SEfie Stan Subscription $1.00 ptrytarin advance. C.A .STEFHENSON .Editor lid Pub, WEDNESDAY. JULY 24, 1907. Entered at the postoffice at Keynoldavllle grjHiaKVILI.Tai.PHOBIlNO. HI. EVERYBODY ' SHOULD BOOST, RATHER THAN KNOCK, THE OLD HOME WEEKl, AUGUST 19-24, 1907. IF YOU WANT ANYTHING IN DEC ORATIONS, FLAGS OR NOVEL TIES FOR THE OCCASION COME AND SEE THE ft Little ol Everuttilno. These are dog days. Red and black are Old Home Week colors. The Brookvllle fair will be held Sept. 3, 4, 5 and 6. P. O. S. of A. district reunion next week, Aug. 2. Mayor Smith M. McCrelght was in Pittsburg last week. The postoffice now closes every even ing at 7.15, except Saturday at 8 20. : Program (or Sons of Veterans' en campment will be published next week. Walter Singlebach cut his right foot badly last week by stepping on a broken bottle. Ellsha L. Evans, of this place, has been granted a pension of $12.00 per month. George Bliss cut his right foot badly several days ago by letting a chisel full on foot. Powell Bond social will be held In the M. E. church on Friday evening of this week. The Junior League of the M. E. church held a picnic In Mammoth Park last Friday afternoon. At monthly meeting of Reynoldsvllle Building and Loan Association Monday evening 11,400 was sold. The colors selected for Old Home Week decorations, Rags Included of course, are red and black. The eastbound passenger train on P. R. R., due here at 6.35 a. m., was ' almost two hours late Friday. Pure Food Inspector was in town last week and got a sample of milk from each one of the town dairymen. Sons of Veterans are arranging for a carnival company during the encamp ment at this place August 6 to 12. At a meeting of the Brookvllle school board last week the school term was extended from eight to nine months. This is the last week to ave five per cent on state and county taxes. Better hunt up Collector Copping right away. Dr. Ira S. Bowser took George Krln er, of Rathmel, to the St Francis Hos pital in Pittsburg yesterday to have his eyes operated on. It is now stated that the route of the Franklin and Clearfield railroad east of Brookvllle will positively be officially announced this week. Rev. Small, of Ringgold, preached in the Reynoldsvllle Methodist Episcopal church Sunday morning and evening. He preached very good sermons. Mrs. Edward Robinson and Mrs. Sidney Smith, of Punxsutawney, were guests of Misses Erma, Caroline and Nolle Robinson a day last week. Attliio Benignl baa moved li meat market from the . Murray building, opposite the postoffice, to the divans building opposite the I. O. O. F. Ball. County Supt. L. fi&yoe Jones, of Brookvllle, and Mis Eva Simpson, of Clarion, are to be married soon. An nouncement of wedoing nag been made. D. W. Atwater, of this place, district deputy lor the Wage Earners Protec tive Union, . will organize a Union at Brookvllle to-rdgK with a large mem' ship. " n Mrs. Edith Flanner, of Johnsonburg, was called here last week on account of illness of her mother, Mrs. Calvin De Hart, who was taken to Rldgway hos pital Frldwy. The picnic given in Frank's Park Thursday afternoon by ladles of the Presbyterian Work Society was well attended and was a very pleasant and enjoyable picnic. Rev. Joseph E. Kirkwood returned Monday from Curwensvllle where he had been all last weok singing each evening in evangelistic meetings con ducted by Rev. J. Booth. James, two-year-old son of James B. Boyer, had lime thtown In his eyes one day last week while playing with another little boy. The little fellow has bad very sore eyes since. Misses Maybell and Beulla Campbell, of Allegheny City, Alice Stoke, of Punxsutawney, and Onla Qulgley, of DuBois, were guests of Misses Mar garet and Julia Stoke a day last week. Charles S. Klrchartz, circulation man ager of the Warren Times, Is moving his family to Warren, Pa., this week. Mr. Klrchartz came down from War ren Thursday and returned yesterday. The first annual outing and basket picnic of the Punxsutawney and Royn- oMsville Councils of Knights of Colum bus will be held at Jefferson Park to day, July 24. Special rates on trolley line. Friday of next week, Aug. 2 the P. O. S. of A. reunion will be held in Reynoldsvllle and a large crowd Is ex pected to be In town that day. The town should be nicely decorated lor the reunion. A call extraordinary has been issued for a general meeting of all committees for Old Home Week at the headquar ters at 8.30 Friday evening of this week. Everyone interested should, endeavor to be present. Peter Hamilton and wife and Miss Margaret. McKlnnick, of Terre Haute, Ind., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Hoare and Mrs. George Tucker In Rathmel. They expect to remain until after Old Home Week. A convention of the First Sub-District Sunday School Union of Wlnslow town ship will be held at Bloomlngton to morrow, July 25. There will be two sessions, afternoon and evening. A good program has been arranged. The harvest home picnic and carni val to be held In Nolan Park, midway between Clarion and Brookvllle, on the P. S. & C. R. R., on August 14 to 17, inclusive, will be the greatest event of the kind ever held in this section. Saturday afternoon a coal train on the Reynoldsvllle & Falls Creek R'y was wrecked near foot of Fifth street. The train was cbming from Wishaw and a broken flange on a car wheel Is what caused the wreck. Four or five cars were wrecked. Hickory Creatore-SouBa Banditti, musical organization of town, will furn ish music during ' Old Home Week." This band Is composed of Reynoldsvllle business men. Their may be some dU- cord in their musical productions, but there will be plenty of noise. J. C. Swartz, who has boen clerking in a hotel in OH City several years and resigned that position to accept posi tion as manager of the American House in Brookvllle, is spending a few days with his parents in this place before taking up the work at Brookvllle. Cherry Run Campmeeting at Cherry Run, Clarion county, opens Thursday, August 8, and closes August 21st. Rev. A. R. Rich, D. D., presiding elder of Clarion District of the M. E. church, will have charge of the campmeeting. It is claimed that Cherry Run Is an ideal place for camp life. Monday moralng half a dozen young men went from this place to Mill Creek to oamp out a week. The party was composed of following: Alex Gillespie, Graydon Robinson, Jesse Hirst, Joseph Farrell, of Reynoldsvllle, William Cook, of Pittsburg, and James Gordon, of Clearfield. Rev. Joseph R. Kirkwood, of Reyn oldsvllle, missionary in Jefferson and Clearfield counties for the American S. S. Union, organized two union Sunday schools in Clearfield county last Sunday. One at Strowach, Penn township, and one at Chestnut Ridge, Bloom township. The annual reunion of the Knights of Golden Eagle of Jefferson and Clear field counties will be held at DuBois on Friday, August 16. Prizes to amount of $100.00 will be awarded to the Castles making best appearance, largest per cent of members in line, coming longest distance, having best band in parade, etc. The Ladies Temples will be given prizes for first and second best appear ance. Commissioners jKelley, McGaw and Barr and Charles A. Herpel, of Reyn oldsvllle, Fred A. Lane of Lanes Mills, and Aaron Depp, of Froetburg, viewers, started out from here yeBterday morn ing to view five new county bridges, over Big Run in McCalmont township, Laurel Run in Gasklll township, Pef fer's Run ani Foundry Run in Perry township and Pansy Run in Beaver .township. .jJ ANOTHER BENEDICT. E. Wray Hunter and Miss Myrtle McClelland Marned July 18. At 11.00 a. m. Thursday, July 18, E. Wray Hunter, of Reynoldsvllle, and Miss Myrtle McClolland were united In marriage at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Rebekab McClelland, in the presence of about thirty invited guests. Rev. 8. D. Waldrop, pastor of the Falls Creek Presbyterian church, performed the ceremony. The ring service was used. An excellent wed ding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter left Falls Creek on noon train Thursday on a wedding trip to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Washington and Jamestown Exposition. They will return this week and will go to housekeeping in the fiat over the Citizens National bank. They will be at home to their friends after August 1. Mrs. Hunter, whose father, M. J. McClelland, died four or five years ago, was one of Falls Creek's highly esteem ed young ladles. Mr. Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs. MoCurdy Hunter, of Beech woods, who Is a member of the firm of J. W. Hunter & Bro., proprie tors of the grist mill on Railroad street, Reynoldsvllle, and manager of the mill, is a young man of good habits and has a promising future. The Star joins the host of friends of this newly married couple In extending congratulation and good wishes for success In life's journey. BOY SHOT HIMSELF. Was Examining a Pistol which had Failed to Discharge Bullet En 1 tered His Brain. Ralph Whlttaker, aged 16 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tyson M. Whlttaker, accidentally shot himself with a 22 calibre revolver Sunday ' forenoon. Ralph and another boy were over near P. R. R. round house hunting musk rats. Two shots had been fired but the third one failed to go off and Ralph was looking In the muzzle of the revolver as he turned the cylinder to see If he could find why the revolver did not work. In some manner the revolver was discharged and the bullet Btruck the boy on point of noise and lodged in his brain, but did not kill him. The boy was carried to Dr. Neale's of fice and In afternoon was sent to Adrian Hospital In Punxsutawney. His right sldo Is paralyzed and bis chances for recovery are not fayorable. A report from the hospital this morn ing is that there is no change In the boy's condition. i ' Team Ranaway. J. D. Woodring & Son, grocers, have a spirited team of bay horses for deliv ery work, and while the team is not wild or hard to manage, yet if they are not watched carefully they will take' a run when left standing without a drlvei or being tied. Saturday morning they were hitched to the delivery wagon and the driver stepped Into the barn for something and that was tbelr oppor tunity to get away. They ran down the hill from barn, down Pice St., up Main Bt. and down Fourth St., turned around at B.. R. & P. freight station and stopped. Tbey ran at wild speed, but made all turns as nice as if being driven and when they stopped the little spring wagon was not greatly damaged. A bent axle and twisted spring was about all the damage done to it. It Is remarkable how the team made the run and tu.'ned corners without smashing the wagon to pieces. Union Epworth League Picnic. The Epworth Leagues of First M. E., Mt. Zion and Clear Run churches of DuBois and the Epworth League of Reynoldsvllle will hold a union plcnlo in the park ai Sykesvllle to-morrow, Thursday, afternoon and evening. All leaguers are urged to be present and all friends of christian work are Invited. A special invitation is extended to the members of the Young Peoples societies of other churches. First car leaves Reynoldsvllle at 3.10 p. m. Fare for round trip from DuBois 15 cento, from Reynoldsvllle 20 cents. The program arranged is two ball games, five inning game for boys and four inning game for girls, 100 yard dash by boys, 50 yard dash by girls, three-legged race by boys, potato race, then supper. Games and other amuse ments after supper. In Wreck. One of the fast night passenger trains on the P. & E. railroad ran into rear end of a freight train eleven miles west of Lock Haven about four o'clock Tues day morning, fto one seriously injured but there were some very narrow es capes. The passenger engine ploughed through four freight cars, converting them into kindling wood. Postmaster E. C. Burns, -wife, son and daughter, Frank and Hallie, E. R. Newton, wife and daughter were on passenger train returning from a trip to Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Postmaster Burns had his back injured in the shake-up. Accident!? Shot Himself. King Dickey, who was handling a revolver Monday, accidentally shot him. self through left band and leg, the bul let lodging in leg. Unless blood poison sets In Mr. Dickey will recover from the accident. Wanted Night porter at Frank's New Tavern. THIRTY THREE CAMPS And Ten Bands will be in Line of Pa rade on P. O. S. of A day. Friday of next week, August 2, the fourteenth annual reunion of the North western Reunion Association of P. O. 3. of A. will be held In Reynoldsvllle and will be the greatest reunion the asso ciation has ever held. Everybody in vited to come to Reynoldsvllle that day and enjoy themselves. There will be a big parade, tou bands and thirty-three Camps in parade. There wl'l be speeches by Rev. C. E. Redeker, of Baltimore, Md., Past State REV. CHARLES E. REDEKER, the Principal Speaker on P. 0. 8. of A. Reunion Day. President of Maryland and Chairman of National Legislation Committee P. O. S. of A. His subject: "Pilots of the Republic." Also by W. I. Swope, Esq., of Clearfield, Past State President of of Pennsylvania, and H. C. Gallger, State President of Pennsylvania. There will be various kinds of amuse ments during the day and a grand ball in the evening. The following prizes will be awarded: The Camp having the largest percent of Its members in parade $15 00. The Camp making the best appear ance in parade $15.00. The camp having the largest number of its members m parade $10 00. The camp coming the greatest dis tance, having at least 50 per cent of Its membership In pai ade $10.00. The camp furnishing the best band In the parade $20 00. The business mer and citizens of Reynoldsvllle were not asked to con tribute towards the expense of this re union and for this reason should be liberal in the matter of decorating tbelr buildings on August 2nd. The reunion will bring a very large number of strangers to Reynoldsvllle and their first impression of the town will be decidedly better If we put on gala attire to welcome the order. A Delightful Occasion. Saturday, July 13th, will be long remembored as a happy day to M. M. Moore and wlfo. About one hundred and fifty rela tives, friends and neighbors met at their home to have a good social time. Cares were forgotten, all grew young again and were just a merry crowd of boys and girls. Old friendships were renewed and memories of other pleas ant reunion days recalled. When the dinner hour arrived a sumptuous feast had been spread on the table under the old grape arbor. ' Every one did justice to the feast and it seemed to be one of the most enjoy able hours of the day. After the din ner hour a spirit of good humor filled everyone and contributed to the gener al happiness of the occasion. A portion of the afternoon was given to music followud by an address by Rov. J. W. Crawford, of Sykesvllle, who spoke of the great blessings of friendship and reunions here and com pared It to the great reunion in our Heaveoly Father's borne. ' J. G. Allen followed with a short ad dress on by gone school day pranks and recollections. The day wan thus spent In a very pleasant manner and we feel sure all carry with them pleasant memories of this delightful occasion. Guest. Awning Caught Fire. In some manner the awning in front of Stoke & Felcbt Drug Co. store caught fire Sunday and raised considerable smoke, but a few buckets of water ex tinguished the blaze before any other damage was done but destroying the awning. It is supposed that a match had been dropped into the folds of the awning, which was up at the time. Relics Wanted. During Old Home Week a relic and museum room will be opened for the purpose of exhibiting interesting relics of the pioneer days .of Reynoldsvllle. AU,peraons possessing anything of the kind are requested to mention the fact to any of the following committee, who will arrange the exhibition: W. C. Murray, H. E. Phillips, 8. M. McCrehjht. Excursion to Bradford and Rock City. Sunday, July 28, via B., R. & P. Ry. Special train eaves Sykes 9.00 a. m. Round trip fare $1.25 to Bradford and $1.50 to Rock City. Adam's have the exclusive sale of ' Red Cross shoes for women. AN EDITOR ELECTED PRINCIPAL. Prof. S. C. Hepler Was Choice of School Board Has Had Experience in School Work. Thursday evening of last week the school board of this borough elected Prof. S. C. Hepler, editor of the New Bethlehem leader, as principal of the public schools for ensuing term. Prof. Hepler Is a graduate, of the Clarion State Normal and Soule College, of New Orleans, La. He has had fourteen years' experience as principal of schools, six years In Leechburg and eight years In New Bethlehem. Four years ago Prof. Hepler gave up school work, bought New Bethlehem Leader and took up newspaper work. During his newspaper career he kept in touch with school work by lecturing at county Institutes. . Prof. Hepler does not expect to move to Reynoldsvllle during the ensuing term of school. If he gives satisfaction and is elected for a second term he will then move to town. Prof. Hepler's son was 21 years old last week and on Wednesday night talked to hU father about giving him full control of the Leader. About 10.00 a. m. Thursday Prof. Hepler was In formed that the school board of Reyn oldsvllle had not elected a principal, but would hold a meeting Thursday evening to olect one. He decided to make application, came to Reynolds vllle on noon train, put In an application for prlnclpalship and waB elected tothe position that evening. , STATE ROADS IN WINSLOW. Petition Circulated to Get Public High way Commissioner to Make a Change. The state engineer has made survey from Reynoldsvllle borough line to Clearfield county line above Rathmel, a distance of four miles, as requested by the supervisors, for a state road. The money has been appropriated and the road was to have been built this year. An effort is now being made, and a pe tition circulated, to get the Public Highway department to only build the road from borough line to Rathmel, a distance of two miles Instead of four, and build the other two from West Reynoldsvllle borough line to Sandy Valley, two miles, making four miles in the township as arranged for, but In stead of making It in one stretch, as originally asked for and intended, di vide it between Reynoldsvllle and San dy Valley and Reynoldsvllle and Rath mel. State Engineer Charles F. Hamilton, of Franklin, County Commissioners Kelley and McGaw, of Brookville, and Supervisors Norris, Wood and Mulhol lan held a conference at this place last Thursday evening and FriCay, but did not settle the matter. It was referred to the Highway Department to give an opinion on the requested change. There are different reports concern ing this matter and-conslderable feeling stirred up over it. Robert M. Wadding Dead. July 15, after an IllncBS extending over seven months, Rooert M. Wad ding, a highly respected citizen of South Brookvllle, died from Bright's disease and heart failure. A number of years ago Mr. Wadding resided In Reynoldsvllle and taught school In a little building that stood near corner of Jackson and Fifth streets. Ye editor was one of his pupils. Robert M. Wadding was born Au gust 18, 1832, being 74 years, 10 months and 17 days of age at the time of his death. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served nearly three years with Co. I, 148th Regiment, P. V. At Gettysburg he was badly wounded, and was In the hospital for about six months following his Injury, after which he re ported at the front and was appointed a clerk at division headquarters, under General Miles, where he served until the close of the war. . He united with the Presbyterian church in boyhood and was a zealous member of that church. He is sur vived by his wife and one son, Albert M. Wadding, now a shoe merchant in Brookville, who clerked In the company store Id this place several years ago. Guarantee Our Ice Cream Pure. The Pure Food Law of June 1st, 1907, provides that ice cream must be true to name and must not contain less than 12 per cent, butter-fat, together with sugar and pure fruit flavor. Eggs and a small amount of gelatin may be used. Our Ice cream Is guaranteed to com ply with the Pure Food Law of Penn sylvania, it is made of pure cream, sugar and pure vanilla, with less than one per cent, best gelatin. Reynoldsville Candy Works. Jess Snyder, of Reynoldsvflle, who was working In woods at Red Run, Cameron countu accldentlv Struck his right shin with a sharp ax and is now at borne Unable to work. The stylish shoe that's absolutely easy. Red Cross shoes for woman at Adam's. If you need glasses at all, you need the best. See Gibson's ad and dates. Fresh stock fertilizer just arrived. Keystone Hardware Co. Glasses to relieve eyestrains' must b perfectly fitted. Gibson, dote it. Brookville July 27 and Reynoldsville 29. TOWNSHIP TEACHERS ELECTED", School Board Bought Supplies . and Changed from Smith to Brooks Arithmetic. The Wlnslow township school board bad a busy day last Saturday buying supplies and hiring teachers. They met at Frank's Tavern early in the; morning and were there late In the afternoon. The board de cided to put a hew arithmetic In the township schools and have bought the Brooks arithmetic. .The Smith is the arithmetic used before. Teachers were hired for all the town ship schools except principals for Rath mel and Prescottvllle. Following is list of teachers hired: Soldier No. 4, Henry Smith; No. 3, Harriet Schultze; No. 2, Vada Holman; No. 1, Anna Ennls. Rathmel No. 4, ; No, 3, J. E. Brewer; No. 2, Sadie Hasson; No. 1, Myra Kelley. Prescottvllle No." 4, ; No. 2 May Corbett; No. 1, Jennie McGaw. Wishaw No. 3, W. E. Kunselman; No. 2, Blanche Pan tall; No. 1, Elda Barnett. Sandy Valley No. 2, Graoe Hassel back; No. 2, Ruble Goss. Dean No 2, Iris Johnston; No. 1, Mary Hasson. Owens Paul Sykes. McConnell Margaret McLaughlin. Murray Flora Trudgen. BesU-Sadle Lehman. Snyder Jessie Covert. Jenks Cora Robertson. Bollinger Ray Breakey. PhllllppI Carrie Davis. McCrelght Ella McDonald. Prospect Olive Clodges. Kline- Alice Shields. Steel Charley Goss. Nolan Park Getting Ready. The management of Nolan Park is making great preparations . for the prand Harvest Home Picnic and Car nival to be held there August 14, 15, 16 and 17th, 1907. This park Is located on the P. S. & C R. R. about midway be tween Clarion and Brookvllle, and at . this season of the year is one of the most beautiful places In this part of the state. One of the leading attractions, which has been secured only with great diffi culty, is the celebrated diving horses "Klne" and "Queen." The expense 01 securing these hotaes alone wilt be almost a thousand dollars. Tbey make a dive from a scaffold fifty feet high into twenty leei oi water, xue nurses ...11. .. ,I.Au.ff.iM nA matra t.tiA (lira wain, uu luanvoiiuiu auu .... " Huv freely without a word of direotlon from anyone. This one feature Is worth polo? a hundred miles to see, and is absolutely free, the performance being given each afternoon and evening dur ing the Carnival. In addition there will be probably a dozen otner equaiiy good attractions, and there is no ques tion but that it will be the biggest event held in Western Pennsylvania this year. It is estimated there will be at least 50,000 people In attcuance this year . and to handle this immense crowd ar rangements are being made by which 1 1 U -m, nY. fpolnB Will 1A YMlflrhA- epcuiai vuivub,u v. u...u ..... . tween Reynoldsvllle, Brookville, New Bethlehem and Nolan Park. These special trains, the schedules for which ill be announced latter, will be run In addition to the regular trains, and dur ing the Carnival 30 passengers trains will arrive and depart from the park daily. There will be excursion rate between DuBois, East Brady, Clarion and all intermediate points, to Nolan Park. Amoosr the prominent speakers "will be State Treasurer William H. Berry, who will make an address In the grove at 10 o'clock a. m. Thursday, August 15, and It Is very probable Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House oi Representatives of tbe United States, - will be present at least one day. For further announcements watch. this paper and see posters and hand- win. DIUB. Will Build Bad Sidewalks. At a meeting of town couecil a reso lution was passed for tbe borough au thorities to proceed immediately to en force the sidewalk ordinance by build ing sidewalks where required ana charge expense, with additional 20 per cent, to property owners who have failed to pay any attention to tbe notice from council to rebuild sidewalks where needed. Extra values at Milllrens. Red Cross shoes for women price $.1.50 and $4.00 a pair at Adam's. White oxfords at Mlllirens. Have you headache or are you nerv ous ? Your eyes may be the cause. To find out call on Gibson. Brookville July 27 and Reynoldsville 29. See the summer shirts at Milllrens. Do your feet hurt, then buy a pair of Red Cross shoes $3.50 and $4.00. Adam's. For fertilizer, go to the Keystone Hardware Co. . Long silk and lisle gloves. Mlllirens. Call and examine the "New Process' visible gas range at Keystone Hardware store, near postoffice. Special June bargain festival for this month at Milllrens. . A perfect fitting shoe that's comfort- Ked cross snoot) tor women at Adam's. Straw hats at Mlllirens. , ' hi '
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