The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-03-09
COMMUNICATIONS.
HEMLoCx, PA, March 4. 1872

HEMLoCK, PA, March 4. 1872.
! Editor of Cambria Freernan-fn hooking over
the columns of your paper short time ago
/ Is evideEtly anxious to gain little notoriety
Dy getting himself in print, and in order to ac-
IN the person of the collector and treasurer OF
the school district here. All this would have
ter fmding his snhiect h 9st eonned hiEssf 10
a plain statement of facts. This he has failed
frem beginning to, end. lie is not q resident
! or SlabtowR, as lie terms it, to begin with, and
| is simply doing the citizens of that village an
! injustice by saddling on tbeIeommunity a State
o{H nen{ which @ there Is not imam among them but
! tend TO their own affairs; and have no time to
/ slander their neighbors. The residence of the
'Civis" no doubt very well knows, and the fact
! OF him being interested in business in an ad-
Joining county does not by any means make
or NIX his occupation there. "Civis' should
have had Intelligence enough to have known
exposed his ignorance by such an assertion
The simple fact OF q man being entrusted with
from being engaged in business outside of said
district, and no person OF common sense would
make make TINS a charge against him To my certain
knowledge, the collector of this district has not
been outside of the county one week a month
during the entire win ter, nor Eas there been
order presented to him by teacher that has
not been paid andi venture to say here, that
there will not be one presented that will not be
pala SO long as there is dollar of school funds
district pressed for the taxes. That is an
other lie. One half of the citizens have not yet
dN,l q
taxable at ali, he is among the number, and
have yet to hear any of them complain about
being pressed There is no doubt the teachers
need their money, and some of them get it be-
fore they earn it, If any farmer has exchanged
produce for school orders, as 'Civis asserts, it
is because he had taxes to pay, aud the order
was money TO him, while at the same time the
if he had presented the order to the treasurer
and received his money, as he might have done,
to the question Of interest, l have only to say
that there has not been Il dollar of interest paid
A..nf .f..fil
the present treasurer has had charge of the
funds. HIS last assertion is too contemplate
In conclusion, 1 have only this TO say: The
present treasurer was born ana reared in the
If his reputation for honesty and integrity had
had not been above reproach il is not Likely
and intelligent gentlemen would have entruSt-
ed him with the funds. Unlike most of his pre-
the affairs of the district and pay every dollar
that Is due the district at any time he may be
funds enough left 10 go into business outside
the county, should he thuk proper to do so. If
any ono doubts my statement to the allcga-
tions in the production from Shutdown, would
Eefer E b bim a TO such gGntiemen as F. NJ George
the School Board, and others, who know all
! A word or two more. 1 would modify the
motion of 'Civis' by forming an independent
doubt it would be more satisfactory and less
troublesome to the citizens generally.
JoHNsTOwN, March 5, 1872.
Editor Freemdn-For some time past have
thought OF writing TO you on II subject fraught
with vital interests to fully three-fourths of
1t is that of the Pass Bosk System. You doubt
less saw in the last Echo petition 20 the State
m6nstrous, iniquit0us system 1t is 70 empty
silly grievance that could call forth petition
Of hearty every brahch hot Of BUSH business ssp''''O le"
our case is simply thus: 4 man has to work
before scorching furnace or dig deep in the
| before
cent of what he labors hard for. He then, at
the end of the second month, gets one months
pay, less the amount charged on his puss-book.
The Company retains the other months wages
and by that means are enabled to carry on their
ma ammoth store, the money there invested be-
ing lawfully due 20 their workmeu. Is this fair,
honorable or just? The public say it Is not
The very system is illegal and in order to evade
the law the Cambria Iron Company give orders
for goods on Wood, Morrell & Co, which is just
the Snme as if Jack gave order on JOHN,
Jim on James, for the G. / Co. hold the same
relation to Wood, MorreIl & Co. as jim does to
James, or Jack TO John. They are one and in
divisible. The Pass-Book System not only Grip
pies the progress of our town, but it is calcula-
ted to make bad and extravagant housekeepers
of the mems wives who are compelled to use
them. This and some other things will show
in my next. In the interest of the laborer, the
mechanic and the merchant ask you TO insert
this. ANTI-MONOPOLIsT.
AwrUL.-A certain man 1--WE don't. like to
mention namesD told it In one of our town
tarrooms last week, that he heard it from a
man in the Post Office, who had it direct from
his younger brother, who had heard a little
girl talk about it in school, who said she heard
her grandmother telling one of the neighbors
that she had overheard one of the boys telling
the story eonfidentialIy to one of his chums
whom he assured that he had heard from man
who heard it from his grandfather's cousin,
that a certain married man and a certain mar
ried woman, living in the upper end of town.
were observed talking confidentially togett er
about o'clock in the evening, at the gate of
certain house not many squares from certain
other gentemans residence. The story, after
passing through some very respectableC? ?)hands
was traced by one of the Chief Sian. Ex. Com,
to the above reliable source, and is as fair
sample OF the ridiculous reports afoat in all
/ towns.
| FACTS WORTH KNOWING Great Red,c-
| ton Of Stock and Prices.-Being determined to
| reduce our assortment to the lowest possible
point before TAKING STOCK, we have gone over
all our goods and MARKED DOWN THE PRICES to
! figures that are bound to sell them Many artt
! low cost.
Have a very handsome line of Double and
/ Single Shawls; also, Paisley, BrOcho and Thibet
Shawls-aIl of which must he sold, even at
A large stock OF White and oiored Blankets,
Bradies and other makes Of Barred Flannels,
Muslnss Calicoes, Furnishing and Millinery
Bought this ana " .sfns sTfas
io Fiioe' "t GELS & FOSTERS
Popular Dry Goods Store Nos. 1l3 and 115 Clinton
Street, J0hHSolon, Pa.
HICkEY's FURNITURE wAREROoMs.
! John Hickey, Undertaken, on Julian street,
Metallic BurfaC asss OF all sizes and patterns,
and on reasonable terms
stock OF new and fashionable furniture, and
those who require anything in his line should
give him call Every article sent from his
! rooms will be warranted as represented.
Hair and Straw Mattresses manufactured to
| order at less than city prices.
| Cane seat chairs re-cansd and nttsd up .
! good new.
! All orders from a distance promptly attended
| to. [jul. l.I3.-tf1
WAR wtTH ENGLAND will not raise the prices
! of Geis & Ruth's beautiful, bright rich and rare
| patterns of gilt Wall Papers, as they purchase
/ all their stock for cash. They have paid more
| for their huge assortment of elegant Paper
! Hangings than England will ever pay for the
| Alabama claims. Call and see Gels & Ruth, on