omerset Gountp Star. VOL. XIII. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1907. NO. 6. GILLIES’ COFFEES— “the finest obtainable,” have a reputation that must be maintained thesameasit was earned—by the quality and flavors of their differ- ent blends. Nothing but the highest quality of carefully selected coffees are ever sold under this name. Whether you want a 35¢.—30c.—25c. or 20c. coffee, ask for GILLIES’ COFFEE. The lower priced kinds are worthy of the same name as the higher priced ones. The difference is merely a difference in the kinds of coffees used to secure the desired flavor. The quality of each is the same —that is, the very best of fts kind. Four prices—four flavors . and one to suit your For sale by THE ELK LICK SUPPLY 10. Gillies’ Coffees There’s a blend for YOU : OF SALISBURY. 3 Capital paid in, $50,000. Surplus & undiyided profits, $15,000. Assets over $300,000. On Time PER CENT. INTEREST ocposte. J. L. Barcuus, President. H. H. MausT, Vice President & ALBerT REITz, Cashier. DIRECTORS :—J. L. Barchus, H. H. Maust, Norman D. Hay, A. M. Lienty, F. A. Maust, A. E. Livengood, L. L. Deacly, BBR BB 2 Received Tum sm IAT STO0K ID PUULTRY FOD 0 Le. You Can Save Money by Buying in Quantity. 3 ’" 9 >—Salisbury, Pa —<§¢ Foreion ail Domestic 2% Finest of Groceries, Hardware, Miners’ The best Powder and Squibs a Specialty. Marke Prices pi or bee Supplies, Shoes, Clothing, Etc. i GOODS, BERKEY & SHAVER, Attorneys-at-lLiaw, Coffroth & Ruppel Building. ERNEST 0. KOOSER, Attorney-At-IL.aw, SOMERSET, PA. R."E. MEYERS, ‘DISTRICT ATTORNEY Attorney-at-Liaw, SOMP¥RSET, PA. Office in Court House. W. H. KOONTZ. KOONTZ & OGLE Attorneys-At-I.aw, SOMERSET: PENN’A Office opposite Court House. VIRGIL R. SAYLOR, * Attormey-at-Iiaw, SOMERSET, PA. Office in Mammoth Block. DR.PETER I. SWANK, Physician and Surgeon, ELK LICK -H- Perry: » PA. Successor to Dr. E.C. SAYLOR, D. D. S,, SAL SBURY, 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. WINDSOR HOTEL, 1217-1229 FILBERT ST., . PHILADELPHIA, PA. up-to-date accommodations at moderate rates. A square each way from the two principal railroad stations and in the center of the shopping and theatre dis- trict. American Plan, $2.00 to $3.50 per day. Kuropean Plan, $1.00 to $250 per day. Modern, Don’t iet beer get the bn) best of you. Get the best of it— Monastary, 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 Hotel, West Salisbury, Pa. CHAS. PASCHKE, Propr. New Firm! G. G. De Lozier, ROGER AND CONFEGTIONER. Having purchased the well known Jeflery 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. Itismy 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, Tobacco, etc. OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE, SALISBURY, PA. Wagner S RESTAURANT. Ellis Wagner, Prop., Salisbury. (Successor to F. A. Thompson.) OVSTERS IN EVERY STYLE Also headquarters for Ice Cream, Fresh Fish, Lunches, Confectionery, ete A share of your patronage solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. And Eggs. Kodol lol Dyspepsia Gure t you eat. SOMERSET, PA, Tue persecution of W. V. Marshall, the newly appointed postmaster of Berlin, has reached the: stage where dirty skunks write letters for the press and hide behind an assumed name. Editor Begley ought to require such human, or rather inhuman microbes to sign their real names to their slander- ous rot. In the meantime Mr. Marsh- all’s appointment has been confirmed by the Senate, and Bolter Ben Bow- man is packing up his traps prepara- tory to stepping out of the Berlin P. O. Tue Connellsville Courier says the people of Pennsylvania do not want a repeal of the compulsory vaccination law, adding that only a few noisy edi- tors are clamoring for its repeal. By the people the Courier generally means Henry P. Snyder, editor and publisher of the Connellsville Courier, but he is only one of about seven, millions of people in this commonwealth, and most of them never heard of Henry P. Sny- der. The members of the Legislature who pledged themselves to work for the repeal of the aforesaid law, will be held strictly to their pledges by the great majority of their constituents, and those members who ignore their pledges will be politically damned, as they ought to be. If the people of the entire state would have a chance to vote either for the repeal of the vae- cination law or to sustain it, the ver- diet would be for its repeal by an over- whelming majority. — THE inhuman monster at the head of the State Health (?) Department, Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, has issued an appeal to the newspapers of Pennsylvania to protest against the repeal of the law compelling children to be vaccinated before they can be admitted to the pub- lic schools. In order to enthuse the press against the repeal of the perni- cious and damnable law referred to. Dr. Dixon has been sending out copies of a pamphlet containing some so-called arguments in favor of vaccination. We have read the pamphlet carefully; which is replete with horrible pictures of smallpox patients and a line of so- called argument that is far more rot- ten than any case of smallpox shown in the pamphlet. In our opinion the assertions set forth are a mass of bungled and silly lies, and some of the statements are really arguments against vaccination, rather than for it. For example, Dr. Dixon makes the statement in his pamphlet that during the smallpox epidemic of several years ago, 806 deaths occurred from that dis- ease in the United States in the last half af the year 1904, of which 404, or more than two-thirds, occurred in Pennsylvania. Then he goes on to tell how the disease was finally stamped out in this state by vaccination, and no doubt lots of gullible guys and easy marks for medical grafters and char- latans will believe him. The fact is that the epidemic ran its course and died out, just as epidemics of other dis- eases do which are not checked by the so-called protection of vaccination or any other hoodoo. Pennsylvania has been one of the best vaccinated and in- oculated states in the union for the past 50 years, and when Dr. Dixon's own figures show that Pennsylvania had more deaths from smallpox in the last half of the year 1904 than all the other states combined, it is indisputable proof that vaccination is no protection against smallpox whatever, but really helps to spread it. The vaccination craze and smallpox epidemics always go hand in hand. A case or two of smallpox will occasionally break out here and there, just as other diseases do, and then upon the advice of medical charlatans and grafters, people become panic-stricken and vaccination crazy. The disease in the meantime becomes epidemic by aid of the vaccination cranks, and rages until it has finally run its course, when it comes to an end, not by the aid of the filthy crime of vaccination, but in spite of it. There is not one particle of proof that vac- cination ever protected any person from smallpox, and the folly of it is beginning to dawn upon the people everywhere. During the smallpox out- break here in our own town, a few years ago, who was stricken by the disease? The vaccinated in every in- stance. John J. Livengood and A. B. Newman were nursing some of the most horrible cases of it and did not take the disease. They, too, were vac- cinated, but it didn’t “take” on them, hence, according to the medical code, their vaccination was not successful. In other words, it was worthless and gave no protection, and if they had been little school boys they would have had to be marched to the doctor’s office and have the operation repeated until it did “take.” What better proof of the utter absurdity and worthlessness of vaccination. do you want *than this? There is even less sense in the belief in the alleged benefits of vaccination than there was in the early days of Salem, Mass., to believe in the reality of witchcraft. What Dr. Dixon ought to do for the good of humanity would be to issue a booklet showing pictures of the thousands of distorted, crippled and hideously diseased children ren- dered so annually by the black, dast- ardly, filthy crime of vaccination, and lift both his voice and pen against it. What Pennsylvania needs is a prompt repeal of its pernicious vaccination law and the deportation of the vaccination cranks to some portion of the earth where they could revel in the rotten- ness of their persons to their hearts’ content. No state or country has any right to prescribe a medical creed for any man, and if old Doc. Dixon’s heels were dangling from a rope attached to a limb of a sour apple tree, we believe the commonwealth of Pennsylvania would at least be none the worse off for the dangling. HOW TO BEAUTIFY YOUR SKIN. The principal ingredients in Laxa- kola tablets are cascarin and dandelion, vegetable laxatives known to have a beneficial action upon the skin and complexion. Mild, safe, sure, 40 choco- late coated tablets, 25 cents. KE. H. Miller. 3-1 —c - ELECTION RETURNS. The Vote in Salisbury Borough and Elk Lick Township. A light vote was polled in both bor- ough and township at Tuesday’s elec- tion. Following is the vote in each district: SALISBURY. Jubak or ELEcTION, R. 8S. Johns, who was on both tickets, received 61 votes on the Republican ticket and 86 on the Citizens’. INsPECTOR, Lou Martin, Rep. 61. P. M. Wahl, Cit., 104. Scroor DirecTOR, Daniel Livengood, Rep., 64. Richard Newman, Rep., 99. A. B. Newman, Cit., 105. S. A. Wagner, Cit., 65. Mr. Wagner had a withdrawal notice posted on the election house, stating that he would not serve if] elected, or he, too, would undoubtedly have been elected. StrEET CoMmMISSIONER, J. W. Ringler, Rep., 64. Alfred Wagner, Cit., 104. TowN Couxcii, Elijah Newman, Rep., 59. Howard Meager, Rep, 49. J. A. Winter, Cit., 99. F. F. Petry, Cit., 105. J. C. Lichliter, Cit., 130. Lichliter was elected for one year, and had no oppo- sition. Winter and Petry were elected for three years. AvupiToR, Chas. J. Newman, Rep., 51. M. R. Hay, Cit., 111. Assessor, Theoph. Wagner received 74 votes on the Republican ticket and 84 on the Citizens’. Wagner is an out andfout Socialist, and his election is clearly illegal, owing to the fact that he was serving as a member of the elec- tion board while running for an office other than that of an election officer. To prove our position on this we cite our readers to the latter part of Sec. 10 of the Baker ballot law, which reads as follows: “Every person, excepting Justices of the Peace, who shall hold any office or appointment of profit or trust under the government of the United States or of this state, or of any city or incor- porated district, whether a commis- sioned officer or otherwise, a subordi- nate officer or agent who is or shall be employed under the Legislative, Ex- ecutive or Judiciary department of this state, or of the United States, or of | any city or incorporated district, and | also that every member of Congress | and of the State Legislature, and of the Select or Common Council of any city, or commissioner of any incorporated district, is by law incapable of holding | or exercising at the same time the of-| fice or appointment of Judge, Inspector, or Clerk of any election of this com- monwealth, and that no Inspector, Judge or other officer of any such elec- tion shall be eligible to any office to be then voted for, except that of an elec- tion officer.” There you have it,and if our Assessor elect attempts to exercise the duties of the office to which he was not lawfully elected, and gets tangled in the meshes of the law, he will have only himself and some of his friends to blame for it. His son was Judge of Election, while the father was one of the Inspectors, and whether it was due to a wilful dis- regard for the law, ignorance of it, or both, that the Assessor elect was al- lowed to serve on the election board when he had no lawful right so to do, people will have to judge for them- selves. However, so far as we are concerned in the matter, it matters little to us who fills any of the offices of this town, for we can stand the official degeneracy and general rottenness of our borough affairs as long as other people can, and as the venal voters make it by the con- sent of the disgusted stay-at-homes on election day, so we will all have it, and all must help to “pay the fiddler” We'll “hoe our roe,” and “get there,” | reasons | First, he ! and, second, he has always proven him- | self an excellent officer. | and the fact that just the same, “whether school keeps or not.” ; After all, we guess everybody ought to be happy, for of the officers elected on Tuesday we have a Lincoln party Judge, a Republican and a Democratic Inspector, a Republican and Lincolm party School Director, a Democratic Street Commissioner, two Republican and one Democratic members of the Town Council, a Democratic Auditer, and a rip snorting, all-wool-and -a-y ard- narrow Socialist Assessor. The “Pro= hibs,” too, ought to be satisfied, for our worthy Borough Treasurer, Edward Haselbarth, who is a member of the Cold Water party, is still in office ang doing his duty well. The fact is we believe the Prohibi- tionists hold the key to a better state of affairs in this borough. If the two old parties act the fool again next year, as they did during the past few years, the Prohibitionists can put. up “a full Pro- hibition ticket that will sweep the old town from center to circumference. A Republican ticket on which Seo cialists and all manner of Mugwumpse are permitted to be mixed in, isn’t much better than these falsely named Citizens’ tickets, and a good, sound Probibition ticket could easily defeat both. The election in this* borough on Tuesday was a victory. for the so-called Citizens’ ticket, and the reason it pann- ed out that way was because the manipulators of that movement got out and hustled, while many Republi- cans remained at home in preference to voting for either the wrongly named Citizens’ ticket or a Republican ticket which was only Republican in part. ‘Frk Fick. Justice or Peace, Dayid Harris, Rep., 75. E. 8S. Folk, Rep., 50. W. F. Garlitz, Dem.; 118. D. K. Malcolm, Dem., 57 David Fuller, Independent, 58. JupGE or ELEcrioN, J. P. Vogel, Rep., 117. John A. Knecht, Dem., 81. IxspecTOR, J. L. Simmons, Rep, D. R. Johnson, Dem., 94. Senool Drirecror. LL. L 12. Wm. IH. Engle, Rep.! ompton, Dem., 104. MM. F. 59. SUPERVISOR, 99 hy, Rep. 108. 1. Riley, Dem. Jeac C. W. Bender, Rep., 118 | John Burkhard, Dem.,78. ASsESsOR, D. W. Maust, D. J. Engle, Dem. 87. Aubprtor,. Simon Miller, Chas. E. Butler, Dem., 100. Towxsurp CLErk, Dennis Stevanus, Rep.. 80. F.W. Bender, Dem., 114. On the proposition as to whether the work tax levied and assessed for pub- lic roads in township be abolished and the same paid in cash, 80 voted “yes” and 100 voted no.” The propo- sition was therefore voted down, which was a very foolish thing for the citizens ef good old Elk Lick to do, as by so do- ing they have deprived themselves of their share of the State road appropria- tion. But all boroughs and townshipe usually make their share of blunders, and Elk Lick is no exception. John P. Vogel was elected Judge of Election for the seventh time, and he has also filled various other township offices at intervals, usually running ahead of his ticket. John was never beaten for office in his life, which is & record to be proud of. There are two for John’s political success. is an excellent campaigner; Rep., 107 Rep., 95 David Fuller, who ran -independemt for Justice of the Peace, made a phe- nomenal run, considering his great age his name was not printed on the ballot. INDUSTRY VERSUS INDOLENCE. The number of people now days try- ing to get riches without labor, some- thing for nothing, fortunes in a day, are legions, and they are a mighty temptation to the industrious young man who cannot understand it. They behold the seeming ease and leisure that comes to them while they have it so hard. Horatious of olden time was told he could have just as much ground as he could plow around with a yoke of oxen in one day. He hooked up $hs oxen to the plow and he cut a very large circle, and plowed until he came to the same point where he started, and all that property was his. And we have to tell you today that just se much financial, just so much moral, so much spiritual possession you will have as you compass with your own industries, and just so much as from the morning of your life to the evening of your own life you can plow around with your own hard work. “Go tothe ant thou sluggard ; consider her ways and be wise.” One of the most awful cal- drons of death to-day is an indoleat life. Thank God that you have to work CN — IT IS BAD BUSINESS tofallow peo- ple to look in vain through the col- umns of THE STAR for an {advertise- ment of your business. tf ~~
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