oT WAVERLY Twenty-five Italians Relieved of Their Cash Last Night By a Gang of Six Men One of the boldest hold-ups that has occurred in this section in years was perpetrated at East Waverly last night when about twenty-five Italians were relieved of their hard-earned cash by a gang of six men, who after doing the job made good their escape. The robbery was reported to the police of this place today but no trace of the gang has been found. The Italians who were robbed occupy a box car which stands on a switch near the East Waverly depot. Last night shortly after ¢ o'clock just as the men were about to retire a pounding was heard at the door. Loud voices demanded admission accompanied by a vigor- ous pounding on the door. The men on the inside refused to admit the visitors and the latter weat to the roof and tried to break in a hole large enough to allow a man's body to pass through. Un- successful in this they again re- newed their attack on the door of the car and finally succeeded in getting it open. Once inside the car they drew revolvers and de- manded money. The inmates of the- car became frightened and 0 Sheet Music. *{readily passed over the various Prices Before amounts which they happened to hr oi Talking Machines 5 Yoh buy have about their persons. After Records. Valley Phone 90c. | satisfying themselves that they had Nffany’s Music Store, |secured all the cash the men in the Athens, Pg [car had the desperadoes beat a a, hasty retreat and disappeared in e Valley Record the darkness, This morning the Italians report- .»|ed the hold-up to the police of was the work of the ‘black hand,” but could give no clue to assist the officers in fauming the criminals down, The Italiass have inforged the boss under whom they are employ- ed that they will no longer occupy LOCAL MENTION erick Yaple is ill at the of his grandparents, Mr. and 75¢ and $100 Wrappers only soc during L, V. pay day week at Gregg’s Racket Store, Waverly. Keep looking well ; 1 will help you by keeping your clothes pressed, cleaned and repaired for only 65 cents a suit, A. Atkin, over Raymond & Haupt’s confec- tionery store, 132 Lockhart street, Sayre. 2416 A. E. Yaples, who has beea em« ployed by the Lehigh Valley for some time, has moved his house- hold goods to Buffalo, where he will in the future reside. Mr. Il be a meeting of the| Yaples has accepted a position club this evening in the | with the Lake Shore railroad com- Cross. Every|pany. Sayre is invited to] Bert O'Dell, who has been ems Ee erie tack for the which is to be held in the igh of Sayre tomorrow. itinee dance will be given in ¥'s hall on Thursday after- The Loomis opera house a will furnish the music. home of Dr. Wright was today by Health Officer Three of the doctor's have been ill of scarlet Close of a Municipal Campaign Which Has Been Remarkably Free from Mud Slinging On the eve of the borongh elec- tion and at the finish of a campaign which has been remarkably free from anything that even savors of mud slinging or the indiscriminate well to state that both sides are working heroically for success. No one can correctly forecast the result of an election; the count of the ballots can alone determine the result. The fight this year for the various offices does not resemble the strenuous days of old; yet the candidates aver that they have found this method of campaigning a very popular one. The campaign, so far as The Record is able to learn, has been conducted on strict- ly legitimate lines, and it not only reflects credit on the men of both sides who are engaged in it, but it will show to outsiders that the body politic of { Sayre is composed of a—tlass of Citizens that are safe and sane. After the smoke of the battle has cleared away and the counting of the ballots determines the result, nothing but good feeling can follow the campaign which is now coming to a close in this place. The Record urges every voter in Sayre to go to the polls tomorrow and exercise his right of franchise. It is a duty you owe yourself and the eight or more thousand souls that go to make up the population of the banner town of this valley. TAKEN TO AUBURN Harry Casey, convicted of mur- dering Charles Keough, an Elmira bartender, and who was sentenced to Auburn prison for life, wa" taken to the “Copper John" on Saturday. - The departure of the sheriff and his charge was so quiet that'even Casey's lawyers did not know that their client had gone, ahd when Attorney Knipp, who put up a stubborn fight, and called at the county jail and was informed that Casey had been taken to prison, the attorney was visibly affected. CONDITION IMPROVING The condition of Richard Hill, the well known Lehigh Valley en- gineer, who was quite badly scald- ed at Buffalo on Friday afternoon by the breaking of an injector on his engine, is reported to be as comfortable as could be expected. While Mr. Hill was not seriously injured the burns are of a painful nature and it will be some time bes fore they are healed. His many friends in this place, however, will hope for a speedy recovery. ——— A AP ————— LAST BEFORE LENT Sixty-five couples participated in the dance given by Harvey Gray in Eighmey's hall on Saturday evening. On next Saturday even- ing the last dance before lent will be given. The Loomis opera hoyse orchestra will furnish the music. The drums will be added to the instrumentation and it is expected that the largest crowd of the season will be present. The dances will be discontinued during lent, but will be resumed after the scason is over, DIED AT TOWANDA After an illaess of three weeks Earl Stacey, a clerkin the commiss sioners’ office at Towanda, died at that place on Friday afternoon. The deceased lived near Troy and was 20 years of age. His funeral was held this afternoon at 1 o'clock. LOST In front of Wilbur House block The Governor Decides in Favor of the Local Traction Com- pany in the South Waverly Controversy Superintendent W. E. Case of the W. S. & A. Traction Company, received a telegram from Hartis- burg shortly before noon today stating that on February 17 Gover- nor Penaypacker granted a charter to the W. S. & A. company, which allows that company to operate the road builtin South Waverly. The granting of this charter be- came necessary from the fact that the first charter provided for the building of a line through Athens, Sayre and Sonth Waverly. The company failed to obtain a fran- chise from the borough of Sayre, but did obtain permission from the | borough of South Waverly. The company constructed the road in South Waverly, but the provisions invalidated that charter and rendered a new one necessary before that part of the road could be legally operated. The W.,S. & A. Co. therefore abandoned the streets of South Waverly and ap- plied for a charter covering South Waverly only. This was opposed hearing was had before the gov- ernor some time ago with the res sult that the new charter was granted allowing the W,S. & A Co. to run the road. THE SUCCESSFUL ACTOR Repettion is one secret of suc- cess. The reason why so many fail upon the stage in various lines, is that they do not repeat their ef- forts often enough to bring about the desired results. A reformer may have great ideas and may blaze up with glaring brilliancy, on the rostrum or in the pulpit, for a scason. But meteoric efforts do not count much, as far as practical results are concerned. The faith that moves mountains is largely the faith of repetition. The emmi- nent actor, Mr. Clifton Mallory has played the popular English com. edy, “David Garrick” for several scasons and each season brings the production nearer a state of per- fection. “That will do,” we are in the habit of saying when we think a thing is passable, we know it has been done in a slip-shod manoer, but we let it go, and that is where we show our inferiority, and damn our prospects of ever amounting to-anything. The man who plays his part in the play, or in the drama of life is the man we are looking for all the time. Mediocrity is not in demand; we have too much of that; never consider a thing finish ed until you,are sure you could not improve upon it, and success is yours; the world will not toler- erate bunglers. Mr. Mallory will be seen in his great production of “David Garrick” at the Loomis February 21 and 22, TONIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING A regular adjourned mecting of the borough council will be held this evening. Itis the last meeting of the fiscal year and there is con~ riderable business to be disposed of, It was expected that the special committee on sewers would be but as the state health department has promised assistance in looking over the plans it is likely that the matter will be held in abeyance for a few weeks longer. EDITOR'S CHILD ILL Frank Nevin, editor of the Sayre Daily Times, has received word from_ Philadelphia that his little daughter is seriously ill of scarlet fever at the home of her grand: mother in that place. The house is under strict quarantine, Yester- day the little oné w. Editor Valley Record : The borough election which is {to be held in Sayre tomorrow is a most important onc, and on the eve of the event I ask your indulgeace to present to the electors a few facts which are not generally un- derstood by the citizens of Sayre. to be busy ones and many import- ant questions looking to the growth come up for discussion and adjudi- cation. Therefore it is indispensably a necessity that the executive head of the borough should be a man who will selfishly guard the inter ests of the borough in each instance. In fact the time has come when the borough needs an energetic and hustling burgess, one who will not allow matters to slide along by de- fault, but one who will get out and | work for the interests of the town {and the taxpayers. More houses |are needed in Sayre, but in order to get them it will be necessary to interest outside capital, and a burs gess who can and will induce capi- talists to invest their money here in this manner, should have the support of the voters at the polls tomorrow. ed a man for burgess who will look after these matters. Mr. Cross, the nominee, has been in Sayre three {years, and in the meantime has built up an extensive business which has advertised Sayre abroad more than any other onc agency. In addition to this Mr. Cross has traveled extensively during his has come in touch with various Concerns that are looking for opportunities to invest money. Mr. Cross has the interests of the bor ough at heart. He owns property Bere and will bend every energy in inducing capital to come to Sayre ; in fact he stands ready to do any thing legitimate that will advance the interests of this borough. There are some who are opposing him on the ground that he has been a resident of this place but a short time. This opposition is of necessity of small Some men will accomplish more for a town in three years than others will during the term of their lives. The fact of the matter is, Mr, Cross is a clean cut, capable, encrgetic, fearless citizen, who has settled in Sayre for good, and who will go ahead and do things which should have been done years ago. His clection means that the office of burgess will be filled by a man who will not oppose anything either directly or indirectly that is for the welfare of this borough. He will go into office uatrammeled by promises or prejudice. Voters, elect Mr. Cross and you will have a burgess in Sayre that will do things and do them hard. Citizen, PERSONAL MENTION Howard Bell spent Sunday with friends at Auburn. Mrs, E. F. Mercereau has re- turned from a visit to Falls, Pa. Desond Bell returned from Ithaca today, having spent Sunday with friends in that place. Misses Lila and Ida-Norconk of Towanda are visiting their sister, Mrs. J. H. Gillis, on Cliff street. Miss Fannie Clark of Elmira was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stevens of Cayuta street, yesterday. E F. Mercercau, district man- ager of the N. P. L,, has returned from an extended business trip to New York and other eastern points. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY On account of ill health of owner, a long established mercan- tile business in this valley is offered for quick sale at go per cent of stock inventory. Address 205 Desmond Street, Valley Phone 191. Our Assets January 1, 1008, Liabilities. . .... No. of policies Dividends paid past year . Plaatility Dea past year. . $2,400,000 00 ° 4,237 50 year .$1,310,624 81 . 287.167 80 61,639 61 AND DRUGS Cover Your Fire Losses ance companies we represent. Why you at very reasonable rates. We'll name the rate on any property at your slightest waggeation, FRED J. TAYLOR SAYRE, PA. Wm. B. McDonald, D.D. §. All modern methods for the scien- tific performance of painless opera- tions on the mouth and teeth. 104 South Elmer Ave., SAYRE, PA. JAP-A-LAC gives new life and lustre to old tables, chairs, furniture and picture frames. It is the ideal finish for floors, interior wood York, bath rooms, sash and sills. Thirteen colors—100 differ- ent uses—75¢c a quart can. All the best and most widely advertised goods are always be found at this store and at prices to pleaso every purse. BOLICH BRO'S HARDWARE Desmond St Sayre "M. PROCAS, | Greek- American Confec- tion and Candy Store. Nice Bpecial Fresh Mized § candy, 3 po 21ba.. Made Bvery Day ey Box Fruit of All Kinde 222 Desmond Street,
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