rn 50,000.00 areful at. er. riffith, dsl he M. J. vite you. Goods, to pre- her com- ss of her: balmy ner time der skin maiden lexion— ream on ss there, dies use or. Ten dale. 3 ts. = = Lik urable THE ORLD. J sy Has three illed, with sin diam- Simmering r, and one >. Swelled rnaments. handle the Ohio. ePilis rid. SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOMERSET COUNTY STAR SALISBURY, ELK LICK POSTOFFICE, PA., THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 1908. VOL. XIV. REBUKED BY HIS BACKERS. Ownere of Paper Likins Presides Over Withhold a Blackguard Edi- tion from the Mails—Hell in the Prohibition Camp. From the Connellsville Courier. Circulating about Uniontown there are two editions of the People’s Tri- bune issued and dated the same day of the week. One of them is known as the “Unexpurgated’’ edition, and the other the ‘“Expurgated” edition. It is common rumor that Editor W. 8. Likins wrote a long and bitter ar- ticle in which he is said to have tak- en unwarranted license with the names of prominent county officials. He printed a little box and made the list prominent, calling attention to charges that he alleged the men were guilty . of. Then he went off to Greene county. Harry L. Robinson, President of the Tribune Publishing Company, received 4 copy of the paper. When he glanced ovei it he jumped from his chair.and tore madly down the street t6 the Tribune office, where he gave orders that the press be stopped at once and the edition suppressed so fas as possible. Then Harry took the editorial chair, and with the edi- torial’ scissors and pencil . began a work of Russian censorship that was ruthless with everything wecklessly libelous. The result was the Expur- sated edition. Some of the papers sot out, however. The edition was “intended to be 10,000, and the extra papers were to be used by Editor. Lik- ins in furtherance of his candidacy for Congress. Candidate Liking was furious. when he learned of the ac- tion of President Robinson, and took violent issue with the Robinson had the support of the own- ers of the paper, who not only ap- proved his course, but ordered that nothing more of this character be put into the paper. Likins secured a few copies of the Unexpurgated edi- tion, however and he is showing them at every meeting he holds. A FINE ENDORSEMENT. Labor World Says Every Wage Work- er in This District Should Sup- port Congressman Cooper. The Pittsburg Labor World in a late issue prints a fine two column portrait of Congressman A. F. Coop- er, and the following editorial com- ment: “It is pleasing to know that there is no doubt about the re-election of Congressman A. I. Cooper of the Twenty-third district, Pennsylvania. Practically he has no opposition, and be certainly deserves none, for no man in Congress has performed a more honest nor more useful part for his constituents than has Congress- man Cooper. We have watched his course ever since he was returned to Congress, and we are perfectly con- vinced that he is a people’s represen- tative. He is far removed from co- teries, cliques and unwholesome in- fluences. His sole aim at all times is to accomplish things for the gen- eral welfare and for the moral and material uplift of the masses. ‘Particularly is Congressman Coop- er a friend of labor, and he.unhesi- tatingly say that he deserves the hearty support of every wage worker in his district.” HEARST ON BRYAN. In 1896, when Bryan was making his Free Silver race, about the only big newspapers in the North support- ing him were those owned by W. R. Hearst. Four years later Hearst again supported Bryan with his pa- pers, and in both campaigns contrib- uted heavily to the Democratic fund. They have been intimate friends up until recently, when Hearst became disgusted with Bryan's dodging from one issue to ancther. The character- ization of Bryan by Hearst, given be- ow, ought to have weight because it is by one who knows Bryan well, says an exchange. Following are Hearst's words: “Bryan is a trickster, a trimmer, a traitor, a ragpicker of politics, a po- Iitical shoplifter, a ventriloquist who throws one vcice here and another there, a contortionist who bends for ward and backward with equal con venience, a human ostrich who swal- | lows his own words, the world re- nowned locse-skin man, who can re- latter, bat | verse himself in his own integument so that you cannot tell whether he {s going or coming.” W. M. LIKINS. The Way He Is Sized Up in Greene County. From the Waynesburg Times. In company with three or four hundred other Waynesburgers, we wasted two precious hours, last even- ing; listening to the political rant- ing of one W. M. Likins, Prohibition candidate for Congress, from the Twenty-third district. Those who went to hear this speech —if such we may term it—expecting to hear a dignified espousal of the Prohibition party principles, must have been greatly disappointed, for what they heard was a very poorly presented heterogenous mass of “stuff” that very quickly degenerated into mud-slinging harangue against Fayette county Republicans @and Greene county Democrats, with a few slurs at the colored voters of both eounties thrown in. ‘We don’t know how it may appear in Fayette county, but it is our guess that Mr. Likins’ statement that there are not 10 honest colored men to be found over there is untrue, and we are sure that more than that number can be found in Greene county who would resent the offer of a bribe as an insult. What Mr. Likins or his campaign leaders hope to gain by this class of stumping is away beyond us. If it is votes they are after, we feel quite sure that he and his party would fara better if he should sit down quietly at home, and not let the public, in general, know the class of men they are putting in the field. President Taft's Religion Empty-Soul Fools. It is bad enough to be forced to read distorted roorbacks of the Dem- cratic press hurled at Mr. Taft po- litically, but it is absolutely nauseat- ing to read the attacks of the empty- headed fools on Mr. Taft’s religion, because he is a Unitarian. Nearly every well-informed Protestant minia- ter in the ‘world has copies of Chan- ning’s religious works, and who ever stopped to ask about Channing’s sin- cerity and Channing’s religion? A man whose soul was brim full of hu- manity and love for God and man! The people who raise this question have about as much religion in thelr souls as the raving maniac in tne padded cell. It is too ridiculous and absurd a discussion to dwell longer on. Channing belonged to the same church Taft belongs to.—Ex. and the Bourke Cockran in a recent inter- view at Boston, said: “Yes. I shall support Bryan; he is the best candi- date the Democrats could put up. Taft, however, is the greatest and best qualified nominee ever offered in any Republic in the world. He is a greater man than Roosevelt, and when surrounded by the same envir- onments that made Roosevelt great, he will prove a bigger man. Taft is a wonderful administrator, the great- est the country has ever seen, and he is a wonderful worker.” When' “Windy Bill’ Linkins gets to Congress, he will give us a law guar- anteeing the payment of all bank Je- posits, no matter whether the hanks fail or not, for he has said so. Now that will be nice, but it will be much nicer for fellows like “Windy Bill” if he can get a law passed that will compel banks to pay all their worth- less checks, like the one shown on this page. It’s a deuce of a note, thinks “Windy Bill,” that a fellow’s first got to have a bank deposit. in order that his checks may be honor- ed. Just wait until he gets to Con- gress, gentle reader, and he'll have, Columbus, O. laws passed to compel panks to pay | any kind of an old check, whether there’s money back of it or not. Great is Mr. Likins. When “Windy Bill” Likins gets %to' lievé our hope lies in the election of | particularly anxious for his success.” 1 4 ‘en route from Punxsutawney, where Salisbury, next week, to makes a Pro. hibition speech and vent his spleen on others whcse shoes he is not worthy to unloose the latches of, we trust that he will be given a large and attentive audience, and that there will be no rotten cabbage or bad eggs hurled at the Kentucky freak. The more necple who hear and pay close attention to the redheaded rrarer, | the more there will be who will not vote for him. HOW LIKINS PAYS HONEST DEBTS. Posing as Banking Authority, W. M. Likins Practices the pi Passing of Worthless Checks. Man Who Yawps Glibly on the Guarantee of Bank Deposits Has His Own Paper Turned Down by Bank Controlled by Leading Prohibitionists—Sidelights on the Caliber of an Individual Whose Business Practices Are Publicly Reprehensible—Is Partial to Custom. ini g7 ZL TERA B “All PRY. B . PENNSYLVANIA - Pay to the ordervof 2a Uniontown, Pa. <3 OF UV NHONTOWN— —l1g0¥ z—12¢ Tal Sr 3 =~. Dollars. 700 = W. P. HASKINSON, President. answer is “NO.” he deserves. _- in this Congre:sional district. , Mine Workers’ Head Sure Taft Will | Win. { Pittsburg, Oct. 1.—“There is no doubt in my mind that Taft will be elected. In him lies the hope w®of ' every working man; the miners are Thomas L. Lewis, national presi { dent of the United Mine Workers of America, thus-discussed the political | situation. He was interviewed while he addressed a meeting of miners, to Mr. Lewis took a fling at Samuel Gompers, saying: “While I am not, like Mr. Gompers, in a position to hand over the voters of the organi- "zation of which I am president, I be- Mr. Taft. Furthermvre, I am satis- fied that he will be elected by a large majority—one that will surprise the opposition.” Particularizing, Mr. Lewis contin- ued: “ 1 have been cver the terri- MR. BEN SHIRK, Ruffscreek, Pa. DEAR SIR:—We return herewith unpaid check of W. M. Likins on Uniontown for $1.00. Reason for non-payment, no funds. We charge your account with above amount to-day. Yours truly, voting for clean and hono:able men, and no paper in Some any of the Prohibition candidates until that tory to which I shall refer, and I be- | licve I know whereof I speak, and I | am free to say that Mr. Taft will car- ry Marylend, West Virginia and As for Ohio and such st: is- tia ORGANIZED 1890. —4267— DENNIS SMITH, Vice President. The check of which the above is a photographic reproduction was given by W. M. Likins, Prohibition Candidate for Congress, for payment for professional services. It was first deposited in the First National Bank of Uniontown, and came back as worthless. Later it was presented twice at the People’s Bank of Fayette County and tuned down each time by the bank. The letters “N. S. F.” in the upper left hand corner were placed thereon by the bank, indicating not sufficient funds, if any, to meet the check and the refusal of the bank to honor it. This bank is controlled by the Citizens’ Title and Trust Company, of which Albert Gaddis is President; Daniel Sturgeon, Trust Officer, and H. L. Robinson, Director. These men are three of the leading Prohibitionists in Fayette county. The inference is obvious. The above is not the only copy of a W. M. Likins worthless check that we can produce, as we have copies of others which space will not permit us to publish. One of them is before us now, and is a check for one dollar, drawn on the People’s Bank of Fayette County, payable to Ben Shirk for a. night's lodging and board furnished to one of the Likins' bill posters and politcal advance agents. Mr. Shirk resides at Ruffscreek, Green county, Pa, and the check given him by Likins was honored by the Citizens’ National Bank of Waynesburg, where it was presented for payment or deposit. However, when the check reached the Uniontown Bank, on which it was drawn, it was promptly re- turned to the Waynesburg bank as worthless paper. "The Cashier of the Waynesburg bank then wrote Mr. Shirk a letter containing the following words : THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, J. C. GARARD, Cashier. WAYNESBURG, PA, Sept. 17, 1908. Somerset co That man knows what he is Remember you should not be sway- ed by false prophets. The Republi- can party is the party tnat has help- ed the laboring man; the party that gave us free schools; the party that has achieved lasting and eternal things—so vote for it again in No- vember. See that your neighbor gets his hat on right—tell him that the Republican party 1s the party that means his bread and butter. Show him the many lightning changes made by Bryan, and if he is a man of reason, he will understand that such a vacillating character cannot command the respect of the business world. And when business is ruin- ed we are all lost. © Vote for Taft. — Ex. Three Unitarian Presidents—John Adams, John Quincey Adams and Mil lard Filmore—all members of the Unitarian church, and the Torin moved on smgeuthly and no “calam- | ities” raged over this country. And | in a few weeks another member of the | Unitarian creed will be trit ' } hantly | office wi hin | elected to reach of the religi Star- J. C. GARARD, Cashier. Now, Mr. Voter, wouldnt you be proud to have your district represen‘ed in Congress by a mutton-headed chump like “Windy Bill” Likins? Isn't a passer of a worthless checks a pretty thing to, pose as an honest man, a moral saint, and au hority on banking matters, and the Lord only knows what not? Isn't he a sweet-scented gentleman to go out on a political campaign and try to be elected by besmrchinz the good nam= of a man like Hon. A. F Cooper, whose private life, as well as his official record are above reproach? Did you ever know a passer of worthless checks to be aman of standing and influence among his fellow men? Did you ever know such a man to be worthy of confidence or public office? There can be but one truthful answer, and that We are not paying so much of our attention to Mr. Likins because there iseven the remotest danger of his being elected to Congress, but we are simply doing it to give him a long-needed down-setting and exposure—to give him to understand that he cannot lie about and slander deceat men without meeting with the just rebuke The red-headed Kentucky mutt and character assassin is the fist Prohibition candidate this paper has ever had occasion or cause to assiil, and he is a man utterly. unfit to be voted for by any decent Prohibitionist Here in Somersst county our Prohibition people have thus far been accustomsd to set county ever had an unkind word to utter against party foolishly nominated the raw, uncouth, ill-mannered, egotistical windbag and noaenity known as “Windy Bill” Likins, the red-headzd roarer from tae tobacco fields in the half- civiized state cf Kentucky, who pays honest debts w.th worthless checks, thereby binging disgrice to himself and reproach to his party. One of ihe leading Prohinitionists of when we nominsted Likins for Congres.” know what it was doinz waen it nominated Likins. unty has said, “We made a mistake talking about, but his party did not Old Soldiers Endorse Cooper. The eighth annual reunion of the Fayette County Veterans Association convened at the court house in Unioa- town, on Thursday, the 1st inst., among other resolutions passed at the aforesaid gathering of wvld soldiers, We note, the following: “Resolved, that the thanks of the veterans of this association are due to our representative in Congress, Hon. A. F. Cooper, for his untiring efforts in looking after and advanc- ing their interests, and in the prosecu- tion of their claims at Washington, DG In him, the comrades, regard- less of their rank or station, have ever had a true friend and earnest advo- cate.” One of the most interesting things in this campaign is the verbal duel between Fayette county's Prohibtio Kentucky Colonel and the journali Salisbury-by- & Goddess of NO. 40. - ] Green counties seems to be that he is a “three flusher,” and if the size of his recent audiences may be taken as a criterion, he is not much good on the draw.—Waynesburg Times. THE FIRST ST. PAUL'S. Begun After London’s Great Fire of A. D. 1136, and in Ashes After 1666. The church was begun after the first great fire of 1136, but not finally com- Pleted until 1498. The spire was con- sidered the handsomest and was the tallest in Europe, rising to a height of 520 feet above the pavement. On the top was a ball supporting a cross and terminating in a eagle. It was de- stroyed by lightning in 1501. At the west end of the edifice were two mas- sive towers, one of which contained a lock-up for ecclesiastical offenders and was known as the Lollards’ tower. The bishops’ palace was on the north side, and behind it was the great church of gray friars, on the site of the choir of which Christ Church, Newgate, now stands. At first old St. Paul’s had no cloister, but in 1332 the garden of the dean and chapter was taken for the purpose and the roof of the chapter house may be detected rising on the western side of tha south transept. There was also a school for the choir boys at the east end. The interior of the cathedral was very spacious, but was much blocked up with monuments. Those to Sir Philip Sydney in the north aisle of the choir, near to Sir Francis Walsing- ham, and one of enormous size to Sir Christopher Hatton in the south aisle, were there in Shakespeare's time. An older tomb was that of Sir John Beau- champ, popularly believed to be that of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, who was, however, burled at St. Al- bans. “To dine with Duke Humph- rey” meant to wander dinnerless in the Cathedral nave. St. Paul's was a cathedral of what is known as “the old foundation.” In churches of this type there was a dean assisted by canons, who were responsible for daily services. They were not monks, but ordained clergymen, each of them en- dowed with an estate. Most of these estates were in the neighborhood of London, and the canons, their owners, lived on them as country squires. By degrees they all leased away their pre- bends, and the modern canons are specially endowed, but without es- tates. The edifice was destroyed in the great fire of 1666, when history records that the lead of its roof and rebuilt spire “ran off like water.”— Scientific American. To Water Arid Wastes. The Reclamation bureau has now 25 irrigation schemes in hand. When these are all completed they will re- claim a total of 3,340,000 acres at a cost of $81,727,500, or from $30 to $35 ber acre as average figures, some be- ing as low as $20 per acre, and oth- ers as high as $60. When all are in operation they will bring an annual revenue to the government of $8,501,- 800. These lands all lie west of the Mis- sissippi river, most of them west of the Missouri, and also even west of the continental divide. One district is in Nevada, one in Arizona and Cali- fornia, one in California and Oregon, and three are in Washington. Work on all these will be vigorous, for the treasury has $40,000,000 in hand for the purpose. Besides the irrigation of arid lands, these several water systems will fur- nish thousands of horse power in elee- tricity developed by the fall. Nc other country has ever under- taken such work on so vast a scale. The Roosevelt dam on the Salt Riv- er, Arizona, is the largest in the world.—Los Angeles Times. She Didn't Know. As the last chord of the “Wedding March” filtered out of the church ves- tibule and away into ti at beyond, the driver of the ptial chariot whipped up his animated cats’ meat, and the fair young bride within, fling- ing her arms around her newly ae- quired husband's neck, sobbed as though her little heart would break. “Will you ever forgive me, Narecis- sus?’ “Forgive you, sweatheart? What on earth for?” asked astonished bridegroom. “There's lots of.things I ought te have—told you and I h:h-haven’t!” “What things? For heaven's sake, explain yourself, Ethelinde!” “We-we-ell, I-I've never told you k know scarcely anything about cook- ing!” “Is that all?” returned Narcissus, in tones of intense relief. “Then calm yourself, my love, and don’t WOrry about t. You seem to forget that I'm a ‘here’ll be precious little to cc the n Siar: Nt is Central ithern Amer? s! 'd learn 1rent by
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