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VOL. XII.
SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906.
NO. 48.
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A Merry
tmas!
The time to buy your
Christmas.” Presents
Before making your purchases you
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£ Chains and Rings, also our grand dis-
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J. L. BarcHUS, President.
PER GENT. INTEREST
OF SALISBURY.
Capital paid in, $50,000.
Assets over $300,000.
ALBERT REITz, Cashier.
On Time
Deposits.
H. H. Mavsr, Vice President
Surplus & undiyided profiits, $15,000. &
DIRECTORS :—J. L. Barchus, H. H. Maust, Norman D. Hay, A. ‘M.
Linty, F. A. Maust, A. E. Livengood, L. L. Beachy.
CANDIES.
Over 2000 |
ALL KINDS.
CANDIES, o
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At Lichliter’s.
ALL PRICES.
Don’t miss seeing our line before making your Xmas x
purchases:
orion and Domestic
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1, DRY
GOODS,
Finest of Groceries, Hardware, Miners’
Supplies, Shoes, Clothing, Ete. The
best Powder and Squibs a Specialty.
igs! Marke! i
For Butter
And Hogs.
BERKEY & SEAVER,
Attorneys-at-Liaw,
SOMERSET, PA.
Coffroth & Ruppel Building.
ERNEST 0. KOOSER,
Attorney-At-Liaw,
SOMERSET, PA.
R.E. MEYERS,
Attorney-at-Liaw,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SOMERSET, PA.
Office in Court House.
W.H. KOONTZ. J. G. OexE
KOONTZ & OGLE
Attorneys-At-Law,
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.
Successor to Dr. E. H, Perry.
Don’t let beer get the
best of you.
Get the best of it—
Monastery,
brewed at Latrobe, Pa.,
and recognized by chemists and
judges of a good article asa pure,
wholesome, beverage.
Delicious! Refreshing!
Sold at the West Salisbury
2 | Hotel, West Salisbury, Pa.
CHAS. PASCHKE, Propr.
New Firm!
G. G. De Lozier,
GROGER AND GONFEGTIONER.
Having purchased the well known Jeffery
grocery opposite the postoffice, I want the
public to know that I will add greatly to
the stock and improve the store in every
way. It is my aim to conduct a first class
grocery and confectionery store,and to give
Big Value For Cash.
I solicit a fair share of your patronage,
and I promise a square deal and courteous
treatment to all customers. My line will
consist,‘ of , Staple and Fancy Groceries
Choice Confectionery, Country Produce,
Cigars, Tobaceo, ete.
OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE,
SALISBURY, PA.
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A Handsome
Calendar
Should find a place in every
home.
The Pittsburgh Bank for
Savings, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
will mail our readers on re-
quest a copy of their 1907 Art
Calendar—one of the most
beautiful galondar concep-
tions of the yea
The subject 7 the famous
painting “Rhoda,” by the Cel-
ebrated American artist Jas.
Fagan. The painting is faith-
fully reproduced by the Three
Color process, preserving all
the rich, yet delicate, coloring
tints and flesh tones of the or-
iginal, and delineates a very
attractive type of womanly
beauty. Asa work of art and
a fine example of the Art Pre-
servative, it is unsurpassed.
‘The picture is not defaced
by any advertisement. It is
mounted on a beveled board
11x14 inches, and supplied with
a silk hanging cord. Send
Four cents in stamps to pre-
pay postage. Sent, postage
paid, to those having accounts
with the bank by giving ac-
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All kinds of Legal and Commercial
Blanks, Judgment Notes, ete., for sale
at Tur Star office. tf
Wagner's
RESTAURANT,
Ellis Wagner, Prop., Salisbury.
(Successor to F. A. Thompson.)
OYSTERS IN EVERY STYLE
Also headquarters for Ice Cream,
Fresh Fish, Lunches, Confectionery, ete
A share of your patronage solicited.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
PUT UP THE BARS.
Under the above caption the Somer-
erset, Standard last week published the
following sensible editorial, every word
of which we most heartily endorse:
In his annual report the State Super-
intendent of Public Instruction points
to “good teachers” as one of the great
needs of common school education, and
suggests higher wages for teachers as
one way Jo increase their qualifica-
tions.
It is a fact that good teachers are
leaving the schools because of the low
salaries, and it is clear that the ‘only
way to hold the good teachers is to in-
crease their salaries . But an increase
of salary will not assure the higher
qualification of teachers. The depart-
| ment of Publie Instruction should re-
quire the higher qualification, and the
increase of salary will necessarily fol-
ow".
To ilystrate:
At the Opera house,last Friday night,
| between the acts of a musical comedy,
the following- ‘conversation took place
between two teachers who had been at-
tending the annual teachers’ institute,
and remained in town to “take in” the
show:
“Do you think this institute was as
good as the last one?”
“Oh, Idon’t know. We didn’t have
enough fun; Seibert watched us too
close. You bet I'll work it all right
next time; I’ll just send my card with
someone to be punched, and then Ill
take in the skatin’ rink.”
“Well, how did you like the lectures?”
“Oh, I didn’t learn nawthin’ from
them lectures ; why don’t Seibert run
in some shows like this one—somethin’
that’s got some fun in it?”
Would an increase of salary improve
the qualifications of that teacher? He
never had the qualifications that ought
to be required of a school teacher, and
never will have them. He ought to be
posting circus bills. To pay such a
“teacher” $256 a month would not only
be a complete waste of that amount of
money, but his employment would be
an irreparable injustice to the pupils of
his school. And this “teacher” is not
an exception ; there are too many in his
class. The board of school directors
that places the schools of this district
under the control of teachers of this
class deserves severe censure, and they
should not be permitted to hide behind
the mere fact that the misfits hold cer-
tificates. There must be a screw loose
in the system of education that permits
“teachers” of this class to obtain certif-
icates. Let Superintendent Schaeffer
set up his qualification bars, and the
salaries will take care of themselves.
(Good teachers should be paid good
salaries, and they will be so paid when
all but the good teachers have been
weeded out. When the Department of
Public Instruction makes it impossible
for school boards to secure teachers
who are not competent, there will be
fewer axes to grind in the selection of
teachers, and Tom will not vote for
Dick’s son because Dick votes for Tom’s
son, for neither Dick’s son nor Tom’s
son will be in the eligible list. They
will be working at some other “job”
for which they are better qualified.
Let the higher salaries come, but let
them not be misdirected. The school
boards have it in their power to pay
higher salaries, but in some way they
should be barred from paying either
high or low salaries to incompetent
teachers. The public should be given
some protection against the various
lines of “influence” that bring about
the employment of incompetent teach-
ers, and such protection would seem to
lie in more thorough and more search-
ing examination of applicants for teach-
ers’ certificates, with a stiffening of the
requirements as to qualifications.
LONG TENNESSEE FIGHT.
For twenty years, W. L. Rawls, of
Bells, Tenn., fought nasal catarrh. He
writes: “The swelling and sorenessin-
j | 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. 2bc.
at E. H. Miller’s drug store. 1-1
TROLLEY TIED UP.
Court Issues Temporary Injunetion
Commanding Work fon Certain
Portions of Line to Cease.
On Tuesday of last week Judge
Kooser issued a temporary injunction
restraining the Penna. & Md. Street
Railway Co. from doing any further
construction work on its line where it
passes over lands of S. P. Maust, John
M. Wright, H. H. and F. A. Maust, and
Joseph Miller and wife, until the case
can be argued. The injunction was
granted upon request of the defunet
M. & 8S. Street Railway Co., and the
arguments are scheduled for a hearing
today.
It is useless to review all the sense-
less allegations of the plaintiff com-
pany, for their allegations are nothing
but thin air to make the best of them.
But of course the plaintiffs claim that
the P. & M. people are robbing the M.
& 8. of rights of way, franchises and
about everything else. However, it is
the general opinion here that the M. &
8. has nothing to be robbed of, that the
concern is totally defunct and never
had a real existence as a company to
begin with. We think it will be Tg
ent to the court after weighing all the
evidence that the M. & S. is not a real
railway company, but merely a hot-air
aggregation of promoters.
No one here believes that the injunc-
tion will be made permanent, or that
the P. & M. company will be much de-
layed by the legal proceedings now go-
ing on. Not much can be done on the
line during the winter months, anyway,
and it is believed that by the time the
weather will permit the finishing
touches to be put on the road, that all
obstacles with the M. & 8., the B. & O.
and a few kicking individuals will have
been overcome. The road wlll be in
operation at'an early date, without a
doubt.
NEW CURE FOR EPILEPSY.
J. B. Waterman, of Watertown, O.,
Raral. free delivery, writes: “My
daughter, afflicted for years with epi-
lepsy, was cured by Dr. King’s New
Life Pills. She has not had an attack
for over two years.” Best body cleans-
ers and life-giving tonic pills on earth.
25¢. at E. H. Miller’s drug store. 1-1
FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
This is the Verdiet in the Case of
Joe De Francesco, of Coal Run.
Joe DeFrancesco, who was accused of
murdering and robbing Antonio Domi-
nico, at Coal Run, near Salisbury, on
the night of Aug. 4th, had his trial at
the last session of court, and the jury
promptly rendered a verdict of first
degree murder.
The murdered man and the murderer
had both been employed as miners by
the Merchants Coal Company, and both
were natives of Italy. Dominico was
known to have about $500 on his per-
son, and it was for robbery that the
murder was committed.
Full details of the crime were pub-
lished in this paper a few days after
the murder was committed, and while
DeFrancesco was in jail awaiting his
trial, he confessed to District Attorney
Meyers that he was guilty, but also
implicated his boarding boss, Frank
Tedi, another Italian. Later, however,
he declared that Tedi had no part in
the crime, and that he (DeFrancesco)
alone was guilfy. Tedi, who had also
been arrested and jailed. was promptly
liberated after DeFrancesco made his
second statement, and there is no
doubt of Tedi’s innocence.
The date of DeFrancesco’s execution
has not yet been fixed, but justice
should, and likely will be meted to him
without unnecessary delay.
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Bowman Acquitted of Murder
Charge.
Norman Bowman, indicted for mur-
der, was set at liberty shortly after
court re-assembled, Tuesday morning,
Judge Kooser instructing the jury to
return a verdict of “not guilty,” which
was done without the jury leaving the
box. District-Attorney Meyers pre-
viously informing the Court that the
Commonwealth was satisfied it could
not make out a case against the de-
fendant. Bowman admitted that he
had shot and killed ‘an Italian named
Gassidi De Gunsteno, while the latter
was fleeing from arrest at Shaw Mines,
several months ago. He said that he
did not shoot to kill, intending merely
to cripple his victim. Gunsteno had
assaulted a fellow workman only a
minute before, and, believing ithat he
had killed him, was endeavoring to es-
cape. He fired several shots at his
pursuers.
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OLD PAPERS for sale at at THE STAR
office. They are just the thing for |
pantry shelves, wrapping paper and |
cartridge paper for the miners.
| cents buys a large roll of them. tf
Classmate of Rev. E. S. Johnston, B.
D., Shot by His Own Daughter.
The following news dispatch appear-
ed in the Pittsburg Gazette Fimes,
Tuesday, and the clergyman who wes
shot by his daughter was a classmate
of the Rev. E. 8. Johnston, D. D., of
this place.
Philadelphia, Dec. 10.—The Rev.
John T. McAtee, a wealthy Lutheran
clergyman, was shot three times in the
head by his daughter Mary, aged 20, .
tonight, who is now under arrest. The
girl used a small revolver. The minis~
ter is dying in St. Agnes hospital.
The police are investigating and say
they have evidence that a quarrel pre-
ceded the tragedy. The daughter said
her father had long been abusing her
mother, that when he reached home
tonight he had been drinking and had
tried to kill her mother by throwing
her down stairs. To protect her from
death she had shot her parent.
About five years ago the Rev. Mr.
McAtee was assistant pastor of the
Lutheran church of the Holy Com-
munion, Broad and Arch streets. He
has since been traveling and lately re-
turned from a trip around the world.
He was to have left on another trip in
February. Mrs. McAtee is the daugh-
ter of former Judge Hartley, once an
official of the Pennsylvania railroad-
Miss McAtee was to have been married
next week. Both her mother and a
woman servant are under arrest as
witnesses.
The Rev. Mr. McAtee was graduated
from Gettysburg College in 1858 and
has been in charge of some of the big-
gest Lutheran churches in the country.
He is now on the retired list.
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OUTWITS THE SURGEON.
A complication of female troubles,
with catarrh of the stomach and bow-
els, had reduced Mrs, Thos S. 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
60c. at E. H. Miller's drug store. Try
it. 1-1
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Candidates File Expense Accounts.
The last day for filing an aceount of
election expenses, by all persons who
were candidates at the last election, or
acting as treasurer for any candidates,
expires today, according to the require-
ments of the Roberts Corrupt Prae-
tices Act. Only two accounts were
filed Tuesday evening.
The expenses of Amos. W. Knepper,
Assemblyman-elect on the Republican
ticket, were only $5543. Of this
amount fifty dollars was a contribu-
tion to the county committee, and $5.48
was expended for meals and mileage.
John F. Rayman, elected poor Louse
director, filed a statement that his ex-
penses were less than fifty dollars.
‘Under the law referred to above
every candidate is required to file an
account of his election expenses, with-
in thirty days after the election, or he
may be adjudged guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not lese
than fifty dollars, or more than one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment
from one month to two years, or both,
at the discretion of the Court.
When the expenditures exceed fifty
dollars, an itemized account must be
given. No person can lawfully take
the oath of office until he has filed an
account.
Lewis Emery, Jr., the unsuccessful
Democratic-Lincoln candidate for gov-
ernor, at the recent election, spent $25,-
561.48 in his campaign, according to =
statement filed Tuesday in the office of
the secretary of the commonwealth.
Emery contributed $18,000 to the
Lincoln party state committee, $2,000
to the Democratic state committes,
$1,500 to the Allegheny county Lineéin
party committee. The balance of the
money expended by Emery was for
personal expenses, says the Somerset
Standard.
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DEDUCTION.
The other day my little boy
My precious little Sam
Climbed on my lap and sweetly asked
“Is I God’s little lamb?”
I said—“yes, child, and I do pray
His watch he’ll o’er you keep
Then ma, if I’s God’s little lamb,
Is Grandpa his old sheep?”
—Mrs. Joseph X. Couley in Pittsburg
Five | for only $3.75.
| THE STAR, Elk Lick, Pa.
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