VOL. VIII.
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1903. + NO.52.
“Sole” Satistying!
Purse Soothing!
Why talk about Shoes when all
you have to do is to come in, and
we will show you all that is per-
fection in the Shoe line?
We Are Selling ;
Great Deal of What?
Why, Thompson's Home-
made Bread, just the kind
that mother bakes.
large 10 cent loves for 25
cents, or 14 for $1.00.
We Give Coupons
Three
but only a few, have been doing all
their advertising in outside sheets and
catch-penny schemes of various sorts.
That kind of advertising doesn’t pay
very well; and furthermore, gentle- |
men, it isn’t right ; it isn’t fair; it isn’t
generous nor square.
There are always times in every
man’s life when his home paper can be
of much service to him, and there is
nothing that affords an editor more
pleasure than when he can be of ser-
vice to his friends. But some men
never appreciate an editor’x good will
until it is too late. The things he does
and says that piease them are soon
forgotten, but they never forget a
mistake that an editor. as well as all
other human beings, will occasionally
fool legislature, making vaccination
compulsory; but in most of the towns
of the state there are not enough fools
and tyrants to enforee it.
Instead of health boards issuing edicts
to vaccinate, would it not be far a
better and more effective plan to issue
sanitary instructions, informing the
people how to diet themselves and
what other sensible precautions to take
against the spread of smallpox and
other contsgious disease? We think it
would. :
Pains in the Stomach.
Like toothache, this is not a danger-
ous, but a decidedly unpleasant ail-
ment. Persons who are subject to
attacks of it will be pleased to know
FOUR TRACKS FOR B. & 0.
Millions to Be Spentto Make the
System One of the Country’s Best.
From Chicago it is announce@
semi-officially that the management of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
determined to have a four-track line
reaching from that city to the sea
board, and that millions will be spent
to make the system one of the best im
the country. The proposed improve-
ments, it is said, will reduce the dis-
tance between Chicago and Pittsburg
by eighty miles, and also the distance
to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York by an equal or a greater distance.
It is stated that in the work of re-
construction of the system, which was
al Port One of the make. Thus some men will nurse their | that prompt relief may be had by taking | bankrupt, and discredited in 1886, =
3 nek . . prejudices until they die. Then the |a dose or two of Chamberlain’s Colic, tatal of over $80,000,000 has already beem
Pe Attractions k oh all ( 0 01 00 editor will write nice obituary notices, | Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. This expended, while the plans now in com-
queeze . : ; 0r 0, 0. all ‘ » | mentioning all their good qualities and | remedy is equally valuable for children, templation call for enough more to foot
ge; so of our Shoes is the price. Style ipnaring hele meanness, after which | and when redaned with water and op FIL 100 000: rie is the nok
Ro litor. : ; . the bereaved relatives will sometimes | sweetened is pleasant to take. For |Sfupendous undertaking ever carrie
oh and comfort are others. Bo you heed not buy all buy a few extra copies of the paper and | sale by E. H. Miller. out by any railroad company in the
e— less —— - Ey at one time. hand the editor a few dollars; bat re re world, barring the Pennsylvania.
The more frequently will forget to offer a They Will Dwell in Zion. The proposed improvements, it ‘is
stance, 7 We remain your servants. | cent. But such is life. Prof. C. C. Ellis, formerly a Bedford RanouneR; oy use the old South Penn
always ct > . ry . > 3 In conclusion we only wish to say te : ieite | TOUte, started some years since by the
If you It you find a Pr 1ce below ours, you will find that we would like to have an adver- ny ii rae Vanderbilts in an attempt to war
or for W ) Thompson {0 tisement from every business firm in| ominently connected with that sect, | "82ist the Pennsylvania by building =
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The latest thing out in Shoe Polish. Blocking, dauber
and polish put up neatly in a box. No liquid dressing to
spill, no soiled hands.
Elk Lick Supply Co.
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INATIONAL BANK
«OF SALISBURY. =<
CAPITAL, $50,000. No. 6106.
: Modern fire and burglar proof safe and vault, affording
absolute security. Offers every accommodation consistent
: with safe and prudent banking.
OrriciRrs :—J. L. Barchus, President ; H. H. Maust, Vice
President; Albert Reitz, Cashier.
: Directors: —J. L. Barchus, L. I.. Beachy, H. H. Maust,
A. F. Speicher, A. M. Lichty, A. E. Livengood, I'. A. Maust.
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ANOTHER VOLUME COMPLETED.
Annual Message to Our Patrons and
Readers.
This edition completes volume No. 8
of Tur SrAr, and we are pleased to
say that we will begin volume 9 under
much brighter prospects than we could
see at the beginning of any of the
preceding volumes. Notwithstanding
the fact that the general business of
this community has been mueh poorer
during the year 1902 than it was in
1901, the business of THE STAR,” never-
theless, was much greater during the
year just closed than during any other
year of its existence. The increase is
due partly to our own hustling and
partly to the hustling of up-to-date
merchants.
The volume of business done in this
town depends to some extent on the
condition of the coal trade; but it
depends at least as much. and we
believe more, on the amount of energy
put forth by our business men. Some
of our merchants did far more business
in 1902 than they did in 1801, although
the coal trade during the last year was
nothing to brag on. The merchants
who are enjoying a greatly increased
business are the ones who have in-
creased their advertising. Our two
best examples of this are probably
Barchus & Livengood and Druggist E.
H. Miller. These firms report. an
immense increase in their business,
and we can’t help but believe that their
liberal and up-to-date advertising
policy is principally responsible for it.
town—an advertisement in keeping
with the business done. We believe
we deserve this, and we know that it
would be a good thing for the town and
the advertisers. Bring in your copy,
gentlemen, and help to make our next
volume better than the last. Help us
and we will help you. As long as we
help each other we will have a good
town and all do a nice business.
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Heads Should Never Ache.
Never endure this trouble. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it for
Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va.,—
she writes “Dr. King’s New Life Pills
wholly cured me of sick headaches I
had suffered from for two years.” Cure
Headache, Constipation, Biliousness.
25¢ at Miller’s drug store.
A Fake Smallpox Scare.
Russell Engle, of near Summit Mills,
was reported several days ago as being
down with smallpox, and some of the
timid people of our town at once be-
came badly frightened, as Mr. Engle
had been seen in some of our stores
and shops as late as last Thursday.
Some of them made great haste to get
vaccinated, and judging from the way
some of them spluttered around, one
might have thought that they were
already vaccinated and that it took on
a portion of the body where it interfered
with their sitting down.
But the scare has partially subsided,
as reliable information since. received
has it that Mr. Engle only had a case
of rash, and not much of a case of that.
Anyway, what’s the use of becoming
panic-stricken? Smallpox isn’t nearly
was, December 25, married to Miss
Emma Nice, of Perkiomenville. The
ceremony was performed by Elder
Hammond, of Zion City.
Miss Nice, as well as Prof. Ellis, is a
graduate of Juniata College. Mr. Ellis
became acquainted with Miss Nice
when she was a student and he a
teacher in the college. We wish the
bride and groom a happy and long life,
but rather desire that he may leave off
Dowieism and come back to himself.—
Bedford Inquirer.
From the above it would seem that
even college professors get crazy spells.
It’s a wonder that a man seized with
the Dowieism craze has enough sense
left to get married, and especially to
marry one of his own class. But let
birds of a feather flock together. In
Zion let them dwell until rid of the
crazy spell.
Ax exchange makes a big ado over
the fact that there are only six lawyers
in the Massachusetts Legislature.
That’s nothing at all, for there is not
even one lawyer in heaven. We have
‘it by long distance telephone that an
editor landed in heayen several days
ago. Just how he got in is not known,
but it is supposed that he slipped in at
the gate unobserved by St. Peter.
Steps were at once taken to eject him,
but a close search revealed the fact
that there wasn’t a lawyer in heaven
to draw up ejectment papers. The
editor is still there and says he has
come to fill a long felt want.
Tue latest whirl of the wheel of
progress has developed a daily news-
road from Pittsburg to the seaboard.
Before it was done a truce was reached
through the influence of Wall Street
interests, and ever since about sixty
miles of grade and several tunnels have
been lying idle.
A Life at Stake.
If you better knew the splendid merit
of Foley’s Honey and Tar you would
never be without it. A dose or twe
will prevent an attack of pneumonia or
la grippe. It may save your life. E.
H. Miller.
Coal Companies Combine.
A press dispatch originating at Fair-
mont, West Va., says that the Consoli-
dated Coal Company, of Georges Creek,
Md. ; the Somerset Coal Company, of
Somerset, Pa., and the Fairmont Coal
Company have consolidated and will
hereafter be known as the Consolida-
tion Coal Company. with its principidl
office in Baltimore.
The combined capital is $31,157,000.
The combined output is 8,500,000 tons
year. ;
The deal was consummated in Faie-
mont, last week. but the amount paid
cannot be learned. C. W. Watson, of
Fairmont, president of the Fairmont
Coal Company, has been made president
of the combination. George DeBoth,
also of Fairmont, has been made
treasurer and secretary of the new
company, The Fairmont Coal Company
owned and contracted 25 well-equipped
mines.
The Consolidated company, it is said,
has secured a controlling interest im
the other two companies, and as the
interests of the B. & O. railroad are the
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i 8 . their hands, but keep them moving by | are much more common. “But those taining the latest telegraphic news pany, it pldces the B. & O. in complete
i EE - re ES EE ES SEs offering special inducements and in- | ugly marks,’ is what you hear many from all parts of the world as a result control of the seaboard traffic for soft
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We claim to be the Lowest Pricep WrHiskey House. We really sell vesting liberally in printers’ ink. people exclaim. Yes, you will hear
coal. It also assures vast operations *
The firms in this town whose busi- | people expressing fear of “those ugly
in the Stonycreek township. coal field,
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ally produced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Caro-
Tina by the old time process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood
fires, in old style copper stills, in exactly the same way it was made by our
grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to $6 per gal-
Ton, but is not any better than “Casrer’s STANDARD.” It is the best produced
and must please every customer or we will buy it back with gold—we are
incorporated Under the Laws of N. C., with an authorized capital of $100,
000.00 and the Peoples National Bank and Peidmont Savings Bank of Wins-
ton-Salem, N. C., will tell you our guarantee is good. This old honest,
mild and mellow whiskey is worth one dollar per quart, but to more fully
introduce “Casper’s Standard” we offer sample shipments of this brand at
half price, (packed in plain sealed boxes) 5 Quarts $2.95, 10 Quarts
$5.00, Express Prepaid Anywhere in U. S. All orders and remittances
(in stamps, cash or by check, etc.,) as well as requests for confidential price
list MUST BE ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS: :
S. C. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Salem, N. C., U. S. A.
Main Office and Warehouses: No's, 1045-46 Liberty and 1, 3, 4 and 5 Maple Sts,
Whiskey $1: Gallon.
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ness decreased during the last year are
the firms that paid little attention to
their adyertising, those who decreased
their space or did not advertise at all.
People soon notice it when a firm goes
into a trance, and they seek livelier
people to buy from.
Every business house in this town
should have an advertisement in this
paper the year around. Not for sweet
charity’s sake, but because it pays.
There is no surer way to kill a town
than to allow its local paper to go out
week after week destitute of advertise-
ments. When such is: the case it
silently, but very forcibly proclaims to
the world that the town it is published
in is a very dead place and has
principally mossback merchants and
mossback stores. When advertise-
ments such as Barchus & Livengood
have in this issue are found in the
local paper, it gives outsiders a good
opinion of the town, and especially of
the advertiser ; and when people have a
good opinion of your town and its busi-
ness men, that is where they will buy.
Some of our advertisers should in-
crease their space, as the amount they
use is not in keeping with their busi-
ness. Some of them do a much larger
business than their space indicates.
They should# use enough space to
indicate the volume of business they
do, as that invariably brings more busi-
ness, creates more desire and produces
more wants to be supplied.
We thank our patrons, one and all,
for their patronage, and it afiords us |
| pleasure to say that Salisbury’s busi- |
| ness men, taken as a body, are a pretty |
good set of men and have very good
stores. There are a few, however, who
| have not been doing the right thing by
the local paper,
and that means
they have en d
marks” who are already as ugly as it is
possible to make them—people whose
personal appearance might possibly be
improved by smallpox marks, but
couldn’t possibly be rendered any
uglier, even if you’d spit tobacco juice
in their faces or hand them a dun for
what they owe you.
And why get vaccinated? Why
indulge in that preposterous and bar-
barous humbug? The only real bad
case of smallpox they have yet had in
Rockwood, according to the Rockwood
Gazette, was that of Mr. Berkey, who
died, and who was vaccinated and had
a very sore arm before he took the
disease. It is even the opinion of some
people that young Berkey died of
vaccination, and not of smallpox.
Judging from an article taken from the
Rockwood Gazette, which appears in
this issue, the logical conclusion to
arrive at is that he died from the evils
of smallpox and the vaccination com-
bined.
Of course, none of us want
smallpox, neither + do we want
to come in contact with it,
But it does no good to go crazy from
fright and squander money, health and
in some cases life by being vaccinated.
Some medical men denounce vaccina-
tion as a humbug of the first water,
while others, (some sincerely and some
insincerely) contend that there is
virtue in it. When doctors thus dis-
agree, the logical conclusion to draw is
this: If there is any virtue in vaccina-
tion, there is so little in it that the
| attendant dangers more than offset the
alleged benefits.
As for us and our house, we want no
vaccination in ours, not even if small-
pox should suddenly make its appear-
ice in half of the families of this town.
f course, we know there is a fool law
t was passed some years ago by a!
with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company by a British mail steamer
plying between Liverpool and New
York, the name of which will be kept
secret until the arrangements for the
journalistic end of the venture are
completed. These will include the in-
stallation of a typesetting machine and
cylinder press, the engagement of a
writing staff, and everything that is to
be found in a modern print shop ondry
land.—Johnstown Tribune.
THE erection of a new court house
for our county is a problem that is
being agitated in some quarters. That
our old court house is far too small for
present needs is a sell evident fact.
We need a new court house and we
need it badly. The erection of a new
one should be provided for at once.
This is no longer a one-horse county,
and we need something better than a
one-horse court house. Two new
county offices were created by the
Legislature, last winter, and now we
do not have sufficient office room for
our county officers. Besides, the old
offices and vaults are already over-
stocked with accumulating records and
volumes of various kinds, and more
room must be provided in some way.
To build additions to the old court
house and remodel it would be very
poor policy. Should that be done, it
would, at best, still be nothing but and
old and unsatisfactory building. By
all means let us have a new court
afford it.
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For Sickness Get the Best.
which is so largely owned by the Con-
solidated company.
New Century Comfort.
Millions-are daily finding a world of
comfort in Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Kt
kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
Bruises; conquers Ulcers and Fever
Sores; cures Eruptions, Salt Rheum,
Boils and Felons; removes Corns and
Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25¢ at Miller’s drugstore.
Another Side to the Railroad Talk.
A recent issue of the Baltimore
Hearld contains the following:
A story that the Baltimore and Ohie
Railroad Company is about to construct
a line of 200 miles, which would shortem
the distance between Pittsburg and
Baltimore 50 miles, has been going the
rounds for several days.
President Loree, of the B. & O., whea
asked about it by a Herald represents-
tive, yesterday, said:
“There is absolutely not one word @€
truth in it. The only extension the
Baltimore and Ohio is making, and the
only one in comtemplation now, is =
twenty-mile extension into the Somee-
set coal regions of Pennsylvania, and
that is an old story.”
This extension takes in part of the
old South Penn railroad, which prob-
ably gave rise to a part of the story,
and somebody doubtless dreamed the
remainder of 1t.
house, quick, and one that will cost not |
less than $100,000. The county can |
syrups containing
{ Honey and Tar is a safe and
lay
Children Poisoned.
Many children are poisoned and mad
| nervous and weak, if not killed
right, by mothers giving them co
opiates. Foley's
| Physicians of cities
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| prescribe irom | remedy for coughs, eroup
iSpeer’s N. | 1: : ;
the Clar | troubles, and is the onl prominessé
| are une for | cough medicine that contains no opiates
enterta or other poisons. E. H.Miller,