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SALISBURY. ELK LICK
POSTOFFICE. PA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 29. 1909.
NO. 16.
He's From Missouri; |
firms who advertise well their wares
and invite customers to their stores.
In short the people like to see enter-
in particular. In these important re-
spects, my successor will not depart
from THE STAr’s present policy. In
WHEN THE BAR ROOMS CLOSE IN
GRANTSVILLE.
Next Saturday, May 1st, the bar
- F ° prise among merchants, and what up- | politics, the new management will ad-
es’ Anh E You Have 111) Show Him. to-date man or woman does not prefer | here to the principles of the Repub- | 20m in Grantsville, Md., will have to.
have been : : to buy of an up-to-date, liberal adver- | lican party, but reserves the right to close, as the result of being voted dry
for theul i =, tising merchant in preference to a |denounce bad party men and bad party atsthe general election, last November.
back and] skimpy. pinchy back number of a busi- | measures, should occasion and the pub- That the town and its people will be
in" every ness man who sits around in his store | lic welfare demand it. greatly benefited by the closing of the
ive perfect “like his grandsire cut in alibaster,” | ~My successor is gson of the Rev. E. saloons, there is not the slightest doubt >
aril and whose wares are seldom or never | 8. Johnston, D. D., one of the most The booze dispensers will find less mon-
on, N.Y advertised in the local newspaper? widely known and able Lutheran |®¥ in their pockets after their vlaces of
1 Many an issue of THE STAR has been | clergymen of Somerset county, as well business are closed, but their custom-
aris circulated in the many good homes of | asone of the most highly esteemed. |®'s will soon be a little more flash..
TICA Salisbury and vicinity that contained | The son is a true chip of the old block, The boozers’ wives and children will
more Meyersdale advertising than Bal- | and he is worthy of all the patronage soon be wearing better clothes. more
isbury advertising. That was no fault | you can give him. and better food will find its way tos
of THE STAR, for ite advertising space is | Asto unsettled accounts for sub- their tables, and there will be fewer
its stock in trade, its life's blood, and if | scription, advertising, job printing, headaches and heartaches, fewer bitter
there are encugh sleepy fellows among | ete., I have made arrangements with tears and less remorse of conscienee.
/ the Salisbury business men to allow | Mr. Johnston to fill all unexpired sub- Some who are now disgusting, stinking,
P. L. LIVENGOOD, the Meyersdale merchants to monopo- | scriptions, without extra charge to Br sputtering drunk-
: ; _ lize most of the advertising space in |those who have paid in advance. Those ards, wi ecome good citizens and
nts The Paunger, Eater sna Rue ROBT. H. JOHNSTON, Salisbury’s own home paper, they ean | in arrears on subscription will be re- respectable 5 human beings. And
isher of e Somerset County 1... purchaser of The Star, Under | find no surer way to compel old Salis- | quired to settle with Mr. Jonnston, who Grantsville will uot be a dead town,
ain Fifty Star, Which Has Been Sold to Whose Ownership the Paper Will | bury to grow street grass while its le- | has purchased all the subscription ac- | either.
ie frig © Governor Folk is from Missouri. Robert H. Johnston. Be Published After This Week. |gitimate and natural trade is drawn to | counts, except a few which I have ex- Of course, according to the saloon-
iY He's regarded as a pretty good citizen Meyersdale. The Salisbury paper will | empted. All persons in arrears will be | keepers’ stock argument, all the people
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himself. See what he says about a
certain sort of citizen:
i}. ®] do not believe in the mail
order citizen. IT 1S BETTER
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE
A THOUSAND TOWNS THAN
ONE LARGE CITY. If a place
is good enough for a man to
make his money in, it certainly
should be good enough for him
- ‘to spend his money in. The
merchants have a just right to
VALEDICTORY.
To Tue READERS AND PATRONS OF THE
SoMERSET COUNTY STAR: —
If tears you'd shed of joy or grief,
Prepare to shed them now;
Turn loose eye juice, or heap abuse
Upon my placid brow.
and I’d rather have the most of them.
at least, for enemies than friends, for
the logical reason that a fool enemy is
never so dangerous to a man as a fool
friend. I do not mean to, create the
impression, however, that all of my
enemies must necessarily be insignifi-
not suffer by it, for Meyersdale money
for its advertising space is as good as
Salisbury money. But how about the
Salisbury stores? The answer is easy,
and the duty of the Salisbury mer-
chants is plain. For a country town to
allow its local newspaper to go out into
the surrounding territory with a
dearth of home advertisements, there-
by mutely proclaiming to the world
that the town in which it is published
duly notified by circular letter, within
the next few weeks, with whom they
are to settle, and after such notice is
received by the subscribers in arrears,
they will be expected to make settle-
ment as promptly as possible. All ac-
counts I hold against those owing me
on advertising and job printing, re-
main my property and will be collected
by me, except, perhaps, a few unexpir-
ed advertising contracts which may be
in Grantsville will flock tc Salisbury
after May 1st, and will spend all their
money in Salisbury. But will they?
Ne, not on your tintype. They will do
nothing of the sort. Every man who
sets up that kind of an argument, or
rather that kind of a fool assertion, is
a stinking liar, and he knows it. The
kind of people who will come frome
Grantsville to Salisbary to buy, simply
because booze is sold here, is a kind of
It re- all the business of the town in I’ve sold the “sheet” on old Ord street, cant or bad. Some of them are doubi- is a dead one, is the most stupid blun- | transferred to my Successor. In such FORhish that oronnile gsr i af-
0 use. ,which they have their stores; And all is well, I trow: 1645 pretty good people. and: even der any set ‘of business men can be cases, due notice will be given by the > obe rid of, and a kind which
and every good citizen will help So what’s the use to make excuse?— infl iol. But ve { that guilty of. These suggestions, like a undersigned. alisbury cannot afford to be cursed
them to get it.” - I’m going to leave you now. influential. But my enemies of that | .k,0e of the average breakfast food,| With these somewhat lengthy, but with, whether it be for a day, a week
dy for D1a you ever see a FINE LARGE [7n11 . okt au class are not numerous, and they are | n,,y not taste good tosome of the bus- | timely remarks, I now step down and | or a month. The people who will gome-
Chroat, FACT so simply stated? 1 B SaYe ig Js rig t away, a Swply I iness men of Salisbury, but if acted | out as owner and publisher of THE to Salisbury to buy simply because
laches, S io ma . oo va ivr ds Senta ii 8 Poeun ey ily een | yoon, there’ll be more nourishment | Somerser County STAR, a paper I es- booze is sold here, are people who are
ects. 3 i > 5 3 a1 ¥ InisunCerstaneing: my . mo ives, OF | (parein for them than there is in all | tablished here in 1891, and of which I neither numerous, desirable or flush
: A A RR BS nd 20st least 2 mile. because I have been misunderstand- | 40 preakfast foods in the world. feel pardonably proud. With best |with money. The idea that a few
other I care not what you think of me, ing theirs. I can trathfully say that] A (he top of this page appears a | wishes for my successor, thanks for the | measly, mangy, poverty-stricken bums
of any P.L. LIVENGOOD, Nor what of me you’ll say— : 1 bave never personally insulted or | ,,q portrait of the new proprietor of | liberal patronage I have enjoyed, with and drunkards can kill their home
ded by N Publi I’ve done my best, without request, oaned, any mah unless I felt justi- | mo grip as well as one of your hum- | malice toward none and charity for all, town by carrying their few paltry pen-
ifferent ¥ ofary uoiic. Say what you will or may. fetin Se tv I 22 ble servant, the undersigned. We | Iam very gratefully yours, hies to a neighboring town for booze,
e who ® Star Office, Salisbury Pa. Perhaps you're glad, perhaps youre sad | or ie ce Ahir mas ry gi public don’t care which of us you consider P. L. LIvENGOOD. jspmply Rreposisrons Ob Boy Senile
ith % THE STAR is changing hands. duty d ded bli d the better-looking man, but both of us Goodbye, dear STAR, goodbye! +the Salisbury merchants wi
hi = 8 | 1 cannot tell, I know full well uty demanced a public Tepremand | y,y)q be pleased to see the new man- My own dear child, farewell! not need to hire any extra clerks in
P q or ona 8 | So that’s the way it stands, or oils te hey lieve agement get the best possible support This parting makes me sigh, ler he able to id on the Saghonr
WILLS, ETC., CAREFULLY Yes. dear readers, friends, enemies | he was ever“ripped wide open” in Tre of the community. Mr. Johnston needs Though all with thee be wel. sys that will come here ‘rom rants-
ts, ATTENDED TO. y ’ ’ HY» 4 5 no introduction to the people of Salis- ———————— ville on account of the saloons being
’ and other folks too numerous to men- | STAR when he was not sinning against UP BEFORE THE BAR. closed there.
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3 ‘Special Attention to Claims, Collections :
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i FULL LINE OF LEGAL BLANKS
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ti~n.I have sold Tur STAR, the good
old STAR. the paper that many good
people swear by and bad folks swear at;
the paper whose temperature is 200 in
the public, against himself or family,
or guilty of persecuting or vilifying the
editor. It is my nature to strike back,
and THE STAR never was afraid to go
after any obnoxious offender, regard-
bury and vicinity, for he is well and
favorably known here, and for the past
seven years he has been the manager of
the Elk Lick Supply Company’s mam-
moth general store. In that capacity
N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts-
field, Vt.. writes: “We have used Dr.
King’s New Life Pills for years and
find them such a good family medicine
we wouldn’t be without them.” For
‘When the bar rooms close in Grants-
ville, and the bug juice quits its flow.
all will be still at the old gin mill, and
the boozers will have to go. They'll
RRR the shade at all seasons of the year, 3 2 ; y ! he has proved himself a courteous, up- : A : have to go in their way of woe, to where
TEE and som-times even warmer; the pa- Jone of hs Sestion mn Je or Sac. right and able business man, and 1 have Chills, Constipation, Biliougness ar Sick | the bug juice flows, if they want to
cirewith WANT COLUMN per that has a tone all its;ewn, that has | ANC 1n.all the papers ba t os, ether | overy reason to believe that he will Headache they work wonders. 25c.| revel and go to the devil in worn-out
> \ : . | alwdys hewed to the line, no matter who | With serapping editors, organized 1abor | poop Tre Star up to its present high | Elk Lick Pharmacy. 6-1 | ghoes and clothes. But all will not go
GOID : . pe got hit on the “mug” by the chips—no | Rrafters, fool organizations or private | .¢.hqard, and perhaps greatly improve in their way of woe, to other towns for
soovery. of For Sale For Rent, matter who bowled, scowled or “made Dash, Sarg ak Pose sluars it. Iwish him the greatest possible| Ar Paducah, Ky., a man recently booze ; and of those who do, it can be
ofiching Xr y 9 dem g00 goo eyes. don't know wheth- Shep Sr ay na he = success, but much will depend on the | came to his death by drowning, and | said quite true, the town can afford to
ghly m Lost. Found Ete er Pm glad I sold the paper or not, : are . inl adversaries, 1HE co-operation of the business men of | that, too, in spite of the fact that the |loose. Cut oF the drink from men
germs, Te- i 9 3 o and I don’t know whether you are.|STAR has ever been more than a match Salisbury. Too much must not be ex- drowned man had the longest name of | who think, and they will think of their
tion guar- But I do know that evey mother’s son for any and all comers. pected of him at once, as the editoral | any man in the world. His name was | better days. They’ll resolve to do
led. Trial Té Tue ReruBLioAN Voters or Som- |and daughter of you in this entire Some people say Tue Star has been | business is new to him. However, as Arthur Hugh Thomas T. Dewitt Tal- | right with all their might, and many
: ERsET COUNTY. | locality have diligently read the paper | too radical and outspoken at times. |he hassome knowledge of the printing | mage Hardin Eddy Lane Arland Lin- | will mend their ways. And Grants-
edo, Ohio. | I hereby announce myself as a Republi-| from week fo week, even if some of Well. perhaps it has, from a policy | trade, and will be ably assisted by his | nie Marion Branch Sam Jones Rigg | ville will thrive, be as much alive, as
_ ean candidate for the nomination of Direc-
tor of the Poor, and respectfully ask the
support of the Republican voters at the
coming Primary Eleetion to be held on
Saturday, June 5th. I filled this office some
years ago, honestlv and conscientiously,
and am willing to be judged by the record
then made. JAcoBR W. PECK,
Summit Township.
_ ‘Six Post Cards for bc. at
Egan’s. tf.
Three packages Indian Corn
Flakes, or 3 large bottles Blue-
ing, or 2 large cans Veribest
you did constantly bother your more;
sensible and up-to-date neighbors to
lend you their copies of the “Twinkler.”
I also know that THE STAR has prov-
en itself good-paying newspaper prop-
erty, and it affords me pleasure to say
that I shall leave it on a good paying
basis, in as prosperous a condition as it
ever has been. It is ap open secret
that I have made good money out of
the paper, and 1 am pleased to say that
I can leave Salisbury without owing
any person so much as a penny. And
I will not need to lea~e the old town
penniless, either, for as a financial suc-
cess, in proportion to capital invested,
standpoint, but with me it has ever
been policy be damned, when a prin-
ciple I believed in was at stake. Hav-
ing been born with a virile, aggressive
nature, and having begun my editorial
career on the western frontier, I
couldn’t be a “molly coddle” or a na-
ture-faking policy man if I wanted to.
Furthermore, I have no desire to be a
*‘sissy,” a man on the fence.or to travel
on the theory that the Lord is good and
the devil not bad. Whether my policy
has been right or wrong, I have always
believed in it,and I am thoroughly
satisfied with results. I have demon-
strated that a man can divest himself
brother, John O. Jhonston, who has been
employed steadily by THE Star for the
past six years, together with such assist-
ance as I can render him, Isee no rea-
son why Robert should not take as
easily and naturally to the newspaper
and printing business as a duck takes
to water. But he will need the patron-
age and co-operation of the community
also, and he deserves it. ?
Don’t make the mistake to try to
load him down with advice or dictate to
him how to conduct his paper. Neither
expect him to air your personal troubles
threugh his paper and grind your ax or
the axes of your friends every time they
Reuben Walker Chiles. A name as
long as that is enough to sink any man.
The father of the drowned man is a
preacher, likewise a durned fool, for no
sensible man would burden a son with
nineteen names. The fool father
named his son in honor of a lot of
preachers he admired, and when ad-
miration runs to such extremes as to
heap nineteen names upon a child, lots
of people will think it a pity that the
father wasn’t drowned before the son
was born.
Our at Freeport, Ill, the parents are
holding meetings to devise ways and
ever the town has been; while never-
more can be laid at her door the curse
of earth’s greatest sin.
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Tue Somerset county court has con-
firmed the damage verdict against a
landlord who sold whisky to a mam
who was subsequently killed on the
railroad, and whose widow brought
suit on the gronnd that she had noti-
fied the landlord not to sell her hus-
band intoxicants any more. The cus-
tom of members of families notifying
the proprietors of barrooms not to selt
intoxicants to other members of their
families has no warrant in law known
edo; Ohio. Pork and Beans for 25c., at ;
edo OMe. § Euan’s {Ad tf Tur SrAr ranks second to no paper in | of all cant and hypocrisy, be himself, | get dull. Load his columns with adver- a Le BoD he to us, save that which rests upon the
gans. - | Somerset county today. Therefore, I | own himself, speak his sentiments and | tising, his subscription list with paid-in- Se Se a a — allegation that the persons named are
Egan sells 2 1bs of good Coffee have no Ya Bening old Solis succeed in the fiewspaper business, | advance subscriptions, and his job or- phish gi h view? Be hice tor ‘persons of known intemperate habits,”
Wo for 25¢ tf bury, and I feel sure that I could re-| even here in little old Salisbury. der hook with orders for job printing. | 5 "a it iceue orders to their and thus fall within the inhibition of
=RSET, PA. or , od wr main here and do a prosperous newse| gome of the business men of Salis- | Leave the rest to “Bob,” his God and his Pe aol deughtors, snd then see. 10 1 the law. Concerning such persons,
. ; paper and job printing business the |pury have not always done their duty | conscience,and we think he'll make |... oo Be 415 obeyed, 10 wats such noticé may be given by anybody
Persian Dates, 7c. per lb., at|balance of my days. towards the local paper. I regret to|good and please the majority ofthe | . .. .j} (he slippers, barrel Wet nobody; the landlord remains
J. G.06LE Egan’s grocery. tf The best evidence that Tux STAR has | gay that some of them have always | people of the community. But do not! 7. boot ihe place are Worn outin liable without notice ; but with noties
: ; done a prosperous business lies in the | peep a little too dull and pinchy to ad- | expect; him to please everybody, for no- p p he is apt to be more careful in obserw-
’ : : peet, ? enforcing correct family discipline. |. . 3
A B.B. H. Special Watch people’s knowledge of the fact that I|yertise much. But every community | body can do that. The reason. whiv so many girls and b ing the strict letter of the law in suck
AW » Pe Toe p » | have had all manner of bad luck since | hag its quota of mossbacks of that kind, | I will likely manage the paper for azo y ye OY8 | particular cases. The Somerset dam-
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good time-keeper, guaranteed
for one year, only 75¢c.,at Egan’s
store. - tf
Cleaned and stemless Cur-
rants, only 9c. per lb., at Egan’s
grocery. : tf
WANTED |—Rents to collect, Deeds
Mortgages, Pension Vouchers, ete, to
fill out and attest. Satisfaction guar-
embarking in the newspaper business
in Salisbury, and their knowledge that
I have weathered the various calami-
tous storms and found the silver lin-
ings back of the dark clouds which
sometimes seemed sure to overwhelm
me. I have successfully combatted
difficulties and calamities that only
stout hearts and strong minds could
withstand. By pluck, perseverance
and tireless energy, I have made my
business a splendid success. and I
and as the business men adhering to
such a policy have lost more by it than
I have, 1 am content if they are. The
enterprising and progressive business
men of Meyersdale have always more
than made up the deficiency caused by
tho mos=hack portion of Salisbury’s
business men, and it is likely that they
will continue to do so. They are a
wide-nwnke set down there, those Mey-
ersdale business men, and such firms as
8. (0. Hartley, Miller & Colling, Will &
Mr. Johnston for the next month or two,
as the Elk Lick Supply Company is very
desirous of retaining him in the store
for that lengthof time. What I will do
after he takes full control, I have not
yet definitely decided upon. Itis my
purpose, however, to embark in the
newspaper business again at no very
distant day. . I have several good busi-
ness propositions under advisement
now, but am not desirous of closing a
deal before next fall, when I expect to
are worthless street perambulators and
loafers, is because they have spineless
creatures for parents who talk and
threaten much, but never enforce dis+
cipline. That is one reason, and
another reason lies in the fact that
many people rely on the church and
Sunday school to do for their children
what the parents themselves ought to
do for them. Without proper family
discipline, the work of churches and
Sunday schools counts for very little
in the matter of making good men and
age case probably hinged rather upon
the reputation of the man for sebriety
than upon the fact of the notice. This
particular portion of the license law is
not as strictly enforced as it should be,
and the Somerset county case should
be a warning to landlords everywhere
to exercise due caution. In a matter
of this kind, it is better to err on the
safe side; and an error of this kind is
better for everybody concerned from
every standpoint of business and mor-
anteed. P. L. Livencoop, |haven’t stinted myself, either. Fur-|g.. (Cluron Bros. and others, sre | move away from Salisbury and locate ; 3 ality.—Connellsville Courier.
tf Spar Office. | thermore, I have spent considerable | ont their joh. They know the value |in some larger town. I expect to visit good women of the boys and girls
N ey money in travel, ete. of printer’ ink. and they also know the | the Pacific Northwest during the Seat- “I'D RATHER DIE DOCTOR, & Lantz, the Reliable Organ and
Sw &F Laptz, the Reliable Organ and Of course, I have not pleased ever) -| value of THe Star as a medium through tle exposition, and am open for any | than have my feet cut off,” said M. L.| Piano Tuner and Repairer, is still at
nT Piano Tuner and Repairer, intendad to | body. Neither did I expect to do so, | which to pull trade their way. Their | good newspaper proposition, east, west, Bingham, of Princeville, T11., “but you'll | Valley House, when not out tuning and
ERSET. DA. remain oply a few days in Salisbury, and Iam not in the least downcast [enterprize is most commendable, and north or south, that anyone may have | die from gangreen (which had eaten | repairing organs and pianos, at which
this trip; but he just can’t get away for | over the enemies I have made. In fact | besides, they're a mighty nice set of | to offer. away eight toes) if you don’t” said all | he is kept quite busy. He would like
. the work the people have for him. A I am as proud of my crop of enemies | people to deal with. Not a bit nicer, of Tre Star has always been on the |doctors. Instead—he used Bucklen’s | to remain as long as the people of Sal-
right side of all questions pertaining to Arnica Salve till wholly cured. Its|isbury and vicinity have need of his
good morals, civic righteousness, the | cures of Eczema, Fever Sores, Boils, | services, but is liable to be called away
best interests of our country in general, | Burns and Piles astound the world. | any day. Don’t delay your orders if
and of our community’s best interests | 25¢. at Elk Lick Pharmacy. 5-1 | you want reliable work in his line.
as I am of my crop of staunch, warm- course, than some of the business men
hearted, loyal friends. Most of the | Salisbury, and perhaps their goods are
people that have it in for THE Star | neither cheaper nor better. Be that as
and its editor, I wouldn’t give a fig for, | it may, the people like to deal with
workman is kngwn by his work, and
that’s what greates and maintains the
big ale Lantz’s tuning and re-
pairjog. He kdows his “biz.”
i Smith Ave.
the |preserva-
ificial sets in-
nner.