VOLUME IV.
SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898.
Business
Diller
As Widely as Do the
Grades of Furniture.
We can tell you in plain English of
low prices which are real; but the lan-
guage is also open to the advertiser of
shams.
Niellods
WE SIMPLY PRESENT FACTS.
both in our advertisements and in our Store, because your interests as
well as our own demand the truth.
THE ABOVE SIDE]
we consider one of our best values.
3O0ARD
It is 4 feet long, made of highly
polished oak, with 18x40 in. shaped glass of bevel French plate, and the
price is only
We have plenty of other styles
this the best value.
DEAL WITH US.
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cheaper than this, but we consider
Visit our store and you will find IT PAYS 70
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UNDERTAKING
This department will be in charge
Funeral Director and Embalmer,
charge of the funeral, furnishing a I
of all unnecessary annoyances. “Ch
of Mr. Harry McCulleh, a’ practical
who, when calied upon, takes full
Fine Hearse, and relieving the friends
arges will be very moderate,consistent
with first-class goods and proper atlention.
Johnson &'MeCulloh,
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Sanispl BY, PA.
Get Tt At Jeffery’s!
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When in need of anything in the line of Pure
Fresh Groceries, Fancy
Confectio nery, Marvin’ S
Fresh Bread, Books, Stationery, Notion, ete.
CALL AT. Soe
THE LEADING GROCERY.
Space is too limited to enumerate. all my bargains here,
Call and be convinced that I
lowest living prices.
sell the best of gonds at the
My business has grown wonderfully in the past few years,
for which I heartily thank the good people of Salisbury
and v icinity and shatt-try harder than ever to merit your
future patronage.
J. T. JH
Opposite Postoflice.
Respectfully,
FERRY,
Grant Street.
Cash Prices "Talk!
Arbuckle’s Coffee, per 1b,
18 lbs. Granulated Sugar,
4 Rice,
15 “ White Hominy,
10 “ Navy Beans,
8 Lima Bans,
v Cakes Coke Soap,
6 Water Lilly Soap,
6
25
25
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$1.00
25
25
25
25,
Coam—
Best Calico, per yard,
Lancaster Ginghams, per yd,
Men’s Suits {rom $4.00 up.
Childrens Suits from 75 up.
Special Bed-rock cash prices on
Overcoats and all lines of cloth-
ing.
Bargains in Ladies’
$1.00 and $1.25.
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Shoes at
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For the C A STI, we defy all competition and guarantee to give
. you substantial value for your moncy.
Respectfully,
BARCHUS & LIVENGOOD,
SALISBURY, PA.
Sugar-Maki
aking | Utensils!
Supply your wants in this — where you can get the goods for
the least money.
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S10 Pas Sp (ns, EL.
We also RITY at all times a large line of up-to-date
(od Fc HI fo Pes.
Bold Attempt to y Toaln (8.0 {he County Treasury. |
People’s Attention From {fo Dirtiest Plot
Ever Undertaken by County Newspapers. | 3
irg Somerset County. Cold Facts for
Thoughtful Men.
SoMeRsET, Pa., March 5th, 1898.
Special to THE STAR.
Mg. Ebrror:—The Somerset Herald
and the Meyersdale Commercial have at
different intervals during the past sev-
|'eral “yeors made some very personal
and unjust attacks on certain members
of the board of County Commissioners,
and to those who do not know the cause
of their venomous attacks their strict-
ures may be received with some consid-
eration. The writer is in position to
know some of the inside facts, and in
order that the public may know why
the sight of certain Commissioners
makes the blood of the Scullions grow
hot, I shall state them.
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
One objection to the County Com-
missioners is that they do not give the
Herald all of the public printing at
their o vn prices, as some of the former
boards did. It is not because they do
not get their share, for reference to an
auditors’ statement, alleged to have
been made by B. J. Bowman, et al., it
will be seen that the Commissioners
paid the Ilerald $63.25 more for print-
ing during the year 1897 than to any
other paper.
THE REAL CAUSE.
The real cause of these cowardly at-
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tacks began in 1896, when Edward
| Hoover was sheriff. George R. Scull
was his attorney and was an oppor- |
i tunity, for that coterie of public bene-
| ficiaries to make one final grab out of
| the public funds.
{ized the publication of the election
{ proclamation in three of the coun-
| ty papers.
The Sheriff author-
Here is where “Timmie”
took the cue. Notwithstanding the
opinion: handed down by the Attor-
ney General of this state to the con-
trary, “Timmie,” as Hoover’s attorney,
advised its publication to be as near as
possible the form in which it appeared
on the official ballots later.
Many farmers, to whom the Herald
and its Meyersdale mouthpiece are now
whining about reform, will recall that
the said proclamation was padded to
such an extent that it would: have cov-
ered an ordinary barn door; yet few
realized that the county would be eall-
ed upon to pay a price for its printing
sufficient to build a barn. The procla-
mation was put in type at the Herald
[slog androids that al! yoald have
vertisement, the i was ade
the size of the other two papers in which
it appeared, and for two weeks was
printed from the press of the Scullpaper
at Somerset. After its publication the
three papers presented a bill of $567.00
each, or a total of $1,701.00,to the board
of County Commissioners—Shober, Bar-
nett and Hay—who refused to grant an
order for its payment, because it was
outrageously excessive. The bills were
presented to the present board of Com-
missioners, and they also have refused
to pay it fora like reason. Today there
is a suit pending, brought by Lou A.
Smith, against the Commissioners,which
is intended to make them pay out of the
county treasurv, the enormous sum of
$1,701.00 for a single item of printing,
and thereby put an additional expense
on the county for litigation. Talk of
reform! Talk of a cleaning-out pro-
cess! .
SOMETHING FROM OTIIER COUNTIES.
The foregoing is a true and correct
statement of the facts in the edse, and
the writer will leave it to the judgment
of the reader, in view of what follows,
as tv whether the accounts asked for
by these alleged reformers is anything
short of robbery. In Bedford county the
proclamation, for the same election,
was printed in four papers at a total cost
of $600, and according to the Everett
Republican their Commissioners ob-
jected to paying that. I have not learn-
ed what was paid for publishing the
proclamation in the other surrounding
counties, but do know that the space
occupied by each of the three Somerset
county papers was in excess of the pa-
pers named below, which had the fol-
lowing number of inches: Cambria
Herald, 101 ; Johnstown Zribune, 621% ;
Connellsville Courier,187 ; Altoona News,
52; Monongahela Republican,194. There
are many others that might be men-
-| tioned, but this is sufficient to show
how the proclamation was padded in
‘| this county. It must be remembered, too,
that the proclamations proper in the
other counties'were longer by reason
“Stop-Thief ” Cry Raised fo Detract the |
How Political Leeches Have Been Flv. |
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Tor baviug a greater number of voting
precincts. I have also learned the total
prices paid for the same proclamation
by several other counties whicli are as
‘follows:
| COUNTIES.
Lebanon
McKean
NO. PAPERS. AMOUNT.
Washington
Wayne
Erie
NIPPED IN THE BUD BY SHERIFF HARTZELL.
In 1897,whenit came to the publishing
of the election proclamation, the same
question of form was again raised.
“Timmie” Scull was no longer Sheriff ’s
counsel, but he pleaded vigorously for
the blanket form used in the Hoover
administration. Sheriff Hartzell, with
a just regard for the law, promptly
placed his veto on that proposition and
the proclamation was printed for $43.50
per paper. Contrast if you please, tax-
payer, the difference between $43.50 and
$567.00.
The Auditors’ report for 1897 shows
that the total of the county’s printing
bills for that year is $691.35 less than
the single election proclamation grab
engineered by avaricious ‘“Timmie,”
who is now masquerading as a friend
of the tax-payer. Fact.
A Chailenge.
Does the Meyersdale Commercial still
want to know why this county is not in
as good a financial condition as Bed-
ford county is in? Say, Lou, don’t you
think the outrageous bills for public
printing that you and “Timmie” Scull
have been presenting to the Commis-
sioners have something to do with the
case? Come off, old man, and tell the
truth, just for luck. In Bedford coun-
ty they “have no “Lucifers” and “Tim-
mies” to loot the county treasury, and
that makes a mighty difference. Think
of it, reader ard taxpayer, Lou Smith
and “Timmie” Scull each presented a
bill of $567 for printing the election
proclamation in 1898, when the same
year’s proclamation was published in
four Bedford county papers at a total
cost of $600. And worse than all, Tou
Smith has the brazen-faced impudence
to. try to collect such an outrageous
and unlawful bill by bringing suit
against the Commissioners. Taxpayers,
you are to “pay the fiddler” for all
this high-handed robbery, yet the Scull
organ at Somerset and its Meyersdale
organette are prating of reform. Isn't
their gall sublime? Can’t you see the
“nigger in the wood pile?” Demand of
the Herald and the Commercial that
they show up what they were paid for
public printing during the last ten
years. We will venture the assertion
that the other Somerset county news-
papers are not afraid to show up their
bills, and in that way you ean judge
-+who are the real reformers and who the
pretenders and treasury looters. The
Fierald and Commercial claim that the
Commissioners have been making too
much money out of the office. We
don’t know how much truth there is in
the charge, as we do not know how
much work is necessary in said office
But we do know that the Commission-
ers earned a good, fat salary when the;
sat kown on that bill of $1,101.00 fo:
the printing of the election proclama-
tion by the Herald, Commercial and
Democrat, in 1898. According to wha!
was paid in other counties for the same
service, the trio of papers mentioned
charged from $1,000 to $1,200 more tha:
what would be a good stiff price for the
job. Yes, let the Herald and Commer
cial show up their bills against the
county for the last ten years. Then you
will get your eyes opened and see at :
glance why your taxes are so high
They are afraid to show up. We dar:
them to produce their bills, stating
what service they rendered for the
amount charged on each bill. Will they
do it? No! They are cowards anc
know that such a course will show then
up in their true light and the peopl
will see at a glance that their charge:
have been little short of robbery. The)
will prefer to keep up the howl agains
the Commissiorers and write farmer
letters in their editorial dens, and why:
For two reasons: First, because tlie)
can’t bleed the Commissioners an:
more. Second, because by pawing the
air it will detract public attention fron
their own rottenness.
A Model Legislative Candidate.
The following, under the above head-
ing, every word of which Tie Stan en
dorses, nppeared in the Pittsburg Times
last Friday:
The announcement that Gen. Wil
liam Koontz; of Somerset county, is
candidate for the Legislature should
gratify every Republican who desire:
that Somerset shall be honestly and
capably represented in the General A: -
sembly. Gen. Koontz is a man of ripe
experience, having served as district
attorney of Somerset county for three
years, as prothonotary and clerk of the
courts for three years, and represented
his district as a member of the Thirty-
ninth and Fortieth Congresses. In his
personal character he commands the
respect and confidence of those who |
know him best. If he shall be elected
| to the House at Harrisburg he will as-
sume a foremost place in that body by
force of his experience in public affairs,
{ his intellectual ability and his probity
| of character.
It is a fortunate thing
for Somerset county that a man of the
ability and high standing of Gen.
Koontz is willing to accept a nomina-
tion and election to the Legislature,
and it would be still more fortunate
for the Commonwealth if men of his
type eould be elected to the General
Assembly from every county. The State
never needed the services of such men
more than now, when its treasury is
threatened with a deficit, a new capitol
must be built and the multifarious in-
terests of a Commonwealth that is an
empire in extent should be considered
by wise legislation. Gen. Koontz should
be accorded a practically unanimous
election, and a sufficient number of
men of like caliber and character
should be elected from other sections
to be able to control the next Legisla-
ture and direct its policy.
Jeremiah Maurer Taffeyed.
We learn that ex-Representative
Jeremiah Maurer, of -Stoystown, who
was so cruelly slaughtered in the house
of his friends two years ago when he
ran for the second term in the Assem-
bly, will again be a candidate this year,
though strenuous efforts are being made
to keep him out of the race by inter-
ested parties. We doubt if there is as
strong a man in the north of the coun-
ty as ex-Representative Maurer. He
may not be up to all the dirty tricks of
the pot house breed of politicians, but
he is strong in integrity. honest, and
fearless in his advocacy of what he be-
lieves right, has had one term’s expe-
rience and never brought the blush of
shame to any constituent’s cheek while
he was our representative.
If Jeremiah Maurer will steer clear
of both factions that are now inflicting
untold harm an the Republican party,
and be his own master,he will be nomi- | ;
Bat he must] and from there to their coffins,
nated without a doubt.
mix with either.—Mecyersdale Commer-
cial.
Whey! Isn’t the above a great dose
of slobber and taffy?
help to slaughter Jeremiah Maurer?
You bet he did. Wouldn’t he help to
do the same thing again if he had a |
chance? Most assuredly he would. It
is all very true that Mr. Maurer never
brought the blush of shame to any con-
stituent’s cheek while he was in office,
but we have it on good authority that
he will not be a candidate. lis career
was ‘an honorable one because the
—-Quay-Scultt-machine could mot use hin
as a tool. But why does the Commer-
rial eulogize him so highly? Simply to
induce him to run again. And why
does the Commercial desire to have him
run again? For no other reason than
to weaken the anti-Quay movement in
this county, which would be the case if
handicapped by too many candidates.
The old Quay-Scull crowd will have two
slated candidates in the field, and know-
ing that they can not win on a square
fight, the Meyersdale Scull organette is
instructed by its masters to assume a
sort of middle-of-the-road policy and to
1 certain extent cry down both of the
Republican factions of this county. By
this means they are hoping to deceive
‘he people and get such an array of
candidates in the field that the two
slated candidates will be able to pull
through. - “.Lucifer’s” middle-of-the-
road policy is a humbug, a delusion and
isnare. Itis all put on to deceive;
but it is not likely that Jeremiah Mau-
rer can be S gaught with such chaff.
AND now Spain comes down from her |
high perch and will not demand Gen-
sral Lee’s recall. Spain is great on the
bluff, but she seems to be somewhat
aware of the fact that “Uncle Sam”
will stand no-more of her foolishness.
(seneral Lee is too good a man to recall
from Havana, so Spain will please ex-
cuse us.
Apour 100 new locomotives will be
built at the Altoona shops, during the
present year, for the Peunsylvania
Railroad Company. Other railroads
throughout the country are also com-
pelled to increase their motive power,
in order to handle the increasing freight
ind passenger traffic. Yet there are
a few Democratic newspapers procleim-
ing to the world that there is no in-
sreased prosperity in Sight for the Uni-
ted States.
THREE women were recently elected
‘0 the office of School Director, in Phil-
idelphin. We need more female school
lirectors in Pennsylvania, and if the
Didn’t Lou Smith |
time ever arrives when we will have at
least one woman in every school board,
we will undoubtedly have better
schools. Women are admirably adapt-
ed to looking after the needs of school
children, and that they would attend to
their duties far better than men in the
same official capacity, is a fact that can-
not be successfully Jisputed
Boss Quay, Boss Tweed, Boss Gor-
man and Boss Platt have all in their
time been “tarred with the same stick.”
Boss Tweed is dead for some years, and.
unless God forgave him, lie is now. in.
hades, toward which place Boss Quay
is traveling as fast as the wheels of
time can carry him along. To this,
however, there is not so much objec-
tion ; but the fact that Mr. Quay is try-
ing to sink the whole slate of Pennsyl-
vania into the bottomless pit along
with himself, is what thousands of in-
telligent Pennsylvanians are cbjecting
co.
Most people are of how opinion that
most of the sugar used throughout the
world is produced from cane, but such
is not the case. Last year the world’s
product of sugar was 7,707,500 tons. Of
this amount 4,980,000 tons was made
from the sugar beet. The time will
doubtless arrive when there will be more
beet sugar made in the United States
than there is now cane sugar made in
Cuba and the other islands of the West
Indies. The beet sugar industry should
be encouraged in this country, as it
would prove a great source of revenue
to the western farmers.
Trignn is room for sc some great reforms
in some of the penitentiaries through-
out the United States. Some of the
modes of punishment are so horrible as
to be almost beyond belief. A special
committee of the Ohio Legislature has
been investigating the method of water
punishment practiced in the State peni-
tentiary at-Columbus. The prisoner
guilty of infraction of rules is strapped
in a bath tub and a stream of water is
squirted into his face by means of a
hose. As the prisoner gasps for breath
the water is driven into his lungs, and
it is said that on several occasions the
prisoners have not recovered from the
shock, and were taken to the hospital
Such
modes of cruelty should not be tolerat-
ed in a civilized country. Criminals
can be sufficiently punished without be-'
ing tortured in such a barbarous, in-
human manner.
Tne dnily newspapers tell us that
Father Weber, a Roman Catholic
priest, recently declared from the pul-
pit, at Rondout, New York. that in case
of war between the United States and
Spain, it would become the duty of Ro-
{ man Catholics to fight on the side of
Spain. For this treasonable utterance,
Father Weber has been officially re-
‘quested by Iv is church to leave the dio-
cese. The citizens should have requir-
ed him to get off the earth. Any man,
without regard to race, color, creed or
anything else, who is guilty of such
treasonable utterances following in the
wake of the deplorable Maine disaster,
ought to be tarred, feathered and
strung up to the nearest tree. Father
Connolly, secretary to Archbishop Cor-
rigan, said that if Father Weber had
belonged to the New York diocese in-
stead of in the West, whence he came,
he would have been subjected to sharp
discipline; ©
Ix summing up > the merits 4nd de-
merits of the political parties, the Wa-
thena (Kan.) Star puts it this way:
“There are some thieves in the Repub-
lican party. more thieves in the Demo-
cratic party and most thieves in the
Populist party. This Kansas paper
then goes on and gives the following as
proof that its theory is logical and cor-
rect: “There are most thieves in the
populist party,because the thieves whom
the Republicans and Democrats have
kicked out have flocked to the Populist
party. There are more thieves in the
Democratic. than in the Republican
party, because the Democratic party
shows itself willing to forsake every
‘principle it ever founded and fuse with
the Populists for a division of the spoils,
thus becoming a particeps criminis with
the thieves kicked out of thetwo old
parties. And all © ho give their cousent
are equally guilty. An honest party
will not sell its birthright for a mess of
pottage, as the Democrats do. The Re-
publican party, being. a party that js
followed by prosperity, is also followed,
by some who hope to gain by pilfering
in its trail. Their number is so small,
however, they can do but little harm,
since they are not gnly watched closely
by their own party, but the Democrats
and Populists are so intent on showing
that there are thieves in the Re ubli-
can party that they raise a howl “suf-
ficient to startle the universe whenever
anything looks suspicious. Therefore
the Republican party can be trusted,
while the fusees can not.”