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VOL. XIV.
RECORDER OF DEEDS.
(Vote for one.)
Norman E. Berkey.
Ira G. Carver.
Edward J. Dickey.
John G. Emert.
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Daniel E. Keller.
Reuben 8. Walker.
Otho K. Walter.
Daniel W. Weller.
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Edward H. Werner.
DANIEL W. WELLER.
A Last Word to the Voters of Somerset County.
On Saturday, April 11th, you will go to the polls to exercise your sovoreign
right of suffrage. I ask you to give my candidacy your favorable consideration
and mark your ballot as illustrated above. :
This is the first time that I have offered myself for any public office. I feel
that I am qualified both by education and by the occupation I. have followed
for the last eight or ten years totonduct the office to which I aspire in a com-
petent manner, and if elected every patron and visitor to the Recorder’s Office
will be assured courteous treatment and competent service.
My case is in your hands. Yours is the supreme decision, and I ask you to
weigh carefully the merite of myself and my candidacy, and I will be content
with your decision whatever it may be.
Please observe that my name will be the eighth one under the head of Re-
: corder of Deeds.
Thanking you in advance for any courtesy shown me,
.
Very respectfully
DANIEL W. WELLER,
Somerset, Pa.
For The Assembly,
PETER L. LRVENGOOD.
A Final Appeal to the Voters of
Somerset County. :
FeLrow Citizens: —As a Republican
candidate for Legislative honors, 1
make this my final appeal to the Re-
publican voters of Somerset county,
trusting that they will turn out at the
various polling places and cast their
ballots intelligently, taking imto con-
sideration the ability of the various
candidates, their honesty of purpose
* and other essential qualifications to
hold office with credit to themselves
and to those who nominate and elect
them.
Go to the polls and cast your ballots
for the men of your own personal
choice, and pay no attention to the
makers.
There are many able men to make
selections from in filling the various
offices, but when it comes to choosing
for Assembly, ability is not the only
necessary qualification. When it comes
to the law-making body, you should
vote for men who are not only able, but
who also stand for just and wholesome
legislation—men who are not willing to
allow the saloon-keepers’ association to
dominate the polities of grand old Som-
erset county. ; \ :
Iam in favor of a law that will give
counties the right to decide by ballot
whether or not intoxicating liquors
shall be made or sold within their re-
spective borders. That’s majority rula,
the principle on which our government
is founded, and no good argument can
be produced against it.
I am strenuously opposed to the com-
pulsory vaccination law, and stand
pledged to work for its repeal. The
people should not be willing to sur- |
render their personal liberties to medi- |
cal boodlers and grafters who seek to |
make merchandise of -school children |
and poison the human body by the
most atrocious legalized crime of the |
present age. No wonder the ravages |
of cancer, roften teeth and tuberculo- |
sis are inereasing to such an extent as |
to alarm the whole world, No “profes-'
sion should be permitted to mar the!
works of God by poisoning healthy hu-
man bodies with the reeking rottenness
— | demned vice, exposed rascality, upheld
law, order and patriotism, and worked
hard for the upbuilding and advance- |
|
ment of the community. .
Therefore, my fellow citizens, I think
I am entitled tothe vote of every right-
thinking Republican in this vicinity,
for I have worked hard, too, for the
supremacy of the Republican party, as
well as for. the best interests of our
community and county. There will, of
course, be certain men (?) going
about on election day trying to in-
duce’you not to stand by your home
candidate. But no one of good, manly
1 principle will do anything of that kind.
Such a course would be justifiable if I
was running on a platform of rum,
ruin and corruption, but as I am seek-
iug office on clean and honorable issues,
‘I no home man can have -any good: ex-
cuse for working against me, and to
follow a course of that kind will only
be sowing a crop of dragons’ teeth. We
are all neighbors here in Salisbury and
Elk Lick, and we ought all to be friends.
The man who will try to influence “you
to vote against your home candidate in
this instance, will prove himself to be
no man at all, but an ingrate and strife-
breeder,
The fact that I have not been slated
by a committee composed partly of
Democrats, ought tc be in my favor:
The slating business is all right when
all candidates concerned in certain is-
sues agree to it, but when they fail to
agree to it, the slating had better be
left strictly alone. Besides, if slating
forthe Republican party should ac-
tually become necessary, the slating
should be done by Republicans, and
not by a committee made up partly of
Democrats, Prohibitionists and people
who are yet comparative strangers in
our county. Impudent meddlers from
outside partiesshould be taught a much
needed lesson, for they have axes to
grind, and very dull ones at that. All
they are good for is to stir up strife,
and their tactics never win. Demo-
crats and Prohibitionists should attend
and pus taken from diseased and
tortured calves. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty, and it is time for
the people to rise up in their might and
wipe off the statute books the most in-
famous and outrageous piece of graft
ever thrust upon them—the compulsory
vaccination law. The only way this
canjbeldone is to vote for men like the
undersigned.
I am opposed to all manner of graft
in public office, and I pledge myself if
elected to not only work for legislation
that is badly needed, but to work just
as hard for the repeal of all bad and
oppressive laws.
To THE PEOPLE oF SALISBURY AND ELK
Lick IN PARTICULAR:
Most of my life has been spent here
among you. Of my faults and my
virtues I shall leave you to judge. I
believe that a very large majority of
you, at least, whether you vote for me
or not, will concede that I am at least
an honest man and the possessor of at
least good, average ability. Every
business man in town will be pleased
to tell you that I am honest and an ex-
ceptionally prompt debtepayer, and
when a man is not honest, he comes
pretty neerly being nothing. Now
then, if a man is honest in private ‘life,
it is pretty safe to depend on that he
can be trusted in public office. One
debt-paying citizenis worth more to
any conimunity than a regiment of
deadbeats, and if honest men cgnnot be
trusted in public office, who can?
I feel proud to say that I have achiev-
ed considerable business success ‘in
Salisbury, even though I had no money
to start with. All I had to depend
upon was my own energy, hard labor
and strict integrity. I started in life
as a laborer, and have worked hard on
farms, in the mines and at lumbering.
I can look the whole world in the face
and truly say that I am not the posses-
sor of a single dishonest dollar. TI have
met with many misfortunes—very ex-
pensive misfortunes, and some of them
of an extremely sad character, and I
have met many obstacles in the way of
success. But I have invariably over-
come them all. My father being a poor
man and losing his life in the mines
when I was a mere youth, I was thrown
upon my own resources very early in
life. Yet I have made good, and that,
too, without a great deal of encourage-
ment from others. Elbert Hubbard,
one of the greatest writers and think-
ers of the age, has said: “Some peuop'e
get results if kindly encouraged; but
give me the man who can do things in
spite of hell.” :
I have always had a desire to ac-
complish something, and feel that I
have at least succeeded in building up
a good business in Salisbury and doing |
much for the general welfare of the
community in which I live.
to their own party affairs, and true Re-
publicans will not stand for the dicta-
tions of outside meddlers.
As I am running on-righteous issues
—issues which I espoused and advo-
cated before the political hybrid com-
mittee of slate-makers had an ex-
istence, I naturally expect the good
people of my hqme community to stand
by me. My platform threatens no
man’s family with poverty and rags,
will rob no man of his lawful moral
rights, and it is a platform for which
you can vote with a clear conscience.
Now then, gentlemen, it’s all up to
you, and I shall hope for the best. I
have been too busy to see you all per-
sonally, but I assure you that no per-
sonal slight was intended. I solicit the
votes of all loyal Republicans, and
promise if elected to adhere to my piat-
form to the letter.
Very Respectfully Yours,
PETER L. L1ivENGOOD.
DEATH WAS ON HIS HEELS.
Jesse P. Morris, of Skippers, Va., had
a close call in the spring of 1908. He
says: ‘An attack of pneumonia left
me so weak and with such a fearful
cough that my friends declared con-
sumption had me, and death was on
my heels. Then I was persuaded to
try Dr. King’s New Discovery. It help-
ed me immediately, and after taking
two and a half bottles I was a well
man again. I found out that New Dis-
covery isthe best remedy for coughs
and lung disease in all the world.”
Sold under guarantee at E. H. Miller's
drug store. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bot-
tle free. 5-1
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
A Message from M. D. Reel.
M.D. Reel, one of the candidafes for
Assembly, requests THE S@AR to an-
nounce that he has had to abandon his
canvass of the county, owing to the se-
rious illness of his sister. He requests
his friends to speak a kind word for him
at the primary, next Saturday, and
says: “If nominated and elected IT
shall do what is right.”
A. WOMAN TELLS HOW TO RE-
LIEVE RHEUMATIC PAINS.
I have been a very great sufferer
from the dreadful disease, rheumatism,
for a number of years. I have tried
many medicines, but never got much
relief from any of them until two years
ago, when I bought a bottle of Cham-
berlain’s Pain Balm. I found relief be-
fore I had used ‘all of one bottle, but
kept on applying it, and soon felt like a
different woman. Through my advice
New ®t, Dover, Del.
Pain Balm is a_liniment.
On all things for the public good, |
THE STAR has ever peen outspoken and
fearless. It has defeuded virtue, con- |
from pain which it affords is alone
worth many times its cost.
rest and sleep possible.
Miller’s drug store.
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many of my friends have tried it and
can tell you how wonderfully it has |
worked,—Mrs. Saran 4. Core, 140 S
For Clerk of Courts,
JOHN E. LENOX,
Editor Berlin Record, of Berlin
Borough.
A prominent farmer of Brothersvally
ives it as his opinion that John E. Len-
ox will carry his township nearly solid.
Hesays: “John E. Lenox is a man
whom no one should hesitate to vote
for. He is able, courteous, honest and
a staunch champion of the farmer and
the rural districts.”
A vote for Lenox is a yote for a very
worthy and competent man. Do not
forget him at the primrry, next Satur-
day.—Adv.
A TWENTY YEAR SENTENCE.
“I have just completed a twenty
year health sentence, imposgd by Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve, which cured me of
bleeding piles just twenty years ago,”
writes O. 8. Woolever, of LeRaysville,
N. Y. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals
the worst sores, boils, burns, wounds
and cuts in the shortest time. 25c. at
E. H. Miller's drug store. 5-1
Trifles With Truth Out of Sheer
Desperation.
To THE VOTERS :—
Inever was a candidate for County
Superintendent of Public Schools, the
implied claims of my opponent, John E
Lenox, to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Editor Lenox’s inferences are not
only unwarranted and unjustifiable, but
they are maliciously and positively
false. Having taught under Prof.
Seibert six years, Lhad a right to refer
voters to him, as I also did to Prof
Kretchman, of Meyersdale, and to Prof.
Hetrick, of Windber, in the same letter
to the public.
It is true that I have been engaged in
educational work; but Mr. Lenox’s
praise for my work as an educator is not
disinterested. Mr. Lenox’s compli-
ments to my abilities as an educator are
inspired entirely by selfish motives. He
says I am not a politician, and there-
fore, am not entitled to support. The
same is obviously true of Mr. Lenox,
He is not a politician, or he would not
trifle with the truth ashe does. A true
politician always speaks the truth.
Very truly,
F. A. Haran,
Casselman, Pa., April 4, 1908.
The Man Who’s Afraid to Tell
Where He Stands.
The man who's afraid to tell where he
stands,
Deserves no favors at honest men’s
hands.
His game is deception, fraud and de-
ceit, »
And all he deserves is scathing defeat.
The candidate who doth openly fight,
And not ashamed to proclaim for the
right,
Will stick to his word—betray not his
trust, -
But stand for the right, the true and
the just.
Bo, cast your ballots for men who speak
out,
And not for those who leave you in
doubt.
Sit down on the fakirs! flatten them
out!
The demons of. hell and rum put to
rout !
Down with compulsory vaccination !
Give it with booze a needed vacation!
Go to the polls and vote as you shouid,
And fail not to vote for Pete Livengood !
HE GOT WHAT HE NEEDED.
“Nine years ago it looked as if my
time had come,” says Mr. C. Farthing,
of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. “I was so. run
down that life hung on a very slender
thread. It was then my druggist rec-
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Jitters put it back on the
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Norman E. Berkey Makes His Final
Appeal to Voters.
I ask your support and influence in |
my candidacy for the office of Recorder
of Deeds, which I am seeking at the
hands'of the Republican voters of the
county, at the primaries to be held on
Saturday, April 11, 1908, between the
hours of 2and 8 P. M. It is utterly im-
possible for me to see in person all the
voters of the county, and I wish you
would take this as a direct and per-
sonal appeal for your influence and
support.
As you are well aware, two years
ago, in 1906, I made the canvass for the
office of State Senator from this dis-
trict, and was successful in this county,
but was defeated in the District Con-
ference, which meant the expenditure
of money by me, and Iadvance this as
one reason for your support.
It is true that I served as Prothouo-
tary in the years 1903-04-05, but owing
tothe fact that the present court house
was building, and we were in a tempor-
ary affair, many cases that should have
been tried under my term, and the
emoluments come to me, were con-
tinued until the new building was com-
pleted, thus cutting down the revenues
of that office, and practically giving me
a short tegm.
I need the co-operation of my friends
at this time, and I earnestly solicit your
aid. Thanking youin advance for any
favors you may be able to extend, I re-
main most respectfully yours,
NorMaN E. BERKEY.
ES ——
CURED OF RHEUMATISM.
Mr. Wm. Henry, of Chattanooga,
Tenp., had rheumatism in his left arm,
“The strength seemed to have gone out
of the muscles so that it was useless
for work,” he says. “I applied Cham-
berlain’s Pain Balm and wrapped the
arm in flannel at night. and to my re-
lief I found that the pain gradually left
me, and the strength returned. In
FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS.
Clark J. Dunean, of Windber
Borough.
He is the peoples’ candidate. He is
opposed to all political slates, and for
government without bosses,—a plain
citizens’ candidate for the plain people.
He will not vote for the re-election of
Senator Pensose under any circum-
stances, and he will oppose the Penn-
sylvania state machine’s control of the
Republican party. Mr. Duncan has
large lumbering innerests in Addison
township and elsewhere in Somerset
county. He is a large employer of la-
bor, and his employes are his most ar-
dent supporters in this Legislative con-
test.— Political Advertisement. ~
WHOOPING COUGH.
I have used Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy in my family in cases of
whooping cough, and want to tell you
that it is the best medicine I have ever
‘used.—W. F. Gaston, Posco, Ga. This
remedy is safe and gure. For sale at
Miller’s drug store. 5-1
Seek to Profit by Untruth.
Some time ago the Somerset Demo-
crat charged the editor of this paper
with repudiating an agreement with
the Rockwood political slate-making
committee, when in fact there was no
agreement to repudiate. The editor
promptly went ta Rev. L. P. Young, the
chairman of the aforesaid committee,
and called his attention to the Demo-
crat’s false statement, and Mr. Young
promptly admitted the falsity thereof.
But when he was asked to state over
his signature, for publication, that the
editor of this paper had been misrepre-
sented by the Democrat, he declined,
saying he was not responsible for the
Democrat’s untruth, hence would not
correct the false statement unless
authorized todoso by the committee
which slated Knepper and Floto. Of
course, the committee being partly
made up of Democrats; it was decided
three weeks the rheumatism had dis-
appeared, and has not since returned.”
If troubled with rheumatism, try a few
applications of Pain Balm. You are
certain to be pleased with the relief
which it affords. For sale at Miller's
drug store. 5-1
A Candidate That Will Not Dodge.
From the Berlin Gleaner.
A candidate that will “Talk right out
in meetin’” is Editor P. L. Livengood,
of THe SoMERSET CouNTY STAR, pub-
lished at Salisbury. Unlike a number
of his competitors for the Legislative
prize. he will not dodge an issue of any
kind, but is free to declare himself at
all times. He wants the people to dis-
tinetly understand what he will do in
Harrisburg, and is frank enough to tell
everybody that if they don’t like his
position, the proper and sensible thing
for them to do is to vote for one of his
opponents. Few are the candidates
that are so honest with the voters. It
seems to be an unwritten law for legis-
lative candidates to steer clear of
promises, and go to Harrisburg a free
lance. But “Pete” has no regard for
the unwritten law, but thinks that the
written law is the one by which we
should be governed. While he be-
lieves, as most people do, that there
are a number of infamous laws on the
statute books at this time, the proper
thing to do is to elect men to the Legis-
lature who will vote and work for the
repeal of all existing obnoxious meas-
ures. Among them is the vaccination
law, which has been the subject of
much discussion for many years past.
“Pete” does not believe in vaccination,
and if elected will vote for its repeal.
A Large Wad of Truth.
Frank M, Forney, one of the candi-
dates for the Legislature who won’t tell
where he stands, is a man we have al-
ways had a warm personal friendship
for. However, we would ‘not vote for
him or any other candidate afraid to
tell where he stands on the Local Op-
tion question. But his course is every
bit as honorable as that of the political
slate-makers’ committee, which met
some time ago in Rockwood and allow-
ed itself to be dominated by scheming
Democrats, and we heartily agree with
Mr .Forney in the following, which ap-
peared over his signature in this week’s
Somerset Herald:
“If a pastor were to be chosen fora
Lutheran church, would the congre-
gation permit members of other de-
nominations fo come in and participate
in the selection? and if the outsiders
did thus inject themselves, do you sup-
to make no authorized or specific denial
of ths published falsehood, for reasons
that are apparent.
A published statement of the truth
over the signature of any member of the
slate-makers’ committee would have
hada tendency to strengthen Candi-
date Livengood, and that’s why the re-
quested publication was not made. The
slate-makers are perfectly willing for a
lie to pass as the truth, providing ik
promises to help Knepper and Floto,
the men on the slate. Such tactics,
however, cannot win in this campaign.
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PLENTY OF TROUBLE
is caused by stagnation of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of it and head-
ache and biliousness and the poison
that brings jaundice, take Dr. King’s
New Life Pills, the reliable purifiers
that do the work without grinding or
griping. 25c¢. at E. H. Millers drug
store. 5-1
‘“Honest’’ John H. Shaffer, of Listie,
The Workingman’s Candidate.
Mr. John H. Shaffer, of Listie,is &
hard working man who is honest to the
core, and has shown himself honorable
in every phase of the word. Some
years ago he had a streak of hard luck
and lost everything that he had. He
went through bankruptcy, which in the
sight of the law exonerated him from
the payment of his debts. But John
does not look at matters in that way,
he only considering the matter a tem-
porary affair until he could “get on his
feet” again, financially. After strug-
gling for some time and getting money
which was due him, although it cost
him litigation, he went to his creditors
and paid them dollar for dollar, al-
though exempt from the law. This is
such an unusual thing that it seems
this act alone should give the voters of
Somerset county confidence in the man,
“Honest” John Shaffer. If he will do
this in his private affairs, it seems only
probable that he would regard publie
trust even a more sacred thing. John
Shaffer has no fat bank account ; and if
defeated he will be found at his old
stand at Listie, ready to take contrasts
for house painting. It:
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