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VOL. XII.
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 1. 1906.
NO.7.
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AOIAAAV IAEA JERR ALO ALLASIO LAIRD EID LA JALAL LAIMA
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
| Norway recently had an election
| whieh beat anything in this land of
[the ballot-box. They elected a king,
says an exchange. That’s nothing, at
the last election in Salisbury they
elected a durn fool. His initials are
Stephen McKinley, and he will be a
mossback Burgess.
JERRY McCarty, of Coal Run, who
figured prominently in the Nicely
brothers’ escape from jail, mention of
which is made elsewhere in this paper,
ought to gain enough notoriety on ac-
count of that wooden key he made, to
enable him to be elected to some high
office. The Meyersdale Commercial
would support him without a doubt.
Besides being able to make a good jail
key of wood, Jerry is full of eloquence
and poetry, and Lou Smith has often
supported worse men than Jerry Me-
Carty, the prominent statesman and
mayor of Coal Run. ’Rah for Jerry!
It occurred to us as we ru over our
thirty or forty exchanges, to note the
moral tone of them. These papers are
of all sizes and grades, from almost
every variety of town, and are edited
by practical men, who are pretty well
acquainted with the world, the flesh
and the devil ; and in not one of them
did we find a defense of immorality.
None taught or’ justified dishonesty.
Neither could we find a sneer. at purity,
at religion, at the better things of
life. In many of them were excellent
bits of advice, little homely sermons on
temperance in all things, frugality, in-
dustry. Wherever there was mention
of the public schools it was in terms of
praise. To be sure, here and there was
fun poked at sham, some score at pre-
tense. But the note in every one of
these papers was for decency, progress,
enlightenment, morality. And these
editors, a pretty decent lot they are—
in fact, we doubt if any other profes-
sion can offer a higher or even as high
a showing ; besides all this, the country
editor is proverbially liberal and free-
hearted in every way. No public sub-
scription list ever passes without his
mite. This isn’t a humble effort to
throw bouquets at our contemporaries,
but with Paul, we believe man should
magnify his calling, and we are proud
of ours.—Freeport Journal.
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The Mail-Order Habit.
The question of whether or not the
mail-order concerns should be attacked
by the country newspapers, was re-
cently a subject before a western edi-
torial association, and the conclusion
was that such a course would but ad-
vertise and benefit the concerns com-
plained of. That such houses are do-
ing the country more harm than good,
is a foregone conclusion, but the habit,
or fashion, is one which must be left
run its course, and country merchants
must rise to the situation, and through
their own stocks and liberal advertis-
ing. contribute to the downfall of the
picture and price-list business.
There are many people in every com-
munity who must first consult some
big catalogue before they buy anything,
and, strange to say, they are wonder-
fully swayed by descriptions and
prices given by concerns a thousand
miles away, and seem to prefer to take
this silent testimony, “pay the freight”
and assume all risks, rather than pay
the home merchant a like amount for
the same article, or a little more, and
have him te fall back on in case of
dissatisfaction.
The condition demonstrates one
plain fact—that the articles not exten-
sively advertised by home merchants
are the ones commonly ordered by
mail. Items in the hardware and
stove line, furniture, bicycles, buggies,
harness, books, sewing machines, and
small machines of various kinds are
those most liberally ordered, while dry
goods, clothing and notions, though
more largely used, are chiefly bought
from home advertisers, and there is a
lesson in this fact not to be overlooked.
—Ex.
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WELL MERITED APPOINTMENT.
Banking Commissioner Berkey
Commissioned for Four Years—
Severe Jolt to Seull Gang.
Hon. J. A. Berkey, the efficient and
popular Banking Commissioner of this
state, was recently commissioned to
serve in that responsible capacity for
four years, dating from the time of his
appointment, July 27th, 1905.
When Mr. Berkey received an ap-
pointment last summer as a member of
the Governor’s cabinet his commission
extended only to the close of the next
session of the State Senate. That his
manner of conducting the department
of banking has been satisfactory to the
Governor has been no secret in official
circles, and the Governor further show-
ed his approval of Banking Commis-
sioner Berkey by sending the follow-
ing nomination to the State Senate
week before last, and the same received
the unanimous confirmation of the
members:
To the Senate of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen—In conformity of thelaw,
I have the honor hereby to nominate
for the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, J. A. Berkey, of Somerset, to be
Commissioner of Banking for the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania, for the
term of four years, to compute from
July 27, 1905.”
S. W. PENNYPACKER.
At the same time the Governor sent
a number of other nominations to the
Senate for confirmation, including that
of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
and Insurance Commissioner, but that
of Mr. Berkey was the only one whose
commission was made valid for four
years.
The office of Commissioner of Bank-
ing carries with it a salary of $6,000
per annum.
Mr. Berkey’s good fortune, which is
virtually a reappointment, is well
merited by that gentleman. He is an
able and useful man in any capacity he
is placed, and you can’t hitch him up
wrong. However, there are some peo-
ple who are insanely jealous and en-
vious of Mr. Berkey’s success, notably
the Scull brothers. of Somerset, the
leaders of the defunct and politically
damned Scull gang of bolters and sore-
heads. To them Mr. Berkey’s appoint-
ment is a severe jolt, for they had been
foolish enough to think that the Gover-
nor would be influenced against Mr.
Berkey by the ranting against him in
the Somerset Herald (the Scull family
organ) and the North American.
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An After-Eelction Poem.
Election day has came and went,
The ballots has been threw ;
And homeward well or ill-content,
The voters has withdrew.
The campaign bard no more can croak—
His lyre is broke, they say;
And other liars is also broke,
Who bet the other way.
The people’s voice have spoke again
City and town to save;
The suffrage of our countrymen
A final choice has gave,
The ship of state, with manly stride,
Rolls proudly toward the light—
May them that holds the reins, now
guide
Her faltering steps aright!
We done the same deed the other day
We oft have did of yore;
We seen our duty in the way
We've saw it oft before.
We haven’t got no kick to make
If things ain’t went just right—
We've took the steps we’d ought to
take,
We've fit a glorious fight!
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NICELY ESCAPE CLEARED UP.
Jerry McCarty Made the Wooden
Key that Opened Lock—Confes-
sion Turns Up After Fifteen
Years.
The exclusive publication in the
Standard, two weeks ago, concerning
the discovery of a wooden key. sup-
posed to be the one by which the Nicely
brothers were given access to the jail
corridor, and subsequently liberated
from the Somerset jail, in 1890, has
brought out a sworn statement that
was made the following year by Jerry
C. McCarty, who was a prisoner in the
jail at the time of the jail delivery.
The discovery of this key after all
these years confirms the contention of
Sheriff McMillan—that the combina-
tion box, from which is operated the
bolts that secure all the cell doors, was
securely locked the evening of the jail
delivery.
Following is a copy of a statement,
sworn to by McCarty before Prothono-
tary W. H. Sanner, in January, 1891. as
to how David and Joseph Nicely made
their escape from the jail:
“I,Jerry C. McCarty, do hereby make
a confession or written statement in
the regards of the jail delivery that
was made here in the Somerset county
jail on the 29th day of November, 1890.
(Nov. 29,1890). One F. B. Logue and
H. J. Reede tried to make their escape
from jail by cutting one window jam
on the west side of the jail; and as F.
B. Logue was a half brother of mine
persuaded me to do the work while he
(Logue and Reede) would do the watch-
ing. 801,J.C. M., agreed to do so.
After cutting window jam off and tak-
ing part of it out they was afraid to ge
to work on the brick and wanted me to
do it and T would not. Then to keep
the disfigured board concealed from
the sight of the sheriff,I (Jerry), paint-
ed it over so he, the Sheriff, could not
notice it. Then about the 24th day of
November Joseph and David Nicely was
anxious to get out of their trouble and
they asked me for to make or lay a
plan by which they could escape, but I
did not. But after the locks was be-
ing sawed off which I (Jerry) did not
do anything in regards to sawing off
the pad lock.
“And on the 28th day of November,
1890, I, Jerry McCarty, opened the box
which contains the lever which throws
a bar across which closes the cell doors,
and pulled the lever which closes their
cells. IT made a key out of a hard
piece of wood and that is what I opened
the box with. “Jerry C. McCarry.”
It has not been made clear, and per-
haps never will be, in whose possession
the wooden key remained for so many
years before Deputy Sheriff McGriff se-
cured it. The story of the persons
through whose hands the key passed is
that some time after the Nicely broth-
ers were executed, the key was sent
from the jail by a prisoner for the pur-
pose of having a duplicate of it made
from iron, but the person into whose
hands it fell never made a duplicate or
returned the original.
At any rate possession of the key and
the sworn statement of one of the con-
federates in the escape is conclusive
evidence that no blame can attach to
former Sheriff McMillan for the jail
delivery of that time.—Somerset Stand-
ard.
How to Stock the Penitentiaries.
An exchange gives the following
never-failing plan of stocking the peni-
tentiaries, and we regret to say that
some parents in and about Salisbury
are rearing children in accordance to
the suggestions:
When your boy doesn’t want to go to
school, let him loaf; when he gets into
mischief and your neighbor reports it
to you, curse the neighbor in the pres-
ence of your boy; do not repremand
the boy. When he gets a little larger
and purloins something of value, and
you find it out, just laugh at it and let
it go; when he gets into anything that
calls him to the Justice court,and he
is found guilty, pay the fine, curse the
court and jury and everyone connected
with the matter, pity the boy, and you
will soon have a splendid candidate for
the “pen.”
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