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Reynoldsville
Reynoldsville
Offers exceptional advantages for the loca
tion ot new Industrie t Free factory iltei,
cheap and abundant fuel, direct shipping
facilities and low freight ratea and plentiful
supply of laborer!.
Bai modern schools and ohurcbes, pared
streets, water, gas and electric accommoda
tions, convenient trolley service, high and
healthful location, varied employment for
labor and many other residential advantages.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1910.
VOLUME 19.
NUMBEB 12.
Taylor Fox Made
A Dash for Liberty
Led Constable Higgins a Merry
Chase and Took Refuge in
An Old Potato Barrel.
' Oliver H. Rose, an old veteran, Frank
Fox, of 8herwood, and James (Taylor)
Fox, ot Reynoldsville, were placed
iinder arrest Wednesday' on a charge of
furnishing liquor to a Reynoldsville
sltlzen of known intemperate habits.
Rose and Fox were given a bearing be-
ffore 'Squire Neff and placed under
$600 bail for their appearance at the
ugust term of court. Being unable to
cure It, both were taken to the
BrookylUe jail Wednesday night by
Constable W. W. Higgins and are still
there. Frank Fox, who was placed
under the same amount of ball, secured
it and was released.
,. "Taylor" Fox caused considerable ex
citement the day of his at rest by at
( tempting to escape from Constable
- Higgins and running a foot race with
that official for three-quarters of a mile,
. Higgles had gone to the lock-up to get
Rose and Fox for the Justice's court and
after releasing Fox turned to let Rose
out of the cell without holding on to
the first prisoner. Fox was standing
hat In hand near the door and no Booner
r saw the constable's back turned than he
made a dash for liberty, raced up the
alley to the Baptist church, down
another alley to the R. & F. C. Rail
road and home. Constable Higgins
'' weighs about twice what Fox does and
the pace.was anything but comfortable
! to him but he trailed along behind and
i kept his eye on the fugitive. Fox made
for his home and was not in sight when
- the constable arrived but the latter
searched the house from garret to
cellar and finally found his man crouch
jl down In a potato barrel in, a dark
Arner of the cellar, covered with some
lid burlap bagf). Higgins was armed
and Fox made no resistance. He waa
Jbroughtbaok to the lock-up and later
taken to Brookyille. '
fCEORGE A. CONRATH
J: LEASES INDIANA PLANT
Enameling Plant Starts Operating at Full
v Capacity after Suspension.
The plant of the Clymer Manufaotur
" for about two months pending a question
' of its sale to a New York firm is again
in operation. Messrs. George Con rath
and Byron W. Stewart have leased the
plant and started tip Monday wit ball
the men they could secured and work In
all departments will soon be resumed. '
The New York buyers do not seem to
want to start the works this fall and
- the directors thought It best to lease
the works until the purchasers were
ready to make the payments.
Mr. Conrath Is well known In Reyn
oldsville through his negotiations for
- the purchase of the local 'Steel plant"
some time ago, and, through hlro, the
New York firm mentioned was also at
one time Interested in the local plant
with the Intention of turning it into an
enameling plant.
FOREIGN ROW AT CONIFER
SUNDAY ENDS IN MURDER
Sherifl Galbraith Raced After Murderer
In an Auto and Captured Him.
One man was killed and another
. probably fatally injured In a foreign
fight at Conifer, the mining town near
Brookvllle, Sunday afternoon.. The
. foreigners were in a resort drinking
and a quarrel started. Frank Velello
drew a knife and commenced to slash
Mike Payen, who fell to the floor,
whereupon a brother ot Mike Payen
drew a revolver on Velello and shot
him . dead. In a panic the men
scattered, but word was tent to Brook
vllle and Sheriff A. E. Galbraith with
a number of deputies, started to tbe
soene of the brawl in an auto. Getting
the trail at Conifer, they raced after
the fugitive murderer for five miles and
overtook him at Heatbvllle. Payeq,
the murderer, with three witnesses,
re now In, tbe Brookvllle jail to await
trial.
Drilling for tbe Under Vein.
' Drilling for the under vein of coal Is
now going on near Brock wayvllle Id
the West Clarion valley. Erie Inter
ests are making the test. If found In
paying quantities Brockwayvllle will
secure a new lease of life and tba entire
section will benefi U 1
'
I Are you nervous? It may be your
eyes are defective.' , Have them ex
I j amlned by Gibson, optician. See 'ad
" and date in this paper.
BANDITS HOLD UP F.
McCALMONT TEACHERS.
Elected Last Week Number of Reyn.
oldsville Girls are on the.List.
Teachers for the McCalmont town
ship schools were elected last week, as
follows: C. H. Straltlff, supervising
principal of the township schools; Tessle
Straltlff, principal, Sprucedale; Spruce
dale No. 4, Eleanor Stiles; No. 3, Maud
Owens, No. 2, Alma Johnson; No 1, Ida
Seller. Anita, principal, J. C. Mb
Anlnch; No. 3, Mary Haeson; No. 2,
Emma Jones; No. 1, Irene Borts. Elea
nora, prlnoipal, C. A. Stablman; No. 3,
Sara HasBon; No. 2, Sara Owens; No. 1,
Joanne Milllren. Thomas, Ruth RhlneB;
Battle Hollow, Alta Straltlff; Cortez,
John Straltlff; Panic, Ray Smith; Hem
lock, Joseph Bell; Florenza, Charles
Johnson: Peffer, T. C. Gumbert.
Veterans' Association
Enlarged Territory
Now Includes all of Northwestern
Pennsylvania Reunion Goes
To DuBois Next Year.
The reunion of the Veterans' Associ
ation of soldiers and sailors of all wars
held In Reynoldsville Wednesday last
attracted several hundred men who had
seen service in tbe civil or Spanish
wars. Tbe day was beautifully adaoted
for such fcn occasion and allowed the
complete program to be carried out
in open air, until the evening. Frank's
Park was utilized and Its shade was
ery agreeable.
Judge Harry White, of Indiana, wag
the speaker of the morning session
following an opening prayer by Rev.
J. F. Black, ard was In his glory re
lating the thrilling events of the Wi
and nil own heroic part played aa a
state legislator, soldier, prisoner and
refugee. He held his audience for an
hour and a half and caused the blood
to flow faster in the veins of every
patriotio citizen present.
There was bo parade, that feature
of the old reunions having become dis
agreeable to the survivors, who muoh
preferred to sit beneath the old apple
trees in the park and exohange remin
iscences of the war. The basket-picnio
at the noon hour was a pleasant feature
in which many participated.
After dinner the business meeting
was held a', the pavilion and the follow
ing officers were cboeen for the coming
year: President, Joseph Logan, Du
Bois; first vlce-p- eslaent, J. Hamilton,
Lutbersburg; third vice-president,
Joseph Shaffer, Reynoldevllle; secre
tary, W. W. Perry, Brookvllle; assist
ant secretary, A. C. Stear, DuBois;
recording secretary, L. L. Bennett,
Punxsutawney; treasurer, G. C. Pifer,
DuBois; chaplain, J. C. McEntlre, of
Reynoldsville.
DuBois was chosen as the place for
the 1911 reunion, the exact date to be
selected by the committee later. An
Important change was also made In tbe
by-laws, whereby the territory covered
by the Association is extended over the
whole of Northwestern Pennsylvania
and (he membership includes the
honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors of all wars.
Following the business meeting Hon.
W. I Swope, of Clearfield, delivered an
eloquent patriotic oration which was
listened to by a very large audience.
Swope is an orator of exceptional ability
and his remarks oould not have been
more timely.
P. S. Weber, of DuBois, followed
with a short address in which deserved
compliments were paid to the veterans
present.
- Tbe veterans met again in the
evening and had a jolly camp fire in
Centennial hall. Rev.. J. H. Jelbart
opened the session with general re
marks appropriate to the occasion and
came just as near to tbe spirit of the
camp Ore "yarning" as the ministerial
cloth would permit. Attorney James
Gleason, of DuBois, with mock solem
nity and a plea for tbe truttulness of
bis profession, followed with a bunch
of nontense that set tbe audlenoe laugh
ing and then stated some very un
palatable facts about present day
politics and especially about the two
gubernatorial candidates In Pennsyl
vania. Gleason was Impartial in bis
condemnation. The last apeakker was
Comrade Wilson and his address waa
reminiscent. '
During tbe day the Schnell Drum
Corps enlivened the 'program and
played at various places on Main street.
The veterans left expressing their
satisfaction with the entertainment
furnished them and" tho citizens of
Reydoldsville were well pleased to be
honored with tbelr presence . ,
ONE OF HIS GUARDS
Reynoldsville Superintendent of the Widnoon Coal Mining Col
Has a Thrilling Experience Near Lawsonham'Saturday.
Horton Craig Was Shot Through the Heart.
SUSPECT ARRESTED AT RED BANK TUESDAY
ONE of the most daring hold-up9 ever attempted Jin this section
of the state occcurred near Lawsonham Saturday morning
and ended in the death of Horton Craig, of Lawsonham,who wa9
acting as guard to F. M. Brown, of Reynoldsville, superintendent
of the Widnoon Coal Mining Company. The bandits sought to
get'almost $4,000 which Mr. Brown wascarrying'jtothe Widnoon
plant to pay the miners, but in their alarm after killing Craig the
men fled and left the money untouched.
The state'constabulary and armed posses have been 'scouring
the hills around Lawsonham ever since but without avail. The
only clue to leadjthe searchers is the imperfect descriptiongiven by
Mr. Brown, to the effect that the one desperado who dhl the
shooting was about six feet tall and wore brown khaki overalls.
Yesterday one of the state constabulary arrested two suspects at
Red Bank, one of whom is nn ex-convict and the other a livery
stable employe at Lawsonham who disappeared about thejtime oi
the hold-up. ' 1
Wnen Mr. Brown arrived at Lawsonham at 9.42 a. m. Satur
day he was joined by James Cobbett, a superintendent at the
mines, and Horton Craig, an employe. The first two rode in one
buggy, Craig following seyeral rods behind in another buggy.
The mine is high on u mountain and when the party reached a
spot two thirds of the way up, a masked man suddenly jumped
from the bushes and opened fire on Brown and Cobbett. Both of
the lattetr were'armed but when Cobbett attempted to shoot his
revolver refused to work. Cobbett then called to C,raig to fire,
which the latter did. Immediately the highwayman shot at Craig
and the ball went through Craig's heart. The robber then turned
and fled into the woods.
When Craig wa9 discovered dead, Brown and jCobbett hurried
to a near-by farm'house and 'phoned fbr aid. The hills were soon
alive with men searching for thebandit, but all that could be found
was a couple of masks that led the searchers to Jbelieve that two
and possibly three men had beenPyingJii ambush.
The murdered Horton Craig is survived by a widow and six
children. He was a trustworthy manJandEwidely known in the
section where he lived. ' " ,
DASTARDLY ATTEMPT '
TO WRECK AN AUTO
Woodford's Ford Car Takes a
. Leap Through Space.
Sunday evening when George T.
Woodford was returning from Brook
vllle In his Ford auto with a party of
young people, he bad a narrow escape
from wrecking his car and serious
personal O Injury. Some one with
malicious or criminal Intent bad placed
across the road on tbe hillside juBt
east of the old Levf'Sohiickers farm
four or five fence rails, bound together
with wire. Mr. Woodford waa coming
down the hill at high speed and though
he saw the dark line across tbe road
thought It merely a Bhadow or weeds
thrown across. He struck the rails
full speed, the light Ford car bounded
high In the air ltke Breton during Old
Home Week and landed on all four
wheels fifteen fuet further down tbe
road. He stopped the machine at once
to Investigate and see If any breakage
bad occurred. While be and tbe young
men in the' party were examining the
rails, they noticed emerging from the
bushes on the hill above them two and
possibly three men. Visions of a hold
up flashed through their minds
and In less than a jiffy they were
aboard the Ford and making ' to
wards Reynoldsville at ' a little the
highest speed that ever an auto
oovered that hilly road. When they
got back to Reynoldsville and drew
their first full breath after starting,
the auto was examined and notwith
standing tba marvelous aerial feat not
tbe slightest damage was noticeable.
Whether the rails were placed across
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some one, or merely in a spirit of
fiendish malice, Mr. Woodford is un
able to say, but rather believes tbe
parties in hiding placed the obstruction
there with the idea of ditching another
big auto which had "scorched"
through that section in the afternoon
and that he suffered for another
person's sins, i
For Sale.
Lot of agricultural Lime way down
price. Must make room for other
material. Corde and See.
The Woodwork Supply Co.,
Reynoldsville, Pa.
Comfort slippers for house wear; just
what you need. Price $1.00 to 11.75.
Adam's. -
M. BROWN
FOUNDATIONS LAID
; FOR NEW MACHINES
The Work of Enlarging the Blaw
Plant Now in Progress.
A crew of men are now employed at
tbe Blaw Collapsible Steel Centering
Company's plant laying foundation for
new maohtnery whlob will be shipped
from the Rankin plant of the concern
within the next two weeks. The
oompany expects to Install la the local
plant all of the machinery and equip
ment, Including the power plant, which
was formerly used In the leased Rankin
plant, and that equipment Is as
large as the original amount
of machinery In the Reynoldsville
"steel plant." The capacity of the
local plant will thus be doubled.
Thirty skilled employes of the Rankin
plant, most of whom are 'married and
have families, will come to this place
within the next few weeks, and among
them Charles 'Crates, who was super
intendent of tbe Rankin plant and will
be one of the "two superintendents in
oharge of the combined pianta at Reyn
oldsville. A number of the Rankin
men were In Reynoldsville last week
looking for bouses to rent.
During the last ten days a crew of
men have put new Turnerlzed roofing
on every building at tbe plant, includ
ing tbe office, and have otherwise re
paired the buildings. Tbe plant la in
better physical condition now than it
ever was before. .
Several changes have been made In
tbe interior of tbe foundry which gives
the employes more room, and it is
planned in tbe near future to build an
addition to tbe east end of this building
lover the railway switch, which will
permit the big traveling crane to run
farther down tbe track and permit un
loading of cars at a point where it will
not interfere with tbe operations of
employes in the foundry end.
The plant; has been operating steadily
during tbe last few months with from
120 to 170 employes and work has been
progressing very smoothly. . TJhe men
are well satisfied with their treatment'
by tbe company and believe, with the
balance of the citizens of Reynoldsville,
that it is the best ,lnduBtry that ever
struck the town. '
Methodist Church.
. Services for Sunday. July 31st, 11:00
a. m., Communion of tbe Lord's Supper, i
Baptism of children. - No evening
service.
AND KILL
FATHER WEINKER HONORED.
Olven Title of Monsignor by Pope Plus
X Formerly of Reynoldsville.
Three priests of tbe diocese of Erie
have been made monslgnora by Pope
Plus X, on recommendation of Bishop
Fltzmaurice, of Erie. Tbey are Rev,
Father Meagher, pastor of St. Leo's
Church at Rldgway; Rev. Father B.
McGlvney, pastor of St. Catherine's
Churob at DuBois, and Rer. Father C.
Welnker, superintendent of the Cath
olic schools of tbe Erie diocese.
"All three are worthy of the high
honor conferred upon them. They are
priests beloved for their splendid works
and tbe announcement of tbe Pope's
recognition of their services will be
received with the greatest of satis
faction throughout tbe diocese."
Joseph Shaffer Wins
His Damage Suit
Superior Court Affirms Decision of
County Court in Noted Suit
For Grade Damages. -At
Philadelphia Tuesday the Su
perlor Court banded down a decesion of
much importance to Reynoldsville
borough. Several years ago. when
Main street was paved, Joseph Shaffer
brought suit against tbe borough for
damages caused to his property on West
Main street through tbe raising of tbe
grade. Tbe borough oouncll contested
the claim and the case was fought out
in court, decision baing given In favor
of MV. Shaffer. Counoll then authoriz
ed an appeal to the Superior Court and
tbe case was argued last May in Pitts
burg. The deolsion handed down last
week confirms the judgment of the
lower court and tbe borough loses.
The original damage asked was less
than 1300 but tbe principal involved
influenced tbe counoll to fight the case,
ROYAL ARCANUM RAISE
IN RATES IS ILLEGAL
Decision of a New York Court (Affects
Local Members, Carrying Insurance.
Members of the Royal Arcanum In
Reynoldsville will be affected directly
or Indirectly by decision of tbe
Supreme Court of New York the past
week, particulars of which are given in
a press dispatch aa follows:
A deolsion handed down by the
Supreme Court of New York state, par
victory for those who have been pro
testing against the inoreased assess
ments authorized by the Supreme
Counoll of the Royal Arcanum. It af-
feots thousands of members. Justloe
Kelley, in the case of Samuel Greene
against the Supreme Council, finds the
action of tbe organization In increasing
tbe rate of monthly assessments since
1883 from $1.80 to 10.80, its present
status, is not binding upon tbe one in
sured, t
Justice Kelly declares tbe society can
not assume an unlimited reserve power
to increase the amount of assessments to
an extent which might be prohibitive
and oould only result in depriving the
individual of his membership. Besides
tbe court finds that any agreement upon
the part of a member at the date of his
admission to be governed by the laws
and regulations of the organization
then in foroe, is not sufficient to warrant
the society in increasing the amount of
the Individual assessment."
Saved at Death's Door.
The door of death seemed ready to
open for Murray W. Ayers, of Transit
Bridge, N. Y., when bis life waa
wonderfully saved. "I was In a dread
ful condition," he writes, "my skin was
almost yellow; eyes sunken; tongue
coated; emaciated from losing 40 pounds
growing weaker daily. Virulent liver
trouble pulling me down to death in
spite of doctors. Then that matchless
medicine Electrto Bitters cured me.
I regained tne 40 pounds lost and now
am well and strong." For all stomach,
liver and kidney troubles they're
supreme. 50c at Stoke & Felcht Drug
Co.
MclntoshjReunion.
The second annual Mcintosh reunion
will be held at Edgemont Park, Falls
Creek, on Wednesday, August 3. A
good program has been prepared and
and a pleasant time Is anticipated.
Punxsutawney journals are agitating
a "clean-up day" for that borough,
similar to the experiment In Reynolds
ville a few months ago.
Candy Works Grows
To Large Proportions
Now Occupies 6,500 Feet of Floor
Space and Is Shipping Over
A Wide Territory.
Very few of the people of Reyno'ds
vllle are aware that there has grown up '
lathe town during the last few year '
the largest candy and ice cream
factory in the county and one of tha
largest in the state between Pittsburgh
and Wllllamsport. Tbe Reynoldsville
Candy Works, owned by John P.
'Athenian, Is divided into (our depart- '
ments, the retail store, which every one
is familiar with, tbe ice cream factory,
the candy factory, and tbe wholesale
Dranch, and each of the departments la .
located In a separate suite of rooms. s
The total floor space used Is about 6,
500 square feet and employment la
given at the present time1 to nine'
persons regularly, and more In busy !
seasons.
Mr. Athenian recently at his own
expense built a large brick and tlie ad
dition to the original business place, -which
he had out grown. He occupies
tbe entire first and second floors of the -Nolan
block;, with a large basement,
and aiso the room in the rear of the
First National bank building. In tbe '
new add Won he has installed a fifteen
horse power Bessemer gas engine and a
dynamo of ten kilowatt power, and haa
installed his own electric light system -throughout
his plant.
The Ice cream plant Is equipped with
power machinery and is capable of
turning out over 200 gallons of cream
every day. Built in tbe room is a 15x15 k
foot refrigerator with special boxes for '
the storage of cream receptacles and
about 200 gallons of the cream are kept
on hand at all times. In another
corner la a modern dryer for the tuba
and other vessels after being washed.'..
The whole factory is laid with oon-' '
Crete floor and it is possible to keep
everything fresh and clean and
sanitary.
Ou the seoond floor of the building,
over tbe retail store, la the candy
factory, where tons of the sweet stuff
has been manufactured and sent out
over the state. Mr. Athenian is a
master of tbe art and personally super
vises the work of all his assistants.'
Practically everything in the line of
candies is manufactured here and the
equipment is complete from the starch
room to the packing ' department.
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Bankers Organized
For Mutual Protection
Adopt a Clearing House Feature
" Of Great Importance and Other
Protective Measures.
Two months ago a small coterie of
bankers met in Clearfield wltb the idea
of formulating a banking association,
tbe primary , Idea of wblch was to be tbe
promotion of safe and sane banking
methods, the elimination of unwise
competition, and the protection,
through association, of Central Pennsyl
vania banks. Tbe idea apparently ap- ,
pealed to every banker in this territory,
and last week one hundred and twenty
five bankers, representing forty finan
cial institutions, gathered at Punxsu
tawney to complete tbe organization.
The ejause regulating the manner in
which members of the Association shall
apply for and be given assistance in
time of need received tbe most at
tention. ' Amended amendments and
amendments to amended amendmenta
were offered on all sides, but were fin
ally all votfd down and tbe clause, as
prepared by tbe coD',i,'ino and by--laws
committee, paa- i ibuut amend
ment, wltb the underbidding that the
executive committee should have
practically unlimited authority, and .
might, when tbe need became apparent,
s'uggeBt amendments to the clause.
The clearing house feature of tbe
association is practically an innovatui
in country banks. Heretofore it ha-t
been confined mainly to the largi r
cities and has been attended with gnt ,
success. The clause as passed la!
week provides that any banking ineil-
tutlon, a member of tbe association,
upon need of assistance, shall apply to
the executive committee which bi all .
investigate that institution's conditioo,
and if found worthy, upon the placing "
of the proper collateral In their hands..
shall provide means for the assistance o
the bank applying for help.
This makes every . bank holding s
membership In the association a strong
hold. With practically unlimited,
millions behind it,- a run on any Instil
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