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ie.
Editorial Comment,
Bryan butts, Wilson tuts,
Watchful wait & maketh woeful
Wanting,
Candidate Hughes doesn't talk lke
a tut-tutter. *
Hughes is hammering and the Demo-
crats are yammering.
The Wilson Administration stands
for taxes, and more tases,
The Hughes trail will be: cold by
_ the time the Democrats strike it. :
As a party leader, would it be fair
to refer to J. Ham Lewis as J. “Pork”
Lewis?
Can the folks on the Democratic
band wagen continue to vlay br the
President's notes?
Bryan says Mr. Hughes’ talks aren’t
Judicial.
stand ’em perfectly.
Hughes says the country can't be |
#8aved by letting it drift. That’s where
he and W. Wilson differ.
Washington reports that a new apol-
ogy has been sent te First Chief Car-
ranza. Looks Tike a habit,
Mr. Bryan is mistaken when he says
Hughes is “vitriolic.” ‘The candidate
is merely applying the acid test.
Political opponents are beginning ito
find that why Mr. Hughes kept silence
80 long wasn’t because he had Rost his
tongue.
Another encouraging feature :about
our new navy is that when it is com-
pleted Mr. Damiels will not be ‘secre-
tary of it.
Having discovered that the Demo-
crats don’t like what he is saying, Mr.
Hughes doubtless is convinced that he
is on the right track.
A bond issue by the Wilsen :admin-
-Istration is merely Uncle Sam's note.
and the best thing Woodrow ‘Wilson
does is to write notes.
Mr. McCormick follows the same
method in claiming credit fer ‘legisla-
tion as he does in his predictions. He
dncludes several acts of ‘the ‘Taft ad
ministration. |
The Democratic ‘press is convinced
. that it is the duty of Mr. Hughes to
say something that will ‘furt his
chance of being elected.
President Wilson in ihis aeceptance
speech may meply te Mr. Hughes’
charges, but he will not answer :them.
That is an entirely different matter.
A messenger of President Wilson
~ found out that Colorado women ‘were
for the adminj stration. Ne my Reng
a —
It is reported from Washingtem that
the administration will ignore most
of Mr. Hughes’ charges. That is very
much the easiest way for it to amswer
them. :
President Wilson will not make any
speaking dates, we are told, but only
separate engagements for addresses,
considering’ a “speaking tour” undigni-
fled. “Too proud to fight.” ;
Tammany Leader Charles F. Murphy
announces that he will retire after the
campaign. It is believed that many
@ther more or less distinguished Demeo-
crats will follow his example.
Governor Hughes announces in one
of his speeches that he is a construc-
tienist. But we are willing to admit
that so far as Democratic policies are
coneerned he ig a destructionist.
President Wilson will be notified of
the Democratic nomination at Shadow
, Lawn. This seems a most appropriate
\ place for letting him know that he will
shortly have to give up his place in
the sun.
Grover Cleveland was the last Demo-
cratic president. He was also the last
president to. issue bonds to secure
fnoney to defray the running expenses
of the government. But Wilson will
tie him in this. :
“Eminent judges,” says Colonel Hen-
ry Watterson, “have ever proved disap-
pointing candidates.” He ig right. Al-
ton B. Parker was a big disappoint-
ment to the Democrats. And so is
Charles Evans Hughes.—Toledo Blade.
{ What Josepifiieous’ Daniels, the wel
known nautical militarist, can’t under-
stand is why men should waste time
Plattsburging at sea when they might
Jast as well learn how to become sail-
ors dn three lessons in any good, relis-
ble correspondence school.
President Wilson appears to have
been keenly glive to the expediency of
accepting several invitations to make
speeches in the West. Nobody knows
any better than he that it will take
considerable shoveling to fill up the
Boles that have been dug in that lo-
cality by Justice Hughes,
it was John P. St. John of Kansas,
one time Prohibitionist candidate for
president of the United States, who
said that Americans vote as they cheer.
If so, there is mighty little ¢onsolation
for the Democratic party in this cam-
paign, for the Democratic administra-
tion in three years has given us noth-
ing to cheer over. On the contrary.
as Mr. Hughes has said, these last
three years have been yearn of humili-
ation and embarrassment.
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glass 8f Soda ‘Water, or Ice Cream than to
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patronage is appreciated.
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I handle a full line of Pure Drugs,
Perfumes; Toilet Articles.
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COMPLETE
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. Pe Ne oe
LARGEST HAY CROP
IN MANY YEARS
An increase of over two million
tons in the hay crop harvested this
Year over the of a year ago is noted
ir the final estimat gs just 2uncunced
by the Pennsylvania Department of |
Agriculture, :
The reports gathered by the towa-
ship crop reporters show that the esti-
mated area harvested was 6 per cent.
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ITTSBURGH
T0 CELEBRATE
CENTENNIAL
Exercises to Commemorate 100
more than a year ago or a total of
3,195,900 acres. The average product-
ion for the State was 1.6 4 tons to an
| tons. There was
acre or a total yield of ‘approximately
5,211.270 tons.
Last year the total estimated pro-
duction was 3,558,000 tons and the ay-
erage production of an acre was 1.18
not ,one county in
the State that did not exceed tha nver-
age for the State of a year ago and
there were only nine counties ‘that do |
aot show an average yield of a ton
and a half or more to an acre,
Carbon and Fhiladelphia counties
reported an average yield of 2 tons to
an acre while other high average pro-
.ducers were: Centre, 1.8 tons; Clar-
ion, 1.88 tons; Columbia, 1.8 tons;
Crawford, 1.8 tons; Erie, 1.83 tons;
Forest, 1.85 tons; Lancaster, 19 tons 3
Lawrence, 1.85 tons; Mifflin, 1.8 tons;
Schuylkill, 1.9 tons and Sullivan, 1.8
tons, ;
The highest average yield during the
past ten years was in 190% when 1.5
tons to an acre was the estimated
production. :
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SANITATION ON THE FARMS
“In the light of the present epidem.
| le of infantile paralysis it is the duty
Of every citizen to do his «r Lor part
to eliminate ' and stop the spread of
the disease,” says Mrs. Jean K 1
Foulke, farm advises of the Pennsyl-
vania Department of Agriculture.
‘| “People living in the rural districts
have a grater opportunity to .lo th's |
than those living in the towns, for
‘the matters = of sanitation about the
‘house and buildings of the country
home are under the direct manage.
‘ment and control of the individual, |
while in cities and towns such matt.
ers are in the hands of the municipal |
authorities. a 1
“Special attention should be given |
to the screening of doors and wingd-
ows, and doors should have springs
to close them quickly and keep them
closed. Cellar and vault windows
where food is to be kept,’ and spring
houses should be screened against
flies and mosquitoes, as these pests
are erent eerm. carriers and can quick-
ly contaminate food or carry disease
directly from an ill child to a well
one. The garbage can snd swill pail
should be protected from fiies and kept
as clean and free from decaying mat-
ter as possible. The cesspools should
be cleaned and the contents buried or
burned at once and a constant supply
of fresh earth and lime should be
kept at hand ang used to purify the
boxes and pits. Manure should “e haul-
ed immediately from the stables,
yards and pens, and chicken houses
should be scraped and cleaned.
“Such household pets as the dog ard
cat should be throughly washe1 end
cleaned, and some germicide such as
a Creoline put in the water. Last but
not least, great attention should he gi-
ven to personal cleanliness; Separate
towels should be used by all the house.
hold, doing away with the use of the
common roller towel. Children as we!l
as adults should * be furnished with
individual - combs and handeérchiefs.
Special care should be taken in the
choice and care of foods, so that the
digestior of the family as a whole
may be kept in good condition. In fact
every effort should be made to live in
as healthful condition ag possible, ob-
eying the laws of nature and keeping
clean inside and outside the house, |
sleeping with open windows, eating
*| simple “well cooked foods, with plenty
of fresh air and sunshine and by avoid-
ing crowds and public places. In this
way we of the country will not only
protect ourselves ‘but help to protect
others.”
B. & O. Agent J. M. Sehlicht af Mey-
ersdale and Tom Bracken, Jr. left on
Sunday for a fishing bout on the South
Branch, Just name 'the kind of fish |
© you like best and the goods will be |
' delivered on return, |
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Years a City, Oct. 1-7
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| PAGEANTS TO SHOW HISTORY
Great Parade on October 6 Is Expect-
» ed to Be Greatest Demonstration
In City’s History—Pageants at
Forbes Field Will Be Presented by
1,500 Performers and Charus of
1,000 Voices.
Pittsburgh will, during the entire
«week October 1st-7th, have a graai
celebration of the Centennial of its in-
"corporation as a city. The celebrationn
|will be under the auspices of The
Historical Society of Western Penn-
sylvania but the ‘city and county au-
thorities, business organizations and
citizens generally are taking an active
part in the arrangements,
It was in 1816 that Pittsburgh
ceased to be a borouga and became a
city and the celebration is intended
to commemorate the achievements of
the community within the past hun-
| dred years, portray its presext condi
‘tion and forecast its future. &
|< Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong is hon-
orary chairman of the :géneral eom-
mittee and Willlam H. Stevenson,
president of The Historical Soelety of |
Western Pennsylvania, is active; chal
ge
ters at '80
burgh.
€ program for the event is as fol-
commit
committee has Beadqua
Keenan Building, Pitt
lows: i :
Sunday, Oect. 1st—Religious Day:
Special. congregational, uniom and:
neighborhood services. :
Monday, Oct. 2nd—REducational
Day: Presentation of school local his.
tory prizes. aa
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
‘Oct. 3rd, 4th, bth—Pageant Days: H:s.
torical ‘pageant’ in ‘the evenings at
Forbes Field by 1,500 performers and
chorus of 1,000. ! :
Friday, Oct. 6th—Civic, Greate:
Pittsbursh G. A. R., Preparedness,
Patriotic and Waterways Day: Grea
civic and military parade. . Presenta-
tion of medals to pupils for essays ©:
Lincoln by Sons of Veterans.
Saturday, Oct. Tth—Athletic D-y:
Football game at Forbes Field, Pit!
vs. Westminster, and other sports.
All Week—Special Pittsburgh ex-
hibits and music at Western Pennsyl-
vania Exposition Society.
exhibits of Pittsburgh-made goods by
merchants. Exhibit of Pittsburgh his-
torical pictures at Carnegie Art Gal
leries. Exhibit of Pittsburgh historical
relics at Carnegie Museum. Exhibit
of Pittsburgh books and musical comi-
positions at - Allegheny Carnegie
Library.
Distinguished: present and forme:
residents of Pittsburgh will speak dur-
ing the cel=bration. The members. of
the Pennsylvania State Editorial as:
sociation will visit Pitisburgh durinz
the 'week.
The great parade on Friday, Oct.
€th, promises to be the greatest in the
history, of the city, exceeding the
notable one, of the Sesqui-Centennial
celebration of 1908.
Robert Garland, president of .the
Chamber of Comrjerce, is president of
the parade committee and Colonel J
M. Schoonr aker, vice president of the
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad and
a distinguished veteran of the Civil
war, is to be chief marshal.
The magnificent historical pageant to
be given at Forbes Field on the even-
ings of Oct. 3rd, 4tv and 5th will be
a most unique and intcrasting affair,
One thousand five n rdred persons
will participate in +e »2xeant which
will represent scenes inthe history of
Pittsburgh. There will a'so be a
musical chorus of 1,000 persons. The
bageant will be under the direction of
Professor George M. P. Baird of the
University of Pittsburgh, who bse also
written the scenariq,
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FORMER PRINCIPAL OF LIG-
~ ONER SCHOOLS MURDERED
Frank P. Hammill, who four years
onier School to accept a similar posi-
tion in the Carson City Schools of Ne-
vada, was found murdered a few
day ago on his ranch and his murder-
ers have been arrested.
He, along with another citizen of the
town, some time ago purchased a
ranch near Carson, nd Prof. Ham-
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luded spot on the
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wis found in a se
had been murdered. The young
was 33 years of age, and was a son of
Charles Hammel, of Fairleld township.
He leaves several brothers and sisters
and they are of the most highly re-
spected families of the Ligonier val-
ley.
Lyman and Harold Lavecase
brothers, were arrested Monday, and
charged with the murder. They con-
fessed. They told that they were sur-
prised in robbing the ranch house,
and they killed Hammell with his own
gun.
A ———
J Cer = eC
f DUTY OF THE ADMINISTRA-
TION TO STOP PLOTS AND
CONSPIRACIES.
We denounce all plots and
conspiracies in the interest of
any foreign nation. Utterly in-
tolerable is the use of our soft
for alien intrigues. Every Amer-
ican must unreservedly con-
demn them and support every
effort for their suppression. But
here also brompt, vigorous and
adequate measures on the part
of the administration were need-
ed. There should have been no
hesitation, no notion that it was
wise and politi¢ to delay. Such
an abuse of our territory de-
manded immediate and thor-
ouchgoing action. Ag soon as
the administration had notice of
plots ead conspiracies it was its
cuaty, to stop them. It was not
lacking in resources. Its re-
Spousibility for their continu-
ance’ cannot be escaped by the
condemnation’ of others.—From
Mr. Hughes’ Speech of Accept-
ance.
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| Favors WOMAN SUFFRA
GE.
Some time age a eonsideration
of our economic conditions and
terdencies, of the position of
women ‘in gainful occupations,
of the nature and course of the
demand, ted me to the conelu-
sion that the granting of suf-
frage to women is inevitable.
Opposition - may. delay, but in
my judgment cannot defeat this
movement. If women are to
bave the'vote, ag I believe they
are,” ft poems’ to me entirely
clear that in the interest of the
public -Mfe of. thig the
| contest should be ended prompt-
| ly. I favor the vote for women.
{ | —From Mr. Hughes’ Speech of"
Acceptance.
ago left the principalship of the Lig-
t in the hold-
fd
‘place. The indieations were tha 2
Driving It Home
RS
Let us drive home to you
the fact that no washwoman
can wash clothes in as sani-
tary a manner as that in
which the work is done at
: OHE lagudzy.
~ Weuse much more water,
change the water many more
ms‘ uee purer and mores
costly soap, and keep all the
-clothes in constant motion
during the entire process.
It's simply a matter of
having proper facilities.
Meyersdale Steam Laundry
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NIAGARA FALLS
HE REPT US OUT
“OF WHAT WAR?
Disingenuous ‘to Boast That It's
Through Any ‘Act of Wilson
We Are Out of the Euro-
pean Contest.
‘RATHER SHOULD BE BLAMED
FOR MEXICO BELLIGERENCY
During the Present Administration We
Have Seized a Mexican Port and
Sent Our Entire Army and Militia
to Fight Mexicans While Armed
Mexican Forces Have Invaded Amer-
ican Soil and Fought Battles Against
Our People.
Sometimes you hear men, sensible
wen, too, say, “I'm going to vote for
Wilson this year because he kept us
out of war.”
Ask such men a short question. Ask
them, “Out of what war?”
Did Mr. Wilson keep us out of the
European war? No. He has himself
in a formal address to congress spoken
of the European war as “a war with
which we have nothing to do, a war
whose causes do not touch us.” How
could Mr. Wilson keep us out of a war
with which we have nothing to do and
whose causes do not touch us?
Did he keep the rest of the western
hemisphere out of the European war?
No independent nation on this side of
the world is involved in it; the only
people in it are the: eolonies of Euro-
bean powers and théy had no voice in
their fate, for they were automatically:
at war when their mother governments
went to war. Who kept Argentina,
Brazil. Chile, Peru, out of the 'Euro-
bean war? Did Mr. Wilson?
Did Mr. Wilson keep us out of war
with Mexico? No. In his term more
Americans have been killed by Mexi-
cans and more American property has
| been destroyed by Mexicans than by
Spaniards during the whole Spanish
war. In his term we have seized a
Mexican port and have sent our entire
regular army and militia to fight Mexi-
cans. - In his term Mexican armed
forces have invaded American soil and
fought battles against our people with-
‘n our boundaries,
President Taft went through two
Mexican revolutions during his term,
the revolution against Diaz and the
revolution against Madero. American *
lives were safe in Mexico during that
time. No Mexican cities were seized
by Americans and no armed Mexicans
Invaded the United States while Mr.
Taft was in the White House, Yet Mr.
Taft never thought of asking ‘the
American people to vote for him be.
cause he kept us out of war with Mex-
eo.) He put an embargo on arms so
‘that American weapons would not be
sent across the boundary, and he re-
fused to interfere in Mexican affairs.
When he left office Mexicans liked
Americans, and Americans were safe
In Mexico. Since he left office Mexi-
cans hate ‘Americans and Americans
dare not remain in Mexico, Did Mr
Wilson keep us out of war with Mexi-
co? Not if words mean anything.
Mr. Wilson did not keep us out of
the European war, and he did not keen
us out of war with Mexico,
Out of what war, then? —Detroit
Free Press.
—
UNITED STATES’ HONOR.
Hughes’ Criticism of Foreign Policy
Approved In West.
[Portland (Ore.) Telegram.]
The Republican party has selected
a standard bearer whose utterances
from day to day justify the people
who chose him. Not only does he
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bring before the country the short-
comings of the Administration that
owes its existence to ga divided Re-
publicanism, but his criticism is every-
where constructive.
He tells what must be done and will
be done by the party he represents to
prevent wastefulness and extravagance
in the governmental expenditures and
to put a stop to the vacillating policy
that has caused other nations to be-
lieve that the United States has no in-
tention of backing up its demands
made in the interests of justice” and
humanity.
Most vulnerable of all points in the
Democratic armor is its foreign policy.
Primarily this is because of the spoils
System by which men trained in .the
consular ang diplomatic service
through long years, have been displac-
ed to make room for politicians and
friends of politicians, whose sole claim
to preferment was their services to the
Democratic party.
“If I am elected
United States.” said Mr. Hughes last
night, “I propose that everv man »
put in charge of an important depart-
ment shall be a man eminently fit t¢
discharge the duties of that depart-
ment.”
The denuding of the diplomatic sery-
ice of men cf “experience in order to
supply political jobs, as has been done
by Mr. Wilson, or with his consent,
Mr. Hughes denounces as “gy capital
offense—trading in the good name of
the United States and damaging its
president of the
honor.” “Nobo “v.» he adds, “hag ga
right to pay 1 “tical debts with the
good mame and honor of the United
Btates.”
Which is clen- nroof that, Mr.
Hughes has not ar
high principles of g
must be maintaix
republic shall
hining example 1
inmindful of the
‘ernment which
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