| pe Bei" wv. ONS. LS NTS SAME eT Car- pers ne, tS ; Pa. "in the local Option movement “have al- - preachers, who always make a sorry .. mess of things by getting after too * contention falls flat that licensed sa- ‘to detect than where the latter alone ®ouldn’t make any money if they didn’t * violate the Brooks law, every day. man who will sell liquor i cense, and the man who will buy it for those who cannot go into the saloon |Guaranteed by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 4-1 | County Star, VOL. XV. SALISBURY. ELK LICK POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 11. 1909. NO. 9. Help! Help! Help! Nothing very serious the matter—don’t get excited— but your HELP is needed. Every man, every woman and every child can HELP. This town needs your HELP. . It is a good town, but every good citizen wants to see it become a better town. But unless the good citizens stand by the town, lend a hand, put a shoulder to the wheel or get in front and pull, without balk- ing, there won’t be any noticeable progress. Towns are not Top- gies. No town “just grows.” It’s the peo- ple in a town and around it who make it grow by feeding it the right sort of diet. A pig in a poke won’t get fat. Nor will a town with its light hidden under a bushel attract attention from outside. Unless you throw corn into a lean shoat the animal never will be- come a fat porker. It is just as necessary to feed a town and com- munity with fresh material from the outside world. It is up to you and each of us to get out and forage for the town. Speak a good word for it. Write a good letter for it. To you the place where you live is the most impor- tant place in the world. It is the best place in the world. It is the center of the world. The universe revolves around it. This being so—and you can’t deny it—why not HELP advertise the center of the universe? Why not tell your friends and acquaintances elsewhere what they are missing by living away from the real center ? Talk has built up many a town—every town, in fact. Talk can build up this town. You can’t talk too much if you talk right. P. S—HELP! HELP! HELP! and buy it for themselves, are not one whit greater criminals than the licensa ed dealers who openly admit that they violate the Brooks law every day. The only difference between the two classes of liquor law violaters is that the li- censed class is permitted to get rich by violating the law with impunity, while the other class is constantly in great danger of arrest, fines and imprison- ment. Justice is sleeping, as is also the conscience of many a judge and constable. TrE Fair local option bill was killed at Harrisburg, Tuesday night, on sec- ond reading, by a vote of 137 to 66. It is just as we expected, and we believe yet, as we have believed all along, that the bill was improperly drawn. We believe that if the bill had been drawn for local option by counties instead of by districts, it would have been a much more popular measure. The leaders selyes to: be swayed too jy Tapatical, narrow-minded ent IT SAVED HIS LEG. “All thought 1’d lose my leg,” writes J. A. Swenson, Watertown, Wis. “Ten years of eczema, that 15 doctors could not cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it sound and well.” Infallible for Skin Erup- tions, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Boils, Fe- many things at once. Ar nearly every term of criminal court there are several persons on trial for selling liquor without license. Yet, in the face of it all, the people uphold- ing the licensing of saloons are always harping on how liquor will be sold il- [ver Sores, Burns, Scalds, Cuts and legally if Local Option should win. Piles. 25c. at Elk Lick Pharmacy. 4-1 Isn’t lots of it sold illegally in licensed territory? The court records prove that such is. the case, and hence the P. & M. Franchise Vetced. The Somerset Town Council recently granted the franchise asked for by the P. & M. Street Railway Company, for the use of certain streets in that bor- ough, but Burgess Welfley promptly vetoed it, alleging that it was an illegal grant, owing to the fact that the Som- erset Street Railway Co.had previously been granted a franchise for the use of the same streets. It is believed that the two companies will soon be able to adjust their differences, and that the P. & M. will be enabled to enter Somerset. At any rate we all hope so. THE LURID GLOW OF DOOM loons prevent “speak-easies.” They rather foster them, as it is much safer to conduct a “speak-easy” in saloon territory than in local option territory. In saloon territory the saloons usually get the blame for all the drunkenness, and the “speak-easies” are much harder are supplying the booze in a communi- ty. And, furthermore, most of the liquor law violations are committed by the licensed saloon-keepers themselves, and this fact is well knowp to most of the constables and courts. The man who will dispense a little liquid dam- | Was seen in the red face, hands and nation to the thirsty without a license, [body of the little son of H. M. Adams, on the sly, is a gentleman and a patriot | of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight in comparison to the licensed dealer | from eczema had, for five years, defied who enjoys a lucrative monopely and | all remedies and baffled the best doc- violates the laws every day under | tors, who said the poisoned blood had which he is permitted to do business. affected his lungs and, nothing could It is openly admitted by the saloon- |save him. “But,” writes his mother, - ner; Rush 8S. McMillen, Rockwood ; ‘| The tnble gives the 1908 output of the OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Below will be found the names of the various county and district officials. Unless otherwise indicated, their ad- dresses are Somerset, Pa. President J udge—Francis J. Kooser, Member ot Congress—A. F. Cooper, Uniontown, Pa. State Senator—William C. Miller, Bedford, Pa. Members of Assembly—W. H. Floto» Meyersdale ; A. W. Knepper. : Sheriff —Charles H. Weimer. Prothonotary—J. B. Gerhard. Register—Bert F. Landis. Recorder—Norman E. Berkey. Clerk of Courts—F. A. Harah. Treasurer—Russell G. Walker: - District Attorney—John 8. Miller. Coroner—Dr. H. 8. Kimmell. Commissioners—Josiah Specht, Kant- Hiram P. Hay, Berlin. Solicitor— Charles W. Walker. Jury Commissioners—George Schrock, M. L. Weighley, Jenners. Directors, of the Poor—J. F. Reiman, William W. Baker, J. C. Dietz, Listie. Attorney for Directors, H. F. Yost. Superintendent of Schools—D. W- Seibert. County Auditors—Jacob 8. Miller, Friedens; W. H. H. Baker and Samuel A. Kretchman, Rockwood. Chairmen Political Organizations— Jonas M. Cook, Republican; Alex B. Grof, Democratic; Fred Groff, Berlin, Prohibition. tf J. OUR COUNTY’S COAL OUTPUT. But Few Counties in Pennsylvania Outrank Somerset in Coal Pro- duetion. It is an acknowledged fact that the year 1908. was’ an exceedingly dull year in the coal business, but never- theless Somerset county shipped near- ly six million tons of black diamond during that period. Had the coal business been in its normal condition during the year, the tonnage would easily have reached double the amount shown in the following table prepared by Mine Inspector Thomas 8. Lowther. mines operated by each company doing business in Somerset county. Name of Operator. Tons. Somerset Coal Co............. 1,595,155 Berwind-White C. M. Co....... 1,302,835 Jenner-Quemahoning Coal Co. 502,500 Merchants Coal Co.... 3 ...... 440.709 Quemahoning Coal Co. ahs 413,864 Meyersdale Coal Co........... 216,891 W. K. Niver Coal Co.......... 189,154 Knickerbocker 8S. Coal Co..... 148,744 Somerset Mining Co.......... 134 350 Reading Iron Co.............. 81,758 Hocking Coal Co.............. 53,876 Enterprise Coal Co............ 53 244 Haws Coal Co...:........c0n-. 52,103 Carbo Smokeless Coal Co..... 45,153 Somerset & Cambria Coal Co.. 40,526 Coronet Coal Co.............. 39,260 Federal Coal Co.............. 36,170 S. M. Hamilton & Co ..... .... 35,599 a Meager........\........ 32,359 eystone Coal Co. (E. Statler Lessea) i. cri: neecrorss- 31.500 Listonburg C. M.Co........... 28,192 W. D. Althouse & Co.......... 21,426 Big Vein Coal Co.............. 20,607 Randolph Coal Co............. 19,652 Atlantie Coal Co.............. 19,412 Elk Lick Coal Co.............. 18,319 Stoner Coal Co............... 17,156 W. A Merril &Co............ 16,336 Meyersdale Fuel Co......... . 15,811 Smith, Mevers & Co........... 8.922 Huff CoalCo.......0 .......... 8,831 savage Fire BrickCo.......... 8,683 Boynton Coal Co.............. 7.346 Fred. Bowe .:...... qi .-.. 7,092 Penwood Coal Co............. 6,615 Pitts. & Cambria Coal Co...... 6,201 Southern Coal Co............. 5,709 Somerset Fuel Co............. 4,473 Somerset Real Estate Coal Co. 4427 Fairview Coal Co............. 3,800 Cochrane Coal Co............. 1,696 Garrett Coal Co............... 1,021 Potala Vala 5,756.529 A RELIGIOUS AUTHOR'S STATE- MENT. Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman, Salisbury, N. C., who the author of several books, writes: “For several years I was afflicted with kidney trouble. and last winter I was suddenly stricken with a severe pain in my kidneys and was comfined to bed eight days, unable to get up without assistance. My urine contained a thick white sediment and I passed same frequently, day and night. I commenced taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy, and the pain gradu- is eepers of Pennsylvania that they “seven bottles of Electric Bitters com- Ipletely cured him.” For Eruptions, | Eczema, Salt Rheum, Sores and all Blood Disorders and Rheumatism, Electric Bitters is supreme. The without 1li- A} Only 50ec. | | ally abated andifinally ceased, and my COLORED MAN’S TRIBUTE. Among the many eloquent tributes to Mr. Lincoln upon the centennial an- niversary of his birth, few equal and none surpass that of Booker T. Wash- ington. It is worthy of preservation with the other best Lincoln literature of the country. That a colored man, a former slave, of Mr. Washington’s achievements, should be asked to address an audience of white men on the occasion of the banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, was appropriate, and that he performed the task so admirably, is very wonderful, as well as gratifying. Among other things, Mr. Washington said: “You ask that which he found a pisce of property and turned into a free American citizen to speak to you to- night on Abraham Lincoln. I am not fitted by ancestry or training to be your teacher tonight, for, as I have stated, I was born a slave. “My first knowledge of Abraham Lincoln came when I awakened early one morning before the dawn of day, as I lay wrapped in a bundle of rags on the dirt floor of our slave cabin, by the prayer of my mother, just before leav- ing for her day’s work. She waskneel- ing over my body, earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed, and that one day she and her boy might be free. You give me the op- portunity here this evening to celebrate with you and the nation the answer to that prayer.” After dwelling at length upon the many advantages of human liberty, the speaker concluded as follows: “As we gather here, brothers all, in common joy and thanksgiving for the life of Lincoln, may I not ask that you, the worthy representatives of seventy millions of white Americans, join heart and hand with ten millions of black Americans—these ten millions who gpeak your tongue, profess your re- ligion—who have never lifted their voice or hands except in defense of their country’s flag—and swear eternal fealty to the memory and the tradi- tions of the sainted Lincoln. Irepeat, may we not join with your race, and let all of us here highly resolve that justice, good will and peace shall be the motto of our lives. If this be true, in the highest sense, Lincoln shall not have lived and died in vain. “And, finally, gathering inspiration and encouragement from this hour a’ d Lincoln's life, I pledge to you and to the nation that my race, in so far as I can speak for it, which in the past, whether in ignorance or intelligence, whether in slavery or in freedom, has always been true to the stars and stripes and to the highest and best in- terests of this country, will strive to deport itself that it shall reflect noth- ing but the highest credit upon the whole people in the North and in the South. SIMPLE REMEDY FOR LA GRIPPE. La grippe coughs are dangerous, as they frequently develop into pneu- monia. Foley’s Honey and Tar not only stops the cough, but heals and strengthens the lungs, so that no serious results need be feared. The genuine Foley’s Honey and Tar contains no harmful drugs, and is in a yellow pack- age. Refuse substitutes. Elk Lick Pharmacy, E. H. Miller, Prop. 4-1 A. D. Johnson, a Uniontown Man, Will Conduct a Hotel at Colum- bia, Isle of Pines. A. D. Johnson, of Uniontown, who is well known in Salisbury as the hus- band of one of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keim’s daughters, has decided to em- bark in the hotel business at Columbia, on the Isle of Pines. Mr. Johnson went to the West Indies some time ago, with other colonists from the United States, and the Isle of Pines seems to please them very much. The Isle of Pines Appeal, published at Santa Fe, a town located on the island whose name the paper bears, has the following to say in its issue of Feb. 20th, concerning Mr. Johnson’s new venture: “Hotel Columbia, at the town of Columbia, has been leased to A. D. Johnson, of Uniontown, Pa. and Mr. Johnson has gone to the United States to purchase furniture and fixtures with which to fit up the hotel in first class shape. It is the purpose of the new manager to give Columbia a hotel in keeping with the importance of the place, and he is expected to return to the island by the first of the month, when the work of fitting up will be A BREEZE FROM NORTH DAKOTA. M. P. Lichty Reports Lots of Pros- perity and Happiness in the Lo- cality Where He Resides. ZioN, Towner Co., N. Dak., Mar. 5, 1909. Epitor Star:—For fear you might think that I have gone back on this Lapland dreary, where some people get blizzard weary, I am glad to state that those of us who have stayed at home, this winter, have witnessed one ofthe finest winters we have had in years; only two extremely cold weeks the first half of January, during which time our mail carrier missed one forenoon trip, 14 miles to the northwest, and one en- tire trip later on. Our ground froze up the middle of November, since which time we had but few light thaws, hardly enough to soften the snow. Wagons were in use up to the last day in November, since which time the sleighing has been’ good down -to the present date, March 5th. We don’t care about a break yet—hope it will stay so till the last of the month. As usual, many North Dakotans went away on visits south, east, west, and some went north. Our fall season was so fine, the threshing and fall plowing done in such good time, the roads in such good shape, and the market prices at the top noteh, so that the bulk of the grain was rushed to market early. Money was plentiful, and changed hands rapidly ; all manner of debts, including taxes, were paid off promptly. , Those who had a goodly surplus left to their credit, felt justified to spend a portion of it to go a-visiting to their distant friends, and to the many alluring winter resorts. Quite a good many went to the old country. Some came near getting caught in the great earthquake catastrophein South- ern Italy and Sicily. Many went to Cuba and Mexico, but most went to the Pacific Coast states. A number mora have held back till after the spring crops are sown, then there will be trainloads ready to take in the big exposition at Seattle, Wash I have several invitations from Tacomo, Wen- atchee and Seattle to be sure and come. . It is remarkable how our former ac- quaintances and many of our relatives have flocked in recent years to those Coast states, and more going each suc- ceeding year. But for my own con- venience and pleasure, I find so much to attract and to entertain me in this hustling, enterprising young state, that I have no present desire to roam around much just to satisfy an idle curiosity. Too many people now-a- days are so powerfully possessed with a roving and roaming disposition that they cannot long be content or satisfied anywhere. Of course, those who are in the habit of going, and like to mingle in large crowds, find life too dull on the plains to suit them during the winter season. But we surely have enough of diver- sion here. Our regular church ser- vices, Sunday schools, day schools, literary lyceums, every village and town has a good lecture course, many extra conventions, traveling and the- atrical troops. The other week we had our farmers’ institute here in Cando, with an attendance of over 1100. Our we had a most enjoyable time. at a 50-mile gait per hour. one day by the families of E. B. Lichty ready.” and we could all sit up to the table to envied by any epicure. The day be fore I of Cando, visited me. No, I don’t wan for lack of visitors, even if I am single handed. And now I must “saw off,” a my letter is too lengthy allready. M. P. LicHTY. a THE BLANKS WE KEEP. started. This hotel was built by R. P. Ewing, several years ago, at a cost of seven thousand dollars, and will repre- | urine became normal. I cheerfully prietor. 4-1 recommendiFoley’s Kidney Remedy.” | Elk Lick Pharmacy, E. H. Miller, Pro- | sent a cost of fifteen thousand dollars when complete. | convenience of his guests.” | ants, Constable Sale Blanks, Summon Manager Johnson | Execution for Debt, Notice of Claims | will also have an automobile for the | for Collection, Commitments, Subpoe- | nas, Criminal Warrants, ete. tf business men gave a free dinner, and One of our automobile clubs, on mild days, find it a most delightful diversion to go racing on a large lake where the ice is but thinly coveréd with snow, where they can spin around on a 5 mile track Last week I was pleasantly surprised F. D. Saylor and G. C. Long, who came to spend the day with me. The wo- men had brought along their waffle irons, a freezer full of ice cream and sundry other adjuncts, and as the hour for the noon meal approached, the fair domestic scientists so proficient in the culinary art, took possession of my kitchen and range stove, and by one o'clock they proclaimed “all things There were ten of us in all, gether and partake of a feast to be entertained an old neighbor, now from Wenatchee, Wash., and the day after, my cousin, Mrs. W. H. Clark, The following blanks canbe obtained at all times at Tae Star office: Leases, Mortgages, Deeds, Judgment Bonds, Common Bonds, Judgment Notes, Re- ceipt Books, Landlord s Notice to Ten- INDIGESTION ENDS. Misery from Your Disordered Stom- ach goes in Five Minutes. You can eat anything your stomach craves without fear of a case of Indi- gestion or Dyspepsia, or that your food will ferment or sour on your stomach, if you will occasionally take a little Diapepsin after eating: Your meals will taste good, and any- thing you eat will be digested ; nothing can ferment or turn into acid or poison or stomach gas, which causes Belching, Dizziness, a feeling of fullness after eating, Nausea, Indigestion (like a lump of lead in stomach), Biliousness, Heartburn, Water brash, Pain in stomach and intestines or other symp- toms. Headaches from the stomach are ab- solutely unknown where this effective remedy is used. Diapepsin really does all the work of a healthy stomach. It digests your meals when your stomach can’t. Each triangule will digest all the food you can eat and leave nothing to ferment or sour. Get a large 50-cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin from your druggist and start taking today, and by tomorrow you will actually brag about your strong stomach, for you then can eat anything and everything you want without the slightest discomfort or misery, and every particle of impurity and gas that is in your stomach and intestines is going to be carried away without the use of laxatives or any other assistance. A — Cninese College Introduces Educa- tion in Forestry. China, often called the most back- ward of nations in the care of natural resources, is to be the scene of a vig- orous campaign in the interests of the forests, according to plans for a series of meetings which will be held under the auspices of Boone College, Wu- chang, China, at Hankhow, Wuchang, and Hanyang. Later there will be meet- ings in all the large cities and impor- tant ports both on the coast and in the interior. Mr. Howard Richards, Jr., the representative in this country of the Chinese college, has been collect- ing material for these courses, and has just started to China. Several of the photographs showing the effect of-de- forestation in China, which accom- panied the President’s last annual message to Congress, form a part of a set of stereoptican views which will be used in illustrating these lectures. China has probably taken less care of her forests than any other nation of the earth, and this movement te awaken in its people a realization of the importance of the forest comes at an opportune time. Many parts of China are practically desert wastes as a result of the destruction of its trees. On account of the erosion which has followed the removal of trees from the slopes, farmers are compelled to ter- race their hillsides, in order to hold enough soil in place for farming, and to build little walls across the valleys to catch the silt which the annual floods deposit. Two centuries ago, many regions of China which are now barren, were paying revenue to their owners. Now the wood supply is se scarce that little poles are used for building houses, and roots and saplings are burned for fuel. Over three hundred Chinese students from eleven provinces are being edu- cated in Boone College for the uplift of their country, and it is expected by those in charge of the proposed course of lectures, that a movement started ’ | there will in time spread throughout the Empire. NEAR DEATH IN BIG POND. It was a thrilling experience to Mra. Ida Soper to face death. “For yearssa severe lung trouble gave me fintense suffering,” she writes, “and several times nearly caused my death. All remedies failed and doctors said I was incurable. Then Dr. King’s New Dis- - | covery brought quick relief and a cure so permanent that I have not been - | troubled in twelve years.” Mrs. Soper lives in Big Pond, Pa. It works won- ders in Coughs and Colds, Sore Lungs, Hemorrhages, LaGrippe, Asthma t | Croup, Whooping Cough and all Bron- . | chial affections. 50c. and $1.00. Trial s | bottle free. Guaranteed by Elk Lick Pharmacy. 4-1 > WHEN A MAN TELLS YOU it does not pay to advertise, he is simply ad- mitting that he is conducting a busi- ness that is not worth advertising, a business conducted by a man unfit te do business, and a business which should be advertised for sale. tf eee elle 8 | All kinds of Legal and Commercial | Blanks, Judgment Notes, ete., for sale at THE STAR office. tf
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