Reynoldsville
Reynolds vflle
Has modern schools and churches, pared
streets, water, gas and electric Accommoda
tions, convenient trolley service, high and
Offers exceptional advantages forrthe 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. "
healthful location, varied employment for
v labor and many other residential advantages.
VOLUME 18.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENITA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 29, 909.
NUMBER 21.
i . I r r i' i
Reynoldsville Man'But Foun
Years Off
Jacob King Will Celebrate His
Ninety-Sixth Birthday An
niversary To-morrow.
ACTIVE AND ENERGETIC
. DESPITE ADVANCED AGE
Jacob King, father of Dr. J. C.
King and Mrs. M. C. Coleman, will
be nlnety-stx years old to-morrow,
September 30. Relatives will celebrate
the birthday anniversary by attending
a dinner party at homo of Dr. King at
six o'clock to-morrow evening.
Jacob King was born In Pottat-township,
Centre Co., Pa., September 30,
1813. He is a regular attendant at the
Baptist church and Is very active for
man almost one hundred years old.
MILLER FAMILY HOLDS
REUNION AT KNOXDALE
First Time In History Of The
Family That All Members
! Are Together.
For the first time In the history of
the family, all the song and daughter;
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Miller, of Knox
dale, gathered at the old homestead
Wednesday of last week, September
22nd, in a notable reunion. It has been
thirty-four years since Mr. and Mrs.
Miller moved to their Knoxdale home,
and most of their children were bom
there, but before the youngest came
upon the scene, the' older ones had left
to makd homes for themselves in other
places. Last week all the surviving
ohildren, seven sons and three daugh
ters, with twenty-seven grandchildren
came buck to the homestead and spent
It as Is the oustum on such Joyous oc
casions with feasting and thanksgiving,'
not forgetting in their oelebration of
the event a religious service in grat
itude to Him who had prospered them
well in the long years past.
Of the wives and husbands of the
sons and daughters, all but two of the
latter were present, one being In Ohio
and the other on the railroad and
unable to be present. The company
sat down to a bounteous dinner pre
pared for them in the early afternoon,
he sons and daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Miller are as follows: I.
F. Miller, of Reynoldsville, David H.
Miller, of Clarion, Martin 3. Miller,
i of Punxsutawney, Mrs. Mary M. Craw
I ford, of Slgel, F. H. Miller, near home,
iMrs. Delia Heckenthorn, of Foxburg,
V. S. Miller, near home, Mrs. Carrie
. Dougherty, of Youngstown, Ohio,
E. A. Miller, near borne, Dallas L.
Miller, at home.
The First National Bank
OF REYNOLDSVILLE.
Capital and Surplus
Resources , . .
t on H. Zavohib, Pre.
John H. Eaucher
Henry O. Delble
J. 0. King Daniel Nolan
J.B.Hammond
Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking
The Peoples National Bank
(OLDEST BAKE IN THE COUNTY)
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. V
the Century Mark
REYNOLDSVILLE BOY AT
HUDSON-FULTON PAGEANT
Writes Of the Event and Of
The "Half Moon" and
"Clermont." 1
Duncan M. DunBmore, Jr., who, after
five and a half years' service in the
IT. S. Navy, was honorably discharged
at Seattle, Washington,' June 7th,
this year, is now a wireless oper
ator on the Standard Oil Co.'s tank
steamer, "Lucas," landed at New York
Sept. 24 from New Orleans, and in a
private leto;r to jo editor said: "We
had n hair ralsinr lime of it In that
r.urrloane iu the Gulf that did so much
damage. It hit us west of the Florida
traits."
In referring to the Hudson-Fulton
celebration now on he says: "They are
having a great time here in New York.
I saw the "Half Moon',' and the "Cler
mont" this morning. The former is
a tiny thing of only ninety tons, but
still a full sized duplicate. She is
manned by Dutch sailors from the
Dutch cruiser "TJtreot" and one of the
offioers impersonates "Hendrlck Hud
son." They are all dressed In the
costumes of the period. She was sail
ing around quite nicely, too' I wouldn't
want to go to sea in her. The "Cler
mont" is al90 small. Her paddle go
by Jerks and are very orude compared
to modern ones. She steers by a tiller
which takes several men to handle,
instead of a helm.
There is a formidable fleet of men-o-war
here. Howeyer, none of the
foreign vessels belittle our own any
and the great Atlantio fleet looks ready
lor a fight or a frollo at any time. I
Walk-Overs better than ever for fall,
Price 14.00 at Adam's.
$175,000.00
$550,000,00
OFFICERS
J. O. Knro, Vlue-Pres. E. O. Bohcokkrs, Cashier
DIRECTORS
John H. Oorbett
B.H. Wilson
Capital and Surplus
$125,000.00."
Resources $500,000.00.
Foreign Exchange Sold.
Interest paid semi-annually -on
Savings Accounts, hav
ing liberal deposit and with
drawal privileges.
Liberal treatment 'and ev
ery courtesy extended con
sistent with sound banking.
Open Saturday Evenings. '
ON SCHEDULE TIME
Railroad Records Show That
Large Proportion of Trains
Are On Time.
Reports Just compiled by the Pennsyl
vania railroad show that of the 48,907
passenger trains operated by it in the
month of August, 42,676, or 90 9 per
cent, made schedule time.
Owing to the heavy suburban travel
in the vicinity of Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and Maryland divisions lead
in the number of trains operated
With a total of 16,043 passenger trains
running over those three divisions in
August, 14,953, or 93.2 per cent of them
made schedule time.
In AugUBt the Philadelphia Division
operated 5,630 - passenger trains a
greater number than operated by any
other division. The Pittsburgh Dlvls-
hn was' second with 6,215; the Mary
land Division operated 5,143 passenger
trains; the Am boy Division 4,789, and
the New York Division 3,380.
Of the twenty-five divisions of the
Pennsylvania Railroad east of Pitts'
burgh and Erie, fifteen had records of
more than ninety per cent of trains
making schedule time. The C reason
Division bad a percentage of 99, the
Conemaugh Division 98.9, and the
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Shamokin
Divisions over 97 per cent.
Horses Wanted.
The undersigned will be at Brook
vllle October 6th at James Eaugh's
Livery Barn; Punxsutawney, October
7th, National Hotel Barn; DuBois, Oo
tober8th, Carson's Livery; Reynolds'
vllle, October 9th, Thomas Tapper's
Livery Barn, to buy 50 head of horses
ranging in age from 4 to 30 years. We
buy good big ones, farm chunks of all
kinds, and good drivers, and horses of
any kind that grow, so they are in fair
order. Fall Is here and if you wish to
sell your horses bring them in, and we
will pay you good prices fo them.
We buy more horses than any other
firm in Western Pennsylvania.
KememDer, wnen we advertise, we
buy horses. Yockey & Frantz.
A Word to Subscribers. ,
A number of our subscribers are,
apparently, forgetting that It takes
money to run newspaper, as they
are neglecting to pay their subscript
tlons. ' A dollar from a subscriber may
seem inslgnlfioant when standing alone,
but one each from several hundred'
subscribers means so many hundred
dollars to us. Every business is de
pendent upon its income, no matter
from what source nor In what amount
from each source. Without the ex
pense and labor of again mailing notices
to all our subscribers who are in ar
rears, we hope this notice will be
sufficient and that each one will pay
all or part of their arrearage this
month. T
r Tht Lurid Glow of Doom -
Was seen In the red face, hands aud
body of the little son, of H. M. Adams,
of Henrietta, Pa. His awful plight
from eczema bad, for five years, defied
all remedies and baffled the best doc
tors, who said that the poisoned blood
had affected his lungs and nothing
oould save him. "But," writes his
mother, "seven bottles of Electric
Bitters completely cured him." For
eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, sores
and all blood disorders and rheumatism
Electrio Bitters Is supreme. Only 50o.
Guaranteed by H. L. McEntlre.
To Enter College. ,
Charles C. Mohney, who for several
years has been a valued employe of the
Hibner-Hoover Hardware Qompany,
has resigned his position and has left
for Meadvllle, where he will enter the
Allegheny College, and In due course of
time expecti to ejpter the ministry.
During the time that he la pursuing his
studies he will fill a charge at Steam-
burg, in , the Erie conference. Mr.
Mohney is a sterling young man, one
devoted to his duties, and his many
warmtfriends in this community will
wish the greatest success la his ohosen
profession. DuBois 'JSxprm,
It Saved Hi Leg.,
"All thought I'd lose my leg," writes
J. A. Swenson, Watertown, Wis. "Ten
years of eczema, that 15 doctors oould
not cure, had at last laid me up. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve oared it sound
and well." Infallible for skin erup
tions, eczema, salt rheum, boils, fever
sores, burns, scalds, outs and piles. 25o
MH.L.MoEntlre's.., ... -, ....
Children's school shoes, the kind that
wear at Adam's.
Burglars Crack the Safe in the Jefferson
Macaroni Factory Office But Get Little Cash
Three Hoboes Arrested the
There Was Not Sufficient Evidence Against Them
To Warrant Holding For Court. '
EXPLOSION SHATTERED OFFICE WINDOWS
Between eleven and twelve o'clock
last Thursday night the safe in the
office of the Jefferson Macaroni factory
in this place was blown open. The job
must have been done by inexperienced
safe-blowers as tbey put In an over
charge of the explosive. The safe was
badly wrecked. The explosion put a
Summervllle telephone out of commis
sion, tore plaster off the side of building
and did other damage. Two Italians
were sleeping in a room on second floor
of factory, next to office, and one of
tbem was almost knocked out of bed by
the explosion. The two men are not
naturalized and the law does not allow
tbem to own or have revolvers in their
possession, consequently they did not
start out to look for the safe-blowers.
The night man at the P. R. R. round
house started out to Investigate and
discovered that the explosion bad taken
plaoe In the macaroni factory office. He
reported to the train dispatcher in P.
R. R. offloe, he called up E. Wray Hunt
er, one of the proprietors, and Mr.
Hunter, accompanied by Policeman
John Spears, went to factory to Investi
gate and found that the safe had been
blown open.
Instead of drilling a bole In the safe
the robbers Jimmied the knob off the
safe and put the explosive In the bole
made by the removal of the knob.
There was a tin box In the safe which
the robbers took. This box only con
tained about $5.00 in cash and a 110.00
money order. In a pocketbook in one
of the pigeonholes of the safe was over
1600.00 In cash and ohecks, and most of
the-hecks were endorsed, which the
safe-orackers overlooked. It is evident
that the robbers were frightened away,
as they left all their burglary tools, and
in their haste to get away they only took
the tin box, thinking it oontalned all
the money in the safe.
Three tramps, who had been In this
section a couple of days begging, were
arrested at Rathmel Junction Friday
morning and were lodged in Reynolds
ville look-up. These fellows had a
camp-fire just west of town, along the
P. R. R. Thursday evening and had in
their possession a ooal pick used on
locomotives, and this plok, which was
Identified by a railroader as being the
same one that the tramps had Thurs
day evening, was found In the macaroni
factory offloe, and that was all the evi
dence against the tramps and they were
given their liberty Saturday morning.
The burglars gained an entrance Into
the macaroni office by taking a light of
glass Out of the front window of offloe.
We understand that this same trio,
one of whom is a cripple, was at Sykes-
vllle the day before the safe in the B.,
R. & P. R'y station was blown open a
couple of weeks ago. It Is possible they
are the chaps who cracked both safes.
Kills Would-Be Slayer.
A merciless murderer is appendicitis
with many viotims. But Dr. King's
New Life Pills kill It by prevention.
They gently stimulate stomach, liver
and bowels, preventing that ologging
that invites appendicitis, curing consti
pation, biliousness, chills, malaria,
headache and Indigestion. 25o at H,
L. MoEntire's.
Letter List. -
List of unolaimed letters remaining
in post offloe at Reynoldsville, Pa., for
week ending Sept. 26, 1909.
Miss Mary Hutchlns, Oliver Shutt.
Foreign Mantisct Giovanni.
Say advertised and give date of list
when calling for above.
' E. c. Burns, p. M.
' Methodist Church.
Services for Sunday, October 3, as
follows: 11.00 a. m. sermon, theme,
"Chosen Christians;" 7.30 p. m. sermon,
theme, "The Programme and Impor
tunity of a Pure Life."
Sea food at City Hotel restaurant.
More for your money than you get
elsewhere in shoes. Adam's.
Gun metal shoes are good this fall.
Have you seen the new ones at Adam's?
'I expected to die from Indigestion. I
doctored and used remedies, until using
"Ml-o-na I was cured." Miss Mina Hen
derson, , Benton Harbor, Mloh., 1909.
Stoke 4c Feloht Drug Co. guarantees
Ml-o-na. Large box 50o. ' Relieves
stomach distress Id 5 minutes,
Following Day on Suspicion, But
Fall Meeting of Presbytery.
The fall meeting of the Clarion Pres
bytery was held In the Beechwoods
Presbyterian church September 21 and
22, beginning Tuesday afternoon and
continuing until Wednesday evening.
This Is an important event in church
circles, and is always well attended by
the lay members of the congregations
from the various churches who are
interested in the workings of this upper
court of the Presbyterian church
iniB meeting oi rresoytery was no
exception to the rule and a large num
ber were in attendance at the sessions
and enjoyed the hospitality of the
Beech woods people.
The first seBBionv convened at 2.30
Tuesday afternoon when the opening
sermon was preached by Rev. J. B.
Hill, of Brookvllle, the retiring moder
ator, after wh'ioh Rev. Samuel Davis,
of Seneca, was eleoted moderator for
the ensuing six months. The forma
tion of the roll showed nearly all of
the sixty ministers In the Presbytery
to be present, and more than half were
represented by an elder. "
A pleasing feature of this meeting
of Presbytery was the fact that It was
the twentieth anniversary of Rev.
Hill's pastorate at the Beechwoods
church. Congratulary addresses were
made by Revs. Dr. J. V. Bell, of Du
Bois, J, H. Cooper, of Johnsonburg,
and Rev. Hamilton, a returned mission
ary from China, who was a boyhood
playmate of Mr. Hill. Mr. Hill thanked
hiB brethren In a brief address for the
congratulations showered upon him.
The work of the Presbytery during
the past year showed an advanoe all
along the linos, especially in foreign
missions. During the past year Clarion
PreBbytery has given 17,000 for foreign
missions, a gain of 11,600 over last year.
Home missions have received $6,900,
while all the other boaras .have re
ceived splendid gifts. Brock way vllle
Jfecord.
Big Pay.
Saturday the R. . & P. Coal and Iron
company distributed its semi-monthly
pay to the miners in this section. This
pay is the largest in two years, and the
pay two weeks from date will, accord
ing to an offiolal of the company, reach
the high water mark set during the
prosperity of 1906. Every mine of the
company Is working full time and con
ditions never looked better. Punxsu
tawney Spirit. .
Notice,
The Town Council will reoeive sealed
propositions from the owners of real
estate situate in the borough of Royn
o'davllle for the sale of a lot of ground
suitable for the erection thereon of a
municipal building. Said proposals to
state price, terms and description of
said lot and are to be filed with the
Clerk of Council prior to,October 5th,
1909. The Council reserves the right
to reject any or all propositions.
Clement W. Flynn,
' Clerk of Council.
Now Is the time to do your roofing.
Red Cedar shingles galore at the
Woodwork Supply Co. storage.
Speolal this week; men's $2.50 shoes
for $1.98 at Adam's.
TX7HY not adopt a systematic habit of
VV saving?
Save a small amount each week or each
month.
All of as are willing to save the hundreds,
but to most of us money does not come that
way. ....
How few seem anxious to save the dimes,
yet we all have dimes to save.
The starting of a savings account is im
portant. One dollar deposited with us will
do it
We pay 4 per cent interest on savings ac
counts. THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
AS IT WAS IN THE OLDEN TIME.
Interesting Reminiscence of Schools In
The Early Days Trials of Pioneer
'Pedagogues.
Times have changed mightily since I
was a boy. For Instance, when I was a
boy we went to a log school house in
Venango county, warmed by a big stone
fireplace. The patrons of the school
hauled the logs to the school house and
the teachers and scholars wereexpeoted
to chop and split them up for fuel,
there being lo coal to be had. In those
days the teacher was expected to earn
his money, which was raised by sub
scription. He would get to the school
house about daylight and build the fire
and then chop wood until about time
for the boys and girls to gather. He
was expected to keep school from nine
o'clock In the morning until five o'clock
In the evening and there were no vaca
tions on Saturdays. TKe teacher
boarded around among the scholars,
taking turns of a week at a place. Often
he bad to sleep with one of the boys.
I taught a few terms of that sort of
school myself, as well as attending as a
scholar. The way some of the boys I
had to sleep with did kick me In the
stomaob was a caution.
The teacher In those days had to be
an athlete, too, If he held bis job.
Young men 18, 19 and 20 years of age
would oome to school and unless the
teacher was able to handle them his
name was "Dennis." Sometimes a hus
ky young fellow of 18 or 19 would wear
tbe teacher out and then the latter
might as well resign. j
There were not many female teachers
in those days. A woman teacher was
not considered physically able to teaoh
a school. But I remember oae woman
teacher I had, and she was certainly a
success. She was a tolerably robust In
dividual, but thinking over the matter
now it seems to me that she depended
more on ber "sand" than on her physlA
oal strength. I suppose tbe-boys didn't
fight as hard as they would have done
with a man. At any rate she dressed
tbem up, both large and small, and did
it In great shape! Many a time I have
seen her call out a boy taller than her
self and tbe manner in wbieh she would
dust the pants of that young man was a
sight worth seeing. Once 1 saw a boy
of fifteen undertake to put up a fight.
She lit on him like a hen on a June bug.
Before he had time to put up his de
fense she had his coat over his head
and he was yanked out on the floor.
She sever gave him a second to rather
himself. That coat movement gave her
great advantage and . she kept it.
Then tbe way she warmed that young
man up I recolleot It as if it were but
yesterday (sixty-three years ago.) Ho
hung out for about two minutes and
thea weakened and put up a howl for
mercy that might have been heard for
two blocks. We learned afterward tbe
boy's father had put the boy up to make
the fight. The old man wanted to find
out how a woman would behave under
such circumstances, he said. When be
learned that his boy had been whipped
good and plenty, he turned in and tan
ned the lad also.
rriu -i . ,fi n ..
xuo auuvo wocuor was ikhsb JtvUtQ
Berguin, of Rockland, Pa. Her brother
John -taught In Reynoldsville in the
'60's.
There were a few things that the
school ohildren of those days had
drilled into tbem In a way that they
never forgot, but the modern method
beats the old style too bad to talk about.
D. E. Stantcto,
Partus, Pa.