tions ons. NKS ER RS HEB fea Good salve. The Somerset County Star, VOL. XIV. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY. JULY 9.1908. NO. 26. —_— —— REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET. For President, WILLIAM H. TAFT, Of Ohio. For Vice President, JAMES S. SHERMAN, Of New York. STATE. Judge of Superior Court, WILLIAM D. PORTER. r DISTRICT. Congress, 23rd District, ‘ALLEN F. COOPER. ' county. ° Legislature, WM. H. FLOTO, A. W. KNEPPER. Sheriff, CHARLES H. WEIMER. Auditor, W. H. H. BAKER, JACOB 8. MILLER. Recorder of Deeds, NORMAN E. BERKEY. Clerk of Courts, F. A. HARAH. Register of Wills, BERT F. LANDIS. Treasurer, RUSSELL G. WALKER. Prothonotary, " JACOB B. GERHARD. Poor Director, JACOB C. DEITZ. County Commissioner, R. 8. McMILLEN, JOSIAH SPECHT. County Surveyor, IRENIS'S. PYLE. OFFICMAL DIRECTORY. 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 ot Congress—A. F. Cooper, Uniontown, Fa. "State Senator—William C. Miller, Bedford, Pa. Members of Assembly—J. W. Ends- ley, Somerfield ; A. W. Knepper.’ Sheriff —William -C. Begley. .Prothonotary—Charles C. Shafer. Register—Charles F. Cook. Recorder—John R. Boose. Clerk of Courts—Milton H. Fike. Treasurer—Peter Hoffman. District Attorney—John 8. Miller. Coroner—Dr. C. L. Friedline, Stoys- town. i Commissioners—Josiah Specht, Kant- ner; Charles F. Zimmerman Stoys- town, Robert Augustine, Somerfield. ~Solicitors—Berkey & Shaver. " Jury Commissioners—George J. ‘Sehrock, Joseph B. Miller. Directors, of the Poor—J. F. Reiman, William Brant and William W. Baker. Attorney for Directors, H. F. Yost; clerk, C. L. Shaver. 4 Superintenfient of Schools—D. W. Seibert. . Chairmen Political Organizations=- Jonas M. Cook, Republican;' Alex B. Grof, Democratic; Fred Groff, Berlin, ©, Prohibition. LY tf. How much better it is to take the brambles out of the path of your friend than to add thorns to wound his feet. Erna WHEELER WiLcox says that pain is her dearest friend. No one is going to try to rob her of her dearest friend. a Tue world’s greatest men grew up- ward from the lower classes, while the world’s meanest men grew downward from the upper class. * SomE people marry because it is con- tagious. Others because they can’t work in single harness. But the most marry because they fall in love and can’t fall out, * Surrack indications to the contrary ' notwithstanding, Zero Snow, who was a delegate to the Chicago convention, is one of the warmest Republicans on the .Pacifie coast. No oNE has expressed any surprise over Mr. Bryan’s criticism of the Re- publican platform. The: men who framed it had a’ suspicion that he wouldn’t like it. Courage and effort alone are requir- ed to insure victory to the worthy. In “Phere is no politics in hades,” says the New Orleans Item. We suppose not; Old Nick isn’t going to take chances on being ousted by the “re- formers” down there. CoLONEL BRYAN strews a few verbal flowers on the bier of Grover Cleve- land, and doubtless wishes he could withdraw a lot of the opprobrious names he used to call him. = .— Ox retreating Mr. Bryan is somewhat of an expert. He has a magnificent record of masterly retirements, bi- metalism, anti-imperialism, and the government ownership-of railroads. eel CHICAGO is said to have a bartenders’ and saloonkeepers’ total abstinence | society with a membership of 2.000. By setting their patrons a good ex- ample they may succeed ‘in putting themselves out of business. In an article in the Delineator, Wil- liam T. Stead, the London editor, says: “There are some dairymaids T would rather marry than some of the wives of college presidents.” He has a plenty of company, too, in that choice. “I must refuse to discuss subjects and issues of which I know nothing,” says John Mitchell, the great labor Tleader. It would help a good deal if some politicians would follow Mr. Mitchell’s example in that respect. Tae Lord had the right idea when he made man. He said it was not good for man to be alone, but had he made more than one wife for Adam, there would have been more trouble than there was in the shade of that old ap- ple tree. SHALL we compensate the saloon- keeper if we shut up his murder shop? Let him first go around with the brew- er’s big horse and gather the rags off the backs of the wives and children who have been made miserable and starved while he built mansions. Lewis Nixon, a former Tammany leader, cables from London that Mr. Taft will grow weaker as a candidate, every day, and that the Democrats will have no difficulty in carrying the country. Mr. Nixon has had dreamis of that kind every four years, and it would be a shame to wake him up before No- vember. : re prem ree TrE world is full of women who can amuse the ordinary man. They can sing, dance or recite to him; can paint, write or decorate in a manner most pleasing, but the poor man often goes begging for a woman who can sew on buttons or mend his clothes; who can cook his food with economy and flavor it to his taste. 2 ApMIRAL Evaxs thinks that twenty- four battleships in the Pacific and a like number in the Atlantic would be about the right size for the United States. *The Admiral must understand, however, that it is easier to agree on the size of the fleet than it is to agree én the size of the congressional ap- propriation.for naval purposes. WE are told by friends of “personal liberty” that “nobody compels a man to get drunk ;” than “he is a free agent and need not go into a saloon unless he wants to.” That is not true. Once the man was an innocent boy, and some one first persuaded him to drink; but he is:no longer free. He is now a slave to an appetite that no power on earth can break. DRUNKENNESS is the prime cause of mob violence. When you license an open bar-room you license lawlessness in all its forms. A bar-room is usually the birthplace of a mob. If there are any latent elements of combustion in a community, the whiskey devil will ap- ply the match: Drunkenness and mobs hold the relation to each other of cause and effect. When you license the one you bargain for the other. = i tre SNL THE money spent for liquor during the past 100 years of our history would build and equip six lines of railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific, endow a university of $10,000,000 in every state, erect a $5,000 school house for every 200 inhabitants; build a $25,000 church for every, 2,000 inhabitants; pay the national debt; and, with the rest of the money at interest, support a teach- er for every 100 inhabitants of the country. Our idea of a good citizen, and we are glad there are many in this com- | and development. what it is worth. He talks up his town at home and abroad, thinks it is the healthiest place on earth, believing it to be destined to be the biggest city in its section, and wants to be buried there when he dies. And he’s worth a whole regiment of the lukewarm kind. THE liquor traffic in no way produces anything of value, but prospers by the destruction of wealth produced by other occupations. The wants of men in civilized society are food, clothing, shelter, and educational and religious advantages. These engaged in the manufacture and sale of liquors are constant consumers of these necessaries and comforts of life—the products of human labor—yet they in .no way aid in their production. They consequent- ly live at the expense of others. Those engaged in other occupations in ex- change for what they consume bring into the world’s markets that which is useful, and the exchange is an advan- tage. The dealer in intoxicants has produced nothing of value to offer in exchange. He produces nothing that supplies any need or furnishes any comfort. The expense of his business, and the support of his family, is a tax on productive industry and is taken from the earnings of labor. THE REMEDY THAT DOES. “Dr. King’s New Discovery is the remedy that does the healing others promise, but fail to perform,” says Mrs. E. R. Rierson, of Auburn Centre, Pa. “It is curing me of throat and lung trouble of long standing, that other treatments relieved only temporarily. New Discovery is doing me so much good that I-feel confident its continued use for a reasonable length of time will restore me to perfect health.” This re- nowned cough and cold remedy and throat and lung healer is sold at E. H- Miller's drug store. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. 8-1 WHY GO TO COLLEGE? We are often asked, should a young man or woman go to college? Now-a- days the thing of going to college or not is in the air. We hear it discussed a great deal and hear many arguments, both for and against a college course. As to the propriety of it, let it be said that it all depends on so many circum- stances that a direct answer is impos- sible. That every young man or woman should go to college is just as nonsensi- cal as that no one should go at all. Real genius is independent of all con- ditions, and hence some of the world’s greatest men never entered a college door. Such was the case of Abraham Lincoln. It always seems to us that a college education would have spoiled bim and crippled his rare genius. But all such men have a training of some kind, and equal to a college education. But on the other hand, all other things'being equal, a college education is necessarily of great value. Because a few, or even many college graduates are “asses,” is no argument against the college. The college cannot change the nature of men or women. If they go into college as impracticables, they will, as a rule, come out the same. A college develops, but noes not create. 1t is an artificial institution, and not a supernatural one. The question of go- ing to college or nat can only be solved by knowing the man or woman, the college and the circumstances incident to the case. Here, as in all cases, every tub must stand on its own bot- tom. Individuality must be consulted. Many persons will not take an educa- tion any more than some coarse rough stone will not take a polish. To at- tempt to educate them is to throw away time and money. It is to en- courage false ambitions and to breed disappointments. On the contrary, supposing the possession of a good mind and character, there is nothing that can add to its power and useful- ness like a college education. Here the mind is taught to work. The foun- dation may be laid for all future growth A college educa- tion of the right kind, and in the care of the right person, is capital invested, and well invested. It is not simply a money investment, but also a mind and heart investment, and brings pleasure and enjoyment to all the subsequent life. Hence go to college, if at all possible. WAR AGAINST CONSUMPTION. All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the “white | plague” that claims so many victims | each year. Foley’s Honey and Tar | cures coughs and colds perfectly, and the struggle of life the good is the more munity, is one always ready to give, ac- | you are in no danger of consumption. powerful. Itis only when the giant |cording to his means, to community | hg not risk your health by taking some lolls by the wayside that evil creeps |enterprises. tts wounds, | all, and doesn’t lose his faith if an oc- Honey and Tar is safe and certain in upon him and inflicts He takes stock in them { | unknown preparation when “Thrice is he arm’d who hath his quar- | casional venture proves bad. Heisnot | rggults. Elk Lick Pharmacy, E. H. rel just,” is not an idle adage. | afraid to buy real estate and to pay | Miller, proprietor. ]-1 Foley's | | and pain in my lungs and they are now | $2,000,000 COAL DEAL. Merchants Coal Company Sells to United Coal Company. For some time rumors have been current to the effect that the Mer- chants Coal Company had or was about to dispose of its holdings in Somerset county and West Virginia to the United Coal Company, a Pitisburg concern now operating at Jerome, this county, and elsewhere. These rumors are now confirmed. . The deal includes possession of the extensive operations of the Merchants company at Boswell, and at Salisbury. These operations employ in the neigh- borhood of 1,000 men. It is allegedthat the Merchants Coal Oompany relinquished possession of its holdings on Friday evening, and that changes in officialdom resulting from the consummation of the deal took. place Monday merning. William H. Morris, the retiring Sup- erintendent at Bosweil, who will be succeeded by a Mr. Logan, of Pitts- burg, when questioned about his fu- ture plans, said: “For a short time I am going to take a needed rest. After Mr. Logan arrives here and I turn mat- ters over to him and give him all the advice that might seem appropriate, [ propose to return to Johnstown, then I will look after my private affairs while also engaged in the organization of another coal company whose principal stockholders will be eastern capitalists. They have secured possession of sever- al large tracts on which coal can be mined on a highly profitable basis. I am not able to give particulars at this time, as the publicity of our plans might interfere with their ultimate consummation.” Superintendent R. 8. Garrett, who presides over the Merchants Coal Com- papy’s mines in this locality, is not at home, hence THE STAR can give no re- port of a late interview with him. However, it is a certainty that a great change has taken place in the said company’s affairs. Of course, no one outside of the company can give full details of the new deal at this time. One report has it that President Bos- well will continueto hold the controll- ing interest in the holdings of the Merchants Coal Company, while anoth- er report has it that James S. and Wm. 8. Kuhn, prominent Pittsburg baakers, have secured the controlling interest. Under what name the new concern will do business, remains to be seen; but it seems to be a certainty that the company’s headquarters will be Pitts- burg instead of Baltimore. Whatever the new deal may bring about, we trust that the change will benefit the various communities in which the company -will operate. The old Merchants com- pany always had a good standing where it operated, and we trust that the same may prove true of its successor. i gg ah IT CAN'T BE BEAT. The best of all teachers is experience. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, North Carolina, says: “I find Electric Bit- ters does all that’s claimed for it. For Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles it can’t be beat. I have tried it and find it a most excellent medicine.” Mr. Harden is right; it’s the best of all medicines also for weakness, lame back, and all run down conditions. Best too for chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at E. H. Miller’s drug store. 50c. 8-1. The Fourth at Salisbury. For the first time in many years, Salisbury had a Fourth of July cele- bration. It was gotten up on a few days’ notice, and was held in what is now known as Wagner’s Park, formerly M. J. Beachy’s sugar grove, which Frank Wagner has leased and equip- ped with electric light, dancing plat- form, ball ground. ete. The picnic and celebration held therein, last Saturday, was well at- tended, considering the short time that it was announced, and the attrac- tions were fully up to those of the average 4th of July blowout. The greatest interest centered in the game of baseball between the Salis- bury and Frostburg clubs. It was a very nice game throughout, Salisbury carrying off the honors by a score of 8 to 3. ns A REVELATION, It is a revelation to people, the se- vere cases of lung trouble that have been cured by Foley’s Honey and Tar. It not only stops the cough, but heals and strengthens the lungs. L. M. Rug- gles, Reasnor, Towa, writes: “The doc- tors said I had consumption, and I got and Tar. It stopped the hemorrhages as sound as a bullet.” Elk Lick Phar- | macy, E, H. Miller, proprietor. 8e1 no better until I took Foley’s Honey | peach Fo Sam, , $70, § S wp; More Sentiment in Favor of Olds Home Week. Since the Old-Home Week idea was first mentioned in Tae STAR, some weeks ago, the sentiment in favor of such an event for Salisbury and Elk Lick has been rapidly spreading. The many sons and daughters of our county who emigrated from this town and vicinity to the West and elsewhere, are enthusiastically in favor of the pro- posed event, and one after another they are writing to their friends here, expressing the hope that the Old-Home Week celebration will become a re- ality, and declaring their intentions of participating in the great event if it materializes. Mr. John J. Keim recently received a letter from his daughter, Mrs. Richard Beachy, of Kansas, who writes as fol- lows concerning an Old-Home Week for Salisbury: “Well. I notice in THE STAR that old Salisbury is thinking of celebrating an Old-Home week. Good for her! I don’t know of anything that could take place in the old town that would be more thoroughly enjoyed by the peo- ple than an Old-Home week, especially by those who have been away from the dear old place so many years. We are in hopes that it will be a go, and that they won’t have it any later than the last of August or first of September. I am pretty sure we will be. among the number.” THE STAR is sorry to state that up to this time nothing but newspaper agita- tion and considerable favorable talk has been done in aid of the proposed celebration. That is all right so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. All seem to be in favor of Old-Home week, but there is where the matter rests with many of them. Some say times are too hard now, others declare that the affair could not be arranged for on a sufficiently large scale before some time next year, and some have one excuse and some another. : We will admit that there is much preliminary work to do in order to make the affair a success, and that un- der the most favorable circumstances all the necessary arrangements could not be completed before October. Per- haps all necessary arrangements could not be completed even that soon. But no matter whether the celebration is to be held this year or next year,it is time to be up and doing, and the peo- ple who should take the lead in this matter are the local officers of the P. & M. Street Railway Company. This for the reason that the P. & M. would be greatly benefited by carrying people to and from the town. Now, we sug- gest that the local officers go ahead and call a town meeting, decide on the time for the celebration to be held, ap- point committees and get down to business. ~ Gentlemen, will you do it? If so, Tue Star and its editor hereby pledge themselves to help you in every way possible, and we know that others will also fall into line and go to work with a determination to make the affair a sure thing and a gigantic suc- cess. It’s up to you, local officers of the P. & M., to show the other people of your company and of your com- munity what you are made of in the matter of doing something towards having a big time in the old town, and at the same time creating business for your railway. The town has given you a liberal franchise to use the streets of this borough, and it is now up to you to take the leading part in a proposed celebration that will do the town honor and credit. We believe you will do it, and who knows how much good may come out of it? We have a most beau- tiful and desirable country town to live in, and an.Old-Home week will bring many people here who have been absent from Salisbury for many years, and some of them may invest in country homes here or be the means of helping our town along in other ways not now thought of. rl ln REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The following list contains the more important deeds entered of record since our last report: Angelo Lucenti to Gessippi Poliman, $455, in Jenner ; dated June 29, 1908. Cyrus M. Hostetler and wife - to Rachel B. Clapper, $330, in Summit; dated Feb, 1908. John M. Topper et ux. to Nancy Kel- ley, $500, in New Baltimore ; dated May 8, 1908. Cyrus W. Truxall et ux. to Elbridge C. Kyle, $925, in Meyersdale; dated June 10, 1908. John Sarver et ux. to Wm. H, and Harry Sarver, $2600, in Allegheny ; dat- | ed June 4, 1908. E. 0. Kooser to Herman G. Stam- | June 11, 1908. = a | i STAR office. tf | CARBON PAPER for sale at Tue | bili Frank DeLozier Heard From. BISBEE, ARIZONA, June 29, 1908. Eprror Star:—Enclosed find $5.08, which you will please credit to my ae- count, I am still high and dry in the town of Bisbee. 5,300 feet above sea level. We have had no rain here worth mention ing for about ten weeks, but the inner man need not go dry gon that account. The bar rooms (and there are many of them) are never closed here, except ca election days. I have been in this territory for about eleven monihs now, and have good work and wages. Sister Ada, and. George Schrock, of Kingwood, Somerset county, Pa., were married here on Sunday, June 28th. The ceremony was witnessed by twe strangers, Charles Romesburg and myself. I suppose you are now on the water: wagon, but I would appreciate it to .at least have a drink of good old Somer set county buttermilk with you. Time only can tell of our return te the old home. I wish all the people of your community a glorious Fourth. Yours Respectfully, F. H. DeLozIER. THE Star is very thankful to its friend DeLozier for his newsy letter, and doubly thankful for his remittance of $5.00. In all our dealings with Frank DeLozier, we have found him honest and manly. Would that we could say as much for some others whe make much greater religious preten- tions, but who seem to be continually on the bum, seeking whom they may defraud. We would greatly relish taking a drink of good buttermilk with Frank DeLozier or any other man, for there isn’t a better or more wholesome bev- erage to be had. We always have a warm spot in our heart for those who occasionally treat us to a pitcherful of buttermilk, for it’s the best medicine on earth. To the newly married couple men- tioned in Mr. DeLozier’s letter, THE Star sends its best wishes and most hearty congratulations. We don’t kaoow anything about the groom, buf the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard DelLozier, of this place, where she is well and favorably known. BEST THE WORLD AFFORDS. “It gives me unbounded pleasure te recommend Buecklen’s Arnica Salve,” says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. “I am convinced it’s the best salve the world affords. It cured a felon on my thumb, and it never fails to heal every sore, burn or wound to whieh it is applied. 25c. at E. H. Miller's drug store. 8-1 Local Industry to Double its Capi- tal Stoek. On Tuesday the stock-holders of The Improved Traction Engine Company had a meeting at which it was decided to increase the capital stock of the company from $25,000 to $50,000. This means that the company will soon be doing business on a larger scale, whick will be a corresponding benefit to our community. At present the company is having the finishing touches put onto twe large 50-horse power traction engines and some specially designed heavy ore wagons to be used by a firm in Mexico for transporting ore from their mines to railway. The contract for the engines was given to The Improved Traction Ea- gine Company after the mining cos- pany’s representative had examined many of the leading makes of tractiom engines manufactured by other firms. The contract going to our local engine factory is a high testimonial of its pro- duct. We hope in time to see our lecal engine works employ several hundred workmen. Notable Group of Octogenarians. Berlin, Pa., July 8.—Of the tem Ber. lin octogenarians photographed a fem weeks ago, not more than twe -of the years of age. The aggregate ages of the tem «mem are 827 years, and Levi Shoemaker, the oldest man in the group, has passed his 97th birthday. He cast his first vote im 1832, voting for Andrew Jackson for President of the United States. With one exception, all voted at the Presi- dential election in 1848, but not all the | same way. ea | JUST EXACTLY RIGHT. “I have used Dr. King’s New Life | Pills for several years, and find thems just exactly right,” says Mr, A, A, Fad | ton, of Harrisville, N. Y. New Lia | Pills relieve without the least discome- | fort. Best remedy for constipatio : 1d malaria. 25¢, at E.. H. M g store, 8-
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