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THE PATTON COURIER.
VOL. XIL.—NO. 43.
$1.00 PER YEAR
PATTON, CAMBRIA CO., PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 190s.
INDEPENDENT — NOT NEUTRAL — RUN BY THE PUBLISHER.
BOTH TICKETS NOMINATED!
County Political Conventions
Held Monday.
SUNSHINE AND GREENE
Will Oppore Each Other for Treasurer—
Peach, Owens, Leventry and Hahn for
Commissioners—Resolutions Adopted by
Each Convention.
Both the Democratic and Republican
county conventions were held at Eb-
| ensburg Monday afternoon, the former
in the opera house and the latter in the
court house.
The Republican convention convened
first and was called to order by County
Chairman Davis, who appointed as |
secretaries A. B. Clark, of Hastings,
and Obharles S. Evans, of Ebensburg.
For permanent chairman, E. willl the county seat, W. D. Kuntz, of
Greene, of Patton, was nominated by
Capt. Thos. Davis and unanimously |
elected. In response to an enthusias-
tic greeting and calls for a speech he
responded briefly, thanking the dele- |
gates for the honor and promising to |
execute the will of the convention to
the best of his ability.
The temporary secretaries were made |
permanent and Chairman Greene then
appointed as a committee on resolu-
tions Ellis Mainwaring, of Cresson, |
Frank Lundy, of Croyle, and N. S.
Lehman, of Dale.
Chairman Greene stated that only
one candidate had qualified for the
nomination for county treasurer and,
on motion, William H. Sunshine, of
Johnstown, was named by acclamation.
When the business of making nomi-
‘nations for county commissioner was
reached John J. Evans, of Cambria
township, asked to withdraw the name
of Benjamin Jones, of that township,
leaving but two candidates in the field,
John Owens, of Ebensburg,and Charles
Leventry, of Johnstown, who were
nominated by acclamation.
For county auditor but two names
were presented, those of J. W. Kauff-
man, of Lovett, and James OC. Patter-
son, of Hastings, and their nomination |
also was by acclamation.
A poor director was to be nominated
and three persons had qualified—Philip
Hartzog, of Carroll township,and Adam
Bowers and James Someryille, both of
Susquehanna. Bowers withdrew and
the first ballot resulted in the nomina-
tion of Hartzog by a vote of 78 to 18.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions was then presented and adopt-
ed as follows:
“The Republican party of Cambria |
county, in convention assembled, in-
spired by the vigorous warfare of Pres-
ident Roosevelt against the unlawful
and pernicious practices of corpora-
tions and other business combinations,
chosen chairman and Albert E. Rum-
Johnstown, secretaries. ©. CO. Wehn,
named a committee on resolutions.
With the calling of nominations Jos.
McAneny, of Cambria City, put up Jas.
Greene, of Johnstown, Nelson Brown,
of Ebensburg, named J. Bert Denny,
of the same place, and a friend placed
Portage, before the convention. Mr.
Greene was nominated on the third
ballot. The vote follows:
First ballot: -Campbell, 58; Greene,
44; Denny, 31.
Second ballot—Campbell, 58; Greene,
58; Denny, 17.
Third ballot—Greene, 70; Campbell,
57; Denny, 7.
Then came the nomination for county
commissioners. W. 8. Krise, of Johns-
town, proposed Frank E. Farabaugh,
|
| Ebensburg, proposed Thomas Peach,
| Johnstown, arose in favor of Conrad
Hahn, also of the Flood City, M. L.
| Leary, of Chest Springs, nominated T.
| M. Sheehan, of Patton, while J. F.
Walkinshaw, of Johnstown, offered J.
The first ballot
by the
i L. Singer, of Vinco.
| resulted in Peach’s nomination
i following vote:
| Peach 70, Farabaugh 59, Sheehan 48,
| Hahn 47, Singer 35. Farabaugh and
| Sheeban then withdrew. The second
the selection of
Hahn as Peach’s running mate by the
following vote: Hahn 89, Singer 39.
For poor director William E. Lantzy,
of Susquehanna, was named by accla-
mation.
Frank E. Farabaugh,of Carroll town-
ship, Johu H. Boyle, of Croyle town-
ship, and E. 8. McMullen, of Susque-
hanna township, were proposed for the
nomination of county auditors. Mr.
Farabaugh was elected on the first bal-
lot, having secured 76 votes, but an-
nounced that he would not accept the
nomination. Boyle and McMullen were
then nominated by acclamation.
County Chairman Hannan, of Johns-
town, was unanimously re-elected.
At the close of the meeting the reso-
lations were presented, read and
adopted as follows:
“We, the Democrats of Cambria
county, in convention assembled, re-
new and reaffirm our faith in the eter-
nal principles of Democracy and in the
people of this state and nation.
pledge ourselves and the candidates we
have this day nominated to the propo-
sition that the welfare of the people
should be the first consideration, and
the careful, honest and economical ad-
ministration of public affairs the first
duty of all state and county officials.
There 18 no other proper platform for
officials who have nothing whatever to
{do with national affairs, as is the case
| with those elected this year in Penn-
i sylvania.
i ballot resulted in
|
and by his condemnation of all forms “We view with astonishment and
of corruption, wherever found, hereby ! disgust the disclosures of corruption
expresses its unqualified approval of the which have recently stirred the city of
policy of the president, and pledges it- Philadelphia; although in the Ii
self to the suppression of all forms of of- recent political history in this state the
ficial vice in National,state, county and | conditions there are not really worse
municipal affairs. | than in other cities. We have seen the
“The Republican party of Cambria
county emphatically declares itself in
opposition to extravagence or dishon-
esty in county affairs, and hereby
pledges itself and the candidates this |
day nominated to an administration of |
the official affairs of the county that |
shall be honest, economical and in the |
interests of the whole people.
“The Republican party of Cambria
tration and for a prompt legislative
apportionment.
“The Republican state ticket is wor-
thy of the support of every Republican
and its election would be an endorse-
ment of President Roosevelt and his
policy.
“The Republicans of Cambria county |
present to their fellow Republicans of
Pennsylvania Robert 8. Murphy as
their choice for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor. Fully qualified |
in every particular, his election would |
earnest Republicans of Pennsylvania
whose devotion to country and party
have made the Keystone state the pre-
mier Republican commonwealth of the
Union. The great industrial region of
which Cambria ‘county is the center
deserves recognition at the hands of
the Republican party, and Robert S.
Murphy as a representative citizen of
Prothonotary Charles E. Troxell was
unanimously elected county chairman.
Amendments to the county rules were
presented and adopted and the con-
vention then adjourned at 1:45 p. m.
The Democratic convention was only
a little later in convening and was
called to order by Secretary Osborne.
J. Hayden Bracken, of Johnstown, was
A
| water rights of the state ravished by |
| corporations whose only purpose was
private gain. We have seen the state |
| treasury looted year after year by po-
| litical freebooters and its funds made |
the sport of private speculation and the
engine of debauchment for a brazen |
and shameless political machine. And |
2 hi 3 |
all of this has been done by men who |
claim as their warrant the fact that |
they stand high in the Republican |
party. These men, driven to despera- |
tion by the magnificent outburst of]
public indignation in Philadelphia, are |
seeking to shield themselves behind the |
skirts of the Republican party. |
“In common with the people of out-
raged Philadelphia, we feel that there
is but one remedy for these evils—the
absolute and complete destruction of
the infamous combination ‘masquera- |
ding under the name of Republicanism’
—and we call upon the intelligent,
fair-minded Republicans of Cambria
county to aid us in rescuing the treas-
ury of Pennsylvania from the grasp of
this criminal combine and thus taking
from it the chief instrument by which |
it has been able to throttle the state.
“We pledge the candidates nominated
by us for county offices by this conven-
tion to a faithful, economical adminis-
tration of the offices —an administra-
tion in which there will be no room for
suspicion or accusation; and we ask for
them the support of all citizens who
regard faithful seryice as paramount to
partisanship.
“We point with pride to the efficient
conduct of the county offices as admin-
istered by Democratic officials.
‘Finally, we ask that all good citi-
zens join with us in the effort to re-
deem Pennsylvania from the grip of
the spoilsman, a task that eyery Penn-
sylvanian should undertake with en-
thusiasm.’’ z
berger, of Patton, and W. 8. Krise, of
M. L. Smith and A. J. Farabaugh were
the name of Patrick F. Campbell, of
of Carroll township, Lester Larimer, of
We |
| caused him to fall off, but it is sup-
DEATH'S HARVEST.
Long Home.
Mrs. John Boyce, a former well-
known resident of Patton, died at her
home in Clearfield yesterday morning.
Further particulars could not be ob-
tained in time for this issue, but will
be given next week.
Ervin, aged eight years, son of the
late Harry B. and Mrs. Harry B. Alli
son, died Saturday afternoon at 6
o'clock of diphtheria after an illness
of but eight days, The remains were
taken to St. Lawrence Sunday after-
noon for interment.
Katharine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Tabor, died Sunday of paral-
ysis of the heart after an illness of five
weeks, aged twelye years. The funeral
| was held Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock
in St. Mary’s R. C. church, conducted
by Rev. Edwin Pierron. Interment in
the Cassidy cemetery.
Nelson, the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. Witherow, died Monday of
entretis after an illness of five weeks.
{ The funeral was held at the residence
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, con-
| ducted by Rev. M.E.Swartz, of the M.E.
|church. The remains were taken to
| New Millport for interment. The little
one was eleven months old.
| Margaret, aged nine years, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard
{ Windows, died Monday of pneumonia,
| following an attack of diphtheria. The
funeral was held at the residence Wed-
inesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, con-
ducted by Rev. Singleton Neisser, of
the Baptist church. The interment
was in the Fairview cemetery.
Wm. Tetzlaw, a miner by occupa-
| tion, died early Tuesday morning of
dropsy after a long illness. He was
forty-seven years of age and is sur-
vived by a wife and one child. The
funeral was held this afternoon at 2
o'clock in the Swedish Lutheran
church, conducted by Rev. David
Laurence, with interment in the Fair-
view cemetery.
FOR MINERS’ HOMES.
Two Will be Established to be Erected and
Maintained Jointly.
The commission to establish miners’
homes in Pennsylvania at a meeting
Tuesday afternoon at the state depart-
{ ment of mines formulated a plan by
{ which it is expected that at least two
{such homes can be established from
time to time.
The cost of erecting and maintaining
these homes shall be borne jointly by |
the operators and the miners, and |
measures have been taken for the col- |
lection of money from each. It is pro-
posed by the commission that the op- |
| erators in the anthracite and bitumin-
| ous regions each agree to pay an as- |
sessment of one mill per ton on mar-
keted coal.
The miners will be communicated
with through the district presidents of
..| the United Mine Workers in this state. |
Each employe in and about the mines |
of both regions of a legal age, union or |
| non-union, will be asked to agree to |
pay an annual assessment of sixty |
cents per capita. Payments by both |
operators and miners are to be made |
quarterly to the state treasurer, begin- |
ning on January 1, 1906.
The commission has, after a careful |
canvass of the operators and miners in
both fields, found a favorable senti-
ment for the proposed homes.
FREIGHT BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Fell From His Train Near ‘Bradley Junc-
tion With Fatal Results.
John M. Hallman, a young frieght
brakeman, was killed Friday evening
on the Cambria & Clearfield division
about a mile west of Bradley Junction
by falling under his train. No one saw
the accident and it is not known what
posed that a sudden jolt threw him to
the tracks and he was ground to
pieces.
Hallman was nineteen years of age
and lived at Nant-y-Glo. He was a
son of W. S. Hallman, of Altoona. Be-
sides his parents he is survived by one
sister and four brothers. The funeral
was held Tuesday morning. It is un-
derstood that the young man had ar-
ranged to be transferred to the Altoona
yards this week and was on his last run
on this division.
Married in Pittsburg,
Charles W. Leitenberger, of Broad
street, and Miss Flora Cole, of Patton,
were married in Pittsburg recently and
are stopping at the Capital Hotel. Mr.
Leitenberger is an employe of the
Goenner Brewing company and is well
known about the city. They will make
their home on Broad street, where Mr,
Leitenberger is having a new home
erected.—Johnstown Tribune,
Many Well-Known People Called to Their
| 4 o’clock.
| Another New One to Patton is Now Said to
‘build eighteen miles of road.
THE NEWS OF THE COUNTY!
What Has Been Going on
in This Section.
INCENDIARIES WORK.
Mysterious Conflagrations at Carrolltown—
Hill
Master to Address the Cambria
County Grangers at Quarterly Meeting—
New Trolley Lines.
Unknown men Sunday morning set
fire to the barn of C. C. Reig at Car-
rolltown and this structure and three
other barns were totally destroyed.
Several nights ago an eftort was
made to rob several stores in that place
and one in the vicinity of St. Benedict,
but the thieves were frightened away.
It is thought that to cover their opera-
tions they set fire to the Reig barn,
hoping that when the townspeople
flocked to the scene they would have
an opportunity to plunder. The peo-
ple of that vicinity, however, watched
their property very carefully while the
fire was burning and no robbery was
reported.
A great effort was made to save the
Reig property, but it was unsuccessful
on account of a high wind. Two
horses and a cow, together with a num-
ber of vehicles and the hay and oats
stored, were burned. The stables owned
by Dr. G. H. Sloan and Sylvester Lu-
ther were the next to go. Part of the
contents of the buildings were saved.
A second barn owned by Mr. Reig was
also destroyed. There is no clue to the
miscreants.
GRANGE MEETING.
Interesting Program Prepared for the
Quarterly Session.
The next regular quarterly meeting
of the Cambria County Pomona Grange
will be held in Munster grange hall
Monday, October 9. The forenoon
session will open at 9.30, when the reg-
ular business of the organization will
be taken up. The afternoon session
will open at 1:30. The program fol-
lows:
Song by the grange; address of wel-
come by Mrs. William Beiter;response,
by H. M. Gooderham, of Concord
grange; report of John 8S. McCoy,
chairman of committee on organiza-
tion; “Soils and Fertilizer, John
Wright; recitation, Miss Marie Griffin,
of Munster grange; essay, Annie G.
Beiter; query box.
The fifth degree session will open at
The night session will be called to
order at 7:30 o’clock. Program:
Song by grange choir; recitation, H.
J. Criste; address by Elsworth Row-
land; recitation, Miss Eleanor Noel;
address by W. F. Hill, master of the
Pennsylvania state grange; recitation,
Miss Margaret Noon, of Banner
grange; song by grange choir.
MORE TROLLEY LINES.
be Contemplated.
Charters were issued at Harrisburg
Friday to several new trolley corpora-
tions for Cambria county. The corpo-
rations are the Gallitzin Borough, the
Gallitzin, Portage and Wilmore, the
Gallitzin, Cresson and Wilmore and the
Gallitzin, Lilly and Wilmore Street
Railway companies. They have a
combined capital of $93,000 and will
The
charters were obtained by Attorney
George Z. Hosack, of Pittsburg. The
directors are J. Toner Barr, president;
Frederick J. Fisher, J. I. Mullin, C. W,
Mositer and Jacob Link, all of Pitts-
burg.
There are several other street railway
lines contemplated for this county and
connections will be made at some fu-
ture time with Johnstown. East of
Gallitzin connections will be made with
the line of the Southern Traction com-
pany, which is now arranging to build
a road into Altoona, and another
branch from Wilmore to Patton is also
contemplated.
Buggies, Carriages, Ete,
which have style and durability are
always found in our repository. We
have the largest assortment in this
country to select from. Our prices
are lower than others charge for the
same grades. Every vehicle guaran-
teed—not by outsiders but by ourselves
—and you will always find us here to
make good. .
CLARK & KINNEY,
Hastings, Pa.
Pay Your Taxes. 7
If you did not pay a county tax
last year and do not do so this year
you will be unable to vote in Novem-
ber. See that you get your county tax
Fall and Winter Suits,
Our complete line shows the correct styles in Men's,
Boys’ and Children’s Clothing and Overcoats. Call and get
the benefit.
SHOES.
This line is also complete.
cannot be beaten.
Ladies’ Coats, Furs and Skirts.
The latest and most up-to-dote in Patton. Stop in the
store and see for yourself.
STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHING.
B. KUSNER,
PATTON, PA.
For wear and neatness they
Next Door to Bank.
THERE'S ALWAYS
A TIME
When you need a drop of good whiskey in the house,
especially during the fall and winter.
Of Course
You want it pure and wholesome, whether used as a
beverage or for medicine. We deal in High-Grade Liquors
only, and sell them at the minimum for standard goods.
Piel and Duquesne—the Beers Par Excellence. Order a
case or a keg by ,phone, postal card or in person and it will
be delivered promptly. :
“BED. A. MELLON,
Bell and Local ’Phones. PATTON, PA.
FALL 1S
HERE!
But . perhaps yov've
noticed it. Maybe you didn’t
know, however, that we had
received our usual big line of
fall and winter clothing, All
the fall and winter needs for
men, boys and children. The
stock is full and complete and
the
Prices Right.
Men's Furnishings, Shoes,
Rubbers, Trunks, Valises,
Etc., Etc.
LEADER
Asis oe Bai Ye
AN ERICA’'S
OF
7S FASHIONS
1905-6
WOLF & THOMPSON.
Every Customer
is entitled to A SQUARE DEAL.
0. £. WOLF, THE DRUGGIST,
Guarantee Every Customer
A
Square Deal.
receipt on or before October 7.