The Somerset
County Star.
VOLUME IV.
SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1898.
NUMBER 10.
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WAR WITH SPAIN!
Startling News Indeed.
But let us talk to you about our war against high prices.
Just see
What “Uncle Samuel's” Cash Will Do!
Arbuckle’s
4 lbs. Best Rice,
10 Ibs. Navy Beans,
7 lbs. Lima Beans,
15 lbs. White Hominy,
7 cakes Coke Soap,
6 cakes Waterlily Soap,
9 lbs Good Raisins,
25¢.
25¢.
25c¢.
23¢.
25¢.
25¢.
25¢.
Good Calico,
Best Calico,
18 lbs. Granulated Sugar,
Lancaster Ginghams, 5c. per yard.
Good Cashmeres from 12% cts. up.
Very best Cotton Bats,
4 cents per yard.
J cents per yard.
Good 7-c¢t. Muslin reduced to 5 cts.
and Enterprise Coffee, per pound only 10 cents.
1.00.
10c¢.
wm] UST RECEIV ED! ———
A fine line of Ladies’ Shirt Waists, prices from 50 cents to $1.00.
Also a fine line of Men's Dress Shirts, direct from the manufacturers,
from 39 cents up. All the latest novelties in Neckwear and Gents’ I}
nishing Goods.
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Men's Suits from $4 up. Children’s Suits from 75 ¢
up. Boys’ Knee Pants from 25 cents up. © Men's Working Pants, Coats,
Overalls, ete., at prices away down.
GREAT BARGAINS IN SHORKS!
We carry an immense ine of Shoes and buy direct from the celebrated manufacturers—Rice & Hutchins,
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part.
We are 5g agents S Tor the famous Carlile and Evite rn Shoes.
ices. We warrant
these shoes in every
We are selling Shoes at a sac-
rifice to make room for our immense spring and summer stock. REMEMBER, THESE ARE CASH PRI-
CES. Call early and save money.
Barchus & Livengood, Salisbury, Pa.
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Thing at the Right Time.
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We are Very Emphatic
on this one vital point.
shall our prices exceed those of the same quality
elsewhere.
J ohnson & McCulloh,
Under no circumstances
SALISBURY, PENNA.
SwarLow’s friends are still booming
him for governor. We think they are
indiscreet. Now that John Wanamaker
isin the field, the advancement of Swal-
low’s claims upon the anti-boss vote of
the state cannot but damage Wana-
maker’s chances of success, without the
least chance of electing the Harrisburg
preacher.— Altoona Mirror.
Few people know where the term
“jingo,” as applied to the people who
want to fight whether there is anything
to fight about or not, originated. It is
said to have had its derivation in an old
ballad sung before the war of 1812, the
refrain of which runs like this:
“We do not want to go to war,
Butgby Jingo, if we do,
We've got the .aen, we've got the ships,
And we’ve got the money, too.”
THe course of events-seems to indi-
cate that ex-Governor Andrew G. Cur-
tin exercised rare foresight when he |
said ten years ago: “I believe and pre-
dict that toward the end of this century
the United States will have a war on
cause of the struggle wiltbe over Cuba. |
| parcel of this government, or rather a
| possession of the Utited States with an
independent government.”
| THERE is getteng to be too much fool-
{ishness about the courts, anyway.
| Smart lawyers are continually taking
| advantage of the law to shield open
| violaters of the law and judges permit
iit. A lot of sensible men, who don’t
| know a mandamus from a nebular hy-
| pothesis, should be elected judges, with
| instructions to laugh at the shystering
| practitioners when they try to shield
| “well-known criminals.” A little more
| justice and a little less law is needed in
i the‘eriminal courts of the coantry.—
| Kansas City Star.
|
{ Born the “Superior and Supreme
Courts having turned down the appli-
$125 PER MONTH.
WE WANT A FEW MORE MEN,
“een Salesmen the year round.
LOCAL,
COUNTY,
# GENERAL
OUTFIT FREE. Apply at once for territory, of :—
A. H. HERENDEEN & CO., Geneva, N. Y,. ishment indeed, for a crime scarcely !
IMPORTED STOCK. SEEDS. SPECIA “1% 3.
%
$125 PER MONTH. |
i cations for a new trial for Dr. W. F.
Mitchell, of Somerset county, convicted
| of malpractice and causing the death of
Sadie Beal, his attorneys are going to
{ apply to the Pardon Board for release
Jfrom imprisonment and reduction in;
ne. The original sentence was ten
woatin in the penitentiary and $800
fine and costs. This isa very mild pun-
brothers have been sentenced to hang.
In their case the victim was an old
man; in his, a young woman. If alike
guilty, like punishment would be fit-
ting. And juries have declared them
both guilty. —Johnstown Tribune.
Ir is amusing to note the tone of some
of the Democratic papers, these days.
Everything done by President McKin-
ley and his cabinet in the present crisis
with Spain is hooted at by certain Dem-
ocratic editors. It was just so during
the war of the Rebellion. Democratic
newspapers at that time, and some Re-
publican newspapers, too, had all man-
ner of fault to find with Lincoln’s pol-
icy. They felt it their duty to tell Lin-
coln just what to do and what not to do. |
But old “Abe” just winked the other
eye and pursued his own policy. In
due course of time the very newspapers
that criticised him had to acknowledge
that old “Abe” was onto his job and al-
ways did the right thing at the right
time. So it will doubtless be in the
present case. McKinley nor any other
its hands, but it will not be with Great | man knows it all, but it is safe to infer
Britain. but with Spain, and the real that the President and his cabinet know
more about dealing in the proper way
Cuba should by all rights be part and | | { with the conditions that confront the
i country than all the snide Democratic
editors in the United States. But these
Democratic papers must kick, criticise
and find fault in order to be loyal to
their old kicking party.. Some of their
utterances are little short of treason.
At any rate they are anything but loyal,
patriotic utterances.
Ix 1882 the Meyersdale Commercial
raised a great howl about the dirty
work the Sculls made use of to perpetu-
ate the Cameron dynasty. Now this
same Commercial joins hands. with the
Scull sheet to perpetuate Cameron’s
political descendant, Boss Quay, the
boodler and corruptionist, in compari-
son to whom Cameron was a spotless
angel. The tax thieves who at the last
session of the Quay legislature went to
the unveiling of the Grant monument,
at New York, voted out of the State
treasury more than $7,000 for expenses.
The largest item was for beer and!
whiskey, amounting to nearly $3,100. :
Was this an attempted steal, or was
every one of these junketers a whisky
sucker? The Governor vetoed the bill.
Voters, draw your own conclusion. .
LET THEM ANSWER.
Will Hon. W. H.Sanner and the Hon.
ran so high on the New York trip, when
they all rode on passes?
Will they explain why it cost $36,000
to put Grace church in shape for the
sessions of the Legislature?
Will they‘ explain why an act was
passed by the last Legislature that
creates a new set of office-holders in
every township, who may enter the or-
chards of the farmers, and if dry limbs
or black knots are found on the trees,
the officer may command the farmer to
cut down his fruit trees, and in case
the farmer fails to obey, he may be
heavily fined? Do the farmers need
such paternalism as this? Are they
not capable of taking care of their trees
better than these sap-suckers that are
the creatures of the last Legislature?
Do they not often save a diseased tree
that bears choice fruit? and ought they
not have this right?
Let these legislators also explain why
a bill became a law, last year, taxing dis-
tillersto such an extent that the Whisky
Trust secured a monopoly of the busi-
ness, increasing its income many fold,
while every distiller in this county,
men of meagre means, are to have their
investments rendered worthless? If
the whisky traffic must be legalized,
why should not small manufacturers
have as much show as the Trust?
The War Outlook.
Congress is dissatisfied with the peace
policy of the President and this feeling
is growing deeper and stronger. Con-
gress is liable to declare war at any
time, and unless this body cools off,
there will soon be important develop-
ments. A majority of the Congress-
men are in favor of speedy action and
armed intervention in the Cuban af-
fair, while the President still hopes for
peace. Which it will be is hard to tell
at this time, but it looks like war. A
full report of the Navel Court of In-
quiry appears on our inside pages.
Quay’s Popularity.
The following figures indicate the
popularity of Boss Quay in counties
where he has had his name put on the
ticket for U. 8. Senator, where he had
no opponent: At the Blair county pri-
mary 8000 votes were polled, and out of
this number of ballots Quay’s name was
scratched on 3204. In Indiana county
4000 votes were polled, and Quay was
cut 1800. In Butler county 5000 votes
were polled, and Quay was cut 2427.
Tre Star suggests that “Timmie’s”
man, “Friday,” “Receiver” Berkley, of
the Ring tool shop, puts the name of his
boss on the ticket to be voted at the
primary in Somerset county.
How to Save Taxes.—Lawyers, At-
tention!
Lawers as a class are assessed at $300
on their profession. = Editors are assess-
ed at $200. George R. Scull had him-
self assessed as an editor, this year. It
costs less in taxes to be an editor, but
is less profitable than to be a lawyer, as
the” Auditors’ reports in the court of
Somerset county indicate.
“Timmie” got his usual piece of pie
from the Bench, last court, but the
Judge failed to double up, as has been
done in the past. Chairman Berkley
also took advantage of “Timmie’s” ex-
ample. He reduced his assessment
$100 by dropping out of the Legal pro-
fession. This reduction saves, on basis
of last year’s taxes, 50 cents County, 50
cents Borough, 90 cents School and 45
cents water tax. Total, $2.35 cents.
Some people are very economical in
their own expenses, but candidates
must be bled to death by the Scull ma-
chine.
The Gubernatorial Canvass.
Pittsburg Times.
The candidacy of John Wanamaker
for Governor attracts wide attention
and interest for several reasons. Chief
among these is the recognitiou of the
fact that his well-known ability, both as
a man of business and the tests which
he has given of his capacity in public
affairs, gives assurance that he would
make an excellent Governor, who would
ably administer the affairs of the Com-
monwealth and worthily represent the
citizenship of his State. Another of
the reasons, and one which more nearly
concerns the welfare of the Republican
party, is that his candidacy represents
a movement to restore to the rank and
file of the party its right and privilege
of selecting its candidates, unhampered
by “slates” or factional nominations,
which are made before conventions as-
semble and simply ratified by obedient
adherents of the cabal which has de-
termined upon them.
{ Mr. Wanamaker has been requested
to use his strong personality snd large
following to combat this tendency in |
our State politics which has heretofore
been the cause of Republican defeat,
and which is nov not only sn acknowl-
edged source of weakness, but the
“ less than that for which the Roddy K, B. Critchfield explain why expenses cause of much dangerous discontent.
The movement which he heads is pri-
marily an attempt to eliminate this
menace to Republicanism in this State,
and his personal striving for the Gov-
ernorship is only secondary ; though it
is certain that by his selection the office
would be most worthily filled. Itisthe
movement more than the man that is
to be considered. Whether it results
in the election of Mr. Wanamaker or _
some other one of the many eminent
and popular Republicans who believe
in restoring the power to the rank and
file of the party, gratitude will be due
him for leading a movement that brings
about that happy result.
The F Figure Jugglers.
Somerset Standard.
The Scullpaper is devoting columns
just now to the jugglery of figures and
misleading verbosity, while it is quite
ignoring the weightier matters in which
it is concerned. Its purpose is to at-
tract the attention of the people from
the outrage its managers perpetrated
on the Republican voters last year, and
the introduction of “Barker Liniment”
into this county. It gives columns, we
say, to misleading jugglery, but last
week it could only devote less than a
dozen lines to the petition presented to
the Court for permission to correct er-
rors in the Auditors’ report. Why this
scarcity of space in which to treat mat-
ters of so great importance?
The Auditors’ report was engineered
by the managers of the Sculipaper, and
here are the errors it contaired :
An error against the coun-
ty on page 3, and twice re-
peated on page 5
Another error against the
county on page d
An error against the coun-
ty on page 13
Total errors against county. .$19,044.95
This brilliant Auditors’ report was
made after a whole month’s “figurin’,”’
at an expense of more than $300 to the
county. In other words it cost the tax-
payers of the eounty over $300 to have
an error of nearly $20,000.00 figured up
against them. The Scullpaper dismiss-
es this whole matter flippantly as a
“clerical” error, but let it be remem-
bered that the report was made delib-
erately, a whole month being used
when two weeks should have been am-
ple, and which the treasurer’s attorney
and relative acting as attorney for the
Auditors. An error of nearly $20,000.00
passing five men, with the managers of
the Scullpaper standing guard, is called
a “clerical” error.
When this marvelous report was filed,
with a eertificate of its correctness, its
makers and their engineers rested from
their labors, awaiting for public plaud-
its for a stupendous work well done.
The first response was the discovery of
the errors by Commissioners’ Clerk, J.
G. Emert, and then came the petition
to ask the Court for permission to cor-
rect “clerical errors.”
There is another item of importance
to the taxpayers for which a “clerical
error’ has not yet been claimed. We
refer to the little bill against the coun-
ty of $1,701.00, contracted by the editor
of the Scullpaper for his employer,
Sheriff Hoover, for the publication of a
single election proclamation. That
$1,701.00 has not yet been paid, but
there is a suit pending to force its pay-
ment, and the withholding of its share
of this $1,701.00 is what has inspired the
enmity of the Scullpaper blatherskites.
Error against the county in
the Scullpaper’s Auditors’ re--
$ 19,044.95
Bill against county inspired
by the Scullpaper 1,701.00
Total “clerical” errors and
grab bills
And these are the fellows who are
clowning as friends of the taxpayers.
These are the lads that with such bra-
zen hypocrisy are now trying to attract
the attention of the people from their
past record.
Awful Crime of a Nervy West Vir-
¢ ginia Young Girl.
Minnie Rucher, a pretty eonntry girl
of West Virginia, went to Charleston, a
few miles from her home, the other
day, and stopped at a hotel, where she
gave birth to a child. Thursday night °
of last week she, according to her own
statements, murdered her child, cut it
to pieces, and placed the same in a
satchel.
Friday morning she answered the
call for breakfast with the rest of the
guests, partook of breakfast in the din-
ing room and showed noevidence of the
awful crime she had committed. The
chambermaid found suspicious condi-
tions in the girl’s room and the landlord
began an investigation. The girl was
found in the parlor, laughing and talk-
ing with the guests. She broke down,
confessed, and was held for court. °