{€ a )th. k Co. AY, Man VILLE BEST. “he Com- m $1,50 he price kind in vith He An SOMERSET LADY institute. be Parts of Pennsylvania, I a ot . Convention at Scranton at the time | Fail : . millenium is not here. hands of either men. or women. Itis simply an instrument that can be En RSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914. RB ma SAS Be . The following aallont article was written by Mrs. Alice F. Kiernan of ' Somerset, in reply to an anti-suffrage “lecture given ab the recent county The first installment will appear in this issue and will be con: cluded in next week’s paper: 2 R®, DEAR SIR: ~ : Ww Committee of the Woman was unable to hear the suffrage de- bate at the teachers’ institute last week. I was at the State Suffrage | and missed the debate. As far as 1 can find out from those who heard it, the debaters were unequally matched as to natural gifts, but to fair minded people these personal considerations should not add to or detract from the| force of a debators arguments. It is “about some of the arguments of the anti-Suffrage debator that I wish to say a word in your columns. I ander- stand that- she made 8 great point of they now possess as -non- rtisans, ‘should they obtain the vote Suffragists never attack the. funda- mental principles that underlie the suffrage question because the; know that they are impregable; o they confine themselves to. ‘ima of what would happen if women | get the vote, or to the gathering to- gether of proofs that women have | not brought the millenium in the few years in which they have possesse in foreign countries and in some of our Western States. They seem to forget that manhood suffrage is open to the same or ever greater criticism plied to it, for we have bad manhood suffrage for over a century, and the The truth of the matter is that tte ballot in itself is not a cure-all in the used for good or evil, according to the intelligence and character of the user. Both men and women learn by their mistakes in every department of life, and the growing tendency amoug men and women voters to scratch tickets in favor c¢f good can- didates, shows that people are finally learning better uses of the ballot than blind party loyalty. So that even if it were true that the laws in suffrage states are as yet no better than in non-suffrage states, that is really be- side the question. The whole point is that the ballot in anybody’s hands, as well as an inalienable right, isa great educator. Men ard women ‘both take greater interest in public ' affairs if the responsibility of voting is put upon them, and in fhe case of women its Influence tends to fee them by degrees from the petty personal considerations that so often rule their lives. But it isnot true that the laws in Suffrage States are inferior to those in non-suffrage states and countries. A commission of jurists sent out by England several years ago to investi- gate and report cn progressive legis- lation in other countries, declared in ite report that Colorado had saner, more advanced and better enforced laws than any other body of people on the globe. The suffrage states, almost without exception, have equal guardianship of children, equal pay for equal work, and a minimum wage law. ITHACA A \ A SUCCESS. The Ithaca Copservilory Players gave a fine entertainment last Friday evening in the Reformed Sunday school building to a very appreciative audience. Every number was encored and theirg rendition of Shakespear’s play, “The Taming of the Shrew” ‘proved them artists of unusual talent. PARENT—TEACHER ASSOCIATION. Parent—Teacher Ghee Association will meet Tuesday, December eighth, ab eight o'clock, in the High School Building. PROGRAM. Selection Male Quartette—Messrs, Clutton, Cook, Clark and Baldwin. _ AsOhairman of the Somers ] snap It is proposed to build a women’s “losing the influence which (8 “Anti-| P ~TPROMOTERS AGAI INSPECTING COAL FIELD. | The coal tract north northeast of Rock- in. Milford township is again being investigated promoters, ‘whose names however sre withheld "for varions reasons. Several expert| geologists have been over the field | and their findings are said to be favorable. Farmsunder consideration are those of George J. Hay, John M. A. G. Newman, E.J. Weimer, and Geo. Holtzhouer, witha |g of seven or eight hun- of this accessible from a shipping: ( » branch to connect the nines with the Somerset & Cambria line, whose grade will permit of trans- porting loaded cars by gravity to the obs rifled equipment is Fc in the plane for the construe- dern mining plant. Small mines have been worked on ali of the farms for a number of years, the coal is of good quality and it would com- | mand the highest market prices at all times. Specimens were collected by the geologists, which will be inspected by state asgayists. Upon this analysis, it is stated will depend the acceptance or rejection of the field. If this 8, it is almost certain 1 will be closed and the loped. It is easily the most promising ayailable coal land in this section and ‘everything points toward its promotion at an early date. surrounding ‘Rockwood, since no less than 500 men are. now employed in the workings of Will ~ soncreek, Blackfield and So \ Rockwood. All that is still needed apparently to make, Rockwood a regulation mining ‘town is the development of the tract that is now being tested in Milford township. Northwest of town is an- this too is under the eyes of prospec- tors. Unless all signs fail we will witness g mineral the next. if the same strict standards are i big plot of mizeral land, and development of all around us within ears.—Somerset ei Eg Ee Ba MARRIED INTHE COUNTY. - George Edward Wilt, of Garrett county, Md., and Miss Jennie I. Thomas, of Elk Lick township, were married at Salisbury by Rev. Ira 8, Monn, pastor of the Salisbury United Evangelical church. Charles W. Fisher, of Garrett, and Mrs. Grace E. Weyand, of Blackfield, Pa., were married at Stoyestown, by the Rev. John K. Huey, pastor of the Hooyersyille United Brethren church. Adam L. Shaulis, of Allenvale, and Miss Minerva Waynesburg, of Som- erset township, were married at the court house by Marriage License clerk Bert F. Landis Cyrus Vance Shaw, and Miss Alice Matilda Tressler both of Goodtown, were married at Berlin by Justice of the Peace Allen O. Miller. Mrs. John Clark Wallace, of Pitts- burgh, announced the marriage of her daughter Miss Lillian Wallace, to Stanford L. Lambert of Sumerset, which was quietly solemnized last Thursday evening at the home of the bride, by Rev. W. L. McEwan, of the Third Presbyterian church, Pitits- burgh. The bridegroom is a son of Postmaster John A, Lambert, of Som- erset. Miss Myrtle S. Roberts, and Russel B. Zimmerman, both of Acosta, were married at Somerset, by Rev. S. G Buckner, pastor of the Somerset Christian church. Miss Viola L. Workman, and Rus- sel W. Menser, both of Somerset, were married at the parsonage of the Somerset Lutheran church by Rev. I. Hess Wagner. Miss Mabel “A. Imhoff, of Berlin, and Clyde E. Kepple, of Newell, Pa., were married at Berlin, by Rev. D. S. Stephan. Oliye E. Gray, of Wells Creek, and Percy W. Wissinger, of Pitcairn, Pa., were married at Somerset by Rey. S. G. Buckner, pastor of the Somerset Christian church, Mining is rapidly. ‘expanding to impor- tant proportions ‘in the townships the following re x call: —Messrs. Dia, Bauman, Staub, Saylor, Bolden and Darnle Edward O. Plitt made a requ the opening of the on | ayenue in front of bis son’ 's No action taken, = being installed. No action taken. The report of the finance committee showed the active account overdrawn by $1,000. $1,600 from the sinking fund. Olar- ence Moore, of the school board made request to have tile placed in front of school building. No action taken. ills amounting to $2,577.52 were received for consideration, the prin- cipal ones being for water amounting to over $1,100. electric light $557, Baer & Co., $330, and for ballast $160. A motion was passed that all bills but the following be paid: Light Co,, Water Oo., and that $200 of the B Tr & Co., bill be paid. which were paid to the treasurer. Harvey Stahl was granted a license to conduct a shooting gallery at tho corner of Centre and North streets, Rate 85 per month. The B. & O. railroad company was notified vo fix fence at foot of ( street, as they would be he 3 for damages in case of aecident. street in front of Miller & Collins store. Messrs. Bauman and Darnley were appointed a committee to ask the court to grant a permanent in~ junction restraining the Atlantic Re- within the borough limits. H. M. 1. M. BERKLEY. Attorney Charles F'. F. Uhl, Superin- tendent F. F. Lyon of the Consolida- tion Coal company’s mining opera- tions in the Jenner field, and Dewees Browning, formerly with the Consoli- dation Coal company’s engineering department, were called to New York last week on business in ‘the [nited States court. While Messrs. Lyon and Browning were walking from their hotel to the Federal building they suddenly came face to face with Attorney Harvey M. Berkley, the fugitive ex-secretary of the Somerset Telephone company. Berkley turned quickly on his heels and soon disap- peared in the crowd. / The Somerset county men say they could not pos- sibly haye been mistaken and believe that Berkley recognized them at the same moment they spied him. Berk- ley is described as wearing a closely cropped beard, streaked with gray. CUTS OFF FINGER H. L. Miller, son of Jos. 8. Miller, on Tuesday while assisting in butcher- ing at the home of Cyrus Hostetler in operating the sausage grinder had about a half inch of the second finger on his right hand cut off. Mr. Miller is suffering considerably from the accident. : es ————— COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORS’ ORGANIZE The School Directors of Somerset County held their annual meeting at Somerset last week in connection with the institute and elected the fol- lowing officers: President, C. L. Sha- ver of Somerset; vice president, A. L. Miltenberger of Conemaugh Town- ship, and Dr. W. H. H. Schrock of Stoyestown; secretary, F. A. Bittner of Meyersdale; treasurer, Josiah Swank of Somerset; auditor, A. L. G. Hay of Somerset. R. W. Lohr pre- sided at the meeting, which was at- tended by about 100 directors from all over the county. TURKEY SUPPER. Address—*‘*The Pupil after School Hours—W. L. Reitz, Principal of digh School. Angel's Serenade — Damileco. Address—The Resources an of Meyersd: A. Bittner. o | Were married at Si Miss Rose A. Engbert, and Mark | H. Werner, both of New The ladies of the M. E. church will a turkey supper in the social of the church December I0th, 5 o’clock. ery. ad It was decided to borrow | There were $8 in fines: collected The Light Oo., was notified to fix | fining Co., from using gasolene tank | - IN SAUSAGE GRINDER. : UNWITTINGLY "PAL AFFAIRS HELPED STEAL ~ CONSIDERED; HIS OWN COAT The members of “courieil met in| regular session for the month of |edit November on - ‘Tuesday evening with | ex sponding to the roll | his re is one on. the editor—on this . A few days. ago while the * of this paper was absent from office but for a minute an intoxi- ‘eated man entered his sanctum, pro- bded to the second room, and quick- took possession. of a new raincoat. ‘having time to get out of the ee without dectection, the culprit d the coat up in a bundle and D. J. Fike, of the Light On., de placing it on a chair sat down upon it sired to have contract amended rel very * nonchalantly and awaited con- ative to the 50 and 60 power lights sequence pir, the latter asked for work, and Pub up a request to go up stairs to see the other printers; this request was denied him, and then the in- ebriate agreed ‘‘that a drunken man ought not to want to go up stairs.” A little later the visitor, interrupting the editor at his work asked that he buy the coat; not running a pawn shop, this plea for coin was turned down. Then the man wanted a news- paper to wrap up the coat, which be- | furnished him, he attempted to ip it up, bub succeeding so poorly, 8 editor’s patience nearing the point of exhaustion, the latter grabbed the coat, shook it out, wrapped it up, put string around the bundle and tr handed it over to the consum- mate actor in the little’ drama, who {quickly passed out, but nevertheless he was drunk, liable | owner of the coat did not know of lis loss unfilthe next morning, and then the miscreant had fled the town, ad for Altoona. He was without the “coat, however, probably pawning it for drink. A reward is offered for either the man or the coat, preferably the latter. gis best now and then to lose a raincoat rather than to be always ng askance with suspicion to- everybody. . There are too V¥many good people in this world, too many of nobility of character in Mey- ersdale to be all the time fearful that one will have the advantage taken of him. AUTO TURNS TURTLE INTO CREEK. Four young men from Cumberland narrowly escaped death in an auto- mobile wreek on Friday morning at nine o’clock one mile south of Mey- ersdale on the new state road at the | Simon Werner bridge which spans Flaugherty creek, the machine going down over an embankment of twelve feet, turning turtle, with two of the accupants under the car, in the creek, and all of them more or less badly injured, two with fractured bones. The party consisted of Ralph G. Smeltz, Jas. W. Bucy, Wm. Cough- nour, and Michael Button. They left Cumberland in the early morning on a pleasure bout, stopping at Frost- burg for a time and then they set out to come to this place. When they reached Glade Oity the highway be- ng fine, they were covering distances pretty fast, and not being familiar with the devious turnings of the road, they came too suddenly upon an abrupt bend, where the road crosses vhe creek. The chaffeur could only swerve the car out of the way run- ning one wheel up on one of the abut- ments which caused the machine to oyerturn, all going down into the creek. Two of the men jumped ont of the car before it overturned and the other two were caught under it. They were removed to the Werner home nearby, and Dr. Large from Meyersdale was summoned who gave the necessary surgical attention. Smeltz had his left arm broken in three places. Button’s nose was crushed $0 a pulp and the other two men sustained some bad bruises. They were sent to Cumberland on train No. 6. Mr. W. H. Habel, on Thanksgiving was oub in his anto over the same bridge, and he remarked to Mrs. Habel, who was with him, as they approached the bridge that some one would soon have an accident at that point. He realized that it is a dan- gerous and treacherous piece of high- danger sign. St A For RENT—Farm, One-fourth mile east end cf the W. M. R. R., tunnel, | | i ad Bro Tomatoes and | | { Possession at once. adway, I {PASTOR AND WIFE ENTERTAIN MEMBERS. It is an ordinary occurrence in church circles for a congregation to give a reception to its pastor and wife but quite an extraordinary occa- sion when a pastor and his wife are host and hostess to the members of their church in a body. On Friday evening, in response to the hearty invitation, of Rev. D. W. Michael and his good wife, about 250 members cf the Lutheran church, of this place, enjoyed several hours most pleasantly and getting better acquainted with their minister who has been here only a few months. Short talks were given by a number of the men and good music was fur- nished by the Harp Orchestra. Deli- cious refreshments were served and each one, in passing out, was present- ed with a beautiful carnation. Alto- gether it was a very delightful affair. THE SOUTH SIDE INDEPENDENTS WIN. The South Side Independents, one of the local basket ball teams, jour- neyed to Somerset last Wednesday and defeated the Somerset Juniors by the score of 14 to 3, before a very large audience. The line-up was as follows: Meyersdale Somerset Stouffer R. F. Garmon Hoblitzell L. F. Vannear Opel CO. . Wilson 8totler L. G. Barron Siehl R. G. Picking Field goals—Stouffer 2, Hoblitzell 2, Opel and Siehl. Foul goals—Stouffer 2 out of 6; Stotler 0 out of 2; Picking 3 out of 9. Referee—Leslie Stotler. The Somerset team will play class No. 6 of the Reformed Sunday school in this place on Friday evening in Reich’s auditorium. GREAT DANCER COMING SOON. - With the Billy Watson's, “Beef Trust Beauties,‘ the attraction to be presented at the Donges Theatre on Monday Night only Dec. 7 is El-Korah a sensational danseuse, in her ter- psichorean diyertsement entitled, The Arab’s Dream. tinetive brunette of the Eastern type, who dances not alone with her feet but with her eyes, arms, etc. Her ‘costumes have all been made abroad. El-Korah is a novelty that nust be seen to be appreciated. Others inthe show that made burlesque famous are Mul Clark, a Teutonic comedian, Jennie Gladstone and Evelyn Ferris. The burlesque presented is in two acts, the situations are excruciatingly funny and divulge many complicated situations of the two comedians in their efforts to win the love of! the pretty widow. The chorus is com- posed of pretty girls with excellent singing voices who will be seen and heard in all the latest popular songs and dances. Of costumes there are many changes always giving a more brilliant color effect. el MUST PAY BOUNTIES. According to a letter from Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the state game commission, to all county commission- ers, claims for bounties must be paid by the various counties before claim can be made to the state for reim- bursement. ‘‘Unless the claims presented for bounty have been first paid by you, there will be no way through which you can by appropriation secure the money,’’ the letter declares. The First National Bank of Everett will pay out nearly $15,000 from their Christmas savings accounts about two weeks before Christmas, thus assuring a big holiday business for this place. The amount will be di- vided among about 600 persons. Divorced one week and married the next is the record of one Chas. Singer, a young miner, of Six Mile Run, Bedford county. At the session of court held earlier in the month young Singer was granted a divorce from his wife, Elizabeth | 1; | Run Hunter Singer, of Phillipsburg, to way. Now, it is time to put up a| whom he was married in June, 1912, | and the decree was confirmed ab- | Solute! by Judge J. M. Woods on November * 14, being recorded a few Tons as, Monday, at Six Mile he was united in marr iage n El-Korah, is a dis-| George P. McFarland, an eccentric - | Celt, Fred Reese, Yvonne Bergere, NEARLY 200 CONTESTANTS RECORD VOTES Below we publish the standing of the contestants in The Hartley, Olut- ton Co. Playing Piano Contest at the end of the second week. Nearly two hundred persons are enrolled in this contest, and the interest that is cre- ated is certainly amazing, as the yast majority of the contestants are de- termined that she will be the one to earn the grand prize. A few have enrolled, and have made no further effort to secure yotes, and of course as a result are gradually falling be- hind. One of the rules of the contest is that contestants not bringing in personal votes will be dropped, how- ever there will be no names dropped until the beginning of the second month, so that those persons who have been notified of their election and have made no start as yet still have two weeks in which to keep their enrollment active. A great many of the contestants are surprised at the way their friends are supporting them. One contestant had not been active herself before the first count and had not turned in any votes at the first voting, put imagine her surprise to find several thousand additional votes to her cre- dit when the first list was posted ; unknown to her, her friends had been voting for her. There are still a few silver spoons to be given away, the next few en- rollments will take the spoons and 5000 votes to start with. No contest- ant has such a large score that it could not ke easily overcome by a week or so of work; every day that you put off enrolling makes the lead just a little harder to overcome. Hadn’t you better drop in sometime in the next few days and enter up for your share of the priz:s. Absolutely no schools, churches, lodges, Sunday schools, or organiza- tione- allowed to ‘compete. If any contestant directly or indirectly polls votes for any organization her nume ber will be dropped and no votes credited. Only contestants having a vote above 4,000 are listed in the following: report: No. Votes. No. Votes. 1 28,475 4 2587 10 35,570 , 18 23,245 20 28,385 21 23,000 22 26,125 26 23,000 27 22,000 28 28,215 33 24,660 38 25,250 40 24,740 AT 28,995. 58 27,825 - B59 25,000 .. - 62 30,295 64 25,080 67 26,350 «002 © 93,050 78 38,180 93 24,805 112 23,000 145 22,850 151 - 23,000 152° 25,000 +153 26,045 154 26,000 155 23,000 156 23,000 157 34,990 158 25,580 159 30,545 160 23,000 161 35,762 162 27,735 163 25,000 164 25,000 165 24,295 166 23,540 167 23,000 168 24,385. 169 23,000 170 22,000 171 23,000 172 18,000 173 21,140 174 18,000 175 22,000 176 5,410 SOMERSET COUNTY FARMERS’ INSTITUTE. Excellent programs and fine speak- ers will be the rule at the Farmers’ Institute to be held at Salisbury, Dec. 2-3; Somerset, Dec. 4-5, and Stoyestown, Dec. 7-8. Four pounds good Rice for 25 cents at Bittner’s Grocery. ad CHANCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS. Mrs. H. M. Oook has offered a tick- et to the Denton C. Orowl lecture fo the boy and girl in the High School who will write the best essay on ‘‘Benefits derived from hearing lec- tures.” The judges will be Mrs. Ralph Pfahler, Mrs. W. S. Livengood and Mr. P. D. Clutton. The essay not to be less than two hundred or more than five hundred words, rt fm iinet Twenty ounce jar of Cane and Ma- ple Svrup for 20 cents at ad Bittner’s Grocery. rm For SALE— 1 hin sel 1 blooded. Collie - Pugs Scotch
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