Dotterrer, H. A., farmer, Green. Fox, C. II., leascmun, Howe. Fulton, C. M., laborer, Howe. Goodwin, Edwin, laborer, Green. Greenhill, 11. W., laborer, Barnett. Gould, J. II., laborer, Kingslcy. Gaul, J. E., fanner, Jenks. 1 lark i nw, Ambrose, luborcr, Jcnks. Harrison, Perry, furmcr, Jcnks. Hunter, James, farmer, Hickory. Hunter, A. H., conductor, Green. Henderson, F. J., lum. grader, Kingslcy Hurkins, Arthur, laborer, Kingsley. Hartinim, W. A., merchant, Kingslcy. Harger, John, furtuer, Tionesta Twp. Jones, David, luborer, Jenks. Kellogg, F., laborer, Howe. Kerr, R, P., laborer, Green. Kelly, J. H., cashier, Tionesta Borough. Kriblis, W. A., farmer, Kingsley. Ledebur, R. V., laborer, Green. Lindall, P. 8., farmer, Tionesta Twp. Lynch, Arthur, farmer, Harmony. , Long, J. C, driller, Jen ks. , Maxwell, P. W., laborer, Kingsley. Muse, J. B., editor, Tionesta Borough. Pierce, Charles, luborer, Kingslcy. Patch, W. J., laborer, Hickory. Rhodes, Martin, laborer, Tionesta Boro. Rodda, Martin, painter, Tionesta Boro. Slocum, Fred., engineer, Tionesta Boro. Zuck, I. F., farinerTioiiesta Tw p. WaUon, R. W., clerk, Kingsley. r Kellettville. Mrs. H. L. Davis was a business visitor in Kane Thursday. Mrs. Bently has been on tbe sick list for the past week with stomach trouble. Dr. H. L. Davis and Wm. Fitzgerald drove to Marienville Wednesday and took in Mason io lodge. ''' Several cases of measles are reported in town, Coral Price, James Flynn and Alta Jensen being tbe victims. Tbe W. C. T. U. held a meeting in the church New Year's day, the subject being a medical temperance quiz. Tbey decid ed to purchase five shares in the new hall. Mr. Banner of Clarion was calling on friends in town Tuesday. Tbe thermometer indicating tbe sale of shares in the new ball baa almost reached tbe limit of 100 shares. Tbe mercury shows 92 sold, which makes tbe new ball a certainty, as there are several who have offered to take more 11 the other eight are not sold. At a meeting of the Sunday school board of Ihe M. E. cburcb, Thursday evening, tbe following olHcers were elect mi for the year: Superintendent, F. V. Hendrickson; assistant superintendent, H. E. Murphy; secretary, Dr. H. L, Davis; treasurer, W. A. Kincb; organist, James Flynn; assistant organist, Mar orie Nash; librarians, Mary Dunkle, Marjorie Nash, Ruth W ilson. Dr. Davis relused to accept tbe office of secretary and another will be elected Thursday evening after cburcb service, wben tbe teachers will also be appointed. Tbe Tltusville Herald gives this ac count ol an unjust, but probably per fectly lawful, practice: That tbe state hiiihway department was in earnest when it was giveu out that all persons driving automobiles alter Jan. 1, without baviug tbe new license tag for 1013 on tbeir ve hicles, would be prosecuted, was indi cated here yesterday. Two or three vt ty prominent citizens were summoned to appear before a Philadelphia alderman to make-answer for a violation of the ruling, it being charged that tbey ran their cars bearing old numbers. It is evident ths' there are men in the city tak' names of persons who have ' cured the new tags and are ' to Philadelphia br " are beinir Recent Deaths. KOUOKRS. A Tylersburg correspondence to the Clarion Republican gives the following regarding the death of a young man whose father, W. J. Rodgers, is well known to most of our citizens: "Sad news reached here Saturday of the death of Charley Rogers, son of W. J. Rogers of this place. Charley was well known here having moved here with bia parents about ten years ago. He had spent the last four years in Pittsburg teaching In a hu lness college and later as a book keeper. He was taken down with pneu monia and although his case ku iwn to be serious yet bis death was unexpected. His mother, residing here, was with him the past two weeks, returning home last Thursday, Charley apparently being on tbe road to recovery. She received a tele gram Saturday stating bis death. He leaves a wile and three swall children, be side a father, mother, five sisters, and one brother to mourn bis loss. IRWIN. Francis U. Irwin, sged 27 years, a ne phew of our townsman Samuel D. Irwin, Esq., and wbo was well known in tlo nesta where he had been a frequent visitor at bis uncle's home, died sudden ly Thursday of last week on bis ranch nsar Hood River, Oregon. He was reared in Franklin, and tbe h Mowing facts are taken from a dispatch from that city under date of Jan. 3: A telegram an nouncing Mr. Irwin's death was received here today. No particulars were gl-en, but Miss Hannah G. Irwin ''received a letter during the forenoon Irom ber brother, H. May Irwin, also at Hood River, stating that his son spent Christ mas in bed, having experienced an attack of Erin. A sudden complication is thought lo have caused death. The de ceased was born in this city and got bis early education here, being graduated from tbe high school iu 1002. He at tended Washington and Jeflerson college, where be was graduated in liMKJ, alter taking many honors, He taught ' ne year in the academy at Washington and the following year In tbe Franklin high school. In l'.H)9 be went to Oregon and purchased a ranch on wbicb he raised fruit. The same year bis father and two istnrs followed and made their home on the ranch. In Septemper, 1911, be went to Portland, Ore., where he taught for nine months and then roturned to Hood River. Mr. Irwin leaves, besides bis faiber, two brothers and two sisters, as follows: Hiram L. Ivwln, an officer In the United States navy, now stationed In the navy yard at Washington, D. C; Arthur M. Irwin, of Point Richmond, Cal.; Misses Gertrude and Mary Louise Irwin, both of Hood River. Tbe body was buried there on Satur day." JOKES. John Andrew Jones, a well known son of the late Boyd M. Jones, and a noted woodsman and log jobber, died Monday morning, Jan. 6, 1013, at about 8 o'clock, at his home in Tionesta, after quite a lin gering illness from diabetes. He was born at Hlllard's Mills, Butler county, Pa., on July 3, 1857, and came to Beaver Valley, tbia county, with bis parents wben but three months old. At the age ol thirteen years he entered the employ of T. D. Collins as a log cutter at Beaver Valley, remaining almost constantly in bis employ until a few months ugo, wben failing health compelled bim lo cancel his contracts. In addition to working at Beaver Valley, he worked for Messrs. Collins & Co. near Nebraska, in Green township, and at Yankee Camp, in Howe township. During this terra rf years he bas managed the cutting of seveial hun dred million cubic feel of logs. He is credited with having fallen and cut iuto logs probably more standing timber than any other man ever employed in Ibis business in Forest county. He was also an expert In keeping up saws and other edged loola such as are used in tbe lum ber woods, and was a man universally respected by his employers as well as by employes, haying a host of Iriends and acquaintances throughout the county anc" tbe lumber country generally, who w regret to bear of bia dea'h. tie was ' bright, cheerful disposition and strictly trustworthy and reliable I' respect, a good man and cltizer lather and a true friend. On ( 1877, he was msrrled at Oole Belle Smith, Squire James forming the ceremony. were born as a result ' of whom with tbe i follows: C. M. Jore ing and Robert M Pa.; Mrs. Mary K and Henry T. Perry 8. Jone home. He I' mother, tb follows: Jones, ' One-Fourth Off Holly Stationery. Everything in China. ' Comb and Brush Sets. Cigar Cases. Toilet Sets. Music Rolls. Framed Pictures Pictures for Framing. Books. 25c Books 20c. 50c Books 40c. New Editions $1.10 Bovard's Pharmacy. We Thank Our Customers and Friends for their Liberal Patronage for 1912 and Wish You All a Happy New Year Inventory This Week. L.J.Hopki This' TlK One-Thn on all Plated Jewelry, Belt Pins, Combs, Barrettes, and ki Novelties. HARVEY IKITZ, The Leading Jeweler, 32 Seneca St.,: V, Oil City, Pa. Levi's $4 Specials When a man decides to invest $4.00 , in a pair of Shoes, he must be convinced of their wearing qualities, of their ,' J Smartness In Style, and of their rfr Specials fectior Ou. the qut our $4.0 ity. Our $4.00 - ' ' ner-
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