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VOLUME XXXVI
MEYERSDALE.PA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 30 19:8
REV. NEELD ADDRESSES
PARENT-TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION.
The Advantages of a Library
in the Public Schools
There are those who are of the
opinion that a library is a luxury and
not a necessity; but it will be the
purport of this address to show the
reverse, that a library is a necessity
rather than a luxury. We shall con-
sider the thing from three, stand-
points: first, the teacher, second, the
pupil, third, the republic.
The teacher who is ambitious wish-
es to do more for her pupils than just
carry them through the curriculum.
She is awake to discover opportunities
of giving her students enough colla-
teral reading to illustrate and enlarge
upon the text book used in her class.
Unless she is thus doing more than
the minimum requirement she stunts
her own life. In order to give her-
self scope, therefore, and to give in-
creased zest to her scholars in the
study of any particular subject a
library of select works is an indis-
pensibility.
The public school has an inside un-
derstanding of the lives of the boys
and girls at two Of the most critical
periods in their lives, those between
fourteen and fifteen years and be-
sixteen and seventeen. The first
period is the awakening of the sexual
consciousness, a power in life which
can make or mar the character of a
youth. It is very important that a
boy’s or girl’s first impressions of this
new life be noble, clean and pure.
Nothing tan be more destructive of
high ideals than the reading of cheap
magazines and newspapers and books
whieh seductively spread a philoso-
phy of life that more than anything
else is debilitating the ideals of our
young people on the subject of love
and marriage. The placing in the
hands of the ycuth such literature as
the romances of Walter Scott, the
poetry of Tennyson and Milton and
Shakesphere is not a luxury but a
matter of imperative need.
The second period of "life, between
sixteen and seventeen, is the birth
within consciousness of the desire for
power. This is healthy and normal.
It may be creative of great good and
of great evil.
A boy or girl who goes
through this period without reading
the lives of some of the heroes of our
race such as Gladstone, Lincoln,
Brooks, Beecher, Bismarck, Cavour
and Garibaldi has not only missed a
great deal, but has suffered a positive
harm, and a community which does
not furnish such biographies to its
young will have to answer for it in
the day of judgment. The lack of
ambition among so many of the boys
and girls of today is not altogether
their fault. When they were at criti-
cal periods in their lives and their
whole natures were awake and hungry
for the food which feeds a noble am-
bition and purpose you gave them
nothing to eat except what fills the
stomach. In later life they show the
signs of former starvation.
A library is necessary in the.public
school to nurture the ideal of our re-
public. One of the most lamentable
features of our day is the illiteracy.
ignorance and positive peryersion of
the moral sense not alone of voters
but of those who are sitting in legis-
lative halls and in the congress of the
United States. With the growth of
our national resources, the increasing
complexity of our national problems
and the enlargement of our interna-
tional relationship®we have got to
have men whose vision is large enough
to get beyond their religious sect,
their county and state and be able to
think on a large scale. How can we
produce such men and women unless,
in their formative period in life, we
give them an extensive literature?
And how are we going to give them
this literature unless we have a
library?
SIX WEEKS HOUSED-UP.
J. J. Holzshu, who ‘sustained in-
juries which kept him in the house |-
for six weeks by the breaking of the
scaffolding at the Reformed Sunday
school building, made his first ap-
pearance on the streets on Monday.
Mr. Holzshu, is obliged to use crutch-
es at the present time.
ROBBERY AT OHIO PYLE
Robbers entered the home of Bert
Wolfe, Tuesday night of last week
and carried away all of the edibles in
the house. Nothing else was taken,
the thieves visiting only the first floor.
The same night J. W. Chuck’s store
was robbed of $205.
INJUNCTIONS GRANTED
ROCKWOOD LIGHT FIRM
The Rockwood Light, Heat & Pow-
er company has been granted two
injunctions. One restrains J. Ernest
Miller and C. Arthur Miller, broth-
ers, of Rockwood, from putting in
conduits and furnishing electrical cur-
rent for commercial and domestic
purposes to the public in the borough
of Rockwood The other restrains
Rockwood Council from granting
permission to Miller Brothers to lay
conduits and sell electricity.
It is alleged by the Rockwood
Electric Light company that such
sale of electrical current is in viola-
tion of the franchise held by the
plaintiff company.
Miller Brothers recently erected a
large business block in Rockwood and
installed their own electrical plant.
It is alleged they propose to furnish
electrical current to the Empire Ho-
tel, Leighty Hotel Buckman House,
and other business places and resi-
dences. The plaintiff company is
represented by Kooser & Kooser, of
Somerset.
MARRIED AT CUMBER-
LAND, MD. -
Charles Wesley Kennel, of Hynd-
man, and Laura Wilson, of Frost-
burg, Md., were married at Cum-
berland, one day last week.
ENTERTAINED MISS
ANNA B. THOMAS.
Miss Anna B. Thomas, of the Cali-
fornia State Normal, who gaye in-
structions to the primary teachers
last week was entertained at the
home of Miss Hester Meyers, on
Meyere avenue, Thursday evening by
the teachers who graduated at the
Calitornia State Normal.
The evening was delightfully spent,
Miss Fhomas giving an interesting
account of her trip in Germany and
Italy. Reminiscences were told by
those present of school days and en-
joyed by all.
COURT NEWS.
The second week of October special
civil court conyened Monday morn-
ing at 10 o’clock, Judge Ruppel and
Judge John W. Reed of Jefferson
county, presiding. A jury was select-
ed in the cases of John C. Lowry,
executor of the estate of A. Newton
Tissue and W H. Zufall of Confluence,
against the Connellsville & State
Line Railroad company. The plain-
tiffs claim damages for land taken by
the railroad company, the former
suing for $3,500 and the latter for
$2,600. One jury was selected to hear
both actions and was sent to Con-
fluence to view the alleged damage.
In Judge Ruppel’s court the follow-
ing cases were continued :—Ideal Ep
worth “Acetylene Co. vs. Judson S.
Hartzell’s administrator, assumpsit;
John E. Bisel vs. Albert Beck, appeal
by defendant; William S. Stevens vs.
Nancy Maurer, trespass; William S.
Stevens vs. C. E. Maurer, trespass;
George Martz vs. C. E. Carpenter,
assumpsit. Settlements were effected
as follows: —John M. Hittie vs. H. W.
Tidenburg, appeal by defendant; J.
B. Davis and Sons vs. Glenn Shaffer,
appeal by defendant. A non-suit was
ordered in the assumpsit action of
Lewis Farkas vs. Frederick D. Godel,
and also in a similar proceeding
against T W. Gurley of Meyersdale,
in which the plaintiff was Frank W.
Muncey of Pittsburg.
In Judge Reed’s court four coses
against the Connellsville & State Line
Railroad company, in which the plain-
tiffs sue for $130,000 damages. The
plaintiffs are &dward H. Werner, G.
E. Kimmell and others.
LIVERY STABLE
CHANGES HANDS.
Charles W. Weimer bought the
livery outfit from W. M. Kunkle last
week. Mr. Weimer will conduct the
livery and feed stable at the well
known stand and will continue to de-
liver coal as he has been in the past.
HALLOWEEN PARTY.
The young people of the M. E.
church will hold a Hallow’een party
in the social rooms of the church on
Friday, October 31st. All young peo-
ple are cordially invited to come.
Hallow’een games will be played
and refreshments will be seryed and
a good time is promised to all,
$
SALE OF THE PERSONAL
PROPERTY OF H. M.
BERKLEY AT SOMER ET
The personal property of Haryey
M. Berkley, Esq., which was found in
the missing attorney’s office when it
was opened by the sheriff on in-
structions from the court, was sold
at sheriff’s sale on Tuesday after-
noon. The property consisted of
office furniture and law books. The
sum of $1,087 was realized. Berkley’s
personal property found in his late
residence was recently sold for $230
at sherift’s sale.
Many of the books were sold sep-
arately in order to get a better price
for the same. Considerable laugh-
ter prevailed when treatises. on col-
lateral securities and commercial
paper were auctioned off some of the
bidders. jokingly inquiring whether
the “books showed signs of being
used excessively. Berkley,it will be
remembered, raised certificates of
stock of the Somerset Telephone
company of which he was secre-
tary and treasurer, to ‘the extent
of over $100,000. These certificates
were then palmed off on non-suspect-
ing banks and individuals as collat-
{eral security for loans of money on
notes.
Nothing has been heard from Berk-
ley since he abscended.
COUNTY AND STATE
TICKET.
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
James Alcorn...... Philadelphia county
Webster Grim .............. Bucks county
John J. Henderson...Crawford county
John W. Kephart...... Cambria county
CORONER.
Henry 8S. Kimmell............ Democratic
Henry -. Kimmell..... .... Washington
Henry 8. Kimmell............Republican
Henry 8. Kimmell............... Socialist
Henry 8. Kimmell........... Prohibition
DIRECTOR OF THE POOR.
J. CO. Deitz.................0.... Democratic
J. 0: Deitz...i......... . ...Washington
Joseph J: Snyder.............. Republican
Bert F. Brown................s... Socialist
Perry U. Miller........:........ Prohibition
JURY COMMISSIONER.
S. P. Brobaker.............. .. Democratic
8. P. Brabaker.................. Prohibition
Josiah W. Pile............... .Washingtou
John G. Bender............... Republicau
George W. Shaffer............... Socialist
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
A delightful birthday party was
giyen Miss Margaret Wilson, by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson,
at their home on Large street, Fri-
day evening of last w.ek, in honor of
her fourteenth birthday. The even-
ing was very pleasantly spent in
playing games and a delicious lunch-
eon was served.
Those present were, Misses Edna,
Carrie, Margaret Saylor, Pearl, Clara,
Harding, Stella Baer, Edna Wagner,
Mary Hoover, Florence Baker, Nell
Hady, and Rebecaa Close, of Cum-
berland, Md., Messrs. James Reed,
Clyde Saterfield William Dienner,
Garrett, Frederick Collins, Dalton
Reiber and Ray Leckemby.
KICKED BY A HORSE.
Peter Weimer of Broadway street,
was kicked on Saturday by a horse
on his collar bone which was fractured.
Mr. Weimer took water to the stable
for the horse, and it is supposed that
while going in the stable he acciden-
tally spilled some water on the horse,
which scared the horse, when he
kicked, with the above result. Mr.
Weimer is getting along well and
suffers very little pain, except when
he is compelled to cough, and then
he suffers much pain.
MEYERSDALE
HIGH SCHOOL
Attendance for month ending Oct.
24, 1913"
Senior, 87 percent.
Junior, 95.5 percent.
Sophomore, 96 percent.
Freshmen, 98 percent.
TUBERCULOSIS EXHIBIT
The State Department of Health
is showing tuberculosis exhibits in
the basement of the High school
which have been inspected by many
people. Last evening a lecture was
given in Donges Theatre for the
school children. This evening the
adult population of town will be treat-
ed with a picture display and lecture,
REFORMED SUNDAY
: SCHOOL BUILDING.
Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the new Sunday school building of
the Amity Reformed church. The
\ Plastering is finished, the basement
is concreted, the heating plant has
been placed and radiators connected,
the wiring has been finished, win-
dows haye been placed on the first
story and concrete. walks laid around-
the building The carpenters are
now at work on the interior and they
will push the work rapidly as pos-
sible. The date has been set for the
formal opening, of the new building,
on Sunday ecember 714th, when
prominent church men and Sunday
school workers are expected to help
make the occasion an interesting and
profitable one. All who shave had an
opportunity to inspect the building
promounce it a model building for
Sunday school work. When comple-
ed the building and equipment will
compare fayorably with any in the
state.
MARRIED AT WEST SAL-
ISBURY.
Miss Nellie G. Poorbaugh, of Glen-
coe, and Elmer McKenzie, of Sand
Patch, were married last week at
the Catholic parsonage, West Salis-
bury, by Rev. Father George Quinn.
a oS SS
CALL EXTENDED
TO REV. J. A. YOUNT.
Rev. J. A. Yount, who for several
years has been pastor of Zion Luth
ran church, has received a call from
St. Paul’s Lutheran church, at Union-
town.
DIED NEAR SOMERSET.
Edward Shafer, aged 32, died at
his: home near Somerset, Monday
night, of pneumonia.
He was formerly superintendent ot
the Consolidation Coal Company’s
mines at Acosta, moving to his farm
about a year ago. He was a son of
ex-Recorder of Deeds,John,S. Shafer,
of Somerset.
Besides bis parents, he is survived
by his wife, Georgia Eicher Shafer,
and two daughters, Ione and Martha.
He is also suryived by one brother,
Donald C. Shafer, of Pittsburgh ana
one sister, Miss Laura Shafer, of Cum-
berland, Md.
LOCAL OVERFLOW.
Misses Nelle and Kathryn Leonard,
spent several days of the past week
with friends in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Wilson C. Beal, returned home
from Johnstown, where she had been
during the death and funeral of her
aunt, Mrs. Oliver Courtney.
Miss Ida Pfahler, spent a few day
of this week with friends in Cumber-
land, Md.
Miss Mary Thornley, was a Rock-
wood visitor with friends Wednes-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kemp, of
Pittsburgh, are guests at the home
of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Spence, of Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Housel, left
today for Bedford, to spend a few
days with friends.
Mrs. George Benford, spent Tues-
day in Cumberland, - Md., with her
husband, who is in the Allegany Hos-
pital, where he is recovering from a
serious operation.
Mrs. Clinton Christner, of Pitts-
burgh, and Mrs. Ed. Baldwin, of
Berlin, were guests here Tuesday at
the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Charles
Baldwin, of Large street.
Miss Nan Hocking, returned home
Monday evening from a three weeks
visit with relatives and friends at
Pittsburgh and Beaver, Pa.
E. R. Floto, and daughter Estell,
of Connellsville, were Sunday vyisi-
tors here with their relatives, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Shipley, of Meyers
ayenue.
Miss Georgia Coleman, who had
been spending several months here
with her sister, Mrs. Samuel Bittner,
of Main street, returned to her home
in Uniontown, Friday evening of last
week.
Miss Maud Hady, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday with relatives and
friends at Somerset.
Miss Evelyn Truxal, spent from
Friday until Sunday evening with
her sister, Miss Rebekah Truxal.
OC. A. Walker, of Johnstown, was a
business visitor here Saturday.
THE GRIM ==
=I=ie REAPER
MRS. T. A. MCKENZIE.
Death has hurled his sha# and
hit a shining mark. Such was the
genenal feeling when the community
was shocked with the sad intelli-
pgence this morning that Mrs. Emma
Countryman McKenzie, wife of T.
A. McKenzie, had departed from
this life to the great beyond, from
whence no trayeller returns.
The summons of the young woman
was so sudden and the blow so heavy
that the young husband was crfished
and broken hearted in the calamicy,
which overwhelmed him on the
threshold of family life. The story
of her life is brief, born March 19th,
1891, married August 4th, 1912, and
‘died October 30th, 1913.
In this life, which ebbed out, in a
period of 22 years, 7 months, and 11
days there are associated hallowed
memories of a young woman, who
was held in the highest regard’ by all
who knew her, and it can be justly
said, ‘‘none knew her but to praise.”
Bhe is survived by the following: —
Her grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Staub,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Country-
man, one brother, John, and her hus-
band, Thomas A. McKenzie, of the
firm of McKenzle & Smith.
She was a faithful member of the
Lutheran church. The funeral will
be held Saturday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock, Interment in the Union |
cemetery.
PETER WEIMER
Peter Weimer, of near Deal, died |
yesterday of Bright's diseuse. He |
was aged 81 years 9 months and 2)
days. |
He is survived by his wife Moe)
Sophia Weimer and six childien as |
follows: —H. L. Weimer, Carlton,
Nebr.; Mrs. A. Q. Housel, Deal;
Theodore Weimer, of Larimer towrn-
ship; Elnora, at home; Mrs. Calvin |
Suder, Meyersdale; J. Calvin Weim-
er, South Dakato;29 grand children,
and 16 great grand children.
Mr. Weimer had been a member of |
the Reformed church for more than
sixty years and for many years had
been honored by the congregation in
holding the office of either deacon or
elder. At the time of his death he
served the congregation in the capa-
city of trustee.
The fnneral service will be held in
the White Oak Reformed Church on
Saturday morning at 10:00 o’clock.
His pastor Rev. A. S. Kresge, will
officiate.
MRS. HOYLE.
Mrs. Hoyle an aged lady who made
her home with Samuel McAtee and
family on Broadway was buried in
the Union cemetery on Wednesday
morning. Rev. J. A. Yount officiated.
Albert P. Hillegass, of Allegheny
township, died Saturday at 10 p. m.
from a complication of ailments.
He was 73 years old. He was a son of
the late Peter R. Hillegass, one of
the pioneer tavern keepers in Somer-
set county. One brother and one
sister survive, as follows:—Samuel
Hillegass of Juniata township, Bed-
ford county, and Mrs. Elizabete Suter,
of Beuna Vista, Bedford county.
DIED AT CONFLUENCE.
Miss Carrie Watson, die. at her
home in Confluence, Monday after a
lingering illness of tuberculosis. She
had been in poor health for several
years but her condition was not se-
rious until about three months ago.
She was a ddughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Watson, and: was born and
reared near Somerfield. The family
moved to Confluence about nine years
ago and was employed in A. G.
Black’s departments store for several
years. She was a member of the
Christian church. Her mother and
one sister, Mrs. Mary Glover, of
Markleysburg, and one brother, Frank
Watson, of Morgantown, W. Va., sur-
vive.
The funeral was conducted by her
pastor, Rev. J. A. Hopkins, assisted
by Rev. Boyer, of the Lutheran
church. It was a yery impressive
ceremony. The choir rendering the
beautiful hymns, “Lead Kindly Light,
She’s Gone, and Shall we Meet.”? In-
terment in Addison cemetery.
Pallbearers were—Bruce Dold, Fred
Marquart, Edgar Parnell, and George
Phillippi.
Much sympathy is extended to the
bereaved family.
BR dO
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hanna, of Sal-
isbury, were town visitors Monday,
with friends.
NUMBER 1vi0
ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WORTH WHILE?
There have been discussions in
times past, as to whether the publie
schools fulfill the mission of prepar-
ing children for life’s work. Much
of this discussion and criticism comes
from those who look upon the utili-
tarian phase of things. In as much
as many of the critics are sincere in
their interest, their frank assertions
and honest opinions are to be en-
couraged. Many valuable sugges-
tions are in this way brought before
our educators—suggestions that fre-
quently help to solve knotty problems
with which the school master has
been wrestling.
Do our schools fit boys and girls for
evety day life? Yes, and no. The
different systems of education in use
today, have for their aim the develop-
ment of men and women of good,
strong, character, the storing of the
mind with such knowledge and ideals
as will fit each one to perform credi-
tably all the duties, public and pri-
vate, that devolye upon him. Such a
purpose, if fulfilled, will enable the
individual to lead a clan, honorable
life, to do his share in the work of
the world, to make his own living, to
appreciate and enjoy the things he
finds about him. The factors in pro-
ducing such an education are the
home, the school, the state, and the
church, and each must carry its share
{of the waik, or the education is de-
fective to that extent. It follows
that unless the work of the school is
properly supplemented by the other
three factors, it will fail short of pre-
paring ior complete liviag.
It should nov be the/idea of the
public schools to turn out merely
WHEE earners even though many of
the more radical seem to have taken
that as the ideal. Under the present
rapidly ehanging social and commer-
cial conditions, no one can foretell in
advsnce how to adapt each child to
his own individual work. Even the
critics do not agree among themselves
as to a wise plan of procedure. This
being the case, the wise course seems
to be to educate in the fundamentals,
to teach honesty, truthfulness, kind.
ness, and obedience to constituted
authority, to coufer an openness of
mind that will enable the boy or girl
to weigh and consider both sides of a
question, to create a proper degree of
self-control.
Higher than the public schools are
technical schools to prepare pupils in
their special vocational work, schools
designed to cover that period when
the pupil is sufliciently developed to
consider and begin to specialize in his
life work. The public school is not
the place for specialization because
pupils are not sufficiently prepared
nor are they settled in their own
minds as to their future calling.
There is a tendency to attempt to
cover too much in the present day
schools. Instead of overloading, our
courses of study might be still more
simplified, with the view of doing
more thorough work in each depart-
ment.
Most of the men in active life today
have come from the public schools of
20 or 30 years ago. There is no good
reason to suppose that the schools
will fail to produce strong men in the
rising generation.
All the school can do for any per-
son is to make him a good learner and
unless he has the ambition and initia-
tive to continue to read and study
systematically, he will never be rec-
ognized as an educated person. With
the start that is given in the publie
schools, one should continue his edu-
cation throughout life.
Cloudsley S. H. Brereton seems to
have struck the right note when he
said:
“The ideal is the production of a
citizen with broad ideals, plus. capa=
city, sharpened to the point of crafts-
manship. The ideal aim is not to
supplant the workshop, but to pre-
pare for or co-operate with it, to pro-
duce not mechanical proficiency, but
enlightened dexterity.’
NEARLY BLED TO DEATH
Harry Shultz, a young son of Mr
and Mrs. Peter Shultz, almost ‘bled
to death while making his way to the
home of Newton Mostollar, a half
mile away, after he had shot him-
self in the foof while out hunting
Monday near Berlin. The foot was
torn in a terrible manner and young
Shultz was nearly exhausted from
loss of blood and exertiou when he
reached the Mostollar home. He was
taken to Berlin, where the wound
was dressed by Dr, Heffley.