om— Salis- Le umbis 1 $18.00 is the it cost 8 good It is outfit ed for ed for ecords or $4.00 111, can ‘'ollow- ? ne. Oregon House- t Thou Dream. vs open re. 1. ekin. ristian re. e Uni- ws to uld? Quar- le. rook. 1s Bing. lelds of at Mid- h Barn Jilver >opular AW. in with ristmas. ack to rtet. ntation Home. p. f Jesus. Band. Band. 's Band. ilmore’s ’s Band. 'avern-- Orches- m--Gil- 4 ly ur ose leg En- bs, ur [eg the 4 RS’ NCE |ARKS NS rs &C. tion may ether an ym Somerset » Gountp Star, VOL. X11. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1906. NO. 47. The time to buy your Christmas.” Presents is eatly in the season, thereby getting : the first choice and best selections. Before making your purchases you should see our line of Gold and Silver & Novelties in Toilet Articles, Watches, ' Chains and Rings, also our grand dis- ® play of hand decorated Japanese Chi- ® naware. It surpasses anything else of & the kind shown. OF SALISBURY. > p Capital paid in, $560,000. Surplus & undiyided profits, $15,000. 2 Assets over $300,000. J PER CENT. INTEREST epee J. L. BArcHUS, President. H. H. Mavs, Vice President, ALBERT REITZ, Cashier. DIRECTORS: —J. L. Barchus, H. H. Maust, Norman D. Hay, A. M. Tieni%, F. A. Mansi, A. E. Livengoot: L. 1, Besehy. OFFICIAL vIRECTORY. Below will be found the names of the various county and district officials. Unless otherwise indicated, their ad- dresses are, Somerset, Pa. President Judge—Francis J. Kooser, Member of Congress—A. F. Kooper, Uniontown, Pa. State Senator—William C. Miller, Bedford, Pa. Members of the Assembly—J. W. Endsley, Somerfield ; L. C. Lambert. Sheriff —William C. Begley. Prothonotary—Chas. C. Shafer. Register—Chas. F. Cook. Recorder—John R. Boose. Clerk of Courts—Milton H. Fike. Treasurer—Peter Hoffman. District Attorney—R. E. Meyers. Coroner—Dr. 8. J. H. Louther. Commissioners—Josiah Specht, Kant- ner ; Chas. F. Zimmerman, Stoyestown ; Robert Augustine, Somerfield. Solici- tor—Berkey & Shaver. Jury Commissioners—C. R. McMillan: Listonburg; W. J. R. Hay, Lavansville Directors of the Poor—Chauncey F. Dickey; Aaron F. Swank, Davidsville; William Brant, Somerset, R. F. D. No. 5. Attorney for Directors, H. F. Yost; Clerk, C. L. Shaver. County Auditors—W. H. H. Baker, Rockwood ; J. 8. Miller, Friedens ; Geo. Steinbaugh, Stoyestown. ‘Superintendent of Schools—D. W. Seibert. County SBurveyor—A. E. Rayman. Chairmen Political Organizations—N. B. McGriff, Republican ; Alex. B. Grof, Democratic; R. M. Walker, Berlin, Prohibition. BERKEY & SHAVER, Attorneys-at-Liaw, SOMERSET, PA. Coffroth & Ruppel Building. ERNEST 0. KOOSER, Attorney-At-Law, SOMERSET, PA. R. E. MEYERS, Attorney-at-Iaw, DISTRICT ATTORNEY SOMERSET, PA. Office in Court House. W. H. KOONTZ. KOONTZ & OGLE Attorneys-At-L.aw, J. G. OGLE . SOMERSET, PENN’A Office opposite Court House. VIRGIL R. SAYLOR, Attorney-at-Liaw, SOMERSET, PA. Office in Mammoth Block. DR.PETER L. SWANK, Physician and Surgeon, ELK LICK, PA. Just Received ————A FINE LINE OF New Raisins, Currants, Prunes, Citron 2 and ald kinds of Nuts. Also Si Buckwheat Flour and $ Pure Maple Syrup, at S. A. Lichliter’s. : i &-_Salisbury, Pa~¢ ba DRY i Forelen ad Domestic Goons Finest of Groceries, Hardware, Miners’ p Supplies, Shoes, Clothing, Etc. The best Powder and Squibs a Specialty. ¢ For Butter And Kags. fe Ss or to Dr. E. H. Perry. E.C.SAYLOR, D. D. 8. SALISBURY, PA. Office in Henry Defisyen Residence, Union Special attention given to the preserva- tion of the natural teeth. Artificial sets in- serted in the best possible manner. To Get the Skin Thoroughly Clean f. dirt must be worked out— the skin must be kneaded like a cloth garment in the wash tub. Pompeian Massage Cream is first rubbed into the pores loosening the imbedded dirt; then it is rubbed out, bringing the dirt with it, removing the cause of sallow, lifeless com- plexions, restoring healthy circulation ; taking away wrin- A kles and animating the tissues. For women— Pompeian Cream is a necessity. It makes the use of toilet powder unnec- essary. Contains no grease, leaves no shine, and cannot induce growth of hair. For men—it is most delight- ful after shaving. Takes away razor soreness and irritation. Call for sample and book on facial massage. Price 50¢ and $1.00 per jar. [AB EK Lick Drug Store. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Cures all Coughs, and expels Coide from the system by gently meving the bowels. Tue Connellsville Courier is now publishing a Sunday edition, the first number appearing last Sunday. Itiss wide-awake paper for 2 town the size of Connellsville, but like all. other Sun- day papers, it carries with it the abom- inable comic section in gaudy colors, which in our opinion is a ‘“‘chestnuty” feature of the Sunday papers that never had a single redeeming feature, and much of the so-called humorous matter of the average comic section of Sunday papers is only a clumsy and far-fetched attempt at humor. It creates a de- sire for trash in the minds of the young, and it adds nothing to the real value or merits of a newspaper. ee Tre Niverton mine fire has again broken out in new places, raging fierce- ly and doing great damage. The place has been afire for several years, and thousands of tons of coal have been consumed. The Elk Lick township authorities ought to buy the blazing mine and use it for a township hell, an institution that seems to be needed in many localities for certain classes of people. One man suggests that it ought to be used to dump the men into who argue fhat to be a good Stalwart Republican a man ought to vote for candidates on the Democratic ticket, but another fellow at our elbow pro- tests, saying: “Such fellows are too green to burn.” “During the last five years 45,000 per- sons were murdered in the United States. More persons were murdered last year than died of typhoid fever. This awful total has been due to the way in which the law was administer- ed. Itis burdened with restrictions and technicalities, and in almost every case the criminal had nine chances of escaping to one of being found guilty.” So declared Judge Marcus Kavanaugh, recently, in an address before the alum- nae of St. Ignatius College, gathered at a banquet at the great Northern Hotel in Chicago. He spoke on “En- forcement of the Law in Large Cities,” and vigorously assailed the operation of the courts under the jury system. That the United States is the most criminal country in the world, the jury system the most loose and antiquated, and the law open to attack were among the assertions made by Judge Kavan- augh. A TEXAS WONDER. There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex., that’s twice as big as last year. This wonder is W. L. Hill, who from a weight of 80 pounds has grown to over 180. He says: “I suffered witha terrible cough, and doctors gave me up to die of Con- sumption. I was reduced to 80 pounds, when I began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery ‘for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Now, after taking 12 bot- tles, I have more than doubled in weight and am completely cured.” Only sure Cough and Cold cure. Guar- anteed by E. H. Miller, Druggist. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. 1-1 TRUE REPUBLICANISM. Major Lou Smith, the veteran editor of the Meyersdale Commercial, says we “have not been in the party long enough to distinguish a true Republi- can from the spurious article.” It did not require any previous ex- perience to know that the Lincoln- Bryan combination was anything but true Republicanism, and our experi- ence in contemporaneous journalism has been long enough to know that the esteemed Commercial has frequently been a very perplexing political quan- tity. It may have been a Republican pa- per during all these years, but its Re- publicanism has been of a weak and wobbly type. During the last cam- paign it’ was in league with the Demo- crats opposing President Roosevelt’s policies. It now hoists his name as its choice for a third term in spite of the President’s earnest protest against the consideration of such a proposition. Such backing and filling, halting and hedging, are not usually found in Re- publican circles, and are never digni- fied with the title of True Republican- ism. We may be new in the Republican party, but it should be remembered that the older soldier is not necessarily the better. and that even “Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings comes wisdom.”—Connellsville Courier. LONG TENNESSEE FIGHT. For twenty years, W. L. Rawls, of Bells, Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He writes: “The swelling and soreness in- side my nose was fearful, till I began applying Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to the sore surface ; this caused the soreness and swelling to disappear, never to re- turn.” Best salve in existence. 25c. at E. H. Miller’s drug store. 1-1 KOONTZ STARTS CONTEST. Last Monday Wm. H. Koontz started contest proceedings against Senator Wm. C. Miller, who was elected to the State Senate at the last election, de- feating Koontz by 40 votes. A peti- tion in contest, signed by 29 electors of Somerset county, was presented to Hon. Joseph M. Woods, President Judge of the Bedford-Huntingdon dis- trict. The petition charges that illegal votes were cast in certain districts, notably Windber, and of the legal votes cast Koontz claims to have a majority. It is easy to make claims, but to sub- stantiate them is quite another thing, as we think Koontz will learn to his cost. If it comes to a contest. and it is shown that illegal votes were re- ceived in certain districts, we believe it will develop that Koontz received for more illegal votes than Miller. Right here in Salisbury not a single vote was lawfully cast at the last elec- tion, for the reason that our polling place was not in accordance with the requirements of the Baker ballot law, The ballot box and the election officers in this borough were all on the outside of the guard rail during the receiving and counting of the votes, and in many other respects the election laws were completely ignored. So much so, in fact, that we believe the entire vote of Salisbury would have to be thrown out in a contest, and that would wipe out a plurality for Koontz of 57 votes in one district alone. In case the petition presented to Judge Woods upon argument is sus- tained, his Honor will designate a Commissioner to take testimony, and later on will pass upon the facts elicit- ed. Should the court award a certifi- cate to General Koontz, it will be laid before the Senate together with the evidence and the opinion of the court.g., ~~ In this event it is likely that Senator¢ the Miller will institute a contest before ients Should Judge Woods re- the Senate. fuse the Koontz petition, that will end the matter. Nearly All the Great Irish Leaders Protestants. It is not generally known that nearly all of the great Irish leaders were Protestants, yet such is the case, ae cording to O'Connor, the Irish leader im the British Parliament. an extract from a great speech deliver- ed by Mr. O'Connor on Oct. 25th, 1908: before the Periodical Publishers’ As- sociation: “In every political movement that has ever been in Ireland there have al- ways been Protestants among its most powerful leaders. ception of Daniel O’Connell and Mr. Redmond, there have practically beea no Irish movements that have had Catholics as men who voted for the Irish Parliament in 1800, and spoke against its destrue- tion were Protestants. a single Catholic admissible to Parlia- ment at the time. whose name, as you know, is always received with a loud burst of applause in any gathering of Irishmen wherever they may be, Robert Emmet was & Protestant. also one of the heroes of the Irish martyrology, was a Protestant. Butt, a leader of the Irish in my early days, clergyman; leader we have had since the days of 0O’Connell, was a Protestant, and . testant of Protestants.” Following is In fact, with the ex- their leaders. All the There was not Robert Emmet, Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Isaac was the son of a Protestant and the most powerful Charles Stewart Parnell, indeed a Pro- NEW CURE FOR EPILEPSY. J.B. Waterman, of Watertown, O., Rural free delivery, ‘daughter, afflicted for years with epi- lepsy, was cured by Dr. Life Pills. for over two years.” ers and life-giving tonic pills on earth. 25c. at E. H. Miller’s drug store, 1-1 writes: “My King’s New She has not had an attack Best body cleans- The differences between the man- agement of the Philadelphia & Read- ing Railway company and its em- ploves in the cail, freight and yard service were settled, all the train- men receiving an advance of 10 per cent in wages, in addition to the ad- — says: | € Sosed justment of unequal rates. A num- Cooped for r Refusing te Pay His: ries ber of other concessions have also Tax Collector M. J. Glotfelty occa-¢d to sionally has trouble with a senseless, | i unreasonable class of people who seem ogy, to think that they can get out of pay- com- been granted the men, with a view of imprcving the service. 0 —_— ee n- Desertion From Army Increasing. Desertion is on the increase in the United States army. The annual re- ing taxes because they own no prop-! oa port of Major General Ainsworth, the erty. Some of them get very “lippy”pi*%: | military secretary, shows that in the and say “I don’t have to pay; I am not worth anything.” Of course they are not worth any:n. thing; such people never are—worth and | men who deserted in 1905, nothing any way you take them, notf th even worth ordinary hell room. But, all the same, all taxable persons have taxes ought to be sent to jail or the whipping post on general principles. On Tuesday evening Albert Stewart was asked to pay his taxes, but insteac of paying he got very abusive to thed. tax collector and declared that he would do nothing of the sort. jail early in the morning. It is hare to butt up against the law, and a tax collector even has the power to place ¢ man under arrest himself for non-pay,,..q . ’ ment of takes. een. Death of the Smallest Man. Reese Wiggles, who declared that he was the smallest man in the world, died at a retreat near Wilkesbarre, a few days ago, aged fifty-three years. He was but thirty-seven inches tall, four inches shorter than Gen. Tom Thumb. Wiggles was born in Wales, and in his youth was exhibited a great deal. He had stood on the same plat- form with Gen. Tom Thumb in Wales, and was exhibited alone in this coun- try. His last appearance was at the Bloomsburg fair, a short time ago. He has been looked after for the last twenty-five years by William H. Thomas, of Plymouth, his parents hav- ing died when he was quite young. OUTWITS THE SURGEON. A complication of female troubles, with catarrh of the stomach and bow- els, had reduced Mrs, Thos 8S. Austin, of Leavenworth, Ind., to sucha deplor- able condition, that her doctor advised an operation; but her husband fearing fatal results, postponed this to try Electric Bitters; and to the amazement of all who knew her, this medicine completely cured her. Guaranteed cure for torpid liver, kidney disease, biliousness, jaundice, chills and fever, general debility, nervousness and blood poisoning. Best tonic made. Price 50c. at E. H. Miller's drug store. Try it. 1-1 > Yail- jury CURRENT NEWS to pay taxes or go to jail, and a big lotrimes of those who try to get out of payingse of 1S | of Pennsylvania has accepted an in- und also the K. CollecB- K- tor Glotfelty immediately had Stewaris riot arrested and placed in the borouglf pri- lockup, and had it not been for theainst prisoner’s father coming around anc¢rging paying the young man’s taxes, Alber® 3% the The Atkinson, Topeka & S would have been taken to the countyjcaly P fia ve ared and year ended June 30 there were 6,258 desertions, or 7.4 for every 100 sol- diers in the army. In 1905 the rate- of desertion was only 6.8. Of the 813 have e been apprehended and 240 surrender- of | ed to the military authorities. ITEMS United States Senator P. C. Knox vitation to be the commencement day orator at Yale law school next June. Lieutenant General Arthur Henry Paget has been selected to succeed General Francis Wallace Grenfell as commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland. President Roosavelt reserved the right to reinstate any colored men, in the companies discharged, who are found innocent in connection with the riot at Brownsville, Texas. railroad granted an increase of four cents an hour in the wages of its trainmen on the main line from Chi- cago to El Paso. The increase af- fects 2,000 men. The man who on Sunday night robbed the passengers on the east bound Alton, Burlington passenger train near Glasgow, Mo., admitted his l real name is Claude Rumsey on ‘vat Wabash Buys Right of Way. It is stated that the Gould right-of- way agents have procured nearly all of the right-of-way between Cumberland and Uniontown, and that but few con- demnation suits will be necessary. It is also stated that all matters pertain- ing to the right-of-way will be settled before the first of the year, and that as soon as possible afterwards, the con: tracts will be let and actual work bs- gun. ‘ It is a well known fact that the plane and profiles are now in the hands of prominent railroad guides, who are figuring out bids on the contract. As We Are Sized Up in Old ‘‘Fiat.”. The Salisbury Star is proud of the fact that the Republicans polled their biggest vote in the backwoods districts of Somerset county, where the percent- age of illiteracy is smallest and where idlers, tricksters and political shysters with axes to grind are missing, where the people are not of the flighty kind who are led astray by calamity howlers and fake reform palaverers. Editor Livengood’s kind words have a maple molasses flavor, but his edi- torial ax is keen, and line with heavy strokes.—Connellsville ! Courier. it hews to the
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