The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, January 06, 1909, Image 1

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Reynoldsville
Reynolds vMe
Ha modern tchooli and churches, pared
streets, water, gas and electric accommoda
tions, convenient trolley service, high and
healthful location, varied employment for
labor and many other residential advantages.
Offers exceptional advantages font be loca
tion of new Industries I Free factory sites,
cheap and abundant fuel, direct shipping
facilities and low freight rates and plentiful
supply of laborers.
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VOLUME 17.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PEtfN'A., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1909.
NUMBEB 34.
Another Reynolds ville Industry To Resume;
Assures Employment For Half a Hundred Men
Thos. E. Evans Will Again
Take Charge of the Clay
Company's Plant.
0 RUN FULL CAPACITY
Jtput 6f Coming Season Has
Been Contracted For By A
Hirr:hfio-rt l jvnrem IVlean!
Much to Local Prosperity.
That the year 1909 will be
the most prosperous every ex
perienced . by Reynoldsville has
been freely predicted, and judged
by the record of the first week in
January there seems to be some
thing more substantial than
mere optimism to base the pro
phecy on. The panic year of
1908 hardly had been ushered
out when the announcement was
made that negotiations in pro
gress for taking over the brick
plant formerly operated by the
Reynoldsville Clay Manufactur
ing Company had reached a
point which practically assured
resumption under management
of Thomas E. Evans, its former
lessee.
The plant has a very large
capacity of brick and it is
the intention of Mr. Evans to
operate it to its full capacity.
Arrangements have been made
with a Pittsburg company to
take the entire season's output,
guaranteeing steady employ
ment for about fifty Reynolds
ville men.
Reading and Writing
At Eighty-Three
. v.
puBois Man Masters Both
After Passing Eightieth
Milestone.
What do you think of the feat of
a man in hit 83rd year of age who takes
up and master the art of reading and
writing? That's just what James Har
vey, of Park avenue, four score and
lurvo yenrB vi nt) nuu u miner since HQ
was cine years old, has accomplished
during the past three months. Not
only Is the old gentleman now able
to scan the newspapers every da; and
write letters to. his friends hut he can
do It all without the aid of classes.
Mr. Harvey was born in England and
worked in the mines there and in
Wales until forty years ago wben he
came to America. Starting in the pit
. Al A 1 . I I . ..
Bt iuo vouuor age ui nine years ne naa
no chance for an education when young
and until well past the allotted age of
man was always kept too busy to think
of acquiring book-learning.- A couple
of years or so ago the family moved
onto Park avenue and the elder Har
vey, who had by this time retired from
active work, began making his head
quarters in the offloe of the Weber
undertaking rooms. On his expressed
wish one day that he could read and
write, the attaches of the offloe began
to teach him, writing the copy at the
head of a sheet of paper in the old
school form and pointing out the char
acters In print. The veteran scholar
nrnvpH an nm a? 1 n n-1 tt n nt -nA ;m.An
pupil, practicing daily until he now
reads the newspapers as avidly and
disoOsses events with as much interest
as if be had not been getting his in
formation through other channels all
is life. DuBois Express.
Notice to Delinquents.
Some people who are in arrears on
the subscription to The Stab made
promises several months ago that have
not been fulfilled yet. We must ask all
tubsoribers over one year In arrears to
make prompt payment.
Reduction in Furs.
We have reduced the price of ladies,'
misses' and children's furs just one
fourth. Blng-Stoke Co.
PLANT FORMERLY OPERATED BY REYNOLDSVILLE CLAY
WEDDING BELLS
IN BEECHWOODS
Miss Nancy Hunter United In
Marriage to Thomas J.
Dennison,
One of the brightest and sunniest
days of this beautiful winter season
came on Tuesday, December 20, 1908,
but perfect as was the day it was not
more perfect than the event which
took place at the country home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Hunter, in Beech-
woods, when their daughter, Miss
Nancy, was united in marriage lo
Thomas James Dennison, son of Mrs.
Rebecca Dennison, also of Beechwoods.
Promptly at the appointed hour be
tween forty and fifty guests, among
whom was representatives of four gen
erations in the bride's connection, as
sembled and the bride and groom, pro
ceeded by Frances and Howard Hunter,
little cousins of the bride, as ribbon-
bearers, eaoh carrying beautiful white
lilies and looking so sweet tbat they
vied with the bride in claiming the
honors o' the day, entered the parlor
to the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding
march skillfully rendered by Mrs. R.
L. Hunter, sister-in-law of the bride,
and took their places beneath a bower
of evergreen and holly where Rev.
O. H. Hill, using the impressive ring
ceremony of the Presbyterian church,
made the young couple one.
The bride looked oharmlng in a
beautiful gown of white net and lace
over silk, while the groom wore the
conventional black.
After the ceremony and congratula
tions the guests were ushered to the
dining rooms where an elaborate course
dinner was served. One of the pret
tiest features of ' the dinner was the
deoorations of the dining rooms, the
bride's table being decorated in white
lilies and the remaining tables in car
nations and ferns.
The wedding was one of the most up-to-date
social events ever given in the
Beechwoods.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennison are among
the most esteemed young people and
represent two of the oldest and most
prominent families of the Beechwoods
district, and their prospects for a buc
oessful voyage o'er the sea of life to
gether are bright. Amid showers of
rice and with their -carriage gaily dec
orated with ribbons, old shoes, eto.,
they left for DuBois where they took
the southbound flyer for an extended
wedding trip, after which they will
be at home to their many friends.
Large number of beautiful and valu
able wedding presents were given..
- Tortured On a Horse. -
. "For ten years I couldn't ride a horse
without being in torture from piles,"
writes L. S. Napier, of Rugless, Ky.,
"when all doctors and other remedies
failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me." Infallible for piles, burns, scalds,
cuts, boils, fever sores, eczema, salt
rheum, corns, 25o. Guaranteed by
Stoke 6c Feioht Drug Co.
See window display of men's and boys'
suits and overcoats at greatly reduced
prioes. Blng-Stoke Co.
Second Drop for Eriton Elevator.
Monday morning for, the second time
within a comparatively short time the
cable supporting the cage at Eriton
Shaft parted, dropping the cage to the
bottom of the shaft with terrific force,
but fortunately, as In the first case, the
cage was unoccupied and nobody was
injured.
The shaft Is about three hundred feet
docp and the elevator fell nearly the
entire distance. As in the first caso
the platform contained a coal car and
both car and cage were badly demol
ished. The accident is considered most
fortunate from the fact that it was
unoccupied as It would bave meant
almost certain death for any person
to drop with the platform. The cage
Is equipped with dogs for suoh emer
gencies but both times they failed to
work. DuBois Courier.
Life 100,000 Years Ago.
Scientists have found in a cave in
Switzerland bones of men who lived
100,000 years ago, when life was in con
stant danger from wild beasts. To-day,
the danger, as shown by A. W. Brown,
of Alexander, Me., Is largely from dead
ly disease. "If it had not been for Dr.
King's New Discovery, which oured
me, I could not have lived,'! he writes,
"suffering as I did from a severe lung
trouble and stubborn cough." To cure
sore lungs, colds, obstinate coughs, and
prevent pneumonia, its the best med
icine on earth. 60o and 11.00. Guaran
teed by Stoke & Felcht Drug Co. Trial
bottle free. '
Sheriff Soheafnocker, of Brookville,
was here yesterday and returned with
"PIggle" Hart, wanted in Jefferson
county for contempt of court. Hart
was pledged to pay a fine Imposed by
Judge Reed, liquidating on the install
ment plan. It is alleged that "PIggle"
settled for a time and then skipped the
district. - Notices were sent to the
police in the various towns and Satur
day the fugitive was picked up by Chief
of Police Logan. DuBois Express.
Hams, Did
You Say ?
We have them those
choice sagar-cured hams
put tip by Swift & Co.
The finest ham on the
market only 12 cents
per pound at
Hunter &Milliren's.
MANUFACTURING COMPANY
OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOUNG WOMEN
Free Scholarships in Trained
Nursing; Offered by Phila
delphia School.
t
The Philadelphia School for NurBes,
2210 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pa., offers Free Scholarships In Trained
Nursing to young women In every state
In the union. The scholarships cover
the full two years' course, with room,
board, uniforms, laundering, etc., In
cluded, and railroad fare paid to home
town or district ' upon completion of
the course.
home .study course and a short
resldont course are aUo proyided,
which quickly open the door to op
portunity and enable progressive stu
dents to render a noble servloe to
humanity and at the same-time acquire
for themselves a substantial Income
from the best paid occupation now open
to women; besides qualifying every
student to deal with emergencies In
the home tbat may mean the saving
of a loved one's life.
Far-seeing philanthropists are adding
to the resources of this school, with
the view of ultimately extending these
benefits to earnest, enorgetio young
women in all country districts and in
all the smaller towns and cities.
The Institution is approved and en
dorsed by leading physlolans and edu
cators of the entire country. Sqme of
the leading men of this state are its
strong supporters and endorsers, as will
be seen by the catalogue which will
be sent to any one who writes to the
school for it.
What Constitutes a Good Citizen.
The good citizen Is necessarily a man
who pays his debts, contributes, to the
moral uplifting of the town, lives a
clean life and sets an example to his
followers. A good citizen is one who
does not regard himself the hub around
which every act 1b not dictated by pure
self interest. A good oitlzen ought also
to be anxious to advanoe the material
welfare of his neighbors; he ought to
take pleasure and pride in helping to
build up the community in which he
lives, otherwise he is unworthy of the
confidence of the moral, business
or political support of such a commun
ity. A man Is entitled to the esteem
of his fellows only in the portion he
has enriched them morally and men
tally. This is tho only proper criterion
by which to judge of the value of men.
The Commoner and Glassworker,
A Night Rider's Raid.
The worst night riders are calomel,
croton oil or aloes pills. They raid
your bed to rob you of rest. Not so
with Dr. King's New Life Pills. They
never distress or inconvenience, but al
ways cleanse the system, curing colds,
headache, constipation, malaria, 25o
at Stoke & Feioht Drug Co.
One-fourth off on boys' suits and over
coats. Blng-Stoke Co.
One-fourth off on children's furs.
Blng-Stoke Co.
A nice gift is a pair of slippers. Get
them at Adam's.
COUNCIL'S
REGULAR
SESSION
Report Made Concerning The
Water Company's Plans
for Improvement.
MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED
The regular monthly mooting of town
counoil was hold In Secretary Flynn's
office last nlgbt wlth'all members pres
ent, and the following business was
transacted:
Tax Collector William Copping re
ported following amounts oolleoted dur
ing last month: 1005 tax, $80.10; 1907
tax, 1102.07; 1008 tax, $!)52,1)5.
Cbiof Burgess S. M. MoCrelght re
ported 114 25 for fines and licenses dur
ing December.
Tbe committee appointed by council
to wait on tbe Wator Company to auk
fur better fire protection, reported that
tbe Water Co. agroed to do away with
all dead lines, drill more wells and do
all In their power to koep an adequate
supply of water at all times for fire1
protection.
Mr. George Mollinger, president of
the Water Co., was prosent and stated
to counoil that the Water Co. had al
ready made arrangements to make the
proposed Improvements.
State Highway Dopartmont submit
ted a statement for tbo total cost of
paving of Main street, from Seventh st.
to borough line, which was $10135.13,
tbe borough's portion of tbat expense
was $4,008.78. An order was granted
in favor of the State Treasurer for
$4,008.78.
The fire protection oommlttee was
instructed to get prices on hose and
if deemed advisable to purchase 200
feet of new hose.
Chlef-of-Pollce Adelsperger was In
structed to' make an Inspection of all
telephone, telegraph, olectrlo light and
street railway poles within tbe borough,
and get number of each, and report
at next meeting of counoil.
Current bills for December were read
and ordered to bo paid.
Wishaw People
Now in Oregon
Interesting Letter Gives Their
First Impression Of The
Country.
COTTAGE GBOVE, Ore., Deo. 28, 19Bt
Editor The Star: We can say
this was the first Christmas tbat we
ever saw roses, carnations and other
flowers blooming out in the yards on
Christmas day. We never saw such
beautiful flowers in the yards this time
of year in Pennsylvania. Are having
fine weather here. Some of the farm
ers are sowing grain. Mrs. Veit says
she saw an old farmer sowingjgraln last
Sunday, and that is something we
never saw in Penn'a. , Somo of the
farmers don't know wben Sunday
comes, for they never stop work to go
to church.
We like Oregon real well. We find
we can llye here just as well as we
could in Penn'a and we don't hare those
cold winter days here that you people
have. Mrs. Veit says the only thing
she don't like about Oregon is that
we have to burn wood and she gets
so many splinters in her hands. We
have not seen any coal since we came
here. Wood is very cheap. They saw
up the finest kind of fir trees for wood.
It this lumber was in Pennsylvania it
would sell for $30.00 a thousand. There
is fine timber in Oregon. Lumber is
cheap here and lots of it.
We are always glad when we receive
The Star and read the news from our
home town. Wm. Veit.
A Do a sTory.
At a farmhouse at vMdi we have
been staying a terrier, Bough, shares
always his master's first breakfast
the breeA and cream accompanying a
cup of tea. Three corners be breaks
off aa gives to Bough, who eats the
first two. Off the third be licks tbe
cream, then carries tbe crust to a
ben who each morning comes across
tbe field where tbe fowls are kept
and at tbe gate awaits her friend's ar
rtral. Should others of the hens ap-
E, Bough "barks them off" while
favorite devours her portion.
don Spectator.
OUTLOOK
FOR TOWN
IS BRIGHT
The Association Meeting Last
Night Showed Local In
dustrial Progress.
RESUMPTION OF ALL PLANTS
The minutes of the Business
Men's Association are never pub
lished in full. If they could be,
the record of last night's over
flow meeting would make very
cheerul rending for Reynolds
ville people. The largest num
ber ever in attendance at an As
sociation meeting was present,
and when the Association room
could no longer contain them,
consent was secured from Wil
liams Bros, to use their large
barber shop. Even that was
filled and crowds lined the side
walk. The work accomplished by the
Association in the way of assist
ing to re-open the local, indus
trial plants wa9 outlined, show
ing that it was a matter of only
a few months until all will be in
i. mi ft ri! l
operation, ine Association nas
much other work on hand and
to facilitate the execution of it
a liberal voluntary contribution
wa9 made, which was turned
over to the Association Treas
urer.
The citizens seem ju9t awaken
ing to the real value of the work
which the Association is doing
for the town and more liberal
support should be forthcoming
in the future.
Bob Burdette's
Advice to Youth
Homdy Common Sense Talk
By the California Humorist
And Evangelist
Remember, my son, you bave to work,
whether you handle a pick or a pen, a
wheelbarrow or a set of books, dig
ditches or edit a newspaper, ring an
auction bell or write funny things, you
must work.
If you look around, you will see the
men who are most able to live tbe rest
of their days without work are the men
who work the hardest. Don't be afraid
of killing yourself with overwork. It
is beyond your power to do that on the
sunny side of thirty. They die some
times, but it is because they quit work
at 6 p. m and don't get home until 2
a. m. It's the Interval that kills, my
son. Tbe work gives you an appetite
for your meals; it lends solidity to your
slumbers; it gives you a perfect and
grateful appreciation of a holiday. '
There are young men who do not
work, but the world is not proud of
them. It does not know their names
even, it simply speaks of them as "old
So and So's boy." Nobody likes them;
the great, busy world doesn't know that
they are there. So find out what you
want to be and do, and take off your
coat and make a dust in the world. The
busier you are the less harm you will
be apt to get into, the sweeter will be
your sleep, the brighter and happier
your holidays, and the better satisfied
the world will be with you. Bob Bur
dette. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. '
Property Changes in Jefferson County
Put Upon Record. -
William R. Morrison to Elmer B.
Morrison, for 96 acres in Washington
township. 14,275. December 3, 1908.
Annie Bietz to Milton D. Pifer, for 49
ares in McCalmont township, $1,150.
December 15, 1903.
Seelle K. Douthlt, et al., to William
Sprinkle, for 50 acres in Winslow town
ship. $1,800. October 15, 1908.
Peter Williamson, by heirs, to Mar
garet Gardner, for lots in McCalmont
township. 1300, November 24,1908.