~The Somerset yo 3 SS Gonnty Star, VOL. XII. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA., THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1906. ies Hats! Ladies Hats Ladies Hats! Our line of Ladies’ Ready-to- Wear Hats is now ready. Don’t miss the chance to see this display of the latest shapes in Hats. The prices are away down. k Lick Supply Co nsnenm DEGGIE IGIGOIGOIGOIS: TY : | : | ® = OF SALISBURY. : : Capital paid in, $50,000. Surplus & undiyided profiits, $9,000. : : On Time : sis | ODOR CON NERS 2 : J. L. BArcHUS, President. H. H. Maus, Vice President. gen- ALBERT REITz, Cashier. , DIRECTORS :—J. L. Barchus, H. H. Maust, Norman D. Hay, A. M. Lichty, F. A. Maust, A. E. Livengood, L. L. Beachy. 8 rr le > ; : I ‘ : ries, 09 oy an, 1 — all> s S _ Salisbury, Pa > 4 4 - ~ f 2 : ’ ' I DRY t TOPCLCN alli POMEL sat Orel GOODS, ir at : doz= Finest of Groceries, Hardware, Miners’ The best Powder and Squibs a Specialty. fi | I il For Butter And Kops. ST STAT AIPA PARP IATA IOP APSA PO OPES Supplies, Shoes, Clothing, Etec. BERKEY & SHAVER, Attorneys-at-I.aw. SOMERSET, Pa. Coffroth & Ruppel Building. ERNEST 0. KOOSER, Attorney-At-Liaw, SOMERSET, PA. R. EE. MEYERS, DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Attorney-at-Law, SOMERSET, PA. Office in Court House. W.H. KOONTZ. KOONTZ & OGLE Attorneys-At-Law, J. G. OGLE SOMERSET, PENN’A Office opposite Court House. VIRGIL R. SAYLOR, Attorney-at-Liaw, SOMERSET, PA. Office in Mammoth Block. E. H. PERRY, Physician and Surgeon, SALISBURY, PENN’A. Office corner Grant and Union Streets E.C. SAYLOR, D. D. 8S, SALISBURY, PA. Office in Henry DeHaven Residence, Union Street. Special attention given to the preserva- tion of the natural teeth. Artificial sets in- serted in the best possible manner. Murphy Bros.’ RESTAURANT! TS Headquarters for best Oysters, Ice Cream, Lunches, Soft Drinks, ete. Try our Short-Order Meals—Beef- steak, Ham and Eggs, Sausage, Hot Coffee, ete. Meals to Order at All Ae. Hours! cess We also handle a line of Groceries, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. We try to please our patrons, and we would thank you for a share of your buying. MURPHY BROTHERS, McKINLEY BLOCK, SALISBURY, PA. For Spring Housecleaning T housecleaning time try Liquid Veneer. It makes everything look new. There will be no old, dull looking furniture or dingy woodwork in homes where this won- der-worker is used. No refinishing or revarnishing necessary. Liquid Veneer is not a varnish, but a surface food and cleaner that builds up the original finish and makes it brighter than ever. It instantly restores the brilliant newness and finish of Pianos, Furniture, Picture Frames, Interior Woodwork, Hardwood Floors and all polished, varnished or enameled surfaces. Re- moves scratches, stains, dirt and dullness. A child can apply it. Nothing but a piece of cheese cloth is needed and there is no drying to wait for. PRICES Trial bottle ,. . . . . Regular size . . . . 10 cts. 50 cts. SOLD BY THE ELK LICK DRUG STORE. SALISBURY NORMAL. The Salisbury Normal School will open Monday, May 7, 1908, and close with the Teachers’ Examination by the County Superintendent. Provision can be made for all grades. Any information concerning the school will be given cheerfully. 5-3 JANET O. MCKINLEY. SHOE BARGAINS!—We have the biggest and best stock of Men’s, Wom- en’s and Children’s Shoes in town, and we are offering special bargains in Shoes at this time. Call and save money. HaY’s DEPARTMENT STORE. s 3 = WE ACHUCE LINN 3 ENCE = = E = = 3 VIARKS = = ee i ALWAYS ON HAND, § Sr £ We sell Axa and Minnehaha Flour, the brands to = o- Tocstre $& buy if you want good bread. = a. : S. A. LICHLITER. 3 ro ZOOM TEA SIA SAAD LIA SIA ADJA IAEA LAIMA IAA IIA A INS tf Republican Primary Election. EDITOR SOMERSET COENTY STAR :— The persons named below having compli- ed with the Rules, Regulations and Cus- toms governing the Republican party of Somerset county, you are hereby author- ized to announce their names “in alpha- betical order under the respective offices.” Only persons (except one committeeman for each district) thus complying with the Rulesand Regulations will be eligible to be voted forat the Republican Pprmary Elec- tion, to be held on Saturday, May 26th, 1906, between the hours of one o'clock in the af- ternoon and seven o’clock in the evening. No announcements will be received after Saturday, May 5, 1506. FRANK M. FORNEY, County Chairman For Congress. John G. Ogle, Somerset borough. For the Assembly. J. W. Endsley, of Somerfield borough. D. J. Horner, of Somerset borough. A. W. Knepper, of Somerset borough. For Poor House Director. J. F. Reiman, of Stonycreek township. For Jury Commissioner, George J. Schrock, of Somerset borough. For Delegate to State Convention. E. V. Babeock, of Ogle township. HON. J. W. ENDSLEY. Will Contest for the Republican Nomination for Assemblyman. In presenting myself before the Re- publicans of Somerset county as a can- didate for the office of Representative in the General Assembly, IT am only following a precedent that has been established in our county for years, in conceding two terms to the Represen- tatives in the legislature. This is not only a custom in Somerset county, but prevails generally throughout the state, thereby insuring that about one-half of every Legislature shall be composed of experienced Representatives. Therefore. T most respectfully solicit your support at the Primary on May 26th ; pledging mysely if nominated and elected to conscientiously dis- charge the duties incumbent upon me; to work for our common good, and to be guided in my official actions by the wishes of ny constituents in Somerset county, to whose interests I owe my allegiance. I am Yours very respectfully, J. W. EXDSLEY. Somerfield, Pa., April 24, 1906. In addition to the statements made in the foregoing announcement, Mr. Endsley requests Tur Star to state that he is unalterably opposed to com- pulsory vaccination, and he promises that if elected he will put forth his best efforts for the repeal of Pennsyl- vania’s present obnoxious vaccination law. He agrees with State Superin- tendent Schaeffer that the present vac- cination law is working great harm in our public schools, and he thinks the rights of parents and guardians of children are trampled upon by that pernicious piece of class legislation. Therefore, he favors its repeal, as most fair-minded people do, and in Mr, Endsley the voters who oppose com- pulsory vaccination and the harm it is working in our public schools, have an able champion, who, if elected, will do all in his power to restore their rights to them. To The Republican Voters of Som- erset County. I have withdrawn from the contest for the Republican nomination for Assemblyman. Hon. W. Endsley and I are neighbors. Ideemed it prop- er there should be only one candidate from the neighborhood in which we re- side. Again, the Republicans of Som- erset county have established the rule of according Assemblymen two con- secutive terms, a custom which I con- cluded it would not be well to disturb, and which custom entitles Mr. Endsley to a second term. Thanking my many friends for the support tendered me, I am very truly yours, CHARLEY RISHEBARGER. Addison, Pa., May 2, 19086. DEATH FROM APPENDICITIS decreased in the same ratio that the use of Dr. King’s ‘New Life Pills in- creases. They save you from danger and bring quick and painless release from constipation and the ills growing out of it. Strength and vigor always follow their use. Guaranteed by E. H. Tue Somerset Herald, the Scull pa- per, continues to be quite busy med- dling in the affairs of the Republican party. Even “Ma Too” Smith, of the Commercial, butts in once in a while. They ought to attend to the affairs of their own party, the Orphans, as the Republican party can take care of itself. It will do so, too, and the com- ing primary will be for Republicans only. Those who participated in the Republican primary last spring, only to try to defeat the ticket in the fall, will not be permitted to vote, as the rules, which were made by the Sculls them- selves when they were yet in power, will not permit it. THE INVESTIGATION OF STRUC- TURAL MATERIALS. Every prudent toiler who hopes some time to express his ideas of beauty, and comfort in a house that he ean call his own, should pray that Congress may approve the recommendation lately sent it by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, through the Secretary of the Interior, for an appro- priation of $100,000 to be expended in the investigation of materials used in building and construetion work. The poor man will not need to be told that the price of lumber and of brick soars lightly higher, year by year, and that while “the trade* may prosper, the people suffer. It takes vastly more pennies to one’s credit in the savings bank than it once did to pay for the most modest home. With the increase in cost of structural ma- terial, there is, alas,no corresponding gain in quality. On the contrary, the speed with which edifices of today fall down is in direct ratio to the speed with which the price mounts up. With the gradual disappearance of the pleth- ora of wood in this country, the structural materials of the future will, necessarily, be steel, concrete, and clay products. It should be interesting, therefore, to every citizen to know that the United States Geological Sur- vey conducted in 1902, 1903, and 1904 a series of examinations of materials suitable for the manufacture of cements found in different parts of the country. These examinations have already re- sulted in important industrial develop- ments. During the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, the Survey be- gan to investigate structural materials, especially cement mortars and con- cretes, and has continued the work down to the present day. The expenses of this work were paid out of two small appropriations, aggregating $12,500, which Congress made early in 1905, and which are now exhausted. What is the character of the investi- gations already made? The nature and extent of the depos- its of materials suitable for building and construction purposes which are used at the important building centers of the country have been investigated. Building materials collected by Survey experts in different parts of the coun- try have been tested in the St. Louis laboratories. These include sands, gravels, and stones. All samples will be tested as to weight. strength, dur- ability, power of absorption. behavior when subjected to heat and cold, ete. Cement mortars when made with dif- ferent grades of sand and gravel, stone screenings, ete., have been tested as to the relative proportions of these mate- rials which yield the best results in the mortar in the way of strength, com- pactness, and other desirable qualities. The influence of time, temperature, and other variable conditions upon the setting, strength, porosity,permeability, and other properties of the cements and cement mortars has been studied. Concretes made in different parts of the country from cement with stone, stone screenings, gravel, sand, cinders, slag, etc., have been tested in the lab- oratory as to their strength, permea- bility, action under freezing, fire, ete. These examinations have shown that there is great difference in strength and in other properties of the mortars madeout of these different materials. The continuance of this work is de- pendent upon additional appropriations by Congress. Inasmuch as Congress will probably vote for the expenditure of at least $25,000,000 in the construc- tion of public buildings during the next twelve months, it is evident that no in- dividual builder in the country can be more benefited by these researches than the Government itself. The ag- gregate sum spent on building opera- tions by the people of the United States last year was no less than a bil- lion dollars. WHEN A MAN TELLS YOU it does not pay to advertise, he is simply ad- mitting that he is conducting a busi- ness that is not worth advertising, a business conducted by a man unfit [to do business, and a business which Miller, Druggist. 25¢. Try them. 86-1 should be advertised for sale. tf AMOS W. KNEPPER. A Prominent Citizen and Candidate: for the Legislature. The subject of this sketch is one of" the best known and universally re-- spected citizens of Somerset county. . He is a man of fine business ability, generous impulses, and always on the- side of the common people in all mat- ters pertaining to their welfare. He is a man worthy of the confidence of his fellow-men at all times, and his word is as good as any man’s bond. If elect- ed to the office he seeks, he will repre- sent his constituents with credit to ‘himself and to them. The following fine tribute to Mr.. Knepper was published several months ago, in the Somerset Standard, and shows the respect and esteem he is held in by the people of his own town, where he is best known: The Standard has from time to time printed portraits and brief sketches of prominent citizens of Somerset county, and it expects to continue this interest- ing feature at intervals. Our sketch and portrait this week is- that of Amos W. Knepper, one of the- substantial and prominent citizens of Somerset borough, who is known per- sonally by every adult within the cor- porate limits and by hundreds of the native Somerset countains throughout the county. Itis for the information of the younger generations and for those who have recently adopted this county for their residence that a sketch of Mr. Knepper appears at this time. Amos W, Knepper is a son of Simon- Knepper, deceased, and was born in: the borough of Berlin. He was given the best training the schools of that borough afforded, and when his parents- moved to Somerset township, a few" miles east of this borough, young Amos came with them. Subsequently he came to Somerset, where he found em-- ployment with the late Nicholas B. Snyder, with whom he learned the shoe business. Some time after the Civil war broke out Mr. Knepper caught the military spirit, and, with three other: brothers, Henry, Oliver and William, enlisted in George F. Baer’s company —E, 133d Regiment, P. V.—and served with it until the company was muster- ed out of theservice. William was the only one of the Knepper boys who never returned, he having lost his life in the battle at New Market, Virginia, and his remains lie in an unknown grave.§ At the close of the war Amos’ Knep- per returned to Somerset and entered into the shoe business for himself. He conducted stores at different points in town, finally acquiring the property now occupied by Uhl’s store and Say- lor’s restaurant, where he manufactur- ed and sold boots and shoes. In the days before the introduction of ma- chinery, boots and shoes were manu- factured very extensively in small towns, and Mr. Knepper had at one time twelve men employed in his “shop.” Close confinement and over-work be- gan to tell on Mr. Knepper’s health, and he sold out his shoe interests to engage in the real estate business and other enterprises. Through thrift and economy Mr. Knepper has acquired a comfortable competency, and he has ever been ready to give of his means and energy to any enterprise that stood for the ad- vancement of Somerset, and through- which employment could be given to. bis fellow-men. In this connection we need only refer to a few of his business connections. He was one of the pro- moters of the Somerset Electric Light Company, and has been vice president of the same from the organization of: the company. He is president of Som- erset’s board of trade, an organization: that has accomplished a great deal for Somerset, but which has operated so quietly that many persons of the town never knew that such an organization was in existence. Suffice to say that not less than half a dozen business en-- terprises have been successfully- launched by the board of trade. Mr: Knepper was one of the founders of” the Globe Column and Manufacturing Company, and was one of its officers until a few months ago, when the plant passed into other hands. He is now president of the Somerset Door and Column Company, of the Somerset Concrete Company, and of the Central Foundry and Machine Company, be- sides having investments in mining stocks and other concerns. Mr. {Knepper has lived such a life that his neighbors will unhesitatingly- gay of him that he has been a good and: valuable citizen.
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