I it Star
I REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
JANUARY 1G, 1907 j
.WE'RE GETTING OLD AND ONLY
IN THE WAY.
Written for Tub STARhy "Uncle William."
Viiir wrone '"'im iinil lively, our.plnre ni hard U (111,
Our htmrlH wnre Hiilit , our aplrltH MM lie miiljHiiy.
Now Hlnce wn've uhmhciI Hi nwin of 1 1 f nnl Knliii.-;lnnn tlw hill
We're gutting old nntl only In Hie wuy.
Oni'it our chi-nk wrre fiilr anil rntlily, our luilr of ruvun Unit, ,
Now thny'ie furrowed mill our lurk iim nil vcr rry,
We've liei'ii through ninny una ami clowiiM, of trouble mum n few,
But we're getting old and only In tliv way.
'Twould near vxhauHt the putli'tu'e of poor Joli, wllliout a doult,
Wore lid bill living at I lie preseni clay,
To wltne how Immunity la kicked and cuhYil aliout
When they're old and onlyiln the way.
And many urofewed ('hrlHtlana who are teulou, when at church, i.l
Especially earniint on llod' holy day,
Approiich them thruigli the week and they'll leave you In the lurch
If you're getting old, you're only In the way.
"Man's Inhumanlly to man miike rottntle IhoiiHiinil mourn,
Hhakesjeare'H maxim yet holds good the present day.
. As the golden cycles vanish we are looked upon with scorn
For we're getting old and only In the way.
When the meek and lowly Mavlor went iiIhiiiI on earth helow
Doing good to all mankind from day to day,
Did he ever turn from any one and hid them on to gof
Did he tell them they were old and In the way?
When this toilsome life Is ended and our weary, weary head
On the hosoiii of old mother earth wo lay,
Pluill we he denied admittance through the miles of Paradise?
Will they tell us that we're old and In the way?
Then forget not the iiged hut respect the slivered hair,
Treat them kindly, for thej haven't long to stay,
And rememlier while you're young that the day will surely come
When you too, will he old and In the way.
A Few Facts Concerning an Important
Industry which RcynoldsviUe May Secure.
A uitizons' meetlnu wn. held In the ItKynoldaoporahoiiBo
last Tbursduy uvunlng fur th purpose of liouriiig the propo
sition explained In rotation to lliu Slumliird Tie and Equip
ment enterprise. At this meeting Uomur W. Case, president,
and A. Granville, secretary and treasurer, both of Pittsburg,
were present and explained what this concern intended to
do, and also answered questions hy our citizens, which nmde
their plans clear and satisfactory to all. They explained
that their company had acquired the buslnosB, maehlnory
patents and patterns of the Pittsburg Woven Wire Fence
Company, and they also own the patents all over the world
for thoir steel tie, which Is a model of perfection and Is being
used now by sevurul railroads and is giving porfect satis
faction i and there is not the least doubt that ib is the coming
tie that all railroads will and must adopt. . They read a
number of lettors from eminent railroad engineers recom
mending their steel tie and Btattng that the time Is near at
hand when the railroads will be using no other kind of tie.
But they stated that should they locate here they would
not manufacture the stool tie for possibly a year or more, as
It Is a branch of the concern that would have to be developed
just as any other new product has to be. Instead of starting
off with the manufacture of the steel tie, they would manu
lacture wire fencing and a Bteel fence post. The first build
ings built will be of brick, one story high, (10 x 150 feot and
40 x 200 feet, one being a factory building and the other a
ware room. This Arm now owns two looms ready to set and
fcegln the making of wire fenct. The two looms have a
capacity of 1,000 rods of fence per day at a net profit of seven
and one-half cents per rod, which means $76.00 per day of
profit, and just as soon as they know that they are to locate
here, they will order two more looms and Install them, and
continue to add to equipment until twelve looms are Installed
which will be the capacity of the first faotory building. This
faotory will work three eight hour shifts per day of 300 days
per year and each pair of looms will require the labor of
forty men at good wages, and they promise that by the end
of the year after they start they will have twelve looms In
stalled and will be employing two hundred and forty men,
and that the factory will be continually lnoreased In size from
year to year, as the firm have orders for the entire output,
no difference what the capacity Is.
The capitalization of the Standard Tie and Equipment
Co. Is 13,000,000. One-half Is in the treasury, therefore does
not draw dividends, and is held for the sole purpose of being
told whon.the company desires to use It for obtaining more
money to build up the steel tie department, which is destined
to be Immense. Calculating the issued stock on a basis of
twenty cents for each dollar, it makes 1340,000, including
the 140,000 to be placed in Reynoldsvllle ; therefore, if they
pay a six per cent dividend, which seemingly there is no
doubt they will, on this .amount,' the factory must earn
20,400 for this purpose, but they showed that the factory
will earn, with four looms,. 1160.00 per day, or MS.OOO per
year of 300 days, which will leave for betterment of the plant
24,600, after paying a six per cent dividend on the cash
valuation of the Issued stock. The income of the factory
will be doubled as soon as eight looms are in operation, and
at the same time about one hundred and fifty . men would be
employed. They also stated that if they are able to begin
business soon here, there is no reason why they cannot have
eight looms going by July or. August next. Those people
themselves will furnish $20,000 to the working capital of the
- company in cash. Mr. Granville, the secretary and treas
urer of this company holds the same position with the Avon
more Cast Steel Company, of Avonmore, Pa., a successful
enterprise he promoted just the same as he is doing in this
one.
The) do not want any person in the dark in this matter
and invite Investigation. They will agree to anything that
is fair, honest and legitimate, as may be noted in a letter ad
dressed to W. W. Wiley, appearing elsewhere in this issue
of Tbe Star, showing what they will do to make all invest
ors safe. They will meet our people on any fair proposition
that can be made after the $40,000 in cash is subscribed and
know that wej mean business. The wire business Is what
made Monessen.tPa., and the'prospects are jut as bright for
the same business to make Reynoldsvllle take on such life
and activity as never before.
It is now up to our people to make a determined effort
and secure this industry, for should we turn a deaf ear to
Buch an important industry and the opportune time of secur-
ing it, it will cause regret for all time hereafter. Let the
citizens display enterprise worthy of tbe town and assist the
committee In every way to secure this Industry. Wa posi
tively need it.
Reynoldsvllle's Board of Trade a Little
Speculation Concerning the Mysterious
Death of the Project to Organize It.
"Once upon a time," lHt October, porhaps Reynolds
vlllu people woke up sufilclently to real.ze that the town
needed a board of trade. Enterprising citizens had been
saying so for a long time, the press said so and industrial
conditions In town pointed to Its necessity In an unmistak
able way. So a call was Issued for a mooting. A score of
Heynoldsvlllu's four thousand population turned out. The
rest seemed to have concluded the town was going to the
how-wows any way and there "wasn't no ubo trying." The
seore was not encouraging, but they done what they could.
Temporary officers were elected and a committee appointed
to draft constitution and by-laws. The committee done Its
work and a second meeting was called. Another score came
out. They too, done what they could. It was ordered that
certain ancient board of trade records and minutes were to
he dug up from obscurity and the new laws Inscribed therein.
A committee was also appointed to apply for a charter. We
understand the secretary done his work of copying. Dut we
have not been able in half a dozen inquiries to find cut what
became of the application for a charter.
Just about that time Hun Tillman and his fireworks
struck town, the Park Theatre opened, the holiday rush
commenced, a new Industrial proposition hud to be hand led
quickly and some dozen minor events occurred. And in the
exoltemont the board of trade project seems to have been
forgotten even by the score who had it most at heart. Unless
something Ib done, and done quickly, the project will be
dead beyond resuscitation.
That were a pity, and we say it advisedly a catastro
phe. We are nut pessimistic concerning Reynoldsvlllu's
future. In the past score of years we have seen it face
emergencies equally grave and work ou. its own salvatiou.
Hut we might as well look a bad condition straight in the
faco and recognize the fact that Industrial condition!) in
Reynoldsvllle are not now, and for a year past have not been,
In normal Btato. The cessation of work in some, and slack
work; in other industries, has caused a financial stringency
that the business men feel keenly. Nor Is there much hope
of Immediate relief unless new Industries are brought In.
Compiling constitutions snd by-laws and Inscribing them in
time honored minute books Is good In Its way very good for
a start hut If It goes no further the energy might as well
have been saved.
That Uoynoldfevllle people can and will work energetic
ally, to secure now Industries bus been shown repeatedly In
the lust, ten years, when, at special calls, a few of thu enter
prising citizens have taken the lead and directed the voile.
Hut those efforts have all boon spasmodic and rendered far
more dllllcult by the lack of a permanent board of trade,
which has not existed for many years. It takes money to
"make the mare go," and money to boom the town. Only
a porrannnntly organized board of trade, with a reserve fund
for immediate use raised by methods prescribed In Its by
laws, can be of effective service to a town and this it must
have If it would grow.
It Is to be hoped that the project will not be allowed to
die In Iioynoldsvllle after coming so near successful organi
zation. If there is any reason for the delay In applying for a
charter, It Bhould be made known, and we suggest that the
president again call a meeting and that the committee to
whom lhl9 work was assigned be asked to explain.
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There are Some who Say that a People's
Civilization May be Judged by the State
of its Roads and Public Thoroughfares.
"It's an III wind that blows no good." If the execrable
condition of the publlo roads in Wlnslow township and Reyn
oldsvlllo most of the time the past few wooks has no other
effect, It should at least be an effective object lesson to drive
home the necessity of constructing better thoroughfares,
The condition Is not local, but Its remedy Is, to a great ex
tent, and the wonder Is that town and country population, so
eager and alert to increase the comfort and convenience of
life, bo anxious to increase the valuation of property, should
deliberately close their eyes to the benefits derived from
good roads and the positive loss occasioned by periods of
muddy, impassible roads. Eight-five years ago the first road
was costructed through this region, and it has been sixty
years since Wlnslow township was organized. In that period
one hundred and eighty-six miles of road have been construct
ed and thousands of dollars have been expended in repairing
roads that will not stay repaired. The drain on resources
has been continual, but tbe good results In periods suob as
we have experienced the past few weeks are bard to see.
Tbe Initial cost of paving or macadamizing a road Is
heavy,' but the wisdom of doing so is undeniable. Sections
of country which began to systematically macadamize rural
roads a few years ago report marvelous effeots. Cultivated
land along the improved roads has risen in value 20 to 100
per cent and much uncultivated land within a few miles on
each side of the route was Immediately bought up and
placed under cultivation. And. of course, the improved
facilities for marketing bis crops is as direct a source of gain
to the farmer as the impassibility of muddy roads Is source
of loss. Trolley and railroad lines penetrate many farming
communities, but there are still large regions, even In the
vicinity of Reynoldsvllle having no other means of com
munication with town than the carriage roads, and when
they are impassible the rural resident Is isolated. When it
takes a man in a carriage over two hours to cover less than
two miles of road, as In one case we heaid of last week, there
Is not likely to be much traveling back and forth. The
effect on trade In town is immediate. For this reason the
business men and residents of town should be just as deeply
Interested in the permanent Improvement of rural roads as
the residents along the road, for the financial benefits come
to both alike.
One strip of paved or macadamized road is tbe best
possible advocate for more, its advantages becoming so ap
parent that opposition Is silenced. Reynoldsvllle has learned
this lesson and is making every effort consistent with re
sources to improve its streets. It is to be hoped that Wins
low township will also take advantage of the State's offer of
aid for the construction of a short piece of road, ahd that it
may be the start of systematic construction of permanent
highways in every part of the township.
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Progress of-Country Papers.
In no activity has there been more progress during tbe
last twenty years than that of the country newspaper. There
are' now hundreds of country papers which in editorial
ability, mechanical appearance, and all that contributes to
inspire respect and command attention are fully abreast of
their metropolitan contemporaries, in moral tone, and often
In editorials they surpass most of the great dailies. In times
past the country editor was quite generally regarded with a
half pitying contempt as a good-natured but chicken-hearted
chronicler of Inconsequential locals. All of this has changed.
Country newspapers, as a class, wield the mightiest influence
In the nation The editors are men of character and enter
prise, doing more for the community for less money than
any other body of workers. Rldgway Advocate.
The Trade that Goes from Reynoldsvllle
to Chicago Is a Menace to Home Prosper
ity which Our Merchants Should Combat.
The business man who does not advertise has not much
reason to complain when trade that might be his goes else
where to CLioago, for instance.
We have no oommnndntlon for mall order houses or the
practice of ordering goods from any out of town firm that
can be procured in Reynoldsvllle. We condemn utterly the
system because it takes money out of the town that should
remain In circulation here, and hence Is detrimental to
home prosperity.
Some good many, perhaps send to mall order houses
for goods procurable at home, doing so under the Impression
that they are getting their goods cheaper than the home
merchant offors.
We know of Reynoldsvllle merchants who oontradlot
that belief and show upon their shelves goods Identical with
those advertised in the mall order lion Be catalogues actually
priced cheaper than the city house's quotations.
Now no man will send away for an article he can buy
cheaper at home, If he knows the fact,
Yet huudreds of orders do go to Chicago.
The inference Is that be does not know what the home
merchants have to offer and It's up to the home merchants
to let him know If they expeot to get bis trade.
The mall order houses have built up their business solely
by advertising. Day In and day out thoy proclaim tho
bargains they offer to the publlo.
All the while a large number of home merchants with
bargains Just as good to offer, refuse to use an Inch of spaoo
to toll the publlo.
Is it any wondor that the buyer, reading atornally the
advertised claims of malt order house, to soil cheaper,
finally comes to believe It ? It Is nothing uiorr or loss than
a demonstration of the virtue of printer's ink,
The mall ordor house Is a bad thing hut the borne
merchant should learn from Its policy that the most sffeotive
way to neoura trade Is in sdvortlsu.
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a If for any reason .urn don't like the things Tub Star
'" "( piease oon i kiii me editor- the real editor, I
we wean. He's several hundred miles away and Isn't to I
blame. And don't kill ' ns" either w florin l.tiA Knaf 1
could.
The communication printed In The Star last week un
der the heading -'A Million Dollar Business for Reynolds-
Vllle," with Its vague but startling Intimation of graft, has K
caused much discussion In local circles and may cause a pretty
close scrutiny of the candidates at the coming spring election.
Before you forget, turn to The Star's
Want Column and Note the Varied
"Wants" advertised this week. It
may be that some one Is advertis
ing just what you want, j j j
lSHICK
&
WAGNER
THE UIG STOKE
A Clearance Sale of Furs,
Jacket Suits and Comforts
This is a time when 50c buys
as much as $1.00 did before.
FT1HERE has not been much winter as yet but rather than wait until the cold
weather comes we will offer the balance of our FUR STOCK, LON$
JACKET SUITS and COMFORTS at just half price. There will be plenty of 1
winter yet but the time of year has come for us to clean up our stock consequently
we make it an Inducement for you to buy NOW. : : :
Furs
We have yet a nice line of Furs comprising all the leading specie of good
staple and reliable iurs.
Do not fail to supply your needs
while this sale lasts.
$ 1.00 Furs for 50 cents.
2.50
5.00
10.00
12.50
15.00
18.50
$1.25.
2.50.
5.00.
6.25.
7.50.
9.25.
Long Jacket Suits
We have a few Long Jacket Suits which we are offering you at half price
this is much less than the manufacturing cost of the cloth alone and either
the Skirt or the Jacket alone would be worth to you as much as we ask you
for the suit but to clear up the line we are offering to you at 50c oh the $1.00.
$10.00 Suit for $ 5.00.
12.50 " " 6.25.
15.00 " " 7.50.
25.00 " " 12.50.
This means the long Jacket Suit only which is a garment that is much
worn both summer and winter. Do not fail to get a suit at half price if you
are in need of a suit.
Comforts
We have a few Comforts Silkaline and Sateen covered that we are offer,
ing to you at 50c on the f 1.00. Why spend the time in making your own
Comforts when you can buy a nice soft Comfort for about the same price as
the cotton would cost you to make them yourselves.
$1.50. Comfort for 75 cents.
2.00 " " $1.00'.
2.50 " " 1.25.
3.50 " " 1.75.
Come early that you may not be dis
appointed.
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CORNER MAIN AND FIFTH STS., REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
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